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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (By Concrcssional Districts) 



, H. CVial, Downer* Grove 



G. F. Tullock. Rockford 



C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



A> M. Skinner, Yates City 



A. R. Wright. Varna 



Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



, R. F. Karr. Iroqxiois 



.J. L. Whtsnand, Charleston 



. . .Charles Borgelt. Havana 



Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Frank Oexner. Waterloo 



W.L. Cope. S«Iem~ 



Charles Marshall, Belknap 

 Fred Dietz, De Sota 





OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



-President, Frank D. Barton Comclf 



, R. A, Cqwlea Bloominffton 



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Se 3«ary, Geo. A. Fox Sycamore 



Tf advance the purpose for which the farm bureau tvas organ- 

 ized, namely to promote, protect and represent the businetM, 

 edonomic, social and educational interests of the farmers of 

 H inois and the nation, and to develope agriculture. 



Published once a month at 404 North Wesley Ave.. Mount Morris 

 Chicago. Illinois. Enterwi as second-rlass matter October 20, 1925, at the ] 

 412. Art of February 2S. 1925. arithoriied October 27. 1925. The imiividu41 

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Here Are the High Points in Resolu- 

 tions Passed at Peoria 



The visit! irs and delegates to the Twelfth Annual meeting 

 of the lUi lois Agricultural Association, held in Peoria, 

 January 27 and 28, hereby express their hearty apprecia- 

 tion for th< cordial welcome and uniform courtesy and co- 

 operation txtended to them by the Peoria County Farm 

 Bureau, the Peoria Association of Commerce and all organ- 

 izations am ! citizens of the city who have so efficiently con- 

 tributed to the making of this Annual Meeting a success 

 from every standpoint. 



WE RECOMMEND that our efforts be redoubled to secure 

 the cnjctment of a national policy for agriculture in 

 the presen session of the Congress designed to stabilize 

 agriculture and to maintain an American standard for the 

 American : armer. . . . We believe that such end can 

 be best attained by providing for the adequate control of 

 surplus agricultural products as provided in the bill now 

 pending before Congress known as the McNary-Haugen bill. 

 We furtheB believe that such surplus control should provide 

 for the stimulation and growth of commodity marketing or- 

 ganizations, 



Waterways. 



We favo r the completion, at the earliest possible date, of 

 the water i oute from the Great Lakes to the gulf, legislation . 

 for which lias recently been enacted by the Congress of the^ 

 United Sts tes. Due regard must be given to the property 

 rights of li nd owners adjacent to the streams affected. We 

 • also favor the construction of the deep sea channel through 

 the St. Lai frence River to the sea. 



Oppose Domination. 



We belli ve that the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis has 

 rendered great service to the farmers of Illinois in lowering 

 farm loan nterest rates, expediting the closing of farm loans 

 and elimin iting useless red tape. 



We dep -ecate instructions from the Federal Farm Loan 

 Board, dir;cted to appraisers, which are not in accordance 

 with the established practices in Illinois and unnecessarily 

 retard the closing of loans such as is embodied in Instruc- 

 tions to the Land Bank appraisers Numbers 4 and 5; all of 

 ,which nee ilessly increases the cost to the farmer borrower 

 and hamp< rs the operation of the system. 



We opiose legislation making the system a bureau of 

 the Treasi ry Department, as contemplated by the provisions 

 of the McTadden Banking Bill and urge that steps be taken 

 to vest centrol of the system in the hands of its farmer 

 owners. 



Tuberculosis Eradication. 



We bel eve that bovine tuberculosis is a menace to the 

 health of our people and to the livestock industry of our 

 State. 



We, th< rcfore, favor the adoption of a definite program 

 for the re noval of said menace at the earliest possible date 

 to the en<: that our people may be protected, our livestock 

 industry le preserved, and the market for milk and other 

 dairy prot ucts be retained for the dairymen of Illinois. We 

 recommeiid the appropriation of such funds as may be neces- 

 sary to cirry forward such program for the coming two 

 years. 



Black Stem Rust. 



The pr< secution of the campaign for the control of black 



»tem rust of small grains through the eradication of the 



, common liarberry bush has resulted in the destruction of 



more thai 370,000 common barberry bushes and thousands 



of seedlin ^. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association recommends and 

 urges that both the State and Federal Governments continue 

 to cooper ite and to support the barberry eradication cam- 

 paign. 



Favor Amendment. 



The defeat of the proposed revenue amendment to the 

 constituti >n, the soundness of which we hereby reaffirm, 

 through lack of interest on the part of the voters, has 

 demonstri ted the extreme difficulty (amounting almost to 

 impossibility) of amending the constitution «nder the pres- 

 ent restri ;tions. 



We, ihirefore, favor such changes in the amending clause 

 as will pirmit the ratification of an amendment by an af- 

 firmative pote of two-thirds of those voting on the proposal 

 when suqh twet-thirds is less than a majority of all votes 

 cast in tUe election. 



Reapportionment. 



We retopiize that a great obstacle in the way of con- 

 rtructive Tlegislation arises out of the fear of domination 

 shared by both urban and rural populations of our state. 

 This confition has arisen out of population developments 

 not contemplated by our present constitution. We favor 

 such solution of our problem of representation as will secure 

 the fairest possible representation of all our people, but 

 ■which wi: 1 prevent the control of our legislative machinery 

 by any (eographical or political subdivision of our state. 

 We recoiimend that our executve committee address itself 

 to such sslution of said problem and offer our cooperation 

 to other Organized groups in the state which seek to advance 

 our geneial welfare. ^ 



Tax Revision. 

 S In or4er to distribute the burden of taxation as eqtiitably 



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ICCLTUBAL ASSO CIA 



'RECORD' 



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DIRECTORS OF D^ARTMENTS 



Co-operating Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance R- A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



General Office J. H. Kelker 



Information E.G. Thiem 



Legal Counsel * Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing ,. Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization ; „ G. E. Metzger 



Farm Supply , J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L.J. Quasey 



i, by the niinois Agricultural AMOcialioti. Edited by Department of Information, E. G Thiem. Director, 608 South Desrhoni Street, 

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as possible, under present constitutional limitations, we ask 

 for: 



1. The enforcement of the revenue laws, as interpreted 

 by tte courts, requiring the assessment of all property at 

 the same percentage of its fair cash value. We believe 

 that I he quadrennial revaluation of real estate in 1927 offers 

 a fa\ orable opportunity for the cooperation of supervisors 

 of assessments, assessors, boards of review, and owners of 

 diffei ent classes of property in securing substantial equality 

 in assessments. 



2. Such changes in the method of distributing the State 

 Scho )1 Fund as will insure its benefits to districts in pro- 

 porti an to their need for it. 



3. Legislation permitting small tax payers to recover 

 taxei illegally levied, objections to which are now profitable 

 only to large taxpayers. 



4. Such legislation and administration of law as is pos- 

 sible under existing constitutional limitations which will 

 more equitably distribute the burden of taxation over the 

 weahh and among the people of the state and secure partic- 

 ipati 3n in the cost of government from persons and property 

 now contributing nothing or contributing inadequately for 

 this Jurpose. 



Hard Roads. 



Tlie people of Illinois by their vote on the $100,000,000 

 road bond issue in 1924 issued a mandate for the construc- 

 tion of the system of hard roads over the state as set forth 

 in tl e law on whichsaid vote was taken. Those roads can- 

 not be completed within a reasonable time with the funds 

 now available for that purpose. 



W e further recognize that many citizens of our state have 

 no I atisfactory connection with this system of roads, al- 

 thou gh they are paying their quota of the cost. 



¥ e, therefore, favor a law levying a tax on all gasoline 

 usee by highway i"otor vehicles, the revenue derived there- 

 frori to be used to insure the completion of the bond issue 

 syst ;m in a reasonable time, and all revenue not essential 

 for that purpose to be applied to the improvement and 

 mai itenance of the state aid roads. 



P-ovided, further, that all funds available for state aid 

 roae s be expended in a fair and equitable manner as between 

 coui ities. 



Poultry Stealing. 



V 'ide spread stealing of poultry constitutes a real menace 

 to t le poultry industry of the state. 



\7e, therefore, favor the passage of a law requiring deal- 

 ers in poultry and poultry products to keep such records of 

 the: r purchases as will assist in the apprehension of chicken 

 thieves. 



1 Corn Borer. 



\j^e recognize the menace to our grain farming and our 

 general economic welfare in the approach of the European 

 corp borer. We urge close cooperation with the Federal 

 Government and with other states in measures looking to 

 thej eradication or control of such pest. We believe that 

 this is a matter of national concern, and where farmers or 

 other citizens are forced to assume special costs in com- 

 pliance with state or federal regulations that they should 

 be^ompensated for such additional burden. 



We, therefore, urge the appropriation of such money as 

 may be necessary to carry out any program that may be 

 adc^ted looking toward such control. 



i Thank You, Gentlemen, 



e commend the action of such of our congressmen and 

 tors as have given their active support to agricultural 

 lation as supported by this association. 

 Also desire to express to the members of the General 

 As4embly of the State of Illinois our hearty appreciation for 

 thefr recent action in adopting a resolution memoralizing 

 Co(igress for speedy consideration and prompt enactment 

 of I legislation looking to the stabilization of farm prices. 



] Tax Commission. 



We commend the Illinois State Commission for its orders 

 fori reassessment in four counties, issued after careful con- 

 sideration of the evidence submitted by the County Farm 

 Buk-eaus and the Illinois Agricultural Association, and the 

 estkblishment of the justice of our claims. 



We urge the prompt compliance with these orders. We 

 plekige to the Tax Commission our hearty support to the 

 enq that equitable assessment of property contemplated 

 by ithese orders may be promptly secured. 



We desire to express our appreciation to the various 

 or^nized groups that have cooperated with us in an effort to 

 Snd a more equitable distribution of the tax burden through 

 tha proposed amendment to the revenue section of our Con- 

 stitution defeated in the recent election. 



We recommend the continuance of the spirit of harmony 

 anfl cooperation thus expressed relative to matters which 

 maiy arise of concern to all our people. 



Better Legislative Service. 



We believe that all legislation enacted, directly or indi- 

 rectly, affects the agricultural interests of our state and 

 na ion. 



We, therefore, urge that steps be taken to provide a more 

 definite study of all proposed legislation relative to its 

 efflect upon agriculture. Our members should be con- 

 tinually advised as to such laws and as to the stand taken 



by members of the General Assembly on legislation affecting 

 their interests. 



We further recommend increased effort to bring to the 

 attention of other organized groups reliable information 

 concerning farm problems 



Help Produc^. 



We commend all efforts that havGneen put forth to secure 

 a closer relationship and full understanding between this 

 Association and other farm groups, especially those coopera- 

 tives for whose development we have a responsibility. 



We urge a continuation of these efforts to the end that 

 such cooperatives may become more potent factors in their 

 respective fields, that farmers may enjoy the benefits to be 

 derived therefrom at the earliest possible time. 



We also urge the Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 County Farm Bureaus to use every effort to increase the 

 volume of livestock shipments to the various Producers' 

 Livestock Agencies in and contiguous to Illinois territory. 

 Grain Marketing. 

 It is the sentiment of this meeting that improvements in 

 our Grain Marketing structure in the State of Illinois and 

 elsewhere are essential to ^h^ better marketing of grain. 

 The legislation now proposed before Congress would require 

 the use of Cooperative Marleeting Agencies to function to 

 the highest advantage to the grain farmer. 



It is recommended: 



That the Illinois Agricultural Association and Farm Bu- 

 reaus cooperate with others interested in fostering and fur- 

 ther developing and strengthening the farmers' cooperative 

 elevator movement. 



That the Illinois Agricultural Association and Farm Bu- 

 reaus continue to cooperate with the Central States Soft 

 Wheat Growers' Association, 



That the Illinois Agricultural Association undertake a 

 study of elevator warehouse facilities at terminal markets 

 and elsewhere, and of storage and conditioning services now 

 available — inviting farm organizations and others interested 

 to join in such effort. 



■That the Illinois Agricultural Association undertake to 

 form grower cooperatives at such time as may be needed 

 to carry out and give full force and effect to surplus control 

 legislation now contemplated. 



Maintaining Membership. 



The most effective farm bureau organization is attained 

 when a large majority of the members understand its pro- 

 gram and policies. The neighbor-sign-neighbor system of 

 acquiring and maintaining membership contributes freely 

 to acquainting a large nurber of men with the aims', policies 

 and programs of the association. 



We therefore recommend that in order tJiat the greatest 

 good may result from this type of membership campaign 

 that the county farm bureau be urged to appoint regular 

 membership committees to function throughout the member- 

 ship period 



Auto Insurance. 



We commend to the farm bureau members in Illinois the 

 automobile insurance offering of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association and urge the county farm bureaus to continue 

 their active support of the insurance company in its char- 

 ter membership campaign 



Flood Relief. 



We recognize that many of our farmers have suffered 

 irreparable loss due to the unprecedented flooding of the 

 lowlands. 



We urge, therefore, such assistance as can reasonably be 

 given by the General Assembly to assist those farmers in 

 recovering from their misfortunes. 

 Radio. 



Recognizing the outstanding value of the radio in pre- 

 senting the cause of Agriculture to the American Public 

 and the necessity of having available a broadcasting station 

 owned and controlled by Agriculture, it is recommended that 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association take immediate steps t« 

 consider the pos^bility of establishing such a station. In 

 view of pending Ppderal Legislation, which will restrict the 

 licensing of existing stations and the establishment of ad- 

 ditional stations, immediate action in this connection Is par- 

 ticularly opportune. i i- • 



Protection. J .. . ' 



Realizing that farmers often suffer loss in the marketing 

 of their products through unscrupulous and irresponsible 

 dealers, we favor such steps as may be necessary to protect 

 them from such loss. 



Mutual Insurance. 



The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company was organ- 

 ized to supplement the activities of the local mutual fire 

 insurance companies and not to compete with them in any 

 way. 



We recommend that the farmers' mutual fire insurance 

 companies avail themselves of the services of the Farmers 

 Mutual Reinsurance Company and inasmuch as the Farmers 

 Mutual Reinsurance Company was organized through the 

 cooperation of the local farm fire mutuals, the Farm Bureaus 

 and the Illinois Agricultural Association, we encourage the 

 continued cooperation of these organizations to the end 

 that the farmers of the State of Illinois may secure their 

 insurance at the cheapest possible cost. 



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