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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Ask Coolidge to Sign Bill 



(Continued from page 3) 

 objections to the equalization fee pro- 

 visions in the measure are funda- 

 mental. We trust this will not prove 

 to be the case. You have repeatedly 

 discussed the problem of agricultural 

 surpluses, recognizing it as a barrier 

 to the successful stabilization and pro- 

 tection of the widely grown cash crops 

 of agriculture. We urge that you con- 

 sider the equalization fee in the light 

 of the following facts: 



Distribute* Cost Fairly 



"It is the only device yet proposed 

 by which the cost of organized han- 

 dling of the surplus may be distributed 

 fairly over all the producers who mar- 

 ket the commodity. To deny the 

 equalization fee is to deny the pro- 

 ducer of some of the most important 

 American crops his place in the Amer- 

 ican protective system. 



"Without it we feel that experience 

 has proven there is no possibility for 

 the development of large-scale co- 

 operative associations competent to 

 deal with surpluses in an orderly man- 

 ner. It is true others have insisted 

 co-operative associations will be able 

 to accomplish these ends if they are 

 assisted through additional credit. It 

 is in recognition of this latter view 

 that Congress has provided for such 

 loans in the measure just passed. 



A Patriotic Board 



"We respectfully urge that this 

 measure be judged in the light of ad- 

 ministration in the hands of an able 

 and patriotic board such as it would 

 be your concern and wish to select. 

 It would deal fairly and conscien- 

 tiously with tiie problems that arise. 



"We believe, and we desire nothing 

 so much as to have you share our con- 

 viction, that under the administration 

 of such a board the provisions of this 

 measure can be made effective for 

 good in all branches of agriculture, 

 laying the foundation for a new na- 

 tional farm policy, bringing renewed 

 hope and encouragement to farmers 

 in every part of the United States. 

 ;hus restoring the purchasing power 

 of the American farmers, which is 

 essential for permanent national pros- 

 perity. 



Many in Party 



Included in the party who called on 

 the President, in addition to Thonip- 

 .son and Smith, were Geo. N. Peek, 

 chairman Executive Committee of 22; 

 Wm. Hirth, chairman. Corn Belt Com- 

 mittee; Chas. E. Hearst, president, 

 Iowa Farm Bureau; Wm. H. Settle, 

 president. Indiana Farm Bureau; Dr. 

 B. W. Kilgore, president American 

 Cotton Growers' Exchange; W. W. 

 Pitts, chairman. Legislative Commit- 

 tee, .American Cotton Growers'; Frank 

 W. Murphy, chairman. Legislative 

 Committee, Corn Belt Committee; 

 Ralph Snyder, president, Kansas Farm 

 Bureau; Ed. O'Neil, vice-president, 

 -American Farm Bureau Federation; 

 Chester Gray, legislative representp- 

 tive. American Farm Bureau; A. K. 



Stone, president, Long Staple Cotton 

 Growers' Association; C. E. Huflf, 

 president, Kansas Farmers' Union; and 

 Chester C. Davis, agricultural econo- 

 mist. 



President Coolidge indicated that 

 the statement and request would re- 

 ceive his careful consideration. 



16 Hour Debate 



The final vote on the Haugen bill in 

 the House, which came on May 3, fol- 

 lowed a long 16-hour debate marked 

 by heated argument and discussion. 

 The vote of 204 in favor to 121 

 against lacked only 12 votes of being 

 a two-thirds majority of all those 

 voting in favor of the bill. 



Illinois Congressmen gave the meas- 

 ure 18 votes, the largest number from 

 any state. Voting in favor of the 

 measure were the following Illinois 

 Congressmen: Adkins, Allen, Arnold. 

 Denison. Hall, Holaday, Wm. E. Hull. 

 Johnson, King, Major, Rainey, Rath- 

 bone. Reid, Williams, Yates, Buckbee. 

 Irwin, and Sabath. j 



Against the measure were Chind- 

 blom, Morton D. Hull, Sproul, Michael- 

 son, and Igoe — all froni Chicago. Not 

 voting were Doyle, Kunz, and Britten. 



Smith Represents I. A. A. 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion was represented at Washington 

 by its President throughout the period 

 during which the 

 bill was under 

 preparation and 

 consideration. The 

 I. A. A. was large- 

 ly responsible for 

 simplifying and 

 clarifying many 

 provisions in the 

 measure. After 

 full explanation 

 and clarification of 

 the equalization 

 fee principle, the 

 Sam H. Thompson Illinois Bankers' 

 Association gave the measure its 

 hearty endorsement. The equali-ation 

 fee merely safeguards the loan feature 

 and asks those who benefit to pay h 

 proportionate share of the cost of 

 handling the surplus of farm crops. 



The measure passed the Senate pre- 

 viously without hearings. 



The bill came up in . the House on 

 April 26, the day before the sudden 

 death of Congressman Madden. On 

 Apr. 28, it was announced that the 

 bill would not be open to amendments 

 until the following Thursday. 



The measure was called up un- 

 expectedly on Wednesday when many 

 friends of the bill were absent, and by 

 a fluke vote of 141-120 the House sit- 

 ting as a committee of the whole 

 eliminated the equalization fee. 

 Illinois Does Good Work 

 This vote was taken without roll 

 call, and subsequently the forces favor- 

 ing the bill were rallied with the re- 

 sults noted. 



Congressman Charles Adkins of De- 

 catur proved to be an outstanding 

 leader in defense of the measure. 

 He was second to none i;i answering 



Farm Relief In Vermilion 

 Obtained Through Tax Cut 



Landowners Save $150,000 Declares 

 County Treasurer 



i« IN checking over the tax figures of 

 -I Vermilion' county, I find that the 

 horizontal cut of 30 per cent in farm 

 land values secured through the ef- 

 forts and co-operation of the Vermil- 

 ion County Farm Bureau in its hear- 

 ing before the Beard of Review last 

 August 24, has saved the farmers of 

 this county more than $150,000 in 

 actual taxes," stated F. L. Endicott, 

 county treasurer, in a i^ecent letter to 

 the directors of the Vermilion County 

 Farm Bureau. "With a few specific 

 exceptions in one or two townships 

 and school district where local im- 

 provements required more money than 

 usual, the reduction has averaged .ap- 

 proximately 25 per cent lower than 



last year. 



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Urge Support F. B. { 



"The cut in valuations of farm lands 

 in Vermilion county has been greater 

 than that of any other county in the 

 state and in my judgment the consis- 

 tent and thorough manner in which 

 the Vermilion County Farm Bureau 

 carried out its program, together with 

 the statistical data which is furnished 

 at considerable expense of time and 

 money, has been largely responsible 

 for the satisfactory manner in which 

 adjustments have been made. I feel 

 it would have been impossible for me 

 as your county treasurer, and it is very 

 improbable that the Board of Review 

 could have made such a horizontal cut 

 of land taxes, without the efforts, sta- 

 tistics, and legal help which your or- 

 ganization of farmers furnished. 



"I do not hesitate to say that I feel 

 that every land owner in the county 

 should loyally support your organiza- 

 tion." - L I 



Corn Borer Due 



(Continued from i)age ;i) 

 Since the finding of a lone borer iii 

 Kankakee county in the fall of 1926, 

 field workers have failed to find other 

 traces of the insect. 



The Purnell bill now before Con- 

 gress which will pro'oably be enacted 

 appropriates .$7,000,000 additional 

 • funds for the use of the government in 

 continuing its warfare against thc- 

 borer. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 a:ave its support to this measure and 

 will continue to aid any movement de- 

 signed to curb the progress of the 

 borer through IHinofc cornfield^. 



the arguments of opponents on the 

 floor during debate. Other Illinois con- 

 gressmen Worked faithfully in behalf 

 of the measure, and gave it their best 

 support. - 1 i 



Newspaper fepoMs implying that a 

 trade had been made with advocates of 

 flood control, and theboulder dam for 

 support of the surplus control bill were 

 entirely unfounded, declared President 

 Smith. 



