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Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Associ&tlon at 404 North Wesley Ave.. Mount Monis, TIL Erntered as second class matter at the post-oflQoest ^fount Morris, ItlinoU, 

 October 20. 1925. under the Act of March 3. 1879. Acceptance for matUne at special rate of postage provided in Section 412. Act of February 28. 1925. authorized October 27. 1925. 



Volume 6 



JANUARY, 1928 



Number 1 



Revenue Legislation Up 



In Special Session 



Seek To Safeguard Constitutional Tax 

 Limits For Downstate Counties 



REVENUE legislation designed to 

 safegruard the present constitu- 

 tional limits of taxation in downstate 

 Illinois will be considered at the spe- 

 cial session of the legislature called by 

 Governor Small for Jan. 10. 



The Juul amendment 

 to the notorious bond- 

 ing or revenue bills 

 passed by the 55th 

 General Assembly 

 would have made the 

 measure which doubled 

 tax valuations apply to 

 Cook county only. This 

 amendment, however, 

 was declared unconsti- 

 tutional, and so all of 

 downstate Illinois is 

 now subject to debt 

 increases amounting to 

 double the limitations 

 existing prior to the 

 passage of the new 

 bills. 



I. A. A. latere* ted 



The Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association will 

 lend its support to 

 legislation which has 

 for its purpose the re- 

 instatement of former 

 limitations on debts of 

 taxing districts. 



The constitution of Illinois provides 

 that no county, city, township, school 

 district or other municipal corporation 

 shall be allowed to become indebted in 

 any manner or for any purpose to an 

 amount, including existing indebted- 

 ness, in the aggregate exceeding five 

 per centum of the value of the taxable 

 property therein, to be ascertained by 

 the last assessment for State and coun- 

 ty taxes previous to incurring of such 

 indebtedness. County authorities may 

 not levy taxes exceeding 75c per $100 

 .^^aluation without the vote of the 



^people. ;- :' :• 



Executive Committee Decides 



The revenue bills passed by the last 



CT'HE. final announcements of 

 J- the 13th Annual Meeting of 

 the I. A. A., Rock Island, Jan. 19- 

 20 are made on pages four and 

 five. Every member is invited 

 to attend and have a part in the 

 convention. Informative 



speeches, good entertainment, 

 and accommodations at reason- 

 able prices are assured. 



Haugen Pleads Cause 



At Chicago City Club 



Our Only Interest, To Bring Agriculture 

 Within Protective System, He Says } 



CONGRESSMAN Gilbert N. Haugen, 

 white-haired solon from North- 

 wood, Iowa, chairman of the Agricul- 

 tural Committee in the House, and 

 member of the nationally famous 

 "McNary-Haugen team" told more 

 than 200 Chicago busi- 

 ness and professional 

 men why agriculture 

 should be included in 

 the protective system, 

 in a recent address be- 

 fore the weekly forum 

 of the City Club, Chi- 

 cago. 



Thirty-five members 

 and guests of the Chi- 

 cago Agricultural Club 

 including I. A. A. offi- 

 cers, executive commit- 

 teemen and staff mem- 

 bers attended the 

 luncheon. 



Don't 



Hurt 



President Earl C. Smith shows Congressman Haugen of Iowa, — a recent 

 visitor at the I. A. A. office, — the Special Legislative Issue of the RECORD pub- 

 lished following adjournment of the 55th General Assembly. The Congressman 

 was much impressed with the magnitude of the Association's program and 

 activities. 



legislature doubled the basis of tax 

 valuations and so doubled the debt lim- 

 itation. 



The decision to follow up the legis- 

 lative program prosecuted by the As- 

 sociation in the 55th General Assembly 

 was made at the last meeting of the 

 1927-28 Executive Committee held on 

 Jan. 6. 



A budget for 1928 likewise was 

 adopted for recommendation to the 

 new committee which meets after the 

 annual meeting. Few, if any, changes 

 are expected in the new board. 



Insurance problems particularly that 

 relating to the adoption of life insur- 

 ance for members will be submitted for 

 approval at the annual meeting. Rock 

 Island. 



Want To 

 TarifiF 



"We do not want to 



harm nor tear down 



any other industry," 



said the congressman. 



"Opening the tariff 



wall is not the solution 



we offer. We would 



solve the problem of 



agricultural depression by establishing 



an American price for American farm 



products. This can be accomplished 



by bringing farm products within the 



protection of the protective tariff." 



Letting down the bars of immigra- 

 tion and the protective tariff would 

 hurt the farmer as well as others, de- 

 clared Mr. Haugen. , The result would 

 be a lower level of prices which would 

 bankrupt farmers with debts contracted 

 during the period of high prices. 

 $1,442,000,000 More Annually 

 "If our plan for making the tariff 

 effective on farm products had been in 

 operation during the past seven years, 

 producers would havei received an esti- 

 mated average of $1,442,000,000 more 

 for their crops annually," he said. , 



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