Illinois Governor Speaks 



'* There Can Be No Prosperity Until 

 Prosperity in Agriculture is Restored^* 



(/^N EXTENDING greetings to the 

 f"^ I Convention at the session in the 

 \^^ new state armory Thursday 

 night, January 27, Governor Henry Hor- 

 ner, beaming upon his large audience, 

 expressed his interest in the farm prob- 

 lem, also took time to review the achieve- 

 ments of his administration. 



"I agree with President Roosevelt," he 

 said, "that there can be no permanent 

 prosperity in America until prosperity in 

 agriculture is restored. During my term 

 as governor it has been a pleasure to 

 work with the vigorous, clear thinking 

 leadership of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association." 



"The retailers occupational tax (you 

 know the tax,' he smiled, 'the one that 

 went to Uncle Henry') has made it pos- 

 sible for the State of Illinois to operate 

 on the pay as you go basis. It is the 

 chief reason why we are solvent today. 

 Were it not for this a state tax on prop- 

 erty of $1.50 to $2.00 per $100 valuation 

 would be levied to raise the same reve- 

 nue." 



He referred to Illinois' farm cash in- 

 come of $522,000,000 in 1937 which 

 compares with $277,000,000 in 1933. 

 He mentioned in sequence the work of 

 his administration in providing 4-H club 

 buildings and promotion at the state fair, 

 the work of the state debt conciliation 

 committee, the corn sealing program, re- 

 duction of utility rates by the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission, his appointees 

 in the Dept. of Agriculture, former di- 

 rector Walter W. McLaughlin and J. H. 

 Lloyd, "who were selected from your 

 ranks, both former farm advisers," the 

 reduction in expenses of the state depart- 

 ment of agriculture and co-operation 

 with the Federal government in building 

 farm to market roads. 



Governor Horner paid high tribute to 

 the work of the lAA and its leadership 

 in the fight for agricultural adjustment 

 and surplus control. During his remarks 

 he tossed several bouquets to President 

 Earl C. Smith, Dean H. W. Mumford of 

 the College of Agriculture and State Di- 

 rector Hank Lloyd who sat on the plat- 

 form. 



• \ GOV. HENRY HORNEB 

 "You know the tax." 



News of Convention 



Spread Coast to Coast 



Three telegraph operators seated at 



the press table in the State Armory at 

 Springfield Thursday night, Jan. 27 

 wired the address of Mayor LaGuardia 

 of New York to all parts of the coun- 

 try. A direct connection was made 

 from the convention hall to the news 

 rooms of the New York Herald Trib- 

 une and the New York Times. Both 

 papers were represented as well as the 

 Chicago Tribune, the Chicago News, 

 the Associated Press, United Press, In- 

 ternational News Service, the down- 

 state papers from Springfield, Decatur, 

 and Champaign, Prairie Farmer, the 

 National Livestock Producer, and the 

 Breeder's Gazette. 



Twelve oat selections from a Vic- 

 toria-Richland cross grown at the Iowa 

 Experiment Station last summer aver- 

 aged 98 bu. an acre reports the U. S. 

 Dept. of Agriculture. One variety 

 yielded 108 bu. The new strains are 

 resistant to crown and stem rust and 



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VIEWS 



Uncle Ab says when you feel too 

 old to do something, then is the time 

 to do it. 



Hog calling, as usual, broke out dur- 

 ing several sessions, at night and early 

 in the morning with such experts as 

 Guy Bender and Ara Richardson lead- 

 ing the field. 



Mayor LaGuardia wouldn't dine with 



the Governor at the mansion, he said, 

 because he seldom eats before speaking 

 in public. He called to pay his respects, 

 however. Governor Horner gave the 

 mayor several Indian arrowheads to 

 take back home to his children for 

 souvenirs. 



"PARITY FOR AGRICULTUtl4 

 WILL BRING PROSPERITY FOR 

 ALL," MAKE SURPLUSES A BLESS- 

 ING BY PREVENTING PRICE 

 WRECKING, " and BALANCED 

 PRODUCTION— BALANCED FARM 

 INCOME— ESSENTIAL TO A BAL- 

 ANCED NATIONAL BUDGET " are 

 the slogans that appeared on banners 

 hung in the state armory during the 

 convention. 



All hotel rooms in Springfield were 

 occupied during the three days of the 

 lAA convention and a number of 

 convention visitors stayed in private 

 homes. 



Extremely cold weather with the 



temperature hovering a little above the 

 zero mark coupled with icy roads about 

 Springfield the opening day of the con>- 

 vention cut attendance from many 

 counties nearly in half. 



THE MAYOR SPOKE 

 "and the telegraph carried hia measage 

 back home." 



The second extensive outbreak of 



tuberculosis in the dairy herd of the 

 U. S. Government at Beltsville, Md., 

 within two years is reported by the 

 U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Of 336 

 animals tested on Dec. 17, 1937, exactly 

 44 reacted to the test. In January, 

 1936, of 378 head, 82 reacted. Post 

 mortems revealed lesions in the neck 

 glands and thoracic cavity indicating 

 that the tuberculosis organisms entered 

 through the mouth or nostrils. The 

 facts "strongly suggest a malicious act " 

 commented Dr. John R. Mohler and 

 O. E. Reed, Bureau chiefs. The Belts- 

 ville herd has been accredited for 18 

 years. : ■ . • ^ 



FEBRUARY. 1938 



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