The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-01-01
lATI0N'S LABOR
pRl)bLEM
BeUER "a MILLION AND A HALF
3OMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS
I'm THE UNITED STATES.
BY Peter Radford

tenzN1Ant at the doors of congress and
IN legislatures, aVd which, when
as9Dod. will shake this nation from
rSutsr ito circumference. and make
sdnsaRzAtion hide its face in shame.
Inst problem is-women in the field.
The Hast federal census reports
sASW we now have 1,514,00 women
sssWking in the field, most of them
sWakh OF the Mason and Dixon line
Efsare were approximately million
aaaxO slaves working in the fields
ua1sen liberated by the emancipation
ur<1clamation We have freed our
a1sHdr places in bondage. We have
ansken the shackles off the negroes
And welded them upon our daughters.
The ChaIn-Ganp Of Civilization.
"A million women In bondage in the
s.raShern fields form the chain-gang OF
civilization - the Industrial tragedy
sk the age There is no overseer quite
sss~nfuel as that Of unrestrained greed,
4ass whip that stings like the lash OF
sx,hJrned destiny, and no auctioneer's
sssssck quite so revolving as that Of or.
;4zxtlfEed avarice.
TAe president of the United States
azs recently lauded by the press, and
very properly so. for suggesting medi.
.axiuo between the engineers and rail
g~nsa managers in adjusting their
sEheSiule Of time and pay. The engi.
1aaers threatened to strike il their
wages were not Increased from APP
+ E~11mately ten to eleven dollars per
Av and service reduced from ten to
1ht hours and q similar readjust.
mI9dt Snf the overtime schedule. Our
wamen are working in the field, many
~ them barefooted. for less than SO
;zzzR per day, and their schedule is
Nn Rising san and the evening star.
z1 after the days work Is over they
n1k The COWS, slop the hogs and rock
: ~ uaby ito sleep. Is anyone mediat.
rns over their problems, and to whom
SnnM they threaten strike?
Nnngress has listened approyingly
a. eApse who toll at the forge and be.
Ad.d dhe counter, and many of our
z1k1smen have smiled at the threats
1 have famed the fame of unrest
xsug industrial laborers. But wom-
'n1re oas surely the final victims OF
m1ustriaa warfare as they are the
7Wr1sn7be4rers in the war between ma
aEBus, and those who arbitrate and
maMaket the differences between CAPT.
ra md 'labor should not forget that
WiAea the expenses Of any industry are
unnecessarily increased. society foots
n.f{ lro <fvv n Tor mo ant
saRNaomsn from the home to the field.
! Naaeh nd Rrumb From Women's Crust
of Bread.
no shAanciN award can be made
! ~iEAOut someone footing the bill, and
= MAscommend to those who accept the
pCnsibilfty Of the distribution Of in
dnRnexial justice, the still small voice of
aAe woman in the field as she pleads
~ancrcy, and We beg that they pinch
IN Crumb from her crust OF bread or
sMx another patch upon her ragged
Z garments.
NE beg that they listen to the
sltaeam of horror from the eagle on
Sissefy American dollar that is wruns
fAssn the brow of tofling women and
lasunw the Goddess of Justice hiss at a
~n1zlact that increases the want OF
wnn tossatisty the greed of man.
HheSsVnmea behind the counter and
ID fhe factory cry aloud for sympathy
: aaua the press thunders out IN theil
: AaRenses. and tbe pulpit pleads fol
: A6Gsey. but how about the woman II
-ne field? Will not these powerful
ssxponents Of human rights turn thei'
Nakent, energies and influence to hel
trssseY7 VIII the Goddess of Libert.
Axshrnned at Washington hold the cal
Z anased hand and soothe the feverisl
arew OF her sex who sows and reap
csRg nHr1oo's harvest or will she permi
d1ss smd1e OF the species to show
sson,en-speak and weary-from tn
Srreadline of industry to the back
I9aDs oof poverty!
AkpneN ard Children First.
1,Tfsescensus enumerators tell us tha
Nlf&hea ,514 00e women who work in tn
Mat1ds az farm hands 100000 are 81!
wss-n years ct age and UNDER. What
-fhe final destiny of nation whose Il
stme mothers spend their girlhood day
1slAind the pillow. pitching hay an
amnling manure and what is to becon
N 'womanly culture and refinemel
1aEat grace the home. charm socie'
suB@ eenfhuse man to leap to glory
rnsh4e achievements If our daughter
rzme raisoA In the society of the OK ar
Aee compaalonship OF the plow?
'0nethet strata between the ages
sskAeeu and forty-fve are $4,000 VOL
- ~0raling rs farm hrnds and maj
a &hen with sucking babes tn
@aRg 1t tEhear breasts. ~ drench'
n persptrattoa, they WELD the scytl
- guide the pillow. What Is to b
1910 Sf that nation where power
t-111n he crowns OF the queens
- sAone; despair hurls mother
S1~0ifrun its throne and hunger drfv'
mwUusnt children from the schoolroo
- q1he hoe!
1NA census bureau shows that Is