The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, January 10, 1921, Page 9

” is his actual net income.-—(2) The larger a man’s income the higher the rate, of taxation he should pay. (3) Every -citizen should pay something toward the support of the government. (4) In levying taxes the aim should - be distribution of wealth to the many rather than a system which means concentratlon of wealth in the hands of a few.” Mr. Howard asked the editor of the Nonpartisan Leader to comment upon these four fundamentals. In reply to this request the editor of the Leader wrote Mr. Howard: “We were very much interested in the taxation fundamentals cited in your “letter, with the spirit of which we agree absolutely. But af‘er all i§ is upon the application of principles rather than the abstract idea which" any plan or policy has to stand or fall. “In our humble opinion the con- sumer now pays more than a fair share of the federal taxes. Of the 12 proposed new taxes listed by Mr. sider the Nonpartisan Leader the fore- most among farm papers and one of the few that doesn’t join with preda- tory big business to help thém fleece the farmers. Moiese, Mont. G. S. COLEMAN. — e Other letters on the ' American arm - Bureau: federation and allied subjects will be found on pages 14 and 15. : CITY LIGHT PLANTS According to the United States cen- sus there are now 2,318 municipally owned electric-light and power plants in the country, constituting 35 per cent of tne total number. The first muniec- ipal electric light plant was establish- ed in 1881. In 1890, the first year in which they appeared in the census re- ports, there were 137, constituting 13 per cent of the total number in the country. The growth since 1890 has been a steady one. ADVERTISEMENTS The Marketing: System A farmer the other day wrote to the Equity Co-Operative Exchange: “It looks to me that if they want an improvement on the present sys- tem (of marketing) they ought to cut the Gordian knot and send it through your company. You have a company that is not only organized, but is functioning.” Thousands of farmers beside the 21,000 stockholders of the Equity Co-Operative Ex- change think the same, no doubt. * Functlonmg '—that is the secret—and functioning with success and snttsfactmn—succeaa for the co-operative movement, and satisfaction to patrons in many states who have grain and livestock to sell. We are also the largest livestock commission firm at South St. Paul, and the only . co-operative one at Chicago. For the fullest measure of success the lanners need only to extend and expand the agency they have now built up through nine years of market buffeting and successes in Chicago, the Twin Cities, and the Head of the Lakes Equity Co-Operative Exchange GRAIN ! LIVESTOCK St...:Paul (FARMERS' OWN SELLING AGENCY) Chicago Superior, Wis. 4 e So. St. Paul Gregory, 10 would fall directly upon the consumer and the remaining two would be passed on to him immedi- ately. ' In stating that ‘Farmers can " no doubt indorse most of the proposed new taxes’ we feel, therefore, that the Federation representatives departed from the spirit of the fundamental prmclples they had adopted for their guidance.” . CRITICIZES FARM BUREAUS Editor Nonpartisan Leader: The Idaho Farmer of De¢ember 16 con- tained an article from the Farm Bu- reau federation. In part it stated that things are looking good down at ‘Washington. The farmer is esteemed and listened to as never before. Our counsel is sought and there is evi- dent desire on the part of congress- men to meet our wishes. They further state that the unwarranted holding of crops, striking, cutting down acreage, are all anarchistic. and destructive measures and get us nowhere in the end. I think such optimistic reports as the foregoing should be taken with a little salt. No doubt things are looking good to the millionaires and profiteers who are getting ready to have congress re- move the excess profits tax and in- crease the taxes on the common people who are less able to pay. I presume the reason farmers are esteemed and listened to is because they indorsed the scheme of the industrial confer- ence board, which shifts the taxes from the extremely rich-to the com- mon people. As long as the Farm Bureau works in the interests of trusts and big business congress will listen to them with both ears. I don’t know what they mean by “unwarranted holding of crops,” but I suppose it would be unwarranted to hold them after the milling trust and grain gam- ~ blers announce through the kept press . that they should sell. As to the farmer striking, I think if hé has gone broke he should have a right to quit. Un- less our war staff succeeds in national- izing all industry for war purposes then, of course, he would -have to la- bor on regardless of profit. As to cut- ting down acreage being anarchistic, it probably looked that way to grain gamblers and food profiteers but we ' farmers here call it good business judgment. A year or more ago I read an account of a Farm Bureau meeting which stated that the secretary of the . packing trust had addressed the meet- ing and indorsed the Farm Bureau and pledged the trust’s support. The banking interests and' chambers of commerce here boost for the Farm Bureau. 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