Pocahontas star herald., 1915-01-15

ties, embracing the grrla-sT
amount OF service at the e1sr
possible cost. We further renIg-
nize that the farmers and pls.
ducers in the end pay aprnfst
mately 9S per cent of the rspsHsf
Iof operating the railroads, ssaf Z
Is, therefore, 10 the intcreE
the producers that the crpvnrs
LOT the common carriers ~ a.
Isnall as is possible, cousxru.
with good service and sair1.
We, therefore, call upon our htYs.
Imakers, courts and juries 70 brzr
The foregoing facts in mind ufrs
dealing with the common zn
riers of this state, and NJ AZ
Especially reaiiirm the dsrhrs.
Itions of the last annual cnugzs.
tion Of our State Union, opp0sI-.
the passage OF the so-called -EtE
crew bill before the thiriy-thEf
legislature OF Texas"
The farmers of Missouri ir tie
last election, by an overwhriulrsg
majority, swept this law Oh sra
statute book OF that siais. zrF
It should come off of al zzz4zu
books where it appears an4 ~
legislature OF this nation shauid
pass such a law or similar ler.-
lation which requires unnerrssz-r
expenditures.
This applies to all regninarrr
measures which increase the es
penses OF industry withoui g,s1rg
corresponding benefits to the pIls.-
lie. There is ofttimes a bulr di
men assembled at legislainrts-
and they have 4 right TO be 1krvv
who, IN their zeal for reudcrzg
their fSllow-asSociates a scuNE.
sometimes favor an increase a. tiu
expenses uf industry wiihous SrE
regard for the men who bow hn.iz
backs TO the summers suu uTl
meet the payroll. but thesr rscs
mittees, while making a .uonIi
Tor themselves, rub the sLIx IL
the shoulders of the Iarmrx lvl
urging the legislature to isv AZ.
other burden upon his heavy Srasd
and under the lash OF "be q rss-
acted goad him on 10 pal sIii
surge at the traces of civilizzSsla.
no matter how he may 1xrsC
foam and gall al the task. UigaI
legislatures "cut a melon 6G-
labor they hand the iarme1 4
lemon.
The farmers OF the Ursfs,i
States are not financially ahI~ m
carry dead heads" on their rzs~
rolls. Our own hired hauds an
not paid unless we have ,suzs
thing for them to do and ,wx zr
not willing TO carry the Erzsi
help OF dependent industries M
less there is work for them We
must, therefore, insist upon tar
most rigid economy. -,-
Legislative House Cleaninx
Needed.
While the war is on and Den
is a lull in business, we wan ~
legislative bodies to take an 10
ventory OF the statute booIsE ant
wipe off all extravagant and z.s.
less laws. A good honse-cIesaIrz
is needed and economies car M
instituted here and there that urB
patch the clothes Of indigenf ciiI
dren, rest tired mothers and Bif
mortgages from despouzcz
homes. Unnecessary %voflrHss1
taken off and useless ,expeIa.-
chopped down all along the I'm
will add TO the prosperity at "a,
farmer and encourage him in M
mighty effort to feed and cIcsr
the world.
If any Of these industries l11t
surplus employees we can "a
them on the farm. We haSe yr
regular schedule OF wages. IN
we pay good farm hands on sH
average of $l.50 per day Of szai.-
teen hours when they sasr5
themselves; work usually -u1s
about nine months OF the vesz
and the three months dead farrr
they can do the chores for fssT
board. If they prefer to farm az
their own account, there are augv
than l4,0O0000,0O0 acres OF ME
land on the earth's surface aazl1-
ing the magic touch of the pSsn.
The compensation is easily 81
tainable from Federal AgrE1sl
tural Department statistics. T1tr
total average annual sales a.
farm in the continental {ErircS
States amount TO S5l60O- ff,r
cost Of operation is $4,000. An.
ing the farmer Sl76 per arsu,r.
to live on and educate his LaEzfr