Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-01-12
Charles Cockey
Named President
Md. Farm Bureau
Elected To Position At Annual
Convention Last Week
Resolutions Adopted

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farmers and agriculturists ever held
in Maryland assembled at the Lord
Baltimore Hotel last week, January
A, 5 and 6, on the occasion of the
tenth annual meeting of the Mary
land Farm Bureau. Federation.
Not only were the Farm Bureaus
represented, but also the members
of the Extension Service of the U.
of Nd, the Maryland State Dairy
mems Association, the Maryland
Livestock Marketing Association, the
Maryland Poultrymen's Association,
the Maryland Tobacco Growers As
ISOLATION and other affiliated and
commodity organizations of the State,
One of the high spots of the con-
vention was the talk 10y DIR. F. A..
Pearson, economist of Cornell Uni
versity, who addressed the conven-
ton on the subject, "Gold, Currency
and Credit in it's Relation to Pros
perity'', and the discussion of the
national legislative situation by Ches-
ter Gray, Washington representative
of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton. The report of the Farm
Bureau Tax Committee was sub
mitted and adopted without discus
sion. The report is a summary of
the recommendations that have been
made by the Farm Bureau to relieve
property tax in the counties, the
maintenance of roads should he cared
for from the gasoline fund and the
amount of the county school levy
should be reduced to 40 cents. The
report recommended the enactment of
a state income tax and an emergency
revenue meausre to tax businesses
and professions on the average of
19o, which was to be effective until
the income tax began to produce
revenue.
In the election of officers Charles
I. Cockey, Jr., president of the Bal
timore County Farm Bureau, was
named president, and Harry H. Nut
tie, president of the Caroline Coun-
ty Farm Bureau, was named vice
president. Memorial services for
James w. Davis and Frank M.
Payne, former president and vice
president, who died during the past
year, were held on the opening day
of the convention.
One of the features of the annual
Farm Bureau banquet, which, was
held Thursday evening, was the
awarding of a trophy to "Miss
Maryland Farm Bureau" won by
Miss Louise Funk of Washington
County. Fifteen Farm Bureau girls,
from as many different counties,
took part in the beauty contest.
Resolutions adopted at the meeting
are as follows:
l. We approve the resolutions adopt
ed at the 18th annual convention
of the A. F. B. F., in Chicago,
December 7, 1882.
2. We recommend the approval of
the Report of the Tax Committee
of the Maryland Farm Bureau
Federation, especially commencing
the following:
a. The Committees cooperation
with the State Grange Com
mittee.
b. That portion of the Report
that points out the absolute
need for economy and reduced
cost of government as outlined
on pages and of the report.
c. The enactment of a state in
come tax law as outlined on
page 3, and Is.
d. The enactment of an emery
ency revenue act on certain
businesses and professions,
such to be determined as be-
ing the least Objectionable to
the farmers of Maryland and
outlined on page IA.
And we recommend the contin-
uance of the Tax Committee
until the next Annual Conven-
ton in order that the recon-
mendations of this report be
carried out.
g. Owing to the increase of poultry
stealing in number of the coun-
ties, in which it is the practice of
holding these thieves for the ac-
ton of the Grand Jury and there
by mourning unnecessary expenses
to the county, we urge the enact
ment of such legislation as will
permit these thieves to be tried
before a local police magistrate,
and, in view of the light sentences
generally imposed, which seem to
have no lettering effect on this
practice, we urge the enactment of
legislation permitting the use of
the whipping post as a penalty.
a. We oppose any legislation that
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