How Uncle Sam Feeds and Clothes His Canal Employes Cristobal,
Canal Zone, Panama. ItVant to tell you how Uncle Bam feeds and
clothes his canal em? ployes. When the old patriarch undertook
this bin job at Panama he found the stores hero very poor. The
native merchants did not understand the wants of tho Americana,
and they tried to sell us poor stuff ut high prices. It was
absolutely necessary In the management of the canal to nave the
men well fed and well cared for, and so Uncle Sam became
murchant, and he has established here one of the biggest
department stures of tho world. He does not Insist that any one
buy of him, but his prices are so low and his goods are ho good
that no one thinks of purchasing anywhero else. The huBlncas
began at the start of our work on tho canal, and It has now
grown until It amounts to almost j'l.HftO.noo per year. The
number of conBumers Is now about 100,000, and this Includes the
families of both the silver and gold employes upon the canal and
the railroad. All or? practically