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The DKno}* Atricnhural AModalloB Record 



July 4, 192S 



„ I El Ei I N O ■ S 



CCl.TnAL ASSOCIA 



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Published every oth«r SAtqrday by the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, 608 South I>«*rll»rn Street, Chicago, Illinois. Edited 

 by 'department of Infomation, Harry C. Butcher, Director. 



Entered as second class matter Oct. 10, 1921. at the post office 

 at Chicagov Illinois, under the act of March 3. 1879. Acceptance 

 for mailing at special rates of postage provided for in Section 

 1103. Act of October 3. 1917. authorized Oct. 31, 1921. 



The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation Is Ave dollars • year. The fee Includes payment of 

 flfty centsi for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 elation RscOMP. 



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OFFICERS 

 President, S. H. Thompson, Qnlncy. 

 Vice-President, H. E. Goembel, Hooppole. 

 Trea.surer, R. A. Cowles, Bloomlngton 

 Secretary, G«0. A. Fox, Sycamore. 



E.XKCOnVE OOMSIITTEE 



By Congressional Districts 



1st to 11th William Webb, Route On«, Jollet 



12th G. F. Tullock, Roclcfonl 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th ; W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15th B. H. Taylor, Rapatee 



16th A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th F. D. Barton, Cornell 



18th ', R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



1»th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th i.. Earl C. Smith, Detroit 



21*t Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd Stanly Castle, Alton 



23rd W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th Curt Anderson, Xenia 



2Sth R, K. Loomis, Makanda 



Directors of Departiuents, I. A. A. Office 



Co-operative Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance : R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



general Offiee J. H. Kelker 



Grain Marketing Chester C. Davis 



Uiformatlon Harry C. Butcher 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Phosphate-Limestone J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



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THE Ricosn's PLATFORM 

 Advance the purpose for which the Farm Btireau was organized, 

 namely^ to promote, protect and represent the btisiness, economic, 

 social and educational interests of the /armers of Illinois and the 

 nation, tmd to develop agriculture. 



< Setting a Precedent 



SOME legislators whose agricultural voting record is 

 published in this issue will be surprised ; others will 

 be pleased, and not a few will sorely be perplexed. Pub- 

 lishing their record sets a precedent in the life of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association that will mean much to 

 the fanning industry of this state. Nqte the disregard 

 for party affiliation ; it is the agricultural record, with- 

 out political favor. ". i - ' 



Text of Propoted Amendment 



THE proposed amendment to the revenue section of 

 th|e constitution reads as follows: 1 



I Senate Joint Resolution No. 4. 

 Resolved by the Senate of the State of Illinoia, the 

 House of Representatives concurring therein : That there 

 shall be submitted to the electors of this State for adop- 

 tion or rejection at the next election of members of the 

 general assembly of the State of Illinois, in the mlinner 

 provided by law, a proposition to amend Article IX of 

 the Constitution by adding thereto an additional section 

 to be Itnown as Section 14 of Article IX, as follows : 

 ARTICLE IX 

 Section 14. , From and after the date when this sec- 



tion shall be in force, the general assembly shall have 

 authority to prpvide by general law for the levy and col- 

 lection of tazeet for public purposes upon persons, prop- 

 erty, and incoiike, free from the limitations contained in 

 Sections one (1), three (3), nine (9), and ten (10) of 

 this article. Taxes levied under the authority of this 

 section shall bt uniform upon all persons, property or 

 income of the Same class. All real estate shall be in one 

 class, except that mineral land and land devoted to re- 

 forestation map^ be in different classes. Exemptions 

 from taxation may be established only by general law. 

 This section shall not affect existing exemptions estab- 

 lished by law (under the authority of section 8 of this 

 article. Taxes by valuation under the authority of this 

 section shall b* based upon a value to be ascertained by 

 some person ojr persons to be elected or appointed in 

 such a manneij as the general assembly shall direct, and 

 not otherwise. No act for the imposition, increase, con- 

 tinuation or revival of a tax under the 'authority of this 

 section, or for the establishment of exemptions under the 

 authority of tl is section, shall become a law without the 

 concurrence ofl two-thirds of the members elected to each 

 house. 



R elief Fund Reachem Goal 



OVER the op ! ! 

 That's t le status of the Illinois Farm Relief Com- 

 mittee's fund : or re-establishing tornado-stricken farmers 

 in southern I'linois. The latest report shows the total 

 at $180,105.12. The goal had been set at $180,000. It 

 was thought tliat if this amount could be raised, it would 

 be a great sho' ring of generosity and neighborliness upon 

 the part of 111 nois farmers. Congratulations and thanks 

 are in order for the thousands of farmers who contrib 

 utfd. 



Dpetn't The Farmer Count? 



WHEN a public utility company wishes to build a 

 line foB transmission of its electricjd energy, it 

 must apply to the Illinois Commerce Commission for a 

 certificate of 'convenience and necessity." In applying 

 for the certilleate, the utility company mnst also give 

 notice to tele jhone, telegraph and fight and power com- 

 panies whose lines will be crossed or paralleled. This 

 is done in orier thafall interested parties may appear 

 in the heariig where any objections to the proposed 

 course of the line may be brought out. 



But the u' ility companies are not required to serve 

 notice upon farmers over whose land they propose to 

 cross! 



Obviously, this is an injustice to the farmer. What 

 usually happ ens is that a representative of the company 

 privately taL s to each farmer and dickers on the»'«mount 

 that shall be paid for the condemned areas. The indi- 

 vidual farmer is practically powerless in the face of the 

 company's oGBcial certificate of convenience and neces- 

 sity which hid been issued upon the basis of the rights 

 of all interests excepting the farmer's. 



An illustr ition of this very thing is in the Galesburg- 

 Galva case, which has been pending some time. Its 

 history is gi ren by L. J. Quasey, transportation depart- 

 ment director, like this: 



"The lUiDDis Power & Light Corporation made surveys 

 between Galesburg and Galva for the proposed construction 

 of a 66,000 volt transmission line between the points 

 named. The corporation applied to the Illinois Commerce 

 Commission ind obtained from It, on Feb. 18, 1925, a cer- 

 tificate of CO ivenience and necessity, and the right of con- 

 demnation. 



"The IlUn >is Agricultural Association was not approached 

 by the land owners until after that date, when the Knox 

 County Farn Bureau aslted that we take some action and 

 assist the la td owners concerned in getting the course of 

 the proposed line changed if possible. 



"It so happens that the course most preferred by the 

 company runs on an average of three-Kjuarters of a mile 

 from the Burlington right of way. It necessarily cuts the 

 farm lands diagonally. Some 62 farms are Involved and 

 under the proposed plan there would be from two to ten 

 towers on each farm. Ninety seven per cent of the lands 

 proposed to be crossed were under crop rotation. 



"The Knox County Farm Bureau proceeded with this 

 matter in a very orderly manner, appointing committees to 

 act in behalf of those concerned. The company in the 

 meantime bad written some 19 contracts with Individual 

 farmers for right of way, and in some instances payments 

 had been made under the provisions of these contracts. 

 This gives an idea of the difficult position the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association was placed In when we took this mat- 

 ter up. 



"We made an appeal to the chairman of the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission for a conference so that we could 

 present our objections to the proposed course. , At the con- 

 clusion of the conference the Commission ordered that 

 further activities on the part of the company toward con- 

 struction of the line be suspended until further ordered 

 by the Commission. 



"The Commission then. In compliance with our request, 

 sent out an engineer to checli up the situation in connec- 

 tion with the proposed course, also to develop alternative 

 routes. After this was done, an informal hearing was held. 

 Those present were the interested farmers, the Illinois 

 Power & Light Corporation and others Interested. 



"The route most agreeable to the farmers and which was 

 one of the routes suggested by the Commission's engineers, 

 was one parallel to the Burlington railroad between the 

 Galesburg and Galva. Serious objection to this was made 

 on the part of the Burlington railroad on the grounds that 

 Inductive interference from the high power line would crip- 

 ple their signal devices. The Western Union Telegraph 

 Company likewise made objections on the same grounds; 

 a portion of their coast to coast line passes along the Bur- 

 lington railroad. The Bell Telephone Company was the 

 most strenuous objector for the same reasons. They also 

 have lines along a major portion of the proposed route. 



"At the conclusion of the conference, the Chairman of 

 the Commission appointed a committee to represent all the 

 various Interests in an endeavor to work out a plan mutu- 

 ally agreeable, and in the event that no mutual agreement 

 can be reached, the Commission will set the matter for fur- 

 ther hearing and undertake to decide the matter to the best 

 interests of all." 



While the immediate concern is to see that 52 farmers 

 are not oppressed, the principle involved is of more im- 

 portance. Mr. Quasey says that there are already 7,000 

 miles of transmission lines in Illinois and the industry 

 is still in its infancy. When we get to a point where 

 there will be two, three or four times as many miles and 

 no definite recognition given to the effect upon farm 

 lands, a great injustice will result to the farm owners 

 in this state. In working to overcome this possibility 

 of injustice, the transportation department has set up 

 four principles, which are as follows: 



1. That public utilities shall be mindful in their sur- 

 veys to transverse plow lands to the least possible extent. 



2. That they shall, so far as possible, pursue the right 

 of way of railroads and highways and endeavor to follow 

 fence lines. 



3. That they conduct their surveys in a manner to pre- 

 vent the least loss and damage to crops and property. 



4. That any resulting damages be properly compensated 

 for. ' 



These four points constitute a basis upon which the 

 I. A. A. stands and will continue to stand in its ever- 

 lasting crusade of protection of farmers' rights. 



"When You Ttute Honey, Remember Gall" 



ONE of Ben Franklin's tart sayings is, "When you 

 taste honey, remember gall." 

 Apply this to yourself if you ever become dissatisfied 

 with what your organization is doing for you. Think 

 back to the days before the Farm Bureauj then you will 

 appreciate more the benefits of your belonging to an or- 

 ganization that is working for you, 



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JOHN THINKER AND EPIDERMIS FLINT. 



