The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-06
YANKEE WAY AND FRENCH VAT
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make mofr hnonsy by Task WORK
tndsr the Frrnoh 80 could take work
BY eontaot, and twS men, N0fhlne t0snther,
coulsl maks Us In q Fortnight The blacks
had morc ehHnce ~ psomotlen then. Too,
fhrre u n1t % much sicknsss ~ IN
Franrh times. Tho hest thing tha Amcrl-
cans have done " ~ stop bad language
and gambling There u q biR fine and
prison Tor gambling
In the Frrnch days there Used 20 be eock
nghtlna and drinking and shooting and
dancing eli the time. Now u IL MI stopped
~ q man shoots on q gun now tho police
o,tch him and jerk him up 20 the prison 40
fast that his feet don't have a chance 20
touch the ground.
In Jamaica W. used to have q barristsr
and a good long trial In the Canal zone
YOU have no barrister. You just rome
before a Judge and b. shouts out You're
right. YOU'RE right" or "You're wrong. you're
wrong. and that Is all there Ia TO II.
The workmen are more afraid Of the
Americans than Of the French. The French
talked much and vent this way tgesticu-
latingl. The Americans keep very quiet
until they get vexed, and then they mako
things stand around. They've got to,
to get things done.
The Americans are too much Of schemers
10 waste time or money. There are no
loafng Jobs now, such as there used to
be-. II is like running a race all the time.
You don't mind II for a day. but you can't
keep IL up.
Nobody can stay in one OF the commits
zion buildings after 7 A. NJ. unless he Is
sick. The Waterman goes around then,
and IL he catches a man there IL means q
fine Of 81 or three days pay. At II the
men can come bach and get dinner; then
they have to leave for work from 1 to 5
again.
II a man Is sick he goes TO the doctor
and gets a paper to show to the Waterman
II no isn't sick and wants to get of he has
to hide In the woods or lie around q China
shop ia saloonl. The China shops on ght
10 be shut up, at least on Sundays.
A man must be in hts place ready 70
work the first thing in the morning, tool In
hand, and when the whistle blows it In 'all
right, boys" and of it goes. The time
keeper comes around every two hours,
making a dot in his little book every time;
four dots make q days work.
For the last six months I have been work
ing on the new buildings here. can do any
carpenter work, from framing to finish
ing. The bosses Of the carpenters are all
kind gentleman. None OF EN- treat me bad.
Carpenters get 20 to rs cents an hour.
About the best way is to get a Jamaica
woman TO keep house for you. o. pay
sher $40 to SI2 when the pay car oomes "a round
every fortnight, and buy her dresses and
Some Of the women don't know how
b cook. They Just fix up some little fool
iihness-fsh balls n the like OF that. A
man can't work on such stuff.
The 7. c. c, (Isthmian Canal Commisslonl
Ia serving messes now at 30 cents O day,
but they don't give the men what they
want. Things don't taste right; they cook
the life out OF II.
Some Jamaioans don't like rice and won't
eat potatoes. 1t makes the men dis
Outraged, not getting their pay when they
want t. Pay day is irregular, always two
weeks behind. sometime more.
There is no privacy or quiet In the old
bachelor buildings, thirty or forty In a
and have no sense Of decency.
There ought TO be cots instead OF hunks
Oh the sides, whore the men la to sleep
OH top Of zach other. The bathrooms are
good, and most Of the men use them,
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