The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-05-16
MEN ARE NEEDED.
II. B. GerOW Says Kansas Wants
10000 Harvest Hands.
Has Secured Information from
Official Sources.
TEAMS ALSO WANTED.
These viii Have TO Be Driven
Into the State.
Wages of Men Will Range from
$3.50 to $3.50.
TEAMS ALSO WANTED.

T. B. Gerow. director of the state free
employment bureau. today made
Statement that according to present in
dications 10000 extra men win be re-
quired for the wheat harvest this year
The Information on which these figures
are based comes from grain dealers.
county clerks and other reliable sources
In his statement today Mr. GeroW says.
indications from the wheat counties
Of the state at the present time are to
the effect that if good weather prevails
from now until the beginning Of the
harvest, twenty thousand men and three
thousand teams viii be needed. / have
in my office at the present time the fol-
lowing statements. from reliable per
sons, in the counties named which indi-
cate a demand for over fifteen thousand
men, and there are quite a number of
counties that have not vet sent I'M their
estimates. The following are the cOun-
ues from which reports have been re-
celNeQ. Barton. 5000, Dickinson 500
Ellis, 500; Ellsworth. 500. Harvey. 100.
harper l,5OO, Labette 300; Mitchell
bvUi Marion, 25; Osborne $50; Ottawa
4uui Fnillios, 200; Pratt, 100; Rice. l.
eoU; Rocks, 800; Rush. 900. Russell 500.
STAFFORD, 1000 Sumner. 500: Lane. $50
Making a total needed in the counties
named OF 1888 men, Ten counties re-
Aort no outside men needed. Counties
not yet reporting. but which have al
ways heretofore needed more or less
men, number seventeen
me number of teams required ex-
ceed that ever called for before; these.
OF course viii have to be driven info
the state as the railroads make no
rates Tor teams. While no meeting OF
the general passenger agents of the diff
terent roads that usually handle this
business has as yet been held I am
assured that the roads will deal as ia
Nordbly with us this year as they have
done In the past. 1t is probable that :.
rate VIII be made, extending from ST
Joseph on the north to CherryvaIe on
the south, including Atchison Ieayen-
worth, Kansas City, No. Topeka Fort
scott, Ottawa. Chanute and Cherryvale.
and applying daily from the beginning
10 the end of the harvest. Wages will
range 1rom $L50 per day to $3.50 per
gay, depending upon the experiences Of
the laborer. For man and team So to
$500 per day, these prices include board
for men and teams.
The harvest season lasts usually
from 20 to % days and the threshinsr
season begins Immediately after the
harvest and continues from so to 100
days. Wages for common pitchers with
nieshlhg outnt, $3.50 to $l.75 per day;
separator tenders, from $1.75 to $2.25 per
day engineers for operating threshins
engines, from 81 to SO per day.dependina
upon the operators ability to handle his
engine, and keep it in running order.
Ihese are the prevailing prices for ordi-
nary laDorers. With men who are anx-
lous to crowd the work, wages are in
creased accordingIy
II am further informed that the har-
vest viii begin in the southern tier of
counties by June Is, and continue north
10 the 10th and 25th. All the hove in
formation is given for the purpose of
informing those who desire to work in
the wheat fields of Kansas. and who
may come from other states as they
have in the past. Further information
ftr77a to 3
above figures may be altered or amend
ed
The agents of this bureau in the
state of Kansas are requested to inn
mediately commence to register men
who desire to work in the wheat fields.
and information win be sent to them.
as TO where the men SO listed can be
sent to obtain work most readily, and
at the least possible cost.
AS soon as the rate is announced nv
the railroads, it viii be published for
the Information Of all concerned
Mr. Geo H. Foote, secretary of the
Kansas City local passenger bureau /
viii distribute the men to the different
roads and Mr.. J. B. Jamison. super
intendent Of the Missouri free employ
ment bureau, in the new Nelson build
ing, will act as the agent of the roads.
and furnish all information and for
ward all men who arrive from eastern
points. The Kansas agents will list
and forward men according to infOr-
nation furnished by the director of the
Kansas free employment bureau.
"All men who desire to go to the
wheat fields are notified to apply to the
agent of the free employment bureau
IN the town from which they start. as
no other person is authorized to enroll
them. No charge whatever is made
for Information furnished. Further.
they can be assured of obtaining work
at the place to which they will be di-
rected.'