Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-08
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LABoRERs WANTED In THE

LABORERs WANTED In THE
WEST.
The labor situation in Iowa and SUR
rounding states Is illustrated by the
following clippings made in q single
week from the columns OF the local pa
|pers:
odebolt Clarion: The farmers can't
find men to help them harvest.
Wakefield lNeb) Republican: There
are no idle men anywhere except from
choice, and wages are good.
Schaller Qowa) Herald: Carpenters
are in SO great demand that 1t is next
to Impossible to get an odd job of any
kind done.
Cedar Rapids dowa) Gazette: The
man who pretends to be a common la
borer has to dodge lively to keep out OF
the way Of work in Cedar Rapids this
year.
Orange city (Iowa) Herald: Farmers
are paying from 81 to $3.50 per day for
hands in the harvest fields, and even
at these prices sufficient help can not
be secured.
Forest City Gowa) Press: The uni
versal cry is for more help to garner
the crops and to help in many lines of
Improvement that are going on In every
direction.
Bridgewater Is. Do Tribune: There
seems to be a scracity of harvest help.
Notwithstanding the numerous gentry
LOT the road who linger about town,
waiting for wages to come up to So per
day.
Watertown Is. Do Public Opinion:
There is no need for any man to re-
main idle as plenty of work and good
wages are in sight for all who wish to
avail themselves Of the chance Of earn
ing money.
| Madison Is. d. outlook: There APP
pears to be plenty of work for those
seeking 1t, and there is little excuse for
a man to beg meal. Farmers are Of
fering from $35 to $40 per month for
good farm hand.
| Sibley Qowa) Herald: And now It's
1.-The farmers who are robbing the dod-
gasted railroads. The concrete gang at
Little Rock has been seduced by har-
vesting farmers to quit $1.50 per day
jobs and go into the fields at 81.
4 Marcus Uowa) News: Farmers are
experiencing much difficulty in secur-
ling help enough to harvest the vast
lamount of small grain here. Wages
4 range from S1.50 to $1.T5 per day and
board, and yet there seems to be
scarcity Of men for the harvest fields.
Salem u.s. Do Special: r. A. Goheen
was in from Gus Norgren's Ramsey
township form this morning endeavor-
ling to hire some help through haying.
/ He offered good wages, but the hobos
who We're in town refused to work for
less than $3.50 or SO per day.
Spencer Qowa) Reporter: Have you
iseen any one recently who could not get
work? Not one. But an actual fact.
one of our leading physicians after
giving up In despair In a vain effort to
4 find a mason, went over to his new
house and assisted in some work on the
NEW foundation.
Merrill Gowa) Record: A young man
lwho has been working in the hay fields
near here the last two weeks, came to
Itown Monday out of a job. In less
than twenty minutes he secured two
ljobs, one for two days. the other for the
entire harvest season. He has accepted
both jobs. A man really wanting. to
work has no trouble in finding 1T here
Iabouts.
Council Bluffs dowa) Nonpareil: Ma
|terial evidence of the scarcity of work
ingmen in this part of the country was
. seen at the transfer yesterday after
noon. when Rock Island train No.
pulled in with sixty-f1ve colored people
ION board from Fort Smith, Ark. bound
for service in the construction work or
part of this state.
Muscatine Iowa) News-Tribune:
Just at the present time the demand for
ttoy
ply The scarcity of laborers has adj
vanced the daily wages so that s1.sO anc
81. rs is being paid where S1.50 and less
i was the customary compensation only
short time ago. Idle men are few ant
. far between, there being activity In the
building trade and all lines Of industry
Wayne (Neb.) Republican: The de
Inland for men to help in gathering ane
earring for the harvest now on is on
r THAT is not easy to supply. Farmer.
j, have the effect of getting men wher'
/ there are none out of employment. Da.
after day help is anxiously sought ant
: wages cut no figure. but 1t seems Their
: Iare no men to meet and supply the de
: mand.
Webster City Freeman: We do no
a believe there was ever time in tn
y history of Webster City when 1t was g
i, difficult to get help. Farmers and con
n Tractors are experiencing much troubl
\ in securing hands. and people who hay
:. small jobs of repairing about thei
. premises have to do the work them
. selves if they can, but if they can no
$ take the time the work has to go un
e performed in many instances.
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