le 20, 1925 



)DIES 



To 



Season 



lady said sol 



she »aid there 

 } — but — but I 

 n— here— ". 

 IIS? Hemmt'd 

 a vast Indus 

 lillioiid in lit 

 licks. In their 

 li from youth. 

 Ix'caysi- many 

 1 which they 



fort is nieas- 

 iness \t sives. 

 ; Ww children 

 I Charities of 

 it end of it. 

 I'enience. they 

 Idreu in each 

 charity work- 

 » lio are to go. 

 ery way, and 



H 



ou|) to any 

 u-mile radius. 



ins with the 

 oois, June 2G. 



o1)en their 

 ortunat»i chil- 

 iifis." too. The 

 ort that many 

 ear after year. 



children they 

 wliicli speaks 



.\. Mailloux of 



* c(junty found 



community to 



He said that 



telephone and 



iihbors. and it 



had tile "or- 



e or more of 

 dreii into your 



1 this summer. 

 te of the joys 



if .\jLiu have 

 can interest 

 the blank pro- 

 d i.turn it to 

 ' This summer 

 t tL*- name of 

 ipei 's in this 

 an. rliristian 



1 



IL; 



'BUREAU 



CIA^DfJ^ 



Volume 3 



issued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinhing Fanners — July 4, 1925 



I. A. A. PRESENTS VOTING RECORD OF LEGISLATORS FOR FIRST ' IME 



I.A.A. LEGISLATIVE 

 COMMITTEE REVIEWS 

 LEGISLATURE'S WORK 



Major Accomplishment of Gen- 

 eral Assembly Was Revenue 

 Measure Pushed by I.A.A. 



By the Legislative Coninittlee 



The General Assembly Just closed 

 was generally conceded to be one 

 of few construc- 

 tive accomplish- 

 ments. In fact 

 everyone aerees 

 that the one fa;- 

 reachiuK bit off 

 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- F,„k D. Barton 



e r n conditions. 



.\t present probably more than 9u 

 per cent of the tax burden falls 

 upon the farm lands, city hoqies 

 and other taniiible property. This 

 amendment, if adopted, will enable 

 the legislature to find means of tax- 

 ins; the intangible wealth thereby 

 n ducini; the burden now resting on 

 I he property of the farmer. 



This action, before it becomes ef- 

 ftcti\e, must l>e ratified by the peo- 

 ple at the November election in 

 192G. liecause of that fact, and be- 

 cause of its imiiortance. it is being 

 printed in full on the editorial 

 pai;e. This resolution had the 

 whole-liearted support of the Illi- 

 nois .Vgricultural 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 



& ^^ ^^"^B House refused to 

 \ ,.,A ^V concur and the 

 ' r ^^ ^^ bill went to con- 

 ference. The con- 

 ference commit- 

 tee from the 

 House was com- 

 posed almost en- 

 tirely of m e n 

 who had indulged 

 in more or less 

 dejitructive criti- 

 cism of the bill at different times. 

 Ill spite of definite promises, none 

 of the outstandiim friends of tli*' 

 liill wes'e placed on this committee, 

 fc^ven Mr. Tice. its sjionser. was 

 completely ignored. 



Tice Kill .1 Step KorwanI 

 . However, the bill came out of 

 llie conference with some of the 

 must objectional Senate aniend- 

 Mieiits 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 

 il'-finite forward step. It recognizes 

 thw principle of compulsory testing 

 «lien 75 per cent of the cattle have 

 lieen tested. It will enable many 

 "■unties, where work is now well 

 ^•larted. to very soon become clean 

 tirritory and it 

 c I a r i fl e s and 

 -ives legislative 

 s:iiiction to many 

 l"uctiees that are 

 iiuw merely de- | 

 f'^tment regula- >jh 01^ 

 111. lis. ' > ~^^ 



rite appropria- 

 t'l'i. as finally 

 I'u.-'-d was $2,- 

 "iHi iMjO. The 

 < "'luiiittee felt 

 •'lid still feels 

 "lat the amount 

 •iiipropriated will 

 'i"t be suHcient 



to c arry t .. work through the next 



I'i'iinium. .hree million dollars was 



K'uiitinufU on pagf 4, col. 4.) 



PUBLISHING VOTE MARKS BEGINNING OF A 

 LEGISLATIVE POLICY WHICH WILL BRING 



No. 1. 



HEW 

 ACTS 



TO MEMBERS AND STRENGTH TO AGRICLLTURt 



IHrrlnehnn 



" rjOVT forget me!" screeched Hliore Mariire I'ompilin. V2 yitry ul<l. ul SI I 

 ■^"^ Morgan street, in the Hahteil street district of Chiciifin. nfien hf was 

 asked to say goodby to the folks ulio had been U\teitinti /'I minittr^ tit his 

 peppy "yes tnam's" over tf'LS recently, lie tens intercieiced hefon- :he micro- 

 phone by your editor in behalf of the slum kiddie project. Hhore frtfoyed on 

 outing on a farm in Livingston county Inst summer. He ansuered iptcstions 

 before the microphone in a way that would convince the coldest hearted person 

 that the poor kiddies of (Jiieago's i'oni:i"^ted ifi.-itricls appreciate and look f*tr- 

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

 date an invitation from some kind-hearted farm bureau member an invitation 

 that becomes effective by writing the fluting Secretory of the I. .t. .4. 

 j KItore's father is a blind m«.siri«n and has been out of witrk for some time. 

 He has a brother and sister, both wishing to go. too. Eltore wrote the foltott- 

 ing letter relating his experience in the radio studio espei^ialh for the Hh't t^HO: 



R\l)l(> 

 The .'sliarman Hotel 

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

 I like to go this year where the radio was. There were veil et curtain: I saw 

 a man playing a insttrument he ivas playing a mouth or;:an and a Iningio and 

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

 thing and now they going to print my picture, \tiur very truly, trienif Llfoj-e 

 Mnrtire, 811 Morgan Street, Chicago. 



Reccrd 



Executive Committee Ordered Vote Printed in 



Shown Here on Revenue Amendment, Tice Bill, Bai r 

 Dunlap State Police Bill, All of Which Were B^ck 

 I.A.A. ; Comments on Senators and Representat 

 ' Printed Before Election. 



> es 



TIIK record of the le(.'iKljii.,rs wlio served the slate iliriri'/ tti 

 .')4tli (ieneral Assemldy juvt eloseil. ii|i'iii iiieji<iiri>« o' vital n 

 tere.,t to Illinois fanin-rs. !•. in-.-s.-iited liefiwitli li\ llie fill ii .- .\jr\ 

 ctdtiiral Assoeiiitioii. This is ^ ii,.w di|>arHire ii|):.ii heli ilt' ..f ih. 

 assoeiatii.ii. hut it is on,- thai farm hiireaii iiieiiihers have a^ked I'' 

 Iiiativ times. At the inieiin^ mC the executive eouiinittee ..tl-liwie ll 

 it. was ordered that this aetimi he taken. 



"How can au'riciiltuii' liave an elTeetive voice in the afT^rs of th' 

 state if the fariiK-rs do not have the infiirniatiini from w lirh th- 

 ■ an learn who are their frieiuls an<l stipporters !'' ' asked •"rank l> 

 liaiton iLivin<^|iin . .-liairnian of the legislative comniittiv inadv. 

 eatiiiir this eliaii'.'e in |ii>liey for the I. A. A. "Likewise, it is iuije 

 t, Hit that fanners know who are a-.'aitist airriciilliiri. " 



■Too nianv lejjislaKirs have rejmrdeil the fanners' rf^hts !• 

 li'/litly." I'l-esijieiii Thompson stated at the time. 



fommenls fiii various memhers of the legislature will Im; inad' 

 later. Tliesi' will he written hy ihi- le'^'islative eomiiiittee. of whul. 

 A. <'. Kveein^ihain of lliitsonville and Niir-President H. K. Co-pil-ei 

 '•f lloii|>pol,-, are also memhers. 



The re... id. as compiled hy the lepislalive committe.- froii! th- 

 i..iinials of .s;,iiale anil lions.', h.-.j'itis ..n pa^-e the.-.- 



/. f. 1. Fifihtiiiii .4):iiiii.yi 

 Vrttpttst'd 1 1 I'fr ('.rill 



l-'rfifiht Rate hu-reast' 



An advanc- ..f ainiut II p. r <■. iit 

 in freiuhf rates ..n all coiiiiii.»(litj.->, 

 and iiarlicniarjy live stock, is th.- 

 e\i)ressed desir*- of tlu* railroads 

 s. Tying Illinois and th- West, 

 ai'cordini: to a repfirt i.f L. J. 

 Qiiasey, director of th4' traiisporta- 

 ti.in department. This increase i.a 

 \i.;:orously opposed by the Illinois 



Vole 



Bill and 



5d by 



to be 



. Vl. <iufnil,fl 



Pool Gets 200 Members 

 In Southern Illinois As 

 Threshinff Ends Campaitin 



Growers whose deliveries for the 

 season will amount to approximate- 

 ly 150.000 bushels have joined the 

 soft wheat srow^rs pool in the cam- 

 paign just drawing to a close in 

 Callatin. White, Edwards and Wa- 

 bash counties, accordinc to reports. 



Complete reports will be on hand 

 this week, as the start of thr<sh- 

 in^' will mark the end of the in<ni 

 bership drive for this year. Twn 

 membership teams of the Illinois 

 Ajiricultural Association and county 

 Farm Bureaus co-operatini:;. headed 

 by M. L. Hunt of ^faconib and H 

 C. McCarrel of NV'bo. havf been 

 i;iv* n contracts trom over two hun- 

 drt'd wheat crowers in about two 

 wt'Hks" working lime. Elevator 

 contracts providing for handling 

 tb*^ wheat, have been signed. 

 EJffort has been made to secure 

 membership in local groups, rather 

 than to scatter them throughout the 

 soft wheat territory, to facilitate 

 deliveries and shippiug. 



This year*9 wheat will be handled 



as part of the seeond y#'ar's pyol 

 of the Indiana Wheat Growers' as- 

 and will provide a stari- 

 the ticniral nru-aniza- 

 tion 111 soft wheat iirrnv- rs in sonth- 

 rrn Illinois next season. Most of 

 th*' soft wheal comes from ttrrii<»ry 

 not served by farmers' elevators 



yoci;i3ion. ant 

 iii'A |«>int for 



\Lrjou!tural Association 



'FJfcently the lines filed a peti 

 iii»n for an increase in rates be 

 tw^'-n all points in western terri 

 tory. ineludin^ Illinois." the report i 

 stated. "The railroads cnnt«-nd 

 liiat tlieir revenue durine: the past 

 -■-I wt-ra! y<ars lias not b<'«n ad-' 

 M'lale. It is sat<I to fall consld^T 

 ;.blv b'low the 5^1 per cnt auHm: 

 r.'.'d by the Transportation .\et 

 Strateuv Scm^ii in Petition 

 "Tliis petition is particularly in 

 t«'resting in that it comes at a tinif 

 wlhn tin- Int*'rsiut»- C<>mih<T<^e C<nii- 

 iiiis.sjon IS riinti-uiptatjn:: a method 

 nl procidun- under ihf Hoch >:milh 

 resolution, which was passed by 

 * 'i»n:rr»^ss in its last session and 

 which requires that the subject of 

 lni;:lit rates shall be given a g<n»d 

 airing with a view toward possible 

 r"v|sions. 



"However, t!ie railroads v^-ry 

 strenuously oppose haviog this pe- 

 liiion ronsidt-n d under the Hooli- 

 Sniitli rfsoluiion. The opposit*- 

 \i'W is taken by the shippers' or- 

 uiiuizations, and the Illinois Agri- 

 <iiliur«l Assoriation- 



In MfnihiTsitift I 



('onntit*s. Metz : 

 rarmer." ate joining 

 \ Itureau in the cttuntles 

 I nni'Wini; iiifiitb< rs!iips 

 I with a nal appn-ciatlon 

 I is all about. a,ecnrdini.' 

 I Metzger. I. A. A. 

 I r«'rt<»r. Si\ et»u^ti»-s are 

 their campaigns. In the: 

 increas<s ran:.' from 10 

 rent of itn old m«'mber>lji[i 

 speaks wejIVhe states, f. 

 ing of the Kami Uureau^ 

 state. The average iucre 

 stiiiiated as 15 p'-r^r 



f what it 



to G. r 



organlf^ation di 



Iready in 



IX. the 



25 per 



whir!. 



^'»Il<l 



■■\ 11.- 



"Kroiu the siaudpoiut (f lli.ii'n 

 we f.^l that the a<lion oi t!fe pai 

 of th. Western iiues inv ihes 111 

 nfiis rates mi all class4-s tnd com 

 modities. This artmn is of greai 

 concern to us in that the -ai!^oad^ 

 o\er a period ctf y.-ars. hav • endt-av 

 ored to increase iHirioitJ i tifs. and 

 particularly on ti\e >iock. As n- ai 

 iy a.*; «an be detenuiu>-d 

 crease asked for m the <'ai riers* p 

 ntion would mean au atfianc* 

 about 11 pt-f rent on «U 

 iiies. This niit^ht vary to 

 tent on one rnntti|odiiy 

 oilier.' 



No definite plan of i-rin 

 eseeutin;: tin 

 tion has be, u indicated 1 



tersiatt- (*oiiuiieu-- I'onli!.^; 



[*(>iiiino«l 



some e\ 



)ver an 



: durf fo: 

 Hoch-Sii:ii| re^olu 



the It. 

 lOII I' 



<T Says 



i« rarm 



iiieli art 



nt 



recei\«-*J sH;.;;^* ^tl■'^*.. i' om yilu 



rji 



or;:an!/atii»!is ti< 

 ountry. nnd will 

 fiwn ptan. 



'H: 



all ov.- 

 ■ I'irinu 



^HERE was a good-sized turnout of farm bureau Ivuders and thrtr win's and children ufien tin v«< ,,/j(i dtsi 

 of the year uas held in the 25th Congressional district at I ilia Hidfxe in f*ulaski county not hmti uf.'". H #■//] 

 dry down in Egypt then,but rain has come and the fruit and late lefietabtes. upon uhich these farmers hanh then 

 are doing much better. K. K. Loomis of MeJcanda is their I. A. A. representative. 



■re ^tui 



