Show Survey Shows How Farmer Gives More Than He Gets Ily ny I ISRAEL R EL J kLEIN Science l Editor X NEA Service B Balancing production against In- In Income income In Income come a survey of the economics of agrIculture reveals that the farm tarm- farmer farmer er Isn't getting his share of ot the country's profits proms That's Thala long been the cry ot of the country against the city but now actual facts and figures are pro pro- pro pro settLed to prove the farmers farmer's com com- complaInt complaint com complaint plaint The Information Is offered by the national Industrial confer confer- conference conference conference ence board hhas been makIng a thorough study of ot the production and Income of ot the purely productive productive tive branches of ot Industry as against the distributive and financial system system tem tern In la the productive branch the survey Includes the workers In agri agriculture culture manufacture mining ane and transportation In the other branches are those engaged In bankIng trade construction and service The Tho survey covers the years from 1860 1850 to 1920 and shows a trend especially In ag- ag ag agriculture that has been continuIng Ince 1920 A conclusion of ot the board Is that the combined share In the national income of the productive branches ot of Industry In the 70 years under understudy understudy understudy study has declined In proportion to the number of ot workers In those oc- oc occupations oc occupations while It has Increased on the same basis In lu the other fields And agriculture It Is found has haa suffered worst ot of all all WIL T AGRICULTURE GIVES Here are the facts on the farm er ers er's productive III side aide de of ot the ledger 1 He buys buya on the average about worth or about sixth sixth one of our manufacturing production I 2 Industrial employment of I nearly half tho the country country's workers I depends on on hi 3 He lIe supplies a a fifth of ot the railway freight tonnage of the country 4 His products product form nearly half the value ot of our total exports 6 5 His Ills taxes defray one-fifth one the total cost ot of o the government MUCH LOW LAND LAND LOW VALUE Y 6 His property represents one one- fifth the country's total wealth 7 lie He contributes about one one- one sixth one sixth the country country's Income And heres here's how hes he's been been repaid for this His JIls share In the national In- In income In Income com come from 1850 1650 to 1920 has de- de dined cUred from per cent to 13 per cent although he still aUlI represents represents a third of or the country's population population population lation At the same time the share of the distributive the system system the other Increased half Increased from 26 2 ber per er cent In 1850 to per ce cent t In 1920 |