The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-18
Evans Of New York After the
Contract
WILL SUPPLY ANY NUMBER
That May Be Required--Believes Them
Best Men for the Work--W Would Leave
the Field if Americans Want
the Places.

Washington, ID q, Aug. 1s.Thonlas
4. Evans Of New York is in Washing
ton waiting an opportunity to submit
a proposal to the government for fur
nishing Chinese coolies to build the Pan
anna canal. AS soon as Chairman Slonts
makes up his mind how many yellow
skinned laborers he will require and
names the other conditions, Mr.. Evans
viii offer to land the Chinese at Colon
or anywhere else on the canal strip that
the commission may designate.
The New Yorker Il an old hand at
supplying Chinese Iaborers for big en-
terprises. For the past twenty-five
years be has been engaged in sending
hard working celestials all over the
world to build railroads, till the soil and
to fetch and carry in other lines Of i'm
dustry. lie has lived among the Chinese
for 80 many years that he is known
TO more people as q resident Of Hong
Kong than as New Yorker.
Evans has shipped Chinese to open up
the Congo Free State; be has sent them
to work the nickel mines Of New Gale
douia, to build the new railroads Of
Mexico, to cultivate the coffee plants.
tions of Guatemala, the sugar fields of
Australia and the Fiji islands He fur.
nished $4,000 Japs and 5000 coolies for
Hawaii under single contract The
men were put to work in the sugar plan.
tations OF the islands To Mr.. Evans
was given the job Of providing men for
opening the famous coal mines IN Ton
Kin, the French possessions in China.
For the laet quarter OF 4 century
Evans has made his headquarters at
Hong Kong and New York. He has the
confidence Of the faithful. toiling 0rien-
tails, and they win willingly take pass
agetfor any remote part Of the world
under his leadership. From the time
the idea If an isthmian canal ut Mica
ragia WAS first broaehed, Evans has
kept track Of developments with the in.
tention Of offering 10 furnish the neces-
sary labor. lie has been convinced from
the first that sooner or later the gov
eminent would come TO his way Of
thinking, that ii the canal Il 70 be
dug quickly it must be done BY coolies.
Il ann prepared to furnish Chinese
iaborers in lots 81 from 1000 70 100000
on more. ii necessary" said Mr. Evans.
u do not know how many men Chair.
man Shonts will need. but he cannot
ask for more than can supply. can
LET him have AS many as he can handle
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southern China, 50 that they viii not
be subject 70 the feyers OF the isthmus
The men from South China are hardy
lot, are Injured to malaria and other
semi tropical ailments and will stand
translation to the isthmrs without any
serious Inconvenience 70 their health.
In my Judgment the Chinese coolie
is the best laborer IN the world. He i
fer superior to the Japanese. Eighty
Chinese will do the work OF one hundred
Japanese. They are stronger, tougher
and more accustomed 70 steady hard
work They begin 10 toll as soon as
they can stand on their legs, and keep
at it 10 the end. They viii make adj.
mirable workers for digging the canal
4 The Chinese ] propose 20 furnish for
the isthmus, II given the contract, will
come from the interior OF China. None
Of them viii ever have been ia sea
port town Of China, aud consequently
will be free from evil foreign interests
They viii be good.tempered fellows
easily managed and prepared TO obey
orders and work faithfully
Mr. Evans says that If President Com
pers Of the American federation Of Ia
Dor can furnish American labor for the
Panama canal he viii gladly retire from
the field He has no desire to put the
coolie up as competitor Of the Ameri,
can laboring man, but believes that oul
workmcn will not accept work on the
canal.