I A V DAY n. ON OX Till Till- ISTHMUS lit If lI the tho hour t hour ht-hour 1 law Is te enforced In n the lie cana cann canaI zone 25 l tier per cent cent 60 60 or more mor moore moore- will wil be added to the cost of oC the tho canal work Thai sum simm will wi 1 bt he paid lall b by American work- work together r with Rh other American Americans Ameri Ameri- cans can in order that Jamaica ne negroes rop Chinese and tUll other black anti and yellow people hired to dl dig the canal hl 1 rn may vork only eight hours a day fhe They 0 are accustomed 16 U. tt la labor hO for tor ten tell or eleven ell Cn hours hour and do 10 not noL think mink the they are aro III Ill I used Thc They rhuey never n IH petition llon their employers for a shorter work ta day ulay The Tb hour eight I day a ma may be expo expo- I In ono one country and not In an- an Ith It I ma may be time the United States anti and nHI Impossible In other 1 01 countrIes coun- coun tries rles trIes ll it I is out I of the tho question In Rus- Rus lan Ian factories and does not teU deserve i n moments moment's cOI consideration whore here tropical trop trop- cal leal rc races roces are concerned If I lie tw eIght eIght- hour lour lay day were wel Introduced on the mu tolls nus the laborers ers would woul Insist upon ho tIme customary wages but thC they would not lot work more rapidly They would woul sImply Imply he bo paid for hin being idle two iwo or three hours hom a f day II It I would be poor Ioor econom economy conomy on tho the part parl of oC the tue United tales States to lo do 10 that It I would he be taxing its is Is citizen for or the tho tw benefit of or some some son liens aliens alens who would fool feel no sense of or gr t I t u d e. e Some of oC the labor lenders leaders a are vo- vo 0 In their demands that the hour eight law bo be enforced on hr They talk an is N If It they o he the Jamaica negro is the peer of oC the tho American workIngman or 01 as ns If it the they are re afraid the hour eight hoU movement mO In i this count country might be II retarded It f the government go which Is Ig per per- to exact only eight I ht hours hours' work ot or f men laboring for fAr U It I in the tho United State States tales vere allowed to lo work China China- China meui men mellor or men of oC other othI nations ten or 0 more lore hours hoUs a day on the Panama canal anal canal If the lie labor loaders wore vere WIIl mute congress congre s would comply at once with wih I the 10 wish wishes of oC lie iho canal commission I and nd I let t it I employ laborers it plea Pleased leased ell and amid work them the customary custom- custom ar ary ry number of hours hour Labor conditions on the lie canal zone ar are re different from what they are Inthe in the lie le United Slates States The ten hour lay day there lore for COI government gO work will wi not Imperi imperil the lie hour eight da day here hert Con- Con who lio out of deference to tc the 10 protests of oC unreasonable labor r leaders ader vote vole to lo add adt or OJ more to the Iho cost of oC the canal so 0 th that t Jamaica negroes and their like ike le mn may hove have more loan loafing time will willbe willo wi be o unable tumble to lo make a a. a defense that will wi I their con constituents