Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1915-02-18
Illustrating the character OF uansces
sary expenses to which we refer.
Union Opposes "FulI Crew. Sili.

Union Opposes "FuII Crew" Bill.
The Texas Farmers Union regis
tered its opposition TO this character
Of legislation at the last annual meet
ing held in Fort Worth, Tex. August
{, 1914, by resolution, which We quote
as follows:
THE matter Of prime importance
to the farmers of this state is an ade
quate and efficient marketing system;
I and we recognize that such system
is impossible without adequate rail-
road facilities, embracing the creates.
amount of service at the least pos
sible cost We further recognize that
the farmers and producers in the end
! pay approximately IS per cent OF the
expenses OF operating the railroads,
and it is therefore to the interest OF
the producers that the expenses OF
the common carriers be as small as
Is possible, consistent with good ser
vice and safety We, therefore, call
upon our lawmakers, courts and
juries to bear the foregoing fac-s l.
mind when dealing with the common
carriers of this state, and We do espe-
cially reaf1rm the declarations Of
/ the last annual convention OF our
State Union, opposing the passage OF
the so-called full-crew' bill before
the thirty-third legislature Of Texas
The farmers OF Missouri in the last
election, by an overwhelming ma
jority, swept this Law of the statute
book Of that state, and il should
come of OF all statute books where
it appears and no legislature OF this
nation should pass such law or
similar legislation which requires IN
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to all regu-
latory measures which increase the
expenses OF industry without giving
corresponding benefits to the public
There is ofttimes . body Of men as
sembled at legislatures-and they
have a right to be there-vho, N
their zeal for rendering their fellow
associates a service, sometimes favor
an increase in the expenses OF IL
dustry without due regard for the men
who bow their backs to the summers
sun to meet the payroll, but these
committees, while making a record
for themselves. rub the skin of the
shoulders of the farL-er by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy lead and under the
lash of be it enacted" goad him on
to pull and surge at the traces OF civil
ization, no matter how he may swest-
foam and gall at the task When
legislatures 'cut a melon" for labor
they hand the farmer lemon.
The farmers OF the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
heads" on their payrolls- Our OWL
hired hands are not paid unless we
have something for them to do and
we are not willing TO carry the hired
help of dependent industries unless
there is work for them. We must
therefore insist upon the most rigid
economy.
Legislative House-cIeanins Needed.
While the war is on and there is
lull In business, we want all lesisla-
tive bodies to take an inventory OF
the statute books and wipe on sil
extravagant and useless laws A COCO
housekeeping is needed and econo
mics can be instituted here ana there
that will patch the clothes of indiseut
children, rest tired mothers and lift
mortgages from respondent homes
Unnecessary workmen taken of and
useless expenses chopped down all
along the line will add to the pros
perity OF the farmer and encourage
him in his mighty effort TO feed and
clothe the world.
If any of these industries have sur
plus employees We can use them on
the farm. We have no regular
schedule of wages, but we pay sood
farm hands on an average of $3.50
per day of thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nine months of the year snd the
three months dead time. they can do
the chores for their board. If they
prefer TO farm on their own account.
there are more than I4,010.000,000
acres of idle land on the earth's sur
face awaiting the magic touch OF the
pillow. The compensation is easily OBJ
tainable from Federal Agricultural
Department statistics. The totsl
average annual sales Of s farm in
the continental United States amounts
TO $4,000; the cost OF operation is
$4,000; leaving the farmer SIG per
annum to live on and educate his
| family.
There is no occasion for the legis-
latures making position for surplus
employees OF industry. Let them come
back TO the soil" and share with US
the prosperity Of the farm.
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