Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-01-28
PAYROLL Of
CIVILIZATION MET
BY FARMER
WANTS NO "OEADHEADS" on
LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.
BY Peter Radford

The farmer is the paymaster OF
industry and al such he must meet
the nations payroll. When industry
pays its bill it must make a sight
draft upon agriculture for the amount,
which the farmer is compelled to
honor without protest. This check
drawn upon agriculture may travel TO
and fro owe the highways OF com.
merce; may build cities; girdle the
globe with bands OF steel; may search
hidden treasures In the earth or
traverse the skies. but in the end it
will rest upon the soil. No dollar
will remain suspended in midair; 1t is
as certain to seek the earth's surface
as an apple that falls from a tree.
When a farmer buys a pillow he pays
the man who mined the metal. the
woodman who felled the tree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped 1t into an ar
ticle Of usefulness. the railroad that
transported 1t and the dealer who
sold him the goods. He pays the
wages of labor and capital employed
in the transaction as we'll as pays
for the tools, machinery, buildings.
commodity and the same applies to
all articles OF use and diet OF him.
self and those engaged in the sub.
sidiary lines OF industry.
1'hnpn 10 mn paprnl Ia n;uilfrottn,
that does not rest upon the back
of the farmer. He must pay the bills
all Of them.
The total value Of the nations
annual agricultural products is around
So, 600. O00, 900, and 1t is safe to esti-
mate that So cents on every dollar
goes to meeting the expenses OF sub
sidiary Industries. The farmer does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself; the remaining
thirteen hours OF the days toll he
devotes to meeting the payroll OF the
hired hands Of agriculture. such as
the manufacturer. railroad, CONNER
cial and other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How He
Meets It,
The annual payroll OF agriculture
,inp -, tha omoun, H. sh,r,a, ror
aion oountr;as IN axnor,o hnt ~
80, ro.rnT -, ,narstria. mour;no ~
~" ,n s;,,aaa .nh..o.:nma
s%oI,ows. pailroad. 10 onn ona.
monufacturars a ooO mn. mi,ing
sG55 n 0OO. banks ss0o n mn.
maroon,,,o 90 I'm oo0 M ava . haov,
mi.oaIIonsor. nowro,, oonst;trtss ~.
namo,ndan WY
=. 49,.
,A NV. Unn e,op, un. "oss
.". eoo ooo am winch 'oia
s w pa' ~
5no;sS ,"e
y, m..e., ~ 40 nne
ono noo ~ appieI! e-','V,,
200 900 oon.' .'op. 'aiueu
~ .'0oo'oUV ,ne mneat crop
Which VIZ" ''io'oVo''ov, anu tne
oa' .'op, VIII |'~.V'oVV'ooo'
81, ~ IN. mon,,ant,annn NJ.
80. so.n,.s 49, ~
n.on,s 49,. " ..os y.
aannau ~, .ha 49," ue
pa'' ~ "u"N, melonan.s
~" 80" " -, ate pA'o,
tno oanehes VI
v.se nu poul.iS
$3.50 his oan "o po
W. 49, II. ,-
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls he has
been forced TO mortgage homes, work
women IN the neid D increase the
hour OF mis- LABOR we are, there
iore' compeiiea 10 cal upon all In
dustries dependent Upon the
TOT suosistence 10 retrencn IN tne'r
expenditures u 10 cut on all un'
necessary expenses ms course 10
absoluteiy necessary III order 10 aVold
a reductioh IN wages ana we want
II possible 10 re'aih 'ne present wage
scaie pa'u ran'o'u anu all ''"e' '"'