The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-12-23
THE AMERICAN FARM
BUREAU CONVENTION
w. G. Lasseter, Tennessee.

states attended. Accredited dele
gates from 80 states participated in
the voting.
The sessions we're long, and last
ed late into each night. But the del
egates stuck to the job, seriously in
tent upon the business of the con-
vention.
Space is too limited to permit of a
full report We have had to content
ourselves with just few of the high
points.
The greatest service of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation is thru
the county organization. Every
county farm bureau must have a
constructive program of work COW
ering a period OF years.-President
Howard.
The wool marketing committee in
its investigation of wool market prob
lens found that the distribution of
American produced wool has been
made through about 500 major wool
specializing concerns, each of which
has been served by many Individual
spectators and collectors who have
each collected their commission and
profit, which has meant in the ordi-
nary course of marketing, the com
modify being handled by approx
mately five middlemen between the
producer and-the mill consumer.
About one-ninth OF the total wool
output of the United States was this
year put in the wool pools for coop
erative marketing. Eighteen states
are now pooling a large part OF their
wool clip AS a result of this form
of cooperation, wool growers are
learning to take better care of their
prduct. And 1t is said that this inl-
proved condition is rapidly overcom-
ing the usual preference for foreign
woods. In fact. it is reported that
( buyers are saying they know of no
better lines of wolo in the United
States than those offered in the
pools. The American Farm Bureau
Federation has a permanent wool
marketing committee of five mem
bers. An expert has been employed
to aid the various state Organizations
in the development of their wool mar
keting work.
! One OF the far-sighted steps in adj
vance of the times taken by the Farm
Bureau was the adoption of a reso-
luton asking the appointment of a
national committee composed of farm
ers, bankers and representatives OF
other lines of business, looking to a
complete revision of financial and
banking laws of the United States to
/ the end that all interests may have
equal credit facilities and that the
farmer may have credit facilities
adapted to his needs.
"In money raised and numbers OF
members, the American Farm Bureau
Federation is the strongest organi-
cation of farmers the country has v-
err seem" said Secretary Wallace.
..This organization, he continued,
must do for farmers what other in
terests have done for themselves
Many farm organizations have TAIL
ed because they failed to recognize
that their problems were economic
and not political"
To turn over the marketing OF the
farmers products to other interests
would be just about as reasonable as
putting the enforcement of the prohi-
bition laws into the hands OF the
brewers. This is the sense OF the
statement made by Secretary Wallace
with reference to the reported move
ment to transfer the Bureau OF Mar
kets from the Department of Agri-
culture TO the Department of Com
merce. The convention went on rec
ord as being unalterably opposed to
such a change.
Justice towards all is the founda-
ton on which the principles OF taxa
ton as adopted by. the convention
are laid. The declaration of the con-
vention on taxation for the support
of the national government is as fol-
lows:
First, the measure of mans
ability to pay taxes for the support
of the national government is his net
income and the taxes should be levied
and collected on that. basis.
Second, the rate should be pro-
gressiye, that is. the larger the in
come the higher the rate.
Third, as this is a country OF all
the people all the people should have
some part in supporting the govern
ment and I. certain part of the taxes
may therefore justly be raised by
means of the tariff and other con-
taxes.
Fourth, while recognizing that the
iirst consideration in any tax measure