Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-21
By j. H. Cradlebaugh.

pear in the Capital Journal from time
to time upon what might be called
"The Farmer and Who Gets His Crop"
are not expected to be highly educa-
tional, nor does the writer imagine he
is to tell anything new. 1t is not the
intention to do anyone IS thinking for
them, but is intended solely to throw
some light on really trite subject and
cause, if possible, others to do some
thinking for themselves. 1t is difficult
always to trace any matter back
through cause and effect which in turn
becomes cause, to the original first
cause, the foundation so to speak on
which the ultimate creation or condi-
tion depends.
-Four Sources of Wealth.
There are but four sources of orig
inal wealth. They are rhe products of
the soil grown through the efforts and
under the direction of man; the prod
ucts of the soil as grown by nature,
the primeval forests; the m-nes and the
products of the sea, in its food fishes
and some other things of a minor ma
ture.
On these four things every other in.
dustry depends, and of these the prod
uct of the farm is immeusurably the
greater.
Every other pursuit U- occupation is
the doing something to or with these
original products. would qualify this
to make it understandable, by saying
that there are occupations that appar-
emily have little or nothing to do with
the farm, such for instance as the law,
medicine, amusements, etc., and these
will be taken up later and the effort
made to show that for these things, as
well as most others, iIle farmer pays
the bill, and that they are a direct tax
upon the farmer, when traced back ito
the cause of their existence.
Does Something to or With 1t.
1t will be conceded that outside of
the sources named there is nothing that
can be manufactured moved or traded
in, for there are no other material prod
ucts, and nothing as raw material is
all that is left outside them. The man
ufacturer does something 10 the farm
er's products in the way of preparing
them for use. Wheat is turned into
flour, and this the baker makes into
bread. The fleece shorn from the farm
er's flOcks and the cotton picked from
his fields are made into garments, blan
kets and clothing for mans use. The
crude syrup of the cane is refined and
made attractive ana palatable. All
these do something to the products OF
} the farm. The merchant sets up Q
store and brings the product in touch
with the consumer, making market
for and selling the original product
J of the farm, perhaps in its changed
, form, and the railroads carry the crude
product from the farmer 20 the factory
and back to the merchant, they botl
: doing something with the farmer I
| original product.
The Drink Cut Out.
1t is the same with the mine. TIL
generous earth yields to the labor o
the toiling miner a wealth of fuel TO
man s comfort, iron for his absolut
needs, and gold and silver for his mea
:, sures of value, and with precious stone
for his adornment These in turn ar
carried to the factory by the railroad
and back to the merchant for deliver,
!, to the ultimate consumer. SO it is wit
the products of the sea and forest
: The four great requisites of huma,
life are food, clothing, shelter and fue
{ for, although not prohibitionist, tn
! drink can safely be "eut out"
Il Man in state of nature did no
$ work. His wants were rev and wer
t supplied by the wild creatures of tn
J woods and the things nature grew fo
; him without effort on his part. A
man became civilized this changed, an
S now we have reached that stage wher
e man is compelled to work for all tha
!, he gets, unless he can get some kind {
e a cinch on some industry or produc
&c either material or labor, and make
= work for him.
y No Longer Savage, Must Work.
d Civilization and the tremendous il
d crease in population have changed I'll
ic free savage into an Industrial slav
e Mankind has divided into classes eaC