The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-20

Wandering OF Labor-Heed OF MIS-
souri, Knocks Calamity HowIers.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. July 20. = Especial. J.
Those who want To do their bit N
are unable TO perform the duty of sol
diers may have an opportunity to go
the farms and help harvest the
II would be impossible at this
time, with the many other measures
pending, to pass a CONSUMPTION law
for farm laborers unless there was
substantial unanimity in favor of such
a measure, and from what has been
seer in congress 1T may be asserted
that there is no substantial unanimity
i'm favor OF anything.
OF course there have been many
warnings about the scarcity OF farm
help. Attempts have been made to
meet the situation by enlisting the boy
scouts, but that was not such a sue
cess as to make II feasible. More
Drawn and strength will he required
than these boys have to gather and
repair the crops for market.
A Senator's Idea.
Senator Thomas of Colorado has an
idea that there are enough idle men In
the big cities TO take care of the crops
IL they could be induced to 20 to the
farms. II have seen hundreds OF loaf
ers I'm the parks In different cities" he
said. '4They ought to be taken by the
nape OF the neck and pitched on trains
and sent to the farms, where they
should be made Il work"
But he seems TO forget that involun-
tary labor, unless by criminals, Is not
lawful in this country. Men cannot
be made to work except by sentence
of a court for some offense. Local va
grancy laws would not cover the sit
uation.
Considered IL Cheap.
Senator Smoot, the author and pro
poser of the amendment to the food
bill which caused so much controversy
that which provided that the govern
ment should take over and pay for the
distilled liquor In bond-was replying
to those who asserted that IL would
cost the government anywhere from
S5O0.OOO,000 to $7o0.O00.000 by assert.
ing that 1t would not cost anywhere
near the large estimates. 81 am frank
to say" said the Utah senator. that
IL will cost a great deal. but even If IL
cost $4,000, 900 1t would be cheap for
the government of the United States II
1t should do away with the BOOKING bill
OF the country. which amounts to 81
500,000.0O0."
Hits Calamity Howiers.
Every time he gets al opportunity
Senator Reed Of Missouri takes a shot
at the calamity howlers," who, he
says, have been going up and down the
country shouting, Woe, woe, woeV
and to a great extent have scared the
people. Reed wrote mayors OF 2O'
cities asking what were the conditions
as to business, and replies from all bu'
two or three said IL was better thar
two years ago. Reed says that, In spite
of the calamity howlers, business II
improving.
Senator Calder OF New York inter
rupted him to say that business condi
lions I'm New York were better, but tb
cost OF living was % per cent highe
than two years ago
Authority on Transportation.
Whenever the senate Is considering
a measure which deals with transpol
tation the members always listen wit
q great deal of attention to anythin
that Senator Kellogg Of Minnesota ha
to say on the subject. He spent s
much time investigating trust an
transportation problems that he Is a
authority on those subjects.
"Let EN- Go TO the Farms"
One of the arguments against stol
ping the manufacture Of liquors ha
beer that hundreds of thousands G
men will be thrown out of emplo,
ment.
But they need not be out of en-
ployment," said q man from a farmin
district. LET 'em go to the farm
There is going to be a great deman
for farm hands from now until IL
cold weather sets in
Large Fertile Unproductive Area.
During a discussion of food Senat
Kellogg of Minnesota called attenti'
to the millions and millions of acres
lands which were unproductive becau
the government had taken no steps
restore them. He spoke especially
the lands along the Red lake and IL
River of the North In his state. ~
must bring these vast areas into use
said Kellogg, IF we are to do anythil
toward conserving our great natul
resources"
"Handmade Leoisiation."
Speaking of one of the food bill
Congressman Miller of Minnesota
ferred to it, saying, "This Is n
those handmade pieces of legislation.
Handed down to u.s." interject
Hamilton of Michigan.
"Yes," replied Miller, handed doV
to us from its source. ! do not blal