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Show paid its share of taxes, the tax burden of all could be further reduced. The other day a prominent leader in agricultural work gave a talk by radio. He wasn't trying to get votes, money, or support of any kind from the farmer and so he simply told the truth. Thousands Thou-sands of letters and cards from all parts of the United States came in to him during the week. This made it evident that he sounded out the opinions of most progressive farmers. "Agricultural conditions," he said, "can be improved in two ways: by economical production and by scientific marketing." "Don't fall for everything because it is called co-operative," 'he said. "But keep an open mind toward those marketing enterprises enterpris-es which seek to get your product to the consumer in a more efficient way than it is now getting there. If the project sounds businesslike, if the promoter talks as though he knows something about business if the plan of distribution is similar to those plans which have already beeen successful, then it may be well to lend your support. "You will have a long wait, however," he added, "if you are looking for relief through the growth of co-operative marketing en- terprises. In the mean time it might be well to test your seed corn and rase your production from eighty or ninty bushels to the acre to two or three hundred bushels. Then you can make as much as you are making now by cultivating less land and doing less work. Or get into a cow testing association and get rid of the unprofitable unprofit-able cow, or learn to cull your flocks, and then raise only hens which pay their own way. Or grow more alfalfa and soy beans and buy less ready mixed feed. This was his advice to the farmer who is tired of waiting for relief re-lief from the politician and the clever talking promoter. A POOR WAY TO FIGURE The president signed the new tax bill virtually under protest. I Ie says it has mad features but is the best Ithat can be secured from the present congress Our law makers were determined to "soak the rich" as the term is commonly expre ;sed. Coupled with this idea, however, they absolutely refused to sanction the repeal of laws which permit the issuance of billions of dollars of tax exempt bonds. Therefore, while they try to "soak tlie rich" with one tax bill, j they furnish the ijneans for anyone who wishes to do so, to invest their money in t; x exempt securities and thereby escape all forms of taxation. Not only does the government lose hundreds of inillions annually annual-ly in tax revenue; due to t ax exempt bonds, but private industry must ; ay higher rates, of interest for every dollar which goet? into highly taxed business and industrial enterprises. Maybe congress will some day see the folly of trying to collect taxes on the ' Jr.e hand, while providing a legitimate means to escape tax payments on the oth sr hand. If the 4income from money which goes into ta exempt bonds |