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Published monthly by the Illinois Asrricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111, 

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 vided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, lUinois Agri- 



cultural Association Kecord, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. 



Number 6 



JUNE, 1931 



Volume 9 



Downstate Votes Beat Income Tax 



20 Representatives Line Up with Cook County Delegation in Voting Against Relief to 



■ ^^^'..i'}l::-V(^:t-^^ Overburdened Property Owners, -v-^'^-'. 



Further comment by the I. A. A., that their cattle, horses, hogs or sheep 



together with a complete record dis- were at large, and where negligence on 



closing the step by step progress of the their part could not be shown, 



measure in both houses, will be pub- Hereafter the plaintiff must prove 



lished in an early legislative issue of the negligence by the owner and if without 



Illinois Agricultural Association REC- his knowledge livestock is allowed to 



TWENTY downstate representatives 

 united with the solid opposition 

 from Cook county to defeat the Lantz 

 state income tax bill by a vote of 75 

 to 74 in the House at Springfield, June 

 3. The bill needed two more votes or 

 a total of 77 to carry. 



Voting with the opposition from 

 Cook county against tax relief to home 

 and property owners were Otto A. 

 Buck, Villa Park, DuPage county; E. 

 P. Conerton, LaSalle, LaSalle county; 

 Leo D. Crowley, Peoria, Peoria county; 

 Howard L. Doyle, Decatur, Macon 

 county; Charles D. Franz, Freeport, 

 Stephenson county; Leroy M. Green, 

 Rockford, Winnebago county; Michael 

 F. Hennebry, Wilmington, Will coun- 

 ty; Frank Holten, East St. Louis, St. 

 Clair county; R. H. Huschle, East St. 

 Louis, St. Clair county; Carl J. Jobst, 

 Peoria, Peoria county; Charles P. Kane, 

 Bloomington, McLean county; William 

 J. Lawler, Springfield, Sangamon coun- 

 ty; Martin B. Lohmann, Pekin, Taze- 

 well county; Richard J. Lyons, Munde- 

 lein. Lake county; Charles F. Malloy, 

 Sorento, Bond county; David H. Mc- 

 Clugage, Peoria, Peoria county; Schae- 

 fer O'Neill, Alton, Madison county; 

 John F. Petit, Batavia, Kane county; 

 Schuyler B. Vaughn, Greenville, Bond 

 county; and John L. Walker, Joliet, 

 Will county. 



Only Tax Relief Bill 



"Regardless of all the discussion 

 about the need for tax relief the Lantz 

 state income tax measure and its com- 

 panion bills, which were largely prepared 

 and sponsored by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, were the only legis- 

 lation before this session of the General 

 Assembly which even promised any re- 

 lief to the overburdened property own- 

 ers of Illinois," Earl C. Smith, president 

 of the Association, said following the 



ORD 



The history of the income tax meas- 

 ure in the 57th General Assembly is 

 very similar to that of the income tax 

 bill supported by the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association in the 56th General 

 Assembly two years ago. . 



More Support This Year 



run loose by vagrants, hunters, or other 

 trespassers opening gates or breaking 

 down fences, the owner of such stock 

 shall not be held responsible for any 

 injuries or damages resulting from col- 

 lisions, etc. 



House Bill 467 carrying amendments 

 to improve and liberalize the Co-opera- 



-_, . , , , tive Marketing Act of 1923 recently 



Ihis year the measure had more sup- j l u j -^ ^l 



, , . 1 o ITT passed the House and now awaits the 



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Governor's signature. 



port both in the Senate and House. 

 The vote in the Senate in the 56th Gen- 

 eral Assembly was 28 to 19. This year 

 it was 31 to 17. The Revenue Com- 

 mittee in the House this year r.s two 

 years ago was packed with Cook coun- 

 ty representatives who in each case re- 

 ported the bill out unfavorably with 

 the recommendation that it do not pass. 



A 42 Per Cent Tax 



"In response to your request broad- 

 cast over WLS for report on taxes, in- 

 come and outgo on farm land, I sub- 

 mit the following: 



Tu- ^ ^- ^ "This is a report of 160 acres of 



1 his year as two years ago a motion to , , ^ n 



• ^1 ° r ^L /^ average (or better) Sangamon county 



non-concur in the report or the Com- . . ? . , . , /r 



• 1 „, ,^ 1 land larmed by tenant payine one-halt 



mittee carried, 86 to 60, thus auto- , . , ^^ / i i 



^. ,1 -1 r r or grain and $8 per acre lor grass land. 



maticaily restoring the measure tor tur- ° t- r o 



ther consideration. The final vote in 

 the House two years ago was 72 to 69, 

 this year 75 to 74. 



Governor Emmerson signed House 

 Bill 410 introduced by Rep. Luckey of 

 Vermilion county, which had the sup- 

 port of the Association. This statute 

 defines and clarifies the liability of own- 

 ers of livestock. 



Landlord furnishes clover seed and 



limestone for soil. 



Cash received for grains of all 



kinds and cash rent $1,234.75 



Cash paid out as regular an- 

 nual expense, including 

 taxes 418.01- 



$ 816.74 



vote. 



Must Prove Negligence 



Heretofore it has been presumed that 

 the owner was guilty of negligence and 

 hence liable for injuries to persons or 

 property resulting from his livestock 

 running loose on the highways. Cases 

 are on record where judgment was ren- 

 dered against owners of livestock even 

 though they were unaware of the fact 



Cash paid out for repairing of 

 more permanent nature ... $ 



206.89 



Net income on 160 acres. ... $ 609.85 

 "The taxes on this farm last year 

 were $2 5 5.3 5. Figured on the basis of 

 net income from the farm I paid ap- 

 proximately a 42 per cent income tax." 



C. F. Spicer, 

 DeWitt County, 111. 



