Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-10-03
ALL TURN TO MEXICO.

ALL TURN TO MEXICO.
The Chicago Rec ,rd has sen; a
corps Of correspondents into Ncxi.
CT 10 ascertain the iruc situation IN
.ecard 10 the effect of free silver on
business and wages in that coun.
try. Mr.. Trum5uil White. one of
the Records correspondents. in his
initial letter to lis paper, quotes II
rcsidcn, of the country as saying:
81 don't want to do anyone an in
Justice. but ] must say tina; III sc oil
rs who live in !his neichborhood
and have seen the W -k that las
been done by most of the men "! q
have come duwn here ~ get facts
bearing Oh the resent campaign,
have come TO the conclusion that
the came with opinions already
formed Ioohirg for things 10 verify
them. We have scen so many mac
cura,e tables OF wages and prices,
made for purposes OF comparison,
that We have come 10 believe that
the intention has been TO secure
campaign literature rather than
fair report on conditions as they
are"
The gentleman quoted then pro
cceds to.say tha, freight engineers
and conductors are making from
500 to S!25 per month in Mexican
silver, which buys them as much o.
everything except American money
as il did when silver was AT par.
Asked il these men did not buy i'm.
ported goods at high prices, with
duty added. he replied:
"Yes, they do buy imported shoes
for their best. and some other
,hings, too. from imported stocks.
But instead of being from the
United States, most OF these things
are from France, England and Ger
many, and are SO Sood--heiter than
they can get anywhere cIsc--,lia' il
is real economy To buy them. This
applies 10 -uits OF clothes, and such
things. Except for the very cheap
est rcady.ulade clothing. suits are
as cheap in Mexico as they are in
the United States, aud often
cheaper"
Continuing. he said: "Most of
the price comparisons have been
remarkably misleading, and they
could have little weight on the
question under discussion If the
people who read them knew the
otherconditions and circum stances.
The writers have chosen American
goods, goods seldom used and little
wanted by the Mexicans, for the
comparisons. aud have omitted al
together the things that in Mexico
are considered the necessities of
life. 1t is because of this that the
tables are worthless as showing
the cost of living in the republic"
Carpenters, the correspondent is
informed, get 81 day in the City of
Mexico aud are busy all the time.
Mr.. p. b. Chiscm, a leather manu-
facturer of Guaymas, expressed the
opinion that 1t would be better for
Mexico that the United States
should remain on a gold basis. He
il quoted as follows:
Il am engaged extensively IN The
manufacture Of len .ler ~ Quay.
mas. and have jus. closed a biS
leather cuntrac; wili }Tpan.
make large shipments to h. gland
aud receive gold Tor them
what wages a. payf NI.., my
employees can live much better in
Mexico on their salaries than any
of your luboring men can live on
the wages they receive. l pay my
skilled iaborers from s. to 81 per
day, and the common labor $40 per
month. A person can live well at
Guaymas on $40 month. One hun
dred fine oysters cost . cents, seven
poun Is of fresh FISH 10 cents and u
large green turtle TO make rich
soup for several hundred persons
costs only 50 cents. A carpenter in
Guaymas receives 50 day and n
blacksmith $3.50. A skilled, sober
and industrious workman receives
better pay in Mexico than he can
get In the United States.
sonora is the most prosperous
state In Mexico. There are no pam
pers in Sonora. Her people have