The Grenada sentinel., 1906-12-22

type of American 'sisso soldier. Without. D es.
had ser IN Se
ish army or I'm the Jamaica or Barbados
police. They were evidently contented,
aoa nossS tho ang nseme tss work s weene
troll people OF their. own ..cplor, put "a
any emergency no hesitation is felt In
using them indiscriminately.
lnasmuch as SO many both or the whlte
and coloreds employees have brought their
families with them, schools have been
established. the school service being un-
DER h,+s Mr. OC1nnor For the r wnl5e RuPadis
for the coored pupils there are also some
white American teachers. one Spanish
er ,ost an nS ths 1ne cGere henr coored teachers
from Jamaica. Barbados ard st. Lucia.
The schoolrooms were good. and 1t was
teachers were taking in their work and
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 and
caring for the mechanics. laborers and
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal and the railroad. This great
Jackson smith and ON ths S'TG Whole H hns
been we'll done. At present there are
some 6,000 white employees and some
went over the different places where
the different kinds of employees were
working! l think 1 saw representatives
of every type both at their work and in
their homes; and conversed with prob
ably a couple Of hundred Of them all
told. choosing them at random from
every. class and including those who came
es,peciaiiy e, 9 TO present certain grievances
content and satisfaction with the con-
dtions 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
theoretically doing their duty without
a thrill of pride in them as Americans,
They represent on the average a high
class. Doubtless to congress the wages
paid them will seem high, but as a mat
ter Of fact the only general complaint
which found had any real basis among
the complaints made to me upon the
lsthmus was that, owing to the peculiar
surroundings the cost of living, and the |
Instance from home, the wages were |
fact. almost every man I spoke to felt |
that he ought to be receiving more |
money-a view, however. which the ever |
age man who stays at home in the |
As regards himself. l append figures of |
me wages paid, so that the congress can |
Judge the matter for itself. Later l shall |
,on1er on the subject with certain repre- |
labor men here in the United |
states. as well as going over with Mr.. |
stevens, the comparative wages paid on
he 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 10000 or 10000 day laborers
Employed on the canal a few hundred
re .Spaniards.. These do excellent
york. Their foreman told me that
hey did twice as well as the West |
indian laborers. They keep healthy
nd no difficulty is experienced with |
hem in any way. Some Italian labor
RS are also employed in connection
With the drilling. AS might be ex-
ected with labor as high priced as
t present in the United States. it has
ot so far proved practical BILE to get !
ny ordinary laborers from the United |
tates The American wage workers
n the isthmus are the highly paid
killed mechanics of the types men
oned previously. A steady effort is |
eing made to secure Italians, and es-
ecially to procure more Spaniards. ,,
ecauSe of the very satisfactory re- J
ults that have come from their en-
Ioynent and their numbers will be | :
lcreased as far as possible. 1t has
OF proved possible. however, to get
lem in anything like the numbers
eeded for the work and from present !,