EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (By Congressional Districts) 



Ut to 11th William Webb, Route One, JoUet 



I2th G. F. Tullock. Rockford 



13th C E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th W. H. Mood>, Port B>Ton 



15th B. H. Taylor. Rapatee 



16th A.R. Wright, Varna 



17th F. D. Barton, Cornell 



18th R. F. Karr. Iroquois 



19th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th , Charles Borgelt, Havana 



21st , Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



27r*d Frank Oexner. W aterloo 



23rd W. L. Cope. Salem 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



Published fwice a month «t 404 North Wee Icy Avo.. Mount J 

 Chicago, Illinois. Entered as Beeond-cmas matter October '20, 1925,at 

 412. Art . f IVbruary 2K, 1925, authnriBed October 27. I!>2o. Tlie im 

 Illtnm.H A^rit'utiural As^iociatiun Hlx'okd. Postr-iaiitcr: In returning a 



• OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Charles R Finlcy Hoopeston 



Treasurer, R . A. Cowlcs Bloomington 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fox Sycamore 



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COLTVBAL ASSOCIAI 



RECORO- 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was orHan- 

 ixed, namely to promote, protect and represent the business, 

 economic, social and educational interests of the farmers of 

 Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co-operative Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance . R- A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



General Orfice JH. KeUcer 



Information E.G. Thiem 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization , C. E. Metzger 



Farm Supply J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



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Helping the Farmer 



AM FIRST for Illinois, then for the great 

 Middle West, and then for the United 

 States and America. 

 Tde farmer is one man in America we should 

 do everything in our power to help. I will help 

 him all I can so long as I don't interfere with the 

 present economic position this country now en- 

 joys. 



spoke Congressman Martin B. Madden of 



Chic4go, chairman of the powerful appropriations 



tee in Congress, before a group of Chicago 



businiess men and farm leaders in his home city 



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Madden is a shrewd business man, an able 

 ''aluable representative to have in our law- 

 maki ig body. But his expressed good wishes for 

 firmer are like the biblical sounding brass 

 tjinkling cymbal. 



Madden voted and worked against the 

 n bill in the last Congress. This bill em- 

 bodiejd the only legislation that gave promise" of 

 the economic plight of the farmer 

 whicih he is far from enjoying." Mr. Madden 

 that he is first for Illinois and the Middle 

 and yet he stood with the industrial East 

 the test came. We would remind the con- 

 that agriculture is a dominant industry 

 Illinois and the Middle West. The farmer 

 more convfticing evidence than mere state- 

 that Mr. Madden is for the state and see- 

 the country he represents. 



Help The Flood Victims 



HUNDREDS of our neighbors in the Illinois 

 Valley are homeless, with their crops totally 

 Submerged and their farm machinery, buildings, 



nd livestock swept away by the floods. More than 

 100,000 acres of corn are reported under water. 

 President Smith sent out an appeal to the county 

 farm bureaus last week for contributions to a re- 

 1 ef fund for these stricken people. Solicitation 

 for funds will continue throughout the winter. 

 The American Red Cross with headquarters at 

 Ileardstown will have charge of and distribute all 

 f|unds raised. Here is an oppo tunitv v.o''i. help a 



eighbor in distress. Leave your contribution at 

 jjour county farm bureau office. 



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Know Your Friends 



3 best index to the fitness of a candidate is 

 record in office. And the most reliable 

 of finding out the attitude of a representa- 

 tj)ward agriculture is to study his voting rec- 

 farm measures, 

 this issue we are presenting the records of 

 candi iates for Congress and the General As- 

 sembly on legislation supported by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. We are glad to an- 

 that all our down state Congressmen as 

 our two U. S. senators supported surplus- 

 legislation in the last Congress at least 

 ■heir votes. A few worked industriously on 

 aid bill and these should be given spe- 

 donsideration. 

 Wljile the issues in the last General Assembly 

 not as clean cut for agriculture as they 

 have been, yet the vote on the Tice bill, 

 venue amendment, and the state police bill 

 which were endorsed by the Association in- 

 the attitude of the candidate toward repre- 

 his farm constituency. Remember your 

 frien(|s when you go to the polls Nov. 2. 



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VIEWS FROM THE PRESS 



Why Auto Insurance 



THE new mutual auto insurance company pre- 

 sented elsewhere in this issue offers several ad- 

 antages to members of the Illinois Agricultural 

 iissociation not revealed by a cursory examination 

 qf its merits. 



The control of the company is democratic and 

 rjests within the membership. The I. A. A. Execu- 

 t ve Committee will act as the first board of 

 directors. 



There will be no expensive sales force since 

 le county farm bureaus are their own agents. 



The policy holder always retains his interest 

 111 the reserve and surplus accumulated by the 

 company. If he withdraws he is entitled to his 

 s lare of the surplus on hand at the time of with- 

 drawal. There is no such advantage in a privately 

 cjwned and controlled company. 



Farm Bureau members are better than average 

 njioral- risks. In every community they are the 

 more substantial and responsible citizens. 



Liability and accident insurance offers protec- 

 tion that should not be overlooked in view of the 

 alarming number of smashups and fatalities oc- 

 cjrring annually. The opportunity offered the 

 member to have this protection in his own com- 

 any at a rate which should be decidedly lower 

 t lan is offered elsewhere should not be over- 

 l()oked. Stop at the local Farm Bureau office, 

 gn" a policy, and become a charter member in 

 j-louF own company. 



(Galesbanc Republican-Resister) 



LINING UP 



Forces seem to be lining up for and against the proposed 

 tax amendment. 



Here for instance comes the ILLINOIS Agricultural As- 

 sociation Record, with a leading article espousing the amend- 

 ment and urging people to vote for it and representing that 

 it has the support of this association, the Illinois Federation 

 of Labor, the Illinois Bankers Association, the Illinois Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs, the Illinois League of Woman 

 Voters, the Illinois State Teacher^ Association, the Illinois 

 Association of Real Estate boards, and other interests 



On the other hand the Illinois Chamber of Commerce 

 representing largely the business irfterests of the State has 

 come out in opposition to the measure after a referendum 

 vote showed that a large number of the Chambers were 

 opposed to it. 



Furthermore there has just come to hand a small pamphlet 

 entitled: "Danger!" and with a lantern on it, and "Vote 

 No!" all printed in red ink, and it is representing the senti- 

 ments of the Illinois Manufacturing Association. 



The Record points out the benefits that the amendment, 

 if adopted by the people, will confer. This circular rep- 

 resents that it will open the door to unlimited taxation. 



The Record story shows that along this line the Legisla- 

 ture will have no more power than it has at present, and 

 the opponent prints by years a list of figures showing how 

 Illinois taxes have mounted. 



However, the association seems to have forgotten that this 

 mounting has all been done under the present systfem, and 

 it does not answer the problem of equalizing the burden of 

 taxation, a point that the Record stresses. 



It is evident that the discussion is now on. The Republi- 

 can-Register believes that the approval of the amendment, 

 giving the Legislature needful powers does not signify that 

 the Legislature will abuse those powers, for if it did, its 

 members would not dare to come up again for election. 



Furthermore it is clear that the present provision of the 

 constitution has not afforded the opportunity to abolish some 

 of the wrongs which the present system has given rise to. 



The Important Issue 



HE proposed revenue amendment to the lUi- 

 ■ L nqis constitution is the important issue for 

 farmers to vote on Nov. 2. If the amendment 

 curries it must have a substantial majority down- 

 slate. Nothing but the solid "Yes" vote of farm- 

 e;-s will make this possible. Help lift the burden 

 o;' taxation from farms and homes by doing your 

 bit at the polls next Tuesday. 



International Time 



'HIS annual classic of the breeds known far and 

 wide by lovers of good livestock as the Inter- 

 natioral will be with us again in less than a 

 month . The time is Nov. 27 to Dec. 4. Why not 

 bring your wife to the city for that long delayed 

 wedding trip, and show her the sights. Oui- 

 friend Barney Heide, manager, says it will be a 

 Wggeit, and better show than ever. 



Illinois ranked fifth among the states in the 

 imber of motor cars and trucks registered the 

 six months of 1926. The five leading states 

 as follows: New York, 1,562,492; California, 

 459,570; Ohio, 1,370,756; Pennsylvania, 1,326,- 

 Illinois, 1,217,265. Michigan and Texas 

 nked next with less than a million each. A total 

 19,697,832 motor vehicles were registered in 

 the United States during this period. 



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SPIKE THE LIES ' ^ 



Second only to forth-right corruption, the most destruc- 

 tive tendency in democratic government is the clouding of 

 referendum issues by deliberate misrepresentation. It ap- 

 pears to be more and more the reliance of opponents, not 

 to meet an issue fairly in argument, but to defeat the pro- 

 posal by lying about it. 



The proposed new constitution for Illinois, submitted to 

 the voters a few years ago, was defeated by lies. Teachers 

 were told that their pensions were endangered; trade unions 

 were told that the new constitution would operate in favor 

 of the open shop; there were other alarming tales for each 

 class of the population. None of these allegations were 

 true, but they had their effect 



Now, the voters of Illinois are about to be asked to cast 

 their ballots upon a proposed amendment to the tax clause 

 of the state constitution, and again the opponents are 

 found arguing, not the merits of the real question, but the 

 bogey of a malicious falsehood 



The most common and reprehensible lie that is told about 

 the proposed tax amendment is, that it is going to set up 

 new, and additional taxes — that it is "going to take more 

 money out of the pockets of the people." There is every 

 reason to believe that the men who are raising this smoke 

 screen of fear know, as they do so, that their statements 

 are false. It just happens to be the grave misfortune of 

 this people that leaders have learned that it is easier to beat 

 a measure by lying about it than by meeting the issue 

 squarely. 



The truth about the proposed amendment is, that it does 

 not authorize any new tax whatever. Any form of taxa- 

 tion possible under the new section can be enacted by the 

 legislature under the old, including the income tax. If there 

 is any movement for a new tax after the amendment is 

 adopted, that issue will be a new one, to be met and 

 fought out on its own merits 



The lies will continue to be spread industriously, right 

 up to the day of the election. It is the business of every 

 landowner who feels the sting of excessive taxes to see 

 that the lies are met and labeled for what they are. The 

 issue presented by this referendum is too important to the 

 people of the state to go down by default, in a cloud of 

 misrepresentation. 



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