Arizona republican., 1920-12-09
FARMF FEDERAT|ON
 ASKS IM|NED| LEGISLATION TO RELIEVE STRESS
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INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. S.-Enact- ment of a legislative program incluo ,ne changes in the tariff, the income tax the Esch- -Cummins transporta- tion act and the passage or seVetal ,,s,,, rneas asures was asked of congress today in resolutions adopted at the an nual convention of the Amerlcan faEin f3ltreati Federation. eresloeht Harding also was requested 10 ali'oiiiS a secretary of agriculture Wno . lsas rrart;ca1 understanding of all phases of farming. Among the policies enun Ieiated by the resolutions was the Ieo Iaratiou's opposition to strikes ana lockouts. ..,o
 Further. the resolutions declared the Ifederation's opposition to what II sala seemed 10 be the policy of the treasury ldepartment and the federal reserve board for deflation, and the request was made that bankers and merchaats extend farmers obligations to secure l"immediate relief from the presene economic crisis" confronting the farm- le~s Tn this connection the resolutions said:
 1 we are opposed to the policy Of drastic and precipitate deflation which Iseems to have been instituted by our federal reserve board and our treasury department, and look upon it as dan
 gerous to the best interests of the en- tire nation during the present crlsis Reasonable contraction was necessary hut drastic deflation as now practiced has caused widespread disaster"
 | The adoption of the resolutions (which it was announced was by unan- limous vote, preceding the closing ses- sion tonight of the convention at which officers were elected. Announcement also was made tonight of the appoint lment of a committee to meet with bankers. merchants and public off IciaIs at Chicago on Friday to consider lthe organization of a hundred million
 dollar export trade corporation under
 the Edge act.
 The legislative program asks of con- tgress proposed immediate enactment of
 a new tariff law, simplification of the
 income tax law with a provision preZ
 enting treasury officials from making
 i1tsrpretative ruling as to th laws
 duplication, a law assuring farmers of
 unrestricted right to bargain collec-
 lively, federal control of all interstate agencies dealing in grain products and meat; enactment of the truth-in-
 fobrics bill: legislative prohibition of
 short selling in agricultural products
 land amendment of the transportation act so as to preserve state regulation of intrastate commerce and car move lments The discussion also declared , deposition to any daylight saving law, l The department of justice was asked 7 lt1 delay approval of any plan for dis posing of the stockyards owned by ! lChicago packers, until a federation committee might consider all proposed z plans The federal trade commission ; was asked to stop the practice of the steel industry in basing prices or , Pittsburg quotations plus freight rates , The interstate commerce cOmmissi or
 was asked to give preferential freight e ates on agricultural fertilizer
 Protest was voiced by the resolu- n tions against guaranteeing a fixed
 eturn to public utilities and railroad,
 Q cost-plus basis" in which it wa! p asserted that the interstate commerc, $ commission fixed the valuation of tn, ' railroads of the country at five billion ; dollars more than their commercial U alue. causing "an unjust imposition e n the American people,
 Construction of the Great Lakes to : he-sea deep waterways also wa aVored