The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-12-20

Good Progress Made by Com
mission Entirely Satisfactory, Crit
.eisms Being Most Unjust-Em-
pioyes Are Well Cared For.
Washington, Speeial-A pictorially
Illustrated message from President
Roosevelt, portraying conditions "a
BE- found them on the Isthmus of
Panama in his recent visit, occupied
the Senate during the greater portion
Il its session. Printed copies. of the
message. handsomely bound, were
placed ou the desk of each Senator,
and the reading of the document was
closely followed. Preceding the Pan
ana message. the Presidents recon-
utndations respecting public lands
and the naval personnel were receiv-
ed and read
Presidents @ Message.
To the Senate and House of Repres-
entatIyes:
In the month of November | visit
ed the Isthmus of Panama. going
over the canal zone with considerable
care: and also visited the cities of
j Panama and Colon, which are not
In The zone or under the United
4 States flag, but as TO which the
United States government, through
its agents, exercises control for cer-
tain sanitary purposes.
The |. S. S. Louisiana, on which
j was, anchored off Colon about half
past on Wednesday afternoon, No
yember ii. | came aboard her, after
my stay on shore, at about half past
. on Saturday evening, November II,
On Wednesday afternoon and eveiI-
ing | received the President of Pana-
ma and his suite. and saw members
at the canal on1r,raai1As~-is, aHu Fafl"''~
other gentlemen, perfecting the ar
rangement for my visit, so that every
hour that | was ashore could be EN-
ployed 10 advantage. was three
dsys ashore-not a sufficient length
of time to allow of an exhaustive IN
yestigation of the minutiae OF TIL
work of any single department, Still
less to pass Judgment on the engineer
Ing problems. but enough to enabl
me TO get q clear idea OF the sallen
features Of the great work and o
the progress that has been made @
regards the sanitation of the zon'
and housing of the employees, and tn
actual digging of the canal. In
zone is narrow strip of land, and
can be inspected much as one can IL
spect 80 or 60 miles of great RAJ
road, at the point where 1t rul
through mountains or overcomes OF
er natural obstacles.
| chose the month of November +
my visit partly because it is Il
rainieSt month of the year, the mon
IN which the work goes forward
the greatest disadvantage. and one
the two months which the medic
department of the French Canal Co
panv found most unhealthy.
Immediately after anchoring on
afternoon of Wednesday there was
violent storm of wind and rain. Fr'
that time we did not again see
sun until Saturday morning, the II
continuing almost steadily, but va
ing from fine driZZle to torrent
dOwnpour. During that time IN
teen minutes at Cristobad Los inc
of ram fell from l to 3 a. m., \
ember l6. 3.2 inches fell; for
"A hours ending noon, November
4.6S inches fell. and for the six d
ending noon. November 16. 1924 ir
es fell. The Charges rose III Il
TO a greater height than 1t had
tanned during the last ID We
tearing out the track in one place
would have been impossible TO
the work going on under more
favorable weather conditions.
Saturday. November II, the
Shone now and then for a few ]
uteS, although the day was geneI
overcast and there were heavy ST
CTS at intervals.
Here the President goes over
trip day by day. from the time OF
landing until he and party emh
ed for home In speaking of the
ual conditions on the Isthmus
President says in substance:
The wisdom of the canal mai
men has been shown in no
more clearly that in the wa,
which the foundations Of the
have been laid.
Hospitals and Their TrsatmeI
! inspected the large hospita
Aneon and Colon, which are
lent examples Of what tropical
pltals should be- | also inspecte
receiving hospitals IN various
ments. I went through nu1pl
wards IN which the colored me
treated, number at those in
1ne white men are treated
cans and spaniards. Both
mea and black men are treat,
Se'ly alass. and their treatment
ksoa q that whish could be {