Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1918 — BUREAUS TO AID FARMERS IN SECURING HELP [ARTICLE]

BUREAUS TO AID FARMERS IN SECURING HELP

P. L. Prentis, acting director of employment of the U. S. department of labor, with headquarters in Chicago,is calling attention of the farmers of the country to the U. S. employment service and its function for supplying farmers with the help they will surely need this year on account of the great scarcity of farm labor. In a recent letter to the farmers, Mr. Prentis says: “At the present time we are- receiving applications for employment from experienced farm hands, also from men who have had some experience in farm work. If you can do so, we believe it would be to your advantage to employ the needed help as early in the season as possible. Among these applicants are a number of married men who left for the farm or city, but now express a desire to return to farm work. Many of these should prove excellent farm hands. In some instances they have children old enough to be of considerable help while others have no children at all.” Farmers who desire information concerning the method to be pursued in obtaining farm help can address P. L. Prentis, acting director of employment, U. S. department of labor, Chicago, 111.