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banking plans of the different states with a view of determining the 

 practicability of such institution in an agricultural state. 



9. We favor some plan by which the government of the United States 

 may safely extend a long time credit to the governments of Europe to be 

 used only for the purpose of purchasing farm and factory products and 

 raw materials in this country. 



10. We urge farmers to support all mutual insurance companies man- 

 aged by them and for their own benefit. 



11. We denounce the principle of guaranteeing a fixed return to rail- 

 roads on a cost-plus basis, and demand of the congress of the United 

 States that Section 15-A of the Esch-Cummins Act be repealed, and 

 further demand the repeal or amendment of any or all parts of said act 

 that in any way could be interpreted as authorizing the granting of fixed 

 return to railroads. 



12. We demand of congress the adoption of such amendments to the 

 Interstate Commerce Act as amended by the Esch-Cummins bill as will 

 define and curtail the powers of the Interstate Commerce Commission to 

 the extent of protecting and preserving the powers of the State Railroad 

 Commissions with relation to intrastate rates, services and facilities, and 

 the local affairs of common carriers within the States, and as shall confine 

 complaints before the Interstate Commerce Commission against such 

 rates, regulations and practices, upon the ground of alleged discrimination, 

 to persons and localities injuriously affected thereby. 



13. A policy of real retrenchment and strictest economy should be 

 adopted by all taxing bodies. The expenditure of public funds should be 

 confined to absolute necessities. The letting of expensive road building 

 contracts and all unnecessary construction of a public nature should be 

 deferred. 



14. We recommend legislation providing that State funds shall be de- 

 posited in each county and drawn upon by the State Treasurer for 

 monthly disbursements on a pro rata basis. Surplus public funds should, 

 so far as practical, be available to all communities. 



15. We favor the repeal or amendment of the law which authorizes the 

 issuance of county funding bonds without a vote of the people, so that 

 the law can be applied only in extreme emergency cases. 



16. We favor an amendment to our present road law which will permit 

 a portion of the auto license reverting back to the secondary road fund in 

 each county. We favor a farm-to-market road building plan under the 

 authority of the Board of Supervisors. 



17. We recommend that all the costs of construction, maintenance and 

 relocation of primary roads be paid out of the primary road funds. 



18. We pledge our continued support to the Executive Council in their 

 endeavor to equalize the burdens of taxation. 



19. We endorse the activities of the Agricultural Bloc in Congress in 

 procuring the enactment of much needed legislation for the farmers' 

 relief, and pledge them our continued support in their efforts to relieve 

 the distressing situation surrounding agriculture. 



20. That we present all the facts on corn reduction and acreage to our 

 membership, and that we entrust each farmer to adjust his acreage in 

 accordance with his own judgment. 



