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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



ILLilNOIS jm 



jg jCCL TLBAL ASSOCIATION 



^ R E c o R ly — 



To advance the purpote tor which the Farm Bureau wae or^aniied, 

 namely to promote, protect and repreeent the bueineae, economic^ 

 politfcal, and educational intereete of the farmera of Illinoia and the 

 nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Published onee a month at 401 North Wesley Ave., Mount Morris, 

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

 class matter October 20. 1825, at the jpost office at Mount Morris, 

 Illinois, under the Act of March 8. 1879. Accepted for mailing at 

 special rate of postage provided for in Section 412. Act of February 

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

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

 fee includes payment of fifty e«nta for Subscription to the Illinois 

 AOKICULTUBAL ASSOCIATION RicORO. PostMiut«r : In returning an un- 

 called for or missent copy pleas* indicat^ key number on address as 

 IS reaiiired by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith 



Vice-President. Frank D. Barton 



Secretary, Ceo. E. Melifar 



Treasurer, R. A. CowUs 



Detroit 



Cornell 



Chicaxo 



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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (By Concroaalonal 



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DIRECTORS OF DEPAttTMENTS 



Comptroller 



Dairy Marketing 



Finance '. 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 



Grain Marketing 



Information 



Insurance Service 



Legal Counsel 



Limes tone- Phosphate 



Live Stock Marketing.. 



Office 



Organization 



Produce Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics 



Transportation 



piilrict) 



H. C. Vial. Downers Grove 



G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



.. .C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



..A. N. Skinner, Yatas City 



A. R. Wright. Verna 



Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



R. F. Karr, Iroquola 



... C. J. Gross, Atwood 



ries S. Black, Jacksonville 



Samuel Sorrels, Raymond 



...Frank Oezner, Waterloo 



..W. L. Cope. Salem 



.Charles Marshall. Belknap 

 Fred Dietz, De Soto 



J. H. Kelker 



A. D. Lynch 



R. A. Cowlaa 



A. B. Leeper 



Harrison Fahrnkopf 



George Thiem 



V. Vanlman 



Donald Kirkpatrick 

 J. R. B-nt 



Ray E. MUIer 



C. E. Johnston 



„.G. E. Metzgar 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZAT<ONS 



Country Life Insurance Co 

 Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass*n... 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insuraoc* Co 

 Illinois Farm Supply Co 



Taxation And 7 he Lau 



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I MI III J lii:u--wiirn ciitupl.iint t»l tinai 

 ^iosin^ tlu- >cIitM>lN, i.'uiiin.i: oil of w 

 delay in cullcctini; taxes ii brouijlu up 

 and Vk'illi.iniM>n ciiuiitics in jnswcr to th< 

 issued, bv iilu- Illinois Ta\ Commission. 



I'lviiiy ot excuses jre offered tor letting 

 but not ijne sound ar>;unu-nt is advanced 

 states that "all persons shall pay a lax ac 

 or her property," should not be obeyed. 



I he 1 a\ 1 tiniimssion during; the incui 

 ^X'llliain M. Matone, has endeavored to see 

 onpartially on real estate. It has consistei 

 ' destroy favoritism am! tax racketeeriiij; w 

 iiistified sudi action. 



local oihcials 111 Iiaiiklin and Williams 

 .pporttiiiitv to ilij|len);e successfully the i 

 III assessments uncovered by the rarni Bur 

 .Assiiciation. Farmers in these counties have 

 mission has been patient. But up to date 

 -■'I the data >;athered from representative ' 

 piopert\ in the official county records. 



.\s a result the Tax Commission did the 

 the circumstances. It ordered a reassessme 

 as required by lass. 



I OS al asse^ors and the board of review 



L. A. Williams. Mgr. 



F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



. L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



cial hardship, >;reat expense, 

 lo\\ and blind pensions, and 

 y hical othcials in Franklin 

 recent order ol reassessment 



the old inequalities remain. 



as to .why the law which 



cording to the value of his 



lency of its able chairn^an, 

 that this law is carried out 

 tly ordered reassessments to 

 hen facts brought before it 



-»n counties have had everv 

 videncc of gross inequalities 

 .■au dnyi Illinois .-Xgricuiturat 



been patient, the \i\ Com 

 there has been no refutation 



les i>f farm lands jinj cii\ 



only thini; it could do under 

 t that equality may prevail 



have chosen to disrc>;ard the 



only accepted measure of values, namely selling price at a fair sale of 

 the property taxed. Perhaps lor political purposes or some more sinis- 

 ler reason, property in certain cities is favored. 



The facts reveal that there are glaring; inequalities in assessments 

 in these counties. Property in a number of small cities and villages as 

 well as farm lands are assessed decidedly higher, as measured by the 

 only legal yardstick, than property in the protected and favored cities 

 such as U'est Frankfort, Benton, Christopher, Cartcrvillc, Hcrrin, Hurst. 

 Johnson City, and Marion. Property owners in Buckncr, Sesscr, and 

 /leijler i»i Franklin county, and Creal Springs. Pittsburg, and Vl'hitc Ash 

 111 ^X'ilhamson county, have even more cause to complain than land- 

 osv ners, so this is not a fight between country and city. It is a demand 

 for the elimination of inequalities, and the restoration of honesty and 

 fairness in assessments. 



The boards of review in these counties can still wipe out the illegal 

 discrepancies in valuations without going to the trouble of reasscs&ini; 

 each piece of property. The Tax Commission will probably be glad to 

 order the boards of review to reconvene, as it has power to do. for the 

 purpose of equalizing valuations. Fiad the local officials shown ans 

 disposition to act on the information provided more than two years 

 ago the matter never wnuld base been presented to the State Tax Com- 

 mission. If ttiere is aa> incoiivenience, delay, *jr extra expense involved 

 III the collection of taxes the blame rests soleU on the shoulders of the 

 county officials who refused to do their dut\. I he honest, law-abidm.i: 

 citi/ens of Illinois can be thankful that they bave a court of last resort 

 in the Tax Commission to protect their rights. 



International Time 



I IL.NDRlD's of Illinois Farm Bureau membeis will be in Chicago 

 ' ' the week beginning Dec. 2 for the fat stock and hay and grain 

 show. Fhat will be a giKid time to visit the I. .\. .X. otfices, Countrs 

 life, the Illinois Agricultural .Mutual, and the Farmers Mutual Re- 

 insurance companies, all at 608 So. Dearborn St. The Pure Milk As 

 sociation has offices in the same building. - 



The Soybean Marketing Association directors will meet in the I. .A. A. 

 otHces on Vi'ednesday, Dec. 4. Crowers who happen to be In the cm 

 that dj\ are insited to atieml. 



Direct Marketing 1,000 Years Ago 



I 1 ^.)>X' little limes change — in Siime vsass. .\ practice comparable 

 • *- to direct marketing of the present day was forbidden as long ago 

 as 980 A. D. An editorial In a recent issue of Wallaces' Farmer quoted 

 from the old Roman code of regulations governing the activities of 

 mechanics and tradespeople in the city of C^onstantinople. at thai time 

 under the rule of the Roman Imp! re. The regulation provided that 

 "Tile butchers shall not go out to meet the drosers who bring in their 

 flocks for sale either in Niconiedia or In other cities bes'ond the San- 

 garious ... in order that they may buy the nu'at more cheaply and the 

 due profit mas' fall to those who slaughter the sheep .\nt\ noi to the 

 ilrosers." 



It is apparent that even at that early da\ the eVfIs' of a marketin.g 

 system wherein the buyers controlled the system and the sellers ex- 

 ercised little. If any. control were recognl/ed. In those ancient times the 

 "drovers'" were at the mercy of the "butchers'* when they sold as indi- 

 viduals out in the country before reaching the market places in the 

 cities. They did not know current prices In the cities, they were not as 

 familiar with grades and the values of those grades as were the "butch*' 

 ers. ' 1 arge numbers of the "drovers" found themselses completing with 

 each other In the sale of their herds, 1 he\ came from w-idel\ scattered 

 sections of the country and had no opportunity to get together in 

 order tlial the>' might bargain as a group with the butchers In the 

 sale of their stock. I he butchers, on the other hand, were ac- 

 quainted with each oilier M\\i both because of tlieir smaller number inxi 

 fiecause of th|s acquainiaiKeslilp were able to dc-\"elop and maintain prac- 

 tices which increased their bargaining ability. 



The drovers suffered because they were conipilUd to use the facilities 

 provided by the buyers and follow the grading and other practices 

 dictated by the buyers. The drover was on foreign soil, many days 

 travel from his native pastures. He was under the pressim; necessity of 

 disposing of his herds even though the terms and conditions were luit 

 fo his liking. I 



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that 

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