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About The Santiam news. (Scio, Linn County, Or.) 1897-1917 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1915)
í llu*trat!n< the character of wnneess •ary «'gpeusos to wh.ch we refer Union Opposes "Full Crew” Bill Bi MEH WANTS NO "DEADHEADS” ON LIST OF EMPLOYES. (A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKTRS TO PREVENT USELESS TAX UPON AGRICULTURE. I ------------ | Oy Peter Radford I* turrr Nwllunal I ,»rt»rr» t'nMI Thu farmer la the poimcelt-r of Industry and as eu<l> ho must «>< < t th« nation's payroll When industry pays Its bill It must make a sight draft upon agriculture fur the amount, which the farmer Is compelled to honor without protest Thia check drawn upon asriculture may travel to and fro over the hlitbwuye of com merce. may build cities, girdle the globe with bunds of «tael; may search hidden treasures In the earth or traverse the skies, but In the end It will rest upon the soil No dollar will remain suspend« ! In midair. It la as certain to seek the earth's surface as an apple that falls from a tree When a farmer buys a plow he pays the man who mined the meta), the woodman who felled the tree, the manufacturer who assembled lbs raw material and shaped It Into an ar tide of usefulness, the railroad that transported It and the dealer who sold him the goods He 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 the commodity and the same applies to all articles of us« and diet of him self and those engaged In the sub »Hilary llm a of industry There is no payroll In civilisation that does not r«st ujam the ba< k of Uu< farmer He must pay the bills —all of them The total value of the nation's annual agricultural products Is around 11 S.OOO.limi nun. and It is safe to «all mate that 95 cents ou every dollar gm*« to meeting the • »p< ns* » of ano sldlary Induatrina The farmer does not work more than thirty minute, per day for hlmsdf. th« remaining thirteen hours of the day's toll he devotes to meeting lhe payroll of the hired hands of agriculture, such as the manufacturer, railroad commer clal and other servants The Farmer'» Payroll and Ho* Hs Meets It. The Texas Farmers Coloo regie tered Its opposition to tins character of legislation at th« last annual meet mg h«-Id in Fort Worth Tax , August • 1914. by resolution, which we quote, as follows: Th« matter of prime Importance to ibe fa.meri o* this state is an ads qtutl« and efficient marketing system. • ud we r> cognite that such A system Is lmi>oa>lble without adequate rail r> a I facilities, embracing the greatoat > . j! t of B'-rvlr* at the least po» bl« cost We further recognixe that he farmers and producers in the end I pay approximately 95 per cent ot the • i|<»i-« ot OfM-rattug lbs railroads nd It Is llierefure to the Interest of 'lie producer« that the expenses of common carriers be as small as Is possible consistent with good «er vie« and safety «, therefore, call ipon our lawn-aka rs. courts and iurl»n to bear the foregoing tacts In ulnd when dealing with the Co tn mor carrier- of this stale and we do e»p» tally reaffirm th« declarations of tha last annual convention of our late t'lilon. uptXM.ng the passage of the wo « ailed 'full crew bill before the thirty third |egi»latur<- ot Tease The farmers of Missouri in the last »lection, by an overwhelming ma Jority swept this law off the statute book of that state, and It should com« off of all statute books where It appears and no legislature of this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires un- fiect-ss*ry expenditures Tho runs rule applies to all regu latory tnt-asurt i which increase the expenses of Inlustry without giving corre»|M>ndlng bent dis to the public There Is ofttimes a body of m«n as sembled at legislatures—and they have s right to bo there —who. In their seal tor rendering their fellow- «'«<>< ties a s.-rvh --. sometimes favor •n Increase In lhe expenses of In dustry without due regard for the men who bow their barks to the summer's sun to meet the payroll, but those commit lees, while making a record for tholnseites. rub the skin off the • houlder« of the farmer by urging the legislature to lay another burden upon hl* heavy load and under lhe lash of "be It enacted goad him on to pull and surge at Ute traces of civil- liaiiou. no matter how he may sweat, foam and gall at lhe task When legislatures "cut a melon" for labor they band the farmer a lemon. The farmers of the United Htate« are not nuanclallg able to carry "dead head» on their payrolls Our own hired hands are not paid unless we lave something for lhem to do and »e are not willing to carry the hired help of dependent Industries unless there is work for them. We must therefore Inslut upon the most rigid economy Legislative House Cleaning Needed. While the war Is on and there la a lull in business, we want all legisla tive b<>di<-a to take an inventory of the statute books and wipe off all i xtrsvuKant and useless laws A good boil»« cleaning Is needed and econo mic» can t>« Instituted here and there that will patch th» clothes ot indigent children, rest tired mothers and lift nortgagea from d>> pondent home» t'nnecessary workmen taken off and uwclevn 'expenses chopped down all along the Hue will add to the pros perity of the farmer and entourage him In tils mighty effort to feed and clothe the world If any of three Industries have eur- plus employee ws can use tbi-rn on the farm We have no regular schedule ot wages, but we pay good farm hands on an average of II 50 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually rune about nine months of ths year and 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 ll.ooo.ooo.ono acre» of Idle land on the earth's sur- face awaiting lhe magic touch of tbs plow The compensation la easily ob tatnable from Federal Agricultural Department stalletlca. The total average annual sales ot ’ a farm In the continental United States amounts to !"!* <0. the cost of operation Is IH'i <«. leaving th<- farmer It76 per annum to live on and educate hla family. Th»re la no occaalon for the legts lature» making a i>osltlon for surplus employes of Industry Mt lhem come beck to the soil ' and »hare with us the prosperity of the term. The annual payroll of agriculture approxlman • ft .',<>••<.<>«< a p<>r lion of the amount Is rbiflcd to tor eign countrh-s In asports, hut the total payroll of Industries working for the farmer divides sub uantlally as follows; Railroads. SI. 251voo.ooti. manufacturers. |l,.i65.oiw.ooo, mining. S«5.'> eoo <>00 bai.ka, it.«>>0,l> 0. mercanttl«' I .’<*>'■ > <»>o, and a heavy miscellaneous payroll constitutes the remainder It lakes the corn crop, the most valuable In agr culture, which sold last year for SI.C92.bOO.OOO. to pay o.T the employes of the railroads; lhe money derived from our annual aalea of livestock of approximately 11.000,- noo.oto, th« yearly cotton crop, valued at |9E0,0C0.000. the wheat crop, which Is north MlO.OOO.OOO, and the oat crop, that Is worth Sl*0,0«0,<y0u. are re lulrcd to moot the annual pay roll of the manufacturers The money derived from the remaining staple crops Is used In meeting the payroll of the bankers, merchants tc. After these obligations are paid, he farmer has only a few bunchca of ><’Ketables. some fruit and poultry which he can sell and call the pro vda hl» own When lhe farmer pays off bls help e has very little left and to meet hese tremendous payrolls be has •««•n forced to mortgage homes, work • «men In the field and Increase the .ours of his labor We are there i ore. compelled to call upon all In ' tuatrles ..(-pendant upon the farmers ‘ or subsistence Io retrench In tbrlr When honesty Is merely a good vpeiiditures and to cut off all un policy It Is a poor virtue. ecessary expenaex This course Is msolutely necessary In order to avoid 1 reduction in wages, and we want IAty farmers sre just as useless as f possible, to retain the present wage dead ones and take up more room. vale paid railroad and all other In ■ i — ' lustrtal employee When th- soul communes with the Wo will devote this article to a spirit of nature the back to the farm I Hscusslon of unnecessary expenses movement prevails nd whether tequlrcd by law or per- nllted by the managements of the There are two klode of farmers concerns, is wholly immaterial We want al) waste labor and extrava One tries to take all ths advice ho hears and lhe other won t take any gance. of < hatever character, cut out We will t utlon the full crew bill as al alb I M. Sternberg A Co.’* store after Janu ary O- 25, will occupy the north half ot the Smith Building. One Block North of the Scio Postotlicf Watch tli is Weeks’ Is*in Oregon i 5 I Semi-Annual Clearance Sale f f l l COMMENCED I MONDAY, JANUARY 4 9 fl fl i ! o I fl fl I 9 As usual then* aie sweeping reduction* throughout tho entire store. You will he aide to purchase new, season able merchandise at reduced price* I xi gcloth 10 yard kylis, regular $1.50. clearance i rice . 98c Bookf<>l<i Indian Head, 36 in. reg. 9c 12ic, clearance price Percale. 36 in. wide, reg 15c, clear ance price lie Ginghams, all colors, reg 12|c, clear- n cc pi ice 9e Huck towels reg 25-, clearance 17c Linen lowe's reg 35c. clearance 19c Apron g’ngham reg S’.c, c’<ararce 6c H >p»‘ muslin reg 10c, cleat nice 7*c Pillow tubing reg 22c and 25-, clear ance price 19c Bleached sheeting 9 I reg 321c, clearance price 25c Bleached »heeling 10 4 reg 35c, clearance price. ................. 2»>Sc Charmetise silk reg $1.50 and $2.00. clearance price .......... $1.33 Fancy silk» reg H5c to $1.00, clear ance price .......................... 59c Childrens shoes, sites 51 to 8, reg $2.00, at ........................... $ 1 48 Childrens shoes. sizes 61 to 11, reg >. at 1 69 Indies sao 'H, tan. suede and pat ent. reg $4.50, at .................... 2 75 Ladies shoes, patent, kid and gun metal, reg 13.50, at ............. 2 39 .Mens shoes, tan, gun metal and kid. reg $5.00, at ......... ...... 3 85 .Mens shoe». tan, gun metal and kid, reg $4.00, at .................... 3 35 fl fl I 9 9 9 I fl f « l I I fl 9 I fl f 9 l Ì J BUTTER WRAPPERS 'Ne The state law requires that all dairy butter offered for sale at a dealers, must be enclosed in a paper wrapper on which is printed the number if ounces of butter, full weight and by whom aaade. W<- are equipped to print the«« wrappers to comply with the state law and at prices you cannot afford to ignore, and when used they make a very neat and attractive package. I-««« NEWS We furnish the News one veal and the N r nrinstend $1 ; Daily Oregonian , $(>; Telegram, $4.50; Daily Albany Her aid $2.50, S. W. Herald $1.75 Scores of other good clubs.
