Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-12
TELEGRAPHlC.
MEXICO And WAGES.
p,oorl Of Tho Committee Of The Trade
and Labor Assembly.
CHEAP LABOR. CHEAPER Ll'lSs.
lm,rean Labjrsrs eau on d Aga'as'
Gong thrro Unlsss surl
Of impliJmsni.

CHICAGO, oct il.--The committee
,fthe Trade aud Labor assembly sent
40 Mexico by that organization, "lo
,sve,tigats the condition Of the labor
inc Glasses Of that county" has re-
,ufpsd to Chicsgo. ami submitted ito
,sssr, At the meeting OF tho assembly
mi. afternoon. Toe report was
adopted by an almost unanimous vote.
I,says In parts
"Ihs fret stop made by your CON.
mlttse was at III PAso, Tex, who're we
Investigated tho wages paid aud the
conditions Of tho American laborerl.
y,om that point we crossed to tho
INV Of Juarcz, but two miles from III
psso, Al that place a complete
ehapao met the eyo-evefything ni-
sgminr a Mexican nit--anu We re-
nIssd that the time had arrived when
ibe real duties Of our mission began.
No took observations OF ths people, ~
To- thrir mode OF living, slcial coBdi.
tons, wages Paid anu price VI c0mm0.
ditiss. and were hurprissd nt the con
tfnst a. compared with conditions We
leit 10 l.. Paso.
arhu two peoples, ss 10 the habits,
tastsf, customs and mguee OF life, arc
such that a comparison " unnhtufal.
Life Ia regarded from very different
,tandpolnts, na they live under ulil q.
cat conditions, inasmuoh ~ tue Mtxl-
can lHbofef IN apparently oonlented
with tho four bare wAils Of his ten.
t8o..iquaro noobe hut, with nothing in-
aide but the ground 10 sleep on,a shawl
u blanket 10 cover OF wrap himself Up
10, n dith OF toflillaa (ourn pancakcsl
And ifilolta (brant) tot nis frugal meal,
nnJ, Ia large number Of case, H..
Ito pig, a dog And chicken OF two OF
the game.uork order sharing his scaut
quarisu; while the American lAbUfuf,
acfoss the llnr, has all tho comforts Of
hons ana many VI the luAufiss 0i
lie.
"wagos In Mexico, 'except tue skilled
and steady mecusnlcs always foreign
tftl are very low. Ga failfcaiS, en-.
glueerr a mericnu) ou passenger tfAinu
receive $40 POT muuth; while tue nfo.
men (M,xichnal receive .s5 per day,
itslght engineer. (hmoFiuh ~ $3.50 of
month, fiFcmen (Mexicnn) slbO ~ l.75
y .
ciul tlJ0 per month, bsaknmen tMcXi-
onl $3.50 PET day. ifoignt conductors
tAmuFicanl $500 Dor month, brake.
men (Mrxioap) sj7 10 sos pet month";
Pailman conduciUrs, $50 pof month
(AmeTicEn money! anu the porters s.s
per month (Amefiuan money! with %
Dor mouth extra Tor being able 10 tAik
spanish.
'pt... = .tsan.f ..tHt.,. I,....,,t.s ........ .
OF Mexico, called Tufales, aud whO are
all sx.bAndils, receive a per DAY.
"IH broom factory near tho depot
ut Jimonez the men Are paid % cents,
women aud children 20 10 80 cenis
psr day. Ia tins cotton mills. toed OIL
mills anu aDap factories ~ rorfoou
mon aru paid ~! 10 90 cents, women
aud children 20 uouts per day.
"a earcAdOr (publio cafrief) has O
rate Of H.! csnts per hour, hut yuu can
hire him for from - ~ 3Il cents ger
DAY.
"At Leon, whore nearly all the
leather goods 10 Mexico are mAuuiac.
tufed, the peon gets his leather cut Tor
TOT shoes or other goods 20 DO maue
BY him, And takes tho material 10
HE hut, whore the whole family
sssi,t bin, the same ~ Ia the
tWsAtshops OF Chicago. For max,
iDg shoes he receives 81 and ny.
WARDS per dozen pairs. Ga tho other
goods hc receives 37l to % cents per
Gay Tor hls lab0T, working Ne long ~
daylight lasts, averaging twelve 10
fourteen h0ufA per day. House ser
vants, mails VI female, Receive 50 10
s. per month ana board themselves.
La or near cities poems live IN adobe
houses AMI pay rental VI 90 n year
tor the ground that the hut Stands on.