بنایا را الان must point out that have spent mant) Authority State Letter Wh2 the Atlantic coast of this country and that M ae 12441 never seen, to date, workers on banana farms put in an eight hour day. The undersigned, with his superintendents and workers, will study the question of payment by hour in order to determine whether it will be possible for the company to establish rates of this kind for ordinary work instead of by day, if the conclusion is reached that the workers themselves so desire, but with the understanding that the Company will only pay for hours of real work. For work on the pier the Company is paying and will continue to pay from 23 to 33 per thous and stems that are loaded depending upon the type of work.
The Company pays its workers monthly, but it has established the practice of giving the workers weekly advances not exceeding the sum eamed up to that day. This is done by means of the weekly trips made by its pay cars over the entire line, including each branch. The payment is in cash, since the Company does not employ coupons, chits, or any other credit documents.
11. The Company will continue to supply the tools needed by the workers, with the exception of machetes and axes which belong to them. Nevertheless with the Executive approval, the company is disposed to sell those articles in its commissaries, at cost, in conformance with what is expressed in paragraph cited above.
12. The Company has an insurance policy covering all