South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-09
ENGLISH LAND ARMY
TO INVADE CANADA
Farmerettes Expected to Solve
Farm Labor Prob
lem.
By CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. JR.
Special Correspondence Of The New
York Times.

i
York Times.
VICTORIA. B. c.. July 14.-West-
ern Canada believes 10 is fast sOlv-
ing the labor problem from very
broad standpoint. During the last
TWO years. and more especially the
last six months. the question Of ORR
entail in migration has become acute.
In order 10 relieve the congestion
forced by highly paid Orientals, the
Province Of British Columbia has de-
-ided 10 import as many women
from the former land army as IL can
obtain In this manner II Is be-
ieved that the shortage in farm Ia
Dor will be relieved.
In explaining more fully this idea
Edward -. Barrow, minister of agri-
culture for British Columbia. said
trat mum Der Of representative
English women would come 20 this
province 10 make a reconnaissance Of
the farm and labor situation.
In certain lines Of production,
said Nr. Barrow, particularly the
fruit Industry we are dependent at
present on the farmerettes The pay
is good IL is done chiefly by the
piece method. However. even with
This inducement We have great trou-
ble in employing enough harvesters.
a very small percentage Of Canadian
women take an interest in harvest
ing. Orientals can never be de-
pended upon 10 obtain the right
amount OF necessary crops. Here
lies the opportunity for satisfactory
employment OF English women. They
are used 10 working on the land.
They like the great outdoors. We
have a mild climate here. and il
should prove ideal for us as well as
for them.
Most OF the Land Army women
are we'll born add educated. Dur
ing the war, for patriotic motives,
they went into the fields. Now "A ma
iority OF them are homeless. Their
male relatives persisted for human
ity. and the women are left TO make
a living as best they can. OF course
they are we'll looked after in the Old
country, but they want to come
somewhere where they will have a
chance for the future. This country
could absorb quite a large number
of satisfactory farmcrettes.
L Chance for Bachelors.
"Ttaken from another standpoint,
they would make excellent wives for
pioneer bachelors. British Columbia
is as large as Germany and has q
reputation Of nearly 100000. Prac-
ticaI farmers would md i'm the farm
crettes practical wives on the other
hand. If the farmer is married il is
doubtful whether his wife would ap-
preCiate young women on the farm
lands doing the manual la Dor. j
should Judge there would he troub BILE
in the mixed farming districts On
the orchards. however. women would
"a . 90 "a 90
much money and worry for the care
ful berry "a ser-'
When asked why more Orienta,
labor was not used I'm this province.
Mr. Barrow continued.
Orientals are good farmers when
allowed 20 run the entire thing
themselves There are no better
truck farmers in the world. once
they are brought into our methods of
doing things. trouble commences.
They do not like 10 be bossed in the
fields That is why all the Chinese
and Japanese that YOU see are mostly
To- be FOUND inside houses They
arc used 10 a certain extent on farms
for indoor work Personally. / be-
lieve The Oriental problem 10 the
West is as serious as the ColOred
problem was 10 the southern states
- the early sixties"
Mrs. Arthur CuppaEe. "A represent
attve ri the British Land Army in
Victoria. British Column hia. I'm "A re-
cent interview concerning the advis-
ability OF bringing girls 20 this coun-
try. said:
To Bring Few at First.
We intend bringing less than a
dozen al first The provincial gov
,rument has made no definite prom
i~e OF financial assistance but il will
undoubtedly cooperate with us In
our great undertaking. The type OF
girls viii be fully graduated agri-
culturists They represent skilled
ia Dor. able to undertake any kind of
farming Most of them are Of good
birth and education.
IF this first consignment succeeds
others viii follow Farmers are
gaining in strength all over the
world We have the assurance of
the numerous labor unions every
where that they viii offer no oppo-
sltition 10 this new class of labor
our idea is not 20 swamp the coun-
try with these young women. for that
would be a grave mistake. We must
go gradually When the farmers
und what kind of skilled labor they
are employing they are certain TO
want more Of IT, There will soon be
"a demand In England the labor
Unions have overcome all preiudices-