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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Jamtary, 1932 



President Ed. A. O'Neal of the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation, and Sam 

 H. Thompson, former president of the 

 I." A. A. and A. F. B. F. and now a 

 member of the Federal Farm Board, 

 have accepted invitations to attend the 

 convention. Both will appear on the 

 program sometime during the two-day 

 meeting. -■ .^'^'/^''' '^ '■ ■■ "''•' 



Had Prominent Men ; 



A survey of the field reveals that 

 nearly every man of national promi- 

 nence in agriculture has addressed either 

 an annual meeting of the I. A. A., or 

 some other gathering sponsored by the 

 Association in recent years. Yet an ef- 

 fort is being made to maintain these 

 former hi^h standards in the selection 

 of outstanding speakers for the 1932 

 convention. ; :; 



As we go to press the programs for 

 meetings of the associated organizations 

 and the sectional conferences are being 

 made up. Further details will be re- 

 leased to the newspapers and carried in 

 the Illinois section of the February 

 Bureau Farmer, which will be published 

 about January 18. 



Consider Income Tax 



Bill in House Next 



Board of Delegates 



(Continued from pagr }) 



farming on shares. No salaried or paid 

 employee or agent in regular and con- 

 tinuing employment of the Farm Bu- 

 reau — I. A. A. or any associated or sub- 

 sidiary company is qualified to serve as 

 a delegate. "~~" '''^''~^- '^ 



The by-laws of the Association may 

 be amended, repealed or altered in whole 

 or in part at any regular meeting by 

 a two-thirds affirmative vote of the reg- 

 ular members in good standing repre- 

 sented in the meeting by qualified dele- 

 gates present, or by like vote at any 

 special meeting of which due notice has 

 been given. A quorum must be present 

 at such meeting and amendments shall 

 be in the hands of the secretary at least 

 20 days prior to the meeting of the 

 Association. The secretary shall have 

 mailed at least 10 days prior to such 

 meeting a copy of the proposed amend- 

 ment or amendments to the last known 

 post office and address of each member 

 of the I. A. A. Board of Directors and 

 to each affiliated County Farm Bureau. 



The supreme power to elect the presi- 

 dent and vice-president and board of 

 directors and to shape and adopt poli- 

 cies of the Association is vested in the 

 board of delegates constituted in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions above. 



Mont Fox of Oakwood and John Lec- 

 mon of Hoopeston were elected official 

 delegates of the Vermilion County 

 Farm Bureau to the annual meeting of 

 the I. A. A., Rockford. George Lenhart 

 utd Ralph Mills are alternates. 



Breakdown of Prcperty Tax in Cook 

 County Leads to More Favor- 

 able Attitude Tow^ard 

 Measure 



EARLY consideration of the state 

 income tax bill in the House, fol- 

 lowing the reconvening of the legisla- 

 ture on Jan. 5, will be asked by sup- 

 porters of this measure which is the 

 only legislation so far advanced offering 

 substantial tax relief to property. 



The long-heralded breakdown of the 

 general property tax, particularly in 

 Cook county, is ex- 

 pected to result in a 

 more favorable atti- 

 tude toward an in- 

 come tax by Chicago 

 members of the 

 House. 



The income tax, 

 the revenue from 

 which will go to re- 

 place taxes now lev- 

 ied for educational 

 Sen. Lants purposes on proper- 

 ty, passed the Senate 

 by a vote of 29 to 17 on Dec. 16. 



Lantz Calls Up Bill 



Sen. Simon E. Lantz of Congerville 

 called up the bill and briefly explained 

 its provisions emphasizing the fact that 

 this measure and those which accom- 

 pany it provide for a replacement and 

 not an additional tax. Speeches support- 

 ting the measure were made for the first 

 time by Cook county members. Sena- 

 tors Adelbert Roberts and Arthur A. 

 Huebsch of Cook county, Charles H. 

 Thompson of Harrisburg, N. M. Mason 

 of Oglesby, and Andrew S. Cuthbert- 

 son of Bunker Hill. Senators Victor P. 

 Michel of Peoria and Earl B. Searcy of 

 Springfield spoke against the measure. 



"I have changed my mind about the 

 income tax," said Senator Roberts, one 

 of the foremost members from Chicago. 

 "This is a changing world and while I 

 have previously voted against the meas- 

 ure, I believe the time has come for us 

 to inaugurate a fairer system of taxation 

 and pass the income tax." 



Senator Michel spoke against the* 

 measure "on constitutional grounds." 

 His discussion indicated he had not 

 read the measure, nor was he informed 

 about the provisions in the companion 

 bills which make this a replacement tax. 

 Sen. Thompson Speaks 



Senator Thompson of Harrisburg, an 

 attorney, said: "I disagree with Senator 

 Michel. I believe this bill is constitu- 

 tional. This is sound legislation because 

 it is based on ability to pay. My only 



interest is that the exemptions be made 

 high enough to spare the little fellow." 

 Senator Huebsch of Brookfield sup- 

 ported the constitutionality of the bill , 

 in which he pointed out that the State •' 

 of Arkansas, which has an income tax, - 

 has a uniformity clause in the revenue 

 section of its constitution much like -' 

 that of Illinois. He read the list of 

 states now having income taxes. He { 

 said: "We can't continue to maintain 

 our government and talk real estate 

 tax reduction without substituting 

 something else for it." ., . """^ 



Searcy Evades Issue 



Senator Searcy said he was friendly to 

 the income tax in principle, but against 

 the extension of government at this 

 time. He was evasive regarding the 

 question of bringing relief to ovwbvu:- 

 dened farm and home owners. He failed 

 to recognize the fact that many people " 

 of large incomes but without tangible 

 property are now paying nothing to sup- 

 port government. 



Senator Woods of Chicago agreed 

 that an income tax eventually shoidd be 

 part of our taxing system, but held 

 that an effort should be made first to 

 put teeth in present laws to get per- 

 sonal property on the tax rolls. "There 

 is approximately $19,000,000,000 of 

 personal property in Cook county," he 

 said, "yet we have only $10,000,000,- 

 000 worth of property on the tax rolls, 

 nearly all of which is real estate." 



How They Voted 



The bill which provides for a gradu- 

 ated tax of from one to six per cent on 

 net incomes in excess of $1,000 for a 

 single person and $2,000 for married 

 couples would be administered by a 

 Department of Revenue. All the money 

 collected from this source except a . 

 small portion for administering the act 

 would go to the public school fund. 



The vote was as follows: 



FOR THE BILL— Huebsch, Rob- 

 erts, Adair, Baker, Barr, Bohrer, 

 Carlson, Cuthbertson, Dunlap, Ew^- ; 

 ing, Gunning, Hamilton, Hanna, 

 Kessinger, Lantz, Lee, Mason, Mc- 

 Cauley, Me«nts, Meyers, Miles, Mills, 

 Paddock, Smith, Thompson, Wilson, 

 Wright, Finn, Monroe — Total 29. 



AGAINST THE BILL— Serritella, 

 Woods, Broderick, Carroll, Gillmeis- 

 ter, Graham, Huckin, Kielminski, 

 Lorughran, Maypole, McDermott, 

 Mendel, O'Grady, Ward, Mich*I, 

 Searcy, Kline — Total 17. 



Some people notice that the days are 

 getting longer; others that the nights 

 arc getting shorter. 



McGinty: "I'tc a terrible corn oa tke bot- 

 tom of my foot." 



Pat: "That's a foine place to hare it. N«- 

 body can step on it but you." . . . . . 



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