Show LABOR TU TO Of BE EMPLOYED Washington Aug 10 Chinese labor will willbe willbe willbe be given a thorough test on the canal Contracts calling for 2500 Chinese for canal work have been prepared and advertisements will be issued by the isthmian canal commission in a few days asking for proposals from labor agents If the initial 2500 prove a success it is likely that many more will willbe willbe willbe be taken to the Isthmus to do the work which Is too hard for the Jamaicans now employed there in large numbers Chinese the Last Hope Organized labor has offered much op opposition opposition opposition position to the use of contract Chinese labor but the Jamaican workmen have navo pi proven oven inadequate sufficient Spaniards cannot be had Immediately to rush the work and the Chinese are the last hope of the commission President Roosevelt Secretary Taft TaCt Chairman of the canal commis commission don sion and other othe men prominently Identified with the canal work are known to have havo delayed employing Chinese until It became evident that the other help available was war warnot not equal to lo the demands The adminis administration administration trillion has taken the position that the thc canal must be dug at any cost and al ai although although though the president urged that there be beno beno beno no haste in employing Chinese he dd not stand permanently in the way of the plan to try tr the coolies Will Ask for Bids It Is the Intention of the commission to ask for bids from labor agent who will arrange with the Chinese govern government mont ment for the exportation of labor trans transport transport transport port the Chinese to the isthmus under contract to work for a fixed wage and ship them back to China thus relieving the commission of all detail work and all responsibility A bond will be required of all contractors for a satisfactory fui ful fulfillment of ot any contract they may en enter enter enter ter into with the The employment of the Chinese will not displace the Jamaicans who are arc al already alrea already ready rea y there but it is not likely that many more West Vest Indian negroes will be hired I if the Chinese prove a success |