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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I L L< I N Ol S 



CCLTVRAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau warn organized, 

 namely to promote, protect and repreeent the buaineag, economic. 

 poiiUctd, and. educational intereata of the farmere of lllinoi* and the 

 nation, and to develop agriculture. 



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

 Illinois, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. 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 postagre provided for in Section 412, Act of February 

 28, 1925, authorized October 27, 1925. The individual membership 

 fee of the Illinois Aerricultural Association is five dollars a year. The 

 fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returning an un- 

 called for or missent copy please indicate key number on address as 

 is required by lawr. 



OFFICERS ' 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President. Frank D. Barton Cornel! 



Treasurer, R. A.-Cowles Bloomincton 



I ' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



J (By Congressional Districts) 



1st to 11th H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



12th G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



ISth A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



16th A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th Geo. J. StoII, Chestnut 



18th R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



19th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21 »t Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22ncL Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



23rd W. U. Cope, Salem 



24th _ Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th - Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Business Service Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing _ A. D. Lynch 



Limestone-Phosphate J. R. Bent 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



Comptroller f- J. H. Kelker 



Information George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Organization « G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing _ F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



Executive Committee Acts 



AFTER a presentation of the milk situation in 

 ^ the Chicago District had been given by 

 Harold C. Vial, of Downers Grove, who repre- 

 sents the dairy section on the I. A. A. Executive 

 Board, the Committee authorized that the fol- 

 lowing statement be released: 



"The Illinois Agricultural Association has for 

 years supported and encouraged an aggressive 

 and effective T. B. eradication program in Illi- 

 nois, which particularly affected the dairy herds 

 of our state. 



"We have always believed such a program 

 was the only way to perpetuate the dairy indus- 

 try while at the same time insuring a pure milk 

 supply to the public, especially the children of 

 congested areas, such as Chicago. 



"This clean-up campaign has cost the owners 

 of present clean dairy herds large sums of 

 money. 



"It is appalling to note the inequitable por- 

 tion of the consumers' cost that is finding its way 

 to the producers of this pure product. 



"We believe in and support the collective bar- 

 gaining rights of such producers. 



"While we are not apprised of all develop- 

 ments leading up to the present relations exist- 

 ing between the officials of the Pure Milk Asso- 



ciation and the milk dealers of Chicago, we be- 

 lieve the consumers' interests as well as the pro- 

 ducers' interests demand that proper representa- 

 tives of all parties to this controversy, including 

 representatives of the public interest get together 

 in a spirit of fairness and settle the present dispute. 

 "The I. A. A. stands ready and willing to lend 

 its support to such a program." . * . 



Consider Legislative Program 



MAJOR projects of legislation for introduction in the 

 coming session of the 56th General Assembly have 

 been receiving careful consideration of the Public Rela- 

 tions Committee for some time. Their conclusions were 

 reported to the meeting of the Executive Committee on 

 January 10, and after careful study and consideration 

 were adopted as their recommendations to the Board of 

 Delegates at the Annual Meeting to be held in Danville, 

 January 30 and 31. 



Various proposals for constructive changes in our 

 revenue system make up a large part of this program, 

 among them being an amendment to the Revenue Article 

 of the State Constitution designed to give the General 

 Assembly the power to adopt an equitable taxing system; 

 a tax on net income of natural persons with moderate 

 exemptions and moderately progressive rates and with 

 provision for payment of such a tax by any person only 

 to the extent that the tax levied upon his income exceeds 

 all taxes paid on property by said tax-payer; and pro- 

 vided further, that the proceeds of such a tax on net 

 income be used to replace the present tax levied on 

 property for the State Distributive School Fund, or some 

 other tax now levied on property for state purposes; a tax 

 on gasoline, provided that the funds derived therefrom 

 be divided equitably and used for the early completion of 

 the Hundred Million Dollar Bond issue road system and 

 improvement of a secondary road system; some revision of 

 the Co-operative Marketing Act of 1923 to meet require- 

 ments that have developed with the experience of recent 

 years. 



There will be ample opportunity for full discussion, 

 consideration and final decision on all of these and other 

 matters during the conference on Public Relations, and 

 later when under consideration by the Convention meet- 

 ing as a whole. 



Black Strap Molasses ' * 



THE decision of the I. A. A. Executive Committee on 

 Jan. 10 to give active support to an attempt to se- 

 cure a 10 cents per gallon tariff on black strap molasses 

 is of particular interest to Illinois corn growers. 



According to our best information approximately 280,- 

 000,000 gallons of molasses are imported into the United 

 States annually. This quantity is equivalent to 57,000,000 

 bushels of corn, which might replace the molasses used to 

 a large extent in manufacturing industrial alcohol. 



It is estimated that an increase in the present one-sixth 

 to five-sixths of a cent per gallon tariff (depending upon 

 sugar content) to 10 cents per gallon would increase the 

 price of corn from three to four cents per bushel. 



Illinois produces annually about 300,000,000 bushels of 

 corn. Approximately 40 per cent, or a total of 120,000,- 

 000 bushels, is shipped out of the counties where grown. 

 At 3.5 cents per bushel this would mean an increased 

 revenue to farmers of the corn belt of 14,200,000. 



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