The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-10-13
HAVE SEEN ENOUGH
COMMITTEE SENT FROM CHICAGO
TO MEXICO RETURNS.

III A6AlOU MI UhNN
After an Examination of the Laborinl
People, Conducted Among the Laborin
People by Men Who Themselves worl
With Their Hands, the Comparison
Made Between the American Lahore
and the Mexican is That of Prince Will
Pauper-Committee Says Not Wore
About Silver But Only Reports Facts.
she Trades and Labor assembly, sen
10 Mexico by that organization "tC
investigate the condition of the labor
ing classes of that country" returned
TO Chicago and submitted its report
at the meeting of the assembly yester-
day afternoon. The report is as fol-
lows:
'.The first stop made by your commit
tee was at Ell Paso. Texas, where we
investigated he wages paid ana fG2
conditions ef tbe 4 nlegicsn - Oore.-s.
s'-om mat point W. crossed TO the cry
~ Js1,s ez. lo2ls lao miles from FL 70 ~.
Al inls point p complete change met
the eye, everything assuming q Me-
scan air, and we realized that the time
had arrived when the real duties of
our mission began. We took obServa-
tion5 of the people as to their appear
nnce, mode of living, social condi-
lions, wages paid, and prices of conn
modities, and We're surprised at the
contrast as compared with conditions
we 1eft in FL Paso.
TWO WORLDS.
'~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
etandpoints, as they live under differ
emit conditions, inasmuch as the Mex
dean laIborer is apparently contented
with the four bare walls of his ten-
foot square adobe hut, with nothing
inside but the ground to sleep on, a
shawl or blanket to cover or wra p
himself up in, a, dish of tortillas corn
panoakes) and frijoles Cbeans) for his
frugal meal, and in a large number of
cases little pig, a dog and chicken
or two OF the gamecock order, share
his scant quarters, while the Ameri-
can Qaborer across the line has all the
comforts Of home and many of the
iuxuries ot life.
RAILWAY WAGES.
Wages in Mexico, except to skilled
and steady mechanics, always foreign
ers, are very low. On railroads wages
are as follows. in Mexican money:
Engineers (American) on passen-
ger trains, $40 per month.
''Ffren1en (Mexicans) s1.S5 per day.
Freight engineers (AmericaD $3.50
per month
Freight firemen (Mexican) $50 to
sL75 per day.
Passenger conductors (American)
$3.50 per month
Passenger fbrakemen CIexican) 80
per day.
Freight conductors (American) $500
per month.
Freight Drakenen, CIexican) $57 to
s63 per month.
Pullman conductors, $50 per month
american money!
Pullman porters, SOS per month,
american money! with So per month
extra for being able to talk Span
fish.
IN OTHER LINES.
'"The national soldiers, regular ar
who are all ex1bandits, receive 81 per
day.
In a broom factory near the depot
at Jaurez. the men are paid so cents,
women and children % to 371s cents
per day.
I'm the cotton mills, seed oil mills,
and soap factories at Torreon, men are
paid Az to 80 cents; women and chill
dren, % cents per day.
"A carcador public carrier) has
rate of 121s cents per hour, but you
ran hire him for from % 10 S71s cents
Per day.
AT Leon, where nearly all the Death
er goods in Mexico are manufactured.
the peon gets his leather cut for shoes.
Or other goods, TO be made by him,
and takes the material to his hut where
the whole family assists him. the same
as in the sweat shops of Chicago. For
making shoes he receives 81 and up
ward per dozen pairs On the other
leather goods he receives 371s to 80
cents per day for his labors, working
rs long as daylight 7asts, averaging
twelve to fourteen hours per day.
Common laberer,s can be hired for
Is to 50 cents per day
House servants, male or female.
=" u 80 pOA AiOHth anu Dodru
themselves.
THE PEON.
IN or near cities, poems live in adobe
houses and pay rental of IS a year
for the ground that the house stands
on When leaving this for another
location. all improvements the peon
has made so to the landlord or owner
OF the7land, who pays no taxes what |
ever on the land.
A mans chief article of dress is his |
Eombrero, often costing as much as
f35 (Which is bought on the INSTALL |