The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1915-02-20
PAYROLL Of
CIVILIZATION MET
BY FARMER
WANTS NO "DEADHEADS"
ON LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
A Call Upon the Law Makers to
Prevent Useless Tax on
Agriculture.
BY Peter Radfeed
Ieetpref National Farmers Union.

AHeIS Is 10 pdyIOlI III SiVHlZA
ton that does not rest upon thu
back Of the farmer. He mus
pay the bills-all of them.
When q farmer buys a pillow
he pays the man who mined thu
metal, the woodman who felled
the tree, the manufacturer who
assembled the raw material and
shaped it into an article of use.
fulness, the railroad that trans
ported it and the dealer who sold
him the goods. He pays the
wages of labor and capital en-
ployed in the transaction as well
IS pays for the tools, machinery,
buildings, etc, used in the con-
struction OF the commodity and
the same applies to all articles
Of use and diet OF himself and
those engaged in the subsidiary
lines Of industry.
The total value Of the nations
annual agricultural products is
around $4,000, 600, 600, and it is
safe to estimate that o5 cents on
every dollar goes to meet the
expenses Of subsidiary industries.
The farmer does not work more
than thirty minutes per day for
himseh; the remaining thirteen
hours Of the days toll he devotes
70 meeting the payroll of the
hired hands Of agriculture, such
rs the manufacturer, railroad,
commercial and other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How
He Meets Il.
The annual payroll Of agri
culture approximates $12,O 0O, 00O,.
Coo. A portion Of the amount is
shifted 10 foreign countries in ex-
ports, but the total payroll Of in
dustries working for the farmer
divides substantially as follows:
Railroads, 81, PSI, 1000; manu-
5acturers, $.365. OOO,O 600; mining,
t655,MO, COO; banks, $500, OOO. 900:
mercantile, $500, 100000, and .
heavy miscellaneous payroll con-
stitutes the remainder.
i takes the corn crop, the
most valuable in agriculture,
which sold last year for $780,
00O, 600 to pay off the employees
d the railroads; the money de.
rived from our annual sales OF
livestock Of approximately ST.
Oo0OO0,OO0. the yearly cotton
crop, valued at 500, OOO, 600; the
wheat crop, which is worth $780, |
10000. and the oat crop, that
b worth $40 600, 900, are rel
CURED to meet the annual pay.
roll Of the manufacturers. The
money derived from the remain. |
inE staple crops is used in meet |
ing the payroll OF the bankers.
merchants. etc. After these OBJ
Aeations are paid, the farmer has
only . few punches Of vegetables.
some fruit and poultry which he
can sell and call the proceeds |
his own.
When the farmer pays off hi.
help he has very little left and
% meet these tremendous paw |
rolls he has been forced to NOR
gage homes, work women in the
field and increase the hours NJ
his labor.
We will devote this article 70
: discussion Of unnecessary ~.
penses and whether required bv
law OF permitted by the man.
agements Of the concerns. i
wholly immaterial. We want all
waste labor and extravaganza. al
whatever character, cut out. W.
will mention the full crew bill a.
Illustrating the character Of unnec.
essary expenses to which we refer
Union Opposes Full Crew" Bin.
s Texas Farmers Union
its opposition to thi.
:taasacter Of legislation at the
ast annual meeting held in Fort
Worth, Texas, August 4. 1914.
y resolution. IS follows:
The matter Of prime impor.
arce tc the farmers Of this state
ran adequate ard efficient mar.
aidt systtai; and we recognize