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Show iMUMS POT BEFORE llOPMENUEAGUE MEETING aIo Rura! Questions Speak to Business m and Manufacturers; Committee Authorized to Draft Program; '1 provo Gets Next Session. '8 thh meeting of the r V inl-rmoun-hiEUC consisting of of com- B5?ns of Ogden rcp- A Federation of Rl'-Sd the co-opera- S"to bp ''rr" 1 tvo of nan. exercised to main- ytionS in the dls- questionnaire? ' WLt data necessao to M&Mot the industrial i CdMFVspkak. : the i nion Paciri Z, pany a3 sincere y ,, Yemeni to create Wtlloa between the ar-MH'-T for do eloping the feer & Rio Grande nr applied for a more Mention of the prob-W.;.-jl,nn r.gcncle" H" K?.'c .how the necesFity KLiom of operation and r better understar.d-M;'' understar.d-M;'' problems Oar-k Oar-k ejsK'.rtildcnt of the Um'i lCiSiOclatlon and ohair-k ohair-k WZ-ce committee of the IKy that the league is Koced to carry on the tc-fc and that tho future By league l!l depend on KWh It renders prac- Keon AT NOON H(ti3cheon meeting Dr. -enn of the school of KBr.chnm Young unlver-ffpn unlver-ffpn brief talk on the mrketlng. Dr. Hoyt pcrti'Jnk- d'-mand on the fctifiern consuming mai -ASfrol1:-'i of the west. Ilel j K itutfy on the part of UKccancnity of the prob-I prob-I S irr,,-j'.'ural community, UHtbl thf- man on the farm fcu'Jj absorbnl In the Reduction that he has llt-to llt-to st'jUy Inpr nilirket-JHl nilirket-JHl He told of the in r-.ir-K lettuce and celery and jSeibtho west and of tie-ldflb! tie-ldflb! i-ii section had In the i iltcfut rata owr sections iQBgth' i v. York market. Klng of the afternoon IrBsril discussion was had Bet treated by Dr. Hoyt Bttrfilnc Information rc-m rc-m have proen ben-;rc!l'.til ben-;rc!l'.til nn um stances Dr. W. L. U'anle r,r HtailloTal college dellv-kra dellv-kra 'M rubject of rural .TT'r.If. was for manv MMh the I'nite.j St do I W"flcu1ture' during the 1 W : i - ;i n thi3 vital problem was being assembled for use in the preparation of th presf-nt fr-dcral farm loan syftem. Ho traced tho growth of rural credit lrgislntlon and tho benefits that had resulted from it. He discussed In rather a thorough manner the suggestions that arc now belnp: considered for creation of additional and supplementary c redit machinery. There followed nil Interesting Inter-esting and instructive discussion on the subject. Dr. R. J Evans, director direc-tor of tho extension department of the Ttah Agricultural college told of the plans adopted at the recent meeting meet-ing of the executives of agricultural Institutions held In Washington Ho nipnaslzed the fact that tho farmers are not looking: for nor do they deMrc anything but justice at tho hands of the business men of the country' They desire an equality of opportunity to establish their business. BANKER ON ftJRM LOAN8. M S Eccles of Logan spoke on tho present attitude of banking Institutions Institu-tions toward the matter of farm loans He- told of the pratclcal service loinc rendered by these institutions to carry the farming community over what be characterized as a temporary financial depression. The inflated values al which some of the present farm land were purchased render bankruptcy certain for some of the men who are now on the farms and no machinery-can machinery-can ever br created that will forestall the operation of great economic las and forces. He pleaded for a better co-operation between the busln ess and farming community to the end that some reasonable solution of their problem might bo reached. FARM BUREAU AIMS. Frank Evan's, attorney for the Utah State Farm bureau. explained the plans and purposes of that organization. organiza-tion. He outlined their plans for se- unng favorable state legislation that will facilitate the organisation of marketing mar-keting corporations and gain a more businesslike distribution of products ol the so'.l The taxntlon problem was thoroughly gono Into and Mr. Evans voiced a strong ph a for more urgent effrt to prevent the extravagant expenditure ex-penditure of public moneys. He pointed point-ed out that the total Indebtedness "t Utah, including public and private obligations ob-ligations totaled almost 1200.000,000 with a monthly Interest charge of something more than a million dollars. dol-lars. If erteps are not taken to prevent pre-vent the increase of this Btaggerlng indebtedness a large share of Which Is borne by the agricultural community commun-ity bankruptcy and ruination are tlr only outcome, he said. He made a plea for a more equitable distribution ot the tax burden, stating that the Lin-ins, it Ic ust the ome nine thousand thou-sand Identified with the state farm ireau were willing to boar a greater share of the tax burden if the proper assessment of land required It. but they wanted to be assessed on the same basis as other property In the tata IK H. AND ATTLi; IMU STRV Dr. F. V. Merrill of the state department de-partment of agriculture and secretary of the dairy campaign gave some interesting inter-esting data on the hog and cattle Industry In-dustry of Utah He pointed out the deplorable decrease in these line? during dur-ing the past few years and pointed out the economic effect upon this section Ho made a plea that the business Interest In-terest bond their energies to carrying carry-ing on some sort of educational campaign cam-paign to carry this message to farmers farm-ers and business men The ever Increasing demands of the Pacific coast market require greater production In this section of those products pro-ducts that are now being transported there from other and more remote sections, he said. A resolution was adopted pledging the support of the league to a movement move-ment to encourage a better and larger production of hogs and other livestock. live-stock. The director of tho league was Instructed to co-operate with Mr Merrill Mer-rill and other officials of the stale In working out a feasible program. 0 Y. Adams, representing the federal reserve bank explained the attitude ol tho Institutions toward farm credits He said that every possible facility ras being provided to assist the farming farm-ing community, In many cases institutions institu-tions were making special disposition to take caxe of thesc needs. A resolution authorizing Presldenl OUn to appoint five representative business men to confer with a similar simi-lar committee of the statu farm bureau bu-reau In preparing a survey of the credit and marke ting problems a the affect the Intermountaln eectton woj unanimously adopted. This commit-tee, commit-tee, Glen announced will be se lected after conference and after ib matter has been further discussed with the farm bureau. Thos'j in attendance were President Presi-dent Ge orge S. Glen, Ogden. Preside nl Prod G. Taylor, i irson Douglas, representing repre-senting the Ogden chamber ot Commerce; Com-merce; W. Adams. Ogden. representing repre-senting the Federal Reserve bank. M . IS. Eccles. logan, George B. Bo wen I president Logan chamber of commerce; com-merce; F C McQowan, president Pot StellO, Ida . chamber of commerce P. Russell Wight, president, and W. Call, secretary, and H, Bunderson. BOJ I Elder commercial club, Brlgham, W. F Doremus, president Tooele Commercial Com-mercial club; I. L. Pratt, secretary American Fork Commercial club; EJ S. Hlncklev, secretary Provo chain ber of commerce; W. M. Nelson Richfield chamber of commerce, A O Anderson, and .1 S. Jensen, Mant Commercial club; H. L. Pratt, Price chamber of commerce. R, R. Had; ett. Helper Commercial club; Gorg E Phillips, president Myron Commer-, Commer-, lal . lei,, J p. May, Roosevelt Cetn iMrlal club, William Anderson. -:-nal Commercial club, William Hanson Spanish Fork, J F. Mendenhall Sprlngvlllo. Mrs. S. ('. Stevens, Utal State Federation of Women's cluba G S. Wilkin and J. S. Barley, Ctar Manufacturers association, F. C Murphy, Salt Lake chamber of commerce, com-merce, Dr, W. L Wanless and Dr R. J Evans, Utah Agricultural college; col-lege; Dr. F. W. Merrill, Utah Stat department of agriculture, Fran! Evans and W L- Parsons. Utah Stat' Farm bureau. J M. Klrkham ami V A Carden. The. Utah Farmer. W. L Bobbins and C. F . Moulton, Derive eSL- Rio Grande Western railway; IF E. Godwin. Oregon Short Line; H. W Myers, Tlntlc Commercial club of Eu reka. and C. E Arncy, Jr., director ol the league. The next regular monthly meetini of the) league was awarded tp Prove on the Invitation of Se.-eretary F.d. S Hinckley of the Provo chamber o commerce. This meeting will take place on Saturday, January 0, and a that tlmo the committees appointed a Saturday's meeting are expected tr haves a practical program to presen to the league, for Its consideration |