The Citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1903-1912, 1906-12-22

American workinRman in the United
States has no concern whatever in the
question as to whether the rough work
on the isthmus which is performed by
aliens In any event. Is done by aliens
from one country with a black skin
or by aliens from another country
with yellow skin. our business II
to dig the canal as efficiently and az
quickly m possible 6nno %St Swags
to any laborers. and nothing that in
terfcres with the wages of or lowers
workmcn Having in view this prin.
ciple. I have arranged to try several
thousand Chinese laborers. This Is de-
sirablc both because we must try 60
find out what laborers are most eff
cient and, Furthermore, because we
should not leave ourselves at the
mercy of any one type OF foreign
labor A. present the great bulk Of
the unskillcd labor on the isthmus is
done by West India negroes. chiefly
from Jamaica, Barbados and the other
crnors OF the lands In question has
shown m unfriedly dspositi - to our
work and has thrown obstacles In the
way OF our getting the labor needed
any outsiders the impression, however
III founded, that they are indispensa-
HE and can dictate terms to us.
The West india lnborers are fairly,
hut only fairly, satisfactory. Some of
the men do very well indeed; the bet
rel ''",S' sIiiIIo55 n,,, =" as nniice-
men, are good men; and many or the
ordinary DIV iahorors are also good.
i,,,t, &C., u,,i,r rnrtr,ct "a, o,,r
oNpcnso) go of into the jungle to live.
or loaf around Colon, or work so bad
,s 10 c,,,sc , s.rt,ue dtninution ~
the amount Of labor performed on Fri
day ana saturday OF each week, ]
IL,,t a. 49, 80, C,,iitinns 81 thoir
,',t ,rJ y,I,, ~ ,nv rbnnycs tbcy
yigbcd r"cctycd mnny oomplnintgs
80, ,t,,,, tt,, ,s r,,,,'rds r,os, ~
49," ,",',,i 49, ~, ,I,,.,n.,i,''s 90,
t,It.,t' -, ,,b.r IT, ali c,sn.
yh"ro Tho romrIaint vns as 10 Their
,rn,t,r,,t las, ~ Iirr,ti"tI,,i ~ proWrd
m t,,i,t,,,'' 49, ,LIs indiwiJuni
COS bi,ngctf a Ny,st India man Of color
,'i'L,r t,Iir,r,nn ~ storcitcener or
,sgistt,rt stnr,t,o.n,r poIh,Ioss
,hcrc n,i,.t ~, ,nsny cnnni,i,ts ngnins,
hn,ri'',,,,s I'M tb,y,s,. e. ',whn,n I snoisc
IA NOT bnnnrn to max. any such com.
,tatn, 90 ~ - ~ ''
Work OF Construction.
rh. v,rL H. ,oy, goi,y nm with 4,
ne WIN ~ now EninE ~" Win u
Nlgor nnd .uirl'hSf pl.nsanI 10 WI
n'na, ~, LIS L,,,, tha % ~, ~
Am and ,h, Cuishr, "ut rhe CHE.
un.' anu ~ Nui'nln Wv, ~, ~ ~,
bra cut must be made, ANYHOW but
-, srt IL W va" ndta S., ~ ,n
~ rus W. '" W. ,"'hS u'Jarttn' 70
tne uaHla HlsN sun "vCut. ne "a
boC" unhS ".'r no phruyuihr prop-
len, w, po't"'h nln,'iial pcins ="
so"u t'", .meIc - W ".t,.ai .v, mn
achieved, but az to the time OF achieve
n,nt ~ Iatun VII, "u.aS tlv NUS
serious p,"nlc," Nnl,,h We NV, N, ~"
solve ana Nrt INC nhlrst men on tue
lHlnHuS u'l''N' HhH' tulH P.ppl'm ~
.rrt ,,, OF tsn.ut,Hh e'"ns tue ms mes
prop9s,u, n,,h1"Eni OF Cnutse, ~ ~
tciligcncc and although equally. OF
course. there VIII be some little risk
IN connection WIN inc work me rlsk
arises from the TACT that some OF the
mht,rlaI near IN, hnttom is not so
good as could b" desired u thr huge
earth Jam now contemplated W thtown
we VIII nave what " practically q
low. broad. mountain ridg" behind
whiCh WIN rls. ~" lh,hhd laks, MS
artificial mountain VIII probably show
less secphgc, that ~, VIII have greater
restraining capacity than the average
natural mountain range: The exact 10.
! the other dnms-is now being de-
| termincd. In April next secretary
| Tart win three OF the ablcst cnyin-
| GERS OF the country-Mcssrs Noble,
Stearns and Ripley-will visit the
| isthmus, and the three engineers vii !,
make the ilnnl and conclusive cxam\
| natiOnE as - "a" exact site Tor -un
lock. Meanwhile the WORK " going
/ ahead without break.
| The CulebUi cut does not ofer such
great risks. that IN, the damage liable 10
occur from occasional land slips VIII not
represent what may bc called major dis
astcrs. The work Will merely call for In
! tDlligcncc, perseverance,, and executive
| capacity. II II, however, the work upon
/ which most labor viii have 10 be spent.
/ The dams VIII hc composed or the oufth
! taken out ~ the cut and very Possibly
] tho building or the locks and DAMS VIII
/ take even longer than the cutting In
/ Culcbra Itself
a, c,I.n.. "a,
'" S''eS'" wv
,he ,,,,Inir, rmt Vas strIsIng and
Impressive to see the huge steam shoyels
| In fun play, the dumping trains carrying
| away the rock and earth they dislodged.
| The implements OF French excayatlng
| machinery, which often stand little
| way from tho line OF work, though OF eN-
! celient construction, look like the veriesl
| toys when compared with these new
| steam shoyels, lust as the French dump
| ing cars seem lik. toy cars when com.
/ pared with the long trains Of huge cars,
| dumped by steam plows. which are now
/ in Use. THIS represents the enormous
] advance that has been made In mAchin-
| cry during the past quarter OF cen.
| tury No doubt "A quarter ~ century
hence this new machinery, uf which W.
! are now 50 proud, viii similarly seem oul
| III date, but II IN certainly serving Us
/ purpose we'll now, The old French cars
| had to h. entirely discarded We still
/ have la use few of the more modern.
/ hut not most modern. cars, which hold
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