Bulletin of the International Bureau of the American Republics (V.29 Jul-Sep 1909)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...said my friend, was established without any governmental assistance, is purely a business matter, and I think you will find it creditable. We drew up in front of a handsome concrete building, and I was put in charge of a foreman who was instructed to tell me anything I wanted to know. I found 500 Mexicans, the smaller portion being girls, at work turning out shoes, from the rough sides of leather to the completed article, amid the whirr of wheels and the bustle of electricdriven machines. How much do the hands get? I inquired. The ordinary workers are paid by the piece, was the reply, and they average from $10 to $12 a week. That was calculated in Mexican silver, which means in our money from $5 to $(i. Here is a machine for heeling shoes; its capacity in the United States would be about 1,000 pairs of shoes a day, and the operator there would receive $40 or $50 a week in your money. We pay him $18 a week, and he averages about 800 pairs a day. Mr. Stevens has no fear as to any disturbances succeeding the passing of President Diaz. The greater part of the population of the Republic are now engaged in industrial enterprises that engross their whole attention, and they would not tolerate any movement that would interfere with the peaceable pursuit of their various occupations. The March number of The Taylor-Trotwood Magazine has a very interesting description of an evening in Veracruz. The title of the article is Under the Portales. It is by Mrs. Reese Wilson. A picture of the evening meal partaken in unique surrounding is worth quoting: With the going down of the passionate tropical sun, the population of Veracruz pours forth from the low, thick-walled buildings, and fills th...