SHORTAGE OF FARM HELP FEARED IN SOME STATES.
j OHICApOj -.-April-. lii— Jaj!_, luxurious ; dinners, 7>lenty of shows and late hours, ' together 1 with easy- jobs at high wages, threaten to cause a labor shortage on fai-ms this'v.year jvliichmay further ii» j crease,- living cp^t?, obseivyerß here said to-day.' Tempting offers by farmers m the grain belt are. meeting with little • rcspomsej ' and.unless farm hilp is obtained '; shortly., farmers will have tO"Work night and day to get m tnoir crops. •'Piere.is ;i .-'yerjr great' labor shortage on" tho farms," said C. S. Boyd, head of tho cmploymont agency here. "We. receivo fifty orders for farm hands daily and are, only able to "fill ten. The jobs pay from SO to 80 dollars a mouth, witli room, > board and washing., This : is ah increase: of 25 per cent.;- oypr-.last : year: Jo'bsfor Warned couples pay lPQ'doijars a .arid• they»- ai'e gjven .a hyusd, garden, and a cow." - "Lack of farm labor is caused- by the fact ..that the saloons are closed'-and 'tho laborers have lots of money,", said Saih G'ummings;' v) farm labor- agent;; t VThey can get five "dollars a' day and: iiityylife attracts .them-. With plenty of money to -spend. -they don't cai'e- to give -.up'.ilfe m 'tho city."'
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 15212, 10 May 1920, Page 9
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