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Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

planning, ready to ride at your bidding
even to death IL need be.
Stimulates Breeders Rivalry.
One distinctive feature which belongs to
the horse show stamps It as class OF
entertainment OF a very high grade and
that is that its promoters are not actuated
by any financial gain to themselves, but
do the work and spend their money en-
tirely for the love OF the horse. This Is
fortunate for the horse as well for the
patron. Directors of the horse show are
gentlemen engaged in other line Of work
who take up the horse show for love of the
horse alone, and that they may interest
others and bring them to a full apprecia-
ton of the high standard to which show
horses must belong. 1t stimulates a
friendly rivalry among breeders which will
eventually tend to raise the standard of
the horse. Already this spirit has become
manifest throughout the country. and more
attention has been paid to the individual
horse, with the result that breeding has
been reduced to a science. With these
results to be attained the promoters Of
the Omaha Horse Show are working with
a vim which is rarely displayed in the
show business.
Horse shows in all sections of the couu-
try have come to be regarded as society
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
INSIGHT Industrial Conditions that Prevail Cuban Plantation

than In the suburbs and other cities scat
tered over the island.
In these factories the men make consid-
cradle more than the women. 1 visited one
in Havana where 400 girls were employed
In stripping the leaves from the stems
and spreading them out for the cigar
rollers. These girls make on the average
81 day, the pay roll for female labor in
that factory alone being about $500 per day.
The most Of these girls are young. Fully
200 of them were under is, few were
middle aged and one or two were gray
haired.
There are about 1000 women employed
in the tobacco trade in this island. Some
OF them work by the piece, some by the
day. The cigars are packed by women and
the same is true Of cigarettes. In some
factories the women earn s12 week, while
in others they make something like
$50 a month. In most factories the women
and men have separate rooms, and in some
no women are employed.
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Cuba'H New Saw Mills.
New saw mills are being started through
out eastern Cuba. The country is just
opening up, and a large number of men
are employed in getting out timber. There
are hundreds hewing mahogany logs which
are carried to the ports on the railroads
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

der foreign civil engineers. This was tho
way the Cuba road was constructed 1t
had at times 10000 men and II pushed them
as they had never been pushed before. The
officials once attempted to change the hours
of work. 1t is customary here to start the
day at and work till II, then lay of until
q when the work goes on until 6 in the
evening. 1 understand that the Cuba Road
company tried TO extend the morning until
noon and stop OFF an hour earlier in the
evening. This did not satisfy the natives
and II had TO be abandoned. One reason
was that the men start the day on a light
meal and they become played out II they
work after II o'clock without further food
They like the noon hours for rest; and
after their II o'clock breakfast OF rice
jerked beef and plantains with coffee take
a nap. lying nat on their backs. In the
evening they have a good dinner, and after
1t coffee and a smoke. The first breakfast,
usually taken before going to work. con-
sists Of little more than a cup OF black
coffee and some bread. 1t is indeed a short
ration for four or Ave hours Of hard work.
Cuban Against American Negroes.
A large part OF the negro labor is lazy
and unreliable. The men are not equal TO
our negroes. This was found in the work
upOh TIC oNlNCl ldlllbou6 VI 416tdAds WHICH
belong largely TO Americans In relaying
the tracks not long ago a gang OF Cuban
negroes was employed, but the work went
so slowly that American negroes were
brought over and put on the work at about
twice the wages received by the Cubans.
Both sets OF hands were boarded, but the
Americans did twice as much work as the
Cubans. and they would have been cheap
at double the money. This increase OF pay,
however. caused strike on the part OF
the native negroes, and the result was
that they got a raise Of wages, although
the Americans stu did the most work.
In closing, 1 would say that I doubt
whether Cuba is a good place just now for
the American mechanic or common laborer
without money. While the wages are high
for Cuba. they are comparatively low as
regards the United States. Our workmen
cannot live on the ordinary Cuban fare.
They will find the hours OF work different,
and It will take them long time to become
accustomed to Cuban social life. II they
have places beforehand, or can come here
assured TO work In some OF the American
colonies, they may do well; but otherwise
the venture is, to say the least. doubtful.
FRANK c. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

events, and the women vie with each other
in presenting the most stunning appear
ance and in wearing the latest Paris crea-
ton, but these shows serve other purposes
than mere entertainment. They tend to
stimulate interest in the horse which in
itself Is most worthy object and they
also advertise the cities in which they are
held. The east sends it's best horses to
the west to compete in these western
horse shows and the news of the show
is eagerly watched by the people of the
east who are interested in the horses Of
the society leaders of the east. This all
tends to advertise a city most thoroughly,
especially when successful show like the
Omaha show of last year, is held 1t was
great advertisement for Omaha to put
on successful first show and all of the
papers Of the east commented on the fact
most favorably. The city is thus given
considerable free advertising and many
visitors are attracted from our own state
as well as from the neighboring states.
The horse show has demonstrated that it
is a good thing for city and should be
encouraged by a large list of local en-
tries and by a liberal patronage The
city takes pride in its success and would
be equally chagrined at its failure. But
the horse show idea is so framed as to
almost preclude the possibility of a fall
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

TOEEery for the Horse show.
A galaxy Of color will greet the eye of the
person entering the horse show and the
scene in the brilliantly lighted arena will
be one that is at once bewildering and cap
tivating The coloTs of Arctic white and
California red are already to be seen all
over the city, and these dominate in deco
rations as well as in dress. The flashing
Jewels of the women and the beautiful
long live in the memory. Everything must
be done according to fixed rules at the
horse show II you wish to be au fait. The
correct attire for the men is a full evening
suit. white waistcoat Is preferable. A
white tie is advised and It is thoroughly
proper for each man to tie his own tie. His
valet must not touch st. his sister and
mother are barred. and as for some one
else-it will not do. There Is a certain
omen connected with ties
At the matinees the spectator may use
his pleasure as to light suits and hats with
negligee shirts.
For the women on the opening night the
regulation dinner reception or riding gown
of texture and material suitable for the
season is required. Horse shows are les
sons to the tailors for femininity. Milady
uses her own taste, combined with that of
her tailor, and marvellous creations arc the
result. Many Of them are new. absolutely
so. Oftimes the horse show sets the fashion
for the entire winter season.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

III community. SO '0 any
They provide clean, wholesome,
ISxlgiEI healthy entertainment that all
Saa3a sorts and conditions of people can
enjoy. The show is an education to thou
sands who have never seen a horse show.
1t is a good thing for a town to have four.
five OF six thousand people dressed i'm their
best get together and see each other. 1t
gives everybody a better opinion Of his
neghbors and of himself. This is a pros
porous community and the people can well
AFFORD to don their best bbs and fuckers
for week and enjoy themselves. Some
complain that it is expensive and there
is always talk about money that is spent
for entertainments, of this sort, but it is
not an expensive affair Good seats can
be had as cheaply as at circus and few
think Of Directing to the price Of circus
scat,
The horse show presents an interesting
commercial aspect. In its essence a thing
of pleasure, the horse show will yet have
a direct bearing upon the business of
Omaha, and like any other large gathering
Of people 1t will stimulate business not
only in this city, but in large radius sur
rounding it. Large wholesalers have pro-
nounced the horse show as one OF the
methods Of centralizing old trade and Great
ing new. No other class of entertainment
seems to have the same effect on business.
BY its very nature It appeals to a differ
ent class Of people than does most any
other form Of entertainment. Direct bene-
fits Of the horse show go to many classes
Of people. The hotels are crowded during
the week Of the show and the visitors
spend considerable money with the mer-
chants. The city receives direct benefit
from the advertising given It all over the
country when a successful horse show is
held and the whole community has a better
opinion Of itself II successful show is
given.
The greatest beneht to a city from the
horse show is the raising of the standard
Of the rigs which the well-to-do drive
every day on the streets and in the parks.
All classes Of people get better idea of
what is the right and proper thing in the
way Of horse flesh and rigs In, no city
was the change ever as noticeable as in
Omaha The number Of high-class rigs
70 be seen on the streets has been doubled
since the last show and this fact is notice
able TO all.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

enade is closer to the arena and patrons
can command a much nearer view of the
prancing steeds than from their boxes.
For the week of the horse show the
town puts on a gala dress and one of the
most attractive features of horse show
week is the window displays that are
made by the merchants of the city. Prizes
usually offered by the horse show directors
for the best decorated window put the
merchants into friendly contest, and all
enter into the spirit of the occasion and
spare neither expense nor effort, with the
result that the whole town is one blaze
Of red and white, with some of the most
artistic window displays of the season for
the colors, red and white, easily lend them
selves to the occasion and make a beauti-
full effect
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
Indians Ride in Autos

Reports made by assessors who listed the
property OF Indians in the Rosebud ana
Cheyenne reservations show that the Sioux
Indians are possessed Of the following luz
uries:
Three hundred and twenty telephones
Eighteen automobiles.
Nine hsarses FUSED as carriages).
Twenty-eIght pianos.
sixty orERnA
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

bans are naturally skillful. Many of the
workmen are jacks of all trades, and our
mechanics would probably say masters of
none Still they do excellent work and
some of the buildings made by them are
magnificent. There are about fourteen
thousand carpenters in Cuba They work
almost altogether by the rule of thumb.
In building they cut the pieces too large
and then saw or shave them down to fit.
When they make a roof they will construct
the framework on the ground until they
get II of the right dimensions and shape.
They will then take it to pieces and re-
erect it in its proper position. Such meth
DDS are time consumers, and the Cuban
carpenter at half price is dear in COMPARE
son to ours. Good carpenters are paid
from $3.50 to 81 day in the Cities in the
smaller places they work for much less.
Cuban masOnB Versus American.
The wages of masons are equally low,
but still their work is quite as costly as
ours. The ordinary native bricklayer does
we'll II he can put up 500 bricks per day.
The American, on rough work. can lay
1850. The superiority of our masons was
shown in the building Of a brewery which
was erected in Havana not long ago. A
gang OF bricklayers was imported from the
United States and was worked side by
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
Some show Ring Tips.

For the benefit of those who have never
shown in a ring before it may be we'll to
give a few words of advice. The first and
most important is to do just what the
judges ask you to do, and II they tell you
to walk your horse do not canter him, and
II they ask you to trot your horse don't
set him to single footing or some other gait.
II they tell you to drive around the ring
don't try to cut a figure eight just to show
your skill with the reins. Stay reasonable
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

ure. Horses and women go we'll together
and 1t is also given in the western cities
as an opportunity for the ordinary citizen
to see the leaders of society in all Of their
finery. Every one reads the society col
umns of a newspaper to see what the
society leaders are doing. and the horse
show gives an opportunity to see these
leaders OF which so much is read.
When the People Mingle.
One of the delightful features OF the
horse show is the promenade. This is
a wide runway which completely surrounds
the arena and in which holders of special
tickets OF box seats are permitted to walk
at all times. Usually women prefer the
box seats, but the laws of the horse
show, as immutable as the sun, decree
that it Is the proper thing to use the
promenade and so 1t must be. Last year
the directors had a little difficulty in in
ducing people to start to use the space
set apart for the promenaders, but after
several announcements through the mega
phone inviting all to participate this
was the most popular spot of all. The
promenade was a delightful innovation and
gave the affair quite a European atmos-
phere. This gives all a chance to visit
with those occupying neighboring boxes
and to converse in horsey talk. The prom
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
What the Horse Has OutIived.

Since the day when steam power was
first utilized for loeomotion the doom OF
the horse has been predicted. With each
subsequent invention of appliances for the
help in locomotion this same talk has been
heard. When the first passenger train ran
on rails stage drivers and teamsters shook
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
work ON the shares.

Many OF the farms are rented out Near
Havana a tenant gets the use OF ive acres
and yoke Of oxen for half the crop. Two
thirds Of the TOBACCO OF Pinar del Rio u
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

raised by tenants, and a great deal OF veg
etable gardening is carried on on the sharoS
The land is so fertile that small tract will
produce three or four crops year There
are tenants raising corn near Havana who
cut Ave crops of fodder a year. They can
raise about ten tons to the acre, and a man
can, 1 am told, realize $500 year from a
6-acre crop.
Much of the sugar raising is done on the
shares, a tenant taking care of so much
cane for a part OF the crop. which is dis
posed of at a sugar mill nearby. SUCH
farming however. is more profitable In the
tobacco regions. The labor is lighter there
and It is such that almost all the members
of the families can work in the field.
There is quite a movement now in coffee
planting There is a high tariff on home
grown coffee and this will probably be con-
tinued for many years to come. 1t takes
three years to get the first crop. and during
this time the tenants are paid about $50
Der annum for attending to a tract OF
thirty-three acres, with the understanding
that after that time the owner Of the land
and the tenant shall divide the crop
equally. The tenant takes care OF the
plants; he picks the coffee and delivers 1t
at the drying place.
Wages in Cuba.
Wages are high here considering that
Cuba is a part Of the West Indies. where
the common laborer often gets but % cents
a day. In Havana such workmen get from
81 a day upward. outside they receive 81
silver and at flush times 81 in gold and
more Board is often included in such con-
tracts. but the board consists of rice.
jerked beef, beans and little else. The
wages are highest in the tobacco regions.
These men are paid from 81 TO s. a day.
and sometimes even 81 a day. There Is
a great deal of work in raising tobacco and
il requires skilled labor TO a large ex-
tent. The seeds have to be sowed in beds
and the plants transplanted The plants
have 70 be weeded, wormed and budded.
and when the leaves are gathered they
must be cured. punched and baled. Much
of this is done by the piece. Five dollars
is paid for setting out a thousand plants.
and the packers get from s. to - bale.
II is estimated than one can raise and tend
about 10000 seed plants. 1t requires that
many TO set out an acre and to tend five
such acres 1t viii keep one family busy.
Much Of the best tobacco is now raised
under shade at cost of several hundred
dollars per acre.
BiE Pay of CtEarmRkeFA.
The workers I'm the cigar factories get
big pay. There are thousands Of such men
In Havana who receive from s. TO $
a day. They have men to read the
newspapers to them while they work whose
wages are SO a day. Indeed, the cigar
makers might be called the aristocrats of
manufacturing Cuba.
Some OF these men work by the piece and
some by the day. The wages vary ao-
cording to the work and also according to
the locality. They are higher In Havana
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

side with the Cuban bricklayers. The
Americans laid three times as many bricks
per day as the Cubans 1t was repetition
of the experiment made on the Westing-
house building at Manchester, England.
The Contractor there was an American.
He became disguised with the slow work
of the English bricklayers and imported
large number of American masons to work
side by side with them. Before the Ameri-
cans came the English bricklayers laid 400
bricks per day. They opened their eyes
when the Americans laid from 1880 to 1000,
and they gradually put on squirt, which
brought them close to the Americans.
Skilled bricklayers in Cuba get $50 to
81 a day, hodcarriers 81 and whitewashers
and brushmen 81 and upward. All build
ings here have thick walls. The brick is
laid up in the rough and the wall covered
with plaster OF stucco where IT faces the
street 1t is then painted in bright oolors.
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Among the Iron workers.
Most Of the public buildings have a great
deal Of iron about them. Their windows
are covered with lacework of iron and
iron balconies extend out from the second
stories. The material used is wrought
iron and its making requires considerable
skill. The men employed on It get daily
wages of $3.50 in gold. while their helpers
and apprentices receive 81 and upward.
There are several machine shops In Cuba
One here in Havana works about 800 men.
It pays its best mechanics 81 a day, and
this wage is received by patternmakers
molders, foundry men and others. Such
men are scarce here. Helpers get $50
day and apprentices about the same. Fire
men are paid from 81 to 81 and outside
laborers from 81 to $3.50.
Engineers and Railway Men.
There are many engineers employed on
the plantations. Every big sugar mill has
70 have one or more, and there must be at
the same time mechanics 10 keep the ma
chinery in order Many such mills cost
several hundred thousand dollars for their
machinery alone, and they require skilled
men. Blacksmiths are employed on every
plantation. They get $50 and upward a
month.
There are about 200 men at work on the
railroads, and among them large number
OF engineers and firemen. The wages are
different on different roads, but everywhere
they are less than I'm the United States.
Few Of the plantations pay more than 500
a month for their best engineers. and on
the roads the locomotive engineers get from
$50 10 $3.50 and hremen from S35 to $50. on
the Cuba road a large number OF Ameri-
cans are employed. They are, I suppose,
paid better wages.
The most OF the railroad conductors are
natives. They are polite and efficient. They
receive less than the engineers. Brakemen
get about so a month and station agents
from $40 10 $50 a month and quarters. The
average men employed in the trafic service
OF the Cuba road do not earn more than
500 a year. and many OF them much less.
IN railroad building the natives work IN
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08
Farm Hands in Cuba.

The greatest demand for labor is on the
farms and plantations. Cuba is an agri-
cultural country and one-ffth OF the whole
population works on the farms. The island
has about !, 500 900 Inhabitants, and of these
cOeOOO are workers OF one kind or another.
Three hundred thousand do farming and
only a little over 5000 are engaged in
manufacturing. There are less than 1000
at work In the mines and 1900 or 5000 EN-
played on the railroads. I have these hs-
ures from our Department OF Labor which
is my authority for other statements MADE
further on in this article.
Farm hands get all the way from $40 70
500 month and found. In some places
they are paid 81 a day, and at harvest
time the wages rise to those OF the United
states A great deal OF work is done oy
contract. A man will take care OF a GER
tain piece OF land on the shares. or keep
It clean at so much per acre per month
I know OF men who make $50 and $40 a
month in this way. They have their chill
dren help them In the fields and DO the
work by the piece OF by the day tp add
tion to their contract.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

NAaAAAAD tobacco districts, ana some OF the
sugar crop of the last season was not har-
vested for lack of hands. Thousands OF
Americans who have purchased lands here
are doing more, or less to develop their
holdings and the good times have created
an increased demand for workmen in
every part of the island. There have been
a number of projects before congress to en-
courage immigration, and some of these
will probably be adopted. The immigrants
most wanted are those from the Canary
islands and northern Spain. and they
already constitute large part Of the white
labor. They are thrifty, industrious and
easily controlled. They are in many re-
spects better than the native Cubans and
are considered the best unskilled laborers
Of Europe.
Attempts are also being made TO bring In
Italians The climate here is about the
same as that OF Italy, and the Italians have
proved q success In Argentina, Brazil and
other South American countries. At pres
emit there is a floating immigration to Cuba
from Spain which comes and goes every
year. The men are brought In for the
harvest season, working chiefly In the to-
bacco districts. It costs them $40 each for
the round trip and the wages are such
that each can save $40 in a single harvest.
similar Immigration is carried on be-
tween the coffee plantations of Brazil and
the wheat fields OF Argentina, the men go
ing regularly back and forth.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-08

I, 1906, by Frank @. Carpenter.)
Oct. Especial Corre-
OF The Bee.)-Cuba is
suffering from a labor famine.
Wages were never higher In the
tobacco districts, and some Of the
The Arizona sentinel., 1905-02-15
YUMA. ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15. 1oo5

Some unknown philosopher says: We love the man with the roses on his tongue, the man who sees the boys dirty face, but
 mentions his bright eyes; who notices your shabby coat but praises your studious habits; the man who sees all the faults, but whose tongue is quick to praise and slow to blame. We like to meet a man whose smile will light up dreariness, whose voice is full of music like the birds; whose handshake Is an inspiration and his "God bless you" q benedic- tion. He makes US forget our oubles as the ravens dismal croak Is forgotten when the wood thrush sings. God bless the man of cheer. Thereis plenty of trouble here, but we need not increase it. There is a lot of dying done ahead of time.