The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-01-26

fiIN IllNN lNNfIi WI INV NANM VI NN'I
ana those employed In unnecessary iu-
dusirits.
To an 90 these %paliiatircs the farmer
replies that Tor the most part the labor
that could bv drafted would be prot
~ near1> useless To- him that reithes
women nor boys have The strength %
do the work hc needs and that Whhc
be- b. anxious tu extend the use OF
machinery. such machinery is cNpcu-
sivc. and the supply BE- limited aud %
calls for more skilled handling than
he COZ expect nom The casual labor
he b. likely 60 get
How urgent th, need aHu how
serious the problem are only hcglnuihs
to bv felt THE Baltimore sun rec
oguizine q "~uatior-Widc emergcn'N
sal that thc agricultural department
has tu d,al with a new and cNtft"r-
binary situation. aud II J. quires new
POWERS and may have To adopt new
methods o. mu-t get away from ans
cucumhcriug red tape that may stu
hamper DO. 30 must have the courage
and the Vision .s well az the author
u.s.. Co provide uu l large and sufficient
SCALE q, rthc agricultural needs Of the
.uniluu Tho futur, ui the world may
depend upon tho energy the complete
mess and ,b, promptucs with which
vc act
81. N. sherman. 90 leading farmer 1T
kgu-is I- quoted Dos THE Kansas CITY
Time. us -aNlur "rhc farm i~ NOV
manned The direct drIn is only p1t-
tmiN responsible for this. other in-
I du-tric. have drawn men from the
/ farms tu meet thcir needs
~ Do Impossible tn grow the food
stuff- demanded of our farms with NO
more help
Nur can th, farmer pay amy sucn
Nap, l- She competing industry. a.
the words or George \. Waterman, of
Ann Arhur 81 representative farmer,
as quoied Dy The christian scicnc 3,
Monitor
The farmer needs steady workers
every daN. nud h, cannot blow tn"
whistl, when tb, eight hours are up.
Farming ou 1000 v.-ht-hour day scheI-
ule is an imuu-si lIt} 40 the present
time aud R.,piug up Co the production
of former ,,lr. I- becoming more aud
NOR, difficult
90 neither drafted labor "Nuluutur,
aid from bu,-. women and amateur.
nor increased u-p of machinery ca'
solve the problem thc only answer nee
maiuiug according tu it, advocates Is
the importation ct Chinese. who are
competent Hil VJrf for a low wage
aud of whom th, supply b. plentiful.
Despite the general reluctance tu take
such q step man, conservative critics
seem Inclined t1 discuss 30 %flyorably
The Springfield Republican 70 cou-
.@erN1tite journal whose opinion car.
rics weight. said
~ the war lasts tor n considerable
length of time with al The demand,
that Iu such uu event would uc made
ou the man power of his country.
shall We import Drieutal- like The rcs'.
or shall We putthc burden ON our boy
our women u our old mcn' tn,
problem sooner or later seems likely
20 come right down To- the answer i'
that question. \ lot Of MS hat" the
thought 81 having imported oriental'
labor in this country some feel d
would bc the cntcrlag wedge t"i
cheaper labor rates after the war b.
lover. % others think It would meat
the establishments of % new standard
ur living that would dra- the genera
workers uf the country down liui th'
problem may 10 o bc here
THE Detroit Free Press, while fl
Icou.idercd senator G|tlliuper- r'soiI.
ltou us perhaps premature rcNcrths
ilc-s warned labor Interests against an
warranted opposition 20 it. saying
THE majority Of people proha'l'
lconsidcr the Chinese exclusion act ru
a measure Co prevent m, lufluN ct tn'
.H. sLH ....H. HN.asHHUH
la b. "a yellow race. This b. ar error
Ia the beginning the exclusion act W..
a Jaw for the protection 90 America
wage standards, and b. wac aimed "a
lthc Chiu3mau because be- happened u
ue the parsonage willing Geo underni
1.-The domestic labor market u wa
pnssed quite largely lu Difference &
1.-The demands OF organized labor. Co.
Whose benefit this barrier was @rt ur
since IA, herinniug OF On ish
with Germany 90 toW urauch'r 'I "'
.'ranized labor have been abusing tho.
.ipositiuu and privileges
The effect ut lh,r greed has l"N'N
ed the agricultural field hrecdiuH H
thine. discomfort among the '''''
hands aud amuuE the sons OF lHlh.'
land Iuriur them away from thtu T.
c,- 90 other braurhc- of tIiu..i|
aTh. Youkcr- Statesman un 'I
other hand believed tbat Labor .ui"
Tests would uut seriously "pI. 'I
IuIuu. when understood and 'N"is'
that sentiment Doc favor "f '." .H
position be- expected Goo ln'rcI-. NH''
,ItU, viHt,r uuuul ucmovrIi- H $500.
Lac republicans Hud u l. hH',0 ITO"
n. .rrIg wen formulated N.'f '"