The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-31

day. II ranges from that up 10 s2eo
per month which Is the paid
TO some Of the Peruvian fo-e1ncn.
In addition the company is building |
homes for its native employees II
has two classes &C ouses one Of
adobe and another Of brick. The rent
is a nominal one Of 50 cents per
month. This : charged in order 10
keep hold of the property, for II II
were furnished rent free the native
would think ne owned il and would
sue the company on the slightest
pretext.
The foreign colony here is quite as
interesting as that of the native. Here
at a distance of more than 3.o00 miles
south OF the United States, almost
three miles above the sea, is an Amer
lean industrial center. l call it Amer
lean. for it is run by American mon
ey, but in fact the foreign employees
come from all over the world We
have Australians, Germans. Austrians,
Irish and Danes. We nave graduates
Of 1T Boston Tech, of McGin College
in Canada and Of the leading univer-
sites OF Germany, and. in short. the
experts of a half dozen different ma
tons. The manager of the mines and
two of the doctors are Canadians. The
head of the company hotel at Cerro de
Pasco is MIR. Tocci, an Italian, and the
manager of the hotel at the smelter,
seven miles off, is a Mormon, Mr..
Spillsbury, whose native home is Salt
Lake City. Mr.. Sp~illsbury is a straw
berry blonde, with hair Of bright red.
The natives find his name hard to pro-
nounce. n so they call him Ell
GringO Rubo." which NEAR the Red
Gringo. The. manager Of the mines
is Mr.. w. ]. Hamilton, who made a
! nomination in tho far xvQCf an6 Uhn iS
said to receive here a salary t~wo-thirds
as large as that of President Wilson.
All Of these men are we'll paid. They
are employed on contracts of two
years, and it costs $500 OF more &c
pay their travelling expenses from the
United States to the mines.
Many of these foreign employees
have their wives and families with
them, and SO far l ave not met one
man or woman who is not pleased with
his or her lot. The does
everything it car to make life agree
able, and the people live almost a.
we'll as at home.
In the first place, Doth the smeltel
and the mines have hotels built O
stone, with bathrooms and all modern
conveniences, put up for the employee:
who are bachelors. They get room
and board Off s25 per month. Th'
married employees have confortabl,
stone cottages, and they a buy thei
foreign supplies at the company store
At both La Fundicion and Cerro d
Pasco there are clubhouses, with ii
; braries and reading rooms supplie'
: with the latest magazines and papers
) and also bowling alleys, billiard hall
!, and rooms for entertainments an
! dances. They nave tennis
: where they play matches, and base
ball grounds, where the smelter en-
: ployes sometimes contest with hos
d of the mines on the diamond. In &C
I dition to this there are pony ridin
into the country and excursions t
:, the tropical valleys. The foreign SCI
= tlement has a creditable month
magazine, the 1nca Chronicle, edite
by A. e. Swanson, which has the di
tinction Of being published neal
heaven than any other periodical o
e earth. It has also a hospital with e.
e pert physicians and trained nurse
u and when the men are sick they Ill
: we'll cared for or are sent down tt
IS HILL" The words down the hilF' an
cup the hill' mean to and from ii
II sea coast. The distance is about &c
i miles by railway, and the hill fro
X which they drop or ascend is a,eN
le the top of Pixies Peak.
1t Most of the Americans and 9th
l. foreigners who live here in the And
n tell me they are healthy, and that tn
e is so of men, women and childre
y There are, however, some who con
S, who cannot stand the rarity of tt
re air, and many are afflicted with pre'
ST monia and w to be sent back po
so haste on special trains. I know
OF employees who have come up three
~ four different times, and going dow
nj sick, have at last had to give up
le despair.
AS to soroche, or the mountain sic
e. ness, thai seems to attack every @
when he first reaches an altitude
IS, two miles or more above the Sc
vn Every foreigner ave met has oe
K more Or less afflicted with it.
usually comes the first day after {
arrival, and may last two or thT
de days OF two weeks. Those who ha
re weak hearts are likely to drop inse
IN sible, and it sometimes causes dea;
AS a rule. most people get over it.
though it will return at any oE<
d. exertion or i~mprudence, and that AFT