Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-10

greatly benefit their condition by
S'ekluG work and opportunity in
the country instead OF in these con-
gcrsted Ccntcrs
IN Incident on Long Island.
u was down on Long Island last
summer" MIR. Ouslcy went on. Wis
itinG "A friend in region OF con
siderable potato production where |
round the farmers in great need Of
labor and many OF ther had great
difficulty In saving their crops
spent the evening in New York city
on my way back to Washington and
was In the company Of two or three
young ladies who were social service
WORKERS here. | listened with con-
siderable interest TO the recital OF
one OF them relating TO the difficult
ties and hardshlps OF large class
or people with whom she had TO
I dea! as charity worker. their little
businesses and occupations had been
upset by the war and many OF them
were in real distress, Ttold her that
the farmers within few miles Of
New York city wfre eager TO obtain
laborcrs and were willing to pay
them a fair wage and furnish good
housing conditions
i'ANt Wv g'NHk lhilN bhlIF Nil'N'
people do not wish to leave the city.
they do not Ike TO live on the farm
they prefer 10 remain here said.
It there Is no labor here for them
Of the kind for which they are
trained and there is labor for them
in the country OF a kind which they
can do, do you not think that you
should encourage them to go To the
country" She insisted that they
should be maintained here by char
ity or by paying them larger wages
than the times and conditions de-
manded. She had the view which
many city people have. that BY some
means the land ought TO be made to
produce and the producers ought to
be willing To- put themselves To cX-
traordinary efforts I'm order that city
dWcl!ers might have plenty Now
that is an altogether perverted view
Of economies and sociology and in
dustry.
This Is n world OF struggle: we
need not expect to have things with
out effort as we wish them to be, but
we must accept things as they are.
II more people go to the cities than
are needed in the cities, then the sur
plus must find employment else
where or must he content to suffer
! privation. If the country has fewer
workers than 1t needs. then those
dwelling In the cities must pay the
higher prices which are due to n
greater demand than the supply of
food"
HCroism on tho Farms.
Mr.. Ousioy spoke Of the heroism
on American farms--of the sacrifices
American farmers and farm women
have made this season under trying
| labor conditions. He compared the
sacrifices OF poor peasant woman
NJ France who lost her husband and
four sons in battle with those of the
wife OF a farmer in New York state
who not only performs the household
tasks hut lends a hand in the field.
In four years, Mr.. Ousley said. this
woman has rarely had breakfast
later than s o'clock or supper ear
lier than s. The hours between are
her working day, "On July ." wrote
this woman TO the department OF
agriculture, 81 cut an acre and a half
of peas and my husband pulled them
back. and on July we had an ~
| pound boy. Since then | have been
| tied TO the house more or less. but
| by getting the little neighbor girl to
! tend baby ! cut IL acres OF hay across
the road on another farm while my
husband was helping my father draw
| in grain"
81 dare not say which OF these two
women IL the greater heroine" said
| Mr.. Ouslcy one suffering de-
nial. bearing children, enduring grief.
toiling IN field or factory and home
but sustained by the inspiration OF
| immediate contact with the greatest
tragedy In human history; the other
far removed from the sound or sight
OF military spectacle, likewise suf-
fering denial. bearing children. but