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Show Page 4 UTAH October FARM BUREAU 1971 AAoterioI Kefeirence Policy Development School Finance The present plan of school finance provides that all school districts are entitled to a given level of money to spend on basic education. Each district is required to levy so many mills and the state uniform school fund provides the money to make up any deficiency occurring. All the district money comes from property tax. Seven mills are levied by the state for the uniform school fund. The balance comes from income tax, sales tax and others. There is some talk of doing away with the state levy and raise this amount of money from other sources. One of the real problems facing state finance at present is the activity to amend the state income tax law so as file on same basis as Federal Income Tax. There is no way to determine accurately the amount of revenue that will be received from the new system of paying income tax, therefore our policy affecting income tax should be post poned until there has been experiense with new filing procedure. Then, of course, the California The court tax case has said that the property tax in California was not an appropriate tax for education due to its unequal application to all taxpayers. Our system of equalization may lessen the importance of this court decision so far as Utah is concerned. its-affec- t. National Marketing and Bargaining Act For many years the sale of canning crops and sugar beets in Utah has been accomplished through growers organizations. Processors have learned that they can meet with growers, negotiate in good faith and develop a contract which has assured an ample supply of commodities to operate their plants. Many parts of the country have not been in as good a position as growers in Utah. For this reason the American Farm Bureau has sponsored a bill in Congress which will do the following if adopted: 1. Provide because processors here have the recognized bargaining associations and have dealt in good association shall be unlawful. 3. Clarify the right of a qualified bargaining association to enter into contracts with handlers to supply their full agricultural production requirements. 4. Provide that it shall be unlawful for a handler or processor to negotiate with an individual producer while negotiating with a qualified bargaining association able to supply the production needs of the handler. 5. Provide that it shall be unlawful for a handler to buy from any producer for other than the negotiated by the association. Three separate acts of Congress have been passed to assist farmers in marketing their products without becoming involved with the antitrust laws. These are the Clayton Act,- the Capper Volstead Act and the Agriculture Fair Practices Act of 1967. These Acts do not adequately deal with the matter of a processors refusal to negotiate with qualified marketing associations or with discrimination against growers who engage in activities to organize growers into marketing associations. Utah has not been concerned permitting each member faith with them. Other parts of the country have not been so fortunate. It is concern with the agriculture picture as a whole that makes this matter of concern to members of Farm Bureau in Utah. 3. Allow states the same number of Sectors as ait present but allot one to each congressional district instead of having all electors on a state-wid- Electors basis. elected him. There may be other suggestions but the one selected should not destroy the basic constitutional American Bureau Farm is outranked Federation, dairying in U. S. farm only by livestock. And as the second largest agricultural commodity in the United States, dairying ranks as one of the five top commodities in terms of in 46 out of the 50 states. This is very impressive and demonstrates the impact of the dairy industry on the American people. It would appear that dairymen need wily be concerned about producing enough for consumption. The fact is, per capita consumption of milk has been going down far a good number of years. In 1950 per capita consumption amounted to 740 lbs. By 1970 per capita consumption was down to 562 lbs. Total consumption during this period has been maintained at about the same cash-receip- e representing Senators would be on a state-wid- e basis. 4. Require each elector to vote to the political according in the district which preference According to Hollis Hatfield of the Research department of the cash-receip- of Congress to vote. Dairy Research ts republic representative the established Fathers. by Founding ts Dairy Inspection Under the title of dairy inspection there are several points to be considered. There has been pressure from the public to put the inspection of dairy facilities under die department of health. Salt Lake City inspects as do others government agencies. It is further complicated by the fact that dairymen virtually pay the expense for their own inspection. Dairymen should review incosts, spection procedures, and etc. prepare frequency, themselves to support a program that would be acceptable to the level, 109.4 Billion lbs. Efforts are being made in the industry to make milk more attractive for consumption. New milk products are being developed that will increase the demand. Some laws need to be changed so to allow the sale of larger number and variety of products made with milk. Legislation needs to be implemented to prevent items not made with dairy products from using symbols and devices in advertising and marketing which would tend to lead the consumers to believe they are purchasing a dairy or dairy related product. There has been some interest in pricing milk at the producer level on a basis other than butter fat. Other factors being considered milk might be more fairly priced in line with public demands. The consumer today seems interested in less butter fats and therefore a standards for .of a qualified pricing structure that reflects recognition bargaining association by buyers of agricultural products. . 2. Provide that refusal on the part of a buyer to negotiate in good faith with a qualified bargaining terms between the two highest. 2. Hold the election as at present and if no majority results then the entire Congress would decide by with these problems in many years these interests could be beneficial. Research into new products, pricing, and marketing are areas that should be of interest to milk producers as 1972 policies are being developed in Farm Bureau. , industry. Consideration should be given to such matters as having one inspecting agency, such as the Department of Agriculture, that is competent to do the inspecting for all of the units of government. This would eliminate duplication and likely reduce the costs involved. Consideration ought to be given to who should pay the expense of inspection, the consumer or the dairyman or both. It should be considered that much of the milk or milk products produced in Utah have the potential for shipment to points outside of Utah and to avoid a dublicate inspection by the Federal Government standards should be considered that would be acceptable for interstate shipment. Disposal of Isolated Parcels The current Isolated Parcel law provides for the sale of isolated parcels of federal land. These parcels are generally small of disposing of these under what conditions or parcels on bail waiting for trial for a government agencies. Where the isolated parcel must be retained in federal ownership, the government should bear the initial cost of cooperative development process. The following should be considered by county Farm Bureaus: cities. methods they should be retained by building a fence around the isolated parcel, as well as maintenance of that fence. This legislative development should be called to the attention of our members during this year's policy In place of the current preference right which states that owner of contiguous lands must pay up to three times the appraised value, should the principal be adopted that owner of lands have a contiguous Preference Right to meet the highest bidder or pay the appraised value - whichever is the 1. lower? That blocking up of land be encouraged through the exchange of private lands on a value-fo- r value basis. The Jackson Bill does not specifically refer to disposal of isolated parcels. However, it does provide for disposal of federal lands through exchange of lands of comparable value, with a provision that if there is a difference in value it can be resolved by a cash payment. The exchange principle is a 2. disposal approach which should stand up to cross examination on the basis of blocking up lands for management purposes, plus it results in full compensation for federal lands which are ex- changed. Refuse Act of 1899 The present concern with the stopping of pollution of the nations waterways led the Corps of Engineers to begin working on the problem by using a law passed in 1899 that requires all polluters of waterways to obtain a permit from the Corps. The purpose of the permit at present, is primarily to gain information and to put on record the names of industries who are polluting the streams. From this information, programs are to be developed to stop the pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency has ruled that certain types of agricultural activities come under this permit requirement. Basically, this is a feedlot which contains 1,000 or more animal units and which discharge their waste from a single acreage and usually they are completely surrounded by private point source. The Jackson Bill S. 921 lands. One thousand animal units is Electoral College specifically asks for the repeal of calculated as 1,000 beef steers, 700 this law. In other public land dairy cows, 4,500 butcher hogs, Reform legislation it is not as clear as the 12.000 sheep, 35,000 feeder pigs, Bill but it appears 55.000 turkeys, 180,000 laying hens Jackson United States in the Many people that this law will or 290,000 broilers. inevitable are clamoring for a different system of electing a President. The change. Any farmer who has any animals The Isolated Parcel Disposal in the above amounts in one central concern arises from the last presidential election in which there Law provides that the owner of area, was required to make apappeared to be a good possibility of contiguous lands may purchase the plication for a permit by July 1, uncertain and delayed final isolated lands on open bid at the 1971 to the Army Corps of election. appraised value or with preference Engineers. The present system provides the right to meet the highest bidder or election by electors. Each state has pay no more than three times the as many electors as it has mem- appraised value of the isolated Policy 1971-7- 2 bers in Congress. Voters vote for parcel, whichever is the lowest. The three times the appraised Farm Bureau members should electors and not the President. Electors vote for presidential value clause, would tend to decide how to vote on concandidates. If no candidate reflect discouragement in disposal stitutional amendments. Five receives a majority, the final of isolated parcels, yet these items were approved by the decision is made by the House of isolated parcels in many cases Legislature to be included in the Representatives on a basis of one create serious management November ballot as constitution amendments: vote per each state. problems for the federal agency, - are as well as for ranchers. 1. To permit 18 year-olNumerous citizens changes in terms not issue small a is This to vote. This has been none has taken care of yet suggested, but of federal of be of to number received enough support parcels by national Congress and approved of Mexico New it the In State lands. the by enough states. It will not be on Congress. by passed the ballot. 1. Have President elected by the is estimated there are some 4,200 2. Bail for Parole Violators. This plurality vote of the voters. If not and in the State of Utah there ace isolated small of these would par(40 a certain 4,000 more than deny bail privileges to a percent land. canof federal cels who commits a felony while person percent) is received by any Consideration should be given to on probation or parole or while free didate, then have a second election d previous crime. 3. Citizens to vote on systems of government. In there are large where counties there is much cities overlapping and duplication of services. This amendment would permit a county to call a referendum for voters to determine a system of cooperative government which would be appropriate between counties and oft-tim- es . School 4. Consolidation. Eliminates requirements that certain cities must have a separate school district. 5. Legislative Organization. Provides that Legislature may appoint legal counsel, legislative auditor and interim committees. Also makes possible some streamlining of present cumbersome procedures in the legislative process. Reserve Water Doctrine The Reserve Water Doctrine is receiving considerable discussion. There are two or three principles which county Farm Bureaus and state Resolutions Committees may care to consider in their review of current Farm Bureau policy relative to the Reserve Water Doctrine. (1) Our current policy is that federal agencies should comply with state water law. (2) The federal agencies should file a report of their current uses and projected future needs ' of water through the year 2000 (30 years). (3) All water arising on reserve land should be subject to state authority. (4) Compensation should be paid if a federal project adversely affects established water rights. Additional attention could be given to this matter as the Congress begins work on laws initiated by the PLLRC report. For example (1) The agencys estimate of current and future water needs should be subject to review in court to determine the Reasonableness of the agencys project need. (2) That individuals whose water rights are damaged should be compensated when those rights were established prior to the Arizona-Califom- case ia (1962-63- ). (3) That if the federal govern- ment has not made beneficial use of the water projected in their estimate by the year 2000 that those water resources revert back to the state, to be developed. This Year Send Photo Greeting Cards 25 Color Trimline 50 Color Trimline 100 Color Trimline 200 Color 50 $5.75 $10.45 $19.95 $37.25 Trimline Black & White Trimline $5.45 100 Black & White Trim line $10.45 200 Black & White Trimline $19.45 MATCHING ENVELOPES INCLUDED Choose Your Favorite Snap Shot Negative - Send Card For Free Brochure For Styles and Desings. HANK'S PHOTO SERVICE P.O. Box 9099 Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 Utah residense add 4 to percent Sales tax |