Show legislation must be given to farmers says winder among the th high lights of the de liberations of the utah state farm bureau c convention 0 at ogden from frow which A theodore johnson ernest baton eaton and E peterson returned mon day was Is the reception given to broad 7 sides aimed at discrimination against the farmer M S winder secretary ot of the american farm bureau federation and ephriam begeron Be geson newly elected to take his old post as president of the stale state bureau were ere th the gunners who directed this fire mr winder interpreted failure to pass remedial legislate leg islat and particularly the mcary mcnary hauen bill as such dis 1 crimination mr air bergeon berge found failure to decrease the tax rate and thus lighten the farmers burden as similarly discriminatory against the farmer secretary winder dd d d net mince matters but spoke vigorously andi and fearlessly he ile said that he had visited more than half the states within the past few months and had found ore general conditions about the same as in utah HP H declared that legislation would help the farmer as it had helped many other industries and that he was as much entitled to it as r idere were other industries declaring that fh ho tariff Is economically wrong tong in that it interferes with the law of and demand secretary winder gave a brief history of tariff legislation which was first put into effect on the petitions of a hat firm in danbury conn it had given much needed relief however he amid and the tanner farmer was as entitle to his share he adl adud d that larmer former did now want sympathy a subsidy or a price fixing measure all he wanted was a square deal secretary winder criticised criticized president coolidge for vetoing a farm relief relict measure last tear ear and in this said a friend of the prod int had told him that mr air coolidge sympathized with the farmers and added I 1 I 1 said who in the hell wants his sympathy mr winder then declared that bankers in lilli nois were sere in amor ot of the McNary Haugen bill he ile then referred to the action ot of the salt lake chamber ol 01 commerce calling salt lake a suburb of ogden in adopting a resolution against the farn far n measure and asking the president to veto it I 1 B bet mr winder added that not one of the suckers who signed that resolution had even read the bill speaking of the failure of a tax bill favorable to farming interests in the last legislature mr winder wind e r said yet if the men who defeated that bill were to run again this fall on an th the republican ticket nine tenths of tho the republicans in this organization would vote for the coyotes cootes mr wincer declared that the farmers held the future of agriculture in their own hinds and should be intelligent tell igent ugh to profit by the past he ile urge organized effort and increased crea seri membership in farm bureaus as two to of the things that the farmer most needed he ile then spoke of the archaic tax laws of the stae and found great need for remedial meas he ile pleaded with farmers to elect men to the legislature who would aid their interests ne ferring to representatives in the senate mr winder said in connection with what they ere doing for agricultural interests ii I i this state that they were excellent s nil tors for pennsylvania and u betts in con conclusion cluston mr winder wind r demanded a revision of the tax laws of the state and said that big should assist in putting a belef rel el m ma a continued on page six 0 1 1111 u SIS continued from page 1 1 I lot 01 er organize demand bour right rights stick together and lou ill win he urged ephriam bergeson in hie his talk on the question of taxation remarked in opening that everybody appeared to be 1 agreed greed 1 on the fact that the condition of f the farmer Is tragic and that the tax situation li is bad but the people who vho talk most about the matter have not come forward with a solution ot 01 the tte problem taxes he added are continuously being raised and he referred briefly to the raise on sheep and nd cattle made by the board of equalization in some kinds of business mr bergeson continued the tax taa be beaten I 1 beat it in th mercantile burines I 1 saw to it that my stock as very low when hen the assessor came camu around and I 1 got off easy then just Ls soon as he got a away ay I 1 bought a big lt of farm machinery which i 1 sold before he could get back again but a farmer can cant t do this what he haa has Is easily ascertained it Is tight right there all the time at this point mr air bergeson ariti cisek the action of the board of equalization in orde ins ing R count of livestock he ile also expressed the opinion that banks are not assessed fairly as compared with the manner of assessing farmers mines he said are assessed on net proceeds and it if they had no net proceeds the escaped j ass assessment emment the fann fa mt r however I 1 often had no net proceeds but he had to pay any anya anyway A av mr air bergeson geson agreed with sith secretary winder that the firmer farmer was not seeking sympathy but rather a square deal to the end that the burdens of taxation might be shared equitably by all classes the fact Is mr air bergeson added that as a fanner tamer I 1 am paying the most taxes on shat hat brings me no net income and as a business man I 1 am paying the least taxes on what does bring me a net income we have brains enough to fix nat now let s do it the same as othor big interests do without debate and by unanimous vote the delegates to the an lual convention of the utah state farm burau adopted the report of the committee or resolutions the resolutions summarized sere ere mainly as follows approval of principles and policies set forth in resolutions at preceding meetings and expressing thanks for operation cooperation co given bv those agencies including the U V A 0 indorsing program of american farm bureau federation for the year indarsing indorsing McNary Haugen bill and insisting that congles pass measure that will provide methods for orderly marketing ot of farm crops from sear to year favoring completion of 0 muscle shoals nitrate plant so that cheaper fertilizer will be available favoring federal control of the public domain urging federal government to improve prove is range forage maintain water supply and promote other uses of pub llo lands Pupo utah officials in upholding rights in connection with colorado river irrigation Des developing eloping of all tappie 1 mantal water supplies for land now under tinder irrigation without favoring the early reclamation of land that would nr cuate imitate ate colonization urging additional federal and state work in weed control plant disease and insect pests and for additional fund favoring 1 lav oring production ot of pure seeds seed for field and garden crops and urging seed shows Favor tiit of 0 local loral cr crad d it corporation to facilitate procuring of funds from federal intermediate credit banks indorsing of home and community division and re commet that women omen be given re on each county executive comm atre chane in classification of property tor for taxation so that everybody will be on 01 a fair and equitable basis asking the state bureau to take the mailer matter up and commending utah education association 4 tr ne commending t that at all farmers bc be apio u of the state bureau urging direct affiliation between co operative marketing associations and tho kite mate bureau recommending that step steps be taken to increase tariff on onions irom from I 1 cent to 3 2 centa cents that the bork ork ot controlling predatory wild ild animal animals be prosecuted with the vigor after the adoption ot of the report ot of the committee on revolutions A thodore johnson president ol 01 the uintah county tarm farm bureau and eras tt tic Pe tereon county agricultural ont explained the methode methods used in ur uintah atah county to procure and hold in membership in the farm bureau the fact that farmers are seeking member ships la is due the convention 0 as told to the excellent service ices being rendered by bureau members in addition to procuring reduced val a atto ni on r MI estate eg ta t e for or taxation ta better road roads and improved freight ier ser vice for the basin the farm bureau also engineered and poultry pools it as set out dut |