Jackson County journal., 1915-01-15
NATIONS LABOR
!: PROBLEM
OVER A MILLION AND A HALF
WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
By Peter Radford


center to circumference, and make
civilization hide it's face in shame.
That problem is-womeD in the field.
The last federal census reports
show we now have 1,514,000 women
working in the field. most Of them
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
There were approximately u million
negro slaves working IN thc Gelds
when liberated by the emancipation
proclamation We fave freed our
slaves and our women have taken
their places in bondage. We nave
broken the shackles off the negroes
and welded them upon our daughters.
The Chain-Gang OF Civilization,
million women in bondage in the
s. ,cIn ,lo.1o ioT41- eilo o..,.,.1 ,e.ns 1ff
eiVi, zati0p = the industrial tragedy
'of the age. There is no overseer quite
so cruel as that Of unrestrained greed,
no hip tnat stings like the fash Of
if"N' ned destiny, and no auctioneer's
y q,i;fa so revoiting as that Of or
Is ed aVarice
2 president Of the United States
f. 'ocertiy lauded by the press, and
properly so, for suggesting medi-
.. between the engineers and rail-
managers IN adjusting their
uie OF time and pay. The engl
neers threatened to strike if their
wases were not increased from ap~
pro- metelv ten to eleven dollars per
da" tnd service reduced fron' ION to
eicst n0Gts -4Gu similar 1eaujust~
'rnrt Of the overtime schedule Our
MOIn5n "a "O4ni4.e, i. t--e -.l,,~l (laEy
of them barefootod, for less than so
cents p9r day and their schedule ,G
the Using sun and the evening star.
and ifter the h1v's work is over they
milk he cows 5icp the hogs ana rock
the oaby to sleep Is anyone mediat-
inc over their problems, and 60 whom
,shalI they threaten a strike?
Congress mas listened apDrovineIv
20 those who to- at the forge ano oe.
Wv" the countgr and many Of our
~. N9mar have Ned 1t 5he threats
ave famed the fame ot lnrasf
...u.., .nAr@Irfay laborers, LuT IL
.'n a-a ae a"r0iv the tina, yIctiri: i
" '." ta,,cre 2s Trey a.. ~
!huluon UvaIcIs II Tie wa GGtWeeA Ia.
lions and those Who arhitrate a~a
mediate the differences between ca pl-
ftaI and labor should not forget that
when the expenses of any industry are
unnecessarily increased. society foots
lthe bill by drafting new consignment
OF women from the home to the neld,
Pinch no Crumb Frc n Women's Crust
Of Brad,
| No financial award can be made
without someone footing the Oin. and
we commend to those who accept the
responsibility Of the. distribution of IN
tdustriaJ Justice, the still small voice of
1.-THE woman in the field as she pleads
ffor mercy, and we beg that they pinch
no crumb from her crust of bread or
put another patch upon her ragged
tgarments.
! We beg that they listen to the
scream Of horror from the eagle on
'erAry American dollar that is wrung
from the brow Of toiling women and
hear the Goddess of rustice hiss at a
verdict that increases the want of
woman to satisfy the greed of man.
The women behind the counter and
sn the factory cry aloud for sympathy
and the press thunders out in their
defense and the pulpit pleads for
mercy, but how abouf the woman in
&he field? Will not these powerful
opponents OF human rights turn their
talent, energies and influence to her
relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty
enthroned at Washington hold the cal
RbSed hand and soothe the feverish
brow of her sex who sows and reaps
the nation'7 .r.--~'rs5 2r IL she permit
sne male of the species to shove
Women-weak and weary-1from the
sead-line of industry to the back al
leys Of poverty?
Women and Children First.
The census enumerators tell us tha,
eSthe 1.514,OO women who work in the
nelds as farm hands 100000 are six
teen years of age and under. What is
tne nnal destiny of nation whose fu
sure mothers spend their girlhood days
behind the plow, pitching hay ant
hauling manure, and what is to become
OF womanly culture and refnemen
shat grace the home, charm societ,
ana enthuse man to leap to glory il
noble achievements if our daughter
are raised in the society of the OK AM
the companionship of the plow?
In that strata between the ages o
sixteen and forty-five are $50. 900 WON
en- working as farm hands and man,
OF them with sucking babes tug
gtng at their breasts, as drenche
~ perspiration, they wiefd the scyth