San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-05-19

commerce. But say what you will
OF the Mexican dollar it will buy
more necessaries and commodities
in Mexico than your American
dollar will in the United States
!. especially where you don't handle
imported goods, and the less q
nation handles of that class the
better il is for it. Meats, game
fish, vegetables, fruits and other
NECEssARIEs CAN BE BOUGHT
CHEAP
at a little Of what they cost in New
York; for instance ducks and rab
bits % cents a pair, good cauli'
flower, 3 to 5 cents, celery 2 to !
cents a bunch, oranges, lemons
and lemas l cent, bananas two for
a cent and so on. A working man
here is happy and prosperous" as
a rule, for he can earn his salary,
though paid in Mexican silver,
have exotics blooming on his
table aud indulge in luxuries
such as only the wealthy enjoy
in the States. He can have an
Indian servant for So per month
and board. These are
FINE COOKS AND PROVIDERS.
Give her an idea OF what you
want and so cents (Mexican
money!, and she comes home lad
ened with meat or ducks or rabbits
or fish, vegetables, such as cauli-
flower, celery, tomatoes, asparagus,
potatoes, cabbage and various
kinds of delicious fruits that will
keep four people for a whole day,
and then have considerable left
over. Could you do anything like
this with so cents gold in the
United States? l guess not, nor
even with a dollar, and living is
the greatest part Of mans ex-
penses. Mr.. Carlisle evidently
misstated facts; ignorantly or pur-
posely, is another question, but the
error is just the same.
But let us go a little further.
Clothes are as cheap as in the
United States. You can buy hand
me-downs just as cheap, but when
you come to fine clothes, they are
CHEAPER IN FACT.
Suits Of all kinds made to order,
of fine genuine English cheviots or
French cassimeres, for from $50 to
$50, according to style and fittings;
"stove-pipe" hats cost So; derbys
from $3.50 to So; boots and shoes 81
to S.. Underwear, linens, calicos,
dress goods, silks and straw hats
are higher because imported, but
not so high as the same articles
would be In the United States.
The fact is these goods are Of a
finer and better class than those
manufactured in the United States.
Owing to the strong competition
between England, France and Ger
many for
THE TRADE OF MEXICO
their imports are cheaper than in
the United States because the
duties are lower and trade is en-
couraged.
II the working man wants luXu-
ries he gets any brand Of cham
payne for So a bottle, fine brandy
and WHISTLES at from 81 to So per
bottle. All these liquors are i'm.
ported from France and are pure
and first-class. You could not buy
anything like it in the states for
the money. Then you can buy a
fine cigar, equal to any American
10 cents cigar, for cents, and 20
fine pure cigarettes for cents-10
for 3 cents. You can get a really
good rich meal for 25 cents and a
SQUARE MEAL FOR Ii CENTS.
The latter consists of soup, rice,
boiled meat and vegetables, roast
meat and caulifors, frijoles,
fruit and cup of coffee.
1t must be remembered that the
prices quoted are retail prices and
on Mexican silver basis. This
fact makes the contrast all the
more striking.
Space forbids more mention, but
you will see by these figures that
the Mexican dollar is more valu-
able in Mexico than the American
dollar in the United States and
that Mexico is doing well on a sill.
yer basis.
But, Mr.. Carlisle says, wages
are low and they are paid in
Mexican silver. In some cases
WAGES are low and naarIy in AL