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Show SIMPLY CARRYING OUT ORDERS Mexican "Skilled Labor" Evidently Not of High Value. The Inefficiency of Mexican labor Has under discussion by a group of mining promoters. "On m last trip to Mexico." said one. "while our train hnlted at' Jim ulco. n dinner stntlon on tho Mexican fontral, 1 nllghtcd and watched the mechanic who went from car to car sounding tho wheels with a hammer, pr sumably to test their condition He was a fair typo of th6 nativo 'skilled workman' Just to draw him out a Httlo I Inquired: f-"'Vhy do )oti rap tho wheels?'" "Sotting down his torch, he stared nt mo In amazement 'Decauso the mnster mechanic tells mo to,' ho replied. re-plied. 'But why?' I persisted. 'What good does It do?' 'I do not know, henor,' said he 'The master mechanic tells me to strlko each wheel and I doso That Is enough for mo' "'How long have )ou been working at this Job?"' I asked "'Two jears,' ho replied. For two years he had been going through the form of sounding tho car wheels without with-out tho slightest knowledge of the object ob-ject of the test or the slightest curiosity curi-osity concerning it." Philadelphia Record. |