Show MORE LABOR AND LESS RAIN Chairman Opinion of Needs of the Isthmus New York Aug 11 T P chairman and Joseph B Bishop secre secret secretary tary t ly of the Panama canal commission arrived here today from Colon on the steamer Panama Mr said that general conditions in the canal zone were favorable and constantly ing ingAll All we want he declared Is more labor Jabor and less rain The labor problem has been partially solved by the em employment employment employment of Spanish workmen We have also advertised for Chinese labor laborers laborers ers Yellow fever has not appeared in ina ina ina a long time and for nine days previous to my departure no smallpox was pre prevalent prevalent alent Mr said that the engineering work on the canal was now well underway under underway underway way Negro Unsatisfactory Mr said the West Indian negro labor had h d been very unsatisfactory add ing We can only get a CO 60 per cent efficiency cy out of the negro workmen A man has already been sent to Spain to secure Spanish labor We Ve want to get from Spain about men a month to tomake tomake tomake make up the loss In the working force and to bring up the force We Wc want the sturdy sturdy laborers from the north of Spain Spam and we expect e to get them Within a very few weeks advertisements advertise advertisements advertisements ments will be he published calling for 2500 2 1 laborers The commission is in favor of this class of labor and the present lot will be in the nature of an experiment But it is possible that a 3 large force of ot Chinese will be at work on the Isthmus Will Dodge the Law The work of preparing the contract will Till be slow for we e must comply with the laws In the contracts there must beno be beno beno no appearance of Involuntary servitude the local laws must all be complied with the treaty treat regulations must be obeyed Chief Engineer Stevens and myself m have haye handled Chinese labor and we found the men m n all right They do the work and that is the principal object We Va aim to get the strong husky husk laborers from the rice fields of Southern China The Thc importation of Chinese labor does not come under the contract law Mr said that he may see the president at Oyster Oster Bay Ba |