according to the state's enrollment. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 approving the governmental retrench- 

 ment in expenditures for C. C. C. ac- 

 tivities on a reduced basis wishes, how- 

 ever, to point out that Illinois' share of 

 the reduced numbers would allocate ap- 

 proximately ninety camps to this state. 

 Since only seventy-two camps, of which 

 only twenty-eight are erosion control 

 camps, are now located in Illinois and 

 further reductions are contemplated, we 

 protest this waste of government fi- 

 nances in abandonment of these camps 

 as has already been done in several coun- ' 

 ties, before the community has had 

 ample oppox-tunity to derive such bene- 

 fits as they are entitled to. The farmers 

 have organized Soil Conservation Asso- 

 ciations around these camps and invested 

 in equipment for cooperation with the 

 Camp, and We believe it only fair to re- 

 tain these camps in proportion to the 

 number of men enrolled from Illinois 

 in such locations where these associa- 

 tions have been organized. 



XII. *^ 

 We endorse, in principle, resolutions 

 adopted by the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation covering the subject matters 

 of monetary policies, rural credit, indus- 

 trial tariffs and fedefal fi.scal policies. 



XIII. 



■ We regard relief of destitution as one 

 of the most difficult problems now fac- 

 ing the State and Nation. We favor 

 assistance adequate to prevent suffer- 

 ing either among unemployable persons 

 or among the destitute who are physi- 

 cally able and willing to work but are 

 unable to find jobs. 



We are unalterably opposed to any 

 organization of relief which by encourag- 

 ing idleness, tends to pauperizp the physi- 

 cally able and thus to perpetuate and in- 

 crease the problem of relief. 



We condemn any legislative measures 

 for financing relief which free any com- 

 munity or county from contributing 

 equitably and reasonably to the support 

 of its own destitute. 



We favor pending State legislation to 

 transfer the administration of relief of 

 unemployables in every downstate coun- 

 ty having townships from the county 

 to the townships and in Cook County to 

 the townships and the City of Chicago; 

 to give equal responsibility and taxing 

 power to all townships and the City of 

 Chicago, and all commission governed 

 counties not organized into townships; 

 and to authorize the state to contribute 

 to relief in any county, township or the 

 City of Chicago only when such taxing 

 unit has previously levied taxes for relief 

 up to the reasonable maximum limit pro- 

 vided therefor. 

 ■ -We further favor relief by the state of 



Charles Marshall, left, and Alvin O. Eckert 

 re-elected Directors, take time out to read the 

 papers. 



any employables not provided for by 

 the Federal Government through proj- 

 ects for the improvement of farm to 

 r-,arket roads and to city and village 

 streets. 



We further favor Federal legislation, 

 if Federal relief funds are necessary, 

 providing allocation of such relief funds 

 only to those states which have first 

 levied therefor a reasonably limited 

 amount of some form of State taxes. 



XIV. 



We reaffirm a resolution adopted last 

 year opposing any legislation tending 

 to force reorganization of school dis- 

 tricts under present constitutional pro- 

 visions and highway conditions. ^ 



XV. 



We commend legislators who vote for 

 the interests of their constituents regard- 

 less of political caucuses, bosses or 

 machines. .4ny legislators who vote 

 otherwise under such influence or con- 

 trol, we declare unworthy of support. 



We authorize and direct the officers 

 of the Association to prepare information 

 about the votes of all legislators on all 

 measures of importance to agriculture, 

 to be transmitted to the County 

 Farm Bureaus for their informa- 

 tion. We further authorize and direct 

 the officers of the Association to prepare 

 on some reasonable basis and to publish 

 in the Illinois Agricultural Association 

 Record lists of legislators whose votes 

 shofv their records to be worthy or un- 

 worthy of support. 



XVI. .■■■■■■"'■■■■■■■- 



We deplore the loss of life and the 

 injuries resulting from highway acci- 

 dents. We insist upon the strict enforce- 

 ment of the highway laws and regula- 



tions and favor the enactment of such 

 further legislation as may be eflPective 

 in reducing death and injuries upon the 

 highways. 



: -•:.;::■ xvii. ■..v.-^^':-^,; 



We protest against further expendi- 

 tures of highway funds in planting trees 

 along the State highways until such 

 time as the farmers of the State are 

 reasonably supplied with improved 

 road$. 



xvni. 



We authorize and direct the officers 

 of the .Association to take such measures 

 as may seem proper to discourage the- 

 activities of any persons or organiza- 

 tions who are disregarding the Associa- 

 tion in urging upon Farm Bureaus con- 

 solidation of rural taxing units as meas- 

 ures of economy and efficiency. 



XIX. 



It appears that the state law requiring 

 the purchase of at least 75 *> of butter as 

 compared with 25% of butter substitutes 

 for use in the state institutions is being- 

 wantonly disregarded. We request that 

 the State Department strictly comply 

 with the provisions of the statute. 



XX. 



We commend the State Department of 

 Purchases and Supplies for buying and 

 using some Illinois-grown apples. We 

 definitely urge said Department to pur- 

 chase and use a greater amount of Illi- 

 nois-grown apples and other fruits, fruit 

 products and vegetables for the various 

 state institutions in preference to fruits 

 and fruit products produced outside vhe 

 state and the United States, and that 

 such purchases be made from growers 

 or from growers' co-operative associa- 

 tions. 



XXI. 



The adoption of Eastern time by the 

 City of Chicago would be harmful not 

 only to the agricultural interests in the 

 metropolitan area but to the agricultural 

 interests of the entire state and would 

 be of no apparent benefit to the citizens 

 of Chicago, therefore, w-e oppose the pro- 

 posal to include Chicago or any portion 

 of the State of Illinois in the Eastern 

 time zone and direct the Officers of the 

 Association to present our opposition to 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission. 



XXII. 



- A great deal of time and thought has 

 been given to the extension and revision 

 of the program for livestock marketing 

 in the State of Illinois. The proposed 

 program places upon County Farm Bu- 

 reaus very definite responsibility for 

 the direction, guidance and determina- 

 tion of policy in livestock marketing 

 within this State. As livestock furnishes 

 the largest proportion of farm income 

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