1.   As a result, factories pay workers in goods, or put them on forced leave, or ignore them altogether.

2.   A separate report from the Purchasing Management Association of Chicago showed that fewer Midwestern factories are paying higher prices, even as manufacturing expands.

3.   Disney disputes the accusation, saying the factories pay at least twice the minimum.

4.   If, on the other hand, the neighbors have the right not to suffer pollution, the factory can pay them to waive that right.

5.   Raw-materials industries are broke because factories have not paid them for supplies.

6.   Some factories pay their employees by giving them the merchandise they manufacture, from cartons of tampons to bolts of cloth to eggs and engine parts.

7.   The factories pay only slightly more than other Mexican factories and not enough to live on in an inflated economy.

8.   The foreign-owned factories pay little.

9.   The local factories pay no city taxes.

10.   The state-controlled factories do not pay workers in cash, but issue checks that are accepted in local shops at half their face value.