The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-30

Il levied on the
"way of life" In Maryland, it's a ba- members
sic business that nelps supply mik, eggs The FEEDER
tious foods for millions of consumers. mess Comni
1t takes business organization to buy terna1 Revenl
all the things farmer needs operate Sioro Con,n;
his farm 1t takes business organiza savings on D;
ton to distribute farm products eff taxabe as co
fciently that consumers take for grant 49, So 90
ed such things that bottle of milk A. Anu 1dline
the doorstep each day. t ttie ~ 4I II
To carry this vital business Mary Gln2ugn tne
land farmers began years ago to work puseSS pL1n
together to market their products and waIt 70 gsG
buy their supplies These organizations @ 1ax f
called farmer cooperatives." e even peI4re
TN Under pres
he cooperatives serve as "hired men" sonal income
for Maryland farmers. Working to- turned by the
gether through their coonerafivee tax would me
farmers buy their seed feed fertilizer some lnstan
and other production needs Through work togethe
other cooperatives, they market milk, anu consume
poultry eggs, tobacco and many of the taNauon.
other crops grown in fertile Maryland.
AT the end of the year, if any savings
have resulted from these operations, TN
these savings are returned to the mem MS unfair
These savings or patronage refunds seeking to tax
not by any stretch of the magma right to work
ton income" to the cooperative. The operatives.
savings go directly to MARYLAND farm lessen the 81
ers just as "hred man. would bring the cooperate
home change from ten dollar bill if order to hide
he were sent to town to buy supplies tend that cool
and found he did not need to spend all and the state
of the ten dollars. prived of incC
funds They
" operatives ha
here is tax exemption in Mary present law
land applicable to cooperatives eth oeen clearly
Cooperatives pay exactly the same taxes Many large
any other corporation; the real purchase
estate taxes the personal property business
taxes; the license taxes the joint purchas
income taxes; and the Of any other make savings
taxes that any other corporation pays. the foregoing
Farm groups supported the Maryland distributed
income tax law when it first adopt free of taxat
ed in 1887 They did not at that time,
or at any time since, seek any cooper
alive exemption II
Farmers have done business through II arrners ar
their cooperatives for nearly hundred They hav
years. their purcha:
efficiently. In
TT fected were
ere is what this Viciously unfair in other bu
bill, Senate Bill No 3d. would do: pending seek
1t would place a tax Mary the farmers
land farmers. This tax would be liar business
The 100000 Maryland farm families who do the
are asking-Why This Discrimination?
Write your Senator and House Delegate at on
against this unjust bill.
Write today--NOW-This unfair bill Is about
MARYLAND FARMERS DEFENSE &C
sos Morris Building, Baltimore 1,
Representing 40, 600 Maryland farm families an
Members of committee and organizations Il
Roy c. F. Weagley, chairman, Maryland State
land State Farm Bureaus Edward Hotter, State Gran,
eratives at Large; A. Raymond Marbell Interstate
tive; Paul Mullinix Southern States Cooperative;
Poultry Marketing Cooperative; Joseph L. Gardir
Growers Association.