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Show IMPLY CARRYING OUT ORDERS, Mexican "Skilled Labor" Evidently Not of High Valu The lnofllcloncy of Mexican labor wo undoi discussion by a group of mining promoters. WM "On my last trip to Mexico." said mm ono, "whllo our train halted at Jim-ulco, Jim-ulco, a dlnnor station on tho Moxlcan Central, J alighted and wntched the mechanic who went from car to car sounding tho wheels with a hammer. presumably to tost tholr condition. Ha was a fair typo of tho native 'skilled -1 workman.' Juat to draw him out a ' mmm littlo I Inquired: "'Why do you rap the wheels t'" "Sotting down his torch, ho atarod at in amazement, 'Because tho mast mechanic tells mo to ho re-pllod. re-pllod. 'But why?' I poralated. 'What good does It do?' 'i do not know, mmt tenor; said he. 'The master mechanic tells 10 to strike each wheel and I do s That Is enough for me.' ' 'How long have you beon worklne mmm at tbla job?'" I naked. "Two years,' hu repliod. For two iH yeara he had been going through the form of sounding the car wheels with- mf out the slightest knowledgo of the ob- aH Ject of tho test or the slightest curl- oslty concj-nog it."-Phllado!phla mm |