The Raymer enterprise., 1915-02-18
PAYROLL Of 4
CIVILIZATION NET.
BY FARMER
WANTS no "DEADHEADS' ON
LIST OF employees.
A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS
TO PREVENT USELESS TAX
UPON AGRICULTURE.
Ey Potter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

BY Potter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union
The farmer is the paymaster OF
industry and as such he must meet
the nations payroll. When industry
pays its bill 1t must make sigh,
draft upon agriculture for the amount,
which the farmer Is compelled to
honor without protest. This check
drawn upon agriculture may travel to
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 ot
traverse The skies. but In the end IL
will rest uron the soil. No dollar
will remain suspended in midair: il is
as certain to seek the carth's surface
as an apple that falls from tree.
When farmer buys plow he pays
the man who mined the metal, the
woodman who feiled~. tho tree, the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material ard shaped ii into an ar
ticle OF usefulness. the railroad that
transported 1t and the dealer who
sold him the goods lie pays the
wages Of labor aud capital emsloyed
in the transaction as well as pays
.cr the tools. machinery, buildings.
etc, used In the construction of the
commodity and the same applies 10
all articles OF use and diet Of him.
self and these engaged in the sGb-
sidiary lines Of industry,
There is no payroll IN civilization
that does not rest upon the back
OF the farmer He must ray the bills
ali OF them.
The total value OF the nations
annual Agricultural products is around
$4,000. 100000. an1 it is safe TO esti.
mate that IS cents OH every dollar
goes to meeting the expenses of saD
sidiary industries. The farmer does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself; the remaining
thirteen honrs OF the days toll he
devotes TO meeting tie payroll Of the
hired hands OF agriculture. such as
the manufacturer. ruiiroad. CONNER,
cial ard other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How He
E,eets It.
This annual payroll OF agriculture
approxi;nates sl2,0p0o9o 1000 A por
ton OF the amount is shifted to for.
eign countries in exports. but the
total payroll OF Industries working fer
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads, sl,252.000,000,
manufacturers. s4,aGj,o00. .oc0; mining.
:655.0O0, 900. banks. s200.O0D.0Jo;
mercantile $500. .OoO,0ea, and heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
1t takes the corn crop. the most
valuable in agriculture which sold
last year for $i.6aa 100000. to pay OF
the employees OF the railroads: the
money derived from our annual GALES
Of livestock OF approximately s2,00Oe
900. 900. the yearly cotton crop, valued
at s920.0o0.0eo; the wheat crop.
which is worth sGlo.600.Ono. ard the
oat crop, that is worth $i40.000.000
are required to meet the annual pay
roll OF the mapufacturer3. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops Is used In meeting tie
payroll OF the bankers. merchants
etc. After these obligations are paid.
the farmer has only few punches of
vegetables. some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays oil his help
he has very little left and to meet
these tremendous payrolls he has
been forced to mortgage homes, work
women in the field and increase the
hours OF his labor, We are. there
fore, compelled to call upon all in
dustries eopendent upon the farmers
for subsistence TO retrench In their
expenditures and to cut of all un
necessary expenses. This course Is
absolutely necessary In order to avoid
reduction in wages. and We want.
II possible. to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in.
dustrial employees.
We will devote this article to a
discussion OF unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per-
mitted by the managements OF the
concerns, is wholly immaterlal We
want all waste labor and estrava.
rance. OF whatever character. cut out
We will mention the full crew bill as
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