Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-12-27

philippines, ana belonged 10 tho best
type 81 American soldier. without ex-
ceptiCn the black policemen whom
questioned had served either n the Brit
police. They were evidently contented,
and were doing their work well. Where
possible the policemen are used 70 con
any emergency no hesitation Is felt IN
using them Unfortunately.
Inasmuch as so many both Of the. white
and colored employees have brought their
families with them. schools have been
established, the school service being un-
1 SSi,s az ersns eSsvs ne ~n,ss Rd
for the colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers, one Spanish
teacher ana one coioEea A do1s seae ess
from Jamaica, Barbados and St Lucia
The sehoolroorns were good, and e was
teachers were taking in their work and
their pupilA
Care Of Employees.
Next in Importance to the problem Of
sanitation, and indeed now of equal I'M
portance, rs 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
task has been under the control Of Mr.
Jackson Smith, and on the whole has
been we'll done. At present there are
1900 coiored employees on the isthmus
went over the different places where
the different kinds of employees were
OF every type both at their work and In
their homes; and I conversed with prob
ably a couple OF hundred OF them all
told, choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certain grievances
olmost invariably expressed far greater
content and satisfaction with the con-
ditions 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
energetically doing their duty without
a thrill OF pride in them as Americans.
They represent on the average a. high
paid them viii Seem high, but as a mat
ter OF fact the only general complaint
which I found had any real basis among
isthmus was that, owing to the peculiar
surroundings, the cost Of living, and the
distance from home, the wages were
really not as high as they should be. IN
that he ought to be receiving more
money-a view, however, which the aver
ai a9 state a9 p pToS R likewise holds
as regards himself. append figures OF
the wages paid, SO that the congress can
confer on the subject with certain repre-.
sentative labor men here In the United
| States, as well as going over with Mr..
stevens, the comparative MdBbs pall VI
| 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 laborerr
employed on the canal few hundred
are Spaniards. These do excellent
work. Their foreman told me that
they did twice as well as the Wesi
| Indian iaborers. They keep healthy
and no difficulty is experienced witt
| 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 al
| at present in the United States. 1t has
| not SO far proved practicable to gel
| 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 ii
| being made to secure Italians, and es'
| pecially to procure more Spaniards
| because of the very satisfactory re.
| suits that have come from their EN-
| ployment and their numbers will bC
| Increased as far as possible. 1t ha!
| not proved possible, however, to ge
| them in anything like the number.
| needed for the work, and from presen
| appearances we shall in the main haY'
| to rely, for the ordinary unskilleC
| work, partly upon colored laborerE
| from the. West Indies: partly upoI
! Chinese labor. It certainly ought t.
! be unnecessary to point out that thu