The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-09-19

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| Here they are-names Of the men, what
| they earned and what they had over at
the end of the month:
Wages earned, 1913; living bill, $50.
"Wages earned, $62, living bill, SIS.
ttWages earned, s155; living bill $50.
wages earned, SIS; living bill, ST.
"Wages earned, $75; Ewing bill, s23.
"Wages earned, $75; living bill, $23.
wages earned, $57; living bill $3.50.
''Wages earned, 1924; living bili s42.
t:Laborers earned $3.50; living bill,
$14.50.
Skilled laborer earned 500; living bill,
$50. ...
.skilled laborer earned $105; living bill,
$50.
"skilled laborer earned $S7; living bill,
S45.
"rhese are matters of fact, and show
you that they live well, and have some
money left over at the end OF every month.
In May we paid the laborers by contract
so much per foot, and their wages ran
along $3.50, 1924, $500, $2.75, $3.50 and
$500 per day.
"a fellow named Gordon has been writ
ing articles on Mexican matters, and says
the field laborers get only Is cents per
day. That is true in some instances, but
their work is light, and the cost Of living
but one-fourth of what it is here. / car
get farm laborers in my state Of New York
and over in Campbell county for $40 q
month, and they are glad to get it. Then
look at the heavy clothing. fuel and high
priced goods of all sorts (high-priced in
comparison, I mean they have to pay for.
"The Mexican laborer gets more for his
work than he ever did before, and his dol
lars buy more. They are contented and
happy. We pay our smelters $40 day,
and pay my superior tender $40 day, or
IS day American money. The Mexican
lives on beans and tortillas mainly. He
drinks water or mezcal when he can get
it, We will have splendid display set on
Fourth street next week, showing the
whole process of silver mining, smelling,
etc"
els there any danger of that dumping
and 'deluge Of silver the Republicans and
gold standard Democrats predict If we
adopt free silver?"
mot bit of it; don't you believe It,
That is one Of their gags and scarecrows.
We have steady, spot market for all the
silver we can mine. Here, will read you
a letter from Liverpool, soliciting, almost
begging, for our silver. / have sold much
Of it to English firms, and great quantities
20 from Mexico to Great Britain, Ger
many, China and Japan--steady spot. cash
markets. When they tell you that Mex
lean dollars and bullion will be bought up
and brought to this country in the event OF
free coinage here, remind them that Mex
leo has an export duty on silver, fact that
I have never seen mentioned In any paper.
If we adopt free coinage that export duty
will be increased sure
s"The entire production of silver for the
world in 1894 was 1877 TSP. 561 fine ounces,
and it's coin value was $216,9S2,2o0. Now
suppose that all had been dumped into the
United States it would not have raised the
per capita So, and all the other nations
would have gone without silver for coinage
and the fine arts. The coin value OF the
gold production for that year was $780,
626.1OO. So you see they were close to-
gether, and silver is used much more in
the fine arts than gold. The total coin
value of the gold production Of the world
since the discovery Of America down to
1894 was So, 5S2, 467 400; that Of silver, s1o,-
131 ,S14,1OO. Those are the latest statis-
tics before me-"