| Show j OVER A MILLION AND A HALF WOMEN WORK AS FARM HANDS IN THE UNITED STATES by peter radford I 1 yr I 1 lal L lil n our government t nei never er faced BO be tremendous tren me n d 0 a a problem as that hat noi iving ing dormant dormant at the doors of congress rind and the legislatures and which when aroused will suile tills this nation from center to circumference ind mail civilization hide it its face in shame that problem Is women in the field the last federal bengus reports show ebow we now nov have women working or king in the field most ot of them south routh of the ll mason laon and dixon line there nero approximately a million negro slaves vor working kIng in the fields when nhen liberated by bv the emancipation proclamation we have tread our slaves and our women haie taken alien their places in bondage we hivo have broken the shackles sh ackes oft off the negroes rie groes and welded them upon our daughters the chain gang of civilization A million women nomen in bondage ln in the southern fields form the chain gang of civilization the industrial tragedy of the age there I 1 is no overseer quite 0 o cruel as ai thit or of unrestrained greed no whip hip that stin stints s like the lash of suborned sub orned destiny and no auctioneers block quite so revolting as that of or avarice the president of the united stites state was recently recen tl lauded by arg t pres and very properly so BO for suggesting medi atlon between the engineers and railroad managers in adjusting their schedule of time and pay the engl engi threatened to strike it if their wages were wera not increased from ap proximately ten to eleven dollars per day and service reduced from ten to eight hours and a similar readjust ment of the overtime schedule our lof women are Nor forking king in the field man mani of them barefooted for less than 51 50 cents per day dav and their schedule is the rising burt and the evening star itar and after the day days a work mork Is 13 over they milk the cows cowa slop the hogs bogs and rock the baby to sleep Is anyone medhat ing over their problems and to whom shall they threaten a strike congress has listened approvingly angly to those who toil at the forge and be hill hind d the counter and many of our 8 statesmen ta have smiled at the throats threats and have fanned the lame flame of 0 unrest among industrial laborers but worn nom en ell are as surely the findl victims of industrial warfare as they are the burden bearers in the vi war ar beav between een na ions and those nho arbitrate and mediate the differences between capital and labor should not forget that when ben the expenses of bofani an industry are ar unnecessarily increased society toots foots the bill by braf drafting ting a new consignment of women from the home to the field pinch no crumb from crust 0 of f byr bread e ad no financial aawar award a can be made without someone footing the bill and we e commend to those who accept the cespon responsibility sivility lity of the tha distribution of industrial du justice the still small voice toiveo of t the woman in the field as she pleads for mercy and we beg that hat they pinch no crumb from her crust of bread or put another pitch patch upon her ragged garments we beg that they listen to the scream of horror borror from the eagle on every amerlean Ame dollar that Is kaung from the brov broa of tolling omen and hear ill the goddes or of justice hiss at a that the want of 0 oman noman to satisfy the greed breed ot of min man the omen comeri behind the counter and tind in the fictor cry aloud for sympathy and the press pres thunders out in weir defence ind the pulpit pleads for mercy but how about the niom boni in in the field will nit lift these powerful flA exponents of littfin righta torry urn their t ilent energies ani an 3 influence to her bellef will ohp gaddiss i of liberty enthroned at hold the lie et cil lo loused tied ivind hind and soothe the feverish bron bro of tier her sex aho ho os lind ind riipi 1 if tie e nit nations ions hari hariett est or 1 will ill abe pei mit the male of the species to shoie lomeii orl lell weak and near ei from the tha by cirei aboline line of Indu industry to the bic al a leys of poi ert women and children first tile the census cen enumerators tell tel its that of I 1 he 1 11 farto vonnon who work in the fields as aa farm hanis ban Is 01 arp are aix u teen ebs of ate any and under hit is the final destiny rt rf a nation inhofe future mothers spend thi hi tr ir girlhood das aai q behind the plou pitching hay ind lii li iii inure and vh 1111 it t is to become of womanly om anly ind thic grice the home carni society anu and enthuse man mail to leap to glory in noble it if clor daug liters ire are raised in the socia t of tile the 0 ox ind the companionship of the plow plon I 1 in that hat strata n the aces of sixteen and fort fly five ire N om en corune is lq farm hands and minn min I 1 11 of r I 1 them hem etli buchling suCh ling lubes babes ing ln gink ging nt it their breast a drenched ID they gilld the ahna gulde if ftp ht la Is to to be tyl orlo one of tint hit naton nation acre bral artaki thi the crounk of the queens of aho home hurls hurh a mu mo bert love from its iti tarone ana bunger times drives innocent children from the schoolroom to the hoe the census bureau choins that of these women aomen are forty five years of age and over there is no more pitiful sight in civilization civilia tion than these saintly mothers of irael I rael stooped with age drudging in the field from sun ami until sun and at night drenching their ding pill ith the tears or of despair as their aching hearts take it all to god in ili pray ira er Civillia tion strikes them i I 1 blon i bhea lie a it q should hould give alve them i a cron and their only friend Is he inho ho aiole breid with beggars and alo aid conie come unto me all e that are eto e to and beav laden and I 1 v ill gle give you iou rest oh america the alie land of the free and the home of the br brine brie ine the mirlda custodian of chivalry the tham plon of human rights rats and the defender of the oppressed oppress id ld shill ne e permit our maidens fair to be torn from the b by the ruthless hand baud of tile estin and chained to the plow shall ve e permit our vibes horn hom e coi co enacted ft A ith god to cher ih ind and protect to be hurled from the home to tie lie fy hinest field arid and our mothers dar to b driven f oni om the old arm chur to the i otton often patch ili n rescuing our citizens flout the th forces of cin can ve ito not apply to our fair Dix dixieland kland the rule of the tea ea women orrien and chil children dlen first there must be i I 1 il 11 ifju ot of the as itile of industry indus 0 o thit tho the women can ly vilen from jbf hold held or men a r arton ible NN ige for lier her ein 01 fees tho issue irks ins nem nemr r been purly f r I 1 I 1 bit th hi r rumors ii mers union mith i 1 or of r ii n illion puts its oi ois anica forces quartel behind VIC tle ls isue ul ind e no nonn luter upon the ali docket of civilization the casp of tha bics woman vonian in tile ricia and demma an tc trial |
