The initial process to the making is the separating of leaves from the plant, which wads up much like Swiss chard.
that nothing may be wasted the stems are sold to be made into fertilizer). Women sit on the floor with huge baskets before them and strip the leaves from the stalk. is dusty, w work, done with mechanical precision, and like each detail which contributes to an industry, is founded on deadly mon good all days of artisan when one person out each detail of the object to he fashioned, work was relieved of its awful sameness. If the " experts of industry would take a little time from their study of fatigue elimination and study the elimination of monotony, perhaps strikes would not be so prevalent; for it is not always inadequate wages that drive workers to strike.
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