The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-22
KANSAS C0AAENT
A LABOR PARADOX.

Two SInSular Phenomena OF the labor
situation have recently appeared in the
east. One day last week a paper in
New York city contained a letter from
a New York farmer stating that while
complaints are heard from unemployed
labor in the cities the farmers cannot
get enough labor to secure the full pro-
duction of their farms, and the unem-
ployed would not go out there to work.
The next day the same paper contained
letters from two representatives of or
CARNATIONS for the relief Of the unem-
ployed, statiny that each had hundreds
of men who would be glad Of work on
farms at the wages named.
This presents a peculiar and paradox
ical condition. The leading facts are
beyond dispute. On the one hand are
farms half titled for lack Of labor. On
the other in the cities are men unem-
ployed and alleged to be glad of the
chance to work on farms. Yet for some
reason they do not get together. There
seems to be something in our methods
of late years that concentrates the
labor in the cities and leaves the farms
deserted, even by a large share Of their
original inhabitants. What is it?
There is a certain futility in this
spectacle of thousands of men wanting
work and a field where the work Of
thousands of men Is needed, and yet
the mutual need is not met. It is hard
to find a clear explanation of the Pc
culiarity. But it does not suggest that
the agencies for labor employment
have been organized solely to meet the
requirements Of large industrial em-
ployers and entirely ignore the import
ance of securing more permanent dis
tribution Of labor and employment. 1t
also provokes the thought that If our
economic methods were less concentra-.
tive and permitted the distribution Of
industries throughout rural sections
the laborers might be closer to the
farms when industrial reaction forced
Dispatch.
ADENOIDS.
The newest slogan Of the educators
is, Look out for the adenoidsr' Some
Of the more radical Of our pedagogues
claim that these growths are account
able for three-fourths of the so-called
backwardness In school children. and
the first thing that physician asks
when a stunted and undeveloped
youngster is brought to him for treat
ment is, HAS the child ever been ex-
amined for adenoids?" These growths
affect primarily the cavity lying at the
back Of the nasal passages, directly
above the soft palate, and may make
their appearance in early infancy. The
region affected is the seat Of one Of the
three tonsils, of which the other two
are visible in the lower throat. These
organs, together with the appendix, are
physiological puzzles, as they are ply
steal superf1uities.
The result is that the air passages
through the nose are shut or, the child
resorts to mouth breathing, goes about
all the time with mouth half open,
which imparts a look OF general stu
pidity, and very frequently really be-
comes stupid for the reason that ma
ture. In an effort to preserve an air
passage through the nose, raises the
hard palate higher and higher, thus
encroaching upon the brain space and
fmpairing the mentality OF the sufferer.
Semi-idiocy is often the consequence
Of neglected treatment, and the general
health alwaXH su1IaxR,-<0okxnik essvs.