Show SUPPLANT GANG OF TWO HUNDRED WILL ARRIVE HERE southern pacific makes changes as europeans prove better laborers than orientals Orient als from mondays standard 4 today over two hundred greeks will arrive and will be distributed by the southern pacific railroad at various points in nevada along that road the greeks are to supplant the japanese that or some time have performed the labor work on this road this exchange means that the greeks are coining into their own again for previous to the employment of the japs the greeks performed most of the labor on the road at that tima the reason for the change was due to the low wages for which the japs would work but experience has shown that the japs are in the end the more expensive as they are not heavy enough to perform the heavy work such as lifting of heavy rails this change on the S P nevada Is but the forerunner of the change to be made on all the roads running out of ogden in view of the fact that there is considerable sid erable speculation as to which class of labor will best serve in the construction st of the panama canal the change on the railroads will be watched with interest s N P one of the leaders of the salt lake greek colony in speaking of the change said the railroads have learned from experience peri ence that japanese labor tor which they pay less to each man is more expensive in the end than white labor the japanese supplanted the greeks in some places because they would work as low as a day when the greeks got as high as to 2 a day but the japanese cost the most at least road masters have told me this they say that in building tor instance a given distance of track that it cost more with japanese at than with greeks at a day it seems to be simply a case of learning from experience the greek laborers are erful and willing they are saving and law abiding and they make good employed emp loyes for heavy work |