Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1910-08-26
LABOR PROBLEM
ON THE FARM
Preacher Talks to Changers
on Subject at Springs
Park Picnic

At the afternoon session of the all
day picnic of Pomona Grange at
Brandywine Springs Park yesterday
addresses were made by the Rev. D.
NJ Cleland, of Wilmington; James 7.
Shallcross of the State Board Of Agri-
culture and the State Board of Imni
grafton: State Master S. II. Messick
and State Lecturer z. A. Evans. D.
L. Gardner, master of the State
Grange of Massachusetts, was TO have
made an address, but he was unable
to be present State Master Mes
sick defended u. j. Bachelor, ma
tional master, from what he termed
unjust criticism, and State Lecturer
Evans spoke on the need Of labor on
the farm.
The Rev. Mr.. Cleland spoke on
"The Solution of the Labor Problem
on the Farm" He recommended the
immigration farm colony. He said
in Part;
THE solution Of the whole problem,
l am convinced after more than ten
years study and investigation, is to
be found in the immigration farm
colony. I was raised in this expert
ence and conviction. and so come nat
urslly by It,
I'm 1863 my father. who was a set
tied pastor in Delaware county, New
York, because of falling health, took
his family to Minnesota TO grow up
with the country on a big Minnesota
farm. Near TO where we lived was a
Swedish and Norwegian settlement.
and to make the story short when we
needed any help on the farm we sent
over to the settlement after a hand.
When aid was needed In the home
some good Swedish woman was Sc
cured from the settlement In that
way the farm work could be done as
needed, and the threshers could be
at our house for number of days
without burdening those who did the
cooking When that plan becomes
general-and il is PERFECTLY practical
the question Of farm labor will be
solved
You will notice that other branches
of industry have adopted the plan OF
the immigration colony. Coal oper-
ators, manufacturers and others have
their foreign settlement from which
10 draw, and I am OF the profound
conviction that If the farmers of Del
aware would adopt some similar plan
and in the center of your hundreds
plant a colony from the old world
the plan would be an unmixcd bless
ing TO yourselves, to us town people
and to the State BY that plan you
would have an abundance of help at
reasonable cost to do the hard farm
work and to put to use unused land
The children of the settlement would
even work for you in picking your
berries and other such work, while
the women also in the house would
have an abundance of help in their
work BY the way. the people who
are now coming from Europe. who
are crowding the cities. rightly be-
long to the farm.
recent Congressional investiga
ton has shown that only FIVE pc
cent of the foreign miners iron
Europe have any experience in min
ing and the rest are farmers, shop
keepers, shepherds, etc.
Your hand in nearly every cas-
would be an experienced man VIII
from his youth had learned TO ICON
serve the natural resources of tn
soil" as he had put every inch q
ground TO use in his struggle 70
the daily bread of himself and family
What clover field he would fin
under your direction in your garde
farm?
"I expect 10 be in Italy next mont
for the purpose. partly. of invest
eating this matter at the other en-
of the line and would be only to
glad 90 be of service TO you and your
in any way.
ITO be successful two things nee
to be carefully considered in regar
to a farm colony.
"First-We must get rid Of ii
thought, II we have ever entertaine
it, that the immigrant. and especial
the Italian, is an undesirable citizei
Now / am the attorney for the d.
= Tense of the foreigners and viii
know there are bad people anon
them yet l protest against measul
ing a whole nation by the wrong
of the one per cent. that comes
America with criminal intent L.
me assure you that SO per cent.
every 100 immigrants come to Anne
lea as our forefathers came, clothe
in the royal garments of labor ar
ready and able and willing TO do u
hardest kind of work
People who work are a valuab
addition to any community whei
work is to be done as is the case no
on the farms of our country.
Another matter-To be success
full the farm colony must be treatt
in the true Christian and America