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Show WORK ON PANAMA CANAL. Thirty Thouaand Man Will ba Required Re-quired on tha Work. Admiral Walker a uHllnialn of tun number of men to bn employed on the Panama rannl when the (lulled Htatea formally ahull have entered upon the projivl la 30.0110. Kor all practical pur-poaea pur-poaea thla government now la niigaiied In the niiiairiictlon of tho canal. I'll der thn BKreeini'iit aluned May 3rd by HniToiury liny and Mr. Cromwell, the American repreaentatlve of thn new Panama Cnnul company, Ihn work ol i onaiiiicllon waa to ho continued by Ihn new canal company until the exchange ex-change of nil I til in Inn of tho canal treaty, with thn unilerataiulltig that thn Culled Htatea alum Id pay fur am h conatructlon work. Thn men now engaged en-gaged on thn rannl conatrucllon wnib are principally Jnninlca negroea. Aa they ara Inured lo the Central American Amer-ican climate they do not Buffer aerl-oualy aerl-oualy fnun the dlaeaaea prevalent on tho laihmua. ' The local labor aupply la Inaulltelnut V WMyt tite leuian.d. It la pmlialilM, tliurefrtre. that lalHirnra will be drawn by ihn thouaand from the atnithern alatea and Ihn lalanda of the Weal liullea. Aa Ihn labor aupply la controlled by a company organized for the purpoao. II la ijiillo likely that many L'hlneao and Jnpaneae lakorera will bn Imported for work on thn ca nul. They are ejcnlluut work men, and am filled by nature for wurk of that kind anil In that climate. |