Show GIVE PANAMA THE GO BYE poor place for american loees from 27 to 31 cents day memphis tenn nov 21 not long 20 there appeared in many of the newspapers of the country what purported to be a news ilein froia colon central america bolline of the resumption of work on the canal and elating there was great demand for labor at 2 per lay there is now with the road department of the panama It ailway 0 M dark who at one time was of the illinois central and neade this city bis home this gentleman has written the commercial appeal about the news item referred to and inclosing a clip nine from the panama daily star and herald takes the position that it is cruel and criminal to out such false and misleading stat cui mr alark sends the following j j condition existing there in my position with the road here I 1 tee a treat deal of the floating population of the isthma loth ID colon and in panama and along the llie there are today on lie crowds of ell ROOI machinists engineers carpen ers civil draughtsman draughtsmen draughts men in last of every trade and profession men who want to would and who are now starving deylii of bun and of sickness lirou plit on by ex to the wet and neglect and every boat brings more most ei aph there Is not work 0 any ot them since the revival of work OTI the canal the canut company has not hi any except berro laborer fit CO end rents a day payable in columbia this equals 27 or 31 cents american money a day there are now americans 1 I will not in anyway diseno the case of the hordes of 0 her nationalities now here here sta iving to and many dead who gave positions at home to come here paid como sharper for a so called contract only 0 o find when too late they bad been unpei to ruin or probably death I 1 wish most phalli ally to call every onee attention b the fact that lie canal company ie not the market for laborers of any kind ever except common laborers at the ab e mentioned rates we americans here do all we nan to help destitute americans law terms them but our purees arc enough to give only partial relief i there is one great obstacle obet acle to helping that is we have to hunt them up 1 I lie down and die before beg hu have met only one native born anie 1 begging beg eing those who are posted to ab A bencan consul mr J ij percy apply for passage to the united which he can at times procure or ahrn hut this is not often the case and ne r than four or five a month can be f away in this manner let no one come here unless be is hired by come one 1 know to be reliable or money in 1 pocket to get back to the united stamati there is no place in the world 0 o alj man ont of work and ont of money t ier thmas of panama |