Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1914-1915, 1915-01-14

roar facilities, embracing the greatest
OF service at the least pos.
sible cost. We further recognize that
the farmers and Producers in the end
pay approximately 80 per cent o! the
expenses OF operating the railroads.
and it is therefore 10 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 law, makers. courts and
juries to bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the commo
carriers OF this state. and We do espe-
ciaily reatIirm the declarations of
the last annna 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 1t should
come off OF all statute books where
ii appears and no legislature Of his
nation should pass such a law or
similar legislation which requires un'
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 d body of men as.
cap,b1nI ut uictnt1rnS-or thnV
have a right to be there-who. in
their zeal for rendering their fellow.
associates Il 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 OF the
shoulders OF the farmer by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
jaah of be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces of civil.
!hation. no matter how he may sweat,
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
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 housekeeping Needed.
While the wal 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
e~xtravagant and useless laws. A good
housekeeping is needed and econo
mics can be instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes Of INDECENT
children, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from respondent homes
Unnecessary workmen taken off anG
useless expenses chopped down al
along the line will add to the pros
perity Of the farmer and encourage
him in his mighty effort to feed ant
clothe the world.
If any Of these industries have SUI
plus employees W can use them OF
the farm. We have no regula
schedule of wages, but we pay goot
farm hands on an average of SIS
per day Of thirteen hours when the.
, board themselves; work usually run
about nine months of the year and tn
three months dead time. they can d.
, the chores for their board. 1t the,
!, prefer to farm on their own account
, there are more Than $4,000, 000,0 0
acres of idle land on the earth's SUI
! face awaiting the magic touch Of tn
+ pillow. The compensation is easily OF
' tainable from Federal Agriculture
Department statistics. The tota
average annual sales of a farm il
!, the continental United States amount
+ to $4,000; the cost of operation j
{ $4,000; leaving the farmer SITS pc
annum to live on and educate hi
family.
There Is no occasion for the legi'
latures making a position for surplu
g employees Of industry. Let them com
= back to the soil" and share with u
!. the prosperity Of the farm.