Answer: the rural working class was uneducated, dirt poor, and subject to even worse living conditions than the urban working class. Only 30% of agricultural worked for more than 10 months. 15% had running water. They often had no land of their own or very little land of their own which was constantly under threat of dispossession. There was also an immense amount of productive land (300 caballerias) owned by powerful interests that were completely uncultivated. In addition, more than half the best-cultivated land belongs to foreigners. Urban workers received more pay than rural workers. Rural workers earned less than 2/3 of what urban workers earned.