The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-05-02

! not been met at moderate prices,
in most cases at prices which left
the producers little or no profits,
Then the increased cost of living
can not be laid at khis door. 1t
must be sought elsewhere, and is
easily found in the "upper circles .
among the self-appointed arbiters
Of the fate of industry.
Salaries in high life have climb
ed and climbed, and have been
supplemented by perquisites and
Doodle, until they have become
veritible sponges for the absorp.
tion of the products of labor
salaries that in magnitude have
eclipsed those of judges and Sena
tors, of Presidents and Kings To
meet these enormo ous salaries, pro.
fits everywhere have had to be in
creased Stocks have been created
without a vestige of value behind
them, but with tentacles stronger
than those of the devil fish to
suck the life blood Of honest in
dustry, Legitimate stocks (f
there are any such) have been
"watered' to increase their alb
sorptiye power and draw still
more heavily upon the wealth
created by labor.
To meet these unusual and in
ordinate demands, profits have
been piled up on necessities turn
ed out by labor at the behest of
the privileged classes, until the
users of those necessities, both on
the farm and ia the shops, find
themselves bankrupted by their
purchase, and the cry goes up for
better wages.
70 aggravate the situation, q
cotere of gamblers in the name
Of trade boards and exchanges,
get possession of the products Of
the farm and ranges at forced
prices dictated by themselves, and
to meet the enormous salaries
awarded themselves, make artifi
cisl and arbitrary selling prices,
that strike the laborer in vital
place and obliterate ihis paltry
wage. And again the cry goes up
for increased pay.
Whence is it to come Fiat all,
says the monopalistic classes, it |
must be secured by lowering of |
the prices of farm products; the
"great unorganized" must bear
the burden So 1t has been in the
past, and the press is amazed that
farmers should think Of maintain
ing prices while others are asking
more pay! This is exactly TIE
ime for them to do it, the time
when they must perish, They |
have but recently learned their
power, have but recently seen up
on whose shoulders every new
burden is placed And the mighty
power of organized labor has but
lntely realized that the humble
t)iler in the fields is in no sense
responsible for the increased cost
of living, and be gladly holds out
a helping hand to his more recent
Iy awakened brother, and the
dawn Of new day of labor al
ready glimmers above the horizon
Hereafter labor will not fight its
battles alone, nor will the farmer
stand helpless and solitary in his
fields. The birds on the farms
will sing to the laborers IN the
shop Of growing grain and fruit
and vegetables at equitable prices,
and the hum of the machinery viii
echo back to the farms note of
reciprocal relations to pnt the two
in touch with each other, and
cave no room for the sharks that
have so long and SO greodily fed
upon both.
Those who hive agrogoted to
themselves not the good things,
only, but all there is of increase,
haye sown the wind, and the
fierce whlrwind is now unto their
=ickle.-up-lo date Farming
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