, 1877-09-08
Domestic Service in the Country.

sSSs.scS:N service III t1S country.
Il has been quite generally assumed as an
ascartaiDcd facs that there IVES pronounced
dIsincilua:iicn among the laboring classes of
both sexes TO acccp5 work II the country,
and thai this was 0ae OF the reasons why
Chinese labor hal been 81 largely employed.
y reporter of the San Francisco taI has,
however, bean making inquiries through the
labor agencies and employment Offices OF
thas city. aad has been informed that there
IS 10 sGch reluctance to country work, bat
that there arc certain serious draw backs
connected with it which virtually have this
effect Thus it is stated that when girls or
men are wanted fer the conntry they must
rot only pay their own fare to the place de-
signatei, but must run the risk of finding
the situation filed when they get there. Or
course when those who seek employment
have but :. few dollars, as is usually the case,
tins is very serious consideration, and it is
nos to be wondered az that they s!,ouid pre-
fe- w0.!; i'll the city when it can be had.
AGAIN, It IS alleged, as 1t hes been fre-
quc2Gts ALLEGED before, that farmers do not,
as 4 rule thlrk 1t III of the comfort Of their
employees, and that sometimes the work re-
Gu.Scd u. girls ls more thaa strolgrsien co.iI
st;4..i. wEiie no ,iroviaion whatever IS made
for their convenience. J yCnng giri told the
reporter tlll: she lad accepted q place III the
country. end thai On reaching lie iarm of
her employer she MAS todd that size would
have to siecp III the iDtt ov.r ;he barn. She
went 20 !ooi. 4, TIE niicc. and 1CC,.d that SIC
MS expected 80 share tEe loft win three
yrang ,len, the Only corcession to her wo-
ui..uiy Inodesty being blanket pinned up at
the foot oi he.. bed. vi coarse, being & lncd-
est gni, she refused 70 accept s.ch sccoinmo.
,!a4,us, .s:.l left, t!:oug': 10 cost her almost
her !ast dollar to yet Iaci, to The CRY.
!: Is to be hoped that theEc are 10. many
farmers who resemble that brute but when
such episodes occur Il Is EUt surprising that
;:cgr shou:.i bc III apparent officially IL iii-
ing country situations. Nothing can he mere
certain than that if the farmers want efficient
and Trustworthy servants they must treat
them properly, and Eot house them like
beasts. The farmer who mas not Iuare de.
caney anil consideration ti.aa TO pa. :. yoang
gi:! u sleep III lofs with :hree Eiea does
hi. deserve 10 haze anything Dettcr than
u u,iiis1n trt-Ii5 20 DO his NoTh. The in:ci-
!igeGcc o;iiec keepers deciarc that there is 10
difficulty whatever II sling country orders,
b.: :hat the "ay j. w!.;>li greD Gii wo'Gen
are cf:e.. treated or the farms Is calculated
70 Sc. ti.e,n against that kind of work, while
tie uncertainty and ephemafai character OF
the employment also tends to render II I'LL
popular
i, is cvit!ent that before the farmers can
secure really good and trustworthy line OF
help, whether male or female, they must
make I'D their minds to do something more
than Just pay the wages OF their employees
Whoever accepts situation III civilized
| country has perfect right to expect decen:
! accommodation and food. No doubt many
| ut or farmers have accustomed themselves
IL Iivo lii sloyenly ,:,l semi br l';iroIis way,
| and s1ch persons may lie ap5 20 think that
| their employees are futiing On airs whs..
f, il.eY demand reasonably decent :ccontnoda-
| tons. 4 time has come. however, when the
! sem; bar',arog.s node of farming VIII have to
| he abandoned for 4 style I.o-e II accordance
with the spirit % the age TIE lnanence OF
| the Grange Shouid he exerted TO lift the cali
ins ont ii the slovenly and unpr1gressire rut
| into which it has fallen Fortunately for It's
possibilities the Grange has from the first
+! made provision for the participation Of wo-
men N It's labors. and here Is broad open
| ing for their peculiar capacities.
| What Is Lloss needed IL farmers to-day IS
4 larger appreciation Of the Importance Of
the hone. The home spirit Is enc Of the most
! active agencies OF true civilization, and IT Is
at war with the miserable srubbirg spirit
which rests content with residence IN a tum-
bledcwn s.aEty, which puts up with pork
and beans for p-uverder, which is too lazy
10 plant q vegetable garden, and whiek IN
fac: far more resembles the spirit of the saw
age Tartar no.nai than that OF civilized
| American farmers. People who do not re-
s;rect themselves, and who are satisfied to
live like hogs, cannot be expected TO respect
others, or to care for their comforts; but
then sueh people have no right to expect
good service, and whatever they may expect
iher viii rot get II When the average farm
house is l genuine home, prevailed by ....,e
sof.ening and elevating influences OF home,
the desired improvement il. farm help vii
not be :a- oil, At ;s;TIesent we must expec,
that It viii '.c Like Master, like Man. -. and
that. Is a rule TIE hel viii not be bctter thar
the employers. The discardiEg of Chiness
labor viii force upun farmers the necessity
OF looking upon their help as human beings
however. and perhaps they will gradually
come to realize that they must treat theil
employees decently if they wish to get decen:
service out OF themL-SGc Record Union
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