Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-08
Government To-
Test Plan for
Harvest Labor

tntEcisL coaHssfoautseE TO sossisa JouENstI
Washington, April Tho govern
ment expects to hANc It's national en-
pioymcnt agency in partial operation
In time To- the wheat harvest Of 1915,
and the plans. now being made look
% government aid IN securing a salts
Factory supply Of labor IN the entire
wheat belt. from Oklahoma. where
the harvest first begins in early sum-
mcr. Go North Dakota, where It ends
when the summer Is almost over II
viii be the plan ii the government To
haexe the helpers from Oklahoma 60
the more uurtherly states, as the har-
vest proErtssos and In this way To
hold them together from the begin
ming Of the season 20 the close.
Nothing q this kind has ever been
attempted before in the United States.
and probably not Ia any country. and
Il win be interesting 10 follow the eX-
pertinent for the purpose 81 seeiug
how ID works out Heretofore the
wheat farmers have had great diff
.Culty, every year, ia securing an AIDE
quafe supply Of labor at harvest time.
A dragntt has been put out over the
country and there has been @ comhi-
nation If the dsly press the rail-
roads and private employment agcu-
ries 20 secure harvest hands. la most
Instances the supply has been Far be-
low the demands. and eousidera NE
quantity II grain has been lost on that
account
Grain Loss MAY Iic smaller
If the government experiment
is or proves successful. as i Is
believed viii be Sho case, the mar
vest Of 1915 VIII be taken care
uf in record time and at a.
smaller loss of grain than any pre-
tious season ID IS also noted that II
the experiment, can IA made 10 work
satisfactorily for tho wheat harvest.
which brings yearly the rVunfrY's
greatest aud widest spread demand
FOR labor il VIII work satisfactorily
for auy % the numerous smaller de-
mands that come up In the course of
the year
we ere finding that the people take
most kindly to the idea ct having the
government Wanagl the question 0f
employment said ANTHONY Caml-
netti commissioner general Of im-
migration. when interviewed on the
subject sThe experience of the
country has nat been uniformly
satisfactory with private employment
.agencios. and when the government
announced a desire 10 take no this
work ~ bringing the job ard the man
together. there wss note Of approval
widespread
ia viii be the purpose ~ the gov
ernmcnt 70 get away from the Old ems
plo1mcnt agency methods which pro-
voked criticism, and establish the eru-
ploVment system un scientific feunca-
tinus We invite the cooperation Of
states ana municipalities. and u The
various charitable organizations On the
cities Indeed, we already have found
these latter very helpful in bYinging
us into touch With certain CLASSES ~
The people whom we are anxious 70
reach
Work lang and Tedious.
THE work Of getting ready Tor
WORK ~ this kind necessarily has been
somewhat long and tedious, Il has
taken a long time So write the neccs-
s4fg blanks and set togethcr IN prop
ca form the various parts % the ula-
chinery that must Pc employed II Is
"a brand new undertaking, and with
nothing IN the way ~ precedent %
guide us, We hare proceeded rather
carefully. II was not Until February
rs. for instance. that we completed
the work Of distributing circulars ard
other liteFauHre o. the nastm steers e
tlse country We are now IS work
having ear foundations IN the great
lceusers Of population, and before long
We expect "a sse the fabric * Is fed
efH employment agency coYering the
entire country. begin 81 rise and -
sumo d.snsfied proportions
"in q short tiwe Z arm going to CAL
iforuia. where / shalt take up certain
phases uf the work with Interested
people ! am Informed than 81 ccr-
tain times 81 the year that state csa
81 ilv employ mere than iea Gee ex-
ira lahareTS. and il Will be our prob
lem 10 gvf fnis fuTec cf people texv,iss
er and ou the ground ln time IN
usual demands for iAanr in various
paris It the counifN VIII n,' Watched
land there Nill ne = constant desire y