Resolutions Adopted 



20th Annual Meeting, Quincy, III., January 29-30-31, 1935 !PJ| 



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h<-K.j;ii|izil.f.' l)it iniiliiir i(liiticii.-h;p 

 exii-tirj}.' bttwt'iii xhi- iini<luciioii iiiid priio 

 of c<iri. J<n(i tlie differi-nt hiamlus of 

 Jivt-.'-tock frmduction and fee<iinji, an<i the 

 different iniie influenc-e^ between sueh 

 fmir. toinmodities in different years or 

 BeaKons. we uifre >uth amendment (■r 

 uriitridiiieiits t<i the Afriiciiltiiial Ad.ju>t- 

 nient Act a.- may be necessary to relieve 

 Iht Secretary of Afrricultme of the le- 

 quirernent that he provide benefit pay- 

 inenth on any basic c<immodity upon 

 which a piocessing tax is levied. 



\Vt believe such an amendment im- 

 pertitive to meet the peculiar problems 

 involving corn, livestock and livestock 

 products. 



We commend the action of the Kxecu- 

 tivt. Committee of the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation in requesting other 

 amendments, (1) to authorize making 

 benefit payments in Icind; (2) to make 

 the Agiicultural Adjustment .Act a truly 

 adjustment measure rather than a re- 

 duction measure by substituting the 

 word "adjustmeiit'" for the word "re- 

 dtiction" throughout the .\ct: (.S) re- 

 questing such modification in defining., the 

 word "parity" as is necessary to take 

 accc unt also of' taxes, interest and labor 

 hf CCStS. ( 



Ir. approving these amendments, , we re- 

 quest the Officers and rep/esentatives of 

 the Illint'is .Agricultural .Association to 

 use in every reasonable way the in- 

 fluence of the organization to secure 

 their adoption by the present ses.sion of 



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II 

 Tariff And Trade Agreements 



Fairneis must not be called upon to le- 

 duce production of cropk and livestock 

 any Ji'iiger than is necessary to provide 

 fxp<at 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 

 •wure general revision of tariff policies 

 and the removal of tariff barriers, in- 

 cluding the favored nation treaties, we 

 l>elieve the export of surplus farm crops 

 can best be facilitated through the exe- 

 cution of reciprocal trade agreements. 



^\ e therefore urge continued negotia- 

 tion (.f agreements of this character, in- 

 sisting that such agreements in a large 

 measure must provide outlets for surplus 

 farm pr<.ducts in return for admission of 

 industrial products not competitive or 

 least coruf.etitive with the industrial 

 products of the United .States. 



The well known keen inlertsi Ameri- 

 can farmers have in securing »'Xport oui- 

 lets for their surplus [iroducts justitics 

 appointment of a represcnlaiive of agri- 

 culture, approved by farmers, to partici- 

 pate in negotiations for all such tra<le 

 agreements. 



i II-A 



We urge the .Association and all faim- 

 ers to continue their active suppoit 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 piocessing to the 

 end that Illinois farmers have a definite, 

 constructive and adaptable program to 

 increase the farmers' share of the con- 

 sun)crs' dollar. ' 



III 



The -Agricultural .Adjustment .Act de- 

 clared its purpose to be the adjustment 

 of agricultural jiroduction to consuming 

 ilemands. Broad authority and powers 

 therefore are vested in the .s^ecretary 

 of .Agriculture. 



Under this .Act. the .Administration 

 immediately undertook to reduce price- 

 <lepressing suri>luses of basic agricul- 

 tural jiroducjs 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 l)e superior 

 motor fuel. If the alcohol is manufac- 

 tured from surpluses of corn or other 

 domestic agricultural commodities, such 

 blends will furnish a market for a large 

 volume of such products. Such blen<ls 

 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 agricultui'al 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. ; 



We ask for such changes irr the jires- 

 er.t laws and regulatio"hs as are nece<- 



GRECORY EDITOR. COTERS THE CON- 

 vcDtioa for Pr&iri* Fara«r. 



ry to expedite the closing of Federal 

 firm loans and Commissioner's loans, 

 aid to liberalize the use of Comniission- 

 ei "s loan funds in supplementing other 

 finds for the purchase or improvement, 

 of farms. 



We regard it as of the gri-a'.- st im- 

 portance and urge that interest rates on 

 agricultural loans be reduced to a basis 

 comparable with rates enjoyed by other 

 brlinche-i of industry. ., • 



The F<-<leial Packers :^id ."^'."ckyards' 

 -Ad should be so amended ut the present 

 session of the Congress, so that more 

 adequate supervision and , regulation of 

 the PackeVs can be hadjii^ thefr .Use of 

 stockyards, wherein purchaties of slaugh- 

 ter live stock are made and in which 

 supervision is not now liaii. and also 

 that authority be given to the i^ocretary 

 of .Agriculture to examine the book.s and 

 reconis of the packers .far the purpose 

 of discliiving the effect of the different 

 types of marketing of 'l"iv( stock upon 

 the net returns made to producers of 

 live-toek. ■ ■ 1 



VI . I. 



. The Grain Futures .Act should be 

 iamended by the presertt" session of the 

 Congress to provide closer super\'ision 

 and regulation of licensed future trading 

 grain exchanges, to furnish ample safe- 

 guards to cooperative grain marketing 

 associations meeting the provisions of 

 the Capper-Volstead .Act knd tafree such 

 associations from the domination of such 

 grain exchanges in performing their nec- 

 es.-ai y functions as cooperative handlers 

 of the grain of producer?. 



VII 



I'rijvision for the unemployed and 

 needy is a primary obligation of alt gov- 

 ernment and is of utiiiQst concern to all 





FEBRIARV, 1M5 



