Illinois Governor Speaks 



^^There Can Be No Prosperity Until 

 Prosperity in Agriculture is Restored''' 



(yTTiN r.XTHNDING i^rectinus to the 

 Y"^ I f onvcntioti at the session in the 

 \/ new state armory Thursday 

 ni^ht, January 27, Governor Henry Hor- 

 ner, beaming upon his large auiliencc, 

 expressed his interest in tlie farm prob- 

 lem, also took time to review the achieve- 

 ments of his administration. 



"I agree with President Roosevelt," h.p. 

 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. 

 ^X'ere it not for this a state tax on prop- 

 erty of SI. '50 to S2.00 per Si 00 valuation 

 would be levied to raise the same reve- 

 nue." 



He referred to Illinois' farm cash in- 

 come of S'>2:,()00.000 in 19,^7 which 

 compares with S277,000.000 in I'H^ 

 He mentioned in secjuence the work of 

 his administration in providing i-H club 

 buildings and promotion at the state fair, 

 the work ot the state debt conciliation 

 committee, the corn scaling program, re 

 duction of utility rates by the Illinois 

 Commerce ( ommission, 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 I'ederal government in building 

 farm to market roails. 



Governor Horner paid high iribiitc 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 

 Karl C. Smith. De.in H. W. Mumford of 

 the College of Agriculture and State Di- 

 rector Hank Lloyd who sat on the plat- 

 form. 



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 arc 

 resistant to crown and stem rust and 

 smut. 



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GOV. HENRY HORNER 

 "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 ^'ork 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 (diicago 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. 



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VIEWS 



THE MAYOR SPOKE 

 "and the telegraph carried his message 

 back home." 



Uncle Ab says when you feel t<Ki 



old to do something, then ts the time 



10 do It 



I log calling, as usual, broke out dur- 

 ing several sessions, at night and early 

 in the morning with suih experts as 

 Guy Beniler and Ara Rich.irdson lead- 

 ing the tield 



Mayor LaCiuardia wouldn't dine with 



the Governor al the mansion, he said. 

 becau.se he seldom eats before speaking 

 in public He tailed to pay his respects, 

 however Ciovernor Horner ^.\^<^ the 

 mayor several Indian arrowheadN to 

 take back home to his children tor 

 souvenirs 



PARIIY lOR ACiRKULTlRt 



Will. HRIN(. PROSPIRITY I OR 

 ALL. MAKI SURPI.USIS A BLFSS 

 ING B^' PRIVLNIING P R K 1- 

 WRIXKINC;. and BALANfID 

 PRODUCTION BALAN( LD lARM 

 INCOMi; l-SSLNTIAL TO A BAL- 

 ANCLD NATIONAL BUDGIT ' arc 

 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 j-rivate 

 homes 



Extremely cold weather with the 

 temperature hovering a little above the 

 zero mark coupled with iiy roads about 

 Springfield the opening day of the lon- 

 vention tut attendance I rom many 

 eounties nearly in half. 



rhe second extensive outhri-ak of 



tuberi ulosis in the dairy lieril of the 

 U'. S. Government at Beltsville. Md . 

 within two years is rej^orted bv the 

 L'. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Of s >(. 

 animals tested on Dec 17, I9S7. exactly 



11 reacted to the test. In January, 

 19.^6. of ^^S head. .S2 rcuted. 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. Mohlcr and 

 O. E. Reed. Bureau chiefs The Belts- 

 ville herd has been accredited for 18 

 years. 



FEBRUARY. 1938 



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