Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-11-18
PRESIDENT PROMISES
TO CONSIDER MATER
eoiiermakcrs and Others Ask for Ten
Cents An Hour increase and six
Weeks Vacation. Instead Of Two,
With Pay--chief Executive 10
Greatly Pleased WITH Progress.

smiled for Charleston at 6 o'clock THU
evening aboard the armored cruiser
Tennessee. which aas conveyed BY
the Montana after four interesting
days IN The is.hmus. Before ieav-
ing. the President said
This Is the fifth time have visit
cd the istbmus and have gone over
the whole line and looked into every
part Of the improvements.
cit Is about 22 months since 4 was
last here and In that time the pro
gress made has been most satisfnc-
tory Indeed. Il Is remarkable.
The lrst thing thai strikes one +
the fact that work IL being done aI-
parently on every foot of the fifty
miles OF canal, and done under an
organization Of men. plants and ma
ferials that operates as economically
and effectively as IL Il were q ma
chine with Cocktails In control of q
lever which sets and keeps the whole
machine In operation.
Doubt Is Removed.
when ! was here % months ago
tue main question Was tho coHfirNa-
ton OF the Jndgmedf III cosi2ress 81
having lock type canal instead e.
sea level. The extent to which the
Gatun Jam and the locks have been
completed has removed from every
impartial obs erver the slightest doubt
of the wisdom made and the feasibil-
ity of The plan adopted. This con-
ciusion Is further confirmed and
clinched by the difficulty occasioned
by the slides in the Culebrs cut
which. for a canal of 1S5 foot level
neoessitated only an additional exca-
ys;ion that could readily be taken
care or Any attempt, however. to
sink a canal in Culebra 10 a depth
eighty feet below the present pro-
posed level would lengthen the time
of construction. wear the patience OF
Americans and make the. cost almost
prohib.tory and leave IL an exceeding
~ doubtful question whether, with
the difficulty presented by the Char
grecs liver. such a canal would be
possible at all.
"The Catun dam lock. with the lake
: already eighteen feet and slowly ris-
ing to level of IS feer which will
conastute the key TO the whole plan
/ of the canal, is so far advanced that
taken with Cuiebra cut and the locks
on the Pacific side a definite picture
| is given of wha; the canal Is to be.
which Inspires one with cagerness Tor
its. completion
Can Remove Landslide.
THE Iandslides Culebra can be
easily removed the further cxcava-
| tion and the Widening OF the slope
where they occur merely adding
something to the amount OF excava-
ton previously calculated upon. ana
TO the cost. but the percentagc OF
both time and constant Worry is smail
bu, moi enough to increase the esti-
mates Tor the completed canal
Tho work Is 80 far advanced thar
the time has como for the discussion
of p.ass for the arrangement and
maintenance Of the canal for the gov
crnmcni Of Panama IL peacefully
pursuing iss course and enjoying pros
pcrity ana political calm in the re
I public"
ON tho eve of President Teffs do
parfurc 100 boiIcrmakcrs satisfied
/. that after hearing their complains
last evening. the President would
Give no Immediate answer 70 their
demands. gave Eve DAYS notice 81
quitting their work and sailing Tor
home. Several of tive unions OF fhe
rarhinists and blaekS-nsfhs are
threatening similar action u - no'
Yropo<cd tn strike huf simply 10 re-
sign and leave the is.hmus. Oai'
hourly crrploycs. constituting p pc
| cent. II the force. are likely To ~
affected. The canal officials are in
dixnanf p. The cmpinyrs sor fryiu-
~ force their demands which The Of
ncials regard as unreasonable.
Promises 70 Consider Demands
President Taft promised 10 considri
iic mailer fully ann cable bis snsws'
frosa Charleston. buf this dic not s4'
isfy soaie 81 the bot beaded amonr
tic l,oiicrmakers.
The canal comrisrion. y state
unonf isfucd TODAY. SAYS that the ac
zion n tho boii.rnszkcFr ~ll not IN
frrferc With Tho canal cpnsfTuc'ic1
uork and VIII cause oulv icmrorarl
IN -Yuvrnicncc unfii fhcir riacfs sr'
/ flicd. which IN ~ In short timc
rrcsidcn. Taff told thc hourly en-
r,io~cs wh~ drmnndrd Ven rents a.
hour increase aud six wcrks instcss