Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-08-01
POWDERLY SAYS THERE IS
NO EXCUSE FOR IDLENESS
FOR MAN WILLING TO WORK

WOrk IN the state, Fhere are FEWER
employees OF the manufacturing indus
try out of work. he writes, aud there J
Is no general scarcity of mechanics
What demand there is for labor can !
be met from other localities without
troubling the federal authorities TO-
send on any aliens. He adds that 1
there is a scarcity Of farm labor, us
peclalE for harvesting.
More cheering information comes Z
from the commissioner of agricult"fc
of New York. He writes to Mr.. Pow ),
4derly that settlers are needed on the &
farm lands of the state. The scarcity
of agricultural labor is so pronouuceS
that at the present time there are
2,S77 farms advertised for sale, chieF.$
ly because OF the inability of the own.
ers' to get help to work them proper.
~. The commissioner of agriculture
says that these farm lands can Sbe
purchased cheap, from $40 to $50 an
acre. In reply to a question as To
what nationalities are preferred, the
commissioner of agriculture reports
that Industrious imnierants with
knowledge Of agriculture. irrespective
of nationality, will be welcome.
Allen Mechanics and Mill a Hands
| One of the most urgent pleas for
labor was received from Louisiana
The governor Of that state reports
that he needs foreigners In all
branches Of industry, especially for
the mills and shops. Engineers, plan
ers, moulders and carpenters are ask
ed for rather than men to pick cotton
or gather rice crops.
Louisiana employers will give free
homes may sbe made for little money.
Of aliens They will pay from IS.
cents to $3.50 per day for field hands
and from si.50 to $500 for mill men,
with three homes thrown in. As an
additional incentive to foreigners to
60 to Louisiana II Is stated that vast
areas Of lands are for sale where
homes may be made for little money.
4 There is a blanket order for "unlim-8
tied number Of Immigrants from
Georgia with the assurance that they,
Will all be taken care of at good
wages Single men are In demand
In the Georgia cities where the iron
land steel industry Is booming, and
the married men left over can find
paying positions on the farms. Imnl.
grants from the British Isles Ger.
many and Sweden are especially de-
sired
"Go West" the Order to immigrants.
] A band Of immigrants leaving New
York for the west could not fail to
find profitable employment at any
point 1t might stop west of the Missis-
sippi. There Is a general demand
from that section for "all classes OF
laborers, married and single. at good
, wages and in any number, Oregon Ia
/ bidding high for reliable working ma.
: terial. The commissioner of labor Of
that state says that he can provide
2 employment for any NUM- er of indus
{ trious foreigners the bureau Of infor
: nation may care to send out there
8 Other western officials are saying
about the same thing, The governor
I. of Minnesota wants thousands of i'm
+ migrant saying they will be well
4 taken care of in st. Paul, Minneapolis
} Duluth and other cities, and that the
{ farmers are LOOKING 70 men to work
, pn the farms. Scandinavian and Ge~
r mans are preferred Utah wants both
single and; married men" Ever
! New Mexico Is experiencing a famine
!, Iof labor. Men are wanted primarily
4 for railroad construction enterprises
t there. North Dakota is also In the
e market
4 J. G. Welliver.