I. A. A. RECORD— December, 1933 



^ I £iL«INOIS 



GOLTVRAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



■:. To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau ivas or- 

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

 r ness, economic, political and educational interests of the 

 '■'' farmera of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Okorge Thiem, Editor 



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. Prealdent. Earl O. Smith Detroit 



V Vice-President, A. K. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. B. Metagor Ohieago 



Treacrurer, B. A. Oowlao Bloomlngton 



BOAKS or SZBECTOKS 

 (By Oongraoaioaal Diatriot) 



. lat to lltb........ Ebb Harrla, Ora.Talake 



12th ,. G. F. Tullock, Roclcford 



;.: 18th •••• C. B. Bamboroiigh, I'nlo 



.'14th , M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



-;.- 16th. •.••.... a..... • •••••••••••••• .M. Ray Ihriir. Golden 



'. 16th Geo. B. MuIIer, Waabington 



■ ITtb E. D. I.4iwrence. Bloomington 



18th W. A. Dennla. Paria 



19th E. O. Curtis, Champaign 



aoth Charles S. Black. Jacksonrillp 



' 2lBt Samnel Sorrclla, Ra.vmond 



'' S2nd Talmage Di-Frees, Smithtioro 



Strd W. L. Cope. Salem 



Mth Charles Marshall. Belknap 



V 26th R. B. Bndicott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



• Comptroller 3, H. Kelker 



. Dairy Marketing J. B. Countlsb 



Finance R. A. Cowlea 



: Fruit and Vegetable Marketing n. W. Day 



'. Pnhlicity George Thiem 



Insurance fterrlco... V. Vanlman 



Legal Connfel Donald K'rkpntrick 



; Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



^ Office C. B. Johnston 



Organisation 6. E. Metzger 



' Produce Mnrketing F. A, Gougler 



Taxation and gtatlatlCB J. C. Watnon 



'' Transportation Gas Baxter 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 

 :,- Country Life Innurance Co L. A. Williama, Mgr. 



Farmora Mutual RelnBurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing AB»'n F. B. Rlngliaro, Mgr. 



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



nilttoia Farm Sapply Co L. R. Marcliant. Mgr. 



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



IIIlBola Grain Corp Chas. P. Cnmmlngs, Vice-Pres. and Saleo Mgr. 



' Illinois Lirestock Market. Aas'n-.Ray Miller, Mgr., R. W. Grlener. Sales 



nUnoia Producers Creamerlea F. A. Gongler, Mgr. 



Soybean Marketing Ass'n J. W. Armstrong. Prea. 



Half Taxed and Half Free 



COMPLETE report with voting records of sen- 

 ators and representatives on unemployment relief 

 legislation before the recent session of the General 

 Assembly is published in this issue of the RECORD. 



In line with the Association's long established policy, 

 the issues and voting records are presented without po- 

 litical bias or favor. At certain times during consider- 

 ation of this legislation, representatives of the I. A. A. 

 were charged with political motives and party discrimina- 

 tion. The non-partisan vote disclosed by a careful review 

 of the voting records herein contained will show the un- 

 fairness of such charges. 



There never was any question about the need for rea- 

 sonable unemployment relief. That was not the issue. The 

 real issue was whether or not the burden of relief should 

 be distributed equitably among all the taxpayers of the 

 state; whether Chicago should be allowed to escape local 

 tax levies for its destitute people while the townships in 



86 downstate counties are compelled to levy taxes for their 

 poor. 



The Chicago delegation voting as a unit with the aid of 

 49 downstate legislators won their fight. Thus sub-'' 

 stantially one-half of the property owners of the state are 

 taxed locally for unemployment relief and the other half 

 go tax-free. How long will the people of downstate Illi- 

 nois allow this inequitable and unfair situation to exist? 

 Until this inequality is ironed out, unemployment relief 

 will remain a controversial issue and the present wasteful 

 and extravagant system under which several million dol- 

 lars per year are paid in salaries and wages for disbur-. ; 

 sing relief will be perpetuated. '■ 



Country Life — A Shining Exception 



THE depression has written a dark chapter in the 

 history of most of the life insurance companies or- ; 

 ganized in Illinois. Not so with the company or- 

 ganized by the Illinois Agricultural Association and County 

 Farm Bureaus. Country Life Insurance Company is a 

 shining exception and an outstanding example of what 

 farmers can accomplish by organized effort. The splendid 

 record of progress of this farmer-owned and farmer-con- 

 trolled legal reserve company is published elsewhere in 

 this issue. . Jr/; 



Every year since 1929 when Country Life was launched, 

 straight through the depression, it has gained substantially 

 in assets, strength, and insurance in force. Because the 

 company has always invested its funds in government 

 bonds and other high grade securities it is in an enviable 

 liquid condition. It offers policyholders a very high de- 

 gree of safety. At the close of last year the company 

 hadn't suffered a single default in interest or principal on 

 any of its many holdings. Probably no other company can 

 say as much. Fortunately, Illinois life insurance laws 

 were greatly strengthened in the last regular session of 

 the General Assembly until they are now considered more 

 strict than those of any other state. 



A few years ago many people were saying, "farmers ^ 

 can't successfully run a business." They aren't saying it ' 

 any more. Every one of the companies associated with the 

 I. A. A. met its obligations last year and is operating on a ;. 

 sound basis. 



A Wise Land Policy 



FOR every new acre brought under the plow, take out 

 of production an area of poor land of equal produc- 

 tive capacity. 

 That briefly is the new land use policy of President 

 Roosevelt recently announced by Secretary Wallace. This 

 sensible plan put into action and consistently followed 

 along with present efforts will eventually solve the farm 

 surplus problem. The program of reclaiming desert and 

 swamp lands through government irrigation and drainage 

 projects has been too long continued. While farm sur- 

 pluses were piling up higher and higher following the war 

 the reclamation service went blithely on despite corn-belt 

 protest, building irrigation dams and ditches in the West 

 to add to agriculture's oversized plant. And all with gov- 

 ernment subsidy. 



The new policy, as the Secretary suggests, may involve 

 a resettlement of America but if fertile acres replace mar- 

 ginal lands turned back into forests and wild life preserves, 

 both the people who are shifted and the country in gen- 

 eral will be better off. The President promises to start 

 something of far-reaching benefit and importance to ag- 

 riculture in future generations. This is statesmanship of 

 the highest order. 



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