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soil, and market facilities which has made that State so 

 famous for her "waving fields of golden grain' ' and her 

 network of railroads. 



A Kansas fanner thus tersely states the condition of 

 the farmers in his State. * ' I have in sixty acres of grain. 

 It takes twenty-five acres of oats to pay my interest on 

 $1,000, and it takes two- thirds of my thirty-five acres of 

 corn to carry the other third to market, leaving less than 

 twelve acres to pay debts, clothe, educate and feed my 

 family. I have an eighty-acre farm, stocked, and all worth 

 $3,000, and no other income. n 



Nor, are the farmers the only sufferers among the 

 great army of laborers. The greed of capital dominates 

 every class of laborers, and women and children are the 

 victims of this relentless car of juggernaut. The New 

 York Sun, referring to the deplorable condition of the 

 working women of that city, says: "Ann Fullmon lives 

 at 618 East Ninth street, New York City. She finishes 

 pantaloons for a living; sews on buttons, makes button- 

 holes, puts on straps, buckles and presses them for 13 

 cents a pair; averages $2 a week for self and family. 



"Kate Crowley makes men's drawers at 10 cents for 

 a dozen pairs. She can finish two dozen pairs in a day 

 by working from 6 a. m. to 9 p. m., and gets 20 cents for 

 her day's labor. n 



The recent developments of the condition of the 

 working girls of Chicago made by a brave young lady 

 correspondent of the Times of that city is thus briefly told 

 by the Industrial West. "Nothing has been said or 

 printed this year which has caused a more profound 

 sensation, and aroused the indignation of the people more 

 than the series of articles published in the Chicago Daily 

 Times, entitled "City Slave Girls." The Times' lady 

 reporter, Miss Nell Nelson, took upon herself the embar- 

 rassing duties of dressing herself in the attire of a factory 



