Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 249, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1917 — GIVE HIRED MAN A CHANCE [ARTICLE]

GIVE HIRED MAN A CHANCE

Tjreat Him a* a Human Being and the Result Will Be Profitable, Dedares Writer. Give the hired man’s family a chance to go to places —to go to town once a week, to attend church, to take part in the neighborhood socials and meetings. It will mean planning and foresight, and In some cases a little sacrifice on the part of the farmer’s family, but it is worth the cost, says a writer in Farm and Fireside. “A good many farmers hate to make Improvements in the tenant house and the result is that it often gets terribly uninviting and even uncomfortable before repairs—and -improvements are made. We try to paint and paper our tenant house often enough to keep it looking fresh and neat, and we consult the taste of the hired man’s wife when we do it. It pays In the added care she gives to her housekeeping. We see that the windows are well screened and that she walks are kept In condition.

“There are a good many things that I like to do in partnership with the hired man’s wife. Canning is one of them. Canning is a good deal more fun If two people work at it than if just one is doing it. I have a good canning outfit, and we really get a lot of pleasure out of our day’s work besides exchanging knowledge on the subject. . Since we have a power washer, the hired man brings his family laundry over every Monday and on Tuesday morning, bright and early his wife and I do the laundry.”