Panama and the Canal in Picture and Prose

CHAPTER XVIII. LABOR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ZONE 341

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The Colossal Business of the Commissary--The Task of Feeding Forty Nationalities--The Stern Suppression of the Social Class--Evil Effect of the Abolition of the Canteen--Some Figures Concerning the Commissary Service--The International Agreement on the Commissary--The Police System of the Zone--The School System of the Zone--Agricultural Possibilities on the Zone--Future Possibilities of the Canal Zone.