The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, September 13, 1917, Page 17

coneert by the farmers' band of Moe and Urness, to shake hands with Presi- dent Townley and, many who had not been orgzagized before, to see Mr. Ran- dall and take out memberships. Ran- dall was 80 busy for the next half hour making our receipts that he couldn’t find time for anything else. Yes, it was a great meeting. Carl A. Wold, editor of the Park Region Echo, and a committee of Donglas county farmers, were largely respon- sible for getting the big crowd out. And this same big crowd of farmers, and many many others to whom they have carried the nmews of the meeting, are going to do something to upset the present Minnesota political machine when next election rolls around, un- ADYERTISEMENTS WESTERN CATTLE %t try toq md. lt’nahmnsficht ot udmtm- serious o the ne tem. Let the tobacco Iubn qQuit YOU lt wxll g if you will Jun take Tobacco 0 direcs tions for two or thmed&y-. 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Offers most thorough and up-to-date instruction in all branches of & musi- cal education at most reasonable prices In the Northwest. Send for illustrated catalog. % { Mention Leader when writing advertisers less the writer misses his guess badly. | Cost of Producing Wheat F the farmer is given credit for his laber at going rates, for interest on his investment and for depreciation of his property, the factors counted by every other business man in figur- ing his cost of production, it cost him $24.79 per acre this year to raise his wheat. Figuring an average production in North Dakota of seven bushels to the acre means that the cost of wheat was $3.54 per bushel These figures were reached by a group of farmers who met at the St Paul offices of the National Nonparti- san league while the price fixing com- mittee was in session at Washington, D. C. The farmers’ figures were sent to the price-fixing committee.‘ In every case the figures quoted for labor are the current charges that the farmer would have to pay if he hagd all his work done by contract. If the farmer hired all his work done, these would be the costs. To this has been added taxes, depreciation caused by taking fertility from the soil and in- terest on a valuation of $50 per acre. The amount of depreciation was figur- ed at $4 per acre, because it would take $4 worth of commercial fertilizer to re- store to the soil the amount of fertility taken by a crop of wheat. Transpor- tation of seven bushels of wheat from the local elevator in North Dakota to Minneapolis, at the average freight rate, also is figured in. Here are the figures: ? Per Acre Seed— 1% bu. at $3......... $4.50 Discing at $1 . .00 Plowing at $3 .. .00 Harrowing at 35t (twice).... .70 19153 11117 gy S s T oS N A S 1.00 Twine at 22c per 1b; 1% Ibs. .33 Cutting and shockmg M aaae 3.90 Threshing at 15c a bushel... 1.05 Hauling (average of 5 miles) at 5 cents per mile ........ .25 PAXES i e Sinnan RSz adeligh TGRS . Insuranee {hail) . Covadesey +80 S OTR a9 1)) A R R SR 4.00 Interest (value $50 per acre) at 8 percent ....... ..o 4.00 Transportation (to Minnea- POHS) ........ R RS R e .84 PER ACRE ...... ereeees $24.79 PER BUSHEL ...........$ 3.54 It is important to notice that while a farmer may be able to say that he is producing wheat-for less than this, he probably will find that it is be- cause he is not charging himself for his own labor at going rates, or for the labor of his wife and children, or is not figuring on interest on his in- vestment or loss of fertility. The farmer has a right to expect the wages of common labor. He has a right to expect interest on his invest- ment and if doesn’'t lay enough aside to fertilize his soil he will¥find that he has been using up his capital to live on, and will have nothing left in the long run., How has & farmer been able to'live, | some will ask, if these are the costs of producing wheat, for he has never made these costs,. The answer is com- plete and plain. The farmer “scabs” on the job. He works with his wife and children for nothing, and works 12 to 16 hours a day. Also, he is increasing his debts year by year to make up the difference, and making his living out of poultry and the garden—not in wheat. + THEY ARE PATRIOTIC The middlemen who handle the pro- duce qf the farms may, after all, be able to prove that they are doing their part. They might insist, for instance, that the farmers raise the foodstuffs and the middlemen raise the prices. 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