Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-12-21

knows that some or them, even though
otherwise very good men, are sure 70
grumble about something, and usually
Schoolboys, college boys, and boarders'
in boarding houses make similar com
plants, 80 do soldiers and sailors On his
very trip, on ono of the warships, a sea-
man came to complain to the second watch
officer about the quality of the cocoa at
sWee sea snensh mf Il was say pnfn sea' out u W te MN Nm
that there was sugar on the table and he
could always put 1t in. to which he re-
and not his!
Wives Come In Handy.
I was struck by the superior comfort
and responsibility OF the lives OF the mar
ried men; It v 7uld, IN my 0 pnnS ia pe e
number of the men had their wives, for
with their advent all complaints about the
Care and f~orethought ave been cxer-,
cised by the commission, and nothing has
reflected more credit upon them than tnelr
be deferred by the fear of criticism from
not going ahead fast enough. 1t Is curl
Gus to note the fact that many OF me
icize them for precisely opposite reasons,
some complaining bitterly that the work
Is not In a more advanced cSnditi Lon w vusbe
ed with such haste that there has been
insufficient preparation for the hygiene
and comfort of the employees.
AS a matter of fact neither criticism is
Just.
An inspection on the ground at the
heigh of the rainy season served TO cSh-
vince me of the wisdom of congress In re-
fusing to adopt either a high-level or e.
versal agreement among all people comRe-
tent to Judge that the Panama route, me
one actually chosen, is much superior to
both the Nicaragua and Darien routes.
Crack at BiaeIow.
The new reservoir back of Mount Hopef
has haan practicallVs ramplptpd. i vt9ltcQi
ioag and ham a mile broad. 1t now carries
i forward 1crewith a photograph OF this
lake. toget..er witt certain other photo,
graphs Of what saw while 1 was on tne,
isthInuS. Nothing but q cataclysm VIII,
hereafter render II necessary in tho oryi
season to haul water for the use of Colon
and CriStobal.
Ono OF the most amusing (as well as
dishonesty attacks made upon the commts-
sion was In connection with tEis reservoir:
The writer In question usually confined
himself to vague general mendnoity; but
In this case he specifically stated that
there was no water in the vicinity nj Tor
a reservoir U drank it, and 1T was ex-l
cellent), and that this particular reservoir
would never hold water anyway.
With typical American humor, the en-
gineering corps still at work at the res
ervoir has christened n large boat which
Is now used on the reservoir by the lane
i Hr t OF the hai reservoi Mno existence. =
There seemed to me to be too many,
saloons in the zone; but the new hlgh-'
license law which goes into effect on Jan,
unary / next Will probably close four-ffthsi
of them.
To Try Chinese Labor.
A steady effort is being made to secure
alian and especially to procure more
Spaniards, because OF the very satigfAc-s
tory results that have come from thelr,,
employment; and their number will b.
Increased as far as possible. 1t q not
proved possible, however, to get them ~
anything like the numbers neSded for tn$t
work, and from present appearances ~
shall In the main have to rely, Tor the
ordinary unskilled work. partly upon COLI
ored laborers from the West indies, part
ly upon Chinese abor. IA
1t certainly ought to be lfnneceesarY tol
point out that the American workingmani
In the United States has no concern what
ever in the question as to whether the
rough work on the isthmus which Il per-l
formed by aliens In n event, - done by
aliens from one country with q black eklni
or by aliens from another country with
a yellow skin. Our business Is to dig tho
canal as efficiently and as quickly as pes
sibIe: provided always that nothing -
done that Is to any laborers, and
nothing that interiors with the wages OF
or lowers the standard OF living of our
own workmen.
Having in view this principle, I havs
arranged to try several Thousand Chinese
laborers. This is desirable both because
we must try to ind out what laborers are
most efficient, and, furthermore, because
we should not leave ourselves at the mercy
of any one type of foreign labor.