The St. Johns herald., 1893-08-31

a letter to La Opinion Publica, a Spanish paper published at Albu- querque, written by A. G. Gueyara, and dated at Pine Top, this county. Mir. Guevara says that on the 25th of June "all the sheep owners, Americans and various Mexicans, held a convention at Holbrook, to lower sheep herders wages from $50 to $20 per month." All the sheep owners in this county did not attend that meeting, by large majority. Furthermore, we have been inform ed, upon what we deem good au- thority, that there was not a word said at that meeting about reducing wages. If the flock masters of this county cared to reduce the wages of their herders, they could do so at any time.
 Mir. Guevara says a little further on in his communication that the "Scott Bros. and the Candelarias, were offered sheep herders at $15 per month, all that they wanted. :" Is this gentleman who, we are in- formed, never herded sheep day in his life !; or, for that matter, never performed any other kind of labor, so obtuse as not to see the mistake he made in making the above as- sertion? Would not the Scott Bros. and the Candelarias have engaged these men at$15 per month, if they had wanted to reduce wages? Mir. Guevara asserts that the object of the meeting at Holbrook was to re- duce herders wages to $20 per month Yet when offered herders at $15 did not take them. When proprietors of sheep, or for that matter of any thing else, start in to reduce wages, are offered labor at the wages set or lower, it is always accepted. We never saw it otherwise in all our ex- perience, which we venture to say, is much greater than that of this pretended philanthropist.
 Mir. Guevara shows his ignorance tor recklessnesS) of the sheep in dustry in this county in another particular. The largest owners of sheep in this county, especially Americans, seldom have anything to do with employing herders. Almost all of them have their sheep let out on shares, and as a rule to Mexicans, and they do the hiring. Another thing, it is a well-known fact that the American flock masters of thls county pay their herders better wages, pay shearers better wages and feed their employees bet ter than do the Mexican sheep own CTS. Notwithstanding this fact, there is an effort throughout his en- tire letter to stir up prejudice against the American sheep owner.
 He says again: "The Americans also resolved to work for the pur- pose of driving the Mexican sheep owners from this country" He knew this was false when he wrote it. According to his statement in the first part ot his letter, the meet Ing was composed of Americans and Mexicans, and was gotten up for the common purpose ot reducing wages. That being the case, does any one believe for a moment, that the Americans in that meeting would be foolish enough to even off, fer a resolution such as this would be disturher of the amicabie rela- tions existing between employer and employee, has stated was re- solved upon. No one, with the sense of 8 full grown louse will believeit, and MT. Guevara proves himself a very weak advocate of bad cause.
 From what we can learn this gen. tleman who pretends to have the interest ot the laboring classes so much at heart, is not a laborer, but one who is seeking to live off the wages of the workers, while he lives in idleness to hatch mischief. He is now travelling over the county or