Show mexican wages anil and lit log interesting information eon concerning crag work wages hod and the cost of I 1 living 1 g I 1 D mexico is ia furnished by government overn ment returns from the various m municipalities an ii pali of the great tropical republic according to tho the reports wages aro are very low iu in proportion to the prices paid tor for the ha necessaries of life fit fatt innately tuna tely for the mexican laboring classes they are extremely frugal in their modes of life and temperate in their labile habits they subsist triefly on corn and beans with amittie most meat nud and much pepper the following are some figures which will give a fair idea of wages and t the he coat of living iu in the municipality ot of tho the laborers got get 18 cents a day the supply ell aply 0 of labor is equal to thede mand too the principal agricultural products prodie t a are corn corni wheat I 1 beans potatoes barley a aad not flax at retail corn is worth 2 cents per pound wheat 1 cent beans 3 cents potatoes 5 cents barley 1 cent boet beet IU cents mutton 10 cents salt 18 cents a quart in the municipality ot of Ania tepee the laborer in the fields gets 25 23 cents daily in the fields the laborers work from 8 a m to p in the supply of oe labor is equal to the demand corn COID bows and sugar cane are the principal products there is ia no exportation por tation of these articles all are absorbed by homo home consumption corn lit at retail is ia worth I 1 cent per pound baans 2 bonts I 1 sugar cane not quoted fresh meat scents 8 cents la in the manlet polity of the field laborer cents per day atinis anil is paid ovary every saturday night tho the supply ot of field hacen i 11 not penal to the domand demand tho principal a agricultural g ri cultural products product a are corn and be bean fl the tha retail prices are corn cora aj 1 conta cents beef 8 cents 4 cents sugar 7 cents rice 51 5 cents charcoal J cent sheep per head there aru are no BO lands for sale since the greater part belong to the indiana who never sell in tho the municipality of state of mexico the held field laborers got get 25 cents canta each daily they work tour four hours in in the forenoon and four in in the afternoon and I 1 are ara paid oft of every saturday night the principal al products are corn ind and beans zorn corn retails at I 1 cent per pound beans i 4 cents beef 6 cents in the of ecial state of oaxaca the wages are cents daily the supply of field fie ld labor is moro more than equal to the demand those who cannot find employment in in the fields devota themselves to wood chopping in in the forests the prig principal cipal agricultural products are corn beans peas etc corn cora retails at al L 18 cents centa per peck pech wheat per peek peck beet beef go ge per pound cattle are w worth 0 rth I 1 15 5 to sag M per r head ordinary horses aro are worth va 5 abeel mules f 50 burros 12 |