El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-10

~ANTIAGO, Chile, Oct. 1e.-Chle is
having hard times and the Euro
~ pean war adds to its woes The
people have been living beyond their
means. Many Of them are loaded with
debt. and the foreign obligations OF the
nation now amount TO more than SkOJ
for every family in the republic
The internal debt is over SSb,8U0yvu,
and the Chilean dollar is so percent pc
low par Business Is not good, ana az
the same time the cost OF nElnB mas
Jumped out OF sight. Beer, Whleh mas
always been cheap, has risen until soIhe
cuts now sell for 80 cents and more q
mound. and bread, milk, vegetables ana
fruits are higher than they nave ever
been in the past. House rents are rs
-1r Here. IN Santiago, ordinary owen
inEs are bringing from $50 10 2-oy q
-1Sr+E and nearly every one is de-
nouncing the greed Of the Landlord.
How the People Live.
The most Of the common people I'VE
in what we would can lWo-Le-l-.1-S
houses The buildings ere low on 4c-
count OF the earthquakes, and many O
them have only two floors me IlIsl
1storv apartments bring the most lioliss , +,
as from such apartments one an 80
o-7t the quicker. There are no Big LIaL
61i1dfngs here. The highest houses
Rave only four or five stories, ana shy
gcrapers are yet to be oullt -.,,.s
The very poor live in what - are eslie 81
- e+orv built in blocks. Each tene-
TTent has two rooms, one at me Il - IL
and the other at the back; me 80 -
window Is at the front 4AeLo = \
heating nor bathing arIalls55 a =, rom
fbe water has to be carried IN -4O---
church is one OF the great real essa5 SS
owners Of Santiago It has al 49, = \
DroDerty, from tenements 20 pals s---,-i-,sss
80, Individual stores to great D1s a -. -
bIocire A large part OF the properly ~
fbe plaza des Armas, IN the We :; -
- Santiago. belongs to II, ana y ~ 49,
buildings OF all kinds scalleie o
and there through the city. ,-s5
oi-- Tobc- Not Sufficiently Pala.
Tho rrices of labor in Chne are -
f,r hut they are still Tar DeIoM -
~ rhe United states me aNelesi =
~ a clerk in a store IS eq4al !, -
- s2O ia 500 Of our money. BOOB
L-eepers get about $50 a month' $50. -
eto-g $40 or $50, and If they are iOL
afgners they may receive az --5--tIe
800. IN this case l1 4t-!.-,Isb and aisc
be oxDert with the typewriter anu IL
reading their notes Ia cav that
there is no chance neLe - .,,e M
e-oe~fcans without money WHO haES ~
-1eciaI eroerience or skill OF one SlnC
N another. II they are nee -
--irirer- engineers, or experts IN IaIlh'
ing or fruit raising, there may De SONS
openings ---r,--,F
As II is now. the native LABOR supPI1
OF chile is being largely increased De
the employment Of women 1ney a.
making their way into the governlnI.len
offices They clerk in the postoIIle1es5s
thew act as cashiers in the meFcaIilli'
establishments, and they sell gooos u
the large department stores thar nav
~ecentIy been established IN Santlago
IN the latter places female clerks arr
Maid salaries Of $50 a month win Z
sommission on their sales when II
some cases runs the salary 70 as higl
as 800 per month. The CHIEF ooJectlol
10 such positions is that the holde'
loses caste among her friends by tax
ing them.
Women have been so secluded Il
chile that the people have net yet be
come accustomed to their fighting IN
battle OF life for themselves. Nc
girls never go out alone in the even
ings. and even in the daytime thos
Of the better classes are seldom seel
on the street without some older WON
an is with them When a young CIR
goes to school she is usually accom-
pnied by a servant or by her 1arhe
or mother, and some one Is sent Z
bring her back home The position
OF secretary and cashier rank highe
than those Of the clerks, but mo;