The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-27
Farm Bureau
'Favors Local.
Relief Voice
SELF GOVERNMENT RE-
SOLUTIONS PREVALENT
AT STATE MEETING

T. w. WQlte Was electeQ 10 MS
third term as president of the
Minnesota Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton at the ninteenth annual con-
vention held in st. Paul last
week. Also reelected were Ole A.
Flat, Fischer and H. M. Sword
Deer River, first and second vice
presidents. Mrs. Lewis Minion,
Bingham Lake, was reelected to
the executive board and Frank
Schluender, Osakis, was elected to
the board succeeding j. L. Morton.
Hancock. A. j. Olson, Renville,
who was succeeded in the presi-
dency two years ago by White,
made a, strong appeal for Whites
reelection.
TWenty-siX resolutions, some of
which re-affirmed previous stands
of the, federation on agricultural
questions, were adopted by the de-
legates from the 73 county farm
bureaus officially represented.
The opening resolution urged
continuance, on permanent basis,
of the soil conservation program.
Other resolutions urged adoption
of the ever-normal granary pro-
gram, with adequate safeguards
against price-crushing SURPRISES.
Dairy products were specifically
mentioned as needing continued
protection.
Contemporary problems were
faced by the Farm Bureau when
it urged reform of the present re-
lief set-up, by placing it under
local control. ''All payments made
to relief clients should be such as
to encourage them to seek private
employment rather than relief"
Furthering its long-standing
campaign for lower freight rates,
the bureau opposes measures
which would add considerably to
the cost of transportation. These
measures are the six-hour day bill,
train length bill and the full train
crew bill, now before congress. A
resolution introduced by northern
delegates condemned the violent
tactics of the timber workers
union, which tied up farm logging
operations for several weeks this
winter.
Other resolutions were unan-
imously adopted on the following
topics-opposition voiced to pacts
that might entangle the nation in
foreign strife; use of government
hydro plans, such as IVA, for
manufacture of weed killing
chemicals to be sold at cost; add
ed REA loan funds sought and
non-interference of REA in local
administration requested; restric-
ton so that farm imports will not
depreSS domestic prices asked, also
that any imported products should
conform to u. S. standards of
sanitation and disease control;
national legislation to place a tax
on oleomargarine high enough to
compensate for taxes that must be
charged against butter asked;
Congressional support of a bill to
appropriate five million dollars
for purchase and free distribution
of grasshopper poison asked.
The federation asked for speedy
action toward applying the CO.
operative principles of the Farm
Credit Act, so that control may be
vested in local boards at the ear
liest possible date. Another resell
utilon urged continuation of the
present temporary 31a per cert
land bank and the per cent COM
missioners loans until farm prices
reach parity. Establishment of the
commodity dollars, gearing its
value to commodity price indexes,
was sought in another resolution
Approval of the federal terant
aid program and extension of its
benefits so that tenants may be-.
come farm owners was asked.
Careful spending of tax money
being necessary, local government
tai units. such as townships and
local school districts, must be
maintained, the federation insists.
To equalize the rural tax burden,
tax reform should be carried to
the point where real and personal
property will be relieved of all
taxes for state purposes, the fed
| eTdllOIl u6CldTeu, TSlIeTdIluS us
| tax stand adopted two years ago.
Compulsory area testing of cattle
for Bangs disease was advocated.
! Another asks the widest possible
distribution of information on
sleeping sickness in horses.
A resolution on livestock mar
keting urged seven amendments to
the packers and stockyards act, to
change present stockyards and
/ packing company practices.
An omnibus resolution covering
18 points ranging from recommen-
dations for heavier punishment for
farm thieves to condemnation of
the recently attempted c. I. o.
meat strike, was adopted.
Copies of the resolutions in full
are available at the Minnesota
Farm Bureau office, st. Paul.
The convention attendance was
the largest in the history of the
Farm Bureau, with more than
1000 members in attendance.