The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-07-05
FARM LABOR IS Big
PROBLEM THIS YEAR
Beth Country and City People Must
Sacrifice Comfort 10 Furnish Pow.
o. to cuitivsts and harvest
,..,y ,y. Necessary, CtepaA q. ..ao.l. !.

u'wyareti by the United states Depart,
tsseai Of AKftVagsr~j
ia ~sat-fss=.a... .sxssed hy ~1arsace
Ousley. assistant secretary Of sgrieui.
ture. attention Ia called to the fact
that bath c"antry aud city people must
sacrifice something u their eomsor, to
furnish the necessary man power 10
cultivate and harvest crops necessary
thss year to carry on the war. Tha,
part vi tho statement which deals al.
rec,iy with farm labor and wha, the
department Of agricaItar. In doing to
selve the problem. follows:
The principal difficulty In farming
operations for 1918 Is the problem Of
labor. That In serious. but II In not
insuperable. The department. 81 agrt.
culture has farm labor osfices In nearly
all of the states working In co-creU.
ton with the agricultural colleges,
the comfy agents and other state no.
tsytttas. anf thu assartsasp.l. al. lsbef
has employment offices In nearly all
the centers u population. These two
departments together ar~ enabled to
contribute much TO the solution OK the
problem by furnishing informa ton and
BY shifting labor from neiEhhorhooi
10 nelwhborhood m the seasonal de-
nund passes, and generally by hriur
lng together the lsharsr ans. the e,p-
rIoyer. but when ali has heen done
that may be done by ,heSe depart.
usen's or by any other governmental
agency much Will remain % be- done ny
The states and communi.ies. especial
| II ny the cities, for there Is no, enough
iahor sees!ng employment 10 supvy
/ he farms for cultivation ard harvest.
ng. For years the cities with their
srea, fortunes and bright lights have
s~Rm dr.wt-g yuaasg anpsl frsaa ths
ARMS, TIE war has merely rrwrtTA
a,sd drift that sooner nr later would
sayc caused mere or less ~ food
ytsis In pearr times thh' is mst
! er that might well no lefr 70 readjest
'self through sach res'ucvss prndac
to:l and c'gscg9eut high prices ss
fsuurf MAKE farn.Tng tadtp rrhfstat'e
md attract men 70 the Industry. Hut
n the war unscygsncy we must have
( tssi az ali costs and wnce there IL no
| eay II getting Il without labor. and
! tnc@ labor II lacking. the cities nsrst
sacrifice something AMI harvest the
Tors In many tst9ns anS sites last
var the business snsn closed their rs
shlishmests OF srarsi nulaI@rs Of
I heir employees 10 help the farmers
n few places slreaay business men
! ~ taking surveys ant sre making
hedges "a furnish lster which has
arEl experience. to the atitaniug eora.
,unities as rgsny b. nes~is-.. The sarse
seshs.s r1nst b. rns tito practice Ia
very sD~n anG dty adSacenf TO o
srualaS resiaa. TIE sasn ~ the cities
:uss he hr>aEAs TO understand the
i,hi Importance 81 agriculture, Many
them nsv~ rssroA At X cr have ~
s-ies, 70 With Indifference, Vow they
ast ,ersd II ranch ct thar ihournt and
ssir erJrt Thsy saFssld unsssrxtAni
rat the Tinted States Is g'nsug 10
srTaisA fossc 10 the armies Asd the
lvtl population bssaini them. and they
| say depend vras q that the farrasrs
81 ferd themselves II hsasscves The
-tits therefore IT, take srw7s tAsoEgat
their own sasserares ~ rsa3tustinS
s~sr activities Th~rs II haeSsfy Aus.
sN~s ~ aa snfassry In the tsitsd
2tes that eAnase sy@re Temporarily
II the clAtiv4tiea an1 harvesting sea-
srs a Considerable part ~ ia sa$1
| eaer pg svss csos@, Say, foy three n
teen DAYS daring tbs period - he