The country church in industrial zones; the effects of industrialism upon the church life of adjacent rural areas as illustrated by two typical counties . ember, the month when the largest number is at work, thereare, according to the United States Census of Manufactures for1914, over 31,000 wage earners. If these laborers were evenly dis-tributed Harford would have in its ninety-nine canneries of fruitand vegetables more than 7,000 persons. As the State has a few es-tablishments much larger than any in Harford, the number must besomewhat smaller; but it can hardly be less than 6,000. This tot
The country church in industrial zones; the effects of industrialism upon the church life of adjacent rural areas as illustrated by two typical counties . ember, the month when the largest number is at work, thereare, according to the United States Census of Manufactures for1914, over 31,000 wage earners. If these laborers were evenly dis-tributed Harford would have in its ninety-nine canneries of fruitand vegetables more than 7,000 persons. As the State has a few es-tablishments much larger than any in Harford, the number must besomewhat smaller; but it can hardly be less than 6,000. This totalis not entirely composed of migrants, for some of the smaller can-neries depend partly or wholly upon local labor; but the discrepancyis probably counterbalanced by migrants who come to work inthe fields. At least 500 other migrants come for the fishing season,and more to work in canneries preserving fish. The workersare frequently accompanied by children. At Hickory this summer,with 105 workers, there were forty-five children under the legalage for work. The colonies must include many hundreds of littlechildren. S2 r SERVICE TO MIGRANTS d/ In«i. AN ENLIGHTENED CANNERY OWNER Mr. W. E. Robinson, of Bel Air, and some of the Polish women and children whohave benefited by the social work carried on at his cannery. 83 THE COUNTRY CHURCH IN INDUSTRIAL ZONES Canning by Nationality Since the work is seasonal and intermittent, and does not re-quire skilled labor or command high pay, the laborers available forit are foreigners of recent importation and a low stage of develop-ment. Most of those employed in Harford are Poles: there arealso a few Germans, Bohemians, and Slavs. For the sake of har-mony, efforts are made to have all the people at a given canneryof the same nationality and religion. The canner tells his rowboss how many workers he will need, and the row boss hiresthem through an agency in Baltimore.
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