On shelves along the walls are her figurines of fishmongers, tortilla makers, bird sellers - a hundred different street peddlers in all.

Other tortilla makers cited cheap space, sites near highways and the growing Mexican community.

Such restaurants often incorporate their own amusements: fish tanks, tortilla makers, fortune cookies.

There's nothing like an automatic tortilla maker to make life easier.

"Not only German beer producers, but Mexican tortilla makers have see the cost of their main raw material growing quickly to historical highs."

The Government contends that price controls on tortillas depressed the industry by keeping revenues low for tortilla makers while their operating costs rose.

They say that eliminating the subsidies will allow the 50,000 small and medium-sized tortilla makers across the country to expand and modernize.

Through its Mexican food line, Tyson is one of the nation's largest tortilla makers.

A tortilla maker wondered whether Mr. Fox could live up to promises to fight corruption rather than become enmeshed in it.

"In 6 years, you cannot undo what other people have done over 70 years," said Arturo Garcia, a 49-year-old tortilla maker.