Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-12-03
NATIONS LABOR
PROBLEM
OVER A MILLION AND A HALF
WOMEN WORK As FARM HANDS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
by Peter Radford

FNaNNa wa " hAAN AhhaNh
center to circumference, and make
civilization hide its face In shame.
That problem is-women In the field.
The last federal census reports
show we now have 1.b14.00O m
working In tho field. most Of them
south OF the Mason and Dixon line.
There were approximately a million
negro slaves working In the fields
when liberated by the emancipation
proclamation. We have freed our
slaves and our m have taken
their places in bondage. We have
broken the shnckles OF the negroes
and welded them upon nj daughters.
The chaln-oans Of Civilization.
A million women IN bondage In the
southern fields form the chain-gang Of
civilization the Industrial tragedy
OF the nge. There is no overseer quite
so cruel as that OF unrcstralned greed,
no whip that stings like the lash Of
suborned destiny. and no auctioneer's
block quite 10 revolving nj that OF OF.
ganlzed avarlce.
The president Of the United States
was recently lauded by the press. and
very properly so. for suggesting medi-
alton between the engineers and rail-
road managers In adjusting their
schedule OF time and pay. The Ongt
1eers threatened to strike II their
wages we're not Increased from ap-
proximately ten TO eleven dollars per
Say and service reduced from ten to
sight hours and a similar rea6just.
ment OF the overtime schedule. Our
are working in the field. nan
u them b%arefooted, for lAVr shAn so
cents per DAY, and their schedule 10
the rising sun and the evening star,
and after the days work is yer they
milk the cows. slop the hogs and rock
the baby TO sleep, Is anyone mediat-
ing over their problems. apd - whom
shall they threaten n striker
Congress has listened a~pprovinRly
10 those who toll at the forge and be.
hind the counter. and many OF our
statesmen have smiled nj the threats
and have famed the fame OF unrest
among industrial laborers. But won
on are as surely the final victims ~
Industrial warfare as they are the
burden-bearers In the war between ia
lions. and those who arbitrate and
mediate the differences between capt
tai and labor should not forget that
when the expenses OF an, industry are
unnecessarily increased. society foots
the bill by drafting n new consignment
OF women from the home to the field.
Plnch no Crumb From Women's Crust
Of Bread.
No financial award can be mace
without someone footing the bill, and
we commend 10 those who accept the
responsibility OF the distribution Of ia
dustrial justice, the still small voice OF
the IN 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 upon her ragged
garments.
We beg that they listen to the
scream OF horror from the eagle on
every American dollar that IL wrul z
from the brow OF toilinR women aud
hear the Goddess Of Justice hiss NJ a
verdict that increases the want o.
woman 10 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 pulpit pleads for
mercy. but how about the woman ir
the field? VIII not these powerful
opponents OF human fights turn theft
talent. energies and Influence to her
relief? VIII the Goddess OF Liberty
enthroned at WASHINGTON hold the cal
loused hand and soothe the feverisl
brow OF her sex who sows and reaps
The nations harvest or will she permit
the male OF the species to shove
women-weak and weary-from the
breadline Of Industry TO the back al
leys Of poverty
Women and Children First.
The census enumerators tell us that
OF the 1.5i4.O00 women who work In the
fields as farm hands 409, 900 are six
teen years OF age and under. What IL
the final destiny OF n nation whose III
ture mothers spend their glrlhood days
behind the pillow. pitching hay and
hauling manure. and what Is TO becom'
OF womanly culture and refinement
that grace the home, charm society
and enthuse man TO leap to glory II
noble achievements n our daughter
are raised IN the society OF the OK ant
The companionshlp NJ the piow2
In that strata between the nges o
sixteen and forty.nve are $50, 200 won
en- working AZ farm hands and man,