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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1922
Page
15
President Harding lauds the Farm Bureau as a powerful farmer organization while noting the farmer's need to adopt expert skills and cooperation. The piece contrasts individual farming with corporate consolidation and foresees a favorable, policy shaping outcome from a Washington conference.
H C McKenzie, tax expert for the American Farm Bureau Federation, shaped policy against sales tax, supported taxing free securities, and keeping excess profits tax. He chaired the Delaware County Farm Bureau and served on the Farm Bureau Executive Committee. Born near Harrisburg, he ran farms, a lumber business, and payrolls for 4000 workers while studying taxation.
Oscar E. Bradfute of Ohio serves a second term as vice president of the American Farm Bureau Federation. A prominent Aberdeen Angus breeder from near Xenia, Greene County, he is president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation and a trustee of Ohio State University. He travels among Ohio, Washington, New York, Chicago, and Montana to advance farmers’ interests, renowned for prudent judgment and earnest convictions.
In March 1920 at the LaSalle Hotel Chicago farmers from across the nation convened to create the American Farm Bureau Federation. By year end 1920 twenty eight states and 456,000 members ratified the new constitution and organized. Subsequent conventions showed rapid growth in membership and states, with real dollars and cents achievements cited as proof of the organization’s efficiency. Farmers had formed a businesslike group that met their needs and was increasingly influential.
Iowa farmers Jim Howard and John Coverdale head the American Farm Bureau Federation. They resist agitators, emphasize real farming roots, and spend much time traveling to meet farmers nationwide, greeting them with Howdy Jim and Howdy John.
The Farm Bureau is described as a growing, strong watchdog in agricultural circles. It started as a pup among longtime organizations but proved capable, wary of internal fighting, and intent on better meat rather than battling allies. The piece likens it to a mastiff with growing bite and ambition.
The Junior division has expanded from 23,000 members in 1914 to 331,000, with a goal of 5,000,000 by 1930. Counties add assistants to county agents to aid youth in productive learning. There are 4,120 local leaders and last year they produced $8,585,092 in products, while club work fosters enjoyment and a sense of staying in the country.
Mr Farmer urges progressive farmers to contact their congressman collectively via the Farm Bureau to show mass support for rural measures. The message argues that unified letters prompt action and that coordinated citizen input gains attention from legislators.
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