The Bu«lnes» of the Farmer Can be Protected Only Through Proper Organization MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS PUBLISHED BY THE MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU FOR ITS MEMBERSHIP With A Strong Farm Bureau Are Made Possible Great Rural Advantage* SIXTH YEAR, VOL. VI, No. 1 JANUARY 13, 1928 ISSUED SEMI MONTHLY COUNTY BUREAUS PREPARING FOR 10TH STATE ANNUAL MEETING DIRECT BUYING OF LIVINGSTON CO-OP COUNTY ANNUALS DOT THE STATE AS HOGS BY PACKERS SECRETARY MAKES AMAZING How to Insure TIME FOR STATE SESSION NEARS: SLUMPS PRICES RECORD FOR 1927 A Successful Meeting FARM RELIEF, ROAD POLICIES LEAD Meeting reminders fop making arrangements for successful Packer an Indifferent Buyer Farm Bureau meetings. Sold 34 Cars of Wheat; More ATTENDANT E PUBLICITY In Great Terminal Than 3,570 Bbls. of 1. Have each member or person interested receive: Convention Will Find McNary-Haugen Well Markets (a) A letter ten days to two weeks previous to the meeting. Along In Congress; First Reservations In Flour (b) A postcard 48 to 24 hours previous to the meeting. 2. Have committees or individuals asked personally or by phone For Annual Banquet; Railroads ONE THIRD SETS PRICE to help get out those who ought to be interested. COAL, SEEDS AND FEEDS 3. Have all local papers furnish Grant Fare and Half Rates Bought Without Competition (a) General press announcement of meeting 1 to ?, weeks in advance, January is a significant month for the Michigan State By Packers' Country Does Big Milling Business; (b) Announcement with details a few days before. Is Important in That 4. Phone 15 to 25 leading members the'day before the meeting Farm Bureau. About 20 County Farm Bureaus are holding Agents reminding them of the date and hour and ask them to re- mind their neighbor members. their annual meetings this month and getting the final opin- Direct buying of hogs by the pack- Community ions of their memberships for the State Farm Bureau annual ARRANGEMENTS ers is responsible for the present (To be checked well in advance of the meeting) Feb. 2-3 at State College for embodiment in the Farm Bureau unsatisfactory price of hogs, the Howell, Jan. 5.—The tenth annual Kansas City Daily Drovers Telegram meeting of the Livingston Co-op As- 1. Has the ventilation, lighting, heating, etc., been taken care of? program for 1928. maintains in another article in which sociation was held in the Episcopal 2. Is the chairman familiar with the objects of the meeting? The News is listing elsewhere a number of County an- it shows shrinking hog receipts at Parish House at Howell, January 3. Have the speakers been made familiar with the purpose of 4th. The building was filled to ca- the meeting so that their talks may be effective? nual meeting dates remaining for the last half of January. the principal markets in the past five years, in the face of which we pacity and from the good spirit that 4. Have all reports, statements, committee reports and matters Every member should make a special effort to attend his prevailed all the way through the of business been prepared? have farmers getting from $4.50 to County annual, and take a hand in the resolutions which are $5 per hundred lower than they got meeting it is evident that this Co- 5. Has moving of the crowd and any unnecessary interruptions a year ago. op Association is a happy family. been avoided? passed on to the State meeting. Purchases of hogs at country con- President T. B. Gilkes had charge 6. If a banquet, has the arrangement of tables, speakers, etc., County meetings to date indicate that the McNary-Hau- centration points or at their private of the meeting and after a splendid been taken care of? gen farm relief plan now in Congress and a four cent gaso- yards are enabling packers to ge* MISS BESSIE L. KELLER dinner served by the Episcopal la- 7. If something happens and the speaker is late or part of your dies, the business session was held. program doesn't show up, have you a substitute program in line tax with license plates at a very nominal fee or possibly one third of their hogs without anv The secretary-treasurer's report mind? permanent license plates are stronglly supported by the Mich-? semblance of competition and then be indifferent buyers in the ( open markets, the Telegram says. The HILLSDALE'S SECY showed that the association Was in good shape financially and that 1927 igan Farm Bureau membership. McNary-Haugen Battle Expected only remedy at hand is refusal of farmers to sell to packers' direc* HAS MADE MOST had been its biggest and best year. Manager Crandall made a very complete report, giving an analysis CLAIMS COLLECTED r The McNary-Haugen bill is going through the House at buying agents. In Michigan, use Washington, and has just gotten into the Senate, where it your co-operative shipping ass'n and insist that the shipment go to the OF OPPORTUNITIES of the year's business, and gave the auditor's report, which was made by BY TRAFFIC DEFT COMING has run up against political opposition as bitter as of old. Michigan Live Stock Exchange at Mr. Howland of the Michigan State Senator McNary informed the Senate that he hoped to have Detroit or the Producers Co-opera- Thorough Knowledge of Bu- College Economics Department. tive Commission Merchants at East Buffalo. Here is the second article reau Work Has Had Among other things in Mr. Cran- dall's report was a statement that he ARE INTERESTING the bill before President Coolidge by March 1, and that he is hopeful that it will be signed. The Senate agricultural com- Good Results used the grain marketing service of mittee will go to work on the bill about Feb. 1. from the Daily Drovers Telegram: the Michigan Elevator Exchange and Farm Bureau Memberships that among other benefits he was The bill haabeen revised to meet many of the objections Hog prices are not only ruinous- By MRS. EDITH WAGAR always sure of the prompt payment , Well Worth Having to Mr. Coolidge raised to it, according to Mr. McNary, but the ly low from the producer's stand- Miss Bessie L. Keller has been of the money for any grain shipped. point, but they are entirely too low secretary and treasurer of the Hills- Mr. Crandall also told of the sav- Five Men necessary equalization fee has been retained. compared with cattle and lambs. dale County Farm Bureau since May ings made for the co-op by the Farm It is not unlikely that supporters of the McNary-Haugen When any commodity can be turned 1, 1923. and has also served as sten- Bureau Traffic Department. Here are a few claims collected re- to such a low position relatively as ographer for the office during that cently for members by the Michigan bill will wage a two handed war, agreeing with their op- hogs now occupy there is something His report showed increase ir State Farm Bureau Traffic Dep't and ponents that while the bill may not be perfect, it is as econo- time. amount of all commodities handled radically wrong. Either the law of Extension work has been conduct- Among other items 44,770 pounds the collection charges saved these members by reason of their paid-up mically sound as the high tariff principle quoted by their op- supply and demand is not function- ed from the same office with a full of grass, clover and alfalfa seeds; 36 ing properly or some powerful factor time Boys and Girls club leader and carloads of coal, 28 cars of feeds, 13 membership. The Traffic Dep't col- ponents, and may launch an assault in that direction. in the situation has gained a domin- lects for both non-members and Bureau Noted For Highway Policies part of the time a county agricultural of lime, 7 of corn, a carload of bind- members. The regular charge for th« ating position and is using it to its agent. Home Economics among the er twine and many other items. The matter of a four cent gasoline tax and lower priced own material advantage. service is remitted to the Farm Bu- women of the county has also re- Thirty-four cars of wheat were reau member, but deducted from the Yesterday the average prices of ceived its share of attention from sold through the Elevator Exchange, license plates in Michigan is sure to come up for action at the non- on all matters con- at Lansing hotels Farmers Week should make reservations year period. to our organizations in having an together and are proving cerning loss, overcharge and dam- fie Dep't is equipped to represent you As to prices, month by month this alert county secretary on the job group of farmers can carry on suc- that a now. Rooms are scarce. age claims, and any other claims that and settle your claim as soon as pos- year compared with corresponding at all times. cessfully their own buying and sell- you may have with railroads or sible. It will audit your freight and months last year, there is ample evidence that conditions are more out of joint than in supply channels FARE AND HALF ing business. transportation companies. The Traf- express bills free. : KANSAS BUREAU Kent Co. Announces Ann'I Meeting Events The following table shows the aver- age price for hogs, month by month, MICR ELEV. EXCH. 1 FOR HAUGEN BILL Grand Rapids, Jan. 10—The an- compiled by the United States bureau ROUND TRIP FOR nual meeting of the Kent County of agricultural economics: 1927 1926 FARMERS'WEEK MARKET OPINION A d v a n c e Program Supports Mississippi And St. Farm Bureau will be held at the Grand Rapids Association of Com- December 13th $ 7.75 $12.48 Tenth Annual Meeting Lawrence Waterway merce, Friday, January 20th. The By Michigan Elevator Exch., Lan- meeting will start at 10:00 o'clock November 8.86 11.64 sing, under date of Dec. 30, 1927. of the October 10.39 12.76 Instructions Given Herewith Plans standard time. The forenoon will be WHEAT—The wheat market is MICHIGAN STATE FARM III REAL given over to the business affairs of September 10.70 12.65 For Securing Such simply marking time without prospect (Room 402, Agricultural Building) Dodge City, Kas., Jan. 7.—The the organization. Dinner will be had August 9.39 12.07 of much of any change in prices for at the Association of Commerce din- M. S. C , East L§nsing. Mich. Kansas delegation in congress was July 9.31 13.05 Rates some while to come. The next move ing room. The afternoon program June 8.67 14.11 Thursday, Feb. 2, 0:30 A. fcf. Eastern Time urged to support the McNary-Haug- should be about a 5c advance. en measure in a resolution adopted will consist of reports on home and May 9.00 13.40 Fare and one-half rates for the BUSINESS SESSION agricultural extension work, talks CORN—The corn market is very by the Kansas Farm Bureau at the April 10.32 12.14 round trip to Lansing for Farmers strong. Prices liable to go higher. Call to order—President M. L. Noon closing session of its annual conven- by officials from the state office March - 11.02 12.01 Week have been announced by the Corn is the cheapest feed available Seating of Delegates tion here yesterday. at Lansing. Time will be given for February 11.39 12.26 railroads serving the lower penin- today. Appointing of Committees a discussion of all phases of Farm sula. The minimum selling fare is An honest effort, said the resolu- Bureau work. All members of the January 11.67 11.98 OATS—Prices holding steady. No President's Address—M. L. Noon $1.00. A substantial reduction i« tion, has been made by the sponsors organization are urged to attend. These average prices reduced to important change in prospect. Reading of Minutes of Last Annual Meeting of the bill to meet the just demands a head basis mean that hogs this granted for children of half-fa re Secretary's and Treasurer's Report age—which figures out 1% of the BEANS—Market very s t r o n g . of opponents, and, as introduced at It year will have brought less than $20 2:00 P, M. the present session, it seemed logi- past Issometimes happens that one'a per head compared with an average half fare round trip. Prices today highest on the crop. Address—M. S. Winder, Sec'y-Treas. of the American Farm an ever-present difficulty. Tickets will be sold to Lansing Prospects are for still higher prices. cal, fair, just and as simple as it of $30 a head in 1926. For the year Bureau Federation could be made to be effective. 1927 close to 45,000,000 hogs will January 28 to Feb. 2, inclusive, and Before new beans come on the market 2: 15 P. M. Asserting agriculture in the m i d - have been marketed in the United States, and the $10 per head lower will be good for return to reach the original starting point not later than again we expect the bid to the farmer to reach $6.50 to $7.00. Conditions Reports of Credentials & Rules Committees Recommendations from Board of Directors dle West suffered an unreasonable'! Reserve Banquet prices this year means that hog pro- midnight of Feb. 4, 1928. Be sure of market strongest in several years. Consideration of Resolutions handicap, due to excessive transpor- Tickets Soon! ducers have lost $450,000,000, com- to see your local ticket agent well 5:45 P. M. tation costs, the bureau pledged it- j Now is the time to reserve pared with 1926. before train time and buy a round MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU ANNUAL BANQUET self to use every effort to reduce your tickets for the State Farm When any group or combination trip ticket to Lansing at the fare The woman speaker had gone deep- l Ball Room—Union Memorial Building) the costs. The bureau went on rec- Bureau Banquet and Old Time of groups is powerful enough to take and a half rate for Farmers Week. ly into the political situation and had (Admission by ticket only) ord as favoring the Missouri-Mi tng Party which is on the away from a producing group as Farm Bureau members coming to scathingly attacked the male politi- sippi River navigation project, the program for Thursday evening, cian. President M. L. Noon. Chairman Feb. 2. Last year more than much as $450,000,000 in a year of Lansing for the Farm Bureau'* Program to date Great LakesSt. Lawrence waterway Tenth annual meeting, Feb. 2 and Finally, a stern-looking male mem- and the reduction of railroad rates Farm Bureau folks normal supply some other factor Community Singing— For two years every 3, at State College, should take ad- ber arose and said: "May I ask a to the lowest possible figure consist- than the law of supply and demand question?" Banquet Music—Brody Farm Bureau Orchestra et has gone. The price is $ 1.25 is responsible. vantage of this rate for all Farmers Address—"Shall American Farmers Become Peasants",—Prof. ent with good serice. per person, which covers the Week visitors. The sneaker nodded. This year 34 per cent of the hogs "Your husband—does he share William E. Dodds of the University of Cnicago. The four principal officers were whole evening's progj were bought direct by packers at these views?" Old Time Dancing Party re-elected. They are Ralph Synder may other than public markets. In other Not a Real Marriage "Not yet,"' she replied. Friday, February 3, 0:80 A. M. of Oskaloosa. president for the call for them ruail- words, packers were able to get more "Dauber says he is wedded to his "So I thought," came from the ixw BUSINESS SESSION ninth term; Andrew Shearer, Frank- fter Jan I than one-third of their hogs without art." , terrupter, amid much laughter in the Adoption of Resolutions fort, vice president: Mrs. J. C. Rus- any semblance of competition. With "Pshaw! It is just one of those j audience. Election of Directors sell, Devon, treasurer, and Julia this supply they were indifferent companionate marriages, nothing "I might add." said the lady, "that Adjournment [King Smith, Manhattan, secretary. buyers for hogs on the open market, more." I I'm not yet married." (Continued on page three) *m^m .TANT ART 11 JWO MICHIGAN FARM B UREAU NEWS W h a t does the tariff act do to t h e m ? and whose father said, "Why, What Has Tariff To Do With I call attention to paragraph 339 of what's the m a t t e r ? " He said, MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS the tariff act of 1922. We have here teacher licked me, and it's your fault." The father said, "Why is it table, household, kitchen, and hos- Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau ;it Char- pital utensils, and hollow or flat my f a u l t ? " The boy answered, "Ym, lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- quarters, Lansing, Michigan. Vol. VI. JANUARY 18, 15)28 No. 1 McNary-Haugen Farm Relief? ware. I want to speak particularly about utensils made of aluminum. The friends and business associates of Mr. Mellon have been able to put told me t h a t a million dollars is a hell of a lot of money, and that ain't the right a n s w e r . " A hundred and ninety-nine mil- Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second class their ability to fix the price of their lions! That is a lot of money. That is into this tariff act a tax upon alumi- matter. Acceptance for mailing at special r a t e of postage provided labor are violative of economic law? for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, authorized J a n u a r y 12, 19-'3. Subscription Price 10c Per Year, included in dues of Farm SENATOR COPELAND TELLS AMERICAN The laws of supply and demand in la- bor are set aside by these combina- num ware which makes the selling price a positive burden to the people of this country. a lot of money. That United States Steel Corporation paid in profits in 1926. Another com is what the Bureau Members. LEE CH3LBON Editor FARM BUREAU HOW THE PROTECTIVE tions. So, in that field, too, we have violations of economic law. Rates For Freight, Etc, But when it comes to the protec- tion of the farm women, the same declared a dividend of $45,000,0 i, and other concerns of lesser c quence in the steel world declared TARIFF "AIDS" FARMING When it comes to fixing interest rates in the various States, the rates of fare, and the r a t e s , charged for principle is proclaimed as "econom- ically unsound." Last fall Mrs. Copeland had oc- smaller dividends. But since every corporation took a d a n t a k e tariff act, do you wonder that thev of th s flICHJGAN §TAXmAW4 ftUftEAU freight upon the railroads, those casion to make some preserves and had profits! Every Orator Against Farm Relief Defends The rates a re not fixed by the competitive laws of economics; they a re establish- did not have a preserve pot of t h e right size" to suit her. She drove Where F a r m e r Conies In The farmers have contributed a OFFICERS Tariff System; CopelancTs Figures Are ed in violation of economic laws. down from the farm to the village large part of t h a t profit. I am going M. L. NOON\ Jackson President So, so far as I am concerned, I am and came back with such a formid- W. W. BIT.UNGS, Davison Vice-President Amazing; That Which Aids Industry not at all disturbed when I hear able outfit that it seemed to me it to say something which, if you have not investigated, will surprise yon. M. B. McFHEBftON Direct ors-at-Large Lowell Is Heresy Fort Farmers some great economist say that the popular farm relief bill is economi- was beyond the purse of a New York farmer. I said, "How much did you The farmers of America use more than half of the steel produced in MRS. EDITH M. WAOAR Carleton cally unsound! that it is violative of pay for t h a t ? " ""Four dollars and fif- America. In fence wire, plow shares, JOHN OOOI )WI XI •: Marlette the ordinary laws of supply and de- ty-five cents," was the reply. I said • I'M F.1,Y Newberry Address by ROYAL S. COPELAND " J u s t for fun, let us find out how plows and other implements that are mand. It must be admitted at once used by the farmer there is utilized j. u ."."... Buchanan United States Senator from New York. Mr. Copeland spoke before that this is true. much the tariff is, and how much this vast quantity of steel—more W. W. BILLINGS I Ja vlson ( 'nmmodity Directors the American Farm Bureau at Chicago, Dec. 6 We have had a great many swim- the price is increased by the tariff." t h a n is used in construction of build- GEORGE HERMAN, Remus M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Michigan Milk Producers Association Sometimes good-natured friends joke me about m y mark- ming contests lately. A charming So we took this aluminum pot and ings, more than is used in the mak- young woman of my city swam the found it weighed 3 lbs. Since alum- ing of steel rails. The farmers use J. It. O'MEALY, Hudson Michigan Live Stock Exchange ed interest in the farmer. But why should not I be interested? English Channel. A woman, equal- half the steel produced in this coun- GEO. W. McCALLA, Vpsilanti Michigan Elevator Exchange inum is very light, you can imagine M. D. PUSKIRK, Paw Paw .*•'. Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc. I was born on a farm, my ancesters were farmers, I live on a ly charming, I have no doubt, living t h a t it was really an immense pot. try. S T A T E FARM BUREAU ORGANIZATION farm most of the year, and expect to die on the farm. in the State of California, crossed We said, "We will find out now what Not alone have the farmers con- the channel from Catalina Island to Clark L. Brody •as-Manager These may be called sentimental reasons. There is a much Point Vincente on the Pacific Coast. the kind-hearted m a k e r s of the tar- tributed by the additional price iff act of 1922 a r r a n g e d in t h e way which they pay for manufactured greater reason for this interest in the farmer. The state which In any swimming contest the sport- of tariff on such an article in order products of steel, but they have con- DEPARTMENT HEADS I have the honor to represent in part in the United States Sen- ing element would be eliminated if that t h e farmer's wife might be tak- tributed at least one-half of the g r e a t Traffic A. P. Mills ate is one of the greatest agricultural States of the Union. one contestant were permitted to en care of." . We consulted the tariff profits of the steel companies. One Clothing -Miss N. B. Kirl.y wear a n inflated rubber bag to keep hundred a n d twenty-five million dol- New York stands eleventh in,the value of its farm crops. act and found, in p a r a g r a p h 339, Publicity !"••'• Chilson t h a t on kitchen utensils made wholly lars, in addition to the sums paid on mtlng Organization E. E. I C. L. Nash The only States exceeding it largely are Texas, because of its hter, ishead and above another thecontestant surface ofwere the waper- or in chief value of aluminum t h e r e manufactured steel, has been the Automobile Insurance Alfred BentaJ] cotton; California, by reason of its fruits; Iowa and Illinois, mitted to wear webbed gloves to in- is a tax of 11 cents a pound and 55 contribution of the farmers of Amer- SUBSIDIARY CORPORATIONS OF T H E M I C H I G A N S T A T E crease his power in stemming the ica to the steel concerns of this coun- FARM BUREAU for their corn. It runs shoulder to shoulder with Kansas, tides and the waves. But the great per cent ad valorem. try. Michigan Farm Bureau Seed Service L. A. Thomas Michigan Farm Bureau Supply SerVlfce £. A. Thomas Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and Ohio. capitalists, the great manufactur- This pot, you will recall, weighed The P r i c e of Fertilizer 3 pounds. At 11 cents a pound, that Michigan Farm Bureau Wool Pool Alfred Bentall Not one of this last group exceeds my state in money value ers of this country have the equiva- is 33 cents. We will assume t h a t this One has but to study the history of farm crops in an amount to exceed twenty-five millions lent of inflated r u b b e r bags in the pot is really worth $3.55. At 55 per of ancient nations to realize that Michigan Commodity Marketing Associations protective-tariff system. The labor- their fate was determined by the per year. ing men—and I am glad of it—have cent on the value, t h a t would be state of agriculture. They prosper- $1.95. One dollar and ninety-five Affiliated With Michigan State F a r m Bureau No governor can long remain in office in the State of the value of webbed gloves in their cents added to 33 cents would make ed until the soil was exhausted. Michigan Potato Growers Exchange Cadillac New York unless he recognizes the importance of agriculture. combinations to fix the price of la- $2.28. When it became impossible to sup- Michigan Milk Producers Association 707 owen Bids., Detroit bor. The poor farmer, however, ply the essential foods at costs with- Michigan Live Stork Exchange Hudson The farmers have always determined the fate of candidates for when he enters into the swimming You see, Mi's. Copeland paid $4.55 in the reach of the common people Michigan Elevator Exchange Earn Bureau Bldg., Lansing that high office, certainly during the time I have lived in the contest has no r u b b e r wings and no for t h e pot. That was $2.27 for the the given nation declined in power, Michigan Fruit Grow.is, mc Benton Harbor State. webbed gloves; he has to breast the pot a n d $2.28 for the "jack pot," and passed under the yoke of a more Directors and Officers of tlie Conmiodity Exchanges Mr. Mellon won! powerful neighbor, and perhaps lost Studying the various messages of the governors, I have been tide and the waves with his own man its national identity. MICH ELEVATOR EXCH. Carl Martin, Pres Cold water M i d i . MILK PRODUCERS ASS'N N. }'. Hull, Pres Lansing interested to see what has been their attitude toward the farm- power. The f a n n e r is the victim of "eco- These figures may not be exactly correct, but in the main they are. I The struggle for national existence Milton Burkholder, V. P. .Marlette R. G. Potts, Viee-Pres. Washington er. Here is a sample from one of Governor Smith's annual nomic unsoundness." Practically ev- think it is safe to assume t h a t when is the struggle to maintain soil fer- H. D. Horton, Ser-Treas... . Kinde John ('. X.-ar, Sec Flat Rock L. E. Osmer, Mgr Lansing B. E. Beach, Ass't Sec Detroit messages: e r y t h i n g t h a t he buys is increased in any woman goes to t h e hardware tility. It may seem strange to the price because of t h e protective-tariff store and buys an aluminum utensil— urban dweller, but to the farmer it C. S. Benton, Bean Dep't II. W. Xorton, Treas Howell Any conception of the State as serving the people which omit- system. a pie plate, or a dish pan, or some- is well known t h a t fertilizer has Port HUron M. L. Xoon Jackson ted consideration tor our basic industry of agriculture and t h e The boys upon the farm stay there thing else—about half the amount more to do with national prosperity Neil Bass, Bean Dep't Lansing K. L. Taylor Lapeer great public works which will contribute to the solution of our W. E. Phillips Decatur no longer. The high wages of the she pays for it is the value of the pro- t h a n have bank balances, volume of L. W. Hafwnod Adrian problems of transportation and cost of living would be u n s o u n d . George McCalla Ypsilanti W. .1. Thomas Grand Rapids t r a d e on the stock exchanges, and city a t t r a c t them, and so they go to duct and the other half is added by L. C. Kamlowske Washington Fred W. Meyer Fair Haven He continues in language which will find a response in the the city. The farmer, then, is the reason of the favoring legislation put the output of all our factories. Un- M. R, Shisler Caledonia Dr. W. C. McKinney ...Davisburg heart of every farmer, no matter in what state he resides. I victim of the economic unsoudness of t h r o u g h by the tariff act of 1922. less the farmer prospers and has F. M. Oehmke Sebewaing James J. Brakenberry ...Pad Axe quote: ) the protective-tariff system and the It All Depends buying power, banks and exchanges W. J. Hasefwood Mt. Pleasant Elmer Powers Clio The present condition of agriculture in oilr State is such t h a t and factories will go into bankrupt- requires relief at the earliest possible moment. Since the h a r v e s t economic unsoundness of the method The wife of every farmer who buys cy. The farmer cannot prosper un- MfCH. POTATO GROWERS HXCH. MICH. LIVE STOCK EXCEL of 1920 conditions have grown steadily worse, until from every of fixing the price of labor in this an aluminum utensil contributes to less he has unfailing crops of nor- Henry Curtis. Ires Cadillac E. A. Reamer, Pres Blissfh Id section of the State reports are coming t h a t farmers by the h u n - country. t h e welfare of the Aluminum Co. of mal size. He cannot have such crops J. T. Bussey, Vice-Pres, Provemont R. D. Harper, VSce-Pres., St Johns dred are giving up farming and many are selling out and flocking The Protective Tariff America and contributes materially. without continuous replenishment of O. E. Hawley, Sec/y Shelby J. H. O'Mealey, Sec'y Hudson to the industrial centers, already overcrowded. I desire to make a few brief ref- Of course, that is "economically the soil by t h e addition of plant F\ J. Harger, Treas Stanwood Frank Obrest, Treas., Breckenrhlge Unless there can be found a means for farm relief, the cities erences to the tariff act of 1922. I sound" from the standpoint of the food. P. P. Hibst, Gen. &Tg* Cadillac Nate iattison Caro C. A. lUchner, Sales Mgr. .Cadillac J. R. P.ttt.s Sparta will have bread lines to feed the unemployed. The co/idition of hold in my hand a copy of this act, manufacturer, h u t from the stand- Until t h e middle of the last cen- Charles Drown Stinfield and turn to Schedule 3. This is the point of an economist it must be said Leon G. VanLeuw Befltaire Edward I )ippey Perry the farmer is of tremendous interest to the urban dweller. schedule devoted to metals and manu- to be economically unsound. Cer- tury the soil of our country was un- George Herman Remus exhausted or could b e ' maintained E. A. Rasmussen Sheridan Charles Woodruff Hastings Some of these things I shall attempt to describe, but just now factures of metals. I w a n t you to tainly nothing in the McNary-Haugen by plant foods or the manures from MICHIGAN FRUIT GROWERS, INC. it is my desire to emphasize the potential dangers to the labor-* see just how Congress protected the bill can be more economically un- our own farms. Late in the century, M. D. Buskirk, Pres Paw Paw John Miller Allan B. Graham Coloma Elberta ers in the city crafts. Overcrowding in the greater centers farmer in the tariff act of 1922. When the a u t h o r s of this act were sound t h a n the protective tariff sys- tem. however, it was found t h a t artificial Amos Tucker, 1 V. Pres aids must be used. F r o m that time South Haven P. J >. Leavenworth, Grand Rapids ! means undue competition and lowered wages for them." "being good to the f a r m e r " they Now, to go on. I want to give t h e r e has been intensive study in ev- Herbert Nafzlger, 2 V. Pres W. J. SchuRs Hart Millburg L. A. Hawley LudJngton Who can doubt that Mr. Smith has painted a true picture were good only in spots. I find in just a few illustrations of t h e kind- ery civilized country t o find cheaper F. L. Bradford, Sec. -Treas < \ I. Chrestensen Onekama of the situation as it exists today? H e is right, too, in saying paragraph 316, for instance, that ness of Congress to the American and more effective fertilizers. Benton Harbor l r. w . Gowdy Union Pier round iron or steel wire of a certain farmer, because many orators are so There is a n a t u r a l resentment F. L. Granger, Sales Mgr (>. R. Gale Shelby that— • size is taxed at three-fourth of 1 confident that the farmer has been against taxing the things essential Benton Harbor John Lang Sodus The g r e a t difference between the earnings of the farmer and cent per pound; another size at 1 % protected and not imposed upon by to h u m a n life. F o r instance, when a D. H. Brake Fremont John Bottema Spring Lake the cost of produce in the markets is something that requires the Pert Gleason Lawivnc t; cents per pound; and where there is these wickedly uneconomic laws. sales tax is discussed its most a r d e n t Henry Namitz Brldgman vigorous attention of the State. There is something wrong in a J. F. Higbee LEGISLATIVE Benton Harbor HEADQUARTERS C. L. Prudy Munsey Bldg., Washington,Lansing D. C. Commonwealth t h a t permits so much of the produce of the land a value of 6 cents per pound there is I find t h a t cross-cut saws a n d mill advocates declare at once for the ex- Miller Overton Bangor Harry Hogue Sodus to rot on the farm, while such high prices a r e being obtained an ad valorem tax of 25 per cent. saws and circular saws and all sorts emption of the necessities. That is for what is being sold in the cities. Likewise, on galvanized wire t h e r e is of saws are taxed at 20 per cent ad the common rule. American F a r m Bureau Federation Even the m a k e r s of t h e Fordney- SAM H. THOMPSON President My training as a sanitarian has taught me the importance a tax of cne-half cent per pound. valorem. The farmer pays his little McCumber "tariff of abominations" GENERAL OFFICES A. F. B. F 58 East Washington St., Chicago Then we come down t o axles and contribution to the manufacturer of CHESTER; H. GRAY Washington Representative of an abundant supply of the essential foodstuffs. W e can not parts, thereof, axle bars, axle blanks, these products every time he buys a pretended to place fertilizers on t h e have healthy a n d vigorous babies without an unfailing flow and forgings for axles, all very im- saw,—20 per cent of the purchase free list. The first time I studied this law critically I was impressed by the of pure milk. Good bread, the corn and meat products, the portant to the farmer. These are price. apparent fairness a n d foresight of charged for at six-tenths of 1 cent Then, if he should be so unfortu- fruits of the'orchards, and the vegetables of the garden are per pound, so t h a t the farmer has to its makers. P a r a g r a p h 1583 declares n a t e as to need a new umbrella he vital to the highest type of good health, a n d proper nourish- pay not alone the original value and that no duty shall be paid on t h e STATE FARM BUREAU'S PUBLIC ment is essential to good citizenship. the fair price of t h e s e p a r t s but he has to pay on the steel frame of t h a t umbrella 50 per cent ad valorem. He common ingredients " a n d all other substances used chiefly for fertili- must pay in addition t h e tariff which SERVICE PROGRAM It must be apparent, then, that the city dweller regards with is imposed by the act of 1922. contributes every time he buys a new umbrella. Fortunately the old green zer." concern what is happening upon the farm. He knows that Iiear in mind t h a t t h e prices plac- umbrella, which he has had since his This language gives and undoubt- edly is intended to give the impres- LEGISLATION' while happiness is the most elusive thing in the world, there ed upon these articles a r e not sums boyhood, is in fairly good working sion that those elements, quite as Passage of the Capper-French Truth-in- Fabrn- bill: completion and operation of can be no happiness in any home where there is economic dis- collected and turned over to t h e Unit- order. It has been re-covered a num- essential to plant growth as milk ber of times, but I do not blame him the IT. S. Muscle Shoals Nitrates plant tress. A n y group suffering from this cause must be a n un- ed State* CJovemment. if he does not buy a new umbrella and water a r e to h u m a n growth, and manufacture of fertilizer; opposition These a re products made in this should be free from the restraining to any form of sales tax or of consump- happy group, and there is no doubt that t h e farmer, particu- country and sold in this country. The when he has to contribute such an and blighting hand of the tax col- tion tax; retention of federal income tax; Passage of Gooding-KetCham Seed Stain- larly the one-crop farmer, is in economic distress price is added not to help defray the outrageous price because of1 this tar- lector. Agriculture, t h e basic indus- ENACTED APR. 26, 192« ing bill. F a n n e r Stands Alone 4- — . expense of Government but because iff. try, is not to be hampered or embar- TAXATION' The farmer is the only man left operate -would, perhaps, work havoc it is alleged to be necessary to pro- As a bait to the farmers, harness assed by the demands of the oligar- Relief for sorely burdened farm property who is working in the open field of with industries in any given country, tect American labor against the cheap was put on the free list, but on all chy. While it was a surprise to me, by enactment of: competition. A long time ago the particularly in our country. yet on first study it seemed to be a But in labor abroad. saddlery and harness, hardware, (a) Two cent gasoline tax for highway funds. manufacturing industry learned that the last analysis a protective tariff fact t h a t for once the farmer was to My argument, I may say, is not in- buckles, rings, snaps, bits, swivels, (b) State Income Tax in place of State's gen- in order to have any degree of mone- must be recognized as violative of be well treated by the framer of the eral property levy. tended at all to dispute the import- and all other articles of the sort (c) Law forbidding any more tax exempt tary satisfaction 1 competition must be economic law. ance of a proper protective-tariff sys- known as harness h a r d w a r e t h e r e is tariff act. securities. eliminated. So the trust^ and com- tem. I am a Democrat, but I am a tax of 35 per cent ad valorem. The The Joker ENACTED JAN. 29, 1925 The Labor Unions (d) Equalization of assessment of farm and binations came into existence. The $67,350 ANNUALLY city property in accordance with sales We know the conditions which sur- not a Democrat who believes t h a t farmer pays that a m o u n t in addi- Then I observed t h a t word " p r o - SINCE 1924 values of same. ra of Danbary, competing with round labor. I can remember in my there should be no tariff. I believe tion to the original value of the har- vided." Whenever a law contains a (Farm Bureau Investigations brought the hatters of Hartford and the hat- boyhood t h a t section men working on not alone in a tariff for revenue but ness. paragraph beginning "provided," you equalization Mi> Calhoun, Ingham, Wash- teis of the other sections of New Eng- the railroads labored 12 hours a day tenaw, Monroe and Kalamazoo counties, also in a tariff high enough to pro- On H a r d w a r e may be sure some special interest saving farmer taxpayers $67,350 excess land, found that the only way they and received $1 a day. There was an has exerted its legislative influence. tect American labor. Once in a while the farmer has to taxes annually.) could deal with their problem was by old saying t h a t "A dollar a day is It has pinned a selfish rider upon Every orator against farm relief buy a new knife, a penknife, a pocket- TRANSPORTATION combination and the fixing of prices. dern poor pay," but t h a t is all they t h e bill. defends the protective tariff act. knife, a pruning knife, or a budding E F F E C T I V E SEPT. 1 0, Immediate application of Michigan Zone It was not long, however, before got. So, when we read to its end para- 1925 A man would s t a r t out in life Among other things he tells how the knife, and on any knife he buys he Kate decision to save farmer shippers in the hatters of America, in spite of the as a laborer and at the end of his life, 60 counties 1809,000 annually. farmer is exempt from a tariff duty pays a high ad valorem tax. graph 1583, we find t h i s : There combinations they had effected, long or short—-and it was usually Provided, T h a t no article speci- MARKETING found they were competing with the short—he was still a laborer a n d his upon leather and shoes. He does not is a tax on all the kitchen knives, fied by n a m e in Title I shall be free Extension of sound co-operative market- speak about chains of all kinds made butcher knives, and carving knives. ing | rogram now well under way in Mich- hatters of Europe. By that time the children were laborers/ It was im- of duty u n d e r this p a r a g r a p h . of iron or steel. Everybody who has He pays a tax on pliers, pinchers, nip- igan. trusts and combinations had grown possible for t h e children of the la- What does this mean? had anything to do with a farm pers, files, and rasps of all sorts. So AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE powerful enough to control legisla- boring man to have t h e benefits of The tariff act is drawn under knows about the use of chains ip the farmer is the continual victim of EFFECTIVE OCT. 20, Adequate protection for farmers against tion. They moved to Washington in education; t h e family of the labor- t h r e e titles. Title I is t h e "Dutiable 1926 loss by lire, theft, collision, property dam- force, and with their political influ- ing man was deprived of the advan- moving down the wood and the logs, the uneconomic and unsound protec- list." Title II is the " F r e e list." The e and public liability furnished at rea- « nee succeeded in having pnsse% more yolks than whites. Hens need protein to produce whites. Michigan Egg His Share Kalamazoo Co. Farm Bui^ January 19 Kalamazoo, Mich! Mash with Buttermilk supplies the protein phosphoric acid taxed at 2 cents a O n Filler pound. Kent Co. Farm Bureau January 20.... Grand Rapids ingredients for whites in the proper proportion Chicago, Jan. 8—American farm- ..Ass'n of Commerce to balance the yolks for maximum egg produc- ers would be getting nearly a bil- A ttta of fertilizer, t h e n , contain- Washington, Jan. 10—The possi- tion. The public formula for Michigan Egg Macomb Co. Farm Bureau January 12 Mt. Clemens lion and a half dollars more for ing phosphoric acid is taxed at bility of average savings in the de- Mash with Buttermilk is your assurance of con- their products each year if they were t h e r a t e of 2 , 0 0 0 pounds t i m e s '2 (all your County I'ami Bureau office to get tin- place of stant high quality feed and production records. livered cost of commercial fertilizer marketing them under the provisions c e n t s . That is SjUO. So fertilizer is meeting. The>e meetings usually open at 9:00 a. m. with din- amounting to $16.03 per ton—o; Send for pamphlet of our Poultry Feeds con- of the McNary-Haugen agricultural free except that it taxed $ 4 0 a t o n ! ner at noon and continue till ;$ or 1 o'clock. about 43 per cent of the 1;»24 price taining valuable feeding suggestions. relief measure vetoed at the last No wonder it costs so much. In ^. —by the use of concentrated fertili- '* Distribution air over the State. session of congress by President Michigan when I inquired last week, zers from Muscle Shoals, was indi- Coolidge, according to figures given the price ranged from .$34 to $40 cated in the December, 192"> report FOR SALE BY yesterday by Congressman Gilbert N. per ton. The "4-2 4-4" brand runs as I view it, from the standpoint of the of President Coolidge's Muscle Shoals Haugen of Iowa, who spoke before high as $58. Chicago business men at the City working man and the working wo- The Fertilizer Trust is too much man in the great cities, it is far bet- BUREAU ACTION TO Inquiry, says the American Farm Bureau Federation. To date no one Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau Distributors club, says the Chicago Tribune. for the farmer—too smart for the ter, if need be, to pay a little more The co-author of the farmer's bill American people. It is aided and for bread—and I am glad to observe PROTECT STATE ON is known to have disputed statement. Price relationships have, this indicated that he was confident the abetted in its efforts at protection, this is the attitude of the American of course, changed somewhat since measure will again be passed by the but the farmer must not be permit- Federation of Labor—than to have house and senate, with a good chance ted to enjoy the benefits of protec- the horror of bread lines. ALFALFA SHORTAGE that time. While part of this possible saving of being approved by the President. tion. In his case it is "uneconomic," Conclusion is attributed to cheaper production The pending bill still , retains the "violative of the law of supply and When it is viewed wholly from the G e t s Into P r o d u c i n g R e g i o n s costs at Muscle Shoals, part, to the equalization fee feature, which was demand," and altogether impos- standpoint of the economist, the .Me- proposed limitation of profits and so strongly opposed by the President; sible! \ary=Haugen bill may be econom- T o Cover Member's part to co-operative purchasing by An attempt has been made'to draft Will the farmer continue to main- ically unsound, but contrasted with farm groups, a very important share the measure with most of the features tain a protective tariff system un- the economic unsoundness of the Needs is credited to savings in freight, bag- opposed by the President taken out. less, in his turn, he can be protect- protective-tariff system and the oth- ging, and handling charges due to Mr. Haugen believes that the new ed in his efforts at self-preservation? er methods used to fix prices in By T. C. MAI HKI! the concentrated nature of the prod- bill will enable farmers to market Not if he' possesses the good sense, America, it is no more economically Of the .Michigan Farm Bureau Seed uct. their products and get their share of initiative and political power I be- unsound than are they. Service Less than 600 pounds of this high- the $7,000,000,000 added to the lieve he has! Because I feel that the farmers of The last issue of the Michigan ly concentrated fertilizer is needed wealth of this country through the do not question the importance, the country must be given an equal Farm Bureau News carried an arti- to equal the real plant food in a ton enforcement of such laws as the tar- of Ithe alfalfa of the ordinary 3-9-4 fertilizer. A protective tariff system. Here chance in the economic world, I am cle giving the facts about iff, transportation, and immigration is one Democrat, at least, who rec- going to suppoit the accepted farm seed production in Montana, Idaho, fertilizer containing 13 per cent am- acts. He pointed out that the add- ognizes the necessity of protecting relief bill. South Dakota and Ontario which monia and 48 per cent phosphoric ed agricultural income of approxi- American labor and American gen- usually have a surplus. Instead acid is now being made in large I am going to do it because, in my FOR POULTRY mately $1,442,000,000 brought ius against European slavery and judgment, it will promote economic of a surplus, the farmers of these quantity at Niagara Falls and War- about by the McNary-Haugen bill, European enterprise. But what is fairness and economic happiness. It producing sections are going to ners, New Jersey/ but the output is if it is made a law, would more than good for industry is good for agri- be buying seed which, in .turn, sold abroad almost entirely. One pay off the farmers' debts within culture. The rule should be "pro, will give the farmer his fair means that Utah seed, both common bag of this fertilizer equals 3.69 bags eleven years, instead of them having tection for all," or also the converse share in the national prosper- ity. When the country thrives he and Grimm, is going to be very much of a mixture of nitrate of soda and EGGSHELL an average shortage of $1,175 as is sure to be put in force, "protec- will thrive. He will he on the same in demand about the time we are get- 16 per cent acid phosphate required as they did last year, where they tion for none." allowed 6 per cent interest on their investments. plane as every other producing cit- ting ready to seed our fields. izen. The Farm Bureau Seed Service an- to get the same amount of actual plant food. In the rough t nounces that it has been able to pur- The savings in freight and hand- There are 7,777 farmers, included Implements 19i 4 1927 ling costs through use of the concen- Hand corn sheller' $ 8.00 $17.50 chase supplies of both Utah Grimm A bag of Pilot Brand Oyster selves really profitable to you. in the 47,000 cases of volunteer and common alfalfa. These will be trated product are readily apparent. Shell-Flake is just so much egg- bankruptcy in the attorney general's Walking cultivator 18.00 3S.0O put out as in former years under the report for the year ending June 30, Riding cultivator 25.00 62.00 Farm Bureau guarantee which cov- shell. Of course, it's up to your Many a hen—and there are a The Bore: "I feel thoroughly according to Mr. Haugen. He also 1-row lister : 36.00 89.50 ers origin and analysis as given on wound up tonight}." hens to convert it, but they will lot of them—now costing you showed that there fs a tremendous Sulky plow 40.00. 75.00 the tag. Hostess: "How strange! And yet good money for feed without disparity between the farmer and 3-section harrow 18.00 41.00 surely do so if you'll keep it be- The almost total failure of. the you don't seem to go." producing, can put herself on a other classes of working people. Corn planter 50.00 83.50 fore them all the time. Ontario crop of variegated alfalfa "Statistics show," he said, "that Mowing machine 45.00 95.00 paying basis with the help of will compel many who formerly used the farmer's annual income is $7.30, Self-dump hayrake 28.00 55:00 Pilot Brand contains more the Ontario variegated variety to Pilot Brand. which 'includes a sum of $630 for fuel, light, and housing for the farm, Wagon box 16.00 38.00 change to some other source of seed. NOTICE! than 9 8 % pure Calcium Car- Farm wagon 85.00 15000 We can recommend to them the use while the in'come of those engaged in manufacturing is $1,572, of minis-f. Grain drill 85.00 165.00 of the Utah Grimm, which is grown The Farm Bureau bonate. There is no finer egg- The way to get all Oyster Shell 2-row stalk cutter 45.00 110.00 under severe climatic conditions. P c t i l t r y E x c h a n g e shell material obtainable, and is to say "Pilot Brand." With- ters $1,298, of teachers $1,650, and of those engaged in transportation Grain binder 150.00 225.00 Many of us look at the map an? - which formerly operated at 2610 no easier way to get it to your out waste, foreign matter or in> see Utah in a seemingly very south- Riopelle Street, Detroit, HAS DIS- service $2,100. 2-row corn disks 38.00 95.00 CONTINUED BUSINESS. THIS hens. With Pilot Brand to work ern part of the United States. BUSINESS HAS BEEN TAKEN p u r i t i e s . P u r i f i e d , triple- Walking plow, 14-inch 14.00 28.00 State Holstein Ass'n Harness, per set * PLANT MORE RYE. 46.00 .... -.•*• 75.00 In fact, if we would doubt ly if seed from there would be of serious- OVER BY TH£ GarlocK' Williams Co. with, your hens can make them- screened, Y and odorless. Farmers' Present Plight value in climates much farther north To Meet January 30 Talking % with a Michigan farmer the other day, he spoke of his taxes. WHEAT; BEAN AND if we had not already tried it and found it to give good results.'This 2 6 1 4 O r l e a n s St. D e t r o i t Dealers Everywhere Monday, January 30th, 1928, is Seventeen years ago the taxes on his the date set for the twenty-eighth tive income l€0-acre farmis no annual meeting of the Michigan Hol- it was 17 years ago. But see what more today amounted than to $63. SPUD YIELDS DROP is accounted for by the factor ELE- VATION, which is not noticeable o>.i a plain map. If you will locate the Your shipments of poultry, eggs and veal are solicited, t a g s and market information s.-nt on request. PTSTER SHELL PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Shell Building, St. L*ul«, M* stein-Friesian Association. The gen- This year they are $242. His produc- modern conditions have done to the D e p ' t of A g r i c u l t u r e L o o k s large seed-producing areas Unitah eral set-up is: Meeting, afternoon in prices of the implements he must Basin and Millard County in Utah the Agricultural Building, State Col- buy: and then take the time to pick; out lege; banquet, evening at the Peo- O v e r M i c h i g a n C r o p a few towns and look up their I want to make it clear, because ples' Church, Bast Lansing. it is the only justification I have height above sea level, you will not M. iS. Prescott of Lacona, New for my position, that I believe the C o n d i t i o n s have the least doubt as to the hardi- York, Editor Q£ "The Holstein-Fries- unsoundness of the protective tariff ness of any seed coming from -such ian World," will be on the after- system is excuse enough for any Lansing, Mich., Jan. 10—Aided fields. noon program talking on "The Hol- economic unsoundness which may by favorable fall weather, Michigan stein Industry for 1928." Earl J. repose in the McNary-Haugen -bill- farmers sowed considerably more Cooper, Director of the Extension winter wheat and rye this Service of the National Holstein As- Both may be unsound, but one is no a year ago, according to a statement The U. S. government reports that fall than Twenty million pounds of alfalfa seed may look like a large supply. Could These Things sociation, will assist at the business worse than the other, as I see it. issued today by Herbert E. Powell, 42,000,000 pounds are necessary foe session slated for the afternoon. The banquet program festivities are Let The City and the Farm commissioner of agriculture, and normal planting each year. With me take up another phase of Verne H. Church, agricultural stat- such information at hand we, are shrouded in mystery. Everyone inter- the problem. The question is: Will istician for Michigan. Michigan's trying to- provide Michigan with Happen To You? ested in Holsteins is invited to the the price of bread be increased by winter wheat acreage, with an in- enough adapted seed. We advise T h e following stories a r e t a k e n f r o m the records of t h e S t a t e F a r m M u - doings whether he is a member of reason of the passage of this meas- crease of six per cent to 964,000 farmers to help themselves by advis- the State Holstein Association or ure? Will the people in the cities acres, is in excellent condition at 94 ing their local co-operative associa- tual A u t o m o b i l e I n s u r a n c e C o m p a n y a n d s h o w w h y s o m e 7 , 2 0 0 Michi- not.—J. G. HAYS, Secretary. pay more for bread? I think they per cent of normal, which is the best tions at an early date what their gan farm families h a v e decided n o t to begin t h e n e w y e a r w i t h a n y may, perhaps, pay more for bread December condition since 1919 and spring requirements will be. w o r r y a s to w h a t m i g h t h a p p e n t o their cars, or their life s a v i n g s or t h e i r "The time will come," shouted the if the price of wheat were raised 60 six points above average. Most fields speaker, "when women will got men's cents a bushel. It is my conviction started the winter with good growth personal futures if t h e y s h o u l d h a v e a n a u t o m o b i l e accident o n the h i g h - wages." that there will be an increase in and fine stands. The acreage of rye "Yes," said the little man in the prices, but I am going to justify that sown for grain in Michigan is esti- FREIGHT RATE CUT w a y s or e l s e w h e r e : corner, "Next pay day." in a moment, if I am able. There should mated at_ 194,000 acres be no increase in with 178,000 last fall. The rye con- prices. Last year and the year be- dition is 92 per cent of normal and compared BENEFIT MICHIGAN No. 1 A policy holder put his car in a park- No. 3 Another policy holder was very thank- ful to recall he had a State Farm Mu- fore the farmers of the country re- better than the December average. ceived $7,500,000,000 for their prod- The United States winter wheat AGR'L SHIPPERS ing place for hire in Detroit. The car was stolen. In a few days covered, partially stripped. The park- it was re- tual policy covering collision when his car was sidepwiped by another car and ucts. The consuming public paid acreage this fall is 47,897,000 acres, driven against a tree. The company $22,500,000,000 for those same or ten per cent larger than that sow- W o r t h $ 5 0 , 0 0 0 to Shippers ing ground refused to make good. We paid $420 to repair his car. Why Your Stock products. The sum of" $15,000,000,- ed last fall, and 000 was added to the price of the 86.0 per cent of normal, which is bet- products between the producer and ter than average and compares with the condition is T o P o i n t S o u t h of paid troit the and policy return, holder's restored former condition; later recovered by expenses the car to to De- its No. 4 An Indiana policy holder got into the consumer. 81.8 per cent last December. The Ohio River legal process from the parking ground trouble at Manistee, Mich. His car was Should Go the If the States would do their duty, acreage of rye sowed for grain in the if profiteering were stopped, there United States this fall is nearly four would be no excuse for the addition per cent larger than last year, or state Commerce Commission freight of any such sum to the prices paid 3,802,000 acres. The U. S. rye con- rates from Michigan to those States By a recent order of the Inter- and was able to pay the policy holder for some things not covered in the policy. Iff the car had not been found withiu GO days, the policy holder would promptly attached, holding him there. He appealed to our Lansing office at State Farm Bureau headquarters, which arranged his release by telephone and by the consumer. But suppose Ave do dition on Dec. 1, this year, was 89.3 south of the Ohio and Potomac riv- have, recovered the full insured value sent him on his way rejoicing. We take Co-op Way pass on to the consumer the added per cent of normal compared with ers and east of the Mississippi river price of wheat under this measure, I 86.3 per cent in 1926. want to ask this question of any fair- have been substantially Michigan harvested 566,000 acres This action was taken early in De- reduced. of the car. No. 2 care- of our policy holders anywhere in the United States or Canada. No. 5 minded man living in a great city: of beans this year with an average cember after hearings which have A policy holder up north used an elec- Your own experienced and Are we not willing to assist the yield of 9.0 bushels 'per acre and a continued since 1922, and the new Another policy holder is resting easy tric heater to warm his engine, a prac- under our liability protection. He had conscientious salesmen sell tanner in spite of it? rates become effective January 1". tice quite common there. The car total production of 5,094,0'00 bush- 1928. an accident and three suits against him your stock to the best advan- Let me speak of-my own city, New els according to final revision of this caught fire. This policy holder is be- for large sums were the result. He tage and you benefit. More York City. In New York City the year's estimates. Although the yield This reduction ranges from Be to ing protected, and the damage was con- can go on about his business without than that,—the co-ops are sav- value of the manufactured products was lower than last year, the quality 10c per cwt. of the present schedule siderable. Another policy holder un- further anxiety for we are bound to ing money on low operating exceeds the combined value of the was much better and the average of rates. In order that the adjust- dertook to warm his motor with a gaso- defend the suits and stand the loss, if costs and they pro-rate It back manufactured products of Pitts- pick was only 7.0 per cent compared ments be made on an equal basis line torch, and got into trouble. His any, without further cost to him, up to to your local association! burgh, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Mil- with 17.9 in 1926. Also, in 1926, 20 to all shipping points, a few slight loss is being cared for. the limit of the policy. Drovers and old-line commis- waukee, Cleveland, Detroit, Buffalo, per cent of the crop was unsalable. increases were necessary but as a sion men can't live on nothing. and Boston. I want you to bear that The total bean crop for the principal whole, Michigan shippers of agricul- T h e r e are h u n d r e d s of o t h e r cases. T h e S t a t e F a r m M u t u a l h a s a d j u s t - They figure a good living out statement in mind for a moment. producing states amounted to 16,- tural products will benefit about ed t h o u s a n d s of losses t h r o u g h o u t t h e c o u n t r y the past y e a r , several h u n - of their shipping profits. Think of the great manufacturing 872,000 which was 524,000 bushels $50,000 annually by the reduction. You can realize that profit interests of my city. How many less than last year. dred of t h e m in M i c h i g a n . If y o u d r i v e w i t h o u t i n s u r a n c e , y o u are Shippers who wish further infor- yourself, and why not ? Your people do you think use the needle The final estimate of the Michigan mation regarding these new rates betting everything y o u h a v e t h a t y o u w o n ' t h a v e a n a c c i d e n t . It m ay co-op organization carries your n my city to make a Jiving? A half potato crop is 23,120,000 bushels are requested to write the Michigan cost y o u the savings of a life t i m e . W h y n o t let u s c a r r y at f a r m rates y o u r stuff clear to the packer's Miillion! from a yield of 80 bushels per acre. State Farm Bureau Traffic Depart- hands and you get all it brings. It it not better to have an adjust- The final estimate of the risk on fire theft, p u b l i c liability, p r o p e r t y d a m a g e t o o t h e r s a n d y o u r United ment at Lansing, where those in Our salesmen are the best in ment of affairs in the country so States crop is 402,149,000 bushels, charge will gladly answer all inquir- o w n possible collision loss? the business. Ship your stock that the great consuming public, the and Michigan growers are marketing ies. to the— farmers, may have money with their shortest crop since 1916, in W e h a v e farmer a g e n t s a n d a d j u s t e r s e v e r y w h e r e , a f f o r d i n g g e n u i n e The farmers' own co-op com- which to buy the products made in competition with a national crop of mission houses at Detroit and my city that it is to have the price of more than normal proportions. Blame Direct Buying protection at r e m a r k a b l y low r a t e s t o t h o s e w h o can qualify. F o r further East Buffalo are getting farm- bread half what it is today and no- information, write o u r L a n s i n g office. ers better returns. body in New York with money to Of Hogs For Low Price buy it? It is better to have a cent Joke Imported From Paris (Continued from page on<>> Wife: "Now that I've had my hair and this fact proved a depressing STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE added to the price of a loaf of bread nobbed, I don't look so much like an influence. Direct buying has with Michigan Livestock Exchange than to have bread lines instituted old lady." Detroit, Mich, out doubt given the big packers in the great cities of America. Husband: "No, my dear. Now yon the most complete control of the fat of I J L O ( » I I \ < ; T O . \ , I L L . or I believe that if we are to have look like an old gentleman." hog market they have ever had. It prosperity, and continued prosper- Producers Co-Op Com. Ass'n ity in the cities of the country, there Fair Knough is up to the producer, the one most Michigan State Farm Bureau East Buffalo, BL Y. Teacher: "What holds the moon in vitally concerned, whether they re- LANSING must be prosperity upon the farm. tain this control. The producers / MICHIGAN AGBNT MICHIGAN The farming industry is the funda- place day after day and year after can force the packer back to ropen! mental industry, and unless the year?" Carpenter's Son: "The moon- competition by refusing to sell to I farmer can buy no one can sell. As beams." him direct. , i JWIARY 13, 1ft28 MICHIGAN F A R M ' S t R E A TJ XEW9 FOfR r a d i o Marion \V. S. K. C. Bay City, \ LINCOLN STOKY BERRIEN MAKES about 2.000 points off t h e i r present In 1862 an i n t i m a t e P r e s i d e n t Lincoln visited friend of him in F e e d M o r e Salt SURE OF ROUSING What Members Say, wave length, so we can get at from the Fast Lansing sta- j t f m , which would be a benefit a n d some Washington, finding him r a t h e r de- .'d in spirits as t h e results of the reverses then r e p e a t e d l y suffered Are you losing profits by u n d e r s a l t i n g your stock? Most f a r m e r s a r e . Salt is the most v a l u a b l e and one of t h e cheapest of all The Michigan Farm Bureau News is Glad to Hear From a gre^t pleasure to me and many by t h e Federal troops. feed m a t e r i a l s . Feed e n o u g h salt and your / ANNUAL MEETING Members on„ Matters of Interest o|hef£. Respectively. . J. K. Lie. " T h i s being P r e s i d e n t isn't all i: is supposed to be. is it. Mr. L i n c o l n ? " said his visitor. stock will t a k e on weight t a s t e r , give more milk and stay h e a l t h i e r . Be h u m a n e . Don't let y o u r stock go salt hand to i r r i g a t e w i t h ; then when a "No," Lincoln replied. his eyes hungry! Present Good Program And Rural Roads Should d r o u g h t came along like t h e one last twinkling for a m o m e n t . "I fee! Live Issues In Its Share Gas Tax Money stimmer. we would do no worrying, She Joined Us at 70; sometimes like an I r i s h m a n who, af- ter* being ridden on a rail. said. "If Feed More Non-Caking Salt and I believe we would grow as large it wasn't for the honor av th' t h i n g . AND AVOID H A R D FEELINGS Invitation Doster, Mich. -crops as in t h e West if we h a d plen- Going Strong at 76 I'd r a t h e r walk.' Single Top T r a ' l ty of w a t e r at all times. Michigan S t a t e F a r m Bureau Mulberry F a r m , T h e F a r m Bureau News is glad Would also u r g e t h e Bureau to Wife " T h a t ' s the kind of hus- L a n s i n g . Michigan. Walkerville. Mich. to publish the following l e t t e r an keep t h e h u n t i n g law as it is, as it is band to h a v e ! Did you h e a r Mr Dear S i r s : n o u n c e m e n t t h a t t h e Berrien Coun- ty F a r m Bureau sent to all its mem b'ers J a n . 5, r e g a r d i n g Enclosed, you will find $10.00 for its a n n u a l my m e m b e r s h i p dues for l j u s t V'ight for u s f a r m e r s . We have been run over long e n o u g h . a n J hope ^ c h i g a n Slate F a r m B u r e a u . Lansing 1 , Michigan. Dear Mr. Noon: Dike tell his wife to go and look •»• some twenty-dollar h a t s ? " S p o u s e — " M y dear, h a v e I ever de- YOUR CLOTHING DEPT the Bureau keeps on with its strug- In r e g a r d to 4 cent gas tax, will prived you of the privilege of l o o k i n g m e e t i n g , J a n . 14, because it is a mat t e r of news, a n d because it is an in- say tax is all right. License s h o u l d t e r e s t i n g invitation which gives t h e be for life of car. Many a u t o s iu t h e gles on taxation as well as every- t h i n g t h a t i n t e r e s t s us f a r m e r s . Yours respectfully. I have not received n\v F a r m B u r e a u News since Novem- ber, and I miss it so much, especially at t w e n t y dollar h a t s ? " T h e cockatoo is a climbing bird, WILL TAILOR rnember a p i c t u r e of his organiza- r u r a l d i s t r i c t s a r e not used very of- R. L. F R E E R . Mrs, W a g a r ' s writing. t i o n and t h e m a t t e r s to d>e t a k e n up ten, so a weight tax on them is very at t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g . T h e Berrfen unjust. A u t o m o b i l e s that use t h e r o a d s s h o u l d m a i n t a i n the r o a d s . K a l a m a z o o County. 4 j am a l o n e with t h e exception of t#n r e g i s t e r e d Jerseys a n d a cat belonging to the p a r r o t family. TO YOUR MEASURE A letted: B F R R I F N CO. FARM BUREAU, .. T h e r e is dajjger. however, t h a t t h e tax money might be unequally dis- Wants Land Tax Relief wJhich I t a k e care of, a n d at n e a r 7$ am still keeping t h e h o m e fire CLASSIFIED ADS. SUIT OR OVERCOAT , s t . J o s e p h , Mich., J a n . 5, 1928. t r i b u t e d . The r e m o t e r u r a l d i s t r i c t s With 4 Cent Gas Tax horning. IHireau. Success to the Farm POULTRY a r e now suffering from t h i s u n n a t - 500,000 HIGH GRADE HOLLYWOOD from the finest 1 0 0 % VIRGIN' Dear friends; Yours. ural condition. It is n a t u r a l for the C h a r l o t t e , Michigan. Srred White Leghorn Accredited Chicks. You a r e u r g e d to a t t e n d t h e a n - i Mrs. O. J. Chase. Males and females passed and banded by WOOLENS at a price t h a t will s t r o n g to t a k e a d v a n t a g e of t h e Dec. 3 1 , i'Jtet state poultry association. Sturdy and nual meeting of the m e m b e r s of the m e a n a g r e a t s a v i n g to you. Berrien Count* F a r m B u r e a u . Sat- weak, t h r o u g h i g n o j a n c e n a t u r a l selfishness of m a n k i n d . or f r o m Michigan S t a t e F a r m B u r e a u , L a n s i n g , Michigan. 5 vigorous heavy producing breeders as- sure chicks of quality and ability. Spe- Our usual g u a r a n t e e of HIGH u r d a y . J a n . 14. l!i2S, in t h e V. B. ' S c i s s o r s ^ a r e as useful in the kitch- cial discount now. Catalog free. Wyn- QUALITY, F I T a n d W E A R goes c h u r c h in B e r r i e n Springs. T h e busi- As the gas tax is paid by all a u - G e n t l e m e n : garden Hatchery &, Farms, Zeeland, Mich. A g r e e a b l e to y o u r l e t t e r of De- en as in t h e sewing r o o m : but have Box 25. 3-25-b ness session opens a t 10 a. m. tomobile o w n e r s , a p e r c e n t a g e of t h e with every g a r m e n t . gas tax should revert to t h e r o a d s c e m b e r 2 8 t h . bearing t h e label "Ka- a pair for each place. Hon. M. B. M c P h e r s o n . m e m b e r HAiiV CHICK'S- I T RE BRED TAN- of the r e m o t e r u r a l d i s t r i c t s . It ton 2 8 3 0 1 1-Cannel." I hand y o i A bit of dry m u s t a r d r u b b e d i n t o cred White Leghorn Chicks. Breeders We a r e offering as F A R M - <>f t h e S t a t e Tax Commission, will a . l i a m before it is b a k e d gives it a Selected Tested and culled by experts. Sturdy ERS WEEK SPECIALS some should not all be used on t h e m a i n h e r e w i t h check for $10.00, d u e s for Chicks. DlBcount. Circular Free. a d d r e s s the m e e t i n g and discuss t h e p l e a s a n t flavor. roads c o n n e c t i n g the cities a n d vil- 1928. Walts' Poultry Farm, Byron, Mich. 1-12-28 exceptional v a l u e s in SUITS. tax question. Come on over and learn lages. Many quite good graveled R e f e r r i n g to t h e two propositions OVERCOATS. 1 0 0 % VIRGIN how to r e d u c e — y o u r taxes. h i g h w a y s a r e being torn up a n d r e - m e n t i o n e d in your l e t t e r . I am agree- WOOL UNDERWEAR. BED Several i n t e r e s t i n g m e e t i n g s have placed by paved m a t e r i a l . T h e r e a r e able to s o m e n a t i o n a l proposition B L A N K E T S a n d AUTO R O B E S . been held d u r i n g t h e year and t h o s e some r a r e cases where t h i s m a y be looking to farm relief, b u t h a v e no ^Vlff-irV who have a t t e n d e d t h e m , h a v e been economical, w h e r e traffic is t h i c k P l a n to visit t h e D e p a r t m e n t . well repaid for t h e day t h u s s p e n t ; and heavy t r u c k s t r a v e r s e t h e r o a d s hopes for t h e M c N a r y - H a u g e n plan, Measurements for Suits or you'll regret it if you miss this one. between l a r g e cities. O t h e r w i s e , t h i s as h e r e t o f o r e s u b m i t t e d . I am hop- Overcoats will gladly be t a k e n A m o n g the m a n y projects t h a t practice should be discontinued unti> i n g t h a t something "economically "More Milk w i t h More Cow and filed for f u t u r e use w i t h - h a v e received t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n a n d all r e m o t e f a r m i n g a r e a s h a v e g o o d sound m a y be evolved, b u t . as yet, Left a t the End off the T e a r " s u p p o r t of the F a r m B u r e a u a r e t h e graveled r o a d s . none of t h e propositions a p p r o v e d by out obligating you in t h e least. Milkmaker, a Public Formula Ration. following: C o n g r e s s h a v e seemed to me worthy Builds for the Future Farmers legislative f a r m tax a n a l y s i s of t h e c o u n t y by problems: The f a r m e r helps to pay t h e r o a d of a n y r e a l e n t h u s i a s m . tax so why should he not s h a r e in As to Michigan affairs I h a v e no T HE important part that Milkmaker plays in Michigan dairying is probably best set forth in the claims made by hundreds of Mich- A 5% DISCOUNT the good t h i n g s that the gas t a x is o b j e c t i o n s to t h e four cent gas tax, if igan's leading dairymen who have used Milk* t o w n s h i p s ; women's h o m e economic intended for? In o u r t o w n s h i p w e a l o n g with it t h e r e is an e a s i n g up on maker continuously foRope or more years. Is Given to all extension work. The Blossom F e s t i - h a v e four r u r a l r o u t e s . The g a s o u r land t a x e s . The r e c e n t investiga- These dairymen teff«j,tfiat they have secured val, The F r u i t F e s t i v a l . the Three the following resulti&jjjthp use of Milkmaker, t r u c k s , bread t r u c k s , r e p r e s e n t a - tions of the Michigan S t a t e College O a k s F a i r and t h e Train. Potato Show tives of all k i n d s of business t h a t show t h a t t h o s e of us w h o h a v e to are after the farmers' money In t h e sta-te, t h e F a r m B u r e a u h a s t r a v e r s e t h e r o a d s c o n s t a n t l y . W h y o p e r a t e o u r farms with t h e aid of a viz: *»- 1. Cows have kepir^ up in better flesh and better physical condition. "PAID UP" h a d a very s t r o n g influence in legis- is it not a good t h i n g for t h e s e p e o - t e n a n t , a r e paying s o m e t h i n g over 2. Cows have maintained a larger and more lative affairs, s p e a k i n g for us farm- ple to h a v e decent r o a d s to r u n 50 per cent of our net r e t u r n s in the e r s in an e n d e a v o r to protect us from t h e i r m o t o r s over in t h e i r e v e r y - d a y form of taxes, which in a n y o t h e r in- even flow of milk. 3. Calves better developed and stronger at birth. Farm Bureau u n j u s t legislation. T h e F a r m Bu- business? d u s t r y would be considered a n impos- 4. Freedom from trouble with cows at r e a u s t a n d s for a "pay as you g o " p r o g r a m in s t a t e affairs and fights In t h e s u m m e r we have t o u r i s t s sible b u r d e n . I c a n ' t a g r e e with you in t h e m a t - calving tune; no retained afterbirth and no udder trouble. The strongest advocates of course are those dairymen who have used Milkmaker con* tinuously since it came on the market in 1922. Members a n y move m a d e in t h e l e g i s l a t u r e to s e e k i n g r u r a l r e t r e a t s a r o u n d o u r t e r of p e r m a n e n t license plates for On p u r c h a s e s m a d e in t h i s De- lakes for a p l e a s a n t vacation, w h i c h a u t o m o b i l e s . T a k e a look a t t h e av- Buying a Better Herd d e p a r t from this principle. These nlen have realized that in buying and using Milkmaker they are assuring themselves partment. Use y o u r D e p a r t - We have a very creditahle m e m - u n d e r , p r e s e n t conditions few f a r m - e r a g e F o r d t h e last week in Decem- of a better herd of cows two or three years hence. ment and get merchandise b e r s h i p but we should e n l a r g e o u r ers can afford to h a v e because t h e y ber of a n y y e a r , a n d see how m a n y In buying a bag of dairy feed you do not buy the feed for the feed itself, but for the ultimate results obtained. The results to be obtained are not necessarily determined by which you know is r i g h t in ev- n u m b e r s . Most of us have a neigh- must improve t h e limited t i m e t h a t license p l a t e s are legible. Most of the price of the feed. The real value of the feed is determined by the per cent of digestible ery respect. bor who s h o u l d join and p e r h a p s t h e g r o w i n g season affords to r a i s e t h e m you will find badly b a t t e r e d , protein and digestible nutrients, both of which determine results. would if we got busy. The officers a decent living for t h e m s e l v e s . T h o s e a n d p a s t t h e i r usefulness in t h e s h o r t A common phrase a m o n g users of Milkmaker is "More milk with more cow a p p r e c i a t e t h e loyal support accord- people w h o c o n s t a n t l y d u r i n g t h e s p a c e of twelve m o n t h s . You a p p a r - ; left a t the end of the year.*' ed t h e m in t h e w o r k . T h e following r e s o l u t i o n s a r e p r e - w a r m s u m m e r days s w a r m to a n d ently h a v e lost sight of t h e police fro over o u r c o u n t r y r o a d s to g r a t i f y v a l u e of t h e a n n u a l check up on au- t h e i n s a t i a b l e d e s i r e of h u m a n s f o r t o m o b i l e titles, and t h e theft of au- Ask for booklet on "How to Feed for Economical Milk Production." FOR SALE BY State F a r m Bureau s e n t e d for your c o n s i d e r a t i o n . We CLOTHING DEPARTMENT will act on these a n d any o t h e r s that r e c r e a t i o n t h a t has heen p r e v i o u s l y t o m o b i l e s is bad e n o u g h at present s t a t e d : t h a t is beyond t h e m e a n s , w i t h o u t giving the; c r i m i n a l any m o r e Co-op Associations and Farm Bureau 221-227 N. C E D A R S T R E E T LANSING, MICH. you m a y offer. If you h a v e any, mail both in t i m e and money, of t h e o r - a d v a n t a g e by a d d i n g to t h e b u r d e n * Distributors t h e m to t h e office. dinary farmer. of the police officer in t r a c i n g t h e 8^ w 1. K n d o r s e t h e M< •Xary-Haugen bill for s u r p l u s c o n t r o l . As to the M c N a r y - H a u g e n bill, t h e o w n e r s h i p of a car t h a t has been -'. Stand for m o r e qualify p r o d u c - question Ls beyond t h e conception .>f t r a n s f e r r e d h a i r a dozen t i m e s with- \ tion a n d less s u r p l u s s e s . t h e o r d i n a r y f a r m e r . A p p a r e n t l y w e out any record being m a d e . In oth- s w. Stand for m o r e rigid inspection seem to h a v e periods of t e m p o r a r y e r word6, you have let y o u r zeal for i and the enforcement disease laws. of t h e peach o v e r - p r o d u c t i o n of a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d * r e d u c t i o n of fees e l i m i n a t e some of nets. It is impossible to m a k e l a w s t h e police a d v a n t a g e s now enjoyed. 4. S t a n d for " t r u e to n a m e n u r s e - t h a t will r e s t r a i n t h e f a r m e r f r o m I am a g r e e a b l e * to t h e r e d u c t i o n in ry s t o c k . " over-producing. himself to u n d e r s t a n d He must e d u c a t e t h e weight tax to a n o m i n a l c h a r g e t h e laws of of t w o o r t h r e e d o l l a r s p e r car. and A New Member "». E n d o r s e t h e T. B. e r a d i c a t i o n work. s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d , a n d act a c c o r d - t h e i n c r e a s e of t h e g a s o l i n e t a x ; but The right tool for seed bed preparation and cultivating growing crops, such as wheat, oats, al- ingly. The only h e l p a F e d e r a l l a w t h e p e r m a n e n t license p l a t e h a s a I 6. E n d o r s e t h e bee inspection work. would be to us is that of t a k i n g c a r e good m a n y d i s a d v a n t a g e s , which you falfa, beans, corn, mink, etc. The wisest investment you can make. of s u r p l u s e s for a s h o r t l e n g t h of 7. F a v o r p e r m a n e n t license p l a t e s t i m e . We c a n n o t c o n t i n u e to o v e r - will discover if you will c o n s u l t t h e for all c a r s a n d t r u c k s . law e n f o r c e m e n t officer. p r o d u c e a n d pile s u r p l u s upon s u r - F o r e x a m p l e , in D e c e m b e r of 1919 8. F a v o r t h e u s e of t h e Muscle plus w i t h o u t e n d i n g in financial d i s - Shoals n i t r a t e p l a n t for t h e m a n u - a s t e r . At p r e s e n t , we h a v e an o v e r - I b o u g h t t h r o u g h a dealer ( B ) , a f a c t u r e of f e r t i l i z e r s . used car f o r m e r l y owned by ( A ) , my p r o d u c t i o n of hogs. This condition is 9. E n d o r s e t h e S t a t e F a r m Mu- t e m p o r a r y . Before 1928 close's', t h e n a m e is ( C ) . Two y e a r s a g o I t u r n - t u a l Auto I n s u r a n c e . ed this car in to ( D ) t o w a r d s a new- r e d u c e d p r o d u c t i o n will end in v e r y car, a n d he at once sold it to ( E ) . 10. D e m a n d a " t r u t h in f a b r i c s " h i g h prices. If t h e retail pork m a r k e t legislation. Suppose this car to be connected was r e d u c e d in proportion to p r e s - with a r o b b e r y , h o l d - u p or m u r d e r , 11. E n d o r s e t h e law g i v i n g offi- ent live hog prices, it would l o o k For h o r s e s o r t r a c - I m p r o v e s seed bed cers t h e r i g h t to search a u t o s for m o r e r e s p e c t a b l e . — ( a n d we h a v e h a d 28 of t h e m in liquor. t h i s county in . t h e last 30 d a y s ) , — tor — in niches t h e —stores moisture— 12. E n d o r s e t h e Women's Home IRVING F R Y E . of w h a t value w o u l d t h e p e r m a n e n t -iir/ace — p a r k s t h e prevents weed Economic Extension Work. Doster, M i c h i g a n . n u m b e r plates be. as t h e y would s h o w ( A ) as t h e o w n e r while ifE) s o i l — breaks t h e growth — develops I 13. C o m m e n d o u r B o a r d of Direc- t o r s fOr offering a prize of | 2 5 for was t h e m a n w a n t e d ? I n e v e r saw- i'i u s t — prevents r o o t s — p r e v e n t s soil e i t h e r