Show WILL BE BUILT BY CONTRACT coolies will do the hard labor on the panama canal washington has been finally de aided that the panama canal will be completed by contract in a few days the commission will mate public a statement setting forth its reasons for favoring the contract system and at that time a form of contract will also probably be published showing exact ly the sort of document believed by the commissioners to be necessary for safeguarding the work president roosevelt is known to support the commission in its position that the work can be done more satisfactorily by contractors than by the govern ment this change in building the canal will in no way affect the employment of chinese labor proposals tor fur bishing the chinese labor were made under such conditions that chev can be transferred to contractors and the terms can be fulfilled in such a man ner that the government can give the coolies just as much protection as it could if the government were the dl employer |