Page Eight 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



October, 1932 



A^BCCLTVIIAL ASSOCIAlHiN 



▼ RECORP- 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- 

 ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- 

 ness, economic, political, and educational interest i of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agr'.culiure. 



George Thiem, Editor 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 166 So. 

 Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. ijearhom St., Chicago, 

 111. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Accept- 

 ance for mai'ing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1926. Address all communi- 

 cations for publication to Editorial Offices, lUinnis Agricultural Assrcia- 

 tion Record, 608 S?. Dearborn St., Chicago, The individual member- 

 ship fee of the Illinois Agricultural Asscciation is five dollars a year. 

 The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled 

 for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required 

 by law, 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith ..;i';..;;.;;'w'.:; .Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright: .-..............;.!..... .Varna 



Secretary, Geo. 8. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A, Cowles ^ . . . , . Bloomington 



^ BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



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



12th G. F. TuUock. Rookford 



18th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th M. G. Lambert. Ferris 



16th Charles Bates. Browning 



IBth .' Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



17th A. B. Schofield, Paxton 



18th W. A. Dennis. Paris 



18th C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th Charles 8. Black, Jacksonville 



21«t Samuel Sorrels, Raymond 



22nd ---^ .,.: Talmage DeFrees. Smithboro 



28rd...... .• . W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th .Charles MarshaU, Belknap 



26th ; Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller. ; j. H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing j. b. Countiss 



Finance K. a. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Grain Marketing. . . , Harrison Fahmkopf 



Information , George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel . . . . : ; .Donald K'rkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing ..;......; Ray E. Miller 



Office c. E. Johnston 



Organization .G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing ■,.... F, A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics j. c. Watson 



Transportation X. j. Quasey 



AS30CIATIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. 



Illinois Livestock Mark, A88'n...Ray Miller, Mgr,; R. W, Grieser. Sales 



Illinois Produce Marketing Ass'n F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 



Soybean Marketing Ass'n W, H, Coultas, Mgr. 



: ^ I. A. A. Political Policy ^ v ^ 



THE Board of Directors of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association meeting in Chicago Sept. 16 

 authorized and directed that the Republican 

 and Democratic party planks on agriculture be pub- 

 lished in the October issue of the RECORD with the 

 following sta,tement of policy: .■ .^.:- 



"History discloses that party pledges amount to 

 little, except to the extent that leading candidates 

 place their personal interpretation upon their party 

 platforms, and in addition pledge their active sup- 

 port and participation in putting into effect their 

 understanding of party pledges. 



"The Illinois Agricultural Association urges all 

 of its members and friends to carefully study these 

 platform pledges (see page 9) of the respective 

 parties and throughout the presidential campaign 

 to follow closely the interpretation placed upon 

 these platform pledges by the leading candidates of 

 the respective parties. By so doing, farmers and 

 all friends of farmers, and in addition all those who 

 believe that the restoration of agriculture to a basis 

 of prosperity is a first essential to the restoration 



of prosperity in America, will be enabled to vote in- 

 telligently and effectively on November 8th on what 

 the Association believes to be the greatest issue con- 

 fronting the American people at this time. > 



"The Association has never engaged in partisan politics 

 and is not now offering any advice of a partisan character. 

 It does, however, urge its members and friends to join 

 forces in support of the candidate who most clearly, defi- 

 nitely and courageously deals in understanding terms and 

 commitments on this all important issue and, by such join- 

 ing of forces, to discharge not only their rights but their 

 duties at the polls in the interest of genuine public wel- 

 fare and the perpetuity of the principles of government as 

 outlined by the founders of the Nation." 



Chicago Comes A'Begging 



IF ANY further reason or demonstration were 

 needed to show Chicago's unfitness to control the 

 state through unlimited legislative reapportion- 

 ment, that reason has been completely demon- 

 strated in the present unemployment relief 

 dilemma. % 



Unable to borrow money on its own credit, Chi- - 

 cago came to Springfield last year appealing to the 

 sentiments and emotions of the legislators to use 

 the state's credit to get a huge loan to provide for 

 her destitute people. Because of the nature of the 

 plea permission was granted and a loan of $18,750,- 

 000 was obtained, more than $17,000,000 of which 

 went to Cook county. 



That ilioney is now spent and the property owners 

 of Illinois are left holding the sack pledged to pay 

 it back in state taxes unless the emergency relief 

 bond issue carries in November. 



Meanwhile the Emergency Relief Commission 

 went to Washington and secured $14,000,000 more 

 from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Of 

 the first $9,000,000 granted, 82.8 per cent was 

 allocated to Cook county, only 13.9 per cent to 53 

 downstate counties. •;,• 



This money is to be repaid with interest at three 

 per cent either on such terms and installments as 

 the state and R. F. C. agree upon, or by annually 

 deducting one-fifth of the state's share of regular 

 federal appropriations for highways, beginning in 

 1935. 



More than likely, Illinois' portion of the federal 

 highway fund, which incidentally comes through 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture appropriation 

 which Chicago newspapers and grain speculators 

 have delighted in maligning, will pay the loan. 



Further attempts have been made at Springfield 

 to saddle a general sales tax on the peoole of the 

 state to get additional unemployment relief funds, 

 the lion's share of which would go to Cook county. 

 But for the organized efforts of Illinois farmers 

 represented by the I. A. A. and downstate repre- 

 sentatives in the legislature, this proposal un- 

 doubtedly would have gone through. And farmers 

 would have paid a substantial part of the bill. 



The I. A. A. has insisted in conferences held at 

 the state capital that each county care for its own, 

 and that unemployment relief legislation be drafted 

 following out this sound principle. This whole situa- 

 tion emphasizes the necessity for constant organ- 

 ized vigilance of farmers in guarding against tax 

 raids and demands for legislation by groups bent on . 

 securing special privileges for themselves at the 

 expense of others. 



■* - 



I 



■<^ >' *-, 



i'^'Qj 



f i» 



■^ ►•. 





\ 



