Milford chronicle., 1922-02-03
FARM BUREAUS OF DELAWARE
HEAR REPORT FROM NATION
AL REPRESENTATIVE
state Federation Meeting Elects H. B.
Clark of kenton, President.

More than S5 farm bureau community
organizations were represented at the
second annual meeting of the Delaware
+ State Farm Bureau Federation. held in
Dover at the Century Club rooms Thurs
day. January 26th. The meeting was
opened with report of the state activi-
ties by President w. " Cosden. A report
of the auditing committee showed that
the total receipts for 1921 amounted to
SO. .OS2.66. Total expenditures $24S2.O1,
leaving balance in the treasury of
S6OO.65.
The following officers were nominated
and unanimously elected to serve for the
ensuing year, 1922:
President-Henry 3. Clark Kenton.
Vice President-John Ponder, Milton.
Treasurer-Frank Yearsley, Marshall
ton.
Chester Gray of Missouri, who is a
member of the American Farm Bureau
Federation Executive Committee, and
who ct this time is serving on the leg
islatme committee in Washington. gave
a report of the activities of the A. F.
b. F. in national way. He said in part:
Il am not here to discuss with you yonr
local and state problems, the solution of
which rest entirely in your hands, but
am here to tell you that every problem
that you have within your state is not
l'mited by the bounds of the state terri
tory, but is related directly or indirect
ly to national and international problems,
the solution of which rests in the hands
OF those sitting in Washington today in
Of
Harding.
You know your county and state or
ganization and the history of the Am
erican Federation. We are organized I
from communities to county, from coun
ty to state, and from state to the Ann
erican Federation which is the only or
of farmers in existence that
has the machinery to collect data from
the membership in a short time con-
some of the big problems that
the American Federation is working on.
During the past year the entire member
ship which is little more than a million
nd half, expressed themselves IL times
IN national and international questions.
Questionaires We're mailed from the Chi
ago office, asking the farmers to vote
IN questions which caused the present
.ondition of agriculture and a summary
# all these answers showed that the
,ntire membership was solid on matters
to marketing. legislation, tax
.tion and transportation. and these four
re the big problems confronting the Am
rican farmer today.
when this matter was presented be-
ore Congress they realized that agri-
!
nd Immediately a committee was ap-
ointed to investigate the conditions of
griculture. They asked President J. r.
Toward if he could give them any data
n this matter and in less than Is days
lore than 500 county farm bureaus had
eports of hearings held in their respec-
i've counties and a summary of more.
han 10000 questionaires were presented
o Them and believe me, they had all
he information from this data they
eeded. Statistics from the u. S. De-
artment of Agriculture showed that the
merican dollars was divided 40-60. Acc
,r the producer and 6Oc to pay the cost
f transportation, selling, ETC., and so
Congress- realized that this division of
ne American dollar had to be changed.
ION the question of taxation the MEM
ership of our organization held in favor
{ the income tax and by hard fight we
ere able to retain the income tax and =,
efeat the sales tax. If the sales tax had Il
cen approved, it would have meant an d
1ditional burden of about $25O.0O per -
ear on each individual consumer. Con- e.
-ess tried to place a land tax which our
'ganization defeated which if passed II
ould have amounted to $4,000 per year
every farm valued at ten thousand tC
,llars, so you see our legislative commit g
e has been to work keeping Congress
ON doing things that would unjustly m
lrden agriculture. st St
&. The Department of Transportation, y"
presented before Congress by Mr.. Cliff e6
rd Thorne, who is an expert on mat OF
rs pertaining to water and rail rates al
ID freight rates viii come down just as
on as our representative is able to r!u
ow to the Interstate Commerce Com ST
ssion the reason why agricultural re
light rates should be cheaper co
Mr.. Gray closed his address by urging f.