138 WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION
We have about 4,700 acres, of which about 3,000 acres are in Pima
cotton.
The CralRMAN. P-i-m-a is it?
Mr. Bonn. Yes, sir. Pima is one name, and American-Egyptian is
another name for it. I have tried various kinds of labor there with
it for 15 years, and the Mexicans are the most satisfactory, and
besides that they make good citizens.
The CuairmMaN. Make good citizens?
Mr. Bono. Well, I do not know that they make good citizens, but
they make passable citizens.
The Cuarman. Do they take any part in your State government?
Mr. Bonn. We haven't any in the State government.
The CuatrmaN. Are they all right in the schools?
Mr. Bonp. Yes, sir.
The CrarrmMan. Have you separate schools?
Mr. Bonp. Some districts have and some have not.
The Cuarrvan. How is that arranged?
Mr. Bonp. By the States and counties, just as the other schools are
paid.
The Crarrman. What do you pay your laborers?
Mr. Bonp. Mostly $2.50 a day.
The CuarrmaN. Do you pay them weekly or by the day?
Mr. Bonp. They are paid by the week.
The CuarrMaN. Are there any company stores there?
Mr. Bon. Just a few—on the ranches.
The Cuairman. Do you give them orders on the stores?
Mr. Bono. T do not think so; I do not know of any particular
place where they go. I have one ranch where we have a commissary
on it; but we pay them in money and they buy where they want to.
The Cuairman. You say you pay them $2.50 a day?
Mr. Bonp. Yes, sir.
The CrairMaN. Do you furnish their house?
Mr. Bowp. Yes, sir.
The CuarrMaN. Anything else?
Mr. Bono. Most of them have a patch of ground which they use
as a garden.
The Cuarrman. Do they stay with you right along?
Mr. Bonp. Yes, sir.
The Cuairman. How many do you employ?
Mr. Bono. Three hundred to four hundred, but most of the surplus
labor is on contract.
The Casirman. Who makes the contract?
Mr. Bono. The foreman in charge of the ranch.
The Cuatrman. The foreman executes the contract?
Mr. Bono. Yes, sir.
The Cuairman. How are they paid?
Mr. Bonp. They are paid by the row or by the pound.
The Crairman. Do you stipulate the age of the children?
Mr. Bonp. Yes, sir.
The Cuairman. What is the stipulated age?
Mr. Bownp. Sixteen.
The Crairman. That is the minimum?
Mr. Bonp. Yes, sir.