Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1915-01-28
The Farmers Payroll and How He
Meets 10.

Iue annual payroll or agriculture
approximates s12.000,000,O00 A por.
tion Of the amount is shifted to for.
eign countries in exports, bat the
total payroll Of industries working for
J the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, s1,252, ,000. 900;
manufacturers. $4.365. .000. 900; mining,
$685., ,000.0 900; banks, 100000, 600;
mercantile $500. .00O, 900. and a heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
II takes the corn crop. the most
valuable In agriculture, which sold
last year for 81 ,692. .000. 900, to pay OF
the employees of the railroads; the
money derived from our annual sales
Of livestock Of approximately $1,000.
100000 the yearly cotton crop, valued
at $780, 900; the wheat crop,
which is worth $50. 100000. and the
oat crop. that is worth $40. .000, 600.
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 faf1ner has only few punches of
vegetables. some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and cali the pro.
ceads his own.
When the farmer pays on 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 un-
necessary expenses This course is
absolutely necessary In order to avoid
q reduction In wages, and we want,
II possible, 20 retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employees
We win devote this article to a
discussion of unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per
mitted by the managements of the
concerns. is wholly immaterial We
want all waste labor and extrava
gance, Of whatever character. cut out
We win mention the full crew bin az
illustrating the character Of unneces.
sary expenses to which we refer
Union Opposes "FuiI Crew" sIii.
The Texas Farmers Union regis
tered its opposition to this character
Of legislation at the last annual meet.
tng held In Fort Worth, Tex. August
q. 1914. by resolution. which we quote,
a. follows:
The matter Of prime Importance
TO the farmers Of this state IL an ade
Quate and efficient marketing system;
and we recognize that such a system
In impossible without adequate rail-
road facilities. embracing the greatest
amount OF service at the least pos
siole cost We further recognize that
the farmers and producers in the end
Day approximately s5 per cent OF the
expenses Of operating the railroads.
and Il II therefore to the interest Of
the producers that the expenses Of
the common carriers be a. small "a
IL possible, consistent with good ser.
vice and safety. We. therefore. call
upon cur lawmakers, courts and
5uries 90 bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers Of this state. and we do espe-
ciaIly reaflrm the declarations Of
ths last annual convention Of our
State unIM. cpposlng tho passage ct