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If the State Bond Issue 



Fails to Pass Nov. 6th 



Here's An Estimate of Resulting 

 Increased Land Taxes Next 



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On November 6th the voters of Illi- 

 nois will have submitted to them a pro- 

 posed bond issue for $30,000,000 as the 

 only possible way of preventing a heavy 

 additional State tax on all property. 



If the bond issue is not approved, a 

 State tax for a minimum of $38,000,000 

 is already levied on all property assess- 

 ments for this year, the entire amount 

 of which will be payable in 1935. 



If the proposed bond issue is approved, 

 the State tax levy on property will not 

 be made. In that case the proceeds 



fron^ the sale of the bonds will be used 



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to retire State Anticipation T^x Notes 

 already issued, or soon to' be issued, for 

 a total of $28,500,000 and to pay in- 

 terest accrued thereon. ' ^ ^^'^'C ^ 



If the bond issue is approved, the 

 bonds and interest thereon will be paid 

 out of, gasoline , tax allotments to the 

 counties and to the municipalities there- 

 in, which have used the funds raised by 

 sale of the Anticipation Tax Notes for 

 re^ef purposes. For this purpose the 

 StiVte will withhold from the counties 

 one-half of the gasoline taxes required 

 for such bonds and interest each year, 

 and one-half from the municipalities 

 therein, in all cas^s in proportion to the 

 amount of such relief funds allocated to 

 each county and to each municipality 

 therein. --^— ^-•7-'\- ■ • -^.^ ' : ■:i: ..:± y-^-- ■ '■:/ > ■: .• r^i ■ : . 



..The Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 opposed this bond issue legislation and 

 has by resolution adopted in the Dan- 

 ville Annual Meeting last January given 

 notice that while, under the circum- 

 stances, it favors the proposed bond is- 

 sue, it will not support any bond issue 

 of this kind hereafter, at least until the 

 State has required every community to 

 do its full part in providing relief funds 

 for its own people and has set up a fair 

 taxing system. .•• 



IJnless the bond issue is approved in 

 November, an additional State tax of at 

 least $7^00,000, all payable in 1935, will 

 be imposed on all Illinois farm property. 

 This would amount to between $10 and 

 $80 per farm of 160 acres, depending 

 on valuation. A table follows which 

 shows the minimum increase in taxes 

 which defeat of the bond issue would 

 impose upon farm property in each 

 county. Every reasonable effort should 

 be made to prevent this additional 

 burden. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 urges thorough organization by County 

 Farm Bureaus, to inform farmers and 

 village people about the importance of 



If Farmers' Will 



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'If they will, farmers through 

 their organizations can help shape 

 their own economic destiny. As 

 individuals, one farmer's strength 

 cancels another's. Through organ- 

 ization, his strength multiplies. 

 Only as he can and will express 

 himself through organization is the 

 farmer's influence felt in national 

 councils. 



"The continued pressure of the 

 Farm Bureau through its state and 

 national units has kept the agri- 

 cultural problem continuously be- 

 fore the nation." — Chester C. 

 Davis, Chief, AAA.f v : r^' ' ' 



I. A. A. Board Opposes iv ^ 



Cut in Gas Tax Now 



Fear Reductions Will Heap More 

 Taxes On Farm Lands And 

 , Property :... ....-K :■:■■■'::' ■■■■'■ ^^^ 







voting for the bond issue and to man 

 all rural and village polling places in the 

 November election. 



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County 



Adams 

 Alexandei 

 Bond 



Boone ;, 

 Brown 

 • ."^••^ .i-'iif. ■'••"• 

 Bureau ■ • ■. 

 Calhoun '? ■: 

 Carroll v. 

 CaB8 

 Champaign 



Christian' ' 

 Clark 

 Clay • 

 Clinton i-: 

 Coles 5 



Cook 



Crawfo^-d 



Cumberland 



DeKalh 



DeWitt 



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Estimated taxei^ 



on farm praptorty' 



at 60 cent rate ! 



$126.()00 

 12,000 ; 

 : 27,000 ' 

 , 54,000 : 



.; 30,00ft, ^: 



120,000 "^ 

 24,000 

 60.000 ' 

 42,000 



162,00^^.1 



114,000 

 34,800 

 27,eOP 

 42,000 

 66.000 



J 97,200 



42,000 



20,400 

 108.0CO 



60.000 









Average 

 taxes per 

 160 acres 



21 



'^ 2i» 



50 



■, 27_._;. 



\ 37 



26 



36 



" 33 



43 



■ 45 



.>' 21 

 - 18 



26 



36 



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an 



72 

 31 

 19 

 45 

 40 



vt.«- 



«l 



Douglas; 



DuPagf 



Edgar 



Edwards 



Effingham 



Fayette 



Ford 



Frankm 



Fulton 



Gallatin 



Greene 

 Grundy 

 Hamilton. •: 

 Hancock 

 Hardin 



Henderson 

 Henry 

 Iroquois 

 Jackson 

 Jasper :;•: 



Jefferson m 

 Jersey 

 JoDa views 

 Jolmson 

 Kane 



Kankakee 



Kendall 



Knox 



Lake 



LaSalle 



Lawrence 



Lee 



Livingston 



Logan 



McDonough 



McHenry 



McLean 



Macon 



Macoupin 



Madison 



Marion 

 Marshall " 



r . 



^ 72,000 

 72.000 



102,000 

 14,400 

 31,200 



36.000 

 93,600 

 24,tOd 

 108,000 

 18,000 



60 000 

 66,000 

 13.200 

 120.000 

 12.000 



54.000 



150,000 



174.000 



34,200 



24,600 



24.000 

 33.600 

 75.000 

 lS.2tO 

 102,000 



$90,000 

 54.600 



123.600 

 90.000 



240,000 



27,000 

 120,000 

 198.000 

 132,0oO 



97,200 



120,000 



240,000 



114,000 



84.0oO 



96,000 



30,000 

 72,000 





47 



:i 82 



18 



:;'-^ '" v'^ 15 



50 



■> ;' _ 22 



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■:'.:/' 7- 'i 32 

 ^■■■^ 42 



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.... 21 



41 



■'■ 48 

 41 

 19 

 15 



. 13 



26 



34 



• . 12 



. ■ -; 57 



■ $38 

 45 

 47 



85 

 58 



25 



44 



49 

 57 

 45 



56 

 53 

 54 

 29 

 41 



16 

 52 



The board of directors of the I. A. A. 

 in its September meeting approved the 

 report of the Public Relations Committee 

 on the question of cutting motor license 

 fees to $3 and reducing the gas tax from 

 three cents to two cents per gallon. 



The committee reported that it is 

 "convinced that uniform motor vehicle 

 license fees of $3 will not yield sufficient 

 funds to retire the state highway bonds 

 and pay the interest thereon, nor would 

 the state's portion of the gas tax fund 

 left after paying relief funds be adequate 

 to maintain and police state highways 

 and retire that portion of state highway, 

 funds not retired from the reduced mo- 

 tor vehicle license fees." - - ^ " 

 , The committee expressed the fear that 

 if the proposed reductions advocated by 

 a state motorist association were put 

 through, counties and cities would be re- 

 quired to l6vy increased property taxes 

 to maintain their roads and streets.-* . 



It was recognized that the present 

 classification of license fees is unjust due 

 to fictitious horse power rating. Motor - 

 ;ist9 with light cars are of ten required to 

 pay the same or a larger fee than motor- 

 ists with heavier'ddrs.* ' "^ •■ *i«^ ^ ■- 



\^ The committee looks favorably upon 

 classification of motor vehicles for li- 

 cense fee purposes upon the b^si§ of 

 (Continued on page 9, CoJl;'2) ' ^ 



- Mason 

 ' MaRiiac ' 

 Menard -•, 



Mercer "^ 

 ■ Monroe 

 Montgomery 

 Morfiran 

 Moultrie 



Ogle 

 Peoria 

 Perry 

 Piatt : 



Pike : : 



Pope 



Pulaski 



Putnam 



Randolph 



Richland 



Rock Island 

 St. Clair 

 Saline 

 Sangamon 

 Schuyler 



Scott 

 Siirlby 

 . Stark 

 Stephenpon 

 Tazewell 



Union 



Ve^'milion 



Wabasli 



Warron 



Washington 



Wayne 



White 



Whiteside 



Will 



Will'amson 



Winnebago 

 Woodford 



OCTOBER, 1934 



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