The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-01
GAUCHO AND HOME.

to save and starye fer the time i'm order
to he the richer hereafter TIE Italians
are the masons. the carpenters and the
mechanics 81 the Argentine They are
very apt a. trades and viii work for much
lower wages than those az the United
States. They can live moro eheaply than
our people. Many Of them virtually have
bat one meal "a day. which Is eaten after
they have stopped work in the evening
They take nothing hat cap az tea and a
piece Of dry bread upon rising. and this
lasts them until dinner although :hey
tuHy have another Ctp Of tea az nooa
As 20 t8e markets. meats. with the excep-
ton of pork. are exceedingly cheap, but
ether Things are high. Mutton brings al
most nothing, and h~ef costs about half
It's Va,ue iu tao United States Very little
pork rs used by the latsoring classes. Most
families hay their bread. as the poor have
ia facilities for baking Licensed bakers
supply the demands and tho bread man on
horseback. with his panaiers tlsed with
rolls goes from house Ia house daily.
The bread sold In Euenos Ayges Is as good
as that which Is made in our cities. Corn
maal II net used. although houiny r. COM
ncu onions arc everywhere eaten. ana
u frequent sight upon the street is the
cnion-peld3er. who goes niong carrying
strings NJ onions the bulbs being braided
,
over the two ends * a pole ana Thus car
lsed upon tee shoulders. Oh; in the coun-
trv she istogeys live Almost entirely upon
meat. and although they could II they
would have garden PATCHES. shey seldom
care 10 undertake the tFouale Of raising
vegetables
Trades tutsus in the Argentine.
Tee sifgcrcnt classes Of laaorers have
.Ae3r own unions. / have been told by
railroad men that they seldom have R
strike among theIr efnn;oyes. There - 10
great variation IN wages from year 70
wear. ard IN an branches strikes ara al
s1est unknown. The most % the employ
erS PREFER 10 xet thgir work done as far
49, possible Is contract or by th@ piece.
4-hfx il es..sciaHy So in railroad coustr1sc-
t!or. where excavation IL doue ~ the
c.ls,g,> ward ard ether things in the ss0fe
way. Oss, man viii hire Il sang ar men
- he}p asr.. ara BE- wiH h<7 responsible ~
th, contractors or tfetr officials Upon AL
tne large eStanctAs ar farms tfe 9ro9r}-
esai Nas a storp. ans furnishes the etssseis
:, hgs hands. st.iucttaz a certain aguoant
nm ss.y!~ wages 80 pay for thTua. T'as
rat-.>aas often carry pTcTfsso0 ears ~4ta
chem am sch NJ a A;f-s @V@3 c"st prise
rafahl - ard ofacr gcsp3s tn 1ae}T Sors-
.s,sa f. -ralshtnr vine aud clothes IS wsG
@asFs& $50 k-t'F sN~tf-k-A ANt-e'f ~N-'ft+4
farrl 20 har,4-.ssgx. Neither !n the country
s,ar in the elites do t%e saAoTfnS classes
svs.sY to earc sor comforts as car l15~sEssrS
aA \ Galvanized ir7n she3 forms the
hol9a az lno fArHae~. aIei a r~eFa ~ a CON
,rngfsa shat os t,a citv @oE&man- An
American r-sec hazta yxoes}a n1t AVs Il ta.s
asv. ard t "a not lark be coeft make
enough r1e1ry ~ TIE Argentine fo efsaEs2e
risa. g. t,s4y tho comforts se has AZ hams
ina. A~reursne .a5ssFer has 50 psy nsoTv for
hsa .-aof&Enx. ans Dc aas n7telng ike TIE
.-sss-st{s.ga5 ar ssees4t advantages % Als
<orsa American bgos&ef, TAere -, ~ fAs,F
81, ehassce 81 Ssssfa America for >osta
A-wtgseaa @aorers-
won,sn's Nark and wages
IS 20 she women. fsosE 80 feSH poorer
.lass.-a Aax,c 4 Fauea VERSE cAAncs N ,he
x.e4-ff~e tAa> ia tAe Caste2 sa&se>-
q-ae~.s are Rs4c fcw sessaals clerks 81 tAe
stores Wosssrss axe 1851 eensra3Y eaa-
s.s.,v.sa IN tAss government depart gsas sis
ees ses professional tysssS F3te~ - 1is's A.
scnfsuA nas Htt so ~ 1o@vs~ IN 1ae S1f-
s~-,.z.ess. telegraph oftsce the~e are sew
= s,ea ogyr#tevS a-a ~ faa fe4f9N"fs
rs~r~ arc xsrss 30 sr-sS.e- teT esaA-s- &asy
ass s.sss ~nella ss~ss aoNeyeS. ice AZ
-wne.ue man. wsen Pc c@as - "c~TsiF-as-
Is AZ .