Bisbee daily review., 1915-01-16

amount of service at the least pos. sible cost We further recognize that the farmers and producers in the end pay approximately s5 per cent Of the expenses or operating the railroads, and it is therefore to the interest Of 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 lawmakers, courts and luries to bear the foregoing facts in mind when dealing with the common carriers of this state. and we do espe- cially reafiirm the declarations Of the last annual convention of our State Union. opposing the passage Of the so-called fullcrew' bin 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 1t should come off of all statute books where it appears and no legislature of this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires un- necessary expenditures.
 The same rule applies 10 an regu- latOry measures which increase the expenses of industry without giving corresponding benefits to the public There is oftumes a body of men as- sembled at legislatures-and they have a right to be there-who, in their zeal fer 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 oG 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 be may sweat foam and gall at the task When legislatures "cut melon for labor they hand the farmer a lemon
 The farmers of the United States are not financially able tO carry dead heads" on their payrolls. Our own hired hands are not paid unless we have 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 rigid economy
 Legislative House.Cleaning Needed.
 While the war is on and there is a lull in business, we want all legisla. tive bodies to take an inventory of the statute books and wipe off all extrayagant and useless laws A good house-cleaning is needed and econo- mics can be instituted here and there that will patch the clothes of iudigent children, rest tired mothers and lift mortgages from Respondent homes Unnecessary workmen taken off and useless expenses chopped down all along the line will add to the pros. perity of the farmer and encourage him in his mighty effort to feed and Clothe the world.
 If any of these industries have sur, plus employees we can use them on the farm We have no regular schedule of wages, but we pay good farm hands on an average of Sl.50 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually runs about nine months of the year and the three months dead time they can do the chores for their board II they prefer 70 farm on their own account, there are more than l4,OOO 1000 900 acres of idle land on the earth's sur face awaiting the magic touch of the blow The compensation is easily ob- tauable from Federal Agricultural Department statistics The total average annual sales of a farm in the continental United States amounts to S516OO; the cost of operation is S34O.OO, leaving the farmer S176 per annum to live on and educate his family
 There is no occasion for the legis Iatures making a position for surplus employees ofindustry Let them come back to the soil' and share with us the prosperity of Che farm.