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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Resolutions Adopted at Ninth Annual Meeting, American tarm 

 Bureau Federation, Chicago, December 7, 1927 



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Reaffirmation 



WE HEREBY approve, without re- 

 iteration, the principles and poli- 

 icies which have been set forth at 

 length in the resolutions of our former 

 annual meetings. Therefore, for sake 

 of brevity reference is hereby made to 

 all such resolutions and unless re- 

 pealed or inconsistent herewith, the 

 same are declared to be in full force 

 and effect. 



A National Agricultural policy 



We appreciate the actions of the 

 Sixty-Ninth Congress, which, in a non- 

 partisan manner, passed the Surplus 

 Control Bill. If put into operation this 

 measure would have marked the begin- 

 ning of a sound economic agricultural 

 policy in our nation. 



Commodity marketing and surplus 

 control are inseparable. Co-oper«$ivef 

 orgranizations, however, cannot bear the 

 load unaided. Under certain condi- 

 tions in order that operations may be 

 successful, the entire commodity mar- 



' keted and not the member producers 

 alone, must by the applications of the 

 equalization fee principle meet the re- 



' qulrement that each marketed unit 

 shall pay its share in the cost of its 

 own stabilization and protection. 



We insist that legislation which con- 

 tains the principles embodied in the 

 McNary-Haugen bill with such improve- 

 ments as experience and good judg- 

 ment may suggest shall again be passed 

 by Congress. 



■ Muscle Shoals 



We reaffirm our support of the prin- 

 ciples now contained in the Madden 

 Bill, H. R. 16614, of the Sixty-Ninth 

 Congress. . ■ ' 



Equalizing Domestic and Foreign Costs 

 of Production. 



We urge such increases in import 

 duties as are possible to be secured un- 

 der the flexible provisions of the Tariff 

 Act upon various agricultural products 

 whose costs of production can be shown 

 to exceed foreign costs. We recom- 

 mend that the flexible provision be 

 changed so that the United States 

 Tariff Commission can be in position 

 more efficiently to serve agriculture in 

 the cases before it. We insist there 

 should be no import duty on plant 

 food constituents. We commend the 

 I Tariff Commission for its studious at- 

 tention to and fair <:onsideration of the 

 agricultural cases recently decided and 

 now pending. The duty on hairy 

 Vetch seed should be removed. 



Foreign products which can be used, 

 either in the raw state or as processed 

 material in place of, or as substitutes 

 for, home-grown agricultural products 

 should carry the highest possible rates 

 of import duty. 



Sam H. Tbompson. 



"Our Sam" was re>elected to the 

 presidency without opposition at the 

 Ninth Annual Meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau Federation, Chicago, 

 Dec. 5-6)-7. It was a harmonious meet- 

 ing and drew a largc^^ attendance than 

 any previous annual convention. Ed. 

 A. O'Neil of Ahabama was re-elected 

 vice-president. Three new directors, 

 one each from Maryland, Washington 

 and New York, were chosen. 



Taxatioi^ * 



Debt reduction should '• precede tax 

 reduction. Exemptions and repeated 

 modifications of the national tax struc- 

 ture are undesirable. The basis of 

 federal taxation should be ability to 

 pay. We recommend reciprocity be- 

 tween the states in matters of estate 

 and inheritance taxation. Estate taxes 

 should be retained permanently. It is 

 unnecessary to reduce corporation 

 taxes in this period of national in- 

 dustrial prosperity. Federal taxes on 

 automobiles should be eliminated. 



We recommend the outline of state 

 taxation. Resolution No. 28, adopted 

 last year at our annual meeting. 



Service To Organized Agriculture 



It is gratifying to observe that a 

 number of national cooperative market- 

 ing organizations are negotiating with 

 the American Farm Bureau Federation 

 regarding the subject of expert and 

 professional service fcrr cooperative as- 

 sociations on a basis of reasonable com- 

 pensation to be provided through & con- 

 tractual relation. We heartily com- 



mend this proposal and direct our ex- 

 ecutive offices to proceed as rapidly 

 in the development of such a service 

 as will be consistent with safety. T 



An effective flood control prograin, '' 

 to be national in effect, should con- 

 tain the following features: 



(a) Levees as the first line of de- 

 fense ; 



(b) Diversion channels to give more 

 flowage capacity in the lower reg^ions . 

 of the Mississippi River; 



(c) Parallel channels to give more 

 flowage capacity above the diversion 

 channels ; 



(d) Surveys of tributary streams 

 to ascertain how to secure navigation, 

 power development and flood control 

 in one effort; 



(e) Reservoirs, to be located on 

 tributary streams, following the com- 

 pletion of surveys; 



(f) Reforestation. i ft . 



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We rely upon the corps of army en- 

 grineers to carry into effect the tech- 

 nical details of the above program, 

 and all expenses of the above plan to 

 be borne by the Federal Government. 



Transportation 



Transportation to argiculture as- 

 sumes national, and even international, 

 aspects. We advocate among others 

 the following plans to prevent losses 

 to agriculture by the payment of ex- 

 cessive transportation costs: 



(a) An American Merchants Mar- 

 ine of permanent character, under the 

 authority of the United States Shipping^ 

 Board; 



(b) Readjustment of freight rates 

 on the basis of the Hoch-Smith Reso- 

 lution; 



(c) The development of the Great 

 Lakes-St. Lawrence tidewater channel 

 and an early completion of treaty ne- 

 gotiations between the United States 

 and Canada; | ' t ll V 



(d) The rapid completion of the 

 Mississippi-Missouri-Ohio-Illinois river 

 system ; -. 



(e) Surveys and transportation de- 

 velopments on other main streams; 



(f ) Legislation to provide that toll 



bridges on our national highways shall 



revert to the government, when tolls 



have amortized cost and interest. 



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 Agricultural appropriations 



We request sufficient federal funds 

 for agriculture. We especially urge 

 adequate appropriations for the fol- 

 lowing projects: 



(a) Extensions work in agricul- 

 ture, home economics, and boys' and 

 girls' club work; 



(b) Continuation of T. B. eradi- 

 cation; 



(c) Quarantine and control of com 

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