Gunnison news-champion., 1915-02-12
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The farmer Is the pay uassss 81
industry and as such ne must meet
the nations payroll When Industry
lays its vill "a mast make Q sighi
ilraat upon azricul. sre Tor the amosat
hich the farmer is compellsa a.
honor without pzo:es; This checA
drawn upon Agriculture may travel u
and fro over the highways u com
ssrce. mas bgiid cities; eirale the
.-lobe with bands of steel. may search
hidden treasures IN the earth o.
sTavorse the skies. bat IN the end d
viii rest upon the sod. No dollar
~ili remain SUSPENDED ia midair d is
as certain 10 Sc, tine earths surface
20 an apple tina; falls from a tree.
When q farmer buys a plow he pays
the man who mined the metal tine
Woodaan who felied the tree. the
44as.nufacturer who assembled the raw
ssserial and shaped II into an ar
sscie ef usefulness. the railroad that
transported II and the dealer who
sold him the goods HE pays the
wages of labor and capital employed
D the transaction as well as pays
Tor 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
self and those engaged In the sub
sidiary lines Of industry
There b no payroll IN civilization
that does not rest upon the back
of the farmer. He must pay the bills
all Of then.
The total valNo ~ The nation
annsal agricultural products is around
sl2. .000 900 000 and 1t 10 safe TO esti-
mate that S5 cents - every collar
.oes to meeting the expenses Of suD
siAiary Industries. TIE farmer does
not work more than thirty minute
per DAY fog himself; the vonaiaine
hirteen hours Of the aay's toll he
ievOtes 10 neetinO ~ payrOll II the
hired hands 0f aGrieulture. such -
he nanufactussf. saaIFsal. sOnasr-
cial ssl sthss seFvssts.
vhs esr~sss esyesss 80 sssv ~
The annual payroll - agriculture
apprOzimstss o12 ,000. .6ee .e0e. a por-
ion Of the ampsnt b sAiftel 10 for
eign countries In exports, but the
otal payroll Of Industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
oIiews: Railroads, o1.2ss. .e00 .00e,
manufacturers, eA,365, ,0OO. 900; mining
s655. 900 600; hanks. 100000, 800;
mercantile o.. sea. 900 .000, and Q heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
II takes the corn crop, tAs most
valuable In agriculture. which sold
last year for d .Ss2. .OOe, zoe. to pay OF
the employees Of the railroaAs; the
money derived from our annual sales
Of livestock q Approximately o2,000.-
100. .0CO. the yearly Gotten crop. valued
al $4,000. 900; the wheat crop,
which, 10 worth os1O. .OOe. 900, and the
oat CROP that is worth o44O. .OOO. 600.
are required to meet the annual pay
roll of the manufactures. The
money derived from the remaining
staple crops 10 used in meeting the
nayroll of the bankers, merchants
etc. After these oblieatioas are paid,
he farmer has only q few punches of
vegetables. some fruit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro-
ceeds his own.
When the farmer pays on his help
ne has very little left and TO meet
hese tremendous payrolls he has
,aen forced to mortgage homes. work
women in the field and increase the
hours of his labor. We are. there
ore, compelled TO call upon all in
iustries dependent upon the farmers
or subsistence TO retrench In their
expenditures and to cut OF all un
gecessary expenses. This course is
absolutely necessary in order to avoid
reduction in wages, and we want
possible, to retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other in
lustrial employees
We will devote this article to a
discussion Of unnecessary expenses
and whether required by law or per
uitted by the managemeEts of the
concerns, is wholly Immaterial. We
want all waste labor and extrava
rance. of whatever character, cut out
We viii mention the full crew bin as