Resolutions Adopted 



20th Annual Meeting, Quincy, 



Recognizing the peculiar relationship 

 existing between the i)roduction and price 

 of corn and the different branches of 

 livestock production and feeding, and the 

 different price influences between such 

 farm commodities in different years or 

 seasons, we urge such amendment or 

 amendments to the Ag:ricultural Adjust- 

 ment Act as may be necessary to relieve 

 the Secretary of Agriculture of the re- 

 quirement that he provide benefit pay- 

 ments on any basic commodity upon 

 which a processing tax is levied. 



We believe such an amendment im- 

 fierative to meet the peculiar problems 

 involving corn, livestock and livestock 

 products. 



We commend the action of the Execu- 

 tive Committee of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation in requesting other 

 amendments, (1) to authorize making 

 benefit payments in kind; (2) to make 

 the Agricultural Adjustment Act a truly 

 adjustment measure rather than a re- 

 duction measure by substituting the 

 word "adjustment" for the word "re- 

 duction" throughout the Act; (3) re- 

 questing such modification in defining the 

 word "parity" as is necessary to take 

 account also of taxes, interest and labor 

 as costs. 



In approving these amendments, we re- 

 quest the Officers and representatives of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association to 

 use in every reasonable way the in- 

 fluence of the organization to secure 

 their adoption by the present session of 

 Congitess. "" 



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Tariff And Trade Agreements 

 Farmers must not be called upon to re- 

 duce production of crops and livestock 

 any longer than is necessary to provide 

 export or other outlets for their normal 

 surplus production above the needs of the 

 domestic market. 



Recognizing the complications and de- 

 lays that would result from efforts to 

 secure general revision of tariff policies 

 and the removal of tariff barriers, in- 

 cluding the favored nation treaties, we 

 believe the iexport of surplus farm crops 

 can best be facilitated through the exe- 

 cution of f*ciprocal trade agreements. 



We therefore_ urge continued negotia- 

 tion of agreements of this character, in- 

 sisting that such agreements in a large 

 measure must provide outlets for surplus 

 farm products m return for admission of 

 industrial products not competitive or 

 competitive with the industrial 



least 



products.of the United States. 



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.. January 29-30-31. 1935 



The well known keen interest Ameri- 

 can farmers have in securing export out- 

 lets for their surplus products justifies 

 appointment of a representative of agri- 

 culture, approved by farmers, to partici- 

 pate in negotiations for all such trade 

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We urge the Association and all farm- 

 ers to continue their active supp<)rt of 

 present cooperative livestock marketing 

 organizations and services, until| such 

 time as sufficient definite facts' can be es- 

 tablished upon which to base a better 

 plan. We further direct the officers and 

 directors of the I. A. A. to give careful 

 study and investigate the possibilities of 

 livestock marketing and processing to the 

 end that Illinois farmers have a definite, 

 constructive and adaptable program to 

 increase the farmers' share of the con- 

 sumers' dollar. ' - 

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act de- 

 clared its purpose to be the adjustment 

 of agricultural production to consuming 

 demands. Broad authority and powers 

 therefore are vested in the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. 



Under this Act, the Administration 

 immediately undertook to reduce price- 

 depressing surpluses of basic ag:ricul- 

 tural products partly by exercising some 

 control over production and partly by de- 

 veloping export outlets. 



Broader utilization of agricultural 

 commodities in non-food industrial prod- 

 ucts would be equally important in serv- 

 ing the purpose of the Act. As one 

 example, blends of alcohol and gasoline 

 have been demonstrated to be superior 

 motor fuel. If the alcohol is manufac- 

 tured from surpluses of com or other 

 domestic agricultural commodities, such 

 blends will furnish a market for a large 

 volume of such products. Such blends 

 will also assist in conserving our oil re- 

 serves, one of the greatest of our na- 

 tional resources. 



We urge, therefore, that the Adminis- 

 tration broaden the agricultural adjust- 

 ment program by securing the cooper- 

 ation of State and Federal agencies in 

 study and research into the above and 

 other industrial uses of farm products 

 and the need of legislation for develop- 

 ing and increasing the use of such in- 

 dustrial products as shall be found fea- 

 sible. .r::*'i^: ':' 

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We ask for such changes in the pres- 

 ent laws and regulations as are 'neces- 



0. V. OREOOST, EDITOX, OOTXU THE GOV- 

 T«sti*B far Prmirl* Faiaac, 



sary to expedite the closing of Federal 

 farm loans and Commissioner's loans, 

 and to liberalize the use of Commission' 

 er's loan funds in supplementing other 

 funds for the purchase or improvement 

 of farms. 



We regard it as of the greatest iip- 

 portance and urge that interest rates on 

 agricultural loans be. reduced to a basis 

 comparable with rates enjoyed by other 

 branches of industry. 



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The Federal Packers and Stockyards' 

 Act should be so amended at the present 

 session of the Congress, so that more 

 adequate supervision and regulation of 

 the Packers can be had in their use of 

 stockyards, wherein purchases of slaugh- 

 ter live stock are made and in which 

 supervision is not now had, and also 

 that authority be given to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture to examine the books and 

 records of the packers for the purpose 

 of disclosing the effect of the different 

 types of marketing of live stock upon 

 the net returns made to producers of 

 livestock. ; 



VI I 



The Grain Futures Act should b« 

 amended by the present session of the 

 Congress to pr'ovide closer supervision 

 and regulation of licensed future tradinj* 

 grain exchanges, to furnish ample safe- 

 guards to cooperative grain marketing 

 associations meeting the provisions of 

 the Capper-Volstead Act and to free such 

 associations from the domination of such 

 grain exchanges in performing their nec- 

 essary functions as cooperative handlers 

 of the grain of producers. 



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Provision for the unemployed and 

 needy is a primary obligation of all gov- 

 ernment and is of utmost concern to all 



FEBRbABY. 1935 



