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Show H FARM BB j WAGES B, ' A reat deal Is being written and BB e&li about the dlfueulty oxporlouccd bHbbK BBBBBBBBJBBBBBBBft )y tho fnrmors In getting help. Me-hnnlcs Me-hnnlcs nnd laborers living In cities iro eloquently urged to get out Into ho country for peaco nnd plenty. Cons dcrnblo light on tho question why farm help Is scarco has Just been thrown by a report iasuod by tho Now York, Now Iinven nnd Hartford Hart-ford railroad. This company, probably prob-ably to promoto tho "Iluck to tho Soil" movement, has been coKertlng statistics on tho wages of farm I'so plo. Whllo Now England wagea nre higher, It finds that In tho whole United Uni-ted States tho avorngo farm hand gets but $21.38 n month with bpard and $31.00 without board. This flguro Is considerably higher than It could havo been ten vcars ago. lint tho pay wltho'it, board is only nbout IT por wcok. It 's a poor apology for n mnn who can't earn considerably moro than ?f it week Jn n factory town. Additional light on this M'lontion wns thrown tho other iliy ny n woman wom-an with u w'ido cxporlenea ln charity work In tho country, covering condl tlous In several states. Slio said that thoro is a growing tendency among farmers to hlro their work done by boys sent out by reform schools", oi-phau oi-phau asylums, and other correctional or philanthropic Institutions. These youngsters will onco in a while skip with such pickings of money Or clothing clo-thing ns thoy can escapo with. Also thoy aro cometimes demoralizing factor fac-tor In a smalt vlllago of simple light hearted country boys. Dm as n whole, theso llttla follows do fairly good work, nnd tho farm experience ls good for them. The net result, however, Is to Bet a standard of low wages for farm holp, and to dlseourago ablo bodied men from taking up agricultural work. What Becmg to bo needed, in order to cnlnrgo tho supply of food products and rcduco prices, is to encourago a greater number of young men to go Into farming on tholr own account. Apparently tho only wny to bring that nbout Is somo such sound system sys-tem of rural credits or land banks as Is conducted so successfully ln Eur- |