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▼ RE C O RO W- 



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 interests of the 

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



George Thiem, Editor 



Pulillelie'] monthly by the Illinois Agricultural AsMcintlon at 165 So. 

 Main St., Sptnoffr, Ind. Edltoilal Offices, 608 S. Dearl)orn St., Chicago, 

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

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

 Act of Fel). 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all commuiilcatlonB 

 for publication to Kdltorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 

 608 So. D('arl)orn St., Chicago. The individual nieml)eisliip fee of the 

 Illinois Agrlcnitural Association Is five dollars a yenr. 'J'lie fi-e Includes 

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

 tion Itecord. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for misFent coi>y please 

 indicate liey number on address as is required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl O, Smith Detroit 



Vice President, A. It. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. R. Metzger Clilcago 



Treasin-er, U. A. Cowles Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional District) 



Ist to mil Kill) Harris. Gravslalse 



12tli G. F. Tullocii. Rockford 



18th C. E. Baniborough. Polo 



J4II" '. M. G. I^ambcrt, Ferris 



Ititli M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



lOI li Geo. B. Muller, Washington 



ITI li !■:. D. l.a wrence, Bloomington 



ISlli \V. A. Dennis, Paris 



l!>t li E. G. Curtis, Champaign 



20Hi ("liarles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21st Snnniei Sorrells, Raymond 



• 22nd Talmage DeFrees. Smitiiboro 



28rd W. I,. Cope, Salem 



*4tli Charles Marsliail. Bdknap 



25lii R. B. Endlcott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Conii'l roller J. H. Kelkcr 



Dairy Marketing .T. B. Countiss 



Finance r. a. Cowles 



B'rult and Vegetable Marketing TT. W. Day 



t*"'*'!'!'? George Thiem 



llisuintiee Service V. Vanlman 



Legal rouniM'l Donald Klrkpalrlck 



Live Slock Marketing Hay K. Miller 



OWI's C. k. .Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Jiarketing p. a! Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation Guy Baxter 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



li'nrmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Uiinois Agricultural Auditing Assn P. B. RInghnmi Mgr. 



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



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



Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange H. W. Day, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Chas. P. Cnmmlngs, Vlce-Pres. and Sale* Mgr. 



Illinois I,lve8tock Market. A8s'n..Ray Miller, Mgr., R. W. Grieaer, Sales 



Illinois I'rodncers Creameries F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 



Soybean Marketing Ass'n J. w. Armstrong, Pres. 



The Issue In Unemployment Relief 



IN THE editorial reprinted on the opposite page 

 the Decatur Herald seeks to defend the per- 

 sistent dodging of responsibility in certain com- 

 munities, particularly Chicago, in raising funds 

 through taxes or otherwise for local unemploy- 

 ment relief. 



In doing so the editor makes certain serious 

 charges and erroneous assertions which demand 

 answer and correction. 



It is charged that the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation proposes to use its influence to prevent 

 starving people from being fed. 



This statement is absurd. The editor knows 

 better. The Association from the beginning has 

 used its influence toward finding ways and means 

 of providing for destitute people. It assisted in 

 giving Chicago and commission-governed coun- 

 ties a constructive program through the Lantz 

 bills for raising money to feed their poor. The 

 Governor stated publicly that these were good 



I. A. A. RECORD— October, 1933 



bills and should pass, yet when Cook county poli- 

 ticians remonstrated he later vetoed them. 



The Association never has opposed reasonable 

 measures for unemployment relief. It has looked 

 with disfavor on the frequent trips of Chicago 

 politicians to Washington and Springfield after 

 easy money while not a finger is raised to tap the 

 wealth at home. 



Rich Chicago, with millionaires by the score, 

 her banks and safety boxes overflowing with cash 

 and valuable securities, a city able to finance a 

 great world's fair to which the entire country pays 

 tribute with its presence and money, this city 

 where politicians treat themselves so liberally, 

 able but unwilling to care for its unfortunates. 

 Fifteen billions of untaxed intangibles lie in Cook 

 count.y strong boxes, tax experts testified in Judge 

 Jarecki's court. Poor Chicago! '• ; : 



The Herald editor states that there will be no 

 proposal to put a tax on farms to feed people in 

 the cities. 



Wrong again. The proposal already has been 

 made to levy an additional tax on property one- 

 third larger than the $30,000,000 desired on which 

 anticipation warrants will be issued. It is true 

 that it is proposed to submit a bond issue for the 

 desired amount, interest and principal to be re- 

 deemed by payments from the state gas tax. But 

 there is no assurance that the people of Illinois 

 will approve such a bond issue. The approval of 

 the bond issue last year cannot be regarded as 

 proof that voters, alarmed by repeated demands 

 for relief funds, will approve another one. 



Gasoline tax allotments already are pledged up 

 to nearly $25,000,000 for the previous bond issue 

 and interest. Several million dollars more of gas 

 tax funds were taken under the Meents Act for 

 direct aid before July 1, 1933. 



The Reconstruction Finance Corporation allot- 

 ted more than $43,000,000 to Illinois against fu- 

 ture allotments of Federal road funds. This sum 

 will be further increased by interest. 



Thus a total of more than $75,000,000 have been 

 taken from present and future road funds in Illi- 

 nois for direct relief. 



Is not the Herald editor shortsighted when he 

 advocates stopping future road building? Does 

 not his program produce the very condition it is 

 intended to relieve? Competent authorities de- 

 clare that more than 90% of all road improve- 

 ment costs are paid directly or indirectly for labor. 



The editor says, "We now have a very satis- 

 factory network of improved roads in this state." 



The road system is not satisfactory to more 

 than three-fourths of all farm residents who still 

 live on dirt roads and are cut off from the hard 

 road system part of every year. 



It is alleged that "rural areas are not taking 

 care of their own." \ :, / :■ ■ • ^ 7' - 



The facts are that 32 counties have taken care 

 of their own wholly at their own expense. Others 

 have asked and received comparatively small 

 amounts from the State Relief Commission. Very 



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