The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1886-11-26

Class 81 InDoferB VINO Are Detter -
Than They Night h.
One Of the best parts Of the situa-
lion. to-day, for the farmer. i the fact
that he can truly say: Il have paid
my help better than I am paid" and
he Is conscience-free Of taking a hand
At oppression. II he has partially let
the hired man alone. he has been
Obliged to. The day hand, with the
usual pay. can get with . weeks work
| barrel Of -four. suit Of working
clothes. including boots. and > news
paper for . year. Part Of the year he
gets fraction less while in grain
handling . fraction more. A dozen
years ago he could not get better pay.
and he could NOT buy the same articles
with scarcely any less than two weeks
work. On BY far the most 100
acre farms, . frst-class month
hand and such = one is seldom . pro-
ficient in his avocation. cqualing
master in other callings-gets from
$50 to $5S month. counting board.
etc, At low rate
Anent this, mechanics. firemen and
engineers who receive 80 . month
would be glad to save out or have can
celed their board and laundry bills.
which really cut their pay back to 81
and less This month-hand's pay for
seven months takes one-quarter Of the
sales on the farm. at average. II he
worked the farm" and did all the
| work. furnishing teams and tools, and
half Of seeds. taxes. ETC., he would get
but half the net sales. with his fam
ilv and team board. Surely the month
hand is getting fair deal. and this IS
right. Let farm labor be well paid,
that good men may be retained de-
spite the low estimate wrongly put ON
this following by other workers and
plcbs urbanA But let no one say the
work Il hard that tune must be
changed another age Is ushercd in
The hired man Is not asked 10 lug ~
cast-iron plow that never secured.
nor take up the role Of the ''sower
who went forth TO SOW and with
mule-pack style and main force. strid-
ing 70 and fro. broadcast the grain
He no more tires out with the dull
scyfhe- Then the mandrake, which
used to call for skill and long endur.
ance Is almost : bric-a-brac curiosity.
The sole s.horse power" required Of the
man Is s.hitching on''-and hay-load-
crs are claiming that situation The
GRADER no longer challenges the binder
to q test OF cleverness and hardihood;
and the thistle patches have lost their
power 70 bring dread to the human
breast; the long grain boards and thistle
points can not get . chance to touch
the hands; and the sole relic Of sickle
DAYS remains in the corn harvest.
The custom Is going fast which
looked on .'eight hours before dinner.
and eight after" IS day. work. The
J wondrous change IS seen ON many |,
farm. and with the same never-quit
work task-mastcr Of former years .
! the head. where the men are not In thu
LOT At sunrise. and the teams are re
turned and the chores are done befor'
shutdown. To be sure. men are no
employed 90 constantly a. formerly
. for farmers are bound 10 stay b.
! machinery. and not expend for labo
more than . quarter Of net sales. or, =
well, half o. net income. Yet n
laborer need work less than half th
year in the farmers pay and still liv
I Tar above want. The housc-renter ha
/. allowances and opportunities which 3
| far 70 : living, and 4 neither waste
\ the weed nor the shebeen. draw q
him. he will eventually own notch 2
; the Republic. W. &. Derercos<rs - 4
Il Tribune.