The herald., 1896-10-04

ance Of 10 to Is cents per day is made for
rations The average laborer will live
and be in good strength on 10 to IL cents
per day and support his family on about
1S cents. OF course, he Will have little
patch Of corn and beans planted near his
hut, and these will constitute the largest
part OF his daily bill of fare.
Factory laborers, unskilled. 80 cents
to 81; skilled, 81. so to $3.50.
Mechanics in factories, $3.50 to IS.
Miners, so cents to $780,
Plumbers (native). 81 to $3.50; plumb
ers (American), So to IS.
Blacksmith, $3.5 to $3.50.
Stone masons, 81 to $1.50.
Smelter men, 81 to $1.50.
Boiler makers, $4 to IS.
Bricklayers. 81 to $1.50.
Carpenters, $3.50 to $4.75.
Furnace men, 81 to $1.50.
Iron workers, 81 to $3.50.
Jewellers, 81 to IS.
Stationary engineers, $3.50 to $3.50.
Section men, 50 4to 75 cents, foremen,
81 to $3.50.
6witchmen, $1.5o.
Railway employees who work by the
month have the following range Of
wages:
Locomotive engineers. $3.50 to $3.50.
Locomotive firemen, SIS to $100.
- Passenger conductors, $160.
Freight conductors, $125 to 5000.
Freight brakemen, $35 to $50; some
times SIS.
Telegraph operators, $50 to $3.50.
Railroad station agents, $50 to 5000.
Railroad division superintendents,
$3.50.
Train masters, $175.
Other wages are:
Office clerks, $40 to 5000 per month.
stenographers. 500 to $i75 month; av-
erage, $125.
Travelling representatives, from SIPS
to 5000 and expenses.
Agents from SIS to $50 per month.
COST OF LIVING IN MEXICO.
AS to the cost Of living in Mexico find
1t in many respects much cheaper than
in the United States. The manner of life
made possible and even necessary by the
climatic conditions simplfies the prob
lem. Fuel, for instance, so considerable
an item of expense in the north Is an
feature here. I doubt if
many families expend SO much as SIS
per year each for their charcoal. The
CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT.
Wheat, $11 for $50 pounds; cotton, IS
cents per pound; WOOL 81 to So per arro-
ba Of 81 pounds.
The cost of foodstuffs Is given below,
the price, unless otherwise indicated,
being at the pound rate:
Coffee, retail, 40 cents; roasted and
ground. so cents; wholesale, 19 cents
- Beans, American, cents: Mexican
frijoles, cents.
Corn, 81 to lao per bushel. It is now
high on account of the short crop and
is worth ordinarily cent per pound.
Corn meal, American, 15 cents.
Jered beef, 65 cents.
Salt fish, 45 cents.
Salt pork, 32 to 40 cents.
Ham, American. retail, IS cents;
wholesale, AZ cents; native, retail. 35
cents; wholesale. 27 cents.
Flour, American, retail, Is cents:
native, retail, cents.
Wheat, retail, from $3.50 to $1.S0 per
bushel.
Butter, American, 60 cents to rs cents;
native, unsalted, 35 cents to so cents.
Sugar, imported, all classes, 25 cents:
native, uncut, to 10 cents; native, cut
or cubed, IA cents.
Molasses, ordinary native, 81 per gal
Ion.
Syrup. maple.A per gallon; dripped, of
all classes, when imported. $S per gall
lon.
Salt, label, 10 cents; coarse. 8 cents.
Pepper, ground and unground, 20
cents to 80 cents.
MANUFACTURES AND AGRICUL-
TURE.
Mills for the manufacture Of cotton
and wooden yarns and textiles increase
in number yearly, and the capacity of
the old ones has been added to greatly.
Five years ago the number Of factories
Of this character in operation was nine
ty. There are upward Of 140 Of them
now, and about 5000 factories for the
manufacture Of sugar and its by-pro-
Duct brandy. Various industrial con.