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Show find fault with above calculations; well, I expected that. But I know! that my calculations are still in favor J of the other side. And as far as the : I people today suffer under this enor-mous enor-mous inequilibrium in our commerc-I commerc-I ial affairs, itis because we disregarded it when timely warning was given. And true to my promises, 1 ha- e shown as far as I have gone, "that 7te are everywhere determinated against. " Now let US Sav sntnrthinir .itinllt J a the Remedies. 1 he remedy is, to adhere to the late j president lirigham Young's council, j now of many years standing, but mostly disregarded. 1st. One merch-! ant must buy directly, and sell at 10 j per cent above cost, or go to the wall; and more able merchants take their plrces. Vj We must labor to have a home mar-( ket for our productions and manu- factured goods; as home markets j are the best. We must raise and manufacture cloth, boots and shoes; sugar and syrup: soap, axle grease, linseed-oil, brooms, brushes, baskets, matches, glass, wagons, carriages and agricultural agri-cultural machinery, oatmeal, grain of wheat, and barley, potatoe-starch, potatoe-starch, salt, glue, hats, cooper-ware, cooper-ware, furniture, knitted-goods, hemp and cotton rope, stone-china, and nurseries for fruit, shade and forest nurseries for fruit, shade and forest trees, strawberries, flowers and bulbs suitable for our climate. And many other things. Wc, the people of San Pete Valley, Val-ley, let us enter in and take hold of these home industries, and let a hum of vigilant self sustinance sound through our lovely vales. If we do not, our children will. C. A. M. THE FARMER'S UNION. COST AND PRODUCTIVENESS OK LAMOK. CcONTINlUiB PKOM NO. I. Written lor tbe Rrihst&r Now let us search a little, for if possible to find out, why Farmers, Mechanics and Farm laborers in San Pete valley, and others, are reduced to a living on 20 cents per day, and less. That the average wages to mechanics mechan-ics and laborers are that low, is because be-cause the average farmer, does not make more than aboutSi.2; ier dav. make more than aboutji.25 per day, and therefore can not afford to pay more to those who labor for him. How much, above your average cost 0 labor, does your County &Ter-ritorial &Ter-ritorial Officers charge you for what they do in your service? 500 per cent. How much your merchants charge for w hnKey do in v ' ''j k$oo per cent. How much your Doctor, your Lawyer Law-yer charge for what they do in your service? 3000 per cent. How much your Hanker & Capitalist Capital-ist charge for what they do in your service? (too much to mention.) What is the aproximate cost to make a wagon? 25 days work. How much do you pay? So days wot k What is the approximate cost to make a iMower? 15 days work. How much do you pay? 50 days work. What is the amiroximate cost to What is the approximate cost to make a Reaper?6o days work. How much do you pay? 225 days work. It is in about the same proportion with all you buy with few exceptions. What about Railroad freight charges? The tariffs are generally based upon real cost 33 per cent, manipulation of increased (freight) cost 33 per cent, and watered stock 33 per cent, an honest railroad tariff tar-iff would be about 33 per cent, of what it is now. Well, how is your commercial standing then? with all this(let us withdraw the spoilators from specti-latiou)whom specti-latiou)whom you deal with, and have to pay wages, salaries and emoluments emolu-ments to, while they very kindly accomodate you, and "turn an honest hon-est penny" for your good. At the least calculation you fay 4 days work oyaur ou-n, for 1 days work of theirs and then we have left out Doctors, Bankers, F.ngineers, Lawyers and Capitalist, when you feed them in four days, they feed you in one for your goodness. To become even with them, you farmers , must either have their prices for what you sell to them; or they must come down to your prices in what you buy of them. To be even with them in what they charge you, you will have to charge them 100 lb. of grain, $5.00 1 " Beef, Mutton afoot .20 1 " Butter .60 1 " Cheese .75 1 " Kacon .50 1 ton of hay 20.00 For an average horse 400.00 For average Milkcow 100.00 For a days work 5.00 For team and hands 10.00 To be even with a Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer or of that stamp, you must charge 5 times that, vnd to be even with Bankers and . Millionaires we must charge 100 times that. For a railroad ticket to Salt Lake City you .should only pay $1. 35 or less. For a wagon you should only pay 3i-25- For a mower you should only pay i8.75 For a reaper you shoidl only pay 75- Now my dear E litor, many will |