Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 136, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1920 — FARM HANDS MUST HAVE FORMED A UNION [ARTICLE]

FARM HANDS MUST HAVE FORMED A UNION

That the farm hands of. America have formed a combine all of their own is evident from the numerous reports from various sections of the country telling of the serious shortage of farm labor. The American farmer is crying for help, it matters not if it be of the good, bad or indifferent type. He wants help and is offering unprecedented wages that his 1920 crop may be saved. < But the farm hand’ union, or whatever it is, remains adamant and the appeal of the farmer is falling upon deaf ears. The high wages of the city workman has lured the farmer boy from his plow. Only a reduction in living costs and wages will right the present conditions is the opinion of those who have studied the situation. The war is partly blamed for the drift to the cities of the fanner boy, according to the critics who state that farm life no longer appeals to him now that he has tasted of adventure and visited new lands. • "