The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-15

the government were being let to
private concerns at a great loss to
the tax payers.
MI Moran was supported in his
contention by Charles Reagan of
the Tri-City Federation of Labor.
VINO also advocated bringing suf-
ficient pressure to bear upon both
the state and federal authorities
that would cause them to expend
some OF the money they are hold
ing for road building This will be
taken care OF by the Chamber of
Commerce. The men need relief
this winter and now is the time for
the state to help supply the means
for them to keep their families
from starvation. said Reagan.
In the same connection Mrs. C. L.
Thompson of the Rock Island
Woman's club declared that she
knew OF no good reason why per-
sons who are financially able to
make Improvements to their prop
erty, chose to wait until the prices
of materials come down. She adj
vocated building operations right
now by persons who have not been
seriously affected by the depres-
sion, In order that men in the
building trades might have work
LabOr's Method.
Mr.. Reagan declared that an eff
fort was being made by the trade
unions to take care of the unem-
ployed union men, by assessing
each man who is working 5 per
cent of his wages. With the money
raised in this manner work will be
provided, but as yet no plan has
been devised for providing employ
Iaent.
Mr.. Reagan declared that the
men did not want charity What
they do want. he said, is the means
Of earning living. A committee
of 10 has the unemployed problem
il hand for the Federation of La
Dor, and this committee will coop
crate with the Chamber of Com
1lelce.
Present at the meeting last eve
ming were Ben jacobson, NJ S.
Heagey, ]. F. Murphy, ]. R Free
man, j. A Moran, DR.. F. H. First,
Mrs C. L.. Thompson, Ed c. Berry,
%. F. Hildebrandt. Fred Rinck,
Martin Rudgren, Charles Reagan,
Rev. C. P. .O'Neill, Charles ]. Searle,
John Scott, T. A. Murphy and H
P. Simpson.
FaIners' Prices.
Fred Rinck of the Illinois En-
ployrnent bureau announced that
he has 20 calls for corn pickers
that he has been unable to fill. He
said the farmers will pay from 311s
TO 4 cents a bushel to pickers. Ii
the farmer fails to get men for
that wage, Mr.. Rinck said, it will
be more profitable to turn his
stock into the cornfields. Because
of the extremely low price of corn
at the present time, the farmer can
not possibly afford to pay or Z
cents.
Charles Searle said that the av-
erage pickers would pick not more
than so or 60 bushels a day. Mayor
Schriver declared there were
plenty of men in the southern part
of the county who could pick rs to
IS bushels a day, and offered to
bet Mr.. Searle that he himself
could step out and pick so bushels.
In finding work for idle men the
big problem is to find the right
) man for the job for which he is
best fitted, welfare agency repre-
sentativeS said. This will have to
be worked out by the agencies that
have been designated to supply the
men in this campaign and the en-
pIoyers. While persons might be
willing to participate in the move
ment to the extent of employing 4
man one day a week, as a welfare
proposition, they will expect reas-
onably fair service from the men
they employ.
This is the problem which Fred
Rirck and T. d. Murphy are facing
every day. Not always do they
please the employer in the matter
of supplying men, but they make
every effort to see that the jobs are
filled with efficient men.