The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-02-20

PAYROLL Of
MET
I BY FARMER
WANTS TO "DEADHEADS"
ON LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
A Call Upon TIE Law Makers to
Prevent Useless Tax on
Agriculture.
Ey Peter Rac!o-d
Lecturer National Farmers Cidnn.

Jack of tie farmer. lie MUST
pay the bills-ail of them.
Wien 4 farmer buys a pillow
lie pays tie n?a1 who mined the
metal. the wGodman who fclled
ne tree, the manufacturer who
s:eri5!ei tie raw. material and
hapcd it into eli article Of use
illness. :hc railroad that trans
ported ii and tl,c dealer who sold
!:iin the goods. lie pay, tie
wages 81 labor AMI capital Ell
.'iuycd il the transaction as we'll
e. pays Tor the TOOLS. y Schine-y,
Buildings, ctc.. used il. the CON
:tIuctiol o. the commodity and
he same applies TO all articles
ii Use and dict OF himself and
:hosc engaged IN TIE subsidiary
hines OF indus Try.
The total value of the nation s
annual agricultural products is
around Si2,OCO,OC0,000, and it il
safe to estimate that Is cents on
every dollar goes to rect the
expenses OF subsidiary industries.
The farmer docs not work more
than thirty minutes per day for
!:irIself; the remaining thirteen
l.ours CT the days toll lie devot>s
10 meeting the payro!! 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 appioximates Sl2,OO0.WO,-
80. A portion of tie amount is
shifted to foreign countries in ex-
ports, but TIE total payroll of i'll
! Gustries working for the farmer
divides substantially as follows
Railroads, 81 ,252, 10000; manu-
facturers, $3.50. OO0, 90; min ny,
| So55, 100000: banks. $500, OOO, coo
mercantile, s3.5O0,0oO,oC0, and q
heavy miscellaneous payroll con-
stitutes the remainder.
1t takes the corn crop, the
most valuable in agriculture
which sold last year for Sl.oo2,.
100000, to pay off the employee:
OF the railroads; the money de-
rived from our annual sales O
livestock OF Approximately s..
OOO,OOO,0O0, the yearly cotton
crop, valued at 100000 tn,
wheat crop, which is worth 500,
CO0,OOO, and the Dat crop, tha
is worth $4+0,CCo,OOO, are re
/ quired to meet the annual pay
r.ril Of the manufacturers. Tn
money derived from the remain
ing staple crops is used in meet
ing the payroll of the banker.
merchants. etc. After these Oh
legations are paid. the farmer ha
only 4 few punches of vegetable.
some fruit and poultry which h
can sell and call the proceed
his own.
When the farmer pays off hi
help he has very little lett an
, TO meet these tremendous paw
rolls nc has been forced to nor!
gage homes, work women in. tn
.ield and increase the hours &
his labor.
We will devote this article t
a discussion OF unnecessary e,
: pcnses and whether required b
: law or permitted by the mar
agements of the concerns,
wholly immaterial. We want a
waste labor and extravaganza, 4,
| whatever character. cut out. "
will mention the full crew bill q
:. illustrating the character OF unnec
, essary expenses to which we refe
/, Unicn Opposes Full Crew" Bill
! The Texas Farmers Unio
registered its opposition to tn
L character of legislation at ii
}. last annual meeting held in Fo
L Worth, Texas, August 4, 1911
;. by resolution, as follows:
THE matter OF prime Impo
lance to the farmers of this sta,
is an adequate and efficient ma
S ketias system; and we recogni1
o that suci, a system is irnpossib
: without adequate railroad faci
e ties, embracing the create
$ amount OF service at the lea
y possible cost. We further reco
nize that the farmers and pr
Gucers in the end pay approx
mately 05 per cent Of the expen
Of operating; the railroads, and
Is, therefore, to the interest
the producers that the cxpens
Of the common carriers be 81
i small as is possible, consste
:. with good service and safei
:. :, We, therefore, call upon our la
~ makers, courts and jurics to be
ns the foregoing facts in mind VIII
90 dealing with the common c;
: riers of this state, and we