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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



May, 1931 



County Taxes Displaced 



Forty-sixth District 



Jasper $ 2 5 ,4 1 



Jefferson 42,220 



Richland . HT. . .'., 2*7,440 



Wayne . . . ; :-r^% .tt . . . 30,110 



Total in District. ....... .$125,180 



Forty-seventh District 



Bond , . . . ..... ., ., . $ 37,520 



Madison .,;;,,. ......,.;.. . 279,700 



; Total in District $317,220 



Forty-eighth District 



Crawford $ 5 3,890 



Edwards 18,860 



Gallatin ...v 19,320 



Hardin '. 11,800 



Lawrence 44,290 



Wabash 37,8 50 



White .^. 22,700 



Total in District $208,710 



Forty-ninth District 



St. Clair $3 5 5,150 



Total in District $3 5 5,150 



Fiftieth District 



Alexander $ 46,270 



Franklin 8 5,210 



Pulaski 19,240 



Union 36,880 



Williamson 5 8,740 



Total in District $246,340 



Fifty-first District 



Hamilton $ 21,230 



Johnson 16,590 



Massac .-r:^T7 24,850 



Pope 10,290 



Saline 40,490 



Total in District $113,450 



Fruit Growers Meet 



Good Crop Expected 



The annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Fruit Growers Exchange was held at 

 Centralia, Tuesday, May 12. One of 

 the principal topics discussed was the 

 new national co-operative fruit and 

 vegetable marketing plan. 



Manager A. B. Leeper is a member 

 of the committee framing the plan t;o 

 be submitted to the Farm Board at a 

 meeting in Washington in the near 

 future. 



The growers are expecting a good 

 crop of peaches, pears and apples. The 

 bloom throughout the fruit producing 

 sections was unusually heavy, and a 

 good set is reported. 



C. E. Lindell of McPherson county, Kansas, 

 —banker and farmer, recently sold 16 wheat-fed 

 hogs on the Hutchinson market which netted 

 him 96. J cents a bushel for his 50-cent wheat. 

 In addition to the wheat Mr. Lindell fed oats 

 and tankage. 



Review Bills Before 



57th General Assembly 



I. A. A. Representatives Watch 



Legislation of Doubtful Value, 



Oppose Property Tax Increases 



AGRICULTURAL measures active- 

 ly supported by the I. A. A. are 

 making progress before the General As- 

 sembly. House Bill 410 (Lucky) which 

 provides that no owner shall be liable 

 for damages in civil suit for the run- 

 ning at large of livestock causing in- 

 jury to persons and" personal property 

 unless such owner having exercised rea- 

 sonable care to restrain such animals 

 has knowledge thereof, passed the House 

 and has been reported out of the Senate 

 Agricultural Committee with favorable 

 recommendation. Senator Barr of Joliet 

 is handling the bill in the Senate. 



House Bill 466 (Tice) which amends 

 the 1915 Co-operative Act to make it 

 co-operative in principle as well as in 

 name, is now on second reading in the 

 House, while House Bill 467 (Tice) 

 which amends the 1923 Co-operative 

 Act has passed the house and received 

 favorable recommendation from the 

 Senate Agricultural Committee. 



House Bill 501 (Johnson) which 

 makes the owner of any dog liable for 

 damages sustained by reason of such 

 dog killing, wounding, or chasing live- 

 stock, passed both the House and Sen- 

 ate, but has been called back to correct 

 a discrepancy in its title and an illegal 

 provision. 



House Bill 451 which limits the use 

 of butter and lard substitutes to 2 5 

 per cent in state institutions passed both 

 the House and Senate some time ago. 



Other bills of more or less interest to 

 Illinois farmers include H. B. 4 (Davis) 

 which provides for free distribution of 

 limestone from Chester penitentiary as 

 a temporary measure to aid drouth- 

 stricken southern Illinois farmers. This 

 bill passed the House on April 30. 



H. B. 228 (Rep. Hunter) which ex- 

 empts farm machinery and tractors 

 from paying the state motor license 

 fee passed the House several weeks ago. 

 This measure has the active support of 

 the I. A. A. 



Several bills would amend the motor 

 vehicle act so as to change the state 

 license fees and classifications of trucks. 

 Senator Dunlap's bill No. 71 would 

 make the license on trucks weighing 

 less than 4,000 lbs. $8.00; 4,000 to 

 8,000 lbs. $12.00; and 8,000 to 12,000 

 lbs. $22.50; trailers and semi-trailers 

 weighing 2,000 to 4,000 lbs. $12.00, 

 and 4,000 to 10,000 lbs. $25.00. The 

 Dunlap bill passed the Senate and now 

 lies before the House. 



Rep. Henry Allen introduced a new 

 bill H. B. 870, which assesses trucks 

 weighing less than 3,000 lbs. $10.00; 

 3,000 to 8,000 lbs. $14.00; and 8,000 

 to 12,000 lbs. $22.50; trailers and 

 semi-trailers weighing 2,000 to 4,000 

 lbs. $12.00; and 4,000 to 10,000 lbs. 

 $2 5.00. Mr. Allen's new bill, it is ex- 

 pected, will derive more revenue than 

 Sen'. Dunlap's. ; Allen's previous bill 

 H. B. 139 was identical to the Dunlap 

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A remedy for the financial plight of 

 school districts unable to pay interest 

 and principal on school bonds under 

 present tax limitations is sought in S. B. 

 81 (Huebsch). This bill provides for 

 a tax in excess of the 25/2% limit for 

 such purpose if and when a majority 

 of the voters of the district give their 

 approval. Rep. Bolger of McHenry 

 county was active in including the 

 referendum provision in the bill. The 

 distressed districts, it is understood, are 

 located mostly in the suburban area 

 outside Chicago and in southern Illinois. 



A number of other school measures 

 of doubtful value to farmers are being 

 studied. Following its well known poli- 

 cy reiterated in resolutions passed at 

 the last annual meeting, the Association 

 will oppose legislation which seeks to 

 increase property taxes. The I. A. A. 

 believes that such a position will help 

 bring about a fair and equitable taxing 

 system based on ability to pay. 



Publicity Conference at 



Institute of Co-Operation 



A conference for publicity directors 

 and editors of farm organization and 

 co-operative papers will be a special fea- 

 ture this year at the seventh session of 

 the American Institute of Co-Opera- 

 tion, Manhattan, Kansas, June 8-13. 



Among the general topics to be con- 

 sidered at the coming Institute, which 

 opens Monday, June 8, are: "Possibili- 

 ties of Adjusting Production to De- 

 mand," "Lessons from the Merchandis- 

 ing Problems of Older Co-Operatives," 

 "Financing and Risk-Bearing for Co- 

 Operatives," "Evaluation of the Work 

 of the Federal Farm Board," and "Na- 

 tional Problems of Co-Operatives." 



General sessions will be held in the 

 morning and special sessions devoted to 

 individual commodity marketing in the 

 afternoon. 



Thomas Represents Advisers 



Melvin Thomas, farm adviser of 

 Coles county, represented the State 

 Association of Farm Advisers at the 

 April meeting of the I. A. A. directors 

 in Chicago. B. W. Tillman, president, 

 was unable to be present. 





