Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1898-07-14


quired Of a harvest hand Sound
health, average strength and will
ingneas 10 work. are sufficient equip
ment No capital is demanded, no
board In advance" 10 expected. The
farmers ARE In need OF nble-bodied men
and will give them proper welcome.
And what will happen when harvest
IL over2 Why tho big Astounding west
win absorb all the Industrious men
that can travel out Of Chicago, Things
arc not particularly sunny here 10 tho
city for man out Of work. The pros
poet could not well be more gloomy
anywhere A city is the worst place
in the world for destitute, unemploy-
cd person. The country has hundred
favorable opportunities Tho town
possesses scarcely one
Railroad companies In offering re-
duced rates TO Kansas harvest hands
are beginning the solution OF very
perplexipg problem, and are confer
ing service on at least three elements
OF society besides themselves They
arc giving worthy worklpgmen q
chance for employment They are
giving tho farmers much needed as
slstance. And they are relieving that
congestion in cities which entails q
burden on the public as well AZ suffer
ing on the individual.
That Is very mild cutlery OF plu-
tocratic journal trying to unload the
products Of plutocracy upon the unof.
Tending west. But are the statements
TRUTHFUL There Is scarcely word Of
truth In tho whole paragraph.
In the first place the most worthless
man In the harvest field is the untrain-
ed man who has never been there be-
fore. What can q city shop man who
has never harnessed horse do with
team Of four horses attached TO head
er or self-binder? What can the city
tailor or the mechanic, unused to the
sun, do under the burning thies of July
in the Kansas wheat fields? Such men
cannot earn wages ut harvesting.
The statement that mo special train
ing is necessary" is n lie from whole
cloth, manufactured to deceive the in
nocent and helpless The western
harvest field is managed by skilled in
dustry only. Men OF skill with train
cd teams and good machines cut and
bind the grain, at given price per
acre. The bundles are put in shocks
or the heads in ricks by men who
"know how" who can work with
speed and insure the grain to remain
in good condition until the threshor DR.
rives. None Of these labors can be
properly or safely performed by city
mechanics or shop men unused to the
outdoor heat, and with no training for
the work.
"The bounteous harvests" statement
is an exageration to reduce tho price
OF wheat while 1t is still in tho hands
of the farmers through false impress
sion that there is an over production.
The same papers, ninety days later,
when the spectators own the whert,
will Solemnly assert that the crops
were much lighter and the acreage
much smaller than stated in first re.
ports. Hence, as there is no over-pro-
duction, the spectators should realize
good prices.
This whole editorial is a tissue OF
lies and receptions from first to last,
intended to unload the idle and ineffl.
cient labor of Chicago upon Kansas
and Oklahoma. Such editorial false
hoods in the plutocratic papers have
had their baleful and dangerous effects.
The state of Kansas for weeks and
months has been ovcrrun with idle
men seeking work and begging bread.
They cannot do the work. The bread
is given with free hands and open
hearts until the poverty OF the donors
them to quit Good men,
earnestly seeking employment, through
disappointment and through the degra-
1ation of beggary, fast fall into the
class and habits of the tramp. Thus
arc the children of plutocracy greatly
and their sufferings cruelty
Intensified.
And this supreme idiocy is concluded
BY saying that railroad companies in
offering reduced rates to Kansas har-
rest hands are beginning the solution
If very perplexing problem, and are
,onfering service on ut least three
dement's of society besides themselves.
they are giving worthy workingmen q
.hance for employment. The are Civ
ng the farmers much needed assist
nee. And they are relieving the con-
,estion in cities which entails bur-
len on the public as well as suffering
IN the individual"
All of which self laudation by plu-
ocracy is entirely false. They sent
Kansas no efficient 'harvest hands"