Gunnison news-champion., 1915-01-29
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WANTS no -eFioHeADS- on
liST or s...Pl0fES.
A CALL UPON TelE Law MAKERS
TO PREsENT USELESS TAB
UPON AGRiculTuRG
WANTS NO ~ess1HeADS- OA
liST or s-.Pl0YES.
A CALI UPON TeiE Law MAKERS
TO eREsENr USELESS TAX
UPON AGRicul
By Peter Rsoford

Lecturer National Farmers linton
The farmer is the paymaster Of
industry and as such he must meet
the natiOHs 8 payroll When industry
pays It's bill IL must make sight
draft upon agriculture FOR the amount
which the farmer is compelled 60
honor without protest This check
drawn upon agriculture may travel to
and fro over the highways Of CON
merce may build cities. girdle the
globe with bands OF steel may search
hidden treasures In the earth OF
traverse the skies but in the end II
VIII rest upon the soil. No dollar
as certain to seek the earth's surface
as an apple that falls from . tree.
When Q farmer buys q plow he pays
the man Who mined the metal. the
woodman Who felled the tree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped II into an or.
1icle 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 ~ saws
Tor the tools. machinery, buildings.
ETC., used In the constructiOn q the
cOmnoaity end the same applies to
all srticlss Il sse and asst Of him
self snd those engaged in the sub
siSiary hnes Of industry.
rheFs b no payroll IN civilizatioa
that does nOt rest upOn the bAch
Of the farmer. He must pay the hills
all Of then
annual agricultural products is around
$4,000 ,000. 900. and II is safe to esti-
mate that s5 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.
eial and other servants
The Farmers Payroll and How He
Meets H.
The annual payroll of agriculture
approximates S12,000,0OO,0O A Dor.
tion of the amount is shifted to for.
eign countries in exports, but the
total payroll of industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads. $1,252, ,OO0. 200.
manufacturers, 81, ,365 .000. .00O mining.
S655 000. .00o; banks, 5000, 900. 900;
mercantile sS.500.00O, 600. and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
II takes the corn crop, the most
valuable in agriculture. which sold
last year for e1,692. .00O. 900, to pay off
the employees of the railroads; the
money derived from our annual sales
Of livestock of approximately s2.0ge
100000, the yearly cotton crop. valued
at 1920, 900 goo: the wheat crop
which is worth es1O, ,0O0, 900. and the
oat crop. that is worth s440, 900 .0OO.
are required to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops is used in meeting the
payroll of the bankers, merchants
etc. After these obligations are paid.
the farmer has only few punches of
vegetables. some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro-
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays of his hell
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payroIls he has
been forced to mortgage homes, work
women in the field and increase the
hours of his labor. We are, there
fore. compelled to call upon all in
dustries Gependent upon the farmers
Tor subsistence to retrench in their
expenditures and to cut of all un
necessary expenses. This course is
absolutely necessary in order to avoid
a reduction in wages. and We want
if possible. to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employees
We will devote this article to a
discussion OF unnecessary expenses
and whether required BIZ Law or per
mitted by the managements of the
concerns. is wholly fmmateriai We
want all waste labor and extraya
gance Of whatever character. cut ont
We viii mention the fun crew bin as