Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-10-27

RICH AND FOUR fAlSNlTIS.
The .Amc7icau farmer i the real
Monte C!sto. the World = his, says
the WASHINGTON Post. alter stating that
the value OF the direct earth ~prodUct=
for the pteseut yea- will Tar exceed So
OCO,OJO,0C0. without stopping to dis.
pute the enormous figures. the projuc-
ton Of the Statistical! bureau OF the
agricultural deparimeut, which Is some
what under a cloud since the scandals
therein; yet the Pos; and other optimis-
tic souls must remember there were,
according 10 the census reports J,TiT,3I2
farmers III the United States III 1899.
aud there may te mC:, nos, to divide
this sun between, That only gives Oh
the Average each farmer less than SS72
and from hat tie has 20 pay his hired
help, new machinery or repairs TO OLD,
his grocery bill, his clothing, taxes,
insurance, perhaps interest on q mort.
gage, doctor bills and many other minor
expenses that will cost a good many
dollars during the year. After paying
all these expenses how much remains to
make the average farmer feel like Monte
Cristo. The editor 81 the Post, who
cOgltutc5 over the wealth OF the farmer
at the SWEETEST Washington club, would
find hat the surplus 81 the average
farmer, after paying for necessities
not luIurIcs-wOuld not pay Tor what
the ~boOkkeepcr OF the club has him
! plgr y.l r-iNl, Fn- r.a vpa.lr .= siHr,I.
luNurics.
1t is safe 10 say that with tho trust
high prices that the tariff fosters, on
agricultural machinery, on groceries on
clothing, on furniture, on household
utensils and about everything else the
farmer buys and the high taxes. that
the railroad corporations party escape,
but which the farmer has to pay, that
tt.e average farmer Just about makes
both ends meet.
That conclusion is forced upon one 10y
the figures of the last census, which
state that in 1899 there were 1898 far tn
crs who. after feeding their live stock,
hal nothing left To sell; lG7 ,i93 farmers
who had less than $50 value Of products
after feeding their stock; 30J,ii6 had
less than 500; l.2l7.l9 10 less than $3.50;
l.GO2,3T5 less than 500, and i,173,j3J
less than 1000. Those may be called
the average farmers.
But when it comes to the rich farmcrs
the figures jump the wrong way, as far
as the number 81 Monte Cristo farmers,
Tor there were but S29, li2 farmers who
had value of product Of $1,000 and
under S2,JO0; and all the remaining
farmers in the United States l53,S20 in
numhcr-had $500 ind over when the
stock had beer fed. Those were the
Monte Cristo's, but how few in com.
rarIsOn To the whole number.
There is no doubt that tho average
farmer would DO making a fair profit
il tho trusts could not charge him their
enormous profits Oh what he is compel.
cd To buy aud this the trust are fustcrCd
III doIrr 10y the thrill, which protects
them aud docs not protcc, the farmers.
100000 n year, Of which 100000, 600 in
extra profit TINT comes through tho
tariff. Tho farmers, the rich oucs and
the poor ones all ply u largo share OF
TINT enormous profit. Tho Standard
Oil, tine sugar, tho tobacco. thc glass.
the salt and hundreds ~ other trusts
are similar vampires, feeding on tho
5000, GCO,CO0 made by the farmers with
the sweat of their hrowa. II has been
estimated that ~ per cont. 81 tllc profile
OF the farmers gOCs to enrich the trusts
and yet many farmcra vote the rcpuhli.
can ticket and stand pat while the
trusts plumber them.
IL my average farmer find, hc il not
able To save much or anything. after
paying his bills, let hiu investigate
the tariff echcduloa That proIccts the
trusts in charging th0tc high prices. 10
no Ia n republican. let him agk hig rep
rosontatiycl IN CouRroap mud the uan
atOrs who represent hts state. why they
don't rcvisc thin tariff, which IL nllowing
him tn TO pluudorcd by corporations.
If their nuawcr8 RrU truthful they wpulI
10 compelled Ia sHy TINT tho trusts hclp
the republican party and therefore tho
party protects tho trusia md lets the
thrill nlonc.- Exchange.