Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-03

the Republicans and boilers seem 10
have made IL a plan Of campaign 10
deny everything. That. like labor, gets
ike remuneration In Mexico, ana the
United States shares their general de-
NAL. when YOU ask them how comes IL
that several thousand mechanics nave
gone from the United States, wnere we
are on a gold basis, to work In Mexico
where they are on a silver basis. they
are silent. They can haroiy hus'e'
efYrontery enough to say that mechanic
who is getting 81 day VIII leave mere
10 go to a county where he will get "a
| that will be only worth 81.
AS a matter OF fact, Mexico. on q Sill
| YER basis. is to-day one OF the most
nrosperous nations of the earth. she
does not know what hard times are. Inc
closing TO silver of the India mints' anu
! the repeal Of the Sherman act In TINS
country, which sent gold ballooning up
In value. and raised the price OF eN-
| change. acted as a boon to her. Ihey
have caused her imports to fall from
"a 900. 900 to s34.0o0,0o0 and her exports 10
rise from se3,oOoooo TO s9O,oooDcoo Heavy
| investments of foreign capital have been
made there since the appreciation OF Soio
elsewhere.
Her cotton. woollen. and paper mills
| are busy, and increasing In numper.
Rank and business failures are rare, ana
the value of the Mexican dollar IN the
purchase OF articles OF home manufacture
e as good as ever. These facts are from
the report of President Diaz az late as
| s,eptember 9th. Her railroads are peins
extended. and her mines are peihs
opened. She is in a position or induS-
| trial independence; she sells her own
| nroducts abroad for gold and buys less
of their products for silver. There Is
and has been no suffering there from
| low prices of agricultural products. lhese
| facts are stated by NJ. Romero. the
| Mexican minister to the United states.
rrbere is a class of laborers In Mexico
IN whom % cents n day is high wages
for II, often gets less, but 1t Is CLASS
of Indians of whom 1t takes four or hVe
to do one mans work, and which wodid
not no used in the United States at any
| wages.
| one of the most interesting individual
! statements of wages In Mexico, made by
o,a who has TO pay them, was made in
Cincinnati a few days ago by Coionei !"
| II. Harms, president of the newport
| XIV, Electric-Light Company, and also
president OF the Sonora Mexican Mining
| Company. His figures are the most IN
teresting, because they are confirmed by
| the official report of Governor Cr'tten-
don Tinted States Consul-General to
Mexico, in his report of month ago.
which was quoted by Congressman W.
A. Homes. In his speech at Belyidere HAM,
I'm this city, Friday night. Colonel Harms
| said of the companys mines at sonora'
..Our nav roll runs $500 a month.
| have our pay rolls for May. June, ana
July with me, and will let you see Ior
Yourself what we actually pay. mere
they are: We paid our engineers -
day; office men. pumping service, y per
day: blacksmiths, 50 per day; hoisters'
50 per day; watchmen, - per day. iuih-
bermen. $3.50 and So per day; miners,
$50 sl75. 81. and "a per day. Our ordi-
nary outside common laborers. wheel
barrow men, and the like, $50 to s2.5V
per day.
eve furnish our force with all their
supplies, and / will give you samples al
through the payroll, showing what they
earned month. and what they had lett
after paying their living bills.
Here they are-names or the men.
what they earned. and what they hau
over at the end OF the month:
"Wages earned $93; living bill, $53
"Wages earned, ss2; living bill, sls.
"Wages earned, si55; living bill. SCI
"Wages earned SIS; living bill, $27.
"Wages earned, SIS; living bill, $23.
"Wages earned. SIS: living bill. s2S.
"Wages earned, ST. living bill, 1850.
"Wages earned. sl2f; living bill $40.
'I.aborers earned S64; living bill, Slo
"Laborers earned $3.50; living BILL ~ 30.
"Skilled laborer earned $50; living Dill,
ST.
$50.
'skilled Iaborer earned s1O5; living bill,
$50.
sskilled laborer earned ss7; living bill,
A5
"These 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. 50. s2.75. $3.50.
and 81 per day"
ABOUT the "iood Of silver" apprehend-
ed In case OF free coinage in this country,
General Harms said he did not see where
IT was to come from. Speaking for his
own mine, he said that they had a steady
demand In Great Britain. Germany,
China. and Japan. spot cash for their
output. He said II the whole output Of
silver for the world in 1884, s2is.Ss2.ooo,
: had been poured into the United States,
II would. not have raised the per-capita
50.
MIR. BRYAN'S TACTICS.