RESOLimONS 



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deemed to have carried unless it shall 

 receive a majority of the votes cast 

 thereon in each of the two separate voting 

 territories so provided. 



We favor sufficient State aid for needy 

 high schools to enable them properly to 

 function. 



We further favor such increase in the 

 non-high school tax rate without refer- 

 endum as with state aid will enable needy 

 non-high school districts to meet their 

 current obligations, provided that such 

 increased tax rate without referendum 

 shall not exceed seventy-five cents on 

 each hundred dollars of assessed valua- 

 tions. 



We believe that the present method of 

 apportioning the State school fund on 

 the basis of a minimum of eighteen 

 elementary pupils in average daily attend- 

 ance operates to keep many schools of 

 small actual average daily attendance from 

 transferring their pupils to other schools 

 so long as such small attendance con- 

 tinues. This provision, when enacted, 

 was neither proposed nor supported by 

 our Association. We will not oppose 

 amending it so that the flat apportion- 

 ment shall be made upon the actual daily 

 attendance as soon as such an amendment 

 can be made effective without injuring 

 any schools, especially needy schools en- 

 titled to special state aid. 



We favor amendment of the school law 

 to provide that the State shall pay at 

 least one-half of the cost of transporting 

 pupils in any larger district units now 

 existing or hereafter established. 



VI. Roads 



The standards of design and specifica- 

 tions fixed by the Division of Highways 

 for farm to market roads result in an 

 unnecessarily expensive type of construc- 

 tion not required by the reasonably antici- 

 pated traffic thereon. As a result but a 

 very limited mileage can be constructed 

 with the funds available. We will sup- 

 port legislation fixing maximum stand- 

 ards of design for farm to market roads 

 adequate for the reasonably anticipated 

 traffic thereon, in order that the maxi- 

 mum mileage of low-cost, all-weather 

 roads may be constructed with the funds 

 available. 



VII. State Milk Gjntroi 



Fluid milk producers appear to be sub- 

 stantially agreed that legislation provid- 

 ing for State Milk Control would be 

 beneficial. Such legislation would enable 

 a State agency to require reports from 

 dealers, to require dealers to give bond 

 to insure payments to producers and with 

 consent of a substantial majority of pro- 

 ducers in a market to fix minimum prices 



to producers. Such legislation would 

 supplement marketing agreements under 

 the Agricultural Adjustment Act. We 

 request the Board of Directors to study 

 any such legislation proposed and to 

 support the same if it appears to be 

 beneficial and helpful to fluid milk pro- 



VIII. Bangs' Disease 



Increasing emphasis is being placed 

 upon the elimination of Bangs' disease 

 from cattle. After May 1, 1939, Federal 

 funds to indemnify owners of cattle de- 

 stroyed will be available only if they are 

 matched by State funds in equal amounts. 

 We will support the appropriation of 

 such State funds as are necessary to match 

 Federal funds and provide indemnity for 

 herd owners desiring to cooperate on a 

 voluntary basis in the elimination of 

 Bangs' disease. 



IX. State Perishable Commodity 

 Control 



The trade practices followed by many 

 producers, shippers, receivers and han- 

 dlers of fresh fruit and vegetables mov- 

 ing in intrastate commerce are detrimental 

 to the best interests of the producers 

 thereof and of the general public. We 

 urge the enactment of an Illinois Perish- 

 able Agricultural Commodity Act simi- 

 lar to the Federal Perishable Commodity 

 Act, designed to improve trade practices 

 with reference to such fruit and vege- 

 tables moving in intrastate commerce and 

 to protect producers and the consuming 

 public. 



X. Seed and Weed Control 



We believe that the state seed laws 

 should be strengthened at least to the 

 extent of requiring the analysis of farm 

 seeds offered for sale at retail to be 

 definitely shown on the tag on each bag 

 or package of seed, such tag to show in 

 addition to origin, purity and germina- 

 tion, the actual noxious weed seed con- 

 tent (per ounce) . 



We further urge that the Federal Seed 

 Law be strengthened to give additional 



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 agotas leaving the conyention. 



protection to purchasers of seed moving 

 in interstate shipment. 



We also believe that the present state 

 weed control laws should be strengthened 

 and rigidly enforced particularly to the 

 end that railroads and state highway 

 officials may be required to control all 

 weeds growing on their property so that 

 the seeds therefrom shall not spread 

 to adjoining farm property, such control 

 measures to be taken each year prior to 

 maturity of weed seeds on such properties. 

 XI. Peoria Research Laboratory 



After the most careful consideration 

 of all possible locations within the mid- 

 western agricultural area for the estab- 

 lishment and maintenance of a Federal 

 research laboratory to serve midwestern 

 agriculture as authorized under the AAA 

 of 1938, the Secretary of Agriculture has 

 selected the City of Peoria as the logical 

 location for such a research laboratory. 



The farmers of this State rejoice in 

 this action on the part of the Secretary 

 of Agriculture. We are of the opinion 

 that one of the first subject matters for 

 research at this laboratory should be the 

 possibility of economical production of 

 motor fuels from agricultural products. 



We urge upon the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture that this subject matter be made 

 the object of immediate research at the 

 Peoria laboratory, especially the research 

 and experimentation of the economical 

 production of motor fuels from mid- 

 western surplus grains. The Illinois 

 Agricultural Association is ready to co- 

 operate within every reasonable limitation 

 with such research laboratory in develop- 

 ing and demonstrating the possibilities of 

 such a motor fuel. 



XII. State Trade Barriers 



With the exception of quarantines 

 necessary to protect our human, animal 

 and plant life and as self protection 

 against the adverse action of sister states, 

 we oppose the setting up of state trade 

 barriers. 



We believe that the markets of every 

 state should be available without hind- 

 rances for the distribution of all domesti- 

 cally produced commodities and that 

 such a policy will best serve the inter- 

 ests of the people as a whole and will 

 contribute largely to the maintenance of 

 the solidarity of our national life. 



XIII. Agricultural Labor Exemptions 



Labor conditions upon the farms, 

 because of their seasonal character, are 

 not properly a subject for limitations by 

 State law covering minimum wages and 

 maximum hours of labor. Any proposed 

 labor legislation affecting hours and 

 wages should provide, complete exemp- 

 tion of all agricultural labor. 



XIV. Farm Safety 

 Mechanization of agriculture has 

 brought increased occupational hazards; 

 farm work fatalities continue to outnum- 



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