LA.A. Asks More Liberal 

 Policy On Hog Allotments 



Following reports of dissatisfac- 

 tion and unrest over county corn-hog 

 allotments and the inability of many; 

 county committees to conscientiously 

 reduce total hog numbers on contracts 

 to the allotments given counties by 

 the State Corn-Hog Review Board, 

 the Board of Directors of the Llinois 

 Agricultural Association gave full 

 consideration to the problem during 

 their regular meeting in Chicago last 

 week. 



In an effort to secure liberalization 

 of policy that appeared necessary to 

 expedite the work of all county com- 

 mittees, and that contracting farmers 

 might receive their benefit payments 

 at the earliest possible date, the As- 

 sociation directors unanimously joined 

 in a telegram to the State Review 

 Board urging prompt action in taking , 

 such steps as appeared necessary to 

 remove the confusion of thought and 

 interest that seems to be crystallizing 

 in several sections of Illinois. 



Let Evidence Control 



The board expressed the belief that 

 the problem should be met by de- 

 termining county totals of contracted 

 hogs on the basis of the supporting 

 evidence without regard to the definite 

 figures that had been previously al- 

 lotted* --. .:;.,• <•■ ■ ■:■■■';.. 



The Association directors assured 

 the State Review Board that they 

 recognized, at least in some degree, 

 the tremendous problem with which 

 they were confronted, and expressed 

 their desire to be helpful to them . 

 in every possible way to complete 

 their work. 



In neighboring states, county allot-- 

 ment committee reports were ap- 

 proved where total numbers of hogs 

 after removing unsupported pigs, 

 were considerably higher than pre- 

 liminary estimates according to re- 

 ports. .; . ^ .. ■ ■, .....,•. . _ ,.,- ..: , 

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• : Checks in August 



Corn-hog checks are expected to 

 move into Illinois in substantial num- 

 bers during August. ''Distribution 

 among corn-hog farmers of approxi- 

 mately $130,000,000 in first install- 

 ment payments is expected to be near 

 the peak load by late July or early 

 August," the AAA announced July 12. 

 As this is written more than 45 Illinois 

 counties have been approved. Check- 

 ing of contracts by allotment com- 

 mittees in other counties is nearing 

 completion. 



Among the first to be K'd by 

 the state review board, none major 

 hog-growing counties, were Piatt, 



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McLean county's corn and hog allotment committee in action. 



Reading frcm left to right — G30. Wissmiller, 0, V, Douglass, F. C, Thomas. (Their job to put 

 each, contract through the ringer,) /^ v :::V'C-^o; a; 



Boone, Dupage, Lake, DeWitt, Effing- 

 ham, Fayette, Monroe, Williamson, 

 Saline, Wabash, Washington, Clark, 

 Clay, Cumberland, Moultrie, Cook, 

 Will, Bond, Calhoun, Lawrence,, 

 Gallatin. , ••; •.■''•■.'.J-^., .,, , „ -i'y'P^'^^^^^^^ '■ 



Contracts are being handled in 

 Washington at the rate of around 

 40,000 a day. Contracts containing 

 inadequate evidence or mistakes will 

 be held up by the AAA there until 

 county corn-hog committees supply 

 the necessary data. 



Illinois com-hoflT contract signers (128,000), 

 will receive approximately $85,000,000 in bene- 

 fit payments, the state extension service esti- 

 mates. 



- Debt Relief Under 

 . Frazier'Lemke Amendment 



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assume one of the secured creditors 

 refuses to go along on the appraisal. 

 Then the court, after having set aside 

 Farmer "A's** $400 exemption, shall 

 stay all foreclosure proceedings for a 

 period of five years. 



During this five year period Farmer 

 "A" is allowed to retain possession of 

 the farm and his chattels under the 

 control of the court. To retain pos- 

 session he must pay a reasonable 

 rental fixed by the court, the first pay- 

 ment of rent to be made within six 

 months of the day of the court order 

 staying proceedings. 



The rent will be divided equitably 

 by the court among the secured and 

 unsecured creditors after paying taxes. 

 At the end of five years, or before. 

 Farmer "A" may pay into court the 

 appraised price of the property of 

 which he retains possession provided 



that on request of any lien holder on 

 the farm, the judge shall order a re- 

 appraisal of the farm, and Farmer 

 "A" may then pay the reappraised 

 price if acceptable to the lien holders. 

 Otherwise the original appraised price 

 shall be paid into the court. When 

 Farmer "A" pays the appraised price 

 the court shall by order turn over full 

 possession and title of said property 

 to him. ' ■••'"^, ■\-.i-.-'}'^\^i-^ :.■■.: '"- 



If Farmer "A" fails to pay the rent 

 fixed by the court, the latter may 

 order Farmer "A's" land and chattels 

 sold for the benefit of the creditors. 

 . The Frazier-Lemke amendment is 

 one of two measures bearing the same 

 name, considered during the recent 

 session of congress. The original 

 Frazier-Lemke bill provided for re- 

 financing farm mortgages at 1% per 

 cent interest and 1% per cent annual 

 payment on the principal — a total of 

 3 per cent. Against these mortgages 

 as security, the bill authorized issuing 

 up to $10,000,000 of greenbacks — a 

 highly inflationary measure. This bill, 

 sponsored by the Farmers Union, was 

 not passed. ; ; 



The Frazier-Lemke amendment 

 that was recently signed by President 

 Roosevelt, amends Section 75 of the 

 Federal Bankruptcy Act which was 

 writtten by and passed at the re- 

 quest of the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation in February, 1933. The 

 Frazier-Lemke amendment was passed 

 after a threatened filibuster by Sen- 

 ate progressives led by Senator Huey 

 Long of Louisiana. It amends the act 

 providing for scaling down or ex- 

 tending fami debts, a highly mer- 

 itorious bill, which was sponsored and 

 supported by the Farm Bureau. 



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AUGUST, 1934 



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