30 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



is no way in which lUinoisans may have a first class University 

 without paying for it. Nor can it be had for less than other 

 universities have expended for the same. The Massachusetts 

 Institute of Technology has just completed a two-million-dollar 

 engineering building, and undoubtedly it is one of the best ex- 

 penditures for engineering that has ever been made in this 

 country. 



It was clear to the conference that it was not for the Uni- 

 versity to decide, — it was not for the faculty to decide, nor yet 

 for the Board of Trustees, — what the policy of the institution 

 should be in regard to this financial problem. Clearly it was the 

 business of the University to state the situation and put it up to 

 the people to determine what they were willing to do about it 

 financially, recommending at such time the course of procedure 

 which the University deemed wisest. 



Accordingly, the Trustees have recommended a ten years' 

 building program, costing ten millions of dollars, to cover sub- 

 stantially the following structures : 



Agricultural plant $2,000,000 



Engineering plant .' . . 2,000,000 



Medical plant 2,000,000 



Section for Library building 1,000,000 



Section for Museum 1,000,000 



Administration building 500,000 



Men's Gymnasium and auxiliaries 1,000,000 



Women's Gymnasium and auxiliaries 500,000 



Ten millions of dollars is a large amount of money; so 

 large, indeed, as to stagger most of us. Even one million of dol- 

 lars has a meaning which we can scarcely understand. But per- 

 mit me to call your attention to the fact that one million dollars 

 a year for the building of a University is an insignificant sum for 

 Illinois, compared wath what she is doing in other directions. 

 In this connection let me point out the difference between a vis- 

 ible payment, such as a mill tax, on the one hand, and a secret 

 tax, such as the tariff or internal revenue, on the other. 



Our local taxes attract attention because they are mostly 

 visible, and the seventeen millions of dollars annual state tax 



