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Show FARMERS TO DEAL WITH LABOR PROBLEM H On February 17 and 18. the farmers wm j and livestock owners of rtah, Wjom tWM ing. Idaho. Montana and Nevada are to tM meet in Ogden to discuss labor prob- iWM lems and general outlook. H 'fh1? conference I to be attended twm not only by the men of the farm and tWM range, but the sugar manufacturers. twM j canners and others concerned wiih , .. tM problem of farm labor, including the twm Utah state road commission and the twM Industrial commission will be present H This Is the first attempt of the twM farmers to unite in dealing with the iWM labor question, and the results of their deliberations will be looked for-H for-H ward to with Interest. H te1 year farmers complain, d ihat iWM larm hands demanded extraordinary iWtM compensation and cave In return bu' tittle eftlcienoy. Many larmers were forced to allow their crops to rot In the fields owing to their inability to Ret men to do an honest day's work. datlnees which has com. pot the country in a measure will correct much 6t this lajuatice, but the farmers , ar"e not disposed to rest secure on Hist assumption They have re solved to have a complete understand-. understand-. 'e ss to what they may expect and I'ow to deal with the hired man They inleud to present a solid front to any element seeking to demand anything more than a square deal. 1 ' M I st ihe fermrr Is organising In H manner to gum the advantages of co operation. As individuals they were' cak and uouJd not resist Uie powerful forces in business and industrial life 1 which preyed on them. As a romp... body, they will command respect and i bp capable of protecting theiuyi lvoa. |