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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.
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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
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' 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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.