MICHIGAN FARM NEWS KEEP UP On News Interesting to Farmers Through the Farm News A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers FIFTY CENTS Vol. X I , No. 11 FIVE CENTS PER COPY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1933 PER YEAR Published Monthly MICHIGAN COOPS' Sales Tax Paid FARM BUR. WARNS ASKING $3 U.S CODE IDEAS IN On Farm Supplies Three Big Days ADMINISTRATION ON LOAN ON BEANS For Food Production 15th Annual Meeting > EFFECT OCT. 30 Price to 3% Farmer Sales Tax MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU SALES TAX POLICY NO PEACEFUL JOB Alfalfa, bu $ 12.00 $ .a« 7th Annual Meeting General NRA Retailers' Code Clover, bu 8.50 .25 Sooner Injustice Corrected, Being the Adventures of a Egg Mash, Cwt 2.20 .07 State Farm Insurance Companies Agents Covers Them; Includes B r a n , % T. s 15.00 .45 Better for Act, Reply to Committee or Two and Midds, std. y, T 1«.OO .48 PROGRAM Their Suggestions Midds, PL % T 18.00 .54 Governor Congressman Hart Oil Meal, % T 24.00 .72 Cottonseed M'l, VJ T... 18.00 .'<\ WEDNESDAY, Nov. 8 Lansing—August 25 Michigan Deal- Fertilizer, 16%, T 21.00 .«3 Lansing—The price of beans ha» Fertilizer, 2-l«-C, T 30.00 .90 9t80 a. in.—State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and Lansing—Gov. Comstock, Attorney een too low. The demand for tha ers in Farm Supplies, led by farmers' Fertilizer, 4-16-8, T 41.00 1.21 State Farm Life Co. agents in all day meeting at co-operative ass'ns handling farm Binder Twine, 150 lbs.. 9.75 .30 Jeneral O'Brien and the State Board ederdt government tofixthe price of M.-an puller 40.00 1.20 Union Memorial Bldg., State College, East Lansing. >f Tax Administration are now on one Michigan pea beans at $3 or more per supplies at retail and wholesale, and Disc Harrow, 8 ft 95.60 3.00 12:15 p. in.—Agents' luncheon, Union ball room. V. L. Everson wt. to the fanner began in late Octo- assisted by the Farm Bureau, dratted Grain Drill 121.50 3.64 side of the door and most of the Culti-packer 65.50 1.8."> of Indiana Farm Bureau and Morris Fuller, vice tate's 165,00 farmers are pounding on er. a code and sent it to Washington. Hay rake, S. D 85.00 2.66 president of State Farm Life Co., to speak. Hay loader 91.25 2.7:: he other as far as exemption of farm At Altna Oct. 18 a group called th« The co-ops saw that a 40 hour max- Vlichigan Farmers Co-operative Bean imum work week applied to their bus- Grain bjnder 2:!-">.OO 7 . 0 5 7:S0 p. in.—Open House at State Farm Bureau, 221 N. Cedar St., upplies for production purposes from Corn binder 210.00 6.30 Marketing Ass'n urged farmers to inesses must increase costs consider- Tractor 8u(5.OO 25.50 Lansing, for all insurance agents and early arrivals he 3% sales tax is concerned. to State Farm Bureau meeting. An evening of visit- Gov. Comstock formally joined the old for $3 and appointed a committee ably to the farmer. They saw that ing and entertainment. o go to Washington and ask the gov- restrictive features being offered in sales tax board and the attorney gen- eral Oct. 11 when he refused the sug- rnment to loan $3 per cwt. to farm- other codes, if approved, would crip- ple farm supplies dealers, or further increase costs to farmer patrons. SAY DIRECT BUYING THURSDAY, Not. '•> !)::;<) ;•. III. Annual business meeting of Michigan State Farm Bureau at Farm Bureau building, 221 N. Cedar St., gestion of his sales tax board that be ubmit the sales tax to the coming rs on beans. At Committee's Troubles Begin Saginaw, Congressman Michael The co-ops' code organization—the Michigan Dealers in Farm Supplies*— OF HOGS COSTING Lansing Ample parking facilities nearby. Mason Co. Farm Bureau Band special session of the Legislature to orrect the injustice to farmers, mitted by the Legislature (July 16) ad- . Hart heard the news. He hopped a rain for Washington, announcing invited independent dealers to partici- pate, asked for a 48 hours work week, freedom from restrictive features of FARMERS $5 EACH President's Address Kxecutive Secretary's Report 2:00 p. in.—ADDRESS—By Mr. V. L. Everson, Indiana. Farm and the sales tax board (Aug. 30). "No," said the Governor, adding that Mr. LUCIUS Wilson, well known to Farm hat he would attend to the matter of a government $3 loan, or possibly a 3 minimum price on beans. other codes which would interfere Bureau. he Legislature would probably wreck Bureau members, for his articles and On suggestion, apparently of Sam with employees working interchange- Reduces Competition in the Presentation of Resolutions the Sales Tax if he did so. Nor didaddresses urging a controlled cur- Metzger, commissioner of agriculture ably in all parts of the business. They 3:00 p. IU.—Farm Bureau Women's Speaking Program, State he offer any further comment for the rency inflation to restore farm prices, and political creation of Congress- Price Fixing Terminal farmers and manufacturers who are is to speak at the 15th annual Farm man Hart, the angry Alma committee also asked for liberal extension of College. working hours in seeding, harvest and Markets protesting double taxation because Bureau meeting at Lansing, Nov. 9. :ompromised the situation by calling other emergency periods, and agreed THUKSDAY EVENING they must absorb one sales tax and he Michigan Bean Jobbers and the to adopt the minimum wage scale laid Lansing—Direct buying of hogs at down in President Roosevelt's Nation- country concentration points by pack- al Re-employment Agreement. The ers or their representatives to avoid 6:30 p, in.—9th Annual Dinner and Old Time Square Dance of the State Farm Bureau at Union Memorial Bldg., State College, East Lansing. Tickets 50c. pay another. Oct. 17 the executive committees of the State Farm Bureau and the Farm FARM BUREAU ASKS jo-operative bean marketing interests nto a meeting which cheerfully and earnestly wired Mr. Hart authority to code went to Washington, was ac- competitive prices in the terminal knowledged and sent to the section markets is probably costing producers Mason County Farm Bureau Band ADDRESS—By Mr. Lucius E. Wilson Bureau Services, Inc., in a resolution 'respectfully advised" the Governor MEMBERS TO 15TH r ,o ahead and find out all he could n the matter of getting financial aid working on the general retail code. up to $5 per 200 lbs. hog, according to W. E. Smith, sup't. of the Detroit The General Retailers Code, an- Stock Yards. nounced by the NRA Oct. 24 and effec- Old Time Dancing Party FRIDAY, NOT. 10 that "farmer opinion tn many parts of he State" "That . indicates: . . the sooner the Legisla- ANNUM MEETING for Michigan's bean interests,—farm- ers included. Former State Senator Peter B. Len- "Considering the relative price lev- 9:30 a. in.—Farm Bureau business meeting at State Farm Bureau. ture is permitted to act on the sales Sessions at Bureau Building; non, Alma committeeman, failed to tive Oct. 30, contains the main ideas Resolutions get an invitation to the above meet- of the Michigan Retail Dealers in els of other livestock, hogs are about Election of Directors tax to correct the situation . . . the The Old Time Square ing "in the rush of calling it" and Farm Supplies code, and is much $2.50 per cwt. too low, by the law of better it will be for the future of the supply and demand. This is due to New Business sales tax with the farmer. Dance Returns made the welkin ring with his wrath. more liberal in several instances. Adjournment Mr. Metzger assured him from Green- eliminating nearly half the demand in 'More than 165,000 farmers are be- The General Code exempts from the the open price determining markets by Lansing—All Farm Bureau mem- ville that it was an oversight. maximum working hours and mini- direct purchases of hogs at other ROOMS ing subjected to what they consider a Too Much Bean Jobber? bers and their friends are cordially mum wage scale all retailers in towns points," Mr. Smith said. Rooms in East Lansing residences are available as usual at 75c tax on production and double taxation invited to attend the 15th annual meet- Now it appears that Congressman of 2,500 or less, except chain store to $1.00 per night per person. Kerns hotel, Lansing near Farm Bu- They are compelled to absorb the 3% "In 1924 and 1925 twenty-four per ing of the State Farm Bureau at Lan- Hart arrived in Washington with a units, small factories, those doing in- reau, $1.25 up, single; $1.75 up, double. Peoples Church, East Lansing, sales tax on such supplies. . . document or plan that said a great sing, Nov. 9 and 10. terstate business, and business em- cent of hogs were sold direct to pack- handles rooms there. You may stop at church, or Farm Bureau will "The Farm Bureau finds that farm- This year the business sessions will deal about Bean Jobbers and quite ploying more than 5 persons. The ers and hog prices were 25% above arrange rooms anywhere for you on your arrival for the annual ers disagree with Gov. Comstock tha be held at the Farm Bureau building possibly not enough about the farmer. exemption described takes in most cattle. Since 1929 forty to 42% of all meeting. submission of this question to the at 221 North Oedar street. Wednes- The Agricultural Adjustment Admin- dealers in farm supplies. The 48 hour hogs have been sold direct to packers Legislature would necessarily throw day evening, Nov. 8, the Farm Bureau istration must have noticed that. work week for employes was a main and hog prices are 44% below cattle!" DINNER TICKETS the entire act open to revision. Mr. Smith said. For Farm Bureau dinner and square dance Thursday evening are will hold "open house" at Farm Bur- It appears that the Government is "Farmers believe that the Adminis objective for the Michigan dealers. Marketing Savings lost 50c each. Early reservations will be appreciated by the dinner com- eau headquarters. All offices will be agreeable to loaning farmers or their tration could limit the Legislature to Following is a comparison of the "It lias been calculated that for mittee. open for visiting. There will be enter- authorized representatives money on General Retailers Code to the requests action on a single amendment exempt beans, providing that it can be dona tainment and refreshments. made by the Michigan Dealers in Farm every dollar farmers save in market- ing from the tax goods bought to pro Entertainment feature of the annua in such a way that the Government Supplies in their suggested code: ing costs by selling direct rather than duce agricultural products," the reso will not be left holding the bag,—and on terminal markets, the loss of com- Farm Bureau dinner will be a revival the beans. petition for hogs has so lowered all St. Clair Farm Bureau £. T. Leipprandt Heads General Michigan lution said. Retail Dealers of the old time square dance which Mr. Hart Strikes Code PROVIDES: Farm Sp'l's hog prices as to cost farmers $90 in ASKED: Re-elects Pres. Reid Huron Co. Farm Bureau Said the Grand Rapids Press editor was so popular for a number of Farm Mr. Hart came back home. He may Bus. 63 up 54-66 price for every marketing dollar sav- Bureau annual meetings. have seen the bacon, but he didn't ially Oct. 12: Knip * 3 Week .... 48 48 ed," Mr. Smith observed. Port Huron—C. J. Reid of Avoca was Bad Axe.—Mr. E. T. Leipprandt o Main points of the three day pro have it. A few days later, he rose in f/rs, jH.iy 10 8 "If Mr. Comstock has any idea o EJxtra Hrs. and (.8 a wk. as needed Farmers organizations throughout re-elected president of the St. Clair Pigeon was elected president, J. R saving the sales tax from future repea gram of the Farm Bureau insurance his wrath to denounce the Michigan no overtime ) 0 wks. in a yr. in rush seasons the mid-west are supporting a "corn- County Farm Bureau Oct. 31. Other Davidson of Filion, vice-president, an he must be aware that it must to agents and the State Farm Bureau Elevator Exchange as deliberately at- A . I IN. WAGES hog resolution" to the Sec'y of Agri officers re-elected are: John Volker of W. G. McCarty of Bad Axe, sec'y amended to this extent at least. I annual meeting are given in the ad tempting to break the bean market. f 2,500 EXEMPT $12 wk. Marine City, vice-president; Raymond treas. of the Huron County Farm will never win popularity as long as vance program published in this edi He paid his respects to the State Col- 2,5tfuT dp $10 $14 wk. culture asking that he require the 25,000 up $13 $14 wk. same marketing conditions at direc Wurzel of North Street, sec'y-treas. Bureau at its annual meeting her these injustices of double taxation tion. A number of entertainment fea lege and farmers' co-operative mar- 100,000 up $14 $14 wk. buying points as at terminal markets Directors: John Cook of Capac, Mrs. Nov. 1. continue." tures are in the making for the sev keting efforts in general. A serious Co-ops also won this provision in That means, that "the producer o Roy Pearce of Columbus, John Rey- Others elected to the Board of di eral meetings. charge, indeed, and certain to dis- the General Code: "Nothing shall be hogs should have the same right to nolds of St. Clair, Chester Shirkey of rectors were: Alfred Pneimer of Har The State Farm Bureau has called credit the co-ops if true. construed to prevent bona-fide farm- sort, grade, weigh, consolidate and Memphis. bor Beach; Warren Nugent of Ba leading county Farm Bureau mem And Takes a Wallop ers' ass'ns engaged in purchasing sup- sell at through rates at his public Delegates to the State Farm Bureau Axe, Gus Morotske of Sebewaing Mr. Leipprandt, Mr. McCarty, John W bers to Lansing Nov. 7 to assembl The next day the Elevator Ex- plies or equipment for their member- markets which buyers of hogs enjoy meeting: Fred Allington of St. Clair, Alex Lawitzke of Port Hope. Gettel of Owendale and Jacob C. Gre ship from making patronage refunds at interior concentration points and Miss Thelma Reynolds of Port Huron, mel of Sebewaing. John Moore o resolutions offered on the sales tax change gave the press its market Four delegates named to the Stat Kinde and John Bukowski of Ubjy are other tax proposals, money inflation telegrams mentioned by Mr. Hart to their members." country buying stations." and Mr. Wurzel. and farm prices and others. which showed that actually the Rx~ Farm Bureau annual meeting wer alternate delegates. (Continued on page 2.) Will an Iron Ring of NRA Codes Surround Farmers? We're Out on a Limb the total income of all persons lump- guess work in arithmetic. And it is was to spread work, increase employ- ther, the codified labor group; oa Who Will Pay the Profits Michigan farmers are remaining ed together—may be likened to a pie, futile, in these days, to speak of ment, and make more people able to another the codified oil; and the codi- singularly indifferent to their im- which is cut into pieces for groups "Increasing the income of both class- buy goods. In its actual administra- fied steel, and the codified furniture; Each Code Would Insure? mediate interests. The A. A. A. (as the and individuals. If the buying power es" because the real wealth of the na- tion it is becoming apparent that the and most powerful and sinister of all Agricultural Adjustment A c t i s of the farmers and the white collared tion is made by those who create exact opposite is likely to result. he groups, the codified financial pow- known) calls for large payments to class is increased, it means that the goods or necessary services; not by From the standpoint of the Michigan ers. Altogether there are a thousand Farmers Need Organization to Protect Their wheat, coi'n and hog raisers; and, iu size of their piece of the national pie those who play sleight-of-hand tricks farmer, the N. R. A. puts his back to ndustrial groups, each with its code Interest and to Make NRA and AAA Give the south, to cotton planters; on con- is larger. Perforce, the slice left for with money. the wall. In this matter of obtaining to assure a certain profit. The profits dition that the total production shall those who manipulate money and Behind the Codes an equitable share of tire total na- hat will be levied by what President Them a Fair Share of Nat'l Income be cut down. credit must be smaller. There is no The avowed purpose of the N. R. A. tional income—the proper sized piece Roosevelt calls Lho money-changers Compared to other states, Michigan of the national pie—the NRA gives a will run into billions. By LUCIUS E. WILSON is not a large producer of any one of tremenduous advantage to industry Who is going to pay the profits that Surrounding the farmers, on every unity of interest with farmers in eco- the four commodities. Wheat is the over agriculture. all these codes guarantee to finance, side, are business groups that are nomic distress. It may be another most important to Michigan, but the Each industrial group is invited— to industry and to labor? organized under the N. R. A., each year before teachers and other pro- wheat raising states of the southwest nay, under General Johnson it is re- Who's Going to Pay? with a code of competition that calls fessional classes come to an under- completely overshadow us. Michigan's quired to organize itself into a unit, The question is not difficult to an* for price fixing, and therefore a standing of their common problem. corn crop is very small compared to fix prices, determine its own scale of swer. The group least powerfully guarantee of profits. President Open-Minded Illinois or Iowa; and so little of the Meanwhile the plans for economic grain is sold that the recently pro- profits according to whatever it be- organized will pay. That means the In the middle of this Iron Ring is lieves the traffic will bear; control farmers in the country, and the white the farm population, and the white recovery, which have been put in mo- posed plan to loan Federal money to output and tell the consuming public collared classes in the towns and collared class of cities, largely de- tion by the President, are undergoing corn farmers on the basis of fifty to pay the shot or go without the cities. Farmers in Michigan are or- fenseless because they are not organ- the practical test of time. With entire cents a bushel means nothing here. goods. This Is monopolistic practice ganized so little as to make them easy ized to protect themselves. confidence in the sincerity of purpose, Similarly, the benefits, in Government carried to the limit. victims of the new system. Not on© Four years of the Depression and which the President has evinced, we money, that will be paid to hog Tais- The public is asked to endure the farmer in ten is a member of any eight months of the New Deal have have arrived at a point where con- ers in this state are petty by the side FARMERS & punishment because the NRA car-branch of organized agriculture. Nine* have brought Michigan farmers and structive criticism of the N. R. A., of some of the other midwestern MIDDLE CLASS ries some desirable elements that are tenths of the farm population re- the middle class population of Mich- the Agricultural Adjustment Act; the states. In short, the farmers of Mich- assumed will offset the obvious dan- maina "rugged individualists" in an igan cities face to face with economic Reconstruction Finance Corporation; igan are being left out on a limb, by IN CITIES gers. Child labor is abolished. A era when the individual stands no distress In new and bewildering and the multitude of bureaus, com- the course of the Agricultural Adjust- scale of minimum wages is establish- more chance of protecting his eco- forms. missions and committees growing out ment Act. The "Adjustment" doesn't ed, although progressive manufac- nomic welfare than a rabbit in a The white collared worker in cities; of these extraordinary emergency en- adjust Michigan agriculture. turers in many lines had exceeded the lion's den. With every department of —and this includes teachers, doctors, actments is a necessary part of any There is only purpose—at least, minimum before it was declared economic life codified and organized dentists, preachers, clerks.—were hope for economic relief to the farm- only one defensible purpose—in all Michigan farmers, however, must into powerful groups, the individual squeezed by the downward course of ers and the white collared classes in the vast machinery of Federal legis- keep their eyes on the direct and im- farmer on his farm is helpless. He the deflation from 1929 to 1933, in urban centers. lation that has been brought into ex- mediate effect upon agriculture, un may work like a slave to produce much the same fashion as farmers President Roosevelt has told the istence to relieve the depression, and less they are to be the "fall guys" in goods, but the money he gets will b# were. In the smaller centers like people, repeatedly, that he is |aat that is, to increase the buying power an enormous shell game. determined by the economic system county seat towns and villages, where wedded irrevocably to any plan or of the consuming masses of people. They Would Guarantee Profits instead of by his industry and intelli- the destruction of the buying power plans; that he will discard any idea No other reason is adequate. Under the N. R. A. each industry gence. of farmers gradually dried up retail that fails to work and will stand Shall Interest, Profits Shrink? organizes and writes a "code of fair Farmers Need Organization trade, the real pinch of the depression ready to try a new one. Therefore the But any increase in the buying competition." The very essence o The division of the nation's income was not felt until more than a year of responsibility of straight thinking is power of the people means a larger each code, from the standpoint of the is too big a matter to be handled by deflation had forced prices to low laid squarely upon the men and wo-share of the total national income; When the NRA is completely lined up, there may be a thousand codes in business, labor and financial groups. It's hard to find a business group businesses under it, is the fixing o unorganized farmers. If Michigan, had levels. men who should know their own and that calls for a reduction in the prices and the establishment of a fifty thousand farmers solidly organ- that hasn't a code in the making. Each group is writing in its idea of As a consequence the white collar- problems better than the President. share now claimed by money in the profit making conditions, which all in that particular industry must apply. guaranteed profit. Thus, on one sid ized into a respresentatire institution, ed classes in cities and villages have The call for whatever changes are form of interest, and profits. Who will pay these profits? The less organized farmer and white collar of the farmers is the codified group it would be entirely possible to obtaia been slow to awaken to the basic necessary must come from them. t The nation's income—that is to say, class of the cities are shining marks. that makes farm machinery; on an (Continued on pag« i) SATURDAY, SOVE^fBER 4, 1938 Tiro I C H I O W F \ R IT M W S Will Ring of Codes American Farm Bureau | There WHY WALL STREET SUITERS is between H.lT.o.OOO.OOO and Surround the Farmer? Annual Meeting Dec. 11 | $1,,500,000,000 of American money in- Apple Harvest Chicago. - The American Farm JUi- vested in the island of Cuba. FARM '(.'oiitinuecl I'roni for dairy farmers and general farmers reau annoiinci'.s that its 193:5 annual advantaged comparable with what H By R. S. Clark mooting will be at the Hotel Sherman, When sending stamps through tho going to wheat, corn, hog and cotton Scarcely < ' " r «-f 1W - I ' l l f a r m e r * i* • <>ui|.lately rccoiuilcl Qhteftgo, Dec. 11-1.:. The hotel is of- mail in a letter, dust the gummed Tu ihc general Idea, that lie's Fortune's favored eliilu. esaor to the Ml'hitran Farm Bureau News, founded farmers in other states}. Of course S-. in* lik.- late yearn in parttc'tar it ha* >l»st been nip and tucR. fering single rooms at $2.50 and up side with talcum powder and they will .laiiuary 12, IW3 that would merely tide over an emerg- only Cod's big horn-of-plenty keeps us all from being Btuck, and double rooms at $4 and up, thenot stick to each other or the letter. Hut the I.""'. "•• loves the Farmer, and He's arranged It all Bureau .said. Railroads will reduce B? second class matter January 12, 1923, at the post- ency until a sound and intelligent S o t h a t s o i n e t h i i u , ' i - in h a r v e s t from early S p r i n g till rail. office at Charlotte, Michigan, under the Act of March 3, 1879. plan for the distribution of the na- the round trip lares ;is usual, probably tional income can be brought into Now i t a k e KOO.I solid comfort iii that seqjton of the year .to fare and one-third. P u b l i s h e d first S a t u r d a y o f e a c h m o n t h b y t h e M i c h i g a n F a r m N r > affect When tin* satwnfrasH :m«ar; 3 years for $1, in Advance. \ n d t h e spicy rich aroma <>f M m - t h y ' s apple pie to farmers this year; while a topsy- p u t s m e i n a s t a t e of c o m a — a s s h e o a n t e s t i f y . from yarn so treated will not shrink turvy world is groping for lteht. But in the least, when washed. KILLS-RATS-ONLY XI SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1933 No. 11 \ n d While I P i c k a m l l u ^ t h e m 1 k n o w j u s t w h a t i l l >h> the lack of adequate farm organiza- in the long w i n t e r e v e n i n g s , w h e n t h e w i n d g o e s woo-o-*i. K- R-O (powder form) 75<. I l l money to tbe cellar With that granite apple pftn A very complete tilling for open READY MIXED (nof tion in Michigan stands in the way of And select about a Ido/.en and do the best I can racks in floors may be made by bait to buy) $1.00. To take and Rare and quarter and I'miuli every one All d r u g g i s t s . . effective measures to take advantage horoughly soaking newspapers in I KR-OCo. Spring While Marthy sets and patches, and the iiitfht chores are d Surplus Control,—By Brains or by Foreclosure? of the willingness of Congress and paste made of one pound of flour, field, Ohio. Regarding (he wheat and tlic torn and ho^ allotment program*) t<> the Administration to throw aside Then is it any wonder that a fellow hums and tki\MB three quarts of water and one table- \ s lie picks the M' lntoshes and the Wagners and the Kings reduce agricultural surpluses and I hereby improve farm prices, one precedent and give help. \tul the Russets and the Baldwins and the Greenings and the spies spoon of alum, thoroughly boiled and often hears Ilic .statement tluit there is no surplus, but a lack of cou- Standard of Living Falling: With his nostrils full of fragrance and bis thoughts replete with pies. nixed. Make the final mixture about There arc enough capable men and Though tbe apple sack may ^riof me and I hate to climb a tree Kumptfon. That if the Government would put back to work those out of Still the harvest of the applet is a pleasant time to me! is thick as putty, and it will harden employment WQ would have no surpluses. women on Michigan farms to build a like papier-mache. in 1929 when nearly everyone had work that wanted it, and indtis- State Committee on Economic Recov- trift] .wages* were about the highest ever paid, the United States produced ery which could speak to Washington. A way must be found to bring them us. There is no «ood reason why a \ :17,0(K),000 bead of hogs. Pork products to the equivelant of about 10,000,000 head were exported. j into action. The six months im- ^ruit people, liko the Americans, Feed Soy Bean Meal ' mediately ahead are critical. The should be broke in the midst of an To Avoid Soft Pork The American consumer was asked to consume about 2,1,000,000 hogs it* that year, ami there was no shortage of pork products. emergency program for agriculture abundance of real wealth. As a keeu will expire by limitation. There is satirist said three years ago; "A fam- ( The problem of soft pork has been INSURANCE In 193;$ we learn that we are producing at the rule of oS.000,000 head oC hoga, of which not more than ;;,000,000 will be exported as pork products. no fundamental proposal before the ily of monkeys on a tropical island ; a serious one in certain hog produc- people. The time is here to whip pub- would have more sense than to starve j ing areas for many years. The corn for $5 lic thinking into concrete shape. The itself to death, just because the year's j belt, however, during this period has The country has is,000,000 more hogs on hand than it consumed, iu depression has lasted long enough. crop of cocoanuts was larger than j prided itself on the fact that its hogs Every Six Months 1929, a most prosperous year as a whole for labor and consumers. A generation of young men and wo-usual." were the aristocrats of swinedom. Our Paymaster Policy men are knocking at tho door of the In recent years, however, the pro- Premium guaranteed not to i'i- Theaaino is true of dairy products. Dairy production ha* increased duction of soy beans in corn belt ter- future, asking for a chance to make crease. Accidental death •'• double ea^h. 27 2S $1,000 1,000 86 37 38 n.ooo 1,00# 1,000 We can always return to the policy of drifting with the tide and every tho testimony given to the Senate in Washington." said the Exchange. l.aoo 1,000 The corn belt farmer does not need 19 l,0 89 1,000 "*i l.OOQ one for himself. Committee that is investigating the Every daily newspaper in Michigan the oil in the soy beans. It is the 20 1,000 30 1,11011 to 1.000 21 1,000 ::i 1,000 41 l.ooo politics pursuod by New York invests echoed the question. Mr. Hart ignor- protein that he wants. That protein Correcting Mr. Mogan nicnt bankers. Clarence Dillon dis- ed the question. is still there after the oil is taken Farm Bureau 22 23 1,000 1,000 32 S3 1,1 1,000 «3 i.wo 1,000 24 1,000 :n 1,000 II 1,000 closed a profit of ninety million dol- A couple of days later Congressman out. If soy bean meal is fed, there is ' T h e Bales tax is not discriminatory upon manufacturers or farmers," lars to his firm in one year. Morgan Hart, the Alma committee, the Ele-no soft pork. Membership Credits 25 1,000 35 1,000 • 45 1,000 said James K. Mogan. its managing director, in the Detroit Free Press of admitted a profit of a hundred and vator Exchange, the Bean Jobbers, Notice to Members: Purchases of Farm Bureau dairy and poultry feeds -•— October 31. Our statistics show, said Mr. Mogan, that the average manufacturer fifty millions. To pay one man andmet again with Commissioner of Agri- his partners a hundred andfiftymil-culture Sam Metzger just as though No Processing Tax on from your local dealer; also, purchases from our clothing and blankets dep't Age Amt. A g e Amt. Age Amt. b^a paid $60 per month In sales tax, and the average farmer market ion dollars requires the equivalent of nothing had happened. Corn for Stock Feed at L,ansing, are eligible to patronage dividends, when declared. Mail your 4« 47 % 952 M * 61* r>7 480 66 $ L'24 67 1!':: g-ardner, Hubject to tax after the *50 exemption, has paid an average a hundred dollars from each of a mil- From what Congressman Hart said Lansing.—Corn processed for live copy of dealer sales slips, receipted by 48 656 58 417 88 it; 2 him as paid, to the Michigan State 49 808 414 69 i:;i of $3 per month in sales tax. lion and a half American families. and from other advices received from stock feed by cutting, grinding, crack- Farm Bureau, Membership Dep't, 221 50 r 7. v!> r>!> B0 384 70 10') "The discrimination la NOT in the amount of sales tax collected, but But a million and a half families Washington, it appears that theVe ing, or breaking "for feed purposes North Cedar street, Lansing, about .",1 712 til or.:. every three months. Be sure Farm double taxation which your Board's interpretation of the law is imposing would make seventy-five cities thj} may be available government financial only" is NOT subject to the processing Bureau brand Hoods are entered on 52 53 666 627 (12 «.•{ 327 302 Aftoi AK p 70 on all farmers, market gardners included, on ALL their materials pur- size of Lansing. aid for bean producers for the orderly tax of 28c per bushel to be collected slip as •'Faim Bureau Alfalfa," "Miik- 54 r.s:i I;I 27S $101 maker," "Merniaeh." etc. When the buying power of a million marketing of their crop. So Congress- on the first processing of field corn 55 552 05 255 chaafxl for producing goods to be sold. Every farmer can. figure his ?10 annual dues mature life mem- cttii tax on supplies. Manufacturers are double taxed to a lesser degree. and a half families is curtailed, so man Hart is to go back to Washington after Nov. 5, according to the Millers' berships; $5 annual dues do not, hut participate in. Membership Credits, National Federation. STATE FARM LIFE Farmers know that the sales tax they pay on seeds, feeds, fertilizers that millions of dollars may be con- to see what is required. which reduce the amount of duos centrated In the hands of one man. Right Under Their Noses Corn bran, corn feed meal, corn oil payable. and ouch supplies is absorbed by them. They can't pass it on. The Bloomington, III. cake, corn gluten feed, corn gluten Life members receive thoir Mem- crops, poultry, live sUnk and other products produced are finally retailed the market for all kinds of goods is In the meantime, the co-operative bership Credits in cash once a year. meal, distillers' dried grains and other MICH. STATE FARM BUREAU Lansing, Mich. over BODV counters and sales tax is paid again. restricted. Thus, a million and a Michigan Bean Growers, Inc., and the corn products commonly used in feed MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU State Agent half families would buy more milk, Michigan Elevatdr Exchange have are also exempt from the tax. Lansing, Michigan The discrinmination is NOT in the amount of .sales tax collected, but more clothes, more houses, more been marketing member farmers' All corn processed to produce prod- in a collection contrary to the intent of the Legislature, and we believe, schooling, more dentistry, more medi- beans, making substantial advances ucts for human consumption or for contrary to the law itself, which says goods bought for resale are not cine—more of everything that we call or loans to member farmers basfcd on industrial use will be subject to the subject to the tax. consumers goods—than Mr. Morgau market prices, borrowing money for processing tax. Floor stocks of such and Mr. Dillon. Neither of these gen- those advances on warehouse receipts, corn products bought before Nov. 5 Kalamazoo Gazette and the Sales l a x tlemen could jfossibly consume a s and selling the beans at returns aver- are subject to tax ^0 days after Nov. The Kalamazoo (Jazette i« one of the outstanding larger daily news- many gallons of milk as a million and aging better than the average of cash 5. papers in Michigan, a Bound, conservative journal for many y e n : . a half tfam'ilies. He does not have the sales by other farmers. The processing tax does not apply Hcceully it advised CrOV. Comstock editorially as follows, in part: capacity. In other words, one group of farm- to corn produced by a farmer and Spokesmon for the Michigan State Farm Bureau and i t s affiliated The result of concentrating buying ers has in operation a plan that can processed for him for use of his fam- services aound something more than an empty warning when they de- power in the hands of a few people is borrow private funds and is eligible ily or household, and the miller shall to prevent the purchase of food and to government credit sources. The not be held liable for the tax. clare that the booner the legislature is permitted to right the wrongs of clothes and shelter by the many. The Michigan Bean Growers, Inc., serves the present application ol' the sales tax, the better it will be for the sales food remains unbought; the clothes 22 bean growers ass'ns and 2,200 Branch County Farm Bureau tax law. and shelter -and other goods are not growers in the Thumb and central Coldwater—Officers elected by the " * * the protests being raised by Michigan's agricultural interests. purchased. They back up on the pro- and by Michigan's industries as well, are altogether too sound and too Michigan counties. Beans are sold in Branch County Farm Bureau at the ducer; stagnate there, paralyze busi- annual meeting here Nov. 3 were Pres- just to go unheeded any longer. ness and start the vicious downward 3 pools: Fall pool. Sept. 1 to March 1; ident, D. E. Williams; vice-president, "Fairness alone should dictate a prompt correction of the error the spiral of depression. If Mr. Morgan Spring pool, Jan. 1 to Sept. 1; Sea- Mrs. A. L. Lott; Sec'y, Dean Steffee. Board has seen lit to uphold. * * Consideration for the future should and Mr. Dillon had the capacity to son pool, Sept. 1 to Sept. 1. A grower member may have beans in any or all Floyd Ackley and Dean Steffee were cause the administration and the legislature to eliminate the double tax- consume the food and the clothes and ation features which are now being applied. the other goods that 1,500.000 fam- of the pools, on which he is eligible to elected directors. Delegates to the Hcgarding the Michigan Farm Bureau's request to (iov. Comstock ilies normally consume, I would as a substantial cash advance. The Bean State Farm Bureau annual meeting I hat he submit the sales tax question to a special .session of the Legisla- hoon let them perform the operation. Growers will take his beans for cash are Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Lott and But the concentration of buying pow- at the market, if he so chooses. Floyd Bascom. ture, as recommended finally by the sales lax board, and the reply by the Governor's secretary that 'adoption of the (Farm Bureau) measure er in their bands means the depriva- The Elevator Exchange has said recommended would greatly reduce the revenues and raise controversial tion of millions ,of others, and thethat it will co-operate with any sound Milk Producers For Revision problems of administration now avoided." the Kalamazoo Gazette naid: presence of unconsumed goods on the movement to better Michigan bean Lansing.—Michigan Milk Producers \mend it * * * the legislature saw- that injustice readily enough * * * market brings into existence the much prices, and has suggested that the Ass'n at its annual meeting Nov. 2 de- Mr. (Sec'y) Fitch's references to need for revenue are not impressive d'scussed' problem of "surplus pro- several interested groups consider manded that Gov. Comstock include * * * it cannot Justify the perpetuation of a manifest injustice * * * to Bay duction", which is nothing more than combining their best services in the revision of the sales tax to exempt that a glaring error must remain uneorrectcd becnuse the State needs reduced consumption. general plan now sought to improve farm supplies in the next special ses- money is to take an Indefensible position." As soon as a State Committee on Michigan bean prices. sion of the Legislature. Economic Recovery is brought into ac- tion, it must direct instant attention Controlled Inflation Has Begun to the distribution of the nation's in- in our August edition we said that Dr. G. F. Warren of Cornell University had joined President Uoosevclt's official family us a financial come in more equitable and more sensible ways than now pervail. Classified advertisements Classified Ads are cash with order at the following advi'or. In recent weeks Dr. Warren has emerged as THK financial ad- We are not going to wait for the rates: 4 cents per word for one edition. Ads to appear in two or niori visor behind the managed currency program of the national administra- "slow recovery of years" that mouth- editions take the rate of 3 cents per word per edition. tion to increase commodity prices and wages and restore the purchasing pieces of the System are urging upon ixiwer of goods and labor, probably to 1D2G levels. Further than that, President Roosevelt has said that once the desired POULTRY FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS lr.vcl <>t commodity and labor prices lias been attained, it is the purpose of the Administration to maintain that level by means of managing the Patronage Dividend WHITE LEGHORN males now half price. Thousands of pul- lets. Also baby chicks. HENS Trapnested. AND MICHIGAN SEPTIC TANK SIPHON and bell as recommended by State Col- currency. •ege Agr'l Engineering dep't. Build your In 1931 the Michigan State Farm Iiureau was an unpopular pioneer 'Right Guaranteed pedigreed foundation stock, egg bred 33 years. Winners at 20 egg contests. Re- own septic tank and sewage system. In- stall when tank is built. Installation and I. Franklin D. Roosevelt, cords to 336 eggs-. Catalog and special operation simple. Discharges automati- in advocating our cutting loose from the international scramble for gold, price bulletin free. I ship C. O. D. cally. Have been gold 16 years. All in in advocating a controlled inflation of money through a managed cur- President of the United States, George B. Ferris, 927 Union, Grand daily use and giving satisfaction. In- do hereby order that no provi- llapids, Michigan. flO-7-2t-48b) structions with each siphon. $7.00 de- reucy to attain the l!)U(> price level and to enable us to pay private and livered Farm Bureau Supply Store, 728 public debts (taxes) with commodity and labor prices equal to those sion inl any code of fair compe- E. Shiawassee St., Lansing. (3-4-tf-60b) tition, agreement or license LIVE STOCK Michigan's rilotor Vehicle Responsibility law provides that wpjen the debts were contracted. We advocated banking reforms, includ- if a car owner shall fail to pay within 30 days any judgment of ing' compulsory insurance by banks ol the depositors' funds to guarantee which )has heretofore been or REGISTERED HEREFORD BULLS, GOLDEN CIGARETTE BURLEY, EX- (Ue depositor his ttO8< may hereafter be approved, pre- "Repeater", "Woodford" and "Panama" blood lines. Priced $25 to $7.". Formerly tia mild, 5 l b s . 7.V. Cigarette Roller $300 or more for death, personal injury or property damage in p a p e r s free. SHU olpe t o b a r c o , Hj H,s scribed or issued, pursuant to ?I00. A. M. Todd Company, Mentlia, ?l.i»0 pipe f r e e Guaranteed Tobacco which his car is involved, HE SHALL NEITHER DRIVE NOR During IML! the FARM \K\VS published an extensive series of articles Michigan (II miles northwest from Kala- Company, LB239, Mayfleld, Ky. HAVE a car or truck on the highways until the judgment is Title I of the National Industri- mazoo) World's largest mint farm. liy Dr. Q. F. Warren and by Mr. Lucius K. Wilson, stating the causes of al Recovery Act, shall be so con- (10-7-4t-29b) paid! the continued deflation of all values, and advocating the foregoing reforms. strued or applied as to prohibit The United States Government has since abandoned the gold stand- the payment of patronage divi- HORSES WANTED—TO BUY NOT ONLY THAT . . . after the judgment is paid, such ard internationally; it has declared for a managed currency and is mov- dends in accordance with law to FOR SALE—PAIR BLACK PERCHE- driver must produce $11,000 financial responsibility before he ing iu that direction; it has revalued gold by creating a "free market for rod Mares. Yearling Holsteln bull O. I. WANTED—300 TO 400 GOOD, SECOND any member by any bona fide newly mined gold". Gold is steadily increasing in value to terms of and legitimate co-operative or- C. boar. J sows. Oxford rams and &wes. Howard Borton. Lansing, II-», 2 miles hand s a p buckets. J o h n s , H - t , Mi.'h. <;. v. b u r n e r , S t < l l - t & i-»;-i::pi may drive or have any car or truck on the road again. dollars at a rate fixed by the United States, which means a bushel of ganization, including any farm- west of Lansing airport, off II. s. 16. becoming worth more in dolla-rs day by day. and that is con- ers' co-operative, duly organized (li-i-H-i'.-.i.) WANTED—FARM WORK WHY RISK ALL THAT TROUBLE? . . . When a low trolled inflation. under the laws of any State, CLAIMS SERVICE cost public liability and property damage policy in the State The Government can reduce or hold stationary the price paid tor new territory or the District of Co- MARRIED MAN, 40, TWO CHILDREN Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will ASSURE your FARMERS CLAIM SERVICE. LET wants farm work by year. Thoroughly guld.—-and it may control! all gold. A few months ago gold was valued lumbia, or of the United States, if such patronage dividends are us present your claim for stock 'killed or injured on railroads or highways; for experienced on dairy or general farm financial safety and satisfies ALL the demands of Michigan's iw at a price that has stood for many years,—$2o.G7 an ouuee. The References. }'•. C. Whitmorc, < harlotte, first day ot the five j;old market the I'. S. set the price to conform or paid out of actual earnings of damages resulting from tires set by loco- motives. We advise and do collection K-J, -Midi. tll-l-lt) Financial Responsibility Law and those in other states? Kltghtly better the British free gold market -$31.4- per ounce. A few such co-operative organization service on claims arising from power, telephone or pipeline crossing your prop- SINGLE MAN. 33. WANTS FARM We have more than 500,000 policyholders and 7,000 agents the price was made $;'»1.7ti per ounce. and are not paid at the time work by month or v«u-. Needs tenant in 30 states in this national Legal Reserve Company. erty. If gravel operations or damming: when such member makes a .a stream may affect your property, write house. Father and mjdthet make home Let our local agent explain our policy to you. Dal banks must, and State banks may guarantee their de- purchase from such co-opera- j us. We collect loss, damage and over- with him. Bxperiencefl farm help. H> unds after January I. l!»:.>4. because of the action takes by Con- .charge claims on freight * or express. Eiaaelton, I::::T Emerson St., Lansing, tive organization. Midi. iti-l-it) in the 1^33 special session. Nominal charges for the collection. Our service available to all farmers and co- STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO INSURANCE CO. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Bloomington, 111. Tlu Mulligan Farm Bureau and the American Farm Bureau can take operative ass'ns. We conducted this work W A N T E D — S T E A D Y WORK ON FARM The White House. for many years tor the Michigan State niuci: that they were pioneers to what has become a policy by s i n g l e m a n , 19. H a d t w e l v e yeara <>i MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU, State Agent—Lansing Oct. 23. 1933. Farm Bureau. Write A. P. MILLS, experience on farm ami able to Handle *>t th- Administration to restore the prices and wages and good MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE, and care for all kinds of machinery. C. Transportation Dep't, fi7?0 Dix Avenue, L. Guthiie. 729 \V. .Main St., Lansing. times. Stockyards, DETROIT. (P-2-tf-105b> { Michigan. SATTODAY, ^'OY^TBER 4, 1933 MTfHTGAtf FARM 5 E W S THRPF vegetable contest and other winners A Quarter Century of i GRANGE ASSAILS Farm Woman Wins World's were Mrs. Clare Miliken, of Bridge port, Michigan, soup: Mrs. Howe Spil- Michigan Bean Growers, Inc. Fair Canning Championship ler, Greenville, Virginia, jelly; PROGRESS I SALES AND HEAD News Is Telephoned to Her;Nellie Nellie Bowen, Sugar Grove, 111., pick meal with meat was awarded to Mrs.tes; Mrs. J. D. Blanding, Seebury, Is recorded by Michigan's lar- gest Farm Mutual Fire Insur- ance Company. For twenty- fivc years, through good times ELEV. EXCHANGE with the 5-year average of bean pro- duction and destroyed the general no- TAXES AT ALMA Michigan Woman's Soup Is First Bowen of Sugar Grove, Illinois, Florida, fancy packing; Janet Qua it. who won several other contests. Third Stoughton, Wisconsin, best balanced prize with fish entry, was taken by meal of the 4-H club of Wisconsin; and hard times this company tion of a relatively short crop in Mich- Mrs. H. C Weber, of Rose Lake, and the Home Economics Class of has been insuring farmers in Michigan. Today, payments of its losses are guaranteed by its EXPLAINS OCTOBER igan. "There is some evidence that the Demands Their Repeal and Mrs. Gertie Klingberg, Beloit, R. 3, Idaho. Replacement by An Income Tax Wisconsin, was awarded the grand Mexico, Missouri, for the best group iu Nearly every judge confessed that the high school entries. championship of the Internatvonal competition among all entries was assets and resources—of nearly ONE HALF MILLION DOL- LARS. Its policy has no tech- nical loop-holes to avoid liabil- UPSWING IN BEANS water-logged condition of the market due to heavy deliveries in August as reported in the last issue of the Fann Canning Contest held at A Century very keen and every class entry was What's more disappointing than Alma—Principal resolutions of pol-of Progress. The competition, in of very high type. In the balloting to find a fellow real nice when you ex- ity, consistent with safe under- News, has lightened. Considerable ity adopted by the Michigan State which housewives the world over en- among the twenty-five judges, Mrs. pected him to be mean? writing. Its blanket policy on personal property often gives Resistance of Growers to caution and common sense will be Grange at its 60th annual convention tered more than 100,000 jars of pre- Klingberg received fifteen ballots. Helen Clark, of Portland, Oregon, needed to be used by the growers if here the week of Oct. 30th. serves, meats, fowl, fish, vegetables as much protection as double Less Than $2; Weather, Make 3% sales tax temporary. Ex- and other staples was held under the was also happy when she was notified He the amount in a classified pol- icy. Careful underwriting and a Speculation they are to approach the higher aver- ages for the season's crop. empt agricultural supplies. auspices of the^Ball Institute of Home that she had won the grand cham- Made Money thorough system of Inspection Canning. pionship in the 4-H club class of the is maintained, elimi- Repeal $2 head tax. canning entrios. Six jars formed her nating overinsurance. Lanaing—"Many farmers and mem- Replace them with a State income In entering her exhibit of what con- During Lean Years FIRE fire hazards and un- PREVENTION desirable risks. bers of the Michigan Bean Growers Inc., are interested in the causes of FACTS OF MARKET come tax. Klingberg, when she was notified over display, comprising tomato cocktail, tax, modelled on the Wisconsin in- stitutes a well balanced meal, MIH. peas, beets, pepper relish, Royal Chi- nook salmon and peaches. Her prize the recent market rise of beans from Definite and speedy inflation of the the long distance telephone that she is a scholarship to any college in the Send for literature aa financial statement. W. T. BUBRAS, Trm $1.90 a hundred to $2.55 a hundred which has occurred since the last is- CONTROL POLICIES currency to up prices and combat the depression. won the honor, said she hoped that she would win, but she never thought United States she may choose. Second she would be so lucky. She cried a prize was awarded to Frances Fry- "Yes, I made a profit during these H. K. nsK, swy 702 Chore* SU FLINT. MICH sue of the Farm News," said Mr. Bass of the Elevator Exchange. "We present our views of the pres- OF BEAN GROWERS Reciprocal tariff relations with bit over the phone when Mrs. Grace man, Cambridge City, Indiana, third other nations to promote trade. Gray informed her of the judges' de- place to Dorothy Hudson, Clackamas, Citizenship as the basis for reap- cision and invited her to come to Chi- Portland, Oregon, fourth place to lean years. "Stare with good stock and keep it good—that's the first and most ent market situation, knowing that Not Swayed by Agitators as pointment of representation in Con- cago immediately to receive the many Alice Welbes, Portland, Oregon, and fZ State mutual Rodded Fire important step. House well and much of this information will not find gress or the State Legislature. awards, cash, trophies, clothing, fifth to Elizabeth Ann Wilson, Mont- [** Insurance Co., of Illich. keep clean. Feed the best feeds you immediate favor with growers. Octo- It Tries to Better Uphold the 15 mill tax limitation household utensils and appliances. rose, Colorado. can buy. Birds will keep healthy ber prices dropping below $2.00 reach- Farmers' Return amendment to the State Constitution. The meal consisted of cranbei-ry Mis. FI. M. Kemp of Columbus, Ohio, if they are fed well and kept clean. ed what might be called the resistance Minimum prices for farm products. juice, breasted chicken, string beans, won first prize in the meat canning point of the farmers, below which "The definite competitive conditions A record crowd attended the 60th baby carrots, pickled peas and red entry, Mrs. Dorothy Aylor, of Bright- "Chase off your place those fel- they would not sell unless forced be- with which the co-operative interests annual convention. N. P. Hull, Holly raspberries. The first prize tor the wood, Virginia, was the winner in the / lows who come around trying to ! sell cheap and tricky feeds. AN ACCIDENT cause of their own financial situation are faced in actually moving the pro- Bubble and A. W. Thompson were re- This point coming at a time when tire duct of its members to market must elected to the executive committe. V "In the main that's the way I make pulling of beets occupied considerable determine the actual policy of its or- Mrs. Edith Wagar invited Grangers r a good living out of chickens." Doctors Nurses ' Hospital Care amount of the farmer's time, plus con- ganization," said the directors of the and their wives to attend the State siderable wet weather resulted in an Michigan Bean Growers Oct. 31 in dis- Farm Bureau meeting Nov. 9-10. exceptionally light delivery to the cussing the various situations which Former Congressman John ('. Ket- Live Stock Men! This successful poultryman said some nice things about PILOT Medicines cham, past master of the Grange, Buy your feeders . . . Finance your purchases . . . Sell BRANDOYSTER SHELL, but market during the month of October have arisen from agitators playing up- them finished . . . Co-operatively all the way . . . It Pays! the best thing he said was— warned farmers to watch every tax and tended to stabilize the market at on the emotions of the farmers in the M O N T H L Y CASH INCOME reform offered, saying that the trend You can send your stock to Detroit or East Buffalo yards and "I've been using it for many slightly above $2.00. last few weeks. will be to allocation and shifting of sell it direct to the packers through the Michigan Live Stock Ex- years. I'll take no other at "The speculative interests in the "It can be definitely stated that the taxes. any price." Death or Dismemberment change, which is as near to you as your nearest shipping ass'n or $1,000 to $5,000 trade, combined with agitation by Michigan Bean Growers, Inc., is anx- Congressman Michael J. Hart ap- member who is affiliated with us. Get the FULL RETURNS. farmers for higher prices, request for ious to foster and develop any sound plied for permission to speak to the It's safe and profitable to gov't aid, etc., caused a rather marked conservative-plan that will enable the Some 20,000 farmers, belonging to 150 Michigan shipping ass'ns, insist upon having PILOT Grange, but was advised that the have at Buffalo and Detroit their own sales offices, top notch sales- T H E SAMARITAN increase in the price for which every- growers of Michigan beans to get a Grange was through hearing political BRAND. A good, low cost, accident policy men, and handle a large volume of stock on both markets. with features for farmers by the body in the bean business was glad reasonable return for their product. speeches. and the hopes of many were that No farmers' organization could exist Prof. Reed of the University of Ask about our purchasing service on feeder cattle, calves, lambs farmers would take advantage of this without this basic truth as its policy. Michigan said that th-e commi|sdon from range or markets. Our crddit corporation and Qc/o U. S. money. STATE FARM LIFE CO. Bloomington, 111. higher market to move at least a por- "Recent newspaper tirades by Rep- studying local government has con- Tune in CKLW at 12:35 P. Ml. Men., Tues., Wed., and Thurs., tion of their crop. Indications, how- resentative Hart indicate the unsatis- cluded that in some Michigan com- for live stock quotations at Detroit market UAKt ever, point to the fact that the farmer factory condition that exists among munities township government should Returns to patrons guaranteed by $50,000 bond refused to sell on the rising markets the competitive processors and hand- be discouraged. Schools cannot be meeting U. S. Government requirements and a small volume of the crop actual- lers of Michigan beans. The experi- maintained and roads can't be built torn 9owi*f ly moved. ence in the co-operative field indicates in sections of poor agricultural land MICHIGAN LIVE STOCK KXf'H. PRODUCERS CO-Or ASS'N Detroit East Buffalo, N. ¥ . BLIND "Our records indicate that practic- that advances for better marketing and sparse population, Mr. Re^d said. ally all of the rise was speculative conditions are made only by careful, Professor Reed charged antiquated OYSTER New York SHELL PRODUCTS St. Louii CORPORATION L*ndon, Eng. What would you do If an ac- cident, disease or infection within the State and that the out- constructive thinking and well plan- methods of business in townships, ex- destroyed your i state buyers did not use the normal ned action by farmers gathered to- travagance of certain counties main- Charity supports 82% of the amount of beans and the demand from gether in a well organized co-opera- taining a county jail, the duplication of police protection, and so on. He blind. 62% of all blindness oc- cures after age 49. the consuming trade was smaller than tive," declared the officials of the Bean Growers'. said, "if we want cheaper government, usual during this rise. Our only ex- Each $4 to $7 (according to age) At the same time many new condi- we must have brainier government. paid on our COMPENSATOR planation of the failure of the trade POLICY will guarantee you a tions, uncertainties, changing social Our present system of local govern- to actively purchase on rising markets ment was originated in New York $5 monthly income for life in case of 90% or more blindness. as is the usual case, lies around the orders, and so on, make it impossible state in 1686. It is high time that we We will contract up to $100 per U. S. crop report of October 1 which to guage the effect and true value of begin to think in terms of the 20tu month blindness income under showed that the U. S. crop outlook political pressure towards accomplish- century.1' the COMPENSATOR, another good policy by the was 10,771,000 bags, which made the ing the ends sought by the farmers. total U. S. crop larger than last year Consequently the Michigan Bean 6 More Co-ops Affiliate and that the expected crop from Mich- Growers, Inc., declare it is their policy STATE FARM LIFE CO. Bloomington, I I I . igan jumped from 2,320,00 to 2,930,000 to be sympathetic with any movement With the Farm Bureau bags of beans, an increase of 608,000 to better growers' conditions, to offer bags which placed Michigan in line their full support in the development Lansing—Within the past month 4 of marketing agreements between more farmers' co-operative ass'ns growers and processors which may have become stockholders in the Farm change for the better trade practices, Bureau Services, Inc., the business correct many of the evils now exist- side of the Michigan State Farm ing due to extreme competition and Bureau. It distributes Farm Bureau foster a more economical distributing brand seeds, feeds, fertilizers and oth- The Telephone system that would tend to return to er commodities to Farm Bureau mem- the grower a larger share of the con- bers and others through farmers co- sumer's dollar. operatives. • The stockholding ass'ns "Active plans are being formulated have an interest in the Farm Bureau Provides Protection and careful study is being made of the Services and a part in its government. possibilities of accomplishing that Each stockholding co-op has a delegate thing which the farmer desires,— at the annual meeting of the State more buying power from his Michigan Farm Bureau. Thirty-two co-ops are beans. Such plans will be announced Services stockholders. Recent addi- in Emergencies as soon as their real value and cer- tions to the list: tainty of reasonable degree of success t;an be determined," said the officers. Constantino Co-op Ana'n Fowler Farmers Elevator Four County Co-op, MarcHlus Memphis Co-op Ass'n Michigan, farmers know that the Michigan Elevator Exchange, a state St. Johns Agr'l Ass'n Three Oaks Shipping Ass'n C l T Y CONSUMERS can not eat live cattle, wide co-operative bean marketing or- It's comforting to know that, should ganization, stands ready to support any program that will improve farm- Michigan Bean Growers hogs and sheep. Livestock must be made into Aids Huron Farmers ers' conditions. Members of the Mich- igan Bean Growers, Inc., will recog- Huron county farmers through co- meat before it is suitable for the consumer. emergencies occur, your telephone will nize the soundness of growers policy operative elevators are able to take ;is time passes and the importance of advantage of the basic plan of the enable you to reach doctor, veterinarian the pool method of sale as a method Michigan Bean Growers, Inc., to on- A steer is not "put together" In addition, the steer has of getting the true value of the crop able them to store beans for higher will grow with its continued use in prices as the result of a recent meet- like a "jig-saw puzzle." It various glands that are used or neighbors instantly . . . . any time of the Michigan. ing sponsored by Elmer McDonald, Huron county's representative in the in medicine. Legislature. must be taken apart to be day or night. Bean Growers Season Efforts of Mr. McDonald to co- Other recoverable ma- Pool Closes Nov. 15 ordinate the desires of the farmers of used. When a steer is "dis- Huron County for better prices dis- terials known as by-products, Attention of the members of the closed the fact that farmers could not assembled," the result is not In case of lire, sickness, accident, flood or various locals of the Michigan Bean hold beans because of the immediate equal about 10% of the live "rowers Association is called to the need for cash. Representatives of the Michigan only meat, but many other weight of the steer. The act that the date for entering the thievery, there is no quicker way for the season pools ends November 15 and if Elevator Exchange and the Michigan products. The other items remaining 30% consists of delivery has not been made cards Bean Growers, Inc., after conferring should be mailed at once indicating with the co-operative elevators of Hu- farmer to summon aid than by telephone. he number of bushels desired to be ron County were able to offer the are by-products and consist shrinkage, impossible of re- pooled. services of the Michigan Bean Grow- The only other chance to pool will ers, Inc., which included cash ad- of hides, casings, bones, fats, covery. Similar statements be the pool running from January 1 vances on stored beans along with may be made for sheep and When loved ones or property are thus en- :o September 15 which will be open to their pooling operations to the farm- etc. On the average, approx- he members until the 28th of Feb-ers of this county. hogs, with varying per- More complete information regard- dangered, just one telephone call for as- ruary. ing the plans and purposes of the imately 54.5% of the weight Careful students of the market since August of this year will observe that Michigan Bean Growers, Inc., will be centages. explained in greater detail at an early here is considerable uncertainty as date to Huron County farmers, it is of the live steer is beef. Other sistance may be worth the cost of the serv- o the ability of the market to stay at stated. This means that the prices any one place any length of time and edible meats, such as liver ice tor a lifetime. hat the average of these ups and paid for cattle, sheep and downs will be the true value of the Mt. Pleasant Normal School and sweetbreads, approxi- iean crop under the present market Invites Farmers November 7 hogs are governed by what :onditions. It is a direct form of stabilization, Mt. l'leasant—Central Michigan mate 5.5%. Inedible products, the meat and the by- which word is heard so frequently in farmers are invited to a general meet- •onversations of all merchants today, ing at Central State Teachers College such as hair, tallow, glue, etc. products will bring. and represents (he practical method Auditorium Nov. 7, arranged by Prof. developed by growers of Michigan to Myron H. Cobb. They are invited to liable them to stabilize at a point bring basket dinners and take dimrer omewhere near where the consuming together before the program starts at ublie will purchase. 1:30 p. in. Among the speakers are Pres. M. L. Noon of the State Farm Swift & Company MICHIGAN BELL On Oil Code Committee Bureau who will speak on "The Farm- V. S. A. er and his Organization"; Mrs. Edith Detroit.—R. D. Van Velzor, oil and Wagar, on "Farm Women's part in TELEPHONE CO. gasoline representative of Farm Bu- eau Services at Lansing, has beeu thn Present Crisis"; and Lucius E. Over a period of years, our net profit from all sources has averaged less than one-half cent per pound of meat and other products. appointed a member of the Michigan Wilson oo "Fanners and the Agri- State Petroleum Gtxfo committee; The cultural Reconstruction." There will •47 code is effective Dec. 1, 1933. in- ;i program of music. M I C H I G A N FAKM HEWS SATURDAY, 50YEMBER 4, 1983 DRIVERS' RETORT CORN AND HOG NW;HT LIGHT A night light for a sick room can be easily arranged by putting the "Accident Facts" says that in pro- portion to the actual number of male Sambo: Say, Snowball, why do they call that town up in Michigan, Battle Creek?" Some farmers are seed growers and most farmers are seed users; the seed users would make more For some people the back-to-the- farin movement means nothing more than hunting up a chicken dinner. OH! HOI Lady: Now, then, I want to ask PROCESSING TAX electric bulb on a cord and hanging it under the bed. This gives sufficient light and still does not annoy the and fetuale drivers, it is estimated that m o re than four times as many male drivers as female were involved Snowball: "Duono, 'less it's 'cause dey stalit so many breakfast feuds up money if they bought new seed every few years from the growers. • from this country to the Old World you something once more and I want A lot of men gossip just as much as the truth. This parrot has never been women, only the men call it talking around people who swear, has he? TO PAY FARMERS patient. in fatal accidents last year. dar." amounted to about $163,000,000. business. Pet Shop Proprietor: Hell, no, lady' Program to Cut Surplus May Interest Southern Michigan Hhall we levy a processing tax on ts and corn to reduce the surplus- es asked Henry Wallace, Sec'y of Ag- riculture, of Michigan farmers In the August 5 FARM NEWS? We're Buying Seed Now £or 1934 It's here and effective Nov. 5 on torn and hogs. Such processing tax We are in the market as usual at this time ot the year for Farm Bureau alfalfa or clover at our office in our Record of Per- may come on other livestock later. Michigan grown June, Majmmoth, Alsike, Sweet Clovers and formance book. You'd be surprised at the number of references Processors of corn will collect 28c tax per bushel of field corn and cor- Alfalfa seeds. Send us an 8 ounce sample of your seed. Make to that book by farmers who decide to take a seed crop and want respondingly higher rates on floor stocks of corn products. Hog proces- it representative by taking equal amounts from each bag. Write to prove the variety and quality of their seed. You'd enjoy read- sors will collect taxes in various amouts on pork products. The tax us the amount of seed you have and we will quote you. We send ing the yield reports recorded in the book. will be turned over to the Agr'l Ad- sample mailing bags on request. j justment Administration to be paid farmers who sign contracts to reduce We Clean Seed! Ship seed by freight to Farm Bureau Serv- corn acreage and hog production. Farm Bureau has guaranteed Michigan farmers northern ices, Lansing, Mich., preferably prepaid. Tag each bag with The corn allotment plan is similar origin, winter hardy alfalfas and clovers since 1920. They don't name and address of shipper. Write us a letter stating total num- to the wheat allotment plan. Farmers agree to reduce by 20% or more the winter-kill. We select strong, A-1 quality seeds of the best varie- ber of bags and giving full instructions on cleaning your seed. average acreage of the past 3 years for their 1934 crop. ties. Farm Bureau seed for 1934 is now passing our re- Advise if you want seed cleaned and returned to you, or do you Hog producers will contract to re- quirements for quality, geiimination and purity. All Farm Bu- want a price quoted on the cleaned seed ? duce their average output of the pant 2 years by 25% and will be paid $5 reau seeds are packed in sealed bushel and half bushel bags and per head on 75% of the average pro- are guaranteed to be as represented on the analysis tag. Seed Cleaning Charges: Based on weight of seed as received duced and sold during that period. Two thirds of the corn rental will at our cleaning plant. 20c per bu. for one run over mill; 35c for be paid soon after acceptance of the Every sealed bag of Farm Bureau seed contains an envelope 2 runs. We advise 2 if seed is very dirty. $1.00 per bu. of seed contract. The balance, less expenses, after Aug. 1, 1934. with the request that the farmer save a sample of the seed, and charge for removing buckhorn. Includes above mill runs. $1.25 Hog producers will get $2 of the note the lot number and other information from the seed tag. We per hr. for hulling sweet clover, mill runs additional as above- $5 soon after signing the contract, $1 more Sept. 1, 1934 when the corn-hog provide a postcard and ask the farmer to register his crop of We don't do custom cleaning after January 1. Send seed now! control local committee certifies he has reduced litters by 25%, and $2 more Peb. 1, 1935, when the committee We Are Preparing For Results Like These certifies he has completely fulfilled the contract to reduce output and sales 25%. Michigan's southern two tiers of counties can be considered in t lie corn-hog belt and probably will be the only part of the state really interested in this program. The corn belt states will be there in force. Wheat l'bm lioes (her Thirty-eight per cent of Michigan farmers signed the wheat allotment contracts and will receive between $700,000 and $800,000 acreage and crop reduction rental in 1933, 1934 and 1935. Michigan is not an important Corn After Alfalfa Rogueing Certified Alfalfa Good Alfalfa—Good Hogs High Yield—Low Cost wheat state, Kansas, Nebraska, the Dakotas signed better than 85%. The wheat belt states brought the national average sign-up to 80%. GOV'NOR APPOINTS FARMERS 9 STRIKES DEBT COMMITTEE and the President's TO AID FARMERS MILKMAKER 32% Protein plan for better prices Now Rising Again EGG PRICES ARE MOVING UP. The pullet or hen that pays .Will Assist Debtors And Creditors to Compromise is the one that lays, and lays steadily throughout the fall and winter. Difficulties GUARANTEED ANALYSIS UNDOUBTEDLY mean better markets for MERMASH 16% protein supplies the goods pullets and hens Protein (Minimum) 32.00% Fat (Minimum) 4.25% dairy products soon. Remember, a cow that need for high egg production. Mermash is the best home growni Lansing.—In response to a telegram Fiber (Maximum) 9.00% grains, meat scraps and other feedstuff's with ocean kelp and fish meal from Henry Morganthau, Governor of Digestible Protein 29.30% goes out of condition seldom regains the lost the Farm Credit Administration at Total digestible Nutrients. .1505.15 lbs. to supply iodine and other food minerals lacking in our soils and Washington, Governor Comstock last ground as a producer. crops. week announced the appointment of a Michigan farm debt conciliation OPEN FORMULA ALL POULTRY responds to Mermash 16% with increased committee to work in conjunction 100 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal MILKMAKER with your home grown grains growth, vigor and production. The standard test is to separate a flock with the National Act. The commit- IIMI ib.s. Corn Gluten Meal in even groups. Feed one set Mermash, the other set any other ration. tee is: M0 tbo. Li listed Oil Meal, 34% protein and legume hay has been an unbeatable com- o00 lbs. Standard Wheat Bran Judge by the results. Mermash invites this test. Chairman, Sam Metzger, Commis- 100 lbs. Corn Distillers' Dried Grains sioner of Agriculture, and manager of bination since 1922 (when first offered) for 450 lbs. Soy Bean Oil Meal the Leonard, Crossett and Riley Pro- Price of feed is important. Mer- 100 lbs. Cane Molasses producing more milk at low feed cost and for duco Dealers, Michigan branch; Char- 80 ll>s. Steamed Bone Meal mash has always aimed to be les E. Downing, newly elected mem- 20 lbs. Ground Limestone (Calcium keeping cows in fine condition. about the lowest priced GOOD < 'urbonate) ber of the State Board of Agriculture: poultry mash on the market. Milan Grinnell, of the Michigan Farm- LU' UO lbs. er; Murray McAlphine, Fostoria; John Feed 1% Salt with iinal mixture. Ask your co-op about Mermash. Bailey, Benton Harbor; Vern Leipsett, SHINING EXAMPLE—Doan Straub at Ga- Pickford; Frank J. Sawyer, Grand Look at the feed tag and see the FEEDING INSTRUCTIONS lien has Holsteins that have been fed Milk- Blanc, and H. Rozema of Fremont. good ingredients listed pound for Milkmaker Cereal Fred Hibst of the Michigan Potato With 32% Grains maker daily for years. The herd has good pound. Your feed dollar goes far (•rowers Exchange to represent farm with Mermash. organizations. Alfalfa Hay 100 lbs. 325-500 lbs. farm care. It makes money over feed cost. U^der an amendment to the nation- Clover Hay 100 lbs. 225-300 lbs. Last year 10 cows averaged 603 lbs. of butter- al Bankruptcy Act county debt con- Mixed H a y 'JWM 100 lbs. 150-200 lbs. ciliation commissioners have been ap- fat and 16,357 lbs. of milk to lead 1,200 cows Timotliy Hajr pointed in 5 Michigan counties, Ber- or Corn Stover 100 lbs. 75-125 lbs. of all breeds in Michigan cow testing ass'ns. rien, CMS, Van Buren, Allegan and Kent. These commissioners are ap- pointed on application of 15 farmers Note: if hay is best Quality, use larger who state they intend to file petitions amount of cereal grain; as quality of under the Act. hay gets poorer reduce amount of cereal grain toward lower amount This is not a bankruptcy proceed- ings but is under the jurisdiction of Good Oil and 55,ooo Miles Balance Your Cow's Ration the Federal Court, which acts as Com- missioner. The commissioner has The above rations should be fed in power to make an adjustment as to accordance with the rules given be- MILKMAKER low: Recently we had a 1931 Oldsmobile that had travelled 55,000 miles opened the time of payment of debts under Means certain conditions but any scaling 1 lb. grain mix to 4 lbs. 3l/s% milk; for inspection for the first time. The valves were in perfect condition. Good down of debts is arrived at by mutual 1 lb. grain mix to ^ ^ lbs. 4% milk; Moneymaker gasoline and Farm Bureau oil. 1 lb. grain mix to 3»$ lbs. 4% milk; agreement between the debtors and creditors." If you know the amount of butter- MILKMAKER FORMULAS Farm Bureau oils are made from the best paraffin base mid-continent oil. fat the cow produces daily, feed 7 to The chief duties of the commission- 8 pounds of the grain mixture daily 16, 24 and 32% Protein Superior refining equipment and the long process of refining makes Farm Bu- er are to assist farmers in preparing for each pound of butterfat produced. reau oil good for 1,500 miles or more before changing. Good for your truck and and filing petitions for a conciliation tractor. Low priced, Farm Bureau oil is cheaper than repairs. See your co-op. and composition of their debts, to aid in preparing an inventory of the farm- er's estate, to call the first meeting of the creditors and act as sort of a ref- For Farm Bureau Supplies eree between the debtors and creditors in working out an equitable and satis- Ask For iaetory conciliation or composition or both, of the farmers debts. Ask For FARM BUREAU In actual practice the News is in- FARM BUREAU Fence forined that 123 farmers in one of the above counties have taken advantage Coal SEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER Lime vi this Act, aud that settlements have Salt Greases been made in about 80% of the cases. Oyster Shell Write Us If You Have No Dealer In other couuties it is reported not FARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich. to any great extent. The state commission should recognize these younty groups iu tde program it offers. 1