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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



2. It provides exemption for g^so- 

 * line used for agricultural, industrial 



and purposes other than in motor ve- 

 hicles used on the highways. 



3. It provides for the prompt c<im- 

 pletion of the bond issue system, (one- 

 half of the tax going for that purpose), 

 thereby removing to a large degree ;he 



. element of politics in designating wh ich 

 roads shall be first completed. 



4. It recog^iizes the secondary roiids 

 as a part of the state highway system. 

 One-half of the gasoline tax goes bfck 

 to the counties on the basis of the auto- 

 mobile license fees coming from sich 

 counties for the construction and ma n- 

 tenance of state aid roads. 



5. It removes state politics from 1 he 

 selection of the state aid roads for i ti- 

 provement by providing that such roads 

 shall be designated by the courty 

 boards. 



6. It provides that funds derived 

 from the gas tax may be used to piy 

 the principal and interest of county 

 road bonds where such bonds have be ;n 

 issued for the construction of state aid 

 roads and where such roads have beon 

 built according to approved specifica- 

 tions. 



7. It provides that county boards 

 may, by resolution, use the funds de- 

 rived from the gas tax to replace f un< Is 

 now levied against property for sta ;e 

 aid road maintenance. 



Best Possible Arrangement 



It is the opininion of those in touch 

 with the legislative situation that the 

 gasoline tax just passed is the be; t 

 possible arrangement obtainable un- 

 der present conditions.. They believe 

 further that at no future period woul i 

 as satisfactory an arrangement hav; 

 been possible. 



The large cities have already been 

 supplied with roads and have lost in- 

 terest in the rural requirements. I ' 

 this program had gone forward for twi ) 

 more years, other communities would 

 have grown cold to those needs. Neve* 

 again would we have been able t<i 

 secure substantial recognition of sec- 

 ondary roads. 



We have made possible through th< 

 gas tax a comprehensive road program 

 The farmer's end of the road has beer 

 recognized. We may now look forward 

 to the development of a real farm to 

 market system of roads. 



"Apples for Health, Inc." an organ 

 ization representing the apple growing 

 interests of America will soon launch 

 a campaign to raise $4,000,000 to ad 

 vertise this fruit says the Illinois Fruit 

 Exchange News. A national advertis 

 ing comptany has been retained as 

 counsel. 



A gold medal for the champion calf 

 club member in each county having a 

 regular organized calf club of five or 

 more members, and a silver medal to 

 the champion fat barrow club member 

 will be awarded by the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers Commission Association to boys 

 and girls in all counties in northern 

 and central Illinois, this year. 



DR. TAYLOR TELLS CHICAGO WHY 



L A. A. ATTENDS LEGISLATURE 



City and Country Should Work Together For A Square Deal In 



Washington and Springfield 



THE press of Chicago seems to be 

 convinced that because the farm- 

 ers of the state of Illinois control the 

 legislature and seek to pass some 

 measures which seem to shift the tax 

 burden from country to city, Chicago 

 should secede and set up a state of 

 her own. This suggests the need of 

 sober thought," declares Henry C. 

 Taylor of The Institute for Research 

 in Land Economics, Northwestern Uni- 

 versity, in a recent issue of the Evan- 

 ston. 111., News-Index. 



"Which group is the more prosper- 

 ous at the present time, the citizens of 

 Chicago or the down-state farmers? 

 Which group has the higher standards 

 of living? Which group is getting 

 ahead financially the more rapidly? 

 The answer is well known. Since 1920, 

 city incomes have been much higher 

 and farm incomes have been much 

 lower in purchasing power than before 

 the war. The wealth of Chicago has 

 greatly increased, while. the wealth of 

 the farmers of Illinois has decreased 

 more than 25 per cent. 



Agriculture at Disadvantage 



"This shrinkage in agricultural in- 

 come and wealth is in large measure 

 diie to specific acts of the federal gov- 

 ernment which have placed agricul- 

 ture at a disadvantage in the distribu- 

 tion of the wealth of the nation. The 

 farmers have found Washington as 

 completely dominated by the financial 

 and industrial bloc as Chicago has 

 found Springfield dominated by the 

 'Squires.' The farmers have found 

 it utterly impossible to secure relief 

 legislation which would put agriculture 

 on a parity with the city industries. 

 The Chicago delegation in Congress 

 failed to help the Illinois farmers to 

 secure needed legislation in Washing- 

 ton. 



"It is most natural that the farmers 

 who have failed to secure the legisla- 

 tion in Washing^ton which would re- 

 store their purchasing power, should 

 turn to their state legislature where 

 they have some influence and seek 

 legislation which will reduce their tax 

 burden and place more of the burden 

 on those who have incomes which are 

 better because of federal legislation. 



"The solution should be a simple 

 one. Let the city and country in Illi- 

 nois recognize their community of in- 

 terest, work together for a square deal 

 in primary distribution of wealth, and 

 then the distribution of the tax bur- 

 den can easily be adjusted. City and 

 country should work together for a 

 square deal in Washington and Spring- 

 field. This will end country and city 

 strife. If country and city strife con- 

 tinues and Chicago and other cities 

 similarly situated secede, it will be 

 equally logical for the agricultural re- 

 gions of the United States to ask the 



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privilege of withdrawing from the 

 Union and establishing a separate gov- 

 ernment because they find Congress 

 dominated b^ the financial and indus- 

 trial bloc. I . :-0;"*' ' t ^ ' -' 



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Is Chicago Ready to Help? 



"There are two roads open at the 

 present time. The one we are on and 

 the one we should be on. The one 

 we are on is the road easily traveled 

 by the politician who is dominated by 

 private interests and which leads to 

 injustice, war and chaos. The one we 

 should be on can be traveled only by 

 statesmen dominated with the national 

 point of view and seeking the welfare 

 of all. It leads to justice, harmony 

 and a square deal for all. 



"The experience Chicago is having 

 in Springfield should help her to un- 

 derstand and appreciate the position 

 of the farmer \n Washington. I hap- 

 pen to know that it was the failure of 

 the farmers to get what was due them 

 in Washington which led them to seek 

 relief from their tax burdens in Spring- 

 field. 



"Is Chicago ready to work with the 

 farmers of the state for a square deal 

 all round? If so, there is hope for the 

 city, the state and the nation." 



TELEPHONE COMPANY 

 GETS RATE INCREASE 



''l^HE Illinois Commerce Commission 

 -■- recently granted the Jerseyville 

 Telephone Co., an increase of $3 a 

 year on service to subscribers. This 

 means that rural subscribers will pay 

 $21 per year, hereafter, instead of 

 $18. Commenting on this action, L. 

 J. Quasey, says: 



"This was rather a close case, in 

 that the old rates were not adequate 

 to give the company a fair return, and 

 the rates ordered by the Commission 

 will tend to make an earning of about 

 seven per cent. This is rather high 

 for a small telephone company. How- 

 ever, the Commission does not make 

 changes up or down that amount to 

 less than 25 cents a month. The com- 

 pany has been backward in its rural 

 service policy and we hope that the 

 advance will induce them to be more 

 amenable to the demands for tele- 

 phone service in the country. The 

 fact that they were allowed the ad- 

 vance puts us in position to insist 

 more strongly on this point." 



The Transportation Department col- 

 lected $18,468.09 in claims from Jan. 

 1 to June 30, 1927. f • 1 1 . 



The total quantity of phosphate rock 

 sold in the United States in 1926 was 

 3,209,976 long tons valued at $10,893,- 

 800 according to the U. S. Dept., of 

 Commerce. This is 8 per cent less 

 than was sold in 1925. 



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