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I. A. A. Record— August, 1933 



one that proposed to place trucks haul- 

 ing for hire under the State Commerce 

 Commission and compel increases in 

 truck rates in line with the cost of 

 railroad transportation for similar 

 hauls. These bills, which were reported 

 to be sponsored by railroads, would 

 have greatly increased the cost of 

 marketing farm products, particularly 

 livestock, fruits and vegetables, and 

 dairy products. 



The Association supported the bill 

 to tax oleomargarine containing im- 

 ported oils and fats. This bill passed 

 both Houses of the legislature but was 

 vetoed by the governor. Had this 

 measure been approved it would have 

 opened up a broader outlet for do- 

 mestic oils and fats which the farmer 

 requires to secure a better price for 

 his products. 



The Hlinois Agricultural Association 

 also vigorously supported all measures 

 which had for their purpose economy 

 in government where conditions war- 

 ranted such support. 



With few exceptions the economy 

 bills as amended called for a 10 per 

 cent cut in salaries of state officials 

 and employees. In the Agricultural 

 Appropriation Bill the appropriation 

 for farm advisers was cut 22 per cent 

 and for home advisers 40 per cent. 

 When this bill came before the senate. 

 Senator Lantz pointed out that the 

 legislature should be consistent and 

 reduce the farm advisers' and home 

 advisers' appropriation not more than 

 10 per cent in line with other reduc- 

 tions. 



Sen. Lantz then offered two amend- 

 ments to the Agricultural Appropria- 

 tion Bill so as to cut appropriations 

 for farm advisers and home advisers 

 the standard 10 per cent. The farm 

 advisers' appropriation amendment 

 lost by the close vote of 18 to 17. The 

 vote on the home advisers' amendment 

 was almost the same. 



Those who voted to kill Sen. Lantz's 

 amendment were as follows: Behr- 

 man, Clifford, Gillmeister, Graham, 

 Hickman, Huckin, Kielminski, Kribs, 

 Lee, Loughran, Maypole, Mendel, Mon- 

 roe, O'Connell, O'Grady, Shaw, Stuttle 

 and Ward. 



Those who voted with Sen. Lantz 

 were as follows: Baker, Barbour, Barr, 

 Benson, Boeke, Burgess, Gunning, 

 Huebsch, Lantz, Mundy, Paddock, Pen- 

 ick, Roberts, Searcy, Sieberns, Thomp- 

 son and Williams. 



To facilitate greater economy in lo- 

 cal expenditures, the Association also 

 sponsored a bill, S. B. 559, to extend 

 the time from the first Tuesday in 

 August to the first Tuesday in Sep- 

 tember in which directors or boards of 

 education of school districts are re- 

 quired to certify the amount of money 



to be raised by special tax for educa- 

 tional and building purposes for the 

 ensuing year. This bill passed the 

 Senate, but was lost in the legislative 

 jam in the House on the last day of 

 the session. 



Another bill sponsored by the Asso- 

 ciation which passed both houses of 

 the legislature allows the detachment 

 of tracts of 10 acres or more of un- 

 subdivided agricultural lands from 

 cities and villages where such lands 

 are not bounded on more than tivo 

 sides by subdivided property. ' 



The owner may file a petition either 

 with the county or circuit court and if 

 the land described in the application 

 meets the requirements of the Act the 

 court shall grant the request. 



Defeat Bad Bills 



The I. A. A. also assisted in de- 

 feating a bad bill that would make an 

 auto insurance company co-defendent 

 in every suit brought against a policy- 

 holder. This bill would not only great- 

 ly increase the size of judgments 

 against policyholders, but also would 

 increase tremendously the cost of au- 

 tomobile insurance. 



An attertipt was made to amend the 

 Uniform Mutual Insurance Act during 

 the session. The I. A. A. has used 

 this Act in the organization of certain 

 of its insurance activities, and has 

 therefore been interested in keeping 

 the integrity of the Uniform Mutual 

 Act intact. H. B. 745 was introduced 

 at the request of certain interests 

 wherein the Uniform Mutual Insur- 

 ance Act would have been amended to 

 provide for the issuance of a limited 

 amount of capital stock, the holders of 

 such stock being entitled to elect one- 

 half of the Board of Directors. 



The Association believed that such 

 a provision in the Act would affect the 

 integrity of mutual insurance as it 

 would make it possible for an inside 

 group of persons to perpetually con- 

 trol a mutual company against any ob- 

 jection of a majority of the policy- 

 holders. The Association forced the 

 amendment of the bill to such a form 

 that the control of a mutual company 

 would be kept, at least insofar as the 

 law is concerned, in the hands of the 

 policyholders. 



There was sponsored by the state 

 insurance department an insurance 

 agents' bill which was introduced in 

 the House, H. B. 776. This bill would 

 have required all insurance agents to 

 be licensed by the Department. It 

 would have made it impossible for 

 County Farm Bureaus to act as the 

 county agency of any of the Associa- 

 tion's insurance activities. Because of 

 substantial objection from all quarters, 



two bills at a later date were substi- 

 tuted in the House by the Superintend- 

 ent of Insurance to take the place of 



H. B. 776. -;?;; ■■r,v^:::/v,-.-/ .;^; 



One of these bills would have re- 

 quired all life insurance agents to be 

 licensed, and while containing many 

 objectionable provisions, was not seri- 

 ously objected to by the Association. 

 The companion measure, however, 

 which required a license for all fire 

 and casualty insurance agents, had a 

 much larger license fee than the life 

 insurance agents' bill, and had other 

 objectionable features, although both 

 of of these substitute bills changed 

 the provision of the original bill that 

 would have embarrassed the Associa- 

 tion in the use of the County Farm 

 Bureau as the county agency. 



The objection of the Association and 

 other interested parties was so strong 

 that the casualty and fire insurance 

 agents' bill was never pressed for pas- 

 sage and the life insurance agents' bill 

 was lost in the House by a very sub- 

 stantial vote. 



State Department Bills 



The State Department of Agricul- 

 ture at the request of milk producers 

 co-operatives in and adjoining Illinois 

 sponsored Senate Bill 673 which would 

 give the department the power to li- 

 cense milk dealers and thereby enforce 

 trade agreements between dealers and 

 milk producers to establish fair prices 

 for milk on strictly Illinois markets. 

 After passing the senate this bill was 

 approved in the House on June 29 by 

 a vote of 96 to 5. The Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association had a representative 

 in the several conferences that re- 

 sulted in drafting the measure and 

 gave assistance in securing its pas- 

 sage. This bill was vetoed by the Gov- 

 ernor. , , ' ;. ^ ' ' . ^ 



The Department of Agriculture also 

 sponsored H. B. 827 which would li- 

 cense truck peddlers handling fruits 

 and vegetables. This measure was 

 sponsored at the request of southern 

 Illinois fruit and vegetable growers 

 who complained that itinerant truck 

 merchants have been giving Illinois 

 fruits and vegetables a black eye by 

 selling inferior products and misrep- 

 resenting their quality. 



The bill carried an appropriation of 

 $25,000, and imposed a fee of $25 on 

 truck drivers who sell other than their 

 own products. Fruit and vegetable 

 growers marketing their own stuff 

 would be exempt from the payment of 

 a fee but would be required to take 

 out a license. 



This bill was objected to by House 

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