The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-26
The Situation

The situation
Sixty thousand men needed in
Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota and Montana.
Never before so good an oppor-
tunity for continuous employ
ment for men going into h
fields.
The influx Of labor from Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Nebraska to
South and North Dakota likely to
be smaller than usual because of
last years comparatively poor
crops in portions Of the two states.
The opportunity greater for
Minneapolis. ST. Paul. Duluth or
Chicago men going out.
The pay sl.75 to $3.50 a day.
and board, depending upon the
experience.
The Harvest Time
Barley and oats now being har-
vested in South Dakota AND in
southern Minnesota.
Wheat harvest will begin by
the end of next week in South Da-
kota.
Wheat harvest will begin about
August 10 in northern Minnesota
and North Rakota.
Haying now under way in many
Pii''s ~ oh' ava
and South Dakota, affording en-
ployment for men who might ar
rive before the wheat has ripened.
Sixty thousand men are needed In
the harvest fields of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota and Mon
tana. where a crop that country ad-
vices to the railroads say is going to
break every productive record in the
history of the northwest is rapidly
r@11t;o~ = -.->A. 800,
Tor labor yer heard in the vast coun-
try west and north from Minneapolis
is growing louder every day.
Unlike any labor situation ever fac
&c before. that in the northwest today
is peculiarly acute. because, last year.
the South Dakota and southern North
Dakota crop losses broke the contin-
uity of employment which in every
for a decade has sent the labor
wave from Kansas, Missouri and Ne
hraska through Iowa northward cross
South Dakota and into North Dakota
and Minnesota. Last year and to
some extern In the year before, a vast
country from the South Dakota line
to the first tier of southern North Da-
kota counties fell below in labor re-
quirements and the long unremunera-
tive travel stretch across, turned
back. at that time. thousands OF la
horers from the winter wheat fields
who would have moved north.
Work For Every Man
This year that same territory has
the greatest crop 1t ever raised and
raised and efforts are being made to
inform the southern laborers Of the
situation, that they may come up, in
view of the certainty that even with
help and all the men tina St.
Pau and Minneapolis and Duluth can
find. that east Canada may contribute
and Chicago and other centers send
out, there will he work. for every man.
The states need these men:
Minnesota :. 5000
North Dakota .. $4,000
south Dakota .. :. $4,000
Montana =. =. :. :. :. 5000
To Prevent Car Shortage
Foreseeine Gear shortage" dim
and the big crops, the state rail-
and warehouse commission today
a cmpaign to minimize
the trouble. Cooperation between the
shippers and railroad officials is urg-
in letters sent to both. Particular
is paid Goa dealers who are
urged to place their orders at once
hat 1t may be transported before the
cars are demanded for the crop
movement. To prevent complaints OF
discrimination the commission offers
a list of suggestions including these:
To Shippers:
Make demands for cars on the
station agent in writing.
Load cars promptly and to full
capacity and give immediate re-
lease notices.
Do not use cars for storage
while awaiting deliveries to om-
plete carloads. but see that ufn-
cient grain or other products are
on hand to make capacity loads.
To Consignees:
Unload cars promptly and mo-
tice release without delay.
Give disposition Of cars imme-
mediately upon arrival at d~estina-
ton.
To Railroads:
Record at each station names Of
parties ordering cars with date
and hour of order, kind of car re-
lulred and hour order is filed.
Place without delay at point
ordered all ears on which disposi-
flon Is given by consignees.
See that loaded cars are moved
promptly as delays of this kind
have brought serious complaints
from shippers.
Hav box cars repaired prompt
lN.
Arrange for good supply OF re-
friserator cars for shipment of
potatoes in cold weather.
II the suggestions are COMPLIED
with the commission believes causes
Tor complaints will be greatly reduced
Needs in Different States
w. c. Gilbreath. commissioner Of
agriculture at Bismarck, N. D., saws
mat 1000 men have come into North
Dakota from the south, that there are
5000 or 5000 other men in the fields
or headed that way. and that the state
needs $4,000 more men. John r.
Ioeets. agricultural commissioner at
Plerre. s. D., say nineteen unit
alone have need for 5000 men. that
5000 men will be needed in South
Dakota that the department has been
able to secure only about 100 men a.
so far and that every. man COM
ing to South Dakota can get work. 7.
ii. Hall, commissioner of agriculture
Helena, Mont, reports that the
Of this year are all taking to
the harvest fields. that men from the
mines and numbering camps are GO
ing to work as harvesters, but that
will need 5000 more men.
r. c. Leedy, immigration commission
er OF the Great Northern, estimates
mat $4,000 men are needed alonR the
n OF that system and allowing for
the fact that the requisition Of the
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