The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-02-08

Of Mrs. Isaac narth. Mrs. d. H. rol'
lock Is In charge Of the program.
LAND ARMY HIADs ~ cry
no START 1913 CAMPAIGN.
Professor Ida ~ oEiisis. Of co.
lumhin university, and Mins pclu
West Marble. two Of tho LEADING field
workers M the Moman'a Land Army
Of America, arrived m Albuquerque
Thursday morning 10 assist in starting
tho 1878 and army movement actiNis
tics In Sew Mcxico.
The two leaders have visited the
state university and several other Or
CARNATIONS and have held conferences
with "a uumhtf ot persons Interested
in the land army work They were
hirh in their praises for tho work ace
cumpiahed boz Ncw Mexico last snr
The womun's land army in Nuw
Mexico has done very considerable
work. Hnid Mics Marble in talklnE
OF b Eruut movement this mnfu.
inF They have saved perhaps nftY
thousand duiinfH worth Of apples
which would doubtless have been Loot
otherwise. These womon successfully
did nearly every operation tn cun-
meet lu with thr apple harvest Thri
picked graded, packed. made boxes.
and even helped 90 hnult in fhp up-
pies The shortage OF labor b. aus
inE loss OF several Thousand dullarf
10 the growers. The orslre Crop would
probably ave been saved b. tho
wumnn'a land army and other avail
able help had the rroworH 1T the be-
ginning Of the harvest -cuupUrntpd
fully with the womun's land army pud
also had u not been Tor the influenza
Nearly an Of Inc m'mberH Of the
womnn'A land army iofi tho district
tho last OF October. Had IL not been
for tho woman's land army I think
the greater part Of tho apple crop
would hnyo been lost"
u was pointed out hy the two lead
ora that u was us "a war emergency
that the woman'H land army started
But now that peace has come ~ ac.
ttvttica are neoded more than ever.
for. iu the rrconstrueuon period that
IN ~ hand America has before hor
the dutg Of feeding "a large art Of the
world. The food COMMUNICATION has
pledged 10000. O0o tons OF food to-
Europe In 1919. This BE- almost
double the o sent iaat year. and.
" America IN 70 keep hsr pledge. an
Increase In the labor supply will ~
imperative. Although in some rasta
the soldiers may return To- the farms
they are not likely 20 come In time
for d planting. nor in sufficient
numbers FOR the later work.
The woman's land arm, Of Amer
Tea originated" explained Professor
Ogilyie. as did the land nrmirs Of.
other %cuun;Fics. in r,spons. 20 the
need Of increased food production oc.
cusioned by the wur IN America the
plan Of "a community rroup has made
u possible 20 regulate hours OF work.
and conditions uf living to uu
extent hat IN impossible whore iu-
diNidual women work for single nm
NInNHrH HHN.. aHFaHaU. NF. 49, ..UHN
u many problems, many comp,naa.
lions. n u has given the emporium
ny for the development Of "a spirit
peculiarly its own.
Farm labor is notoriouAly hard"
Professor Ogilvic continued. poorly
paid Rnd In many aspects dlsipstrnui.
n while In some sporadic Instances
the usual industrial workers cry Tor
shorter hours and higher WurUa hrs
heon heard. on the whole the work
has been carried through with a Wig
or anu enthusiasm that have rarely
been seen ON farms before. Tho
spirit OF doing what has 10 be- done,
whether agreeable or not. aud of find
ingi Interest In and putting enthusiasm
into tho task In hand has ever char.
aCtcrizod the land army
Prom tho beginning tho units and
training farms have included prncti. I
cnlly an types Of women. except tho
physically weak and the constitution.
nlNly lazy College students. drefs-
makers. musicians, rtonurruphprH. war
brides and many othDtH have worked
side hy side. and together have made
u unique community NE There hps
been very LITTLE friction and the 100
on the whole has been interesting and
stimulating
"Thr land army ramps mnrks %
step m the Development OF two great
movements oi our time Women have
won their place in intellectual aud iu
political fields; the land army opens
the door ~ opportunity Tor phN steal
work The development OF the labor
movement has an ever incroaslng ten,
donoN o. give dignity go AN labor and
20 require that every member ct D.
community should 400 re- muttor of
duty aud Of right, contribute some
KIND Of useful work The woman
movement and tho labor movement
thus meet in mo land army camp
The need Of food production con
iinuos, but the land army has another
and u higher dutN boz the reconstruc-
ton period that is az hand TO 10 ia
presented tho supreme opportunity
~ giving 10 large numbers of women
the chance to 10 out-of-do0rs work
under conditions which afford tho
chance for tho working ont of ono pt
the most interesting OF experiments
in democracy. To break through
class barriers has hitherto hoon easy
Tor men. the land army camp shows
20 women the u|nrculity of such dis.
unrtionH, proves tho imperative me-
coasity for tho suhordin1tiou of the In
diVidual 90 the good Of tho whole, aud
illustrates these principles through
he uuham pcrcd use of muscle an
brain. The spirit Of the lane nrmN
ic idea
Professor Ogilvio and Miss Marble
loft Albuquerque Friday for silver
city ana viii return here Monday.
after completing their work In tho
southwestern part OF the state.
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