The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1914-12-04
TABOR
PROBLEM
ovGR \ MILLION AND a nAlP
WoogN WORK 40 FARM HApsoo
~ THg uMlrg0 oTArE9

Lsetsrsr Nssso.as Fsrnsrs unsoA

~ psAse Rsdssrd
Lscturse Nsttonal Farmsrs' Union.
Our government never faced 90 tro-
Usa6oas . problem - that nov lying
dormant - IL doom Of congress and
shs legislaturss. and which. when
Aroused. win shake this nation from
center 70 circumfersnce. and mako
c1vilt1attou hide its face IN shama.
hat problem is-women in the field.
Tho last federal census reports
sAow Ne now have 1.s1l.00o women
verk1Ag n the Geld. most q them
sossA q the Mason and Dixon line.
There were approximately . million
negro slaves working In the fields
when liberated BY the emancipation
Droclamatioo- We have freed our
slaves and our women have taken
their places In bondage. We have
broken the shackles on the negroes
md welded them upon our daughters-
Tie chaIa- oan0 - clvlllxatIea.
a million women IN bondage IN the
sogthsrn 1slds form the chain-gang Of
civfl1zst1oa the industrial tragedy
Of the aga There n no overseer quite
- cruel - that Of unrestrained greed.
no whip that stinss like the lash of
subornsd destiny. and no aucticneer's
black quite % revolving - that Of or
gknissd svarica
TIE PRECEDENT Of the United States
vas rseently lauded By the preas, and
very properly %. for suggesting medi-
alton bstxssn the snginesrs ana rail-
road Manager IN adjusting tAeir
schedule q time and pay. The engi-
neers threatened TO strike n their
wages vers not l1srsased from APP
proximatsly ten 30 eleven dollars per
day and Service ro1need from ten to
eight hours and . similar readjust-
msnt Of the overtime schedule. Our
women are WORKING In the feld. many
Of them barefooted. foe less than 80
cents per day. and their schedule n
the rising sun and the evening star.
and after the days work - over they
mirk the COWS. siop the hogs and rock
the baby TO s1oep. n anyone mediat-
Ing over their problems. and TO whom
shall thsy threaten q str1keY
Congrooo has listened approvingly
70 those who tod at the forge and be-
hind The counter. and many Of our
Statesmen have smiled at the threats
and have famed the fame Of unrest
among Industrial laborsrs. But wom-
- are - surely the nnal Victims of
Industrial warfare - they are the
burden-bearers In the war between na-
t1oos. and those Who arbltrate and
me11ate the dt6erences between capt.
tai and labor should not forget that
vh6n ne expsnses Of any industry are
unnsesssax1ly Increased. society foots
the bin By drafting . new consignment
Of women from the home to the field.
Pinch No cruvso From Wenss~ss Crust
Of Broad.
| No nnaneial award can be made
without someone footing the bill. and
We commend to those who accept the
resDonsibility Of the distribution Of In
dustyia1 Justice, tie stnl small voice OF
the woman In the Heid % she pleads
for mercy. and Ne 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 Of horror from the eagle on
every American dollar that 10 wrung
from the brow Of tofling women and
hear the Goddess Of Justice hiss at .
verdict that Increases the want of
woman 20 satisfy the greed Of man.
The women behind the counter and
In the factory cry aloud for sympathy
ana the press thunders out In their
defense and the pulpit pleads for
mercy. but how about the woman In
The 6eldf VIII not these powerful
opponents OF human rights turn their
taasot. energies and influence to her
rsiieff Wm the Goddess OF Liberty
snthr0nsd at Washington hold the cal
Ioused hand and soothe the feverish
brow q her sex who sows and reaps
the nations harvest or win she permit
the male Of the species TO shove
vomsn-veak and veary-from the
brsad-line Of industry to the back al
bsys Of poverty
Wsmsa sN1 chIidrsa PIrvG
to census enumsvstofs ten % that
- ~ !. S1l. 80 vomsn who vork IN the
osede 60 farm hanAs 81, go sss s1x-
teen years Of ags ana undsr. What n
the 6na1 destiny o. q nation whose 70
tuss nothers spend their girfhood days
behind the plov. pitching hay and
hauling nanure. and what II to become
Of vomanly culture and refinement
that grsee the home. charm society
sn1 snshus4 man 90 leap 10 ssory IN
noble achievements n our daughters
are RAISED - the society Of the or and
the oonpanionship OF the pIovf
In thaf ornta between the ago. OF
sfxtses an forty ave are go. 900 won
sn vorkins - farm hands and many
OF them u1fh sucklfng babes tug.
gfng ~ their breasts. - drsnched
h psrspirsf>Dn. they Weld the scyths