AfsrIciilture'n need* dewrrx- u fr«-«- and full iliMciiMMion. \ Decent «nd m«uh examina- (liH|>iiHHiuna(r cumiiiirisoii of MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS tion of not* of H«»> ernment opinion* will do most to iiml KO« eminent cui|>lo>e« i« benrnt It. woniethiiiK «hl«-h nkould h« not onl> tolerated but en- courniced. A Newspaper for Organized Michigan Farmers Seventh Year, Vol. VII, Number 24 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1929 Issued Semi-Monthly BRUCKER, FARM BUREAU CO-OPERATE IN CONSIDERING AUDITS Authorized Agents Highway Fund War Declared Carry Credentials "Authorized agents of the State Tax Commission carry credentials LAW PROVIDING AUDITS OF LOCAL ACCOUNTS TO BE MADE OPERATIVE FARM BUREAU ARISES IN EMERGENCY WIDESPREAD FffiLD bearing the signature of the Chair- man and are instructed to produce THROUGH ACTION OF FARM BUREAU WOMEN LEAD STATE them at the request of any person TO MEET CHALLENGE OF BIG CITIES AS F. B-SOLICITORS OF OIL PRODUCING whom they may seek to interview on the question of land values." Investigation of Petitions by Bureau's Tax Depart- This statement was issued from SEEKING TO SWALLOW WEIGHT TAXES INTERESTSFARMERS the office of the State Tax Commis- sion when the Farm Bureau Depart- ment Would Facilitate Work and Pre- clude Possibility of Sidetrack for ment of taxation called the attention State Shows How Production to inquiries made by farmers in Lack of Full Information Brody Issues Denial of Charges Made Public at Has Developed and How Shiawassee County. Farmers in that county com- Inter-city Political Confab Where Rural Waste Resulted plained that they had been subjected Arrangements have been completed for co-operation be- Domination of Highway Plan Was to questioning by men representing tween Attorney General Wilbur M. Brucker and the Depart- PLAN T0JP00L LEASES themselves as agents of the State Branded as Most Unjust Tax Commission, but were not sure ment of Taxation of the Michigan Farm Bureau in affording Geologist Sees Big Loss In that they could rely upon these rep- farmers protection from misuse of township and rural school resentatives. district funds, R. Wayne Newton, Director of Taxation, an- Fired by inflammable speeches in which the cities of Muskegon Field Because Director Wayne Newton, of the Michigan were pictured as being at the mercy of a rural- Farm Bureau Department of Taxa- nounced today. Of Hasty Action minded Legislature, city officials and legislators from Detroit tion, advises all farmers to demand Under the plan, Farm Bureau members and County Farm Although there are now but two an opportunity to inspect the cred- Bureau Taxation Committees are invited to get in touch with and Grand Rapids, at a meeting in the Detroit City Council entials of any persons claiming to extensively operated oil fields in Mr. Newton whenever they have any cause to suspect that chambers on December 20, laid plans to force action on the Michigan—the Mt. Pleasant and the represent the State Tax Commission, Dykstra Bill which would give the large city counties and Muskegon, conditions would indi- and to advise .him at once wherever township or school district funds are not being properly municipalities the lion's share of the weight tax on autos. cate that others just as large if not this request is refused. Farmers handled. larger, will be developed in the fu- are urged to assist properly accredit- As quoted in the Detroit News of December 2 1 , George ture in the State. This is the belief ed agents of the Commission ift every The Farm Bureau Department of Taxation will then con- M. Welch, city manager of Grand Rapids, and recently de- of R. A. Smith, state geologist whose way possible, but are warned against duct a careful investigation of each case and, if the facts war- feated in the race for the governorship, launched a venomous By Claude L. Nash, organization Di- division in the Department of Con- discussing the values of their own or rant, will assist local taxpayers to prepare petitions to the rector, Michigan State Farm Bureau. servation supervises the oil fields their neighbors' farms with unidenti- attack upon the farmers of Michigan. fied strangers. Attorney General asking for an official audit. In Mason County two women Mrs. of the State. "It's time that we of the cities issue a new Declaration of Kate Reinsch of Freesoil and Mrs. Wells are now being drilled in Audits of doubtful township and school district accounts will be made pursuant to an act of the last Legislature, intro- Independence and war against taxation without representa- tion. All this project needs for success is to have the people George Felt of Scottville went out on their Trade-A-Day Campaign this fall and beat all other teams for results. several new possible fields, espec- ially in the vicinity of Clare, Deer- field in Monroe county, Williamston CITY HOME OWNERS duced by Senator Chas. W. Richardson of Marquette. in the cities who have red blood get out and fight for it. And you will have to fight, for we have been trying for years to The Mason County Farm Bureau awarded them a prize of a Farm Bur- in Ingham and in Newaygo county and in southwestern Michigan, re- ARE ACTING ALONG This act provides that ten or more taxpayers of any town- ship or school district may request an audit, setting forth deal with the rural prejudice against the cities with tact and have failed. eau blanket and presented it to them at their annual meeting last week. cords of the department show. The wide distribution of drillings BUREAUTAX LINES specifically and in detail their reasons. W h e n this petition goes to the Attorney General he is The two ladies were in charge of the throughout the state has caused "I am not saying this with any spirit of antagonism against program. farmers everywhere in Michigan to Pontiac Property Owners To authorized to order an audit if he is convinced that the public the rural districts, but I am demanding a fair deal for the cities. Mr. M. L. Noon spoke and exactly give thought to the possibility of oil Demand More Equitable .. interest requires it. The petition then goes to the Auditor one hundred were present in a county underlying their lands. Many are " L e t V h a v e them get over considering us natural prey. that one and one-half years ago had a planning to take advantage of the Local Assessments General for action by him. The Attorney General is also Let's make the citizens of the city just as much of a citizen very small membership and wondered State Farm Bureau plan of co-oper- empowered to call upon the prosecuting attorney of the coun- as if he lived somewhere out in the stumps." then if they could continue to func- ative marketing of oil leases which FOLLOWS FARM B MOVE ty in which the township or school district is located for such tion. gives promise of saving the farmer help as may be deemed necessary. Try to Fool Farmers the scalper's profit. In welcoming the guests at Mason's Action Seen as Direct Move —•*• Add Auditors For Work Farmers of Kent county will recall that Mr. Welch is the same man who appeared before the Pomona Grange SHIAWASSEE VOTES annual meeting Mrs. Reinsch said— "Mason County is getting Farm Bur- eau minded". Farmers who are interested in the Farm Bureau plan of leasing are in- vited to get in touch with Mr. New- In Interest of Small Property Owner GRAY APPEALS FOR In carrying out the provisions of this act the Administrative Board re- in that county this fall and urged up- cently authorized the employment of on that body the--advisability of doing TO STUDY LEASING Isn't that the crux of the whole ton, director of taxation for fthe two additional auditors, and 14 peti- away with the Kent county one-mill road tax, claiming that this would be UNDER STATE F.B. problem? What is true of the at- titude of the individual is also true of organization, at Farm Bureau head- quarters at Lansing. Voicing the complaint that business property in the City of Pontiac was not assessed as high as the property LOCAL ROAD MONEY tions have already been received and favorably acted upon by Mr. Brucker. The Attorney General has voiced his a step toward reducing farm taxes. the attitude of groups or organizations. From small beginnings in oil pro- This effort to mislead the farmers of Kent was thwarted by Farm Bureau That a committee of three members Using your imagination, what would be the resultant possibilities if every duction in the vicinity of Port Huron, years ago, oil production grew in the of the average home-owner, some 25 taxpayers of that city have organized the Pontiac Association Against High FROM GOV'T FUNDS enthusiastic approval of the interest shown by the State Farm Bureau, say* members under the leadership of M. agricultural county in Michigan would Saginaw region, then the Muskegon Tax, and plan an active campaign in ing, "That is what I call real co-opera- of the Shiawassee County Farm B. McPherson, former president of the Bureau will be appointed soon after become Farm Bureau minded? district and now the Mt. Pleasant favor of more equitable assessments Farm -Bureau's Washington tion". State Farm Bureau. fields which are growing rapidly in within the city, under the leadership The plan has been developed follow- the first of the year, to help farmers in A Farm Bureau minded county of President Harry Mitchell. Proposals Representative Acts On ing conversations between Mr. Bruck- After a prolonged session at which leasing their land for oil drilling, was would be active in solving the problem importance. Mr. Smith does not repeated attacks were made upon the have already been advanced for ex- New Resolution er and Mr. Newton, during which the announced following the annual meet- of better roads. A Farm Bureau mind- believe that oil production in the panding the local organization into a Attorney General expressed his earnest State Administration, the Legislature ed county would be diligent in pro- state has reached i'ts climax. and the farm population in general, it ing of the bureau. state-wide machine for the reduction desire to assist farmers by prevent- It was explained by R. Wayne New- tecting its agriculture in general and In December, 1927, the discovery of taxes. Washington, D. C, Dec. 17.—Arm- ing the use of their tax money for appeared likely that the Michigan ed with the resolutions adopted at ton of Lansing, director of the Mich- its members in particular in those well of ,the Muskegon FJield was The Department of Taxation of the illegal purposes. However, Mr. Bruck- Municipal League, an organization dominated by the larger cities, would igan Farm Bureau's taxation depart- matters where the individual is drilled. Again the field, adjacent Michigan State Farm Bureau has ex- the Chicago meeting of the A. F. B. er called attention to the danger that be called upon to circulate petitions ment that because of the ignorance powerless to function. A Farm Bur- to North Muskegon was on much pressed deep interest in the recent de- F., Chester H. Gray, its Washington always arises when a good law is pass- that would initiate the Dykstra Bill, of the farmers of the ways of oil eau minded county would recognize platted land. There was a resulting velopments in Pontiac and points out representative appeared yesterday ed it will be killed through improper prospectors, many of them sign leases the organization as a tool with which orgy of overdrilling. In some cases, that for many years city home owners before the House Committee on Post use. It was to prevent this difficulty either as a statute or as an amend- all over the state have stood by passive- ment to the State Constitution. There which rob them of their just share to accomplish results and consequent- there were two wells to an acre Offices and Post Roads, urging Fed- that the Farm Bureau has offered the ly while the Farm Bureau sought to services of its Department of Taxation was some doubt as to which plan of the profit if oil is struck. He de- ly would keep this tool well oiled with where one well to 8 or 10 acres induce the officials to make better eral aid in the development of farm- should be followed, but it was perfect- the lubricating qualities of good will would have been ample. The orgy to-market roads, and endorsing the and of its members and county taxa- clared that the middleman or "scalp- assessments on city business and in- tion committees. ly clear that the large city office hold- er" as he is known in these transac- and knowledge of the work of the of drilling brought so much gas to dustrial pror/i'ty. Dowell Bill which provides annual ers are ready to go to any lengths in tions, usually gets the bulk of the pro- organization. A Farm Bureau minded the surface before there was time "It has always been my belief that appropriations of $125,000,000 for The Department of Taxation wilt pushing a,proposal which if enacted county would recognize that a county to developc a market or even to the small city home-owners have in the next three years to be spent upon work directly with aggrieved mem- fits and that the bureau wants to save bers or taxation committees, assisting into law wi}l deprive the outstate local- these profits for the owner. Mr. New- program aimed at keeping its mem- build pipe lines to Muskegon, a mile many cases been holding the bag on the Federal aid system. This repre- ities of any reasonable share of the re- assessments for the owners of business sents an annual income of $50,000,- them to decide Where formal petitions ton also spoke extensively on the bers informed is essential in building distant that the producers blew the are justified. ceipts from .auto taxes. gas into the air to obtain the oil be- property," Director of Taxation R. 000 over appropriations now author- subject of taxation and advocated that other Farm Bureau activities. A Wayne Newton said today, "and the re- The Attorney General has volunteer- On December 23 Clark L. Brody, a state tax commission, as free from Farm Bureau minded county would low. The Muskegon field, though ized. seer eta ry-mauager of the Michigan cent developments in Pontiac indicates ed to give his personal attention to in- prejudices and political ties as the gives its members-a chance to partici- not large, had an abundance of gas that they are at last waking up to Arguing that even the secondary quiries from the Department of Taxa- Farm Bureau,, issued a statement to supreme court, be created. He ex- pate in the work of the organization. and many of the wells were very pro- their true situation. roads are carrying a type of traffic 'he press in which he denied that farm- tion, and in this way the Farm Bu- pressed the belief that under the A Farm Bureau minded county ductive. The initial production of Heretofore, the farmer has been that is of greatest importance to the reau will at all times be ready and er influence has manipulated the State a number ranged from 1,000 up to compelled to seek relief from unfair present system, the commission is in- would recognize that co-operation is whole nation, Mr. Gray contended able to assist members who have ques- Highway Department, pointing out assessments on large city properties tions to raise on the subject. that the state road system is primarily fluenced too much by political con- a reality and not a theory and would 2,000 barrels or more a day. The that it is unfair to place practically bloAving and wastkfg of the gas re- through the medium of equalizations of service to the cities. His statement siderations. purchase Farm Bureau commodities, which led to horizontal increases the whole burden of the expense for follows: The board of directors elected for recognizing that additional advant- sulted in the destruction of a num- throughout the city on both the un- these roads upon the townships and ber of the wells. It resulted in a "Farm interests have at no time dominated the State Highway pro- the coming year consists of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Cook, Shiawassee ages are to be gained only by collec- tive activities. Farm Bureau minded counties all rapid decline of gas pressure and a corresponding decline in produc- der-taxed large property holder and the over-taxed small owner. If the home owners are at last ready to pro- counties. The proposal of Mr. Gray is in line with the program of the Michigan M Y CONDEMN LAND gram. As a matter of fact our State township, F. F. Walworth of Hazel- loads have been constructed primar- ily to serve city motorists. There is ton; E. L. Sieb, Sciota; J. H. Beard- slee, Bennington; iMrs. A. B. Jones of over Michigan would magnify the in- fluence and possibilities of our State tion, so that in about 18 months practically all of the wells had ceased tect their own interests in the only reasonable way, by demanding a fair assessment of all property within their Farm Bureau in demanding that the State set aside a part of the State FOR PARK PURPOSE every reason to believe that at least Rush, and C. W. Warren of Middle- Farm Bureau many fold. to flow and had to put on pumps. borders, a great forward step will be Highway fund for use on local roads, bury. There were no laws of regulations taken." as it is generally understood that any Privately owned land may be con- 80 per cent of the traffic on those which could be used to stop the funds which the Federal Government roads originates in the cities. Up to the present it has been exceedingly The board was scheduled to meet December 26, to organize for the year. BRANCH F.BUREAU wastage of gas or the over-drilling until it was too late to save the field. Chain Radio Program may devote to farm-to-market roads will be released upon terms that will demned by the state for state park purposes. This theory, long held by the De- difficult to secure State road develop- ment in places where farmers would l>e best served. Farm delegations ap- Let's Resolve CHOOSES OFFICERS There are now about 300 producing wells in the field, but many have Set for Dec. 28 require the States to put up aft equal sum in order to participate. partment of Conservation has been sanctioned by the State Supreme pearing before the State Highway Department have been far outnum- FOR ENSUING YEAR small produc'/on. The field has long since passed the peak production, Mr. Smith said, and production is Executive Secretary M. S. Winder will bring New Year's Greetings from Frederic J. Haynes, President of Durant Motors, Inc., with main of- fices in Detroit and factory in Lan- Court, in upholding a verdict from the Lenawee County Circuit Court which granted certain lands adjoining the bered and overborne by city delega- What are you waiting for? The the American Farm Bureau Federa- resolutions committee of the State constantly declining. tion to the entire membership, Sat- sing, also appeared at the hearing. Cedar Hills State Park at a price tions demanding through roads to One Hundred-fifty Attended practically the same as that offered connect one city with another, or Farm Bureau is ready all through urday, December 2 8, over the com- the year to consider your suggestion Annual County Meeting by the Parks Division of the Depart- scenic routes for the benefit of city vacationists and sportsmen. for resolutions to be presented at the annual state convention in February- At Coldwater NEW FIRE WARDEN plete network of radio stations of the National Broadcasting Company and Associated Stations. Prize Winning Nuts > ment of Conservation. The original offer of the state for the 86 acres of Expansion Retarded "Now that the larger cities have been provided with outlets, the de- Why not make your suggestions now or submit any resolutions your local A hundred and fifty members of the Branch County Farm Bureau took PICKEDFOR STATE Secretary Winder will go on the air from Chicago studio of the Na- Fourteen Michigan residents sub- mitted prize winning samples in the contest conducted by Michigan State land had been $30,000 a price which the Department believed to be con- organization has been considering. Howard R. Sayre, assistant chief sistent with the value of the property. velopment of highways of primary part in the annual meeting of the tional Broadcasting Co., at 12 college to find the best varieties of Along this line it may be well to Herman O. Hane, owner of the land, v alue to farmers has been further re- organization at Coldwater, Dec. 14. fire warden during the period when o'clock noon, Central Standard Time. nuts in the state. demanded $125,000. The jury in the tarded through the necessity of wid- study the resolutions of the A. F. B. Following the business meeting, at the forest fire division of the depart- The rest of the radio program will The walnut winners were chosen lower court placed the value at $35,- en ing many of the existing State F., carried in full in this issue of the which resolutions were acted upon, ment of conservation was reorganized include a special program of music from 325 entries of which 283 were 000. The Supreme Court upheld the r °ads to accommodate the rising tide NEWS, and keep in mind, when we officers and directors were elected in 1927 and 1928, will assume charge arranged by J. Oliver Riehl, musical black walnuts. verdict of the lower court, assessing °f city traffic. come to ratify the A. F. B. F. resolu- and a dinner program carried out. of the division January 1 and succeed- director for the National Broadcast- The best trees which have been costs against Hane. "Even the county roads, which tions, the many points touched upon The officers and directors chosen to ing H. J. Andrews, resigned. Mr. An- ing Co. located will be used to develop plant- in these national resolutions so that direct the affairs of the county organ- drews' resignation was accepted by The famous Homesteaders Orches- ings in this state. now receive about one-half of the there will be no need of duplication. ization for the current year are: W. E. the conservation commission at its tra, under the direction of Harry height tax money, are not to be re- garded as serving farmers especially. In other words, let us resolve to do Dobson, of Quincy, president; Burton last regular meeting. Mr. Andrews, Kogen, will play special numbers ar- he would bring some good news to Many Hunters Shot those things Michigan agriculture de- Sweezy, of Coldwater, vice president; who has been chief fire warden of ranged for the Farm Bureau pro- the Farm Bureau listeners. With Traffic counts made by the Kent Hands, but why act upon special William Smith, of Bronson, secretary- Michigan for the past three years, re- gram and the Pickard Family will this assurance, a record radio crowd Full reports on all accidental County Road Commission at 51 sta- signed to enter the United States i n s on county roads show that 48 resolutions covering points already- treasurer; F. C. Burbaugh of Quincy; sing some of 'their most popular is expected to be listening for the shootings of hunters during the cur- pe covered in the A. F. B. F. resolu- N. P. Baker and Clarence Smith, of forestry service. Mr. Sayre, the new songs, "Dad" Pickard assured. voice of the national secretary. rent season are being gathered by r cent of all traffic on these roads head of the forest fire division, ap- originated in Grand Rapids and other tions? Coldwater, directors. These were re- Frank E. Mullen, Director of Agri- Details for the January 2 5 pro- Edward A. Hyer, publicity director (:it The resolutions committee is en- elected and Herbert Smith, of Bron- pointed to that post by Director Geo. culture for the National Broadcast- gram have not yet been completed, of the Department of Conservation, >es of the county, 24 per cent was R. Hogarth, has been with the de- fr om outside the county, and only 28 deavoring to keep the number of son, was elected a new director of the ing Co., will be at the announcer's and the radio program committee is with a view to discovering the prin- resolutions to a minimum and to organization. partment of conservation since 1923, "mike" and will introduce Mr. Win- open for suggestions. If there is cipal causes of such accidents. Since ^r.cent originated in the rural sec- T beginning work after his graduation u °ns of the county. When cars from frame them in a manner which will he program following the noon der. some special radio feature that you Sept. 1, 26 hunters have been killed wj luncheon included several talks and from Michigan State college, with the In commenting on the December would like to have broadcast, just accidentally and 38 wounded, ac- thout the county are eliminated facilitate action on the convention land economic survey. (Continued on page two) floor. the showing of motion pictures. 28 program, Mr. Winder.assured that write in to national headquarters. cording to a preliminary survey. FRH»AY, I»E( KMBKR 27, |»ga MICHIGAN F A ft M Bl'RE AV XF W g also the pleasant knowledge of having done y o u r part in m a t i n g The peculiar feature of the stock market crash is that tor FARM BUREAU ARISES MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU NEWS your community a b e t t e r place in which to live. every dollar that was lost, someone had to pay so that the actual TO CHALLENGE CLAIM After all these things are accomplished, you will not be so worth of business in general wavered but little. OF 'HOGGING FUNDS" Published twice a month by the Michigan State Farm Bureau at Char- (Continued from page one) lotte, Michigan. Editorial and general offices at State Farm Bureau head- keen to dispose of the old farm and it is quite likely that the F.uvin- on the markets ceased, temporarily, forcing some quarters, Lansing, Michhj these figures show that city traffi " F o r S a l e " * i g n that is tacked to the front gate will come down. other outlet for finances. Free money means easier times tor on the county roads of Kent Cotmtv VOL VII F R I D A Y , D E C E M B E R 27, 1929 NO. 2i the f a r m e r . o that much of the stock market break should ring •d the rural traffic by a margin A Farm Bureau Member. of 2 to 1. Entered at the post office at Charlotte, Mich., as second clasl a sound the farmer loves to listen to. "Vet some of tlie same nien w), matter. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided W H Y ALL THIS TARIFF STRUGGLE? The basic credit of a nation lies in its agricultural strength. are now trying to reduce the Stat, for in Sec. 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917. authorized January 12, 1923. The nation has virtually torn itself asunder in a strenuous The industrial centers have much or have little according as the support for county and State road-? Subscription price $1.00 per year. To Farm Bureau member*, tried this fall to eliminate the county 60 cents per year, included in their annual dues. battle for revision of the - r e n t and complicated tariff schedules. farmer prospers or fights an uphill struggle. one-mill road lax in Kent County on Jt was to assist a g r i c u l t u r e that the battle w i s opened a n d what With the orgy of wild buying at its height, as was the case up tiie idea Unit this was a gift t'roni the LKK ( HILSON Editor can come of it. as the stru^g-le advaie city to the country. E. E. UXGREX Advertising and Business JIanager to the time the great crash c a m e , every available dollar in circu- "Thera is no justice in proposing PERN DAVIS - Circulation Agriculture benefits by tariff increases to just about the ex- lation, one COUkZsay, was tagged with an excessive interest rale that highway money should be dj8t tent that industry wants to permit it. tributed according to the location so as to keep it working for some stock purchaser. This left but F a r m e r s make d e m a n d s for the protection of their industry of the residence of car owner's alone little for the tiller of the soil and the feeder and producer of live- MICHIGAN STAfgfAPM QUPEAU but their h e a r i n g is too a c u t e : they hear the whimpers of indus- Tlie important question is 'Where do stock to do but to meet the offer of industrial borrowers and pay the cars run?' This principl. try, whining for "just a fair i n c r e a s e " in the tariffs bearings been stated repeatedly by the re- the high interest rates demanded or made possible by the excess- OFFICERS on its various lines and their first thought is one of compromise cognized authorities on the sub- ive purchases recorded " o n paper. M. L. NOON, Jackson President ject. among them Dr. Blaine p and bartering: the industries get a first bite into the tariff W. W. BILIJNGS, Davison Vice-President We have already seen money rates drop from b 1 - to 6 per Mobre of the Finance Department, [] schedules and leave the farmers to chew the core. S. Chamber of Commerce, who says I)irectors-at-Large cent for those who feed livestock and there is possibility of a fur- M. B. MCPHERSON Lowell Every time a dollar is allowed on steel or added to manufac- 'The origin and destination of the MBS. EDITH M. WAGAK Carleton t h e r easing of the rates to effect various lines of agricultural traffic should determine who should JOHN GOOD WINE Marietta tured goods, the farmer bears the brunt of the heavy burden VEROLD F. aORM ELY Newberry activities. When the industrial gamblers refuse to take on loan pay for the road.' because he pays the tariff on these commodities through increas- J. J. JAKWAY Benton Haroor encumberances. those who hold the finances of the nation look Special Assessments Hart W. W. BILLINGS , Davison ed p u r c h a s e prices. "We sympathize deeply with the Commodity Direct6rs to the a g r i c u l t u r a l field for a place to put part of their holdings A reasonable tariff, agreed upon by farmer representatives city taxpayers who suffer from the HENRY CURTIS, Cadillac Michigan Potato Growers' Exchange and when they do, watch for i n d u c e m e n t s ; they are bound to evils of the special assessment sys- M. L. NOON, Jackson Michigan Milk Producers* Association as well as others as reasonable, is something which will - - S non-gan.c a community that is classed as a ' D e a d Olie"? "The Texas Empire Pipe Line com- in the rivers and streams ot could condemn and tried to scare or * STOCKS pany received from the Illinois Com- this state: Provided, however, that No. he looks first for a £ood, progressive section. This word force them into signing up a right- merce Commission a certificate of it shall be unlawful to use a spear What has the sudden break in the stock market meant to of-way through their farms at the "Progressive*" implies good schools, churches, roads, social convenience and necessity which cer- in any trout stream in this state: very low price of 50 cents a rod with conditions and an active co-operative organization that is the farmer.' tificates are supposed to be granted Provided further. That, nothing in damages to fields, fences, ditches, working with the various branches of the farm bureau business only to common carriers, so before this act shall prevent the spearing Conversation has lead us to believe that, many ;i farmer has tiles, crops and so forth not to ex- they paid the $10 a rod they started of pickerel, suckers, mulet and red- •services to the tidiest extent. rested uneasy this fall because of - h a r d t i m e s " ahead, brought ceed two dollars per linear rod. condemnation proceedings and the horse dnring the time when the lakes "The Ozark company did sell a few Are these conditions brought about by men refusing to join • MI by the g r e a t financial losses in the stock m a r k e t s but the sit- valuation was determined by jury to ; m non-member farmers on this contract ' 'rn/'PU" an organization through which their problems are worked out be $10 a rod. Under the new law pickerel, uation does not prove to be one which should cause the agricul- before we got into the matter and "Two years ago last .May 1 went suckers, mullet, and redhorse may be j o i n t l y .' t u r a l p r o d u c e r any alarm. were able to post our people on the to the Illinois Commerce Comihi is'ion, speared by Michigan residents in *"•' situation. As our men understood the No one wishes to locate in a " D e a d C o m m u n i t y " , so you are True, city folks, and some country folks, saw the valuation myself, at Springfield and worked out inland lake during the entire period game they began to hold out for more given only a passing glance by the prospective purchaser. estimates with the engineers as to tlie the lake is frozen over. of their industrial stock holdings fade away literally to zero, money and. my recollection is they valuations of these pipe lines for the If you are desirous o{' "Spelling Out*' it will profit you a few weeks ago. and many of them actually went broke when finally received a „ average of eigfct signed up at as little cost as possihl- purpose of arriving at a valuation for ,(,11: doubly to get into active service of the farm bureau. Develop " ' * -' rod for right-of-way with and then they would raise the P' 1 ; ( ' the crash came but the tact remains that the same industries upon making assessments. From what fol- damages on top of that Som « re- and solicit thoroughly up and floWU y o u r community so that its very a t t r a c t i v e n e s s and advanta lowed. I would advise land owners to which all this stock was issued are continuing to operate and ceived even more than thi i ; ' i it all." yttTTHV. DEt T U B E R g;, I E * THKil MICIIKJ.W FARM H I R E AI \ 8 \X A Resolutions Adopted At 11th Annual A.F.B.F. Meeting rates of duty which are applicable to Butter Prices Down EXCHANGE CLAIMS A SAND DUNE PARK j Introduction XIV J income as the only equitable meas Experience has to a l a r g e degree similar products from foreign nations. of ability to pay the tax. Home and ( omnia.litv Projects T h e w h o l e s a l e price of b u t t e r t h i s stftied policies previously adopted VI Dcceti ya the t ipart- hV the American Farm Bur* an Fed- eration and except In those cases F a u n To Market Highways We are at that point in our devel- B*rly enactment of m a t e r n i t y and 11. The Present Property Tax Situa- lnfancy legislation desired. The is greatly to b participation of the fistlfmttea tion by eeontrmfc^is indicate LOCAL PRODUCERS ADDED ALONG LAKE! ment of A g r i c u l t u r e is the has been in any m o n t h since April. where it h a s seemed advisable to l k t . some changes, we hereby re- opment of t r a n s p o r t a t i o n facilities in our nation which requires not only American Farm Bureau Federation in; the comparatively smull percentage •the national child health and prater- (>f the total national income which MAKE GOOD MARKS Aboat 2&0 acres ot excellent and 1926, a n d t h e lowest for P e e - m b e i characteristic' sand dune territory on since 1 9 l € . affirm ;l11 previous pronouncements more federal appropriations to con- tion work is commended by us. Wei is derived solely from the ownership Lake ^Iichigan was accepted o f t h e organization. tinue and finish the federal aid sys- pledge our support in these activities j of property either r u r a l or urban. If Detroit Sales F o r M e m b e r s park site, from the Edward K. War- tem of roads now under construction, in order that the health of our farm j a fair allowance is made, as it should ren Foundation of T h r e e Oaks. II but to expand federal financial par- people and the cost of medical service be made, for the labor and ma:. Of C o - o p e r a t i v e s A r e This ' l a n d is located in Berrien Federal Faint Hoard ticipation In the building of secondary in the country districts may receive j ment of owner-operators, the owner- County. 75 miles from Chicago and High In N o v e m b e r \\'e approve the actions of our ex- ! or ecutive officers and the board of di- this enlarged rectors in their efforts to assist and building, we approve an appropria- co-operate" with the Federal farm-to-market F a r m ' tion of at least one hundred twenty- highways.. p r o g r a m of highway in proper consideration nation. XV by the entire ship of property more than one-half or one-third and. 1 in most of the states, one-fourth or i one-fifth of t h e total income of the does n.t produce By Michigan Livestock Although receipts of Exchange hogs and about 20 miles BOUth of Benton Har- bor. The land was not given outright to the s t a t e but t h e P a r k s Division granted a twenty-five year It \se. 6% every cattle at Detroit tar month of Xovem-' Board In B* task of putting into oper- j five million dollars by the ation the national a g r i c u l t u r a l policy Congress and such additional legisla- enunciated in the A g r i c u l t u r a l Mar- tion and a p p r o p r i a t i o n s as will p r o - keting Act. Recognition in this Act vide the active beginning on the p a r t present and lumber Forest Conservation ! entire population. Vet Since a constant supply of lumber ( s t a t e the ownership of property is her 1929 were less than in products, an adequate j compelled to bear almost the entire 1928, t h e percentage of these sold by supply of water for domestic use, i r - c o s t of government. In most si the Michigan Livestock exchange was at tie gaining 1 per November' The property contains an excellent bathinjg beach along its mile and a q u a r t e r of lake frodtatge and contains seme of the highest sand dunes in the Loans on 0 f the economic condition of agricul- of the federal government in the con- ligation, and power, and control of I no direct tax whatever is levied upon state, j ture which now exists and the effort struction Board in its stimulation of co-opera- merce tive m a r k e t i n g to place agriculture largely at the expense of the nation and of farm-to-market being made by t h e F e d e r a l F a r m H i g h w a y s a r e now a r t e r i e s of com- must be roads. constructed our waters against erosion and flood! the larger portion ot total net income and hogs 3 per cent for the month, i a r e national necessities, we advocate! which is derived from personal indus- Sheep and calf receipts were t h e conservation of our forests by re- t r y t h u s exempting the greater por- forestation of burned-off, cut-over, I tion of the population from the pay- sales of the Exchange l a r g e r than November 1 !»2S. and raereasi s even' h e e p : .# e _ Romance Still I.iws Wanted by a bachelor of middle Livestock and marginal lands, the immediate m e n t of substantial taxes. per cent, while the calf sales lacreas-j to correspond with lady or widow of Responsible cattle and lamb t. on an economic plane equal to that of as a whole and not wholly at the ex- establishment of better fire protec- ed 2 per cent. ers now have available t h r o u g h industry a r e actions on t h e p a r t of p e n s e of local o r s t a t e taxing units. With a decreasing percentage of same age, with idea in mind of enter- tion with the necessary appropriation population owning property which is During November 1929 the Mich- their co-operative associations. the federal g o v e r n m e n t in behalf of The states a r e urged to extend their ing pmiltry business. —Ad in a Mon- agriculture which we commend. supplemental r u r a l road p r o g r a m by of funds, the abandonment of de- easily taxed, and an increasing per- igan Live Stock Exchange sold 487 t a n a paper. $5,00h,«i0(l of federal money for s t r u c t i v e logging practices, and t h e centage a r r i v i n g by train, this being • financing their feeding operations. We r e q u e s t all individuals, p a r t n e r - allocating more of the gasoline and depending upon wages, proper management of forest and salaries, fees 46 and one half per cent of total i Loans can be negotiated a t 6 per ships, co-operations or associations vehicle t a x e s to farm-to-market high- and commissions as ranige lands to a s s u r e adequate water- sources of income, t h e gross unfair- rail stock received at market. Some-i cent. contemplating new developments o r ways. expansion in 'business designed to facilitate co-operative m a r k e t i n g of agricultural p r o d u c t s to s u b m i t their F a r m e r R e p r e s e n t a t i o n VII on Federal shed protection. We advocate, also, ness of our present s t a t e t a x i n g sys- t h i n g over 200 c a r s of truck the participation of the state govern- tems is gradually becoming worse. m e n t s in the above program. Because of t h e destruction of proper- were handled hy t h e combined percentage of truck and r a i l ! stock handled in November was 241 Exchange. stock! The j Eliliminate Why not see that your delivers your livestock to your own farmer-owned and farmer-con- trucker t y values partly r e s u l t i n g therefrom, trolled co-operative commission plans to the F e d e r a l F a r m Board for Boards per cent of c a t t l e ; 43.7 p e r cent of That mortgage worry XVI foreclosures and t a x delinquency a r e company? its consideration as to necessity and We u r g e the appointment of farm- Federal and S t a t e Quarantines calves; 40 p e r cent of sheep and 44 for those who are to reaching alarming proportions in For information, write Frank convenience a n d as to o r g a n i z a t i o n ers on all federal boards and commis- per cent of hogs. O'Brest. Breckenridge. Mich., or set-up; we recommended to o u r mem- sions before which the i n t e r e s t s of We recommend t h a t when the many states. | carry on for you United States Department of Agricul- H I . Tax Policy of the American F a r m I n amount of stock shipped by J. H. O'Mealey, Hudson, Mich. bers t h a t a p p r o v a l of t h e F e d e r a l a g r i c u l t u r e a r e involved, and t h a t a p - t u r e has no q u a r a n t i n e regulations Associations t h a t a r e members of t h e Farm Board required of any co-opera- pointees to such boards and commis- tive m a r k e t i n g plan before f a r m e r s sions shall be men who h a v e the relative to plant and animal pests and Bureau Federation Michigan Live Stock exchange, for On t h e principles of taxation stated November, St. J o h n s Grange Associa- Purchase Life Insurance Michigan Livestock Exchange diseases a s t a t e m a y establish a quar- are asked to p a r t i c i p a t e financially o r qualifications n e c e s s a r y to serve with above and the s t a t e m e n t of t h e pres- tion, Ray D. H a r p e r , Manager, led the Do not rely on a n t i n e for its protection, provided; D e t r o i t , Mich, with m e m b e r s h i p . credit to a g r i c u l t u r e a n d to the n a - ent property tax situation in t h e vari- s t a t e with 40 decks. Fowler S h i p p i n g good luck to h e l p 4'irzt, that no such state q u a r a n t i n e We pledged o u r s u p p o r t to the Fed- tion. ous states, the American F a r m Bu- Association, Wm. Snyder Manager, you m e e t all or shall be based upon a test which has eral F a r m Board in all efforts to se- VIII reau F e d e r a t i o n : was second w i t h 34 decks. Middleton y o u r financial ob- not been approved by t h e Secretary cure the b r o a d e s t possible benefits to F u n d s F o r Agricultural Extension of Agriculture; and, second, t h a t any 1. A s k s for a g r i c u l t u r e no advan- Shipping Association, Charles A. ligations. Build Producers Co-Op. C o m . A s s ' n agriculture in t h e control of agricul- W e reaffirm o u r position in favor tages or special favors in national, Wood Manager, t h i r d with 26 decks. up a r e a l a n d a b - E a s t Buffalo, N . V. such state q u a r a n t i n e shall be null solutely inde- tural surpluses, seasonal or other- of additional federal funds for exten- a n d void when t h e Secretary of Agri- state or local taxation, but does ask West Branch Farmers Elevator wise, and in m a k i n g the tariff effec- sion service w o r k and strongly u r g e c u l t u r e establishes a federal quaran- for equitable t r e a t m e n t in taxation. Company. W. J. Duggan Manager, structible estate tive on all farm c r o p s . Should it be Congress immediately to enact into tine covering the s i t u a t i o n in ques- 2. Offers its co-operation to and f o u r t h with 21 decks. Nashville Ship- to s e r v e in case found n e c e s s a r y to amend t h e Agricul- law the Capper-Ketcham a m e n d m e n t tion, or declares such state quaran- invites t h e co-operation of all other ping Association, A r t h u r Miller Man of a d v e r s i t y a n d tural Marketing Act to accomplish for t h i s purpose now pending before t i n e is unnesessary. organizations and i n d u s t r i a l groups ager, fifth with 18 .decks. Grand to meet your = !\ these p u r p o s e s , we pledge o u r un- Congress. We expect the extension in securing constant and i m p a r t i a l ; Ledge Co-operative association. needs in later qualified s u p p o r t in so doing. service organization writh funds now XVII s t u d y of t h e facts of taxation, includ- H e n r y Lutherjohn Manager, and Wil- years. Ill available and with o t h e r s which we Location of 19,10 Convention ing t h e social and economic effects, liamston Co-operative .Association. a r e h e r e w i t h advocating to p a r t i c i - t hereof. George Bishop Manager, were tied R u r a l Credits We acknowledge with deep appre- Sta<«' Turin 3. Urges t h a t as rapidly as feas-| for sixth place with 17 decks. F r a n k The federal l a w s which have es- pate more actively in the future in ciation the very courteous invitation Life Insurance Co. ablished o u r r u r a l credit policies the o r g a n i z a t i o n of a g r i c u l t u r e . of the Massachusetts F a r m Bureau ible, net income be recognized by the O'Brest. Manager of the Breckenridge Federation and the northeastern states as t h e most equitable basis of Shipping association, was seventh I a rm Bureau should be amended so t h a t from pro- duction to final m a r k e t i n g , the p r o - IX group of state federations to hold the taxation. with 15 decks. A (/en t for Michigan ducers of o u r farm crops, the o w n e r s R u r a l Education 1830 annual m e e t i n g in Boston in , 4. Asks that the federal govern- Receipts of t r u c k stock continue to We advocate t h e policy of federal connection with t h e three h u n d r e d t h i n e n l increase, and the co-op's per cent of of our farm property and the co- financial participation In the cost of anniversary of t h e founding of t h e come tax from the competition of this class of stock shows a nice in- r '7\ operative g r o u p s of o u r farm pro- r u r a l education. Commonwealth of Massachusetts and states not u s i n g this tax in some man- crease over last year. lucers can have available in all of the establishment of free govern- ner similar to t h e federal govern- Owing to the large volume of bttsi- necessary quantities credits at inter- ment in America, two of the most ment's protection of t h e state inherit- handled by the Exchange at After No. 105 est rates as low as a r e secured by any Recognition of t o - o p e n i t h e s significant facts of world history. ance or estate taxes. t h i s time of year, late hours, especial- F a r m Bureau Oils a r e 100% other group in our nation. IV F e d e r a l Taxation We favor t h e recognition by the federal governemnt purchasing organizations which dig- of co-operative We recommend t h e reference of this :>. Asks that the various states and ly by the office force, are the general invitation to the incoming Board of the federal government, for t h e pur- rule. Ben .Jacobs, our office manager, Directors for its most serious and pose of equalizing economic opportu- says that on a r r i v i n g home from January l We AVI'II coiitiniu- (o h a n d l e paraffin base, Sharpie* do* waxed. Sold by the q u a r t a n d in 5, la, 30 and 55 gallon con- Our national wealth is rapidly be- t r i b u t e necessary supplies used di- sympathetic con sld era tion. nities, assume in g r e a t e r measure the wcrk at night, his wife, waking no tainers. t h e s a m e liigh q u a l i t y all wool coming more of the intangible r a t h e r rectly in farm operation; such recog- support of the pubic schools and pub-, and t h i n k i n g he is leaving for work, We have oils for all c a r s . n i e i c b a n d i s e w«- bave been sell- Your d i s t r i b u t o r of F a r m Bu- than of the visible form for tax p u r - nition to be secured by suitable modi- XVIII lie roads. tells him to bring in the milk and ing for t h e past nine y e a r s . poses. This m a k e s it indispensably fication ot existing legislation. 6. Urges that Congress authorize fire the furnace before he goes. The reau supplies has our Oil Tte- The Porto Rican Situation Our line includes commendation Chart. Get t h e necessary that the s t r u c t u r e of fed- We recommend that the American We regret to be informed from a the Secretary of Agriculture to estah-' feminine personnel of the office force. n u m b e r for your car and t r y eral income, corporation and estate F a r m Bureau Federation recognize responsible governmental source that lish in the Bureau of A g r i c u l t u r a l , although not getting their full quota Bed B l a n k e t s , Itobes. F a r m Bureau taxes be maintained In such form as the increasing activities of co-opera- the economic, social, a n d educational Economies a unit with suitable per- of sleep, are not losing any of t h a t S\v< a t o i s . ( b a l l i n g , will p r o c u r e the most of our revenue tive p u r c h a s i n g organizations and conditions in Porto Rico have not sonnel and adequate funds for re- p a r t i c u l a r charm said to be the result ()v< r e o a t s , < a m p i n g FA KM l l l l l l i . l i : O i l NO. IH for s u p p o r t of the federal g o v e r n m e n t lend facilities and direction to the na- materially recovered since that island search in taxation and expenditures of regular hours spent in the a r m s of Blankets. is the oil for Model A F o r d s . from these forms of taxes. The na- tional eonftmittee which represents was devastated last year by a hurri- as they affect* d the economic s t a t u - of , morpheus. Salesmen covering l a r g e m i l e - the co-operative purchasing organiza- cane. We u r g e t h e federal govern- a g r i c u l t u r e and the welfare of t h e ' Along about ti ]). m. each night, on W e t a i l o r y o u r suit o r 1<»p ages every week tell u s t h a t it tion as a whole is prosperous. T h e tions approved by their respective ment to expedite the rehabilitation of r u r a l population. We believe further going to the sheep house, one could rccit to y o u r exact m e a s u r e . s t a n d s up splendidly. T h e y a r e purchasing power of the tax dollar is state F a r m Bureau Federations. these conditions in every possible t h a t t h i s unit should co-operate so hear the sheep house quartet consist- N o l h i n g hut t h e tinesi wool satisfied t h a t it's good for 1000 now comparatively high for debt r e - way. far as possible with s t a t e agencies, ing of Culver. Williams. Scottmiller fabrics shown in o u r big dis- miles or m o r e . duction purposes. An immense fed- XI including the a g r i c u l t u r a l experiment and yuigley. singing "Locked in t h e play of plain a n d fancy w e a v e s . The price and service will c u t eral debt m u s t h e liquidated at t h e F a u n Bureau Relations to ( » • XIX stations and that the experiment sta- Stable with the Sheep." and believe your oil bill. The s a v i n g s in- earliest possible m o m e n t so t h a t it, to- Members Get 6 % Discount crease with t h e q u a n t i t y bought. o p e r a t h es Organization Policy tions should further emphasize fun- US, there were times when it looked gether with its interest charges, will not impose undue burdens on succeed- It is well known t h a t the American Since it is now universally recog- d a m e n t a l research in this field using as if they were net only locked in conditions F a r m Bureau Federation endorsed nized t h a t no n a t i o n a l program which for this purpose t h e funds made with sheep but smothered with them. ing g e n e r a t i o n s . These make it i m p e r a t i v e t h a t m o r e atten- and adopted co-operative as t h e basis upon w h i c h should be m arketing relates to social or economic phases available to them under t h e P u r n e l l , You know how it goes—"Sheep to t h e Farm Bureau Farm Bureau of the agricultural problem can be Act. right of them, Sheep to the left of tion in federal tax m a t t e r s be given to debt reduction than to tax reduc- builded a sound and p e r m a n e n t pol- icy for American agriculture. I t has successfully farmers accomplished are banded unless together in a IV. r u n i c Recommendations for I m - j them." in fact, sheep under and over Clothing Dept. Services, Inc. tion. mediate Action them. Anyway, onward rode the '2'M N. < ' e d a r s t . , Lansing-, >licl». continually reaffirmed t h a t position g r e a t nationwide m e m b e r s h i p organ- If, however, as a method of stabil- and t h r o u g h o u t t h e years has p u t For the purpose of giving some im-' F o u r Horsemen or was it the T h r e e L a n s i n g , Mich. ization which can speak for agricul- izing o u r t e m p o r a r y financial and forth continuing effort for the devel- mediate relief from the present Musketeers? ture, we urge all local, county, and Among shipping association m a n a g - credit conditions, a m o r a t o r i u m to be opment and m a i n t e n a n c e of success- state uoiits of the F a r m Bureau to grossly unfair taxation of property, < ers, who visited the Detroit Stock Ex- secured by sligh*. reductions in fed- ful commodity m a r k e t i n g oxganizia* c o n t i n u e t h e i r enthusiastic activities the American F a r m Bureau Federa-. eral t a x e s could be helpful, Congress tions. in p u t t i n g into operation o u r mem- t i o n : change during the week ending. D e - might find it advisable to give tem- Experience has proven t h e need for bership slogan, " T h e r e is no substi- 1. Asks t h a t the t e r m l a l u e as used cember 6, were Lew H a r t w i g . Webber- urary relief in tax m a t t e r s . The a stabilizing factor in such develop- t u t e for m e m b e r s h i p . " for t h e assessment of property be ville; George Bishop, Willianiston: defined not as the fair c a s h sale o r F r a n k O'Brest, B r e c k e n r i d g e ; Fred State Farm legislation which gives such relief m e n t s a n d we, therefore, u r g e the should specifically state that t h e officers a n d d i r e c t o r s of t h e Ameri- XX m a r k e t price, t h e definition c u r r e n t KlotZ, P o r t l a n d ; L u c e r n e Scribner, reductions s h a l l be for one y e a r only, c a n F a r m Bureau Federation t o see Inland W a t e r w a y s in m o s t of t h e states, but a s the a v e r ^ Morrice; Ed. Dunn, Perry. All age capitalized net production value , were in with one or more and should provide t h a t a t the end of t h a t in the continuing developments In addition to our declared policy decks of stock to be sold by the Mich- that period of time the p r e s e n t rates of such co-operatives an opportunity of gettimg an outlet to the sea a s used in Europe. 2. Recommends that owners of) igan Live Stock E x c h a n g e . F o r t h a t shall automatically be resumed. is provided for t h e F a r m Bureau to through t h e St. Lawrence route, we week the E x c h a n g e sold 24 p e r cent r e t i t e r a t e all o u r previous p r o n o u n c e of t h e s t a t e s urge t h e enactment ofi V Tarhf exercise a voice in t h e development of commodity m a r k e t i n g policies and The p r e s e n t session of C o n g r e s s is later in t h e i r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n equal to ments on inland waterway develop- s t a t e income taxes, with ment and especially a t t h i s t i m e do exemptions and moderately progres- moderate of cattle; 41 per cent of hogs, 40 p e r cent of calves, a n d 39 per cent of sheep. This includes both truck a n d Mutual A u t o Ins. Co O F B L O O M I N G T O N , ILL. sive r a t e s , to replace part of the pres- expected, a t the earliest possible d a t e , t h e responsibilities assumed by t h e we u r g e t h e earliest possible comple- rail stock received at the Detroit to enact »the p e n d i n g tariff bill a n d in F a r m Bureau in p r o m o t i n g these or- tion of t h e Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio- ent taxes levied on property. 3. S u p p o r t s proper control of Market. to doing give tc* all a g r i c u l t u r a l com- ganizations. Illinois outlet to t h e Gulf. •budgets, bond issues, and expendi- George J. Boutell, m a n a g e r and calf modities which directly or indirectly tures, u n d e r some plan s i m i l a r to t h a t salesman, has been u n t i r i n g in his Meet foreign competition in o u r do- XII XXI A S S E T S exceed three million dollars. O p - P r e d a t o r y Animal ( ontroll Gtaneta] Taxation Principals employed with such conspicuous suc- efforts t h i s fall a n d w i n t e r in seeing mestic m a r k e t s , r a t e s of duty which We recommend the proposed ten I. Some Cardinal Principles of Taxa- cess in t h e state of Indiana. t h a t the r e t u r n s of each man's stock, erations carried on in twenty-five states with rt 'ill as adequately protect the Ameri- 4. Urges t h e study of retail sales sold t h a t day, a r e in the post office in a local agent IN E & C H F A R M C O M M U N I T Y year program of predatory animal tion c a farmer a s the industrial producer ll; control as outlined and recommended The American F a r m Bureau Fed- taxes on carefully selected commodi- time to make the night mail t r a i n s , to serve y o u . »s been a n d te now protected. We necessitates a long trip to t h e Ul by the Secretary of Agriculture in eration presents t h e following cardi- ties. 'ge the Senate to continue its work 5. Recommends resistance by prop- main office each night at a very late of House Document Xo. 496 dated De- nal principles as indispensable fea- W e insure automobiles, trucks and tractors revising t h e a g r i c u l t u r a l r a t e s up- erty o w n e r s to further increases in hour. cember 26, 1928. tures in any fair taxing s y s t e m : ward and we insist t h a t the tariff bill 1. Except for the purpose for equal- tax levies, either for existircg pi;; : Let's make the year 1 !t:;o the against all traffic hazards. W e h a v e adjusted 11 conference between t h e two h o u s e s izing economic opportunity, no spec- or for new purposes, unless the addi- most successful one in t h e history of more than 8 , 0 0 0 claims in Michigan this year. 31 XIII Congress m u s t e m e r g e for final MiiM-le Shoals ial consideration should ever be given tional fur.vls required t here {>r are pro- Co-operative Live Stock Marketing. ipproval by P r e s i d e n t Hoover with Our record for promptness and reliability in T h e r e is no shortage in the supply to any industry, locality, or class of vided from sources other than t h e Talk it to your friends and your !l *e farm r a t e s at t h a t height which general property tax. settlement of claims is above questioning. lv of commercial fertilizers. T h e limit- persons. neighbors, in a voice that can be heard >'l enable t h e American f a r m e r to ing factor is price. This factor can- 2. The significant facts of any sys- 6. Recommends and impartial sur- distinctly and above the voices of t h e Your protection is assured by our s e v e n years Maintain a n A m e r i c a n s t a n d a r d of tem of taxation, including its social vey, supplementing the federal forest of satisfactory service as a legal reserve c o m - ivi not be expected to be reduced mate- -ition. Yes. there is plenty of op- "g on the farm. It is recognized rially so long as a world combination and economic effects, should be under taxation inquiry, to secure reliable position, but that should make us pany. ,lla t while 'the law provides a tariff in which the Chilean Government has constant and impartial scrutiny and i information for the solution of the fight all the harder, and what is more '"> certain commodities, prices a r e a pair, fixes prices. Muscle Shoals should be given the widest possible acute problem of state and local taxa- pleasing than a victory won by h a r d ". arising out of the fact that the work and earnest effort? As we say. T h e State Farm Mutual A u t o Insurance Co. should be operated so that its econ- °°mlnion of Canada. We demand an omies will tend to regulate our fer- intelligent modification of any taxing I federal government owns a consider- the opposition is myriad, but way offers y o u stationary object protection at very !ffe Ctlve tariff on all agricultural tilizer prices instead of the foreign system. j able portion of the land area of m a n y down deep in most of their hearts the l o w annual rates. W e are a strong, legal re- '"""modifies us advocated in Presi- combination controlling them. ::. Every person o w n i n g or operat-jof the western states, t h u s largely seed of co-operative m a r k e t i n g has e serve company. W e have an agent near y o u . ht Hoover's message to the r e g u l a r The operation of Muscle Shoals on ing property for profit, or profitably withholding that land from state and been planted, and sooner or later it ,es 8ion of the 71st Congress. It is a vast commercial scale at the earli- employed should in proportion to his local taxation. will sprout and grow, as it always has Don't delay in s e e i n g him. If y o u don't k n o w n ideal g e s t u r e to place even high est possible moment would be Incom- ahiiity. contribute to defray the cost 7. Favors 111;> establishment ot a and they will finally get on the wagon, him, or want further information, write us. rate of government, national, state and d e p a r t m e n t of taxation in t h e Ameri- which is owned and driven by th of d u t y on farm commodities ly better than to use this great Il( < then allow such commodities or project for mere laboratory res* local. So fat ible, every tax can F a r m Bureau Federation as soon five men of this country. '"'Htitutes t h e r e f o r to enter our mar- Such commercial operation is pro- should be universal and direct, tor no a s the n< financial means ets . duty tree, from our so-called vided in the Madden-Wrlght Bill, and system of total exemption from tUia- t h e r e t o can he pro\ idel. tion or of indirect taxation can pro-! Highway Plantings Michigan State Farm Bureau J nies OT dependencies. Therefore. all necessary research is also provid- favor i m m e d i a t e independence for ed in that measure without cost to I wholesome and general pub- The planting of suitable t r e ? s and A g e n t for Michigan c |> dependencies, but in the event the United States. lic interest in efficiency. economy, •*"'' s < l " *v<" u,u' 'hem shrubbery along all highways of the and honesty in the atiministration of To some men the challenge in every Federal-aid system, w h e .• e BUCh 221*27 \ . ( c d a r Street I.iiusing. Michigan such independence cannot be We commend the recent message of fi d. we insist most s t r e n u o u s l y President Hoover in advocating a government. I new girl's eye is like a telephone ring. growth can be maintained, should be J>roduotS from these colonies private lease for this project and con- 4. Every ligitimate tax must be. j t h e y ' r e afraid they'll miss something regarded as a n e c e s s a r y eventual step fining its us,, to agriculture. directly or indirectly, a levy on n e t ' i f they don't a n s w e r it. in the improvement <>; objected to the H LA FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, lign MICHIGAV FARM B UREAL* N'KffS rom A Receipt \ev Insurance Co., of llUch. H O M E o r n c e - F L W T . MICM M.v we offer you the advantage* and service of t h e State Mutual Among Members. Henry Ford has suggested, "By apply- organize if ever relief is t o come t o his i n d u s t r y , the greatest indus- ^ J o ^ b y M i c o l . seconded by Mr. Rodded Firo Insurance C«». of Michigan to protect your property ing business principals to farmfng," t r y in this great land. Gale that the following men be add-. > Prof. B. H. Hibbard, economist, from *^ S^S^aSSSS%fm%n are with us. More corning evey day. PICK JOIN-TCOMMITTEE the University of Wisconsin Baid, " F e d e r a l aid f a r m relief, together with tariffs, will help b u t we, ed to the original Organization Com-j It would bo a pleasure to furnish you any desired information. \V. T. LEWIS, Scc'y. 703 Church Street. Flint, Michigan. Wednesday, December 18, in a brief as farmers, must set u p t h e machinery of organized co-operation be- mthe ittee - w h i c h b o d >'Committee to de- j Reorganization Attorney General Rules On address before some 60 county agri- fore we can expect to receive t h e recognition we j u s t l y deserve, velop plan outlined by the Farm i cultural agents and home demonstra- Board. Motion carried. V. R. J Constitutionality Of tion workers at their annual conven- such a s the o t h e r great interests of the c o u n t r y a r c enjoyiiiL Gardner, Gifford Patch, J r F. L. * tion at Michigan State College. D. T . K n i g h t , Granger, Sam Miners, H. H. Hogue, Sunday Hunting. It is more than the question of the Marlette, .Michigan. T Q m c G r a h a m F r a n k M i l l e r , Miller application of business to farming It is difficult to reconcile the pres- it is the suppression of group interest ent-day sportsmen's idea of conserva- for individual interest that brings on tion to modern civilization, Sen. Norm the long crops with their resultant Horton. of Lenawee county, father of lowered 'prices, was the thought con- STATE ADOPTING VAN BUREN ADOPTS ! Overton, Fred Carter, Joe Prentice, JO. H. Fleming, M. S. Fuller, Wm. | Weber, Verne Warner, Jim Rich- lards, John Gould and H. J. Lurkins. VITAMIN D the Horton Anti-trespass law of 1927. veyed in Prof. Hibbard's review of told representative^ of several organi- economic conditions bearing on agri- MORE FAVORABLE DISTRICT PLAN OF The original Organization Com- | mittee included the following: M. Potency With Nopco XX zations at a conference at Lansing, culture over the period since the December 16. Mr. Horton was speak- close of the World war. He showed OIL U-ASE PLAN CARRYINGON WORK jSouthwick, U. A. Hawley, O. R. Gale, ; W. F. Dean, John Miller, Thor David j Brake, F. L. Bradford, George Olds, ( ing in defense of the trespass law and how lack of organized effort was a asserted that we can not go too far major contributing factor to the un- Comparison Shows Old and Annual Resolutions Show A n j Thor Schrieber, s. Nopco XX per ton. tory is graduated from a minimum of Among those taking active part in by Mr. Prentice, that Chairman of ed the question of economic relations interests of the individual. 12% per cent to a maximum of 25% the meeting were M. D. Buskirk, a Equivalent of 1% cod liver Equivalent of 1 3/5 % cod thereby asking whether the paper in- This lack of organization interest on wells in proven territory producing the Reorganization Committee ap- liver oil. dustry was as valuable as the few fish is due to a lack of understanding of director of the State Farm Bureau, Oxl. an average of more than 300 barrels Carl E. Buskirk, secretary of the point a committee to enlist the sup- which might be killed by stream pol- the value of organization projeots, it 32% Poultry Supplement of oil per day. The possible import- county Farm Bureau, Waldo Phillips, port of the Board of Supervisors and Chick Starter lution as a result of the factory's was explained by Miss Tillie Knowles, ance of this one item is indicated by director of the Michigan Elevator Ex- County Agricultural Agents of each 4 lbs. Nopco XX per ton. 5 lbs. Nopco XX per ton. operations. He stated his question dean of home demonstration workers the fact that, while accurate informa- change and the County Farm Bureau, county in the fruit districts in de- Equivalent of 1 3/5 °/ cod Equivalent of 2 % cod liver as a means of calling the game and of Iowa state college, who also ad- tion as to the actual production of Charles Robinson, director of the veloping the reorganization program. liver oil. oil. fish hunters attention to phases of dressed the convention. Without individual wells is difficult to obtain, Motion Carried. Chairman Tennant shooting and fishing which 'bear on organization in agriculture, nothing County Farm Bureau, M. H. Pugsley, it is likely that there are several wells president of the Van Buren County appointed Mr. Miners Chairman of something besides traditional prac- can be accomplished, she said. in the field now producing in excess of Farm Bureau, John Woodman and C. this committee, with Mr. Jakway and tices. Senator Peter Lennon, of Genesee Hunting Season Ends 300 barrels per day. 'Under the new plan no single lease D. Leisenring. Mr. Dean as members. Officers of each local association were request- Nopco XX county, declared the 1929 upland The election of officers and direc- ed to give this Committee names of game bird law is the most vicious With but two exceptions, hunting in is to be executed for more than 2,560 tors resulted as follows: President, influential supervisors in their coun- Is a pure, unadulterated cod liver oil to which has been conservation legislation ever written the woods and on the waters in acres, or four sections, but the Pure Miller Overton, Bangor; Vice-Presi- ties who might be expected to sup- added the anti-rachitic element found in t h e oil and ex- into Michigan statutes because it is Michigan will come to a close until Oil Co. received a lease covering more dent, C. D. Leisenring, South Haven, port the program. tracted through a recently perfected patent process, license unfair to delegate special privileges next fall, at sunset, December 31st. than 4,500 acres or more than seven and W. E. Phillips, Decatur, and Bert sections on May 14, 1928, and on Au- Moved by Mr. Richards, seconded for use of which is held only by the National Oil Products or delegate the authority to grant The badger may be caught until Gleason, Paw Paw, new directors. by Mr. Prentice that the present Ex- special privileges as was done in this February 1, and the rabbit may be gust 14, following, in excess of 800 Delegates to State Farm Bureau ecutive Board of the Michigan Fruit company, manufacturers of Nopco X X and Nopco X. special act. killed in the upper peninsula until acres was added to the same lease. annual meeting: Waldo Phillips and Growers, Inc., be empowered to act These new products embody concentrated vitamin D A Walton Conference January 31st. New leases are to be made at John Woodman. Alternates: Charles as the Executive Committee in the potency. Their use assures better livibality, better growth, The conference was called by the auction sale to the responsible per- Robinson and M. D. Buskirk. re-organization program to control sons offering the highest cash bonus- increased egg production and better hatchability. Izaak Walton League of America, Michigan division, to present several Show Road Costs County Agent Wm. F . Johnston gave es. The Pure Oil lease was made at a very complete account of County | a nivities. d c o - 0 rdinate all re-organization Motion carried. Statistics show the daily cost of act quoftionH for the various organiza- operating a modern concrete paving private sale, without bonus, and in Agent work in the county for 1929 j T h e following are the Executive tions to consider, rather as the plant is about $400 a day whether the disregard of previous attempts on the and his program for 1930, and m u c h ; C o m m i t t e e ; As Your Local Farm Bureau Dealer About Nopco sportsmen's wants in the way of legis- daily production of pavement be 500 part of others to tender bids, all of appreciation was expressed for the e x - | H N a f Z j g e r , O. R. Gale, H. H. Hogue, lative control of affairs. which were refused. or 1,000 feet. cellent work being accomplished. j p ' L Bradford, W. F . Dean, F . J. The matter of public shooting The department will charge a rental State Farm Bureau Secretary C. L. Higbee, M. D. Buskirk, Davjfl Brake grounds for small game, special shoot- Horton Act of 1927? If so, how can during the period before development, Brody was present and discussed; J a m e s N i c o l > M i U e r Overton FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. ing privileges and pre-season shoot- such land be obtained? Plans which the minimum rental in. the future be- township road projects, Federal Farm i The individual members of the Lansing, Michigan ing within prescribed refuges and the have heen advanced: (a) Purchase of ing 50 cents per acre. The rental •will Board, and organization matters. Reorganization Committee are to dis- establishing of such preserves by land, or lease of hunting rights by the he abated upon the 80 acres where the Splendid interest was manifested cuss this program with their super- chapters of the Izaac Walton League state by funds to be derived from in- well is located whenever an oil or in Farm Bureau activities as is and by other sporting clubs was left creased hunting license fees, (b) gas well produces in paying quanti- shown by the following resolutions visors and County Agents to enlist their support in the general program. to a committee of one representative Licensing methods under which ties. A second, a third, or an eighth adopted: Association Managers in the various of each state-wide organization to be hunters would pay a stipulated fee well on the same 80 acres would not We wish to express our gratifica- picked by the conference chairman, to one farmer or groups of farmers abate any additional rent. Under the tion at the manifest appreciation of J counties are askedp rvisors to give a com- in their Harry F. Harper, of Lansing, presi- on daily or seasonal basis, in ex- Pure Oil lease, every paying well the work that has for the past four- \ l e t e H g t o f t n e S U e mmtv The Feed with the Performance Record dent of the Walton League in Mich- change for permission to hunt on abates the rent on 80 acres regardless teen years been the major project | C . the committee will igan. The Farm Bureau would be private owned land, the number of of how many are on the same 80 acres. of this organization, namely; Agri-• .J t g e x p e c t e d ee( undef w a y w i t h t h 3 reorgani given representation on this com- hunters on each area are to be limited, This is but a partial list of the cultural Extension Work. Our re- get under way mittee. the farmer to winter-feed and other- points of difference between the new lease from financial obligation to- zation program immediately after A "hush, hush" was clapped on dis- wise protect the game. leasing plan and the leases actually January 1 and it will take the co- Milkmaker ward its support will in no degree cussion of the question of prohibit- 2. Is it in the best interest of con- made on state lands in Midland and reduce our active interest in its con- ordinated efforts of all reorganiza- ing hunting on Sundays when the servation to grant pre-season shoot- Isabella counties, but it is sufficient tinuance and success, and we pledge tion members to work out the plan. question of eliminating this prohibi- ing privileges and larger bag limits to show that there is something for our earnest and sincere co-operation The stockholders of three associa- tion, now effective in but a few coun- t clubs and individuals operating the Department of Taxation of the in the future as we have given in the tions have already voted in special ties, was piit before the conference. shooting preserves in return for pro- Farm Bureau to investigate. past. meeting to consolidate their assets in The question was tabled as a means pogating game under regulations pro- We are vitally interested in the the new co-perative organization to <>f smothering any publicity that vided by the present shooting pre- plans for co-operative marketing now be known as "Great Lakes Fruit In- might otherwise be given it. Law Is Constitutional serve law? CLINTON CHOOSES being formulated by our State com- dustries, Inc." Special, stockholders PAYS DIVIDENDS 3. Should it be the policy of Izaak exchanges in conjunction with meetings of the other organizations Objectors to Sunday hunting pro- Walton League Chapters and sports- hibition as enforced in these few men's clubs to establish shooting pre- STATE DELEGATES modity the that Federal a general Farm Board. We believe will be called just as, rapidly as poss- organization of farm- ible. counties raised the question of the serves as provided 'by law? constitutionality of the law and this Officers and Directors A r e ers such as the Farm Bureau is need- WANTED: E X P E R I E N C E D FARMER 4. Is the closing of certain counties ed to support this movement and with stock,, tools and boys to work was answered by the attorney gen- to Sunday shooting and not of other Elected at Annual combat some of the propoganda basis. three hundred acre farm on .share DIVIDENDS earned on Farm Bureau Milkmak- oral's department, represented at the counties, in the best interests of the A r r a n g e m e n t to begin March 1, County Meeting against it with which we will soon 1930. Address Fred IJ. r.eib, 323 House- conference by one of the departments game conservation? he flooded. man Bldg., Grand Rapids, Mich. er are in the feed. Your animals return deputies, as being absolutely a con- 5. Is one open season for all small M. L. Noon, president of the Mich- 2-14-4t. B. FB. We believe that some portion of these dividends in greater profits a n d higher stitutional act in that it becomes game hunting feasible? Is the present igan State Farm Bureau, emphatic- gas and weight taxes should be re- operative through referndum vote schedule of open seasons for small ally pointed out the need of higher turned for improvement of township withiu the county. This made it game satisfactory? production. tariff on farm produce and the im- roads other than county and trunk evident that every county could vote 6. Can the Conservation Department portance of co-operative marketing line roads. to prohibit Sunday hunting of game conduct control of those predatory- in an informative and inspiring ad- by vote of the people and the fear was species detrimental to small game? expressed that! more voters would ap- 7. To what extent should the state Clinton County Farm Bureau held We believe that the tax burden on dress before the annual meeting of the farming property should be further lightened by more State aid for DRAINS- T H E FEED COST of butterfat from 274 prove of such restriction, were they acquire ownership of idle lands in Saturday p. m. at Bingham grange rural schools. Honor Roll cows in 93 herds in Michigan last informed that the 1929 law is consti- northern regions for recreational pur- hall. Mr. Noon called attention to the tutional. We condemn the dictatorial at- poses? (a) At what point does the potential force of organized farmers titude of the State Department of Although Sen. Lennon had explain- payment of taxes on such land serve in his closing remark when he said, Public Instruction and believe its farm crossings year was less than 19c per lb. These cows ed that the sportsmen themselves had the public interest more than does "Capital and labor have solved their powers should be restricted. were in farm fed, Dairy Improvement herds gummed up the control of upland the provision of public hunting problem by working less and getting game shooting by insisting so strong- ground? (b) Is it in the public in- more. We must remember that they convention was in progress. In reply; Station Facilities and with no fancy care or extra milkings. ly, a year ago, that the rabbit-shoot- terest for clubs to exercise exclusive did it through organization." to this request somebody made a Equipment, ' Drains ing season was opened 10 days before hunting rights on lands otherwise idle The address by their state presi- motion that Mr. Wright be authorized Freight Ratea the season on other game to satisfy and non-productive of income tax? dent wasn't the only treat that the to "keep the delegation full." This Farm Groaning* them, the conference virtually went (c) Is it in the public interest for con- crowd of 200 or more enjoyed during brought a laugh and more remarks' Fence*, etc. on record as being opposed to leav- cerns and individuals owning tracts the afternoon. To begin with there from the wits but the motion carried.: ing the guestion of "open season" in of waste and idle land on which deer was a splendid dinner served by the As a committee to work with Mr. the hands of the committee which and other game is found, to post their Bingham grange ladies after which Burton to arrange an extension pro-; would have farmer representation, lands against trespass, and to sell all assembled in the meeting hall gram for the coming summer the, Let us handle your railroad Every year more .Michigan farmers use the insistence being that a special hunting privileges to the exclusion of where they were entertained by Mrs. members present elected Rudolph j I arm Bureau Milkinakcrs and other dairy problems for yon. committee be named to handle this public hunting, for the purpose of Doris Shafley, who played two violin Buehler, Mrs. Belle Maiers and Floyd! reeds, Farm Bureau poultry, hog and horse delicate subject, preferably a com- making such land productive in order solos; by the Jerry Hubbard band of Anderson. The president, J. E. Cros-j Have Your Freight Bills Audited for overcharges. Loss reeds. mittee of sportsmen only. to derive income to pay taxes? Ovid, as well as by Rev. Frank by, C. S. Langdon and John Espie! Among the questions framed for 8. Should the Conservation Depart- Wright of Wacousta, district Farm were named as delegates to a state j and damage claims handled by the conference were the following, ment import a large number of Hun- Bureau representative, and Clare Bur- Izaak Walton league meeting in Lan-; this department with no charge which may be of interest to the local garian Partridge for release next ton, county agent. sing Monday a t which the Horton to Farm Bureau m e m b e r s - Obtainable From Farm Bureau Distributors Farm Bureaus and which are to be spring? (a) What can be done in At the business session Arthur law and other matters of importance nominal charge to non-member answered sometime within the next stocking wild turkey, capercailzie and Gage, Roland Sleight and C. L. to farmers were discussed. farmers. few months, probably next spring, in other alien or extinct native species? Shafley were elected to succeed them- Farm Bureau At the close of the ifieeting an auto a manner which will at least partly 9. Should several deer yards be es- selves as Farm Bureau directors. robe was given away and was award- determine the trend of so-called "con- tablished? (a) What can be done to Charles Openlander, Verne Hand, ed to Roy Pope. Farm Bureau servation" legislation next winter, hasten the establishment of more Patrick Gallagher and Mrs. C. S. when the State Legislature convenes game refuges in areas open to public Langdon were named as delegates to Perils Of A Sporting Life Traffic Department again: The Colonel: "I just crept out and 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Michigan. Questions hunting? the state convention to be held in 10. Are more game farms needed? February. Mr. Wright asked that he shot the brute in my pajamas." 1. Is there a need for extensive (a> What pheasant production can be be empowered to appoint other Clin- Dolly: "But, Colonel, how did the public shooting ground for small game attained by the conservation Depart- ton members to the delegation if there elephant get into your pajamas?"— Services, Inc. Lansing, Michigan hunting in territory affected by the ment with funds available? should be any vacancies while the London Opinion.