Panama and the canal . Commission Clubhouse at BOWLINQ, i62 WEST INDIAN NEGROES At Panama these negroes receive higher wages than theyhave ever known before and are provided with hospitaltreatment when sick and with clean dwellings and goodfood. We shall see their houses and camps all along theline. Those of us who know what wretchedly dirty hutsthey are accustomed to, wih understand better why theyare glad to stay and work on the canal. A prominentAmerican of long experience with these men says,—TheseWest Indian laborers have never known, and in their mostpleasant dreams have never h
Panama and the canal . Commission Clubhouse at BOWLINQ, i62 WEST INDIAN NEGROES At Panama these negroes receive higher wages than theyhave ever known before and are provided with hospitaltreatment when sick and with clean dwellings and goodfood. We shall see their houses and camps all along theline. Those of us who know what wretchedly dirty hutsthey are accustomed to, wih understand better why theyare glad to stay and work on the canal. A prominentAmerican of long experience with these men says,—TheseWest Indian laborers have never known, and in their mostpleasant dreams have never hoped for, the splendid careand liberal treatment they are receiving from our govern-ment on the Isthmus of Panama. At the mess-kitchens for the negroes the Commissionfurnishes them tliree good meals per day for about thirtycents. It is said that at first they objected to the strength-ening American food because it made them feel too muchlike working. It consists of rice, beans, onions, fresh andsalt beef, codfish, lard, bread, sugar, and coffee, var
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