The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-04-09

ious to work. In many cases the farmer who
needs a special kind OF man is willing 70 40
vance the transportation which will take ths
employed from the place Of his application TOT
work 10 the scene Of action. Now. OF course,
some men might take the transportation and
never show up and the government has not FUNDS
to make coed such petty defalcations. Nearly
every man, however, who applies for work wants
work, and such men generally have some per
sonal belongings. He Is told that II he Will check
his belongings, which are first examined to see
II they are valuable enough to cover the cost 81
TRANSPORTATION, and will give the check to the
authorities, they will give him the money 10
send him to his place OF employment. This sys'
TEN Of baggage checking has been going on for
a long time and almost never has there been a
slip. The men 20 and in most cases make good.
Chief Powderly Of the division OF information
says that In the belongings OF most OF the men
who apply for work are found pictures OF a moth
or or a father or OF a family group. and that al
most invariably when the baggage is turned over
for inspection and transportation the workseeker
says: Don't lose the picture" II Is a human trait
and a sign Of the softer nature which underlies
almost every exterior. even II II be a rugged one
and perhaps seemingly at times a hard one.
The remedy for unemployment Is employment
This Is what Mr.. Powderly says and II seems as
sharply true as the saying OF the past In con
neotion with the resumption OF specie payment
THE way TO resume is to resume" II 10 the Ell
fort today OF the department Of labor, through its
division OF information, TO ask all employers IN
the United States, agricultural. commercial, man
ufacturing, to tell the government what men they
want and what they pay. The rural carriers. the
post offices and every postal means Is being
used 10 get tho information. The responses have
been most generous. The officials at one dIstrL
button center when they hnd that the propeI
place for a man or that the place to which he
wishes TO 60 is located in another zone communl
cate with The distribution center Of that zone
The work is systematized and rapidly II IL be
coming the most effective agent TO diminish the
condition Of unemployment in America
The ofleials Of the division OF are
now seeking definite concerning
how much repair work on barns and other build
ings on tho farms ls done each winter. The
plan IL 10 see II through the farmers who meet
the help Of carpenters or maehinists In winter
relief canno; be given to many city worker
who have little or nothing 10 do daring the coli
winter months. The farmers are. to be aske'
what repairs they win need next winter ant
what kind Of aeman they would like to have
The federal officials will find the man and thu
they hope to supply with employment during tn
sleek times In the city many men willing AM
anxious TO labor through the entire year.
It seemingly Is a wish Of the officials Of IN
department OF labor that It should be know
that while the division Of information Is a par
OF the bureau ~ immigration that this work q
connecting the jobless with the Job does nc
concern itself alone with the immigrant. but aim
10 give its service fully and freely alike TO tn
incoming stranger and 10 the man who know
this as his native land.