The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . the picture. The father and mother and two children are shown,while in the shack where they make their home for the season, twobabies are left. This family cleared about $300 last season, havingbegun in May and finished in the middle of November, zvhen thechildren were finally allowed to enter school. In the other picture two girls are shown—nine-year-old Ameliaand itvelvc-year-old Mary, who are working at topping, while theirfather is hauling the beets to the mill. The mother also was at workm the field and said, Amelia, she not work all time—she washdishe
The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . the picture. The father and mother and two children are shown,while in the shack where they make their home for the season, twobabies are left. This family cleared about $300 last season, havingbegun in May and finished in the middle of November, zvhen thechildren were finally allowed to enter school. In the other picture two girls are shown—nine-year-old Ameliaand itvelvc-year-old Mary, who are working at topping, while theirfather is hauling the beets to the mill. The mother also was at workm the field and said, Amelia, she not work all time—she washdishes and tend baby. There are seven children in the family. Theyattend school only after the beet work has been done. The amount of energy put forth by the boys and girls in theseharvesting processes is much greater than it appears to be uponcasual observation; indeed, the owner of one farm declared that theten-year-old daughter of his contractor topped five tons of beetsdaily, besides the weight of the tops and the clinging AMELIA, NINE, AND MARY, TWELVE YEARS OLD, TOPPING BEETS 204 THE SURVEY FOR NOVEMBER 25, 1916 ment, that employers in the past havenot taken a direct and intelligent in-terest in all of the vital problems in-volved in the industries with which theyare identified. The National Indus-trial Conference Board insists, however,that it will represent fully the progres-sive industrial movement throughout thecountry. It hopes to stimulate theemployer to maintain good conditions ofwork; to provide fair treatment for hisworkers and to take a personal interestin them. It hopes, what is more, todevelop among the employes a reason-able attitude towards manufacture andother industry, to inspire a sense of fairplay, efficiency, and loyalty. In short,to bring about complete understand-ing. The New York Tribune announcesthe conference board as a union formedby employers against labor. It alsoreports their cooperation in a drasticeffort of the National Founders Asso-ci
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