The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-11-27

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$500, and On June 80. 1901, aetaaIly
a404 10 increase THU foyce o0x
men and provide 1or the usual sepae
rafions. due to sickness. resfgnati0an.
ETC.. a.038 men were brought from tI1
UNITED States during the year.
| The unskll!ed force Is brought from
the West Indies and Europe. A.
cruiting agents are located iii Bar.
bodos and Martinique, and q repre-
sentative in Paris, France. to keep il
touch with European labor conditi0na
| and with European emigration. on
June 30, 1906, there we're on the canal
work 500 Europeans and 1895 West
Indians. June 80, 1907. there were
isl7 Europeans and l4,606 West In-
dams To maintain this force on
laborers, and also provide the Pan.
anna railroad force Of about s,O0O
laborers. c.S9s Europeans ana Id.947
West indians were brought to the
lsthmus an average OF nearly l,5nB
men per MONTH to meet the demands
or the work for common labor during
1.-THE year.
! The total force Of skilled and I'M
skilled laborers OF the Isthmian canaI
commission and Panama railroad ora
Jane 30, 1906, was $4,000, and on June
1 81 1907 It was 29.44s--an increase
I'm the total Of 10000 men During
this period 20,8S4 men were brought
10 the Isthmus from the United
States. Europe and the West Indies.
The labor problem Ii still an unsolyed
lone but the experiments or the past
year with a diversity OF races and
nationalities has improved the effi
lciency OF the force and promises to
make the term or service longer.
Tropical labor Is migratory, and not
withstanding the superior wages.
housing and subsistence. there VIII
always be large periodical changes iii
the individual force. Ae regular re.
cruiting organization. changed from
lone labor center to another. with al
ways be necessary to keep maxi
mum force available.
Quarters.
AT the close of the last fiscal year
1 L129 houses we're available for QUAR-
tering employees OF all classes. fur.
nishing buildings for offices, hotels,
| riesses. kitchens and storerooms.
Subsistence.
| AT the close Of the fiscal year liz
hotels were operated for white
Americans where good wholesome
meals are furnished for 10 cents each.
These hotels are under the direction
Of stewards from the United States.
and the cooks are generally Ameri-
cans or men who have had expert
ence In hotels and restaurants In the
United States.
The Hotel Tiyoii. at Anc0n. Ii
operated also for employees, hnt Oh ac-
count OF superior accommodations
land appointments higher rates pre-
vail
Eighteen mess halls are operated
for the Europeans. where days
beard Is furnished for 10 cents The
stewards and cocks. 1t these massas
are usually Europeans. and d meat
peculiar 10 the tastes OF the men /
boarding there Is served.
There are Ia operation 20 Kitchens
for the West Indian iaborers. where
ia days board Is furnished for 10
cents and Is made up of such food
supplies as they are most accustomed
To and prepared by cooks OF their own
country. The common laborer of the
West Indies is employed upon a basis
|ct subsistence being part OF his COM
pcnsation. This was found advisable
on account of his careless habit and
the fact that insufficient nourishment
impaired his usefulness as laborer.
and sooner or later landed him In the
hospital.
These hotels, messes and kitchens
are inspected daily by the supervising
employees of the department OF labor.
quarters and subsistence and weekly
by the district physician. All meats.
vegetables and food supplies are
carefully inspected before they are
used.
The number of meals served during
the month OF June. 1907 Is as fol-
lows. Hotels. 1974i9; messes. 2SC.-
l55; kitchens. 1876. or nearly
uliilOH lntdiS fuE tue IlDHtu.
The subsistence operations are
merely self-sustaining, and II Is not
the purpose to make profit. They
are operated upon basis of con-
trbuting mess as far as possible.
Recreation Fer Employees.
The four club houses, reported as
under construction during the pre-.
vious fiscal year at Ctilebra. Empire.
Grogona and Cristobal. were COM
pleted and are nov in operation.
their management being placed under
the Young Mems Christian Associa.
tion. The club houses are under the
control OF an advisory board selected
by the commission. The influence OF
the club houses are excellent.
During the year chapel was con-
strueted at Ancon. and three build
ings. one at each OF the following
pIaces--Culebra. Grogona and Cristo-
bal. appropriate for holding religious
services and available for all de-
nominations and creeds.