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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1922
Page
7
Uncle Teds family steers a broken car home at night while he explains the Dawes budget savings and Harding's praise of the Washington arms conference. He notes the naval pact reduces armament and China Japan tensions, calling the conference a historic achievement.
A Washington statement argues the United States should set both rate and valuation, opposing foreign influence and urging America to determine both figures under the current plan. The note emphasizes national control over financial assessments.
Basin Wyoming Town Council met February 6 1922 with Ferris Moore Blair present and West and Bishop absent. Ferris acted as mayor and the council authorized a fire truck purchase from Yellowstone Motor Company for 1000 dollars as an emergency measure.
The speaker charges that undervaluation by importers costs the nation 300 to 500 million dollars yearly, with taxpayers bearing the burden. He argues the American valuation plan fails because prices are fixed abroad, enabling fraud. He cites Canadian horse purchases at 250 dollars per head invoiced as 23, and Canadian oil sold there at 2 to 2.60 per barrel, all invoiced at 60 cents.
M D Harris, president of Big Horn County Federation, toured Utah this month. The office seeks buyers for hogs, paying 7.00 per cwt for stock hogs 60 to 120 pounds. A marketing conference at Lowell was postponed awaiting executive committee meeting. About 700 bushels of Yellow Blossom sweet clover near Otto unsold. growers consider scarifying seed. Six carloads of beans held by farmers. hand picking aids sold by Farm Bureau. Capper Volstead Co‑Operative Marketing Bill passes Senate 58 to 1. House approval noted.
Amendments move the measure toward signing by the President within days. Officials call passage a major victory for the agricultural bloc as the Cooperative Marketing bill advances to the Farm Bureau and allied organizations. The law promises full development of the Bureau's cooperative marketing program.
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