Regarding Brokers and Jobbers--
I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in
August 1905 that advertised (their words not mine) "White male help of
all kinds furnished free of charge". It was issued four times daily
and I imagine posted various places for people to see and sent to
outlying areas, perhaps. All sorts of jobs were listed by category,
such as waiters, blacksmiths, cooks, laborers, ranch hands, Saw mills,
boys, married help etc.
Something that might have appealed to our Azorean ancestors might be:
Man run gang plow s. Joaquin Co. $1.25 day bd
4 Teamsters 2 horses Solano Co $1.50 fare
Hay baler JM press 50c fare 14ctn
Boy milk 3 cows and work on ranch 50c fare
Milker 24-28 cows run hand separator feed etc. Merced Co fare 4.25
Farmer and wife 5 people to cook for $45 fd
There were also city jobs and railroad jobs.
Another broadsheet, undated, was a "Special list of corporations,
syndicates, trusts and banking corporations jobs" (all labor, not
office) and had this ad in Spanish, German, Greek, French, Italian and
Portuguese: "Do you want secure and steady work? We need 100
Portuguese in 5 states and 2 territories, including all counties in
California. If you want to work see Murray & Ready." At the bottom of
each ad it said "In 1902 we found jobs for 45,000 men".
Since we were on the subject I thought this might interest some folks.
Mary Bordi
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