The Newark journal., 1914-12-18
NATIONS 1 LAB0R
 PROBLEM
Over a million and a Half Wo- men Work as Farm Hands
 in the United States.
By Peter Radford


 Our government never faced so tremendous d problem as that now lying dormant at the doors ot Congress and the legislatures. and which, when aroused. will shake this nation from center to circumference, and make civiliza- ton hide its face in shame. That problem is-women in the field.
 The last Federal census reports show we now have 1,5I409O women working in the held, most of them south of the Ma son and Dixon line. There were approximately q million negro slaves working in the fields when liberated by the emancipation proclamation. Ne have freed 1ur slaves and our women have taken their places in bondage. Ne have broken the shackIes eff the negroes and welded them upon our daughters.
 The Chain-Gang Of Civilization
 \ million women in bondage in the southern aeld- form the chaia=9ang of elellizatlaH-the industrial tragedy of the a4e There ie no etef~eer quite 70 cruel as that at uuresJfaiHed greed, no whip that etj0e- Iiae the lash ot sabaHae& destiny and no aaetiaaeeF block quite sa re4aItiug a> that ot organized aHaeiee.
 The president of the gnfted States Was recently lauded by the pres. aud eefx properly sa, far suggesting mediation between the engineers and railroad managers in adjusting their schedule ot time and pay. The engineers threatened te strike ii their wages were not increased from approx. inIately len 10 eleven dollars per daA=aud service reduced from len to eight hours and q similar read justnent of the overtime sehed- ule 0ur women are working lnI the held, many of them barefoot ed, for less than so cents per day, and their schedule is the fis- ing sun and the evening star. and after the days work is over thav milk the COWS. slop the '7es%z a.sr rock the baby 10 sleep. l. anyone mediating over their problems. and to whom shall they threaten strike
 Congress has listened aPpzoV- iaglv to those who tai1 at the forge and behind the counter and many of our statesmen have smiled at the threats and have tanned the flame of unrest among indus trial laborers. But women are as surely the final victims of indus dustrial warfare as they are the burden-bearers in the War be- tween nations, and thoSeWho ar bitrate and mediate the differ enees between capital and labor should not forget that when the expenses of any industry are un- necessarily increased, society foots the bill by drafting a new consignment of women from the home to the field
 Pinch No Crumb From Women's
 Crust of Bread
 No financial award can be made without some one footing the bill and we commend to those who accept the responsibility of the distribution of industrial justice, the still small voice 5f the woman in the field as she pleads for mercy. and we beg that they pinch no crumb from her crust of bread or put another patch up- on Ter ragged garments
 Ne beg that they listen to the scream of horror from the eagle on every American dollar that is wruug from the brow af toiling women and hear the Goddess of Justice hiss at d verdict that in- creases the want of woman to satisfy the greed of man.
 The women behind the counter and in the factory cry aloud for sympathy and the press thunders out in their defense and the pull pit pleads for mercy but how about the woman in the field Will not these powerful eXpon- euts of human rights turn their talent, energy and influence to her relief Will the Goddess of