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Show FARMERS OPPOSE TAXATION CHANGE Excess Profits and Income Systems Favored CL.KVKLAND. Feb. 1- Farmers of the country will oppose an attempt to repeal excess profit and Income taxes. tax-es. J. R Howard, Chicago, president of the American Farm Kureau Federation, told delegates attending the all-America n cooperative congress today. "Htrenuoua emrta are Deing mane to place the burden of taxation on the farmers and the home ownera by the repeal of these war taxea meaeures," he declared. Howard snld farmers of the corn belt mliin Inrlurtlng Ohio. Indiana. Illlnola. Iowa. Kansas, Ncliraskn and MWmiurl. were ready to donate 60,000,004 bushels of com to starving people of China and Europe. Railroad brotherhoods, he said, have agreed to transport tha grain to the seaboard free and naval reserves have volunteered to aee the grain was delivered. de-livered. It Is the plan of tha American farm bureau to start the movement of this gift corn on Waahlngton'a birthday, birth-day, February 22. RAILROAD OFFER. CHICAGO. Feb. 1J Offers of transportation trans-portation facilities for carrying grain donated by the farmers of America for the starving peoples of Kurnpe and Asia were made today by the Illinois Central Cen-tral and the Chicago A Northwestern railway. The roads agreed to handle "all grain tendered In tralnload lota without charge, providing the trainmen tender their aervlcea without charge." Warren B. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, I recently offered the trainmen's services In transporting donated grain. |