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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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1 liliillMOIS 



CCLTURAL ASSe€lA 



RECORO 



To advancm the purpose for which the Farm Bureau waa organized, 

 twmely to promote, protect and repreeent the butinett, economic, 

 poUticai, and educational interetta of the farmera of Jiiinois and the 

 nmtiont and to deeelop agriculture. 



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

 Illinois, by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Entered as second- 

 clRsi matter October 20, 1925, at the post office at Mount Morris, 

 Dlinoii, ondar the Act of March 8, 1879. Accepted for mailing at 

 •»«oial rate of postage provided for in Section 412, Act of February 

 2t, 1926, authorized October 27, 1925. The individual membership 

 felt of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a y^r. The 

 f«* ineludes paysaent of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 AouccLTUSAL AisociATiON Rbcoro. Postmastar: In returninc an an- 

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

 is required by law. 



OFFICERS 



Pteaident, Earl C. Smith _ Detroit 



Vlo«-President, Frank D. Barton Cornell 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger .... Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles „ Bloomington 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE | 



(By Congressional Districts) 



to 11th H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



..G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



..C. £. Bamborough, Polo 



..M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



..A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



..A. R. Wright. Varna 



..Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



..R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



..C. J. Gross, At^vood 



t Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



...Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



Ckarlea Marshall, Belknap 



Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Bi^iaeaa Service , „ „ Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing _ \ j JC D. Lynch 



LI*ie«tone-Phosphat» „ - J. R. Bent 



Fiaaace R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing „ A. B. Lcoper 



Comptroller _ ....._ , J. H. Kelker 



Information ' L i George Thiein 



..i _ _ V. Vaniman 



..Donald Kirfcpatrick 



Ray E. Miller 



G. E. Metzger 



..F. A. Gougler 



Insurance* Sorvice 



Legal Counsel 



Live Stock Marketing.. 



Organization 



Produce Marketing.. 



Taxation and Statistics 4 \ _ J. C. Watson 



Transportation _ i t L. J. Quasey 



Resolutions Adopted at 14th Annual I. A. A. 

 Meeting, Danville, Jan. 30-31, 1929 



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APPRECIATION OF DANVILLE 



The visitors and delegates to the 14th Annual Meeting 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association held in Danville, 

 January 30 and 31, 1929, hereby express their hearty 

 appreciation for the cordial welcome and the uniform 

 courtesy and co-operation shown to them by the Vermilion 

 Co|inty Farm and Home Bureaus, the Mayor and Chamber 

 of Commerce of the City of Danville, the industries and 

 all organizations, and the citizens of the City and County 

 whjo.have so efficiently contributed to the success of this 

 Anmual Meeting. | -■ L 



ENDORSEMENT OF A. F. B. F. I 



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7e desire to express anew our pleasure in the manifes- 

 tation of the spirit of harmony and co-operation shown 

 at the last Annual Meeting of the American Farm Bureau 

 Fefleration, and we hereby pledge our hearty support to 

 any program thereof that has for its purpose the general 

 be^erment of agriculture. 



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TAXATION 



llstimates by economists, if applied to the State of 

 Illihois, indicate that of the net income of the entire popu- 

 lation of this State, only about ten per cent is derived 

 frokn the ownership of real estate and tangible personal 



property, not including the labor and management of 

 owner-operators of such property; that about ten per cent 

 is derived from the ownership of approximately twelve or 

 fourteen billions of dollars of intangible property; and 

 that the remaining eighty per cent of the net income of 

 the entire population is derived from personal industry — 

 'wages, salaries, fees, commissions, and the labor and man- 

 agement of persons owning and operating their own prop- 

 erty. I 



The gross unfail-ness of the present taxing system is 

 shown by the fact that of all general property taxes in 

 this State, about ninety per cent is levied on real estate 

 and tangrible personal property, about ten per cent on 

 intangible property, while no direct tax whatever is levied 

 on the eighty per cent of net income derived from personal 

 industry. j 



There can be little doubt that the gross unfairness indi- 

 cated by the figures given above is gradually becoming 

 worse and will become still worse until the present taxing 

 system is changed. 



1. Income Tax 



For the purpose of securing direct contribution to the 

 support of State and local government by large numbers 

 of people who, though abundantly able, are now paying 

 little or no direct taxes for such purposes, we favor enact- 

 ment of a tax on net income of persons, with moderate 

 exemptions and itaoderately progressive rates, and with 

 provision for the 'payment of such a tax by any person 

 only to the extent that the tax levied on his net income 

 exceeds all taxes paid ^y him on property in this State, 

 provided that the proceeds of the tax on net income sh^l 

 be used to replace or reduce the present tax levied on 

 property for the State Distributive School Fund, or some 

 other tax now levied on property for State purposes. 



2. Reiittance to Tax Increases 



Until the people of the State of Illinois amend the Con- 

 stitution and set up an- equitable taxing system, we recom- 

 mend that owners of farm property resist every attempt 

 to increase taxes on such property, whether such increase 

 in taxes is sought by increase of statutory tax rates, by 

 submission of any bond issues, except in the most urgent 

 emergencies, by measures permitting the inclusion of rural 

 property in predominantly urban local taxing districts, by 

 measures adding to the cost of county and local govern- 

 ment, or by increased appropriations for any present pur- 

 pose, or appropriations for any new purposes. j 



3. Constitutional Amendment 



For the purpose of giving the General Assembly the 

 power to set up an equitable taxing system, we favor the 

 adoption of a joint resolution by the two houses of the 

 General Assembly submitting to the people of the State 

 an amendment of the revenue article of the Constitution 

 in substantially the same' terms as were contained in the 

 amendment submitted in 1926. 



ROAD IMPROVEMENT I 



Since the approval of the Sixty Million Dollar bond 

 issue in 1918 and the One Hundred Million Dollar bond 

 issue in 1924, the farmers of Illinois have been paying 

 their portion of motor license fees for the construction 

 of the State hard road system. They will continue to pay 

 their proportion of the costs for this purpose until the last 

 of the hard road bonds are retired about 1958 or 1960. 

 It now appears that the two bond issues will be exhausted 

 during the present year, leaving about 2,500 miles of the 

 hard road system unconstructed. 'Without additional funds 

 from some source, it does not seem probable that the 

 remainder of the system can be paved except at a very 

 slow rate. 



On January 1st, 1925, as disclosed by the Federal 

 Census of Agriculture, less than six per cent of the farms 

 in the State were located upon concrete or brick roads. 

 On the completion of the State system of hard roads, it 

 does not seem probable that more than twelve per cent 

 of the farms of the State will be located upon such roads. 

 The great majority of the farmers will still be located 

 •from one mile to as much as ten miles from the hard 

 roads which their motor license fees have helped to con- 



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