The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-04-18
| TO AID UNEMPLOYED
Plan Suggested For Providing
Means of Livelihood.
GOVERNMENT HELP DESIRED.

nCH YAH DC d69Hs al tS"S
of an Educator.
| The question Of securing work for
the great armies of the unemployed Of
the large cities, it is stated, is to be
brought squarely before Secretary Will
son of the department of agriculture
within a short time with the recon-
mendation that he do all in his power
to have the federal government es-
tablish an experimental farm. Seth
Farnsworth of Chicago, who has inter-
ested himself in the case of the unem-
ployed, went to Washington and is
preparing to place before the secretary
of agriculture many reasons why he
| should see that the government back
! the effort to solve the problem of the
| idle men of the cities.
/ Together with Rev. John Ellis, who
is also in Washington representing tbs
recent st. Louis convention of idle men
who are looking 0 the government to
do something 10 aid them, Mr.. Farms
W
the country. from the president down,
In the project. The administration, 1t
is stated, is concerned over conditions
existing in many sections of the cOun-
try, notably in the large cities, and in
/ tends, it is stated, to address itself to
the task of Investigating the problem.
In this way it is hoped much of the
| hn inc of tho
country may be greatly relieved.
what we want to do In this country
| TO alleviate the situation is to educate
the idle workingman in the pursuit of
agriculture" said Mr. Farnsworth re-
Gently to a reporter of the Washington
Star.
"You hear much throughout the
country of farmers who cannot get
| farm hands. From these stories one
would suppose that all a workingman
| Of the cities would have to do would
be to call upon the farmer and offer
his services in order to secure employ
ment But in the case of those skilled
In machinery or other Of the trades
this cannot be true.
'They know nothing Of agriculture
and when they apply to the farmer are
turned ava, because they know moth
! ing of the work of the farm"
! Mr. Farnsworth then explained that
the government should at once estab-
| iish fari1 where honest workingmen
out of employment may be able to
come and receive instructions III the
art of husbandry and in several months
be able to go forth into the world quail
flied to take up the work in the fields
until the may again take up their reg
ular vocations in life.
For starting point In this effort to
establish farm for the extension OF
this proposed high class agricultural
education Mr.. Farnsworth calls atten-
ton to the 500 acre tract of land own
ed by the department of agriculture In
Alexandria county, Va, which tract
he says is an ideal location for an in
auguration of the work to solve the
question of helping the unemployed.
| When the question was discussed
with Mr. Timothy Healy, president Of
the Int national Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Firemen, he expressed great
interest in the idea Solving the prob
lem of the unemployed is taking up
much of the time of the labor leaders
In New York at this time, according to
SIR. Healy. and in his estimation they
will gladly welcome any effort on the
part of the government Of the United
States to alleviate the situation.
Mr.. Jan es L. Feeney, president OF
the Book binders union, was one of the
local lator leaders whom Rev. John
| Ellis AMI Mr.. Farnsworth conferred
j with the other day. He was also i'm
| pressed with the idea that the proposed
| school for the unemployed, if it could
be successfully carried out. would go
a long way toward helping to solve
the problem of the idle workmen. Mr..
Feeney explained that he stood with
Mr.. Healy in support of any effort
that will go toward advancing the In
terests of the laboring man.
His attention was also called to re-
cent statement from E. A. Sutherland,
who has charge of the National Agri-
cultural and Normal institute at Madt
son, Tenn. In his statement Mr.. Suth
erland says: Our experience has been
good. We are making steady progress,
and those things that were expert
ments two years ago are now demon
strated facts. We do not need to
walk by faith concerning them. l am
satisfied that the coming school will
have to adapt itself to the principles
f, that unferlie the education where the
/ entire nan is trained.
Schools that continue to adhere to
/ the old ideas Will share the same fato
that has been experienced by men and
Institutions Chat refuse to recognize
+ necessary reforms. Self supporting
[ schools win turn out a class of men
| who will be superior in every respect
/ TO those who are trained in a school
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