Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-05-22
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THE LABOR PROBLEM.

We are in receipt Of the article be-
low, in which we find not a little
food for thought" and abundant
scope for serious consideration Of
several phases Of the labor problem
before our county to-day. The sug-
gcstiOns made by Capt. Ballcnger are
Sood, especially with regard to the
putting to work OF every available
idle person in the towns Of our coun-
ty--and it would not be amiss at all
TO 30 out into the country. into the
highways and by-wayS, and into 1.-The
brush,' and compel them to come"
out into the fields and there work at
honest and needed tasks-tasks that
mean the making and saving of crops
essential to the welfare, not alone Of
our community, our county, our
state, our nation, but essential as
well to the welfare Of the nations
with which we arc allied in the great
work OF freeing the peoples Of the
earth from the threatened invasion
and slavery that is promised by the
Central Powers Of Europe for all
those now waging war for freedom.
Capt. Ballengcr very pertinently
says:
Editor Courier:
II have seen quite lot in the
press on the farm labor situation
but no plan has been suggested as to
how we may meet the situations; and
now we are face to face with the
problem Of getting help to cultivate
the crops that are planted and be
ready to harvest the wheat crop that
VIII be on in few weeks
AS | see 1t, the prosperity Of the
south depends Oh the work done in
the next two weeks, and want to
call on the officials of this county to
look over every town and put every
idle man, boy and woman to work.
Then would call upon every pa
trlotlc citizen in town to shut up shop
and Office and come out and help us
two days In the week. believe this
would work all right, and the plan
would put several hundred days
work In the crops and be worth
thousands Of dollars to the business
of the country.
And then, Mr.. Editor, we would
like to see You and the bar of Oco-
nee, and the doctors and the preach
ers, and the merchants and the bank
ers, In overalls and down at 1t with
your hoes In this grassy corn and
cotton.
"rry 1t, boys! 1t will make your
cornbread taste good for supper
and we will give you l21h cents per
hour, and glorious welcome.
.n,o,, y; J.. Ballenger.
We do not know how the proposi-
tion will take with the business men
OF Oconee in the matter Of going out
into the fields to work, but there is
merit in the plan. But they are not
going to do 1t so long as we can find
on our streets daily able-bodied far
mers to whom the Bible inquiry.
''Why stand yc here idle all the day?"
could without impropriety be put. So
lar as the active editor OF The Cou-
rier is concerned. "the spirit is will
ing, but the flesh is wcak"--worn to
frazzle from one continuous grind
OF work from ) in the morning e
o'clock by the old standard OF time)
till $50 in the evening. in his endca-
vors to attend to his duties in the
once ana keep six acres OF land "out
OF the grass" to some extent. Labor
is hard to get in town. and there are
town farms" galore in this section
OF our country. A little later (pro-
vided we are still unable to secure la
bor) we expect to swing cradle and
save q small amount Of rye for -four
and two acres Of badly mixed and far
below average wheat for the same
purpose. And we are not alone in
this situation We know OF lots Of
others In our own and in neighboring
towns who are putting in full time
trying to make stuff for home use,
thus permitting the products os the
farm to nntR their way into the chan
nels of widerS,sefulness in provision
ing our forces in the world struggle.
But there us no question OF the
merit in Capt. Ballenger's suggestion
that idlers be put to work. There Is
abundant energy going to waste in
Walhalla, in every other town. and
on hundreds ofTarms. Our. county
and municipal authorities might well
be given authority to go beyond the
streets to look for idlers. y; We favor
tho putting to work Of every availa-
BILE man and boy, whether he be
found loafing on the streets, lolling