March, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



4 



Page Five 



Legislation Considered at Springfield 



L A. A, Representatives Watch Measures Before General Assembly 



ACTION on the first of a number Illinois Products' movement," he said, no owner or keeper of such animals 

 of legislative measures sponsored "To be consistent we ought to put it shall be liable for damages in any civil 



or endorsed by the Illinois Agricultural into practice in our state institutions 

 Association was secured at Springfield and patronize our own butterfat pro- 

 on March 4 when a bill making it ducers." 



mandatory that at least 75 per cent of 

 the fat requirements at Illinois charit- 

 able and penal institutions supported 

 by state or county taxes be purchased 

 in the form of butter and lard rather 

 than oleo and other substitutes was re- 

 ported out favorably by the House 

 Committee on Efficiency and Economy. 

 Rep. Sol Handy of Clark county will 



Stanard and McQueen 



S. J. Stanard, secretary of the State 

 Dairymen's Ass'n., produced evidence 

 showing that 1 1 other states have pro- 

 hibited the use of oleo in state institu- 

 tions. "Twenty thousand northerr^ Illi- 

 nois dairymen want this legislation," 



suit for injury to the person or proper- 

 ty of another caused by the running 

 at large thereof, without the knowledge 

 of such owner or keeper, when such 

 owner or keeper can establish that he 

 used reasonable care in restraining such 

 animals from so running at large." 



State Income Tax 



The state income tax measure which 

 has the support of the I. A. A. is 



sponsor the measure. - ., t- « t. i- t>- t- 



^ • .. ^/ . . • r. R. Baer of River Forest repre- 



Organization&. for Bill : ,. sen ted the oleo interests. Illinois pro- 



The action followed a hearing in duces more butter substitutes than any 



which members of the committee, state, he said; why take a crack at an 



representatives of the I. A. A., Pure Illinois industry? He failed to state 



said W. C. McQueen, president of the Senate bill No. 13 8 introduced by Sena- 

 Pure Milk Ass'n. tor Simon Lantz of Congerville. The 



Milk Ass'n., Prairie Farmer, 

 State Dairymen's Ass'n., 111. 

 Mnfrs. Ass'n., Illinois State 

 Grange, and the oleomargar- 

 ine association took part. 



Earl C. Smith, I. A. A. 

 president, who spoke first for 

 the farm interests, cleared up 

 misunderstanding about the 

 contents of the bill, told 

 what the measure proposed, 

 cited the condition of the 

 butter market and farm 

 prices in general, emphasized 

 the need for broadening the 

 outlet for Illinois farm prod- 

 ucts, of putting into force 

 in state institutions the "Buy 

 Illinois Products" campaign 



adopted by the last general assembly, pine Islands 

 Brandon and Pierson Speak 



Rodney Brandon, director of public 

 welfare for the state, expressed his in- 

 terest in doing everything possible to 

 help agriculture. He stated that about 

 2,000,000 lbs. of fats are used in the 

 state institutions annually, that half of 



bill now rests in the Committee on 

 Revenue awaiting a hearing. ' : \ 



The bill provides for an exemption 

 of $1,000 for a single person, $2,000 

 for the head of a family or a married 



Illinois that most of the oils used in making couple, and $500 additional for each 

 Butter margarine are imported from the Philip- dependent. The tax on the first $2,000 



__^_ of net income is 1%, 2% 



on the next $3,000, 3% on 

 the next $5,000, 4% on the 



V SUMMARY 



Handy bill restricting oleo in state institutions 

 reported out. I. A. A. and other groups take part 

 in hearing. '::r/-r'' ■■:'■■:■' ■'^■'- \-'-- ■■■./■■'■■■':■'■■: ,'- 



Lantz state income tax measure aTvaits hearing 

 in Senate. 



Many bills amending motor vehicle act before 

 Assembly. 



Bill covering liability of farmers for live stock 

 on highways introduced by Rep. Luckey. 



Bill for free limestone from Chester penitentiary 

 tabled. Other measures a-wait action. 



next $5,000, 5% on the 

 next $10,000, and 6% on all 

 amounts of income in excess 

 of $25,000. 



The term "net income" 

 means gross income of the 

 taxpayer less deductions al- 

 lowed by the Act. The usual 

 credits allowed in the federal 

 income tax are allowed in 

 this measure. 



"The farm organizations ought to 

 raise hell with farmers who eat oleo 

 and fail to patronize their own indus- 

 try," said Chairman Claude L. Rew of 



Companion Measures 



Seven companion bills to 

 make effective important provisions of 

 the proposed state income tax were 

 introduced on March 4. An eighth bill 

 will be introduced next week. 



"These bills," said Senator Lantz, 

 "provide for the repeal of Acts for the 



the committee. 



Rep. Handy, who had previously in- State School Fund, University of Illi- 



troduccd a measure similar to the one "ois Fund, and reimbursement of the 



'thir haT'been "supplied 'bV^uVchT^^^^^ sponsored by the I. A. A., showed his counties for one-half of their payment 



oleo and substitutes, that if the bill be- 8°°^^ ^^'}^ ^^ withdrawing his own o* blind benefits. In addition, they 



comes law approximately 500,000 lbs. 

 more of butter and lard ^vill be bought 

 for the 43,000 inmates o / the state in 

 stitutions than heretofore. 



Stuart Pierson, state director of agri 



measure in favor of the new one. 

 Live Stock on Highways 



A bill sponsored by the I. A. A. to 

 amend Section 1 of "An Act in rela- 

 tion to domestic animals running at 



culture, spoke effectively for the meas- large within the State of Illinois," was 



ure, pointing to the fact that oleomar- introduced in the House by Representa- 



garine is made largely from imported tive Hugh Luckey of Vermilion county 



vegetable oils, that it is no more than on March 4. -:-:..:". i-.,:.;!;^.^., 

 right that the greater portion of the The bill provides that "Heie irer, it 



amend certain other acts referred to 

 these funds. Lastly, they provide for 

 the substitution of net receipts from 

 the income tax by direct appropriation 

 from the state general fund for the 

 purposes named. 



"In case net receipts from the income 

 tax are not sufficient to provide for 

 all the appropriations for such purposes, 

 the Act provides that the sttae levying 

 board shall compute the tax rate on 



fat requirements used m the state shall be unlawful for any animal of the , ^^cessary to make up the de- 



institutions supported largely by farm species of horse, ass, . mule, cattle, f,^- between appropriations fo^ 



"Th'; r\ I ^'l 'T' ' '?' f ' °r lu'-""'. 'V"" .^\ ^'f^' ^"^1^ P^rpos" fro"^ the state general 



Ihe state has been sponsoring a Puy in the State of Illinois: Provided, that {Continued on pa-c 7« 



