KEEP UP MICHIGAN THE NEWS A Progressive Newspaper On News Interesting to • #%K.Rff Farmers Through the For Michigan Farm Farm News Homii A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers Vol. XI, No. 5 FIFTY CENTS FIVE CENTS PER YEAR SATURDAY, MAY 6 ,1933 PER COPT Published Monthlx DEBATE RAILROAD FarmSupport Farm Bureau Opposes FARM BOARD TO Michigan Leads Nation INFLATION IS FIRST for Inflation U.S. SENATE AGR'L Bureau Wires Its Raid on Horton Funds As a Producer of Salt BILL TO REGULATE Lansing—"A change in the money system to effect an immediate rise in COMMITTEE WANTS Lansing—The Michigan State Farm Bureau objects to diverting the second1 CHANGE NAME AND Lansing—Michigan continues as the leading salt producing State and in STEP TO RESTORE AND TAX TRUCKS commodity prices is necessary, with regulation of the value of the dollar to maintain commodity prices to the STABILIZED DOLLAR half of the automobile weight tax into welfare relief rather than reducing local highway debts and road taxes BOSS AGR'L CREDIT the last 5 years has produced $37,000,- 000 worth of that commodity. Produc- tion is well over 2,000,000 tons per COMMODITY PRICES average level of 1921-30. We favor as provided in the Horton Act. The Roosevelt Consolidation Or- year. We produce more than one- Pres. O'Neal Says Rest of Some Shippers Favor 364, creation of a federal non-partisan Says no Permanent Relief till Farm Bureau's directors on April 19 fourth of all the salt produced in the But Opposition Is board, representing agriculture, labor Money Question Is protested Senate Bill 109 by Senator der Transfers Land Banks Union. We have three great salt pro- .World Profited by Our Strong and industry for maintaining such a Adjusted Kulp for that purpose and which has And Others ducing areas: The Midland, Bay City Gold Policy price level." Administration support "as a gesture and Saginaw areas where salt is pro- The foregoing telegram was sent to to the R. F. C." Washington—First executive order duced from natural brines; the De- By EDWARD A. O'NEAL, Advocates and opponents of House the National Co-operative Council at Washington.—The United States Sec'y Milton Van Frank of the Mus- of President Roosevelt for re-organiz- troit, St. Clair and Port Huron area President, American Farm Bw>. Bill 364, the "railroad 'bill" to regulate Washington April 18 by Secretary C. Senate Committee on Agriculture has kegon County Farm Bureau reported ing government departments for econ- where salt is made from artificial Washington—"The money problem and tax trucks and busses and fix L. Brody for the Michigan State Farm declared for "an adequate supply of that his organization had protested omy, efficiency and elimination of brines made by dissolving beds of is attracting world wide attentiou. As their rates to place them on an equal Bureau when it became apparent that honest and sound money and reports the Kulp bill as certain to increase the duplication of effort was that of rock salt. The third salt area is a solution of world difficulties at this basis with railroads, engaged in a two Congress was ready to act on the that at this time we have neither." farmer's tax burden even if the money March 27 which merged the Federal around Ludington and Manistee. time, it makes the tariff question look hour debate before the entire House, money question. In reporting favorably President is spent in welfare work on roads. Farm Board and 7 other farm credit like 30 cents. The Co-operative Council, repre- Roosevelt's Farm Bill, the Committee membership in session Thursday, May 4. Such a debate before the House in senting farmers marketing groups stated that in its opinion if the Bill session is a rare event in our legis- throughout the nation, with a total restored farm prices to a parity with WOOL ASS'N SAYS" agencies' into one big organization, with much lopping off of officials. The change is effective May 27, 1933, un- LOW FARM PRICES "The President's action is the first fundamental step taken thus far to check the ruinous course of deflation lative practice. farmer membership of a • million or industry as of 1909-14 and did every- bill had the better of the argument. views for presentation to Congress. thing el.se that is expected of it, that It appeared that opponents of the more, asked every Ass'n to wire its "the relief will be limited and will RECEIPTS 3 TIMES less Congress orders otherwise. What is now the Federal Farm Board will become the Farm Credit COST CITY PEOPLE and to restore the commodity price level. Our Policy Benefited Others The House Transportation Committee recalled the bill for further consider- ation, and announced that Tuesday, ILLINOIS SENATOR not enable farmers to meet their fixed charges * * * this Bill alone will not afford the relief the farmer must GREATER THAN '32 Administration, which will administer all the present work of the Farm Board and will control the functions of 6-7 MILLION JOBS "The United States has been play- ing the fool in its monetary policy while the rest of the world profited have * • *. May 9 at 9:30 a. m. it will have a com- the 7 other loan agencies, also 4 the When Half of Nation Stopped by our folly. We tried to maintain the mittee hearing at which amendments may be offered. SAYS THEIR SALES "Experts, • * * are practically agreed that the deflation process is Advance Is 15 Cents; Rising President's proposed farm mortgage resumed after the recent bank holi- Price Trend l?ooks relief program. Buying, Industry Had gold standard when practically every other nation had abandoned it. We kept our dollar tied to gold at an ab- Responsible head of this gigantic to Lay Off The Farm News outlined the origi- nal 64 page Bill 364 in its April 1 edi- tion. Since that time the House TAX IS A SUCCESS day. * * * The policy of deflation of commodity prices and farm values in- Good for 1933 augurated in 1920 still continues * * * Lansing—Three times as much wool operation will be Chairman Henry Morgenthau, Jr., of the present Farm Washington. — "So long as food normally high exchange level, when other nations were cheapening their Transportation Committee wrote a farmers, stockmen, merchants, fac- has come into the Michigan" wool Board, who will be known after May keeps pouring into city markets, it currencies. substitute bill about half the size of Friends of Sales Tax Strong, tories, wage earners and now rail- Marketing Ass'n warehouse here as at 27 as the Governor of the Farm Credit may be difficult for the city dweller to "That is just what they wanted us the original, retaining the regulatory, roads, life insurance companies and Administration. He alone survives realize that there is out in the coun- to do because it stimulated their trade tax and rate fixing sections desired by Foes Weak in Hearing banks are tottering and unless agri- this date last year, the Ass'n states. of the 12 $12,000 per year members of try an emergency so grave that it and ruined our trade. For example, Final settlement checks for the 1932 the Farm Board. They will be re- constitutes a national emergency," the depreciation of about 30 per cent the railroads. It modified the bill in at Capital * culture is repaired, all must fall. clip were mailed to As.s'n members placed by employe deputy governors said Dr. Rexford G. Tugwell, Ass't in the value of the British pound in these particulars: "Prior to the bank holiday some 12,000 banks failed, destroying some this week. and commissioners who will be as- Sec'y of Agriculture, and right hand exchange for the American gold dol- 1. Exempted private truck lines. Lansing—There's no use arguing 2. Dropped restrictions as to length, about not having a sales tax, observed 20 billions of bank credit or deposit The Ass'n has seen its advance signed divisions of the Farm Board's man to Sec'y Wallace, in a recent ra- lar had the same effect as adding a 30 move from 8c to 15c per pound for width and weight of trucks and trailers. chairman Fred Watkins (D) of the money. With the bank holiday end- Michigan wools delivered to the Lan-co-op loans and educational work. dio address in advocating the Admin- per cent ad valorem tariff against 3. Dropped load and speed limits. House General Committee on Taxa- ing additional thousands of banks sing warehouse for the 1933 pool. Their word will be final in such istration's Farm Bill. our goods shipped to England, became 4. Eliminated requirements for spec- tion at its public hearing on South- failed to open. questions. It is not necessary to debate the buyers in England must pay for these ial equipment. "Wool buyers have inn-eased their 5. Struck out requirement for weekly worth Bill 184 for a gross income- "* * * no substantial relief is possi- The offices of "members" of the Fed- gravity of this agricultural emergency goods with the pound sterling which reports on all agr'l shipments. ble for agriculture until the policy of prices because they 'tappet to profit eral Farm Loan Board and "members" with the man who is getting 30 cents was worth thirty per cent less than 6. Reduced gross mileage tax 50% on sales tax at the capitol April 27. largely by the inflation movement of the other credit groups are like- for wheat, or 6 cents for cotton, or 3 our gold dollar. smaller trucks. Nevertheless, there was argument deflation is not only checked but re- Railroad men testifying said substi- for and against a 3% sales tax. Noth- versed and a substantial sum of now in process. 1933 fcppcars to be a wise abolished with the exception of cents for hogs. It is difficult for him "On t h e other hand, British mer- tute Bill 364 took % out of the orig- ing was said about the gross income actual money is admitted and, if need good year to pool wool, and the grow- the chairman, who will direct the to pay his taxes, let alone pay inter- chants without reducing the price of inal, but it was acceptable. Oppon- tax provisions of the bill. It is ex- be, forced into circulation. ers recognize it," according to Alfred work and be responsible to Governor est on his debts. their goods could get about 42 per cent ents held that enactment of the sub- pected that the Southworth Bill will "Agriculture does not demand a 50 Bentall, in charge of the Ass'ns opera- Morgenthau. The Secretary of Agri- Those prices are just as tragic for more for their goods sold in the United stitute would accomplish in every re- be re-written i n committee, possibly cent dollar, but does protest retention tions for a number of years. culture and the Secretary of the the entire nation as they are for the States, because they got paid for these spect the intent of the railroads to as a straight sales tax. of a 200 cent dollar. A dollar which "Mill owners, Boston ;md other Treasury are divorced from official farmer. Back in 1929 the cash in- goods with American gold dollars regulate truck rates upward to rail fluctuates from 50 cents in 1920 to traders in wool and the rational Wool connection with the farm credit groups. come of all persons in this country, which were worth about 42 per cent The Michigan Real Estate Ass'n ar- 200 cents in 1933 is not honest nor Marketing Corporation, co-operative Large annual savings in salaries and except farmers, was fairly high. By levels. more than the pound sterling. This gued for a general 3% sales tax, every sound. Dollars so scarce as to be ob- sales agency for Michis;in arid 26 other expenses will be effected by the 1932, however, I t had declined about 42 per cent margin gave them ample Advocates Stress Regulation dollar collected to replace a dollar other State wool pools, agree that consolidation. 38 per cent. The city family getting opportunity to get into our markets J. J. Danhoff for the Michigan Rail- levied on real estate and that the sales scure * * * forcing into existence systems of barter, trade and scrip wool price levels should work higher. Following are the farm credit an income of $3,000, in other words, over our tariff walls, and even cut road Ass'n declared trucks and rail- tax replace as far as possible the real * * * are not adequate. Poolers will share fh any raise in groups which will be transferred to by 1932 had to readjust its standard prices if necessary, with profit to roads have their place, but each would estate tevy for schools. price. of living to an income of less than themselves but with ruin to our in- have to yield some business to the "Agriculture demands a 100-cent the Farm Credit Administration: Senator Mason of Illinois, which dollar. The purchasing power should "In these times bnyeis continue to $2,000. That was a pretty stiff cut, dustries. fother under the bill. The Michigan adopted a 3% sales tax effective April Farm Board Farm Loan Bureau. Supervises: but it was luxury itself compared to "Bean Jobbers testified that unregu- 1 to replace in whole if possible the be fixed and established and stabil- buy as cheaply as possible and sell Federal Land Banks the cut the farmer had to take. The They Helped Us Go Broke ized to serve the best interests of the cheap for a quick turnover. That has Joint Stock Land Banks "They even helped us in our foolish lated truck rates may make a differ- real estate levy for schools, observed people, trade, commerce and industry. Intermediate Credit Banks farmer's gross income, between 1929 a tendency to hold down the market", ence of 10 cents per hundred in offers that "we have been told not to tax "No just, substantial, reliable or said Mr. Bentall. "The more produc- Agr'l Credit Corporation and 1932, dropped 57 per cent—more monetary policy. The British Treas* on beans. Such things upset the bean food, clothing or shelter. Heretofore, permanent relief can be provided agri- ers who pool for a substantial cash Part of R. F. C. Established Crop Production Loan Bureau in 1932. than half. Yet the prices of the ury has a fund of three-fourths of a business. Michigan's Independent all the burden has been placed on culture or any other industry until advance and enable their co-opera- Co-operative Loan Bureau things he had to buy—his machinery, billion dollars which it has been u s - Merchants Ass'n favored 364, charging shelter. Why isn't it reasonable' to the money question is considered and tives in all parts of the nation to sell (Both of U. S. Dep't of Agriculture) his fertilizer, his clothing, and his ing to raise the value of the American truck lines make rate concessions to tax the other two?" Senator Mason adjusted," concluded Report No. 16 their wool to the trade as needed and Mr. Morgenthau, New York farm other purchases—declined only 28 dollar and depress the value of Eng- mail order house branches. Michigan came on invitation of the Administra- of the Senate Committee on Agricul- by grade, the better the price they operator and publisher, is a strong per cent. land's money, in order to stimulate Builders Ass'n held that the rate fix- tion forces seeking a sales tax. ture and Forestry April 5 in report- may obtain," Mr. Bentall said. "The supporter of co-operative marketing, As a result, farmers were able to the export of British goods to the United States and to check the export ing principle of 364 would make truck "In Illinois," said Senator Mason, ing House Hill 3835, the Farm Bill National Wool Marketing Corporation according to Pres. John I* Miller of buy; during 1932, only 60 per cent as of our goods to countries in the British freight costs definite for all dealers "the 3% tax works. It's not a costly to "Relieve the National Economic is now handling a large share of the the National Co-operative Council. much of the goods and services which Empire and all other countries with in merchandise handled by truck. tax to collect; merchants and others Emergency by Increasing Agricultural total clip and is striving for a sellers The new set-up promises quick de- city workers produce as they bought depreciated currencies. Opponents Fear Elimination who opposed it are largely converted Purchasing Power." market rather than a buyers market." cisions for co-ops and makes it possi- during 1929. Obviously, that reduc- Michigan B r i c k Manufacturer's to it since April 1. On purchases of less ble for farmers and co-ops to borrow "In addition, France, while on a Ass'n objected to one industry writing than 15c the dealer absorbs the tax; "The Michigan Co-operative Wool money for planting, harvesting, mar- tion in the farmer's buying power af- gold basis, revalued her currency at fected not only the farmer, it made a law for another; held the motor trans- 15 to 35c sales pay l c tax, 35-65c sales • portation industry big enough to have a 2c tax, and 65-99c a 3c tax, all of TAX BILL Marketing Ass'n at 221 North Cedar keting and on land or products all in street, Lansing, is ready to send any one spot, Mr. Morgenthau said. grower a description of its marketing serious dent in the income of all those one-fifth of the pre-war level; Italy persons who depend directly on the likewiso revalued her currency at fair its own regulatory and rate making which are at the rate of more than farmer—the small-town merchants, below the pre-war level. Japan de- commission.. Charged Bill 364 favors 3% and make up the loss on 15c and a small number of large motor truck less purchases. From $1 up the tax BATTLE DUE SOON plan and to answer questions. * I t will send the name of its nearest lo- cal assembler of wools and wool sacks Farmers Interest In Rail-Truck Bill 364 the doctors, and the railroad employ- preciated her currency over 56 per ees, among others. And since 44 per cent. In fact, most of the countries commercial carriers but is cleverly is 3 % to the nearest penny. The advance is made promptly on the cent of the entire population of the of the world except the United States worded to eliminate the large group "In Illinois," said Senator Mason, Governor Insists on Original arrival of wools at our warehouse at United States, or more than two outhad depreciated and managed their of contract carriers who haul for cer- "40% 73% of all stock coming to Detroit of every five inhabitants—live on currencies. tain customers only. of the people were paying the Bill; House Will Make 728 East Shiawassee street, Lansing, yards comes by truck, of which 40% farms or in small towns and villages, "As a result, we were getting & property tax; 60%—wealthy and poor less the expense of getting the wool to is hauled by contract carriers, 11% by flood of imports from other countries Detroit District Shippers Conference —were paying no direct tax. The Changes Lansing, if any, and the nominal the farmer, and 22% by truckers who we have to conclude that the reduc- —displacing American goods which remarked Bill 364 was written solely property tax penalizes savings; the Ass'n membership of $1. With a very buy stock. tion in farm income has wiped out from standpoint of steam carriers, sales tax penalizes spending. The Look for GoV. Comstock's 3% gross small carryover of wool In the nation, nearly half the buying power of 44 otherwise might be sold and dlsplao- Milk is hauled to creameries, re- ing American labor to produce those noted that contract carriers may not sales tax is indirect and appears to income-sales tax to be reported to the and the rising price trend, the pros- ceiving stations and to principal mar- per cent of our population. haul for less than rail rates, and im- produce good results with the least House the week of May 8. Its South- pects for our wool marketing program kets by truck. We can provide an even more direct goods. plied that purchasers of transporta- squawk. We believe it will pay 90% worth Bill 184, which has been in the are better than they have been for measure. We know, for example, that Things Have Changed Western Michigan fruit growers the city industries which make farm "But President Roosevelt stopped tion were not consulted in drawing of the cost of schools outside of Cook Taxation Committee since the first of years," Mr. Bentall said. place ripe fruit in markets 500 miles implements, and fertilizer, and binder this drive against our trade by letting Bill 364. County (Chicago) where it is being tthe session. distant in a day or less by truck, in twine are directly dependent on the our dollar sink to its natural level. George Friday, large scale Berrien used for welfare and therefor is an The Governor insists on the Bill as time for markets. county fruit grower, said railroads added tax. Elsewhere, taxpayers Rep. Southworth offered it. 3% on How the 15 Mill Tax farmer's buying power. We also know Economists tell us that when ever a Nearly all sugar beets are hauled to that the automobile industry, the tire nation puts an embargo on gold and can't make good on the "pick -today— should credit what they pay in sales all retail sales and the gross incomes Division Was Decided factory by contract carriers. consumer tomorrow" system of getting taxes against what they would have of doctors, dentists, lawyers and industry, the oi| industry, and por- suspends specie payment, it can regu- Feeds, seeds, fertilizers and farm tions of other industries which sup- late the value of its money and fix fruit to markets within a 500 mile rad- paid in property tax. others receiving fees but not salaries supplies are largely distributed by ply materials to automobile makers— ius, that rail rates below truck rates Southworth Bill 183 has ben enact- commodity prices at any level it de- "The perfect tax picture," said Mr. for their services. Fractions of 1 per ed in 83 counties. County Tax Allo- truck lines and contract carriers. we know that these industries find a sires. haven't regained their business. He Mason, "is a low property tax, a gen- ent sales taxes are laid on manufac- cation Commissions of 6 members large part of their outlet upon the objected to any bill that would handi- eral sales tax, and a graduated income turers, lumber and mining interests, each are at work on the budgets of Farm Heating Plant Bulletin farms. In 1929 42 per cent of all "Congressman Golsborough has in- cap truck handling of fruit. troduced a bill to supplement and tax. tc. Sale of farm products by pro- participating units. The bill provides the automobiles in the country were complete the monetary policy Presi- Language of the bill requiring truck It must be said that objectors to the ducers are exempt. All tax payers are that the State may participate in the Washington—Spring is the time to in rural communities. dent Roosevelt has started. Among firms to prove themselves not "unnec- sales tax didn't do much April 27. allowed $4,800 of business exempt 15 mills, but it elected not to this consider an improved central heating The industries I have just named other things it establishes a Monetary essary competition with existing car- Their heavy artilleries sat listening, from tax. year, and will depend on the Legis- system for the home or to remedy de- found their market so reduced, last Board of three members, charged riers" or "unnecessary duplication of content to wait for the bill to come The House Taxation Committee lature enacting a sales tax. The law fects in the present system. Farmers year, that more than half of their with revaluing and stabilizing the services" or able to give "adequate out before unlimbering. The small wanted to cut the exemption to $1,200, allocates these minimum shares: Bulletin 1698-F, Heating the Farm employees (as of 1929) were laid off. value of our money at a constant service" and provisions for minimum arms opponents sniped without effect. to lower the rate of tax. The Gov-County 3 mills Home, a new publication by the U. S. Much the same story must be told for level. rates not below those of railroads for Drollest event of the evening was a rnor said No! Very likely the bill Schools 4 mills Dep't of Agriculture, describes var- the makers of clothing, of paint, of "To meet the emergency confront- the same service drew fire from op- Detroit attorney "representing four will be reported in the original form Cities or Inc. Villages .-. 1/10 mill ious heating systems, adapted to a magazines and newspapers—of every- ing us, the Board is first required to ponents of the bill. No truck firms dental firms" pleading that "food, med- and amended on the floor. Farm The county commission divides the variety of fuels, and their efficient in- thing, in a word, that farm families raise the wholesale commodity price testified. ical and dental care" be not taxed be- organizations are likely to press for balance of the 15 mills between the stallation. The Bulletin is sold by normally buy. All told, it is conserv- level to 1926 by increasing the price Bill 3G4 is one of the most important cause they are "the three necessities a time limit on the sales tax to keep county, township and school in accord- the Sup't of Documents, Government atively estimated that between six for gold which is equivalent to before the Legislature. Farmers have in life". attention on economy and the 15 mill ance with its judgment on the budgets Printing Office, Washington, D. C , at and seven million city workers are ducing the grains of gold in the dol- a large interest in it, particularly live 5 cents per copy. now unemployed directly or indirect- lar from 23.22 to 13.17. By abandoning a State share in the tax. submitted. stock, sugar beet, milk, and fruit men. property tax, the administration has ly because of the decline in the farm- "This general profnun Is that A tremendous volume of farm sup- dumped onto the Legislature the prob- er's buying power. which the American Farm Bureau has plies business is handled by truck. The lem of State obligations and not I contend that that is a national been working for. We started at a State Farm Bureau and the Grange enough revenue in sight. Some kind emergency that calls for the restora- time when it was very unpopular and are watching this bill. of a sales tax—on luxuries, necessi- ties or what not—appears to be the Sales Tax Legislation in Six States tion of farm buying power. It calls required vision and courage to t*ke for putting an end to 30-cent wheat such a position. and 6-cent cotton. That is why the "We will still need the farm bill Hear U. S. Budget May answer to Administration leaders. NEW YORK RATE 1% ENACTED April, 1933 TIME LIMIT 14 mos. EST. YIELD $30,000,000 EXEMPTIONS Food, gasoline. PROCEEDS TO: State Treasury new farm bill is of equal importance pending before Congress in order to Drop Agr'l College Aid Iowa Farm Bureau Bringing MISSISSIPPI 2% May, 1932 none 2,157,000 yr utilities services none State Treasury with the emergency action already equalize farm prices, with other prices • INDIANA 1% February, 1933 none •$1,000 State Treasury taken for our banks and for economy PENNSYLVANIA .... 1% August, 1932 t; mos. 12,000,000 none State Treasury in the Federal Government. so that the farmer will be on the same Washington—The Nat'l Co-operative 800 Piece Band to Fair ILLINOIS 3% April, 1933 none 40,000,000 yr. none Local Schools basis with others in buying and sell- Council is informed that the director Chicago—June 12-14 some 3,000 MICHIGAN 3% PENDING none 30,000,000 yr. Farm Products State Treasury ing. Both the farm bill and the farm sold by grower, of the Federal budget is contemplat- members of the Iowa Farm Bureau ""Gross income tax. Farmers' and manufacturers' rate V4%. wholesalers, Insurance, More People of Farms mortgage relief bills should be pass- ing elimination of all apporpriations Federation will attend the Chicago ed." First $1,000 of gross income exempt from tax for all taxpayers. Banks, by the Federal government for State World's Fair in a body, bringing with 1st $4,800 not taxed Washington.—The farm population agricultural experiment stations, land them the 800 piece band of the Iowa for each taxpayer was 32,242,000 on January 1, 1933, as ( \ v i HIKE PROFIt IM1TI grant colleges, extension services and Farm Bureau. This band is made up Michigan's Southworth Bill 184 taxes all retail sales 3%; Mining, compared to 31,241,000 on Jan. 1, 1932 It is estimated that J3% of the i vocational agriculture. Reports to of a number of County Farm Bureau etc. 2/10%; Manufacturers 3/10%; Professional fees at 3% of gross income. —a net gain of 1,001,000, which is the cows of Wisconsin or 282,000, produce Public utilties, amusements to be taxed 3% of gross income. this effect have been given circulation bands. Thp Wapello County Farm largest number of people ever report- less than 200 pounds of butt«rfat a and have not been denied by the Ad- Bureau band, for example, has 200 ed on the farms and the largest gain year. These are losing their owners* ministration, the Council said. players. in a single year since 1920. money every year. TWO If T f TI T ('. \ \ FARM >* F. IT S SATFRDAY, MAT 6, 1953 liquidated. For benefit of farmers on Repayment in 10 annual, equal install- NEW MORTGAGES such mortgages, the Bill authorizes ments, but no payment on princpal re- the R. V. C. to loan $100,000,000 to the quired for first :: years. For Better Fruit FOR OLD AT 4V» joint stock banks at f%, providing they reduce interest on their mort- gages to .".'Y and agree not to fore- U. S. 30 Protection . . . to Exempt Farm Labor •i to the Michigan Farm Bureau News, founded January 12, 1923 PCT. IS PROPOSAL Dii mortgages for two yeai cept in 'unavoidable circumstances." Washington—The Black Bill (Son- This proposal, it is said, will give the ate 158) passed by the Senate April , at the post- office » t Charlotte, Michigan, under tile Act of March 3, 1879. Senate Farm Mortgage Bill banks time to liquidate with consid- and which prohibits interstate com- eration for security holders and for merce in products produced or manu- GRASSELLI Features Debt Slashing, Published trmt Saturday of eacli month by the Michigan Farm News Company, sit its publication office at 111 Lovett St., Charlotte, Michigan. Low Interest farmer-borrowers, who may change factured by persons employed more over to the Federal Laud Hanks, as than 5 days per week or 6 hours per SPRAY Editorial ral offices, 221 North Cedar St., J^ansin^, Michigan. If Senate'Hill 1110, the Emergency described above. day was amended to exempt farm 7. $200,000,0^0 of R. F . C. funds products up to first sale by the origi- a n d DUST iffice Box 708. Telephone, Lansing, 21-271. Farm Mortgage, Hill of 1*33; should are authorized through the Farm Loan nal producer, to exempt perishables, E. E. UlfGREN Editor and Business Manager be enacted by Congress, the following Commissioner to enable farmers to re- including milk and its products. Can- relief will be extended to mortgaged deem or repurchase farm property lost neries are exempt. Other industries PRODUCTS ription ".><> cents per year; 3 years for $1, in Advance. farmers, the Farm News is informed through foreclosure; to reduce or re- which can show that they cannot op- by the Farm Credit Administration at finance other obligations; to provide erate under the 5 day week and 6 Preferred by successful fruit growers Vol. XI SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1933 No. 5 Washington: working capital. Limit of such loans hour day proposed in the bill may be because they are manufactured under 1. Congress will authorize the Fed- (00, direct to the farmer. Total exempted from its provisions. eral Land hanks to issue not more obligations on the property must not definite chemical control, thus insuring r than two billion dollars in 4 4 bonds exceed 75$ of its "normal value." uniformity. We Have Won Our Fight For Inflation of the Currency which the land banks will use for new GRASSELLI GRADE Long bet <1 public conceded that this depression would not right itst-lt. the Michigan State Fa*rm Bureau, the American Farm mortgages and to refinance old mort- gages. ELECTRIC Arsenate of Lead Powder Monohydratcd Copper Calcium Arsenate Powder Sulphate Bureau, the National Grange and other farm groups declared that farm prices mi "l' and the purchasing power of the dollar must come 2. To refinance and reduce old mortgages, the Federal Land banks Solvay Biddy Brooder Bordeaux Mixture Powder Casein Spreader Lime Sulphur Solution Sulphate of Nicotine down to the level at which the debts were contracted or they never could will be authorized to exchange the 195 AGR'L LIMESTONE UNITS BUILD LOW COST Dry Lime Sulphur Sulforon be paid. bonds, interest guaranteed by the U. Kleenup Oil Flak * Zinc Sulphate S., to insurance companies, mortgage Michigan Producers of DUTOX-Our Non-Arsi nical Insecticide The farm JU'oups demanded legislation to secure a domestic price - ELECTRIC BROODERS for our principal commodities rather than a world price; they advocated companies and others for farm mort- PULVERIZED LIMESTONE T H E GRASSELLI C H E M I C A L COMPANY controlled inflation of the currency and stablization of the dollar at the gages, the exchange being based on to- LIMESTONE MEAL I ncorporateci 629 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 1926 level of juices, involving revaluation of gold to a higher price and a day's value of the property. The sav- 1530 E. Hancock Ave Detroit, Mich. cheaper dollar. It was rank heresy to most of the financial and business ings In principal and interest will be Available A t Your Nearest Dealer Heater 2101 Canalport Ave Chicago, Illinois world. Today it is certain to be the law of the land, with outspoken sup- passed on to the farmer borrower. o o o o o o c/ o o o o o 3. Neither new nor old borrowers Solvay Sales Corporation port Iron the high command In finance and business. 7501 W . Jefferson Ave. Thermostat and from the Federal land banks will be Hy three to one majorities in both Houses, Congress has approved DETROIT, MICH. Ventilating Tube required to pay installments on the President Roosevelt's bill to raise farm prices, to refinance farm mort- ?£&}3U!®3£$^m!l}^^ principal of mortgages for a five year gages at low- of interest, and the sweeping currency inflation period. program whi< h enables him as President to shelve the gold standard until it is to our interest to return to it. He may increase the volume 4. Interest rate to above borrowers $1.95 each iirency by $6,006,000 through sale of government bonds and through the Federal Reserve system facilities. He may provide a managed cur- rency bused on gold, which may be revalued by as much as i>U'/c to at- will period. . '>. not exceed 4%% for a five year Land banks will be authorized AirlnLcike postpaid $2,5OO Damages tain the price level we may require. We take pride in the farm groups' part in the development of this to make loans direct to farmers at %% increase In interest where there is no This 160 watt unit has an electric heating element, thermostat and ven- tilating tube in one assembly, com- plete with cord arid plug. With one Awarded in Auto Case program and In our own part. In March 1932 the Michigan Farm News local farm loan ass'n, on condition that farmer join such an ass'n when began a series of articles on the relation of the supply of money to the there a r e ' enough borrowers in the INSURANCE or more of these units and a few pieces of board or insulating material you can build a good, low cost, efficient Headlines like this are familiar in court news. Un- brooder. collapse of business and property values, and advocated the type of cur- area, at which time the ^r< extra in- rency Inflation that is now about to start. terest will be dropped. Cor $5 Heater less the defendant carried adequate automobile insur- ance, he has some sad financial experience facing him. lu a terieS Of articles Mr. Lucius B. Wilson held that the collapse of the business and banking structure then taking place was due to the (>. Joint stock land bank* are to be Every Six Months Our Paymaster Policy There is danger ahead for you as an automobile collapse of t h e bank credit system in which the nation's'money disap- peared as. bank credit was withdrawn. The greater the need for money, the less there was of it. and the more ruinous became the falling prices unmoditieH and labor. FARMERS Premium guaranteed not to in- crease. Accidental death double indemnity is available for $1 extra semi-annually. Policy fee is $5. driver bile unless you protect yourself with sound automo- insurance. An accident—unavoidable as far as you are concerned—may bring a lawsuit that could Mr. Wilson declared we should stabilize the purchasing power of tho dollar by varying the amount of gold in the dollar. The desired gold content of the dollar should be determined by the index number of Attention* This sound, legal reserve insur- ance meets the needs of small in- comes; fits In with any insurance take your property, your savings, and tap your earnings for years. all wholesale prices as calculated by the U. S. Dep't of Labor. We should Insure your property An Mich- program; is available to a select igan's Largest Farm Mutual class. Let our local agent tell you One unit will heat a box type brooder as above for 75 to 100 chicks for first Don't trust in luck and your skill as a driver. You ^stabilize prices at the 1926'level, which is the average of 1920-29 prices and the price level which will enable the world to pay its debts, Mr. Fire Insurance Co., with a about it. 3 weeks. After that, a cover may be placed over the screened portion and can't drive for the other fellow. Be safe financially "Wilson said. [Alley that has no technical P A Y M A S T E R PAYS A T D E A T H a larger run provided. 75 chick size box—24 wide x 4' long, 6" deep. with sound insurance protection through the State loop-holes to avoid liability Age Amt. Cover 24 x 24 . Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company at very In December 1932, we published an article by Dr. G. F. Warren, consistent with safe under- Age Amt. Age Amt. It; $1,000 26 $1,000 36 Jl,0(»0 Cornell University economist. Dr. Warren warned that the money policy writing. A blanket policy on 17 18 1,000 1,000 27 28 1,000 1,000 37 1,000 Heaters reasonable semi-annual rates. In case of an accident still in effect would continue the deflation for years, perhaps a genera- 1,000 tion. The problem will soon be not the kind of a dollar a creditor will ptrsonal property (write for 19 20 1,000 1,000 29 30 1,1 1,000 involving public liability, property damage, or damage leaflet explaining blanket pol- 40 1,000 get, but whether he will get anything at all. said Dr. Warren, observing icy). Xet Resources nearly II I.OOfl 1,000 31 Zl 11 1,000 to your car, let the State Farm Mutual policy protect 1,000 1,000 that no modern nation has been able to carry to its conclusjon the kind Ope Half Million Dollars. 23 I.MOO 3;: 34 1,000 4^ 4:: 1,000 your interests in or out of court. 24 l.ooo 1,000 44 1,000 of deflation we were then experiencing. Losses satisfactorily adjusted 25 1,000 35 1,000 45 1,000 Dr. Warren also pointed out the crises that come with international and promptly paid. Careful With two or three heater units a cir- We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agents cular hover can be built to hold 300 in 30 states in this national Legal Reserve Company. competition for possession of gold; He urged a dollar of constant buy- underwriting and a thorough Let our local agent explain our. policy to you. to 350 chicks. ing power through varying the amount of gold in the dollar and stabili- system of inspection main- Electric Biddy Brooder provides heat, zation of tlic dollar's purchasing price at some desirable level, with con- tained eliminating overinsur- Age Amt. Age Amt. Age A m t . regulation and ventilation. Write for 4K % 952 6ti ; 224 our Descriptive Circular and Brooder trol through tli*1 Dep't of Labor commodity index figures. FIRE ance, fire hazards and 47 904 , 515 87 10", Plans. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. April 5, 1933, the V. S. Senate Committee on Agriculture in reporting PREVENTION undesirable risks. 48 856 117 6S 1«2 Type CT 160 watts Thermostat $1.95 •NIKftMLM 49 808 41-1 69 131 Above prices are delivered, postpaid. Bloomington, 111. the President's Farm Bill said that "no just, substantial or permanent St-nil for literature and 50 758 70 100 / Send order to means financial statement. 61 712 MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing relief can be afforded any industry until the money question is answered 666 After and the dollar stabilized." A digest of the Committee's statement ap- W . V. BURRAS, Pres. 637 S02 Age 70 FARM BUREAU SUPPLY pears on page 1 Of this edition. H. K. FISK, Secy 278 $100 STORE Home Office, 728 E. Shiawassee St. Lansing, Mich. The Committee for the Nation to Rebuild Prices and Purchasing 702 Church St., FLINT. MICH. Power, a potent organization headed by scores of nationally known busi- STATE FARM LIFE ness leaders, declared for revaluing gold and increasing its value 7591 to Bloomington, III. reach the I!'-'- commodity price level. The Committee would stabilize I there through a non-partisan Federal Board which would depend State ITAuhial Rodded Fire MICH. STATE FARM BUREAU Insurance Co., of Hlich. State Agent Lansing, Mich. on the U. S. D'P't ftf Labor index of commodity prices for increasing or decreasing the amount of gold in the dollar to maintain a dollar of con- stant buying power. The Committee sent to "all publishers in the United States" the complete text of Dr. Warren's article which we published December 24, 1932, at a time when the press in general was still silent on such matters. Scaling down debts, bank holidays and moratoriums have all been deflationary in their effects. It was worse after March 4th rather than WOOL GROWERS! better. The tide has turned to the inflation program farmers have ad- vocated. Prices have started up and the purchasing power of the too dear dollar is coming down, as farm organizations predicted. Holbeck bills to suspend payments on We Will Per Pound "We Serv Tax Penalties Off If delinquent taxes for two years and ADVANCE Bill's Paid By July 1 permit installment payments over a on Mediums Do Motor Trucks and Buses really pay taxes? 10 year period beginning in 1935. The Any delinquent tax may be paid up Senate is reported drafting a new bill. 14c ON F I N E WOOLS to July 1. 1933, Without interest, fees Heavy duty motor trucks and passenger bus owners com- If it cancels back taxes, or encourages This advance is subject to change without or penalty in aceoidance with the non-payment of current taxes, it will notice, in accordance with Market Conditions. plain they are heavily taxed. Signs are displayed on giant Bellows Hill, enacted in late April. The get nowhere in the House. deadlock continues on the Moore and motor vehicles: "This truck pays $1950 per year in taxes." Wool buyers consider your wool a good investment at prices us- ually slightly above OUR ADVANCK. They buy for or sell to the eastern woolen mills. Why not market your woo! through the grow- er's association and OWN THE ^VESTMENT FOR YOURSELF? Gasoline and weight fees are not taxes Aint It Great? We are now receiving wool for our 15th season. We enable mem- bers to sell graded wool direct to the mills. With 26 other State They are simply payments for part of the expense of By R. S. CLARK Wool Growers As.s'ns. tfe are affiliated with the National Wool Mar- building and keeping up concrete roads which cost the keting Corporation of Boston, recognized by and assisted by the real taxpayers approximately SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION When i il11 mists are ovw and the oats "dusted in", Federal Farm Board. Wh»i> you've plowed the garden and sowed the first row: When i« BeeniB Like springtime really must begin, DOLLARS annually to maintain, exclusive of city streets. When the water-peepers are answering the crows, \\Y will make a cash advance on your wool, provide sale storage When the signs of Maytime that everyone knows and insurance. We grade it and sell by grade, which affords the best One-third of this money is spent solely to build and main-- \H ..,.,.m SIP e a g e r , >>-i sort of h a n g b a c k , \ i l | t ii when a w a r m wind olows return the market can give. tain roads strong enough to stand heavy motor bus and \],,,st from the west where the sky* all black? truck traffic. Aint it Just great, when the earth needs ruin. e clouds tumbling, mumbling low? DIRECTIONS ii at, a s you c o m e up the lane, Prospective members should write for wool sacka (capacity about These giants of the highways actually contribute a pitifully To s m r i i iii,. r a i n coming that'll make things g r o w : 200 lbs.) and shipping tags. Association members may draw their I;,,,! i-watching u s down here below, wool to our Lansing warehouse-, 728 rJ. Shiawa- • ,• St.. any week day. small share of the enormous burden now being carried by H understand* w h e n t h e right time's h e r e — up the clouds and makes the rain wind blow— They may ship by rail or truck collect. Wool is weighed on delivery; owners of pleasure cars and light trucks. Aim v the Spring of the year? wool sacks weigh { lbs. and are deducted. Cash advance on net •atter up the dust. weight of wool, made at once. Inbound freight, if any, is paid from 1>h e n mell line, in t h e n e w - c o o l e d a i r ? "i wind, in a big gU*t, \n,l the Wcj c u t s loose and t h e d r o p s j u s t r'ar! cash advance. Also, nominal Wool Marketing Ass'n membership of $1.00 per year. Railroads are the heavy taxpayers Then, in the morning, w h e n t h e s k y ' s all fair, \int it Just gn the green appear— Motor transport pays practically nothing in the form of Living things sprouting up everywhere— The wool pool cannot guarantee any certain profit, nor a cer- n it In the Spring Of the yrat .' tain final settlement date. Market conditions control that. taxes to help defray the cost of government. Generally, the pool has made money for its members. Pool rows half a ft day. advance is subject to change, according to market conditions. l>ai>delioi, greens pop out over nig The railroads of this state are paying approximately TEN j,,s, feller might i 1 u-ll Marthy it don't s w m right M I L L I O N DOLLARS PER YEAR toward this cost. They hem is bite, by bite but i t ' s m y Idear ! while there's pie in Sight, Mail This Coupon Now . are using no publicly owned property in the conduct of Mich. Co-op Wool Marketing Ass'n, 221 No. Cedar St., Lansing. the Spring of the year! their business. RAILROADS PAY AS HIGH AS $2800 Pleas* send me a VM\o Wool Marketing Contract. Yoirto furnish PER MILE PER YEAR IN TAXES. satks for shipping wool at your direction. I expect to have about lbs. of wool. How long will the taxpayers of this state DAY OLD and STARTED CHICKS PULLORUM TESTED AND BRED FOR NAME stand for this discrimination? PRODUCTION Rocks — Leghorns — Rhode Island Reds ADDRESS a. R. F. D Ducklings — Turkey Poults Strong", Vigorous, Selected—100% Live Delivery Write FX-a-l MICHIGAN RAILROADS' ASSOCIATION CAPITAL KEYSTONE HATCHERY LANSING, MICHIGAN P„ SATURDAY, MAT 6, 1933 MICHIGAN FAFM >'FWS THRV.F to do. A generous sales tax can null-] Cutting Early Increases SEES SALES TAX ify the economy sought in the 15 mill Timothy Hay's Protein Live Stock Men! AS DEFEATING 15 La Voi Tells How to amendment.' Timothy hay is often cut too lare to FRANCE AGR'L PRODUCTS B u y your feeders . . . F i n a n c e y o u r purchases . . . Sell make first class hay for dairy cattle. t h e m finished . . . Co-operatively a l l t h e w a y . . . I t P a y s ! You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and MILL TAX SAVINGS Tie Wool for Market George B. Mortimer, of the Wisconsin State College of Agriculture, recom- AGSTONE MEAL HI-CALCIUM HYDRATED LIME sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- Wool comprises 30 to 40% of themends that timothy be cut when nice- PULVERIZED LIMESTONE SPRAYING LIME change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or Reduction in Direct Tax return from farm flocks. Therefore ly headed out but before bloom sets member who is affiliated with us. Get the PULL RETURNS. Likely to b e Offset by its proper preparation for market is in. While this earlier cutting does re- AGRICULTURAL HYDRATED LIME important, says Delmar H. La Voi of duce the yield somewhat, the protein Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, Indirect Levies State College. content, which is increased to seven have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- Shearing should be done on a clean, or eight per cent by this early cutting, See your Dealer, Co-op, or Farm Bureau men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. Ily SlUs. E-D1TH M. dry surface and only when the wool is makes up for the decreased yield. Dealer for FRANCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs "Why are the farmers so opposed to dry. Damp wool discolors easily. Tag When left to "cure on the stump" ti- from range or markets. Our credit corporation and 6% U. S. money. a .sales tax?" the sheep before shearing and remove mothy hay has a protein content of In the first place we have no assur- stained breech wool, sweat locks and but three or four per cent. Returns to patrons guaraqteed by $50,000 bond ance that a sales tax is needed. We short leg wool. THE FRANCE STONE CO. meeting U. S. Government requirements Timothy hay seldom gets a square want our State, from the highest to In tying, place the fleece on a clean deal, Mortimer finds, because it us- 4610 East Nevada Avenue, MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCH. PRODUCERS CO.OP ASS'N the lowest unit, to pave down its ex-board or canvass, flesh side down. ually comes at the end of the rotation Detroit, Michigan Detroit Kast Kuffalo, N. Y. penses until the 15-mill limit will cov- Remove all tags, dirt and foreign ma- when the level of ready fertility has or _ THE FRANCE STONE CO., Toledo, Ohio er all governmental costs; we believe terial. Fold in the sides and neck and been decreased by preceding crops. it can be done, and we want- it tried out. start rolling from the tail into a neat, Most timothy meadows are starving Where will the economy come in, if compact bundle. When it is three- from want of nitrogen, he states. An application of 250 pounds of either we reduce general direct taxes but at fourths rolled, start at the neck end calcium cyanamid or ammonium sul- PRICES the same time levy indirect taxes to and roll the remaining part over the off-set the saving? Just where will bundle. This places the'better should- fate to the acre has been found to the farmer and the city home owner er wool on the outside. have been relieved? Tie with paper twine; wrap both increase the protein content of timothy to as high as nine or ten per cent Farm Rureau Pence When I objected to the power rates ways. Tie so the fleece will hold to- when combined with early cutting. in our State, I was informed by one gether, but not into a tight ball, which Moreover the yield is increased by as made of Are Rock company that the average amount makes a fleece heavy for its size and much as three-quarters to a ton of paid by its 10,000 rural customers last hard to grade. If a wool box is used, hay an acre. year for $34.87 each. Of this amount be sure it's large enough. If fleeces Copper Bearing Bottom! $5.23 was for taxes. Since that time have to be forced in, they will be tied the 3 per cent Federal tax has been too tightly. A 10 pound fleece should added. Taxes are assessed against the be tied in, a box 16 inches square. A Steel company, but the consumer pays it as box is really not necessary. Never part of his electric bill. tie two fleeces together. They may be Binder lasts longer Farm Bureau During the World War we were ad- different grades. Don't use jute or monished to "give till it hurts". In sisal twine. Pack dead, cotted, -burry Twine the matter of public expense we might and black fleeces separately. The use of copper-bearing steel in well adopt another slogan during A visit to any wool warehouse will the manufacture of Farm Bureau Garden these days of "pare till it hurts" and show "fleeces tied with the weather see if we can get on our feet once side out; some will be loaded with more. Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureaus have arranged for the manufacture of Farm Bureau binder twine with the largest and Fence adds many years to its life. With a copper content of not less than .20%, this steel is remarkably resist- chaff and dirt from shearing; others Seeds It has long been known that when- will have tags rolled inside. Some ever some new plan or project was will be tied with binder t^ine; others under consideration that if it could will have gray and blackfleecesmixed best equipped manufacturer in the United States. Our COMBINED purchasing power is to your ad- vantage. Quality of our 1933 twine will be the best to be had at any ant to atmospheric corrosion. It has from two to three times the corrosion resistance of ordinary steel. In addi- price, as usual. tion, the wire is protected against be manipulated so as to be deemed a in with the white. Wny devote a rust by a heavy zinc coating that does Best varieties for Michigan. health measure or something of pri- year's time to producing a crop of 500 or 600 f t . length. not crack, flake or peel. Reliable . . . vigorous and mary interest in behalf of children, wool and then destroy one-fourth of Criss-cross winding. that the public would more readily ac- its value in preparing it for market? No snarls or breaks. The use of Farm Bureau Fence pays productive. cept it as a matter of necessity. It Insect treated. —not only because this fence, made of now looks as though the proponents of Strong, uniform. strong, full-gauge, copper-bearing steel a sales tax are maneauvering along Thoroughly tested. win1, lasts far longer, but because it BUY AT THESE that same manner. Their big cry is Great Relief for Some affords better, more dependable pro- FARM BUREAU STORES Order from your Farm Bureau tection for livestock and crops. that it will save the schools. in U. S. Mortgage Bill dealer at today's prices. All mar- kets are advancing. For two years back our school offi- Lapeer Pinconning cials should have heeded the warning Wichita, Kans.—If the emergency FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc. so much in evidence' and rearranged farm mortgage legislation passes the FARM BUREAU 1 SERVICES Hart Imlay City their programs to fit the times; we Senate in the form it has already Lansing , Michigan Lansing, Michigan Bay City cannot expect to keep 1933 schools on passed the House borrowers from the Main and Henry Sts. 1929 schedules with 1893 prices and Federal Land Bank who find it neces- Saginaw it ought not to be thought of. What sary to do so will be able to reduce 220 Bristol Street is a 10 per cent cut in school expense their semi-annual payments to the when there has been a 50 per cent cut in ability to pay? Federal Land Bank by 60 to 70% of It is my firm belief that there will what it has require to-keep loans in be no appreciable handicap to any stu- goed standing, according to John dent's education if the school systems Fields, president of the Federal Laud are brought to an even level with the Bank of Wichita. means of support. The bill reduces the interest rate Cash Markets I am certain it was the over-burden- on loans outstanding to 4'L- per cent ed taxpayer who endorsed the tax lim- for the next 5 years whereas they now itation amendment last November. I run from 5 to 6 per cent. It further am just as certain that the fanners provides that if the borrower finds it paid their taxes just as long- as they necessary it will not be incumbent could, and the present large farm tax upon him to pay on the principal of delinquency is simply because the his loan from the Federal Land Bank Must Stay Opeo farmer has no more to pay with. during this period if he pays his taxes, I have no patience with the thought insurance premiums, and water stock GRANDPA, WHAT SELL'EM FOB CASH, of shortening the school year. Many and drainage tax assessments. "JIMMY--BOTH JHE of us have lived through 9 month All loans by the Federal Land Bank ALL YOUR LA MBS CITY AND COUNTRY school years, run at a much lower cost are amorthized over a long series of AND V HOQS AND A TELEPHONE than today and those same schools years and a payment on the principal turned out fairly intelligent men andis due semi-annually. (5n most of women at that! these loans the borrowers pay a stipu- Let us insist upon reducing expens- lated sum every six months, which in- es. If there were no other sources of cludes the interest and a payment on CATTLE? j FOLKS E A T ^ - T H E ' MEAT. revenue the 15 mills would be madethe principal. PAYS ITS Classified Ads Every week in every year producers have cattle, lambs and hogs ready for Classified advertisements are cash with order at the following sale. The investment in them has already been made. It must be returned WAY rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or moro editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. POULTRY SEEDS AND PLANTS quickly by a cash sale; otherwise the producer may take a loss. Swift & Company helps maintain a daily cash market for meat animals. FERDEN YELLOW DENT SEED BABY CHICKS corn,* lower prices; still high quality HOW DO THEY SWIFTIBUYS Lee Ferden, Chesaning, Michigan. 210 PULLETS AVERAGE 243.7 EGGS. 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M \Y 6, 1935 INDIANA ENACTS INCOME-SALES TAX; TAXES INTANGIBLES Schools to Benefit from the Sales Levy if Local ASK FOR HARDIGAN OR GRIMM Taxes Drop The Indiana legislature which ad- journed ID Manii enacted • gross in- Certified, Michigan Grown ! come and sales i.i\. taxed hank stock, mortgages and money in the bank, provided State aid to public- school teachers salaries from the new taxes They Produce the Most Hay Per Acre! and provided for relief to real . in the amount of the uew taxes col- lected. Manufacturers, wholesalers a n d fanners will pay Vi'/r on gro^ Seeding Cost is Low—and Certified Seed Goes Farthest! tomes above $1,000. Retailers, finan- cial institutions and other individuals will pay a 1% tax on gross incomes SAVE ALFALFA BUY over $1,000. by sowing IK to 8 lbs. of FARM BUREAU certified is the cheapest, most productive, most efficient pro- FARM BUREAU'S certified Hardi- The State plans to pay op to $600 Hardigan or 9 lbs. of Grimm per acre on a good tein roughage for dairy cows. Saves $1 per day of every public school teacher' gan or Grimm alfalfa from your local ary from the mw tax. Rural dis- seed bed. Get 3 tons or more per acre of the highest grain cost on average 10 cow dairy herd. Two acres co-op or dealer in Farm Bureau tricts will benefit most. They mus quality hay. Certified seed is eligible for certified of alfalfa per cow for pasture and hay is recom- seeds. They yield more hay and reduce local tax levies for school seed production—a fine cash crop. mended dairy practice. last more seasons than any other accordingly. variety. At pre-inflation prices. Indiana has a 15'', tax limitatioi law on real estate. It was amende to $10 for the rural districts. Th state sends one-half the weight tax and one-half the gasoline tax back ti the counties for highway purposes and to pay existing highway bo Indiana is looking forward to easy ion on real estate, particularly when the present debt burden is light ened. Farmers Legislative Clubs Farm Bureau Alfalfa in Poland China Hogs Doing Grower of Certified Alfalfa Higher Corn Yields After Monroe County Well on Alfalfa Seed Rogueing Field An Alfalfa Sod pcrsville Farmers Legislative club has advised its State Senator am Representative that it favors the I Hi nois plan of sales tax ( 8 % ; each dol OTHER FARM BUREAU SEEDS lar collected to Teplace a dollar o local school tax). It favors a moderate All Farm Bureau seeds are varieties selected for their excellence as crop producers. income tax, but is opposed to an They are hardy, Michigan adapted, tested for high germination and purity. They are tax until it has been proved that priced right by your co-op or Farm Bureau dealer. <>my and the 15 mill tax are insuffici- ent. The Club supports Senate isil 145 by Senator Root to require all mo- tor vehicle drivers to have $11,(MX MONTANA GRIMM financial responsibility through in- surance or bonds. UTAH-MONTANA Common Marcel I u* These hardy, highly productive western grown varieties are among the best for Michigan. Marcellus Club opposed Kulp bill Sow 9 to 10 lbs. per acre of the Grimm. 10 to 12 lbs. per acre of the common. (Senate 109) to divert half the local share of the automobile weight tax from highway tax relief into welfare funds. It supports the princip:- CLOVERS! the Holbeck and Morely bills for re- lief of delinquent tax] nil so June Alsike Mammoth Sweet Clovers advised its Representath AH Are Very High Germinating Stock kalamnzoo Kalamazoo Farmers Legislative dub JUNE, the old reliable for hay and a cash seed crop. ALSIKE for low cost hay and seed supported the provisions of the House crop. MAMMOTH cheap and abundant humus to plow under—improves heavy soils. Bill 183 for allocation of the 15 mill SWEET CLOVER for low cost pasture, for roughage, for hay crops, for green manure tax. and endorsed the Callaghan pro- posal to limit any county to 25 mem- bers in either House in a reapportion- Farm Bureau Fertilizers Helped and for seed. HUBAM, luxuriant annual sweet clover. HUSKING and ENSILAGE CORN inent. The Club heard a debate on the subject that the general property tax should be replaced by other forms Produce These Yields of Corn Certified M. A. C, Picketts, Golden Glow, Polar Dent and Clements White Cap. Uncertified Farm Bureau Yellow Dent Husking Corn. of taxation. ADDRESS YIELD PER ACRE Ensilage Corn: Farm Bureau Yellow Ensilage, White OF SHELLED CORN Cap, Red Cob, Learning, Eureka, Sweepstakes RHEO WELLING Waldron 112 bu RESTORE PRICES TO ARTHUR JEWETT H. ALFRED STURM Mason Pigeon 92 bu 95 bu These varieties will grow and mature in those sections of Michigan for which they are intended. Guaranteed high, vigorous germina- tion. Field selected, dried, shelled and graded by corn specialists. CERTIFIED ROBUST BEANS DEBT LEVEL BY AN These men produced the most shelled corn per acre in their regions in the 8tate College 1931 Corn Growing Contest. Regarding Farm Bureau Ferti- Also light and dark red kidney beans ORDERLY INFLATION lizer, two of them said: MR. WELLING: "It was the finest I have ever used. I KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS Our cheapest permanent pasture! Now's the time to make the cheapest possible good per- Dr. Warren of Cornell Says was pleased with it in every way." manent pasture out of fields that may be idle if President Roosevelt's farm prices legislation MR. STURM: " I have used Farm Bureau fertilizer t is enacted. It's good pasture anyway. We offer 19, 21 and 23 lb. stock, priced right. It Can be Done With the time it came on the market and am well satisfied with the Constant Dollar results." TIMOTHY SUDAN GRASS MILLETS Malone, N. V.—"In the panic of FIELD PEAS SOY BEANS VETCH the average of all prices fell 19 FOR BEETS, SPRING GRAINS, POTATOES, BEANS . but in the present panic that FARM BUREAU SEED GUARANTEE average has fallen 36% in about the Farm Bureau fertilizers contain the highest quality nitrogen, phos- The Farm Bureau Services, Inc., of Lansing guaran- same time. phorus and potash—all quickly available. The nitrogen I tees to the fanner to the full purchase price of its seed "Such an amount of deflation has immediately available to start plants quickly. You'll find our ferti- the vitality, description, origin and purity to be as de- never been carried out by any nation lizers in perfect mechanical condition. Extra dry and easy to regu- scribed on the analysis tag on sealed Farm Bureau bag. in modern times. We have proved late in the drill. Farm Bureau's prices will please. that the United States cannot deflate farther. "If we attempt to return to the dol- lar of 23.22 grains gold, we will fail again," said Dr. G. F. Warren of Cor- Better Chicks with Mermash 1,200 to I,5OO Miles nell University to farmers here in advising a controlled inflation, to be measured by the price index of many commodities. is Economy Oil "The other road," said the Cornell You can depend on Farm Bureau oils for 1,200 to 1,500 miles economist, is an orderly and honest procedure to restore the price level in MIOCO of service. You can be sure that at 45 to 60 miles an hour Farm MIDCONTINENT OIL Bureau oil is giving perfect service. the United States to the level that 5 gal. Cans prevailed when the major portion of or in Drums Farm Bureau paraffin base, dewaxed oils are built to rigid at your specifications to maintain their lubricating qualities under all oper- the public and private debts were con- Farm Bureau Dealer tracted. We have now suspended gold ating conditions. payments, so the United States Mcrmash 16% protein dry mash supplies chicks an iodine ration missing in Mich- We offer a complete line of automobile, truck and tractor oils, the same position as most of the other soils and crops. Mermash supplies iodine from kelp (an ocean plant) and ocean greases and other lubricants. 25,000 farmers in Michigan, Ohio countries. 'The next procedure is to fish meal. Both are rich in digestible iodine and other minerals essential for growth. and Indiana use Farm Bureau oils. decide whether we will go back on a Chicks raised on Mermash are healthier, grow faster and feather better. Chick gold basis, or will Taise prices by losses are lower, and the cost per pullet and cockerel is lower. Farm Bureau oils and their 30 to 35c per qt. brothers, some other means. We can meet the owned by the great oil firms, come from the same fields. present emergency by revaluing the Mermash ingredients are: Ground yellow corn, pure wheat bran, flour middlings, Farm Bureau oils cost you less because Michigan, Ohio meat and bone scraps, alfalfa leaf meal and Manamar (kelp and fish meal). Our open and Indiana Farm Bureaus own a co-operative blending dollar, but that revaluing meets the formula tag states the number of pounds of each ingredient in the feed. Your co-op BUREAU PENN and distributing plant. present need only and does not insure PENNSYLVANIA OIL the future. has Mermash and other Farm Bureau poultry feeds ready. "It is time that a real measure of value is adopted, such as a dollar that has a constant purchasing power for IF you HAVE NOT FED MERMASH— For Farm Bureau Supplies all commodities. One of the simplest j of many ways is to keep the gold in This Coupon will bring you THE STORy OF MERMASH • Ask For the treasury and vary the buying and selling prices of it in accordance with FARM BUREAU variations in the index number of prices of all commodities." Fence | MCRMA8H SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER Lime DEFLAlr l> Address Mrs. de Martin—"We had a lovely fwrnutKiimum' Write Us If You Have No Dealer Greases time last night. We had a box at the FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. theater." 99" M A I L T O ftrm Burtca Services, Inc., Lansing, Michijen Mrs. Sayers—"Yes, chocolates, or •were they peanuts? We saw you in the gallery eating something."