Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-12-20


Philippines, and belonged to the best
type Of American soldier. without ex--
ception the black policemen whom
questioned had served either in the Brit
ish army or in the jamaica or Barbados
police. They were evidently contented,
and were doing their work well. where
possible the policemen are used to CON
troll people of their own color, but IN
any emergency no hesitation Is felt IN
using them Unfortunately. -.
1nasmuch as so many both of the whlte
and colored employees have brought tle a,,
established, the school service being un-
der Mr. OConnor. For the white puplis
white American teachers are employees
for the coored pupils there are also some
white American teachers, one Spanish
teacher, and one colored American teacn-
err, most of them being colored teacners
from Jamaica, Barbados and ST. Lucia.
The schoolrooms were good, and IL was
a pleasant thing to see the pride that the
teachers were taking in their work ana
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, laporers anu
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal and the railroad. rms great
task has been under the control OF Mr.
been we'll done. At present there are
some 5000 white employees and some
900 colored employees on the lstnmus
/ went over the different places where
the different kinds of employees were
workingl ] think l saw representatives
of every type both at their work ana IN
their homes and | conYersed with prop.
ably q couple of hundred of them all
told, choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certaih FAR srle sreateT
content and satisfaction with the CON
ditions than did those who called 10
make complaints
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 nigh
class Doubtless to congress the vases
paid them will seem high, but as mat s,t !.
which found had any real basis among
the complaints made to me upon the
isthmus was that, owing to the pecullar
distance from home, the wages were
really not as high as they should Pc N
fact, almost every man / spoke TO 1elt
money-a view, however, which the aver
age man who stays at home IN tne
United States probably likewise holds
as as regards himself. l append ngu ss cs oil
judge the matter for itself Later snali
confer on the subject with certain repre-
sentative labor men here in the uhve a
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 10000 day laborers
employed on the canal a few hundred
are Spaniards. These do excellent
work. Their foreman told me that
thew did twice as well 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. it 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 men
toned previously. A steady effort is
being made to secure Italians, and es-
because of the very satisfactory re-
suits that have come from their en-
pioyment 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 upor
Chinese labor. 1t certainly ought tC
be unnecessary to point out that the