Simple solution of the Panama labor problem. Illustration shows a frenzy of activity as many politicians and capitalists join the labor forces to construct the Panama Canal; Theodore Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is standing on the right, holding a whip, and directing the laborers. In the background, large groups of men labeled Order of Walking Delegates, The Idle Rich, Amalgamated Aldermen, and Insurance Presidents Union No. 6 are waiting, with tools, to be called into action. Date 1905 October 18. Simple solution of the Panama labor problem. Illustration shows a frenzy of activity as many politicians and capitalists join the labor forces to construct the Panama Canal; Theodore Shonts, chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, is standing on the right, holding a whip, and directing the laborers. In the background, large groups of men labeled Order of Walking Delegates, The Idle Rich, Amalgamated Aldermen, and Insurance Presidents Union No. 6 are waiting, with tools, to be called into action. Date 1905 October 18.