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fRAL ASSOaATION RECORD 



FRIDAY, OCT. «, 1933 



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f he farmers of Illinois will 

 [ ^- e al i z e the importance to 

 'hem of being associated with 

 juch an organization. 

 ' Few worthwhile goals have 

 n won by individual ac* 

 n; only when men stand 

 i<J;ether in a common effort 

 ^oji they succeed in the long 

 ^^a; as uncoordinated indi- 

 iiduals, they fail. 



The need for common ac- 

 ion is emphasized by the Ag- 

 ricultural Adjustment Act. 

 Strong farm organizations 

 are ready-made to furnish 

 this action. Farmers can 

 achieve the goal of parity 

 prices under the Agricultural 

 Adjustment Act much soon- 

 er when they are already 

 mobilized as a group. 



That is why an effort to 

 add to ranks such as is now 

 being made by the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, is 

 of such real significance to 

 all agriculture. By supporting 

 their farm organization, 

 farmers speed up the ad- 

 justment now beinjT at- 1 ^.^ ~ »• v 



•' " w " fj^i A 11 K ^^ I There never was a time, when 



e law tq gL ye J they needed stj-onge, 



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 clonal income. 



After a decade of disor- 

 Ider, it is clear that going-it 

 ■alone does not pay; we must 

 Isolve our problems as a 

 Igroup, acting together, we 

 lean enter a brighter era than 

 [any of us have ever known. 



taxed successfully only on the 

 basis of earnings. 



By constitutional amendment, 

 the I. A. A. would place a tax 

 limit of around one per cent or 

 less on the fair eash value of 

 tangible property, both in the city 

 and on the farm. And then if 

 more revenue is needed to carry 

 on necessary government It pro- 

 poses to raise it through other 

 forms of taxation based on ability 

 to pay. , ^ 



Can Be Achteved. • " 



I am confident • that with the 

 support of all Illinois farmers this 

 program can be accomplished. 



The property tax has broken 

 down and all but paralyzed gov- 

 ernment In many communities. 

 Particularly is this true In Chicngo 

 where inability to pay coupled 

 with open rebellion by property 

 owners against the tax gouging of 

 public officials has resulted in 

 putting Chicago deep in the mlrc 

 of financial distress. 



Chicago now owes the state up- 

 wards of $30,000,000 in back and 

 delayed taxes. Yet I am satisfied 

 that this city has more ability to 

 pay Its Just assessments than 

 many downstate communities 

 where tax collections are up to 90 

 per cent or more. 



There never yas a time when 

 farmers needed to be more on the 

 alert to protect tholr interests In 

 state governnt«nt than now. 



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GEORGE X. PEEK 



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presenting a solid front. Too 

 much is being left to Washing- 

 ton. The Indifference of the many 

 ia dlscouraKlng not only to lead- 

 ership but also to the minority of 

 farmers to whom is due the credit 

 for all accomplishment yet at- 

 tained. 



By powerful organization and 

 cofnblned action, farmers could 

 put prices up within a week. 



The I. A. A. and Farm Bureau 

 offer unorganized farmc-g an op- 

 portunity to join with their 

 neighbors In fighting for the reali- 

 zation and maintenance of parity 

 prices for farm commodities, at 

 least a 40 per cent reduction in 

 property taxes, an Honest Dol- 

 lar, and a permanent and ade- 

 quate farm credit structure, at 

 a rate agriculture can afford to 

 pay. 



Win you do your part? 



now 



The things that have been ac 

 compllshcd toward solving our tax 

 problems have been made possible 

 by the organized minority 



How much quicker and surer 

 could we attain the reasonable ob- 

 jectives announced here with more 

 powerful organization. 



TAI OBJECTIVES 



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scaping their just share- of tho 

 jurdcn of government. 



The evils of the present property 

 ax, which It Is estimated bears at 

 cast S5 per cent of the cost of 

 (tate and local government, lie In 

 he fact that billions of dollars of 

 personal service Income are not 

 axed, and other millions of dol- 

 ars of property In the form of 

 itocka, bonds, and other iiitangl- 

 iles escape assessment. Nor has 

 here ever been any effective 

 nethod devised of taxing Intangi- 

 bles as property. They can be I 



Co'Op Marketing 

 Makes Big Gains 

 In Six Months 



During the first six months of 

 1933 Illinois farmers shipped 1,- 

 582 more cars of livestock than 

 were shipped to the same co- 

 operative agencies during the first 

 six months of 1932. A comparison 

 of shipments from Illinois coun- 

 ties to producer agencies cooper- 

 ating In the joint state-wide field 

 service program follows: 



1932 1933 



Chicago 4,806 cars 5,89S cars 



Indianapolis . 909 cars 769 cars 



St. I^ouls a, 56 2 cars 3,9 73 cars 



I'eoria 1,729 cars 1,860 cars 



Cincinnati ... 190 cars 221 cars 



Buffalo 264 cars 161 cars 



Pittsburgh ... 48 cars 41 cars 



Illinois 



Livestock ... 144 cars 360 oars 



National Order 



Buying Co.. . . 51 cars 2 cars 



11,703 cars 13.285 cars 



Sign This Tax Relief Petition When 



Your Neighbor Calls. It Is the 



Opening Gun of the I A A^s 



Tax Reduction Drive. 



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Recognizing that it is impossible to relieve real prop- 

 rty of its disproportionate burden of taxation and to se- 

 ire a modern equitable revenue system under the present 

 P rovisions of our State Constitution, and that such relief is 



: vital importance to every farmer and home owner of this 

 S tate, the undersigned citizens and electors of the State of 



1 linois request action as follows: 



We respectfully request the officers of the Illinois 

 A gricultural Association to urge upon his Excellency, Henry 

 H orner, Governor of Illinois, the imperative need of calling a 

 s] lecial session of the Fifty-eighth General Assembly for the 

 e [elusive purpose of proposing proper amendments to the 

 n venue article of the State Constitution for adoption or 

 n jection by the electors at the general election on Novem- 

 b4r 6, 1934. 



We further respectfully petition and request the Fifty 

 eibhth General Assembly, when called into special session 

 fc r this purpose, to propose amendment of Sections 1, 2, 3, 9 

 and 10, of Article IX, the Revenue Article, to provide: 



REMOVE INEQUITABLE LIMITATIONS 



1. That the present limitations which prevent an 

 e(]Juitable distribution of the tax burden be removed. 



CUT PROPERTY TAXES IN HALF 



2. That the total general property taxes shall not ex- 

 ceed $1.00 on the $100.00 fair cash value unless the excess 

 is [approved by referendum vote. : 



RESTRICT FUTURE INDEBTEDNESS 



3. That no further indebtedness shall be incurred by a 

 taking district without a referendum vote. 



DIVIDE STATE REVENUE EQUITABLY 



4. That the General Assembly may by two-thirds vote 

 distribute State revenues among any taxing districts. 



By GEORGE N. PEEK, 



Administrator Agricultural 

 Adjustment Administration. 



Farm organizations are not 

 ends in themselves; they are 



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desired ny all agriculture. 

 That has been the goal of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion for years. • ' ' . 



It must be inspiring to 

 farm organization men that 

 they now have a law, the Ag- 

 ricultural Adjustment Act, 

 through which they may help 

 effectuate a restoration of 

 farm well-being. Uniting with 

 a sound farm organization is 

 a significant step at any 

 time; it is more so now. The 

 more we learn to work to- 

 gether for the common good 

 in this way, the easier it is 

 for us to make the funda- 

 mental adjustments so nec- 

 essary at present. The value 

 of oi'ganized effort to the in- 

 dividual farmer has never 

 been more apparent. I speak 

 as a fellow member, as well 

 as a charter member of your 

 organization. ; 



70,000 MILES OF 

 ROADS IN ILLINOIS 

 YET UNIMPROVED 



Tlllnois', has a little! more thsn 

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according to Frank T. Sheet.s, 

 formor superintendent of state 

 highways. 



Of the 10,074 miles In the "stato 

 bond Issue system," 8,987 miles 

 had been Improved at the time of 

 the last report. 



The 'state aid road system" con- 

 tains approximately 17,000 miles 

 of which 7,078 miles have been 

 surfaced leaving 9,922 miles un- 

 improved. 



Of the 70,000 miles of township 

 secondary roads, according to Mr. 

 Sheets. 11,890 miles have been Im- 

 proved as "all weather" roads 

 leaving 58,110 miles still unim- 

 proved. 



Thus there Is a total of 69.119 



miles of farm to market dirt roads 



In Illinois most of which arc Im- 



• passable certain months of the 



year. 



liKT GEORGK DO IT? 



Wallace's Farmer and Iowa 

 Homestead, recently comment- 

 ed as follows In regard to 

 Farm Bureau work: "A short 

 time ago we hoard a man say, 

 "VN'hy should I pay annual 

 dues for membership in the 

 Farm Bureau, when I can 

 keep In touch with Its work 

 and secure all the benefit 

 there is to be derived there- 

 frf>m as a non-member?" 



What if everybody assumed 

 that attitude toward farm or- 

 ganisations? Then there could 

 be no organizations and no one 

 to speak for agriculture. We 

 hear much nowadays about 

 bringing the profits of agri- 

 culture up to the level of 

 those of other Industries. But 

 how Is that to be brought 

 about If each one said, 'let 

 George do It?' " 



In Illinois many direct ben- 

 efits are confined to members 

 who take advantage of I. A. A. 

 — Farm Bureau Services. 



ENLIST NOW UNDER 



THE BRONZE EAGLE 



By EDWARD A. O'NEAL, 



President American Farm 



Bureau Federation. 



I wish it were possible for 

 me during the approaching 

 membership campaign* to talk 

 to every farmer in Illinois 

 and to urge the vital necessi- 

 ty of building still stronger 

 his organization, the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. 



There is no greater thing 

 that the Illinois farmer can 

 do for himself, his county, his 

 state and his nation than to , day for agriculture. 



becoVne a member of this 

 great organization. 



Never before in the history 

 of this country has it been 

 more essential for the farm- 

 ers of America to be com- 

 pletely organized. Industry 

 and labor, spurred on by the 

 N. R. A. program, are get- 

 ting fully organized. Agricul- 

 ture, likewise, must get fully 

 organized for her own pro- 

 tection. 



How fitting is the national 

 emblem of the Farm Bureau 

 — the bronze eagle. Under its 

 protecting wings the farmers 

 of the north, south, east and 

 west can join together and 

 frght for their interests. It 

 is a symbol of protection and 

 power. 



I hope that every farmer 

 in Illinois will enlist under 

 the bronze eagle of the 

 American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration and the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association to con- 

 tinue our fight for a new 



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