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The Illinois Agricultural Auodation Record 



April 25, 1925 



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ACaiCl'LTl BA L A ESOCJATSON 



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nond ilasa matter Oct. 10. 1921. at the post ofllce 

 mois. under the (act of March 3. 1879. Accept«BC» 

 .. ; spe.'iat rates of po.staBe provided for In SactlDB 

 •potobor 3. 11117. authorized Oct. tl. 1921. 



memborship fele of the Illinois Aprfcultural As- 



.' t!oIIars :i year. The fee Includes payment of 



r supscription to the Iliinoi* Agricultural Asao- 



okHicers 



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 ri)f;i^iii-ci . K. \. i'oulrs, UI(K>iiiiiim4iii. 

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ganization. G 

 port.-.tion. L. 

 Finance, R. I 

 Leeper: Liv' 

 Marketing. / 

 in charge P 



ry iitlier Saturday by the lUlnolt Arrleulturtkl 

 >8 South Dearborn Street. Chicago, Illinois. Bd- 

 -imeiil of Infortnation. H. C. Butcher. Director. 



II rfturnitig ah u 

 kt-y niinilM-r on ai 



called-f6r or mlssent coby. 

 address as^ is required by law 



K.VKfiTivfc «-«>.m.>iiti*:k 



IVv I •>iiui-*-s«.iitnal i>isirict'* i 



William Webb. Route One. Joljet 



G. P. TuMock, Rockfard 



...C. E. Bamborough, P9lo 

 ...W, H. Moody. Port Byron 



B. H. Taylor, Rapatee 



A. R. Wright, Varna 



r. D. Barton, Cornell 



R. F. Karr, Iroquds 



. J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



E»rl C. Smith, Detroit 



...Samuel Sorrelts, Raymond 



Stanly Castle, Alton 



•. . . . j W. L. Cope, Sal«m 



'..I Curt Anderson, Xeitia 



j R. 1^. Loomis, Makanda 



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l>ii*t*«-l«>i**i')if Il4*|iiti*tiiiet«(> 

 I. A. i\. Office 

 General Officje and Assistant^ to Secretary, J. H. Kelker; Oi^ 

 E. Metzger: Information. H. C. Butcher; Trans- 

 :'Quasey; Taxation and Statistics, J. C. Watson; 

 Cowles; Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, A. B. 

 Stock Marketing, Wm. C. Hedgcock; Dairy 

 D. Lynch; Phosphate-Limestone, J. R. Bent; 

 Itry and Egg Marketing, F. A. Gougler; special 

 representative on Tuberculosis Eradication, M. H. Petersen; 

 Legal Counsel, Donald Kirkpatrick; Co-operative Accounting, 

 Geo. R. Wider. 



Aih unci' til' 

 numflv. In 

 Micinl ami 4>rl 

 nntiiin, and 



THE RKCOHDS PLATFORM 



Ifurpose for tr/iic/i the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 prbmote, protect ami represent the business, economic, 

 i^tcational interests of tile farmtrs of lUinois and the 

 develop agriculture. 



II 



Another Voice on the Gas Tax 



li,...)-^,. \\ . Iliiiiiiaii. a Mritii- nf iilituriiils of flic Ar- 

 tlilli' l!iisli;i ic f.vin-. anil *"liii iil.so iM^jiAs itliility wliirli 

 iiiiil>li'>. Iilni t'« put Ills tliJni;rlitsjinlii| writiiifr in sitdii a 

 \va.\ tii.it l)i.' i-itv paiurs fnmi New Vnrlx tii San Kntn- 

 risiii print lliiiii. nut liiiij{ iii;ip saiil Kmnc tliiii(.'.s alwmt 

 liv uit^ 'ii'i "liiili xliiki- 11 s\ iiipatlii'tic i-hiifil t'ui- tin- 

 t:i|-iii.i-. Ilua,- . riiitli-il : ]■■ Why l'i-.ij|ilf Want tlic lias 



T.IN. 



It !..ll..uv: 



In i-iiiiiiiK 

 -\»ri-iiMil(nra 

 Till- a— .iicia 

 t ni-i- toiiiDiif 

 iiiiiniiiiL'-. I 



Tlu- i.l.a. 



spflllls ti\W I 



i-..a.ls.'tl 

 part of rill- 

 Thl- .li...s 

 III a «a.\ Tl 

 .M-ar Will' t 

 woillil ..■nil- 

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11 «itli farniifs in otlur ;slati's, tin' lllini»i.-i 

 AsMwialioii js il<'iiian(liii<j: u "rasolini' tiix. 

 imi is to appeal to tlif $prin!.'Hi'lil liH.'isla- 

 ■« to inai-t MHtli a t;i\ \uU> law. That is tlif 

 I us. 



of 1-oiiisi'. is j I hat as loji;; as tlif country 

 1- si\ hniiili'i'iliniillioii.s a jfar on aiilonioliili- 

 i~soi.^ who iisij the mails Ihoiilil pay a lai-fri- 



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not Inok likf ii hi;.' hiisiiii|ss proposition, \|rt 

 Is. If all till) ^Msolini' iiki'il in inotors this 

 ' Im- ia\iil ■_' i-i'iits a <ral|on. tin- colli'ctiinis 

 to -oin. •thill- like *r_'.">.(H)l).0llll ,,r prrhaps 



Gasoline 



Easy to Tax 



.\o«-. i)er lap.s a liiinl n|t' ili,- ^rasolim- nsi-,1 In inoti^rs 

 IS hoii^'lit hi' the I'ani^i-rs iln-msi'lvi'sj 'I'liry own iiidiv 

 than four i lillion of tin- Miotor cars, ami iiianv tniijks 

 a!i;i ti-actiin besides. lIo«| iljns it lia|||ieii then that tliey 

 IT for .-1 tiix that will hiiir heavily mi thetii.' 'Pliere is 

 c ' list of nasoii.s. lint it it- posNilih- t > ..:ni-ss a few. ' 



l'laii|ly, he eijst of ^'iikoliiie is niit a jrrial hiinleii 



MP.ii'et] vith other livi lu' io>is jijst now. If iitl|er 

 -•^sjlies if iriotlern lifeihail ;.'oii.- ijp in pi-iee milyjas 

 ' I li iis L'a.oliiio since the war. iiiosi pei-sons woiitil he 

 l:\ iH'.'.lwiee as e;isilx ami saMii'.' twiei as niin-h as no\\| 



WhiK' L'a.oliiie has ii~.(i Imt 17 pj'r eeiil since l!l|:{, 

 V. il'ilt has •jo!ii' up sil perjcenl.- Ilfeat4 40 per cent, sll<ies 

 Ml per cent, eoal Km per eenl ami tliH Iniihlin^' iiialeriiils 

 that help iMiike ilic liliih ri-nts. IMI pei| cent. 

 Gas Tax No Hardship 



All toeetl .r. the I h MIL'S \\.' Ii\e 1 1_\ ciist iis half as iiiileli 

 ;e.'ain as in 1!»I:;. ami tlilii some. ^leaiitrme. irasoline 

 sliov.s Lilly .1 thin! of this jriiieral | increase in priee. 

 Therefore, til put a tax oft' cents a {rifUon. or even iiiinv, 

 ■ •n irasoline woiilil not eaitse ijreat harilship — that is. as 

 loiiipai-etl vith the other ihardships Jif liifrh i>riees aiul 

 I iirh costs I f livini; just liow. I 



Tliat is not a eonelusivo reason biit a fairly popular 

 one. .Anotlier rca.sim is that, if the jrasoline ta.x wtfre 

 used to Imi d liij^hways, il woifjd coiie to pass that the 



people who use tht new roads would be helping pay for 

 them. j 



Suppose half tue families iu the United States have 

 motor ears ami thf other half have none. That is about 

 the (.'ase. Isn't i^ fairer then that the half who have 

 motor ears shouldt contribute largely to the eost of the 

 motor roads, rathtr than that all families should eoii- 

 mibute, whether they have cars or not? 



' • j I Road Users Pay 



By means of the jiasoliiie tax the road users would 

 he compelleil to iiiy. By iiieaiis of bond issues and gen- 

 eral taxes, everybiily is eompelled to pay. whether he is 

 a ro(id user or not whether he rides in a motorcar, takes 

 a street car. or walks. 



The farmer thinks he is rohbed and oppres.sed by local 

 taxes. He i.s — in i iiost ea.ses, he is. He wants to get out 

 from umler the I ighway taxes. If he doesn't escape 

 some of the preset It tax burdens, if he doesn't get relief 

 soon from the local taxation mi his acres, says Dr. Kly 

 of .Matlison university, he is likely to be impoverished or 

 liaiikru|)ted. In pints of the .Northwest, the farmer pays 

 111 taxes nearly two-thirds of what he can rent his farm 

 for. It is fniiii tl is sort of wild taxation that the gaso 

 line tax for hard roads would sjive the farmer some relief. 



Wouldn't a Gas Tax Help? • 



There are other arguments. .Should motorists from 

 one state use up t le roads in another state without pay- 

 ing a cent for the privilege? And, if they are to pay at 

 all, what easier mi'thod is there than to pay every time 

 the.\ take in ga.so iiie ? 



• an there be any end to tax-exem])t bonds as liiii'! 



as states issue sue 

 st ruction of hard 

 be elided unless si 



I bonds by the ten million for the con- 

 roads'.' And will such bond issues 

 me other means, like a gaoline tax, be 



used to bring in it least part of the money? 



/Is Hands Are Tied 



I'liere can be iio substantial reform looking to an 

 ipiiiili/.ation of tli^ tax burden while the legislature has 



Its hands tied 

 of the state. 



The present cubist it lit ion was 

 years after the < 

 money now lik 



Wc wish We could 



Tilings have c 

 one other intaiigi 

 IhTO, There is a 

 In Imiids and othi 

 INTO or even 10 



rhe World Wii 



like hot cal 



lion 

 reasini 



()|ie reason is that they an 



laii 



assessors tl 

 property. That 



proper 



peci(dljf farm pri 

 i;ileliitiy;it gets ea 

 Most. '\- 



I-ll the present I 



to expect no relic 

 'rhi'i proposed aim 

 No. ! 4 ititrodii 

 aliielidnieiit to th! 

 wliii<-li will inak 



it has under the present constitution 



idopteil ill 1870, five 



ivil War. We are not spending our 



Mfe did ill <?ivil War dax s, even though 



.Neither are wc earning money now 



in the same mam cr as it was earned in IfSTO. 



anged. Monds and a thousand and 



lis have sprung into great use since 



greater proportiiiii of wealth invested 



r intaiitrililes today than there was in 



ars ago, 



educated people to buying bonds 



tliniugh the Liberty bonds. I'hey have been buying 



es since then, and for more than one 



'asier to hide from tax 



injifstmenls in real estate and visible 



illustration of classification of 



crty nccordii g to visibility, Kcal estate, and es- 



icrty. is visible to the assessor, conse- 

 glit. It is the visible things that pay 



ly. people are coming more and iiiore 

 from under the present constitution, 

 ndnient cmbodicil in .loiiit liesolutinn 

 b.\ Senator 1-aiitz ||rovides for an 

 revenue section irTtlie constitution 

 possible to permif.the taxing of in- 

 comes, if money I to run the goveriimV'nt can be raised 

 by liaxiiig ineomeJ. all the better for farmers and other 

 owiuis of real priipertv. The proposeil amendment docs 

 lis 



not in itself estal 

 unties the hands 

 IKiss laws adapt in 

 niiiiiic conditions. 

 Farmers and hi 

 resolution If the\- 

 rt-ly distributed, 

 desiriuis that far 

 and house meiiibe 

 liiel t. 



iine-iiwners should get behind the Laiitz 



xpect to have their tax burden prop- 



The legislative committee is especially 



luers write, wire or see their senatol-s 



ging them to support this amend- 



The 



illinois has a 

 good many otherj. 



Kach year 111 

 worth of cream, 

 kiik dam every 

 cheeks. 



Illinois fariiiei> 

 of them have tal 

 methods and liavi 

 ineiimcs. 



A. n. Lynch, o 

 nois farmers can 

 iiig cream bargai 



The average I 

 farmers in Oetol 

 vvith both co-opi 

 taken, was :U.() 



1 any new form of tax. lint it simply 

 f the legislature and enables them to 

 r the levving of taxes to changed eeo- 



F<ar G'« and the Five M't 



c ream marketing problem as well as a 



nois farmers sell about $17,000,000 

 That is enough money to build a Keo- 

 ear and a^ half from Illinois cream 



markiif their cream maiiv ways. Some 

 ?n advantage of collective bargaining 

 sold together, therebv increasing their 



sa 



ir dairy marketing director, says lUi- 

 r make a heap of money by form- 

 iiiig associations, 



itter fat price received by Illinois 

 r. November ami December of 1924. 

 rative and private creamery prices 

 eiits, according to Mr. Lvneh. This 



the 



figure was compared wkh the prices received in 12 other 

 states the same date. 



In Ohio it was found that the farmers were getting 

 at private stations 4.4 cents per pound fat more than 

 the farmers in other states were getting at private sta- 

 tions during the same period. The reason is that Ohio 

 has 88 co-operative cream stations in the state, Mr. 

 Lynch finds. There are a good many less than that in 

 all the other 12' states which participated in the priee 

 comparison. 



The averages paid in the 12 states were brought to- 

 gether by the dairy department of the Ohio Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation with results as follows: 



Ohio :i8.r) cents Iowa o4.{i cents 



.Michigan :i8.2 



. Minnesota :!7.1 



Indiana :{5.8 



Kentuckv :!.■).;") 



Illinois '...A...M.(i 



Oklahoma. . . 



Illinois farmers could get more money If 

 organized. Whert>Ttlerc is not enough volume of eieam 

 In a commu«it.v_tDJiupport a farmer-owned co-operative 

 creamery, it has been found desirable to form a cream, 

 selling orgauizafion. About five hundreil cows are 

 needed and it requires very little capital. 



As a rule a building can be rented where the cream 

 from these 500 cows can be weighed and tested by the 

 farmers' own man. The eiiuipment retpiired need not 

 cost more than $I!(K(. .Mr. Lynch says that some cream 

 clubs raise this aimmiit by membership fees, while others 

 have started iiH' li.v borrowing money at the hank. This 

 kind of an arrangenient is known as a cream bargaining 

 association. After the cream from the minimum' re- 

 i|uiremeiit of cows is signed up, the total volume is sold 

 to the highest bidiler. 



The Ford County Farm Bureau started one at I'axton 

 last year. Farmers in it not only received the market 

 price but at the end of the year paid a patronage divi- 

 dend of 2.3 cents per pound. 



Mr. Lynch sa.vs any group of farmers that haVe the 

 four ti's and the five M's can make a go out of a cream 

 liargaining association. These are grit, git. guts and 

 guiuption, and men, milk, money, minds and marketing. 

 To make the score even all around, the editor hereby 

 adds "glue" to the first set. because they've got to 

 stick. 



The biggest qui'slioii to settle before starting a cream 

 bargaining association, according to Mr. Lynch, is "Will 

 you work with yiiur neighbor?" 



The I. A. A. is prepared to help fanners solve their 

 cream problems. 



The Ga* Tax Should Replace, Not Add 



Illinois is now the only state west of New York not 

 having a tax on gasoline. 



This statement can be made with the qualification that 

 Minnesota will withtmt doubt enact some kind of a gas 

 tax in this session of. its legislature. Both branches of 

 the Minnesota General Assembly have passed bills, but 

 in the House it was two cents while the Senators wanted 

 two and a half cents. 



Ohio, which has been in doubt, has definitely adopted 

 it. The Governor vetoed the bill, but it was passed over 

 his veto in company with :!:! other bills which he wished 

 to keep from passing. 



If all the good |»oiiits favoring the adoption of a gas 

 tax in Illinois were cast aside for the moment, should 

 our legislators leave this state to be overridden by mo- 

 torists from every other state without them paying some 

 small portion of the road expenses? 



And with the insistent demand for tax reduction from 

 all parts of the state, could the legislators consistently 

 enact a gas tax as an additional tax? 



Illinois will eventually have a gasoline tax, of that 

 there is little iloubt. The (|Uestion is whether it will 

 come as an additional tax or as a replacement tax. 



As has been stated before, the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is for the gas tax in lieu of the county high- 

 way tax. That is the main requirement in the Cuthbert- 

 son bill. Are you activelv supporting it? 



Where They Are Really Using Lime 



Last year the farmers of Illinois used 500.000 tons of 

 limi'stone on their soils. This is Triie-fourth of all that 

 ,was used on all the soil of the I'liited Statts. This rec- 

 ord doesn't mean that Illinois is a particularly sour 

 state, but it does mean the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion has carried on an organized campaign to get farm- 

 ers to apply the needed soil correction. — Pacific Rural 

 Press, San Francisco, Calif. 



Easterners Like This Kind 



The Illinois Agricultural Association has taken steps 

 to hi'lp the farmers of the five counties hardest hit by 

 the tornado. That's the kind of farm relief with which 

 ever\body is in sympathy. — Philadelphia Public Ledger. 



