February, 19}^ 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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Kelly Plan Delays 



Vote on Income Tax 



As WE go to press the proposed state 

 tax bUl being sponsored by Repre- 

 sentative Tice is expected to come up 

 on third reading in the House on Feb- 

 ruary 2 when the General Assembly 

 reconvenes. 



Although scheduled for consideration 

 following the vote on the so-called Kelly 

 plan bill on January 

 20, proponents of the 

 measure decided to 

 delay consideration 

 because of the late- 

 ness of the hour. De- 

 bate on the Kelly bill 

 for revising the tax- 

 i n g machinery of 

 Cook county began 

 at 10:00 in the 

 morning and lasted 

 Rep. Tice until 8:30 that 



night. As a result the members were 

 worn out and in no mind to take up 

 the consideration of an important meas- 

 ure such as the state income tax. 



Friends of the revenue bill believe it 

 has an excellent chance of passage. The 

 fact that the property tax has broken 

 down in Cook county, and that prop- 

 erty owners in many other counties of 

 the state are unable to pay their taxes 

 has led to more favorable consideration 

 of this legislation which is based on 

 ability to pay. 



Chattel Mortgage Bill 

 Passes House and Senate 



Illinois soybean growers will meet 

 at Decatur March 10 for the second 

 annual convention of the Soybean 

 Marketing Association. The meeting 

 will be held at the Orlando Hotel. 



Three Kinds of Bosses 



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HB. No. 4 introduced at the request 

 •. of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation by Representative Tice passed 

 the Senate on Wednesday, January 20, 

 after it previously had been passed in 

 the House. 



This bill requires all notes secured by 



. chattel mortgages to so state upon their 

 face. Such notes and the mortgage are 

 negotiable, the mortgage being only an 

 incident to the indebtedness which it 

 secures. , - _. 



When signed by the governor and so 

 enacted into law this bill will make it 

 possible' for banks to rediscount mort- 

 gages on livestock through the Federal 

 Reserve banks and so make available to 

 Illinois farmers millions of dollars worth 

 of additional credit. 



Because of an antiquated act (1895) 

 on the Illinois statutes, Illinois banks 

 have been unable to rediscount such 



V paper through the Federal Reserve banks. 

 This situation has worked a hardship on 



:.- the credit machinery of the state. When 

 the matter was brought to the atten- 

 tion of the I. A. A. it immediately took 

 steps to modify the law. 



Employees know a good deal about 

 efficiency which they never tell the boss 

 because they are never asked. For years 

 they have been subjected to all sorts of 

 efficiency tests so that the boss may 

 have a line on their habits and abilities 

 An employee writing in Nations Busi- 

 ness turns the tables and suggests an 

 efficiency test for bosses. 



He says there are three types of boss- 

 es: First, those who don't like to dele- 

 gate authority; second, the one who del- 

 egates as much as he can, recklessly and 

 indiscriminately; third the boss who 

 knows how much to delegate and how 

 to check results. A " f. <-.- 



The first takes his loaded portfolio 

 home at night and is tired and snap- 

 pish the next day. An employee of this 

 type of boss who makes a decision of his 

 own risks his very job every time his 

 mind works independently. 



At the other extreme is the boss who 

 shoves all responsibility on his help. 

 He generally pretends to know every- 

 thing but in reality scarcely knows his 

 own job. This charlatan-boob type 

 never admits an error and probably does 

 not know that his employees are laugh- 

 ing at his blufiF. 



All employees know the third type. 

 He is calm when the office has nerves. 

 When he doesn't know he admits it — 

 and it doesn't hurt his dignity a bit. 



You do not feel frightened when 

 you ask him for a salary raise which 

 you think you deserve, nor shamed if 

 he refuses it. When talking to you 

 about your own job, he talks as an 

 equal. 



His working rule is to find the right 

 man for the job and then leave him 

 alone. He delegates responsibility for 

 the work, but he retains responsibiHty 

 for the workers. He is — and feels — 

 answerable for the work done in his of- 

 fice because it was he who put the work- 

 ers there. He is proud of them; he does 

 not hire workers whom he expects to 

 be ashamed of. He will instinctively go 

 to the mat for his subordinates when 

 his superior, or an outsider, criticizes 

 them. 



And when he is sure that all through 

 the office the right man is in the right 

 place, he is likely to play golf. ,. ^ ,. 



Carl F. Frey of Gilman was recently 

 elected president of the Iroquois County 

 Farm Bureau. Henry K. Johnston of 

 Buckley was chosen as vice-president, 

 and A. J. GillfiUan, secretary-treasurerr 



(For January, based on 3.5% milk unleai other>< 

 wise specified.) 



PHILADELPHIA— Inter-Sute Milk Produc- 

 ers announces Class I basic $2.71 del'd. Re- 

 tail lie. „ , . ^ 



PITTSBURGH — Dan-ymen's Co-operative 

 Sales Co. announces Class I basic $1.70 del'd, 

 $1.10 country pt. Class I manufactured $1.44 

 del'd, $1.05 country pt. Class III Chicagro 92 

 extra average. Retail 9c. Cash and carry 7c — 

 no bottle charge. . , 



BALTIMORE — Maryland State Dairymen's 

 Assn. announces Class I basic $2.84 f. o. b. city. 

 Retail 12c. 



ST. LOUIS — Sanitary Milk Producers an- 

 nounces Class I basic $1.90 country pt. Retail 

 lie. Cash and carry 10-llc. Prices are net, 

 that is, the association 3c checkoff has been 

 previously deducted. 



CHICAGO — Pure Milk Assn. announces Class 



I basic $2.01 country pt. Class II 92 score 

 butter X 354 country pt. Retail 12c. Price 

 drop effective Jan. 1. Class II dropped and all 

 milk over 90% base figure at butter x 3c for 

 3.5 milk. 



SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— Producers Dairy Co. 

 announces Class I basic $1.70 city del'd. Class 

 III butterfat plus Sc per lb. Retail 9 1-llc. 

 Wholesale 8c. 



ROCK ISLAND and DAVENPORT— Quali- 

 ty Milk Association announces Class I basic 

 $1.85 del'd. Class III butterfat 90 and 92 

 score. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. 



QUIN'CY — Quincy Co-operative Dairy Co. an- 

 nounces Class I basic $1.95 del'd. Retail 10c. 

 Cash and carry 8c. 



PONTIAC — Pontiac Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion announces Class I basic $1.92^ del'd. 

 Class II manufactured $1.05 del'd. ReUil 10c. 

 Cash and carry 8c. 



December Prices 



ST. LOUIS— Sanitary Milk Producers an- 

 nounces Class II manufactured $1.19 country 

 pt. Class III surplus 99c country pt. Above 

 prices are net, that is, the Association 3c 

 checkoff has been previously deducted. 



PHILADELPHIA— Interstate Milk Produc- 

 ers announces Class I basic $2.96 del'd. Class 



II manufactured $1.57 del'd. 



PONTIAC, ILL. — Pontiac MUk Producers 

 Assn. announces Class I basic $1.92^. Class 



II manufactured $1.22^. Retail 10c. Cash 

 and carry 8c. 



BLOOM INGTON — McLean County Milk 

 Producers Assn. announces Class I basic $1.70 

 del'd. Class II manufactured $1.55 del'd. Class 



III surplus $1.16 del'd. Class Ila $1.65 del'd. 

 Retail routes 9Jic. Cash and carry 10-llc. 



CHAMPAIGN and URBANA — Champaipi 

 County Milk Producers announces Class I basic 

 $2.06 del'd. Class II manufactured $1.53 del'd. 

 Class III transfers to Ice Cream Co. $1.27 del'd. 

 Surplus 90c del'd. Retail lie. 



DECATUR — Decatur MUk Association an- 

 nounces Class I basic SI. 86 del'd. Class II 

 manufactured $1.46 del'd. Class III surplus 

 87c del'd. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. 



PEORIA — Illinois Milk Producers' Assn. an- 

 nounces Class I basic $2.13 f. o. b. Peoria. Class 

 II manufactured $1.45. Class III surplus $1.02. 

 Retail 9 and 10c. Net price to members after 

 deduction of Illinois Milk Producers' checkoff — 

 basic $2.08 per cwt., surplus $1.19 per cwt. 

 December usage in percentage figiu-es : Class I 

 54%, Class II 7%, Class III 39%. 



The Illinois Grain Corporation is 

 scheduled to meet at the JefFerson 

 Hotel in Peoria February 22 for its 

 second annual convention. 



Seventy-nine Illinois counties are now 

 on the modified accredited list in tuber- 

 culosis eradication. 



The Illinois Produce Marketing 

 Association Tvill hold its annual 

 meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel, 

 Springfield, February 17. C. A. 

 Brown, Department of Dairy Econ- 

 omy, University of Illinois, will give 

 an illustrated address as one of the 

 fffttures o£ the meeting. 



