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nil, OMAHA SUNDAY J,KE: DECEMBER 6, 3914.
IGIAKS IN TUB CORN BELT
Practical Wey of Succoring Unfor
tanate Victim! of War.
HIvirLOTMXRT AS FARM HELP
A Dam Mar FV.ealfele Tha a Clala-
tK :er1eiee la Aaaerloasi
Farm Mrtknds h First
jr.aeeatlal.
Tlcferrlnji to articles In The flee In ra-
nrd to briiTTtnit Bolglan farmer onto
Nebraska, land, let m say I am In tall
arcpM wHh tale arntlment: In fact. 1
rallvl tha matter to the attention of th
rrrwdnnt of the Real Eftate esrhwwre
some, weeks ro. I am not, howevw, in
' sympathy 'th lha au(c?iitlon to cploijlse
thee rxvople. Tha Bhutan praannt. ten
mllra Trom his ' domicile, (aria farther
from home than the American farmer
t.0i tnilea from hie. ltavlns; for irenrrm
tlona lived U tha aame.apot. followed the
aame custom, and usually directed by
someone whom he, at least, thlnka hi
superior,' with ' new surrounding . and
rhanped condition, ha Is practically help
leaa. To '-colonise a band of theae people
strangers to cur soil, climate; trop con
dition and tanirune would be an art of
cruelty, . y . ,
On the other hand, If theae peaaanta
rould be scattered unonf tha farmers of
the com belt, they would not only find
ready employment at liberal waea from
'the start, but as toon u their experience
justified it, would have no trouble In
arranging- to lease land, tha rental of
which would be about one-half of a rea
sonable intercut charge on tha aellln
price of the land. It Is shown by report
of recent Investigation made by our fed
eral authorities that the renter, with one
twelfth the amount of capital, la receiv
ing mora In return for his .labor than the
owner of the land. Ho, without under
going the hardships Incident to an Iso
lated colony, the lielglan immigrant, and
In many localities the members of his
family, would find employment at good
wages, with good housing and plenty of
food from the start, and would thus be
come the owner at an unencumbered farm
sooner and more easily than If colonised
on western lands as has been suggested;
and. perhaps best of all, theae people
would become assimilated, and while their
induirtry and thrift would by oontagion
benefit the community, they would be
benefited by learning not only our lan
guage, but otirrcustoms, and thus beoome
real America o oltlacns., ,' '
rrrlls at Hettlemeat Ea Mesa.
The woret tiling about immigration into
this country during the last fifteen years
has been this settling of foreigners en
masnc. as has been done In such places
as Tattersoii. N. J.; Lynn. Tall River,
I-awrence, etc.', Asnlmllatlon under. such
conditions la ImponslbK nd their failure
to assimilate and become Americanised
Is cauxtng constant trouble, examples of
this were hnd in rerent labor troubles at
Ijtwrcnce, Mas., the cofiper1 mines of
Minnesota ami the coal fields of Cole-'
rado. According to i-hm dispatches, it
required Interpreter' in from four to six
languages at each place to translate or
ders given by the .olloe, In their efforts
is check rioting. Labor and other troubles'
will increase-and multiply so long as
these communities are Unable to speak
and understand our language, and tienoa
unable to comprehend and appreciate our
Institutions. On th other hand, nothing
la so sorely needed In this country today
as mors ef ilclent labor upon the farms,
ltecauae of the lack of It; our farms In
the best sections of the corn belt are not
producing mora than 40 per cent of their
capacity. Price ' of foodstuffs has al
ready reached a loint thn,t Is almost
prohibitive to CfU!n rln:.:o4 V"p. cannot
VcHitnnab!y ' expect v' 'permanent further
'advance in prito of farm products. If,
"however, our farms can be mad? to pro
duce 3 per cent' instead of . 40 pel cent
-of capacity, .we Van afford to sell these
product at lower prices and still make s
'I rotlt This ran easily be done It com
petent labor can be secured. The fact
that farm laborers la sufficient numbers
are unavailable is not th only bad feature
dn tha situation. I'crhspa the worst of all
Is tha low efficiency of these laborers.
They are not all trampe ,by any means,
but they lack experience, knowledge-of
and Interest in tbe work. They are from
necessity doing It. temporarily. They do
not Intend te tunke agriculture a perma
nent vocation, but plan to return to other
occupations a soon ss conditions make
it possible. Hence their efficiency Is at
ti minimum. A successful farmer, or
farm laborer, must ba 'ta tha manor
I'ora." grown Bear to tha soil; be so in
love with nature that he not only enjoys
God's outdoors in the sunshine, bst even
tn storms; and counts tt not Isolation to
be "near to nature's heart," nor a rnle
fortune to be removed from great cities
those solitudes ".where men build fires
In which, to burn their own souls."
Iledaetlamuf taral Popalatlaa.
Few people aeeiii to rtalUe th tre
mendous reduction In rural population
Vven In the beat portions of th corn belt
A line drawn from the northeast corner
of Maillnon county to the southwest cor
' r.cr of Red Willow county, ' Nebraska,
V.1U lt-.v auutb and ml ot It only fuur
counties which Cld not lose In rural
Imputation between the census of 1300
and the census of 19;o. There waa but
a very small percentage of Increase tn
theae four mostly truck gardener and
the like, near cltlee. If the comparison
Ma made between the census of 1W0 and
that of 110, the line above referred to
would move much farther west. This
unfortunate condition obtains to a much
greater extent in Illinois. Iowa, and the
Mer states. Tew seem to realise what
this constant reduction In tha rural
vupuiaiion means to the cities of the
,wt, mat especially to the development
and permanent proa peri ty of Omaha,
whose territory la more exclusively agri
cultural than that of any city In the
country. A depression In agriculture Is
4 unce renecied by a corresponding de-
iie..i.n in me buainees of Omaha. An
.Innn.U. t ,....,.
-.... ... miKun-jrt m&aea. tor a
cxirreaponrtlng growth tn our city. The
n.iais mi us tbat one acre of soil
""'mi contain about the
amount or those foment India
u piani lire and growth, as
three acres of th virgin soil of Illinois,
V. ..liu, ,Y r, n0l w
..kjuju, orawing upon tbia almost limit
lets source of wealth lying at th gales
vi our .city.
' at Faraa Labor.
bat should be done. It seems to be.
would be to have our Immigration law
ao amended that farm laborers should be
exempt, the same as personal servants,
Uarhers and other cUsees now are. This
country is ta greater netd of farm labor
ers than of teachers. A vUll. progressive
ciuivnatilp cannot be developed out ft an
.unOtrfad population. If theia la a fear
'but u lvaiitaK mlsht be taken vf such an
iiic-cidiivnt to make this an avenue
through whirl, to tiring labor for other
pni'voaea. It would te eay t so frame
tt.e m.c nOiiii-nt that farrneis or other
oi jnii.i :oo atwting tbae peopi to
IHS3 EVELYN -MAR-,
SHAL, New York society
girl, whom LlarshaU Field
. 3d, the $00,000,000, heir
and fcTandson of the late
merchant prince of, Chi
cago, is to marry. Friends
of the young couple inti
mate that the good ship
Lusitania played a prom
inent part in the romance,
which developed last Sep
tember, when they were
frequently seen together
..on the promenade deck, in
the ball room and the din
ing saloon. Photo copy
righted, by , Hagelstcin
Bros. . v
eome should be made responsible to -the
government for the coat of deportation.
In cua th contract be Violated, or for
any other reason the Immigrant
undesirable. Then with a further nm.
Tlion. that a contract for farm labor en
ured Into, y for not less than three
or more than five years, between the non-
resident alien and a cltlsen of tht coun
try,, ahould be binding upon both, and
to avoid local prejudice or International
complication, make controversies ariain
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Women's Work.
ffontlnncd from Tiitce Three
league, has bet-n ptoniHl Tho regular
moetlng of the Wyrhe league will he held
Thursday afternoon at th public library,
f'hrietma stories, a well a those of
r.lnte heroes, will be told under the lead
ership of Mrs. R. A. Holyoke. MIs
Winifred Cole, Vis Lucy Duke and Mis
Wary Kreb will tell storfea.
T. W. r. A ftetea.
rtev. Charles K. Cobbey will
the Funday afternoon vesper i
4:30. The soloist will be Mr. Frank
Vety. The servlc will be held In the
auditorium of the association building on
the second floor. Miss Vera Moore wilt
be hoates at the social hour, which fol
lows the regular meeting at 8 JO.
On Tuesday evening at 8.13 will be the
first membership entertsloment of the
year. Miss Kdith Lucille Kobbtn of Lin
coln will give a concert In the auditorium.
This entertainment Is free to all mem
ber of the Toung Women' Christian
association and admission will be on pres-
speak at cntallon of the membership card. It ro-
rvlco at served seat are desired they can be had
for 10 cents. Tbe admission for those whs
sre not members of tho association wl1
be 23 cents. In her rrogram Miss tlr
bins Includes a group of children's songi
and also a series of Norwegian songs H
the costumo of that country. Th co
turn was given to Mis Robhin whel
she wss in Norway studying th musl
of that country. Keats for th con;er
csn be reserved at the main office of tlx
association building.
No matter what you want it will av
vou tlmo and money if yon use Bee
Want Ads.
out of such agree rr.snts adjudtcable only
In th federal courta With suoh a law,
I am sure there will b an abundance of
farmers and other who will gladly aaatst
then nnfortonate' people to' home
among us. . . . . 1 '
X have only words cf commendation for
those 'assisting' In sending the Christmas
hip and la th Red Ctoea work, but
extending' a, helpful' hand to these un
fortucat peasant will confer a mar
lasting benefit than , tha former, and In
relieving mental anguish and hunger,' be
almost as great a blessing as tha latter
In relieving physical suffering. .
A movement a abas suggested' not.
an untried experiment The Jewish socie
ties In this country have for year been
working along practically the am line.
Th Indigent brother taken from unfav
orable environments i tn ' Kurppe. when
landed on our shore, la taken charge of
and given emtfoynient by some of hi
people at auch wage as h can earn, until
he become familiar with our language,
custom, etc., and a soon a capable of
caring for himself. I encouraged to do so.
Thus thousand of these unfortunates
have 'been taken from almoat unendura
ble condition In Europe, and enabled to
secure homes her and mikt life worth
living. At the aame time, our country
ha been greatly benefited by then ad
dition to It positive force for develop
ment. .1 know ef no. batter charity, nor
on that ha secured better atactica! re
sult- I trust that every good cltlsen of
Omaha may become Interested in this
movement. WILLIAM STULL
MatersJ.
A teacher asked her class tn writ
aaay on London.
iater she was surprised to read the fol
lowing In one attempt:
"The people of Ixmdnn are noted for
their stupidity." The youne- author waa
asked how he got that Idea.
"l'leaae, mlae,' was the reply, 1t Say
In the text hook the population of lwa
don is very denael" Ban Antonio Gazette,
busya
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of the minerals. : These qualities alone hare
made It aupreme as a Jewel since early time,
and yet the real brilliancy, of the stone Js not
displayed untll lt has been faceted by the art of
the lapidary, and this art- was scarcely devel
oped before the year 1746. '
You v ill surely, make at
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The Busy Jewelers.
. Omaha, Nebraska.
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500 S
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COATS MADE TO SELL
AT $27.50, $29.50,
AT
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COATS MADE TO SELL
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