The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-12-14
The FARMERS TAXES


Harry A. Cation, Master of the Ohio
State Grange, declares that the taxes
of Ohio farmers for 1922 probably will
be greater than their operating prof
it's This was stated in his address at
the opening of the golden jubilee
meeting of the grange at Columbus,
on Tuesday.
Should this condition continue, said
the speaker, it would be idle to ask
people to remain on the farms and
produce food for the nation He as
serted that real estate can not con-
time to bear an unproportionate
share of the taxes without disaster to
agriculture; that taxing districts must
live within their income; that priyi-
lege. luxury and income should share
the burden and that the continued di-
version OF wealth into non-taxable
channels would mean a continued IN
crease in the taxes on other property.
The fifty-frst annual meeting of the
Illinois State Grange went into session
at Belvidere, on Tuesday. E. G. Eek
hardt, master, reviewed farm affairs
and said that "World conditions
must improve before farmers can hope
for the full measure of prosperity due
them. Among other things Mr.. Eek
hardt said:
THE manufacturer will stop or at
least curtail production if there IS an
oyersupply and thereby keep up the
selling prices of his goods. The labor
unions have demonstrated to a certain
extent that they will not work unless
they receive a war time wage, or near
" so, but the farmer has been plodding
along, producing more than the coun-
try would take at price which would
net him a profit at American stand
ards. We have not produced more than
the world needs, but European coun-
tries arc our best customers for farm
products, and they are not financially
able to buy our crops at price that
would give US a fair compensation for
our TOLL
National Cooperation.
The cooperative sales idea, which
has been spreading all over the coun-
try in farm and fruit-growing circles,
received much attention at the Amer
lean farm bureau convention at Chica-
go. Numerous speakers were IN favor
CT Matchmaking the various co-opera-
tive organizations in special division
OF the American farm bureau. A cen
trail organization representing all the
cooperative SdlCS dSoOGlclbiOlio - -
yored, all to be managed and directed
under one roof. The result of the va
rious addresses was crystalized in a
resolution and a committee at once ap-
pointed to leave for Washington on
Wednesday to meet with representa-
tives of so commodity organizations of
the Council of Farmers Cooperative
Marketing associations, which conven-
ed on Thursday morning at the Capital.
The members of the committee ap-
pointed are: f. II. Woods, president
of the Kentucky farm bureau; Grey
Silver, bureau representative at Wash
ington: Howard Leonard, president of
the Illinois Agricultural association;
E. H Cunningham of the Grain Grow
ers, and John G. Brown, president of
the National Live Stock Producers
association.
After a long study of the proposed
Armour Morris merger, and consulta-
tions with President Harding and At
torney-General Daugherty, Secretary
Wallace declared there appeared to be
no occasion for action at this time in
connection with the proposal infor-
mally laid before him by ]. ogden
Armour. The secretary asserts that
there is nothing in the packers and