New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-22
popJILAR OBSERVATIONS.
,,op voRKMEN TO CONSIDER.
o. THEIR FEIIow-LABoRERS FARE UNDER
r.rrr, SILVER IN MENICO.

~,,r,R rE1IOw-LABoRERs FARE UNDER
/ FREE SILVER IN MENICo.
/ - EDITOR of The Tribune.
U woman recently came from Mexico to visit
l s' fc Texas The wOman's husband works
~ -, hand on arrow-gauge railway In
II - Cor q cents day. Her sisters husband
N the southern Pacific. in Texas. as section
q dav The Mexican woman wore
Slno ,ress for which she paid in Mexico = cents
an A merchant at Comstock. In this county
s!",s.,,ioauv the same pattern Of goods in his
.-s which he sells at 10 cents a yard The man in
So works seven and one-seventh days TO buy
|Ae,. Ten wards His brother-n-law In Texas
Is one day for the same
'~r., Ware and wife. OF this place. have just
I'D from a sXty-day trip of observation and
re- through the interior OF Mexico. They visit
SF,,..rev Saliillo. San Luis Potosi. City of
80 Aguas Calicntes. Guadalajara and many
=, CITIES towns and hacendas. and the sights
~" ai,nessed among the working people We're pitt
- NJ Ware has always been OF Democratic
ur,,iss hut this trip changed his political bias.
~ many similar cases he instances smelling
ar, enjoying 1900 hands. Their pay each
w ..,.s 4 DAY Their only clothing Is Dor
- for the feet. large apron made OF the
- NJ 4 native plant which is fastened around
ock and falls down TO the thighs. and
I've straw hat In the markets he found little
= Of mesquite beans. prckiy pear leaves ana
-, Ike productions that grow wild In the coun-
~ These "cdibies" are arranged In separate little
y" an she floor OF the market-house, and sell at
30 pile-food that our street Arabs would
v-. tom m dsdain. on the haciendas the pay
~ .iofhing are scanty, but the labOrers get a
az 49, NJ corn and other cultivated plants. which
~ a.. ~,ok In he most primitive manner. The poor
t s'',scr'e In Our country live in luxury compared
e. me lsborlnC classes in Mexico. If the work
e,.e Of the United States do not believe the state
E,fs IS I'd Mexican labor. let the unions send "A
OF three five intelligent, unprej JUDGED
~ - Mexico not 10 stop at hotels and stroll
,to he workshops. smelters. foundries and farms
~ AK 10 the workmen face 10 face Let them
. INTO The sQualid homes. among the naked chill
49, and qusrter-ciad women. and see how and on
-. fnev live. II the commissioners can speak
S,sr,sn ara not rely on interpreters so much the
btt-er. and viii come ba * thanking GOD they
- th.r children are citizens of the United States
n, 60 among the rich people. who are not one
..,b N the population, TO ascertain the blessings
ttu "a
~ fo1 and sweat OF he masses: but go among the
masses ana see their misery ana hopeiessness. and
non vote for deprecated dollar II you think il
vii be blessing - American workmen. Much as
want 10 avert such calamity as the success OF
nee silver would not tell lie 10 cleo. Mckinley
.o- defeat BRYAN, bat have lived in Mexico and
now these things true. and l want the AIncri-
can workntn 10 know the truth. In his Buffalo
.,sseh Mr. lirv4r told his hearers 10 deposit and
hold their Mexican dollars, that he believed the in
susIraf .pn li Cd frt--sIlver President would make
bar Mexican dollar worth more than 100 cents at the
United State, minis and throughout the world. II
j. correct thfL why does II take nearly two
isxcan silver dollars TO buy one dollar in gold IN
isxco? We All know that gold has gone out OF
-sneGal circulation in Mexico. and tina, 1t Is held
& an enormous premium. and the same conditions
could obtain IN 'he United States under free coin
sc Feiiow-v0rkmen. be not deceived by the col
al investigate for yourselves. send few trusted
rer. whom you VIII believe. and If YOU once know
me truth. have no fear as to how you vii vote.
Del BE Tex. August - lS-