Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-07-28
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS

siLWS HNO NcHn fICVS
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
Grent North Carolina NcSro-Lesson In
Good Roads-Fnrm-Hnnd Problem.
Industrial md Historical.
The Goldsboro. n. c.. negro who pro-
rides thirteen sons for the war anu
seventeen daughters for war serv,c.
makes a record which an unrestrained
Norman might envy. says the Brooklyn
Eagle. The Germans have wonderful
reputation for efficiency. but can they
beat North Carolina?
II any one wants good roads obtec,
lesson, let that one look at Francs.
! Good roads have saved that country
| twice during the present war Had II
not been Tor the radiating road system
maintained by the French government.
the Germans would have won the battle
OF the Marine and reached Paris The
Germans had calculated on only thres
divisions being sent out from Paris TO
stop the invasion. Instead, the exce,-
lent system Of highways mace 1t pos
Sibie for five divisions to be sent To
ihs front
Again, shortly after the battle n,
Fcrdun started. the French railroad
which was TO furnish many OF the
supplies to the troops was DESTROYED
The French government. however had
4 macadam road thirty-two rect VIA.
on which four lines OF trafc two IN
either direction, were maintained Day
and night $4,000 motor trucks carried
men and equipment.
The traffic never stopped When a
hole was made in the ROAD a man with
Il shoHelful of rock slipped In between
the lines of trucks and threw the roch
INTO the hole. then jumped aside 70
let the trucks roll the rock Gown.
Those who have been thinking the
paid should compare his wages with
what the city man is paid. An edi-
torial in the July number or Farm ana
fireside brings out some racts on TINS
subject. II says:
The farm hand comes in ror con-
siderable discussion nowadays, but ne
is much better off than most people
think. The Ohio State Council of De-
tense has been making survey O,
labor conditions, and reports that
married man working on the farm for
$50 month Is as well or as II ne
were to receive sos in city; that n
$50 month farm job equals a STU
city job: that q $40 farm Job equals a
sll5 city job. and on. Not taking
into sidcration,' the report ADDS.
the possibility of raising some stock
or produce on shares, which is usually
customary.
Nor has the married man on the
farm job monopoly or advantages.
Tor the report further finds that an I'M
married farm hand receiving s25 is
rs we'll off as if he were receiving $50
In the city: that $50 job for the
bachelor farm hand equals 500 city
job; and that a $40 job on the farm IS
as good as sos job in the city. ana
so on. The difference in aggregate
returns is brought about by house rcn,
groceries, meat milk. light, fuel, un-
necessary expenses and luXuries"
IL is the same way here in Virginia
on this subject OF farm hands. Mr.
puslcy, Assistant Secretary OF Agrr-
culture, is appealing to chambers OF
commerce and other business organize
tons OF the cities to come up to the
help OF the farmers. He throws on,
the following suggestions
agriculture has contributed its due
share of man power to the army-per-
maps no more. certainly no less.
other industries that have contributed
man power to the army have re-
crniicd man power from the farms
Despite this disturbance, the farm
erS TINS year Increased their produc-
ton over last year, which was an in
crease over the year before; they have
! worked more days and more hours ana
have put their families at work:
I women have la bored in the fields while
I their babies slept in the shade OF near
~ trees; many country children nave
Iahored while many city children have
played. The farmers cannot continue
TO increase production in the volune
needed and at the same time SEND more
man power to the army and the city in
dustr!cs. 1t would not he fair TO re-
quirc 1t. il il were possible to accom-
p!iSh il.
The only source OF labor is the use
less service of the cities-able- bodied
! men employed for luxury or mere CON
venience and at tasks which women
can perform.
The crops are not all gathered; next
years crops are to be considered: roon
PRODUCTION must not fail What are we
going TO do about It?
chambers OF commerce, men of az
fairs, city leaders are asked to confer
with the State Agricultural College or
write TO the United States Department
OF Agriculture"
Tho following from the Wall Streer
journal is of industrial as we'll as his
torical interest:
Scissors is sixty-Ave miles norm
east OF Paris, on the River Aisnr
surrounded by n rich farming district,
II manufactures leather lumber
woolens and farm indictments II ,s Z.