Page Eighteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



May, 19} 1 



Indiana Farm Bureau to 



Carry on Tax Fight 



Ohio Farm Bureau > 



Asks for Tax Reform 



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Conflict to Enter State Conventions of Major Parties 



THE Indiana Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion is planning to carry its fight 

 for tax revision based on ability to pay 

 to the state conventions of the major 

 poHtical parties in 1932. 



. In a recent statement Lewis Taylor, 

 director of the Federation's tax and 

 legislative department, said: 



"Northern Indiana industrial cap- 

 tains, stirred from their lukewarm at- 

 titude towards state politics by the tax 

 fights in the last legislature, are making 

 plans to have some voice in the state 

 conventions next year. "' "' '•' "' Activi- 

 ty of this sort is lending color to the 

 belief that in the preconvention cam- 

 paign the same conflict between rural 

 and urban centers over the income tax 

 plan which marked the closing days of 

 the legislature, will be re-enacted. 



Not with Money 



"It remains to be seen whether the 

 rural sections will rise to the occasion 

 and see that their voices will be heard 

 in the state conventions in 1932. If 

 the farmers are to be heard, they must 

 begin without delay to prepare to share 

 in the control of the conventions. This 

 they cannot do with money. The in- 

 dustrial captains have seen to that by 

 imposing their own taxes on us and re- 

 taining money thus obtained, to con- 

 trol state conventions. 



For Tax Equality 



"Our plan is easier and more simple, 

 as to win in this fight we must pro- 

 ceed at once to share in the control of 

 the political set-up from precinct com- 

 mitteemen to state chairmen of both 

 parties. If, in the fight for tax equali- 

 ty it is necessary to soil political hands 

 and clothes in the process of applying 

 dope to industrial blpodsuckers, savings 

 to farmers not only in money, but also 

 in political self-respect and economical 

 government, should provide adequately 

 for the laundry bill. To this end our 

 organization should now apply itself." 



A state income tax was passed by 

 both Houses in the recent session of 

 the Indiana General Assembly, but it 

 failed to become law. "The bill was 

 sent to the Governor, but over the pro- 

 tests of the House and its speaker," 

 states the Hoosier Farmer. "The pro- 

 test was based on the Senate's acceptance 

 of a report from its conferees recom- 

 mending passage of the bill in the form 

 it went through the House. Previous 

 Senate amendments changing rates and 

 exceptions radically were dropped. The 

 House protested that its conferees had 



not signed the report accepted by the 

 Senate as 'a conference report' and that 

 the Senate action was illegal." The 

 attorney general then declared the bill 

 unconstitutional. 



Farm Bureau Members 



Are Preferred Risks 



tjT F everyone of our policyholders 

 -L had the interest of his own com- 

 pany at heart as much as J. B. Sim- 

 mons of Johnson county, the cost of 

 accidents and overhead expense could 

 be reduced even further," says A. E. 

 Richardson, manager of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Mutual Insurance Com- 

 pany. "We believe Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers are preferred risks because they 

 work for the best interests of their own 

 company." * 



Richardson refers to the following 

 letter recently received from Mr. Sim- 

 mons: 



"In regard to the accident I had with 

 the car, went to a garage and the man 

 wanted $25 to fix same. Now this 

 damage does not interfere with the op- 

 eration of the car in any way. It will 

 be against the sale of the car when I 

 get ready to trade it in on another car, 

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"One of your officials made us a talk 

 at our Farm Bureau meeting at Vienna. 

 He made us see insurance as we had 

 never thought of it before. He made 

 us realize it was our Company and not 

 just an insurance company. This is 

 the reason been letting this matter go. 

 Thought I would be somewhere that I 

 could get the job done cheaper. If I 

 can't get it done for less than $2 5 will 

 let it go." 



Signed J. B. Simmons, 

 Johnson County, 111. 



As indicated in his letter, Mr. Sim- 

 mons was so sincere about wanting to 

 do the right thing for his own com- 

 pany that he offered to cancel his claim 

 against the company rather than pay an 

 exorbitant garage bill. 



Note: The company instructed Mr. Simmons 

 to have his car repaired and send in the bill. 



Thank You! 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co., 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



I have your letter of the 13th, saying your 

 Company had collected the full amount of my 

 loss of $32 from L. H. Minton and enclosing 

 your check for $6.40 covering balance due me. 

 That's what I call service and I want to thank 

 you very much. 



R. M. Atkinson, Pike County, 111. 

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Submits Recommendations to Gen- 

 eral Assembly of State 



The tax program recently presented 

 to a sub-committee of the Ohio Gen- 

 eral Assembly by the Ohio Farm Bu- 

 reau recommends: 



1. A personal income tax •with, low 

 rates and low exemptions. Fa- 

 vors exemptions lower than 

 thus far been suggested in or- 

 der to reach all those with abil- 

 ity to pay. 



2. An equitable tax on intangibles 

 either by a low rate or through 

 the income method, or both. 



3. Selective sales taxes to reach 

 luxuries and amusements. 



4. Certain business taxes of w^hich 

 stamp taxes, mortgages record- 

 ing taxes and stock transfer 

 taxes are types. 



5. Removal of the automobile from 

 the property tax and an equit- 

 able increase in the license fee. 



6. Truck and motor bus taxes lev- 

 ied in proportion to their use 

 of and damage to the highways. 



L. B. Palmer, president of the Ohio 

 Farm Bureau, who presented the pro- 

 gram, pointed out that a state survey 

 showed that approximately one-half of 

 the automobiles of the state are re- 

 turned for taxation, while the other 

 half escape. He stated that any new 

 taxes adopted should be replacement 

 taxes, not additional taxes. 



Insurattce, 



By L. A. Williams 



HAVE you named the children sec- 

 ond beneficiary in your life insur- 

 ance policies? Do you know that you 

 should, or why you should? Do you 

 know how to protect creditors with 

 life insurance, or how to protect the 

 beneficiary's interest against loss through 

 the bankruptcy of the insured while 

 living? Do you know how to prevent 

 life insurance funds from going through 

 probate costs? Do you know how to 

 protect the life insurance you leave to 

 your loved ones, against loss from un- 

 scrupulous men who trail down estates 

 left to widows? ■ - 



Write to Country Life for advice. It 

 is one of the big services of the Com- 

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