Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-27
An Urgent Call on Iowa to Send
Harvest Hands to the
Wheat Fields
CROP GOOD, HELP is SCARCE
Hundreds of Men Are Wanted in the
North to Help Take Care of the Big
Harvest That is Just Beginning to
Ripen-Men Seem Hard to Find
Agencies at Work.

Des Moines, July 27.-One of the
most urgent calls for harvest hands
received in Des Moines, came yesterday
from North Dakota, when a local en-
'ployment firm was notified that 1000
men We're wanted in that state to har-
vest the wheat crop. The agency went
to work Immediately and thru it's rep
resentatives over the state about one
hundred men were secured for the first
train. which is to leave Des Moines
for the wheat fields on Tuesday, Au-
gust l. The wages offered are 50 to SO
per day.
According to the call being sent from
that country for help the wheat crop
is very large and there will be work
for the hands for weeks to come. Ow-
Ing to cold weather early in the season
harvest time did not come so early
this year as usual the season being
three weeks late. There was an ex-
ceedingly large acreage of wheat this
year in North Dakota. A rate of $14.-
SO is being made from Des Moines
to the wheat fields of North Dakota.
wen nara 20 find.
j. j. Shambaugh of Des Moines,
general superintendent of the Nation
al House of Employment, to whom the
call for 1000 men was sent, said that
he believed all of the men could be
secured in Iowa. 1--WE received re-
sponses from twelve or fifteen Of our
agents over the state yesterday that
each of them could furnish from five
to twenty men EACH" said Mr.. Sham
baugh. 1--WE will have 100 men who
can go Tuesday and expect to be able
to get together another hundred in a
short time. think that Iowa can fur
nish the 1000 men all right.
And the Iowa harvest hands are
always satisfactory in the north, in
fact are preferred by those northern
fellows. That's the reason they wire
down here to secure them. At this
season Of the year when corn is lai1
aside, most of the hay cut and consid-
cradle of the small grain harvested in
Iowa, the young men OF the farms ard
the small towns are in a position to
accept these offers from the north.
They have grown hardened to the work
by the season ION the Iowa farms and
Cdi ~ VI lhlO lIle OdholdS hllu SLOW
away more grain than any other crowd
of fellows.
Why They are Needed.
AS matter of fact there are not
many people living in North Dakota.
the farms are very large and the wheat
fields are immense. So, when it comes
time to harvest this great wheat crop
they can't possibly find enough men
in both the states of North and
South Dakota to do the work So they
have to appeal to such states as Iowa
and Illinois, where the men understand
farm work and can do 1t, and where
the earlier season Of this section Of the
country makes 1t possible for the young
farmers to make little money on the
side up in the Dakotas.
There is one rule we are making
this year, which is little out of the
ordinary, that is, we don't charge any
filing fee for the applicant for harvest
work In this way we expect to get
the names of large number OF men
who can do this class of work in the
summer, and from time to time as
their services are demanded we can
keep in touch with Them
Every locality in the state has
representative of this employment
agency, and when the demand for help
comes suddenly the local representa-
tives are called upon to furnish their
available men. In this way large
company can be secured In short
time