The Lamar register., 1896-10-17
coNprIlpNs l,n h.Exlco.
Tho Chicago Labor A.ssssbss commist.
Report.

49,
the Trades and baLSr AssE5abIy. sent to
Mexico by that organi4atioa 10 nyesti-
gate the condition OF the lab1rlng slasses
OF that country" has returned to Chisago.
and submitted its naport at the meeting
Of the assembly this afternoon.
The repor, was adopted by an s,mos,
unanimous vote. only two members
speaking in opposition to it.
The delegates claimed in submitting
their report, that they carried out their
mission In an unbiased and non-partisan
manner, and they simply pictured the low
state Of the working classes as it was,
without reference to political questions,
There were many CALCULATIONS OF aston
lshment at the pitlable pictures presented.
and the motion to adopt the report called
forth but little debate. The report says
In part:
The two peoples, as TO their habits,
tastes, customs and modes OF life, are
such that comparison Is unnatural Life
Is regarded from very different stand
points, as they live under different CON
ditisns, inssmueh as the Mexican laborer
Is apparently contented with the four
bare walls OF his ,en-foot square adobe
hut, with nothing Inside but the bare
ground to sleep on. shawl or blanket TO
wrap himself in. a dish Of tortiIlas (corn
pancakes) and frieiles Cbeans) for his
frugal meal. and In q large number Of
cases, little pig. a dog and chicken or
fx.-a NJ arIa SHARING his
scant quarters, while the American labor
er across the line had all the comforts of
home and many Of the luxuries Of life
wages in Mexico. except TO skilled
and steady mechauics-always foreigners
are very low. On railroads engineers
(American) on passenger trains receive
$3.50 per month. while the fremen Ciex-
icansl receive SIS per day: freight en-
gineers CAmericanl $3.50 per month, fire
men CSiexicanl Sl50 to S1-73 per day.
passenger conductors (Americanl Si60
per month. brakemen Csiexiean) s1.50
per day; freight conductors tAmerican,
500 per month, brakemen tNIexicanl S5I
to SG3 per month: Pullman conductors
$50 per month (American money, and
the porters S2S per month american
money! with 50 per month extra for be
Ing able to talk Spanish. The national
soldiers Irregular army Of Mexieol, called
rurales, and who are all ex-bandlts, re-
ceive 81 day In broom factory, near
the depot at JImenez, the men are paid
so cents. women and children % Ia 3Ila
cents per day. In the cotton mills. seed
oil mills and soap factories at Torrecn,
men are paid 4TIs to 80 cents, women
and children % cents per day. A cara
dor public CARRIER has rate OF l25
cents per hour, but you can hire him for
from - to 3Tts cents per day.
your commission would caution Amer
lean workmen against going to Mexico
without sufficient funds TO bring them
back or to have employment secured be
fore going there or they will be Obliged
to subsist ON cactus and the sap of the
Tequlla plant while doing the country.
on asking an American who was con-
ductlng n prosperous business in one Of
the cities, which your commission visited,
why It was that the foreigners all seemed
to be making money, no matter what
business they were engaged in. he, with
characteristic Yankee frankness; replied:
The laborer here Is different from the
laborer in the states. Here labor Is cheap
and we have no brains to contend with.