The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1906-12-20
aanIcs. A steady effort l. being mado

IN an~thng like the numbers needed
for the work and from present APP
pearances We shall In the main have
10 rely for the ordinary unsSillcd work
partly upon colcrcd IaboretS from the
West Indies. partly upon Chinese Ia
Dor II certainly ought TO be unneces-
kary to point out that the American
In the United States has
no concern whatever In the question
"a. 10 whether the rough work on the
which IS performed by aliens
IN any event. IL done by aliens with
Ii black skin or 10y aliens with yell
low skin. our business is TO dig the
canal as efficiently and as quickly as
possible. provided always that nothing
/, done that Is nhumane 20 any labor
PRS and nothing that lntcrferes with
the wageS OF or lowers the standard OF
living of our own workmcn Having
n view this principle. | have arranged
Ia try several thousand Chinese labor
prs This Is desirable both because we
must t~y u find ont what laborers are
most efficient and furthermore. be-
cause we should not leave ourselves at
he mercy OF any one type Of foreign
labor
Negro Inborrrs and Their Quarter.
The West India laborers are fairly.
hui only fairly. satisfactory. Some Of
the men do very well indeed The bet
ter class. who are % bc found as fore
men. as skilled mechanics. rs police
mon. are good men. and many Of the
ordinary day ,aborcrs are also good.
nut thousands Of those who are
brought over under contract (at our eX-
rcu.ci - oil into the Jungle TO live
,r lolf around Colon or work 50 badly
lftcr the first three or four days as TO
cause serious diminution Of the
amount of labor performed on Friday
s.l saturday Of each week.
One of the greatest needs is 10 pro
vide amuscmruts both for white men
md black. Tie Young Mems Christian
association l., doing good work anu
should bc encourage }. hut the govern
Iucnt should 30 the main work. Any
hng do" tor ih' welfare of ihe hen
ldd- - i'c.r c.i''"cy. ana money ue-
voted % that purpose is therefore prop
.rly 10 lr consi lcrod rs spent In build
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The WORK Of Contraction.
There remains 10 consider the actual
work for which these lahOrers are
together This is under the
direct control OF chief Engineer Ste
,ens. who has already shown admirable
results and whom we can safely trust
ID achieve similar results in the future.
The three big problems Of the canal
are the LA B,ca dams. the Gatuu dam
and he Cule1ra cut.
Z, cnIebrn Cut.
Tb. main work * now being done In
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- 900 tl.e truth ~ q healthy snlrit of
between the different shovel
md locomotive crews, just such
spirit as has grown on our oatuesnIps
between the different gun crews In
matters OF craftsmanship. Passing
through tie cut the amount OF new
work can De seen at glance. In one
place the entire side Of hill had been
taken out recently 10y twenty-seven
tons Of dynamite. which were exploded
1t one blast On the top notch Of the
Tulebra cut the prism is now as wide
rs it will be. Al! told, the canal bed
1t this point has now been sunk about
900 feet below what it originally was
It will have 10 he sunk about 1870 feet
farther Tbrouphout tho cut the drill.