Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-17
K|NKA|D Gets
help FOR HAY
and SUGAR NJ EN-
Sixth District Congressman
Prods Departments in Be-
half of His Many Con-
StituentS.
Washington Bureau,
OF The Omaha Bee.


Washington, Oct. l6.-(Special
am.)-Congressman Kinkaid,
who plans to leave Washington
shortly for Nebraska, has been de-
luged with requests from constitu-
ents necessitating repeated calls at
the departments. Today Uncle
Nose had a conference with freight
traffic officials of the railroad ad-
ministraton in an effort to get ad-
equate freight car service for hay
growers and shippers in the vicinity
of Atkinson.
Judge Kinkaid is in receipt of a
letter signed by fourteen hay grow
ers and shippers of Atkinson and
vicinity. Among the signers are J
]. Stilson, Harry Shaw and G. C.
Funk who urge upon the sixth des-
trict representative to get car relief
in order to move the hay crop which
stands next to the live stock interest
there.
Hay growers and shippers accord
ing to the letter have sold large
amounts of hay on contracts for
October delivery but the car short
age threatens to seriously interfere
with carrying out the contracts.
Judge Kinkaid was informed that
the matter of cars would be looked
into at once and relief afforded.
Sugar Growers Want Help.
The following telegram to Judge
Kinkaid from the Great Western
Sugar company of this district
shows a labor situation that caused
him to hot foot it to the Depart
ment of Labor and start the wheels
moving for the prayed for relief
The telegram is as follows:
The sugar production of our
three factories in Nebraska will be
materially reduced on account of the
shortage of labor unless the United
States Employment Service renders
some assistance. We will have to
shut down one factory or run all at
a reduced capacity as the situations
of the employment service prohibit
us from recruiting labor.
The employment service is not
successful in recruiting men for US.
We have requested the state direct
or to secure the appointment of ex-
aminers to recruit for US in terri
tory where we know labor can be
secured.
I'VE have requested Director
General Densmore OF employment
service to give the state director the
necessary authority but get no reply
and no action.
Hidden Influence At Work.
"Some hidden influence, either in
the Office of the state director or
employment service of Omaha or in
the Office of the director general at
Washington is obstructing the ex-
pansion of the employment service
machinery to recruit men for the
sugar industry in the state and is
causing an enormous waste of sugar
Wont you please see Director
General Densmore with a view of
getting the Nebraska state director
authorized and also directed to ap-
point examiners to secure labor for
these three factories.
IF this cannot be done, won't YOU
please advise us as to why it can
not be done. The situation here is
critical for the beet crop is perish
able. The sugar being lost each
successive day can never be re-
stored"
Promises to Give Aid.
Congressman Kinkaid said TODAY
after his conference with Labor Di-
rector Dinsmore that the director
general of labor employment wired
George ]. Kleffner, representative
OF the Department of Labor in Ne
braska, to give every possible aid
to the sugar beet factories in the
Sixth district and to put forth
superhuman efforts to secure labor
so that the factories may run full
time.