Show STATE ST A IE OFFICIAL SUBMITS RURAL RECOVERY PLAN Agriculture Chief Lists Five Five- Point Program at Farm Group Meet After reviewing 14 years of agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural depression David F. F Smith state agricultural commissioner oner outlined out out- lined ined a point five f program for rural recovery rC Saturday at the annual convention convention convention con con- of the Utah State Farm Bureau Bu Bu- reau resu federation at the Newhouse ho ho- tel Hi His program 1 Lift farm arm prices by utilizing more fully the principles of coop cooperative cooperative cooper cooper- r. r marketing by adjustment of production to consumption and by finding find in new uses for farm products 2 Reduce the farmers' farmers costs by lowering interest rates equalizing tax burdens holding down transportation tation costs and st stabilizing markets markel 3 An honest measure of value fair to producer and consumer 4 A sound land policy recognizing recognizing conservational as well as food production value 5 Further organizing and strengthening thening rural leadership Points Values Drop Mr Smith pointed to a drop in farmand farm and livestock production values from in 1929 to 2 in 1934 The farmer must take his share of ot the he blame Mr Smith said because through bad agricultural conditions serious economic preS pressure Ule and unscientific farm practices untold billions of dollars have been allowed to wash down our rivers and have left eft behind a ruin of fertility that can can can- never be restored Picture on Page 2 Shipments of contraband from California Cali Calf fornia were charged by the commissioner commissioner commis commis- as being one cause of demoralizing izing of the price structure A few ew years ago aco he said one of the inspectors of the department ol agriculture when he was sent to in- in truck loads of oranges that had come from California reported he found 14 cases of wine and whisky and asked for instructions He was told to go to a telephone and inform the police pollee department which he did However this liquor found its way into the channels of the liquor traffic The importer of this supposed contraband was satisfied satisfied satis satis- fied tied l If Ithe he could make his expenses or more if possible on the fruit hauled h He was not riot dependent on selling a competitive price Many 1 Resolutions Resolution More than 50 res resolutions were introduced introduced in in- for consideration Saturday afternoon They proposed Placing constitutional limit on property tax lax levies levies- property tax reductions adjustment adjustment ad ad- of delinquent taxes higher income taxes use of liquor revenue to relieve property taxes assessing farm farmlands lands on an income basis and a gross selective sales tax State Senator Ward C. C Holbrook outlined legislative le problems and declared de de- de dared delinquent taxes form lorm Utah's largest tax problem He estimated 50 SO SOper per cent of farmers were delinquent in payments While an effort will vill be made to 10 ease the delinquent tax burden it is questionable if they can be can canceled he said A program to develop clop irrigation farming in jn Utah was presented by William Peterson director of the extension ex cx- tension service of the Utah State Agricultural Agri Agra cultural college It It included 1 Development of means to prevent prevent pre pre- vent losses of ot water through sui su sus' sus face evaporation from transmission sion canals 2 Economical use of water 3 Construction of a network of reservoirs throughout-the throughout state to conserve water that is now lost through uncontrolled runoff 4 Arrangement for sion of water from streams which now have more water than land larid adjacent can be profitably gated 5 Development of the states underground water supply During the morning session three Utah farm larm youths who won honors at the national convention of Future Farmers of America at Kansas City were presented and awarded jold lold medals They were J. J Phe Phelan Malouf 18 of ot Richfield who won the national Future Farmers public speaking con contest contest con con- test 17 of ot Hurricane state president of the Utah Future Farmers Tanners organization and Elaine Blame Holliday 17 Payson |