Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-04-06 | Page 2 | Farmers in California Fight Tax on Jute Bags

FARMERS IN CALIFORNIA FIGHT TAX ON JUTE BAGS SACRAMENTO Cal Cat UP UP UP-Impo Impo Imposition by th the federal government of ot ofa ota a tax on jute bags to place them on a apar apar apar par with sacks manufactured from cotton is a matter of grave concern to California farmers according ing to 10 George master of the state grange Cotton bags bag arc not suitable for handling grain potato onion rice rire or bean crops the growers declared in protests sent to 10 Secretary of ot Agriculture Agriculture ture Wallace They also indicated increased increased in in- creased ed cost may result in discontinuing ing log the use of jute bags Other methods of ot handling grain crops were being investigated Sehl- Sehl meyer said particularly the construe construe- non aon of ot elevators at snipping points i