The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-02-06

the farmers ana producers IN the emu
pay approximately 80 per cent OF the
expenses of operating the railroads.
and it is therefore to the interest or
the producers that the expenses OF
the common carriers be as small as
is possible, consistent with good ser
vice and safety. We. therefore, call
upon our law makers, courts and |
iuries to bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers of this state. and we do espe-
cially reatfirm the declarations or
the last annual convention of our
State Union. opposing the passage OF
the so-called fulI-crew' bill before
the thirty-third legislature of Texas
The farmers of Missouri in the last
election, by an overwhelming ma
jority, swept this law off the statute
book of that state. and it should
come off of all statute books where
1t appears and no legislature of this
nation should pass such a law or
similar legislation which requires I'M
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to all regu-
latory measures which increase the
expenses of industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public.
There is Outlines body of men as
sembled at egislatures-and~t they
| have a right to be there--who. IN
their zeal for rendering their fellow
associates a service, sometimes favor
an increase in the expenses OF in
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs to the summers
sun to meet the payroll, but these
committees. while making a record
for themselves, rub the skin off the
shoulders of the farmer by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
lash of 'be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces OF civil
ization, no matter how he may sweat,
foam and gall at the task. When
legislatures "cut a melon for labor
they hand the farmer a lemon.
The farmers of the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
neads" on their payrolls. Our own
hired hands are not paid unless we
nave something for them to do and
, we are not willing to carry the hired
help of dependent industries unless
there is work for them. We must
) therefore insist upon the most rigie
, economy.
: Legislative House-cleaning Needed.
While the war is on and there Is ;
lull in business, we want all legisla
!. tive bodies to take an inventory o
! the statute books and wipe off al
extravagant and useless laws A goo
!. house-cleaning is needed and econt
: mics can be instituted here and Their
! that will patch the clothes of indigeu
children, rest tired mothers and III
! mortgages from Respondent home
Unnecessary workmen taken off an
useless expenses chopped down a
- along the line will add to the pro
9 perity OF the farmer and encourag
7 him in his mighty effort to feed an
clothe the world
1t any OF luGSG udNC ou
Plus employees We can use them {
the farm We have no regul
A. schedule OF wages, but we pay got
farm hands on an average OF ST..
per day of thirteen hours when tn
re board themselves; work usually ru
IF. about nine months of the year and &
If. three months dead time, they can
he the chores for their board II til
or prefer TO farm on their own accoul
40 there are more than 14,00U,000,0
O acres Of idle land on the earth's 81
-. face awaiting the magic touch OF t
%. pillow The compensation is easily /
wv tainable from Federal Agricultu
he Department statistics. Tho to
average annual sales of farm
,s+ the continental United States amour
ia to $4,000; the cost Of operation
otf $4,000; leaving the farmer $176 |
ba annum to live on and educate
loo family.
N There is no occasion for the les
ed latures making position for surp
/, employees of industry Let them co
-he back to the soil' and share with
"a the prosperity of the farm.