February, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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dispense with all taxes upon property for all state purposes. 

 We urge the Fifty-Seventh General Assembly to enact such 

 « law and pledge our united support thereto. 



We are opposed to the diversion of any portion of gaso- 

 line tax funds to cities, towns and villages, but favor amend- 

 ment of the Acts relating to hard roads through or within 

 cities, towns and villages in such a way as will authorize 

 and direct the Department of PubUc Works and Buildings 

 to maintain and when necessary to reconstruct hard sur- 

 faced roads on streets or roads within such cities, towns and 

 villages which have previously been designated as state high- 

 ways. 



We favor and pledge our support to amendment of the 

 Motor Vehicle Act: /V--:;;-vTO-'^'' .\^■■'^.;'">.■■ 

 l. To exempt farm tractors and any farm implements 

 and machinery drawn by tractors from the require- 

 ^"; ment of motor licenses when such tractors, imple- 

 ments and machinery use the highways only in mov- 

 ing between fields or farms for the purpose of carry- 

 ing on farm operations. 

 2. To estabUsh a more equitable, schedule of license fees 

 ;■ V, with different rates for trucks having a combined 

 weight and rated capacity of less than 4,000 povmds, 

 between 4,000 and 8,000 pounds, and between 8,000 

 and 12,000 pounds. ^ , 



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The question of reapportionment has for years been a 

 disturbing pohtjcal and sectional element in Ilhnois. Until 

 it is settled, it appears that much needed and constructive 

 legislation will be held in abeyance and section strife now 

 in existence will become more serious. : ^ ' :' V ; 



While it is recognized that the present Constitution pro- 

 vides for representation in our legislative body according to 

 population, yet certainly no one could successfully maintain 

 that the framers of the Constitution did or could foresee 

 the great centralization of people that has come in Cook 

 county, where the population is larger than it is in the 

 rest of the state. 



, A solution of this question which would be fair both to 

 Cook county and to the rest of the state would give repre- 

 sentation in one House on the basis of population and limit 

 representation in the other as to territory. 



The principles embodied in this solution are in keeping 

 with the fundamentals of representative government as ex- 

 emplified in the Constitution of the United States. 



We favor settlement of this question on the basis here 

 outlined and pledge our support thereto. 



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We authorize and direct the officers and Board of Direc- 

 tors of the Association to give further study to the opera- 

 tion and effect of drivers' license laws in other states and 

 to advise the County Farm Bureaus of their findings and 

 their conclusions as td the advisability of such a law in 

 Illinois. 



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In the absence of a showing of negligence on the part of 

 the owner of live stock where such live stock has strayed 

 Upon the highway and accidents have occurred because of 

 such live stock being on the highway, there should be no 

 liability against the owner and the Legislature of the state 

 should guarantee such protection by statutory enactment, 



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 We authorize and instruct the officers and Board of Di- 

 rectors of the Association to prepare such legisjlation as they 

 may deem proper and necessary to relieve farmers from 

 liabihty to prosecution and to suits for damages for killing 

 stray dogs upon their premises. ; . ^ . 



XVII 



The constant growth of and interest in boys* and girls* 

 4-H club work in the State of Illinois has made inadequate 

 their present living quarters and the facilities for housing 

 their animals and other exhibits at the Illinois State Fair. 



The members of these clubs will constitute the leading 

 farmers of Illinois in a few years. - . 



Recognizing the importance and value of this work, the 

 Farm Bureau movement of the state has always encouraged 

 and supported its development in every possible way. 



We favor providing boys and girls so engaged with ade- 

 quate commodious and permanent quarters to the end that 

 added impetus and encouragement be offered those responsi- 

 ble for this fast growing division of the Fair. > 



We urge the officers and Board of Directors of Illinois 

 Agricultural Association to use theiri influence in such 

 manner as will best accompUsh this result at the earliest 

 possible time. 



XVIII 



Appreciation of Courtesies 

 The delegates and visitors of this sixteenth annual meet- 

 ing of the Illinois Agricultural Association held in Spring- 

 field, January 29 and 30, 1931, hereby express their grate- 

 ful and hearty appreciation for the cordial welcome and for 

 the unfaiUng courtesy and co-operation shown them by the 

 state officials, the Sangamon County Farm Bureau, the 

 Mayor, the Chamber of Commerce, and the organizations 

 of the City of Springfield, and the citizens of the City of 

 Springfield and Sangamon county who have contributed so 

 effectively to the comfort, convenience and success of this 

 annual meeting. 



The Resolutions Committee which submitted the report 

 is as follows: \::'\" ^■•■'y:\r- ■'■\.,.y--.S\)',,i ■■■■■■'.'..■::--,, .-, -'."'-■:"''•:■,,■ 



A. R. Wright, Chairman. 

 T^.'-'■ '---^■,;'-;,,::'^ ^■.> ■ \ ; ■;:.;"; Harold C. Vial 



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^^:y -/\ ■■■/;.;.-■• ';^ -'•■';- W. A. Dennis. \'/'' -[,,;'. l':- v. :. 



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;,'•-..; ■';■■;_■ ■'■".■ Chas. Marshall \ 

 C. J. Gross 



Echoes From The Annual Meeting 



* I. A. A. Meeting 



THE annual meefing of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion held at Springfield last week was impressive evi- 

 dence of the achievement that has been made in organized 

 agriculture since the war. This was a business meeting, 

 where business farmers listened to reports and laid down 

 policies for future action. Agriculture is not prosperous, 

 but efficient organization is the only thing that can make 

 it so. The Illinois Agricultural Association is making a . 

 record that entitles it to the support of every farmer in 

 the state. Its influence will grow with the size of its 

 membership. — Prairie Farmer. 



The I. A. A.'s Mission f 



THAT thousands of enthusiastic delegates are attending 

 the sixteenth annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association in Springfield this week is a gratifying augury. 



At this convention representatives of many groups are 

 brought into close co-operative contact. The bruad scope 

 of the Association is indicated in the fact that among the 

 various groups actively represented are the Agricultural 

 Co-operatives Association, the Agricultural Holding Com- 



