Now take taxes, for instance... 



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As a whole, inequalities in assessments be- 

 tween the two classes of real estate appears to be 

 following the pattern of the later years of the 

 First World War and immediately thereafter. At 

 that time there were few counties in which land 

 assessments were not higher, and in many cases, 

 much higher, than assessments of town and city 

 lots. Then, as now, good prices and the prob- 

 lems of production, including shortage of farm 

 help, led most farmers to ignore inequalities in 

 assessments which required years to remove, and 

 some of which were never removed, after the 



collapse of farm prices in 1920 and 1921. If 

 the end of the present war should be followed 

 by much lower farm prices, many, if not most. 

 Farm Bureaus and their members will probably 

 face the same problem in unequal taxation which 

 they faced 20 to 25 years ago. 



And the best way to prevent or correct trends 

 of this kind is through a powerful farm organiza- 

 tion such as we have in the Farm Bureau. That's 

 why I say one of your very first moves should be 

 to join your county Farm Bureau — it gets things 

 done. 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



98 County Farm Bureaus 



