The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-07-02

- ldf IS tie NtSt fTG411 negroes
are concerned they are absolutely
safe. They can 20 about as freely as
II ary Part C ;he United States. Nv
e"n daughters haze been here every
summer. They ride all over the
COUNTRY without an escort. and they
have never he'd any trouble 81 any
SIND. Indeed, / have not known III
a single case down here whert i negro
hes moItsted 4 White
How Go the wages OF the silver
men compare with those the receive
al home
They are much higher. The Ia
hlalcans and B~arhadians set thre
'lnes as much as At home. They al
SO tree quarters and their food is fur
nlSheG at the rate Of 9 cents i meal.
The Spaniard gets more than twice
what ne can make in Spain, and his
meals cost him only 20 cents per day.
We have good quarters for housing
the Suanlards. and We have barracks
Tor the negroes with canvas beds
which can be raised and lowered.
1hese beds are kept clean aud are
steamed every few DAYS.
w find that the Jamaicans prefer
to have huts of their own. and many
OF them have drifted out into the
brush. They have knocked up shackS
Of poles ana such boards as they can
find and have brought their females
as they call them. from Jamaica 10
live with them. A year or so ago
We had $4,000 negroes in our bar
racks, but We AYE now only 1000,
and the number grows less every
day
HOY about the Spaniards? 30
they hold TO their ouarters?"
Yes, and the same is rue Of the
Italians"
Americans Mt Panama
Are the Americans on the isthmus
satisfied with their jobs"
Il hin there is no doubt Of tina
You will find kickers everywhere. but
the most Of the Americans are con
tented. and their only regret is that
the Job is coming to an end. Indeed.
they ought to be satisfied. They get
the biggest wages Of their kind and
receive on the average from IS to 80
per cen more than they could get in
the States. Every man of them has
SIX weeks vacation and those who
need it thirty days sick cave. They
are hard workers, but they have plen-
ty OF recreation. including tourna-
mentS n games and a system OF
~clubhouses which is free. They have
a reduced rate Of living through the
commissary stores, where goods are
sold at as near cost az possible, ane
Uncle Sam pays their house rent anC
a. ~ NA>A VIC = IN SCI'
men work only eight hours a day
and those who are married have. ir
addition. what amounts to $40 F;
month outside their salary. The
bachelors AVE what is an equivalen
of about SIS per month.
What Canal Employees Get for
Nothing.
Il do not understand Just what yo1
mean by these allowances, Colon
Devol."
Il mean the things that the cana
employee gets for nothing, which, i
he were in the United States, he woul,
have to pay for. We give every maj
free quarters and free fuel, light, wa
ter and medical attendance. III
married man receives more than tn
single man, and he costs more. II
lives in a house which costs US q
least $3.50 TO build and furnish, an
he saves at least $40 in the rent 0
that house. He gets about $3.50 wort
Of free medical attendance, 81 i'll FIRE
transportation Yer the railroad. nor
;, tina IS in free light and more tina
), IS worth of fuel. We take are G
his grounds and carry away his gar
bage. We do not charge him for jar
. tor service. and altogether $40 is
low estimate Of what he has in ad
dition to his salary. In the same wa
the bachelor receives $14 or sI3 i
addition TO his pay.
Uncle Sans Homes for Employees.
You have charge Of the homes {
the employees
Yes, that is under the quarter
masters department. Our houses, q
You know. are all modern ana W
to-date. They are screened fror
mosquitoes and furnished with moo
! ern plumbing and bathrooms, an
each house has its kitchen. pario
bedrooms and living room. Men wh
get less than 500 per month lie !
fcur-family houses. Those who hay
retween that and $500 have bunes
lows and cottages. and those vi
4 have from $500 TO 500 a mont
have two-story houses.
The barratk buildings of the sllNe
emnloNes each accommodate seventy
two men. Their arrangements -at
;, modelled after those of the mite
States transports and they are ear
under the charge Of a %janitor. VIII
keepS them clean. The floors al