The Carlisle independent., 1915-09-02
n'Nn10ll nr i!tiikGs au k lyi q: '77''T'l ''r t-A- .-..-esl a&-}-l t.. @s. BY FARMER WANTS NO "DEADHEADS' ON LIST C7 EMpLOYES. A Call Upon the Law Makers to
 Prevent Useless Tax on
 Agriculture.
WANTS NO "DEADHEADS'
By Peter Raeford Lecturer National Farmers Union.


 There is nc payroll in civiliza- ton that does not rest upon the bacl. of the farmer. He must pay the bills-all of them.
 N hen a farmer buys a blow he fays the man who mined the megAl, the woodman who fe11ed the tree, the manufacturer who assembled the raw material and shaped it into an article of use fulness, the railroad that trans ported 1t and the dealer who sold him the goods. He pays the wages of labor and capital en- ployed in the transaction as well as 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 S12,000,0O0,000, and it is safe to estimate that 95 cents on every dollar goes to meet the expenses Of subsidiary industries The farmer does not work more than thirty minutes per day for himself; the remaining thirteen hours of the days toil he devotes to 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 It.
 The annual payroll of agri- culture approximates S12,00O,00O,- GOO. A portion Of the amount is shifted to foreign countries in ex- ports, but the total payroll of in- dustries working for the farmer divides substantially as follows Railroads, S1,252,00O,O0O; manu- lecturers, S4,365 .OOOOOO; mining, S655, 100000; banks, $2O0,OOO,O00; mercantile, S3,50O,0O0,OOO, and heavy miscellaneous payroll con- stitutes the remainder.
 It takes the corn crop, the most valuable in agriculture, which sold last year for S1 ,6o2,- 100000, to pay off the employees of the railroads; the money de rived from our annual sales oi livestock of approximately $2,. 0O0,O00,O00, the yearly cotton crop, valued at S920,OO0O0O; the wheat crop, which is worth S61O,- 100000, and the Dat crop, .ha, is worth S440,0OO,0O0, are ,e. quired to meet the annual pay roll Of the manufacturers. The money derived from the remain. ing staple crops is used in meet. ing the payroll of the bankers merchants, etc. After these ob- legations are paid, the farmer has only few punches of vegetables. some fruit and DO try which he can sell and call the proceeds his own.
 When the farmer pays off his help he has very little left and to meet these treme- .ious pay. rolls he has been forced to mort gage homes, work wor@e n in the field and increase the lours ot his labor.
 We will devote this article to a discussion Of unnecessary ey penses and whether required | law or permitted by the ma agements of the concerns. l, wholly immaterial. We want ali waste labor and extravaganza. oi whatever character, cut out. We will mention the full crew bill as illustrating the character of lnnec- essary expenses to which we refer Union Opposes Full Crew" Bill
 The Texas Farmers Union registered it's opposition to thi. character of legislation at thc last annual meeting held in Forl Worth, Texas, August 4, 1914 by resolution, as follows:
 The matter of prime ,mpor. tance to the farmers of this state IS an adequate and efficient mar ketlng system; and we recognize