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I. A. A. RECORD-^une, 1933 



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^ I liL«INOIS 



CCLTIJBAL ASSO€lA 



RECORD^ 



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

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

 ness, economic, political and educational interests of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



George Thiem, Editor 



Publlsbed monthly bj the Illinois Agricultural ABSoclatlon at 166 So. 

 Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 606 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, 

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

 ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. 28, 1926, authorized Oct. 27, 1926. Address all communications 

 for publication to Editorial Offlcea, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 606 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The indlTldual membership fee of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association is Ave dollars a year. The fee includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion 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 Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Meteger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cewles Bloomlngton 



:/; > : BOARD OF DIRECTORS s^ ■' 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to nth Ebb Harris, Orayslake 



12th G. P. Tullock, Bockford 



18th C. B. Bamborongb, Polo 



14th M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



16th M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



16th Geo. B. Mailer, Washington 



17th B. D. Lawrence, Bloomlngton 



18tb W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th B. O. Curtis, Champaign 



20th Charles S. Black, JacksonTllle 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22ad Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro 



28rd W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. B. Endlcott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller J. H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing J. B. Countlsa 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and VegeUble Marketing .H. W. Day 



Publicity Gieorge Tbiem 



Insurance Service V. VanlBun 



Legal Counsel Donald Klrkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Bay H. Miller 



Office C. E. Jdinaton 



Organisation „ Q. B. Metiger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gongler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Qiiasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co 3. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Aasn F. B. Ringbam, Mgr. 



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



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



Illinois Pruit Growers Ezcbang* H. W. Day, Mgr. 



lUlnols Grain Corp Chas. P. Ciunmings, Vice- Pres. and Sales Mgr, 



Illinois Livestock Market. As8'n...Ray Miller, Mgr., R. W. Grieser, Sales 



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



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



A Victory For Organization 



THE Emergency Farm Bill is passed, signed 

 by the President. It began working for farm- 

 ers, lifting prices, even before its passage because 

 of speculation based on belief in coming inflation. 

 Nearly all, if not all, the principles fought for by 

 the Farm Bureau since 1921 have been enacted 

 into law. 



The way has been cleared for reflation, higher 

 farm prices, payment of debts, refinancing mort- 

 gages at lower rates of interest, saving farms and 

 homes for their owners, giving new hope to mil- 

 lions. Only lack of vigorous administration of the 

 powers granted and co-operation of farmers in 

 discharging their responsibilities can prevent the 

 realization once more of fair returns to agricul- 

 ture. With a liberal socially-minded president, with 

 Henry Wallace, Henry Morgenthau Jr., George 

 Peek, and Chas. J. Brand in charge, aggressive ad- 

 ministration of the Act is assured. 



All this is a victory for ORGANIZATION. Noth- 

 ing less. These things did not just happen. Or- 



ganized agriculture made them happen. The Farm 

 Bureau led the fight nationally for reflation. Re- 

 flation began with the suspension of gold pay- 

 ments by presidential order, and the inflation 

 amendment in the Farm Act. The two are largely 

 responsible for the doubling of farm prices within 

 a few weeks. 



Miracles have happened again because there 

 were those who had faith, and backed that faith 

 with organized effort. 



Those Gas Tax Bills 



TWO principles are involved in the series of 

 bills now pending at Springfield to redistrib- 

 ute state gas tax funds. The I. A. A. is insisting, 

 first, that the state keep its pledge made when the 

 10,000 mile paved road system was initiated to 

 the effect that on completion of the trunk lines, 

 attention would be given to secondary roads. Sec- 

 ondly, that gas tax revenue gradually be used to 

 reduce and replace levies against property for road 

 and bridge building. The McClure-Hall bills spon-'" 

 sored by the I. A. A. recognize these principles. 

 Other bills do not. 



A third principle might be emphasized, namiely, 

 that diversion of gas tax funds for other than 

 road purposes be discontinued. The state already 

 has taken $13,900,000 from the motor fuel tax 

 fund to spend elsewhere. Cook county now owes 

 the state approximately $35,000,000, a total of 

 $50,000,000 including 1932 taxes payable this 

 year, and is largely responsible for the diversion 

 of these funds. Such diversion of gas tax funds 

 is a growing menace to the road program and 

 property tax relief. It furnishes another reason 

 for sending this revenue back to the counties, 

 townships and cities expressly designated for 

 road and street purposes. 



The thousands located on the 70,000 miles of 

 unimproved roads who also pay auto license fees 

 and gas taxes deserve something. The I. A. A. 

 is fighting for them — not for a paved road past 

 every farm but for gravel or other inexpensive 

 all-weather roads to provide a year round connec- 

 tion with the pavement. 



High School Districts 



A NUMBER of bills have been introduced in 

 the Illinois General Assembly which author- 

 ize under certain conditions the transfer of specified areas 

 in a high school district to an adjacent high school district. 



The purpose of this legislation is to correct some of the 

 injustices created during the organization of community 

 high schools. Residents of territory remotely situated from 

 the high school which arbitrarily annexed them are anx- 

 ious to pull out and join districts where the school is closer. 



John C. Watson, director of taxation, is studying these 

 bills at the request of a number of Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers. It is at once recognized that any new act will prob- 

 ably not correct the offenses of early community high 

 school land grabs. What is needed is a state-wide plan of 

 redistricting. which will take territory out of one district 

 and place it in another high school district where it 

 naturally belongs. Any such, action must take into con- 

 sideration the welfare of the people in the districts af- 

 fected and obligations incurred in erection of buildings. 





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