Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-12

OK ana The harness is a broad strap or
rope passing over the forehead instead
OF the shoulders OF the oxen. Planting
is done by p0king a hole in the ground
with q sick, dropping the corn into it.,
and the seed is covered by the pe0n in
Stepping from hole to hole. On these
immense tracts Of land the natives :
poems have lived for centuries. and y
forced TO buy all their necessities
4- tla haciend3do's Gand owners \
store On the hacienda thu peon rs
from rs 20 % cents per day for his work
and q hut 20 live in. if he builds /, him
selG. The peOn
GETS no MONEY
except on feast days and for religious
offerings. By this system he IS always
I'M debt TO the hsciendado. This form
of slavery has been forbidden bv law
for "a number Of years. but two--hir5s
OF l15 poems DO not know ic. as hey can
neither read nor write and their mas
,tls take good care rCt to teach tlem
this TACT.
Crs7nized labor is unknown here.
Nnlcl is couS-ieraI & great blessiD.
bu, that country 70 day tla- has The
oVsl system Of trade organizations ana
lle creates number Of untol men nor
capita or It's population Is he toren0st
-- "et--a, progression and The napD;-
ness or It's people.
inc cry is raised Thar the~a are no
..lt houses in Mexico. hut thar IS no IN
.-,-JA OF the absence IF poverty. as
your committee can uily testify. with
oe- -e3r or contradiction, as the voice
.t .-1 Mendcant supp.clc!ug aims rang
-N on. ears all through The country.
10 lle cites of Zacececas and GUIANA
J'alo, with populations Of 10000 and TO-
V.' respectfully we failed to get butter
ana potatoes on the tables o. the best
-3'. Is. On inquiry. we were informed
that ii we paid
A DOLLAR A POUND
Ior ouJ,er. it would be purchased and
Kept -or our exclusive use.
Your committee would caution the
American Torkingman against going 10
" Nco without sufficient funds to bring
aim back. or 10 have employment Sc
cured before going there. of they Will
Do obliged 90 subsist on cactus and the
sap OF the tequila plant while doing the
country. On asking an American VINO
was conducting prosperous business in
one of the cities which your committee
visited. why iJ was that the foreigners
al seemed 10 be making money, no
matter wha- business they were en-
e1sel In, he. with characteristic Yam
kea frauknesS. replied. The labOTer
here is different from the lab0rer in the
United States. Here labor is cheap, and
We have no brains TO contend with
The mission iDrusted to your commit
tr. is O. peculiar one. We were sent to
study the social and financial condition
cf a .ar away people. We are plain toll
ors Injured 90 the hard knocks o. the
factory and workshop. and none are bet
ter qualified 20 investigate or 90 feel and
-ymplthizc with the workers of another
country than men from our ranks. We
did not go loaded with credentials TO be
entertained hy the people of better
classes. or yet as scholars. 20 describe the
monuments of historic interest. or 20 have
our poetic fancics inp.red by the landscape
and azure Skies or build mp wasted ener-
-..s iu che hsaIhful air or that southern
cime but Co go
AMONG THE COMMON PEOPLE.
who are Of our own class. and study con-
dsao1s from that standpoint. Hence this
eu.-t.a does not abound i'm high sounding
riat-rIas 0u the sublime and beautiful
or Uat country. but on facts that stiu
exist and are ready 90 speak for them
lives to hose who viii go ana seek os
w- have done. and should they DO So they
Viii feel as we do. that the American
warE.u-mau is prince compared 10 the