Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 24, 1914, Page 6

1 NATION'S LABOR " PAOBLEM Over a million and a Half Wo- men Work as Farm Hands in the United States. By Peter Radford cturer Nutional Farmers' Union. Our goverment never faced so tremendous a problem as that now lying dormant at the doors of Congress and the legislatures, and which, when aroused, will shake this nation from center to circumference, and make civiliza- tion hide its face in shame. That problem is—women in the field. The last Federal census reports show we now have 1,514,000 women working in the field, most of them south of the Ma- son and Dixon line. There were approximately a million negro slaves working in the fields when liberated by the emancipation proclamation. We have freed our slaves and our women have : taken their places in bondage. We have broken the shackles off the negroes and welded them upon our daughters. The Chain-Gang of Civilization. A million women in bondage in the southern fields form the chain-gang of civilization—the industrial tragedy of the age. There is no overseer quite so cruel as that of unrestrained greed, no whip that stings like the lash of suborned destiny, and ' no auctioneer's block quite so revolting as that of organized | avarice. The president of the United! States was recently lauded by the press, and very properly so, for|fair to be torn from the hearlh-lmm] contribution of the nation suggesting mediation between the engineers and railroad managers in adjusting their schedule of time and pay. The engineers threatened to strike if their wages ! were not increased from approx-' imately ten to cleven dollars per day and service réduced from ten to eight hours and a similar read-' justment of the overtime sched- ule. Our women are working in the field, many of them barefoot-! ed, for less than 50 cents per' day, and their schedule is the ris-! ing sun and the evening star, and after the day's work is over thay! milk the” cows, slop the hogs and rock the baby to sleep. Is anyone mediating over their problems, ' and to whom shall they threaten a strike? Congress has listened approv- ingly to those who toil at the forge and behind the counter, and many of our statesmen have smiled at the threats and have fanned the flame of unrest among indus-! trial laborers. But women are as' surely the final victims of indus- dustrial warfare as they are the burden-bearers in the war be-l tween nations, and those who ar-! bitrate and mediate the differ-! ences between capital and labor should not forget that when the expenses of any industry are un- necessarily increased, society foots the bill by drafting a new consignment of women from the home to the field. Pinch No Crumb From Women'’s Crust of Bread. No financial award can be made without some one footing the bill'l and we commend to those who| accept the responsibility of the' distribution of industrial justic_e," the still small voice of the woman' in the field as she pleads for! aercy, and we beg that they! pinch no crumb from her crust! of bread or put another patch up-! on her ragged garments, | We beg that they listen to the! “arsay; of liorror from the eaglei on cvery American dollar that isl wrung from the brow of toiling' women and hear the Goddess of | Justice hiss at a verdict that in- creases the want of woman to satisfy the greed of man. The women behind the counter and in the factory cry aloud for sympathy and the press thunders out in their defense and the pul- pit pleads for mercy, but how about the woman in the field? Will not these powerful expon- ents of human rights turn their talent, energy and influence to her relief? Will the Goddess of Liberty enthroned at Washing- ! ' [} l ton held the calloused hand and soothe the feverish brow of her sex who sows and reaps the na- tion’s harvest or will she permit the male of the species to shove women—weak and weary—from the bread-line of industry to the back alleys of poverty? Women and Children First. The census enumerators tell us that of the 1,514,000 women who work in the fields as farm hands 409000 are sixteen years of age ‘ilizatinn the case of * | QJITE A SHH THE EVENING L ——— Iand under. What is the final des- tiny of a nation whose future |mothers spend their girlhood {days behind the plow, pitching |hay and hauling manure, and TERURL | CHURCH Co-operation of Church, School | and Press Essentx.al to Community Building. !what is to become of womanly Icuhure and refinement that grace the home, cha.m society and en- thuse man to leap to glory in noble achievements if our daugh- By Peter Radford. Leeturer National Farmers' Union. The church, the press and the school form a tripple alliance of progress that guides the destiny of every community, state and nation. - Without them civiliza- tion would wither and die and through them life may attain 1ts greatest blessing, power and knowledge. The farmers of this nation are greatly indebted to this social triumvirate for its uplifting influence, and on be- half of the American plowmen I want to thank those engaged in these high callings for their able and efficient service, a.nd I shall offer to the press a series of articles on co-operation between these important influences and the farmers in the hope of 1n- creasing the efficiency of all by mutual understanding and or- ganized effort. We will take up first, the rural church. { The Farmers Are Great Builders. 1 The American farmer is the | greatest church builder the world { the plow? In that strata between the ages of sixteen and forty-five are 930, 1000 women working as farm (hands and many of them with jsuckling babes tugging at their breast, as drenched in perspira- tion, they wield the scythe and guide the plow. What is to be- come of that nation where pover- ty breaks the crowns of the queens of the home; despair hurls a mother’s love from its throne and hunger drives inno- cent children from the school- room to the hoe? The census bureau shows that 1155,000 of these women are forty- ifive years of age and over. There jis no more pitiful sight in civili- { zation than these saintly mothers jof Israel stooped with age, drudg- ! {ing in the ficid from sun until ‘sun cnd at night drenching their dingy pillows with the tears of despair as their aching hearts take it all to God in prayer. Civ- ilization strikes them a blow when it should give them a! crown, and their only firiend is He who I)r(_uke ‘)l‘(;flll with hc"‘f';lms ever known. He is the cus- gars and said: “Come unto melydian & the nation's morali all ye that are weary and heavy! tladen and I will give you rest.” | ters are raised in the society of |the ox and the companionship of sl | Church | | 1 upon his shoulders rests the ™ of the covenant” and he is more Oh, America! the land of thc{respunsi\'c to religious influences free and the home of the brave;! than any other class of citizen-. the world’s custodian of chivalry, ship. i the champion of human rights| The farmers of this nation: iand the defender of the oppresscdlha\ve built 120,000 churches at a j—shall we permit our maidens! cost of $750,000,000, and the an- stone by the ruthless hand of toward all church institutions destiny and chained to the plow?, approximates $200,000,000 per Shall we permit faithful ' annum. The farmers of the Unit- wives, whom we covenanted with!ed States build 22 churches per God to cherish and protect, to be day. There are 20,000,000 rural hurled from the home to the har-| church communicants on the vest field, and our mothers dear; farm, and 34 per cent of the total to !)e driven from the old arm: membership of all churches re- chair to the cotton patch? side in the country. In rescuing our citizens from, “The farm is the power-house ' the forces of civilization, can we' of all progress and the birthplace not apply to our fair Dixieland i of 1] that is noble. The Garden the rule i L[,'fi sea—"women and| of Fden was in the country and children first? . ifllc man who would get close to There must be a readjustment ! God must first get close to na- of the wage scale of industry so! ture. that the woman can be taken| The Functions of a Rural from the Iu_-‘.d or Z\'un_ a rcnsnn-! Church. able wage for her services. Per-i 1§ the rural churches today are 1_‘“.!’-" lhc. issue hay neyer bec”}qoing to.render a service which fairly raisces, ha the Farmers’. this age demands, there must be Union, with a membership of ten co.operation between the reli- million, puts its organized f“rCC*‘;gious, social and economic life! squarely behind the issue and we! of the community. | now enter upon the docket of civ-] The church to attain its fullest’ : ey “The \Woman ' measure of success must enrich | in the Field” and demand an im-!the lives of the people in the' mediate trial, community it serves; it must! —_— build character; develop thought Qe Over-production and mortgage force the farmers into!human life. It must serve the ruinous competition with each ! social, business and intellectual, | other. The remedy lies in or- l'as well as the spiritual and moral | ganization and in co-operation | side of life. If religion does not in marketing. { make a man more capable, more i useful and more just, what good | Old men have visions, young|is it? We want a practical re-| men have dreams, Successfull ligion, one we can live by and | farmers plow deep while slu;;-] farm by, as well as die by, | gards sleep. © Fewer and Better Churches. l Blessed is that rural community Whatever change the tenant|which has but one place of wor- farmer makes, it is bound to be|ship. While competition is the for the better—it couldn't be for|life of trade, it is death to the the warse. ' rural church and moral starvation | to the community. Petty secta- rianism is a scourge that blights the life, and church prejudice saps the vitality of many com-, munities. An over-churched ' community is a crime against religion, a sertous handicap to society and a useless tax upon agriculture. While denominations sential and church prid mendable, the high teaching ot universal christianity must pre- That ingenious person, Mr. H. G.' vail if the rural church is to ful- Wells, once ventured to suggest that fill its 5mission to agriculture. the world would be a gainer if arson| e frequently have three or were more commonly prur(isrd_.l He four churches in a community poin.ted out . many 'lnrlp %‘“”—K\vhich is not able to adequzuel'\g parncu_larly ( go—\\oud_ e ,"‘)lsupport one. Small con;:reu;{- tably improved. A small girl child, HEHE - attend’ ot vices ‘~sb: much too young to read Mr. Wells' | DY services On\_t a dangerous books, had been listening' month and all f“‘l_ to perform to the comments of her elders as the the Wll.‘_\'lk‘us funct_1Q|1§ of the party motored through one of those COmmunity. The division of re-! regions in the vicinity of New York ligious forces and the breaking where suburban architecture flour into fragments of moral effort ishes with more than tropical luxurk | is ofttimes little less than a ca- ance. The talk ran about like this: | lamity and defeats the very pur- “Heavens! what do you suppose in-| pose they seek to promote.’ duced anybody to build a house like that? there. How can The soil is like a man’s bank account. [t can soon be exhaust- ed by withdrawing and ncver de- positing. PLE SOLUTION| Little Mimi Had Thought of Most!' Effective Way of Getting Rid of the Ugly Houses. are es-! com- | a civilized human being live in it? Is that a house or a French pastry? Look how they've spoiled that lovely colonial design with gimcracks.” l\lsual bracelet of platinum, gold or Suddenly Mimi's voice was heard. | silver, it is made of moire ribbon one. “I've thought of a way, mother,” she | half inch wide, double, and fastened piped, her earnestness betraying how | with a buckle or clasp. Some of the much she bad taken to heart the pain | Watches are scarcely larger than a all these ugly houses were causing; | fivecent piece, the face surrounded “we could go to a house when nobody | with jewels. The clasps for the rib- was at home and strike a match—and | bon are also jeweled. then go home ourselves.” l — Moire Watch Bracelet. The very latest wrist watch is ex. ceedingly small, and instead of the l | of the red wine to ! pe largely worn we know: . ber hue has been assume add to its power to produce, cropland increase the efficiency “f. harness headquariers. 24, 1914. COLORS FOR COLD WEATHER Humorously Bars of the War— Be Popular. London Journal Two on Account Some Others to at we may be sure | e blue: we i Alex George Defeats Dyspepsia After T ons cotet A% KL Suffering Stomach Ills for Years v ot be popular is S : e “l:“llnhaw to rename it French blue. B shal ill also incur some ', Tampa. Fla., after years of suf- The cornflower will iflllgid to be the ii‘(,l;-(f;,z ™ indigestion = and Mother ; i ’, disfavor, rbeCt;l;e f;[owser Brown will istomach ills, took a_dose of Mayr’'s kaiser's favo! 5 be a very favorite s eorge of 404 Hampton ave- { Wonderful Stomach Remedy “just to hade. and purple try it. % . % oot swift relief and in a short nes which are warm | e 500 BT fngele gaining in nz looked UPOR | cioht. In a letter he wrote: i hlack must ‘] took your sample treatment RS sutfering for years with vari- there have ‘h troultJ}es. Dasins at%d he som- after eating, 2as on e = ‘t‘. smart € sour stomach and all the d by smart fUns of dyspepsia. The first treat- m choice. 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