The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-12-22

type. OF American soldier. Without ex,
the SssE the Brit
police. They were evidently eontented,
and were doing their work well. where
possible the policemen are used 70 con,
any emergency no hesitation Is felt IN
using them Unfortunately. -.
lnasmuch as so many both OF the whiie
families H with them. Schools Ss have been
established. the school service being un-
der Mr.. O'Connor. For the white pupils
for the colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers. one Spanish
teacher, and one colored American teacn-
er, most Of them being coloIed teachers nia
from jamaica, Barbados and st. Lucia
The schoolrooms were good, ana IL was
a pleasant thing to see the pride that the
teachers were taking In their Work anu
their pupils
Care Of Employees.
Next In Importance to the problem OF
sanitation, and indeed now OF equal I'm,
portance. Is the problem OF securing ana
caring for the mechanics, laborers ana
other employees who actually do the work
| on the canal and the railroad. This great
task has been under the control OF MT
been we'll done. AT present there are
some 5000 white employees and some
| 1900 colored employees on the isthmus.
the different kinds OF employees were
working! think I saw representatives
Of every type both at their work and IN
| ably a couple Of hundred of them all
| told, choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
9 far
content and satisfaction with the con-
ditions than did those who called to
make complaint.
Nearly 5000 of the white employees had
come from the United States. No man
| can see these young. vigorous men
energetically doing their duty without
They represent on the average high
, class. Doubtless to congress the wages
paid them will seem high, but as mat.
ter Of fact the only general complaint ana
the complaints made to me upon the
isthmus was that, owing to the peculiar
surroundings the cost Of living. and the
really not as high as they should be. IN
iact, almost every man l spoke 10 1elt
that he ought to be receiving more
age man who stays at home In the
United States probably likewise holds
as regards himself. / append figures OF
Judge the matter for itself. Later shall
confer on the subject with certain repre-
sentative labor men here In the United
Stevens, the comparative wages paid on
the zone and at home; and l may then
communicate my findings to the canal
committees OF the two houses.
Chinese and Other Labor.
OF the $4,000 or 20, 900 day laborers
employed on the canal few hundred
are Spaniards. These do excellent
work Their foreman told me that
they did twice as we'll as the West
Indian laborers. They keep healthy
and no difficulty is experienced with
them in any way. Some Italian labor
ers are also employed in connection
with the drilling. AS might be ex-
pected with labor as high priced as
at present in the United States. II has
not so far proved practicable to get
any ordinary laborers from the United
States. The American wage-workers
on the isthmus are the highly paid
skilled mechanics of the types mem
toned previously. A steady effort is
being made to secure Italians, and es-
pecially to procure more Spaniards,
because of the very satisfactory re-
suits that have come from their en-
ployment and their numbers will be
Increased as far as possible. 1t has
not proved possible, however. to get
them in anything like the numbers
needed for the work. and from present
appearances we shall in the main have
to rely. for the ordinary unskilled
work. partly upon colored laborers
from the West Indies. partly upon
Chinese labor. 1t certainly ought to
be unnecessary to point out that the