The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-07-28


longs TO great prpori,tors. who work
the poems and keep them IN u semi
slave condition. II the facts were
better realized. the people ~ tn.
United States would not stand for the
labor conditions that exist In Mexico.
u for the %peonage. which Is only a
form Of slavery. | have some per-
soual knowledge of these conditions.
one morning. ten years ago. |
was On a coffee ilnca 4 great estate
/ high up IN the Sierra Madrc and |
a Kcd "A peasant who laborod from
sunrise TO sunset what hc was getting
For his days work. III, answer was
GO cents in GuatoU,alan n
which was equal to lu ccnts gold
! here was u strong. ablo-hudied agri-
cultural laborcr earniug 81 a month.
asked him .hy ne did not 90 down
TO the railroad. wher" the American
contractors would pay him 20 cents
or more "a day. iiis answer wa4. 4
would not be from here one mile be-
fore Don Porfrio would have reached
out mis- hand and drawn me back to
Jail ! said. Why could ne arrest
youF' and the answer given M" fal-
~ter.ngly and IN fear vI- 'Becausr /
owe the store
He had lived and worked on that
hnca for twelve years. and, alive or
dead, M IL there todu5 unless he has
run away TO join an army IN the rev
olution. | asked tina; Mexican peon
whore he had come from, and he
pointed across the mountains 20 "A
valley where his people had liyod for
"a lttann1 A.ata A b. N IHI Won
leave there inquired His answer
was that Don poriirlo had given the
land where he was born Goo q China
man.
From an Investigation | made my
SELF | found out that this was literally
true, that the land which was the
hereditary possession of these In
dams. had been taken from them by
the government and given To a great
cr company on terms which one can
uuly pucss. that the COMPANY had
sold the land 10 a syndicate. IN Wh3ch
there were no Americans. upuE COM
dition that It should be populated
under "A law somewhat similar 70 Out
| homestead law. with the reservation
that II was neither 20 go 20 Mexican
natives . to citizens Of the United
| states. and the immigrants with
which the syndicate was popuiating
that part Of Mexico were Cinnamon
Il crossed IA bridge on the Canine
80, .,I, u,o r.,r ,ho w,s vim
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