AprU, 1933 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Thirteen 



Tax And Other Problems 

 Interest 19th District 



Discussion At Conference In 



Tuscola Covers Many Farm 



Bureau Projects 



TAX reduction, grain marketing, 

 co-operative creamery, and or- 

 ganization and collection problems 

 featured the discussion at the dis- 

 trict conference for Farm Bureau 

 leaders at Tuscola, March 2. The 

 meeting was called by Eugene 

 Curtis of Champaign, I. A. A. direc- 

 tor from the 19th district. Between 

 50 and 60 attended the meeting. 



John C. Watson, director of tax- 

 ation, analyzed the sources of tax 

 money in the general revenue fund 

 of Illinois and showed how the 

 farmer's tax dollar is spent. Eighty 

 per cent of the tax dollar stays in 

 the county, he said, about 70 per 

 cent in the township, and the bal- 

 ance goes for state purposes. The 

 local tax problem is the real prob- 

 lem. The greatest opportunity for 

 saving lies in enforcing economies 

 in local government. 



Mr. Watson presented figures for 

 each county in the 19th district 

 giving the total expenditures for 

 educational purposes in the year 

 1930-31. He also showed the prob- 

 able return by counties from the 

 state sales tax assuming that $40,- 

 000,000 would be collected through- 

 out Illinois, and indicated how this 

 money will be used to replace prop- 

 erty levies unless diverted. 



Grain Marketing Success 



J. Fred Romine, secretary-treas- 

 urer of the Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion, reviewed the progress of the 

 state regional and the Farmers Na- 

 tional in the past year. He reported 

 that his own local elevator at Tus- 

 cola which purchased $1,000 of stock 

 in Illinois Grain Corporation, had 

 so far received a total of $805.20 

 of cash and stock dividends for the 

 years 1931 and 1932. This does not 

 include the elevator's equity in the 

 stock dividends received by the Illi- 

 nois Grain Corp. from the Farmers 

 National, he said. 



The Tuscola elevator was estab- 

 lished right in the center of a well 

 organized "old line" grain territory, 

 he reported. At present the bid in 

 Tuscola is about two cents above 

 territory to the south. He empha- 

 sized the fact that greater volume of 

 grain delivered to the Illinois Grain 

 and Farmers National will decrease 

 the overhead per unit and make 

 possible greater patronage returns 

 to the producer. All together the 

 Farmers National has borrowed ap- 

 proximately $40,000,000 from the 

 Farm Board, said Romine. And all 

 of this except $15,000,000 has been 

 repaid. The Farmers National not 

 only has met its interest and prin- 



cipal payments on time, but in ad- 

 dition has offered to make its June 

 1 payment well in advance of the 

 due date. 



Source Extension Funds 



J. C. Spitler of the University of 

 Illinois discussed the extension 

 service and its relation to the Farm 

 Bureau. The state appropriation for 

 county advisers and home extension 

 workers at present is $145,500 for 

 the fiscal year, said Spitler. This' 

 money is paid from the general 

 revenue fund of the State of Illi- 

 nois. It goes entirely as salaries to 

 farm and home advisers. The ex- 

 tension staff at the University of 

 Illinois gets no state money. About 

 one-third of the cash in the general 

 revenue fund is derived from real 

 estate and personal taxes. Therefore, 

 a property owner paying $100 of 

 taxes pays one and one -fourth 

 cents to support agricultural ex- 

 tension work in Illinois. 



J. B. Countiss discussed the co- 

 operative creamery project. Farmers 

 are justified in launching a co- 

 operative creamery program at this 

 time, he said, because they can 

 churn butter of higher quality and 

 do it more efficiently than is being 

 done at the present time. He cited 

 opportunities in cutting down over- 

 head for equipment and buildings, 

 of assembling cream of high qual- 

 ity more efficiently by truck routes, 

 and of reducing the manufacturing 

 cost. 



A. B. Culp and B. L. Hornbeek 

 of the Organization Department 

 discussed collections and organiza- 

 tion problems. It was voted to hold 

 the next district conference in De- 

 catur, June 1. 



Indoor Picnic Makes A 



Hit In Winnebago Co. 



New Auto Insurance 



Policy Is Announced 



A new auto insurance policy for 

 Farm Bureau members requiring a 

 lower initial investment than the 

 regular policy was described by 

 Manager A. E. Richardson of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual before 

 the board of directors on March 23. 



The new policy known as the 

 "Surplus Fee Plan" eliminates the 

 surplus share and reduces the 

 premium deposit. A smaller surplus 

 fee is substituted for the surplus 

 share. 



The net result of the change is 

 that under the surplus fee plan the 

 policyholder pays a little more for 

 his insurance each six months but 

 avoids the necessity of making a 

 rather substantial surplus and 

 premium deposit when he takes out 

 a policy. The surplus fee payable 

 each six months covers semi-an- 

 nual interest on the surplus share 

 and extra premium deposit which 

 he would have to put up under the 

 old policy. 



Thus, on a low-priced, one-year 



A novel annual meeting attended 

 by more than 1,000 Farm Bureau 

 members, their families, and friends 

 was held by the Winnebago County 

 Farm Bureau In Rockford, March 

 11. President Geo. F. TuUock re- 

 ports that it was probably the larg- 

 est crowd that ever attended such 

 a gathering. 



A feature of the meeting was the 

 indoor picnic dinner at noon held 

 in the basement of the Shrine 

 Temple. Each family brought a 

 well-filled basket and sat down at 

 long tables for an informal hour 

 and a half of visiting and enter- 

 tainment. 



While the program for the older 

 folks was underway in the audito- 

 rium upstairs, the 4-H club boys and 

 girls and children of Farm Bureau 

 members led by their club leaders 

 gathered in the basement where 

 they played games, sang, and were 

 entertained by the WLS Prairie 

 Ramblers. 



A special drawing card was the 

 offer by the Farm Bureau to give 

 every member in good standing who 

 attended five gallons of gasoline. 

 Winnebago Service Co. truck drivers 

 distributed coupons among mem- 

 bers the previous week. Those at- 

 tending the meeting had their 

 coupons stamped and validated to 

 make them eligible for the free 

 offer. 



"Several of our members com- 

 mented that this was the best meet- 

 ing we ever had in the county," said 

 Mr. TuUock. "The informal indoor 

 picnic was very popular. We expect 

 to try it again next year." 



Speakers were Sec'y Geo. Metzger 

 of the I. A. A. and C. W. Ward, 

 supervisor of sales for Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company. 



old car a full coverage policy with 

 stationary and movable object 

 collision would cost $15.13 with ap- 

 plication (including policy fee) 

 against $35 with application under 

 the surplus share plan. However, 

 the full coverage semi-annual 

 premium under the old plan on a 

 low-priced one-year old car is $6.63 

 whereas the surplus fee plan policy- 

 holder under present schedules 

 would pay $8.13 semi-annually. 



The surplus fee plan costs a lit- 

 tle more to keep in force but makes 

 auto insurance available to Farm 

 Bureau members with a minimum 

 initial outlay of cash. 



stocks of old crop com in Arsentina 

 and the Union of Sontli Africa are al- 

 most depleted wliile export sapplies 

 from the ne^v harveHtci are not yet 

 available in important qnantltiea. 



Har'veat of the neir crop in Argen- 

 tina is nnder^vay In early regriona, bat 

 nevr corn ahelied and ready for export 

 nanaliy doea not begrin te move la 

 volume nntii April. 



