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59th General Assembly Draws 

 To A Close 



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jjcstoii thai sorlic aiiKTidtiu'iits may he 

 iiccuss;ii->- to niaki> tlu-m cvnforni to fi-d- 

 t'lal Tftrulijti.niis. A move to keep the 

 tiills 'ill committee until the followirifr 

 week. \vhi«h woyld, mean surt;- death, 

 failed. 



I'residcnt Kail ('. .^niith and Mi. 

 Mathias pjtviil the way lor advaiuc- 

 ment of the measures the day before by 

 sceuritii; an aurceriieiit from Represent- 

 ative .\. F5. Lajrer. chairman of the roid 

 anil bridire committee, to call a meetins 

 to consiiler the measures. 



To sv;'ure the sulimissiou of a pro/ 

 I'osed revenue ameiuj^fent to the const') 

 tution reiiuires a two-thirds ma.ioritj 

 vote in bfith Housts iif the fieneral .\-- 

 sembly. This me ins that it is laruei'" 

 up to Governor Horner and other ad- 

 .niinistration leaders as to what kind, if 

 any. amendment will be enacled this, ses- 

 sion since the administration controls a 

 'substantial majority in both Houses. 



.lolin C. Watson and Donald Kiik- 

 patrick of the I. .A. .-V. staff jippeared in 

 behalf of House Joint Resolution .")8 pre- 

 [lared by the .Association, before the 

 House Judiciary Coiiiiiiittce on June IS. 

 This resolutioji is beinc handled in the 

 House by Represen'atives .Sinnett. JIc- 

 f'lure. Blockhouse. I.. Creen. Bransiui 

 and Ci. John.son. It woiiM )riv<' the le}:- 

 islature wide poweis in modernizintr and 

 eitualizinjr f)Ur taxing system by a two- 

 thirds vo'i in each House. It carries 

 a one pi r cent tax limitation on propert\ 

 in cities and villajres and a ." per cent 

 limit outside corporate lini'ts. It permits 

 the le'.rislatXire by majority vote to ex- 

 empt homes up to .SI ti'lO in value from 

 taxation and hijrher by a tw;o-thirds vote. 



This' resolution . was reported out by 

 the committee alony with two other pro- 

 posed amendments.' 



.\ . similar amehdnient introduced at 

 the- re(|uest of the I.' .A. .\. by .Senators 

 Searcy and Hickman is before the .Sen- 

 ate. In the heariiifr on the revenue 

 aniendnunt before the House Committee 

 .Mr. Wat.s.on and *Ir. Kirk|)a;-ricl» referred 

 to the experience in West Virsrinia and 

 Ohio where revenue amendments were 

 approved by the pinple cairyinc a one 

 pj'r cent tax limitation on property. Itr* 

 Cmio when the (ieneral .-Xsseinb'y refused 

 to subinit a proposal rediicinir the tax 

 limit from I'i; to (,ne per cent, fiOO.OOO 

 liajiics were secured to a petition eom- 

 pelling submission to the voters of their 

 one per cent tax limitation measure. This 

 amcndinent carried by a three to two 

 vote. 



yhe Department of .Ajrriculture's. milk 

 sanitation bill was amended to remove 

 objectionable features and at the same 

 time to provide for reasonable sanitary 



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Supreme Court and AAA 



"Many inquiries JiSye' reaelj^ my 

 ofTice as' to whST effect. 'if any. the 

 Supreme Court decision on the NRA 

 will have oil- the AAA. with more 

 specific inquiiy'as t<J whether or not 

 farmers may/'expect complete fuU- 

 fillment by ^c Government of its ob- 

 lip.itions Ki-.f«TTntis who sign J935 ad- 

 justment contracts. It is, of course, 

 obvtfius that no one can DEFINHTELY 

 :inticipate Supreme Court action of 

 the fuUne on any subject. • 



It is the best thought in Washington, 

 in which the Lpcal Department of the 

 I. A. A concurs, that the Supreme 

 Court decision referred to does not 

 touch up.in the adju.stment provis ons 

 of the .AAA. It appears its effect is 

 confined to the trade agreement and 

 license sections of th? act. These sec- 

 tions arc being rewritten at the pres- 

 ent time in line with the Supreme 

 Court dec sion. and it is believed will 

 receive the favorable attention of 

 C'Pieross before adjoiirnrnLnt Of the 

 present session. 



I see no reason for farmers to hesi- 

 tate in signing 193,'i adjustment con- 

 tracts, particularly as the main pur- 

 pose of the AAA has aKvavs been to 

 raise prices of commodities through 

 .•idjustmcnt, and bent^fit payments arc 

 incidental to the main purpo.scs of 

 these efforts. 



I have repeatedly sfated that I felt 

 benefit payments were generally over- 

 emphasised and that much more at- 

 tention should be g ven to the chief 

 purpose, of adjustment efforts, namely. 

 raising and maintaining price levels 

 of commodities. I do not in .the 

 slightest mean to indicate a question- 

 mark as to the ultimate discharge by 

 government of benefit payments. I am 

 prompted only by a desire to present 

 the facts as we see them in light of 

 developments up to the present mo- 

 ment, believing you may be having 

 many inquiries similar to those reach- 

 ing this oflice and would be interested 

 in this information. 



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President 

 - Illinois Agricultural Ass'n 



•Copy of letter to County Farm .Ad- 



reipiirements in the production of milk 

 marketed for fliiid purposes. The Asso- 

 ciation has tried to be constructive and 

 at the same time to repre.sent the best 

 interests of farmers in other proposed 

 leg-islation. It has counseled with De- 

 partment officials on amendments to the 

 pure seed bill, a cream sanitation meas 

 ure, a bill regulating truck peddlers, an- 

 other licensing- poultry dealers, and a 

 packajring measure to stop objectionable 

 practices in marketing: commodities in 

 this form. 



The 1. .A. .A. also jjave support to a 

 bill by Senator Gunninjr appropriating: 

 S2,7;!3,2.'n..'>T to downstate school dis- 

 tricts to give them the same percentages 



pestoci^ 

 SMarKeting 



C.VTTLE — In . spite of the eastern 

 Kosher boycott and seasonal increases 

 in the supply -of intermediate g:rades-»f- 

 fed steers, the cattle market is still iti a 

 stroll"; ])osition. according to II. M. Con- 

 way, iiiarket expert of the. National Live 

 Stock Marketing: .Association. A normal 

 summer advance in jirices is expected in 

 the next two nuuiths: He recommends 

 prompt finishing as many cattle will be 

 fed after the grazing: jieriod for the fall 

 market. Favorable pasture and range 

 conditions will tend to delay marketing:, 

 he believes, and put more cattle in 

 slaughter condition. A strong feeder 

 and breeder demand is expected this 

 summer as large feed supplies are in 

 prospect. 



H()<;S — The outlook is for a strong 

 hog market during July with tendency 

 toward an early summer advance and a 

 good market well through the fall. It 

 seems well to have fall pigs marketed 

 by late July and many early spring pigs 

 finished for the early fall. With cheap 

 feed, hog |)4oducti)in will rapidly shift 

 to areas outside the corn belt. Hog num- 

 bers are. far below normal, and it will 

 be a year from this summer before mar- 

 ketings are materiall.v increased. 



SHKEP— The lamb market shows 

 some seasonal weakening and calls for 

 some orderly topping out during the 

 next six weeks with tendency to delay 

 marketings. Lambs are expected to work 

 into a more favorable position as the 

 crop year advances. 



Chicago Producers Saves 

 On Commission Charges 



The Chicago Producers Comniissioii 

 .Association continues to operate under 

 the reduced commission schedule' which 

 averages 20 to 2.") per cent less than 

 privately-controlled commission agencies 

 are chargin'r. The latter are contesting 

 the reduction ordered by the Secretary 

 of .Agriculture .April 20. Hcq. 



Tli<> Jin» issue nl tile RKCORD »'»« most in- 

 teresting, one of the best ever published." — Tal- 

 niape DeFrees. * 



■The Juno RECORD « ;s a Rood one. I heard 

 much favorable Cfjmment." — 0. D. B^ssenden. 



of their claims against the *tate school 

 fund as have been paid schools in Chi- 

 cago and Cook county. 



The fact that so mith, legislation has 

 been delayed for last-minute action 

 means that a comprehensive report on 

 the 'f\Hh General Assembly cannot be 

 given until after its adjournment, .July 1 

 -A more complete report will be pub- 

 lished in a later issue of the RECORD. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



