Investigation of Panama Canal Matters: Hearings Before the Committee on Interoceanic Canals of the United States Senate in the Matter of the Senate Resolution Adopted January 9, 1906, Providing for an Investigation of Matters Relating to the Panama Canal, Etc. [Jan. 11, 1906-Feb. 12, 1907], Volumul 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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... labor is concerned . I would pay less for it , and work them more hours . Senator SIMMONS . What per cent of those unskilled laborers are Americans ? Mr. STEVENS . The unskilled laborers ? Senator SIMMONS . Yes . Mr. STEVENS . About one ...
... labor is concerned . I would pay less for it , and work them more hours . Senator SIMMONS . What per cent of those unskilled laborers are Americans ? Mr. STEVENS . The unskilled laborers ? Senator SIMMONS . Yes . Mr. STEVENS . About one ...
Pagina 47
... labor- ers as you want ? Mr. STEVENS . I made a trial here a short time ago at Jamaica and I met with defeat ; I did not do it right . Secretary Taft stopped in Kingston in November , 1904 , and had some negotiations with the governor ...
... labor- ers as you want ? Mr. STEVENS . I made a trial here a short time ago at Jamaica and I met with defeat ; I did not do it right . Secretary Taft stopped in Kingston in November , 1904 , and had some negotiations with the governor ...
Pagina 51
... labor ; and the general control that the chief engineer retains of a railway contract in this country gives him power enough so that he can , nine times out of ten , adjust these labor troubles . Senator HOPKINS . As between two ...
... labor ; and the general control that the chief engineer retains of a railway contract in this country gives him power enough so that he can , nine times out of ten , adjust these labor troubles . Senator HOPKINS . As between two ...
Pagina 52
... labor , the basing price . If , after they have worked awhile and demonstrated their ability by their hard work and attention to their duties they are capable of doing anything better , they are paid 26 cents ; and that is the highest ...
... labor , the basing price . If , after they have worked awhile and demonstrated their ability by their hard work and attention to their duties they are capable of doing anything better , they are paid 26 cents ; and that is the highest ...
Pagina 53
... labor on rail- road work . I should say that the average American negro laborer I have seen and had around me on railways is worth at least two of the island negroes . Some of the very best men I ever saw in my life were Southern ...
... labor on rail- road work . I should say that the average American negro laborer I have seen and had around me on railways is worth at least two of the island negroes . Some of the very best men I ever saw in my life were Southern ...
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