The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-02-12
PAYROLL Of
CIVILIZATION MET
BY FARMER
WANTS NO "DeADHEADS" ON
LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
a CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.

Lecturer National Farmers' Union

Lecturer National Farmers Union
The farmer 10 the paymaster OF
Industry and a. such he must meet
the nations payroll When industry
pays Its bill IL must make q sight
draft upon agriculture for the amount.
which the farmer 10 compelled Ito
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 or
traverse the skies. but In the end IL
VIII rest upon the soil. No dollar
Will remain suspended In midair: Il IL
as certain to seek the earth's surface
a. an apple that falls from a tree.
When a farmer buys q pillow he pays
the man who mined the metal. the
woodman who felled the tree. the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped Il into an ar
ticle OF usefulness. the railroad that
transported II and the dealer who
sold him the goods. lie pays the
wages OF labor and capital employed
In the transaction As well as pays
Tor the tools. machinery. buildings.
etc. used In the construction or the
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.
There 10 no payroll In civilization
that does not rest upon the back
OF the farmer. lie must pay the bills
all OF them.
The total value OF the nations
annual agricultural products IL around
$4,000 900. 900. and II is safe to esti-
mate that IS cents on every dollar
goes 20 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
approximates 3l2 100000. 600 A Dor
ton OF the amount IL shifted to for.
eign countries in exports. but the
total payroll OF industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads. sl.252. 900 900:
manufacturers. s4.365. 900 900: mining.
$685.. 100000; banks. $1,000 900;
mercantile $500. 900 900. and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder
II takes the corn crop. the most
valuable in agriculture. which sold
last year for tl.6s2. 100000. to pay OF
the employees OF the railroads: the
money derived from our annua. sales
OF livestock OF approximately $1,000
100000. the yearly cotton crop. valued
at 1920. O00.0 900: the wheat crop-
which is worth 500. 900. 900. and the
oat crop. that Is worth $40. QO0. 900.
are required to meet the annual Day
roll OF the manufacturer. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops II used In meeting the
payroll Of the bankers. merchants
etc. After these obligations are paid.
the farmer has only few lunches OF
vegetables. some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays OF his help
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls 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 dependent upon the farmers
for subsistence TO retrench In their
expenditures and TO cut on all IN
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