Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-11-25
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The sscretary Of agriculture has Taa
Icentiy iEAuSd n bsllotin on the supply
OF, farm labor. prepared under the
IdirectiOn, Of George y Holmes. CHIEF
az the ldiyiR,on 81 lproduetlon aud dis
tributlon OF the bureau OF statistics
ITfIe subject OF the wages Of farm
labog hrs been treated in another hui-
letlfi hkfetoGofe bubBshed. The ele-
meht Of AGRICULTURAL labor In THIS
countsy. ~ In many other countries,
IL relatively n dIRiniahing one on az
c0untl Of the rapid Increase Of tn-
dastEialisn. THE testimony OF the
cenausea OF this country In that s3.i
per cent Of ali persons reported a.
haylng gninful occupations were em"t
pioyed IN agriculture IN 1890. The
fraction declined 60 80 per cent In
1890, 10 47.3 per cent In 1870, "a 4s.i
per cent IN 1889. 20 81! per cent In
1890, and 30 $50 per cent In 1903, or
about one-third of Tn. persons having
gaihful occupations. During the 50
years from 1920 TO 1900 the agricul-
turai fraction declined as per cent.
During the % me PerioJ the number Of
persona having gainful equations In
agriculture increased from 2,QSs,sbb
In 1890 to i0,249.S5i. or I've times
Comparison In made with foreign
countries for which Information II OBJ
tainable. The statistic ~ those coun-
trles coff1blhe the occupations Of az
riculture, forest work and fishing. and
d for the purpose OF the comparison the
same combination IN made for the
United states. In th.s country In
/ 1900 these tkres groups Of Occupa-
ltlOns employed ass per cent of all
persons having galniui occupations
In Germany the percentage was 95.e
for 1901. In France, Ct per cent In
1901: In the Netherlands. S0.7 per
tcent in 1899; In England and Wales.
per cent IN 1901. registering, the
extreme subordination oi agriculture
to industrialism. The percentage for
switzerland for the latest year for
which II can be stated IN 3L2; for
Austria. eos: for Hungary 6s7; for
. the Indian Empire. So; for Italy,
: 500; and for sweden, 1913.
II was reported In the census of
1900 that 2.IOs. $50 negroes 10 years
; old and over had ga.nful agricultural
: occupations. and these negroes we're
, 62.S per cent OF all negroes In all
2 Eainful occupations. Tn" correspond
, Ing percentage OF the preceding CEN
aus In 1890 was 55.b 10 that negroes
as well as whites had drifted away
. from agriculture. relative TO all gain
2 full occupations. II the entire number
1 Of all persons having gainful occupa-
a.. lions be taken into account, the Agrl-
= cultural element In 1900 was ass per
cent; II the negroes are considered by
themselves. their agricultural element
in 1900 wns cas- per cent
= The outdoor labor Of women on
r farms received attention 0s far back
aa 1870. In that year CD per cent
I tof all persons, 10 years old and over
having gainful agricultural occupa-
'tions were women and the percentage
!. steadily Increased TO - per cent IN
1900. ....s
a The rapIdlty ~ the agricultural de.
q velopment of this country owes q
j. great deal to the immigrants who
came here 10 do hard work, live
cheaply, and save out Of their thrift
10, They began MS farm laboTers. eventu'
ally bought farms by giving mortgages
10 secure n portion Of the purchase
money, and subsequently paid on the
mortgages.
II In possible TO discover how large
relatively the ( orsign-bOrn elemen
v was In the white agricultural lRboreri
- In 1880 and 1900. The approaching
- exhaustion OF the supply Of chenl
n public land had caused y illumination
=, OF the foreign born element In white
le agricultural labor"rs by 1900. In tina
"a year the foreIgn-bUTn white agTicul
tural luborcrs were ssh per cent o
J. all white agricultural lnborera, where
:" az the percentage was 1910 In 1880
Competition between agriculture
~ and other cmploymonts In determin
m ing wage rates coufronts the farmc
T. almost everywhere IN this country
Ia Hence Il IN important to the success
M Of farming operations that depend oi
A. hired labor that they should pToduc
n commodities who's" prices are hlgl
enough Ia sustain competitive wage
on the farm, II Is demonstrated II
this bulletin that there Ia at least as
No ISOLATION, " not the the RELATIONSHIP
he lpf cause and erect. between hlgh an
On low farm wage rates, respectively, AN
u high and low average value OF prod
TO yet per worker, IN examination "a
re the course OF prices ~ farm product
rs at the farm shows that farm wag
- rates have persisted In an upWaT
movement In spite ~ a dOwnwar
prise movement ~ times, an we'll a
W, during the periods when the prize
q movement was upward, although MT
on In as great IA degree,
o. The average value OF implement
ne ana machinery per farm was SO
mt in 1880; II Increased 10 tl0S In 1896
le- in ie0o there was - marked inoreai
''- TO ttSi; and an enormous inereas
to 1i99 In 1910. These increass
were not due solely TO an, upwaT
movement OF prices nj farm impl'
menis ana machinery.
Increase likewise II general in II
average value OF implements and mi
chinery per person 10 years old an