Omaha daily bee., 1921-01-08
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Nebraska Federation to Select
Officers at Lincoln, January
27-Youngs Favored as
Next President.
Executive Body Chosen
BY PAUL GREER.


January 81 at Lincoln to choose tn
president, and other officers. Elme
Youngs of Lexington is understood
to be favored for reelection. althoug
some influences are opposing hir
on the score that he is a member o
The Nonpartisan league. .5
Indications are that no such line
will be drawn between different farm
organizations as all of them are CO
operating in the federation.
Executive Committee.
The executive committee for th
central district consists of MI
Young and D. o. Dodge of Woo
River; for the southeast section. {
H. Gustafson, Lincoln; ]. D. Nor
ton, Polk; c. Crocker of Filley
western section, Miss Anna Jur
gems, Minatare; J. Pedrett, Kimball
northeast section, Ell. Grible. Soutl
Sioux City, and c. Y. Thompson
West Point; south section, Mrs. M
E. Graham, Danbury, and Georg
Briggs, Clay Center.
The committees first act was II
reduce the pay of solicitors from s.
day and expenses to Sc.
In adopting the resolutions, ;
furry was caused by the ineffectua
opposition of Judge F. S. Baird o
Chadron to the recommendation tha
the party circle be left off the ballot
He also had pushed resolution
calling for protective tariff OF
farm products. which was ignored il
the committees report, handed in b,
c. Y. Thompson.
Declare Against Tariff.
The legislative committee, o!
which J. D. Norton of Osceola was
chairman, declared that tariff was
not the best solution for the farmers
trouble and proposed market reform
instead. This recommendation was
adopted, as were also the following
Simplified income tax law, retention
of excess profit tax, opposition to
sales tax, pure fabric law. law assur-
ing right of collective bargaining
of Esch-C -Cumnlins act to
remove any fixed return. co-opera-
tive state banks, law defining CO.
operative and mutual organizations,
Recommendation OF $5000O0 for state
tuberculosis examination and other
sanitary measures for live stock,
amendment to keep Is per cent OF
auto license money for country
roads, permit to allow university re-
gents to buy serum, development Of
water power. ..
Recommendations of Committee.
The resolutions committee called
attention to the responsibilities and
of women's public affairs.
proposed establishment of legisla.
tive body to study rulings of all
commissions and legislation by the
state and nation, declared for the
taking of a referendum OF all mtm-
bers to decide any question of pol
icy, endorsed the proposed increase
of the federal farm loan limit to
SIS, 900, asked for a marketing bureau
and a farmer board to watch blue
sky sales. Farmer representation on
all public boards was also suggested
H. c. Wallace Speaks.
"For 20 years the farmers of Amer
ica have been selling their grain and
live stock at less than cost of produc-
tion," Henry c. Wallace declared in
a speech before 500 members of the
Farm Bur eau federation at
the state farm here today. "If the
farmer had adopted an accounting
system such as is used by any busi-
ness man, charging interest on his
land and capital invested, and also
a fair rate for his labor, he would
have shown a loss in all except ex-
ceptional cases"
Mr.. Wallace, who looms large il,
the public eye as the chief contender
for the position of the post of secre-
tary of agriculture under President
elect Warren G. Harding. received
careful attention, as the feeling was
general that he was outlining the
platform on which he would stand il
assigned to Office. His explanation
that <&hile the farmers had not
profited directly from their crops,
the increase in the value of their
lands had compensated them was
followed by the warning that they
could no longer depend on farm
lands increasing in value. but must
make their profit from production.
Must Adopt Business Methods.
Farmers have been willing to ac-
cept low prices on their crops be-
cause of the home value of the farm
as a place to live and bring up their
and its advance in value"
he said. THE time was when a
young farmer could make small
payment on place, just enough
to hang on with, deny himself, his
wife and his children most of the
comforts and all the luxuries of life,
and finally become a land owner
seeing it grow in value, and in his
old age move to town and live on
the rent. That time has gone BY in
the United States. Farming must
be put on business basis, for it is
the biggest business in the world"
In declaring that the time had
come for the farmers voice to be
heard on problems of credit, trans
portation and marketing, Mr.. Wal
lace asserted that if a strong or
ganization such as the Farm Bureau
federation, with more than 100000
members. had existed during the
war. many mistakes would have been
avoided. Without criticising the
conduct of the government, he gave
i. as his opinion that prices Of farm
products were held down and prices
of other goods encouraged by the
cost plus system TO rise in order to
increase production. Those who can
control the finances and credits oi
: Ewa- n Easas sxxas Eelna0nal +.