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Volume 4 



Issued Every Month for 63,000 thinking Farmers— March 1, 1926 



No. 3 



REAL BAHLE FOR EQUAUH FOR F 



/. A. A. Wins Long Fight in New Federal Tax Bill 



BEGINS MARCH 1 



George R. Wicker 



Co-ops Exempted From 

 Income Taxes; Saving 

 Over Million $s a Year 



Two Years' Persistent Effort 

 by I. A. A. Ends in Victory; 

 Revenue Law is Clarified 

 After Much Opposition. 



Due largely to the persistent ef- 

 forts of the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation through 

 George R. Wick- 

 er, director of the 

 department o f 

 cooperative a c 

 counting, the new 

 federal tax hill 

 as agreed upon 

 by the confer- 

 ence committee 

 appointed by the 

 House and Sen- 

 ate to conciliate 

 points of differ- 

 e n c e between 

 their respective 

 bills, a clarifica- 

 tion of the exemption rules concern- 

 ing fanners' cooperative marketing 

 and purchasing associations has 

 been obtained which means an an- 

 nual saving to Illinois fanners' ele- 

 vators of approximately $75,000. 



The victory represents nearly two 

 years of effort by the Illinois Agri- 

 O'lltuT'al A!?snf iatmn. Tn the past, 

 farmers' cooperatives have exper- 

 ienced an interpretation . of the ex- 

 emption clause which has been out 

 of harmony with the intent of the 

 cooperative marketing laws as en- 

 acted by Congress, consequently 

 many cooperative organizations 

 paid from $200 to $300 taxes a 

 year when they should have been 

 exempt. The clause was re-worded 

 through suggestions of the asso 

 elation and the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, whose support was 

 enlisteB, and when Congress gives 

 its final O- K. to the conference 

 tax bill, the exemptions will be 

 clarified and definite. 

 IllinoU Saves $75,000 Annually 

 About half the farmers' elevators 

 in Illinois pay income tax, Mr. 

 Wicker finds, these paying from 

 $200 to $300 a year. The clarifica- 

 tion exempts them and results in a 

 saving estimated at $75,000 an- 

 nually. There are about 4,500 

 farmers' elevators in the United 

 States, Mr. Wicker says, and about 

 ha'f of these have been paying in- 

 come taxes. Combining the saving 

 to the nation's farmers' elevators 

 and that given other cooperatives, 

 ft total annual saving of about $1,- 

 125,000 results. 



The I. A. A. has had representa- 

 tives at Washington on several oc- 

 casions in behalf of the exemption 

 problem. Mr. Wicker appeared be- 

 fore the House ways and means 

 committee last fall urging a clari- 

 fication, but due to opposition from 

 the treasury department officials 

 who claimed the changes unneces- 

 sary, the House committee did not 

 include the I. A. A. changes in the 

 original bill recommended to the 

 House and subsequently passed. 

 Victory Followed Defeat. 

 Although defeated before the 

 House ways and means committee, 

 the I. A. A. persisted. The case 

 was brought to the attention of the 

 Senate finance committee where, 

 after considerable effort, favorable 

 action was accorded it and an 

 amendment was made to the tax bill 

 in the Senate covering the I. A. A. 

 request. This amendment was sub- 

 sequently adopted by the conference 

 committee, which means enactment 

 when the entire tax bill is finally 

 passed by Congress, which is now 

 considered a mere formality. 



25 States Reached 

 by Illinois Fruit 

 Grower's Exchange 



During 1925 the Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange at Cenjtralia, 

 "mothered" by the I. A. A. and 

 Farm Bureaus, handled products 

 from 35 shipping points which 

 were sold direct to 105 markets 

 located in 25 states. 



Not more than 1500 cars of 

 peaches will be signed for 1926 

 and it was decided at the Ex- 

 change's annual meeting. By 

 limiting the amount handled, the 

 quality can be bettered, produc- 

 ers who are chronic kickers can 

 be left out and a general in- 

 crease in efficiency will result, it 

 is believed. 



Sam Thompson' s Silver 

 Cup Arouses Interest 

 of Many Farm Bureaus 



Information about what your 

 county, state and national Farm 

 Bureaus are doing in your behalf 

 ought to be more prevalent this 

 year than ever before, judging from 

 the interest shown by the county 

 Farm Bureaus in the silver loving 

 cup to be: awarded by Sam H 

 Thompson to the Farm Bureau hav- 

 ing the "best information service to 

 members and general public." 



The information service of each 

 Farm Bureau which enters the con- 

 test will be judged next January 

 by a committee yet to be named by 

 Mr. Thompson. In judging, the 

 committee will use the following 

 scorecard : 



Farm Bureau official onran 40 points 



Newb in papers of county 40 point.-! 



Stat«- newB _ 10 pointtj 



Special features (posters, radio 

 speeches, special postcards, stick- 

 ers, etc.) 10 points 



100 



ANYTHING ELSE? 



WBiM ELSE C<V v»£ TiE TO HIS r^iL? 



Miss Lillie Brandt, 16 years old, 

 won first place on this cartoon in a 

 contest in the Sibley High School in 

 Ford county. Excuse us, Miss 

 Brandt, but we couldn't resist add- 

 ing two more signs to your dog's 

 tail — the first two. 



A. "JUNIOR FARM Bt'REAU" IS ONE OF THE 



major projects of the De Witt Countjr Farm 

 Uur^u this year. , . 



I If You Feel The Si ime, Do The Same! 



LOOK MERE, MIRANOl .' HERt'S ANOTHrR ]|f 



TWAT SAVS THE FARMERS ARE MORE m 



PROSPEROUS IWAN HVER AN' tHCT TVI IS TALK ABOUT 

 .FARM LE&ISLATIOM (S ONLY POLfTICAL BUNKUM -- 



oo^oRESSMEN ain't Gemii no 



^LETTERS FROM FARMERS 

 WHAT 0*YE ■ 



THINK 0'7t4AT? 



Every letter to a Congresi 

 farmer it a bullet that hits iti 

 "Equality for Agriculture." 

 than a sword — and do your 1 

 Your organization can be no 

 port behind it from the members. 



in or Senator from an Illinois 

 mark in this great battle for 



Use your pen — it is mightier 

 it to win this, economic war! 



stronger than the moral sup- 

 Do your bit NOW! 



New I. A. A. President 

 Announces Committees 

 To Serve During 1926 



Number of Advisory Commit- 

 tees Reduced to Save on 

 Traveling Elxpenses; 13 De- 

 partments Under 5 Divisions 



The advisory committees which 

 will guide the work of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association during 

 1926 were announced by Earl C. 

 Smith, new president, at first meet- 

 ing of new executive committee. 



The number of advisory commit- 

 tees is cut down this year in order 

 to economize on traveling expense, 

 each of this year's committees be- 

 ing given more responsibility. The 

 13 departments, each of which had 

 a separate advisory committee last 

 year, are brought under five func- 

 tional headings. 



The committees and personnel: 



Finance — William H. Moody, 

 Port Byron, Rock Island county, 

 chairman; Charles R. Finley, 

 Hoopeston, Vermilion county; A. 

 R. Wright, Varna, Marshall county. 



Organization — C. E. Bamborough, 

 •Polo, Ogle county, member^ip ac- 

 quisition; Frank Oexner, Waterloo, 

 Monroe county, membership col- 

 lections; R, F. Karr, Iroquois, Iro- 

 quois county, information; L. R. 

 Marchant, Galesburg, Knox county, 

 Ifarm adviser. 



f Public relations — Frank D. Bar- 

 ion, Cornell, Livingston county, 

 legislation; R. K. Loomis, Makanda, 

 lackson county, transportation; J. 

 L. Whisnand, Charleston, Coles 

 county, taxation; E. W, Rusk, Car- 

 inville, Macoupin county, farm 

 idviser. 



Financial business ser\'ice-^G. F, 

 fuUock, Rockford, Winnebago 

 bounty, insurance; Charles Borgelt, 

 flavana, Maaon county, farm sup- 

 plies; B, H, Taylor, Rapatee. Fulton 

 ;ounty, accounting; Ralph E. 

 Amett, Pekin, Tazewell county, 

 farm adviser. 



Marketing — C R. Finley, Hoopes- 

 [on, grain; Samuel Sorrells, Ray- 

 mond, Montgomery county, livestock; 

 tVilliam Webb, Joliet, Will county, 

 lairy; Charles Marshall. Belknap, 

 fohnson county, poultry; W, L. 

 ope, Salem. Marion county, fruit 

 ind vegetable; J. H. Uoyd, Carth- 

 )ge, Hancock county, f Arm adviser. 



Dickinson Bill s the 

 Flag; Sam Thompson 

 Fires Opening Volley 



House Committee on Agricul- 

 ture Begins Hearings ;Gossip 

 Says Bill Will Be Reported 

 Out Favorably 



MARCH 1 is the date set for 

 the beginning of hearings on 

 the Dickinson bill by the House « 

 committee on agriculture at Wash- 

 ington. And the economic war for 

 "Equality for Agriculture" with 

 industry and labor is on at close 

 range ! 



Every member of the Farm 

 Bureau will be represented by Sam 

 H. Thompson as president of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation, 

 who fires the opening volley. Other 

 representatives of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation and of 

 other farm organizations will then 

 have their say.' 



BusiaeM Interests Back Ferners 



Backinf up the farm organiza- 

 tions in their light for the Lfickinson 

 bill is the "Executive Committee of 

 22," appointed to carr>- 1 on the 

 pledge to the Dickinson pl^n given 

 by the All-.Agricultural Aijea Con- 

 ference alt Des Moines, whiqh repre- 

 sented business interests closely 

 allied to farming in 1 1 states of the 

 Middle West. Earl C. Smifh, presi- 

 dent of Ihe yiinois AjgriculVural K»- 

 sociation, is on this committee rep — 

 resenting Illinois in compi^ny with 

 George N. Peek of Moline who is 

 chairman and also president of the 

 American Council of Agriculture 

 which was formed at Si. P^ul after 

 the defeat of the McN'aryi^Haugen 

 bill in the spring of 1924 for the 

 sole purpiose of securing "^quality 

 for Agriculture." 



The House committee «n agri- 

 culture has expressed itself as not 

 wanting to hear any testimbny con- 

 cerning the seriousness of the agri- 

 cultural situation. Members of the 

 committee say they know what it is. ■> 

 The thing they want to hear is some 

 feasible plan which will give agri- 

 culture equality with industry and 

 labor. 



Stroag Front for Dickinaoti Plaa 



The Dickinson plan, which really 

 is a plan worked out by farm lead- 

 ers in cooperation with Repfesetita- 

 tive Dickinson of Iowa, represents 

 the most substantial Common 

 ground for agreement of am- relief 

 bill in Congress, and for thai reason 

 has the best chance of passing. 

 Eastern farm organizatioi|s have 

 endorsed it and a more united front 

 prevails for this plan than Ifor the 

 McNary-Haugen bill. 



Gossip from Washington already 

 has it that the House committee on 

 agriculture will vote the Dickinson 

 plan out with a recommetidation 

 tb.at it jjass — but that is go»sip. 



-All indorsements of the Dickinson 

 plan — including that given it by the 

 Illinois Agricultural As,sociation at 

 the annual meeting — have been 

 gpjieral and apply to the ^neral 

 principles, which, briefly, call for 

 creatiom of a Federal Farm Board 

 in connection with which the pro- 

 ducers car control and dispose of 

 the surplus above domestic needs of 

 the major farm commodities lin such 

 manner as to maintain an Atnerican 

 price in the home market, the 

 finances t« be derived in the most 

 practical manner from all pro- 

 ducers, and ;the actual buying;, stor- 

 ing and selling involved in h|tndling 

 the surplus to be done by associa- 

 tions or corporations created and 

 controlled by the producers them- 

 selves. These are the principles 



sought to be 

 Dickinson bilL 



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