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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I L«L«INOIS 



CCLTURAL ASSOCIA 



RECORJO 



To advance the purpoMe for which ihe farm bareau tsa* OTganixed- 

 nanteiy to promote, protect and reprcMcnt the bumineaa, economic^ 

 aoeiai and maueational interest b ct the farmare of lilinoie and the nation, 

 and to develop agriculture 



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

 Illinois, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Edited by Deparcment 

 of Information, E. G. Thiem, Director, 608 South Dearborn Street, 

 Chicago, Illinois. Entered as second-class matter October 20, 1925, 

 at the post office at Mount Morris, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 

 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postasre provided for in 

 Section 412, Act of February 28, 1925, authoriicd October 27, 1925. 

 The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents 

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OFFICERS 



President, Ewl C. Smith Detroit 



Vlcc-Prealdent, Frwik D. Bwton ,^ ComeU 



Treaeurer, R. A. Cowie* Bloomincton 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



(By Congrcaaioiul District*) 



lit to 11th H. C. Vtal, Downers Grove 



12th G. F. TuUock, Rockford 



I3tb C E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th M. G. Lambert. Ferris 



ifth _ A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



l«th A. R. Wrisht, Varna 



17th Geo. J. StoU, Chestnut 



Wth R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



l»th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21at.« Samuel Sorrelis, Raymond 



Slnd Frank Oezner, Waterloo 



2ard W. L. Cope, Salem 



2<th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



Hth Fred Diets, Oe Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Business Service Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A, D. Lynch 



Farm Supply J. R. Bent 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit arid VaBCtabl* Marketins A. B. Leeper 



General Offloe J. H. Kelker 



Information E.G. Thiem 



Insurance (Actuarial) J. P. Gibson 



Insurance (Acquisition) V. Vaniman 



Lacal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



LlTe Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Organization G. E. Mctzgcr 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



TautkM and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Traosportatiaa L. J. Quasey 



A Good BUI 



ILLINOIS farmers will be glad to learn that Senate Bill 

 No. 1 now before the legislature is in line for passage 

 at an 'early date. The welcome news that the measure 

 was moved up to tnird reading in the House came just 

 before going < press. The bill should become law within 

 the next ten tiays. 



This important piece of legislation, which the I. A. A. 

 has supportied vigorously, limits the bonding power of 

 down-state taxing districts to 2% per cent of the total full 

 valuations of property therein. It spares downstate from 

 a possible orgy of local indebtedness which no sane citizen 

 or taxpayer wants to see. 



The notorious revenue measure of the 55th General As- 

 sembly, which doubled valuations for tax extension pur- 

 poses throughout Illinois, thereby doubled the debt-incur- 

 ring powers of all taxing districts. Senate Bill No. 1 is in- 

 tended to restore the old limitations placed in the Consti- 

 tution of 1870 by its far-sighted farmers. 



Tax relief is farm relief. Until farm prices are up to 

 the American standard, farmers will insist on economy in 

 government commensurate with that which they must 

 practice ^t home. , 



Uses of Chain Broadcasting y ^l ■ 



AGRICULTURE is to have its place in national 'chain 

 i broadcasting. So says the National Broadcasting 

 Company announcing our friend Frank Mullen as farm 

 radio director, and the broadcast of the I. A. A. meeting 

 at Rock Island as the inaugural feature of the new service. 

 The chain expects to broadcast all important farm meetings 

 and expositions. The announcement states that plans for 

 daily agricultural service over the Middle West network 

 are rapidly nearing completion. 



The National Broadcasting Company can render a great 

 service to ag^riculture by telling the truth about the in- 

 dustry. We hope there will be many dirt farmers sched- 

 uled on its programs. The farmer is not in so great need 

 of advice and suggestions as he is of an opportunity to 

 tell others what's wrong with his business and how it can 

 be remedied. Sympathy alone will not help. A friendly 

 helpful attitude toward his efforts at surplus crop control 

 and price stabilization is needed from the farmers' town 

 i;nd city neighbors. The American people will respond 

 when they are properly informed. 



OTHER OPINIONS 



AN ARGUMENT FOR STABILIZATION 



WE remind the critics of farm relief legislation that the 

 railroad industry of the United States was financially 

 unstable and undependable as well as unfair in sefvice 

 from its beginning, and its master minds were unable to 

 solve its difficulties, until powers of government were em- 

 ployed to exercise control, to establish financial stability 

 and efficient service. 



In like manner the banking business of the United 

 States was subject to disastrous disturbances and panics 

 to the hurt of all business, and its master minds were un- 

 able to solve its difficulties, until the powers of govern- 

 ment were employed to exercise control of credit and 

 currency. 



Agriculture asks no more and will accept no less than 

 the exercise of like powers of government to establish an 

 agency of control of farm surpluses for the stabilization 

 of values in common justice to produ ers and in promotion 

 of a balanced and enduring national prosperity. 



HON. CLARENCE OUSLEY. 



FARMERS AND BONDING BILLS t ^* 



It may seem that there can be little or no connection 

 between the interests of the farmers of Illinois and the 

 bonding power of the city of Chicago. But events of the 

 past year have shown a near and vital connection between 

 these two, as was pointed out by Earl C. Smith, president 

 of the Illinois Agricultural association in his speech at 

 Rock Island this week. 



The last legislature passed a bill enabling Chicago to 

 double its bonding limits. The same law was seen to aflfect 

 the powers of every taxing unit in the state, and therefore 

 might be used to greatly increase taxation against farm 

 lands. In spite of a fight agrainst legalizing this possible 

 injustice to the farmers, proponents of the law sought to 

 throw farmers a sop in the amendment to the Juul law. 

 The latter, however, has just been invalidated by the su- 

 preme court, this leaving the way open for inpi'eased farm 

 taxes unless some remedial legislation is taken. Therefore 

 the state farm organization secured consent of the gover- 

 nor to include this subject in those for consideration at the 

 present special session. The state farm organization is 

 supporting a bill in this session which would confine bond- 

 ing powers in all sections outside of Cook county to their 

 former limits. Farmers are finding that eternal vigilance 

 is the price of escaping death-dealing taxation. — Panta- 

 prapb (Bloomingrton). _ _ y 



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