and the saving in candling can be re- 

 flected to the producer. This bill was 

 opposed by certain members of the leg- 

 islature under pressure from the Egg 

 Candlers' Union. 



Tax on Filled Milk 



The Association, together with the or- 

 ganized milk producers of the State, 

 supported House Bill 600 which would 

 have placed an equalizing tax of about 

 two cents per can on filled milk. Filled 

 milk is made by extracting the butterfat 

 from whole milk and then substituting 

 cocoanut oil or some other vegetable oil 

 for the butterfat. It is sold in competi- 

 tion with condensed and evaporated milk. 

 Only one concern in Illinois, located at 

 Litchfield, is now making this product. 

 However, the profits are apparently very 

 substantial and unless this industry is 

 put on a competitive basis with con- 

 densed and evaporated milk, other man- 

 ufacturers will be forced to make filled 

 milk. The entire dairy industry, in- 

 cluding those producers now profiting 

 from sales of whole milk to manufac- 

 turers of filled milk, will be injured by 

 the lower prices of butter resulting from 

 the competition of coroanut oil and the 

 increase in marketings of butter. The 

 bill passed the House of Representatives, 

 but failed to pass in the Senate. The 

 roll call on this measure is published on 

 pages 8-10 of this issue. 



The Revenue Amendment 



For the first time, an amendment 

 to the Revenue Article of the State 

 Constitution was sponsored jointly by 

 interests representing both the downstate 

 counties and Cook County. The Illinois 

 Agricultural Association and the Chicago 

 Real Estate Board sponsored the pro- 

 posed amendment which was supported 

 by other Illinois otganizations which rep- 

 resented real estate owners. The pro- 

 posed amendment would have permitted 

 the General Assembly by a two-thirds 

 vote to: 



(a) Classify the objects and subjects 

 of taxation and tap new sources of 

 revenue ; 



(b) Vest counties and other munici- 

 pal corporations with additional 

 taxing powers; and, 



(c) Allocate the proceeds of State 

 taxes among counties and other 

 municipal corporations for local 

 purposes. 



• In addition to the enlarged powers 

 granted the General Assembly, as a safe- 

 guard to property owners, the amendment 

 proposed to limit taxes upon property 

 within cities and villages to not over 1 % 

 of its fair cash value and taxes upon 

 property outside cities and villages to 

 not over .7% . of its fair cash value. 

 This limitation, however, did not apply 

 to existing indebtedness or indebtedness 

 authorized by referendum. The amend- 

 ment ptovided for the allocation of tax 



How Toar State Legislators Voted on 

 Important Legislation Affecting Farm Interests 



The Illinois Agriculmral Association Strongly Supported The Revenue Amendment and 

 the Filled Milk Bill and Opposed the Truck Regulation Bill. 



Legislators by Senatorial 

 Districts and Counties 



Revenue Filled Milk Truck Regulation 



Amendment Bill Bill 



For Against For Against For Against 



7th District (Rural sections of Cook 

 County and parts of Chicago) 



Sen. Baumrucker X 



Rep. Foster X 



Rep. McGrath J X 



Rep. Van Der Vries 



8th District (Boone, Lake, ^ 



McHenry counties) 

 Sen. Paddock X 



• Rep. Bolger 



Rep. Keller X 



Rep. Lyons X 



10th District (Ogle, Winnebago 

 counties) 



Sen. Baker X 



Rep. Edw. C. Hunter 



Rqp. David Hunter, Jr 



Rep. Wilson X 



12th District (Carroll, JoDaviess, 

 Stephenson counties) 



Sen. Laughlin X 



Rep. Bingham X 



Rep. C. D Franz X 



Rep. Stranskv X 



I4th District (Kane, Kendall counties) 



Sen. Benson X 



Rep. Friedland 



Rep, Peffers (deceased) 



Rep. Petit 



1 6th District (Livingston, Marshall 

 Putnam, Woodford counties) 



Sen. Lantz X 



Rep. Bruer X 



Rep. C. M. Turner X 



Rep. Vicars X 



18th District (Peoria County) 



Sen. Madden 



Rep. Crowley 



Rep. Gorman X 



Rep. Scott X 



20th District (Grundy, Iroquois, 

 Kankakee counties) 



Sen. Beckman X 



Rep. G. B. Allen X 



Rep. Alpiner 



Rep Topping X 



22nd District (Edgar, Vermilion 

 counties) 



Sen. Hickman X 



Rep. Breen 



Rep. Sizemore X 



Rep. Speakman X 



24th District (Champaign, Moultrie, 

 Piatt counties) 



Sen. Clifford 



Rep. Garman X 



Rep. Peters X 



Ren Sturdyvin 



26th District (Ford, McLean counties) 



.Sen, Sieberns X 



Rep. Caton X 



Ren. Kalahar 



Ren Russell X 



28th District (DeWitt, Logan, 

 Macon counties) 



Sen. Williams (deceased) 



Rep, Dinneen X 



Rep, Hubbard 



Ren McGiiiwhey X 



30th District (Brown, Cass, Mason. 

 Menard, Schuyler, Tazewell counties) 



Sen, Lohmann X 



Rep. Allison X 



Rep. Flowerree X 



Rep. Teel X 



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