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one  word  of  these  requirements.  Near  Durango, ­
  in  Mexico,  there  lie  practically  all  the
parts  of  a  large  plant,  not  made  according  to
the  instructions  given  the  man  who  took  the
order.  In  the  draughting  room  of  the  shops
which  constructed  the  machinery,  they  could
not  understand  why  the  fly  wheel  of  the  engine ­
  should  be  made  in  so  many  sections
adapted  to  be  bolted  together,  and  so  they  constructed ­
  it  as  if  intended  for  shipment  to  Buffalo, ­
  and  not  so  that  a  mule  might  carry  each
component  part  on  his  back.  The  entire  order ­
  was  executed  in  the  same  manner.  As  a
result  the  equipment  they  turned  out  is  gradually ­
  resolving  itself  into  iron  oxide,  at  the
railway  station  nearest  to  the  mine  it  was  designed ­
  for,  while  the  people  who  purchased  it
are  filled  with  contempt  for  American  methods ­
  and  the  American  machinery  company
that  received  the  business  has  long  since
vowed  never  to  accept  another  Latin  American ­
  commission.
If  the  packing  instructions  read:—“Each
case  to  be  made  of  half-inch  pine  boards,