Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1915-02-20
PAYROLL. IF
C;gIL-IzhTIO" NET.
BY farmer
WANTS NO "pEADHEADS"
On LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
Z C-ll UoC:. ,.,r Law Makers TO
Prevent Useless Ia on
Agriculture.
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Lecturer Va --s "a ,l+-> ,uipu.

Ii'It = 20 u ,O!l IN Cl\lilZd
zion that drsS no ut upon tn,
back Of IT.. farmer. lie mus
pay the billS-aii OF them.
When a farmer buys a ploS
he pays the man who mined tht
metal, the wcodman who fcllcC
the tree, the manufacturer VIII,
assembled the raw material anC
shaped 1t into an article of use
tuiucsS, The railroad that trans.
ported it aud the dealer who sold
INN thc goods. He PAYS the
res o. labor and capital en-
we'd II The transaction rs well
p"rs for the tools, machinery
n...d1@S, etc, used in the con-
--uct.on OF the commodity and
he same applies to all articles
-. ~ and diet OF himself and
hose engaged in the subsidiary
In-s Of industry.
The total value Of the nation 5
annual agricultural products is
around $l2O0O,o00,GOO. and it is
safe 80 estimate that s. cents on
every dollar goes to meet the
expenses of subsidiary industries.
! ne farmer does not work more
tnan thirty minutes per day for
himself; the remaining thirteen
hours Of the days toll he devotes
70 meeting the payroll of the
hired hands of agriculture, such
as the manufacturer. railroad,
commercial and other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How
He Meets 1t.
The annual payroll OF agri-
culture approXimate> Sl2.000.OOO,-
'OO. a portion OF the amount is
SHIFTED TO foreign countries in ex-
ports, but the total payroll of III
duStries working for the farmer
divides substantially as follows:
Railroads, Sl,252,O0O,OO0; manu-
lacturers, $4,365. 100000; mining,
SOS, 100000; banks, S10O.OOOOOO;
mercantile, $3,500,OOO.OOO, and a
heavy miscellaneous payroll con-
Stitutes the remainder.
1t takes the corn crop. the
most valua de in agriculture
which sold last year for Sl6O2-
C0O,OCO, to pay off the employees
OF the railroads; the money de-
rived from our annual sales OF
livestock OF approximately ST.
OOOOOO,COO, the yearly cotton
crop, valued at S92O,OO0,OOO; the
wheat crop, which is worth SOLO, |
100000, and the Odt crop. thar
IS worth $t40,0CO,OO0, are re-
lulrod to meet the annual pav-
roll Of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remain
ng staple crops is used in meet
ng the payroll of the bankers.
merchants, etc. After these OBJ
lgations are paid, the farmer has
'nly a Jew punches of vegetables.
some fruit and poultry which he
An sell and call the proceeds
lis own.
When the farmer pays off his
Ielp he has very little left and
O meet these tremendous pav-
OILS he has been forced to mort
age homes, work women in the
leld and increase the hours oil
is labor.
We will devote this article 70
discussion of unnecessary. ex-
enses and whether required by
Nv or permitted by the man
gements of the concerns. is
holly immaterial. We want all
-aste labor and extravaganza. Of
'hatever character, cut out. We
ill mention the full crew bill as
Illustrating the character OF unnec-
'sary expenses TO which we refer
'nion Opposes Full Crew" Bill. b
The Texas Farmers Union +
.gistered its opposition to this c
laracter of legislation at the q
st annual meeting held in Fort a
forth, Texas, August 4, 1914 il
: resolution, as follows: d
"The matter Of prime rmpor- G
nee to the farmers OF this state Ia
an adequate and efficient mar W "
ting system; and we recognize n
At such a system is impossible :
thout adequate railroad racili- n
S, embracing the greatest
lount Of service at the least
ssible cost. We further recog- - -
e that the farmers and pro- re
GERS in the end pay approxi- til
tely 95 per cent Of the expense GO
operating the railroads, and it "a "a
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