Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1906-12-26
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Tells What he Sdw On His Recent
IT'D 10 Pdndmd--h6 Found
everything In GOOd
Shape.

President Roosevelt sent special
message to Congress last week, re. .
garding the Panama canal.
The message which is quite lenp.
thy,is largely given over to personal
observation 10y the President, made
during his recent visit to the lsthmus
The message, too, is noyel one,
IN that 1t was illustrated with pho
tographs, taken especially for the
President during his visit, and show.
ing graphically the'work that is be-
ing done on the biz ditch. This is
the first occasion in the history of
the nation, on which an illustrated
message has been sent TO Congress
upon any subject.
The message is also accompanied
10y reports anl statistics con.
cerning the work done on the canal
After outlining his experiences
on the canal zone, President Roose-
Welt compliments Congress upon
having adopted the low lock system
ia constructing the caual, and saws
that there is universal belief among
well informed parties that the route
and plan adopted was the best NOS.
, sible.
lie points out the ;mmorso
amount OF work that has been done
toward making the canal zone sani.
tary and delightful, and points with
, rride to the success of the work
The hospital system Is reviewed
! ana remarkable showing to the
increased healtbfulness is made.
= The conditions in the towns Of
Colon and Panama, which. while
not In the canal zone, are Intimately
. associated with the canal work. is
. reviewed, and many improvements
are pointed out.
Inc President deprecates unjust
, criticism of the work done and bo
'hinks that everything has been
; lone IN the best manner possible
under the circumstances.
considerable space is devoted to
} the care of employees, and the ac
! commodations furnished are de.
ScrIbed at length and generally
: commended.
VI as are served at thirty cents
I IN the government hotels and com.
!, pare favorably with fifty cent
meals at home.
There is no cause for COMPLAINT
as to the quality or quantity of food
} served.
lbe necessity of employing cheap
J tore'gr labor in the heavy work i.
|: pointed out, the President declar
: ing that the American WORKING
man IN the United States has no
concern whatever IN the question al
) TO whether the rough work on the
! cAnai Is performed by aliens from
|. one country with a black skin or
! aliens from another country with q
: yellow skin. West India neproe.
and Cinnamon are largely employed
; IN the rough work, with less
} number Of Italians and spaniards,
! the latter making the best workmen.
: The negro and other laborer. arc
Z we'll quartered, much better than in
Z similar work done for private con.
) Germs.
) Every effort is made TO give al.
) the employees a reasonable amour,
( OF recreation and amusement.
The three big problems are the
Ia Boca dam, the Gatum dam. and
} the Culebra cut. OF these the Ga.
Z tum dam affords the most diaicplf
. problem, the work on the Cnlebra
, cut and the La Boca dam, being
! more simple.
In April next Secretary Taft.
with three Of the ablest engineers in
the country, Messrs. Mole, Stearns
and Ripley, will visit the isthmns.
J and the three engineers will make
the final and conclusive examina-