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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



February y 7911 



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CCLTIJRAL ASSOCIA 



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To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, 

 and to develop agriculture. 



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Published once a month by the Illinois Agricultural Association, at 

 124 So. Fifth St., Marshall, 111. Address all communications for publi- 

 cation to Editorial Office, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. Entered as 

 second-class matter June 16, 1930, at the post office at Marshall, 111., 

 under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of 

 postage provided for in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized 

 Oct. 27, 1925. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is fave dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents 

 for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record. Post- 

 master : In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key 

 tramber on address as is required by law. ;.n. , <• •, 



Prtsident, Earl C. Smith... 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright. 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger 



Tr«asurer, R. A. Cowles 



OFFICERS 



-Detroit 



Varna 



Chicago 



...Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Coagressional District) 



Ist to 11th H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



12th G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



13th ' C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



ISth — 

 leth.— 

 17th.__ 



18th 



19th 



20th — 

 21st-_ 



22nd 



23rd 



24th — 

 25th 



, Charles Bates, Browning 



.Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



A. B. Schofield, Paxton 



W. A. Dennis, Paris 



C. J. Gross, Atwood 



Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope, Salem 



Charles Marshall, Belknap 



Fred Dietz, De Soto 



Comptroller.. 



Finance _ 



Fruit anH Vegetable Marketing.. 



Grain Marketing 



I nf orm ation 



Insurance Service ___.. 



Legal Counsel. 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



J. H. Kelker 



R. A. Cowles 



A. B. Leeper 



.Harrison Fahrnkopf 



George Thiem 



V. Vaniman 



Limestone- Phosphate 



Live Stock Marketing 



Office 



Organization — 



Produce Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics.... 

 Trans portation_ 



.Donald Kirkpatrick 



J. R Bent 



Ray E. Miller 



C. E. Johnston 



G. E. Metzger 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 

 Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.... 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass'n - 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co.. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co 



Illinois Grain Corp.. 

 Midwest Grain Corp... 



J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



..F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



...A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 

 L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Soybean Marketing Ass'n. 



Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. 



-Chas. P. Cummings, Gen'l. Mgr. 

 J. H. Lloyd, Mgr. 



Resolutions Adopted Jan. 30, 1931 



RESOLUTIONS adopted by the Board of Delegates at 

 the 16 th annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, Springfield, Jan. 30, 1931, are as follows: 



Reaffirmation of Previously Adopted Policies 

 Experience has justified nearly all the policies previously 

 adopted by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Except in 

 those cases where new conditions have arisen or where it 

 has seemed advisable to make some changes, we hereby re- 

 afiirm all previous pronouncements of the Association. 



II 

 National Legislation 



Government statistics show increasing importations of 

 tapioca and sago products, now representing an equivalent 

 of -five or sijc million bushels of corn per year, seriously and 

 adversely' affecting our farmers, and particularly by the 

 substitution of these products for corn starch. \ 



, We respectfully urge upon our United States Senators 

 and Representatives immediate need for the enactment of 

 truly protective tariff rates applicable thereto, or resoct 

 to temporary^ embargo against importations. , 



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We urge upon Congress the further strengthening of the 

 Butter Substitute Laws, so that the manufacturers using 

 unbleached palm oil cannot avoid the tax on colored oleo- 

 margarine and the color of yellow be reserved for pm-e 

 butter only. 



We urge the withdrawal of the recent ruling of the 

 U. S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue as submitted on 

 November 12, 1930, with reference to the use of refined 

 palm oil in margarine. .. ,, . ;. 



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The office of Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board of 

 the United States is a position of far-reaching importance 

 to American Agriculture. The record of Hon. Eugene 

 Meyer in directing the work of the War Finance Corpora- 

 tion and the Federal Farm Loan system fails to inspire the 

 confidence of the farmers of Illinois, s:.'-'^ . '^ : :jf; ^ ' 



The delegates of the Illinois Agricultural Association in 

 this the 16 th annual convention do hereby request the two 

 United States Senators from Illinois to consider his record 

 toward agriculture when his appointment is considered by 

 the Senate for confirmation. •'..-. "' - • 



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We extend our appreciation to Chairman Alexander Legge 

 of the Federal Farm Board, Secretary of Agriculture Arthur 

 M. Hyde, and other members of the Farm Board for the 

 courageous and fully justified position they have taken and 

 maintained on many occasions throughout 1930 in behalf 

 of the best interests of farmers. 



We pledge ouf continued assistance to the Federal Farm 

 Board in eflforts they are putting forth to build a farmer- 

 owned and farmer-controlled marketing system. 



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We insist that state? institutions should use Illinois grown 

 products in so far as is possible and practicable. Therefore, 

 we urge legislation requiring that the purchase of fat re- 

 quirements used for the feeding of inmates in state institu- 

 tions be at least 75 per cent in butter and 75 per cent in 

 lard instead of substitutes therefor. .'' \ ' ' . ] t-; v.v' .:>':";. ', ; 



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We favor legislation providing for the pasteurization of 

 all fluid milk distributed for human consumption in cities 

 with 'a population of 5,000 or over, except such milk as 

 may satisfy the requirements of health authorities and be 

 approved by the Department of Agriculture as eligible to 

 be classified as certified milk. 



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We protest against any regulation requiring vaccination 

 by a licensed veterinarian before swine can be exhibited 

 at the State Fair or at any County Fair. 



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We declare our oppostion to any legislation which pro- 

 poses to substitute a single school district in each county 

 in place of all elementary and high school districts therein 

 until such time as local highways are sufficiently improved 

 to make it possible at all times for children to be conveyed 

 to central or consolidated schools and until the revenues for 

 supporting the public schools are levied on ability to pay 

 rather than upon the ownership of property. i- '. 



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We declare our opposition to any legislation which pro-, 

 poses to increase the State School Fund unless any increase 

 in funds for such purpose is collected from sources other 

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We favor the enactment of a personal income tax law 

 with moderate exemptions and with progressive rates, suffi- 

 cient with funds from other sources, to enable the state to 



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