Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-02-12


sold him the goods He pays the
wages OF labor and capital employed
In 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 Is no payroll In civilization
that does not rest upon the back
OF the farmer He must pay the bills
all of them.
The total value OF the nations
annual agricultural products is around
3l2,O00.OOO.O00. and It is safe to est.
mate that 95 cents on every dollar
goes to meeting the expenses Of sub.
sidiary industries. The farmer does
not work more than thirty minutes
per day for himself the remaining
thirteen hours OF the days toll he
deyotes to meeting the payroll OF the
hired hands OF agriculture. such AS
the manufacturer, railroad CONNER.
ctal and other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How He
Meets II.
The annual payroll OF agriculture
approximates 3l2,OO0.00O,OOO A por.
~ hn ID
eign countries In exports, but the
total payroll OF Industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads. $1252 100000
manufacturers. 1896 900, 0OO mining.
1856, 900; banks, 100000 600
mercantile $500, 900 900. and heavy
miscellaneous payroll constitutes the
remainder.
II takes the corn crop, the most
valuable In agriculture. which sold
last year for 1892 100000 to pay off
the employees OF the railroads, the
money derived from our annua. sales
OF livestock OF approximately $4,000.
100000, the yearly cotton crop, valued
at $92O.0O0,000; the wheat crop.
which 10 worth s61O.O0OOOO and the
Oat crop that ID worth $44O,O00,0O0
are required to meet the annual ray.
roll Of the manufacturers. he
money derived from the remaining
staple crops Ii used In meeting the
payroll Of the bankers, merchants,
etc. After these obligations are 1aid,
the farmer has only few punches of
vegetables, some fruit and poultry A
which he can sell and call the pro.
ceeds his own. e
When the farmer pays of his help
be- has very little left and to meet
.hese tremendous payrolls he has
been 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. 8
lustries dependent upon the farmers = :.
or subsistence to retrench In ter =
and to cut off all IN.
ecessary expenses This course is :
UpUtulcly ucCcobdi III OIuoI W d Ulu -.
reduction in wages, and we " Mt, =,
possible, to retain the present ..ge -
Gale paid railroad and all other in. y,
ustrial employees.
We will devote this article to q ..
lscussion Of unnecessary expenses -
nd whether required by law or per. :,
lifted by the arrangements of the ~
,ncerns, Is wholly immaterial We ~
ant all waste labor and extrava- L.
anSs, OF whatever character, cut out. 80
re will mention the full crew bill as -,
the character of unneces- ~
Try expenses to which we refer -.
Union Opposes "FuIl Crew" Bill. in,
The Texas Farmers Union regis re-
red Its opposition to this character ha
legislation at the last annual meet in'
9 held In Fort Worth, Tex, August ne
1914. by resolution. which we quote. us
follows: pu
The matter Of prime importance We
the farmers Of this state is an ade. arr
ate and efficient marketing system: no