Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-31
AUSTR|A-HUNCARY
FARMS FACE LABOR
QUESTION FROM WAR
AGRICULTURE, NEXT TO WAR, GETS
MOST ATTENTION. BUT HELP
is NEEDED.
BOYS AND GIRLS RELEASED FROM
SCHOOL WORK AND LEND AID
IN FILLING LANDS.

Correspondence of the A~~ociatcd PrcS~.l
Venice. March 81 Next a. war. Aus
tria Hungary j. devoting her greatest en-
ereies To agriculture. IF we can only
obtain Sufficient labor. SAYS the govern
mcnt. "th, newt harvest is secured Con
sequcntly everything possible i now ~
ing done Ia provide for The spring work
on the land. Tens If thousands Of boys
and girls hove been released from attend
sII!S pug u5moM pa!LIrm IooqJs ~ 1'ut
are being pressed into service. and aduA
male workers are a. ca.cri, sought after
as are recruits for the armies i'm the field.
By a special decree the Austrian Min
istry of Education has directed that in
the country districts HIl children ia the
three higher grades. thai j. nf twelve
thirteen and fourteen wears uf age are q
he excused from S~huol. ia order that
they may work in the fields - "a home.
TIL school authorities are Instructed ~
organize this child labor in a Sy>tcmati,
name 80 that the best results may 4,
obtained bv employing them in districts
where help j. most needed. They will ln
ffff IL NN ~ E'N ' VI - y
manner. the elder bn,> acting ~ under
officers II is though, that this viii cn
courage the ~ idrcn IA working beside,
inspiring them with pairintic >rnti
mcntS.
Pract' cally III country children hav,
been hrnughi M "a work un the land
and there are endless w-tyS ia which they
can y" useful. from picking catrrpillars
nU fIta IluII Iprts ~ prf.l" .y ,l.tul,
AMI = woke uf oxen. Farmers declare
that ~" modern rl"r"h ~ ~ l'ehtl, built
that = sturdv bow If twelve wears can
quite o1Nilv work n. Then ls ~ the airI.
the little ones can hook after the babies
az home while the bigger ones cook and
iron. and carry meals Ia The workers in
the field.
80 MANY peasants have been called a.
the army that there H. very little adult
male labor left ia h. rural districts. And
the few men vino are Their. show mo great
inclination Ia 90 10 work. and - Ear have
steadily refused to enter into the usual
contracts for harvest work hoping ~
waiting to get considerably higher wages
The land owners are furious and threat
en- that the government will comn.I
them 7" work when the time comes Nnd
as a matter of fact the state has already
empowered local authorities a. force ahIr
bodied men Of al cllS>cS To- work ia The
hcldS ~ ease ~ nccc~~itv. for winr> 4.
the current rate in The district.
ln addition 80 securing All the labor
possible, the government H. dong it, hest
10 encourage the u>c If machincrv ON the
farms. The Ministry of Aericulturr hl>
already agreed To- >uh>idizc seed sowing
machines with 4 grant ~ went, dollars
each. and VIII dn the same with harvest
Inc machines then the crops are ready
The field work If last fail T. said T..
nave been very satisfactorily performed
and now ~ = hoped that u, ~ these ~
PehlrntS the problem of the spring work
VIII also he solved. ~ that w The end a..
heNt harvest viii not fall Car below tha
average.
From The Official reports of The NiInn
markets. IL appears that MANY ~ the
most important articles uf dali, food
nav" more than doubled in prizes sine.
TIE outbreak of the war. seven months
age. Flour now costs eight r.nl>
pound AMI dried peas eleven cents. com
pared with four cents last .lul, ~nIit
peas cost fifteen cents. Lard costs fnrt,
cents i pound. which T. rNartl, ,lnlhl.
ihc price when the war began. Fnu. nov
sen ~ three and four -rnl> each instead
81 Nv" crntS. Beet ru>i, .nNwhclr iron,
twenty TX 60 thirty cents "a pound. n,
cordihg to the cut. aul pork from fnrt,
Iour To forty cents Horse flesh the con
sumption ~ which w. NOW >.raF;I, ~
crca>lng caun"i hc bought for less tb,u
zen Y" sixteen cents \ pound. W. rumplr~d
WIN eight cents last ummrr. Suo,r
has risen very 1.-THE, costing now ri.ht ~
mne cents a pound. ~>carorl, half ! cent
more Than before The war
bread however ms gouc III cons dor
ably and costs now FROM lnur to ~ix rrnts
Il pound. The quaiit, II miserable. y,
contains only fiftl per rent of flnnr IA
Remainder being a mixture a corn. lar
ley AMI potlto meals.
Petroleum o. quoted w eighty cents
gallon. compared with twenty six cents
last july: and soft coal has ari>ru ia The
past week Ia SlO 4 ton. Both these. and
espcc.a ally coal. are often difficult Ia nb
tam at any prices. owing a. the lack Of
transportation.
1wO NeuropS Arrested