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Show Low Wntres lit Towns. Prom th towns Is henrd a cr of low wages vVnmen nnd girls clerking in the stores gel but BO rents a day while toung: men doing tho same work re. reive but little more These nro rather low wage but there me any number nf linen nf work that pay much better In our eounty-reat towns It Is ter) probable that a girl to do ordinary housework could not ho found The wages paid for this line of work also averages nt least n dollar tnoro a week than Is paid the clerks, and besides, boird la furnished free, while clerks must board themselves Thcne girls would hate tn work ivi hnrdir In tho jrivnto houses thnn they do now where thev aro, but thev coull not lit n qulto so dress) The voting men also live In fear nf solllnt; their hinds a little, or they would quit tnlklnu low wages climb Into some farmern wagon and go homo wllh him vvheie they could get a dollar a day and board. Prom farm nfter farm comes the cry for hands nt that figure but there aie few to rt-spord rt-spord and )et the towns are filled with )ouni? men wearing whlto shirts nnd stand-up collars who continue to struggle strug-gle along mi SO and 73 cents a day. |