<i "5 , ■? 



IS, 1923 f 



alts, 

 nises 



ars a month 



The I. A. A. 



counties to 



if cars during 



irve tun'd o( 

 l>e placed in 

 by for future 

 Ml without in 

 e worlt of the 



irketing 



I. A. A., with 

 and the A. F. 

 shington and 

 ion which la 

 eveloping soy 

 nois to com- 

 wtth tha Op- 



L. and county 

 ssisted in or- 

 erative millc 

 IS at Quincy 

 largaining as- 

 and a pro- 

 inization nn 

 lible aid has 

 le reorganiza- 

 e associations 

 St. Louis dis- 



rative cream 

 IS of prodn^ 

 ized with the 

 1 county farm 

 1 and Galena, 

 roducers' bar- 

 in Jefferson 



>erating with 

 ureaus, the 1. 

 Peoria Live 

 ssociatlon, a 

 lys thirty per 

 at ■! "I ■-!■: 

 "'^ comMls- 

 enses of oi>- 

 )wii6rs. The 

 'ational Live 

 iation in the 

 Irms at the 

 and East St. 



ids of pooled } 

 )rices which 

 by county 

 raging from 

 pound above 

 ilers. 

 cars of p^ 

 tor farmers 

 olumn 4) 



0^ 



lEETING 



ndred farm 

 visitors at- 

 leld on the 

 A. A. an- 

 table in the 

 18 filled, 

 fute, of the 

 au Federa- 

 nk O. Low- 

 rs. 



nony of the 

 onard ten- 

 President- 

 >n, 



. A. A. grow 



farmers to 



that it now 



rd. "As I 



the people 



that it will 



weight of 

 has been 

 said Ml. 

 ng the of^^ 



co-opera 

 rs to n 

 itest orgai 

 the nmtetf 



Febnwnr IS, 1923 



A 



TAX SLASH SAVES 

 HALF A MILLION 

 TO STATEJARMERS 



$557,550 Less 1922 Taxes 



To Pay; Cut Follows 



I. A. A. Hearing 



Decreases in equalized state 

 land valuations which amount 

 to a reduction in farm "taxes of 

 $557,550 for 1922, alone, or ap- 

 proximately twice the sum 

 spent during the year by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 

 for all projects, were announced 

 in December by the Illinois Tax. 

 Commission. 



The reduction followed a hear- 

 ing before the Commission at 

 which the I. A. A. and county 

 farm bureaus presehted the sta- 

 tistical evidence gathered during 

 two years as the foundation for a 

 plea for reduced taluations. 

 Appeared jn 1021 



The I. A. A. &nd the county 

 farm bureaus also appeared be- 

 fore the Commi/^sion in 1921 on 

 behalf of Illinc^s farmers. They 

 are the only organizations in the 

 history of the/ State to represent 

 farmers before the Commission. 



It has been .estimated that the 

 reductions granted from 1921 to 

 1922, inclusive, amount to a sav- 

 ing of approximately five dollars 

 for the average Illinois farm, or 

 a total sum in excess of a million 

 dollars. 



A Problem. Bat — 



Two years ago the farmer knew 

 that he had a tax problem but be 

 didn't know how much of a 

 problem it was. The I. A. A. 

 and the county farm bureaus in- 



I L L 



/ lr!jW,-\s a long, slow, tiresome 

 jf'i.'v;t; more work than glory 

 attached to it. It took the efforts 

 of men trained in finance and 

 law and statistics. 



The evidence of the two years' 

 investigation, when presented be- 

 fore the Commission, showed that 

 the Illinois farmer had been bear 

 ing the largest part of the in- 

 creased burden of the ^ost of 

 State government during the last 

 twenty years. 



The Fitrmer's ^hare 

 From 1902 to 1»'21 the per- 

 centage of increase/ in "full val- 

 uations" per unit/of farm lands 

 had been more than double the 

 correspo^ing Increase in town 

 audacity fets. 4t had been more 



The niinoU Agricultural Association Record 



Pmtt 3 



Ail Farmers of State 

 Gain in 1922 Tax 



Cut 



Fanners of every county in 

 Illinois have realized a substan- 

 tial saving as the result of the 

 reduction in land tax valuations 

 granted last December by the 

 Illinois Tax Commission, after 

 the appearance of the county 

 farm bureaus and the I. A .A. 

 before that body in 1921 and 

 1922 wiyi' a plea for reduced 

 land taxes. 



Look up your county In the fol- 

 lowing alphabetical list and see 

 how much you and your neighbors 

 have saved in 1922 land ta^es: 



Adams. »5,791.68; Alexandtr, Jl.- 

 002.23; Bond. J2.326.26; Boone, 13.- 

 096.62; Brown. »2, 401.61; BuDfeau. 

 »11,320.34; Calhoun, »1,306.87; icar- 

 rolL J4.419.35; Ca8s/J3,504.1«; Cham- 

 paign. J18.145.43; Christian. J9.- 

 423.03; Clark. J3.320.70: Clay, Jl.- 

 912.39; Crlnton. J2.8o0.92; Coles, J5.- 

 822.27; Cook. 14.458.85; /Crawford, 

 13.244.93: Cumberland. J2,«18 00; De- 

 Kalb. J7.617.89; DeWitt' J6,1J9.88; 

 Douglas. J«, 986.18; DiiPage. JJ.- 

 422.89; Edgar. J8.051.O»: EdWarfls. 

 Jl.287.83; EmnKham. J2.376..'i»; Fjiy- 

 ette. J3.S20.48; Ford. 17.506.21; 

 Franklin. I2.716.1S; Pulton. 18.929.89; 



Gallatin, $1,579.36; Greene, $4,682.67; 

 Grundy. JE^992.19: Hamilton. $1.- 

 619.47; Hancock. J7.232 16; Hardin. 

 J318.70: Henderson. J3.321.97; Hen- 

 ry. J9.597.((3; Iroquois. J15.5e«.68: 

 Jack^oif. J'2,E46.68; Jasper. J2.79i.67; 

 Jefferson, J2.724.60; Jersey. Jl.- 

 024.86; Jo Daviess. J4.296.43; John- 

 son. Jl.024.28; Kane. J3.835.53; Kan- 

 kakee. J8.588.07; Kendall, 84.486.71 ; 

 Knox. Jin.OtS.lO; I^ake. J5,230.35; 

 LaSalle, J18,447.17: Lawrence, Jl,- 

 272,41; Lee, $9,177.0»; Livingston. 

 J16,357.16; Logan. J9.549.98; Mc- 

 Donough. J6.969.68: McHenry. J5.- 

 599.19; Mcl^ean. JIO.053.72; Macon. 

 J9, 234.32; Macoupin. J7.664.42: Madi- 

 son. J5.789.18; Marion. J2.57114; 

 Marshall, J4.497.29: Mason, 16.130.35; 

 Massac. $874.33; Menard. J4.08S.12; 

 Mercer. J5, 123.93: Monroe. J2,195.10; 

 Montgomery, J5.412.95; Morgan. $6,- 

 903.31: Moultrie. J4, 942.74: Ogle. 

 J7,941,37; Peoria, J7,330.10; Perry. 

 Jl.448.79; Piatt, j;.011.31; Pike. J5.- 

 792.40; Pope. J834.57; Pulaski. 

 J750.95; Putnam. J2.064,50: Ran- 

 dolph, J2,514,58; Richland, Jl,819.87; 

 Rock Island, J4.615.72; St. Clair, 

 JC,547,26; Saline. J2.280,16; Sanga- 

 mon, J8.485.02: Schuyler. J3. 736.73; 

 Scott. $2,096.34: Shelby. J6.881.30; 

 Stark. J3.019.37; Stephenson. $5.- 

 362.13; Tazewell, $9,877.61: Union. 

 $890.96: Vermilion. $12,512.40; Wa- 

 bash. $1,636.56; Warren. J6.747.98; 

 Washington. J2,71S.32; Wayne. J3.- 

 195.68; White, J3,279.52; Whiteside. 

 J7.669.31; Will. J8.992.70; William- 

 son. J2.702.21; Winnebago, $4,162-05; 

 Woodford. $7,626,99. 



TWO AMENDMENTS 

 TO CONSTITUTION 



Two amendments to the Con- 

 stitution of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association were adopted 

 at the Wednesday session of the 

 annual meeting held by the I. 

 A, A. The amendments were 

 offered to the delegates by J. M. 

 Beckett, <}f Blue Mound, Macon 

 county, as chairman of the 

 Amendments committee. A. 0. 

 Bckert, of feellville, and, Geo. P, 

 TuUock of Rockford, served 

 with Mr. Beckett hn this com- 

 mittee. 



Collection of Dues 



The first amendment was passed^ 

 by a majority vote of more than 

 two-thirds of the voting delegates 

 This amendment was an addition 

 to Article 4, Section 1 of the Con- 

 stitution. The amendment was 

 read as follows: 



"When any dues from any Joint 

 membership contracts remain nn- 

 paid for six months after maturity, 

 the contracts, together with other 

 evidence of indebtedness, shall at 

 the option of the EUecutive Com- 

 mittee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, be turned over to 

 the Treasurer of the Illinois Ag- 

 ricultural Association for collect 

 tion, and the cost of collecting pro- 

 rated between the County Farm 

 Burean and the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association as their inter- 

 estSi shall appear." 



President's, Salarj- 



The second amed&ment was also 

 ah addition. T^ ameajtraent tmt 

 be added to Articl^^e, Section 

 /Z i( the Constitution'^nd was car- 

 ried practically unanimously. The 

 amendment reads: 



"His (the President's) compen- 

 sation shall be fixed by the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee not to exceed 

 $15.00 per diem and traveling ex- 

 penses." 



than five Himea tbe corresponding 

 increase in faHway matn_^rack 

 and right-of-way. 



From 1902 to 1921, incl6sire<- 

 the increase in State full valua- 

 tions of land per acre in the State 

 as a . whole amounted to 56.26 

 per cent in the State as a whole 

 as yompared to an increase of 

 24.96 per cent in town and city. 

 lots per unit, a decrease of 23.5?' 

 p^ cent per mile of railway se<^ 

 ond main track and an increaaie 

 of 10.11 per cent in railway ma/n 

 track and right of way, not 

 eluding buildings. 



" v~:: — ^J^ 

 "Sam Can't Do It 

 All," Is Message 

 Of Cunningham 



"Don't look for Sam Thompson 

 or any other ofiBcer of the I. A. 

 I A. to do it all in 1923," said E. 

 A. Cunningham, pr&sident of the 

 U. S. Grain Growers Sales Com- 

 pany, in his talk before the An- 

 nual Meeting. "You'll get out of 

 the I. A. A. just what you put 



to it and no more." 



With just such direct frank- 1 sell a bushel there. 



*•' 



:-/ 



ness Mr. Cunningham outlined 

 ithe grain marketing situation 

 from the smashup of last spring 

 down to the time when the Farm 

 Bureau took over the wrecked 

 machinery. He warned that the 

 creation of adequate co-operative 

 grain marketing machinery was a 

 long hard job. 



"The Chicago Board of Trade," 

 he said, "refused our application 

 for a seat, even though we com- 

 plied with their rules. But you 

 have a right on the Board of 

 Trade even if you never buy or 

 You ough* 



VICE PRESIDENT 



A.O. ECKERT 



THE RECORD TO GO 

 TWIC^ EACH MONTH 



(Continued from Page 1) 

 The fli-st was a one or two page 

 mimeographed bulletin. This was 

 later enlarged into a four and five 

 page multigraphed bulletin. 



'Then in June, 1921, came the 

 printed I. A. A. News Letter. 

 This was sent tn a list of .2.000 

 Which was gradually increased to 

 inore than 3,000. Late that year 

 It ^a» recognited that there was 

 an urgSBt,need of a publication to 

 the whole^tfemj^ship and the 

 Quarterly Recort^/s^. small, four- 

 page paper, hrrntv*"*Tti '^fln' sent 

 four times a year tp thl.meSl 



' Saw Greater Need 



All during 1922, however, the 

 need for more information to the 

 members, more often, was seen. 

 Demands for it from farmers 

 came from all over the State. 



The Publicity Committee cpnsid- 

 ered the matter and recommended 

 a publication similar to this, semi- 

 monthly. The recommendation was 

 approved by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Last month the Budget Com- 

 mittee and the 1923 Executive 

 Committee put the stamp of their 

 approval on the project. 



to know how your grain is being 

 sold. You have had the repeated 

 statement of men on that Board 

 that they would give us a seat if 

 we 'came regular.' But we were 

 refused." 



Wants Illinois . 

 To Be a Leader 

 In Co-operation 



"The Farm Burean Movement," 

 said ex-Governor Frank O. Low- 

 den, speakiQg at the annual meet- 

 ing banquet, "has progressed tre- 

 mendously during the past few 

 years. It has progressed during 

 a period of greatest distress to 

 agriculture. 



"I am unqualifiedly fo^ co-op- 

 erative marketing. As a member 

 of the cotton growers cooper- 

 ative, I am a thorough believer 

 in the proposition of one man 

 pooling his product with that of 

 another to get the adva'ntage of 

 prices actually based on supply 

 and demand. 



,^ "I want to see this great state 

 <St Illinois take the lead this year 

 in co-operative enterprise." 



RESOLTS OF I.A.A. 

 FOR 1922 ARE DIG 



:57nl73 ;;.■■;:-:,■•](;: -rJ-x^;'} 



(Continued from Puge i) 

 in ,35 counties at cost plus hand- 

 ling charges by an I. A. A. buyer. 



BLANKETS — A total of 1,641 

 pairs of blankets, made of 1921 

 pooled wool, were sold to farmers 

 at cost plus handling charges. 



LIMESTONE— The I. A. A. in- 

 vestigated 44 sites in 17 counties 

 and^ reported to farmers on the 

 possibilities for the. development 

 of farmer-owned plants; twenty-one 

 commercial shipping plants were 

 investigated and reported upon. 



SEEDS — Together with six 

 county farm bureaus, the I. J0 A. 

 aided in the organization of the 

 Egyptian ' Seed Growers' Exchange, 

 which during the first season 

 pooled more than 1,100,000 pounds 

 of red top seed to be marketed co- 

 operatively and which secured a 

 $50,000 loan from the War Finance 

 Corporation. 



PHOSPHATE — A reduction in 

 phosphate, freight rates which will 

 mean a saving of $20,000 to $25,000 

 a year on a normal year's business 

 was granted by the railroads, fol- 

 lowing pleas entered at various 

 times during the year by the I. 

 A. A. 



EGGS AND POULTRY- The I. 

 A. A., in co-operation with county 

 farm bureaus, organized six co-op- 

 erative egg and poultry marketing 

 associations which have been do- 

 ing business during the year, receiv- 

 ing the top prices and often above 

 the top prices on the Chicago mar- 

 ket Fourteen more such associa- 

 tions are in process of forma0on. 



FRUIT — Fruit shipments totaK 

 ling ST6 acres to 115 points in the 

 U: S. and Canada were made enur- 

 ing the year by the Illinois Fmlt 

 organized in 1921 txti 

 4ided inl^'bi|2 meeting bytli'e 

 I, A. A. The I.tA. A. was one of 

 the prominent t&dkia in the organ- 

 ization of the Federated Fruit and 

 Vegetable Growers, Inc., which be- 

 gan business Jan. 1, 1923, as a na- 

 tk>nal sal«8 service organization for 

 the fruit growers of the country. 



Special Projects 



CHARITY— The I. A. A. co- 

 operated with the United Charities 

 of Chicago, the Chicago D^ily 

 News, county farm bureau and rail- 

 roads to provide two-week outings service through ten departmeau 

 In the homes of farm burean mem- ; 1 ■ 1 , — 



bers for 456 slums' children 

 Chicago. ,,' 



FLOOD AID — ^The I. A. A. co-op- 

 ated with the Red Cross and the 

 College of Agriculture of the State 

 University to furnish feed to farm- 

 ers stricken by the spring- floods. 



DECENNIAL— The I. A A., in 



A.F.D.F. RESULTS 

 PART OF HISTORY 

 OF TIKCOUNTRY 



Twelve of Accomplishments 

 For 1922 Mean Advance- 

 ment oft]. S. Agriculture 



The farm bureau, as everj'- 

 body khows, IE a three-ply or- 

 ganization for the price of one — 

 county, ; state and national 



The national farm bureau, the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, ranks as the largest and 

 greatest organization of farm- 

 ers ever brought together in the 

 history of the world. With head- 

 quarteri in Chicago and Wash- 

 ington, it includes state farm 

 bureau organizations in 47 states 

 of the ITnion. 



"Sold" Ml Besnlts 



Like t»e I. A. A., the A. F, B. F. 

 has alwafys gone on results rather 

 than promises. Its list of acbleve- 

 menti during the past two years 

 are a part of the hiatory of the 

 nation, ! 



The following is a brief "(ozen" 

 of the acctmiplisfaments of the 

 America* Farm Bureau Federation 

 for 1»S2: 



"Got the FacU" 



1. Got the facts. 



2. Solid agricalture and cooper, 

 atlve mat-keting to the nation. 



3. Maintained the biggest farm- 

 ers' organizatio* in the wor)d. 

 , 4. Founded the National Uve, 

 Stock Prt>ducers' Association,-with 

 co-opratite commission iioasei at.^ 

 six terminal markets. 



5 Founded Federated Fniit and 

 Vegetable Growers, Inc., which es- 

 tablished cooperative sales agen- 

 cies fo^.fler'shj'.hlesjUJSlXj 



6. Aid^ in reorganization of the 

 U. S. Grain Growers, Inc. 



XBtloiial Iklarketing 



7. , Worked out a new plan for 

 co-operative marketing of dairy 

 products and demonstrated its prac- 

 ticability in the Chicago market. 



8. Maiiitained wool pools and se- 

 cured satisfactory tariff on, wool 



9. Relieved car shortage, repre- 

 sented farmers In flfteea national 

 transportation oa«es and saved 

 every fanner in America an aver- 

 age of twenty dollars in freight 

 bills, 



10. Killed the proposed general 

 sales tax. 



11. Voiced tamers' vlewB in the 

 national «apitol, maintained effect- ' 

 ive f^m bloc and secured paasage 

 of laws lejgaiizing co-operative mar- 

 keting: dltminated «>eculation in 

 grain futures and esta1)ltshed right 

 At,, co-operative to a seat on the 

 grain excfcanges; put dirt farmer 

 on the Federal Reserve Board: 

 prevented' shiftinK of U^ birden ' 

 to agriculture: exteiided fun!tir:iS~ 

 of War I^Hnahce. Corporation: pro- 

 tected fartn interests in the tariff;''* 

 provided lappropriations for farAi- 

 to-marfcet roads; -extended finan- 

 cial relief tp Northwest during 

 crop tailares: extended time of 

 payments on irrigated land; se- 

 cured adequate ftinds foe the De- 

 partment of Agriculture; provided 

 deficiency appropriations for tuber- 

 culosis eradication. 



12. Malintained Farm Bareao 



of co-operation with the College of 

 Agriculture, local people of DeKalb, 

 the farm bureau and the A. F. B. 

 F., promoted a Farm Bnreau De- 

 cennial Celebration at DeKalb, at- 

 tended by, 25.000. to commemorate 

 the birth lof the Illinois farm tm- 

 reau movement 



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