Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-04-27
NATIONS LABOR
PROBLEM
OVER A MILLION AND A HALF
WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS
IN THE UNITED STATES.
b. Peter Radforo

SOrmant at he doors or congress anc
me legislatures, and which. when
aroused, viii shake chis nation from
center to circumference and make
civilization hide its face in shame
That problem is-women in the field
The last federal census reports
Tow we now have LOLA 900 women
working in the field. MOST of them
south of the Mason and Dixon line
There were approximately million
negro slaves working in the fields
when liberated by the emancipation
proclamation We have freed our
slaves and our women have taken
their places In bondage We have
broken the shaekles off the negroes
and welded them 2pcn our daughters.
The chain.Gang OF Civilization.
million women in bondage In the
southern fields form the chain-gane Of
civilization - the industrial tragedy
of the age There is no overseer quite
so cruel as that Of unrestrained greed
no whip that stings like the lash u
suborned destiny. and no auctioneets
block quite so revolving as that OF or
ganized avariee.
The president OF the United State,
was recently lauded by the press. anc
very properly so, for suggesting med'
alton between the engineers and raii
road managers in adjusting their
schedule OF time and pay The eng
neers threatened to strike If Their
wages were not increased from ap
proximately ten TO eleven dollars pei
day and service reduced from ten Is
eight hours ard similar readjus'
ment of the overtime schedule Our
women are working in the field. many
of them barefooted. for less than 50
ceats per day. and their schedule il
the risirg Sun and the evening star.
and after the days work Is over they
milk the COWS. slop the hogs and rock
the baby to sleep Is anyone mediat
Ing over their problems. and to whom
shall they threaten strike?
Congress has listened approvingly
to those who toll at the forge and be
hind the counter. and many Of our
statesmen have smiled at the threats
and have famed the fame of unrest
among industrial laborers But WON
en- are as surely the final victims Of
Industrial warfare as they are the
burden-b bearers in the war between ma
tons, and those who arbitrate and
mediate the differences between CAPT
tai and labor should not forget that
Shen the expenses of any industry are
unnecessarily increased. society foots
the bill by drafting new consignment
If women from the home to the field
Pinch no crumh From Women's Crust
Of Bread.
No financial award can be made
without someone footing the bill, AND
We commend TO those who accept tbs
responsibility of the distribution of in
d1striai Justice. the still small voice ~
the woman in the field as she plead
for mercy, and We beg that they pincf
no crumb from her crust of bread OF
put another patch upon her ragged
garments.
We beg that they listen to tbe
scream of horror from the eagle or
every American dollar that is wrung
from the brow Of toiling women and
hear the Goddess of Justice hiss al
verdict that increases the want Of
woman TO satisfy the greed Of man
The women behind the counter anf
Il the factory cry aloud for sympathy
aad the PRESS fhnnEers out In then
Tense and the pulpit pIaads fer
srcv. but how about fbe woman *
tire felde VIII oct these powerful
q ponents of human rights turn their
tsjenf, energies xr5 influence 70 he-
- eft VIII the Go6dsss of Liberty
enthrored at Washington hold fise cal
hrsed hand ard soothe the feverfsh
tasw Of her sex who sowe and resrs
ffe nations haryest or all she permit
tte male % the species 10 shove
some~-seak and weary--from tbs
ks~ac-llne OF Industry TO the back al
legs Of povertys
Women and Children First.
The census eneraerators tell us that
Of the .514. eco woH:ss WHO work In the
GeIds as farm hands 400 900 are s:s
teen wears OF age and under. What Is
the final destinv Of nation whose 10
tnre mothers spend their girihood days
behind the piow pitching hay and
hauling manure. and what is to become
of womaDly culture and refinement
that grace the home. charm society
end enthuse man to leap TO glory in
noble achievements II our daughters
are raised In the society OF the OK and
the companfonship Of the piow?
In that strata between tile ages a.
sixteen and forty-five are $50. coo won
en- working as farm hands and man.
~ them with sucking babes tug
afng at their breasts. as drenche.,
- perSpiTation. they WELD the scytl,A
There n nothing constructive ..
grabbing business from other commu.
Mites create new business in your
oNn community Have chamber Of
agriculture and commerce
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