Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1915 — Many Farm Jobs, but a Lack of Applicants. [ARTICLE]

Many Farm Jobs, but a Lack of Applicants.

Chicago, Feb. 22.—Jobs for one hundred men on farms near here are going begging, according to Mrs. Leonora Z. Meder, superintendent of public welfare. “The farmers are offering .'transportation and in some cases board and washing,said Mrs. Meder, “but the men refuse to go to the farm. Last week an average of six hundred men a day visited this office a lid demanded work of any kind.

“The farmer's are willing to pay good wages in addition to lodging,” Mrs. Meder,said, “and the men would be better off than in working in the city, but we have not been able to. 'supply the men.”