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Vol. X, No. 20A Newspaper For Michigan Farmers

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932 FIVE CENTSPER COPY Issued Semi-Monthly

NEWS POLLS LEGISLATURE CANDIDATES ON APPORTIONMENTTAX LIMITATION

MOST IMPORTANTTO RURAL MICH.

Proposal No. 2 Limits Tax,Plans Retirement of

Public Debt

Proposal No. 2, the fH % taxlimitation on real estate amend-ment to the Constitution, to be vot-ed upon Nov. 8 is the most import-ant tax question placed before thevoters in many years.

Proposal No. 2 appears to havealmost solid rural support. It ismore difficult to appraise its villageand city support, but many can befound who are planning to vote forit as a means of placing a definitelimit on future taxes and to enablethe public as a whole to pay theenormous public debt that has beenaccumulated.

Opposition ""to the • amendment sofar has come from political sources,and from individuals and groupswho fear a State income tax or theMarching effects of new forms oftaxation.

It is conceded by friends of theh real estate tax limitation

amendment that its enactment willrequire other types of taxation par-ticularly if the present scale of pub-

!»ending continues. The moreeconomy that can be effected, the

dependence will have to be plac-ed on other forms of taxation.

The FARM NEWS finds that theState, -city, county, township, schooldistrict and other taxing units todayowe some $750,000,000 for which

ire taxed probably $75,000,000annually for interest and sinkingfund requirements. This -tax, what-

it is. and no one seems quitesure as to the exact total, is includedin the annual $254,000,000 taxlevied annually by these units for allpurposes.

In 1913 all units described aboveoperated on a total tax levy of $40,-000.000. In 1925, George Lord,chairman of the State Tax Commis-sion, warned us that we were then

•HI,000,000 in debt and going inUeeper with every bond issue.

Friends of the 1 % % tax limita-tion amendment say that if we con-linue tft spend $254,000,000 annual-ly, the tax limitation amendment of1%% or $15 per thousand willraise about $99,000,000 on realestate. The limitation amendmentprovides that additional taxes shallbe levied on real estate until theprincipal and interest of outstand-ing debts has been retired. An an-imal addjtional levy of $86,000,000on real estate or about 2.4% alto-gether, should retire this debt inabout 10 years. In the meantimenew debts or extravagances are dis-couraged by the 1V2 % limitation.

The above real estate levies wouldiotal $ls:».iM)O.(iOti(i. leaving $69.-"00,000 of tile 254 million to beraised from other sources, .probably1 State income tax, a sales tax andwhatever other items the Legisla-tive should decide upon. Economiesreducing the 254 million dollar an-nual levy of today would be reflect-ed in lighter demands of otherforma of taxation.

Outstanding arguments' of thoseopposed to the amendment is that bycutting the average tax from $32.23to $15 per thousand it would alsocut the corporation tax to $15 andthus halve the primary school fundand wreck the school system.

Friends of the amendment pointout that half the primary schoolfund is IVes. licenses, insurance tax-' . etc., that would not be affectedl\\- the amendment. The otherhalf would stand the $15 basic rate,Plus additional taxes for debts andinterest, up to $24 or whatever theannual average rate might be.School economies would play an im-portant part in the amount of moseyneeded, and that the .Legislaturelias power to remedy any remainingdifficulty, it is stated.

Ohio has had such a tax limitationin effect for several years, with bene-lit.Thie text of the amendment:

PROPOSED TAX LIMITATIONAMENDMENT '

The total amount of taxes assessedagainst property for all purposes inany one year shall not exceed oneand noe-half per cent of the assessedvaluation of said property, excepttaxes levied for the payment of in-terest and principal on obligationsheretofore incurred, which sums shallbe separately assessed in all cases;PRuVIDED"that this limitation maybe increased for a period of not to ex-ceed five years at any one time, tonot more than a total of five per cent°f the assessed valuation by a two-thirds vote of the electors of any as-sessing district, or when provided forby the charter of a municipal corpor-ation; PROVIDED FURTHER, thatthis limitation shall not apply to taxeslevied in the year 1932.

JVo!Senate

FRANCIS A. KULP, (DEM.)Battle Creek

9th Senatorial Dist."The population of Detroit has

fallen off since\ the last census wastaken. The population of the ruraldistricts has increased."

C JAY TOWN, (REP.)North Adams

10th Senatorial Dist."J do not believe it a good policy for

the State of Michigan to grant to afew industrial centers of populationthe large representation than thisamendment would give."

THEODORE C. RUFF, (DEM.)St. Clair

11th Senatorial Dist."I do not think that a change in

term, from 2 to 4 years in.office wouldbring better results than we are get-ting now."

ANDREW L. MOORE, (REP.)Pontiac

12th Senatorial Dist."I am opposed to creating senatorial

districts by Constitutional amendment.I am opposed to a larger increase inrepresentation, which the amendmentwill give to Wayne County. I believethat a territorial basis, as well • aspopulation, should be considered bothin senatorial and representative rep-resentation."

WILLIAM PALMER, (DEM.)Flint

13th Senatorial Dist."As I understand this amendment,

there would only be 15 representativesto the House from above the Muske-gon-Bay City line. I am not contentto believe that the upstate majority inthe Senate would counterbalance sucha reapportionment in the House."

*PETER B. LENNON, (REP.)Lennon

13th Senatorial Dist."I would say that 25 members

should be the limit any one countyshould have in the Legislature. Theproposed amendment I understand willgive Wayne County 39 members of theHouse; No county should ask for sucha top heavy delegation."

HENRY C. GLASNER, (DEM.)Charlotte

15th Senatorial Dist."Not fair to country districts."

*CHESTER M. HOWELL, (REP.)Saginaw

22nd Senatorial Dist."I believe the House is balanced, at

this time, or it should be. I can see nogood reason for a change. Wayne hasalways in my 10 years in the Houseand Senate, got fair treatment, fromrest of state."

*VVILLIAM F. TURNER, (DEM.)Morley

25th Senatorial Dist.

"No."

CHARLES C. WBI.LS, (DEM.)Traverse City

27th Senatorial Dist.

"No."*BEN CARPENTER, (REP.)

Harrison28th Senatorial Dist.

"No."

• CALVIN A. CAMPBELL, (REP.)Indian River

29th Senatorial Dist.

"No. 2 '

HouseWALDO W. HOLBROOK, (DEM.)

WaylandAllegan Dist. (House)

"This bill is fostered by large cityinterests and is detrimental to thefarmer."

HENRY E. PERRY, (REP.)Newberry

Alger Dist. (House)"This amendment gives too much

power to the urban districts and notenough to the rural districts ifadopted."

ARTHUR U. ODELL, (REP.)Allegan

Allegan Dist. (House)"If the people of Michigan do not

want to turn the entire state govern-ment over to Wayne County, voteWo'."

•HENRY DOUVILLE. (REP.)Alpena

Alpena Dist. (House)"It would not be fair to the rest of

the state to have 2 or 3 counties con-

Saginaw And Bay Co.Farmers' Straw Vote

Saginaw—'Representatives of theCounty Farm Bureaus, Granges andco-operative elevators in Saginawand Bay counties meeting here Oct.20 to discuss the constitutionalamendments expressed themselvesas follows:1. P"or State liquor Commission YES2. I"/-0,, Tax Limitation YES3. Reapportionment NO4. Homestead Exemption $3,000 NO5. To allovv twp. voters voting places

in cities within twps. YES6. Prohibit pardons for murderers YES7. Taxpayers only vote expenditures YES8. To adopt Lennon oleo law YES

Out-State Men OverwhelminglyOppose Amendment; Say Vote NO

Outside of Wayne county, 64 Republican and Democratic candi-dates for the Legislature have told the Michigan Farm News that theywill vote NO and a,dvise citizens to vote NO Nov. 8 on Constitutionalamendment No. 3 to apportion the Legislature according to the so-called "Michigan Plan" offered by Wayne county. Ten out-statecandidates favor No. 3. These candidates are 6 to 1 against the amend-

\rnent. Wayne county candidates support No. 3.Candidates outside Wayne county who oppose the apportionment amendment declare it

will give control of the legislature to Detroit and Wayne county politicians. The Farm Newson October 12 asked candidates for the legislature this question:

'' In your opinion, should Michigan voters vote YES or NO November8 on Proposal No. 3, the Reapportionment Amendment? Why?"

Nearly all those replying explain their vote, sometimes in vigorous language. We pre-sent the replies under YES and NO headings. A * before a candidate's name indicates thathe is up for re-election. If you do not find your candidate's views, he hasn't replied todate.

If Amendment No. 3 is adopted, Wayne county's representation in the House will in-crease from 21 to 39 of 100 seats. Detroit representatives will ocuppy 32 of the seats. Fourcounties—Wayne, Oakland, Genesee and Kent will hold 53 of 100 seats in the House. Notwo-thirds vote could be successful in the House if 35 Wayne members cared to block it.

Proposal No. 3 abolishes the moiety clause which allows counties having more than halfthe population required for a representative to have independent representation. ManyMichigan counties now having one representative would be joined to one or more countiesto have one representative. 31 representatives now come from all Michigan north of BayCity and Muskegon. Detroit and other cities would get all but 15 of those seats. Amend-

„ ment No. 3 preserves present Senatorial districts to the end that Wayne shall hold previousgains—8 out of 32 Senate seats.

The Wayne county effort for reapportionment by constitutional amendment has beendefeated twice by Michigan voters: in 1924 by 781,351 votes against to 216,437 for; in 1930about 305,601 against to 264,394 for. In 1930 over 169,000 of the favorable votes were cast inWayne county. Out-state, 50 counties voted more than 4 to 1 against; all but 8 voted morethan 2 to 1 against.

The Legislature convening January 1, 1933, is under constitutional mandate to ap-portion. Some candidates in replying to the News agree there should be an apportionment,but insist that there should be a limitation upon the number of seats allowed great centersof population for the safety of the State as a whole. Proposal No. 3 carries no limitations.

The Michigan State Farm Bureau, the Grange, Fanners Clubs lead a tremendous farmeropposition to Amendment No. 3.

Yes!Senate

No!trol Michigan. We from the Northwant fair representation."

*LEN W. FEIGHNER, (REP.)Nashville

Barry Dist. (House)"When the people of the State are

ready to turn over complete control ofthe State to Detroit, they might votefor this so-called 'Michigan Plan',which is in reality a Detroit plan andshould be so designated."

CHARLES F. PARKER, (DEM.)Middleville

Barry Dist. (House)"I think the amendment should not

be supported by farmers and villag-ers."

DON. R. PEARS, (REP.)St. Joseph

Berrien Dist. (House)"Unless I can be shown exactly how

it might be of benefit to the majorityof counties In the State, I shall againvote 'No'."

MORGAN E. TYLER, (REP.)Coldwater

Branch Dist. (House)"It would give Detroit in combina-

tion with one or two othe.r cities abso-lute control of all State affairs whichmight not always be for the best in-terests of the rural population."

EDWARD AUSTIN. (DEM.)Battle Creek

2nd Calhoun Dist. (House)"My interest is still with fanners."

ERNEST FAIRCLOTH, (DETM.)Cheboygan

Cheboygan Dist. (House)"No."

*JOHN P. ESPIE, (REP.)Eagle

Clinton Dist. (House)"The passage of this measure would

mean placing control of the lowerhouse in the hands of four counties.All sections of the state should be rep-resented not according entirely topopulation but according to businessinterests and territory."

GEORGE H. SCHOENHALS, (DEM.)St. Johns

Clinton Dist. (House)"Two or three industrial counties

would govern the agricultural coun-ties. I am advising people to vote'No'."

• HELMER BRUCE, (REP.)Bark River

Delta Dist. (House)

"Both Houses should not be appor-tioned strictly according to popula-tion."

No!-FRANK D. BROWN, (REP.)

BellevueEaton Dist. (House)

"No plan of legislative reapportion-ment is safe for the state as a wholeuntil we set a definite limitation onthe maximum number of representa-tives to which any one county may beentitled. The so-called 'Michigan Planof Reapportionment' to be voted onnext month is still the same old'Wayne County Plan', except with afew variations."

*DANA H. HINKLEY, (REP.)Petoskey

Emmet Dist. (House)"This amendment eliminates the

moiety clause now in the constitutionand there for 24 years. The moietyclause protects the smaller 'counties.This amendment is the old so-calledDetroit plan of two years ago, whichwas defeated in 1930, dressed up in anew name. It should be defeated."

EUGENE BROWN, (DEM.)Conway

Emmet Dist. (House)"No."

KENNETH B. MONTIGEL, "P.)Alma

Gratiot Dist. (House)"No."

No!

*FRED W. HARDIN6, (REP.)Grosse Pte. Village1st Senatorial Dist.

"The amendment is a more just ap-portionment than the Constitutionnow provides for."

'ARTHUR E. WOOD, (REP.)Detroit

4th Senatorial Dist."The people of Michigan should

have equal representation in the Leg-islature of Michigan as elsewhere,especially when they live in a districtthat pays a fair portion of the taxnecessary to support the State. Other-wise a dissatisfied group of people andthat is not good government."

LEE A. GORMAN, (DEM.)Detroit

5th Senatorial District"The State of Michigan is supported

by the taxpayers, therefore, these peo-ple are entitled to equal representa-tion in the Legislature according topopulation."

CASSIUS M. DEWEY, (DEM.)Sturgis

6th Senatorial Dist."I think I shall very unenthusiast ic

ally vote 'yes' but will feel no disap-pointment if it does not carry- There1

arc many more important mattersworthy of consideration."

JOHN C. STAFFORD, (DEM.)Lawrence

8th Senatorial Dist."This seems to be the best solution

for rural districts. The eighth sena-torial district has a population of92,534, while the average Wayne Coun-ty district has nearly three times asmany. The majority of voters mustrule but this will give us our StateSenate to temper that rule with sense,safety and stability. If we farmersreject this we will lose our dignity."

EARL W. MUNSHAW, (REP.)Grand Rapids

16th Senatorial Dist."Yes."

JOHN W. REID, (REP.)Highland Park

18th Senatorial Dist."Not ideal but it is a step in the

right direction."

JOHN NICHCZYNSKI, (DEM.)Detroit

21st Senatorial Dist."It will give the people a just repre-

sentation."

"Yes."

tution because the farmer today hastoo little representation in the StateLegislature. When Detroit and othercities can demonstrate to us that theycan manage their own affairs in an ef-ficient and an economical manner itwill be then time enough to give themcontrol of our State Legislature." I

*VERNON J. BROWN, (REP.)Mason

Ingham Dist. (House)"No."

^STANLEY M. POWELL, (REP.)Ionia

Ionia Dist. (House)"Its adoption would certainly turn

over the c6ntrol of the House to bigcity domination and indefinitely post-pone all hopes for tax reform andother legislation to give fair play tofarm folks. My advice is that youget out all your neighbors to vote•No'."

M. L. COON, (DEM.)Baraga

32nd Senatorial Dist.

House

HASKELL L. NICHOLS, (R"EP.)Jackson

Jackson Dist. (House)"No."

LAVERNE HATCH, (DEM.)Horton

2nd Jackson Co. Dist. (House)"It's my opinion that the number of

representatives should be based on thepopulation with the counties limited

KEITH KELLOGG, (DEM.)Ithaca

Gratiot Dist. (House) .."If this proposition carries rural *° a c e r t a m number and the number of

counties never again will have ade- ^imt0™ based on the area."quate representation in the lowerbranch of our State government."

•CHARLES T. KIMBALL, (REP.)Jonesville

Hillsdale Dist. (House)"The Michigan Plan amendment was

initiated by a group of metropolitanspokesmen. It should be defeated."

•GUS T. HARTMAN, (REP.)Houghton

Houghton Dist. (House)"No."

"ELMER B. MCDONALD, (REP.)Port Hope

Huron Dist. iriouse)"I am opposed to the Reapportion-

ment Amendment to the State Const!-

Pass This Paper toYour Neighbor

So that he may be informed onthe importance of defeating the pro-posed Wayne County reapportion-ment Amendment (No. 3).

*CARL F. DELANO, (REP.)Kalamazoo

2nd Kalamazoo Dist. (House)"Voters of the State, of Michigan

would be very foolish to adopt thisamendment. In a few years WayneCounty and the surrounding areawould have control of the House, andat that time they would want to re-apportion the Senate, and would soonhave control of that side alao.would like to see.* * * ConstitutionalAmendment to be voted upon in 1934stating that no county could ever have,regardless of population, more than

of the membership of the Houseof Representatives. The Senate to re-main as is for all time."

DOUGLAS D. TIBBITS, (REP.)East Jordan

Cheboygan Dist. (House)"If we do not adopt this amendment

the coming legislature will be compelled to reapportion both Senate andHouse on a strictly population basis.'

•ATE DYKSTRA, (REP.)Grand Rapids

1st Kent Co. Dist. (House)"While the proposal is not perfect,

it seems to be the only way to get amore just representation in the Legis-lature, which is sadly lacking up tothis time."

JOHN LAUGHNANE (DEM.), Lapeer

Lapeer Dist. (House)"The only question as to the reap

portionment submitted in this proposed amendment is, whether it is equitable and just to one's own county ordistrict. As to Lapeer county's sharein the reapportionment, I am satisfled."

MILTON W. BROWN, (DEM.)Reed City

Osceola Dist. (House). "I understand this still gives a little

advantage to the rural sections and isatisfactory to the cities, should thinkit would satisfy the less populateddish-icts."

MARVIN W. TURNER, (DEM.)Grand Haven

Ottawa Dist. (House)"The best compromise which could

probably be worked out to prevent thepossibility that both houses of thlegislature might eventually becomedominated by metropolitan interests.

*RICHARD A. MACRAE, (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"This amendment * * * represent

ANNUAL MEETINGPROGRAM GIVEN

BY FARM BUREAUTo Consider Many Matters

At East LansingNov. 10-11

Business sessions of the 15th an-ual meeting of the Michigan 8arm Bureau will be at the Union

Memorial bui lding at Shi te college,East Lansing', beginning at 9 a. m.harp Thursday and Friday, Nov.

10 and 11.The annual dinner of the Farm

Bureau will be served in the Unionball room Thursday evening at 6:30p. m. at 7 5c per plate. President E,A. O'Neal of the American Farm Bu-

wi!l speak.

.1. o\The 1932 session, in addition to

onsidering Farm Hureau work andnisiness activities for tin1 past year,will pass on the general programlor the ensuing year. Action ot theproposed amendments lo the Constitution by voters No. 8 is quitoikely to call for an expression from

t,he State Farm Bureau on the tax;ition and reapportionment matters;hat will confront the Michigan les-slature in January, 1933. Congress?meets early in December. TheAmerican Farm Bureau Federationannual meeting is Dec. 5, 6, 7. ThoMichigan Farm Bureau will considerquestions to come before botliroups.Sec'y C. L. Brody will report on

the public service activities of tii<-Farm Bureau in tax, highway, trans-portation and other matters, andparticularly in the 1933 special ses-sion of the Legislature when ' theFarm Bureau saw a ten year pro-gram to remove all road taxes fromreal estate practically assured bythe Horton Act; he will report onthe services rendered Farm Bureaumembers and others on, Farm Bu-reau dairy and poultry feeds, ferti-lizers, oils and other supplies; theFarm Bureau Milling Company andthe Farm Bureau Oil Company, inwhich Ohio and Indiana are inter-ested with Michigan; the automobileand life insurance service given bythe Farm Bureau as state agent forthe State Farm Companies.

BUREAU INSURANCEMEN MEET NOV. 9

Several Hundred Expected;Will View Company's

Movies

Several hundred local agents ofthe State Farm Mutual AutomobileInsurance Co. and the State FarmLife Insurance company and theirwives will attend their annual meeiing with the Michigan Farm Bureaustate agent at the Union Memorialbuilding, State College, Wednesday,Nov. 9. beginning at 9 a. m.

Dinner will be served ut the Union|at noon with a program to follow.

the combined judgment of many minds President Mecherle'of the Stateafter careful study of the question. J Farm Companies and Vice PresidentMi i h l t t ith

MAURICE E. POST, (REP.)Rockford

3rd Kent Co. Dist. (House)

"It would take from thecounties and give to larger."

smaller

•DEXTER G. LOOK, (REP.)Lowell

2nd Kent Co. Dist. (House)r "No."

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situation where rural and industrialviewpoints are not in accord, and in nostate where similar conditions existhave I found everybody satisfied. Ifwe are to continue to advocate repre-sentation according to population, thensome method must be devised tochange the basis of apportionment,for it has been demonstrated the Leg-islature will not do it under the pres-ent terms of the constitution."

•WILLIAM B. CAMPBELL, (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"I would prefer the constitution as

(Conti <1

have been invited.Wednesday evening at East Junior

High school auditorium, Lansing,the agents, Ingham county a/idsouth Clinton county pottcyholdersand early arrivals for the StateFarm Bureau meeting are invitedto an entertainment which includestwo feature talking motion pictures,"Horse Sense" and "The,tjor," produced by the Iajrurancifarm news rid a cartoonicomedy. The picture programbe shown to State Farm Mutualpolicynolders in some 40 Michigancounties.

Nov. 8 Every Voter Should Vote NO on Proposal No. 3

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Vol. X SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1932 No. 20

Not to Be Taken LightlyEver ed amendment to the Constitution and the referendum

on Public Act 55 of 1931, the Lennon Oleo Act, deserves the seriousconsideration of every voter Nov. 8. Sound decisions on these mattersare important to the State and to our respective home interests.

For this reason, we have featured the amendments in this edition.We believe the apportionment amendment is a most dangerous proposal.Up-state must rajly to save itself. •,

Amendment No. 1 is a frank move repeal our State prohibition actin anticipation of Federal repeal; No. 2 is an honest effort to limit taxesand get us out of public debt; No. 3 is a thoroughly objectionable grabfor metropolitan control of the legislature, masquerading as a general-ly approved compVomise. v

Farmers and city home owners naturally like the thought of $3,000homestead exemption, but they fear amendment No. 4 is not safe relief;they prefer No. 2, the \V%% tax limitation amendment. No. 5 is favorableto township voters,—no hooks in that one; No. 6 aims to keep 1st degreemurderers in prison,—this may or may not be good Constitutional law.Property owners will feel justified in supporting No. 7 to limit vote onpublic expenditures to taxpayers.

In the Lennon Act, farmers have said to oleo interests, "You may notcolor butter substitutes to resemble butter. You should be taxed inMichigan by license fees as much as % of lc per pound on oleo. Ourbutter pays an average of 3c per lb. in taxes." Vote YES on No. 8 tosustain the Lennon Law and defeat oleo interests' attack on it.

Speculators Sniping County Agr'l AgentsSpeculative interests in farm products hate county agricultural

agents. They will kill off as many as possible this fall in Boards ofSupervisors and at the general election wherever they have been suc-cessful in making continuance of the cou,nty agr'l agent an "economy"issue.

Speculative interests have no use for county agents because of theeducational assistance they render farmers in developing co-operativemarketing enterprises. The heresy of making marketing informationavailable to farmers seems to render as nothing in speculative eyes allcrop, live stock and poultry improvements, all crop and live stock diseasecontrol work carried on by county agr'l agents. A word about marketingand they move to destroy the agent a:> an "economy" measure for the tax-payers!

Yesterday we learned of a Thumb county board of supervisors grave-ly discussing the economy to be effected by eliminating the county agr'lagent. That board permits the sheriff's office expense to run many thous-ands of dollars; it will probably oblige the taxpayers to pay $35,000more for a public building than is necessary in order to give the bid toa. local contractor "to employe home folks". No one asked if the lowbidder might not be glad to employe all home labor. To steer the countyagent committee in the path of righteousness, the county seat bean ele-vator operator stepped in to advise that the county wouldn't miss a coun-ty agent.

County agents don't run around yelling "See what I did!' Perhapsthey should. Their advice on soils, crops, live stock, poultry and othermatters often pays farmers weeks and months after it was given. Farmerssay less about such results than does the agent. If farmers want to bekept in the dark on marketing matters, speculative dealers will arrangeit Cor them if they just sit still. If they object, they should comparecounty agent costs and benefits with other county expenses and benefits.Demand a showdown.

No. 1Proposed Amendment No. 1

the Noy. 8 ballot aims to replace thclause in Art. XVI of the State Coistitiition which prohibits the manufactiu or sale of liquor with a ne

ion which will authorize th[Legislature to appoint a liquor control commission, to tax liquor, tallow county local option on thliquo tral

Reason for Proposal No. 1: If th18th Amendment and the V<Act should be rep. iled, Michigaiwould still have a provision in heState Constitution outlawing thliquor business.

A v favors No. l, wbiciwould nul fj m r state prohibitionlaw. NO rejects No. 1.

No. 2Proposed Amendment No. 2, t(

limit the tax on real estate to 1 yk 7tof the assessed valuation in any omyear after 1932, except for paymenof interest and principal of previous indebtedness, etc., is discussed in an article in this edition

YES vote favors No. 2. NO votoopposes it.

No. 3Proposed Amendment No. .'),<th<:

"Michigan Plan" to reapportion thelegislature, offered by Wayno coun-ty, aims to redistrict representationin the House strictly according topopulation to increasle Senator'sterms from 2 to 4 years and makepermanent present Senate districtsby writing them into the Constitu-tion.

Rural Michigan opposes No. 3 asconcentrating control of the Housein Detroit and Wayne county.

YE6 vote favors No. 3. NO voteopposes it. Farmer opposition toNo. 3 is almost unanimous.

No. 4Proposed Amendment No. 4 would

allow every taxpayer $1,000 person-al property exemption and $3,000homestead exemption.

Farmers fear this amendment ac-cording to observations made by theFarm News at former meetings.They have noted that adoption ofNo.' 4 would remove 00 to 80% oftaxable real estate from the rolls intowns and township, leaving the re-maining real estate and new formsof taxation to carry the full load.Friends of No. 4 admit such calcu-lations to be correct and state theywould force the Legislature to pro-vide new sources of revenue. Farm-ers in straw votes are for No. 2 nowand against No. 4 for the present.

-* vote t NO vote

No. 5Proposed ^niieuuuient No. 5 is of

interest to rural voters in that itsadoption would enable townshipvoters to have voting place in a cityincorporated from township terri-tory. A number of instances havecome to the attention of the FarmNews where villages have incor-porated as cities. Prior to that thetownship voted in the townhall lo-cated in the village. After incor-poration of the village, townshipvoters lost the use of their townhallas a voting place and had to estab-lish new polling places and othertownship facilities outside the city.

YES vote favors No. 5. NO voteopposes it.

No. 6Proposed Amendment No. 6 would

prohibit a Governor from pardoningpersons who have been convicted of1st degree murder; would requirehim to report to the Legislaturereasons for pardon or commutation.

YES vote favors No. 6; NO voteopposes.

No. 7Proposed Amendment No. 7 would

limit vote on public expendituresand bond issues to taxpayers, hus-band and wife. Farmers generallyfavor of No. 7. Adoption of No. 4 andNo. 7 would disenfranchise fromvoting on public expenditures allhose exempted from tax under No.

4.YES vote favors No. 7. NO vote

opposes.

No. 8Proposal No. 8 is a referendum on

he Lennon Oleo Act, Public Act 55f 1931, instituted by oleomargarinenterests to kill that law.

Reason: The Lennon Act protectslichigan dairy interests by prohibit-

sale in Michigan of Oleo or but-er substitutes colored to imitateutter; it also imposes annual licen-e fees of $100 each on manufactur-ra and wholesalers, and $5 annual-f on retailers of butter substitutes,

the Lennon Act is sustained, but-r substitutes, not now taxed inichigan, will pay a tax of 2-3 of 1nt per pound. State college cal-

ulates that every pound of Mich-igan butter pays 3 cents in taxes,calculating its share of farm taxes,creamery taxes and license fees, etc.

YES vote Tavors the Lennon Actand is the way farmers and friendsof Michigan's dairy industry shouldvote; NO vote opposes the Act andis what the oleo iuterests hop*? for.

Do You Remember?News From the Files of This Paper Regarding Matters In

Which You Were Interested Years Ago

OCTOBER 26, 1923State Grange at Muskegon expected to follow action of county

Granges in endorsing 2 cent gasoline tax and censuring Gov. Groes-beck and Administrative Board in their attempt to wrest control ofMichigan Agricultural College from State Board of Agriculture.

Michigan Milk Producers organizes dairymen around Ann Arbor,Flint, Grand Rapids and Sagiuaw.

Hay market profitable again. Up from $8 to %\Z per ton for stand-ard timothy, says Michigan Elevator Exchange.

Van Buren county grape growers realize from ?5 to $10 more perton through Paw Paw Co-op Ass'n.

L. L. Barney, farmer, paying road tax on M-ll, near Colomacounts 10,608 motor vehicles driven past his place in 7 days, of which5,910 were out of State cars. Barney pays road* tax. Visiting carspay nothing toward roads. He is for a gasoline tax.

OCTOBER 31, 1924Michigan State Farm Bureau condemns Wayne county plan for

reapportionment, to be voted on Nov. 4. Says it abolishes moietyclause which gives smaller counties independent representation inLegislature. 36 counties would yield representatives to Wayne.

High price and short clover seed crop speeds trend toward alfal-fa.

1924 wool pool paid him1 $240 more on 4,000 lby than local buyersoffered, says E. M. Cadwallader of Augusta. Marketing by gradethrough the pool returned Frank Kinch of Grindstone City 13c moreon 6,000 lbs. or $780.

Monroe and Kalamaaoo county farmers will pay total of $42,500less taxes annually as result of valuation investigations comparingassessments of rural and city property made by State Farm Bureauand Monroe and Kailamazoo County Farm Bureaus.

C. H. Bramble of State Grange, affirmative, and Frank Sparks,editor of Grand Rapids Herald, in stirring debate at Grange annual atPetoskey on Grange State Income Tax proposed constitutional amend-ment on November 4 ballot.

Henry Wallace, Sec'y of Agriculture in Coolidge cabinet, dies atWashington.

Michigan crops show effect of backward season. Yields low.Prices strongest since War. Oats, barley bumper crops. Bean qualitygood.

Steel prices drop $4 per ton after Pittsburgh plus system of add-ing freight from Pittsburgh regardless of place of manufacture isabolished by Federal Trade Commission after long battle in whichFarm Bureau took part.

OCTOBER 30, 1925Michigan Milk Producers at 9th annual meeting reports it sells

all milk from 12,000 farms in 6 city markets of Detroit, Grand Rapids,Ann Arbor, Saginaw, Flint and Mason. Value $18,<>00,000 annually.Guarantees farmers returns, pays all expenses on 2c per cwt. charge.

President Coolidge accepts invitation to address American FarmBueeau at Chicago December 7. Farmers expect pronouncement onmuch discussed McNary-Haugen agricultural surplus control bill.

Talk that Gov. Groesbeck wants to cancel $10,000,000 in Statereward money due counties and invest it in building more concreteroads.

Sec'y Brody of Michigan Farm Bureau tells mid-west Farm Bur-eaus that 91 cents of farm tax dollar is being spent locally.

American Farm Bureau traffic men and E. L. EAving for MichiganFarm Bureau traffic dep't severely cross-examine Dr. David Friday,former Michigan Agr'l College president at railroad rate hearing atChicago. Dr. Friday testified for 48 midwestern and western railroadsthat farmers are prospering and are well able to stand a freight rateincrease.

OCTOBER 29, 1926Michigan State Farm Bureau joins 7 midwest State Farm Bureaus

iu adopting State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. plan forfarm owned cars which gives farm cars benefit of their lower risk.Alfred Bentall heads Michigan Farm Buerau's insurance dep't.

IFederal seed staining law becomes effective. Enacted as result ofexposures of worthlessness of Italian, French and Argentine alfalfaand clover seed by Michigan and other midwest Farm Bureaus.Fratce was sending us 16,000,000 lbs. of red clover seed a year, mostof which was sent to middlewest States.

Michigan Milk Producers continue study of polling plan lor dis-posal of milk.

OCTOBER 28, 1927Officers of 40 County Farm Bureaus in two day meeting at Lan-

sing discuss ways and means to extend Farm Bureau services to mem-bers and to develop new services.

McNary-Haugen Farm Relief bill to provide export plan for dispos-ing of agricultural surpluses and maintain strong domestic pricescontinues to hold attention of mid-west farmers.

OCTOBER 26, 1928Saugutuck Co-op Fruit Exchange ships 125 cars of fruit annually.

Prattville Co-op does business of quarter of a million annually. Cold-water Co-operative Company, founded in 1915, now ships' much ofcounty's grain and livestock, handles 5 to 80 carloads of potatoesannually, does enormous farm supplies and grinding business. Bliss-field Co-operative Company with several branches in Lenawee countyis leading business in one of greatest stock feeding counties in thenation. 700 stockholders operate the Tri-State co-op at Montgomery.These Items appeared in a co-operative ass'n edition of the News ofthis date.

OCTOBER 25, 1929Published on "Black Friday" of the great collapse in values on the

New York Stock Exchange, beginning of the panic.Market a sad disappointment to every farmer who held wheat,

says the Michigan Elevator Exchange. While North American cropwas short 500,000 bushels this year, heavy carry-over and general busi-ness dullness has ruined market. No prospects for improvement untilspring unless Farm Board comes into the wheat market, the Exchangeobserves.

Corn down 15c a bushel from high mark, exchange continues.Bean crop very short in Michigan, but 1,000,000 bushels larger nation-ally. Low tariff enables European nations and others to hurdle $1.75per cwt. duty here at a profit to them. Imports are large. FarmBureau begins campaign for tariff of $3.00 per cwt.

Detroit organizes two plans to divert gasoline tax revenues toregions from which they originate. Gas tax money for city expendi-tures and somebody else build out-State roads to carry Detroit's out-State business and pleasure traffic. Farm Bureau opposes plans.

OCTOBER 25, 1930Farm News asks all State office seekers "What should Michigan

voters do with reapportionment amendment at November 4 election?"Wayne seeking to gain 3 more seats in Senate and 18 more in House.Scores of candidates for Congress and Legislature reply. Out-Statemen jalmost unanimous in urging "NO". Wayne county candidatesnaturally unanimous for "YES" vote.

22,412 fewer farmers in operation in Michigan since 1925, accord-ing to U. S. Dep't of Agriculture.

Clinton county supervisors in spring session heed 700 majorityof voters previous September and retain county agr'l agent. Super-visors vote NO 10 to 8 in October. 350 farmers quit work and call onsupervisors next day. Motion is reconsidered.

Fifty girls at Detroit City hall busy every day mailing literature tovoters to support Wayne County reapportionment measure. WayneCounty Property Owners Ass'n protests such use of taxpayers moneyfor political expansion.

OCTOBER 24, 1931Interstate Commerce Commission denies joint plea of all U. S.

railroads for a flat increase of 15% in allrates. Allows increases notto exceed 10 9c in many commodities, but most farm rates untouched.Rules strong railroads must share benefits with weak railroads. Com-mission lectures railroads, advising such increase would drive more"business to trucks, and that average earnings of roads are better thanin many other industries. Michigan Farm Bureau represented Mich-igan farmers in submitting evidence to show they could not stand a15 %, increase iu freight rates.

October EveningBy R. S. CLARK

Posh, listen, Marthr, I'ost has ROI to oome..\'i> u s e t ry ing to ta iu- and head it «>n.

N e v e r k n e w October i»wt w h a t it frosted some ,Ami Ice comes In the water trough.

Soph, Mnrthy, listen! Course your Sowers are pretty—Wonderful — gorgeous — 1 like 'em too.

We'll both agree it's ;i doggone pity,Uut B'posing it is so? What can we do.'

All those asters, sliasgy and bright.Those prize daliahs, big as my foot,

Frost is fcniiiK to lix 'em some hue ni^ht,Btlff U B weds*, and blacker than suot.

I'm not heartless, ami I'm not cruel,J'm not saying it'll freeze right .soon.

I can't help it if the nights get cool'L,onjj in October in the dark of the moon.

There, there, Marthy. Don't start to sipuiwl.I'll come and help you t over things well.

T wont freeze tight -so early in the Fall,And after three frosts comes a long nice spell.

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States Position

Lansing—"William A. Comstock,Democratic candidate for Governor,farors the reapportionment amend-ment and opposes the 1%% taxlimit on real estate proposal. Gov-ernor Wilber M. Brucker, Repub-lican candidate for re-election, holdsthat discussion of the amendmentshas no place in the Governorshipcampaign, and declines to commentupon their merits.

Mr. Comstock was reported bythe Detroit News, on Oct. 11, as ex-pressing partial dissatisfaction withthe reapportionment amendment.He took exception to that part of theamendment which seeks to guaran-tee out-state Michigan its presentrepresentation in the Senate.

Representation in both housesshould be on the basis of populationas now provided in the Constitu-tion", he said. "I do not believethe constitution should fix the sen-atorial districts; that should be leftto the Legislature, as it now is.^However, I think the amendmentwill bring some improvement, so Iwill vote for it."

Both the 1 % % tax limitation onreal estate and the amendmentwhich proposes tax exemption up to$3,000 for homesteads are disap-proved by the Democratic nominee,who says: "Adoption of theseamendments would upset the wholegoing system of taxation and reme-dy its defects only as regards asmall section of the people."

Mr. Comstock also expressed himself as for the prohibition repeaamendment. He is against limitin,the power to vote on bond issue,and other questions directly involving the expenditure of publimoney, so that only taxpaying electors may vote on these mattersHe also opposes restriction on thpower of the Governor to issue pardons and commutations of sentenceto persons convicted of first degre<murder, as proposed in anotheamendment.

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Brucker Tells ViewsGovernor Brucker's position upoi

the amendments was outlined in thecourse of an address delivered, irLansing, Oct. 12, before tire Stateconvention of the Michigan Munici-pal League.

"These amendments were initiat-ed by the people and they are goingto be voted on by the people underprovisions of the Constitution Whichconfers no greater voice upon theGovernor than upon any other citi-zen. I have studied them carefullyand I shall vote my convictions oneach of them. I urge every othercitizen to do the same.

I shall confine my campaign utter-ances to the questions which con-cern my record as Governor and myfitness for continuing in that office.I shall resort to no tactics designedto attract votes for myself on thestrength of my personal views onmatters that are foreign to the is-sues of my candidacy."

Jim Helme Says YesOn \\% Tax Limitation

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October 18, 1S32Editor,Michigan Farm News,Lansing, Michigan.Dear Sir:

In regard to 1V2% tax limitationamendment (No. 2 on the Ballot), Ishall vote for this amendment. Theprincipal is right. I am aware thathere are serious defects in it, perhaps

fatal; but if it carries, the courts can•eview it before January 1 and if found

bad we will be no worse off. The leg-slature can submit a new one in time"or the April election.

A victory this fall, even thoughknocked out by the courts would ren-

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'Continued from pafe 1)•JAMES W HELME, (REP.)

AdrianLenawee Dist. (House)

" T h i s w°uld Put Wayne County incontrol of the state."

•EDWARD C. MORRISON, (REP)Columbiaville

Lapeer Dist. vHouse)'If this passed four counties would

be in B position to dictate to the otherseventy-nine."

•TRACY W. CRANDALL, (REP). Howell '

Livingston Dist. (House)"I shall vote 'no' on the reapportion

ment amendment, and am glad to havthis opportunity to express my views.

CHESTER P. EMUNSOM, (DEM)Manistee

Manistee. Dist. (House )"The up-state counties are entitled

to unit representation and no good cancome from control of the legislaturethe centers of population."

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H. O. CLINES, (DEM.)Ludington

Mason Dist. (House)

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•CLARENCE E. K1STLER, (REP)Ludirvgton

Mason Dist. (House)"It would give two or possibly three

counties complete control of the Legis-lature. I think it would be unfair tothe State at large."

WALTER F. JACKSON, (REP.)Big Rapids

Mecosta Dist. (House)"It gives 39% of the representation

to one county, which would enablethem to combine with a few othercounties and then secure legislativedominance to a few large cities of theState."

CHARLES C. HAN&EN, (REP.)Menopiinee i

Menominee Dist. (House)"No."

-MARTIN R. BRADLEY, (DEM.)Hermansville

Menominee Dist. (House)"Let us kill the proposed amend-

ment and permit the legislature toexercise ' its constitutional right toreapportion."

*DON E. SIAS, (REP.)Midland

Midland Dist. (House)"Am absolutely opposed to the so-

called 'Michigan Plan'."

*JOHN DYKSTRA, (REP.)Muskegon

1st Muskegon Co. Dist. (House)"It is unsafe to allow any one county

to approach a majority of the repre-sentation of the State. Some measureshould be adopted to safely limit thepercentage ofone county."

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•MONTAGUE W. RIPLEY, (REP.)Whitehall

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n the House from 22 to 39, will giveWayne County a negative control inall legislation, and a positive controln all matters that requires a two-hirds vote of either house.

"It takes a two-thirds vote of theHouse that originates a bill to pass itgain over a Governor's veto, and then

t two-thirds-vote of the other houseto make it a law. Wayne would havea second veto upon all bills vetoed by

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Our SummaryOF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

And Referendum on Act 55 of 1931 (Lennon Oleo Act)

For VotersHi is roinciiieiit summary and voter's memorandum is also

published by the Michigan Farm News on 3x5" cards, suitable foruse in meetings and for distribution to neighborhoods.

Drihered, postage prepaid, at JO cents per hundred, to covercost of stock. News contributes the printing. .Order from ourLansing office, 221 North Cedar street, Lansing, Mich.

No.THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

PURPOSE • YourYES

DecisionNO

1. Establish state liquor commission; nullify stateprohibition laws.

2. Limit total taxes assessed on real estate in anyone year to 1Vfc% of assessed value. Excep-tions for payment interest, principal on olddebts.

3. Reapportionment of representation in House inLegislature strictly on population basis. WayneCo. effort to secure practical control by securingmany seats now held by out state counties.

4. Proposal to assess property on cash value withpersonal property exemption of $1000 and home-stead exemption of $3000.,

5. To enable voters within twp. to have pollingplace within a city which has been incorporatedfrom twp. territory. Incorporation of a citynow forces twp. voters to vote outside the city.

6. To prevent reprieves, commutations or pardons\n convictions for treason, 1st degree murder,impeachment. Requires governor to explain toeach session of Legislature each reprieve, com-mutation or pardon for other offenses.

7. Limits vote on expenditures of public funds,including vote on bond issues, to taxpayers.

REFERENDUM On Act 55 of 19318. Referendum seeking to set aside Lennon Act of

1931 which prohibits sale in Michigan of oleoor butter substitutes colored to resemble butter.Imposes $100 annual license fees on oleo manu-facturers and wholesalers in Michigan, $5 onretailers. Referendum promoted by oleo in-terests. Vote "Yes" will save Lennon law.

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he Governor, as well as upon all mat-ers that requires a two-thirds vote.

Wayne's 39 votes would be more thanenough to block the passage of anymatter requiring a two-thirds vote.The legislature could not submit a:onstitutional amendment therefore tohe people without Wayne's consent,n the matter of reapportionment, ifhe legislature should want to changehe constitution at the end of anotheren years, Wayne County could blockhe submission of any such amend-

ment by the legislature. The only re-ourse that would be left to the people

would be submission by petition. * * *lie only rational solution to this ques-ion is for Wayne County to accept anaximum membership of not morehan thirty in the lower house."

*PHJLEMON J. MILLER, (REP.)Walled Lake

2nd Oakland Co. Dist. (House)"No."

*WILLIAM C. BIRK, (REP.)Baraga

Ontonagon Dist. (House)"No,."

*MILES M. CALLAGHAN, (REP.)Reed City

Osceola Dist. (House)"Not for the best interests in gov-

rnment in Michigan to have theHouse of Representatives controlled byhree counties in the State. * * * notn the interest of good government to

or establish the Senatorial Districty the Constitution. This should beeft for statutory legislation. The

best interests of the people of the Stateof Michigan will be served by the de-feat of this amendment as it was in1930."

ANDREW HARNLY, (REP.)Saginaw

1st Saginaw Co. Dist. (House)"It is never good policy to make it

possible for one political unit to con-trol legislation. The County of Waynewould under this plan have more thanone third the members of the House,this giving 'it control of all legislationrequiring a two-thirds vote."

*CHARLES W. CHENEY, (REP.)Chesaning

2nd Saginaw Co. Dist. (House)"I am going to vote 'No' on this

amendment for the reason that itwould give one county (Wayne) toomuch power in the House of Repre-sentatives."

•JAMES N. McBRIDE, (REP.)Burton

Shiawassee Dist. (House)"Detroit has a burdensome debt

which may be shitted if given legisla-tive power * • • Detroit has lost popu-lation estimated at 250.000 to 300,000since the 1930 census * * * today De-troit has no moral claim to 39 repre-sentatives in the Legislature * * * inWayne county are 161,650 aliens * * *New York excludes aliens in reckon-ing representation * * * Wayne has noclaim to exceed 20 representatives* * * In Pennsylvania no county shallexceed one-sixth of the Senate, everycounty must have one representative* * * Maryland restricts Baltimorecounty to 6 senators, every county hasone representative * * * California al-lows no county more than one senator* * * New York provides each countybut one a representative * * * ThisWayne county attempt to aggrandizelegislative control for the metropoliswas never before attempted by anyState."

£PHRIAM JUDSON, (DEM.)Durand

Shiawassee Dist. (House)"The basis representation should be

on citizenship and not on population."MARK J. HAYNES. (DEM.)

Port Huron1st St. Clair Co. Dist. (House)

"No."

DUNCAN J. McCOLL. JR., (REP.)Port Huron

1st St. Clair Co. Dist. (House)"It is claimed for this amendment

that it carries out the nationalidea ofequal'representation in the Senate andproportionate representation in the

No!House. This would be true if it wereprovided in the amendment that eachcounty would have one Senator."

•GEORGE C. WATSON, (REP.)Capac

2nd St. Clair Co. Dist. (House)"It is unfair to rural Michigan.

Territory should be represented aswell as massed population."

HOWARD Q. BUCKNELL, (REP.)Centerville

St. Joseph Dist. (House)"Detroit has not suffered from out-

state. Why change? It is dangerousto best interests of the State to allowany county so much representation."

CLARE PURDY, (DEM.)Caro

Tuscola Dist. (House)"Representation in either house

should not be made upon the basis ot ashifting population of the now-votingtype."

D. KNOX HANNA, (REP.)Caro

Tuscola Dist. (House)"Should this amendment carry, the

rural communities will find themselveswith a proportionately low represen-tation in the next Legislature."

Yes!a very good thing for our state andshould prevail."

CLARENCE J. DACEY, (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"Michigan voters should vote 'yes

for equal representation maintains andsecures equal taxation. 'Taxationwithout Representation' as time hasproved is the foremost 'doctrine ofdestruction'."

ROBERT L. YOUNG, (DEM.)Detroit

2nd Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"This will take care of the conjest-

ed districts or wher^ any districtthroughout the state that has becomemore densely populated the people areentitled to more representation

OtherCommentWayne County's Rural

Representative Speaks•EDWARD F. FISHER, (REP.,)

Dearborn5th Wayne Co. Dist. (House) g

While Wayne County as a whole isnumberically over 90% industrial, 'mydistrict covering almost the entirewestern part of the county is ruralboth in population and area. As longas I represent this district I wish tofavor those laws that will best servethe people I represent. The welfareof the state as a whole demands thatwe continue as a great agriculturalstate. Our development industriallycreates a demand for farm products.Any reapportionment should be, ap-proached with the idea that bothf,ag-riculture and industry be fairly andadequately represented."

Hasn't Read ItC. M. MEYERS, (DEM.)

DowagiacCass Dist. (House)

"I have not had a chance to reao! theamendment. Therefore am in no po-sition to give definite answer. Havetried to secure copy of all the amend-ments but have not succeeded as yet.Can you send me a copy of the Amend-ment?"

EDITOR'S NOTE: Copy was sent.

Can't Support No. 3JOHN WESLEY GILUGAN, (DEM.)

ManistiqueAlger Dist. (House)

"I do not have copy of proposal No,3. Send me one. I will advocate any-thing beneficial to the tanner."

EDITOR'S XOTP]:His reply, "ProposaJsome study."

LARGE HOI.Is l \ s\\ I \When mending large hores in wool-

en swefttto materialon the \vron& side, matching it as wellas possible, then darn through thepatch. This will keep the ina]the garment and make the dara

Copy was sent. I stronger and able to stand wear.No. 3 requires — —'

We may not be able to createbeautiful pictures or embroideriesfor people to remember us by, butwe may be remembered by beautifuldeeds, by little acts of courtesy andkindness.

Silver King Coalis big, blocky, clean burning.

Ask your coal dealer lor a trial ton.

Republic Fuel CompanyBAY CITY and LANSING Offices

Insurance AgentsFarm Bureau

Annual Meeting VisitorsWhile you are in Lansing Nov. 9, 10, 11, lor your annual

meetings, we invite you to visit us and see our display of suit-ings, overcoatings, bed blankets, auto robes and sweaters.

We are sure you will enjoy it. It is a pleasure to showyou around, and there is no obligation on your part. We'reglad to take suit or overcoat measurements for future reference.Note these remarkably low prices:

MAYTIME SPECIALBED BLANKET70x80 plaid—double

$6.45Choice 11 colors

COMPANION 'BED BLANKET

70x80 - single - solid color

$4.25Choice 7 colors r

NEW LOW PRICESFor Farm Bureau Suits and

SUITS $20.00 $23.50With ExtraTrousers $25.00 $28.50OVERCOATS $18.00 $22.50

Overcoats$28.50 $32.50

$35.00 $40.00

$25 $30 & $356% discount granted Farm Bureau membersis applied as credit on membership dues.

CLOTHING DEPARTMENTMICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU

221 North Cedar Street Lansing, Michigan

Yes!(Contnued from page 1)

it now reads on -the subject of reap-portionment if the legislators wouldhonestly carry out its plain mandates.It is liberal through the moiety clause,to the weaker counties elsewhere ittreats every citizen alike."

*EDWARD T. NICHOLS, (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"Yes."

WILLIAM E. HAYES. (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"A reapportionment must be made

according to the Constitution by theLegislature of 1933. Each mem-ber of both branches of the Legisla-ture is bound by his oath of office toenact laws governing reapportionmentwhich will mean that the thicklypopulated areas of the state will have ja great advantage over the other dis-tricts and the balance that is provided jfor in proposition No. 3 will not pre-vail."

*CONRAD J. NETTING, (REP.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"I do not see how an American citi-

zen, who believes in democracy andthe rule by the majority of its legalvoters, can do otherwise with a cleanconscience than to vote for reappor-tionment."

ERNEST C. NAGEL, (DEM.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"You are entitled to more consider-

ation and a better representation."

MARTIN W. BAGINSKI, (DEM.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"All communities should be given

representation according to their pop-ulation. I believe the Michigan Planwill do the work."

LEONARD A. JURKIEWICZ, (DEM.)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"Detroit, so far, has been getting the

'raw end of the deal.' The farmingand mining districts have had'and stillhave a greater proportional represen-tation in the Legislature than the In-dustrial communities."

GEO. A. SCHROEDER, (DEM.).Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"Yes."

•JOSEPH C. ARMSTRONG, (REP,)Detroit

1st Wayne Co. Dist. (House)"Wayne county is entitled to a large

representation and it I could be as-sured the upstate men would carryout their oath of office I would voteagainst this amendment."

•WALTER B. BRADY, (REP.)Detroit

1st W«yne Co. Dist. (House)"I believe from comparisons made

in other states, Proposal No. 3 will be

How Much Can I Bid?WHEN a Swift & Company buyer

looks at beef cattle in the pens,what does he think'about?

Something like this:

"You can't keep meat long. You haveto sell it quickly. The cattle I buy areworth just what the company can getfor the meat, the hides and other by-products. Returns for these must covermy bid and the costs of handling.

"Maybe this is onerof the days when,if I bid a dime a hundred pounds toomuch, Swift & Company's little marginof profit will be wiped out. If I bid aquarter of a cent a i pound too much,there's almost certain to be a loss onthe deal. *

"But I can't get these cattle two-bitsor even a dime a,hundred too low.When I try that I'll be just a bidder;some other buyer will get the stock.They want beef animals and they knowjust as near as I do what the rightprice is.

"Well, the difference between a goodbuyer and just a buyer is only thatdime in a hundred.pounds. What canthe company get for these cattle? Howmuch can I bid ? "

Not daily, but hour ly , Swift &Company furnishes its buyers with,reports on the supplies and sellingprices of meats and by-products in thenational markets. Bids based on thesecan, and must, vary with the supply andselling prices. The consumer deter-mines— either he is willing to pay alittle more for his meat or he won'ttake what must be sold unless theprice to him is lowered.

More than 1,200 packing firms arefighting for shares in the meat trade ofthe United States. Their competitionmakes sure that the margin of costbetween livestock grower and retaileris kept at a minimum and that changesin consumer prices are reflected im-mediately in livestock prices.

Also, competition makes it necessaryto hold profits at a moderate level.Swift &]Company's profit, over a periodof years, has averaged less than half acent a pound of all products sold.

Swift & Company offers to retailerseverywhere the highest quality of meatsin Swift's Branded Beef and Lamb,Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon,Swift's Brookfield Butter and Eggs andmany other products.

Swift & CompanyPurveyors of fine foods

rotJB T ( ' I ! I ft A N F A R M N E W S

PointsOn SplittingTickets

Many Farm News readers, both Re-jpublican and Democratic, who desireto split their party tickets this yearjmay be in doubt as to how to znarkjtheir ballots to insure that their votesiwill 4>e properly counted. Inquiry s^t]the office of the Secretary of State dis-jcloses that there are two ways inwhich this may be done legally.

Voters who desire to vote for a ma-jority of the candidates of one partymay place a cross at the top of theballot in the same manner as if theywere voting a straight ticket. If thisis done their vote will be counted infavor of all candidates of that partyexcept where they have indicated acontrary intention by placing a cross-mark in the box in front of the nameof some particular candidate for an-other party.

It is advisable to draw a line!through the name of the man you are|voting against, also, for the electionjofficials may fail to see the crossotherwise and count your ballot as a'straight, ticket.

Another method of dividing yourvote between the two parties is tomake no njark at the top of any partycolumn but to place a cross beforeeach man for whom you desire to vote.This plan removes all danger bf hav-ing your ballot counted as a straightticket vote by mistake. However, ifyou should follow this plan and thenfail to put a cross in the box beforethe name of any candidate for one ormore offices, you will be counted asnot voting on that office.

Farm Bureau Womenat Annual Meeting

/>';/ MRS. EDITH M. WA&ARFarm Bureau women are urged

lo attend the coming state annualmeeting.

As a matter of economy for themembers, the ufcual women's break-fast will be omitted this year, butinstead the women are requested to

to th»' genera] session prompt-it a. in. on Thursday where

they will have charge until the busi-ness session begins.

The women will take lunch to-gether and immediately after holda short separate conference whenthe plans for the coming year willbe outlined.

All delegates and Farm Bureaufitiiifis and visitors are urged to in-vite their wives to accompany them

to this meeting and to also se.e to itthat the county home and communi-ty chairman-has an opportunity toattend, r)on*t let space in your carremain empty when there is anyonehoping for a way to come. >

MILK PROIMTKKS MEET NOV. 8East Lansing—The annual meet-

ing of the Michigan Milk ProducersAss'n will be held here Thursday,Xov :.

Cass, Berrien FarmersTo Discuss the Ballot

Cass County Farm Bureau andother groups in that county willmeet at Cassopolffl the evening ofOct. 28 to discuss the proposedamendments to the State Constitu-tion and to organize effort to informfarmers and get out the farm votefor and against' amendments in ac-.

c o r d a n c e with iar.ner Interest In

^Berried County Farm Bureau tosponsoring a similar meeting follie.rien Springs. Saturday afternoon,

Representatives from the StateFarm Ihireau will take part in thediscussion.

A wise man prepares for theworst while hoping for the best.

SATURDAY, 0CT0BE8 22, 1»3«g ! ^ m

ion' t Whine. Theyworking. And they Co.(

a t e < Result: honey.

Silver King Coalis big, blocky, clean burning.

Ask your coal deafer for a trial ton

Republic Fuel CompanyBAY CITY and LANSING OffiCe,

St. Joseph Farm GroupsCampaign on Amendments

( enferville—St. Joseph countyfarmers meeting here Oct. 11 underauspices of the County Farm Bu-ltiiu and Grange heard E. E. Un-gren, editor of the" Farm News, dis-cuss the proposed amendments tothe State Constitution and the ref-erendum on the Lennon Oleomar-garine A

St. Joseph county farmers are de-cidedly for and against certain ofthe amendments. The Farm Bu-reau, Grange and Farmers clubs,have township and school districtorganizations to carry explanationsof them to all farmers. The follow-ing straw vote at this meeting indi-cates farmer opinion:1. For State liquor Commission NO2. 1'A>% Tax limitation YES3. Reapportionment NO4. Homestead Exemption $3,000 NO5. To allow twp. voters voting places

in cities within twps. YES6. Prohibit pardons for murderers YES7. Taxpayers only vote expenditures YES8. Referendum on Lennon Act. To

adopt the Act requires a Yesvote. The vote was YES

An Explanation'Wluskegon farmers vote NO on

the referendum to set aside the Len-non Oleo Law and the Farm Newsadvises in other articles that a YESvote will save the Lennon law.Please explain," several readershave written us since our October8 edition.

Muskegon farmers meeting Sept.21 took a straw vote on the amend-ments. It was not known then howproposal No. 8—the Lennon Actreferendum—would be stated on theballot. Whether a YES or a NO votewould be required to save the Leunon Act. So the chairman put the(liiestion "Are you in favor of settingaside the Lennon Act?" the vote wasNO.

These people will vote YES onProposal 8 in order to save the Len-non Act, in accordance with themanner in which the question willappear on the ballot: "To adoptsaid Act 55 [ ]YES [ ]NO" whichbecame public just before our Oct.8 issue. Advice to vote YES on No.8 therefore appeared in a41 otherarticles mentioning the Lennon Actreferendum.

There are 130 bridges across the'Mississippi river.

FeedersCattle

CalvesLambs

We are in position to furnishthrough our western connections,either direct from the range or offthe larger western livestock mar-kets, all grades, including choicefeeder cattle, calves and lambs atReasonable prices.

J^syf GOVERNMENT

b'° MoneyFor Livestock Purchases

We can finance your feederpurchases with federal moneythrough our credit corporationat six per cent interest.

,We sell all grades of livestock atstrong market values through ourCelling agencies at the Detroit and-Buffalo markets.

Write For Information.

Mich. LivestockExchange

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MILKMAKER SURPRISES COWSm i

Beats Cottonseed as the Best Supplement for Home Grains and Roughage

THE REASON WHY

Milkmaker's VARIETY of protein feedstuffs enables farmersbalancing home grown grains and roughage to have SAFETY aswell as the largest milk production at the lowest net cost.

MILKMAKER combines a reasonable amount of cottonseedmeal with soy bean meal, linseed oil meal, corn gluten feed andstandard wheat bran as the MAIN SOURCES of protein. Cowsnever get off their feed or have digestive or udder trouble whenfed Milkmaker.

Every ingredient in Milkmaker has been chosen with threepoints in mind:—To produce the most milk at the lowest cost, andto keep the cow healthy and strong. Our Milkmaker 16'<, 2024' , , 32%, and 34% formulas all have the approval of the Mich-igan, Ohio and Indiana State College Dairy Dep'ts whose advicewas sought some months ago when the formulas were re-consideredin light of 1932 market conditions.

" I get more milk per dollar of feed from Milkmaker than anyother feed. You don't have to educate cows to eat it and mj herdis in fine condition. My advice to anyone in the dairy business isto try Milkmaker if they have never used it. I know I am morethan satisfied,'' a St. Clair farmer told us.

MORE MILK per feed dollar with MILKMAKER.

MILKMAKER'S13

Milk MakingIngredients'24% Protein

(Approved by State CollegeAuthorities)

GUARANTEED ANALYSISProtein (Minimum) 24.00%Fat (Minimum). .4.00%Fiber (Maximum) 9.00%Digestible Protein 22.08%Total Digestible

Nutrients 1483.54 lbs.

OPEN FORMULA250 lbs. Soy Bean Oil Meal .250 lbs. Cottonseed Meal '200 lbs. Linseed Oil Meal, 34% Pro-

tein100 lbs. Corn Distillers' Dried

Grains500 lbs. Corn Gluten Feed200 lbs. Standard Wheat Bran100 lbs. Fine Ground Oats140 lbs. Ground Yellow Corn100 lbs. Cane Molasses100 lbs. Standard Wheat Middlings20 lbs. Steamed Bone Meal20 lbs. Ground Limestone (Cal-

cium Carbonate)20 lbs. salt

2000 lbs.

Mean*Moneymaker

MILKMAKER TELLS ALL

Milkmaker has ALWAYS guaranteed farmers the best milkmaking ingredients. It has backed up the guarantee by publishingthe feed ingredients, pound for pound, on the feed tag.

- Farmers know exactly what they are getting for their feeddollar when they buy Milkmaker. Milkmaker never substitutesone ingredient for another to save at the expense of the farmer'smilk or butterfat production.

Milkmaker guarantees the best feed at rock bottom price forthe quality and publishes its formula for your check-up. Thous-ands upon thousands of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana fanners buyMilkmaker through their State Farm Bureaus and local co-opA

ass 'ns.When the Farm Bureau offered Milkmaker 24'r in 1922 with a

formula that told farmers pound for pound what was in it andpromised no substitutions, the feed trade vowed it couldn't be done.Feed markets wouldn't permit it, etc., e1,c. BUT IT HAS BEENDONE for ten years.

Milkmaker is a properly balanced, highly digestible ration ofthe proteins found in milk and required for the upkeep oi the cow.These proteins are not to be found in any SINGLE protein cctocen-trate such as cottonseed meal. Ask your co-operative As.:'n aboutMilkmaker. •

MILKMAKER MAKES GOOD COWS BETTER

Mermash Users Are Boosters"My hens gained W in eggproduction in a month's time,''writes a successful poultrymanwho started with Mermashsometime ago. An easy way toconvince yourself is to visit thefeeders nearest you who areusing Farm Bureau* Mermash10%.

MERMASH BENEFITSMermash supplies importantfood elements that ordinarygrains are unable to furnish -iron, iodine, iron, maganese,etc. As a result, strong bodiedbirds, heavier laying, earliermaturing and. healthier birds

are making even in these daysprofits for feeders of Mermash16' ; .

SPECIAL MARKETSMany Mermash feeders are de-veloping a special market forMermash eggs because they arebetter eggs - they are mineralrich. They supply to peoplethe same needed food mineralsthat your poultry gets in Mer-mash 16' J. Mermash eggs arehard-shelled, better bodied eggsas every housewife will admitafter one trial.

74 EGGS TO 60Mermash contains livermeal aspart of the meat scraps in theration. Livermeal. increasesegg production, adds thriftand vigor to the flock.In a recent demonstration aflock was divided evenly. Thelot fed a livermeal ration pro-duced 74 eggs to every 60 eggsproduced by the lot fed a ra-tion without livermeal.If you are not feeding Mer-mash, by all means try a bag.It costs no more than ordinarymashes.

From Factory to YouFARM BUREAU TIRES and tubes are first line products

made for us by the Mohawk Rubber Co., known nationally

for 19 years for the quality and long wear of its tires.

Michigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bureau supply services

combining their large purchasing power, are able to offer you

FARM BUREAU long wearing, heavy duty tires at prices

that are a substantial savings for their quality. Ask to see

these tires at your Farm Bureau dealer's.

WHO SELECTS YOUR SEED?

FARMBUREAU

ALFALFAA

SECONDCUTTING

A

MONROECOUNTY

You do, of course, when you buy it from your local dealer, BUT WHO SELECTSIT before it reaches him? That's the answer to nearly all the winter-killing of alfalfasand clover plantings; the weak, low yielding crops that come from other crop seeds thatmay have low germination and vitality. NOTHING can take the place of hardy, strong-seed that has a production history that guarantees satisfaction. The firm that suppliesyour local dealer is responsible for your seed and crop year.

FARM BUREAU SERVICES, founded in 1920 and the first to guarantee Michiganfarmers northern grown, non-winter killing alfalfa and clover seeds, is now selectingand assembling its stocks for 1933.

Farm Bureau Services handles ONLY Michigan grown and northern U. S. alfalfaand clover seeds. It knows the farms from which they come.

Farm Bureau seeds must pass our germination and quality tests. They are clean-ed in our modern seed cleaning plant. The finished seed is packed in sealed FarmBureau bags in bushel and half-bushel sizes for you next spring.

Farm Bureau Seeds are your best crop protection. For 12 years thevhave proved their high quality and hardiness in high yields per acreMichigan s alfalfa acreage has increased 9 times—from 79,000 to 630 000acres—since the Farm Bureau made available guaranteed non-winter killing varieties. •

MAIL US SAMPLES of your Michigan grown alfalfas, alsike, red clover andsweet clover. State amount you have. Make 8 ounce sample representative by takingequal amounts from each sack. We send sample mailing bags on request

You'd Take 30cOil for Less?

All Right, give your motor some ofthe best by asking your Farm Bureaudealer for these Farm Bureau oils:

M I O C O 100Sr Paraffin Base, aMidcontinent Oil.

B U R E A U PENN100% Bradford,Pa., Crude.

Farm Bureau oils and their 30 to35c per qt. brothers, owned by greatoil firms, come from the same fields.Farm Bureau oils cost you less becauseMichigan, Ohio and Indiana Farm Bu-reaus own a co-operative blending anddistributing plant.

Lime Now andSave ts%

W J ? ! i ' ° f J i m e a p P l i e d thi* Ml orwinter does the work of 125 lbs ap-plied in the spring. Lime needs time.We recommend for economy, results:

AGSTONEMEAL (Ground Limestone)PULVERIZED AGR'L LIME

HYDRATED LIME

For the Same Results1 ° i b F

DB l i r e a u Hydrated Lime

2500 hs V / r B o r e a u Pulverized Lime*,wiu fbs. Farm Bureau Agstone Meal

Agstone Meal shipped in bulk only;Pulverized in bulk (box cars) or 80 lb.bags. Hydrated in 50 lb. sacks. Seeyour Farm Bureau dealer

WEEVILS DIE!D O W F U M E is propylene dichlor-

ide, the new, non-inflammable andnon-explosive fumigant for destroy-ing weevils in grain or beans. Ef-fective. No fire hazard. Buy itIrom your co-op.

For Farm Bureau SuppliesSEE YOUR CO-OP OR FARM BUREAU DEALER

Write Us IS You Have No DealerFARM BUREAU SERVICES, Inc., Lansing, Mich.

KILLS WEEDS!ATLACIDE, the chemical weed

killer, is an efficient, cheap, laborsaving, positive weed killer. Notpoisonous or inflammable. Killsquack, poison ivy, thistle*, allweeds. 1 |b . p e r 100 «q. feet.Spray or dust.