Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-26
NATIONS LABOR
PROBLEM
OVER Al MILLION AND A HALF
WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS
IN THE UNITED sTATE4.
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.,srer Nallenal Farsnsrs Union.


the legislatures, and which, when
aroused, will shaka this nation from
center % circumference. ana make
civilization hide IT'S farce iii shame.
That problem is--wofnen in the field,
The last federal census reports
show We now have i.kia. eco women
working Hi the Geld. meet be them
south OF the Mason and Dixon line.
There were approximately 4 million
negro slaves working In the folds
when liberated hs the emancipation
proclamation. We have freed our
slaves and our women have taken
their places hi bondage. We have
broken the shackiea or the negroes
and welded them upon our daughters.
The chain.6ana OF Civilization.
Al million women IN bondage III the
southern fields form the ehainsgang or
civilization the Industrial tragedy
OF the are, There ~ NO oserseer quite
so cruel 81 that of unrestrained greed.
no whip that stinrs Ike the lash OF
suborned destiny. and no aucticneer's
block quite so revolving as that OF or
ganixea avarfce.
The president or the United etates
WIS recently landsd by the press. and
very properly SO, for suggesting medi-
alton between tbs engineers and raiE
road managers In adjusting their
schedule or time and paw. The angi.
neers threatened to strike II their
wages were not Increased from ap-
proximateiy ten TO eleven dollars per
day and service reduced from ten 10
eight hours and n similar rsadinst-
ment of the overtime schedule Our
women ARE working In the field. many
OF them harefnoted, for less than so
cents per day. and their schedule u
the rising SUN and the evening star.
and after the days work Il over they
milk the cnws sIop the hogs and rock
the baby &c sleep. III anyone medlat-
Ing over their problems. and TO whom
shall they threaten 4 striker
Congress has listened apprpvinEly
TO these who toil at the force and be.
hind the counter. and many Oh our
statesmen have smiled ne the threats
and have famed the fame 81 unrest
among Industrial Iahorers. But won.
en- are as surely the final victims Of
Industrial warfare as they are the
bnrden-bearers IN the war between ma.
tions and those who arhitrate and
mediate the differences between CAPT.
tai and labor should not forget that
when The expenses ef any indnatry +
unnecessarily Increased, society foots
the bin ny drafting q new consignment
OF women from the home TO the field,
Pinch no crumb From Wcmen's Crust
% Bread.
No financial award can be made
without someone footing the bin, and
we commend 10 those who accept the
responsibility nf the distribution OF in.
dustriai Justice. the attn small voice Of
the woman IN the field m she pleads
for mercy. and We beg that they pinch
no crumb from her crust Of bread or
put another patch upon her ragged
garments.
We beg that they listen to the
scream or horror from the eagle on
every American dollar that is wruns
from the brow OF toiIing women and
hear the Goddess OF Justice hiss az .
verdict shat Increases the want of
woman to satisfy the greed Of man,
The women behind the counter and
In the fuctors cry aloud for sympathy
and the press thundeFs out In their
defense and the pulpit pleads for
mercy, but how about the woman In
the fefd7 win not these powerful
exponents or human rights turn their
talent. energies and Influence 10 her
relief VIII the Goddess Of Liberty
enthroned at Washington hold the cal.
loused hand and soothe the feverish
! brow of her ser who s0ws ana Feapa
tho nations harvest or will she permit
the male OF the species TO shove
wonen-weak and weary-from the
bread-lin ot industry to the back al
feys Of poverty
Women and Children First.
The census enumsrstors tell al that
of the i.si4.ne0 women who work 10 the
fields MS farm hands 400 ono are six
teen years OF are and urSer. What u
the final destiny az 4 ration whose ~
sare mothers spend their girlhocd DAYS
behind the pillow, pitching hay and
hauling manure. and what II TO become
of wornanly culture and refinement
that grace the home. charm aociety
and anfhnsa p to leap 20 glory In
noble achievements IL orr daughters
are raised IN the society or the or and
the companionshfp or the pl0wr
10 that strata between ths ages or
sixteen ana forfy.ffve are 80, 600 ors
en- working as farm hands and many
Of them With sucking babes ting
gfng Of their breasts, an drenched
In perspiration. they WELD the scribe
and guide the piow. What IL 10 BE-
rome of that nation whore poverty
hreass the crowns of tho queens OF
the home: despair hurls q mothers
love from 10 throne ard hunger drives
Innocent chiIdren from the schooiroozn
10 thu hoeg
The census bureau shows that f6gs
600 OF these wcnaen ere forty-9vs
years OF ace ard over. There III no
more pstifuf sight En- civilization than