Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-02-25
NARkETING SYSTEM

RNEt'hNaRN ~ N'A8
OF legislation AZ the last annual meet
Ing hold In Fort Worth, Tex, August
4, 1914, by resolution. which we quote,
~ follows.
1.-THE matter OF prime Importance
10 the farmers 3. this state Is an ade.
quate and efficient marketing system:
and we recognize that such a system
II impossible without adequate rail.
road facilities, embracing the greatest
amount OF service at the least pos.
siblo cost. We further recognize that
the farmers and producers In the end
pay approximately 95 per cent OF the
expenses Of operating the railroads.
and Il 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
turies to bear the foregoing facts in
mind when dealing with the common
carriers Of this state, aad we do espe
cially reaflrm the declarations OF
the last annual convention OF our
State Union. opposing the passage OF
the so.called 'fuil-crew' bill before
the thirty-third legislature OF Texas"
The farmers Of Missouri In the last
election, by an overwhelming ma.
jorlty, swept this law of the statute
book OF that state. and II should
come of Of all statute books where
II appears n NJ legislature OF this
nation should pass such a law OF
similar Legislation which requires IN.
necessary expenditures.
The same rule applies to ali req
latory measures which increase the
expenses OF industry without giving
corresponding benefits TO the public.
There is ofttimes a body Of mon ms.
semblod at legislatures-and they
have n right TO he there-who, in
their zeal for rendering their fellow.
associates IA service, sometimes favor
IN increase In the expenses Of in.
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 Oh the
shoulders OF the farmer by urging the
legislature to lay another burden
upon his heavy load and under the
lash OF "be II enacted" goad him on
TO pull and surge at the traces of civil
lzatlon, no matter how he may sweat
loan and gall ut the task. When
legislatures cut a melon for labor
- -~' - ''rmcr a lemon.
The farmers OF the United States
are not financially able to carry dead
heads on their pa.rolls. our
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.cleanlna Needed.
While the war Is on and there is a
lull In business. we want all legisla
tive bodies TO take an inventory OF
the statute books and wipe on all
extravagant and useless laws a good
house-cleanlng Is needed and econo-
mics can be instituted here and there
that will patch the clothes OF INDECENT
children, rest tired mothers and M
mortgages from dependent homes,
Unnecessary workmen taken OF and
useless expenses chopped down all
along the line viii add to the pros
perity of the farmer and encourage
him In his mighty effort to iced and
clothe the world
II any OF these Industries have sur.
plus employees We can use them on
the farm. We have no regular
schedule Of wagen but We pay good
farm hands on an average OF $3.50
per day CT thirteen hours when they
board themselves; work usually runs
about nins months Of the year und the
three months dead tine. they can do
the chores for their board II they
prefer TO farm on their own account,
there are more than $4,000 ,O00. 900
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. Tho total
average annual sales OF a farm In
the continental United States amounts
TO $4,000; the cost OF operation Is
$4,000; leaving the farmer sf76 per
annum 70 live on and educate his
family,
There is no occasion for the legis-
iatures making a position for surplus
employees Of industry. Let them come
back to the soil' and share with Us
the prosperity OF the farm.