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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I Resolutions | 



(Continued from page 7) 

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DIRECT MARKETING OF 

 I LIVESTOCK 



The 'Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion favors that system of marketing 

 which will give to the producer the 

 highest net returns for his labor and 

 investment consistent with fairness to 

 the producer, the consumer and the 

 distributor. Such returns to the pro- 

 ducer cannot be developed or main- 

 tained in the absence of centralized 

 selling control exercised by the pro- 

 ducer through his own cooperative 

 marketing facilities. The purchase of 

 livestock by processors through coun- 

 try concentration points under their 

 control or by country packer-buyers 

 tends to eliminate competition be- 

 tween buyers, permits division of ter- 

 ritory, promotes decentralization of 

 producer selling control and is, there- 

 fore, in direct opposition to the de- 

 velopment of such cooperative market- 

 ing facilities. 



The Association recog^nizes the fact 

 that constant change in marketing 

 methods necessitates continued re- 

 search work under producer control 

 to assist in determining policies and 

 developing selling methods. In the 

 meantime the Association advocates 

 support of the farmers' selling facili- 

 ties as they are now established, 

 namely, local shipping associations and 

 the cooperative commission associa- 

 tions operating on the terminal mar- 

 kets in order that these sales agencies 

 may develop to the point where they 

 can make effective whatever system or 

 systems serve the best interests of the 

 livestock industry, f 

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 XII 



RADIO 



We approve of the position taken 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion whereby it respectfully requested 

 and urged that the Federal Radio Com- 

 mission in its final allotment of air 

 rights adequately recognize agricul- 

 ture by setting apart at least one ex- 

 clusive wave lengrth under the direc- 

 tion and control of agricultural in- 

 terests. 



XIII 



AMENDMENT OF MEMBERSHIP 

 ACT 



In the present era of the develop- 

 ment of various kinds of cooperative 

 effort, it appears that membership or- 

 ganizations are limited to the devel- 

 opment and organization phases of 

 such cooperative enterprises, and it 

 is at least a question as to their right 

 to use membership funds for the pur- 

 pose of meeting capital requirements 

 of cooperative or mutual service or- 

 ganizations. 



We, therefore, favor the amendment 

 of some present law or the enactment 

 of a new law making possible this 

 added practical support and direction 

 of cooperative and mutual effort. 



V XIV 



AGRICULTURAL LEGISLATION 



In seeking the adoption of a na- 

 tional policy for agriculture by the 

 Congress and needed readjustments in 

 the laws of our State, it has been 

 clearly disclosed that all matters of 

 this character are economic in far 

 greater degree than political. 



We, therefore, urge our members to 

 carefully study all questions initiated 

 by agriculture before Congress and 

 the State Legislature; also the atti- 

 tude and support given such measures 

 by representatives of the people in 

 these two bodies, and that with this 

 information, our members, regardless 

 of party, put forth every effort to re- 

 tain in public office all those who con- 

 sistently support the just requests and 

 demands of organized agrriculture. 



XV 

 FLOOD CONTROL 



We approve the progress being 

 made in the construction of flood con- 

 trol works on the main channels of 

 the Mississippi River under the author- 

 ity of the Flood Control Act passed 

 by Congress in 1928. And, we urge 

 the prompt completion of the surveys 

 authorized in the Act of 1928, which 

 will provide the basis for additional 

 federal legislation for completed flood 

 prevention and control on the Illinois 

 and Wabash rivers and throughout the 

 entire Mississippi Valley. 



XVI 

 WATERWAYS 



The improvement of our inland 

 waterway channels and the establish- 

 ment of dependable common-carrier 

 transportation upon them, coordinated 

 with connecting railway lines by joint 

 rates and through routes to interior 

 points, will do much to bring pros- 

 perity back to the farmer and manu- 

 facturer of the Middle West. 



In order to secure the immediate 

 constriiction of adequate channels, the 

 building of proper terminals at prin- 

 cipal rail and river crossings and the 

 development of common-carrier trans- 

 portation services, it is necessary that 

 all interests in the Mississippi Valley, 

 Agricultural, Commercial and Indus- 

 trial coordinate their influence and 

 work together. 



We, therefore, urge upon Congress 



(1) The immediate completion of the 

 Lakes to the Gulf waterway with an 

 adequate diversion from Lake Michi- 

 gan to permit open channel naviga- 

 tion on the Illinois River below Utica. 



(2) The standardization of the chan- 

 nels of the Mississippi river system to 

 a nine foot depth with sufficient width 

 to permit the navigation of large tows 

 such as now use the Ohio and lower 

 Mississippi. (3) The upbuilding of 

 the Mississippi-Warrior service and its 

 coordination with and extension to the 

 Illinois River and Hennepin Canal. 



We urge upon the legislature of the 

 State of Illinois the passage of such 

 legislation as is necessary to provide 

 for the completion of the Illinois wa- 



terway between Lockport and Utica 

 by the opening of the navigation sea- 

 son in 1931. 



We further urge upon the Gover- 

 nor of Illinois and the legislature the 

 consideration and adoption of some 

 plan that will provide adequate ter- 

 minual facilities for rail and river serv- 

 ices at the principal ports and rail 

 river crossings in Illinois. j - 



XVII ! :« 



TARIFF ' " 



We favor the adoption of such 

 policy in any program of tariff revi- 

 sion as will assist in the attainment 

 of agricultural equality. Where tariff 

 duties on agricultural products are 

 not sufficient to prevent depression of 

 the price thereof below a reasonable 

 cost of production, we urge such re- 

 vision as will secure a reasonable 

 price therefor. In instances where the 

 tariff contributes to the establishing 

 of an unreasonable price on any of 

 the products of industry, we urge such 

 revision as will tend to reduce such 

 prices, so as to give only reasonable 

 protection. 



XVIII 

 NATIONAL POLICY FOR AGRI- 

 CULTURE 

 The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion has for years urged and supported 

 a national agricultural policy that 

 would recognize and offer American 

 agrriculture equal opportunity with 

 other industry to enjoy the privileges 

 and benefits of the American protec- 

 tive system. 



We have assisted in the develop- 

 ment of a solution to this problem 

 that recognized co-operative market- 

 ing organizations as the mediums 

 through which farmers might exercise 

 control of surplus production above 

 domestic requirements and whereby 

 the cost of such control should be 

 borne by the conrmiodity benefited. 



We still believe the principles as 

 set forth in such proposal offer the 

 best solution that has yet been pro- 

 posed to restore agriculture to its 

 proper position in our economic life. 

 Recognizing, however, that the 

 newly elected administration is defi- 

 nitely committed to find another solu- 

 tion that would restore equal rights, 

 privileges and income to the farmers 

 with that of other industry, we here- 

 by pledge our support and cooperation 

 in the development of any program 

 that adequately recognizes the agri- 

 cultural problem and seems to offer 

 a solution that is workable, sound and 

 permanent. 



Respectfully submitted. 

 Resolutions Committee, 

 A. N. Skinner, 



Chairman. 

 M. G. Lambist, 

 R. F. Karr, 

 Chas. Black, 

 Chas. Marshall.. 



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Save these resolutions for future ref- 

 erence. They embody the aims of your 

 organization. 



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