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only $50,000 to administer the act if i 



passes. At the same time Arnold introducei I est transactions contrary to the interests 

 bills appropriating: $9,200,000 for refundinj^ of the public and particularly farmers. 



Senator Swift upheld the provision 

 claiming it was germane to the bill and 



to the counties to build roads, and |1,840,- 

 000 for rebates on gasoline not used in mo' 

 tor cars, should the gas tax measure pass, necessary to protect the millers wlfo buy 



many strings tied to the money to be re 

 funded to the counties." A spirited de 

 bate continued with Arthur Roe of Van 



Quincy defending the bill. 



O'Grady and Lyons of Cook, Tice of Men 



down. The opponents then withdrew, an( 

 allowed the bill to go along to third read 

 ing when it is expected to pass and b^ 

 referred to the Senate. 



Fight Awaits In Senate 

 The I. A. A. sponsored the measur^ 



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THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



place, and moreover would legalize dishon- bonds the people have already voted. 



Margaret Haley of the Chicago Teachers' 

 Federation and Harris Keeler of the Public 

 Bureau of EflBciency of Chicago maintained 

 that the bill was not needed, that the $35,- 

 000,000 of bonds just voted could be issued 

 Rep. Little of Champaign attacked th^ wheat and sefl flour on contract, hedging when the money was needed. Nevertheless, 

 measure because he said, "there are too their purchases to protect theiiiselves when put to a vote, this bill together with 



against market fluctuations. Senator Dun- S. B. 447-532 which cut the maximum tax 

 lap defended, the I. A. A. amendments to i^tes in half in taxing districts throughout 

 strike out Section 6 B. Senator Meents the state, were passed out fifteen to eleven 



dalia, Wood of Keenes, Moore of Kewanee, admitted the bill would be stronger with- with^ favorable recomendation. The 1. A. 

 Snell of Macoupin County, and Arnold o:! out 6 B although he saw no harm in it. 



Cuthbertson's motion to strike out the sec- 



Amendments were offered repeatedly bn tion was sustained a moment later and the 



bill was reported out with the recom- 



ard, and others, but all these were voted mendation that it do pass as amended. 



H. B. 471 O'Hair, known as the fertilizer 

 bill, was amended in the Senate Agricul- 

 tural Committee on motion by Senator 

 Dunlap to exclude nitrate of soda, and 

 nitrate and sulphate of ammonia from the 

 provisions of the act. Sen. Dunlap claims 

 that these fertilizers do not need to be 

 bearing Rep. Arnold's name after muck tagged, and that the tax for this purpose 

 deliberation because it considers the bil: would just handicap and increase the cost 

 most fair and acceptable to all interest i of these fertilizers to the fruit growers 

 concerned. Cook county legislators havd who use this material. The state department 

 repeatedly taken the narrow and selfish of agriculture contended that these mate- 

 view that it is not concerned in the down' rials ought to be tested, analyzed and tagged 

 state road program and hence is opposec to safeguard the smaller buyers. Senator 

 to any gas tax. They continually belabor Dunlap, yho is one of the largest fruit grow- 

 downstate representatives for lack of co - ers in the state, promised to look into this 

 operation, but on an issue such as this on( feature before the bill comes up for passage, 

 which concerns the entire state, oppose ill 



because the rest of the state will get s 

 slightly larger piece of the pie than th« 

 90unty of Cook 



The amended gas tax provides that fifty; 

 per cent of the funds so derived will be 

 returned to the counties to build and main 

 tain state aid roads under state super- 

 vision. Such funds may also be used to 

 retire bonds already issued for roads with- 

 in the county. A fight awaits the measure 

 in the Senate when it passes the House, 

 but with the amendments noted it is 

 expected to pass and be signed by the 

 governor 



School Bill Amended 



The Cork bill which would 

 more than double the maximum 

 non-high school tax rate was 

 further amended in the Senate 

 on Tuesday when Cuthbertson 

 secured an amendment reducing 

 the maximum rate from $1.25 

 to $1.00 per $100 valuation. 

 Hicks had previously amended 

 the bill reducing the rate from 

 $1.50 as provided in the or- 

 iginal bill to $1.25. The pres- 

 ent law allows a levy of only 

 66-2/3 cents per $100 valua- 

 tions. The Cuthbertson amend- 

 ment is in line with the I. A. 

 A.'s thought on this question, 

 and allows enough taxing 

 power to any district whose 

 assessed valuations are at the 

 state level. 



The McCarthy Public Ware- 

 housing bill, H. B. 553, was up 

 before the Senate Committee 

 on Agriculture on Wednesday 

 morning when I. A. A. amend- 

 ments were submitted by Sena- 

 tor Cuthbertson. Section 6 B 

 of the act would validate all 

 trades and transactions on the 

 Chicago Board of Trade wheth- 

 er they are legal or otherwise. 

 R. A. Cowles and Donald Kirk- 

 patrick appeared before tne 

 committee against this provision 

 contending that it did not be- 

 long in the bill in the first 



Bonding Bills Win 



A sharp encounter between friends and 

 enemies of the Chicago increased bonding 

 measure, S. B. 446, occurred in the House 

 Revenue Committee on Wednesday after- called up this week. Pressure is being brought 



A. fought these measures with all its 

 strength. The vote of downstate members 

 who were not representing the interests of 

 their constituents when they Voted for these 

 measures, was responsible for them going 

 to the floor of the House. The roll call 

 vote on S. B. 446 which doubles assesed 

 valuations throughout Illinois follows. 



For: Overland, Beckman, Elrod, E. A. 

 W. Johnson, Juul, Phillips, Schnackenberg, 

 Stewart, Swanson, McClugage, McSweeney, 

 Ratcgan, Minsky, Lipka, O'Brien. Mc- 

 Clugage explained his vote saying he would 

 vote against the bills on the floor of the 

 House. Igoe voted present. 



Against: Chr. Hutson, Hunter, Allen, 

 Church, Clark, Vaughan, Warren, Wylie, 

 Gill, Fahy, Hennebry. 



It is hard to understand how any legis- 

 lator could be for these bills, much less a 

 downstate representative when they open 

 wide the gates for higher taxes. 



The vote on the other measures S. B. 

 447-532 was the same. 



Senate Bill* Delayed ^ 



The Board of Trade bill, S. B. 148, was not 



noon. This bill would double the bonding 

 power by doubling the assessed valuations, 

 in every taxing district of Illinois. Cor- 

 poration Counsel Ettelson of Chicago and 

 his colleagues appeared in defense of the 

 measure again with the argument that Chi- 

 cago can not go forward with its public 

 improvements and school building program 

 unless it has authority to issue the 



Talks to Bankers 



6i 4IGRICULTURAL assets have been depleted 

 -Hk some $20,000,000,000 in the past five years. 

 In tpn years the indebtedness of agriculture has 



increased from $3,320,000,000 

 to $12, 250,000,000. The total 

 value of Illinois farms in 1920 

 was $5,250,294,752 and by the 

 close of 1925 they had de- 

 creased to $3,428,229,461, 

 showing a loss of $1,822,065,- 

 291." 



This is part of the story told 

 the organized bankers of Illi- 

 nois by President' Earl C. Smith, 

 who recently completed a 

 speaking tour before ten group 

 conferences of the Illinois 

 Bankers Association. 



"We all enjoyed having you 

 with us on the trip, and I want 

 to thank you most sincerely for 

 splendid contribution to the program," said 

 M. All Graettinger, secretary of the Illinois Bankers' 

 Assoiiiation, in a letter to President Smith. "I feel 

 that your efforts have spurred the interest of the 

 bankers in the agricultural problem as it has never 

 been done before and I am sure that this will lead 

 to some helpful action on the part of -the associa- 

 tion pvithin a short time." 



St<ips were made at Barry, Litchfield, Murphys- 

 boro, Mount Vernon, Casey, Dixon, Kewanee, 

 PeorTJa, Pontiac, and Woodstock. 



Eail C. Smith 



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to bear to prevent the passage of this meas- 

 ure and there are evidences of influence to 

 block its further consideration. It was on 

 the calendar, second reading, on Thursday. 

 The I. A. A. will ask to have it brought up 

 for early consideration this week. 



The state income tax bill, S. B. 313, was 

 in the same position. An effort will be 

 made to bring it up for earty considera- 

 tion likewise. 



The Lantz cornborer appro- 

 priation bill, S. B. 553, which 

 would give $30,000 to the state 

 experiment station for special 

 research work on the corn- 

 borer, lies in the House Com- 

 mittee on Appropriations fac- 

 ing opposition from certain 

 committee members. It will be 

 brought out early next week, 

 according to present indica- 

 tions, and moved up for pass- 

 age. 



Cooperative Bills 

 S. B. 366 — Lantz — the amend- 

 ment to the Cooperative Act of 

 1923 passed the Senate with 

 some bad ' amendments, which 

 would virtually prevent a co- 

 operative from entering into a 

 contract with a producer, 

 passed the Senate and lies in 

 the House Committee on Agri- 

 culture. The same bill H. B. 

 509 — McCarthy — was up on third 

 reading in the House ready for 

 passage on Thursday. The 

 House bill is not amended. This 

 bill will be pushed along to the 

 .Senate where an effort will be 

 made to pass it without amend- 

 ment. 



H. B. 578— Tice— the grain 

 warehousing on farms bill is up 

 on third reading in the House. 

 Its companion measure S. B. 433 

 — Cuthbertson — has passed the 

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