The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1915-04-02

Inc farmer ID the paymaSter OF
industry and as such he must meet
the nations payroll. When industry
pays its bill 1t must make sight
craft upon agriculture for the amount,
which the farmer Is compelled to.
honor without protest This CHECK
drawn upon agriculture may travel g,
and fro over the highways Of com
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 II
will rest upon the soil. No dollar
will remain suspended in midair 1t is
as certain to seek the earth's surface
as an apple that falls from tree,
When farmer buys plow he pays
the man who mined the metal, the
woodman who felled the tree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material and shaped 1t into an ar
ticle Of usefulness, the railroad that
transported 1t and the dealer who
sold him the goods. He pays the
wages Of labor and capital employed
in the transaction as we'll as pays
for the tools, machinery, buildings
ETC., used in the construction of the
commodity and the same applies to
all articles Of use and diet Of him
sell and those engaged in the sub
sidiary lines Of industry.
There is no payroll in civilization
that does not rest upon the back
Of the farmer. He must pay the bills
all of them
The total value of the nations
annual agricultural products is around
$12,000,000,000. and 1t is safe to esti-
mate that 95 cents on every dollar
goes to 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 Il.
The annual payroll of agriculture
approximates $12,0O0,O00,0OO. A por.
tion of the amount Is shifted to for
eign countries in exports, but the
total payroll of industries working fol
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, $1,252, ,0O0, 900 .
manufacturers. $4,365. 900 900; mining,
$655, ,000.0 900; banks, 100000, 900:
| mercantile $500, ,OOO, 900, and heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder
1t takes the corn crop, the most
valuable in agriculture, which sold
last year for 1882 100000. to pay of
the employees OF the railroads; the
money derived from our annual sales
Of livestock Of approximately $4,000.
| 100000, the yearly cotton crop valued
| at $920,000,000; the wheat crop,
which is worth $610,00O.O0O, and the
oat crop, that Is worth $44O, O,OOO, 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 farmer has only a few punches OF
vegetables, some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays of his helI
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls he has
been forced to mortgage homes, worl
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 theil
expenditures and to cut off all un
necessary expenses. This course I.
absolutely necessary in order to avoi(
reduction in wages, and we want
If possible, to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
dustrial employees.
We will devote this article to {
discussion of unnecessary expense:
and whether required by law or per
mitted by the arrangements Of th'
concerns. is wholly immaterial W.
want all waste labor and extravs
4nce. of whatever character. cut OF,
we will mention the full crew bin a
Illustrating the character Of unneces
sary expenses to which we refer
Union Opposes "FuII Crew" Bill.
The Texas Farmers Union regis
tered its opposition to this characte
of legislation at the last annual meet
ing held in Fort Worth. Tex. Angus