The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-10
THERE'S WORK FOR ALL.
Still a Demand for Harvest Hands in
Wheat Counties.

The fact that there are very few I'M
employed men in Kansas is another
proof of the prosperous condition OF
| the state at large. At Lawrence there
is difficulty in finding a sufficient sup
ply of labor to carry on the prepara-
tory work for the construction of the
new electric line. The farmers in
many sections of the state are unable
to procure the proper quota OF regular
farm hands at the usual wage. The
lola Register complains of shortage
in the available labor supply at that
point, and throughout the surrounding
farming districts.
In Topeka there are a few unem-
ployed coIored men but the majority
of these men are not prone to gettins
right down to hard work but are
waiting for something to turn up IN
the way of hotel job or some other
form of employment that is not par
ticularly strenuous. Then to be sure
there is always that class OF men
among the white element, VINO are
continually on the lookout for a graft
or snap of some nature, and answer
all the sensational want advertise
ments in the hope of running across
something dead easy" Fortunately
this type of man is not as we'll repre-
scented in Kansas as is the case in
majority of the other states of the
Union.
sober and industrious type of man
who is willing to work in order TO
prove that he is made of good stun
is very much in demand in Kansas
just now. A business man made the
remark not long since that there was
never a better opportunity for bright,
ambitious young men of unquest1oned
integrity to work up in the business
wGrld.
Need Good Men.
In speaking to a representative OF
Cfo%
ditfons in the harvest field, Charles
Harris director of the state free en-
pIoyment bureau, said:
''There is still a demand for mar
vest hands in many counties. This is
especially so in counties with limited
railroad mileage and those not crossed
by the main lines. In southern Kan
sas there are now but few calls FOR heIp'
but in the counties of the northwest
part of the state there is still a good
demand Today hands are asked for,
among other places, at Alton ana
C.Iauden in Osborne county; Grain
fed Cove county: Logan. Big Bend
and Kirwin, Phillips county; Norca-
tur, Decatur county; Verdi, ottawa
county; Ellis, Ellis county; CoIlyer,
Trego county: AthoI, Smith county;
zI1rieh. Rocks county; Gradan, era
ham county, and other counties IN tnat
neighborhood. Harvest hands gong
Immediately to any Of these places
named above, may be assured OF plen-
tv of work.
ave are receiving daily inquiries by
letter and otherwise from prospective
harvest workers, and are directing
them to the nearest possible locality
where there is an urgent call for help.
The southern group of counties mas
practically completed harvesting oper-
ations and many of the hands are
moving northward to labor in other
fields.
The fact that the mass of hands
have followed the trunk lines. makes
the demand especially urgent for har-
vest help, where there are either no
railways or the facilities are poor.
Harvesting among the college stu
dents is a popular means of spending
a few weeks of the summer vacation.
The pay is comparatively good, and
after nine months term of conf1ne-
ment which consists of pouring over
books, the college man is glad to get
out in the fields and work up some
muscle and a coat of tan The stu
dents of the State university are well
represented in this sphere of work.
and a few Of the office men of Topeka
are spending their vacations in this
manner"