The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-04-01

Many OF the latter are banker ana
others are wholesalers. The German
merchants az q rule speak n
and not a few of them have Mexican
wives. AS 10 the Spaniards- they hold
somewhat the same place that the
italians do IN the United States. They
have the corne groceries, and they
also peddle goods all over the country.
Some Of them stay here only a short
time. and then go back TO Spain TO
spend what they have made.
4 Land OF Small Businesses.
Mexico has many house Industries.
and there are towns that make Ger
tain kinds Of wares which are ped
died about over the ountry or sold
in small shops by the natives. About
every city market YOU will find booths
devoted to fancy work. pottery. shoes
or cheap dry goods and notions
Every town has its plaza or public
Quare and around this are arcadeS
upheld by pillars which run along
in front of the stores. These arcades
are filled with petty merchants, whose
establishments consist OF a cupboard
and counter set against one of the
pillars. These peddlers sell all sorts
OF things, and they are of all ages
and of both sexes. Here the wife of
a shoemaker stands with her back
against the wall and a half dozen
pairs of sharp-toed children's shoes
on the flags before her. Next her
is a black-bearded man peddfing
bride bits and ornamental Mexican
spurs, while near him, perhaps, is a
cane peddler who has carved sticks
TO catch the eye Of the tourist.
In all the villages there are little
stores run by Indians, and here there
are street peddlerS and market men
who do not average more than five
or ten dollars a day in the amounts
of their sales.
Peddling Goods at the Capital.
Mexico City is full of peddlers. and
they accCst o on every block. There
are hundreds of men and women sell
ing lottery tickets. l meet one such
every time go outside my hotel. He
Is a naive Mexican, six feet tall and
as heaVy as former President Taft.
he has a bright-colored blanket over
ms shoulders and on his head a SOM
oreTo as Dig as an umbrella He also
wears a red shirt and trousers and a
: brown Jacket, gayly embroidered
ms representation Of Dame Fortune
Walks up and down Sixteenth OF Sep
! tember street all day long asking every
one TO buy his lottery wares. photo
him today and he insisted
; on having a copy Of the picture the
? moment | snapped it. There are
: : lany lottery ticket sellers about the
I c~athedral and in front Of the national
! pdWhsnop, and also at the entrance
TO the ring where bull fights are held
mere are street peddIers selling
: clothlns, some selling straw hats anC
: nish n aho some who are loaded
WIN toys and trays of CANDY anf
s"eetmedts. ] saw a man TODAY whe
; mad a score of birdcages tied to hi:
! pack. He was peddling ~canaries ant
y parrots. Near him was a woman Will
: an open umbrella fielled with pictur,
: postcards and further on walked
. porter loaded with dressed chickens
U which We're tied by the legs in a grea
bundle, He offered them to the pass
eFS-py at so much a piece. There ar,
men who carry kids over their Shoul
: ders and peddle them from house t,
mouse, and boys who go along Will
= great ~screenlike frames of shoestring
= tied TO a stick. There are some mel
!, peddllng books and others with mir
rors and notions for women. Their
= are some Who drive live turkey
through h streets SO that you ca
= buy your Thanksgiving turkey on tn
hoof and know it is fresh.
The Grandchildren Sells.
- There are even peddlers selling gam
cocks. Think Of the demand tina
such a trade would imply. There is
game chicken man now. We can Sc
"A only his legs which snow out below tn
:, great framework of baskets GOVERN
~, IFS UdCk dllU TcdcHiiS HlSn over III
- head. Out of each basket waves tn
- tail Of a cock, and as he goes by "
;. hear q great ~sQuaWking. Each Of tn
baskets contains a game cock and tn
best Of them will bring twice as muc
az a turkey. The cocks have the
- heads inside the baskets. that the
may not peck at n another. Cocl
fighting here is a favOrite sport, an
- game-chicken peddling is d regule
A. business.
ee They Sell by the Pile.
an IS "onuei = 0ln"i - q
no OF these street peddlerS are. In mar
"a places the merchants sit on the stree
&c with their goods spread out befol
~ them. About the cathedral are Scor
lis who sell ca9ries. peanuts and fru
d Inc peanuts axe Aot ihedsuieu out
les me glass or the pahl as WIN US. .
ne are coufhe0 You can Sel aoou' y