The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-03-24

PUBLIC RESOURCES object
to the exploitation of public resour-
ces by special interests for private
gain, and urge Congressional action
to insure that public resources of
all kinds be conserved, reserved and
developed for the full benefit of the
public.
We indorse the endeavors of the
Reclamation Department in bring
ing about greater reclamation of
the arid lands of Idaho, and COM
mend our delegations in Congress
for its endeavor to secure finances
for the development of the natural
recources of the State Of Idaho.
LEGISLATION-We ask Congress
in the Interests of the public to en-
act truth-in4fabrics legislation.
We disapprove of the free distri-
button Of seeds by the United States
Government
We recommend that the present
law governing the sale of apples be
so changed as to permit of classifi-
cation and sale of same according to
grade
We request of Congress the en-
actment of tariff legislation which
will give to the farmers the pro-
lection that may be necessary to
equahze the difference between the
cost of production Of farm products
in this country and competing ma
lions.
FARM BLOC-We commend the
work of our national representatives
in Congress who, in order to prop
erly represent the farmers interests
on fair basis, organized the first
visible legislation bloc known as the
farm bloc"
ALIEN LAND LAW-Through ef-
forts of the citizens of the State Of
Idaho, aided and assisted by the
Government of the United States,
large tracts of land in the valleys
Of Idaho have been reclaimed and
rendered fertile and susceptible of
intensive cultivation by irrigation
Alien control of soil, products and
markets is not only menace to the
state and the nation at large, but
in particular a menace to The citi-
zens in districts where irrigation
has made intensive farming possible
and profitable. We, therefore, ia
vor the enactment by the legisla-
ture Of the State Of Idaho, of a law
which will prohibit all aliens who
are ineligible to citizenship under
the laws Of the United States from
acquiring, leasing, taking, holding,
possessing, or inheriting real prop
erty or any interest therein in the
State Of Idaho.
TAXES-We are exposed to the
issuing of all tax-free securities and
request that Congress submit con-
stutiona1 amendment to the several
states to cure this defect in our tax
system. We disapprove Of the re-
peal of the excess profit tax. We
are opposed to the principle Of
general sales-tax or any similar
plan such as a general manufactur-
ers tax. While recognizing that the
I first consideration Of any tax meas
ure is the raising of revenue, its
equitab application must not be
lost sight of. Insofar as it is prac-
ticable, the taxes should be so laid
as to tend to the distribution of
wealth in the hands of the many
and not to its concentration in the
hands of the few.
PLEDGE-We pledge ourselves
anew to carry out the objects of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
which are to develop, strengthen
and correlate the work of the State
Farm Bureau Federation, to- en-
courage and promote cooperation of
all representative agricultural as
sOciations in every effort to improve
facilities and conditions for econo-
mic and efficient production, con-
servation, marketing, transportation
and distribution of American pro-
ducts, to further the study and en-
actment of constructive agricultural
legislation, to advise with represen-
tatives Of agricultural institutions
cooperating with Farm Bureaus in
the determination of nationwide
policies, and to inform Farm Bureau
members regarding all movements
that affect their interests.
CONCLUSION-W approve the
activities and program of work out
lined by the American Farm Bureau
Federation.
We recommend that a set of these
resolutions be sent to every Farm
Bureau in the State, and to the AM
erican Farm Bureau Federation
Mr.. Chairman, l move the adop-
ton of these resolutions.
Signed GEO. A. LINE,