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Norwich Bulletin
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
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Nebraska plans a farm bloc for its January 2 legislature to safeguard agriculture amid fears of budget cuts. Key issues: income tax, rural credits, revenue changes, tax equalization, and motor vehicle tax for roads. Democrats push repeal of civil administrative law despite GOP majority.
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Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 25.-Nebraska will have a farm bloc in its next legislature, convening January 2, to protect agricultural interests in legislative matters, if present plans of its sponsors are successful.
The movement was started among agencies of organized agriculture and J. N. Norton, former head of the Farm Bureau Federation, already has come forward with its proposal.
Threatened reductions in state expenditures seeks the result of the political campaigns has caused the fear in some agricultural circles that the legislature may hesitate in appropriating funds which leading agriculturists declare to be necessary for the protection of the industry.
A state income tax, rural credits, changes in the present revenue law, tax federation and removal of party circuses in promoting agricultural measures, are among other issues which farmers and others are expected to take an active part.
Statements from various members indicate that economy will be a dominant factor in legislation. Abolishment many state boards, commissions and inspectorships, as well as democratic attack on the state's civil administrative law with a view to its repeal, are advocated in several quarters.
Governor-elect Charles Bryan and his democratic legislators pledged repeal of the law, a republican measure, although the assembly will have a republican majority in both house and senate.
Other proposed legislation includes a law designed to equalize the burden of taxation, a proposal to tax intangible property on the same basis with real property instead of at one-fourth value, and a law providing funds to partly maintain the state's program of road building by a tax on motor vehicles and relegation of secondary road projects to the counties.
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Lincoln, Neb.
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Dec. 25
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proposed legislation includes repeal of civil administrative law, abolishment of state boards and commissions, equalization of taxation burden, taxation of intangible property on same basis as real property, and funding for road building via tax on motor vehicles.
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Nebraska will have a farm bloc in its next legislature convening January 2 to protect agricultural interests. The movement started among organized agriculture agencies, with J. N. Norton proposing it. Fears of reduced state expenditures due to political campaigns. Issues include state income tax, rural credits, revenue law changes, tax federation, and removal of party caucuses in agricultural measures. Economy dominant; Governor-elect Charles Bryan and democrats pledge repeal of republican civil administrative law despite republican majority. Other proposals for tax equalization and motor vehicle tax for roads.