The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-08
ALIENS ARE TAKING MORE
INTEREST IN FARM WORK
Much Information Sent 10 H.
qulreTs Regarding COndI-
tIoas in Country

Washington, ID. G.. Sept S--"Back
TO the farm. has become reality.
II Il no longer a mere expression,
but movement. This Is what Ter
encc V. Powdcrly, chief OF the division
of information Of the department OF
commerce and labor has observed
in connection with his official duties
Mr.. Powdcrly WAS asked whether
the demand for labor the country over
MAS increasing. He said there was
no let up In the demand for men for
work on the railroads. ON construc.
iion aud the like, but that The de.
mand Tor farm labor was on the In
rrcasc.
when We began this bureau two
and hall years ago said Mr.. Pow.
derly we heard a great deal Of the
the men who were talking about 60.
Ing back 10 the farm did not 90. They
had never been On the farm In the
first place. Today change nas TAX.
cn place
II returned last night from New
York. Mr.. Green. who il in charge
OF the station lperc, says the interest
on The part OF the aliens aud Of immi-
grants already IN this country N iarm
work Is marc tllan il has been for
three months. Men on construction
work and other WORK IN the city are
coming to us and registering in the
hope OF being sent TO the rarm.p
Signs UnmistakabIe.
Mr. poVdcrly regards tilc signs OF
an increasing tendency to 20 to the
farm as uJmistakablc and he holds
the reasons are simple immigration
TO this country, he says rs largely
brought about By the fact that peoA
pie already here write home TO their
friends and ask and advise them TO
come
IL has been the case for the most
part in the past that the letters sent
back in Europe have been from men
working undergrood. In the mines,
or from men at work in the cities or
employed at something else than farm
work. But the division of information
has been sending aliens TO the farms
In large numbers in the last TWO years
and a nalf.
No less than SEQ persons have
been sent 10 permanent positions on
the farms OF the country by the divis.
ion. information regarding farm EN-.
ployment and farm conditions has
been sent TO 10 less than 10000. OF
the 5000 who have been given posi-.
tiors Mr.. Powderly says put twenty
have failed to stay. He says. too. that
these people who have gone to the
farms have been writing TO their
iieads employed in the cities. and the
result Is gradually growing tendency
TO go to the land The demand for
farm work comes from all over the
country
Mr.. Powdcsly says one reason why
men are going more and more to the
farms TO work Is that farmers are
coming more and more to employ
help the year round. Formerly this
was not done aud men were kept on
~ during the busy season.
From some OF the men who two
Yeas ago SO were sent 10 work
On The farms inquiries are now begin.
ping 10 come for help on farms OF
their own. IN other words, sturdy
aud frUga immigrants have goue to
Norn on farms. saved some money OF
their own and have bought themselyee
pieces Of land.
Colonies of men aud women from
the cities are being sent out to the
farms in some eases Iu.t now q doz-
on families from Philadelphia. sub.
slantlal German people. are preparing
TO settle In a colony OF their own in
a Southern state. Various such col.
onies have been established In the
South, where there Is no end of agri.
cultural opportunities
Mr. PowJerly brlieves the move.
ment Of immigrants TO The farms is
bound to grow nov that Il has been
substantially started.