Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1913-05-27

the business of the farmer is much
more hazardous and risky, as he
must take chances on all kinds of
weather, storms, and disasters that
often wipe ont his entire years earn
ings.
Let us consult the Government re-
ports for Il moment and see how
many hours those engaged in differ
ent occupations work to earn one
dollar:
Mechanics, working on plows,
hoes, harvesters and reapers
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3 hours
Wagon and harnessmakers 31a hours
Railroad employees engaged in
transporting products of the
farm to market hours
Farmers, based on farm values
last year---------------l0 hours
To make this clearer, the mechanic
who works in the factories making
the plows, hoes, harvesters and 9TH
er implements which the farmers use,
to earn one dollar. works three
hours. The automobile, wagon and
harness maker for the farmers use
works three and one-half hours. The
railroad employe who runs the trains
which haul the products of these
farmers to market works two and
one-half hours to earn one dollar.
The farmer, who does all the work
of producing, takes all the risk Of
drought and other hazards that go
with farming, works ten hours to
earn one dollar. Is such a division
of the product Of labor fair1 Have
the men whom these $780, 900 farm
owners elected to represent them in
Congress and State Legislatures Civ
en- them due consideration
The railroads are an important
factor in this question and ther is
nothing to be gained but a lot to be
lost by grinding the railroads to n
point where they cannot make suff-
cient money to do their share toward
cutting out the farm waste. The bet
ter the railroads are, the more ex-
peditiously they can haul the bust
ness, but they must have the money
to put their roads in proper condition
for safe and economical operation.
Vegetables cannot be hauled in
coal ears and fruit cannot be trans
ported in cattle cars. The vegetable
and fruit business must have the best
up-to-date ears to handle the bust
ness from the farms to the markets
in the best condition. The railroads
want to do their share in providing
economical and extensive means of
handling food to the different mar
kets of the different cities, but the
cost Of doing these things and many
others not enumerated is very large
and will call for hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars. AS things now stand
the railroads are unable to do as
much as they would like to do. The
reason they cannot do this is that
they cannot find the money to pay
for additional facilities and aid in
many ways to build up the agricul-
tural interests.
On most all big economic questions
the public jumps at conclusions rap.
idly. In many cases it acquires only
superficial knowledge, rather than
an intelligent understanding of SUBJ
jects under consideration.
Many have talked and written of
the disadvantages that American
farmers have in financing their re-
quirements as compared with the
farmers Of other countries, which to
a large extent is true. Under foreign
cooperative organizations, farmers
of the different countries place their
lands and property back Of their
credit for the benefit Of such socie-
ties. Such system probably never
will be as successfully accomplished
in this country as it is in the older
countries in respect to the subject Of
financing the farmer. The fact is
that we should improve upon them.
especially those initiated seventy-fve
years ago.
OF the foreign institutions which
make loans on land and land mort.
cages, the Credit Foncier la France
has done much good and been very
successful. This is n Semi Govern
mental institution organized in 1852
with a capital of 100000, since
increased to $40,000,000. The Gov.
cnor and two sub Governors Of the
Credit Foncier are appointed for life
bv the President Of France and three
Of its directors must be officers of
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