Factory conditions were so bad because they didn't have the technology nor the knowledge we have today to run a decent factory. the owners were concerned about profits then a worker's safety. and since workers rights weren't written at the time, the owners got to treat the workers howecer they pleased.
Bolivar outright rejected the implementation of a pure federal model in the newly freed lands of Spanish America. He did not believe that the federal system could withstand the turbulent environment and political factions present in Spanish america
