THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Nine 



Measure of Ability to Pay 



i.Continucd Ironi page 3) 

 nIliwii coininciMHly tliat a considerable amount 

 lit revenue may be derived through taxes on 

 -ucli niin-e>sentials as tobacco, soft drinks, cos- 

 metics, amusements, etc. 



Charge Beneficiaries 



"i>ur \,irM>u- vinits ot government are today 

 rendering wiiliout cliargc or at a nominal lee, 

 a great variety of special services of a pro- 

 tective and deselopment nature. The full ex- 

 pense of these inspections and certifications and 

 other tornis il special service might very 

 proper!) be charged to those directly bene- 

 fited. This svt>uld mean a material savmg to 

 ;he taxpayer. 



"the VJrloll^ wards of the state should be 

 employed to the Imnt of their proper pro- 

 du\.tl\e ability M\d the articles so manufactured 

 should be used to supply the needs of the 

 >ljte institutions and activities. 



"I.irmcrs are not the sole victims of the 

 present s\stem which places too great de- 

 pendence upon the general property tax. City 

 home owners are also hard hit. This natur- 

 ally tends towards an increase in rents, so that 

 urban home owners and renters as well should 

 make common cause with farmers in an effort 

 to secure tax readjustment and relief. 



Farmer Can't Dodge 



"l>ne of tlie most grievous features of the 

 heavy taxes borne by agriculture is that the 

 farmer lias no power to pass any portion of 

 them on or shift them in any way, as he 

 has so little to say concerning the price which 

 he receives f,ir the product of his labors. 



"It sli.uijd e\er be remembered that the 

 power to tax carries with it the power to de- 

 stroy. It Is eertalnly not giKid statesmanship 

 to discourage the ownership of farms and 

 homes through confiscatory property taxes. 

 1 he ownership of real estate is one of the most 

 stabilising forces in society and should by all 

 proper means be encouraged, not discouraged." 



Add 105 Netv Members 



dded to 



^^1 '^ f -\ r^ -SIX new members were adde 

 -^ the Ifoqiiols County Farm Bureau 

 September 2r. in a county-wide one-day neigh- 

 bor-sign-neighbor drive, according to C. E. 

 (ohnson, farm adviser. These together with 

 the -'' new members signed up in the summer 

 bv Volunteers makes a total of 105 new Farm 

 bureau members. 



"Joe Pruitt .if Wellington now claims the 

 honor of being the oldest new Farm Bureau 

 member," says Johnson. "Mr. Pruitt is 87 

 vears old. Three of the Pruitt generation are 

 now members of the Farm Bureau, which in- 

 cludes Joe, his son Frank, and his grandson 

 Harold." 



The Iroquois (.ouiuy Farm Bureau now has 

 a membership in excess of 1,000 members. 



Farm Indebtedness 



Farm mortgage indebtedness in the L'nited 

 States on January 1, 1929, was about one per 

 cent or $ IOS,000,(IOO greater than that on 

 January I, 192(, according to the Bureau of 

 Agricultural Fconomics. Fstimates on January 

 I, I92S, show a total indebtedness on farms of 

 s9,4(,s.liiiii as compared with <9.U.0.n00 on 

 January 1. 19:s. 



Left to right are C. M. Hatland. coach; Lloyd Espel, Luren Ho^f. and iCIydc Conli-y. all 

 from around Walnut in Bureau county. The team won the state contest|in jiidf:ing d^to 

 cattle staged at the Illinois State Fair. Springfield. Hatland teaches vocational ag. lin the 



Walnut Community High School. The Bureau County Farm Bureau has 

 ing position in sponsoring 4-H Club and high school judging teams. 



long held a lead- 



Scott Going Strong 



"Scott county now has the distinction o: 

 being the only county in the state with 7> 

 per cent of its farmers belonging to the Farm 

 Bureau," says John C Mi>ore, district orgam/a- 

 tion manager. "We held our scho^U ot in 

 struction during the second week of September 

 and the indications are that the boys over tlure 

 are determined to hold the record of having 

 the highest percentage of farmers in the Bureau 

 of any county in the state. 



"The membership drive is going nicely and 

 they have already written 57 new members or 

 farmers who have not been members during the 

 last three years. 



"The memberships expire on December I and 

 indications now point to a substantial increase 

 In membership in the Farm Bureau ' 



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I. A. A. Transportation 



Department, 

 Chicago, Illinois. 



"Have been delaying writing, 

 although I felt confident your 

 work was the thing that prompt- 

 ed or compelled the Northwest- 

 ern Casualty Cotnpany to offer 

 and then send me $300 in settle- 

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 against the company. I accepted 

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"By way of information, the 

 lamed horse is still lame, but 

 hope she ultimately will recover. 



"For your kind and skilled as- 

 sistance in this matter I am 

 deeply grateful, and hope and 

 believe you do the same for 

 many others." 



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