South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-08-12
LABOR Of
WOMEN ON FARM
IS SPEAKER PLEA
Dan Pyle Tells Cleaners How
City Lures Youth From COun-
try and Advises Development
of Social CenterS.

Dan Pyle's address on THE Lure Of
the City" was one Of the big features
NJ the fifth annual Cleaner picnic Of
the Center township arbor OF the An
Client order Of Cleaners. held i'm the
Harry Funston grove. Mr.. Pyle dis
GUESSED the present conditions which
have led TO the depopulation of the
rural districts and the abnormal
growth Of the urban communities.
lie said in part:
steam and electricity made he
factories possible. and for the fac
tories. raen were required This made
the country folk, who saw an oppOr-
tuuity IN the city leave the farm.
This was around 1900 when only
four per cent OF the countrys p0pu-
lation lived in the city. Today as
per cent live in the city. and there is
a steady increase which viii make it
even higher.
There are 100000. 600 tfiIabIe
acres of farm lands i'm this country
Yet over half OF il is lying idle There
must be a reason for this. and there
is Where viii the farms get the
men To cultivate this untitled soil
Then. too. there are hundreds of
thousands of acres of land that might
be reclaimed. that is lying in waste.
Women Bear Drudscry.
1.-The farmers wife as rule
doesn't like the farm. She has social
Instincts which she wants TO CRAFTY.
She has no social life in the country.
Her husband has brought i'm modern
r1achiaery To- help out on the farm.
but ne his introduced no improved
devices 10 help out the drudgery Of
the work around the home The wife
washes over the tub. yet the farmer
uses a riding pillow. That is the diff
ference often times the boy has 20
Overwork. RE has TO get up too early
and stay in the fields until late The
girl gets the idea of dislikng the
work from her mother. Your chill
dren as "A rule don't get enough social
life. they do not have enough time
for play
And then again the city is too de
ceptive. The farmer boy goes TO the
city and expects To get an easy job in
a factory. But does he2 He has to
work 800 days out OF the year from
o'clock in the morning until at
night. while on the farm he has only
four or FIVE months of such work In
the city he viii he swallowed up
among the throng and lose his iden-
tity. while in the country he Will be
factor I'm the community This is
why the farmers need more social
centers, more picnics and outings and
good times
Marketing Problem.
Another large problem for the
farmer is that OF marketing his
products. During. the year 1912
$4,000, 100000 worth of produce was
grown. OF this amount $6.0O0.0OO.-
GOO was disposed of to the consumer,
the remainder being kept upon the
farm. But IL cost $1,000, 000, goo TO
market this produce So then il cost
the consumer $4,000. 100000 for So
600. 100000 worth of produce. The
methods OF marketing produce are
eNtravagant The produce must go
through the hands of four or five
people before II reaches the ultimate
consumer and each must have his
proht. This is where the high cost OF
living comes i'm. IL is not necessa rily
the cost OF the produce alone. which
makes living SO expensive, but the
methods OF marketing combined with
cost of the produce.
Another situation is confronting
rs. Our population has increased =
per cent. our productive capacity in
the same length Of time has Increased
only 10 per cent II is little wonder
then that prices are so high, and that
the working man must pay such
enormous sums for staples and the
household necessities of life"
Another feature OF the picnic was
a talk delivered 10y J. T. Prigg OF
Daleville. Ind. upon Successful
Wheat Growing" and music by the
I.akeville band other events con-
sisted G ball game. athletic races.
bread baking. and pic eating contests.