Show Mener ship campaign for the farni farm bureau tax questions est ions are arc predominant in blui ic minds of the farmers 0 E walcott n national organizer and davie N beal 1 vice president of 0 the state farm BI bureau reau met with sevier county farm bureau directors and members on thursday for the 1 purpose ot of discussing ways and moans means for tile the coming membership campaign in I 1 agn and tax problems two meetings were held one in the mor morning 1 i ing and one in the after afternoon noo the ti 1 e time at the morning session ses i on was waa given over to mr air walcott who w t lo 10 gave a splendid outline of the his tory and accomplishments ot of tho the na dional farm bureau federation the national organization organisation now represents members and when its representatives presenta tives take up ill a problem and ask for a hearing it has been granted mr walcott referred to tho the illinois ils ligols farm bureau occasionally that being his home state and mentioned many things that it has accomplished complis hed illinois has a membership of at 1500 annual dues this gives the organization funds to work with and if can accomplish big things tor for its members the plan the state farm bureau is now working on oil is to get the national organizer to supervise the membership campaign in doing so a personal visit will be made to every farmer in III the county by a solicitor and the farmer will be asked to join and support the farm bureau before adjourning at noon a resolution was passed in dorsing the plan of the state farm bureau that of a 1000 membership for a period of three years the afternoon session was devoted to a consideration of the present tax system with special reference to the distribution of the tax burden mr beal led the discussion citing many cases where individuals were receiving incomes but pay paying ing but very little taxes toward the state support and spoke favoring the income tax ta to continue the investigation and work nork tor for relief from the tax burden now imposed upon the farmers the following committee was appointed H C larson john H payne J E heppler wm ogden and I 1 W ogden this committee will meet with the county assessor and commissioners in the near future for an interpretation of the valuation placed on farm property and livestock |