of 



A plentiful supply of efficient labor and 

 agricultural raw materials is required 

 tor industrial prosperity. Adecjuate 

 equipment for the farm and home and 

 good markets for farm products are 

 necessary for agriailtural well-being. 

 An adecjuate monetary and credit sys- 

 tem is essential to all. The future wel- 

 fare of each major economic group de- 

 pends upon full production by the 

 others. I'ull production in turn re- 

 quires that each group understand the 

 problems of all. This understanding 

 can be reached only through a consid- 

 eration of all basic facts by represent- 

 atives of each of the major economic 

 groups in the nation. 



In order to establish a better under- 

 standing between economic groups anil 

 to achieve a stable, high level produc- 

 tion of agricultural and manufactured 

 products, we authorize the officers and 

 directors of the Association to sponsor 

 and promote one or more conferences 

 of leaders of agricultural, industrial, 

 labor and financial organizations. 



VI. NATIONAL SOILS FERTILITY 

 PROGRAM 



I he Illinois Agricultural Association 

 urges the adoption of a National Soils 

 Fertility policy and program to assure 

 farmers greatly increased supplies of 

 high analysis mineral fertilizer, particu- 

 larly phosphorus and potash. 



We remove from our soils througii 

 ( rops and erosion much greater quanti- 

 ties of soil nutrients than we return to 

 them. This cannot continue. 1 he 

 people of this nation should have as- 

 surance that they will always have an 

 abundant supply of nutritious food. 

 The farmers of Illinois will keep their 

 land fertile and produce nutritious 

 crops, provided they have access to ade- 



RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE 

 F. E. Morris (Sangamon County) 



Chairman 

 E. E. Elsbury (Lake County) 

 William Rushton (Kendall Coun- 

 ty) 

 Elmer Airhart (Carroll County) 

 Earl Brokaw (Henderson County) 

 M. S. Morgan (Henry County) 

 Mile A. Miller (Tazewell Coun- 



ty) 



Charles A. Culp (Logan County) 

 Leo Swinford (Edgar County) 

 Roland McDonald (Shelby Coun- 



ty) 



Henry Day (Greene County) 

 J. A. Donner (Christian County) 

 Harold E. Hartley (Washington 



County) 

 Joe Crews (Lawrence County) 

 William Spencer (Clay County) 

 L. E. Lipe (Jackson County) 

 Ronald Holt (Henry County) 

 C. J. Elliott (LaSalle County) 

 John T. Evans (Vermilion Coun- 



ty) 



Milton W. Warren (Piatt Coun- 

 J. King Eaton (Madison County) 

 Chester McCord (Jasper County) 

 R. V. McKee (Marshall County) 

 Dan L. Clarke (Sangamon Coun- 



ty) 



Alfred Mangold (Mason County) 

 Rural Youth Representative 



quate supplies of mineral fertilizers ot 

 the proper kmd and character and in 

 greatlv increased cjuantities. 



VII. FLOOD CONTROL 



Lnited States Armv Hnginecrs have 

 proposed a flood control plan for the 

 Illinois River Basin which contem- 



plates till. ^oiisiriRtion of 1 *> imjsiii.m!- 

 ing d.inis and reservoirs and the in - 

 provenient of channels, levexs and flcxid 

 walls. More than 1 tO.OOO acres of agr 

 lultural land would be acquired by the 

 Federal government for these liums 

 .ind reservoirs. Tju plan ionteni|^l.itcs 

 tli.a in times ol flood, llle flood vvatl.I^ 

 would he held iii these reservoirs .u.d 

 released as the flood reicdes. The los- 

 of the proposed plan, iiu hiding the 

 .Kquisition ot land, estimated upon the 

 b.isis of 19 1(1 costs and land values, is 

 in exiess of S')(),(l(l(l.()0(). Prestiit d.iv 

 lOsts would greatlv cxieed this amojnt 

 but no aci urate estimate based iipm pres- 

 ent da\ lOsts and values is available The 

 proposed costs do not inilude severaiue 

 damages resulting from the taking ol 

 onlv .1 portion ot a farm, damage re- 

 sulting from niury to drainage, or 

 tlamage to lower and surrounding .ireas 

 from seepage and similar items. \ij 

 monetary value is fixed nor can u lu 

 for the loss resulting from the disrup- 

 tion of communities or from removing 

 people in the area acquireil from thcr 

 homes. I lie elaimed ratio ot eosts to 

 1-enefits is SI. J I of benefit for caeli 

 Sl.(K) of lOst over a ^0 year period, 

 upon the basis of lyio lOsts. When 

 maintenance charges and present di\ 

 eosts and values are taken into lonsui- 

 eration. it seems obvious that on a 

 purelv monetary basis the lost would 

 exceed the benefits. 



1 he pro|''Osal. in effeel. would resui' 

 in t.iking file property ot j^ersoiis resiii 

 ing upon the upper tributaries c>l the 

 river lor the benefit ol persons residing 

 in the river valley. Heretofore private 

 property has been taken by the govern- 

 ment in peacetime only when the neees- 

 sitv in the interest ot the general wel- 

 fare and the resulting public benefit 

 u as >.lear. I he Board ot Direetors c>; 



r 





Members of the resolutions committee for tlie 1946 Illinois Agricultural Association annual convention in Chicago are left to right, 

 seatecJ: Alfred Mangold, Mason County; Milo A. Miller, Tazewell; Russell V. McKee, Marshall-Putnam; J. A. Donner, Christian; Dan 

 Clarke, Sangamon; Ronald Holt, Henry; M. S. Morgan, Henry; Mrs. B. Meagher, office secretary; Floyd E. Morris, Sangamon; Poul E. 

 Mathias, lAA secretary; Roland McDonald, Shelby; L. E. Lipe, Jackson; C. J. Elliott, La Salle; Henry Day, Greene; Joe Crews, Lawrence; 

 William Spencer, Clay; Elmer Airhart, Carroll. Standing: Leo Swinford, Edgar; Charles A. Culp, Logan; Milton W. Warren, Piatt; 

 William Rushton, Kendall; Harold E. Hartley, Washington; John Evans, Vermilion; E. E. Elsbury, lake, ond J. King Eaton, Madison. 



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