Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-10-22
FARMER IS THE PAY
MASTER OF INDUSTRY

The farmer u the paymaster OF
Industry and as such he must meet
the nations payroll. When industry
pays It's bill II must make n sight
draft upon agriculture for the amount,
which the farmer is compelled 10
honor without protest This check
drawn upon griculture may travel to
aud fro over rhs highways OF com.
merce; may build cities; glrdle tho
globe with bands OF steel; may search
hidden treasures In the earth or
traverse the skics. but In the end II
Will rest upOn The soil. No dollar
viii remain suspended In midair; II Is
as certain to seek the earth's surface
~ an apple that falls from q tree.
When . farmer buys n pillow he pays
the man who mined the metal, tnt
woodman who felled the tree. the
manufacturer who assembled the raw
material aud shaped II into an ar.
ticle OF usefulness. the railroad that
transported Il aud the dealer who
cold him the goods. lie pays the
wages of labor and capital employed
In the transaction as well as pays
for the tools, machinery, buildings.
etc, used In the construction Of tho
commodity and the same applies to
all articles Of use and diet OF him.
self and those engaged In the sub
sidiary lines % industry.
There IL no payroll In civilization
that does not rest upon the back
Of the farmer. lie must pay the bills
all OF them
The total value OF the nations
annual agricultural products is around
sI2, 000, 600. 900, and It Is safe to esti.
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
devotes to meeting the payroll OF tho
hired hands Of agriculture, such as
the manufacturer, railroad, commer.
ciel and other servants.
The Farmers Payroll and How He
Meets II.
The annual payroll OF agriculture
approSimates Si2. 1000, 200. 600, A por-
ton OF the amount Is shifted to for.
eign countries IN exports. but thu
total payroll of industries working for
the farmer divides substantially as
follows: Railroads. $t.252, 900, 900,
manufacturers, sl,265, O0O, 600; mining.
s6b5. coo, 900; banks, $500. 600, 200.
mercantile S3,500.0C0 900, and . heavy
miscellaneous payr3ll constitutes the
ra.1ti~A-~
Il takes the corn crop, the most
valuable In agriculture. VIII CHI sold
last year for 81 ,G92 00O,O to pay of
the employees OF the railroads; tho
money derived from our annua. sales
OF livestock OF app 'oxlmately $1,000.
100000, the yearly cotton or jp valued
at 100000, QUO. the what crop,
which is worth SG10 900 900. a1d the
oat crop. that Is worth $ilG.UO0, 900.
are required TO meet the annual pay
roll of the manufacturers. The
money derived from The remaining
staple crops Is useI in meeting the
payroll of the bankers. merchants,
etc. After these obligations are paid,
the farmer has only a few punches OF
vegetables. some fiSlit and poultry
which he can sell and call the pro.
ceeds his own.
When tho farmer pays off his heip
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 dependent 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
a reduction Ia wages, and we want,
II possible. 10 retain the present wage
scale paid railroad and all other IN.
dustrial employees.
We win 1evote this article L a
discussion OF UNNECESSARY expenses
and whether REQUIRED by law OF per.
mitted by the malagements OF the
concerns. is wholly immaterial.