The nonpartisan leader., 1920-12-27

Gle told about proposal to repeal the excess +
it's tax and to eliminate all income surtaxes al
20 per cent, thus relieving big business from a Il
share of its present taxes, and to replace t
taxes with taxes upon tea, coffee, sugar and G
line, increased taxes upon tobacco, ETC., all
of which would be borne by the poor or mod
erately well-to-do. It was also
stated that at the meeting at
which these proposals were A5EH
framed the American Farm Bu- A&aHR
reau federation was officially rep M##8H
resented.
Since this article was printed &
the Leader has received dozens of
letters, of which the following is @S#1&
a sample: H
editor Nonpartisan Leader:
On December 8 the farm bureau
held a meeting at I. O. G. T. hall,
Thompson, at which W. " Long
ley, county agent, and Mr.. Good
rich, organizer for the farm bu-
reau, were present, speaking for #
the movement. At the close of &H
Mr.. Goodrichs address l asked &E$a
permission to ask a question. This S&HzzRz
being granted asked him who @zzHmZ
appointed the farm bureau rep WszazN#
resentatives to meet with the rep ENfazNIHH
resentatives of the manufacturers MzzEhHIM
to ask congress to- revise the in MzENIZzz
come and excess profits tax laws #NZ525NM
and place the burden on the neces- A& d
sites of life? (See Nonpartisan
Leader for November 20, page ~
14.) Bg !
"Mr Goodrich tried to avoid an ~
answer, but when insisted he an
swered the question. He said it @
was not true the farm bureau heuuCeu
did not approve the program to tne on.te' e
tax the necessities of life as not satlsn
stated in the Nonpartisan Leader. cents q !, ps
"Was the article in the Leader galioI
true? Please let me know as the
farm bureau is to hold another
meeting one month from date of last meeting
cember 8, and promised would have eviden
prove the truth of the statement in the Leader
"Hallock, Mimi w. H. HAWKYARl
LEADER ARTICLE BASED ON
OFFICIAL REPORT OF FEDERATION
Every word in the article of November 20
true, unless the national headquarters of the A
lean Farm Bureau federation is sending out III
reports, for the article in question was baset
tirely upon the official report sent out by tht
tional Office of the American Farm Bureau fe
ton.
This report a somewhat lengthy one, ma
found on file at the Minnesota state headqua
of the American Farm Bureau federation, rool
old capitol building, st. Paul, and presumab
the national and all other state Offices.
It is entitled, Report of National Industrial
ference at New York City, October 1928, by
Gregory, Special Representative for the Anne
Farm Bureau Federation"
It states that besides Mr.. Gregory, the Anne
Farm Bureau federation was represented al
conference by it's president, j. r. Howard, ar
H. C. Mckenzie of New York, chairman of the
ation E. ,mittee. At some length the report
f1to rlie Nolan BILL which the American Farm
reau federation officials were opposing, though
question upon which farmers are divided. tt
port states that the federation officials succeed
getting the representatives of big business t
oose the Nolan bill (which is somewhat of a
rs SO per cent of big business is against the I
bill anyhow and then goes on to discuss the
ram Of taxes that were proposed.