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Show EMPLOYEES PAID MEXICAN PESOS A large pen manufacturing company in Janesville, Wis., will pay 40 per cent of the salary of 2,000 employees in Mexican pesos for one pay period. The president announced that the purpose of the use of pesos is to emphasize the significance of foreign trade to the company. Janesville merchants have agreed to accept the pesos at 20 cents each, face value, and the banks will accept them for deposit or exchange. The company stated that "the itinerary of the pesos should prove that every grocer, lawyer, barber, landlady, farmer or merchant in Janesville is involved in the export business of the -United States whether he knows it or not." |