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Volume 6 



FEBRUARY, 1928 



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F. D. Barton 



Public Questions Up 



Before I. A. A. Conference 



Legislation, Taxation, Transportation 

 Problems Reviewed in Rock Island 



Meeting 

 (Note: FolUncing u a tummary of the Pub- 

 lic Relatione Conference held during the I. A. A. 

 nieeting at Rock leUind.) 



T^HE Chairman of the Public Rela- 

 -•- tions Advisory Committee submits 

 the following report and recommenda- 

 tions of the con- 

 ference on Public 

 Relations held 

 January 19, 1928: 

 The conference 

 was held in Eagles 

 Hall and was at- 

 tended by about 

 180 persons. 

 Legislation 

 Matters of inter- 

 est to members on 

 national and state 

 legislation were 

 discussed at this 

 conference, and recommendations 

 made thereon. President Smith of the 

 Association reported on the situation 

 in Washington regarding farm relief 

 legislation. It appeared from his 

 statement that strong pressure was be- 

 ing brought to bear at this time to 

 eliminate the equalization fee as a 

 part of the McNary bill. Mr. Smith 

 stated that the farm leaders who were 

 sponsoring this legislation had refused, 

 and would continue to refuse to elim- 

 inate the equalization fee as a part of 

 the proposed legislation. This matter 

 was considered by the conference, and 

 the following recommendation made: 

 "That the Illinoii Agricultural As- 

 sociation, through its leaders, con- 

 tinue to insist that the equalization 

 fee be maintained as a part of the 

 National Farm Relief program as 

 outlined in the McNary bill, and 

 that members of the Congress in 

 both houses be urged to stand by the 

 McNary bill as it is now pending 

 with its inclusion of the equalization 

 fee provision." 



Senate Bil' No. 1 Discussed 

 Senator Simon E. Lantz appeared 

 before the conference and stated the 

 situation at Springfield before the 



CD EPORTS of the four group confer- 

 ^ ences held at Rock Island on Jan. 

 19, 1928, together with accounts of 

 other meetings, are presented in this 

 issue. They are a part of the corpor- 

 ate records of the I. A. A. Read them 

 carefully. . 



state legfislature in its present special 

 session on the matter of debt limita- 

 tion legrislation as now outlined in 

 Senate Bill No. 1 and House Bill No. 

 13. The senator reported that Senate 

 Bill No. 1, limiting the debt incurring 

 power for downstate taxing district to 

 2% per cent had passed the senate on 

 second reading and would, during the 

 early part of the coming week, be be- 

 fore the senate for final passage. At- 

 tention was called to the conference 

 that it would require the constitutional 

 majority of votes to pass the senate, 

 namely 26 votes, and that all senators 

 representing agricultural constituencies 

 be urged over the week-end to be pres- 

 ent and vote for Senate Bill No. 1 

 without amendment. 



Recommendation is made that mem- 

 bers of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation, through their respective county 

 Farm Bureaus and county executive 

 officers, be urged to get in touch with 

 their senators and representatives 

 over the week-end, urging the support 

 and passage of Senate Bill No. 1 and 

 House Bill No. 13 limiting the debt in- 

 curring power of downstate taxing dis- 

 trict to 2% per cent on the full as- 

 sessed value. 



Flood Relief Urged 



The jmatter of national and state 

 flood relief was given full considera- 

 tion by the conference. After careful 

 consideration it appeared to be the un- 

 animous opinion of those attending the 

 conference that relief against floods 

 was a matter for the attention of the 

 national congress, and that the con- 

 gress be urg^ed to pass such legrislation 

 as would give relief against losses by 

 floods in the Mississippi valley. 



Recommendation is made to the 

 voting delegates of the Association 

 (Continued on page 8) 



New I. A. A. Committee 

 Holds First Meeting 



In Chicago On Feb. 3 



Organize and Plan for 1928, New 

 Committees Appointed 



NEW advisory and finance commit 

 tees were appointed, and plans 

 for, the future were considered at the 

 first meeting of the 1928 Executive 

 Committee of the I. A. A. held at 

 Chicago on Feb. 3. 

 L. R. Marchant of 

 Knox County was 

 present, represent- 

 ing the State Asso- 

 ciation of Farm 

 Advisers. A. R. 

 Wright of Varna, 

 R. F. Karr, Iro- 

 quois, and A. N. , 

 Skinner, Yates 

 City, were appoint- 

 ed to the Finance 

 Committee for the 

 A. R. Wright ensuring year. 

 The personnel of the advisory com- 

 mittees as recommended by President 

 Smith and approved by the Execu- 

 tive Committee is little different from 

 the previous year, the same chairmen 

 in each case being re-appointed. The 

 committees for 1928 are as follows: 



Organization and Information, C. 

 E. Bamborough, Polo, chairman; 

 Frank Oexner, Waterloo; Charles S. 

 Black, Jacksonville; W. B. Bunn, 01- 

 ney. 



Financial Business Service, Geo. F. 

 Tullock, Rockford, chairman; Fred 

 Dietz, DeSotoj M. G. Lambert, Ferris; 

 W. W. McLaughlin, Ottawa. 



Public Relations, Frank D. Barton, 

 Cornell, chairman; J. L. Whisnand, ' 

 Charleston; Charles Marshall, Belk- 

 nap; R. J. Laible, Carrollton. 



Marketing, Samuel Sorrells, Ray- 

 mond, chairman; W. L. Cope, Salem; 

 H. C. Vial, Downers Grove; Geo. J. 

 StoU, Chestnut; R. C. Doneghue, Ma- 

 comb. 



Barton Reports 



Frank D. Barton, chairman of the 



Legislative Committee, reported that 



Senate Bill No. 1, limiting the bond- 



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