Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-27
JORGENsON On
LABOR CONDITIONS
Says immigration Department Is
on Right Track and Doing
Good Work.

State Auditor ]JorgensOn, who just
returned from a business trip to Chi
cago, states that he took the time
while inGthat city to look up some OF
the people whom Mrs. Lamb is trying
to locate on farms in this state.
He says he found her of a pleasing
personality, and deeply interested in
the work Of aiding needy, earnest
people who are truly interested in.
getting away from Chicago and event
ually engaging in farming pursuits.
Men who have become tired Of de-,
pending upon an unstable market for
employment, rendered really hazard.
GUS by the multitudes who furnish the
tremendous competition for any aud
all kinds of jobs in slack times.
Wants to Help.
There seems to be no part in Mrs.
Lambs scheme, which allows for any
financial gain for herself" said NJ.
%Jorgenson. "From what she told me
she got started in the work in a pure
ly accidental manner. About this
way: Coming to town one day she
saw a woman so into a pawn shop
with a violin. She got to thinking
about it and went to the charities
office. and inquired about condiment
in the city. She was there informed
that conditions in Chicago were worse
than they had been for years, much
suffering for food and clothes, and
from sickness which could not be re-
lieved. Incidentally she asked
whether it would be a good thing for
these people to get out to farms or
to places outside of the city. The
plan was most heartily approved, first,
no doubt because the charities man
really believed it grand; second, be-
cause any means Of reducing the job
seeking population meant aid in the
charity work by allowing for a de-
crease In competition for available
odd jobs-or aid from the charity as
ISOLATION.
These men are here, not SO much
because they never become able 20
leave, but because they do not know
where to go. Men Of family, they
cannot-dare' not-chance going In
less at the adventures end there be
some guarantee Of food and clothes
for those dependent upon them.
These men have very limited means
for charging the circle and so stay
on while staying gives a living.
Want to Get on Farms.
"The earnestness which displays it.
self when one talks to some Of these
people about getting away from the
city is sorrowful. One man in partic.
ular said that he eventually wants to
get a farm for himself. Says he has
the best wife in the world and she
works as hard as he. There is no
doubt but that a man of this kina
would soon sbe one Of our farmers,
owning a farm for himself, if he could
but find a job now in order to get a
start"
Mr.. Jorgenson says that many
others whom he saw are not what We
think Of as the common laboring class
in the city, but are intelligent and
appear to have been raised right.
Il went out to. the home of one Of
these men to see his furniture, which
he made HIMSELF" says Mr.. Jorgen-
son. He is from Germany, a carpen-
ter, WOod-WOrker, ETC., drawing good
wages when he works. He is a finish.
ed workman, as is demonstrated by
the furniture referred to. His home
was clean and he and his family were
we'll dressed and he was a perfect
gentleman. He is modest, ST
and eager, doesn't drink, and both he
and his wife are saving, the type Of
a man North Dakota could feel proud
to induce even to- labor for lis were
he lacking a trade OF profession. |
understand he has located this week
in North Dakota.
Good References.
"All these men a furnish refer.
ences from good sources. l went with
one mar and on the way he said: We
we're very lucky last fall, when we
got the house we are living in. We
have a back porch, sx22 feet, and it
is a great thing for the children
When we arrived and he asked me to
go into one. Of the tenement rows,
there must have been four blocks of
flats, identical in construction, the
only difference being the number on
the door. When he proudly showed
me the porch, I saw four blocks OF
the Identical porches, no back Yards
and no nothing else. AS l beheld the
situation 1 wondered what those
youngsters would do If they were
turned loose in North Dakota some
bright sunny morning with no porch,
but no limit to sun and outdoors.
There are thousands Of children
in the hearts of the great cities who
do not know there is a great outdoors
like we have in North Dakota. They
know nothing but high buildings, mar
row streets and noise. 1t certainly
would be a revelation for them to
come to North Dakota.
Doing Good Work.
II believe the activity Of the immi.
! grafton department in looking after