El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01

, ruasous. carpenters and mechanics % Buenos
I Aires They are good yTorErnen, ana t5,-l5
I v.aEes are less than those OF the United
] states. Here are the current wages as col
] iected several years ago 4Hey eIe ~
little higher today Carpenters get from 81
I 20 Sg- srouecutrers from 50 70 Fa-2uf anu
/ Irougorkers about SO per day The boot and
I sf1s f1cfo-ies have been paying from 81 10
/ s. per day The marble works, 500 1or
] cutters and the cabinet makers about 50
per Gav Tn the match factories sAzll-e4
/ iaborers get s., in the machine shops and
! I-on f8undrIes about IS cents per hour and
! in the knitting mills from 81 10 - per ge5-
i Typeserters are paid from 81 20 % a l-ys
ana those who work on composing a little
| more. Tailors get from - % So DAY and
D cutters or rnishera from $50 70 800 per
month The average working day is eight
? Or nine hours. varying as TO the trade.
Railway Employees Union
? Outside the railways labor is practically
B rlno-ranized. Most employers prefer 20 get
their work done by contract. and this Is
, especially so i'm harbor improvements and
b public works Of one kind or other. where
g. excavations can be done by the yard The
contractor will hire his gang Of men and
he viii be responsible for the work Sucn
. contractors often have stores and furnish
food for the men. There are also stores
on the large estancias. where goods are
I furnished 20 the hands and their value
: deducted from the wages Some Of the
. railroads carry provision cars over their
E lines under construction and sell eatables
and other goods TO the workmen. furnish
Z Ing everything. from wine and clothes 70
] Jam and hardtack-
. The wages Of farm hands change with
the season A nan may pay 80 cents a
I day for seeding. and three times IS much
I for harvesting and thrashing- Wages are
. higher the farms near the cities and IN
the back provinces they are sometimes a.
low as Is cents day They always 90 up
2 at harvest time, when a man may possibly
4 get 50 a day or perhaps $50 a month and
his board
{ Meat is Chief Food.
! The Iarger estsncias have lodging places
FOR their hired men ana they have com
mon eating house They have tenant
houses and also mud huts and galvanized
iron sheds scattered over the big farms
Z me poorer farmers live largely in huts Of
galvanized iron. and they seem satisfied
Z with homes that would rot be tolerated BY
I the American tenant The chief food fur
uished on the big estancias Is meat
know Of a man who has 100 employees He
KILLS one steer and two young sheep day
The steer usually weighs about 500 pounds.
and the two sheep $50 pounds This means
; that he furnishes meat TO the amount q
$50 pounds live weight per day for 100
people. The gauchos are meat eaters They
have grown up on meat and whsn one Of
Z ths1n takes trip he usually carries bis
food In the shape OF raw meat with him
When he grows hungry he makes q fire and
cooks some Of the meat keeping the bal
ance FOR the next meal As / have already
written. the better class OF landowners I've
I we'll and some OF them have homes that
will compare favorahly with those on Eng
! IIsh country estates. few Of the latter
Q
hands
Os to womsn's work IN Argentina, the
sentiment as 10 this Is beginning to change
4 few years ago a woman could hardly go
through the streets OF Busnos Aires with
out running the risk OF being insllted-
Girls were not supposea 70 90 about alone
and il vas thought improper for them 70
hold clerical positions or 70 act as type
writer's. stenographers or clerks Today
many Of the best business establishments
Of Buenos Aires employ women ne larses-
department store here Is that OF Gath q
Chaves Il does q business Of over &lI--
o90.0o0 a scar, and in its main store AID
branches pays out several million dollars in
salaries The chief store OF this firm IN
Buenos Aires has 3ooo employees. and q
among its commercial travellers
There are a number OF women operators
connected with the telephones but they are
rot hello girls. The Argentine does not
understand the word hello When he calls
Up central he shouts 'Olla' to get the oper-
ator's attention. and then asks to have the
courtesy 70 connect him with his butcher
, baker or candiesticz maker.
Many school Teachers.
Ths most respectable profession for young
women in Argentina IS school teaching. This
comes from the fact that female teaching
originated with the Introduction OF Ameri-
generation or more ago. during the presi-
deucT Of SaruLlsuto. that the first female
school teacher was appointed Sarmientu
had been minister 20 the United States and
while there had met Horace Mann. Who
had interested him In our system Of edu-
cation After Sarmiento returned home he
became president Of the republic and there
upon introduced our educational system He
sent 10 the United States for a large num-
Der Of American female school teachers and
established normal schools and other schools
throughout the republic. They did 50 well
that other Yankee girls came. and the
result was that their school teaching be-
came popular with the native women Many
girls Of good families have made teaching
their profession and there are now in the
republic II normal schools for women alone.
There is also a professional school for
women where girls are taught globe max
ing. embroidery. needlework and artistic
decoration. There are two cooking schools
for women here at Buenos Aires and one Of
these is supported by the city.