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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 199, 17 May 1919, Page 10

Workers aro not slow to find out where the biggest money can be earned. We are reliably informed that slaughtermen'from the freezing works aro leaving their jobs to go out into tho country to do the. crutching, as they reckon they can earn us much as per day, remarks the "Farmers' Union Advocate." Fanners who are in need of crutchers might well consider the serious' position that may arise if this- exodus continues. Many farmers havo fnt stock waiting to go into tho works, and in numbers of localities the shortage of feed is forcing fanners to .rush their stock in, nnd- in fairness to them, some discrimination should be used to discourage competont slaughtermen from leaving their present employment. Evidently the farmers aro paying too big a price for the crutching, or else some of them aro selfishly trying to get their own work done at the expense of their unfortunate fellows, who are trying to avoid losses through drought.