The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1914-09-18
UnskiIled Men Get Small Pay In
South America.
Women Fare ,Stlii Worse as Few DC.
equations Are Open to Them anc
Wages Are Extremely Poor
Nearly All llliterate.

Entire Rios, Argentine. S, A. Some
time ago young brazilian attending
tho University OF Illinois told me that
in many portions Of his country four,
hfths OF the people could neither read
nor write one finds. tals state OF
things throughout South America.
though In some countries. like uru-
quay. the percentage OF illite.ato Is
not so great, The women are scarcely
SchooIed at all Women In south
America are far down on lite's scale,
among the cheap things OF no impor
lance They arc 30 regarded BY tho
men and SO regard themselves, says
Katherine Reynolds In Chicago Ncws
Truly the poor opinion that these
women have OF themselves almost
takes ones breath away,
Not long ago ! was talking 70 my
cook She 10 a native OF Uruguay and
unlike the vast majority of domestcs
can read and write. One day | found
her plowing her way through Don
Quixote That interested ME and We
talked found her exceptionally
bright and OF thoughtful turn Of
mind drew her on and was sur
prised 10 hear her express very sane
Ideas on South American politics and
economic conditions The girl is all
Indifferent cook, but she would make a
splendid teacher VI political economy
She gave me much interesting In
formation and told me many sigma.
cant anecdotes bearing on tho life Of
these people. But what astounded me
was her closing remark.
That sonora. she said, is only
what think and know end IL OF
course OF no importance whatever. for
| am most certainly only woman not
= patriot. And woman cannot OF
5urse, know anything. OF these things
So It seems that only men are patri
g.. here. National patriotic holidays
AFs not womeus holidays, Woman
suffrage Is in these lands only faint,
ridiculous sort OF far off echo. Indeed
Il you mentioned 1t oven the women
would look at you With smile Of pity
sor your itiocy in even dreaming that
such thing could be
In all these countries the top layer
Of society is overeducated This social
cream, taking much Of It's style and
temper and education from England
apes English aristocracy and scorns
work. The young South American is,
as a rule. sickeningly efcminate. The
girls. overdressed. overrouged, sping
the costumes OF parisienne, are very
often startling looking creatures to
American eyes They, too, are ntted
only for society, and know as yet 10
way in which 10 earn living The
masses have as yet only the crudest
sort Of Industrial education.
There are trades here for men ana
IN the cities one iluds fairly competent
masons. carpenters and all other arti-
sans working under an eighthonr Law.
But outside OF the cities you see less
skilled men and the wholly anskilled
cson working irok. ~s.aise 70 sunset
Here there Is 40 eighthour law. Toll
for these men begins with the frst
faint streak Of dawn and lasts into dim
twilight An for this they are paid
Is cents an hour in cur money
So when you 30 Is a grocery store
and discover that crude. dirty graEa.
lated sugar is II cents a pound and a
small bar o. cheap toilet soap, the
three for a quarter kind ~ horIe, costs
these people 50 cents and tina; coal 10
SIS, gold. a ton. and seven cent cali
co IS cents yard yon wonder hox
they live at all.
The OILY cheap thing III the Argen.
tine republic is neat--oeef and nut
ton Fork. ham and bacon cost very
reariy their weight In gold and are
the greater part Of the rear impossible
10 get. And when yea do get the
native pork you usually throw !, away.
1t is badly cured. spoiled 10 part and
horribly spiced with garlic. The beet
and mutton are really dear ~ you
enasieer their poor quality. the care