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 COLL".GK OF AGRICULTU.Tr. 



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Volume 3 



Iicued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Fanner* — July 4, 192S 



No. 13 



I. A. A. PRESENTS VOTING RECORD OF LEGISLATORS FOR FIRST TIME 



IA.A LEGISLATIVF ^Si^~~l~T~ ~~~ PUBUSHING VOTE MARKS BEGINNING OF A kw 



COMMTTTEE^ ^HB^^ ^ LEGISLATIVE POUCY WHICH WUl BRING FaCTS 



SiSIjfiwS WORK ^W^^W I TO MEMBERS AND STRENGTH TO AGRICULTURE 



Pnmk D. Bartoa 



group to any 

 10-mile radius. 

 egins with the 

 ools, June 26. 

 open their 

 fortunate chll- 

 ngs," too. The 

 ort that many 

 ear after year, 

 children they 

 which speaks 



A. Mailloux of 

 e county found 



community to 

 He said that 



telephone and 

 ghbors, and it 

 ? had the "or- 



ne or more of 

 dren into your 



this summer. 

 ste of the Joys 

 if you have 

 u can interest 

 the blank pro- 

 d return It to 

 r This summer 

 t tb»^ name of 

 )per !S in this 



an^ christian 



Major Accomplwhineiiit of Gen* 

 eral Awemlily Was Revenue 

 Measure Pushed by LAJi. 



By the LegisUitive Committee 



The General Assembly just closed 

 was generally conceded to be one 

 of few construc- 

 tive accomplish- 

 ments. In fact 

 everyone agrees 

 that the one far- 

 reaching bit of 

 legislative action 

 was ' the submis- 

 sion to the peo- 

 ple of an amend- 

 ment to the state 

 ' constitution, per- 

 mitting the legis- 

 lature to pass 

 tax laws In con- 

 formity to mod- 

 e r n conditions. 

 At present probably more than 90 

 per cent of the tax burden falls 

 upon the farm lands, city homes 

 and other tangible property. This 

 amendment, if adopted, will enable 

 the legislature to find means of tax- 

 ing the intangible wealth thereby 

 reducing the burden now resting on 

 the property of the farmer. 



This action, before it becomes ef- 

 fective, must be ratified by the peo- 

 ple at the November election In 

 1926. Because of that fact, and be- 

 cause of its importance, it is being 

 printed in full on the editorial 

 page. This resolution had the 

 whole-hearted support of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. 

 Text of Revenue Amendment 

 The Tice bill to hasten the work 

 o f eradicating 

 bovine tuberculo- 

 sis was seriously 

 amended in the 

 Senate. The 

 House refused to 

 concur and the 

 bill went to con- 

 ference. The con- 

 ference commit- 

 tee from the 

 House was com- 

 posed almost en- 

 tirely of men 

 who had Indulged 



A.r.Everta,h.« !.° "O™ <"■ 'f88 



destructive criti- 

 cism of the bill at different times. 

 In spite of definite promises, none 

 of the outstanding friends of the 

 bill were placed on this committee. 

 Even Mr. Tice, its sponser, was 

 completely ignored. 



Tice Bill A Step Forward 

 However, the bill came out of 

 the conference with some of the 

 most objectional Senate amend- 

 ments eliminated. While we do not 

 feel that the bill, as finally passed, 

 is as good a bill as the one original- 

 ly presented, we believe it is a 

 definite forward step. It recognizes 

 the principle of compulsory testing 

 when 75 per cent of the cattle have 

 been tested. It will enable many 

 counties, where work is now well 

 started, to very soon become clean 

 territory and it 

 clarifies and 

 gives legislative 

 sanction to many 

 practices that are 

 now merely de- 

 partment regula- 

 tions. 



The appropria- 

 tion as finally 

 passed was J2,- 

 "00,000. The 

 committee felt 

 and still feels 

 that the amount 

 appropriated will 

 not be sufflcient 



to carry t; ■ work through the next 

 biennlum. J4iree million dollars was 



(Continued on pa^e 4, col. 4.) 



H. K, Gormbel 



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Executive Committee Ordered Vote Printed in Recckd; Vote 

 Shown Here on Revenue Amendment, Tice Bill, Baif Bill and 

 Dunlap State PoUce BiU, AU of Which Were Backed by 



I.A.A. ; Comments on Senators 

 Printed Before Election. 



and Representatii 



THE record of the legislators who served the state <J uringr th.- 

 54th (Jeneral Assembly just closed, upon measures o ' vital in 



terest to Illinois farmers, is presented herewith by the lUi lois Apri 

 cultural Association. This is a new departure upon beh ilf of the 

 association, but it is one that farm bureau members have 

 many times. At the meeting of the executive committee or 

 it was ordered that this action be taken. 



"How can agriculture have an effective voice in the affttrs of the 

 state if the farmers do not have the information from wpich they 

 can learn who are their friends and supporters t" asked 



"/)0/VT forget mel" tcreeched Eltore Martire PompUio, 12 years oU. of 811 

 Morgan street, in the Halsted street district of Chicago, when he wax 

 asked to say goodby to the folks who had been listening 10 minutes to his 

 peppy "yes mam*s" over WLS recently. He was interviewed before the micro- 

 phoite by your editor in behalf of the slum kiddie project. Eltore enjoyed an 

 outing on a farm in Livingston county last summer. He answered questions 

 before the microphone in a wo^' that would convince the coldest hearted person 

 that the poor kiddies of Chicago^s congested districts appreciate and look for- 

 ward to trips to the country. There are many others like EUore who would appre- 

 ciate an invitation from some kind-hearted farm bureau member — an invitation 

 that becomes effective by writing the Outing Secretary of the I. A. A. 



Eltore's father is a blind musician and has b^n out qVyvork for some time. 

 He has a brother and sister, both wishing to go^oo. Eaore wrote the follow- 

 ing letter relating his experience in the radio studiiiespeJiatly for the RECORD: 



RADIO ^^' 



The Sharman Hotel 

 I talked in the radio at the sharman hotel and I told the country man That 

 1 like to go this year where the radio urns. There were velvet curtain. I saw 

 a man playing a insttrument he was playing a mouth organ and a bangio and 

 they took me a picture now I got afraid all at once they burned a big iron 

 thing and now they going to print my picture. Your very truly. Friend Eltore 

 Martire, 811 Morgan Street, Chicago. 



Barton (Livingston), chairman of the le^ia^tive committe< in advo 

 eating this change in policy for the I. A. A. " Likewise; it is impor- 

 tant that farmers know who are against agriculture." 



"T<>o many legislators have regarded the farmers' rjghts too 

 lightly," President Thompson stated at the time. 



Comments on various members of the legislature will be made 

 later. These will be written by the legislative committee, of whicji 

 A. C. Everingham of Hutsonville and Vice-President H. E. Goembel 

 iif Hooppole, are also members. 



The record, as compiled by the legislative committee from the 

 iournals of Senate and House, begins on page thn-p. 



to be 



asked for 

 June 12 



'rank D. 



Pool Gets 200 Members 

 In Southern Illinois As 

 Threshing Ends Campaign 



Growers whose deliveries for the 

 season will amount to approximate- 

 ly 150,000 bushels have joined the 

 soft wheat growers pool in {he cam- 

 paign Just drawing to a clo*e in 

 Gallatin, White, Edwards Slnd Wa- 

 bash counties, according to reports. 



Complete reports will be on hand 

 this week, as the start of thresh 

 ing will mark the end of the mem- 

 bership' drive for this year. Two 

 membership teams of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and county 

 Farm Bureaus co-operating, headed 

 by M. L. Hunt of Macomb and H. 

 C. McCarrel of Nebo, have been 

 given contracts from over two hun- 

 dred wheat growers in about two 

 weeks' working time. Elevator 

 contracts providing for handling 

 the wheat, have been signed. 

 Effort has been made to secure 

 membership in local groups, rather 

 than to scatter them throughout the 

 soft wheat territory, to facilitate 

 deliveries and shipping. 



This year's wheat will be handled 



as part of the second year's pool 

 of the Indiana Wheat Growers' as- 

 sociation, and will provide a start- 

 ing point for the general organiza- 

 tion of soft wheat growers in south- 

 ern Illinois next season. Most of 

 the soft wheat comes from territory 

 not served by farmers' elevators. 



/. A. A. Fighting Against 

 Proposed 11 Per Cent 



Freight Rate Increase 



An advance of about 11 per cent 

 in freight rates on all commodities, 

 and particularly live stock, is the 

 expressed desire of the railroads 

 serving Illinois and the West, 

 according to a report of L. J. 

 Quasey, director of the transporta- 

 tion department. This increase is 

 vigorously opposed by the Illinois 

 .^[^ricultural Association. 



"Recently the lines filed a peti- 

 tion for an increase in rates be- 

 tween all points in western terri- 

 tory, including Illinois," the report 

 stated. "The railroads contend 

 that their revenue during the past 

 several years has not been ade- 

 quate. It is said to fall consider- 

 ably below the 5 % per cent author- 

 ized by the Transportation Act. 

 Strategy Seen In Petition 



"This petition Is particularly in- 

 teresting in that it comes at a time 

 when the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission is contemplating a method 

 of procedure under the Hoch-Smith 

 resolution, which was passed by 

 Congress in its last session and 

 which requires that the subject of 

 freight rates shall be given a good 

 airing with a view toward possible 

 revisions. 



"However, the railroads very 

 strenuously oppose having this pe- 

 tition considered under the Hoch- 

 Sraith resolution. The opposite 

 view is taken by the shippers' or- 

 ganizations, and the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association. 



15 Per Cent IncirMSt 

 In Membership It. 



Counties, Metz ler Says 



Farmers are Joining 

 Bureau in the counties 

 renewing membersbipe 



he Farm 

 hich are 

 his year 



with a real appreciation i f what it 

 Is all about, according to G. E. 

 Metzger, I. A. A. organi nation di- 

 rector. Six counties are ilready In 

 their campaigns. In thei > six, the 

 increases range from 10 :o 25 per 

 cent of the old members! ip. which 

 speaks well, he states, for he stand- 

 ing of the Farm BureauE over the 

 state. The average incre .se so far 

 is estimated as 15 per c ;nt. 



"From the standpoint 

 we feel that the action oi 



of the Western lines Inv ilves Illi 



Six 



Illinois, 

 the part 



nois rates on all classes 

 modities. This action 

 concern to us in that the 

 over a period of years, hav ; endeav- 

 ored to increase Illinois i iteE, and 

 particularl)> on live stock, 

 ly as can be determined 

 crease asked for in the cai riers' pe- 

 tition would mean an aii vanee of 

 about 11 per cent on all 

 ities. This might vary to 

 tent on one commodity 

 other." 



No definite plan of proc ^dure for 

 executing the Hoch-Smiti i resolu- 

 tion has been indicated b ' the In- 

 terstate Commerce Comml islon. It 

 has received suggcstionB fi om ship- 

 pers' organizations from 

 the country, and will now 

 late its own plan. 



ind com- 

 of great 

 -ailroads. 



As near- 

 the In- 



commod- 

 Bome ex- 

 aver an- 



all over 

 formu- 



^HERE teas a good-sized turnout of farm bureau leaders and their wives and children when the second distric, 

 of the year was held in the 25th Congressiotui district at Villa Ridge in Pulaski county not long ago. Bells w^ 

 dry down in Egypt thert, biu rain has come and the fruit and late vegetables, upon which these farmers bank theii 

 are doing much better. R.K.Loomit of Malumda is their I. A. A. representative. 



meeting 



w^e goinf 



chance*. 



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