Berkshire Chronicle Reading 04-1916

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FARME.ltS FAVOURABLEr
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VALUE .oF WOMEN PROVED.,

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b Lo ICY E Lousley Vf ' J
Th orn,. Latllam, Jo
TU'p , II 'tt W Newton'
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U" d~ ' n a Dastin,
e, J. F. G. 'B u II mg
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b S Caudw~ll P . Pea rce, '1. Rowe,
l; . . 1;~:1' Ifa. ldm, jun., H. Hade, R. Vaisey • .Mr.
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11M .... Lud, ",ell " l\ofr •. B roksp",!r, and
" . . ' all( IR<.Ii~; : and Mr. W. Anl!cr Sunn:on!l.'
ll1UIl ~ othc~r _) LcUcra:; of apology ,vcre ~c!!e~vetl
Iho ... ;O[CIO. '~1urtin I!. F . Su t ton, E. \\ Iutfield,.
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Afteri\1'SOIllO
II gnvC'l h ot"" au{1I'CSS on tl10 rm e "0'. . .
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In~ ~too of t ho nuti on's ,food sup ply j a O,d, they
"Il.det! Ihellls('II'C5 ao belllg, as far as pr&ctIC~ble,
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f o r hel ping thnt trustee so far , ns
r -:;pon. 111 Call ow th e m and so far- as t hey 4 w e r e a.Rle
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s~. ,(Henl', ],~nr . ) It 1Youl~I ' greatly ] 't~l.t··
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I- if f nr m c rs n n d e m p loye r s o f
tl uu}1r. +.~li!i:JM[()
t.JL"f 110T '- . ul l giro t hem so mo yery
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~:n~ I ..!! y. ~,~d l \t wonld bo nll eren greater help. If,
~H~\:l-"~Z'mg shown f hem how thc:f dw~re l!~~g

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to enr ol UJ'lUn th(l villag-r r{'gl s t e r~ ll ut on Y
who co uld wor k wl101u t! mc, ~l~t [l Isa
rlo ubl 0 !'>hlftS. I n h e r n e w, If t l.H' Yno".l, . h ii" A
?{)O o r 300 1('l\lh- 'lI!~t'f ll l w o rne-l1

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~'OlJid b o he-ftCT by In l ,flinn- 5,000 or ?OO , .
or \\' llom ~ou ld only ,gl\'r. such ..1. SII OI t tlfDO.
t l)(J\' wouJd be Pl ltctH:n li.v l1~elC!:s
t ho ~:~lmer6.
(ll c.1d', I l ea l , ) AlJ ot lJ C 1'~ <hffi cui ty con nected." lth the
qllest lo n , on \\ tu r h sl le ' ito/ Jed f o r 60 m e lIgh t that
atlOI noon, WIlS th at. pf t 10 lH sur UI1Ce of ,those
" vmen, Il'or a good mllny "'ef'k~ p ast 6he had been

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cllciea.\'Olll ing to get 60mo o ffi Cial staie Ol'ent from
tho BM rd o( AgTlClllturo " lid fr<?m th e Im uranCil

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('OI l1 m i~-:S lOnf'r<;; a5 to tho exac t pos!hon of those
\\ omen \\ ill! l'{'!gard t.o com pulso ry Insurance ; a.nd
Jl(lt n~l'y long a!?o t.he hope wa.s exp re!>6ed to 'h~r
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a, 'fa\,onrllu!e d eci sion, S l:c hoped !It -th o tlln e that
lhaL mean t LlJ ey wel'O goIng t o ga lll some ~orm of
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,w~mcn }" ho only meant ,to work

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h(,[,Jl iniJ'rned dlat, a lthough th e greater n.u mber
!If Ih 030 "omcn would. co~o under exemption d~1
J,lT 3" ,t.hC'il' ow n con tnbutlO1l3 weut, t~ lOre was
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th t~ ('lJI p!OY<" I'/, contl'lbu tlOH w ent. If th ~ t was 'JI
It ~ec m cd t v her that th e r eally fl hO I·t i6 ~l ft woman
\ \ [L~ not goi ng to Ibe of "cry much 8~V1C~ ,
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Ill'al.) It hn.c! been suggested t hat hJ_~ oo~nut.tee
lltl1l'il t (\ 0 5Om ('th il,l {!' i n the matter rr! t rymg , ,to
i lldu('(~ pcroo ud With large ga.rd ens or
pls8.6ure
~roulld:, to :w p p lem-e n t t hei r sh o rtage of 11,l cn labol1,r

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by \\ oIII ell ; but the\' had no power to obhge pel>pla
do that. She ' lad come' t here t hat . af~rnoon ,
l\JI ~ Pott concl uded , ve ry much m orc to learn· t b&n
10 placo ' befor e then; nny information . . Her com":
mtttee \'ery much hoped that those gentlemen. in
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whi c.: h ,they could ' d<r,ll .
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me. nrlon .ally point in ,lvldc h
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l1 1C tltOO 5 we re futile: and Ham,
illI' (,omm if,lee would en'd.,Q.vour
,\u hlll the S('ope of
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The Pr()l'! klollt sa:i·d

• ,Iulo 811(1 intel'estin.,(.
Iho exertjoll !l. wh ich
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Verif>lIr.e Or women ,1itbnu r, and t~e:v oug ht . to h a..ve
'lll illu minat.in,Q; {ii3C lJss ioll on the su bject.
:-J r. LOllsle;' WQuid open the debate.

~u ss POTT'S EXERTIONS.
~[r. Job Lousloy sn id he callJd \x,a.r out
tH.aIly e\'ury j<er<.i l\b •• Pott had u. ed. She l!'~:ve
tell them
any thing of tho credit ~ho ,h erself desc.rved. ~ When
11m committoo started, Mias . Pott collected'. the
monoy which enabled them t-o carryon. .for A ,
terl. in t imo witho ut 'goinl{ t.o any . pu~lic , ~i ,for '
a:.Sbtance. 'When tho oolll mittee got further on, it
,':a!\ suggosted tilUt sOI~no la dies should go , out t;o
l' ra.Jt CC Rnd return to Illustrate what women !w oro
(ioi ll g' iil tha t coan t rY; 1 agam M~ Pott: ~ot t'.hat
f~IU d tOg(Jt h'-'f , 1{l. n.d paid {or tha.t.: f'xp,oo ltion ' to
l rallee, 8" ·t hot they got that adVICe free.
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pl,"; o. ) Ho 1MI'. Lou.l~y ) had sp oken at ~everal
lll(!:l lllga about women' ' lftbour , and found ~at
\'.1,,10 so mo fAnne rs 1",,1 taken the idea · chee~fully .
"HtI? r~ hn<1 JIl>bcJ, saY 1Jlg"- women were of
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I ho farm er s a. lilttle OT~ i tj but epa did ~ D o t

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lIo him",,1( said they w~rc go~ on the "md.
aldl ough ho Ilad nover held thot they could' do ....
well as t he m bn ; u u t in m any things three wome n
cOllld do as .well as two m Oll . (Hea:r. h,oor.) He
~!II,tI IJ I3 son -'l a..d pro\' e<l the value of women In
<.1011110\ such tiling!'! a<! pu.lhn~ r:oota. w~eding, cutting
COl I" ele .. ; nnd (or a mpnth he had 'employed two
{{ II I", ~nlln~ at tho ,Colleg'e, f~~ milking, ,6 nd they
dltl 0\ oryth tn g requu'cd for , SIX cows. ,. The ...me
\\ Q!I Ills , son's ~xperiClfce; '
They were not ' Usin'g
"OllI en to take the ploco' of men, but · j;o , repl¥e'
llIQ II who \Vora gOllo to tho war; lind all hjl could
:'iiY t.o th oso v.ho would not try Ithem was' ~tha.t
J ~ ll.a]lS th03e wh !> d id would ' h ..... o the. laulfh ' of
t lJo n~ j la~ r On, (H eur, n ear-.) 00 the guer;;tion of
~Ij e 1I13urllnco of women " he felt it.- 'W'ouI<l bo ~hard
If Lho), had to 11.Y for that o.pecially in the 04Bo
.. f ~\' umen ' 011 • rt.rt time . . 'tHe&r, near,l. In co'n·.
c1".1I01I, 11.0 sp eoker referrell, ·';ulog~tical\:r to 'tl'>e,
' .1 1'('0>; of the local meeting3 he ha.d fttten4ed.

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1)nd emp1oyod 11ALl been entJ.reJy ~ l51.icoess.
f ul , "ml, (]. :3 t.o wagos we~ much better SAtisfied

' h"" th o men. Two ladi es he 'had ·w&re , doing quite
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. ~ I r. F . J. K. Croos , thought th" .f'»Jistration
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I t ltdunlly got people to work : that " was ' the orUI
~:f tlJ O wholo mB;tter. (Hea r, b ear'l He much

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;o,rtrllloly offootihK Rgrjoul~ul'e, . ~d ' the' la.ck' '01
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' But 't .lm.,. 'c lYthiJrtir
11. 111111\ could 00 d. woma.1l could "do.
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}h j,1tl work t h roughout hay and j~&rVee;'
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"li nen could themselves teach,

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\\ dllll.<c to 100m, They m~t' abo,.
hl'Y woro n ot work.ir.Hl for fatmor~
f:/t' tho. nation, and tfi&t · the ' wt>i-k .'
( l,f lI IO " llhout thorn ,
As I to insurance
l ll (' W ()l U OIl insured fo r three to aix'
\\ , I" 1I 0t abl e to koo p them ()n d urjn.g very . bad
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" .d.le fa rm; lot' women througllout . the year arid
\d "tl. 1,1nnches of work women oQOu1d ·be' "'rook~ to
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Th e d &pleti011 ' of male- labour, 88
a t t ho T r ibunals, \Va3t8., v,ery sericu5 t hing.

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}[r A. D. Well. 6Il id he had had 20 to 30 women
got\) ering, and w.... bound to ...y ' they' 'had
(1ono their 'l'ork re markably , well, under - the ooar.g&
lIf , a iOl'om.fln. Proper &ccommoda.tion , should c91'
1""11l' bo provided. Tha ' etample " of r061 ladie·.
,,"rkl l1 ~ amollg t he oth ers ' he h"'" found ' very
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SOl)," 20 ladies working for him oli his iielda
~lolllK really g ood work, 'eapecialiy in I I dooking:r '
~lt, E. tou!Jloy Mid that five Qut lof the six

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