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Entered as second- 1 rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address ali communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 1 Important Message Is Expected from Mr. Legge Farm Board Chairman and Mrs Sewell Will Speak at Banauet. LEXANDER LEGGE, the cour- ageous, outspoken chairman of the Federal Farm Board vho is honestly and sincerely trying to make the Mar- keting Act work for the best interests of the farmer, is expected to make some new and important pronounce- ments in his banquet address on Thurs- day night, Jan. 29, at the coming I. A. A. convention, Springfield. Mr. Legge is not an orator. He is not flowery. He wastes no time slap- ing his audience on the back. He talks facts, hits hard, and wraps up much thought in few words. He says what he thinks whether you like it or not. He is no politician, in the popu- lar meaning of the word. Many-of us like that kind of a man. Mrs. Chas. W. Sewell, home and community chairman of the American Farm Bureau Federation, will have a place on the banquet program with Mr. Legge. Her address will be de+ voted to the influence of co-operative efforts among farmers on community and home improvement. Marketing Prominent Co-operative marketing will be given prominence at the various meetings and sessions on January 28 and 29. John Brandt of St. Paul, president of Land O’Lakes Creameries, Inc., and Tom A. Borman, Chicago, manager of the Bea- trice Creamery Co., will address the annual meeting of the Illinois Produce Marketing Association on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 28. George S, Milnor, Chicago, general manager of the Farmers National Grain Corporation and president of the Grain Stabilization Corp., will talk to the Marketing Conference Thursday after- noon. Other group conferences to be held simultaneously with those men- tioned are Organization-Information, Business Service, and Home and Com- January, 1931 Banquet Speaker HON. ALEXANDER LEGGE munity. Mrs. Henry J. Mies of Pon- tiac, president of the Illinois Home - Bureau Federation, is arranging a pro- gram for the latter eonference of spe- cial interest to women attending the convention. Grimes to Speak One of the outstanding speakers of the three-day session will be J. Frank Grimes of Chicago, the aggressive pres- ident of the nation-wide Independent Grocers’ Alliance of America, a chain - of more than 11,000 independently- owned grocery stores. How these stores are succeeding through co-operative ef- fort and good business administration is a colorful story of particular interest to organized farmers who are working toward similar ends. Mr. Grimes, who has addressed some of the largest con- ventions in the country during recent years, is known widely as a forceful, vigorous speaket.He is scheduled to (Continued on page 6) Volume 9 Governor Emmerson Is Friday P. M. Speaker Questions of Public Policy Affecting Farmers to Have Consideration. UESTIONS of public policy in Q cluding taxation, good roads, re- apportionment of the legislature, the gas .tax, drivers’ license law, rural school improvement and other will be considered both at the Public Relations Conference on Thursday afternoon and at the afternoon. session on Friday, January 30. Governor Louis L. Emerson wil speak at the luncheon on Friday, where rep- resentatives of state-wide organizations and others will be guests. Resolutions defining the policies of the organization to be followed in the coming year will © be threshed out and adopted at the close of this: session. First Appearance The governor’s appearance at the an- nual luncheon will be his first since taking office, before a meeting of the association. In his recent biennial *mes- sage to the legislature, Governor Em- merson touched on.many important is- sues.. He made a definite recommenda- tion on the reapportionment issue, sug- gesting representation by population in the state senate, and territorial repre- sentation in the house. This is a plan similar to that in use in most states having large metropolitan areas, namely New York, Pennsylvania and Califor- nia, and one favored by farmers. He asked that the present plan of distribut- ing gas tax money be left undisturbed so that the state-wide road building program now underway can be com- pleted. The present depression in the field of agriculture, according to Dr. W. J. Spillman of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, will continue as long -as, acreage of wheat and cotton continues to expand at a rate faster than the in- crease in the demand. » 4 Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1931 TENTATIVE PROGRAM SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASS'N. HOTEL ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS JANUARY 29-30, 1931 Thursday Forenoon—January 29, 1931 Majestic Theatre 9:00 a.m. Community Singing. 9:15 a.m. Invocation - Rev. H. H.. Pittman Springfield. 9:30 a.m. Address of Welcome - A. W. Hillier President Springfield Chamber of Commerce Pawnee Quartet. 9:45 a.m. President’s Address - Earl C. Smith _ 10:45 a.m. Report of Secretary - G. E. Metzger - Appointment of Committees. 11:30 a.m. Report of Treasurer - R. A. Cowles Report of Credentials Committee. Thursday Afternoon—January 29, 1931 1:15 p.m. Organization Conference — Ban- quet Room, Leland Hotel. Public Relations Conference — Y. W.C. A. Building. Marketing Conference—Ball Room, Abraham Lincoln Hotel. Speaker, Geo. S. Milnor, Chicago, - General Manager, Farmers | National Grain Corp. , Financial Business Service Confer- ence—Sangamo Club.: Home and Community Conference —Palm Room, Abraham Lincoln Hotel. District Caucuses and Conferences. 11th District — Nomirate member of I. A. A. Board to succeed H.C. Vial. 12th District—Conference. 13th District — Nominate of I. A. A. Board to C. E. Bamborough. 14th District—Conference. 15th District — Nominate of I. A. A. Board to A. N. Skinner. 16th District—Conference. 17th District — Nominate of I. A. A. Board to Geo. J. Stoll. 18th District—Conference. 4:00 p.m. member succeed member succeed member succeed 19th District — Nominate member of I. A. A. Board to succeed —~C, J. Gross. 20th District—Conference. 21st District — Nominate member of J. A. A..-Board to succeed Samuel Sorrells. 22nd District—Conference 23rd District — Nominate member of I. A. A. Board to succeed ‘W. L. Cope. 24th District—Conference. 25th Distriet — Nominate member of I. A. A. Board to succeed Fred Dietz. Thursday Evening—January 29, 1931 Annual Banquet—Arsenal, 6:30 P. M. Music by Orchestra and Pawnee Four. Presiding - - - - - President Earl C. Smith Introduction of Guests. Address - - - - -.- Alexander Legge Chaifman of Federal Farm Board - Address - - - - - Business Session. Election of Officers. Friday Morning—January 30, 1931 Majestic Theatre 9:30 a.m. Music. 3 ~ Report of Convention Conferences. Reading of Resolutions. (Action deferred.) 11:15 a.m. Address—“Business Administra- tion” - - - J. Frank Grimes Chicago, President Independent Grocers Alliance Friday Afternoon—January 30, 1931 Annual Luncheon—Arsenal Presiding - President Earl C. Smith Music—Orchestra. Introduction of Guests. Address - Gov. Louis L. Emmerson ‘ Business Session of Delegates. New Business. Adjournment. Mrs. Chas. Sewell, A.F.B.Fs. | i f y 630, LLLP January, 1931 V.G-/0 ‘THEI. A.A. RECORD . Page Five Who Paid the Hotel Bill? Farmers Ask Commenting on the “rump meeting”’ held in the Great Northern Hotel early’ in. December (see December REC- ORD), Bill Stahl of the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corp. observes’ that: “While the Farmers National Grain Dealers’ Association was meeting in one Chicago hotel, another meeting was being -held at another Chicago hotel. It was significant that those who called this meeting had abandoned the use of the letterheads of the Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association of Illinois and de- scribed themselves as the Farmers Ele-, vator General Committee. “Presumably ‘to attract a crowd which failed to materialize, the Farm- ers Elevator General Committee an- nounced- that Senator Norbeck of South Dakota and Senator-elect Lewis of Illinois had been invited to speak. Neither appeared. A third. expected speaker, Will Zurbucken of Dodge. City, .Kansas; also failed to appear. And thereby hangs a tale. “Mr. Zurbucken attended a meeting : of the same group at Mason City, Ia., a few weeks ago. He now makes afh- davit that he was invited to attend the: Mason, City meeting by an employe of an independent grain commission firm in Kansas, with the assurance that all his expenses for the trip would be borne by the old-line firm. He states further in his affidavit that the promise was ‘kept and that he has been reimbursed in cash for all his expenses on the trip from his home to Mason City. “Prior to the Chicago meeting Mr. Zurbuckén received a letter from one of the spokesmen for the Farmers Ele- vator General Committee inviting him to speak at the Chicago meeting.. In this letter it was suggested to Mr. Zur- bucken that ‘I hope you will be able to stir -up some interest and make a survey by telephone or otherwise, to get in touch with some of the right kind of fellows who will be coming up to the Live Stock Show, and who no doubt: would be interested in attending our afternoon and evening session on Monday.’ “Included with the letter was a sug- gested outline for the speech that Mr. Zurbucken did not make. ported that such a speech was delivered at the meeting, but Mr. Zurbucken neither delivered it nor authorized it. “It is reported also that ten rooms were reserved at the Chicago hotel for expected guests that did not arrive. “Who paid the hotel bill? ‘“Who maintains the offices of the Farmers Elevator General Committee at Bloomington, IIl.? oi p= It-.is re- © HON. LOUIS L. EMMERSON — _NOTICE OF ANNUAL »MEETING OF ILLINOIS. AGRICULTURAL HOLD- ING COMPANY Take notice that .the annual meeting of the stockholders of Illinois Agricultural Holding Company will be held on Wednes- day, the 28th day of January, 1931, at the hour of 11 o’clock a. m., at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm “the report of the board of directors of the company for the fiscal year ending Decem-- ber 31, 1930; and to consider and, if ap- proved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the company; and for the transaction of such further and other busi- ness as may properly come before the meet- ing. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1931. GrorceE F. Tuttock, Secretary. “Who pays for the mailing and print- ing of propaganda? “Who pays the salaries, if any, of the active office and field staff? “None of these expenses are paid by the Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association of Illinois, according to its officials. Nor is the program sponsored by the Farmers ‘Elevator General Committee in line with the resolutions adopted as set out above by the Farmers Grain Dealers’ Association.” Dr. Craig Speaker For Serum Ass’n. Meet The Illnois Farm Bureau Serum Asso- ciation announces that Dr. R. A. Craig, veterinary from Purdue University, will be the principal speaker at its coming annual meeting at Springfield, Wednes- day, January 28. Dr. Craig. will dis- cuss—“‘Swine Diseases.”’ The meeting is called for 10:00 a. m., The husiness session will Le held in the afternoon. i 90C495 “Tug” Wilson Speaker State Baseball League ENNETH L. “TUG” WILSON, director of athletics at North- western University and one of the lead- ing college coaches in the middle west, will address the annual meeting of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball. League at Springfield Wednesday morning, Janu- ary 28. Mr. Wilson telegraphed his acceptance of the engagement from ' Florida. “Tug” Wilson has many friends in downstate Illinois. His former home was at Atwood in Piatt county. Wil- son attended the University of Illinois, where he won high honors in track. He was named the best all-around man in sports during his senior year in 1920. After graduating from the College of Agriculture he took coaching work and assisted in the U. of I. athletic de- partment for several years before going to Drake University, Des Moines, where he held a position similar to the one he now holds at Evanston. Delegates, players, managers and fans from the 31. counties having. organ- ized Farm Bureau ‘baseball teams will gather for the annual convention. ‘A Good Year The I. A. A. finance department re- ports. that more members of the Illinois Agricultural Association paid their dues during 1930 than in any year since 1923. The net increase in membership for 1930 over 1929 was 4,519. The Rock Island County Farm Bu- reau recently passed a resolution favor- ing a permanent 4-H boys’ and girls’ club building on the State fair grounds. FARM BUREAU BASKETBALL A State Farm Bureau Basketball League with inter-county games lead- ing to a state championship tourna- ment has been suggested as a means of providing sport and recreation for farm boys and men, entertainment for young and old, during the winter. High school and community gym- nasiums can be obtained for regular practice and play. The cost of run- ning County Farm Bureau teams will be light. Expenses can be met by charging small admission fees to | games. Iroquois county is ready to go, providing other counties will bring out teams to furnish competition. Eligibility rules similar to those used in the Farm Bureau Baseball League are contemplated. — Get in touch with your County Farm Bureau office if you want a team, or write Department of In- formation, Illinois Agricultural Asso- | ciation, 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. ar aemmeennesemmer mena eee ~ aan Page Six | “s _THE I. A. A. RECORD 3 January, 1931 > Competition Between Meetings Wed., Jan. 28 Suggest County Delegations Ar- range for Representation at Each. oy eee will be plenty of competi- tion between the many allied or- ganizations and companies holding an- nual meetings and conferences on Wednesday, January 28. Most of the sessions on that day will be going on simultaneously and the delegate or visitor will be busy if he hopes to keep up with them all. . Produce Meeting In addition to the annual meetings and conferences held last year, the IIli- nois Produce Marketing Association, or- ganized in 1930, will hold its annual convention at 1:00 P. M. on this day. It is making a bid for a large attend- ance, and to that end has definitely scheduled Tom A. Borman, Chicago, the aggressive manager of the Beatrice Creamery Co. as one speaker, and tenta- tively scheduled John Brandt of St. Paul, president of the famed Land O’ Lakes Creameries, Inc. to address the meeting. The annual meeting of the State Farm Bureau Baseball League will hear K. L. “Tug” Wilson, popular athletic director at Northwestern University, and former University of Illinois athlete. Tug was reared in Piatt county, Ill. graduated from the agricultural -col- lege at Urbana, and is well known to many. downstate people. The baseball meeting will begin at 9:30 A. M. in the Abraham Lincoln Hotel. Serum: Meeting The State Farm Bureau Serum Asso- ciation meeting which opens at 10:00 A. M. will hear Dr. Craig, chief ,veter- inarian at Purdue University. The IIli- nois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass’n. has invited E. E. Crabtree, Jacksonville banker to address its meeting scheduled — for 10:00 A. M. The annual meeting of the Illinois , Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co., an- nounced elsewhere, is scheduled for this day. A general conference for Country Life Insurance Co. agents will be held in the morning, the annual meeting of the auto -insurance~company in the afternoon. The Illinois Farm Supply Co. will hold a conference for county supply company managers at 10:00 A.M. to which directors and county advisers are’ invited. Sam. Miller, Chicago, an ex- . perienced oil man will discuss ‘“‘Control- ling Shrinkage of Volatile Fuels.” - Fred Ringham is. expected to talk on ac- counting and explain the federal income tax law. MRS. CHAS. W. SEWELL Mrs. Sewell will speak at the annual banquet -Thursday night, January 29. Brea Mi A RL Ry hae Ph Blea RI SME AEN There is somewhere between one mil- lion and two million dollars in the banks in New York State awaiting rightful claiments, according to a re- cent statement by the State Department of New York. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION Notice is hereby given that the. annual meeting of the members of the Illinois Ag- ricultural Association will be held at the Majestic Theatre, in Springfield, Illinois, on the 29th day of January, 1931, at 9 o'clock a. m., for the following purposes: For the consideration and vote upon ap- proval and ratification of the reports of the president, secretary and treasurer of the as- sociation, and the acts of the board of di- rectors and officers in furtherance of the matters therein set forth, since the last an- nual meeting of the members of the asso- ciation. : ’ To approve, ratify and confirm the sev- eral purchases heretofore made by this as- sociation of stocks and evidences of indebt- edness of corporations whose activities will directly or indirectly promote agriculture or the interests of those engaged therein. To secure consent and authorization to acquire on behalf of this association, by purchase, certain stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations whose activi- ties will directly or indirectly promote agri- culture or the interests of those engaged therein. To elect eight members to the board of directors for. two-year terms. To elect a president and vice-president. To, consider any proposed amendment of... the articles of association or of the by-laws of the Illinois Agricultural Association as may be properly submitted. For the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Geo, E. Mertzcer, Secretary. Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1931. MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW Send in your reservations for rooms, banquet and luncheon tickets at once if you have not already done so. Members may get in touch with their local Farm Bureau offices, or else write direct: to the Sangamon County Farm Bureau, Springfield. Ask for Reduced Rates of Fare and One Half The I. A. A. Transportation De- partment has secured special rates of fare and one half for the round trip on nearly all the Illinois railroads, includ- ing the Illinois Traction System. ~The special rates are good from any point in Illinois, also from St. Louis, Mo., to Springfield. The New York Central Lines and the T. P. & W. alone stated that they didn’t secure enough trafic in former years to warrant mak- ing any concession. If the station agent refuses to sell a cut rate ticket, get a receipt when you pay your fare and then see a represen- tative of the I. A. A. transportation de- partment when you arrive at Spring- field. Legge Banquet Speaker (Continued from page 3) appear on the program at the general session Friday morning. The opening business session of the I. A. A. meeting, as in past years, will come on Thursday morning, Jan. 29, where the president, secretary and treasurer will report on the state of the association. Election of a president and vice-presi- dent,and of directors to succeed those whose terms expire, viz., H. C. Vial, C. E. Bamborough, A. N. Skinner, Geo. J. Stoll, C. J. Gross, Samuel Sor- rells, W. L. Cope, and Fred Dietz, will take place after the banquet on Thurs- day night. — Await State Commerce Commission Decision As we go to press the Illinois Com- merce Commission has not yet handed down its decision as to whether or not the Panhandle Illinois Pipe Line Com- pany is a public utility and therefore subject to the Illinois Public Utility Act. some time ago filed a brief with the . Commission holding that the business proposed to be transacted by the Com- pany does not constitute a public utili- ty service. ‘The Illinois Agricultural. Association ° a ~~ ee Ree ae ee Oe January, 1931 7 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven Knox County. Reports Large Membership “At this, the thirteenth annual meet- ing of the Knox County Farm Bureau, I am glad to report that the year 1930 has been one of our most successful years and shows the largest membership at 1,360 of any since the war period,” said Harry Gehring of Altona, president of the Knox County Farm Bureau, when he called the meeting in Gales- burg to order recently. “In reports that are to follow you will find that great progress has been made in. co-operative marketing; that several new projects have been added to our program and which have been carried through to a successful comple- tion.” You will find that the finances of the organization are very satisfac- tory,” said Mr. Gehring. “Your association is stronger today, as to membership, finances, loyalty and ability to do the jobs for which it was created than it has ever been before,” said Secretary Ira Moats of Maquon. -‘“More things are being accomplished each year and an increasing number of ‘ members are doing constructive work. Your organization has been especially favored through the years in its leader- ship. Your president, who occupies the chair today,-has served faithfully dur- ing a long period of years, in fact, rec- ords show that he has not missed a meeting of the board of directors since 1923,” | “In submitting my second annual report as your treasurer, I am pleased to announce that the organization is in the strongest financial condition that it has ever been during its thirteen years’ history,” said T. J. Sullivan of Gales- burg. “This is a result of the economy plan and the budget system followed _ by your board of directors.” His report showed that the net worth of the Knox County Farm Bureau is $15,667.01. Open Offices for Drouth Loans Field offices for handling loans to _ farmers in drought and storm areas will be established by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at St. Louis, Memphis, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Washington, D. C. he interest rates on all loans will be 5 per cent. Notes given by borrow- ers will be payable next fall when the 1931 crops mature and are’ marketed, the date of payment varying according to the marketing season in the’ ‘different sections. Each borrower will be re- quired to give a first lien on his 1931 crops. 'J. FRANK GRIMES CHICAGO Freeport-Dixon High Line Cases Settled N amicable settlement of claims for easements to land traversed by a high line between Freeport and Dixon was effected between officials of the Illinois Northern Utility Company and landowners represented by the Ste-+ phenson, Ogle and Lee County Farm Bureaus and the I. A. A. in Chicago on January 2. E. D. Alexander, president and gen- eral manager of the utility company, and Earl C. Smith, president of . the I. A. A., were the principals in nego» tiating terms of settlement. Compensation for easements and ac- tual land covered by towers or struc- tures. varied according to th. location of the land in question. A greater-al- lowance, for example, was made where a-line cut diagonally across a field than where the power line straddles or runs parallel to fences. John C. Watson, statistician-for the I. A. A., was named by both parties to appraise the land involved. Farm im- provements will be taken into consid- eration in. valuing the land. Eighty-. two. landowners in the counties of Lee, Ogle and Stephenson were involved in the settlemet. Logan Farm Supply Company recent- ly announced a 6% patronage refund to Farm Bureau members. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING ILLINOIS PRODUCE MAR- KETING ASS’N. Notice is hereby given of the first annual meeting of the Illinois Pro- duce Marketing Association to be held in the Sun Room of the Leland Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, 1 P. M,, January 28, 1931. This meeting is called for the pur- pose of electing a board of directors of fifteen members and transacting such other business as may come be- fore the meeting. (Signed) Claude J. Martin, Jan. 2, 1931. Secretary. ‘Wos es The daily farm program of the Illinois ‘Agricultural Association is broadcast from the I. A. A. offices over Station WJJD (274 meters), Chicago, between 12:15 and 12:30 P. M., Monday to Friday inclusive. Tune in and get the live stock mar- --kets, farm news, and economic in- formation. “A Marketing Program for 1931” will be the subject of an address from station WLS, Chicago, at 12:05 noon, January 26, by Secretary George Metz- ger. This talk will be one of a series on the subject of co-operative market- ‘ing. “Co-operative Marketing in Illinois” was the subject of a radio address by George Thiem, editor of the Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD, over the Columbia Broadcasting System ~ through Station WBBM, Chicago, at 12:45 p. m. Friday, January 16. “New Ideas in Marketing Farm Pro- duce” and “What Farmers Are Think- ing About” were subjects of 10-minute talks by Frank Gougler and George Thiem, respectfully, on the noon farm program from Station WGN, Chicago, recently. Tentative Program ILLINOIS PRODUCE MARKETING ASSN. ANNUAL, MEETING SUN ROOM, LELAND HOTEL SPRINGFIELD, ILL., JANUARY 28, 1931 1:30 P. M. Singing—Led by J. H. Checkley. Roll Call—Delegates. Nomination of Nominating Committee. Reading of Minutes of First Annual Meeting. Secretary-Treasurer’s---Report — Claude J. Martin. Progress Report—F. A. Gougler. Address—John Brandt, Pres., Land O’Lakes Creameries, St. Paul, Minn. Ll tacos Carroll, Menard coun- ty, Ill. ’ Address—Tom Borman, Manager, Beatrice Creamery Co., Chicago. Eulogy on the Dairy Cow—Clem Garton. A Dutchman’s Patriotic Speech—Uriah Len- drick, Report of Nominating Committee. Election of Officers, Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas ° announced recently: that he would in- troduce a bill providing for the regu- lation of the natural gas industry, in- cluding pipe lines, their rates, services, valuations, earnings and financing, and the quality of the commodity sold to the public by the Interstate Commerce Commission, ee ee A RL NEY Ne mm Ree «Ne tee Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1931 os 204 Attend State-Wide Grain Meeting, Peoria Report Progress Made by Farmers | Elevators in Co-Operating to Build Grower-Owned Mar- keting Agency ROUSING meeting of 204 farm- ers’ elevator officers, directors, managers, and grain producers gathered at Peoria, December 29 for the first state-wide meeting of the member ele- vators of the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion. It was the first opportunity any ele- vator officials had had to meet the per- sonnel of the Mid-West Grain Corp. and the Farmers National Grain B| Corp., who are ac- Pitively engaged in | selling grain on the terminal markets at Chicago, St. Louis, and Peoria. D. P. Moore of the Farm- s|ers National grain sales department, Chicago, and W. J. Chas. Cummings Niergarth, manager of the Farmers Na- tional St. Louis office, represented that organization. General Manager Charles P. Cummings of Chicago, George Mar- tin of St. Louis, and John Benson of _ Peoria represented the Mid-West Grain Corporation. Lyle Johnstone Opens Meeting G. C. Johnstone, president of the IIli- nois Grain Corp., opened the morning. . session. Harrison Fahrnkopf, secretary of the Illinois Grain Corp., cited the prog- ress that had been made in building the Illinois regional during the summer and fall. He said that 31 elevators had been fully certified and qualified for mem- bership, and that 8 to 10 more had applied for membership, but had not yet qualified under the Capper-Volstead Act. After a brief discussion of grain han- dling problems, Mr. Cummings pre- sented D. P. Moore of the Farmers Na- tional, a man long experienced in the _ grain business. Farmers National Man Speaks “The Farmers National controls 20,000,000 bushels of storage space and now has headquarters and facilities es- tablished on the principal grain markets of the country,” said Mr. Moore. “We plan to get into every grain market eventually, prepared to offer bids to consumers. ' “There are many conscientious and sincere old-line commission men in the grain business,” said Mr. Moore, “who have sought to givé the producer a fair NOTICE ELECTION OF DELEGATES ILLINOIS. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OTICE is hereby. given that in connec- tion with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the month of January, 1931, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Di- rectors of each respective County Farm, Bu- reau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureaus and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agri- cultural Association shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent such members of IIli- nois Agricultural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meeting or any special meeting of Association, ' in- cluding the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Asso- ciation. The following counties hold annual meet- ings during the month of January: Carroll, Cook, Douglas, Franklin, Whiteside, Greene, Fulton, Knox, Lake, McHenry, Woodford, Macon, Mercer, Peoria, Sangamon, Tazewell. Signed: G. E. METZGER, Secretary. Jan. 1, 1931. price for his grain. But there are some things the old-line commission men can- not do and the Farmers National is organized and prepared to improve con- ditions from the standpoint of the pro- ducer, that the individual commission man cannot improve. Honest commis- sion men recognize that there are con- ditions existing in the present system of handling grain that need correcting if the farmer is to get the most out of his grain, yet he recognizes that it is up to the farmer himself, through organi- zation and co-operation, if these con- ditions are to be corrected for the bene- fit of the producer of grain.” Sell 12 Months a Year ...-Mr. Moore called attention to the fact that frequently the first movement of the crop following harvest sells at a dis- count, that much of the first grain coming to market fails to bring what it’s worth. Grain is sold and used 12 months of the year, he said, and often there is too great a spread between the cash and future price. The larger ter- minal elevators make money because they are equipped to handle the grain and merchandise it orderly. This is exactly what the farmer must do for himself through co-operation to get all that the market affords for his produce. The opportunity of the grain pro- ducer lies in concentrating enough grain in the hands of his own agency, said the speaker, to place him in a position to ask for a price instead of accepting a price bid by the buyer. The. millers and processors of the country are in sympathy for the most part with co- -operative grain marketing because they want to see a stabilized price through- out the year. The flour mill doesn’t make money on low-priced wheat. It is chiefly interested in securing a satis- factory return for processing the grain. In fact amore stable price would elimi- nate the speculation in the business for the processor. and in turn benefit both the producer and the consumer. Earl Smith in Afternoon In the afternoon Earl C, Smith, presi- dent of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation, gave an in- teresting discussion reviewing the long continued pressure brought on the I. A. A. to become active in fostering a definite and effec- tive grain marketing program in Illinois. He told of the study and _ consideration given the problem over a _ period of years, and of the opportunity finally afforded through the Agricultural Mar- keting Act to present a definite recom- mendation which finally resulted in the Illinois Grain Corp. ° Mr. Smith..charged that enemies of co-operative marketing in Illinois ap- parently were deliberately misrepresent- ing the plan and set-up of the Illinois Grain Corp. to head off progress toward the concentration of volume in farmer- owned and farmer-controlled agencies. | “There is nothing in the plan or pro- gram of the Illinois regional which takes control of a local elevator away from its directors and stockholders,” he said. ‘“The plan merely provides for the concentration of volume in the hands of the farmer’s own sales agency. And if that feature is removed from co- operative marketing you have nothing left to justify its existence.” Round Table Discussion Technical problems involved in the buying and selling of grain were dis- cussed by Mr. Moore, Mr. Cummings, and others later in the afternoon. Mr. Moore stated that the visible supply of wheat was only 138,000,000 bushels, which is the lowest in the past 10 years. The meeting was thrown open to dis- cussion and many elevator managers took an active part in the program. Thirty-two elevators were represented by 28 elevator managers. J. C. Sailor, a director in the Cissna Park elevator, stated that the Mid-West Grain Corporation had obtained for him 4 price of 34 cents per bushel over the best bid the local elevator had at that time on a carload of wheat. “I realize,” said Mr. Sailor, “that our main objec- tive is not to get for the farmer only a few cents more a bushel, but never- theless I want to testify to this experi- ence which indicates that our own organization. can bid as much, or more than other handlers of grain.” Earl Smith tS v ’ lp Se > « ’ tl r’ fc d Cc V ib t! » 0 ’ ee l, 0 » F Cc 4 s ‘ c I t rf I ] ; 1 ( ( _tion abroad, Smith Tells of New Year’s Opportunities Sees Possibilities for Improvement: to Agriculture in Price Leveling Trend. | NOT only hope, but believe that 1931 will offer those engaged in the farming industry an opportunity for constructive advancement,” Presi- dent. Earl C. Smith declared in a re- cent New Year’s address from Station WLS; Chicago. “While 1930 has witnessed conditions that test the stamina and try the souls of men.and women,” he continued, “yet the developments of the past year largely constitute the basis for such optimism as I-hold for the early future. ‘Just now farm prices.are low, un- profitable to all except to the lowest cost producers. The industrial depres- sion, the weakened buying power of people in our consuming centers, the drastic decline in farm exports, excess production at home, increased produc- the continuing excessive costs of processing and distributing many farm products,: high taxes, high- priced.. credit and: lack of organized farmer bargaining power have all con- tributed to our present situation. Some of these’ we cannot help—others we can correct by working together. Disparity Is Cause “It is a well known and accepted fact that the difficulties of agriculture were largely caused by the disparity in exchange values between the products of the farm and those of other industry. “Throughout the years of effort put forth by. agricultural organizations, the farm press, and others speaking for agri- culture, it was repeatedly asserted that unless immediate and effective measures were enacted that were necessary to raise American agriculture to the arti- ficial levels being enjoyed by other eco- nomic groups, the nation would soon witness the equalizing of its respective conditions by developments similar to those realized during 1930. Economic laws cannot long be ignored or thwarted, and seem even now to be operating in that direction. “Although most agricultural com- modities have declined during 1930, I could quote a list of non-agricultural commodities that have declined a much greater percentage in price. While no constructive thinking citizen wants to see other interests in the throes of eco- nomic distress, yet after the many years of effort put forth by farm people to secure equality of opportunity, there is a certain amount of satisfaction in the realization that to a very large extent agriculture, other industry, and labor T. A. BORMAN Tom Borman, the genial but aggres- sive manager of the Beatrice Creamery Company, Chicago will address the an- nual meeting of the Lllinois Produce Marketing Ass’n. the afternoon of Jan- uary 28 at Springfield. are fast reaching a common level. “When such a basis is reached, much of the strife and misunderstanding that have existed between groups throughout recent, years will be automatically re-. then direct their forces toward a re- vival of interest and constructive effort ‘that should and will result in the early restoration of prosperity throughout the United States.” Relief Through Taxation “Possibly the greatest opportunity for immediate relief to agriculture lies in the field of taxation. The 57th Gen- eral Assembly of Illinois is convening today.. Farm and home owners of the state have for years been carrying a very unjust portion of the cost of government. . . “It is my belief that a very large portion of this unjust burden can be re- moved if those same farm and home owners will unite in and behind a con- structive tax measure designed to re- lieve this situation. While not at liberty to go into any details, I am glad to be able to say that important conferences have been and are taking place to this end and now seem certain to result in combined effort of constructive inter- ests to bring this about. Commodity Organization “Farm people are fast learning of the benefits that result from real commodi- ty organization. While many of. these organizations are in their infancy, yet much could be said relative to the in- creased income being realized from the sale of farm commodities and reduced costs of _ commodities purchased by farmers—all brought about by centrali- zation of effort resulting in increased Henderson Bureau Honors C. W. Cooper W. COOPER, president of the . Henderson County Farm Bureau for the past 10 years, and active on the board for the past 13 years, was guest of honor at a luncheon in Mon- mouth, December 20. Forty-seven of his associates, including directors, Farm Bureau members and their wives, as- sembled to honor Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and express the gratitude of the organi- zation for their faithful service. Mr. Cooper was presented with a Hamilton watch and chain, and Mrs. Cooper a leather purse and basket of roses. Carl A. Johnson, Henderson County Farm Bureau president, served as toast- master. R. J. Hamilton, district or- ganization manager, gave a short talk complimentary to Mr. Cooper and his work. Farm Adviser Ernest D. Walker led in group singing, Mrs. Walker gave a reading. “Mr. Cooper was a member of the original organization committee of our Farm Bureau,” writes Mr. Walker, ‘‘and has served continuously as a director since its organization 13 years ago. For the past ten years Mr. Cooper has acted a ANE sega id chcald ; as, president and despite the fact that moved. interests can and sho there are 25 miles of dirt road between his farm and the office, during that time he missed but two directors’ meet- ings—once on account of jury Service and once when snowbound. “In that time Mr. Cooper estimates that he drove 7,000 miles to attend regular meetings to say nothing of spe- cial sessions and extra work. His faith- fulness has been an inspiration to the other board members and of great value to the Farm Bureau.” bargaining power. “In closing, may I again repeat that such optimism as I hold for the imme- diate future lies mostly in the field of opportunity for farmers. Results will be obtained just to the extent farmers have and increasingly become organiza- tion conscious and through organization take advantage of their opportunities.” Two-Day Conference Of Agents, Feb. 9-10 A state-wide two-day conference for Country Life Insurance Company agents has been scheduled for February 9 and 10 at Bloomington. A full two-day program of business, instruction, and entertainment in the general Farm Bureau insurance program is being arranged. Uncle Ab says books have some advantages over persons; one can always shut up a book. Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD anuar 1931 INOIS courtniy ASSOCIARION CORD™ To edvence-4b6 no pa which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the ‘nation, and to-develop agriculture, Editor, George Thiem Published once. a month by the Illinois Agricultural Association, at 124 So. Fifth St., Marshall, Ill>Adress all communications for publi- cation to Editorial Office, 608 "So. Dearborn St. ., Chicago, Ill. Entered - second-class matter oe 16, 1930, at the og office at Marshall, under the Act of March 3 1879. Accepted r mailing at special rate > postage provided for in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment’ of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record, Post- master: In returning an uncalled for missent copy, please indicate key number on address as is reduines ae . President, Earl C, ESE is ae ae Detroit Vice-President, - R. Wright. AMOR ESS | Secretary, 7. ag — 09 RAS ikapobatnacmeneieisie ......Chicago Treasurer, R. A. "CoWleS.e.ennneccennn dee EE Bloomington BOARD OF DIRECTORS (By pinches District) Dst to 21 three nnn nee ceeneeneseeeneneteneneneneeneee-eeeeeeeH, C, Vial, Downers Grove OR iss ps comassiainescvene aeeeseenenenseeseecencereesecerereeeeeceeeeG, F, Tullock, Rockford 13th... inns ..-----C, E, Bamborough, Polo ech asain ci diet sis oek dbcqeictncsnemnbena secaaieiauaeerin semanas M. G. Lambert, Ferris 15th.. .A. N. Skinner, Yates City 16th... Geo. B. Muller, Washington 17th... rinse saiiansanes Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 18th...... suleintacitscciaaceimesdempinestemeenouivegecaglasehsnsnbiiaeaan tk A. 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Illinois Grain Corp. ....--...------.----nencesennentesenseneennee Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. Midwest Grain Corp......-......----.---------------- Chas. P. Cummings, Gen’l. Mgr. Soybean Marketing Assn.......-.-2-.----------:--e0-c-snnsneesenenemneee--Je H. Lloyd, Mgr. Ten Years From Now coop place to get an estimate of the ac- complishments and value of your organiza- tion is at its annual meeting. The coming I. A. A. convention at Springfield, Jan. 28-29-30 will pre- sent a cross section of the work of organized far- mers in Illinois. It will reflect the interests and thinking of that portion of the state’s agricultural population which believes that organized effort is the way to economic and social progress. Your elected officers and directors who are charged with responsibility for carrying on the varied activities authorized by you, want to make the organization responsive to the will of the membership. Ample opportunity will be offered at the coming meeting for every member to voice his opinions and convictions, to help direct the future policies of the association. Vision balanced by sound thought must always precede achievement whether ,the enterprise is private or co-operative. If the Illinois Agricultural Association has more accomplishments to its credit than most organizations of like nature, a large part of the credit rightfully goes to the foresight- edness and courage of those who more than a dec- ade ago gave it a sound set-up, character, and mo- mentum. . The degree of courage, the kind of thinking, and the type of co-operative action shown by the membership today will largely determine the kind of an organization you will have five or ten years from now. Irrigation Farming Declines 1 ao from the Department of Commerce on irri- gation in the western states réveal interesting trends during the past 10 years. As a result of the widespread agricultural depression which began in 1921, many of the irrigation enterprises, which were initiated before, during, and directly after the war, show a decided decrease in the area irrigated. The figures indicate that because of low farm prices it became unprofitable to farm much of this semi-arid and arid land in the western states. ' When farm prices become high literally millions of acres of western land can be brought into production and farmed to swell the surplus. This is exactly what happened as a result of the unusual price stimulation brought on by the world war. Moreover once new areas are brought under the plow they are allowed to go back to pasture or waste” land very slowly. This-is one of the reasons production has been maintained on a comparatively-high level during the last decade. Editorial of the Month Made a Mistake We believe that the city council made a mistake Mon- day evening in joining the cities that are demanding one- third of the gasoline tax. The governor of the state has requested that the present distribution of the tax be. not disturbed. To give the cities what they demand will upset the entire program of road improvement and may seriously affect contracts already entered into with the idea that the tax will stand. Furthermore, we believe that the business interests of Galesburg demand better roads from the country into the city, and it was the design to give the unpaved country roads the benefit of the tax until such time at least as there is a reasonable amount of improvement. There are in this county hundreds of farmers who are still remote from paved roads and who find entrance to the cities and towns of the county hard when the roads are muddy and bad. It is to the business and commercial interest of the city that it be as accessible as possible. We were hoping that the city council would ‘show a more friendly and generous spirit toward the country com- munity than is manifested by many of the cities of the state. The demand for a part of the tax is based largely on selfish motives, and we do not believe that the council really deliberated much over the spirit of the formal reso- lution that was evidently sent here from outside for it to pass on.—Register-Mail, Galesburg. > 4) Chicago Milk Shippers Take Reduction in Price Quart Charge Drops to 13c, Pro- ducers Realize Necessity for Checking Production. HICAGO milk shippers will re- ceive a cut in price from $2.67 to $2.32 per 100 pounds f. o. b. coun- try points for all fluid milk sold in Chi- cago, according to a decision announced by Dr. Clyde L. King of Philadelphia who was called in by officials of the Pure Milk Association and the organ- ized dealers. Dr. King, who is official arbitrator recognized by the Pure Milk Associa- tion and Chicago dealers announced his decision following a reduction from 14 to 13 cents per quart for retail milk. Pint bottles remain at 8 cents. It is calculated that the reduction, effective on New Year’s day, will result in a loss of more than $15,000 a day to the milk industry at Chicago. “Surplus milk” will be computed on the basis: of current. Chicago butter quotations with an allowance for skim milk as heretofore announced. ° Labor Takes No Cut No portion of the expense of reduc- ing the Chicago milk price is assumed by the wagon drivers, according to Union officials, since their contract pro- viding for a minimum wage scale of $51 a week does not expire until May, 1932. It is reported that other cities close to Chicago are following the re- tail price cut of one cent a quart. The spread between what the farmer gets and what the consumer pays on the Chicago market is greater than at most markets of the country. Part of this is due to the fact that union labor in Chicago is highly organized, also to the fact that Chicago is a high-priced city with proportionate high costs for service. Misleading newspaper reports stated that at the Milwaukee market farmers receive $2.50 per 100 pounds for their » milk, although the retail price dropped on January 1 to 10 cents a quart. The $2.50 price, according to officials of the Pure Milk Association, is a delivered at Milwaukee price for only about 50 per cent of the milk going to market. The country price for this portion is $2.25 per cwt., and the surplus is computed on its butterfat content. Thus the pool price to the Milwaukee shipper. is con- siderably less than $2.25, lying some- where between $1.60 per cwt. and $2.25. Members of the Pure Milk Associa- tion are accepting the cut realizing that it was necessary to take drastic measures to reduce the ever-growing surplus. January, 1931 more THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY Take notice that the annual meeting of the members. of Illinois Agricultural Mu- tual Insurance Company will be held on Wednesday, the 28th day of January, 1931, at the hour of 1 o'clock p. m., at the Abraham Lincoln Hotel, Springfield, Illinois, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the board of=directors of the-company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1930; and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the- acts and proceedings of the: board of directors done and taken since the last annual meet- ing of the members of the company; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 1, 1931. Georce F, Tuitock, Secretary. A Reply to Dr. Poole “TJ note in the December number of I. A. A. RECORD a letter from Dr. Poole of Missouri which has some very good suggestions in it. Farmers have purchased too many tractors, it is true, but Doctor, do you think you got the best diagnosis of your case? Don’t you think you should have given the high- powered salesman the combing he de- serves, and manufacturing brains credit for the construction of machinery that has relieved millions of doing hard la- bor. If farmers follow your advice we will soon be back to tallow candles and mud roads, and we all say never again. “If you are an up-to-date physician, as I am sure you are, you have changed with progress, as we have, “You speak about our Farm Supply Co. ‘advertisement, ‘Know Your Oil as Well as Your Soil.’ All our petroleum products are purchased direct from the refinery in such quantities as to get very lowest prices consistent with high quality. Now here is the point I want you to get and I am sure you will think we are doing just what should be done for Farm Bureau members. “Every dollar of net profit made from co-operative purchasing of petro- leum products belongs to the Farm Bu- reau member, and this is retained in the county and placed in circulation at home. Most other companies take their profits out of the state. We procure home men as managers, and truck driv- ers, and while many counties now op- erating are making 100 per cent net profit on capital stock each year, we keep this profit at home. “You mentioned you were asked to buy our preferred stock. Those who have purchased know they always get their interest promptly and now prefer it to bank stock or even stock in Wall Street, and so our preferred stock is al- ways at par.” C. E. Carrier, Piatt County, Ill. Soybean Ass’n. to Hold Annual Meeting in Feb. Se annual meeting of the Soybean Marketing Association will be held Wednesday, February 25, at Decatur, announces President John W. Arm- strong. In a recent letter to leaders in the soybean co-operative, Mr. Armstrong requested the various county units to hold their local annual meetings where the advisory councilmen (five council- men to be elected by the members, and two appointed by the County Farm Bureau) and the delegate or delegates to the annual meeting should be elected. The Committee on Arrangements for the annual meeting of the Soybean As- sociation is composed of J. F. Probst, chairman; Harry E. Pickrell and‘ V. C. Swigart. The Credentials Committee consists of Dwight Hart, chairman; John Albright and M. D. Tomlin. Ask for Boys’ and | Girls’ Club Building “Because of the constant growth and interest in 4-H boys’ and girls’ club work in the State of Illinois, whose members are the future farmers of to- morrow,” the Macon County Farm Bu- reau. Executive Committee recently voted their endorsement of the follow- ing resolution: ' ““We, the officers and members of the Macon County Farm Bureau, would like to see a permanent structure erected at the State Fair Grounds to take care of the housing of these members. and their live stock exhibits. “As it now is, they have no perma- nent quarters for their animals or per- manent living quarters for themselves. They are, therefore, greatly inconven- ienced from the standpoint of housing animals, from showing, from the social and educational activities which accom- pany 4-H club work at the State Fair. “In the past ten years the 4-H clubs have shown a most remarkable growth in the State of Illinois and we feel that due to the fact that they have not had permanent quarters, that in the coming year consideration should be given to the erection of permanent housing quarters for this fast growing division of the Illinois State Fair. “Respectfully submitted by the “Macon County Farm Bureau, “Signed, A. P. McIntosh, Sec’y.” Wisconsin dairy “herd improvement association members mark the cows that prove unprofitable in their herds by a triangular ear mark. They want to avoid buying the animals back when the cow should be slaughtered. ‘ Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1931 Hope for Reassessment Personal Property in Cook Local Real Estate Taxpayers Fight to Make Personal Property ¢ Carry Part of Tax Load. Alaa declaring that the Illinois Tax Commission will exer- cise every power it has under the statutes to bring about an adequate as- sessment of personal property for 1930 in Cook county, was issued by Chair- man William H. Malone recently: The commission denied the request of the Association of Real Estate Taxpay- ers in Cook County for a reassessment of personal property as of April 1, 1929, on the ground that such an order would cause a breakdown in lo- cal government, ‘since 1929 taxes are collectible on April 1. Sufficient time does not remain to complete a reassess- ment by that date, the commission said. Legislation Needed “It is apparent to the commission and to its advisory committee,” the state- ment continued, “that additional legis- lation will be necessary in order to make this result possible; and the com- mission and its advisory committee will give its assistance in the preparation of the necessary bills to be submitted at the present session of the legislature.” It is understood that Hayden Bell, attorney for the Cook County Board of Commissioners, and I. T. Greenacre will assist in drafting the necessary bills for this legislation. In the meantime, the tax commission and its advisory com- mittee will immediately begin the work of mapping out steps that can be taken toward bringing about an equitable re- assessment of personal property in Cook county. — Wm. H. Malone — Ohio Makes ’Em Pay Part of the legislation desired is a modern assessment blank for personal property, such as is used in Ohio. In Cincinnati and Cleveland about 25 per cent of the total tax revenue is ob- tained from personal property.. Only half that percentage is obtained in Chi- cago. At a recent hearing before the state tax commission Harry C. Cutmore, di- rector of the Cook county real estate reassessment, charged that personal property in Cook county is now assessed by -payrollers and job holders who make their appraisals while sitting on their stools in the county building. “If any- one set out deliberately to do the worst kind of a job of assessing personal prop- erty, he would arrive at something like the present situation we have in Cook county,” said Cutmore. It is urged by tax students that the . board of assessors and board of review in Cook county be abolished, that an expert appraiser be employed to make: original assessments, and that a review- ing group having well defined and lim- ited powers be selected. Wm. H. Malone Quits As State Tax Chief —_———_ A° we go to press newspaper dis- patches announce the resignation of Chairman William H. Malone of the state tax commission. Illinois farmers will regret the loss of Mr. Malone’s services to this impor- tant office. He made a record for fair- ness and honesty in administering the tax laws of the state. Orders of re- assessment issued by the tax commis- sion during recent years have been ef- fective in equalizing property values in many downstate counties. The cour- ageous order of reassessment issued in Cook county was credited with smash- ing the tax fixing racket which had held’ full sway for many years. Chair- man Malone and his associates invari- ably gave the Farm Bureau tax com- mittees and I. A. A. representatives a courteous hearing. Omer Custer, former state treasurer from Galesburg, is being prominently mentioned as Mr. Malone’s successor. More Dividends Paid To Bureau Members The Tri-County Oil Company, Mon- mouth, recently paid a 10% patronage dividend and declared a special 5% patronage refund to be paid at a later date. Five hundred and thirty-nine Farm Bureau members received an aver- age of $22.66, or a total of $12,215.27. The Peoria County Service Company paid an 8% patronage refund to Farm Bureau members and has declared an- other special patronage refund of 8% to. be paid in the future. More than $12,000 will be returned to Farm Bu- reau member patrons of this company. The DeWitt County Service Com- pany recently declared an annual pat- ronage refund of 5% to be paid during the present fiscal year. A bill was recently introduced in the Massa- chusetts legislature providing for an automobile insurance company managed and controlled by the state im competition with private companies. Too Much Local Gov’t. | Held Cause High Taxes ‘Tax Commissioner Tells How. New York State Equalized Tax Load‘ cc] N my opinion we have too much local government — too many units of local government—and too many local officials spending our money.” This is the way Mark Graves, New York state tax commissioner summarized his reasons for high taxes in a recent address before the American Farm Bureau Federation at Boston. *‘Just because our forefathers a few generations ago established a certain system of local government constitutes no reason why it should therefore re- main unchanged,” he said. ‘“‘We per- form no part of the work on our farms today as our grandfathers did. Times © have changed. Methods of transacting business have changed and methods of farming have changed. Pure Extravagance “Just as certainly then methods of transacting governmenal business should change, and the machinery of government should be altered accord- ingly. Specifically I wish to be under- stood as saying we have many small, poor, insignificant units of local gov- ernment—towns, villages, and especial- ly school districts and some counties— which we can ill afford to maintain and which it is pure extravagance to con- tinue. It is not too early to give heed to this condition. the state to equalize taxes to meet. the necessary cost of government. No ob- ligation rests upon the state to pay any part of the cost of an unnecessary agency or unit of government.” Mr. Graves discussed in detail the ‘ measures taken by the New York state legislature to make possible the equali- zation of rural and urban taxes. A review of a period of 12 years in se- lected typical counties revealed, he said, that the increase in the tax load’ has been two and one-half times as great in the purely rural communities as in wealthy populous counties. Highways and Schools “We found that most of the increase was due to highway and school ex- penses,” he continued. “Having local- ized the cause we then proceeded to devise methods of securing a better equalization of the cost of highways and schools.- This program embraced several pieces of legislation.” Uncle Ab says that persons who differ with us may be just as good as we are, at that! It is the duty of - ‘ > 4) e od 4) > \) > 4 « “~ ¥ ¢ ® a, Ce TWO YEARS OF/ACCOMDLISAMENT OUR PLACE IN TE SUN Dividend schedule d@lared—resulting in lowest net cost. Largest first yeag® business on record | —nearly 12,00Q@folicies issued in 1929. Largest secog@f year’s business on rec- ord—moregnan 13,000 polities issued in 1930. Lowest@apse record for the second year of angcompany—more than 95% pajglf prep#fums promptly. Dgath rate only 26% of expegf€d rate Ath $38,000,000 paid busipg#s in force. High interest earning#” on invested funds. 1930 total assetg@fiore than $625,000* 1929 assets 245,000 Increasegf - - + $380,000, or Over O total reserves in ex- cessof - - - - -' — Hatrison Fahrnkopf Inform ation .-a son. 2a ance cen nnni enn ee nnn ent ene George Thiem Insurance Service ...——---------e-----n-neeeeeeeeeee eee neem Ws ~Vaniman Legal Counsel............-—-----.--_-----.-----—-—-------. Donald. Kirkpatrick Limestone-Phosphate~....—..-_-----——----—-» —-—--——--------——- +--+ J. R. Bent Live Stock Marketing...-_.-.__--_-___._.- -____________--_—... Ray’ E. Miller OPEN D oicipitnenrni cde ess eect incnenntininpacheripninibcsmpewanopemmnnsyanisinieenaconeneiaa ian Johnston Organization --—-nnn- mene nea E. Metzger Produce Marketing....—-......-.--2t--:---------~.---------—-_-+-~------.-F, “A. Gougler Taxation and NES ARIES CRIES POT j. C. Watson Trams portation canoe esas ences a canna nesaenerrperwceees L. J. Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co...—.--......-_-— _L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co,_....... .-J. a neck , { 500,000 of taxes dué on real estate in Cook county for the year 1928 still is umcollected and much of it is uncollectible. ; “Then look at this other. situation for a moment for it is nearer home to you.~~Cook county owes the state approximately $17,000,- 000, which, under ordinary conditions, should have been paid over long ago. The unpaid balance of. 1928 taxes’ due by the middle of 1929, but still not received by the-~ state, amounts to.a\total of approximately $4,000,000. Of the 1929 taxes, which should have been collected and paid in by the middle of last year, a total of $13,000,000 is due. Funds Are Short “What does this mean to the state of Illi- nois? “It means that the General Revenue Fund as short $6,182,015. “Tt means that the University of Mlinois fund is skort $1,546,895. “It means that the moncy paying: interest and retirement of the Soldiers’ Bonus Bonds is short $2,533,788. “It means that the money for the payment of interest and retirement of Waterway Bonds is short $730,669. ~~’ “It means that the short $464,668. : “Without special -appropriation from the General Assembly, and special legislation, the state would have to default on its obligations on Waterway and Soldiers’ Bonus bonds, The work of the university and the activity of state departments are threatened by tke shortage .of funds resulting from the failure of Cook coun- ty to turn in the amount of maney due from it.” ‘Blind Relief Fund is During the course of his remarks the Gov=7~T ernor took occasion to criticize the Association for ‘its refusal to support the proposed \ tax amendment after it kad been seriously amended / in the House. . Reapportionment Plan | After discussing the plan of representation in the legislature followed in such states as New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware,, New Jersey, Montana.and South Caroli d where the populous’ counties have limited re 07 io ob in one house or the other, the governor said: “The suggestion is’ made, (therefore, that full representation be allowed Cook county: on the basis of population in one House of a 7 Page Eleven the General Assembly and that the number in the other House be limited to approximately its present membership. in that House. This could in no way~injure Chicago, for Cook county mem- bers. would always be in control of one branch of the legislature and could thus check any legislation ‘which was not considered best for the city or county. At the same timé, Cook county members could not force on the state any measure which downstate members felt was unjust or unwise for the communities outside of Cook county. It is a balance of power ‘which seems ‘reasonable and just. “Chicago members cannot be expected jto be conversant with conditions on the farms and with the smaller communities throughout Illi+ nois. It is not reasonable to suppose that the welfare of the entire state would be advanced by permitting Cook county members of the legislature to decide every question which came before thé~General Assembly, regardless of its interest or lack of interest to Cook county. Amend Constitution ' “It seems t6 me, therefore, that the way to settle the’ reapportionment question is ‘by 4 constitutional amendment which will make pos- sible this balance of. power. I am in favor of Chicago having the greatest possible measure of home rule. I recognize that its problems in many instances are ite different from the problems of the downstate and* that wherever possible the people /of Chicago should be per- mitted ’ these questions themselves’ to de without downstate interference. ‘Consider Fairly Ke other hand, I. do not believe that the by ann of Chicago can reasonably expect tke downstate. to turn over: to them all of the _functions of state government. **As, in the case of revenue reform, this serir ous ‘question of proper representation must be considered fairly and justly. As long as Chi- cago and downstate leaders continue to_ be arbitrary, no solution is possible and Chicago will continue to have only one- -third~of the representation in the two Houses of the Gen- eral Assembly. This is a mere statement of fact and not an expression of opinion. {| “With sound tax reform, we can do justice to the property owner and with the. solution of the, question of reapportionment, the -prin- cipal bone of contention between Chicago and the’ downstate will have. beer removed.” NOTIC ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ELECTION OF DELEGATES ° ASSOCIATION OTICE is hereby given’that in connec- tion with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be keld during the months of February and March, 1931, at the hour‘and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureatis and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agricultural Association shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Agricultural Association and vote on all matters before-the next annual meeting or any special meeting of Association, in- cluding the election of’ officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Asso- ciation. uring February annual meetings will ,be held im~Mason, Tazewell,; Will, and DeKalb counties. During March annual meetings will be held in Kankakee, McDonough, Boone, and Winnebago counties. Signed: G. E. METZGER, Secretary. “February 9, 1931, 2700 HEAR PROGRAM FOLLOWING BANQUET IN STATE ARSENAL AT SIXTEEN AMONG the guests seated at the speaker’s table at the banquet where Mr. Legge and Mrs. Sewell spoke were: Gov. Louis L. Emmerson; David, Shanahan, speaker, state house of representatives; Dean H. W. Mumford, College of Agriculture, University of Iilinois; A. W. Miller, president, Springfield Chamber of Commerce; Simon E. Lantz, ehairman, Agricultural Committee, State Senate; V. Y. Dallman, editor, Illinois State Register; Stuart E. Pierson, state director of agriculture; James L. Donnelly, execu- tive vice-president, Illinois Manufacturers Ass’n.; Geo. C. Jewett, vice-chairman, Congress Trust and Savings Bank; J. Paul ‘Clayton, president, Hlinois Chamber of Commerce; Osear E. Carlstrom, attorney general of Illinois; Logan Hay, of Springfield; J. C. Spitler, state leader of farm advisers; Homer J. Tice, chairman, Appropriations Committee, State Legislature; R. G. Soderstrom, president, Illinois Federation of Labor; Mrs. Henry J. Mies, president, Illinois Home Bureau Federation; Milton E. Jones,.manager, State Fair; J. M. Chilton, assistant general manager, Farmers National Grain Corporation; E. E. Crabtree, banker, Jacksonville; T. A. Borman, vice-preside Charles Ewing, president, National Live Stock Marketing Springfield; Floyd Keepers, Prairie Farmer; Roy Corzine, ch Agriculture State Legislature; former Lieutenant-Governor Louis Fitz Henry, Federal District Judge, Peoria; Samuel Bu Among the officials of Illinois co-operatives who sat dire table were: J. R.-Fulkerson, president, J. R. Montgomery, manager, St. Louis Producers Commission Ass’n.; H. H. Park manager, Chicago Producers Commission Ass’n.; G. C. Johnst Corporation; Carl A. Neureuther, secretary-treasurer, LaS E. W.'Tiedeman, president, Sanitary Milk Poduces Ass’n.; I. A. Madden, manager, Producers Dairy Company, Springfiel Jack Connery, manager, Quincy Co-Op. Milk. Producers; Ry SIXTEENTH ANNUAL I. A. A. MEETING, SPRINGFIELD, JANUARY 29, 1931 an, vice-president, Beatrice Creamery Co.; ock Marketing Ass’n.; Hal Smith, mayor of Roy Corzine, chairman, House Committee on atenant-Governor John G. Oglesby, Elkhart; eoria; Samuel Burnett, Federal Circuit Clerk. ves who sat directly in front of the speakers’ R. Montgomery, vice-president, H. D. Wright, ss’n.; H. H. Parke, president, D.: L. Swanson, an; G. C. Johnstone, president, Illinois Grain -treasurer, LaSalle-Peru Producers Ass’n.; Poduces Ass’n.; J. F. Greenwood, president, mpany, Springfield; John B. Peters,. president, k- Producers; Ryland Capron, president, Wil- fred Shaw, manager, Illinois Milk Producers Ass’n., Peoria; D. J. Blickinstaff, president, Archie McIntosh, manager, Decatur Milk Ass’n.; Ewald S. Diemer, secretary-manager, Pontiac Milk Producers Ass’n.; W. C. McQueen, Chicago, president, Pure Milk Ass’n.; Fred Shipley, manager, Champaign County Milk Producers; Harold Enns, president; Forrest Fairchild manager, McLean County Milk Producers; 0. B. Goble, president, Dlinois Farm Bureau Serum saat aul = ites al om sate. rae ae as e Perio emtgay Shah tiag i. igs ~ 12 o_. > oe ell ao wal. et oo ee —_—_er O FRAT on sp Qa BWwe OQ. Am. o hy 3 tl oO 1 ee > eres Peas Zhe ey " '$217, and a ers which contributed to the downfall of town lot baseball. “When such a situation is fostered,” he said, “baseball Becomes a contest of money, not one between the youth of one community or county and that of another section. Your Responsibility “To keep the sport clean that it may teach honesty and sportsmanship while providing wholesome recreation is of far greater importance than the results of any one game or series of games,” he conitinued. “The future of the league lies largely in the hands of you men who make up this group. Unless you who are charged with the lezder- ship and management of the teams tol- low a high code of ethics; unless you decide controversies fairly and on their merits alone; unless you practice the golden rule in dealing with rival teams, certainly nothing more than that can be expected of the younger players.”’ The treasurer’s report showed receipts during 1930 of $220, disbursements of balance on hand of $318.17. Representatives from Douglas, Ken- dall and Will counties who attended the meeting expressed interest in bringing Farm Bureau teams from their respec- tive counties into the League in the coming season. Delegates present who represented the various counties entered in the League are as follows: William Taylor, Carroll county Guy H. Husted, Cass county Victor Hershbarger, Champaign Co. R. P. Cothern, Ford county R. H. Clanahan, Greene county E. W. Matteson, Grundy county Otto Steffey, Henderson county J. R. Johnson, Henry county H. K. Johnston, Iroquois county H. R. Brunnemeyer, JoDaviess Co. T. J. Sullivan, Knox county Charles Wilson, LaSalle county Kelsye Baylor, Lee county Roy McKettrick, Livingston county Ross Quisenberry, Logan county Melvin Barclay, McDonough county W. B. Fitzgerald, McLean county Floyd Holmen, Macon county E. C. Mieher, Jr., Macoupin county L. J. Hager, Marshall-Putnam Co. Elmer Bradley, Menard county Gus Sammons, Montgomery county Harry Kumle, Morgan county Wm. Greenfield, Peoria county Harry D. Sweet, Sangamon county Tom Sager, Stark county John White, Tazewell county Theodore Stimpert, Woodford Co Uncle Ab says that whether old times or new ones are best, the only time we can do anything about is the present. Tells Producers to Eat More Dairy Products Tom Borman Speaks Before Annual Produce Association Meeting Te agreement between the Illinois Produce Marketing Association and some 20 creameries of the state pro- vides for profit sharing on an equal basis which marks a relationship be- tween co-operatives and private busi- ness of great significance, T. A. Bor- man, vice-president of the Beatrice Creamery Company, Chicago, said in addressing the annual meeting of the Illinois Produce Marketing Association, Springfield, on January 28. About 200 attended the meeting in the Leland Hotel. successful cannot be determined after only eight months of operation,” con- tinued Mr. Borman. “The year 1930 was the most difficult year in the his- tory of the creamery business, and this fact alone will prevent the realization of the fullest benefits contemplated. Have Under-Consumption “We have not heretofore in the his- tory of: this country produced so much of all products of the dairy as during the last few years. We have more than can’ be used under conditions prevail- ing. It is alleged that our over-supply is the result of under-consumption. “Under-consumption arises from two causes, first, diminished buying power; and secondly, we who produce do not consume as much of the prod- ucts of the dairy as is necessary for our best bodily and intellectual welfare, -nor do we consume as much as we should in the interest of our industry. In other words, producers are not do- ing their share in providing a market. To Teach Public “The National Dairy Council has undertaken a tremendous task in show- ing the consuming public the health benefits from increased usage of dairy products. Its endeavor is through all educational sources. Its foundation is the work of the most eminent physi- ologists. The producers of cream for butter in Illinois are contributing one penny per delivery to the support of this work. In this respect, Illinois is a proving .ground for the plan. It has already been undertaken in_ several other states. This penny per delivery check-off will cost the average cream producer not to exceed 75 cents a year and will produce a vast sum for the education of our people. “The producer of cream for butter is suffering from surpluses for which he is in no wise responsible. The pro- NY February, 1931 THE I.A.A. RECORD Page Twenty-one duction of whole milk has been over- stimulated in every milk shed. For ex- ample, the Dairyman’s League of New York a-few weeks ago. was churning daily, cream from 5,000 cans of sur- plus milk. Chicago is swamped with whole milk and one city of 50,000 souls in Illinois has 80,000 pounds a week surplus of whole milk. So it is in every milk-condensing territory and the surplus from this milk finds its way into butter, as does the surplus from cheese factories, and utility milk products plants. Oleo Ruling a Blow ‘A serious factor confronting the dairy industry is the threat of oleomar- garine. The Internal Revenue Depart- ment ruling that oleomargarine may be made yellow by the use of palm oil and soybean oil and thus escape the tax of 10 cents per pound on colored mar- garine, is the most terrific blow the dairy industry has had from that quar- ter. There is pending in the lower house of Congress the Brigham Bill, which is designed to tax yellow oleo- margarine irrespective of how it is made yellow. “The problem ahead of us is that of producing at a profit even though prices are low. It is our obligation to keep our market in the best shape pos- sible and it is our further obligation to produce butterfat at prices which will return a profit at the prevailing prices. In other words, we must study the economies of milk production. Much cow milking has been done on an aver- age Chicago standards market of 29 cents, which was the average 1910 to 1916 inclusive. The 1930 market which we look upon as a low year was 34.75, or 534 cents in excess of the six year average mentioned above. “There are no better creameries than those to which you have access. They make the best butter it is possible to “make from the raw materials received and it is good butter. They do as good a job of selling the finished prod- uct as can be done. So—finally, our hopes for improvement lie in a normal buying power, the consumption of more dairy products at home and the production of cream through better and fewer cows, at a price which will leave a profit between cost of produc- tion and the price at which we sell the butterfat.” Among the new companies which have been-in operation for lessthan one year are the Woodford, Adams and Fulton Service Companies. All three of these companies paid an 8% patronage dividend to Farm Bureau member pa- trons and declared another special 8% patronage dividend to be paid later. Page Twenty-two THE I. A. A. RECORD Fi ebruary, 1931 Mrs. Sewell Pleads For High Standards Eulogizes Farm Home in Entertain- ing and Impressive Speech at Annual Meeting EITHER America nor the world can go far on low standards of homes, whether rural or urban, Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, director of the Home and Community work of the American Farm Bureau Federation, de- clared in her address before a capacity audience at the banquet Jan. 29 in the State Armory during the I. A. A. an- nual meeting. Mrs. Sewell preceded the Farm Board chairman on the speaking program. Her address eulogized the farm home, analyzed its functions in relation to the life of the nation, made a plea for building its foundations firmly and outlined the Farm Bureau’s program for advancing the welfare of rural living. “The welfaré and the perpetuation of the American farm home is not only the business of the Farm Bureau but of all farmers and of the nation as well,” she said. “‘As goes America so goes the world, has long been a recognized fact, but neither America nor the world can go far on low standards of homes, whether rural or urban.” Farm Home First Apropos of corporation farming, Mrs. Sewell remarked, “At the present time we hear a great deal about co- operative farming, but all the réasons and suggestions have fallen short and the generally accepted idea of farm dwellers is to continue to make the farm home and the community a pleas- ant, attractive place in which to live.” Continuing her eulogy of the Amer- ican farm home she touched on the em- ployment problem, saying, “Our nation has been shaken to its very foundations lately because of the overwhelming problem of unemployment. The dwell- ers on our.farms are never out of a job, but perhaps this fact possesses sav- ing grace, for one of the things which has been wrong with this country as a nation for the past several years has been that all too many people did not want to work. Everyone, old and young, has been tryng to get in on the ground floor of a snap, trying to get something for nothing. “In our cities with the divergent activities and interests of average families, there is very little of family life. Social workers in the cities go to a great deal of trouble to arrange annual banquets between fathers and sons and mothers and daughters. In the farm home mothers and daughters meet «regularly at the dish pan, while fathers and sons have tacit un- derstanding that there will be a daily meeting along about § A. M. in the cow barn. Local Committees Did Splendid Job At Meeting Convention Draws Largest Crowd In Recent Years, Accommo- dations For All HE 16th annual convention of the I. A. A. held recently in Spring- field was greater in point of attendance than any held in recent years. The fact that everything went off. smoothly and that ample accommoda- tions were provided for all is due in no small measure to the untiring efforts of Edwin Bay, farm penter, president; other officials of the Sangamon County Farm Bureau, and C. G. Kohler, con- vention manager, Springfield Chamber of Commerce. Edwin Bay The following committees did a’ splendid job of taking care of the dele- gates and visitors, decorating the armory, and performing the many de- tails connected with entertaining the crowd of 4,000 to 5,000 people: ‘Don’t Thrive Here “Recently we have been stirred by the ac- tivities of the Soviet government in the United States, but let me remind you that bolshevism and communism do not thrive in a nation of home-owning, home-loving men and women. “In order to, promote such a home-owning, home-loving nation, the American Farm Bu- reau Federation has undertaken a constructive educational program which depends upon the farmers themselves. Probably farming will never pay big money returns, but we believe it is true that farmers as a whole can get just as much as they are willing to demand. We call these demands standards of living and we consider it a good omen that we have within our ranks men and women who have decided to hold fast to a high standard of living. In the years of development this may include a shorter working day, the full education of all children, an auto, an airplane if necessary, mu- sic, heat, light and water in well-built farm homes, good roads, good churches, good schools, the proper facilities for play and recreation, at- tention to health and adult education, Only Square Deal “These take time and education and depend upon the farmer himself for their acquisition. If all the farmers in the U. S. A. were united in a determined, well-defined attempt to secure for themselves and their posterity standards such as these, there is no power in America that could withstand them. “I hold no brief for the lazy, inefficient farmer, but I do ask for a square deal for the land-owning, land-loving men and women who wish to secure for themselves and their pos- terity an adequate standard of living, The farm - home is the foundation on which our civiliza- tion and our future progress rest. The foun- dation must be substantial if the super-structure is to endure.” adviser; C. R. Car-— General _ Arrangements committee: A. F. Shepherd, chairman; R. C. Graham, Frank Mc- Kelvey, E: C. Coulter, John P. Stout, R. W. French, George B. Mayol. Reception Committee Reception committee: C. R. Carpenter, W. S. Nottingham, George B. Mayol, R. A. Jones, J. R. Christopher, O. S. Rogers, J. C. Quisen- berry, G. S. Hatfield, L. C. Smith, R. C. Gra- ham, Fred Davey, Jr., L. A. Carswell, William Kessler, Elmer Johnson, J. F. Bomke, O. J. Waddell, J. Brown Hitt, George Hemp, J. .F. Greenwood, J. L. Smetters, Evan ‘Taylor, Charles McTaggart, Milton Green, Robert Rhodes, C. R. Malsbury, A. B. Constant, Al- fred Odiorne, John’ Renken, John E. Dodds, M.:D. Colean, Roy C. Downing, C. M. Hinkle, G. A. Wolford, L. I. Lehmann, S. G. Jones, S. J. Snell, David Evans, J. F. Thornton, W. S. Miles, G..T. Hickman, Charles Dozier, Carl Ostermeier, J. W. Stroub, L. E. Bird, E. P. Hall, Harry Happer, Mark Cooper, Garrett Tolan, Everett Theobald, R. F. Constant, Harry E. Pickrell, George Bell, A. D. Van Meter and Edgar Boynton. Women’s reception committee: Mrs. J. P. Stout, Mrs. A. B. Constant, Mrs. Earl Coulter, Mrs. A. D. Van Meter, Mrs. S. J. Snell, Mrs. Sidney Roberts, Mrs. McConnell, Mrs. L. E. Bird, Mrs. Floyd Bricker, Mrs. Susan Bridges, Mrs. D. Y. Langley, Mrs. Carter Curtis, Miss Grace Foutch, Mrs. Frank McKelvey, Mrs. R. W. French, Mrs. Edwin Bay, Mrs. George B. ‘Mayol, Mrs. L. L: Lehmann, Mrs. John Klor, Mrs. O. B. Wheeland, Mrs. Garrett Tolan, Mrs. Roland Stone, Mrs.. J. C. Quisenberry, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. Alfred Odiorne, Mrs. M. A. Cooper, Mrs. I. A. Madden, Mrs. Fred Davey, Mrs. R. C. Graham, Mrs. A, F. Shep- herd, Mrs. Roy Downing, Mrs. David Evans, Mrs. Evan Taylor, Mrs. C. R. Carpenter, Mrs. H._E. Pickrell, Mrs. Helen Hall, Mrs. O. L. Frazee, Mrs. R. D. Berry, Mrs. R.A. Jones, Mrs. Meade Colean, Mrs. L. A. Carswell, Mrs. ‘Ernest Davis, Mrs. Bert Weber, Mrs. Chester Baker, Mrs. George Witty, Mrs. W. S. Notting- ham, Mrs. Scott Irwin. A Great Armory J. S. Chesebro, custodian of the ar- senal where both the banquet and luncheon were held, is also deserving of great credit for his assistance in get- ting the armory ready. .Mr. Chesebro estimates that 1,700. sat down to the dinner, and that 1,000 more were seated in the balcony during the speak- ing program. “Jt was one of the largest crowds ever gathered in the armory since I have been connected with it,” he said. The inside dimensions of the armory are 220 feet long, 132 feet wide. The speakers’ table was 106 feet long. The dining room itself where the tables were placed measured 180 feet by 98 feet. The I. A. A. Board of Delegates on Jan. 30 authorized the directors, when and if it appears desirable to purchase stock in an agriculturally-owned-and- controlled radio station, to invest not to exceed $2,500 in such a project. Authorization: also was given to ad- vance a total of $8,000. to the Soybean Marketing Association, the money to be paid back: out of earnings. wee a Yee sae aro cS» The c*#>d inois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Setiqttare | Ae ee Pag 72 Hg hes +7 ale ler Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, i925” M akon all communications y Ppeblicstien 1 waiterialO Ommces” matter at post-office at Marshall, Ill. 6, ra tlinoie M se Stouttaral Association Record, aoe beg ped aoe: Be. _Pasthern @t., Chicage, Ill. Entered as second-class rovided in Section 412, Act of 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. rate of postage Number 3 ne MARCH, 1931 Volume 9 “Stick---the Farm Board Will Back You” Ex-Gov. McKelvie of Nebraska Gets a Hand at Annual Soybean Marketing ss you soybean growers will stick to your organization the Federal Farm Board will stand back of‘ you,” Samuel R. McKelvie, grain member of the Federal Farm Board, told 500 mem- bers of the Soybean Marketing Associa- tion at their annual meeting in Deca- tur, February 25. Gov. McKelvie’s words were enthusiastically applauded. The demonstration is indicative of the determination shown by nearly 3,000 Illinois soybean men to carry on in their co-operative effort. “We're not so concerned about the immediate outlook for the soybean in- dustry nor the repayment of our loan,” said Gov. McKelvie, ‘‘we are concerned about whether you men will back up your association through fair weather and foul. “This is not a one-year prop- osition. It’s a long-time program. Patronize your organization and patron- ize it well. Prices will not always be as low as they are at the present time. You couldn’t have started your or- ganization at a worse time from the standpoint of getting a favorable price for your products. The industrial de- pression, the crop surpluses in this country and throughout the world have resulted in low prices for farm products almost unprecedented in American history. Prices can’t go much lower and they are very apt to go up, so keep up your faith and cour- age and we'll win out in the end.” Strong Financial Set-Up The same principles of success gov- erning private business also govern co- operatives, the speaker told- his audi- ence. “Your organization must have a _ strong financial set-up and ample re- serves if it is to operate for your best interests. Get in position to run your own business, be independent, and build your marketing institution until it has sufficient money reserves to take care of Association Meeting SAMUEL R. McKELVIE any emergency. Just remember this: that when your co-operative puts money in reserve it still belongs to you and you will get it eventually. Whereas, the earnings you contribute to a private concern marketing your products, you will never get back.” Referring to the buyer who occasion- ally offers a bigger price for a carload of soybeans, or any farm commodity, than the co-operative is able to pay members, McKelvie said: ‘Frequently such offers are made to weaken your faith in your own organization. A greater price for a carload or two of | What . beans is of small consequence. you want to know is who is going to buy 1,140,000 bu. That’s what you must consider if you are going to suc- ceed. Emergency Existed “The Farm Board has received more publicity in the newspapers for its help given the cotton and wheat farmers than for aid given other commodities,” : said McKelvie, “‘but remember that much more money has been loaried and a more attention given to other com- modities than to these two. When the Board saw that an emergency existed in both wheat and cotton it acted prompt- ly. We did not want to wait a whole year before we took a chance. We sup- ported the market and got plenty of wheat—about 100,000,000 bu. in fact. You know the results. The American price is considerably higher than the world price for the first time in history. The wheat grower was benefited. “Stabilization operations, however, are only temporary. The Farm Board | furnished the umbrella for the 1930 crop and now we're asking the wheat growers to furnish their own umbrella after July 1. And the only way to do it is to cut acreage and allow the accu- mulated surpluses to be used up.” McKelvie expressed the belief that all other things, including labor, must be- come readjusted to the new low scale of prices. The farmer has taken his cut, he said, and now it’s up to the others to follow suit if we are to work back successfully toward general prosperity. Compliments I. A. A. Governor McKelvie complimented the Illinois Agricultural Association and the management of the Soybean Marketing Association for the way they handled the 1930 soybean’ pool. “We were glad to loan money on the soybean crop to an organization (the I. A. A.) that never had a failure,” he said. ‘Your management is to be complimented’ for selling the’ greater portion of bushelage pooled when there was a good market for the beans. Too many times farmers fall in love with their crops and refuse to sell,” he said. ‘Your beans in stor- age are dry and in good seed condition. e Farm Board is not worried about its loan if you men will carry on.” Earl C. Smith, president of the Illi- Page Four March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD nois Agricultural Association, who fol- lowed Gov. McKelvie, explained why the soybean growers were being asked to subscribe for capital stock to finance their organization. “It is not contem- plated that the money so obtained will be used to reduce loans on beans in storage,” he said. ‘Last year your or- ganization carried on all its operations with borrowed capital. It’s asking too much of your creditors to have them finance you for clerical help, postage stamps, train fares, stationery and other incidental expenses. “Your organization ought to have enough capital for at least a year’s op- erations. And for this purpose it is recommending that every member buy at least one share of 6 per cent pre- ferred cumulative stock of $25 par value. In recommending the capital stock plan we are not asking you to invest money that you hope to get back in a year or two as in thé. case of investors in some of our co-operative oil companies. You have already had the benefit, and got your money back in an increased price for your beans. Members Profit “TI can say without fear of contradic- tion that most of you would have got- ten only about 85 cents a bushel instead of $1 for your beans had not the As- sociation pegged the price ,by offering $1 per bushel on delivery. “We were fortunate to get credit to carry on our operations last year,” he continued. “It’s too much to ask that this be continued. Your organization will be far stronger if at least 2,500 of you will svbscribe to at least one share each in your organization. “The biggest problem ahead is for farmers to get control of their market- ing machinery, and you can succeed in doing so if you will give the same sup- port, enthusiasm and co-operation you gave in building your various insurance Manager Reports and commercial projects.” In his annual report to the members, Manager J. H. Lloyd reviewed market- ing operations having to do with the sale and‘ storage of 1,140,000 bushels pooled from the 1930 crop. Loans from government agencies permitted. an ad- vance to the grower of $1.00 a bushel for No. 2 soybeans consigned to the Association’s pool. The /irst sales of 140,000 bushels were consummatcd at the premium prices of $1.25 and $1.26. per bushel delivered. These two sules represented more than one-third of the bushelage expected. The members al- ready signed and nearly 700 who joined later more than trcbled the 350,000 to 400,000 bushels cxpectzd. “The summary of our operations up to date records the sale of a large per- centage of the pooled beans, with a balance on the right side of the ledger,” stated Manager Lloyd. ‘The remainder of the soybeans consigned are being held in storage for later sale.” The leading counties which pooled beans are Christian with 276,826 bushels, Champaign 110,244 bushels, Moultrie 101,199 bushels, Macon 89,860 bushels, and Douglas 79,469 bushels. More than 57 per cent of the beans pooled graded No. 2, over 38 per cent No. 3, the rest graded No. 4 and sample. Market Declined Reviewing the market conditions ob- taining during 1930, the manager’s re- port stated: “During the brief harvest season the soybean market declined along with other commodity prices until the price was reduced to or near the Asso- ciation’s advance of $1.00 per bushel to growers. It is generally acknowledged that the Association pegged the soybean price at 20 to 25 cents per bushel higher to all growers not only in Illi- nois but also in neighboring states. “The 1930 commercial soybean crop was very much underestimated. It pro- duced far above expectations. More than 650 names were added to the membership roll during the harvest sex - son. Because farmers need cash zad the relative high price of soybeans, a larver than usual percentage of the threshed crop moved into commercial channels. “Since the close of the harvest season soybean oil meal and soybean oil de- clined further because of competition from cheap imports, also because com- peting feed prices were lower and farm- ers lacked buying power. Finding an outlet for the portion of the crop in storage and the financing of our Asso- ciation’s future operations are the imme- diate problems.” Treasurer Reports The report of Robert A. Cowles, treasurer, showed the Association to be in satisfactory financial condition. Prof. L. F. Rickey, University of IIli- nois, spoke on the afternoon program, He discussed the grading of soybeans, told and demonstrated how samples were taken from the cars and bins. The convention unanimously voted to increase the authorized number of 6 per cent preferred shares of stock from 4,000 to 8,000, and to reduce their par value from $50 to $25. The following resolutions were unani- mously adopted: 1. That the Board of Directors of Soybean Marketing Association be commended for their unselfish efforts in directing the po!'cies and, business affairs of the Association d .ing thé past year. 2. That a}-p.eciation be extended to the IIli- nois Agricuit\.ral Assocation and Coun:y Farm Bureaus of Illin.is for tk fine co-operatic.n and service rendered the Soyb. :n Marketing Associa- tion and its mem! ers duriog the past yeir, and support aid co- the promise of conzinuin: operation during the coming year. 3. That appreciation be extended to the Federal Farm Board, the Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis, and the Commercial Deposi- tory of the Association in Chicago for the active support, advice and liberal extension of lines of credit necessary to facilitate the market- ing of the 1930 crop of soybeans. 4. That we solicit the American Farm Bu- reau Federation and the Illinois Agricultural Association to use their legislative contacts to effect just and equitable increases in the Agri- cultural Tariff schedules so that soybeans and soybean products will be adequately protected and that the Board of Directors of Soybean Marketing Association be instructed to use every reasonable effort to secure the tariff protection needed by the soybean industry. 5. That the Executive Officers of Soybean Marketing Association. be instructed to imme- diately communicate with the Senators and Rep- resentatives from Illinois, urging the President to increase tariff duties on soybean products and competitive commodities under the flexible provisions of the Tariff Act. 6. That the Board of Directors and Execu- tive Officers of Soybean Marketing Association use every reasu.:able effort and such portion of the corporate funds of the Association as finan- cial condition of the Association would warrant, to develop and increase the uses of soybean products, and that the co-operation of soybean processes be solicited in such endeavors. Respectfully submitted, RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE, Frank S. Garwoop, Cc. C. Raysurn, G. W. LENHART, Burton E, Kine, Epwin Bay. irectors elected were: Adolph Gehl- back, Logan county; D. D. Hil!, Shelby county; Lester A. Reed, Morgan county; Burton E. King, Iancock county; John W. Armstroug, Champaign county; M. D. Tomlin, Mason county; W. J. Sandusky, Vermilion county; Sam Scr- rells, Montgomery county; J. F. Probst, Macon county; T. H. Lloyd, Macoupin county; V. C. Swigart, DeWitt count); John G. Allbright, Moultrie county; Dwight Hart, Cristian county; Edgar Boyton, Sangamon county, and W. G. McCormick, Douglas county. President John W. Armstrong pre- sided. I. A. A. Board Meetings The following resolution designating future meeting dates was pzssed by the I. A. A. directors at a recent meeting: RESOLVED, That, until otherwise ordered, regular raeetings of the Board of Dircctors be held at the office of the Asociation at 608 South Dearborn Sircet, in the City of Chicago, State of Ill:.aois, on Friday following the second Menday of each month, at 10 A. M. on the following dates: Friday, March 13, 1931 Friday, April 17, 1931 Friday, May. 15,4931 Friday, June 12, 1931 Friday, July maar y 2 6 Friday, August 1+, 1931 Friday, September 18, 1931 Friday, October 16, 1931 Friday, November 13, 1931 Friday, Decemb-r 18, 1931 we CTIC of or endors4 Associatio on Marc mandator the fat r¢ able and by state in the fo than oleo ported o Committd Rep. Sol sponsor t O The a which representa Milk As State Da Mnfrs. Grange, < ine associ Earl C president the farm misunder: contents what th cited th butter prices in the need outlet fo ucts, of in state i Illinois | adopted Bra Rodne welfare - terest in help agr 2,000,00 state ins this has oleo and comes 1: more of for the stitution Stuar culture, ure, poi garine | vegetab right t fat rec institut taxes, t “The si aa aa > rv a CTION on the first of a number of legislative measures sponsored or endorsed by the Illinois Agricultural Association was secured at Springfield on March 4 when a bill making it mandatory that at least 75 per cent of the fat requirements at Illinois charit- able and penal institutions supported by state or county taxes be purchased in the form of butter and lard rather than oleo and other substitutes was re- ported out favorably by the House Committee on Efficiency and Economy. Rep. Sol Handy of Clark county will sponsor the measure. Organizations. for Bill The action followed a hearing in which members of the committee, representatives of the I. A. A., Pure Milk Ass’n., Prairie Farmer, Illinois State Dairymen’s Ass’n., Ill. Butter Mnfrs. Ass’n., Illinois State: Grange, and the oleomargar- ine association took part. Earl C. Smith, I. A. A. president, who spoke first for the farm interests, cleared up misunderstanding about the contents of the bill, told what the measure proposed, cited the condition of the butter market and farm prices in general, emphasized the need for broadening the outlet for Illinois farm prod- ucts, of putting into force in state institutions the “Buy Illinois Products” campaign adopted by the last general assembly. Brandon and Pierson Speak Rodney Brandon, director of public welfare for the state, expressed his in- terest in doing everything possible to help agriculture. He stated that about 2,000,000 Ibs. of fats are used in the state institutions anaually, that half of this has been supplied by purchasing oleo and substitutes, that if the bill be- comes law approximately 500,000 Ibs. more of butter and lard will be bought for the 43,000 inmates o% the state in- stitutions than heretofore. Stuart Pierson, state director of agri- culture, spoke effectively for the meas- ure, pointing to the fact that oleomar- garine is made largely from imported vegetable oils, that it is no more than right that the greater portion of the fat requirements used in the state institutions supported largely by farm taxes, be the product of Illinois farms. “The state has been sponsoring a ‘Buy Illinois Products’ movement,” he said. “To be consistent we ought to put it into practice in our state institutions and patronize our own butterfat pro- ducers.” Stanard and McQueen S. J. Stanard, secretary of the State Dairymen’s Ass’n., produced evidence showing that 11 other states have pro- Ribited the use of oleo in state institu- tions. “Twenty thousand northern IIli- nois dairymen want this legislation,” said W. C. McQueen, president of the Pure Milk Ass’n. F. R. Baer of River Forest repre- sented the oleo interests. Illinois pro- duces more butter substitutes than any state, he said; why take a crack at an Illinois industry? He failed to state that most of the oils used in making margarine are imported from the Philip- SUMMARY Handy bill restricting oleo in state institutions reported out. I. A. A. and other groups take part in hearing. Lantz state income tax measure awaits hearing in Senate. Many bills amending motor vehicle act before Assembly. Bill covering liability of farmers for live stock on highways introduced by Rep. Luckey. Bill for free limestone from Chester penitentiary tabled. Other measures await action. pine Islands. “The farm organizations ought to raise hell with farmers who eat oleo and fail to patronize their own indus- try,” said Chairman Claude L. Rew of the committee. Rep. Handy, who had previously in- troduced a measure similar to the one sponsored by the I. A. A., showed his good faith by withdrawing his own measure in favor of the new one. Live Stock on Highways A bill sponsored by the I. A. A. to amend Section 1 of “An Act in rela- tion to domestic animals running at large within the State of Illinois,” was introduced in the House by Representa- tive Hugh Luckey of Vermilion county on March 4. The bill provides that “Hexe:: ter, it shall be unlawful for any animal of the species of horse, ass, . mule, cattle, ‘sheep, goat, or swine to run at large in the State of Illinois: Provided, that March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD ae Page Five Legislation Considered at Springfield I. A. A. Representatives Watch Measures Before General Assembly no owner or keeper of such animals shall be liable for damages in any civil suit for injury to the person or proper- ty of another caused by the running at large thereof, without the knowledge of such owner or keeper, when such owner or keeper can establish that he used reasonable care in restraining such animals from ‘so running at large.” State Income Tax The state income tax measure which has the support of the I. A. A. is Senate bill No. 138 introduced by Sena- tor Synon Lantz of Congerville. The bill now rests in the Committee on Revenue awaiting a hearing. The bill provides for an exemption of $1,000 for a single person, $2,000 for the head of a family or a married couple, and $500 additional for each dependent. The tax on the first $2,000 of net income is 1%, 2% on the next $3,000, 3% on the next $5,000, 4% on the next $5,000, 5% on the next $10,000, and 6% on all amounts of income in excess of $25,000. The term “net income” means gross income of the taxpayer less deductions al- lowed by the Act. The usual credits allowed in the federal income tax are allowed in this measure. Companion Measures Seven companion bills to make effective important provisions of the proposed state income tax -were introduced on March 4. An eighth bill will be introduced next week. “These bills,’ said Senator Lantz, “provide for the repeal of Acts for the State School Fund, University of IIli- nois Fund, and reimbursement of the counties for one-half of their payment of blind benefits. In addition, they amend certain other acts referred to these funds. Lastly, they provide for the substitution of net receipts from the income tax by direct appropriation from the state general fund for the purposes named. “In case net receipts from the income tax are not sufficient to provide for all the appropriations for such purposes, the Act provides that the sttae levying board shall compute the tax rate on property necessary to make up the de- ficiency between appropriations for such purposes from the state general (Continued on page 7° Page Six___ THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1931 Sportsmen Want to Lease Uncultivated Lands Uniform Agreement with Land- owner Proposed for Hunting and Fishing Privileges HE Public Relations Committee of the I. A. A. at its meeting on Feb- ruary 12 gave careful consideration to the proposal of the Sportsmen’s Mutual, Incorporated, an [Illinois sportsmen’s club, providing for a uniform lease of farm lands by members of the sports- men’s organization for fish and game propagation and conservation, and for fishing and hunting. After studying the proposed contract and lease, the committee deemed it worthy of consideration by members of the I. A. A. where large tracts of un- cultivated lands are available and where agents employed by the sportsmen’s organization are detailed to supervise hunting and fishing by its members so as to protect the farm owner and his property against damage. What It Proposes The proposed uniform agreement be- tween the Sportsmen’s Mutual and landowners or groups of landowners provides that members of the organiza- tion shall have the exclusive shooting, trapping, and fishing rights on the lands described in the contract in accordance with federal and state laws except that the owner of the land, tenant, and immediate family of the occupant of the premises shall have the right to hunt, trap, and fish on the land controlled by him or them. It is contemplated that the Sports- men’s Mutual shall plant, propagate, and grow game and fish of its selec- tion and have the privilege of declaring any part of the tract a sanctuary for the raising and protection of game against hunting. Will Post Preserves The Sportsmen’s Mutual proposes to post the preserves with appropriate signs; agrees to-assume responsibility for any injury or damage done by its mem- bers to any property of the landowner; agrees that members of the organiza- tion shall register in and out with the owner or game protector on the de- scribed premises, and that it shall pay the farmer or landowner for the privi- lege of hunting on said lands on the following basis: § cents per rabbit 10 cents per quail 25 cents per pheasant 30 cents per duck, where not fed 60 cents per duck, where feed pens and decoys are maintained it being understood and agreed that the owner or tenant shall limit the kill of any, and all native game to the amount of his determination, except where game is by the second party or its members planted, propagated and grown, where- upon the second party and its members shall have the privilege of killing not less than 50 per cent per annum of the game planted and grown. May Terminate Lease It is agreed that no member of the second part will hunt or shoot in any field where stock is found, or where men or teams are working without the special permission from the then present owner, or tenant or their servants. The landowner may terminate the lease or agreement at any time if the Sportsmen’s Mutual or its members vio- late any terms of the lease. The length of the lease is for two years and the lease renews automatically for one year until notice of termination is given by the owner or the Sportsmen’s Mutual. If the land so leased changes owner- ship, the lease is automatically cancelled so that it is not a cloud on the title. Committees Appointed Sub-committees and advisory com- mittees for 1931 appointed by the President at the February meeting of the I. A. A. Board of Directors are as follows: Finance Committee A i WONG cee oe Ben Narna M. G. Lambert............... Ferris Oi: Grebo i aes Atwood Organization and Information Committee C. E. Bamborough............. Polo Frank Oexner ............. Waterloo Wee As Seis: ee he eds Paris Otis Kercher (Farm Adviser) . Danville Marketing Committee Samuel Sorrells............ Raymond Harold C. Vial....... Downers Grove A. B. Schofield.............. Paxton We Ts he ee Salem R. A. Doneghue (Farm Adviser) gh SRG Pees Cohen Macomb Public Relations Committee Chas, S. Black... 2... 26. Jacksonville Geo. B. Muller........... Washington Chas, L. Bates... 06... 4; Browning Edwin Bay (Farm Adviser) . Springfield Financial Business Service Geo. F. Tullock........... Rockford Pied ieee ns pec seers De Soto Charles Marshall ............ Belknap E. C. Secor (Farm Adviser) .. .Sparta Geo. E. Metzger was elected sec- retary, Robt. A. Cowles treasurer of the I. A. A. for the year 1931 at the February meeting of the Board of Directors I. A. A. Active in Support of Brigham-Townsend Bill Dairy Industry Threatened by Cheap Imported Vegetable Oils Used in Making Butter ; Substitutes O FFICIALS of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association were recently assured by members of congress from Illinois that the Brigham-Townsend bill, H.R. 15934 Senate 5745, will have their support when it comes up for vote. This proposed measure seeks to restore the 10 cent per pound tax on colored oleomargarine. A recent ruling by Commissioner Burnet of the Internal Revenue Bureau was to the effect that oleomargarine colored by natural oils, such as imported palm oil, need not pay the federal tax of 10 cents a pound. As we go to press, word comes from Washington that the Brigham- Townsend bill passed both the House and Senate in the closing days of the 71st Congress. The vote in the’ House yas 302 ‘aye, 101 no; in the oe 68 aye, 9 no. The proposed bill will restore the 10 cent tax by changing the wording of the present law which now. assesses only oleo “not free from artificial colo- ration which causes it to look like but- ter of any shade of yellow.” Commis- sioner Burnet construed this provision in such a way as to exempt manufac- turers of butter substitutes from the 10 cent per pound tax. He held that palm oil which gives the oleo a yellow color was not “artificial coloration.” The Brigham-Townsend bill changes the wording so that any oleo “yellow in - color” must pay the tax. The measure also contains provisions relative to pack- ing and marketing oleo which specify weight contents of from one-fourth to - five pounds, and opaque material for wrapping purposes. Under the bill, wrappings must re- main unsealed and unbroken until in the possession of the consumer. The present law allows oleo to be sold in tubs, buckets, etc., with no restriction relative to breaking packages before re- tailing them. The Illinois Agricultural Association is not only co-operating with the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation and the dairy interests in supporting this meas- ure but I. A. A. officials also have writ- ten the Illinois members of congress and conferred with the Secretary of Agri- culture on ‘several occasions ‘apprising (Continued on page 12, cel. 1) March, LEGI fund and therein f Senator, income t make it wholly w the vario other gen mately th erty ownd Other terested amending empt far license fe trucks in Senator and Rep. troduced spective trucks w for truck $22.50 fe Trailers 4,000 po from 4,0 Senator tractors, ment of owners oO vehicles o shall pay Senato viding fo of 5,000 for. 5,000 troduced tion to State Fai Repres¢ Bill No. machines, similar v purposes of vehicl Repres port has of oleom quarter : $75 per The Stat and emp A bill produced to south the pris of the Economy The t physborc that it i property would t furnish panies oj Presid _ in the c up, was stated tl ure to | farmers thought Sixt receiv Co. in come Febru hee a aM March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD ve Page Seven LEGISLATION CONSIDERED (Continued from page 5) fund and reasonably expected net receipts therein from the income tax. Senator. Lantz expressed the opinion that the income tax bill and the companion bills will make it possible for the state to dispense wholly with any levy of taxes on property for the various purposes referred to above and other general purposes, at a saving of approxi- mately thirty million dollars per year to prop- erty owners of the state. Motor Vehicle Bills Other measures in which the I. A. A. is in- terested and is watching closely are those amending the motor vehicle Act so as to ex- empt farm tractors from paying a state motor license fee; and to change the classification of trucks in the levying of fees. Senator Henry M. Dunlap of Champaign and Rep. Henry C. Allen of Lyndon have in- troduced practically the same bill in their re- spective Houses which fixes a fee of $8 for trucks weighing less than 4,000 pounds, $12 for trucks of from 4,000 to 8,000 pounds, and $22.50 for trucks of 8,000 to 12,000 pounds. Trailers and semi-trailers weighing 2,000 to 4,000 pounds are assessed $12, and those of from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds $25. Senator Mason introduced a bill to exempt tractors, traction engines, etc., from the pay- ment of motor license fees whether used by owners or in behalf of others; provides that vehicles of less than 7,500 pounds (now 5,000) shall pay the minimum fee of $12. Senator Mills has a bill in the hopper pro- viding for a license fee of $17.50 for vehicles of 5,000 to 8,500 pounds (present fee $22.50 for 5,000 to 12,000 pounds). Another bill in- troduced by Mills seeks a $200,000 appropria- tion to build a 4-H Club building at the State Fair Grounds. Representative Hunter has introduced House Bill No. 228 which provides that threshing machines, clover hullers, corn shredders, and similar vehicles used primarily for agricultural purposes shall not be subject to the payment of vehicle license fees. Another Oleo Bill Representative J. R. Thompson of Bridge- port has introduced a bill to license all handlers of oleomargatine charging a fee of $250 per quarter for a license to sell it wholesale, and $75 per quarter for a license to sell it retail. The State Director of Agriculture is authorized and empowered to supervise the Act. Free Limestone Bill A bill to distribute agricultural limestone produced at Chester Penitentiary free of charge to southern Illinois farmers in the vicinity of the prison failed to secure favorable action of the House Committee on Efficiency and Economy on March 4. The bill introduced by Rep. Davis of Mur- physboro was criticized first on the ground that it is illegal for the state to give away its property; secondly, because only a few citizens would be benefited; thirdly, because it would furnish unfair competition to limestone com- panies operating in that territory. President Earl Smith, who happened to be _ in the committee room when the measure came up, was called on to express his views. He stated that the bill as a temporary relief meas- ure to benefit drouth stricken southern Illinois farmers had merit, but as a permanent program thought it unwise. Sixteen inquiries in one mail were received by Country Life Insurance Co. in response to the “Family In- come Rider” advertisement in the February I. A. A. RECORD. Observations Can a man earn $1,000,000 a year? This is the controversial issue stock- holders of the Bethlehem Steel Com- pany will decide at their coming annual meeting on April 14 when the com- pany’s bonus system initiated years ago by Charles M. Schwab, chairman of the board, will come up for consideration. The target of attack by a group of minority stockholders is the cash paid President Eugene G. Grace, No. 1 em- ployee, who for the past 13 years has received a bonus averaging $814,993 per year. During 1929 his bonus amounted to $1,623,753, during 1930 $1,015,591. He draws the nominal salary of $12,000 per year. The bonuses of a number of other employees have averaged between $100,000 and $230,- 000 annually during the 13 year period. Stoutly defending the company’s bonus plan in a recent letter to the stockholders, Chairman Schwab pre- sents all the facts and asks for favor- able action at the coming meeting to continue the profit-sharing system. “I personally have fixed the percent- ages of the payments made under this system to the principal executives of the corporation since it was inaugu- rated,” he writes. “I assume full re- sponsibility for these payments and I am quite prepared to support them in principle in detail. The directors of the corporation share with me the be- lief that our bonus system has been one of the principal factors in the success of the corporation . “T believe now as I have always be- lieved that a liberal reward for unusual effort and ability on the part of an off- cer or employee is returned many fold to the stockholders of a corporation. It is as true of men of great ability as of those of lesser capacity. “But the value of a liberal bonus sys- tem is not confined to the direct in- centive offered to the particular recipi- ents. Thére are collateral advantages. Chief among them is the fact that such a system attracts to the corporation men of exceptional ability. “The hope of attaining an important position in the corporation is the best possible incentive to the younger men to work hard and thus win recognition and promotion. The results accom- plished under the Bethlehem plan are the best evidence of the stimulating effect upon the entire organization of compensating effort on an incentive basis. The average administrative, sell- ing, and general expense of Bethlehem, including all bonuses, in the six years ending December 31,. 1929, was_ less than that of United State Steel Corp., or the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company both in terms of cost per ton of steel sold and in relation to the percentage of gross sales.” R. W. Hebard, New York engineer and a stockholder in Bethlehem Steel, expresses his disagreement with Chair- Schwab thus: “I consider that the stockholders who propose to put a stop to the present bonus system, or at least modify it to one within reason, are on very solid ground and deserve the support of the other stockholders. “It is preposterous to claim that any such reward as the company paid Mr. Grace and others is indispensable to obtaining ‘unusual effort and ability on the part of our officers and employees.’ “If this were true, it would be a forcible indictment against the policy in this respect of hundreds of Amer- ican corporations wherein only salaries are paid or salaries plus a small bonus. There is no convincing evidence at hand that Bethlehem is any more effi- cently managed than innumerable other companies.” Hebard contends that the fairest method of rewarding effort is to permit employees to acquire stock in the company (such as in American Telephone & Telegraph) and then em- ploy all their ability to make the stock valuable, or that the bonus be paid after depreciation and dividends on common stock, rather than before, as is now the case. Farmers who are members of co- operative associatons managed and op- erated largely by employees will be in- terested in the question raised in the Bethlehem Company which has_ been and is being widely discussed. The same principles which govern the suc- cess or failure of large corporations apply to the operation of farm co- operatives and agricultural associations with perhaps one exception. In the latter there are men whose zeal and untiring effort is not prompted so much by the compensation they receive, which invariably is small, as by their belief in and devotion to the principle that agriculture as an industry has not had a square deal and is entitled to a better income for the service it renders. —G. T. February, 1931, was the largest February in three years for the Indian- apolis Producers. A total of 853 car- loads of live stock was handled, repre- senting 35 per cent of the market re- ceipts. This was an increase of 77 cars over February last year. ; Page Eight March, 1931 | ILLINOIS AG@icour tints ASSOCIA , RECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEorGE THEM, Editor Published once ‘a month by the Illinois Agricultural Association, at 124 So. Fifth St., Marshall, Ill. Address all communications for publi- cation to Editorial Office, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Entered as second-class matter June 16, 1930, at the post office at Marshall, IIl., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record. Post- master: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C. Smith............ Bpidicdonetontec dcapnpntaneciaSaomposoneee suntaatietieicerystite Detroit Vice-President, A. R. Wright. ........-...2-------..---00--seeeercececeeesnnenecsomereeeeeeesenens Varna Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger......-......---.-----0--ceeesececeeesesnenesnaceesenseennttnennntense Chicago Treasurer, RR. A.“ COW eB nan. ncencnnoctcccnnecaniecncstcnanecnansiecceneesenecesbones Bloomington BOARD OF DIRECTORS (By Congressional District) TT a: © G2 Oc e e OU H. C. Vial, Downers Grove VBC Nh aa niko ntnmpetohiceinm sonnanieascatipgnacecppipsoupentilendiseccepoesipns G. F, Tullock, Rockford TSB cnnnraincceteecineiissenancedoqecbsechconaiosstentencescbocecasserwecmsciaccshens C. E. Bamborough, Polo 14th... -----n--nanennnnene b .ccissqeitousepoedesteanyeripsenicapoclivaheleopyebbabessh M. G. Lambert, Ferris DIR iain snrngns ren naanasptmeramnnindoosnaninhintnagonapestpareeed Charles Bates, Browning BG nica. ccyccsctinntncnvididetwomapfronncianyegesquingeapiosiscerresinnacemees Geo. B. Muller, Washington 17th... ....A. B. Schofield, Paxton LOU sao ses cocci a iscin aan gceenntns onc eubesosennalusbavtoorenstonepanebodsh W. A. Dennis, Paris pioceteaebsshingss C. J. Gross, Atwood 20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville DNB ainnerecnpevevecennnrenesqsonicesenerensnspecewwatpanedcecnessesbocmpouesurita Samuel Sorrells, Raymord BET aa vonn asa ncn cennjinntwenveeeseorceonjoopnagongecseenteg-se sieacenennowate Frank Oexner, Waterloo SOT an asa ceocanccotenceoncnnn tncoséencecpnecmerphecenectimchqonambessiws W. L. Cope, Salem CE nnn anges cencenensenennveonivnlvonquemoncnsnnciatonseas Charles Marshall, Belknap DOE cos catenins napa nnnepcpnoncciibhnipensetesanscomlessantecdsndnocelepeviaapeqnel ie Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS Comp troll ef......-----.-.-.-------e--co-nseneseceenseoneensnssncsnennsessenentnnenbossnecsensesconares J. H. Kelker Fima ne... ---n---nnanoe-eeronennennnnennnnneecen een nnnnnnnnn gg co Diecneaiaicesal R. A. Cowles Fruit and Vegetable Marketing.......--.--.-----------.--.--------ct-----s----000-== A. B, Leeper Harrison Fahrnkopf ...George Thiem igbieg V. Vaniman Grain Marketing..............-..-.-.---------- Information............-. Insurance Service Legal Counsel......... Limestone-Phospha OOF aga necnnctn teense caneitvanrnneeyimcnqnangnbentarenenneipenccerectinesnpeacenocsaey C. E, Johnston Organization... .--------00-nensn2-ncnescdesnenseeeeseneeenoteneesnanennensntoneeenamen G. E, Metzger Produce Marketing..........-.---.--—---.------------------seseneeenenseennensesneeenenses F, A. Gougler Taxation and Statistics... ----..----------------n-----ecenccnseceneceeeneneneneeenes J. C. Watson Transportation ..........--------i-------ee-cneneeeseensneeeceeeeneneeneenenceecennnnnenameseanes L. J. Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co....-...-.---.---.-.---------e---s-eeeeereee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Ferman Mutual Reinsurance Cov........-.-------------ssscses----==* J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass’n...........-..----.-- F. E, Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co............-A, E. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co......____--_-.-.-------..-----L,_ R._ Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp....-.-.----___-__--.---..----------- Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. Midwest Grain Corp. Chas. P. Cummings, Gen’l. Mgr Soybean Marketing Ass’n..._.______--..-..-...------------J.. H. Lloyd, Mgr. Before the General Assembly SNC our recent annual meeting, representa- tives of the Illinois Agricultural Association have been in Springfield each week conferring with state officials and members of the General Assembly regarding legislation affecting farmers’ inierests. The reason the Association was not represented at the state capitol in January is obvious. The legislative program of the I. A. A. for 1931 was outlined in the resolutions adopted by the official delegates who represented the 60,000 members. Now the Association’s legislative committee can confidently go to the legislators with that pro- gram knowing that the prestige of 60,000 organ- ized farmers is behind it. Agriculture is well represented at Springfield. Farm groups and organizations in Illinois are co-operating most harmoniously. This fact was well illustrated at the recent hearing before the THE I. A. A. RECORD House Committee on Efficiency and Economy when the Handy bill to restrict the use of oleo- margarine and lard substitutes in state institu- tions was considered. . Joined in support of the bill were the I. A. A., Pure Milk Association, Prairie Farmer, the state Grange, the Illinois State Dairymen’s Association and the Illinois Butter Manufacturers Association. The rights of agriculture can be protected and its interests best served by such unity of action. Much good can be accomplished when _ those charged with responsibility forget personal credit and think only of results. Mr. Legge Retires [LLINOIS farmers have reason to be grateful to Alexander Legge, who recently retired as chairman of the Federal Farm Board. The quali- ties of frankness, courage, and sincerity he brought to the.Farm Board inspired confidence and gave heart to farmers’ efforts in helping themselves through co-operative action. Mr. Legge did more for the co-operative cause than most people realize. Some of his blunt state- ments would have been dubbed socialistic and radical had they not come from a responsible man identified with big business and capitalistic enter- prise. * During his two years of service he proved a worthy champion of agriculture before those who would deny the farmer the right to organize for the effective marketing of his own products. Mr. Legge’s successor, James C. Stone of Ken- tucky, has the courage and sincerity of his pre- decessor with the advantage of long years’ experi- ence in the co-operative marketing movement. Mr: Stone is favorably known to many Illinois farmers. He has announced that the policies fol- lowed during Mr. Legge’s incumbency will be continued. Under the ‘leadership of ‘‘Jim” Stone we have every confidence that the Agricultural Marketing Act will be applied for the best inter- ests of the American farmer. 42 § uspended G USPENSION of 42 live stock commission companies at E. St. Louis by order of the Secretary of Agriculture should have a whole- some influence in maintaining similar public ex- changes as free and open markets where farmers as well as others may do business unhampered by boycotts and restrictions. The notorious case at the National Stock Yards is only another illustration of the belief held by certain middle men that they have a God-given right to handle the farm- er’s products for him; that the profits from trading in agricultural produce under no consideration should go to the farmer, | Dr. C March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins preaching the gospel of Limestone, Legumes, and Permanent Soil Fertility on Poorland Farm, Tonti in Marion County. Who knows the approximate date of this picture? Page Nine - Intelligent permanent soil improvement on land that must be or will be farmed is both the safest and the most profitable invest- ment open to the farmer and the landowner.” Dr. Cyril G. Hopkins. LIMESTONE —the safe investment D* HOPKINS’ gospel of limestone, legumes, and permanent soil fertility is just as applicable today as it was before the war. High yields, fertile soil, and low cost production is the formula for success on the farm in periods of low prices. Limestone and legumes will pay~your taxes—lift the mortgage. Now is a good time to order your requirements at your County Farm Bureau office. Buy limestone from producers co-operat- ing with your Farm Bureau and the Illinois Agricultural Association. This is your guar- antee of quality at a discount to members. @@ The l. A.A. Is a Service Organization Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1931. Grain Producers Meet at Peoria ‘Alexander Legge, Farm Board Chairman, Is Unexpected Guest at Illinois Grain Corp. Annual Stockholders’ Meeting * LEXANDER LEGGE, chairman of the Farm Board, who happened to be in Peoria to address the Creve Coeur Club, was an unexpected guest at the annual meeting of the Illinois Grain Corporation held Monday, February 23, at the Jefferson Hotel. Mr. Legge made a brief address to the 154 delegates, officers and visitors who represented all except three of the stockhold- er members. The Farm Board chairman compli- mented the or- ganization on its progress. “You're a live organiza- tion,” he © said. “Keep up your courage and car- ry on. You can’t go down stream all the time. You have to go up some time and that’s the dif- ference between a dead fish and a live G. C. Johnstone one. There are certain individuals and ° organizations who apparently believe they have a God-given right to handle your grain for you. I don’t see it that way. Some of these people are actively working against you, so you have ob- stacles to overcome.” Commodity Control Earl C. Smith, president of the I. A. A., in an interesting address devoted to the broader problems of building an effective co-operative marketing organi- zation stressed the importance of vol- ume control of farm commodities if the producer is to realize the full bene- fit of the co-operative system. He pointed out the weaknesses in the op- eration of co-operatives where a mi- nority of the directors control the poli- cies. G. C. Johnstone of Bloomington, president of the corporation, in his an- nual address told of the progress of the organization since it was incorporated early in 1930. “It was expected that much oppo- sition would come from private inter- ests which had -been receiving the profits from marketing the farmers’ grain,” he said. “But no one antici- pated that the most insidious and un- fair propaganda would come from those who were supposed to be leaders in the farmers’ elevator movement. However, today many more farmers are doing their own thinking, and are not being influenced by the propaganda of selfish subsidized interests. “You already have a membership of 33 fully qualified co-operative farmers’ elevators. The fact that our sales agency, the Mid-West Grain Corpora- tion, already has handled a million and a quarter bushels of grain is a complete answer to the enemies of co-operation who are seeking to prevent farmers from developing their own marketing agencies in the terminals. “The strength of our organization is based on the fact that farmers them- selves are the real owners of this co- operative machinery set up to market and merchandise their grain. Farmers themselves own stock in the local ele- vators, and the local elevators in turn own stock of the regionals which in ° turn own and control the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corporation. Through these same local units grain producers will participate in the savings and profits from the state and national grain marketing agencies. Producer at the Terminals “Through the local, state and na- tional co-operatives the producer has a voice at the terminal markets: where prices are made and with increased vol- ume will come bargaining power to stabilize prices, and obtain all that the market affords for his grain. “While it is true that the develop- ment of the Illinois Grain Corporation was only made possible by the support given it by the Boards of Directors and stockholders of member elevators, who had a vision of the possibilities in col- lective action, I am satisfied that this unity of effort could never have been brought about without the services and finances made available by a strong gen- eral farm organization such as the Illi- nois Agricultural Association. I. A. A. Aid Helpful “It has contributed liberally of its finances, counsel, man power, and last but by no means least, its prestige. The high esteem in which the Illinois Agri- cultural Association is held in business, agricultural, and financial circles, and the success which other projects it has promoted have attained, have all been valuable assets to the Illinois Grain Cor- poration. I am also convinced that in order that. co-operative efforts. among farmers in the future maintain the sta- bility they should, a strong general farm organization should be maintained, to work in harmony with them. *“A very small amount of the sub- scribed capital investment has been used in organization work, the Grain Market- ing Department of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association having spent practi- cally its entire allotment of funds for 1930 upon this project, and expects to do so throughout 1931. Opportunity for Elevators “Each day I am more convinced of the enlarged opportunity each member elevator has in securing reliable infor- mation which should be helpful in the conduct of its business affairs. In the past the only source of information was through privately-owned commis- sion firms which were interested in your affairs only to the extent of the profit which they were able to secure from each bushel of grain they purchased. It made no difference whether the price was high or low. ~ “During the coming year by work- ing together we should be able to profit by our past experiences. While con- structive criticism is always welcomed by the board of directors it is each member’s duty to be loyal to his own selling agency and not allow untruthful propaganda to circulate unchallenged. The coming year should show an in- creased membership and it is to the interest of every stockholder that this should be. It is only by the control of a large volume of grain that we can gain the end sought. “The machinery is set up and func- tioning, we as grain producers will approach the objective of our plan just to the extent that interest and support is given to our own marketing agency, the Illinois Grain Corporation.” Other Speakers Fred E. Ringham told of the success of many farmers’ elevators and how careful audits were helping them to operate on a. sound financial basis. Harrison Fahrnkopf, I. A. A. grain marketing director who has directed organization work among elevators, spoke briefly, modestly gave way to other speakers. Charles P. Cummings, general man- ager of the Mid-West Grain Corpora- tion, introduced the branch managers at St. Louis, Peoria, Jacksonville, Deca- tur, and Pontiac, discussed technical problems in selling grain. The Farmers National Grain Corpo- ration was represented by N. T. Nelson March of Chia Louis. Dired follows E. H. Albert *Me Senat Ata commit charged news d Arthur ’ statistic Compa mately and cre of abo stock d “So has bee farmer: comme Dakota “It’s farmer: plied. The reau of price f a quar average cents. consun of red compa: at Chi countr House Chairr of Chicago and Joseph Dickson of St. Louis. Directors elected for 1931 are as follows: Name County *G. C. Johnstone (president) .McLean *J. C, Sailor (vice-president) . Iroquois *R, E. Stevenson...........-. LaSalle *F Pi StOnt ose ee ie Sangamon *A,R. Wright........... ’. Marshall OG Rasen. oo i ts Ford Te eRe ek gigas oa acne Knox Oscar Combrink ........... Greene C. P. Griffiths............ Hancock Byron Miller .....:........ DeWitt Ralph P. Mills........... Vermilion J. Fred Romine..........-. Douglas Charles Schmitt ............ Logan E. H. Williams........... Whiteside Albert C. Kolmer.......... Monroe *Member of Executive Committee. Senate Committee Airs Milk Prices At a recent hearing held by a special committee of the United States Senate charged with investigation of food costs, news dispatches state that Chairman Arthur Capper of Kansas introduced - statistics to show that the Borden Milk Company, which distributes approxi- mately 40 per .cent of the retail milk and cream in Chicago, averaged profits of about 20 per cent on its common stock during the last five years. “So certainly the Borden Company has been doing very well,” said Senator Capper. “That is a larger profit than the farmers who produce the milk get,” commented Senator Frazier of North Dakota. “It’s about 10 times the profit the farmers in Kansas get,” Capper re- plied. The committee learned from the Bu- reau of Labor Statistics that the average price for milk of 51 cities is 13.3 cents a quart and the farmer is receiving an average price of a little less than 4.5 cents. Dr. F. B. Walmsley, president of the Borden Farm Products Company, pro- duced figures which he said showed the consumer had received the full benefit of reduced prices to the farmer. His company, he testified, reduced its price at Chicago from 14 to 13 cents a quart at the beginning of the year, and the farmer’s price was cut .8 of a cent per quart. A temporary embargo of not more than one year’s duration on wheat and other farm products from foreign countries was recently urged before the House Ways and Means Committee by Chairman Alexander Legge. March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven A POLICY E must sow in order to reap. We must surround ourselves d guide them Confidence in ourselves and our policies is imperative. must not merely have a stiff per lip, but also a stiff backbone. We must believe in our plan and have the courage to. stick to it, even when discouraged by tem- porary set-backs. - —William Feather. Leena Investments for Farmers Farmers should never buy securities with high yields because such yields are a danger sign that something is wrong with the stock, Prof. F. A. Pearson of Cornell University recently told New York farmers in a talk on investments. “Always investigate the company thoroughly before investing in its com- mon stock,” he said. ‘Generally, the. farmer who has been sufficiently suc- cessful to save money for investment has been too busy to study the business conditions and the affairs of the com- pany; therefore he should not invest in this type of security. “Mortgages on farms, investments in local enterprises with which they are acquainted in their community should be bought in preference to investments in other communities,” he continued. “In general, the risk which goes with securities bearing a high yield should be carried by the man of much greater means than the farmer.” 236 Attend Bureau President’s Banquet Two hundred and thirty-six County Farm Bureau presidents, county ad- visers, I. A. A. officers, directors and staff members attended the annual Farm Bureau presidents and farm ad- visers banquet the night of Wednesday, Jan. 28, Springfield. The banquet, which as in past years was a closed session, brought out the largest representation of. any held in recent years. The dinner and entertainment held in the St. Nicholas Hotel was donated by the Springfield Chamber of Com- merce. C. G. Kohler, chairman of the Convention Bureau, deserves much credit for its success. The fellow who waits until con- ditions are just right before he starts, never starts. 50 Illinois Counties To Organize This Year OUNTY Farm Bureaus in 50 Illi- nois counties will re-sign their members during 1931, states George E. Metzger, secretary and director of or- ganization. Organization work is well in hand and adequate preparations have been made in the majority of counties for the coming membership drives. Commenting on the volunteer solici- tor plan followed in Illinois, Metzger said, ‘‘The Illinois Farm Bureau mem- ber is maintaining his organization largely through his own efforts. The reason Illinois farmers have the greatest state farm Organization in America is that they put more ef- fort into its main- tenance and its many activities and enterprises. They have great pride in the accomplish- Geo. Metzger ‘ments of their organization which re- flect the work they, have done in years past through co-operative action.” Membership in the I. A. A. passed the 60,000 mark the first of the year when 60,076 members were on the roll. By. Feb. 1 this number had crept up to 60,500. Membership in the state or- ganization has been on the upgrade ever since 1926. The annual meetings of County Farm Bureaus and various companies and or- ganizations affliated with the I. A. A. have had greater attendance during the past winter than any time in history. Illinois farmers appréciate the fact that during business depression they need their organization more than ever be- fore. As a result the morale of the membership was never better than it is today. A substantial increase in membership is confidently expected. Four new district organization mana- gers will be employed by the I. A. A. within the next few weeks; one in southeastern Illinois, one in southwest- ern Illinois, and two in the northern part of the state. At a recent meeting directors of the McLean County Farm Bureau passed a resolution urging that volunteer organi- zation forces make every effort to break the state record for the most Farm Bu- reau members signed in a single day. Their drive will be held in May. They hope to sign 2,000 Farm Bureau mem- bers within a 24-hour period. Tazewell county now holds the record with 1,288 ‘Farm Bureau members signed in a sin- gle day. LaSalle county is second with 973. Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1931 Auditing Association Adds Five New Members Annual Report Shows Steady Prog- ress with 54 New Members During 1930 EW co-operatives added to the membership roll of the Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Association since the first of the year are as follows: Farmers Co-operative Company of Col- fax, Iroquois Servce Company, Wat- seka; Farmers Co-operative Exchange, Stockton; Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association, and the Monroe Service Company, Waterloo. These new members bring the total membership of the auditing association up to 290. Con- tracts from addi- tional co-operatives now being organ- ized are expected within the next few weeks. Delegates at the recent annual meeting of the As- sociation on Jan. 28 in Springfield _ voted unanimously to reorganize un- der the 1923 Co-operative Act of Illinois and to change the name from the Illinois Agricultural Co-opera- tives Association to the Illinois Agri- cultural Auditing Association. Incor- poration papers will be filed shortly. Officers Elected Directors elected were A. J. Gill- fillan, Watseka, president; Jesse L. Beery, Cerro Gordo, vice-president; Henry H. Parke, Genoa; Albert Heckle, Quincy; and Byron DeBord, Princeville. George E. Metzger and Robert A. Cowles were chosen. secre- tary and treasurer -respectively. Action was taken to place all mem- bership contracts on a one-year con- tinuous contract under which any Fred Ringham (Continued from page 6) them of the Association’s wishes that this measure be passed. The fact that the butter market has been demoralized in the last few months is due in part to the recent ruling of the Internal Revenue Bureau. If this ruling is allowed to stand it will mean that producers of butterfat throughout the United States will be subjected to the unrestricted competition of cheap, imported vegetable oils from foreign lands. It is estimated that the market for millions of pounds of butter will be taken away by butter substitutes made largely from and colored by im- ported oils. member will have the privilege of can- celling the contract on due notice, as provided in the by-laws, at the end of the year. It was voted to refund that portion of the capital reserve amounting to approximately $1,800 (collected in 1924 and 1925) to member companies which have continued in good stand- ing since that time. Hereafter the As- sociation will refund each year the reserve collected in the fifth preceding year. E. E. Crabtree, banker of Jackson- ville) who was the principal speaker, emphasized the need for adequate audits in operating a business efficient- ly and in establishing credit with banks. Co-operatives must adopt the same business practices as successful private enterprises if they are to suc- ceed, he said. He pointed to the fact that adequate capital funds are neces- sary to operate a co-operative success- fully. He told the delegates that financial audits are the best means for keeping directors informed about the business of the enterprise they are di- recting. 54 New Members In his annual report to the delegates, Manager Fred Ringham stated that the business investments of agriculture in Illinois continued to grow during 1930 in spite of the depression. Fifty-four * new members came into the organiza- tion during the year, the largest ac- quisition of any year since the first membership campaign was conducted, No promotional or field organization service was maintained, although a double-spread advertisement was pub- lished in the April, 1930, issue of the Illinois Agricultural Association REC- ORD. This advertisement was helpful in explaining to the Farm Bureau mem- bers and; managers and directors of Illinois co-operatives the auditing ser- vice available through the Association. Among the Membership The membership of the Illinois Agri- cultural Co-operatives Association as of December 31, 1930, was made up of 76 farmers’ elevators, 69 County Farm Bureaus, five County Home Bureaus, 25 live stock associations, 30 dairy and produce associations, 47 co-operative oil companies, 14 mutual insurance com- panies, five seed companies, six mercan- ... tile companies, and eight miscellaneous organizations—all hold membership on a co-operative basis. Charges for the auditing service are at cost, although a small percentage is added to each bill for reserve, which eventually will be returned to the members. The cost analysis of 292 audits billed in 1930 reveal'a total service charge of $32,615.64. Approximately $20,000 of this charge was for accountants’ sal- aries, nearly $4,500 for traveling and field expense, and a little over $8,000 for office expense.” To this amount was added $3,217.07 for capital reserve, making the total charge $35,832.71. ‘Total assets of the Association at the end of the year were listed at $21,- 609.20, total net worth $21,337.83. Net income for the year was $2,435.20. Oil Companies Plan | To Open About Apr. 1 The Monroe Service Company, one of the newer members of the Illinois Farm Supply Company, is erecting bulk station equipment and will be ready to handle petroleum products within the next few weeks. At the initial organization meeting Albert C. Kolmer was elected president, F. G. Oexner, secretary, and W. L. Meyer, treasurer. These men will serve along with Geo. Niebruegge, Wm. F. Schwarze, Hy Rosenberg, Jr., and El- mer Stumpf as directors until a’ per- manent board is elected. More than $15,000 was raised through the sale of preférred stock to furnish capital for necessary equipment and supplies. All of the stock was sold by volunteer solicitors and much of it came in as a result of an effective pub- licity campaign directed from the Farm Bureau office. ‘Whiteside county raised more than $25,000 at two meetings held within a period of 10 days. No farm to farm solicitation was necessary. More than 150 who came out to the initial or- ganization meeting pledged over $11,- 500. At a meeting the following week additional subscriptions increased the capital stock outstanding to more than $25,000. The Whiteside Service Company is expected to be in operation shortly after April 1. Urge Uniform Banking Laws Uniform banking laws for all the states were recommended by many prominent bankers who appeared re- cently before the sub-committee of the Senate Banking and Currency Commit- tee. Melvin C. Traylor of Chicago stated that he would like to see a uniform law developed with minimum capitalization as one of its features. He opposed the idea of all banks belonging to a nationa! system and considered it unnecessary for all banks to belong to the federal reserve system. Mr. Traylor would per- mit branch banking within the state, but for the first five years would limit it to the county. The mission Minn., bership Market last of by a Orville Chris Henry Stoll, EB Willia Gordo; Richart Tower Fred Illinois others total o dianaps Palestis Carl S Live Si with § fourth Kansas Ekiss, Ee. 67 car Bill as mat sociati he ha: worth In 19: dianap to Chi nearly fore | ciatior shipm to 74 check and n with are re: Far were 1912, Ly e} a ” a a if ie at Bs, 1 ae ie i ie ae ow «ig “ss a R RO ‘ “os aa a thes ‘x rie Bir 4 vie 48 .! roe ma SS March, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen The Farmers Union Live Stock Com- mission Company of South St. Paul, Minn., was recently admitted to mem- bership in the National Live Stock Marketing Association. St. Paul is the last of the large markets to be served by a member of the national co-opera- tive. In 1930 the St. Paul co-operative handled more than 8,300 carloads of live stock. Illinois shipping association managers who increased their business to the In- dianapolis Producers during the year 1930 over 1929 are: Carl Smith, Champaign; Frank Kettering, Danville; L. R. Rardin, Rardin; C. M. Weller, Tuscola; W. Lester Ramp, Newman; Orville Wood, Isabel; Ivan Clouse, Chrisman; Albert Libkie, West Salem; Henry Volle, Mt. Pulaski; Fred M. Stoll, Beason; W. E. Leischner, Deland; William Fulk, Decatur and Cerro Gordo; D. H. King, Olney; H. H. Richards, Parkersburg; F. H. Galster, Tower Hill. Fred Gumm,-manager of the Paris, Illinois, Shipping Association led all - others again for the year 1930 with a total of 140 cars consigned to the In- dianapolis Producers. W. J. Richey, Palestine, was second with 84 cars and Carl Smith ofthe Champaign County Live Stock Marketing Association third with 80 cars; C. M. Weller, Tuscola, fourth with 76 cars; W. H. Honnold, Kansas, fifth with 71 cars; Charles Ekiss, Bethany, sixth with 68 cars, and E. C. Cavins, Charleston, seventh with 67 cars. Bill Kurtz, rounding out cight years as manager of the Tabor Shipping As- sociation in Dewitt county, reports that he has handled over a million dollars worth of live stock during that time. In 193@ he shipped 62 cars to the In- dianapolis Producers and 3 cars of lambs to Chicago. The membership, now 220, nearly doubled during the period. Be- fore Kurtz became manager, the asso- ciation never shipped over 23 cars, but shipments since have ranged from 56 to 74 cars per year. He keeps a close check on the stock fed by his members and makes it a point to get in touch with them several weeks before they are ready to ship. Farm price levels in mid-January were the lowest since January, 1912, Oil Company Returns The Marshall-Putnam Oil Company, state, closed its most successful year on August 31 with 1,528 customers. In addition to the payment of 8 per cent on preferred stock, the board of directors declared the regular 8 per cent annual patronage dividend and two spe- cial refunds of 6 per cent each to be paid at some future date. The 851 Farm Bureau members who have pa- tronized the company during the past fiscal year will receive $26,978.70. This amount, together with the regular pa- tronage refunds declared annually since the organization was established four years ago makes a total of $58,812.68 returned in cash to Farm Bureau pa- trons. The McDonough Service Company, after a few months’ operation, has de- clared an 8 per cent refund. Some 425 Farm Bureau members will share in this distribution of earnings. Ninety-five per cent of the paid up Farm Bureau members in Tazewell County patronized their own local ser- vice company during the first eight months of operation. Approximately one thousand Farm Bureau members will share in the 8 per cent patronage refund declared, payable at once, and the 8 per cent special refund which will be payable at a later date. McLean County Service Company, one of the charter members of Illinois Farm Supply Company, closed a most successful year November 30. This organization has 2,700 patrons, 1,588 of which are Farm Bureau members who participated in the distribution of $62,000.00. In addition to the regular 10 per cent annual patronage refund another 10 per cent was declared on a patronage basis. Four hundred twenty- four Farm Bureau members received more than $50 each, 95 more than $100 each, 12 more than $200 each, and two over $300 each. The Menard County Farmers Supply Company and the Morgan Farmers Oil Company each declared a 5 per cent patronage refund to all Farm Bureau members recently. The Montgomery County Farmers Oil Company paid § per cent patronage refund on six months’ business, ending August 31. Ill. Agr. Mutual Ins. Co. I hereby acknowledge receipt .of your check for $17.60 covering accidental col- lision occurring December 19, 1930. May I say that your prompt and cour- teous attention to the matter in hand has completely sold me on Farm Bureau insurance. Clara L. Daily, Wayne County, III. Accident notice received Dec. 23, 1930. Check sent out Dec. 29, 1930. = muss 7a pt sacks SESE ces ch. i CRRA PRE AG AS a Sn Pema. iT Hunting and Fishing Measure Fails to Carzy Closed seasons on all game in Illinois will have to be established unless the 1931 session of the general assembly submits to the people a constructive program for sanctuaries and breeding grounds and the people approve such a program at the 1932 election, C. F. Mansfield, secretary of the Uniform Conservation Laws Commission, pre- dicted in a recent statement. “The greatly reduced supply of all kinds of game in Illinois,” Mansficld said, “cannot much longer withstand the inroads of hawks, owls and other predatory birds and animals, as_ well as the kill by the ever-increasing a:my of hunters unless a definite program is adopted for the establishment of clozed sanctuaries in every county, such as was planned under the bond issuz sub- mitted to the voters at the last elec- tion,” he said. “The fact that the total vote on this proposition was 150,000 greater than on any other of the eight propo- sitions submitted to the people at the November election shows the trem-n- dous interest in conservation that is be- ing awakened in Illinois today. While this question received a majority of the votes cast upon it, it failed to receive a majority of the votes cast for mem- bers of the legislature.” Knox County Annual Passes Resolutions Resolutions passed at the recent an- nual meeting of the Knox County Farm Bureau (1,360 members). 1. Pledged co-operation and sup ot to the I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. in their efforts to improve the economic position of farmers; 2. Approved of the Marketing Act, and the Farm Board ‘‘for their efforts to build securely on a firm foundation and accomplish som:- thing of lasting value to agricu!- ture’; 3. Approved of the present district organization plan; suggested bet- ter co-ordination “which can only be done by the employment of a state organization director on full time’’; 4. Favored: a fair and equitable tax- ing system through a state in- come tax; 5. Opposed attitude of cities in Illi- nois asking for portion of gas tax for city improvements, com- mended editorial in Register-Mail. A little nonsense now .and then will undo the best of men, Red Top Exchange. Seeks More Members Manager Oelze Makes Known Plans for Great Service to Southern Illinois Farmers. Fiera pest campaign through- out the red top growing area of southern Illinois will be inaugurated within the near future, according to Manager E. J. Oelze, who made known his and the directors’ plans while con- ferring at the I. A. A. offices recently. ‘It is our purpose,” said Mr. Oclze, “to bring the service of the red top seed co-operative to other growers in the territory. We have an unusual op- portunity before us. Within a com- paratively small territory embracing such counties as Cumberland, Jasper, Effingham, Fayette, Bond, Marion, Clay, Richland, Lawrence, Edwards, Wayne, Jefferson, Clinton, Washington, Frank- lin, Hamilton, White, Williamson and Crawford, approximately 90 per cent of the red top seed of the world is pro- duced. Through the Exchange we in- tend to organize the bargaining power of the growers in this area and mer-.. chandise their product in an orderly manner so that they will get all that the market affords. No False Promises “We are not going to promise any- thing impossible of accomplishment. We do not promise to fix prices, nor to sell for more than the market affords. We do propose to avoid market gluts and prevent wide fluctuations and un- necessary spreads in the price received by the producer and that paid by the consumer. I believe this can be done successfully by concentration of vol- ume through one large efficient co- operative organization such as ours. Over 2,000 Members “The fact that we now have more than 2,000 members and that we successfully merchandised some 30,000 pounds of fancy red top seed last season at favorable prices, indicates that farmers of southern Illinois are backing this project. We have the support of the Federal Farm Board, the Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis, the Illinois Agricultural Association, and the County Farm Bureaus through- out the territory. I believe we have enough intelligence in our ranks to per- form a satisfactory money-saving ser- vice, and we appeal to the red top growers not yet affiliated with us to come in and help realize on the oppor- tunities made possible through organi- zation.” The Egyptian Seed Growers’ Ex- change is now -having its accounts audited regularly by the Illinois Agri- cultural Co-Operatives’ Association of Chicago. A policy has been adopted of. keeping the members informed at all times about the condition of the or- ganization, financially and otherwise. The Seed Growers’ Exchange has an authorized capital stock of $250,000, $25 par value. New Plant The co-operative recently erected a modern 60x90 ft. steel and concrete warehouse containing strictly up-to- date offices and directors’ room. The old warehouse, which contains the seed cleaning equipment, will be used by the feed grinding and mixing department of the Egyptian Service Company, for which the latter will pay rent to the Exchange. The new services all of which will e under the management of Mr. Oelze, are expected to have a favorable influ- ence on the future of the Seed Ex- change. N. Y. College Advises Audits for Co-Ops. FyIHE charge made for auditing a firm’s books may seem high, but so is insurance, says F. A. Harper of the New York state college of agriculture in warning officers of farm co-opera- tives of the dangers that may come from lack of an audit. Too often the audit is done by an auditing committee of members who are likely to be in- capable of auditing, and it is little more than signing the, manager’s report, he says. “Auditing is necessary to local asso- ciations as a protection against dishon- esty or carelessness. Carelessness is the -most subtle and dangerous of the two and probably causes far more loss to co- operatives than downright dishonesty— but that makes the loss no less costly. The audit serves to protect the mem- bers against dishonest management or officials and serves also to protect hon- est management and_ officials against suspicions of dishonesty. Both members and officials are served. “A competent auditor does more than make an annual statement. He can advise as to improving accounting methods, the financial position, the credit policy, and point out weakness in the operation of the co-operative.” The Illinois Agricultural Co-Opera- tives Ass’n. specializes in auditing ac- counts for co-operative associations on an “at cost” basis. If your local co- operative doesn’t have a competent audit regularly find out why. The I. A. C. A. service safeguards the invest- ménts of farmer stockholders in its member co-ops. Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1931 Secy. Hyde’s Annual Report Is Delivered, Urges Land Utilization Policy Be Adopted and Production Adjustment. PRORECTION adjustments and ‘a more rapid development of a na- tional land utilization policy are two remedies for the agricultural depression, Secretary Hyde declared in his annual report to President Hoover. Secretary Hyde also urged the necessity of or- ganizing agriculture into effective co- operative groups for collective action, © of changing the present tax system to lighten the farmers’ tax burden, and of improving rural credit conditions. Income Down Gross farm income for 1930 will probably be about $9,950,000,000, or 16 per cent less than for 1929, Secre- tary Hyde reported. After noting the reduced world demand for farm prod- ucts, he emphasized the importance of production adjustments as one factor in improving the relationship of the agricultural industry as a whole with its market opportunities. He advocates acreage. reduction, states that dumping of surpluses abroad is not feasible, that the _ indefinite storing of surpluses tends to prevent, rather than to cause, a rise of prices, that tariff duties are not effective on commodities produced largely for ex- port, and that subsidies would increase rather than restrain production. Cut High Cost Acres He declares it does not follow be- cause some farmers can produce at a lower cost than others, that the low cost farmers should do nothing to pre- vent overproduction. Wise acreage ad- justments, he added, can help to de- crease the unit cost as well as the vol- ume of production. He suggests the elimination of higher cost acres, and the concentration of remaining produc- tion on the more productive land. “Commercial racketeering” was the term applied by Governor Christianson of Minnesota to the practice which he said was disclosed “in an unguarded moment” by a representative of the chain stores, of offering standard, trade- marked merchandise at cost or less, and recouping losses by marking up other lines. The concentration of ownership and control of business, “unprecedented in the history of the world,” bodes no good to the country, he said. A lot of good times are ruined by excessive anticipation. vq : ro yh a ae a PMT re ORE eee March A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen For Their Sake— eep Your Life Insurance in Force COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO. 608 So. Dearborn St. Chicago Page Sixteen 42 Commission Companies Suspended at E. St. Louis Forty-two commission companies, located at St. Louis National Stock Yards, Ill., were “suspended from reg- istration” February 25 by order of C. F. Marvin, acting Secretary of Agri- culture, as a result of evidence show- ing violation of the packers and stock- yards act which the U. S. Department of Agriculture administers. A hearing resulted in testimony that the commission companies, in question, refused to sell or buy live stock or have any business relations with two other market organizations. The suspension becomes effective March 16 and con- tinues for a period of 90 days, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may modify or set aside the provisions of the order if the suspended firms cease the discriminatory practices. The decision of the acting secretary, based on voluminous testimony, stated in part, “The evidence in this case clearly discloses a general widespread attempt to deny the advantages of an Gpen competitive market to an agent for the farmer or shipper and to an order buying company as agent for various members of the packing indus- try. This is a grave injustice to their principals. The record discloses nothing to excuse the conduct and ac- tions of the respondents toward the National Order Buying Company and the Producers Live Stock Commission Association, legally registered and with the legal right to operate at the stock yards. The establishment of an open competitive market is one of the prime essentials which the packers and stock yards act of 1921 was designed to ac- complish and perpetuate.” In the course of the hearing, during which more than 2,800 pages of testi- mony were taken, the evidence dealt with the various ramifications of live stock marketing including the provi- sions of the agricultural marketing act which is administered by the Federal Farm Board. Referring to objections on the part of the old-line commission firms to Farm Board policies, the deci- sion stated, “However much objection the respondents or any of them may have to the agricultural marketing act or the policies of the Federal Farm Board, the same cannot constitute any excuse or justification to a boycott or unjust discrimination or unfair practice under the packers and stock yards act.” The Mid-West Grain Corporation handled 135 carloads of grain, or more than 200,000 bu. in the week ending Feb. 28. THE I. A. A. RECORD. Soybean Ass’n. Officers The following officers were recently elected by the new board of directors of the Soybean Marketing Association: John W. Armstrong, president; Dwight Hart, vice-president; W. G. McCor- mick, secretary; R. A. Cowles, treas- urer; J. H. Lloyd, assistant secretary. The Board named the following members as its Executive Committee: John W. Armstrong, Dwight Hart, W. G. McCormick, Samuel Sorrells, W. J. Sandusky. Chicago Producers Do Big Business During 1930 the Chicago Producers handled about $30,000,000 worth of live stock, 60 per cent of which came from Illinois farmers. The National Live Stock Marketing Association last year handled approxi- mately $175,000,000 worth of live stock. Dixon-Kewanee High Line Case Is Settled Rates. of compensation to farmers for land traversed by the Dixon-Kewanee high line of the Super Power Com- pany were agreed upon at a~confer- ence between officials of the [Illinois Agricultural Association, the utility company, and the Farm Bureau land owners committee, held in the I. A. A. offices on March 6. Twenty-five farms in Lee ind White- side counties were affected by the settlement. This case has been in con- troversy more than a year. Both the interests of the utilities and the land owners were served by settling out of court. Vermilion Service Co. Six thousand dollars have been sub- scribed by Vermilion County Farm Bureau members for a co-operative oil company. The new organization will be known as the Vermilion County Service Company. When $20,000 is raised, the company will buy equip- ment and start operating. Crawford-Jasper Shipping Associa- tion (Joe Brown, manager) held its annual meeting at Oblong February 26. Manager Scott Meiks of Indianapolis and Ray Miller of the I. A. A. were the speakers. Uncle Ab says there is one hard- working committee from which every member should resign—and that’s the Rumor Committee. March, 1931 B. F. Beach of Michigan Speaker Peoria Meeting Fue milk producers can, if they work together within any market- ing area, exercise more control over their marketing than almost any other - group of farmers, B. F. Beach. mana- ger of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, told members of the Illi- nois Milk Producers at their recent an- nual meeting in Peoria. Mr. Beach stated that the Jepressed automobile industry in southeastern Michigan resulted in a decline of 25 per cent in local milk consumption in and about Detroit. At Flint the mar- ket suffered a 50-per cent decrease in milk consumption. He believes that the base and sur- plus plan of milk prices is the best yet devised for controlled production and seasonal surpluses. The educational value of the plan is important because every member knows that his average price per 100 pounds declines when he increases production where there al- ready is a surplus, he said. Beach expressed the view that lack of consumer buying power is the prin- cipal reason for low farm prices. The Michigan Milk Producers has been op- erating about 15 years. The speaker stated that the Association has over- come a condition in which farmers formerly underbid each other in the market and_ reaped lower prices. “Through organized effort they are now working together using their bar- gaining power to obtain a fair price,” he said. $110,000,000 Loaned On Farm Crops The 12 federal intermediate credit banks during 1930 loaned approximate- ly $110,000,000 to farm commodity marketing associations. The law speci- fies that not more than 75 per cent of the value of the products in storage can be loaned. The intermediate credit banks are further protected by the privilege of calling for a reduction of their loans should the market price reach the level where the loan exceeds 75 per cent of the value of the crop in storage. Edgar county, Illinois, led all others in consignments to the Producers dur- ing February. A total of 24 cars re- ceived represented an increase of eight cars over February a year ago. Vermilion county was the next larg- est consignor with a total of 20 cars, representing an increase of 15 cars over February, 1930. Other counties show- ing increases were Effingham and Iro- quois. March, “Orga Y« Tells St ‘Pees izeq of peop market ket, J. dent of ance of annual Spring fig 30. M pacity a in the **The victim 1 “The o business tions is Throug demand product it is to from r cities th organiz: adopted produce Mr. trends | tention such as college pete w He sta is the ever set bill tha spend . figures tion of slim { womtr throug that it ers in same | the in 000,0¢ worke prices emplo r March, 1931 _. THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen March, 1931 EE EE “Organize to Get What You Want,” Says Grimes Tells Story of Co-Operation Among Independent Grocers HAIN organizations which mobil- ized the buying power of millions of people have changed the farmers’ market from a seller’s to a buyer’s mar- ket, J. Frank Grimes, Chicago, presi- dent of the Independent Grocers’ Alli- ance of America, said in addressing the annual meeting of the I. A. A. at Springfield, Friday morning, January 30. Mr. Grimes spoke before a ca- pacity audience of close to 1,000 people in the Majestic Theatre. “The unorganized group is an easy victim to organized business,” he said. “The only way the farmer or the small business man can meet modern condi- tions is through powerful organization. Through organization alone you can demand and get a fair price for your products.” Mr. Grimes pointed out that the large chain organizations are constantly hammering down prices and wages. “I wonder if it is a coincidence,” he said, “that the agricultural depression with low farm prices came simultaneously with the growth of chain stores. Profit in the rural community is necessary if it is to grow, and profit is being taken from rural communities to the big cities through chain organizations, Our organization,” he continued, “has adopted a policy of co-operating with producers’ organizations. Less Food Consumed Mr. Grimes spoke of the changing trends in food consumption, called at- tention to the fact that many luxuries such as automobiles, radios, as well as college educations for children com- pete with food in the family budget. He stated that the housewife of today is the cleverest shopper the world has ever seen, that women save on the food bill that they may have more money to spend for other things. He presented figures showing that average consump- tion of fond is declining because of the slim furs fad followed by many wom:r, the desire aroused for luxuries through advertising, less food required by workers because machinery is doing much of the heavy work formerly done by men. “One chain organization boasted that it saved $350,000,000 to consum- ers in one year,” he said. “But at the same time it took $350,000,000 from the income of the producer and $300,- 000,000 more from employees and workers by constantly pounding down prices to the grower and wages to the employee. I.A.A. SHIELD AT URBANA Karl Adams of Moweaqua, Shelby county, was the high man on the IIli- nois livestock judging team in the last college judging contest at the Interna- tional Livestock Exposition, Chicago. Adams will have his name inscribed on the shield donated by the Illinois Agricultural Association which hangs in the New Agricultural building in Urbana. Twenty-three teams competed in the contest. Illinois placed 10th. The name of the high man on each Illinois team will be placed on the shield annually. “Farmers need a powerful organiza- tion to advertise their efficiency, to demand for the grower a fair share of the national income. You can get any- thing you want,” he continued, “if you organize right to get it. “Probably the greatest difficulty that confronts independent business, and co- operation among farmers’ local business associations, is the peculiar individual- istic ideas and ideals that have devel- oped around the individual business,” he said. ‘Men who own their own small business somehow seem to inher- ently resent taking suggestions and fol- lowing the example of anyone else. How often we hear the statement made by an individual: ‘I own my own busi- ness and I am going to run it to: suit myself. If I go broke it’s nobody’s business but my own.’ And it is be- cause of these impractical and peculiar ideas that the independent businesses of this country have failed to use the enormous power that lies within their very grasp. Not Good Business “Jt is only within ‘the last four or five years that definite steps have been taken toward harnessing this power and combining together great numbers of individuals to do things that could not possibly be done by the individual working alone. The agitation looking to. the organization of independents. in business is at last beginning to have its affect. Men are beginning to see that it is not good business to be so inde- pendent in their own thought that they refuse to co-operate with their fellow men and go down into bankruptcy and oblivion as far as their business is con- cerned. They are now beginning to learn that it is far better to co-operate with others within their industry. there- by harnessing its power, bringing to themselves greater advantages, perpetu- ating their own business, and produc- ing greater net profit. “It is this unused power of the in- dependent in business that is at last be- ginning to awaken consciousness of the enormous possibility that lies within their hands if they will utilize it. “J am very happy to state that in the grocery business this awakening has taken on definite shape and at last the grocers of this country who have been considered the weakest type of in- dependent are now enjoying benefits and advantages equal or surpassing that of their great powerful competitors. They have awakened to what they can do when they play ball together. Had a Weakness “For years efforts were made to bring them together and harness this power. Associations were formed. Various buy- ing exchanges and advertising clubs came into being, all of which had one fundamental unsolvable weakness. They lacked directing organization powerful enough to draw to itself keen minds, the finest talent, best brains, and to evolve a program complete in every de- tail that would match or excel that of the strongest competition. “In the grocery business disaster seemed to be overtaking the independ- ent. This new competition which puzzled the independent began to get stronger and stronger. Its growth was very rapid. Its success was staggering. The profits it made drew unlimited financial support. It expanded with great rapidity and completely over- whelmed the individual. It looked as though, as far as the grocery business was concerned, any fight the independ- ent put up would be hopeless and use- less. “About four and one-half years ago, after-much experimenting and after re- peated failure, there came into being what is now known as the Independent Grocers’ Alliance of America (I. G. A.). In the early experimental days the grave mistake was made of leaving to the individual retailer and whole- saler the complete execution of what- ever plans were formulated. Page Sixtee THE I, A. A. RECORD 42 Commission Companies Suspended at E. St. Louis Forty-two commission companies, located at St. Louis National Stock Yards, Ill., were “suspended from reg- istration” February 25 by order of C. I’. Marvin, acting Secretary of Agri- culture, as a result of evidence show- ing violation of the packers and stock- vards act which the U. S. Department cf Agriculture administers. A hearing resulted in testimony that the commission companies, in question, refused to sell or buy live stock or have envy business relations with two other market organizations. The suspension becomes effective March 16 aud con- tinues for a period of 90 days, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may modify or set aside the provisions of the order if the suspended firms cease the discriminatory practices. The decision of the acting seerctary, based on voluminous testimony, stated in part, “The evidence in’ this case clearly discloses a general widespread attempt to deny the advantages of an Gpen competitive market to an agent for the farmer or:shipper and to an order buying company as agent for various memibers of the packing indus- try. This is a grave injustice to their principals. The record discloses nothing to excuse the conduct and ac- tions of the respondents toward the National Order Buying Company and the Producers Live Stock Commission Association, legally registered and with the legal right to operate at the stock vards. The establishment of an open competitive market is one of the prime essentials which the packers and stock vards act of 1921 was designed to ac- complish and perpetuate.” In the course of the hearing, during which more than 2,800 pages of. testi- mony were taken, the evidence dealt with the various ramifications of live stock marketing including the provi- sions of the agricultural marketing act which is administered by the Federal Farm Board. Referring to objections on the part of the old-line commission firms to Farm Board policies, the deci- sion stated, “However much objection the respondents or any of them may have to the agricultural marketing act or the policies of the Federal. Farm Board, the same cannot constitute any excuse or justification to a boycott or unjust discrimination or unfair practice under the packers and stock yards act.” The Mid-West Grain Corporation handled 135 carloads of grain, or more than 200,000 bu. in the week ending Feb. 28. March, 193 Soybean Ass’n. Officers The following ofhcers were recently clected by the new board of directors of the Soybean Marketing Association: John W. Armstrong, president; Dwight Hart, vice-president; W. G. McCor- mick, secretary; R. A. Cowles, treas- urer; J. H. Lloyd, assistant secretary. The Board named the following members as its Executive Committee: John W. Armstrong, Dwight Hart, W. G. McCormick, Samuzl Sorrells, W. J. Sandusky. Chicago Producers Do Big Business During 1930 the Chicago Producers handled about $30,000,000 worth of live stock, 60 per cent of which came from Illinois farmers. The National Live Stock Marketing Association last year handled approxi- mately $175,000,000 worth of live stock. Dixon-Kewanee High Line Case Is Settled Rates of compensation to farmers for land traversed by the Dixon-Kewance high line of the Super Power Com- pany were agreed upon at a confer- ence between ofhcials of the I[linois Agricultural Association, the utility company, and the Farm Bureau land — owners committee, held in the I. A. A. offices on March 6. Twenty-five farms in Lee ind White- side counties were affected by the settlement. This case has been in con- troversy more than a vear. Both the interests of the utilities and the land owners were served by settling out of court. Vermilion Service Co. Six thousand dollars have been sub- Six tl 1 doll f k scribed by Vermilion County Farm Bureau members for a co-operative oil company. The new organization wi!l e known as the Vermilion County Service Company. When $20,000 is raised, the company will buy cquip- ment and start operating. Crawford-Jasper Shipping Associa- tion (Joe Brown, manager) held _ its annual meeting at Oblong February 26. Manager Scott Meiks of Indianapolis arid Ray Miller of the I. A. A. were the speakers. Uncle Ab says there is one hard- working committee from which every member should resign—and that’s the Rumor Committee. B. F. Beach of Michigan Speaker Peoria Meeting LUID milk producers can, if they work together within any market- ing area, exercise more control over their marketing than almost any other group of farmers, B. F. Beach. mana- ger of the Michigan Milk Producers Association, told members of the IIli- nois Milk Producers at their recent an- nual meeting in Peoria. Mr. Beach stated that the Jepressed automobile industry in southeastern Michigan resulted in a decline of 25 per cent in local milk consumption in and about Detroit. At Flint the mar- ket suffered a 50 per cent decrease in milk consumption. He believes that the base and sur- plus plan of milk prices is the best yet devised for controlled producticn and seasonal surpluses. The educational value of the plan is important because every member knows that his average price per 100 pounds declines when he increases production where there al- ready is a surplus, he said. Beach expressed the view that lack of consumer buying power is the prin- cipal reason for low farm’ prices. The Michigan Milk Producers has been op- crating about 15 years. The% speaker stated that the Association has over- come a condition in which farmers formerly underbid each other in the market and reaped lower prices. “Through organized effort they are now working together using their bar- gaining power to obtain a fair price,” he said. $110,000,000 Loaned On Farm Crops The 12 federal intermediate credit banks during 1930 loaned approximate- ly $110,000,000 to farm commodity marketing associations. The law speci- hes that not more than 75 per cent of the value of the products in storage can be loaned. The intermediate credit banks are further protected by the privilege of calling for a reduction of their loans should the market price reach the level where the loan exceeds 75 per cent of the value of the crop in storage. ‘Edgar county, Illinois, led all others in consignments to the Producers dur- ing February. A total of 24 cars re- ceived represented an increase of eight cars over February a year ago. Vermilion county was the next larg- est consignor with a total of 20 cars, representing an increase of 15 cars over February, 1930. Other counties show- ing increases were Effingham and _ Iro- quois. March, “Orga Yq Tells St Cie of peopl market ket, J. dent of ance of annual Springfie 30. Mi pacity a in the } “The victim t “The on business tions is Throug! demand product Mr. 4 large chi hammer wonder “that tl low far with th in the r it is to | from fr cities th organiza adopted produce Mr. | trends 1 tention such as college pete wi He stat is the « ever see bill tha spend { figures tion of slim f wonmr thrasug! by wor much « by mer “On that it ers in same t the inc 000,00 worker prices employ March, 1931 “Organize to Get What You Want,” Says Grimes Tells Story of Co-Operation Among Independent Grocers *HAIN organizations which mobil- C ized the buying power of millions of people have changed the farmers’ market from.a seller’s to a buyer’s mar- ket, J. Frank Grimes, Chicago, presi- dent of the Independent Grocers’ Alli- ance of America, said in addressing the annual meeting of the I. A. A. at Springfield, Friday morning, January 30. Mr. Grimes spoke before a ca- pacity audience of close to 1,000 people in the Majestic Theatre. “The unorganized group is an easy victim to organized business,” he said. “The only way the farmer or the small business man can meet modern condi- tions is through powerful organization. Through organization alone you can demand and get a fair ‘price for your products.” Mr. that the large chain organizations are constantly Grimes pointed out hammering down prices and wages. “I wonder if it is a coincidence,” he said, “that the agricultural depression with low farm prices came simultaneously with the growth of chain stores. Profit in the rural community is necessary if it is to grow, and profit is being taken rural communities to the big cities through chain organizations. Our “has adopted a policy of co-operating with from organization,” he continued, producers’ organizations. Less Food Consumed Mr. Grimes spoke of the changing trends in food consumption, called at- tention to the fact that many luxuries such as automobiles, radios, as well as college educations for children com- pete with food in the family budget. He stated that the housewife of today is the cleverest shopper the world has ever seen, that women save on the food bill that they may have more money to spend for other things. He presented figures showing that average consump- tion of ford is declining because of the slim furs fad followed by many wom:r, the desire aroused for luxuries thrasigh advertising, less food required by workers because machinery is doing much of the heavy work formerly done by men. “One chain organization — boasted that it saved $350,000,000 to consum- ers in one year,” he said. “But at the same time it took $350,000,000 from the income of the producer and $300,- 000,000 employees and workers by constantly pounding down prices to the grower and wages to the employee. more from THE I. A. A. RECORD 1A. A. SHIELD A'F URBANA Karl Adams of Moweaqua, Shelby county, was the high man on the Jlli- nois livestock judging team in the last college judging contest at the Interna- tional Livestock Exposition, Chicago. Adams will have his name inscribed on the shield’ donated by the Illinois Agricultural Association which hangs in the New Agricultural building in Urbana. Twenty-three teams competed in the contest. Illinois placed 10th. The name of the high man on each Illinois team will be placed on the shield annually. “Farmers need a powerful organiza- tion to advertise their efficiency, to demand for the grower a fair share of the national income. You can get any- thing you want,” he continued, “if you organize right to get it. “Probably the greatest difficulty that confronts independent business, and co- operation among farmers’ local business associations, is the peculiar individual- istic ideas and ideals that have devel- oped around the individual business,” he said. ‘Men who own their own small business somehow seem to inher- ently resent taking suggestions and fol- lowing the example of anyone else. How often we hear the statement made by an individual: ‘I own my own busi- ness and I am going to run it to suit myself. If I go broke it’s nobody’s business but my own.’ And it is be- cause of these impractical and peculiar ideas that the independent businesses of this country have failed to use the enormous power that lies within their very grasp. Not Good Business “It. is only within the last four or five years that definite steps have been taken toward harnessing this power and combining together great numbers of individuals to do things that could not .working alone. Page Seventeen done by the individual The agitation looking to the organization of independents in business is at last beginning to have its affect. Men are beginning to see that it is not good business to be so inde- pendent in their own thought that they refuse to co-operate with their fellow men and go down into bankruptcy and oblivion as far as their business is con- cerned. They are now beginning to learn that it is far better to co-operate with others within their industry there- by harnessing its power, bringing to themselves greater advantages, perpetu- ating their own business, and produc- possibly be ing greater net profit. “Tt is this unused power of the in- dependent in business that is at last be- ginning to awaken consciousness of the enormous possibility that lies within their hands if they will utilize it. “IT am very happy to state that in the grocery business this awakening has taken on definite shape and at last the grocers of this country who. have been considered the weakest type of in- dependent are now enjoying benefits and advantages equal or surpassing that of their great powerful competitors. They have awakened to what they can do when they play ball together. Had a Weakness “For years efforts were made to bring them together and harness this power. Associations were formed. Various buy- ing exchanges and clubs came into being, all of which had one fundamental unsolvable weakness. They lacked directing organization powerful enough to draw to itself keen minds, the finest talent, best brains, and_ to evolve a program complete in every de- advertising tail that would match or excel that of the strongest competition. “In the grocery business disaster seemed to be overtaking the independ- ent. This puzzled the independent began to get stronger and stronger. very rapid. Its success was staggering. The profits it made drew financial support. It expanded with great rapidity and completely over- whelmed the individual. It looked as though, as far as the grocery business was concerned, any fight the independ- ent put up would be hopeless and use- less. “About four and one-half years ago, after-much experimenting and after re- peated failure, there came into being what is now known as the Independent Grocers’ ylliance of America (I. G. A.). In the early experimental days the grave mistake was made of leaving to the individual retailer and saler the complete execution of what ever plans were formulated. new competition which Its growth was unlimited whole- Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1931 “In early days plans were presented but each individual member could co- operate to any degree he saw fit. Plans were placed before them and thorough- ly explained and co-operation urged. Some would—some 100 per cent—some 50 per cent—some 25 per cent—some § per cent—and some no per cent. It was soon found if any plan was to suc ceed it could only be done by having all members agree to followin every detail all the plans formulated by head- quarters organization—and failing to follow such plans they automatically excluded themselves from the benefits and could not remain a member. Once the idea was established of having a powerful headquarters organization which all would respect and whose plans would be put into effect 100 per cent, success became apparent immedi- ately. “By actually pooling their buying, in the truest sense of the word, they sud- denly found that from the point of buying they had equal advantage with their most powerful competitor. When it came to the identification of their stores and the type of store that would meet with public favor, they discovered that by having complete identification on a uniform basis throughout the country—both inside and outside the store—they immediately began to se- cure advantages and benefits equal to that of their strongest competitor in this respect. People began to say: ““Why, Frank Smith must have great buying power—I see stores like his everywhere.’ Advertising Helps “Soon powerful advertising was en- gaged in. No single individual retailer could possibly hope to present his case to the public in a strong enough man- ner with constant continuance that would eventually work its ‘way into the consciousness of the people, but banded together it was possible with small income from each one to begin that powerful advertising which today stands as a miracle in our modern mer- chandising. Further, because of this co- operation of thousands of independent merchants funds are available in such amounts that full page advertising in national magazines is now being en- gaged in to top off the complete ad- vertising program. “This organization has grown until last year sales of independent retailers in the I. G. A. exceeded five hundred million dollars. It is operating in 37 states with thousands of retailers fol- lowing most carefully all the plans worked out for their benefit. Increase in membership is growing at a rate that is hard to believe. “Advertising is conducted in over 350 newspapers weekly. Every mem- ber mails out a miniature newspaper containing specials, new ideas on foods for the family’s muse and household hints, recipes, and other matters of interest to the consumers—and the cir- culation of this medium, which is is- sued twice a month, is approximately two and one-half million copies per issue. Uniform Sales Methods “Window display experts are engaged at headquarters to work out displays. These are photographed, reproduced and sent to every member, and, win- dows are changed every week: “Many have marveled that in a small store they could engage such expert window trim- ming service, but it is easy when great numbers are co-operating together. Posters, price tags, and every conceiv- able device that is necessary for the store in present-day .merchandising, are furnished.” . In closing, Mr.. Grimes told his au- dience that farmers’ local co-operative marketing enterprises were comparable to the local independent grocers’; that their hope for gaining control of their products lay in merging their resources and strength through larger centralized organizations which could do for them what they never could do working alone. Life— a < By L. A. “Larry” Williams Women in Life Insurance M®*®: MIES of Livingston county, president of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation, read a very interest- ing resolution at the annual meeting which has caused me to give some thought to the subject of life insurance for women. Although our agents have never solicited farmers’ wives particu- larly, their selling nevertheless has been consistent so far as that sex is con- cerned. On the farm a wife is really a part- ner with her husband in the farming business. It, therefore, should be con- sidered as a partnership affair. Partner- ships usually protect each other. In the event of the death of one partner, the other is left the insurance to help main- tain the business or to clear up the estate without too great a loss. I have always maintained that the man should carry the greater proportion of insurance on his own life. I feel that it would be more difficult for the woman to get along after the death of the husband than it would be for the man to get along after the death of the wife even though there be children. This, however, :s not exactly true in farming. There is a greater need of the farm wife to protect the interests-of — her family with insurance than there is for the city wife. The standard of living in many farm homes is notice- ably lowered upon the death of the wife and mother. Proper care and schooling require funds. Many of the finer things in life are overlooked be- -cause of the need for money and it is reasonable to assume that the plans of a mother for her children will at her death have to give way to the more important plans of making the farm go even to the sacrifice of proper edu- cation. A woman may take a policy and spe- cify in that contract that in the event of her death so much a month shall be paid to her children for the purpose of education. By this method she can‘ see to it, even after her death, that some of her dreams and hopes are realized. A portion of her insurance may be made payable to her husband. The proper insurance program will give her a greater feeling of satisfaction as well as a greater confidence in the partner- ship which is too frequently a real part- nership so far as work is concerned but not when the cash returns come in. On many farms, however, the woman spends the greater share of the money; she is the shopper, the planner, and the budget maker. I am grateful indeed to the women of the past convention for their reso- lution and I am hoping that Home Bureaus will work -with the General Agents in trying to bring about a more. successful distribution of information on the matter of life insurance. I am suggesting to General Agents that they set aside two weeks or a month out of the year for the purpose of. specifically bringing the advantages of life in- surance before women. It is my further suggestion that they appoint sub-agents for that two weeks’ period during which every policy written will bring a com- mission to the Home Bureau. Also that these women agents solicit only women and children, and that the General Agent and all regular agents co-operate during that two weeks’ period to make possible the greatest success. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co. “Your check for $66.48 in re my claim re- ceived January 11 and I am acknowledging same in the spirit of a satisfied policyholder and happy in the knowledge that the truth pre- vailed regardless of the strange attitude of the bus driver. Strange to relate that we never carried any insurance on cars owned by us pre- viously and never had an accident of account. However, I will be doubly cautious in future and hereby tender my thanks for your business- like and courteous treatment.” M. A. Neumeyer, Edinburg, Texas. ee eS ee ee eee en a i 3 a e eR es ne ee ee , The - Mz ‘A Seleat he <4 1931) ED OELY OF ih bin, Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD APRIL, 1931 ve | = - ee nee AA A A a A AS Se Ee ee ~~. __..-- = The farmer employer. is subject to the common law rule of liability for injuries to his employees. Are You Protected Against Farm | HE National Safety Council reports that farm acci- dents are more numerous than factory and industrial acci- dents for the number of men employed.. A team may run away ... fly wheels, belts, and mov- ing parts catch clothing, injure and maim fingers and limbs . . . a fall may break an arm or leg .. . nails, pitch- fork, and other sharp instruments may lead to blood poi- soning and lockjaw. Would you be protected against liability if one of your men were so injured? Following are a few of the accidents reported by Farm Bureau members who have taken advantage of [Illinois Agricultural Mutual low cost employers’ liability insurance: MAR.-PUT. CO.—Hired man slipped on wagon wheel and fell on edge of wagon box injur- ing side. —Fork slipped out of bale of straw, em- loyee fell through hole in mow, dis- locating collar bone. RICHLAND CO.—Employee’s hand cavght between two heavy timbers on a, truck. HENRY CO. DE WITT CO. —Hired man caught finger between belt and pulley on gas engine, seriously injuring hand. McLEAN CO. :—Team of mules ran away, seriously in- juring hired man. FULTON CO. —Employee cranking truck—result, bro- ken right arm. Other injuries reported resulted from: Kick by horse, ladder falling, sudden starting of team, wagon running over feet, starting pump engine, key press flew out while Labor Accidents? starting combine, ensilage cutter injured hand, 14 foot fall from hay mow, fingers caught in gears, etc. Ewetoyers’ liability insurance also covers accidents to employees in threshing rings, corn shelling, hay baling, and other group: operations on the farm. The policy pro- vides insurance up to $5,000 for one person, and $10,000 for any one accident, pays court costs, lawyers’ fees, hos- pital bills, medical attention, etc. Since the Company started, cost has averaged only $8.54 a year for one employee. ‘The service is limited to Farm Bureau members. Mail the coupon and get our latest circular giving full information. ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY 608 SO. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO Mail This Coupon for Full Information ILtrnois AGRICULTURAL Mutuat INs. Co., 608 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. Send me without obligation on my part your latest pamphlet describing employers’ liability insurance. Name. Address 5 County. ~ Jubiiens pplicati vided in cultural Num Le AX abil tion ‘a1 our sta needed motor series 0 rect ir farmer other tion sp by the Associa Genera The import ers and Senate which income bills, 14 S. B. 2 adminis come td revenue taxes n The tax upd of the persons resident Illinois. The tions o come f reaches All a ing ge _deducte ing the sonal o Perso $1,000 for eac family, 18 yea son. co™!_9 The c*# | Illinois Agricultural Association pplication for transfer of second class entry ided in Section 412, Act of Feb, cultural Association Record, 608 ‘So. Dearborn St., Number 4 Main St., age 27, 1925, Address all communications Chicago, APRIL, 1931 Editorial Offices, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pro- or publication to Editorial Offices, Illi RECORD ished thly by the Illinois Agricultural fnsootation at 165 So, Bb ogy yg Fi from Marshall, Ill,, to Spencer, Ind, +, pen ween’ 28, 1925, authorized, Oct, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, | inois Agri- Volume 9 Legislation—57th General Assembly A Review of Bills Your Organization Is Supporting at Springfield AX revision based on ability to pay, clarifica- tion ‘and improvement of our state co-operative laws, needed amendments to the motor vehicle act, and a series of minor bills to cor- rect injustices or aid the farmer in one way or an- other comprise the legisla- tion sponsored or supported by the Illinois Agricultural Association in the 57th General Assembly of Illinois. The bill of outstanding importance to Illinois farm- ers and property owners is Senate bill 138 (Lantz) which provides for a state income tax. The companion bills, 164-170 inclusive, and S. B. 200 provide for the administration of the in- come tax and for using the revenue so derived to replace state taxes now levied on property. The state income tax bill imposes a tax upon the net income of all residents of the state including fiduciaries for persons or estates, also income of non- residents derived from sources within Illinois. College. Only Personal Incomes The bill does not apply to corpora- tions or partnerships as such, the in- come from which is taxed only after it reaches the individual. All ordinary business expenses includ- ing general taxes on property may be deducted from gross income in comput- ing the amount of net income. No per- sonal or living expenses are deductible. Personal exemptions are as follows: $1,000 for each single person, $2,000 for each married couple or head of a family, and $500 for each child under 18 years of age or other dependent per- son. come of the taxpayer. ‘income, the balance must be paid out of capital. way we kill the goose that lays the golden egg of future In a word, ‘we dry up the source of future income,’ to use the well "known statement of Adam Smith written in 1776.” tax paying ability. Killing the Goose BOUT three-fourths of all net income produced or re- ceived in Illinois is now derived from personal indus- try, which is wholly exempt from taxation under the pres- ent taxing system. Only about one-fourth of all net income is derived from the ownership of property, which is still compelled to assume the entire burden of genera! property taxes. The burden on real estate and easily visible personal property is made much heavier by the almost complete evasion of taxes by all intangible property except bank stock. of The situation is gradually growing worse because of the increasing percentage of net income derived from personal industry and tax-evading property. The only way to reach with direct taxes the majority of our population which is now virtually exempt therefrom is through an income tax. “Every legitimate tax is either directly or indirectly a tax on income,? says Prof. John E, Brindley of Iowa State of “By this we mean that it is paid out of the in- When the tax is greater than the The moderate tax rates after deduc- tions and personal exemptions are ap- plied on net income as follows: 1% of the first $2,000 of tax. 2% of the next $3,000 of tax. ap of the next $5,000 of tax. % of the next $5,000 of tax. 50% of the next $10,000 of tax. and 6 per cent of all taxable income in ex- cess of $25,000. Examples are given on page 4 show- ing how personal exemptions are de- ducted from different amounts of net income and how the several tax rates are applied to different amounts of taxable net income in computing the amount of income tax in each case. Not an Additional Tax income, income, income, income, income, Taxes collected under this act will’ be paid into the General Revenue Fund of the state to replace the tax on prop- erty levied for all state purposes ex- cept for payment of interest and retire- ment of the principal of the Waterway Bonds and Sol- diers’ Compensation Bonds. The bill provides for ad- ministration by a Depart- ment of Income Taxation, co-ordinated with other de- partments under the Civil Administrative Code of the state; for the requirement information from em- ployers and others as to any taxable sums amount- ing to $700 or more paid to any individual in any taxable year; for exchange information with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United States or administrative offi- cers of income taxes in oth- er states; for suit by the Attorney General for the collection of taxes; and for prosecution by the Attorney General for fraud. The bill provides that the act shall be in effect January 1, 1932, and that the first returns shall be made and taxes paid April 15, 1933, on net income re- ceived in the calendar year 1932 or in any fiscal year ending in 1932. Any taxpayer using a fiscal year is required to make returns and to pay taxes on the 15th of the fourth month follow- ing the close of his fiscal year. In this Companion Bills The companion bills accompanying Senate bill 138 are necessary to insure that the net proceeds of the income tax shall not be ‘just another tax” in addi- tion to present taxes on property, but shall be substituted for and reduce gen- _ eral property taxes for state purposes. This is accomplished by bills repeal- ing acts or portions of acts providing for the levy and collection of taxes on Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1931 Examples Showing the Operation of the State Income Tax I. Single person with no dependents. Exemptions and tax rates on three different amounts of net income are shown in the following table: Il. A B Wet: isicome (6 oe ss $1,000 $2,000 POXOM PEON: speed 1,000 1,000 Net taxable income.................... None $1,000 taxable at— : 1 per cent on first $2,000.............. None 2 per cent on next $3,000.............. None None 3 per cent on next $5,000.......... .... None None Total income tax.........0.20.2.2---- None $ 610 Married couple with three children under 18 years or other dependents. Exemptions and tax rates on three different amounts of income are shown in the following table: C $10,000 1,000 $ 9,000 $ 10(on$1,000)$ 20 60 120(on $4,000) $ 200 F $50,000 3,500 $46,500 $ 15(on$1,500)$ 20 60 D E Net income: iiss 0 se nk $3,000 $5,000 Exemptions ($2,000 plus $1,500) $3,500 3,500 Net taxable income.................... None $1,500 taxable at— 1 per cent of first $ 2,000............ None 2 per cent of next $ 3,000............ None None 3 per cent of next $ 5,000............ None None 4 per cent of next $ 5,000............ None None } per cent of next $10,000............ None None 6 per cent of all over $25,000...... None None Total income tax... None Nn bes 150 200 500 1,290 (on 21,500) $ 2,220 NOTE: The above examples show the virtues of a system of taxation based upon ability to pay taxes. They also show that the proposed income tax bill with its moderate exemptions and tax rates imposes a very light burden upon taxpayers as. compared with the oppressive burden now imposed upon owners either of real estate or of any other property taxed on its value. property for the University of Illinois Fund (Senate Bill 164), for the State School Fund (165), and for the State Blind Fund (166); by amendments to other acts removing any references to the three funds named above and pro- viding that money appropriated for any of the special purposes named shall be payable out of the General Revenue Fund of the State (Nos. 166, 167, 168, 200). Amends Code Senate Bill No. 170 amends the Civil Administrative Code, creating a De- partment of Income Taxation and the offices of Director and Assistant Di- rector for the administration of the Income Tax Act. The necessary delay in the first col- lection of income taxes until 1933 re- quires that the tax on property for the State General Revenue Fund be con- tinued for the year 1931 payable in the year 1932. This is done in Senate Bill No. 169. This bill also provides for the possi- bility that receipts from income taxes in 1933, together with revenue from sources other than property, may not be sufficient to pay all appropriations from the General Revenue Fund. For this reason the State Levying Board is given power and is directed to lexy a tax on property also for the year 1932, payable in 1933, sufficient to pay any difference between reasonably expected receipts therein and all appropriations therefrom. Produce $30,000,000 — It is believed that receipts from the income tax will make any levy on prop- erty needless, but it is necessary to give the State Levying Board authority to make it in order to’save the state from possible embarrassment. It is conservatively estimated that an income tax act with the provisions of Senate Bill No. 138 will produce at least $30,000,000 in any year, at least $40,000,000 in prosperous years, and possibly $50,000,000 in a highly pros- perous year. The Income Tax Bill and its com- panion bills cannot interfere in any way . with the amount of money appropri- ated by the state for the University of Illinois, the common schools, or blind relief, all of which are now provided for by special levies on property. Even now no special levies are available for the purposes for which they are col- lected unless they are appropriated therefor by the General Assembly. The income tax and its use as pro- posed in the companion bills, with reve- nues from other non-property sources, will probably supply all of the funds now collected from property taxes not (Continued on page 7) Th April, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five nnn nnn nnnnnn nen nnn nena nnn nn nnn anne ee eee Let’s Put the Other Horses to Work ww NI 75 00 — Tyee! RW An i A = BO wi . | WV ' { é y INTANegsee \ HA \ Paarcary Hy) ay wR > be 3 — poratio cent e tal sto Bloomi Corp. | Dire to set profits cent st the pre age diy capital approx cash gi Ex-C Nebras the stc ers Na grain | Kelvie, handlec “T wan support tion wi holding weaken true th time t¢ for a f tinued duplica| waste, fort i elimina “Co the dol April, 1931 : THE I.-A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen Farmers National Grain Profit $666,266.84 Annual Report to Stockholders Reveals Corporation Had Good Year PROFIT of $666,266.84 in the fiscal year ending February 28, 1931, was reported by Walter I. Beam, treasurer of the Farmers National Grain Corporation, to the Board of Directors’ meeting in Chicago on April 6. At the annual meeting of stock- holders held the following day at the Sherman Hotel, President C. E. Huff stated that the net profits of the cor- poration represented more than 100 per cent earnings on the outstanding capi- tal stock. Pres. G. C. Johnstone of Bloomington represented Illinois Grain Corp. at the stockholders’ meeting. Directors of the corporation voted to set aside 50 per cent of the net profits for reserve and declared a 6 per cent stock dividend. The remainder of the profits will be distributed in patron- age dividends in the form of paid up capital stock. The corporation handled approximately 111,000,000 bushels of cash grain of the 1930 crop. McKelvie Speaker Ex-Governor Sarauel R. McKelvie of Nebraska was the principal speaker at the stockholders’ meeting. The Farm- ers National is the largest handler of grain in the United States, said Mc- Kelvie, by reason of the large bushelage handled in its first year of operation. “I want to urge that every stockholder support your National Grain Corpora- tion with all your receipts. By with- holding a part of your grain you only weaken your organization. While it is true that some other concern may from time to time offer you a higher price for a few carloads of grain, don’t for- get that your national agency contracts to take all your grain. 3 “There are too many agencies taking a toll of the farmer’s production,” con- tinued McKelvie. ‘‘There is too much duplication in machinery, too much waste. Guard against duplication of ef- fort in your own organization and eliminate it promptly when discovered. Profits to Producers “Co-operative marketing can’t make the dollar do gymnastics. It can make as much profit as any private organiza- tion handling an equal volume, and the profit so made will be returned to the producers who made it possible.” Mr. McKelvie read a telegram from headquarters of the Farm Board at Washington which expressed faith in the future of the Farmers National Grain Corporation, the Board’s desire in Spite of Depression to keep in close contact with all the operations of the organization. McKel- vie predicted that at the coming meet- ing of the U. §. Chamber of Commerce at Atlantic City much time would be spent by the organized middlemen dis- cussing how the purpose of the Agri- cultural Marketing Act can be defeated. Reports Brief The reports of President Huff and Manager Geo. S. Milnor were very brief. They stated that a report would be dis- tributed in pamphlet form shortly. Im- portant details connected with the han- dling of grain and the financial opera- tions of the company were not: given out. Hostile interests are anxious to get this information for use in their cam- paign of misrepresentation against co- operation marketing, and the officers and directors deemed it advisable not to release it. Private commission agen- cies are careful not to reveal their financial operations, and the Grain Cor- poration to protect itself has been com- pelled to withhold its sales position and details of financial operation from the public. Mr. Huff thanked the directors and other officers for their fine support, and spoke approvingly of the good work of employees and staff members. A number of amendments to the by- laws were made. Hereafter a single stockholder may hold as much as 25 per cent of the stock of the corporation. Heretofore the stockholder has been limited to one-twentieth of the capital stock. Directors Elected Directors elected were as follows: C. E. Huff, Farmers Edu. & Co-op. Union, Salina, Kansas; John Manley, Oklahoma Wheat Grow- ers Ass’n., Enid, Okla.; J. J. Knight, Equity Union Grain Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Wm. H. Settle, Central States Grain Ass’n., Inc., In- dianapolis, Ind.; L. E. Webb, Farmers Co-op. Commission Co., Dodge City, Kansas; Geo. E. Duis, North Dakota-Montana Wheat Growers, Grank Forks, N. D.; M. W. Thatcher, Farmers Union Terminal Ass’n., St. Paul, Minn.; W. J. Kuhrt, Northwest Grain Ass’n., Minneapolis, Minn.; Ernest R. Downie, Kansas Co-op. Wheat Marketing Ass’n., Wichita, Kansas; F. J. Wilmer, North Pacific Coast Growers, Inc., Rosalia, Wash.; Oscar Slosser, Ohio Farmers Grain & Supply Co., Fostoria, Ohio; C. B. Steward, Farmers Westcentral Grain Co-op., Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska; C. W. Croes, American Wheat Grow- ers Ass’n., Aberdeen, S. D.; R. A. Cowles, IIli- nois Grain Corporation, Chicago; and Jess Wade, International Grain Growers, Ogden, Utah. : To comply with the change in the by-laws only 15 directors were elected. Jess Wade of Ogden, Utah, is the only new man on the Board. ‘S. J. Cotting- ton, Iowa; Sam H. Thompson, Chicago; L. J. Taber, Columbus, Ohio, and E. G. McCollum, Indianapolis, were not re- elected. The report of the nominating committee was adopted unanimously. Resolutions Adopted Resolutions adopted commended Pres- ident Hoover for the appointment of Sam H. Thompson as a member of the Federal Farm Board, expressed regret at the resignations of Messrs. Legge and McKelvie, commended the selection of James C. Stone as chairman; upheld the desirability and effectiveness of the Agricultural Marketing Act in its pres- ent form. Between 75 and 100 stockholders and visitors from all sections of the grain belt attended the meeting. The farm press was invited, but daily newspaper reporters were barred. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde and Sam- uel R. McKelvie, Sam H. Thompson and C. B. Denman of the Federal Farm Board were in Chicago for this and other meetings. Superpower Company Hearing on May 5th Tuesday, May 5, at Springfield, be- fore the Illinois Commerce Commission, landowners from LaSalle, Livingston, Woodford, Tazewell, Will and Grundy will gather to ask consideration of a new proposed route for the Super Power Company’s high line from Powerton to Joliet. The hearing was arranged by the I. A. A. to give a few landowners who are dissatisfied with the cross country route an opportunity to present evi- dence showing why the route should follow section lines and fences. The commission previously had given the utility a certificate of convenience and necessity to build the upper half of the line. Such a certificate carries with it the right to condemn property. At a conference in Springfield on March 24 more than 50 landowners, farm advisers and Farm Bureau officials from the counties mentioned met with President Earl C. Smith, Donald Kirk- patrick, and L. J. Quasey to discuss legal phases of the case and to clarify in the minds of all the rights of both landowners and utilities in this question, Page Sixteen ; THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1931 ee first annual meeting of the IIli- nois Live Stock Marketing Associa- tion will be held at Bloomington on Thursday, May 28. The board of direc- tors of the new co-operative met in the I. A. A. offices, Chicago, on Friday, April 3, to plan the future work of the association. The association was incor- porated on March 4. Three hundred and fifteen county live stock marketing committeemen, live stock producers and farm advisers attended six district live stock market- ing conferences held throughout the state during the week of March 23. These men represented 62 counties. County marketing committees out- lined educational programs for the re- spective counties in accordance with suggestions presented by Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing for the I. A. A. The program of the state organization was discussed with par- ticular reference to the new state live stock marketing association, its pur- pose and plan of operation. During the first three months of 1931 the Indianapolis Producers han- dled 2,638 carloads of live stock, repre- senting approximately 34% of the mar- ket receipts. Illinois counties showing an increase in the business consigned to the Indian- apolis Producers over the first three months last year were Vermilion with an increase of 33 cars, Ford with 16, Edgar 10, Dewitt 9, Iroquois and Woodford 6 cars each. Illinois shipping association managers who increased their business to the In- dianapolis Producers over the first three months of last year are Fred Gumm, Paris, with a gain of 9 cars; W. E. Leischner, Deland; W. F. Kurtz, Ta- bor; George M. Hudson, Hindsboro; Abner Wood, Redmon; Clarence Pous- ler, Shumway; R. C. Boatman, Sheldon; William Fulk, Cerro Gordo and De- catur; D. H. King, Dundas; H. H. Richards, Parkersburg, and G. W. El- bert, Clarksburg. Managers who shipped the same number of cars as [ast year were: C. M. Weller, Tuscola; O. C. Fisher, Windsor, and W. H. Bingaman, Neoga. For the first three months of 1930 approximately 78.5% of the receipts at Indianapolis arrived by truck. a Mrs. C. M. Stephens, Davenport, Chairman, Quad-City Milk Council Mrs. Stephens and other members of the Consumers Committee have taken an active part in working out an or- derly marketing quality improvement program between the organized dairy- men represented by the Quality Milk Association about Rock Island, Daven- port, Moline, and East Moline, and the organized dealers. The Consumers Committee consists of Mrs. C. M. Stephens, Mrs. J. W. Casto, Rock Island; Mrs. W. R. Wood, Moline; and Mrs. J. F. Ryan, East Moline. Decatur Milk Producers — Announce Price Schedule HE Decatur Milk Producers Asso- ciation, following a recent meeting with dealers at that market, reports that the price of base milk for April, May and June will be $2.06 per cwt. delivered at Decatur. Class II milk will bring a price com- puted on the basis of Chicago 92 score butter plus 12%2 cents per pound fat in 100 pounds of milk. Thus if the Chicago 92 score price is 30 cents per pound and the milk tests 3.5 per cent, the price would be computed at $1.49 per cwt. Class III milk, of which there was only 13,000 pounds on the market in March, will bring a flat price based on Chicago 90 score butter price for the butterfat content in 100 pounds of milk. At present approximately 70 per cent of the milk delivered at Decatur is base milk. During February and March the price received by the Producers was $2.27 per cwt. for base milk. Previous to February the price was $2.65. Since the first of the year the retail price on this market dropped from 12% cents to 10 cents per quart. Secretary. Geo. E. Metzger attended the price conference and assisted the Milk Producers-Dealers Progress’ at Rock Island A THREE cent per cwt. check-off on all milk delivered by members of the Quality Milk Association to dis- tributors at Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and East Moline was agreed upon at a meeting on March 31, where the largest dealers and milk producers were represented. The producers consented to pay two cents and the dealers one cent to pro- vide personnel and equipment for checking weights and tests, improving quality, and advertising dairy products in the Quad-Cities. Following the meeting a new scale of prices was announced. Milk will sell for 11 cents a quart and 6 cents a pint on these markets. A proposed cut in the price to the producer will be given further consideration. The old retail price was 12 cents a quart. R. W. Bartlett of the University of Illinois and Wilfred Shaw of the Illinois Milk Producers’ Association commended the Quad-City milk council for its ef- forts in establishing an orderly market- ing system and a higher quality prod- uct for the consumer. Farm Adviser John Spencer of Rock Island county has taken an active part in getting the Quality Milk Association under way. Sanitary Milk Producers Endorse Health Ordinance At a meeting of the directors of the Sanitary Milk Producers, in St. Louis, April 6-7, the Board endorsed the re- cent ordinance passed by the City Health Department requiring all pro- ducers supplying that market to build a dairy and .milk house according to sanitary specifications laid down by the city health office. The Sanitary Milk Producers has ad- vised its 8,800 members to comply with the ordinance and to that end is fur- nishing them with blue prints of a dairy house that will meet all require- ments, Among other requirements the milk house must have three windows in it, and a cooling tank with a capacity of four gallons of water for each gallon of milk. Secretary Geo. E. Metzger of the I. A. A., who met with the Board, reports that the organization is making fine progress, that all the larger dealers are co-operating except the Pevely Dairy Company. Producers in their negotiations. The price obtained by the Producers is in line with the price of milk on similar Illinois markets. Apri Feb Far Ey. ro Febr duri Bent, depa “T of fa this “Ma differ grain “F. fected soil j phosp a gre tilize whet They ing t phosp prese hy stated pounc acre | field » field | limed phosp TT treatn Th News wond salad- natin cellul explo marg of th February Record Month: For Rock Phosphate Farmers Buy Limestone and Rock Phosphate in Spite of Farm Price Deflation pes farmers used more ground rock phosphate (lime phosphate) in February, 1931, than in any February during the past 12 years, reports J. R. Bent, director of Limestone-Phosphate department. “In the face of the current deflation of farm prices, this is a great tribute to. this wonderful fertilizer,” says Bent. “Many have found that it makes the difference between profit and loss in the grain farming system. New Test “The recent test which has been per- fected for determining whether or not soil is deficient in quickly available phosphate, has done much to stimulate a greater use of this economical fer- tilizer. Farmers need not now wonder whether or not they will get results. They can know in advance by consult- ing their farm adviser. If the soil needs phosphorus, it pays to use it even at present farm prices. “Julius Alvord of Richland county stated recently that he applied 1,000 pounds of ground rock phosphate per acre on 18 acres in 1920. The same field was in corn in 1929. Part of this field had no treatment; part of it was limed; and part of it was limed and phosphated. Doubles Yield “The portion of the field without treatment yielded 32 bushels per acre of poor quality corn; the limed portion, 50 bushels per acre; and the limed and phosphated portion of the field, 65 bu- shels per acre. “In 1930 he had the same field in oats. The untreated part of the field made 8 bushels per acre; the limed part of the field, 18 bushels per acre; and the limed and phosphated part of the field, 32 bushels of oats per acre. The long time benefit is well illustrated in this experience.” The Wonderful Soybean The San Antonio (Texas) Evening News calls the soybean the world’s most wonderful plant because: “Milk, flour, salad-dressing, lubricating and illumi- nating oil, glycerine, paint, varnish, celluloid, printing ink, soap, waterproof, explosives, linoleum, rubber, coffee and margarine can be made from the bean of this plant.” April, 1931 | THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen H. H,. Walker New District Managers Announced by Metzger Organization Men Employed to Fill Vacancies, Start April 1 oe appointment of three district organization managers for two northern Illinois districts and the south- western Illinois section is announced by George E. Metzger, director of organi- zation. Appointment of the men was confirmed at a meeting of the I. A. A. Board of Directors in Chicago on March 13. H. H. Walker of Greenville, Bond county, is the new appointee for the southeastern section. Born in Clinton county near Carlyle in 1874, Walker and his sons now farm 683 acres of land near Greenville. He is a charter member of the Bond County Farm Bureau, which he joined in 1920. Since December, 1926, he has been assisting the Organization De- partment in membership solicitation. Clare Bradford from Mercer county, selected for the northern Illinois dis- trict, succeeds H. D. Fink. Bradford was born in Mercer county 38 years ago. He attended a small college in Aledo after which. he started farming. Clare Bradford O. D. Brissenden Bradford has been a member of the Mercer County Farm Bureau for the past 12 years, has served on the local organization committee, and at present is a director of the Tri-County Oil Company. O. D. Brissenden, son of F. L. Bris- :enden, will succeed H. L. Hough as district organization manager in the northeastern Illinois section. Mr. Hough resigned to become director of organi- zation for the Wisconsin State Farm Bureau. Brissenden is the youngest of the dis- trict organization men. He was born in Clay county, Ill., 32 years ago. After graduating from the public schools of Flora, he attended the University of Illinois where he was a member of the student army training corps during the war. For the past three and one-half years he has been employed as farm superintendent of the Lincoln State School and Colony in Logan county. Tall and well built, Brissenden has been active in the Logan county Farm Bureau Forum, which he served as presi- dent. He was a leading member of the Logan county debating team in the in- ter-county Farm Bureau debates last winter. During the past three years he has been attending the Lincoln College of Law night school at Springfield. Taxation Is Subject at Ottawa Armory Meeting OHN C. WATSON, director of taxation, addressed more than 500 LaSalle County Farm Bureau members and visitors in the Ottawa Armory on March 30. Calling attention to the fact that 1931 is the year when all real estate and farm lands in Illinois will be revalued for taxing purposes, Watson urged his audience to take a special interest in the tax situation and seek to obtain equalization between various classes of property. Realestate should be valued — on the 1931 basis, not as of 1927, he asserted. Property values have come down considerably in the past four years. Mr. Watson discussed the need for tax revision, for taxation based on abili- ty to pay. He told of the advantages of having one county assessor instead of a full-time township assessor. “Uni- formity in valuations,” he said, “‘is al- most impossible so long as we have as many assessors as there are townships in the county. Every assessor: has his own idea about values, and with 37 assessors in one county you are likely to get as many different bases of valua- tion.” Henry T. Marshall of the LaSalle County Farm Bureau Tax Committee presided. 11 Qts. for $1.00 Eleven quarts of milk for $1 is the new retail price, the lowest in 10 years, announced April 1 by milk distributors in Springfield, Ill. The cut was made in an effort to boost consumption and get rid of the surplus. P Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD . : April, 1931 Soybean Growers in Stock Sales Drive Several Counties Oversubscribe Quotas. All Make Progress in Placing Association on New Basis PRROGRES of Illinois soybean grow- ers in placing their co-operative sales agency, the Soybean Marketing Associa- tion, on a capital stock basis is indi- cated by accomplishments in recent weeks in the central Illinois soybean area. The association proposes to sell $50,- 000 worth of capital stock to provide working capital and to. give every member grower a direct financial inter- est in his own marketing machinery. The 26 counties in which nearly 3,000 members of the organization re- side, have been placed on a quota basis in the stock subscription campaign. In the first week of the drive McLean and DeWitt counties both over-subscribed their allotments. Scott Leads A checkup of results just before go- ing to press reveals that little Scott county leads the state with stock sub- scriptions in the Soybean Ass’n. office totaling 105 per cent of its quota. De- Witt is second with 104 per cent, Mc- Lean third with 102 per cent, and Peoria fourth with 90 per cent. Manager J. H. Lloyd of the Soybean Marketing Association and V. Vaniman of the Illinois Agricultural Association were scheduled to complete a series of meetings through the soybean territory on April 11. At these meetings the speakers explained the capital set-up, and the problems facing the Soybean Association in the coming year. While farm income in 1930 declined appreciably from that of the preceding years, soybean growers are making a valiant attempt to operate their mar- keting machinery with as little outside financial help as possible. They have been reluctant to borrow money from the government and the modest loans which have been made the growers pro- pose to pay back as soon as conditions warrant. DeBord Is V.-P. Through error the name of Jesse L. Beery—was—published—as—viee-president of the Illinois Agricultural Co-oper- atives’ Assn. in the March RECORD. Byron W. DeBord of Princeville, Ill., was elected vice-president at the an- nual meeting of the Board of Directors held at Springfield on January 28. Pass Oleo Bill in Wisconsin McDonough County The Wisconsin state legislature re- cently passed a bill providing for li- cense fees ranging from $1,000 to $50 annually from persons making, selling or publicly serving oleomargarine in Wisconsin. A $1,000 fee is required of the manufacturer or wholesaler dealer, $300 from a retail dealer, $100 hotel or restaurant, $50 boarding house. Illinois Vote on | Oleomargine Bill The vote of Illinois members of Congress on the Brigham-Townsend bill restoring the 10 cents per pound tax on yellow oleomargarine was as follows: U. S. Senate— For the bill: Chas. $. Deneen. Not voting: Otis F. Glenn. House of Representatives— For the bill: Chas. Adkins, John C. Allen, Wm. W. Arnold, John T. Buck- bee, Carl R. Chindblom, Burnett M. Chipperfield, Ed. E. Dennison, Homer W. Hall, Wm. P. Holaday, Wm. E. Hull, James F. Igoe, Ed. M. Irwin, Wm. R. Johnson, Ruth H. McCormick, M. Alfred Michaelson, Claud V. Parsons, Henry T. Rainey, Frank M. Ramey, Frank R. Reid, Richard Yates. Against the bill: Fred A. Britten, Oscar DePriest, Morton D. Hull, Adolph J. Sabath, Elliott W. Sproul. Not voting: Thomas A. Doyle, Stan- ley H. Kunz. Limestone Day, Tonti, August 16, 1918 W. L. Cope of Marion county writes: “On page nine of the March issue of the I. As A. RECORD is a picture of Dr. C. G. Hopkins preaching the gos- pel of permanent soil fertility. This picture was taken at Tonti, IIl., on August 16, 1918. The occasion— Limestone Day. “Dinner was served by the ladies of the community. There was also talk on conservation of food by some lady— have forgotten her name. Am enclos- ing a statement of the number of cars unloaded.” The statement enclosed is that of L. H. Brasel, I. C. R. R. agent, who says: “Our records show that on August 16 and 17, 1918, there were 18 cars of limestone_unloaded_at_this_station, the majority of which cars were released on August 17.” Saline, Johnson, Massac, Hardin and Pope counties are considering the organization of a five-county service company to handle petro- leum products. Makes Good Record A 7 per cent dividend on preferred stock and an 8 per cent patronage divi- dend on common stock was recently de- clared by the McDonough Service Com- pany. More than $2,400 was added to the surplus. The total volume of busi- ness handled by the company amounted to $25,103.18. At the annual meeting of the Mc- Donough Farm Bureau in March ‘it was reported that during the year 98 new members came into the organiza- tion, that 90 per cent of the members used some form of Farm Bureau service, and that the Farm Bureau closed the year with a net worth of $23,426.65. Lard Substitute Tax Before Iowa Assembly A 3 cent lard substitute tax is pro- posed in a measure before the Iowa legislature. Southern states have pro- tested in the interest of cottonseed oil. “It is solely a revenue measure, al- though of doubtful value,” said Secre- tary Mark Thornburg in reply to pro- tests. The Iowa Senate also passed a § cent tax on butter substitutes. Cook County Forms New Buying Service Gardners Supply, Inc., is the name of a new co-operative organized by the Cook County Farm Bureau to handle truck gardeners’ supplies, seeds, insecti- cides, feeds, etc. Organized with an authorized capi- tal of $25,000 the company began operating the last day of February with $7,500 paid in for working capital. During the month of March the com- pany did a business of over $8,000. It expects to handle upwards of $30,000 in sales during the year. The co-operative will meet local prices and all savings will go back to Farm Bureau member patrons on a patronage basis. Control stock in the co-operative is owned by the Cook County Farm Bureau. Insecticides handled will be in line with recommendations of the Univer- sity of Illinois. Fertilizers and chicken feeds from the Indiana Farm Bureau have been put in stock. Joe Zickniund™ is manager. The Illinois Senate, March 31, defeated a measure to provide that owners and operators of motor vehicles shall not be liable for in- juries to guest—passengers except for willful and wanton misconduct. tax raise duce very woul Civic it cr harm gress rates in a co \_9 The c*# } Illinois Agricultural Association — RECORD Published monthly by the Tincie A beh oy Association at 165 So. Main St., Application for transfer of second vided in Section 412, Act of Feb, Number 5 class entry from Marshall, Ill,, to Spencer, Ind, +» pending, 8,. 1925, authorized Oct. 2, 1925, cultural Association "Record, 608 se Dearborn 8t., Rpeneer,, Ind, Address all communications Chicago. MAY, 1931 Editorial Offices, 608 So. Aovep tance for mailing at special rate of postese pro- For publication to Editorial Offices, I Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, linois Agri- Volume 9 State Income Tax Before House Opponents of Measure Raise Smoke Screens and Seek ATTLING of skeletons in the closet by champions of the tax dodgers has been heard as a result of the hearing before the House revenue committee at Springfield last week when the Lantz state income tax bill and companion measures moved on toward considera- tion in the House. A blast was unloosed against the measure by the Civic Federation of Chicago which represents a small group of wealthy men including large holders of stocks and bonds. The bur- bill. den of the plaint was that security holders would be exposed by the income tax and their stocks and bonds placed on the property tax books to suffer double taxa- tion. As a matter of fact pro- vision has been made for administration of the pro- posed income tax by a sepa- rate Department of Income Taxation which under the act cannot impart informa- tion to other taxing bodies. The expo- sure argument is being used as a smoke screen to hide the real reason of many for opposing a state income tax: namely, to avoid paying a fair share of the tax burden. Another reason advanced by oppo- nents is that local property taxes would not be reduced by the proposed income tax measure. Yet, if the rates were raised to provide more revenue to re- duce local as well as state taxes the very people who advance this argument would be the first to howl; in fact the Civic Federation contradicts itself when it criticizes Senate Bill 138 because, in harmony with some of the most pro- gressive income tax states, its highest rates are slightly higher than is the case in a few other states. The old bogy of unconstitutionality raised in the Senate is again being trotted out in the discussions over in the House. Yet, there is ample justi- fication in past State Supreme Court decisions and in the constitution itself for believing that the proposed income tax, which is an excise tax, is just as constitutional as the inheritance tax with its graduated rates, the gas tax, Tax dodgers get active against income tax Smoke screens raised to hide real reasons for opposition. Chicago paper changes front, admits income tax a fair tax but wants reapportionment so Chicago can rule the state. Big real estate men want property tax offset feature; objections to this proposal cited. How companion bills to S. B. replacement” tax. Cost of administration much less than cost of property tax. and any other excise taxes. The Chicago Tribune, which has been a very unfair opponent, apparently has had a twinge of conscience for in a recent editorial (May 8) it modified its previous stand by admitting that the income tax is a sound and fair tax; that ability to pay is an accepted basis of taxation. It admits that “One man may be ruined by the levy on his possessions; another may have an income unrelated to his taxable wealth. Taxation of the means of livelihood without consideration of the revenue produced has injustice bound up in it. A man taxed upon the volume of his investments may have his living taken from him. He can stand a tax upon the | income derived from these securities.’ So has the Tribune endorsed. an in- 138 make it a to Delay Consideration come tax and candidly implies in the same editorial that its opposition is not based on any lack of merit of the pro- posed legislation, but purely because the legislature has not seen fit to reappor- tion representation according to popula- tion and allow Chicago to rule the rest of the state. The opening hearing on the bill and its companion measures before the House Revenue Committee on May 6 was marked by general agreement that owners of real estate are being taxed to death; that some relief must be provided. Nor was there opposition expressed to the income tax as a fair method of deriving reve- nue. Representatives of big real estate holders in the larger cities, many of whom also own large blocks of stocks and bonds, held out for the property tax offset feature under which property taxes would be deductible directly from computed income taxes. Thus, the real estate owner who pays as much as $1,000 in property taxes would have to get a net income of at least $27,167 if Senate Bill 138 is enacted, before he would pay any income tax. It is very likely that this feature would influence many who now own no real estate but who come in the ihcome tax-paying class, to buy a lot, a home, or a flat building, or perhaps even a farm. “Buy a Lot and Save Your Income Tax” might be the slogan of many a subdivider and real estate operator. _ The weakness of the property tax off- set feature lies in the fact that it would greatly reduce revenue derived from the income tax, thus throwing a greater portion of state taxes back on property and at the same time would officially sanction the tremendous inequality in taxation under our present system. While farmers and real estate owners under present conditions pay all the way from 20 to’ 50 per cent of their net income in taxes, the income tax proposes a maximum of only 6 per cent on net income. The Companion Measures The companion bills, $. B. 164-165- 166-167-168-169-170-200, repeal levies against property for state tax purposes and give effect to the replacement fea- ture of the proposed income tax. Thus, if the measure raises $30,000,000 of revenue for the State General Fund, a like amount will be removed from the levies against property. However, the University of Illinois fund, the state school fund, and the blind relief fund are protected if by any chance the in- come tax is held unconstitutional, by authorization given state officials to levy taxes for the General Fund, out of which may be appropriated money for the above purposes. At the same time Senate Bill 169 pro- vides that the Governor, the Auditor of Public Accounts, and the State Treas- urer are directed to estimate the revenue to be derived from the income tax in 1932 and reduce the tax levy on prop- erty to such an amount. It is estimated that the cost of ad- ministering the state income tax will require not more than 2 per cent of the tax so collected and will probably re- quire less. The cost of administering the property tax, on the other hand, is considerably greater than this per- centage. Action in Three States On Income Tax Bills St. Paul, Minn., April 25. Bills proposed a constitutional amend- ment authorizing an income tax have been passed by both the House and Senate. Under the Minnesota law such an amendment must be submitted to the electorate. Tallahassee, Fla., April 25. The bill proposing a constitutional amendment permitting an income tax has been passed by the Florida Senate by a vote of 27 to 11. Lansing, Mich., April 25. The Michigan House has passed a bill proposing a graduated personal income tax. The sales tax was defeated. The sub-committee appointed to frame~a national fruit and vegetable growers’ marketing plan with Federal Farm Board backing will meet in Washington May 18. Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1931 Comparison of Tax Now Paid by Property, and Net Income That a Person Would Have to Receive to Pay as Much Taxes Under the Income Tax Bill as Property Owners Now Pay Column 1 below shows the average tax now levied directly on property and indirectly on the income from property; column 2 the net income from proper- ty which on the average is only four times the actual taxes. Columns 4, 6 and 8 show the income a single person, a married couple or the head of a family of four would have to’ receive to pay as much taxes as the property owner pays (column 1) on his income from property (column 2). (Note: It is here conservatively esti- mated that in recent years general taxes levied on tax-paying property have taken one-fourth of the net income therefrom, computed before taxes are paid. This is an indirect tax without any exemptions of 25 per cent on the net income from tax-paying property. TAXES NOW LEVIED ON|LEVY ON NET INCOME PROPOSED BY SENATE BILL 138 TAX-PAYING PROPERTY pan ~—-Single Person—-—-_ -— Married Couple— Family of Four Income of Pers’al Total Pers’al Total Pers’al Total Pers’al Tax Levy Such Prop. Exemp.| Net Income Exemp. Net Income Exemp, Net Income Exemp. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 $ 25 $ 100 None }} 3,250 $1,000 $ 4,250 $2,000 $ 5,250 $3,000 50 200° ** 4,500 “ 5,500“ 6,500“ 100 400 “ 6,667 - 7,667 2 8,667 an 200 800.“ 10,000 : 11,000 = 12,000 = 300 1,200: ™ 12,750 re 13,750 - 14,750 sg 400 1,600 “ 15,250 2 16,250 ih 17,250 . 500 2,000 “ 17,400 " 18,400 " 19,400 = 600 2,400 “ 19,400 it 20,400 7 21,400 “ 700 2,806: “ 21,400 = 22,400 bh 23,400 es 800 3,200 “ 23,400 - 24,400 aa 25,400 900 3,600 “ 25,400 - 26,400 vi 27,400 iy 1,000 4,000 “ 27,167 iy 28,167 29,167 ve 1,500 6,000 “ 35,500 fs 36,500 oe 37,500 “ 2,000 8,000 “ 43,833 * 44,833 = 45,833 . 2,500 10,000 ‘“ 52,167 oe 53,167 ae 54,167 cn 3,000 12,000 “ 60,500 61,500 : 62,500 = 4,000 16,000 “ 77,167 . 78,167 bi 79,167 s 5,000 20,000 “ 93,833 si 94,833 e 95,833 “ 6,000 24,000 “ 110,500 i 111,500 - 112,500 i 7,000 28,000 ‘ 127,167 7 128,167 = 129,167 be 8,000 32,000 “ 143,833 i 144,833 ™ 145,833 - 9,000 36,000 ‘ 160,500 * 161,500 “ 162,500 ™ 10,000 40,000 “ 177,167 " 178,167 “ 179,167 x 15,000 60,000 — ‘ 260,500 n 261,500 . 262,500 ae 20,000 80,000 “ 343,833 ' 344,833 iy 345,833 e 25,000 100,000 “ 427,167 cs 428,167 re 429,167 . 30,000 120,000 “ 510,500 = 511,500 * 512,500 " 40,000 160,000 “ 677,167 ey 678,167 . 679,167 es 50,000 200,000 ‘“ 843,833 is 844,833 7 845,833 rs 60,000 240,000 “ 70,000 280,000 “ 80,000-320,000—“ 90,000 360,000 . “ 100,000 400,000 ‘“ 1,010,500 es LZ Aé7 2 1,343,833 7 1,510,500 = 1,677,167 = 1,011,500 ". 1,178,167 er 1,344,833. * 1,511,500 x 1,678,167 ne 1,012,500 * 1,079,167, ** 1,345,833 “ 1,512,500 * 1,679,167.“ « s Pe Ir fo on > iis @ fl @ pt @ ee @) i u tl May, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nine Farm Board and Wheat Prices HAT has the Farm Board and the Grain Sta- bilization Corp. meant to the wheat grower and wheat prices? The accompanying chart received from Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde will help answer the question. In September, 1930, before the Grain Sta- bilization Corp. became effective, note that the Liver- pool price at 97c was higher than the Chicago price at 92. In February, 1931, the Chicago price was 82 4c, while the Liverpool market had dropped to 63c. The stabilization operations backed by the Farm Board are credited with averting hundreds of bank failures and farm bankruptcies in the wheat growing sections. Now that last year’s crop is largely out of farmers’ hands and either processed or owned by the Stabilization Corp., support has been removed from the market. As a result prices have drifted lower. The support given the grain market by the Farm Board when a crash was imminent, is likened to the support given the stock market by the big banks in the fall of 1929. More favorable wheat prices are now dependent on increased demand from European countries which have been using home grown grains almost to the exclusion of imports, improved buying power by con- sumers in this country, and lower domestic production. Enforcing the Oleo Law FANFORCEMENT of the state law against selling yellow colored oleomargarine is reported from sev- eral counties where violations have been discovered. This law was placed on the statutes for a good pur- pose, namely, to protect butter, a home-grown prod- uct, against the unfair competition of a product made largely from imported vegetable oils. There is little objection to the sale of uncolored oleo, particularly that made largely from American animal and vegetable fats. Dairymen have no desire to curtail the market for beef fats, cottonseed oil and similar products orig- inating on the farms of this country. They do right- fully insist that such products be sold for what they are, that imports of cocoanut oil from the Philip- pines be further restricted. No one can assail such a policy, for it is in line with protection industrial in- terests are now enjoying. The Wool Pool PEN wool growers have an opportunity to co- operate with the National Wool Marketing Corp., which last year handled 38 per cent of the entire clip in the United States. An initial. payment of 11 cents per pound will be made to the growers on delivery, the balance to be paid when the crop is sold. In some localities last year the price paid by local buyers was no higher than the EXISTENCE BUT NO STA- CHLCAGO PRICES WOULD BE AT (A) +—_——- — pe By as Ali rox m it CENTS PER BUSHEL IF NO FARM BOARD AT ALL, TCHICAGO-PRICE-HOULD- BE aT (B.) ead Osan abe DL aaa aa /930 9H initial advance of the co-operative. In 1930 it is re- ported Ohio wool growers received a total of 28 cents per pound for their high grade wool. In Illinois, where wool growing is largely a sideline, the average quality is not so high as in Ohio. But growers who pool are assured of getting all the market affords less the moderate handling charge. It looks like good business to patronize this co-operative setup where every pro- ducer is paid on honest weights in line with the quality of his product. To Meet at Bloomington rE first annual meeting of the Illinois Livestock Mar- keting Association, newly organized state co-operative, will be held at Bloomington on Thursday, May 28. Election of directors and consideration of plans and policies will be the principal order of business at the meeting which will begin at 10 A. M. in the McLean County Farm Bureau assembly hall. Speakers will include P. O. Wilson, Chicago, manager of the National Livestock Marketing Association; D. L. Swan- son, Chicago, manager of the Chicago Producers Commission Association; and Ray E. Miller, director of livestock mar- keting. Henry Parke of Genoa is temporary president of the association. Live stock growers from all sections of the state are expected to gather for the meeting. Grain Corp. Growing The business of the Mid-West Grain Corp. continues to improve and during April 410 carloads of grain were _ handled. Since Nov. 1 when the regional began operating on its present basis, grain has been received from 134 different points in 40 Illinois counties. This satisfactory growth indicates the confidence grain producers and co-operative elevators over the state have in their own sales agency. Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1931 ny eked Dy As we go to press the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League is about to open the 1931 baseball season—the eighth since its organization in 1924. Baseball schedules have been made up in the eight’ divisions and the first games will be played on May 16. A rearrangement of the districts was made necessary because of the several new teams joining the league. The new divisions are as follows: DIVISION I DIVISION V JoDaviess Henry Stephenson Knox Carroll Henderson Lee McDonough DIVISION II DIVISION VI DeKalb McLean LaSalle Champaign Kendall Douglas Will Logan Grundy Macon DIVISION III DeWitt Kankakee DIVISION VII Iroquois Menard Livingston Cass Ford Morgan Sangamon DIVISION IV DIVISION VIII Stark Christian Peoria Montgomery Woodford Macoupin Tazewell Greene Marshall-Putnam Games in most cases will be played Saturday afternoons, 2:00 P. M., al- though a number are scheduled for July 4. Games announced for the conitig weeks where definite locations have been chosen are as follows: May 15—Logan vs. Macon at Colony Grounds, Lincoln. May 16—Douglas vs. Champaign at Twilight Park, Urbana. May 16—Menard vs. Sangamon at watch factory diamond, Springfield. May 23—Douglas vs. Macon at Tus- cola. May 23—Logan vs. McLean at Normal University diamond. May 30—Douglas vs. McLean at Tus- cola. May 30—Champaign vs. Macon at De- catur. June 6—Champaign vs. Logan at Twilight Park, Urbana. June 6—Macon vs. McLean at Nor- mal University diamond. June 13—Douglas vs. Logan at Lincoln. June 13—-Champaign vs. McLean at Normal University diamond. June 13—-Morgan vs. Sangamon at watch factory diamond, Springfield. At a meeting of the State Arbitia. tion Committee at Springfield, May 5, a ruling was adopted that to be eligible hired men must be regularly employed for the season. In addition they must be Farm Bureau members. The League seeks to discourage the employment of men for their ability as players. Indiana Farmers Are Co-Operators in Buying Indiana farmers are buying petroleum products co-operatively through bulk plants in 48 counties. More than 35 of the 48 plants have been established dur- ing the past 18 months, There are purchasing organizations located in 87 of the 92 Indiana coun- ties all of which are affiliated with the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-Operative As- sociation. All kinds of farm supplies are bought locally, and the profits are distributed at the end of the year on a patronage basis. TO LIMESTONE USERS The I. A. A. Limestone-Phos- phate Department calls attention to the change in the method of buying limestone from contract companies. Farm Bureau mem- bers who purchase from contract companies should now pay their bills in full, without discounting, and take the certificates they receive with their bills direct to the Farm Bureau office for credit. Much trouble, delay and annoy- ance is involved if purchasers fail to observe these requirements. Not lc for Pills “My slogan for American housewives and mothers has been for many years: ‘Millions for Prevention and Not One Cent for Pills,’’’ writes Fannie M. Brooks, health education specialist of the University of Illinois, correcting a quotation in the February issue of the I. A. A. RECORD. “No one advo- cates the use of cod liver oil more than I do.” “I was glad to see the picture of Dr. Hopkins’ limestone day demonstration in the I. A. A. RECORD,” writes W. S. Storment of Salem in a_letterto—}.-E. Whitchurch, Saline county adviser. “That picture was taken Aug. 16, 1918. It brought back to mind how I happened te be there. I was Marion 10 Per Cent of Nat’l. Income Goes for Taxes The federal office of education re- ports that more than 23 per cent of all tax revenue is now expended annually for public school instruction. In addi- tion to spending more than $2,180,- 000,000 for elementary and secondary education annually, more than $5,486,- 000,000 are invested in buildings, grounds and equipment. Federal, state and local taxation is in excess of $9,250,000,000 annually in the United States. This is 10 per cent of the national income. Meat Packing Costs The American meat packing indus- try with an annual volume of business in excess of $3,390,000,000 pays a little more than 86 cents of every dol- lar of the plant value of its finished products for materials, principally live stock, according to the American’ Meat Packers Institute. The remaining 14 “cents covers all charges such as wages, salaries, interest, rent, depreciation, taxes, insurance, ad- vertising, cost of research, and manu- facturing profit. Meet at Monmouth Railroad, pipe line, and other public utility questions received principal con- sideration at the 14th district meeting, Monmouth, on March 18. L. J. Qua- sey, director of transportation, led the discussion on these problems. Other matters considered were live- stock and organization. The next district meeting is sched- uled for June 2 at Monmouth. The Story of the Spider While Mark Twain was editor of a Missouri paper, a subscriber wrote to him saying he had found a spider in his paper and asking Mark whether this was a sign of good or bad luck. The following was the reply of the well- known humorist: “Old Subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant is not advertising, so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed_peace—ever—afterward.” County Food Administrator and was asked to come out and furnish the sugar for the coffee for the dinner.” th CI May, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD ; Page Eleven ¢¢ J] AM only sorry we did not have the Farm Bureau 25 years ago to show us the value of Limestone.’’ —G. C, BAUER, Bond Co., IIl., member. TEN CAR TRAIN OF LIMESTONE TO ONE MAN Left to right: Former County Adviser W. E. Foard of gr a county, G. C. Bauer, owner, and Geo. Bauer, a son, standing along the C. B. & Q. right- of-way through Mr. Bauer’s farm just after walaadinw: Make the Farm Pay with Limestone | Daceranscaed MUST be a good investment or G. C. Bauer, gray-haired Bond county farmer, wouldn’t have bought 600 tons in one order. Out of the experience and wisdom of his 60 years Bauer says: “I would have been much farther ahead financially had I begun 15 to 20 years ago to lime my land.” After watching the crop yields increase on his first 50 acres of “lime sweetened” soil he decided to wait no longer I. A. A. CHEMIST IN TENNESSEE \ to treat the rest of the farm. The 600 ton order was the Laboratory tests insure honest quality and price according to test. [STONE and ROCK PHOSPHATE together are the champion soil builders. Clover, alfalfa, corn and small grains thrive where they are present. Phosphorus in the soil makes possible early-maturing higher quality grain for sale at top prices. Bigger crops lower per bushel costs.) NOW more than ever your soil needs limestone and phosphate to make the farm pay. result | Phosphate for Clover @ ae. from your County Farm Bureau to get guaranteed ananty at a discount to members only. @@ The |. A.A. Is a Service Organization #@ Page Twelve April Good Month in Auto Insurance Sales High Agents and Counties An- nounced, Prizes Awarded The Illinois Agricultural Mutual on May 1 had received 27,468 applica- tions for automobile insurance. The total for April was 606. A total of 1,033 applications came in during March and April. The 10 high counties last month in applications are as follows: Conk. ee 43 St. Clatec8. 21 Champaign ...34 Vermilion .... 17 McLean ...... 31 Iroquois ...... 16 Mercer 00... 21. Logan: is... 16 Wat Se es F545 21 "Morgan'.....: .: 16 Madison ...... 20 In the prize contest (umbrellas) for the month, the following agents won: H. O. Hinkley, Bond Co.; K. W. Cleland, Boone Co.; Roy Mitchell, Champaign; Cook County Farm Bureau; E. McClaughey, Frank Diekman, Cook Co.; F. W. Case, DeKalb Co.; C. T. Jessen, DeWitt Co.; D. J. Auble, Du- Page Co.; H. O. Henry, Effingham Co.; Wm. FE. Hedgcock, Arthur Welmeier, McLean Co.; Mark Foster, Mercer Co.; L. T. Oxley, Morgan Co.; J. D. Smith, Sangamon Co.; H. A. Bon- ser, Shelby Co.; D. P. Robinson, Henry Co.; T. Wesley Reed, Iroquois Co.; F. H. Wilson, Gerald Dickson, Kane Co.; Bertram Abney, F. L. Thies, Lake Co.; F. W. Peckham, Lee Co.; C. E. Hopkins, Livingston Co.; L. R. Welk, Logan Co.; Chris Bunte, Madison Co.; R. F. Shaffer, St. Clair Co.; Edw. L. Dillon, Vermilion Co.; A. A. Miller, Wayne Co.; Wm. C. Linker, Whiteside Co.; E. L. Wilson, Will Co.; T. E. Benton, Williamson Co.; H. R. Hitchcock, Winnebago Co. ; The following agents won electric clocks: Roy Mitchell, Cook County Farm Bureau, Clifford T. Jessen, T. Wesley Reed, Fred H. Wilson, Bertram Abney, C. E. Hopkinis, L. R. Welk, Wm. E. Hedgcock, Mark Foster, L. T. Oxley, J. D. Smith, R. F. Shaffer, Edw. L. Dillon, E. L. Wilson. The 10 high agents for the month are: Roy Mitchell, Champaign .............. 26 Cook County Farm Bureau .............. 18 C. E. Hopkins, Livingston va fynte kG R. F. Shaffer, St. Clair.................. 14 Edw. Dillon, Vermilion..... rhea tard Akg 14 Wm. Hedgecock, McLean................. 13 L. T.-Oxley, Morgans. ices wc sisted 13 L. R. Welk, Logan..................... 12 Mark Foster, Mercer.................005. 12 Ex L. Wilson; Wills oc oy ee ie oo 12 Clifford Jessen, DeWitt.................. 12 E. McClaughey, Cook.................... 11 H. O. Henry, Effingham.................. 11 T. Wesley Reed, Iroquois................ 11 Fred Wilson, Kane..... inca MEM sietie tate encase 11 Bertram Abney, Lake..'................. 11 J. D. Smith, Sangamon................... 11 The counties in which more than 75 per cent of the Farm Bureau members carry automobile insurance in the Tlli- nois Agricultural Mutual are as follows: DuPage! ok oe i ge Ns a 118% COOK Je 3 ncahs iio. hale sce 110% Winnebago -..0 ee eee. 95% Clinton: 3.3506 Se Sa 79% | 7 er 77% WE nos orden ticiyekce cues 77% St. Chait: ss ae seedy 76% THE I. A. A. RECORD Webashe' se oe OT os 76% Montgomery .......4......... 75% Members who have two or more cars and trucks insured account for the high percentage in DuPage and Cook coun- ties. on Employers’ Liability A PTCATION: for employers’ lia- bility insurance received during April by the Illinois Agricultural Mu- tual brought the total to 1,654 since the service was initiated. The 10 highest counties for April are: McLean, Morgan, Grundy, Henry, Logan, Tazewell, Will, Winnebago and Woodford. The high agents for April were: Wm. E. Hedgcock, McLean; L. T. Oxley, Morgan; Wm. E. Freitag, Tazewell; Paul Brown, Grundy; Homer Hitch- cock, Winnebago; L. R. Welk, H. W. Bradshaw, Woodford, and D. P. Robin- son, Henry. Recent farm accidents reported are as follows: DuPage county—shelling corn with power sheller—employee had bar in hand. Bar caught in drive chain striking employee across face cutting both cheeks. St. Clair county—em- ployee broke thumb while driving steel posts. McLean County — cmployee kicked by cow—possible rupture. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service, announces that any member of any unincorporated association such as threshing rings, stallion rings, bull asso- ciations, etc., is liable for his total worth. Insurance against accidents to employees of such associations can be had at very moderate cost. Heroine School Teacher Held Country Life Policy Helen Scott of Atkinson, Henry county, the brave school teacher who dashed onto a Rock Island railroad trestle recently to save her pupils from an approaching passenger train, was a policy holder in Country Life Insur- ance Co. Miss Scott succeeded in saving one child, but she and two others perished. Her $1,000 policy was the first double indemnity claim to be paid by the com- pany. She was just 26 years old and lost her life on her birthday while on a picnic with her pupils. Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: **When the I. A. A. RECORD was a little four-page paper we seldom noticed it It usually went in the waste basket without being read. But since the paper has been en- larged and made more attractive, we look forward to it each month, and now the whole family reads it from cover to cover.” Everett G. Reynolds, Morgan county, Illinois. May, 1931 Lee County Member Mangled by Tractor ' Ed Hanson, a loyal Farm Bureau member of Lee county, Illinois, was accidently killed while plowing with his tractor recently. Gordon, his son, working at the opposite end of the field, saw the tractor going down the road without anyone on it and ran over to investigate. He found his father’s body mangled between the plows. Mr. Han- son apparently had fallen off the tractor while trying to adjust it when still in op€ration. When they learned of his untimely end, 36 neighbors of Mr. Hanson came over to assist the widow in completing the seeding and planting that was under way. Ten tractors and many teams were put into operation. The neighbors completed the planting and seeding, and hauled out 80 loads of manure. The sad accident was a shock to the community, and the Farm Bureau loses an enthusiastic booster in Mr. Hanson. His daughter, Marion, is graduating this year as a nurse from the Augustana Hospital in Chicago. Country Life Business Increases 60 Per Cent Country Life Insurance Company made a new record in the life insur- ance field when it wrote 60 per cent more insurance during April than the preceding month, and 60 per cent more business than was written in the same month last year. Since the first of the year the company has written $5,725,- 000 of life insurance. Debates Announced A series of seven debates between Manager L. A. Williams and Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., will be staged during May and June in the counties which placed high- est in life insurance written during April. Topics of widespread interest to farmers will be chosen for the series of debates to be announced shortly. The seven high counties where the debates will be held are: Cook, McDon- ough, Bond, Madison, Randolph, Du- Page and Clay. The first two debates on subjects to be announced later will be held at Macomb on May 20 and Greenville on May 21. More than $2,000,000 of “contest” business written in April came in from agents, Lloyd G. Rodman, a graduate of the University of Illinois who served four years as teacher and principal in the DeLand high school, has been employed as assistant farm adviser in McLean county. cor THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen May, 1931 An Open Road for Elevator Managers Grain D” you ever stop to think why it is that few man voluntarily and consciously take up country elevator management as a life work? A large majority of country elevators are in small towns. Often the elevator | manager handles more business than anyone. else in the town. He is a man of weight and influ- ence in his com- munity. When the necessary living ex- penses incident to living in a small town are taken into consideration, he receives what totals a very respectable salary. On the whole, his work is pleasant. He has the advantage of liv- ing close to his work. He is given a large degree of responsibility in guid- ing the affairs of a good-sized business. He works hard, to be sure; and at cer- tain times must put in long hours. However, all things balance up to an agreeable total, and when once in the work, if the man is at all adapted to the position, he ordinarily stays with it for a long time. Blind Alley Job Where then is the fly in the oint- ment? As co-operative grain market- ing has been organized, country ele- vator management has been a blind- alley job. A good average man could, if he were diligent, keep the elevator business going in fair shape and be practically assured of his job for a long time. Under the management of a man with more than average business ability, the elevator would prosper, and in- creases in prestige and salary would be forthcoming. Ladder Now Provided But the physical limitations to vol- ume of grain which might in any way be induced to come to any one country elevator precluded the possibility of any very large salaries being paid. His con- tacts were not such as to bring his abilities to the attention of larger em- ployers who could make full use of his talents and hence pay larger salaries. He had a good job as small-town jobs go, but there was no ladder by which he could climb into a better position in the business world. In order to get into a field of larger opportunities it was necessary to back out of the blind- L. F. Rickey By Lacey F. Rickey Marketing Specialist, University of Illinois alley which led nowhere and start all over; and that is a painful process. This has all been written in the past tense. Why? Because a ladder is now being provided by which the efficient manager of a local co-operative ele- vator can climb to enlarged fields in his own line of work. The ranks of the real grain men needed to operate the regional and national grain co-opera- tives should and will be recruited from the managers of local co-operative ele- vators who have demonstrated their sympathy with and understanding of the fundamental principles of co-opera- tion, together with a knowledge of grain and business ability of a high order. The young man with ambition may now take the management of a local co- operative elevator with the assurance that when he has proven his ability he will have the same chance as the young fellow who enters other lines of indus- try, to advance into positions where his abilities may be fully used, where he may take just pride in his enlarged ac- complishments, and where the honor and reward going to men who do things will be his. The Bogey Men Bogey-men have been set before the managers by those having their own in- terests to serve. The development of regional co-operatives would do away with the necessity of business and grain handling ability at the local stations and reduce the managers to grain weighers, with salaries to correspond. A little re- flection will show the falsity of this claim. The same local management ability will be required. The services rendered to him will enable him to do a better job of handling his local sta- tion. The only difference will be that when he does send his grain. to the ter- minal market, as he has always done, he will turn it over to someone who is vitally interested in the success of his local elevator rather than merely in the commission to be obtained from han- dling the shipment. Ready for Next Step And in addition to this, he is part and parcel of the terminal organization him- self. As expansion and promotions oc- cur, his success in handling his-part of the business will suggest to those in charge of operations in the larger field that here is the man who has demon- strated that he is ready to take the next step up the ladder of successful achieve- ment. Only .a few years ago many people watching the development of Japan and China saw therein a ‘‘yellow peril.” Far-sighted business men, seeing instead a “golden opportunity,” shaped their policies to meet it and prospered accord- ingly. The large volume of golden grain concentrated under the operations of a nation-wide co-operative marketing or- ganization may mean to the local man- ager either a yellow peril or a golden opportunity, accordingly as he avails himself of the possibilities thus pre- sented. A blind-alley job is being changed to one which gives the local manager “some place to go.” This Story Is: True And, as Chairman Legge says, “This story has the further advantage of be- ing true.”’ I speak from experience. I was a country elevator manager for some time before I realized that I had a good job which led me nowhere in par- ticular. It was a momentous decision when I gave up that job to back out of the blind-alley and start over. I have never been sorry that I made the deci- sion. I have been able to be of more service to myself, to my family, and to society in general. But I lost some val- uable years. I wish that there had been present then the opportunity to climb out rather than the necessity to back out. Start Membership Work Farm Bureau membership sign-ups will be conducted in Logan, McLean, Hancock, McDonough, McHenry, De- Kalb and Warren counties within the next few months. The organization staff of the I. A. A. is assisting the local committees in all these counties in getting ready. All indications point to successful membership drives, reports Geo. E. Metzger, director of organiza- tion, for farmers realize the need for organization now more strongly than ever. McLean county is ‘out to make a new record for the largest membership sign- up in one day. Tazewell county now holds the record with 1,288 members added to the Farm Bureau roll in a 24=-hour~period. ; ‘On March 15 the index of farm prices stood at 91 per cent of ,the pre-war level. On the same day a year’ ago the index was 126 per cent, , Page Fourteen How you can UIT FARMING AT 65 and retire on a guaranteed monthly income for life VERY normal man looks forward to the time when he can do as he pleases: knock off work, go south for the winter, take fishing and hunt- ing trips, enjoy life. 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Name Age— Address COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago Old Line Legal Reserve Protection with Highest Security —— -_-——_—— ee -— ere re Pe eee ee Vy hee ee Mey = we bm ! \y s May, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen The Canadian Wheat Pool Condensed from The New Freeman (February 4, 1931) by Reader’s Digest Broke 1923 (the period of war- time regulation excepted) the business of wheat marketing in Canada was something of a racket. The wheat _producers—some 275,000 of them scat- tered over more than 200,000 square miles—were privileged to extract the ‘grain from the soil. Sometimes they received a living wage; sometimes they didn’t. But the people who relieved them of their grain and handled it from warehouses grew fat. Wheat million- aires and sub-millionaires appeared, lots of them. But not on the farms. The grain barons of Winnipeg and other cities developed the most pernicious commercial oligarchy in Canada’s his- tory. For nearly 40 years their wealth and power increased while the poor devils who grew the wheat struggled to keep the sheriff beyond the fence. Shake Off Despair Small wonder, then, that a great squawking ensued when the worm turned. In 1923 the wheat farmers shook off the despair that had been welded to them. They organized pools —co-operative associations—in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, to gather their wheat together and sell it. The movement started at the bottom; right on the farmsteads and in the small vil- lages. It looked back upon four decades of unhappy exploitation by the private marketing trade, and was impelled by a grand spirit of sink-or-swim together. It had not a red cent of capital, but of new-born spirit there was ample. The aims of the movement were stated in simple terms: to attempt to sell wheat in an orderly manner, i.e., as actual demand for real wheat arose; to try to eliminate the widespread gam- bling in fictitious wheat which was enervating the industry; and above all, to return to the farmer every possible sou which accrued from the sale of his wheat. 140,000 Sign A contract was prepared wherein the farmer agreed with his neighbors to de- liver his wheat to a common agency of their own creation during a term of years. More than 140,000 wheat grow- ers signed the contract. The organiza- tion was completed, while the grain trade was still blinking and, before the public realized what it was all about, the organized farmer was in the game. During the past seven years these Ca- nadian farmers have pounded their way W. B. Herbert to the front, battling every inch of the way against the unscrupulous opposi- tion of the grain trade gang. While the provincial pools were busy attract- ing new members, building up their own elevator system of 1,600 country houses and 12 terminals, collecting more than a billion bushels of wheat, distributing more than a billion and a quarter dollars among their members, creating circulating libraries and work- ing to improve the quality of Canadian grains, the Central Selling Agency con- cerned itself with establishing branch offices in New York, London, Paris and Buenos Aires, and agencies in every im- portant wheat-importing country. Costs Were Low Operating and overhead costs of the entire system were amazingly small, and the excess earnings from elevator opera- tions which were returned to pool members fairly staggered even the most rabid pool enthusiasts. In its balmiest year the turnover of the Central Sell- ing Agency exceeded $323 million, and its sales of wheat in 20 different coun- tries totaled more than 222 million bushels. The wonder of it all is that this mighty business is owned and con- trolled, and was built up, by farmers; by honest dirt-farmers “with no knowl- edge of big business.” There are no silent partners, no idle shareholders. The directors of the pools are all pool farm- ers, elected by their fellow members. They receive no salaries; only allow- ances while occupied with pool matters. The whole thing belongs to the farm- ers. It is an outstanding illustration of triumph by the under-dog through peaceful methods. What About Present At this point someone may ask omi- nously: “What about the present situa- tion?” Certainly the present situation does splash the picture. Up to last year the wheat pools stroked their boat with- out financial assistance from any gov- ernment. Last year, however, they were caught, along with all other grain- marketing agencies on this continent, in the disastrous decline of prices. Each of the prairie pools applied to its prov- incial government for a guarantee of its financial obligations to the banks, based on adequate security in the form of $30,000,000 worth of elevator fa- cilities. Since the granting of the guarantees, even darker days have fallen upon the grain markets. The price of wheat has been more than halved; and it is now obvious that the position of the pools with the lending banks is such as to necessitate calling in the government guarantees to the amount of some mil- lions. Already the pools have instituted plans for the repayment, over a period of several years, of any amount which the governments may be required to pay to the banks. The attitude of the pools has inspired widespread admira- tion. The pool has suffered a body blow; but it is not whining for the governments to pay its debts. It is sim- ply asking them to give it a helping hand until the worst of the storm is over. The federal government of Cana- da recently granted to the manufactur- ing interests, tariff protection that smells to high heaven. And yet some people are complaining because the or- ganized farmers, who are the backbone of the nation, ask that some of the blessings of government be turned their way for a short period. “Kick ’im, ’arry!” While the wheat pool has experienced serious difficulties in the past year, the attitude of the old established grain trade has been similar to that of the cockney who said: “Kick ’im, ’Arry! ’E’s still breathin’!” Skullduggery has been practiced in the markets to de- preciate the value of the pool’s wheat supplies and weaken its financial posi- tion. All the misfortunes of the land— unemployment, traffic stagnation, re- tarded collections, decline of export trade, general depression — have been placed on the pool’s doorstep, while the real fathers of these unwanted children have been kept in the background. The wheat pools of Canada, being comprised of human beings, have made mistakes and have been flayed merci- lessly for them. But today, when the prices of agricultural products are such as to involve a crisis for the rural com- munity, the pool is in the heat of the battle for economic and social rights which are essential to a satisfactory standard of living on the farm; rights which the farmer could not hope to gain through his individual efforts. Spirit Lives The Canadian wheat pool is still pledged to the principle of co-operative self-help and still convinced that the (Continued on Page 17, Col. 1) Tom Campbell Gives Farm Board Credit “Few people realize the real good that.the-Federal- Farm Board has ac- complished to date,” says Thomas D. Campbell, one of the largest wheat growers in the United States, in a re- cent interview in the New York Times. “It undoubtedly has saved many farm- ers from bankruptcy, and they, in turn, have prevented the liquidation of banks in their community; and industry as a whole has profited from the Farm Board. I firmly believe that had Mr. ' Legge not supported the commodity market last December there probably would have been a_ $10,000,000,000 crash in one day in the stock market. “We are now experiencing the most serious industrial depression in our country since 1873. Still, we have had but very little disturbance. The entire world is disturbed. Most of Europe is in revolt. Two-thirds of South Amer- ica~has ehamged- hands within the last six months. Still the United States has maintained an even keel. “There must be some fundamental reason for this fact. It is obvious that it can be credited to one factor only, namely, the activity and foresight of the administration in anticipating these conditions and eliminating their seri- ousness by proper. governmental assist- ance at these times, and it is equally obvious that the activity of the Federal Farm Board has been no small factor in the destiny of our economic condi- tion.” Missouri Grain Men Organize Co-Operative The Missouri Grain Growers, Inc., organized by the Farm Bureau, Farmers Union and farmers’ elevators of that state will soon become a stockholder of the Farmers National Grain Corp. R. W. Brown, state Farm Bureau president, was elected president of the new grain co-operative, T. H. DeWitt of the State Farmers Union was chosen vice-president, and M. R. Miller, State Farmers Union secretary, was named secretary-treasurer. Credit Corporations Aid to Country Bank The operation of an agricultural credit corporation as a supplement to local credit facilities will enable the country bank to maintain a more prof- itable loan and investment policy so as to increase the prosperity of the com- munity, according to B. C. Powell, a member of the National Advisory Loan Committee. The Greatest Necessity ‘/THE farmer is suffering chief- ‘ly today from a diseased sys- tem of distribution all along the line. It costs him too much to market his products. It costs him too much to purchase his necessi- ties. He sells in a wholesale mar- ket and buys in a retail market. He suffers because of the distri- bution of the national income and of the tax burden. That word ‘distribution’ covers a mul- titude of injustices and the only way to solve these injustices is through the complete and thor- ough organization of agriculture so that the farmer can compete with the other organized classes. If farmers would realize that the organization of agriculture along sane lines is the greatest necessity of our times, they would for- get the bunk of the politicians and they would not let the ene- mies of organization stop them until the job was done. Until agriculture is organized, it will continue to be at the mercy of the other organized classes.” (Editorial, The Farmer, St. Paul, Minn.) One Per Cent Made On Investment in ’30 An analysis just completed on 2,300 records kept by farmers in the Uni- versity of Illinois farm accounting ser- vice reveals that the account keepers last year averaged about 1 per cent on their capital This is not as bad as in 1921, when account keepers in central Illinois suf- fered an actual net loss, reports R. R. Hudelson. The rank and file of farm- ers, he believes, probably did have a ~ net loss last year, since those co-oper- ating in the management service make higher earnings than the average of all farmers. Their advantage usually amounts to about 2 per cent of the total investment, or nearly a thousand dollars a farm for central Illinois. The average farmer’s actual net loss on last year’s operation means that he has been allowed only $600 to $720 for wages. He did not earn enough to pay interest on borrowed capital to say nothing of paying interest on his own capital invested in the business. The heavy hog-producing sections of the state showed relatively higher farm in- comes than the grain-selling areas. Our first thoughts are not al- ways our best thoughts. Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1931 How to Organize a Credit Corporation The advisability of organizing county credit corporations is being considered in Iroquois, Adams, and Marshall-Put- nam counties. The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis informs the REC- ORD that credit corporations may be organized in Illinois under the general law by three or more persons. The successive steps in organizing a local credit corporation are as follows: a. Obtain a list of subscribers to the capital stock of the proposed corpora- tion. b. The subscribers meet as soon as sufficient capital has been subscribed, elect directors to manage the affairs of the corporation, and adopt by-laws. c. The directors meet immediately after adjournment and elect officers. d. After the officers are elected, the subscribers should then pay into the or- ganization the amount of stock they have subscribed. At least fifty. per cent of the amount subscribed must be paid in, in cash. e. The directors then sign the Articles or Certificate of Incorporation in dupli- cate and acknowledge the same before an officer authorized to take such ac- knowledgments. : f. The certificate, in duplicate, is then sent to the Secretary of State at Springfield, Illinois. Upon receipt of this certificate, the Secretary of State will attach his certificate to one of the copies and return it to the corporation. g- When the copy of Articles and the Secretary’s Certificate are received, they are to be taken to the Recorder of Deeds in the county of domicile of such corporation for record, h. After these papers are a matter of record, the directors meet again and upon passing of proper resolution, make application to the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis for the redis- count privilege. The resolution and all papers incident to making the applica- tion will be furnished by the bank. The application is to be accompanied by at least Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) of United States Government or Fed- eral Land Bank Bonds to be held as collateral by the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank. A complete list of the papers necessary for the purpose of making this application acceptable is to be found under Paragraph Three. It is essential to have the advice of a com- petent local attorney. Uncle Ab says farmers fight too much among themselves; milk ver- sus coffee; sugar versus tobacco; meat versus vegetables; yet farmers raise them all. ——— s 30. 37° @& May, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen Volume of Cream Handled Affects Per Pound Costs in Produce Associations Farm Bureau Members Continue Patronage to Co-Operatives, Figures Show gf Bia influence of volume on costs of following records taken from the books handling cream by local co-operative associations is clearly illustrated in the of the Schuyler County Produce Asso- ciation: THREE YEARS’ RECORDS ON COUNTY PRODUCE ASSOCIATION Lbs. Lbs. puinieeest from Farm Bureau Members. utterfat from Non-Farm Bureau Members 26,059.5 Lbs. Butterfat from Floaters (signed no agree- ment) Total The figures above coupled with ob- servations of the market situation in that and other counties justify the con-. clusions that: I. Produce co-operatives invariably raise local butterfat prices to the farmer and reduce the spread between the country butterfat price and the Chicago butter market. II. Farm Bureau members who join local co-operatives patronize their associations in the face of adverse conditions more loyally than do non-Farm Bureau mem- bers who have signed contracts. III. Reduced volume of produce re- ceived rapidly increases the per lb. or unit cost of handling. CANADIAN WHEAT POOL (Continued from Page 15) producer will receive the maximum share of the selling price of his product only through his own efforts to market in an orderly manner as actual demand arises. The spirit behind the pool will never be stamped out. It has succeeded in cre- ating a new conception of self-respect among western Canadian farmers; and they will never go back to the knuckle- down-and-grin days. Composed of 144,000 members striving to drag their daily labors from the despair of mere sweating for a livelihood, the Canadian wheat pool can be said to share the sen- timents of Ramsay MacDonald: ‘‘We want to bring back light into the vil- lages and farms; and to make men feel that agriculture is not a drudgery and derelict process. We want to put into it new energy, skill and science, a ‘higher motive, better wages and houses, and closer friendships.” \ Total Trading Income............... Total Expenses 35.080 oe 1928 1929 1930 44,091.5 50,173.9 43,743.5 32,403.5 12,947.7 Seetaen 8,277.6 11,337.1 6,119.5 Saeki 78,428.6 93,914.5 62,810.7 Se ea $5,383.14 $5,219.28 $3,611.15 3,314.35 3,169.53 3,254.01 wees» $2,068.79 $2,049.75 $ 357.14 aaa es 3.5¢ 2.5¢ 4.3¢ IV. Directors of co-operatives should act promptly in cutting over- head expenses as volume de- clines. V. Low butterfat prices have caused receipts of cream pools and pri- vate cream stations to decline approximately 20 per cent dur- ing the past two years. In LaSalle county the operating costs of the co-operative jumped from 1.6 cents per lb. butterfat to 4.8 cents per Ib. when the volume declined from 1,200 Ibs. daily in June, 1930, to 8,000 Ibs. for the month in November. By February, 1931, the cost had been low- ered to 2.4 cents per lb. by reducing overhead expenses and increasing vol- ume. Kane County to Have Big Meeting June 16 The Kane County Farm Bureau an- nounces that it will hold its fifth an- nual mid-summer meeting on June 16. The meeting will begin at 6:30 P. M. and will be devoted to an evening of business and entertainment. Farm Adviser Harry Kelley is plan- ning a program that will bring out members from all sections of the county. Iroquois Considers Credit Corporation Directors of the Iroquois County Farm Bureau met with representatives of the Iroquois County Bankers’ Asso- ciation at Watseka on May 8 to con- sider the organization of a credit cor- poration for Iroquois and adjoining counties. Mr. Gulledge of the Federal Inter- mediate Credit Bank, St. Louis, met with the group. The Iroquois County Livestock Mar- keting Association, which began oper- ating last December, up to May 1 had shipped more than $115,000 worth of livestock, over 100 carloads. Every load of livestock from Knox county except one went to the Chicago Producers Commission Association in the week ending May 2, announces the Knox County Farm Bureau. Sangamon county led all others with an increase to the Indianapolis Pro- ducers of 15 cars in April over last year. Macon county was second with an increase of 11 cars, Vermilion third with an eight-car increase, Piatt coun- ty fourth with an increase of four cars, and Effingham fifth with three more cars. The percentage of live stock at the Cincinnati market handled by the Pro- ducers Commission Association in- creased from 11.5 per cent in 1925 to 28.4 per cent in 1930. Radio publicity and advertising played an important part in this sub- stantial increase in business. The Cin- cinnati Producers broadcasts every day from WLW. The range hog of the south is recog- nized as dangerous in spreading hog cholera. Pipe Line Co. Gets Permission to Build The Illinois Commerce Commission on April 30 granted the Panhandle Illi- nois Pipe Line Company a certificate of convenience and necessity to build and operate a natural gas pipe line from Pleasant Hill in Pike county, across cen- tral Illinois to Chrisman in Edgar county. According to reports more than 100 cities will be served by the new line, which is a subsidiary of the Panhandle Eastern Corporation. The natural gas will come from the Texas fields. It is estimated that the cost of gas, both for illumination and fuel, will be reduced nearly 50 per cent. A total of 1,275 loans aggregating $169,284 were made to Southern IIli- nois farmers from the drouth relief ap- propriation recently voted by Congress, according to a report by T. Weed Har- vey, federal representative at 315 No. 10th Street, St. Louis. The loans were nearly all small and were made chiefly * for seed, fertil?zer, etc. Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1931 Indiana Farm Bureau to Carry on Tax Fight Conflict to Enter State Conventions of Major Parties HE Indiana Farm Bureau Federa- tion is planning to carry its fight for tax revision based on ability to pay to the state conventions of the major political parties in 1932. In a recent statement Lewis Taylor, director of the Federation’s tax and legislative department, said: “Northern Indiana industrial cap- tains, stirred from their lukewarm at- titude towards state politics by the tax fights in the last legislature, are making plans to have some voice in the state conventions next year. * * * * Activi- ty of this sort is lending color to the belief that in the preconvention cam- paign the same conflict between rural and urban centers over the income tax plan which marked the closing days of the legislature, will be re-enacted. Not with Money “Tt remains to be seen whether the rural sections will rise to the occasion and see that their voices will be heard in the state conventions in 1932. If the farmers are to be heard, they must begin without delay to prepare to share in the control of the conventions. This they cannot do with money. The in- dustrial captains have seen to that by imposing their own taxes on us and re- taining money thus obtained, to con- trol state conventions. For Tax Equality “Our plan is easier and more simple, as to win in this fight we must pro- ceed at once to share in the control of the political set-up from precinct com- mitteemen to state chairmen of both parties. If, in the fight for tax equali- ty it is necessary to soil political hands and clothes in the process of applying dope to industrial bloodsuckers, savings to farmers not only in money, but also in political self-respect and economical government, should provide adequately for the laundry bill. To this end our organization should now apply itself.” A state income tax was passed by both Houses in the recent session of the Indiana General Assembly, but it failed to become law. “The bill was sent to the Governor, but over the pro- tests of the House and its speaker,” states the Hoosier Farmer. ‘“The pro- test was based on the Senate’s acceptance of a report from its conferees recom- mending passage of the bill in the form it went through the House. Previous Senate amendments changing rates and exceptions radically were dropped. The House protested that its conferees had not signed the report accepted by the Senate as ‘a conference report’ and that the Senate action was illegal.” The attorney general then declared the bill unconstitutional. Farm Bureau Members Are Preferred Risks cc] F everyone of our policyholders had the interest of his own com- pany at heart as much as J. B. Sim- mons of Johnson county, the cost of accidents and overhead expense could be reduced even further,” says A. E. Richardson, manager of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Com- pany. ‘‘We believe Farm Bureau mem- bers are preferred risks because they work for the best interests of their own company.” 2 Richardson refers to the following letter recently received from Mr. Sim- mons: “In regard to the accident I had with the car, went to a garage and the man wanted $25 to fix same. Now this damage does not interfere with the op- eration of the car in any way. It will ‘be against the sale of the car when I get ready to trade it in on another car, however. “One of your officials made us a talk at our Farm Bureau meeting at Vienna. He made us see insurance as we had never thought of it before. He made us realize it was our Company and not just an insurance company. This is the reason been letting this matter go. Thought I would be somewhere that I could get the job done cheaper. If I can’t get it done for less than $25 will let it go.” Signed J. B. Simmons, Johnson County, Ill. As indicated in his letter, Mr. Sim- _mons was so sincere about wanting to do the right thing for his own com- pany that he offered to cancel his claim against the company rather than pay an exorbitant garage bill. Note: The company instructed Mr. Simmons to have his car repaired and send in the bill. Thank You! Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co., Chicago, Illinois. I have your letter of the 13th, saying your Company had collected the full amount of my loss of $32 from L., H. Minton and enclosing your check for $6.40 covering balance due me. That’s what I call service and I want to thank you very much. R. M. Atkinson, Pike County, III. Ohio Farm Bureau Asks for Tax Reform Submits Recommendations to Gen- eral Assembly of State The tax program recently presented to a sub-committee of the Ohio Gen- eral Assembly by the Ohio Farm Bu- reau recommends: 1. A personal income tax with low rates and low exemptions. Fa- vors exemptions lower than thus far been suggested in or- der to reach all those with abil- ity to pay. 2. An equitable tax on intangibles either by a low rate or through the income method, or both. 3. Selective sales taxes to reach luxuries and amusements. 4. Certain business taxes of which stamp taxes, mortgages record- ing taxes and stock transfer taxes are types. 5. Removal of the automobile from the property tax and an equit- able increase in the license fee. 6. Truck and motor bus taxes lev- ied in proportion to their use of and damage to the highways. L. B. Palmer, president of the Ohio Farm Bureau, who presented the pro- gram, pointed out that a state survey showed that approximately one-half of the automobiles of the state are re- turned for taxation, while the other half escape. He stated that any new taxes adopted should be replacement taxes, not additional taxes. Insurance, By L. A. Williams AVE you named the children sec- ond beneficiary in your life insur- ance policies? Do you know that you should, or why you should? Do you know how to protect creditors with life insurance, or how to protect the beneficiary’s interest against loss through the bankruptcy of the insured while living? Do you know how to prevent life insurance funds from going through probate costs? Do you know how to protect the life insurance you leave to your loved ones, against loss from un- scrupulous men who trail down estates left to widows? Write to Country Life for advice. It is one of the big services of the Com- pany. > Ww tf eH a ee ae ae ee ee a yen- <~ cos» The c¥>d | Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD Fubiiehed monthly by the MTllinois Agricultural Association “i sue Se. Main S&t., ass entry from Marsha pplication for transfer of second c ided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, caltara Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn &t., authorized Oct. 27, Spencer, Ind, to Spencer, ‘Ind, pending. q 1826. Chicago. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of Address’ all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, ¢F Dearborn St., Chicago, Il, ostage pro- Illinois Agri- Number 6 JUNE, 1931 Volume 9 Downstate Votes Beat Income Tax 20 Representatives Line Up with Cook County Delegation in Voting Against Relief to fi Photo Be downstate representatives united with ‘the solid opposition from Cook county to defeat the Lantz state income tax bill by a vote of 75 to 74 in the House at Springfield, June 3. The bill needed two more votes or a total of 77 to carry. Voting with the opposition from Cook county against tax relief to home and property owners were Otto A. Buck, Villa Park, DuPage county; E. P. Conerton, LaSalle, LaSalle county; Leo D. Crowley, Peoria, Peoria county; Howard L. Doyle, Decatur, Macon county; Charles D. Franz, Freeport, Stephenson county; Leroy M. Green, Rockford, Winnebago county; Michael F. Hennebry, Wilmington, Will coun- ty; Frank Holten, East St.. Louis, St. Clair county; R. H. Huschle, East St. Louis, St. Clair county; Carl J. Jobst, Peoria, Peoria county; Charles P. Kane, Bloomington, McLean county; William J. Lawler, Springfield, Sangamon coun- ty; Martin B. Lohmann, Pekin, Taze- well county; Richard J. Lyons, Munde- lein, Lake county; Charles F. Malloy, Sorento, Bond county; David H. Mc- Clugage, Peoria, Peoria county; Schae- fer O’Neill, Alton, Madison county; John F. Petit, Batavia, Kane county; Schuyler B. Vaughn, Greenville, Bond county; and John L. Walker, Joliet, Will county. Only Tax Relief Bill “Regardless of all the discussion about the need for tax relief the Lantz state income tax measure and its com- panion bills, which were largely prepared and sponsored by the Illinois Agricul- tural Association, were the only legis- lation before this session of the General Assembly which even promised any re- lief to the overburdened property own- ers of IIfinois,” Earl C. Smith, president ‘of the Association, said following the vote. Further comment by the I. A. A., together with a complete record dis- closing the step by step progress of the measure in both houses, will be pub- lished in an early legislative issue of the Illinois Agricultural Association REC- ORD. The history of the income tax meas- ure in the 57th General Assembly is very similar to that of the income tax bill supported by the Illinois Agricul- tural Association in the 56th General Assembly two years ago. More Support This Year This year the measure had more sup- port both in the Senate and House. The vote in the Senate in the 56th Gen- eral Assembly was 28 to 19. This year it was 31 to 17. The Revenue Com- mittee in the House this year as two years ago was packed with Cook coun- ty representatives who in each case re- ported the bill out unfavorably with the recommendation that it do not pass. This year as two years ago a motion to non-concur in the report of the Com- mittee carried, 86 to 60, thus auto- matically restoring the measure for fur- ther consideration. The final vote in the House two years ago was 72 to 69, this year 75 to 74. Governor Emmerson signed House Bill 410 introduced by Rep. Luckey of Vermilion county, which had the sup- port of the Association. This statute defines and clarifies the liability of own- ers of livestock. Must Prove Negligence Heretofore it has been presumed that the owner was guilty of negligence and hence liable for injuries to persons or property resulting from his livestock running loose on the. highways. Cases are on record where judgment was ren- dered against owners of livestock even though they were unaware of the fact Overburdened Property Owners that their cattle, horses, hogs or sheep were at large, and where negligence on their part could not be shown. Hereafter the plaintiff must prove negligence by the owner and if without his knowledge livestock is allowed to run loose by vagrants, hunters, or other trespassers opening gates or breaking down fences, the owner of such stock shall not be held responsible for any injuries or damages resulting from col- lisions, etc. House Bill 467 carrying amendments to improve and liberalize the Co-opera- tive Marketing Act of 1923 recently passed the House and now awaits the Governor’s signature. A 42 Per Cent Tax “In response to your request broad- cast over WLS for report on taxes, in- come and outgo on farm land, I sub- mit the following: “This is a report of 160 acres of average (or better) Sangamon county land farmed by tenant paying one-half of grain and $8 per acre for grass land. Landlord furnishes clover seed and limestone for soil. Cash received for grains of all kinds and cash rent....... $1,234.75 Cash paid out as regular an- nual ex pense, including CRRCR ies nachs e250 y Bates 418.01 $ 816.74 Cash paid out for repairing of more permanent nature...$ 206.89 Net income on 160 acres....$ 609.85 “The taxes on this farm last year were $255.35. Figured on the basis of net income from the farm I paid ap- proximately a 42 per cent income tax.” C. F. Spicer, DeWitt County, Ill. Plan Parade in Chicago to Boost Meat Consumption Invite President Hoover to Review Demonstration, Cattle and Hogs Lowest in 19 Years nm we go to press parades and dem- onstrations to call to the attention of the consuming public the extreme low prices of meats are being planned by livestock, packer, and allied inter- ests throughout the country. A series of meetings was held in Chi- cago early in the month to plan and prepare for the dem- onstrations. _ Vice- President A. R. Wright, who _ has been coming in for several days each week, officially rep- resented the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation at the confer- ences. The I. A. A. is planning to par- ticipate in the parade down Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, at noon on June 18. County Farm Bureaus of north- eastern Illinois were requested to or- ganize 4-H Club delegations to march in the procession. Similar demonstra- tions may be held in other cities. The National Livestock and Meat Board and the American Institute of Meat Packers were active in arranging the conferences which adopted the plan. Livestock associations, retailers, rail- roads, and other large industrial groups are taking an active part. Telegraph White House A telegram was forwarded to Presi- dent Hoover at the White House in which he was advised that: “Cattle and ‘hogs recently | reached the lowest levels in about 19 years, and meats and by-products have for some time been available at greatly reduced prices. Livestock recently has been sell- ing below the cost of production. A. R. Wright “At a meeting here today of agri- cultural leaders, exchange officials, packers, railroad executive, and others co-operation was arranged for a parade here in the capital of agriculture on June 18 to bring spectacularly to the attention of the public the information that livestock and livestock products are available at prices greatly reduced from those once quoted. We cordially invite you to review this parade or ad- dress a mass meeting afterwards as you prefer.” The telegram was signed by leaders and representatives from the various in- terests participating in the conference. Page Four _ THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1931 Wayland Magee Member Federal Reserve Board Wayland Magee, new farmer member of the Federal Reserve Board appointed by President Hoover, is president of the Douglas County, Nebraska, Farm Bu- reau. He was appointed to fill the va- cancy left by the death of Ed Cun- ningham, who before being appointed to the Board, was secretary of the Iowa State Farm Bureau. Mr. Magee operates a 1,280 acre farm in Douglas county near Omaha. He is president also of the Nebraska Crop Growers Association, and a member of the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee of the Federal Farm Board. Mr. Magee was born in Chicago. After graduating from the University of Chicago he studied law at the Uni- versity of Bonn, Germany, and at Northwestern and Harvard Law Schools. He was admitted to the bar in 1908. Later he studied agriculture at the Uni- versities of Iowa and Nebraska. He is 49 years old. On WJJD Daily The I. A. A. broadcasts from Sta- tion WJJD, Chicago, daily (Monday to Friday) from 11:15 to 11:30 A. M. Central Standard time, I. A. A. farm and market news and comments by George Thiem. Weekly review of live- stock markets each Friday by Phil Evans and Russell Everett of Chicago Producers. Edgar L. Bill, former director of sta- tion WLS and one time Director of Publicity for the I. A. A., recently pur- chased the radio station at Peoria. It is reported he will operate it as a private enterprise. The station covers the city of Peoria and the surrounding rural territory. Champaign and Urbana are consider- ing adopting daylight savings time. The Farm Bureau and many business men are against it. Average taxes per acre on farm real estate declined slightly in 1930 com- pared with 1929, the first general de- cline the country over in the 17 years of record. Newly elected officers of the Massac County Farm Bureau are President J. A. Maedaker, Vice-President C. S$. Atkins, Secretary C. L. Campbell, and Treasurer A. H. Fulmer. Official Standing of Teams in the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League for Week Ending June 6, 1931.* DIVISION I Won Lost Pct. Carron ois ea eh es 2 0 1.000 JoDaviess ........ 2 1 666 BRO: oe es 0 1 .000 Stephenson ....... 0 2 000 DIVISION II Grundy .......... 1 0 1.000 Will |. ra | 0 1.000 Kendall .......... 0 1 .000 Lasalle 22.0 kiaass 0 1 .000 DeKalb ............. DIVISION III Livingston ....... 2 0 1.000 a Fh, ee 1 0 1.000 Troqguois. 2. ou. 0 1 000 POP. oc ede 0 2 -000 DIVISION IV Woodtord <.....<. 2 0 1.000 Marshall-Putnam .. 1 1 .500 POMIOs 45 ey et ex 1 1 -500 Stath 35k oes 0 1 .000 Tazéevell se cn. 0 1 .000 DIVISION V Won Lost Pet. McDonough ...... 2 0 1.000 Lg 9 So ea 1 1 .500 ) ts a ee See ere a 1 1 500 Henderson ....... 0 2 000 DIVISION VI MAT ex Sicee Ma Glas 1 0 1.000 NSCOR ss 2 ip ee 2 1 666 Dougirs- 2.6 S965 0:2 0 2 000 Champaign ........: DIVISION VII CONG Tso Boia. KOs 3 0 1.000 Sangamon ........ 3 0 1.000 i rr 0 3 .000 DOCG AR. ES 0 3 -000 DIVISION VIII Greene 6... oes 3 0 1.000 Christian ......:. 2 1 666 Macoupin ........ 1 3 250 Montgomery ...... 1 3 250 *Based on reports received by the League Secretary on or before Tuesday A. M., June 9. aa - 4 so ot PS ct oe roy re ee ee ee a? ee ee a | , aa a ?. a ee a Ht eed June, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five 2,500 McDonough Folks And Guests Hold Jubilee Capacity Crowd Hear Co-op. Mar- keting Debated in Teachers’ College Auditorium WENTY-FIVE hundred Farm Bu- reau members and their guests gath- ered in the Western Illinois State Teach- ers’ College, Macomb, on May 20, for a Cooperation Jubilee dedicating the McDonough County Livestock Market- ing Association organized there. Repre- sentatives from western Illinois counties as far north as Whiteside and as far south as Madison came for the celebra- Donald Kirkpatrick tion. The McDonough County Farm Bureau and Country Life Insurance Co. sponsored the gathering. A feature of the evening was the de- bate staged by Donald Kirkpatrick of the Illinois Agricultural Association and Lawrence Williams of the Country Life Insurance Company on the question “Resolved, That Illinois Farmers Are Not Ready for Cooperative Marketing.” Speaking for the affirmative, Mr. Williams stated that many farmers are not yet supporting the cooperatives al- ready organized; that too many have shown no disposition to make use of their opportunities to control their own marketing machinery. Mr. Kirkpatrick for the negative reviewed the many successes Illinois farmers have already achieved in the field of cooperative marketing; asserted that farmers had responded loyally to every sound plan advanced, although their leaders in some instances had failed them. Leadership at Fault “It’s not the producers who are at fault,” said Kirkpatrick. “They have been ready and willing to co-operate whenever a sound set-up was offered that promised to improve the old sys- tem. Failure of leadership and manage- ment should be charged with responsi- bility for projects which have not suc- ceeded.” Ray E. Miller, livestock marketing director, Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion, and Dave Swanson, manager, Chi- cago Producers Commission Association, preceded the debaters, while the Paw- nee quartette from Sanagamon county appeared between speeches and provided lively entertainment. A feature of the program was the historical style show presented under the direction of the Eldorado unit of the McDonough county Home Bureau and under the personal direction of Mrs. Ralph Nelson. This historical style show traced the development of women’s ‘styles during the past 100 years. Musical Features The singing of the Pawnee Four with their extemporaneous paraphrasing of the speeches ‘of the program, brought down the house with laughter. Bernie Young and his broadcasting orchestra from Chicago also provided entertain- ment. R. C. Doneghue, farm adviser, in- troduced the past presidents of the Farm Bureau, the present executive committee of that organization, and the livestock marketing committee under whose direction the organization of the Marketing Association has been carried out. Miss Irene Crouch, county Home Bu- reau adviser, introduced the executive board of the Home Bureau. McDonough Leads The staging of the Jubilee came as a reward to McDonough county when the Country Life Insurance company’s general agent, G. O. Chenoweth, and his seventeen special agents led the state in sales during the month of April. Special agents who were introduced by Mr. Chenoweth, were: Edwin C. Ogle, Maurice Moon, Austin Reed, Ma- rion Herzog, Daniel J. Vahle, M. C. Pollock, Carl Mowrey, J. F. Stickle, R. Burdette Graham, F. M. Allison, H. D. Lantz, Owen Stickle, W. E. Siepel, Frank Stump, C. O. Reedy, Philip Mar- shall, and LeRoy Sinnett. Managers of the various cooperative organizations of the Farm Bureau were also introduced. Fred Herndon, president of the Farm Bureau, was the presiding chairman of the Jubilee. The new McDonough County Live- stock Marketing Association at Ma- comb with more than 500 members will assemble, grade and ship livestock on orders direct to the packer or to the cornbelt and eastern markets. L. A. Williams Five More Debates ORE than 800 Farm Bureau mem- bers, their guests and families . from Bond and surrounding counties gathered at Greenville on Thursday, May 21, where Larry Williams and Donald Kirkpatrick held the second of their series of debates on co-operative marketing. The Bond County Farm Bureau and Country Life Insurance Company sponsored the meeting. Similar gatherings where debates be- tween Kirkpatrick and Williams will be the principal attraction were scheduled for June 12 at the Wheaton High School, DuPage county; June 15, La- Grange, Cook county; June 29, Ed- wardsville, Madison county; June 30, Sparta, Randolph county, and July 1, Louisville, Clay county. The seven counties in which debates have been held or scheduled placed high- est in the amount of life insurance busi- ness written by Country Life agents during April. Country Life Submits New Endowment Policy A new endowment insurance policy which matures at age 65 was recently brought out by the Country Life Insur- ance Company. A $10,000 policy will start paying an income at age 65 of $78.50 per month plus monthly interest dividends. The $78.50 is guaranteed for life and should the insured die before having received 10 years of this income, the heirs or estate will receive the difference between what has been paid since age 65 and a total of 10 years of this income, in one lump sum. This policy was submitted to the State Insurance Department for ap- proval following its adoption by the Board of Directors. It will not be avail- able to policyholders until the -state’s permission is received. Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1931 . ILLINOIS A@Prcour tnt AS SOCIATEBN wv RECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GeorcE Tuiem, Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill., to Spencer, Ind, pontine, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, The in- dividual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year, The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record, Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS ; President, Earl C. Smith ...u.---..-------ccceeeceeneecnencecescneneenene scene mmecementeennnns Detroit Vice-President, A. R. Wrright..........------.--::-----s-ccecseecseseseeestoneeensnenennennmnemess Varna Secretary, Geo. E. 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Watson A TARTS PVT CRU Yao ncaa nase cccinn ng oycn tous necneceracacaxcsactequecnecunsaiepagsovowiozesyaedeeqe> L. J ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co... 22... cceeetteeee eee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.............----.--cc-cesc-e+------ J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass’n.222...........-- F. E. Ri ingham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co .A. E. Richardson, Mgr. Qa Illinois Farm Supply Co..--22.222.22..222-2---ececcceneeneceneeeseeeee L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp, .---22222222222---.2----neccceneceeeeeseeneeeenee Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. Midwest Grain Corp........-222.22.222.2--------- Chas. P. Cummings, Gen’l. Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass'n. _-2.2..22.222.22.22.ce---eecencenceeeceeeneneeees J. H. Lloyd, Mgr. Mr. Thompson at Quincy iy His first address since becoming a member of the Federal Farm Board Sam Thompson spoke plainly and .pertinently to the home folks at Quincy about those who oppose farmers’ efforts at helping themselves in the field of marketing. “The opposition, while not large in numbers, is keeping itself very much in the public eye,” said Mr. Thompson. “I would like to suggest to you farmers that when you hear attacks on co-opera- tive marketing, the Agricultural Marketing Act, and the Farm Board, that you do a little investi- gating and find out the motive behind the attack. For the most part this opposition comes from handlers of farm products who fear that their business will be injured if these products are mar- keted by the producers in their own interest.” Precisely. And because Mr. Thompson spoke the truth, he and the Farm Board have been viciously attacked by an arrogant Chicago newspaper noted for its prejudice in championing the vested in- terests. Under similar circumstances, Alexander Legge, former chairman of the Board, would have spoken more bluntly, less discreetly than Mr. Thompson. He probably would have said, “The middlemen think they have a God-given right to market the farmer’s products for him. A small pack of wolves can make a lot of noise.” The opposition would have swallowed hard, but Mr. Legge would not have been belabored. He has important con- nections with influential people who buy much white space in the press of the country. But Mr. Thompson is a farmer. He belongs to the so-called “squirarchy”’ which believes that a property tax which takes 25 to 40 per cent of the farmers’ net income is unfair and unjust. We congratulate him and the Farm Board for their enemies. _ In Fairness . HERE is little disposition on the part of think- ing farmers to minimize the service performed at present and in the past by those who make or have made their livelihood in handling farm products. There are estimable gentlemen in the ranks of the so-called middleman. Many of these men have served the producer with honor and integrity. Many are open-minded, some are even sympa- thetic toward the efforts of producers in helping themselves. But the minority that is bitterly resentful does most of the talking. By fair means or foul they would destroy attempts of producers to set up and control their marketing agencies. So do the few cast an odium on the entire: trade. If co-operative marketing as a new system of. merchandising farm produce is to achieve perma- nent success it must make a contribution, and perform a service better or at less cost than the system it replaces. Farmers fully realize this fact. All that they ask is that the way be left open without discrimination for the test. “A drop of ink makes millions think.”—Lord Byron. Some people notice that the days are getting longer, others that the nights are getting shorter. Uncle Ab says we could get more done in the present if we did not have to spend so much time telling what we have done inthe past. Te SO FERvwse we ~~ CD a § June, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven . G, bservations ANY a shot has been taken at the business and industrial leadership of the country since the depression and widespread unemployment set in more than a year ago. Prominent men in business as well as public life have joined in pointing the finger of shame at industrial captains who have turned thousands away from their factories and workshops to swell the ranks of the jobless. Without arguing the merits of either side in the controversy over who or what is responsible for the current hard times, it may be interesting to hear what one stout ‘defender of the manu- facturer, George Roberts, economist for the National City Bank, has to say about it. Referring to the federal income tax returns from corporations for the high- ly prosperous year of 1929, Mr. Roberts shows that 40 per cent of the com- panies that year reported deficits while the other 80 per cent reported average net earnings of 8.92 per cent. “If the returns were consolidated to show net earnings for all the active companies, the result would be $3,667,- 354,123 of profits upon a gross income of $60,960,346,678, or 6 per cent on along against severe competition trying to make a living themselves while risk- ing their capital. “Unemployment undoubtedly _ pre- sents a problem, but it cannot be solved by any policy that would be disastrous to the industries,” he con- tinues. “If the latter are to assume the responsibility of keeping labor always employed they will have to find means of doing so by obtaining higher prices for their products or paying lower wages to their employees. The risk of such an obligation would be a serious one, and could not be borne by the employers alone. . .. “The old saying about the wisdom of saving for a ‘rainy day’ is evidence that life always has been subject to ups and downs and emergencies against which the prudent accumulate reserves. If everybody accumulated reserves and avoided indebtedness except for tem- porary needs, the whole problem of crises and depressions would practically disappear.” Our own observations among friends and acquaintances, both in the city and the country, lead us to believe that there is much truth in Economist Rob- erts’ assertions. Keeping up with the Joneses, or downright “foreflushing,” are ingrained American habits. Many people live up to or beyond their means the value volume. This is scarcely Amost of the time. When adversity tem- above a normal merchandising profit on turnover, whereas manufacturing is subject to greater risks than merchan- dising, by reason of fixed investment in addition to the trading risks,” de- clares Mr. Roberts. ‘These figures for the net earnings of manufacturing corporations not only disprove the theory that as a class they make large profits, but show the fallacy of the declaration of the Washington Conference that American industry has ‘failed in this crisis as in every other crisis to assume responsibility for keep- ing wage-earners employed and industry at work.’ Since 40 per cent of these corporations had net deficits in 1929, it may be assumed that another important percentage made only moderate net earnings and that no more than a small minority would be able for any length of time to continue production of goods which could not be sold at a profit... .” Mr. Roberts then turns to a report of manufacturing in New York state which reveals that 75 per cent of the 70,000 factories in that commonwealth are small businesses which employ fewer than §0 persons each; that these small manufacturers are busy men struggling porarily hits the family there is noth- ing in the “kitty” to pay the grocer and the landlord. High wages, salaries and bonuses paid . by many a firm in 1928 and 1929 went into high-priced automobiles, extrava- gant living and stock market specula- tions instead of in gilt edge bonds for the inevitable rainy day. It is doubt- ful if any economic or social system can be devised that will spare us from the consequences of indiscreet and im- moderate living.—E. G. T. Cause of Farm Depression Adjusting production to market de- mand, reducing costs of production, and eliminating submarginal land are three lines of action recommended by the U. S. D. A. in a recent bulletin “Land Utilization and the Farm Prob- lem.” Among the elements cited as contrib- uting to the present agricultural situa- tion are: changes in agricultural pro- duction, crop land, and farm labor; in- crease in number of tractors and de- crease in numbers of horses and mules; and changes in consumption of food products. - Leeper Elected President National Fruit Exchange A. B. Leeper, director of fruit and vegetable marketing for the I. A. A., was recently chosen president of the Na- tional Fruit and Vegetable Exchange. This is the new na- tion-wide co-opera- tive sales agency re- cently set up with the aid of the Fed- eral Farm Board. The members of the Board of Direc- tors represent prom- inent co-operatives between the Rocky Mountains and the Atlantic coast. The Exchange will not handle citrus fruits since the citrus fruit growers are already well organized. A. B. Leeper Speak at Manhattan “(eer Problems Resulting from the Handling of Side Lines in Local Co-operatives” was the subject of an address prepared by Secretary George E. Metzger for delivery at the Ameri- can Institute of Co-operation at Man- hattan, Kansas, on June 10. Mr. Metz- ger was unable to attend. His paper w7; read by Frank Gougler, director of pro- duce marketing. Mr. Gougler addressed the conferenc2 on the subject, “Colleétive Bargaining of Butterfat,” on June 9. Other Illinois speakers during the week were A. D. Lynch of Sanitary Milk Producers, St. Louis; Don Geyer of the Pure Milk Association, Chicago; P. O. Wilson and Chas. A. Stewart of the National Livestock Marketing Associa- tion; and C. E. Huff, Geo. S. Milnor and Bill Stahl of the Farmers National Grain Corporation. | DeKalb Signs 1,000 ‘ In Two Days More than 1,000 members were signed in the DeKalb County Farm Bureau in two days, reports Farm Ad- viser R. N. Rasmusen. Three town- ships, Clinton, Paw Paw and Kingston, increased their memberships over that of three years ago. Clinton township topped all others when out of 143 men interviewed 107 became members. Volunteer solicitors, Edgar E. Hipple and T. F. Sawyer, op- erating in Clinton township, signed 42 of the 48 men they interviewed. State Live Stock Ass’n. Holds First Annual Meet Two Hundred Attend Meeting at Bloomington May 28 WO hundred livestock farmers from practically all sections of the state met at Bloomington, Illinois, on Thurs- day, May 28, for the first annual meet- ing of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association. Officers chosen were: Samuel Sorrells, Raymond, president; Sam Mc- Clugage, Peoria, vice-president; G. F, Tullock, Rockford, treasurer, and Ray E. Miller, Chicago, secretary. The following di- rectors were elected: District No. .1, William Temple, Serena, LaSalle Coun- ty; District No. 2, W. E. Sawdey, Rockford, Winnebago County; District No. 3, Harvey Herndon, Adair, Mc- Donough County; District No. 4, Carl Lage, Saybrook, McLean County; Dis- trict No. 5, Mont Fox, Oakwood, Ver- milion County; District No. 6, Dudley H. Myers, Mendon, Adams County; District No. 7, J. R. Fulkerson, Jersey- ville, Jersey County; District No. 8, C. F. Oaks, Assumption, Shelby Coun- ty; Chicago Producers, H. H. Parke, Genoa; St. Louis Producers, A. E. Crum; Peoria Producers, Sam McClu- gage; Indianapolis Producers, O. B. Goble; I. A. A., Samuel Sorrells and George F. Tullock. The meeting was called to order by Henry H. Parke, who introduced the speakers on the morning program. Ray E. Miller, director of Livestock Market- ing discussed the plans and purposes of the State Association. D. L. Swanson, manager, Chicago Producers, spoke on “The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation and the Cooperative Sales Agency on the Terminal Market.” P. O. Wilson, secretary-manager National Live Stock Marketing — Association, talked on “The National Livestock Mar- keting Association and Its Program.” Samuel Sorrells The afternoon session consisted of a general discussion and election of offi- cers and directors. The purpose of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association is to correlate the activities of Illinois livestock farmers and livestock market- ing organizations in one program for the most economical and effective mar- keting of Illinois livestock. The opera- tion of the Association will be correlated with the National Live Stock Marketing Association and its member agencies. Left to right are Fred Gumm, ship- ping association manager, and his broth- er, Zeis Gumm; Zeiss Jr. of Paris, Ed- gar county, and C. M. Love of Charles- ton, Coles county. This picture was taken when they visited the Indianapolis Producers sev- eral weeks ago. Anniversary Cele- bration at Urbana The Champaign County Livestock Marketing Association will hold its first anniversary on Wednesday, June 17, in Urbana. This association was the first in the state to market hogs direct to the packer. “The association has raised the price of livestock to the farmers of the county, and has built up a good net profit,” says the Champaign County Farm Bureau. . Dave Swanson of the Chicago Pro- ducers and Sid Cherrill of the I. A. A. were scheduled as speakers. Wool Pools Organized In Several Counties County wool pools have been organ- ized in Shelby, Champaign, Adams, Piatt, Iroquois, LaSalle, Knox, Henry and Sangamon counties, according to information received by Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. Other counties which will handle wool at lo- . cal points include’ Lee, Henderson, Brown, DeWitt, Pike, Wayne, Wabash, Jackson, Johnson, Stark, White, Rock Island, Bond and Warren. Miller announces that all shipments must be billed in accordance with the following instructions: Ship all cars on straight bill of lading to the National Wool Marketing Cor- poration, Boston, Massachusetts, stop at Chicago, Illinois, Crooks Terminal Warehouse, Belt Line Railway, for stor- age in transit. Mail the original bill of lading of weights to Boston office; memorandum bill of lading and copy of weights to Crooks Terminal Ware- house, 5967 W. 65th Street, Chicago, Illinois. , Each bag of wool should be plainly marked with the name of the shipper, county and lot number. A mixture of lamp black and kerosene applied with a small brush is useful in marking bags. A; ITS last meeting in Chicago on May 22, the Illinois Field Service Committee went on record recommend- ing that: 1. The duties and functions of the Illinois Field Service Committee be assumed by the Illinois Live- stock Marketing Association. 2. That the Illinois Livestock Mar- keting Association assume the ob- ligations and_ responsibilities in carrying out the field service, educational and organization pro- gram now being carried out by the Field Service Committee. 3. That surplus funds now to the credit of the Field Service Com- mittee be turned over to the Illi- nois Livestock Marketing Associa- tion, in consideration ‘that Illinois Livestock Marketing Association assume the obligations and duties of the Field Service Committee. 4. That the present members of the Illinois Field Service Committee enter into agreement with the Illinois Livestock Marketing * a Ome iQue ras! 7 "Ta | ee ‘4 if i ie 2 Protection forthe Farnily, forthe Horne Aca Raa ay Roars: : , arg i, ? ‘ Page Eight State Live Stock Ass’n. Holds First Annual Meet Two Hundred Attend Meeting at Bloomington May 28 WO hundred livestock farmers from practically all sections of the state met at Bloomington, Illinois, on Thurs- day, May 28, for the first annual meet- ing of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association. Officers chosen were: Samuel Sorrells, | Raymond, president; Sam Mc- Clugage, Peoria, vice-president; G. F. Tullock, Rockford, treasurer, and Ray E. Miller, Chicago, secretary. Samuel Sorrells The following di- rectors were elected: District No. 1, William Temple, Serena, LaSalle Coun- ty; District No. 2, W. E. Sawdey, Rockford, Winnebago County; District No. 3, Harvey Herndon, Adair, Mc- Donough County; District No. 4, Carl Lage, Saybrook, McLean County; Dis- trict No. 5, Mont Fox, Oakwood, Ver- milion County; District No. 6, Dudley H. Myers, Mendon, Adams County; District No. 7, J. R. Fulkerson, Jersey- ville, Jersey County; District No. 8, C. F. Oaks, Assumption, Shelby Coun- ty; Chicago Producers, H. H. Parke, Genoa; St. Louis Producers, A. E. Crum; Peoria Producers, Sam McClu- gage; Indianapolis Producers, O. B. Goble; I. A. A., Samuel Sorrells and George F. Tullock. The meeting was called to order by Henry H. Parke, who introduced the speakers on the morning program. Ray E. Miller, director of Livestock Market- ing discussed the plans and purposes of the State Association. D. L. Swanson, manager, Chicago Producers, spoke on “The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation and the Cooperative Sales Agency on the Terminal Market.” P. O. Wilson, secretary-manager National Live Stock Marketing Association, talked on ‘The National Livestock Mar- keting Association and Its Program.” The afternoon session consisted of a general discussion and election of ofh- cers and directors. The purpose of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association is to correlate the activities of Illinois livestock farmers and livestock market- ing organizdtions in one program for the most economical and effective mar- keting of Illinois livestock. The opera- tion of the Association will be correlated with the National Live Stock Marketing Association and its member agencies. THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1931 Left to right are Fred Gumm, ship- ping association manager, and his broth- er, Zeis Gumm; Zeiss Jr. of Paris, Ed- gar county, and C. M. Love of Charles- ton, Coles county. This picture was taken when they visited the Indianapolis Producers sev- eral weeks ago. Anniversary Cele- bration at Urbana The Champaign County Livestock Marketing Association will hold its first anniversary on Wednesday, June 17, in Urbana. This association was the first in the state to market hogs direct to the packer. “The association has raised the price of livestock to the farmers of the county, and has built up a good net profit,” says the Champaign County Farm Bureau. Dave Swanson of the Chicago Pro- ducers and Sid Cherrill of the I. A. A. were scheduled as speakers. Wool Pools Organized In Several Counties County wool pools have been organ- ized in Shelby, Champaign, Adams, Piatt, Iroquois, LaSalle, Knox, Henry and Sangamon counties, according to information received by Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. Other counties which will handle wool at lo- cal points include Lee, Henderson, Brown, DeWitt, Pike, Wayne, Wabash, Jackson, Johnson, Stark, White, Rock Island, Bond and Warren. Miller announces that all shipments must be billed in accordance with the following instructions: Ship all cars on straight bill of lading to the National Wool Marketing Cor- poration, Boston, Massachusetts, stop at Chicago, Illinois, Crooks Terminal Warehouse, Belt Line Railway, for stor- age in transit. Mail the original bill of lading of weights to Boston office; memorandum bill of lading and copy of weights to Crooks Terminal Ware- house, 5967 W. 65th Street, Chicago, Illinois. Each bag of wool should be plainly marked with the name of the shipper, county and lot number. A mixture of lamp black and kerosene applied with a small brush is useful in marking bags. T ITS last meeting in Chicago on May 22, the Illinois Field Service Committee went on record recommend- ing that: 1. The duties and functions of the Illinois Field Seryice Committee be assumed by tHe illinois Live- stock Marketing Association. 2. That the Illinois Livestock Mar- keting Association assume the ob- ligations and_ responsibilities in carrying out the field service, educational and organization pro- gram now being carried out by the Field Service Committee. . That surplus funds now to the credit of the Field Service Com- mittee be turned over to the Illi- nois Livestock Marketing Associa- tion, in consideration that Illinois Livestock Marketing Association assume the obligations and duties of the Field Service Committee. 4. That the present members of the Illinois Field Service Committee enter into agreement with the Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation under the terms of which the latter would assume substantially the same duties as are now being discharged by the Illinois Field Service Committee. §. That the following resolution be sent to members of the Illinois Field Service Committee for their information and action together with a suitable agreement to be executed between such member and the Illinois Livestock Mar- keting Association. 6. That Field Service Committee be terminated and the funds to the credit thereof be disposed of as above upon the adoption of the following resolution by a majority of the members of the commit- tee. —_— During May the Indianapolis Pro- ducers handled a total of 849 carloads of live stock, representing 31.19% of the receipts. This was 600 carloads more than the next largest firm on the market. Indiana patrons sent in 651 carloads and Illinois 198. too Edgar county led all others for the month with a total of 23 cars. Douglas county was with 22, Coles county third with 19 and Vermilion county fourth with 15 cars. second The following Illinois counties in- creased their business to the Indianapolis Producers over May last year: Cumber- land, Edgar, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon and Vermilion. . 2 ~ . — ? a ’ ¥ ' * ¥ Sg (8, oA mae ma "ys —_ - wernt + 9h manos \ ¥ A ad 4 y 3 | eae! A ae, Se ountry nsurance©o. |: A POLICY IN EVERY j FARM BUREAU HOME ? « . S . - ¥ - , 4 RT OR, ee ay eR ea ome —™, 0 oe, ean, at) CE, >? : vy 2 bd ’ , . Pep | 27 Mi , Pins “ “402 : 4 b A rr es ¢ by “i Ze v r df — ~ OOP: «ie eh ae Nea 4 oY * 1 ie 2 é rotection e Family, forthe Horne Aen, Co. J. cLean Bond Co. H. O. Hinckley Clark Co. Don Sparks G. 5° Rasiin Fulton Co yi Gallatin Co. “Claude E. Hicks Hobart Holland Lawrence Co. Lawrence Co. P. Cooper W. H. Nuttall McHenry Co. H. J. Blackburn McLean Co. Wm. E. Hedgcock Stephenson Co. James Daws bea K. W "Cleland Cook Co. E. A. Carncross Greene Co. L. R. Lee Lee Co. F. W. Peckham Ogle Co. Joe Holmes Tazewell Co. WwW m. E. Freitag Carroll Co. D.R. ower Contra Co. E.R, White Grundy Co. Paul Brown re ingston Co. " E. Hopkins Peoria Co. E. A. Wilmot Union Co. E. Blaylock Cass Co. Also Mason Co. Howard Jokisch Cee Co. or bes Ie? Co. L. W. Baxter Logan Co. L. R. Welk Pr’ Pike Co. C. E. Dunham Vermilion Co. Edward L. Dillon Crawford-Jas Raymond Henderson Co. W. A. Stevenson Macon Co. E. Glenn Ash Hardin Co. aul Blatter ersey Co. fre’ Cottinghous , These men are obligated to tell the Co protection story to you and solvin Farm to serve of your insurance problems. ureau Servants. Use Them - Invite Them - Listen L. A. WILLIAMS, General - Co. DeKalb Co. Geo. H. Stratton COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Henry Co. D. P. Robinson hess Co. T. Wesley Reed Jefferson Co. D. A. Whitlock Madison Co. Stanley Castle Pope Hain “ae Wabash Co. H. H. Glick M. D. Brubaker John Uftelmann Marion Co. Mercer Co. Mark Foster Randolph Co. Randolph Co. A. Winkelmann vere Co. E. A. Hake d to tell the Country Life u and to serve you in the ance problems. They are a 7 f ° “ i Clay Co. Clinton Co. Clinton Co. hem oe Listen to Them Dewey Stanley R. J. Foehner . G. Ackmann Christian Co. Clair E. Hay Clay Co. Chamgeien Co. Arthur Bryant S, General Manager Roy Mitchell RY LIFE RANCE PANY efferson Co. oF A. Whitlock : Mercer Co. Mark Foster Randolph Co. A. Winkelmann DeWitt Co. Clifford T. Jessen ja Daviess Co. ohn E. Bonnett Menard Co. R. C, Hiett Richland Co. H. L. Seiler White Co. J. E. Stine Douglas Co. Also Piatt Co. George E. Ewing Jackson Co. Fred Dietz Macoupin Co. D.C. ieher Rock Island Co. G, L. Smith Whiteside Co. Wm. C. Linker DuPage Co. D. J. Auble ?, ackson Co. . J. Thomas Montgomery Co. E. B. Young s Co. J.D. Smith. Will C Edward L. ‘Wilson Edgar Co. Clarence E. Smith Kendall Co. G. M. Dickson v< ee. Monroe Co. Otto P. Kolmer St. Clair Co. R. F. Schaffer Williamson Co. . E. Benton Edwards Co. Delbert Saxe Knox Co. A. N. Skinner Morgan Co. L. T. Oxley f Schuyler Co. Earl Payne Winnebago Co. Homer Hitchcock Effingham Co. H. é. Henry LaSalle Co. J. L. Eustis Moultrie Co. Clyde F. Cusick Scott Co. Albert Rolf Woodford Co. H. W. Bradshaw Ford Co. R. D. Cunningham Lake Co. Bertram Abney McDonough Co. G. O. Chenoweth Shelby Co. H. A.B onser Adams Co. J.C. McLean Clark Co. Don Sparks Fulton Co. Claude E. Hicks Lawrence Co. A. P. Cooper McHenry Co. H. J. Blackburn Bond Co. H. O. Hinckley Coles Co. G. B. Rankin Gallatin Co. Hobart Holland y Lawrence Co. W.H. Nuttall McLean Co. Wm. E. Hedgcock Stephenson Co. James Daws Boone Co. K. W. Cleland Carroll Co. Cass Co. D. R. Lower Also Mason Co. Howard Jokisch E. A. Carncross Cumberland Co. E. R. White or Greene Co. Hancock Co. L. R. Lee L. W. Baxter Grundy Co. Paul Brown (® a \u Lee Co. Livingston Co. a Logan Co. F. W. Peckham C. E. Hopkins L. R. Welk — Ogle Co. Peoria Co. Joe Holmes Pike Co. E. A. Wilmot C. E. Dunham Tazewell Co. Union Co. Wm. E. Freitag R. E. Blaylock Vermilion Co. Edward L. Dillon Crawford- Jasper Co. A. P. k These men are obligated to tell the Co protection story to you and to serve ) ae of your insurance problems. Farm Bureau Servants. Use Them - Invite Them - Listen L.A. WILLIAMS, General COUNTRY LIF INSURANCE COMPANY Champaign Co. B. E. Mosi osier Crawford-Jasper Co. DeKalb Co. Raymond Lee eo. H. Stratton 4 Henderson Co. Henry Co. W. A. Stevenson D. P. Robinson Iroquois Co. Jefferson Co. T. Wesley Reed D. A. Whitlock Macon Co. Madison Co. E. Glenn Ash Marion Co. Stanley Castle Mercer Co. M. D. Brubaker Mark Foster Randolph Co. John Uftelmann sie ecg ter Co. Pope: Hargis Co. aul Blatter ; } Koch Randolph Co. . Koc A. Winkelmann Wabash Co. H. Hy Glick Jersey Co. Washington Co. Ira Cottingham E. ake RAL AGENTS" ed to tell the Country Life u and to serve you in the ance problems. They are Clay Co. Clinton Co. Clinton Co. “Thern - Listen to Them Dewey Stanley R. J. Foehner W.G. Ackmann AS, General Manager T?Y LIFE RANCE f SM. 2 iy : : , } APANY ja S a” Ae Be. NA : 4 Edwards Co. Effingham Co. Ford Co. Delbert Saxe H. 6. Henry R. D. Cunningham Cham Roy aign Co. Christian Co. Clay Co. Mitchell Clair E. Hay Miithue Bevahé ‘nih DeWitt Co. Douglas : Also Piatt Co. Clifford T. Jessen George E. Ewing Co. DuPage Co. Edgar Co. D. J. Auble Clarence E. Smith Jefferson Co. o Daviess Co. Jackson Co. ackson Co. Kendall Co. Knox Co. LaSalle Co. Lake Co. D. A. Whitlock at E. Bonnett Fred Dietz . J. Thomas G. M. Dickson A. N. Skinner J. L. Eustis Bertram Abney Mercer Co. Menard Co. Macoupin Co. Montgomery Co. Monroe Co. Morgan Co. Moultrie Co. McDonough Co. Mark Foster R. C. Hiett D.C. Mieher E. B. Young Otto P. Kolmer L. T. Oxley Clyde F. Cusick G. O. Chenoweth Randolph Co. Richland Co. Rock Island Co. Sangamon Co. St. Clair Co. Schuyler Co. Scott Co. Shelby Co. A. Winkelmann H. L. Seiler G. L. Smith J. D. Smith R. F. Schaffer Earl Payne Albert Rolf H. A. Bonser White Co. Whiteside Co. Will Co. F Williamson Co Winnebago Co. Woodford Ca. J. E. Stine Wm. C. Linker Edward L. Wilson T. E. Benton Homer Hitchcock H. W. Bradshaw SIRS DONIC Sava es Sexite's 4. Nate pd Sue a * aie Za * AY) Onbs Giada, ay eS THIS CHECK WAS MAILED WITHIN 24 HOURS AFTER RECEIVING : PROOF OF DEATH ON THE LIFE OF,” This is the Leonard Moehl Farmstead which estate was protected by three COUNTRY LIFE Policies totaling $6,000.00. A CERTAIN: ESTATE FOR THE BENEFICIARY Country Life Insurance Protects the Farm Home and Family HE story of Leonard Moehl of Putnam County, a young, progressive Farm Bureau member in his prime, iMustrates the uncertainty of life, the value of protection. In excellent health two weeks before his death, he succumbed to a sudden attack of pneumonia. His thoughtful provision for his family insures them a home and freedom from want until the readjustment which invariably attends the passing of a loved one, can be made. Will You Leave a Certain Estate to Provide for Your Family After You Are Gone? See your General Agent at your Farm Bureau office and get the facts about Country Life's low net cost old line legal reserve life insurance. 608 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO. O°O°"CHICAGO » > — en HE sural policy h nually ¢ accordin ures are the I. A. those ch competit its rates. The I June 1 tions foi operatin; cations | 10 ] The 1 auto in: force ar Page 1 Champai 858, La bago 79 ingston and Wil The 1 applicati May are cer, Me Lake, St agents ceived Next i Foster, tram Ab C. 'E: county; Otto P. E. Hedg Shaffer, Morgan county; county. A fey holders Clinta east sta Stopped black li rate of car ran d causing | truck an Effing loaned q Prospecti June, 1931 ' THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Farm Bureau Members Save $200,000 Annually Auto tnsuvance Seevies Now Used by Nearly 28,000 Policy Holders HE Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Company is now saving its policy holders more than $200,000 an- nually on the cost of their insurance, according to V. Vaniman. These fig- ures are based on the current rates of the I. A. A, Farm Bureau Company and those charged by the closest state-wide competition, which recently increased its rates. The Illinois Agricultural Mutual on June 1 had received 27,947 applica- tions for auto insurance since it began operating a few years ago. Total appli- cations for May were 479. 10 High Counties use car in evening. Bright lights of ap- proaching car caused-son to hit man~on highway resulting in death to man. Remarks: A good rule to follow— “Don’t drive blind.” Logan county—Fire—Member de- livering gas. Employee poured gas into tractor and spilled some on hot mani- fold igniting gasoline. Employee threw gas can on ground spreading fire to can on ground and one hanging on faucet of oil truck. Tank on truck blew up. Nothing left but junk. Remarks: Gasoline is dangerous. Use every reasonable care in handling it. Knox and Monroe Lead Interest in hail insurance on farm crops is on the increase with the ad- vance of the crop season. Applications CHECK FOR The 10 high counties in boos nse gaa auto insurance policies in ya ( SAVINGS) force are as follows: Du- > Page 1,059, Cook, 989, a Champaign 914, McLean ah Ds 858, LaSalle 843, Winne- Yn SOU RES: bago 796, Henry 784, Liv- fe My Ge ingston 688, and Will 606. The 10 high counties in applications received during May are: Champaign, Mer- cer, McLean, Kane, Will, Lake, St. Clair, Livingston, McHenry, Logan, Cass, Cook, Monroe, Morgan, Ogle and Whiteside. Roy Mitchell of Cham- paign county led all other agents in applications re- ceived with a total of 35. Next in line were Mark Foster, Mercer county; Ber- tram Abney, Lake County; C. E. Hopkins, Livingston county; Fred H. Wilson, Kane county; Otto P. Kolmer, Monroe county; Wm. E. Hedgcock, McLean county; R. F. Shaffer, St. Clair county; L. T. Oxley, Morgan county; K. W. Cleland, Boone county; and Earl Payne, Schuyler county. Logan 676, A few accidents reported by policy- holders recently follow: Clinton county—Our insured going east started to make left-hand turn. Stopped with front wheel just over black line. Truck going west at high rate of speed avoiding our member’s car ran over curbing into a front porch causing personal injury to occupants of truck and damage to house and porch. Effingham county — Our member loaned car to prospective purchaser. Prospective purchaser allowed son to ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE co. for hail insurance received by the Farm- ers Mutual Reinsurance Company, June 1, totaled $425,313. Most of the insurance applied for is to cover corn and small grains. The leading counties in hail insurance appli- cations up to June 1 were: Knox, Mon- roe, Henry, McDonough, and St. Clair. Monroe county farmers led the state in protecting their crops against hail up to the middle of May. Otto Kolmer of that county was high agent and had taken applications for $39,800 worth of hail insurance by May 18. The next nine agents in business written follow: T. E. Benton, Williamson county; C. Kingston, Warren county; L. R. Welk, Logan county; A. M. Nash, Henry county; C. J. Thomas, Jackson county; A. Speichmeyer, St. Clair county; I. Cottingham, Jersey county; R. H. Fick, Explain Farmer Employers’ __ Liability in Accidents Policy Holders Report Many Acci- dents to Employees in Recent Weeks 14 NE of our members reports that his attorney gave him to under- stand that a farmer doesn’t have to carry employer’s liability insurance,” says V. Vaniman, director of insurance service. “He gave our member the im- pression that the farmer is exempt from liability. : “Apparently there is some misunder- standing. For while it is true that the farmer employer is exempt from the provisions of the Workmen’s Compen- sation Act for work done on a farm, he is not exempt from the.common law liability for injury or death to employees engaged in op- erations on the farm. “Under the common law, if the employer is guilty of negligence or careless in any way he is liable.” Recently accidents to farmer employees have been reported as follows: Saline county — Hired man fell, throwing hand under roller on which log was moving. Kane county—Employee fell over partition; vein in right leg bursting. Jackson county — Em- ployee while working with spray material got some lime in eye. Morgan county — Em- ployee standing up in box wagon when driving out of barn—cut head on nail in plate over door. Richland county—Em- ployee stretching barb wire for employer, when wire came loose from stretcher and tore palm of left hand. Will county—Man throwing down hay got chaff or small piece of weed in eye; eye becoming much inflamed. Henry county; and E. Altes, Monroe. During the past two years hail ,insur- ance has cost $20 per $1,000 on corn and small grains. This is approximately one-third cheaper than that provided by old line companies. The cost of insuring soybeans is slightly higher at $25 per $1,000. Ini- tial payment is $4 per $1,000 on all hail insurance and a check for the bal- ance must be given at time of applica- tion payable Oct. 1. The Farmers Mu- tual Reinsurance Company reinsures all its hail risks. THIS CHECK 3 WAS MAILED [| foe? WITHIN a | pal 24 HOURS Fags ure AFTER ice RECEIVING : tho @ con PROOF its ‘7 OF DEATH é Ju ee tior ope b cati 7 ‘Yager Evelyn Kook pee : : | for To Congress Grust & drotags Beni of Gyicags Bete February 19, ce ae iy accor 4 examen vo we meanaaer seran WiMONT DeTEhine SAeDK Ao EO all ee a: 858 cra or OATES ACCOUNT Sei. SY vOUSHER viva bag ; aay ge carne ings a an ae 2 on: retreary nl, who died ar tie 5 poise oe t Bis ei eae Bie Evelyn Mosbl © 28273 rr me mr This is the Leonard Moehl Farmstead which estate was protected by three COUNTRY LIFE Policies totaling $6,000.00. A CERTAIN: ESTATE FOR THE BENEFICIARY Country Life Insurance Protects the Farm Home and Family HE story of Leonard Moehl of Putnam County, a young, progressive Farm Bureau member in his prime, i iMlustrates the uncertainty of life, the value of protection. In excellent health two weeks before his death, he succumbed to a sudden attack of pneumonia. His thoughtful provision for his family insures them a home and freedom from want until the readjustment which invariably attends the passing of a loved one, can be made. Will You Leave a Certain Estate to Provide for Your Family After You Are Gone? See your General Agent at your Farm Bureau office and get the facts about Country nae s low net cost old line legal reserve life insurance. 608 SOUTH HIG BORN STREET COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO. o°roe'CHICAGO » > pee SP DO RR CR A June, 1931 Farm Bureau Members Save $200,000 Annually Auto Insurance Service Now Used by Nearly 28,000 Policy Holders HE Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Company is now saving its policy holders more than $200,000 an- nually on the cost of their insurance, according to V. Vaniman. These fig- ures are based on the current rates of the I. A. A. Farm Bureau Company and those charged by the closest state-wide competition, which recently increased its rates. The Illinois Agricultural Mutual on June 1 had received 27,947 applica- tions for auto insurance since it began operating a few years ago. Total appli- cations for May were 479. 10 High Counties The 10 high counties in auto insurance policies in force are as follows: Du- Page 1,059, Cook, 989, Champaign 914, McLean 858, LaSalle 843, Winne- bago 796, Henry 784, Liv- ingston 688, Logan 676, and Will 606. The 10 high counties in applications received during May are: Champaign, Mer- cer, McLean, Kane, Will, Lake, St. Clair, Livingston, McHenry, Logan, Cass, Cook, Monroe, Morgan, Ogle and Whiteside. Roy Mitchell of Cham- paign county led all other agents in applications re- ceived with a total of 35, Next in line were Mark Foster, Mercer county; Ber- tram Abney, Lake County; C. E. Hopkins, Livingston county; Fred H. Wilson, Kane county; Otto P. Kolmer, Monroe county; Wm. E. Hedgcock, McLean county; R. F. Shaffer, St. Clair county; L. T. Oxley, Morgan county; K. W. Cleland, Boone county; and Earl Payne, Schuyler county. A few accidents reported by policy- holders recently follow: Clinton county—Our insured going east started to make left-hand turn. Stopped with front wheel just over black line. Truck going west at high rate of speed avoiding our member’s car ran over curbing into a front porch causing personal injury to occupants of truck and damage to house and porch. Effingham county — Our member loaned car to prospective purchaser. Prospective purchaser allowed son to THE I. A. A. RECORD use car in evening. Bright lights of ap- proaching car caused son to hit man ‘on highway resulting in death to man. Remarks: A good rule to follow— “Don’t drive blind.” Logan county—Fire—Member de- livering gas. Employee poured gas into tractor and spilled some on hot mani- fold igniting gasoline. Employee threw gas can on ground spreading fire to can on ground and one hanging on faucet of oil truck. Tank on truck blew up. Nothing left but junk. Remarks: Gasoline is dangerous. Use every reasonable care in handling it. Knox and Monroe Lead Interest in hail insurance on farm crops is on the increase with the ad- vance of the crop season. Applications CHECK FOR $ 200, 000.00 (ANNUAL . SAVINGS) \ ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE co. for hail insurance received by the Farm- ers Mutual Reinsurance Company, June 1, totaled $425,313. Most of the insurance applied for is to cover corn and small grains. The leading counties in hail insurance appli- cations up to June 1 were: Knox, Mon- roe, Henry, McDonough, and St. Clair. Monroe county farmers led the state in protecting their crops against hail up to the middle of May. Otto Kolmer of that county was high agent and had taken applications for $39,800 worth of hail insurance by May 18. The next nine agents in business written follow: T. E. Benton, Williamson county; C. Kingston, Warren county; L. R. Welk, Logan county; A. M. Nash, Henry county; C. J. Thomas, Jackson county; A. Speichmeyer, St. Clair county; I. Cottingham, Jersey county; R. H. Fick, _ Page Thirteen Explain Farmer Employers’ Liability in Accidents Policy Holdets. Report Many Acci- dents to Employees in Recent Weeks cc NE of our members reports that his attorney gave him to under- stand that a farmer doesn’t have to carry employer’s liability insurance,” says V. Vaniman, director of insurance service. “He gave our member the im- pression that the farmer is exempt from liability. ; “Apparently there is some misunder- standing. For while it is true that the farmer employer is exempt from the provisions of the Workmen’s Compen- sation Act for work done on a farm, he is not exempt from the common law liability for injury or death to employees engaged in op- erations on the farm. “Under the common law, if. the employer is guilty of negligence or careless in any way he is liable.” Recently accidents to farmer employees have been reported as follows: Saline county — Hired man fell, throwing hand under roller on which log was moving. Kane county—Employee fell over partition; vein in right leg bursting. Jackson county — Em- ployee while working with spray material -got some lime in eye. Morgan county — Em- ployee standing up in box wagon when driving out of barn—cut head on nail in plate over door. Richland county—Em- ployee stretching barb wire for employer, when wire came loose from stretcher and tore palm of left hand. Will county—Man throwing down hay got chaff or small piece of weed in eye; eye becoming much inflamed. Henry county; and E. Altes, Monroe. During the past two years hail insur- ance has cost $20 per $1,000.o0n corn and small grains. This is approximately one-third cheaper than that provided by old line companies. The cost of insuring soybeans is slightly higher at’ $25 per $1,000. Ini- tial payment is $4- per $1,000 on all hail insurance and a check for the bal- ance must be given at time of applica- tion payable Oct. 1. The Farmers Mu- tual Reinsurance Company reinsures all its hail risks. THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Fourteen “Give Us a Chance, We'll Do-the Rest”—Cummings~ Mid-West Grain Corp. Handles Over 3,000,000 Bushels Grain in Six Months HE Mid-West Grain Corporation operating on the Chicago, St. Louis, and ‘Peoria grain markets passed the 3, 000, 000 bushel mark recently only six months after it began operating on jits present basis, ")Manager Chas. P. Cummings reported to 200 McLean county grain pro- ducers and elevator stockholders at a i]meeting in Bloom- ington the night of June 3. “Any old-line grain man would say it’s remarkable what we have accomplished in so short a time,” said Mr. Cummings. “We handled 1,761 carloads of grain in six months. I can’t conceive of this success as based on sentiment alone. We are not asking for the support of the farmers’ elevators on that basis. “All we’re asking of the growers is to give us a chance. We don’t want anybody to feel that they are being forced in. To be successful this busi- ness must be built on a basis of mutual satisfaction. ‘Twenty-seven years’ ex- perience in the grain business leads me to believe that the producer can be benefited through co-operation. Every penny made on this business belongs to the grower. We’re here to make money for you. A volume of grain is neces- sary to do this. “If we have 150 elevators working together I know we can make a show- ing in savings you and I can be proud of. There are two things that grain producers can do by working together: 1. They can regulate the movement of grain to market. 2. They can eliminate the wide day to day fluctuations. “The miller is interestd, so is the farmer in a more stable price. There is no excuse, for example, for the 13-cent drop in the price of wheat in one day. This is what happened at Minneapolis today. “It is heart-breaking to realize that corn started out early last fall during shucking time at 60 to 65 cents a bushel and now corn is bringing around 48 cents a bushel to the grower. “If our co-operative set-up has merit it will grow in spite of all the mud slinging by those opposed to us. If not, we won’t succeed regardless of what we can do. I’m not worried about the Cc. P. Cummings unfriendly propaganda being spread over the state. That advertising does us more good than harm. If we’re right they can’t hurt us. And if we’re wrong all the kind things anyone can say won’t make us succeed. “I know this much, one week 70 per cent of our grain business came from non-members and the reason we got it was because we could pay the price, and for no other reason. If we can’t deliver as much or more for /your grain as the other fellow we can’t expect your business.” Put Grain Sales Profits in Pockets of Farmer Farmers National Grain Man Tells Aims of Co-operation in Terminal Markets cc" HE Farmers National Grain Cor- poration hopes some day to con- trol enough volume to stabilize the price of grain in line with its value,” D. P. Moore of the Farmers- National, Chi- cago, asserted in his address at Bloom- ington on June 3. “Our object is to assist in bringing about equality between grain prices and the prices of things farmers have to buy,” he said. “Farmers have the sup- port in their co-operative efforts of most of the big interests of the country ex- cept the middlemen. “The middleman’s only interest is a selfish one. They make a lot of noise but they are in the minority. Industry as a whole wants to see the Marketing Act succeed to bring a greater measure of prosperity to the farmer because busi- ness men know that a prosperous agri- culture is necessary for industrial pros- perity.” Mr. Moore paid his respects to the attacks on co-operative grain market- ing. Referring to statements made by F. S. Betz, editor of the Farmers’ Guide, at the recent old-line grain dealers’ con- vention in Peoria, Moore said: ‘Betz’ speech was the biggest boost for the Marketing Act I’ve ever seen. His education apparently stopped with the farmer’s elevator. Everyone knows that the farmer’s elevator has done a fine thing locally for the farmer. That’s beside the point. “Now farmers are carrying their co- operation a step farther into the termi- nal markets. Certainly if there is any justification for co-operation locally there is more justification for it in the terminal markets where the prices are made and where manipulation in behalf of the grain handlers’ interests is fre- quent. “Betz raked up the previous attempts of farmers to get together to help (Continued on Page 15, Col. 1) June, 1931 Growers Getting Inside Information on Markets Fahrnkopf Emphasizes One Differ- ence Between C-operative and Middleman System cY OUR co-operative sales agency tries to pay the producer as much as possible for grain. Under the old-line system the commission house tries to buy from the farm- er’s elevator as cheap- ly as possible. This is one difference be- tween the two meth- ods of marketing,” Harrison Fahrnkopf, director of grain marketing for the Illinois Agricultural Association, told 200 McLean county grain producers at Bloom- 4. Fahrnkopf ington on June 3. “This whole movement represented by the Farmers National and the Mid- West Grain Corporation would be worth while if only for the knowledge farm- ers are getting about how their grain is handled in the markets,” said Fahrn- kopf. “The co-operative’s chief interest will be to get the farmer a maximum price, to improve the system so it will work as well. for the producer as it has for the middleman.” The new agreement running between the Illinois Grain Corporation and the farmers’ elevators provides: 1. For selling the producer grain through his own co-operative agency on the terminal markets when it can pay as much as any other buyer. 2. That the local elevators operate as Capper-Volstead associations with re- turns on that part of the stock repre- senting capitalization of the grain end of the business, limited to 8 per cent, the balance to be held in reserve or turned back to the producer in the form of patronage refunds. Fifty-seven farmers’ co-operative ele- vators had affiliated with the Illinois Grain Corporation and its sales agency, Mid-West Grain, by June 6. This rec- ord has been achieved in a little more than a year. By June 1, the Mid-West had handled upwards of 3,000,000 bushels of grain in the six months of operation on its present basis. “The best answer to the frequent attacks inspired by those selfishly op- posed to farmer co-operation is the rec- ord of our progress,” G. C. Johnstone, president of the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion, and a prominent grain and live- stock producer in McLean county, de- clared in a recent statement. “The ever-growing volume of grain being handled by the Mid-West is being “yy md “\ June, 1931 obtained on a competitive basis. Merit and_ merit alone is responsible for—our growth. We have been getting the busi- ness because we are demonstrating that a co-operative can pay the farmer as much or more for his grain as any old line company. “When farmers decided to own their own local elevators 25 or more years ago they were met with the same Kind of opposition we are experiencing now in building a co-operative agency in the terminals. We are going to win this fight because our set-up is sound and our management capable of getting the farmer the most for his product. Fur- thermore, all profits made from han- dling grain will go to the member ele- vators and on to the producers in patronage refunds.” PUT GRAIN SALES PROFIT (Continued from Page 14) themselves. And in this same talk he made the point that the grain trade after much discouragement and failure had built the present efficient system for marketing grain. I’m not disputing the fact that the grain trade has accom- plished much in improving the market- ing system. Nevertheless there is plenty of room for further improvement. It’s time the producer took a. hand in making the system work for him as well as it has worked to enrich the middleman, Farmers may expect much opposition and discouragement in their co-operative efforts. “You producers have an organization operating in all the big grain markets of the world. Every buyer of grain of any size in any state of the Union has the Farmers National’s bid on grain every day between 1:00 p. m. and 9:30 next morning. That’s what you have done for yourselves in less than two years’ time. “The Farmers National is handling more grain than any other firm in the country. It is the only organization that can offer grain at all times in the quantity and quality desired by the buyer. But you producers have to work with this system to get the benefit.” The 200 farmers in Peoria, Knox, Stark, and Henry counties in the Farm Bureau farm management service. paid an average of $356 each in taxes last year. The farm incomes after taking out 5 per cent for the investment aver- aged $196 less than nothing, reports the Peoria County Farmer. Champaign county has adopted a new cream marketing plan. Pick-up trucks are gathering the cream at the farm twice a week and are hauling it to the farmers’ co-operative creamery at Craw- fordsville. . THE I. A. A. RECORD To Continue .Policies— Chairman James C. Stone of the Federal Farm Board met recently with representatives of the big grain exchanges of the country for a con- ference on wheat. Chairman Stone announced that the Board would continue its present policies calling for no stabilization of the 1931 crop and the further development of co- operative marketing. Attending the conference were Julius Barnes, grain exporter; James C. Murray, president, Chicago Board of Trade; Fred B. Wells, B. H. Woodworth, Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce; George Davis, Kansas City Exchange; James Norris, Chi- cago; Walter McCarthy, Duluth; and E. J. Peck, Omaha. Wheat Storage Space Ample for New Crop In spite of the large carry-over and prospects for a large wheat crop, there is no indication of any great shortage of storage space or any unusual con- gestion in handling the forthcoming crop, according to the Farmers National Grain Corporation. The carry-over June 30 is estimated at 275 to 300 million bushels, or ap- proximately that of last year. It is esti- mated that there will be more storage space in proportion to wheat supplies than was the case a year ago. Says Red Top Business Returns $1,500,000 Yearly Eighty-five per cent of the world’s supply of red top grass seed is produced-~ in 13 counties of southern Illinois, ac- cording to J. J. Pieper, Crops Division, College of Agriculture, Urbana. The industry averages returns of about $1,- 500,000 a year to some 7,000 growers, he says. The average annual production from 1922 to 1930 was more than 10,000,- 000 pounds. Prices range from 10.5 cents a pound in 1927 and 1928 to 22 cents a pound in 1925-1926. The av- erage annual production of red top seed per farm is 1,500 pounds having a value of $225. The index of the general level of farm prices on May 15 was 86 per cent of the pre-war level, 38 points below a year ago and the lowest since 1910. The board of directors of the IIli- nois Produce Marketing Association meeting at Decatur, May 13, voted to pay a dividend of 7 per cent on all outstanding preferred stock. Page Fifteen LaSalle Co. Grain Co-op. Now Operating at Ottawa HE new conditioning and loading station set up by the LaSalle County Co-operative Grain Company at Ottawa started operating late in May, announces the Organized Farm- gl er of LaSalle county. ! Open house was held Fon May 25 and 26 | when representatives | from _ neighboring | counties in northern and central Illinois gathered to see the new equipment. ELE. “Cracker” Johnson, a graduate of the University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, and former associate county adviser in Macoupin county, has been employed to manage the new co-oper- ative. Grain is cleaned and loaded ‘simul- taneously by an airforce blower.’ Cash is paid for the grain as it is hauled in for loading based on the prevailing market. The loading station is equipped with a 22-foot scale of 10-ton capacity. The loading equipment will handle 1,000 to 1,600 bushels per hour. Grain is blown either directly into cars or into one of the four steel storage bins with a capac- ity of 2,000 bushels each. Air under high pressure forces the grain up the chute so as to remove excessive moisture and condition the grain for storage. Dirt and foreign material is separated spots the grain at the same time. “Cracker” Johnson Marshall County Grain Producers Meet Wenona Grain producers about Wenona in Marshall county met on June 1 to con- sider ways and means of getting a maxi- mum price for their grain. They dis- cussed the possibilities of the new air force blower type of grain loader which is being used in LaSalle county to fa- cilitate and cut overhead expenses in handling grain. With this new device it is reported that grain can be blown directly from the unloading chute into the car and much dirt can be removed in the proc- ess to improve the grade. The St. Clair County Farm Bureau recently ‘moved into new quarters in the new Hotel Belleville opposite the Court House. Steps toward organizing agricultural credit corporatiens have been taken in McLean and Champaign counties. Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD une, 1931 Co-operative Produce Marketing in Illinois HREE reasons Illinois producers of butterfat have undertaken to mar- ket this commodity co-operatively may be stated as follows: 1. Because they felt they were not getting enough for their butterfat in relation to the Chicago butter market. 2. Because many producers were dis- satisfied with weights and tests received from some of the creameries buying butterfat in the state. 7 3. Because producers recognized in- efficiency in the method of assembling butterfat where more and more stations compete for the small volume of cream coming into a given town. Before co-operative produce market- ing was launched, butterfat was being purchased from three to six cents under the Chicago market, the margin being wider in southern Illinois than in north- ern Illinois due to keener competition in the latter section and a poorer quali- ty of the product in the southern coun- ties. The operating ‘costs of private cream stations before pools were organ- ized ranged from four to six cents per pound. Co-operative créam stations recognized that.this cost could be re- duced by handling a larger volume through their pools than was being han- dled by private cream stations. = Higher Average Price At the present time the price /for butterfat in. relation to the Chicago market for northern Illinois will aver- age quite closely throughout the year to the Chicago market, and in southern Illindix from three to five cents under the market depending upon thextime of year and~the range in the butter markét price. In regard to the dissatisfaction of weights and “tests, \it cannot be said that producers were dissatisfied with all creameries buying butterfat within the state. But evidence indicated that some companies were taking advantage of producers in this respect. These condi- tions promoted the organization of the first co-operative cream marketing as- sociation as early as 1924. The first station was started in June of that year at Paxton, in Ford county. Up to the end of 1928, little attention was given to this project. As a result only a few additional pools were or- ganized during that period. One of the early pools organized at Polo, Ogle county, was later converted into a co- operative creamery which has been op- erating very successfully. During 1928-29-30 cream pools were organized over the state until at the present time sixty-five such units are By Frank Gougler now operating with several more get- ting ready. As each pool was organized it did its own shopping around to find a buyer for the pooled cream. Early in 1928 it was found necessary to improve this method of selling to give every creamery an opportunity to buy pooled butterfat. A plan was therefore devised of selling to the high bidder. Asked for Bids During the organization period of a pool, careful thought was given to the number of creameries that might be interested in purchasing the butterfat. All creameries that could possibly be interested were invited to submit bids. They were asked to bid for the butter- fat for a period of one year paying on the basis of the Chicago market on the association’s weights and tests. - This plan was followed until the spring of 1930. At that time representatives of the processors pointed out objections to the plan. These were: 1. The creamery buying a pool of cream had no assurance that they would have it more than one year. This being the case, an individual creamery might lose a number of pools very suddenly. This actually happened in one case so as to work a great hardship on the com- pany. 2. Another objection raised was that in many cases instead of moving the cream to plants nearby, it was moved to distant creameries. This reduced the quality of the product instead of im- proving it. With these points in mind, it was suggested by processors that an effort be made to work out a plan to correct these evils. Decide to Federate Prior to November, 1929, Illinois cream pools were individual county as- sociations with producer members on contract to market all their produce through the county organization. It was decided to reorganize these associa- tions in accordance with the Marketing Act of 1923 and to provide for capital stock. It was also decided to federate these county associations into a state- wide organization. This was done November. 6, 1929, when the Illinois Produce Marketing Association was organized providing for three classes of stock. Capital stock consists of 30,000 shares of class “SA” preferred $25 par value with cumula- tive dividends of 7%; 150,000 shares of class “B” preferred for the Illinois Agricultural Association, which ini- tiated, developed and is responsible for the project, and 75,000 shares of com- = “a mon stock. The “B” stock has no finan- cial interest. County associations in like manner were incorporated with 2,000 shares of class “A” stock at $25 per share 7% cumulative . dividends, 2,500 shares of class ““B” stock of no par held by the Illinois Produce Mar- keting Association, and 1,000 shares of ‘common stock. The above provisions are for large counties. Small counties are organized with only one-half the number of shares in each class. The Illinois Produce Marketing Asso- ciation is governed by fifteen directors. This board, in co-operation with the I. A. A., devised the present plan of sell- ing butterfat, which provides: What Plan Provides 1. That the initial price paid for but- terfat handled by pools be uniform throughout the state regardless of the location of the pool. 2. For protecting the operating mar- gin of the pool. 3. For division of profits made on butter manufactured from pooled but- terfat between the manufacturer and producers. 4. For administering the plan by a committee of six men—three represent- ing processors and three producers. The initial price paid for pooled but- terfat is*based on the daily Chicago 90 score market, which varies according to the. butter market as follows: Chicago Price Premium or Deduc- Range of Butter tion for Fat VS: S19 oe Minus 234 90S BEM te ey, $2 99%... e ¥, $0: 2.548 as Pls $5°6 9994 ne. 0 1% 40° = 449 oo ove «23, 4652 48. eS «Ey $0.-<$494 con eo 4, ek « 4y, Insofar as the contract creameries are concerned, the local produce associations are protected by the creamery receiving their butterfat to the extent of three cents per pound above the price re- ceived from the creamery. After the creamery has paid all procurement, manufacturing and sales costs and is credited with the going return on in- vestment, the remaining net profits made on pool butterfat are divided so that one-half goes to the Illinois Pro- duce Marketing Association for refund- ing to the county associations on a patronage basis. The administration of this marketing plan is in the hands of six men as follows: Tom Borman, Beatrice Creamery, (Continued on Page 18) » A Sica “SS Sein bi - Pion made ea > 4 ee » ne, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD | | ‘ pL. LI pen cm «0. i A es eee “SHES i | | [SUNBEAM /// ener or CENTRAL ILLINOISI— - 4 he | aay, insane TY ee ' PLONEER cAmy. | «m7 Bure) ' ree DAN wh = a Piet PRO — DAIRY rs (pet CRMY. CO ane Peer saat: OF) DAVIS- 5-CLEAVER ne “Cquincy) ALTAMONT -_-—— CRMY.CO PAUL A. SCHULZE (ALTAMONT)| mp ARO_CREAMERY CO. By SUGAR sae aac Se ~ | ae | SWIFT CMT. VERNON) me. DAIRY PRO CAASLEANS poeo) : U © CREAM STATION NOW ORGANIZING CREAM STATION CREAMERY Page Seventeen 4 CRMy Page Eighteen PRODUCE MARKETING (Continued from Page 16) Chicago: Tom Canfield, Swift & Co., Chicago, and Dr. N. W. Hepburn, Pe- oria Creamery, for the processors; and Earl Smith, president, Geo. Metzger, secretary, Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion, and Sam Elkins, president Illinois Produce Marketing Association, for, the producers. | ‘The duties of the Administration Committee ar . (a) Genel upervision of all mat- ters requiring joint supervision. (b) Arbitration of controversies that [may arise between the parties or be- tween processors signing similar agree- ments, (c) To afocate and reallocate cream delivered by ‘association to processor. (d) To adjust all matters of differ- ences with reference to grading, weights and tests. (e) To encourage the production of a better product.- - This method of co-operative market- ing has incorporated into the plan some entirely new features. It\is more or less ‘m experiment in the field of co-oper- ative effort. Profit-Sharing Plan The “division-of-profit” plan with private interests is rarely ever seen in. the co-operative field. Here is an at- tempt not only for producers to co- operate but one to bring about co-oper- ation between producers and private in- terests. With such wide deviation from the usual method of co-operative effort, it is expected that serious problems might arise. The Administration Committee never- theless has been quite successful in ad- ministering this plan. There has been no disagreement in the matter of allo- cation of butterfat, neither has there been difficulty in settling other prob- lems coming before the Administration Committee with the exception of one instance. A Problem Unsolved The problem that has not yet been solved is that of protecting the pools’ operating margin at points where inde- pendent buyers not co-operating in this plan are responsible for unduly high prices. The best that has been accom- - plished at these points is for the proces- sor to protect the pool to the extent of one-half of its operating cost. Such an adjustment cannot be accepted as satis- factory over a long period. It will be necessary for the Administration Com- mittee to work out a satisfactory policy covering this situation. Numerous cases have been reported by creameries stating that they are not getting the full amount of butterfat paid for. Investigations have been made in every case and findings indicate that THE I. A. A. RECORD Le F. Brissenden L. F. Brissenden, I. A. A. district or- ganization manager in the southeastern Illinois territory, recently returned from a trip to British Columbia, where he and Mrs. Brissenden visited their son and daughter-in-law. “Here is one fish story that’s true,” he writes. ‘“‘The salmon I caught shown in the picture was 37 inches long and weighed 19 pounds. I got a real thrill out of landing this salmon. “I learned many things during the trip about the wheat pool in Canada, and co-operative poultry and egg mar- keting up and down the Pacific Coast.” in some cases the creamery is at fault and in other cases the trouble is at the station. The first division of profit period ex- tended from June 1, 1930, to March 31, 1931. During that period the total amount of pooled butterfat amounted to approximately 1,684,000 pounds on which the total amount of money paid in by the creameries amounted to $1,- 645.74, which is equivalent to prac- tically .lc per pound. The division of profits for this period is almost’ negligi- ble. It is as much as could reasonably be expected perhaps when market con~ ditions during the period are taken into consideration. A study of the market from June 1, 1930, to March 31, 1931, indicates that during the entire period there has been a consistent decline in the market. Decline Hurts All This decline naturally resulted in low profits or losses, not only from the standpoint of the processors but also from the standpoint of the margin made by the co-operative association. Of the 24 creameries purchasing pooled cream during this period only eight were. able to show a margin above operating cost. This small division of profit is disappointing to the producers. Yet this method of marketing deserves further trial in a period more favorable for its success. , The end of the present contract pe- riod expires with the calendar year 1931. At its close improvement un- une, 1931 60 Marshall-Putnam “Livestock Men at Peoria Producers’ Representatives. Demon- strate Market Grades and Grading Sry livestock farmers led by Guy French, director of the Peoria Pro- ducers and chairman of the Marshall- Putnam Farm Bureau Livestock Mar- keting Committee, and R. J. Laible, Farm Adviser, visited the Peoria Pro- ducers on May 20. They were met by Eddie Sitton, hog salesman and Ray E. Miller of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation, and conducted through the yards. Methods of: unloading, receiving, weighing, yarding and feeding were ex- plained. Following the trip through the yards the delegation was assembled in a large pen where different grades of hogs had been selected. Mr. Sitton discussed each grade of hogs, why it was graded in that manner, its value and what the outlet for that class of stuff was. The calf grading demonstration was particu- larly interesting. Many of the visiting growers expressed surprise at informa- tion which came out in the demonstra- tion. A discussion of the different grades of butcher cattle concluded this part of the program. Luncheon at Hotel Following luncheon at the Hotel Jefferson, George Wilson, president of the Peoria Producers, was presented by Mr. French, W. R. Hembrough, mana- ger of the Peoria Producers discussed informally the operation of the co- operative, the Stocker and Feeder Com- pany, and later answered questions. Manager D. L..Swanson of the Chicago Producers was also a guest .and spoke briefly of the operation of the Chicago Producers and its relation to the Peoria Producers. Ray Miller and Sid Cherrill of the Livestock Marketing Department of the I. A. A. discussed the activities of the Livestock Marketing Department. doubtedly will be brought about to eliminate some of the present difficul- ties. An agreement should be reached to protect co-operatives in towns where independent operators are buying but- terfat. During the past year the direct shipper price for butterfat has been more favorable than station price. This condition should be corrected by giving pools some consideration. Finally, if the dairy industry of Illinois is to de- velop to the fullest extent, it will be necessary to develop and enforce a grad- ing plan. With other states forging ahead in the production of high quality butter, it is necessary for our state to fall in line or be satisfied to take a lower price for what we produce. i a* wt x . ae cm!» The cA > inois Agricultural iI Association RECO Published monthly by the Illinois A - cation for transfer of second class entry cultural Associahon as 165 So, Main St., from Marshall, Il}., to Spencer, Ind., eeuhen” ed in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Spencer, Address all communications cultural Association "Record, 608 So. ‘Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 7 JULY, 1931 ites Coes, hres he. Deastera. ite, Chicago, Ill, ceptance for mailing at spec rate rige or publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri- ostage pro- Volume 9 Some Facts for Illinois Grain Producers HE Illinois Grain Corporation 1s one of twenty-five grain marketing regionals which own the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corporation. The organi- zation is state-wide in scope, while the latter organization is the national grain marketing agency set up by grain market- ing co-operatives of the United States at the suggestion of and under the direction of the Federal Farm Board. The Illinois Grain Corporation does not duplicate the work of the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corporation. The function of the state regional is to originate the H. Fahrnkopf grain. This is done through the local’ co-operatives in the country. The work of the National is that of contacting the millers and processors who buy grain. The state regional assembles the grain. The Farmers National Grain Corporation sells and merchandises it. Co-operative marketing will make for an improved agriculture, and an im- proved agricultural situation will bene- fit the entire business structure of the country. The farmer can improve his business by efficient production and effi- cient marketing. Efficiency and Economy The handling of .grain through large, well-managed single selling agency channels should eliminate waste and make for efficiency and economy. For this reason, co-operative marketing de- veloped on ‘a sound and constructive basis will benefit both the producer and the consumer. Illinois ranks high as a producer of grain. A large quantity of this grain produced is marketed, is not fed on farms where grown. In fact, if we had By Harrison Fahrnkopf six other states which marketed as much grain as Illinois, these six, together with Illinois, would furnish for market all the grain in the United States. There are operating in Illinois today ageren nee 450 farmers’ elevators, which handle more than one-half of all the grain going into mfrket channels from Illinois. The grain marketed from these local co-operatives totals approxi- mately one hundred million bushels. ’ Thinking farmers who believe in han- dling this grain co-operatively through their local elevators also believe that it is to their advantage to sell this grain at the terminal market through their own co-operatives. If it is a good thing for one hundred or more farmers to co- operate locally in shipping their grain, it ought to be a good thing for one hundred or more farmer elevators to co- operate in merchandising their grain through a single sales agency. The Illi- nois Grain Corporation is such a co- operative sales agency. All Owned by Grower The Illinois Grain Corporation is sup- ported by memberships of local co-op- eratives. The farmer holds a member- ship in his local elevator, the elevator holds a membership in the Illinois Grain Corporation, and the Illinois Grain Cor- poration is a member of the Farmers National Grain Corporation. Thus the entire structure is producer-owned and producer-controlled. The first elevators to become members were pioneers in the movement. They made a cash stock subscription which enabled the Illinois Grain Corporation to become a going concern. Now elevators can become members without a cash stock subscrip- tion. Interest in the state-wide co-opera- tive is growing every day. Indifference is being replaced by enthusiasm for the plan of marketing through the Illinois Grain Corporation. Today many farm- ers, especially directors of elevators, are informing themselves as to how they can link their elevator and community with this worth-while movement. They are beginning to realize that just as surely as it is good for farmers to-co- operate it is equally good for co-opera- tives to co-operate. Midwest Grain Corp. The grain sales or operative end of the Illinois Grain Corporation is set up as a separate organization known as the Mid-West Grain Corporation. Under this name is handled all business per- taining to the merchandising of grain. In addition to offices at Chicago, Pe- oria and St. Louis and memberships on the boards of trade and grain exchanges in these cities, branch offices are located at Jacksonville, Decatur and Pontiac, Illinois. C. P. Cummings, a man with more than a quarter of a century of successful experience in merchandising grain, is manager of the Mid-West Grain Corporation. Mr. Cummings has associated with him in the various of- fices a group of very able and compe- tent men. All of the foregoing person- nel and service is now available to the farmer whose local co-operative is a member of Illinois Grain Corporation. If your local elevator is not a member of this state-wide co-operative, you should inquire why it is not a member. The Producers’ Opportunity Illinois farmers have the opportunity of marketing their grain through co- operative channels to the miller and processor. In many communities - there have been operating for years co-opera- tive farmers’ elevators. Until recently co-operative marketing of grain has not advanced successfully beyond this local elevator station. The producer now has an opportunity to support and use not only his local grain marketing agency but his state and national agency as well. Page Four The Illinois Grain Corporation and its subsidiary sales agency, the Mid-West Grain Corporation, are now past the ex- perimental point. They are going con- cerns. They have marketed more than three million bushels of grain. Oliver Wendell Holmes said, ‘‘The human race is divided into two classes—those who go ahead and do something and those who inquire why it wasn’t done in a different way.” Men associated with farmer elevators for many years have gone ahead and set up the Illinois Grain Corporation. They have done a good job. Thinking grain producers will support it. Corn Cost 60c a Bu., College Figures Show Cost studies made by the Farm Or- ganization and Management Depart- ment of the Illinois College of Agricul- ture show that the cost of growing corn in the best corn sections of the state in 1930 was 60 cents a bushel, which is more than the crop is now bringing. In 1930 costs were 10 cents a bushel higher than in the two preceding years largely because of reduced yields. Labor 1ates were considerably lower than those preveiling the year before, but this dif- ference was not enough to offset the -educed yields. Gregory to Speak at Midwest Training School The Midwest Farm Bureau Training School will be held at Madison, Wis., August 10 to 13. Among the I. A. A. organization men on the program are Secretary George E. Metzger, whose subject is “From the Inside”; R. J. Hamilton, “Adapting Sales Methods to Farm Bureau”; V. Vaniman, “How to Collect Dues”; and A. B. Culp, “Lead- ership Training Schools.” The banquet will be held at the eve- ning session on August 12, with L. B. Palmer, president of the Ohio Farm Bu- reau Federation, in charge. C. V. Greg- ory, editor of Prairie Farmer, will be the speaker. R. W. Brown, president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation, is dean of the school. The early commercial potato crop this year in 19 important potato-grow- ing states totaled 48.6 million bushels, or 13 per cent more than last year. Indiana is one of the four states in which tuberculosis among cattle has been reduced to one-half of one per cent or less, the others being North Carolina, Maine and Michigan. Approxi- mately 3,000,000 cattle were tested from which about 30,000 reacted. What Is Pooling? U.S. D. A. Bulletin Answers Question Time, Patience and Courage Re- quired to Build Co-operative Marketing Machinery N U. S. D. A. Miscellaneous Publi- cation No. 14, under the heading, “Possibility of Market Expansion,” the following appears: ‘“‘Few farmers, as in- dividuals, can afford to undertake mar- ket development because of the expense - involved and the lack of sufficient sup- plies to make the exploitation policy permanent. Here, again, the POOLING by a large number of growers of the ex- pense, risks and other features involved in market expansioi makes possible a program for widening the market for their product which is of benefit to the grower, but which would be prohibitive were it undertaken by him individual- ly.” The word “pool” is a much abused word. It merely refers to group effort as opposed to the individual acting alone. So far as it concerns the farmer and marketing, he has been doing it for years through his local farmers’ elevator. Although the farmer has not pooled his selling efforts in merchandising his grain through his local co-operative elevator, he has, along with his neighbors, been pooling the cost of maintaining an ele- vator, employing a manager and other operating costs—he has been pooling his selling expenses. The Illinois Grain Corporation, how-' ever, is not a pool. Both the member elevators and farmers sell their own grain at a time determined by them- selves. By-laws and articles of incor- poration (a charter) do not make or constitute a co-operative. It takes some- thing more. And not the least of the “something more” is good leadership supported by a local and wide-awake membership. In a recent meeting one poor soul raised a brand new objection—he said that the set-up of the Illinois Grain Corporation and the Farmers National Grain Corporation was so good that the Farmers National Grain Corporation would become too powerful—would get dangerous and ask unfair prices for grain. Charley Cummings of Mid-West enlightened him by saying, “The thing for this generation to do is to give the best we have toward building the ma- chine and let our grandchildren take care of the matter of becoming danger- ous.” To build the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion requires time, patience and cour- age on the part of the leaders through- out the state who believe in the move- ment. The new has to be sold to us. We don’t want it at first. "Tis said THE I. A. A. RECORD July, 1931 that it took McCormick fourteen years to sell his first hundred reapers. The business-trend- of today is for the finances of the community to flow toward the industrial centers; for ex- ample, witness. the chain stores, chain oil companies. Banks in large trade cen- ters are bulging with money. Our co- operative marketing machine is set up so that terminal earnings flow back to the community. Intermediate Credit Loans Reach $110,000,000 in ’30 INANCING, farmers’ co-operative marketing activities reached new proportions-in 1930 when the volume of funds loaned. by the 12 Federal In- termediate Credit Banks reached $110,- 000,000 for the year. This represents, of course, only a small proportion of the total amount advanced by lending institutions _ to farmers’ co-operative marketing associa- tions so they might carry out théir pro- grams of orderly marketing. In 1930 about 12,000 co-operative marketing organizations did a business of approximately $2,000,000,000. Not all of this business, by any ‘means, was done on borrowed funds. Much of it represents products sold for consump- tion shortly after they feft the farm. The bulk of the financing for orderly marketing represents loans on a score or more staple commodities under the su- pervision of the Federal Farm Loan Board in Washington. Since the Inter- mediate Credit Banks were organized in 1923, they have loaned to farmers’ co- operative marketing associations more than half a billion dollars. Following the creation of the Federal Farm Board, under the Agricultural Marketing Act, the rapid growth of co- operatives and the development of na- tional sales agencies have been responsi- ble for a large imcrease in the activities of these loan agencies. Intermediate credit is becoming an in- creasingly important factor in the financial structure of the United States. It has proved that it can fill a distinct agricultural need. Rubber from Goldenrod Thomas A. Edison at 84 has at last succeeded in making synthetic rubber from goldenrod grown on his plantation in Florida. He will turn the process over to the government as a patriotic gift. The value of the process lies in the fact that it insures an emergency supply of rubber. At present rubber is cheap due to over-production, making the new process of little immediate worth. Henry Ford and Harvey Fire- stone have large goldenrod plantations in the South. o > July, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Grain Producers View New Blower at Ottawa Loading Equipment Said to Cut Local Costs of Handling Grain RAIN producers from a dozen cen- tral and northern Illinois counties gathered at Ottawa, July 2, to view the . Airforce blower used in loading grain by the LaSalle County Co-operative Grain Company. This unique device, a new invention recently placed on the market, is a one- man outfit operated by electricity. It simplifies the task of loading grain in cars or storing it temporarily in fire- proof, steel bins mounted on cement foundations. The Airforce equipment at Ottawa includes four steel bins of 2,000 bushels capacity each, a 30-horsepower motor, modern scales and compressed air dump for weighing and unloading the grain, and the blower which is credited with removing excess moisture, dirt, and chaff from the grain before being ele- vated into the cars or steel bins. A powerful steel fan ‘operating at 1,675 R. P.M. blows the grain at a high rate of speed through the blower . into the car or bin. E. L. “Cracker” Johnson, manager of the LaSalle county co-operativé, states that he finds loading direct into the cars is a time saver and is practical where grain is moving freely. 2400 Bu. Per Hour ““We made a test on our opening day with a 101-bushel load of corn, blow- ing it into the car in 2% minutes which is at the rate of 2,400 bushels per hour,” he said. “Oats move somewhat slower, or at the rate of about 1,600 to 1,800 bushels an hour. Wheat and~barley can be loaded somewhat faster.” Johnson states that an old experi- enced grain man from Chicago was out to inspect the equipment a short time ago. He made a very thorough investi- gation from one end to the other. He remarked that it looked to him as though this loading equipment would revolutionize grain handling in this country. The advantages claimed for the Air- force Conveyor Sales are: (1) No fire hazard. (2) One-man operation. (3) Cleans grain, eliminates dirt line in cars. (4) Dries and conditions damp grain. (5) Raises grade and test weight. (6) Handles grain rapidly. (7) Handles grain most economically. Ottawa plant handling grain at 1%4c per bushel. (8) The nearest thing to a conditioning plant that a grain producing communi- ty can afford. (9) This equipment is within the financial reach of practical- ly every grain producing community. New Airforce Blower and Steel Bins Used in Handling Grain by LaSalle County Co-Operative at Ottawa. The Airforce Conveyor Sales is not sold outright. It is merely leased by the company controlling the patents and manufacturing. The company requires an initial advance of $3,500 to show the good faith of the co-operative, in- dividual or company using it. This $3,500, however, is to be rebated: back to the local organization at the rate of 1-8 cents per bu. of grain handled after the first year of operation. The LaSalle County Co-Operative has been handling and shipping grain at a cost of 1.5 cents a bushel, divided as follows: 4% cent to the Airforce Con- veyor Sales, 34 of a cent to the mana- ger, who pays for his own help, light and power, and 4 cent to the LaSalle County Co-Operative Company for working capital, etc. Out of its half cent the Airforce company rebates 14 cent per bu. to the Co-Operative un- til it has paid back the $3,500 orig- inally invested by the local unit. All expenses of upkeep, wind insurance, etc., is paid by the Airforce company. Avoids Destructive Competition “We retain control of this machin- ery instead of selling it outright,” said B. A. Shearer of the Airforce Company, “so as to avoid destructive competition in any community. This plan insures that it will not be unprofitable for any local unit using the blower to operate it.” Shearer stated that he had in- vestigated average costs of handling grain by country elevators. “I found them to be considerably higher than the 1.5 cent per bu. figure.” It has been recommended, he said, that the loading charge of local country elevators be established uniformly at 2 cents per bu. for oats, 3 cents for corn, and 5 cents for all other grains. “This new grain loading equipment apparently has interesting possibilities,” commented Harrison Fahrnkopf, direc- tor of grain marketing. “It may assist in cutting local costs of handling grain. It is important, however, that this equipment be not allowed to jeopardize investments of farmers in local co- operative elevators. Duplication of ma- chinery for handling grain at the local point should be avoided. “The blower may well be tried out at points where present facilities are in- adequate for handling grain. In view of present financial conditions among farmers over the country, the compara- tively small investment required for such grain handling equipment has con- siderable appeal.” Stone Meets with Grain Exchange Men Chairman James C. Stone of the Federal Farm Board met recently with representatives of the big grain ex- changes of the country for a confer- ence on wheat. Chairman Stone an- nounced that the Board would continue its present policies calling for no sta- bilization of the 1931 crop and the fur- ther development of co-operative mar- keting. Attending the conference were Julius Barnes, grain exporter; James C. Mur- ray, president, Chicago Board of Trade; Fred B. Wells, B. H. Woodworth, Min- neapolis Chamber of Commerce; George Davis, Kansas City Exchange; James Norris, Chicago; Walter McCarthy, Duluth; and E. J. Peck, Omaha. Page Four a* The Hlinois Grain Corporation and its subsidiary sales agency, the Mid-West Grain Corporation, are now past the ex- perimental point. They are going con- cerns. They have marketed more than three million bushels of grain. Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “The human race is divided into two classes—those who go ahead and, do something and those who inquire why it wasn’t done in a different way.” Men with ‘armer elevators for many years have vone ahead-and set up the Illinois Grain Corporation. They have done a good job. Thinking grain producers will support it. associated Corn Cost 60c a Bu., College Figures Show Cost studies made by the Farm Or- ganization and Management Depart- ment of the Illinois College of Agricul- ture show that the cost of growing corn in the best corn sections of the state in 1930 was 60 cents a bushel, which is more than the crop is now bringing. In 1930 costs were 10 cents a bushel higher than in the two preceding years iargely because of reduced yields. Labor 1ites were considerably lower than those preveiling the year before, but this dif- icrsnce was not enough to offset the educed yields. Gregory to Speak at Midwest Training School The Midwest Farm Bureau Training School will be held at Madison, Wis., August 10 to 13. Among the [. A. A. organization men on the program are George E. Metzger, whose subject is “From the Inside’; R. J. Hamilton, “Adapting Sales Methods to Farm Bureau”; .V. Vaniman, “How to Collect Dues”; and A. B. Culp, “Lead- ership Training Schools.” The banquet will be held at the eve- Secretary ning session on August 12, with L. B. Palmer, president of the Ohio Farm Bu- reau Federation, in charge. C. V. Greg- ory, editor of Prairie Farmer, will be the speaker. R. W. Brown, president of Farm Bureau Federation, the Missouri is dean of the school. The early commercial potato crop this year in 19 impor.ant potato-grow- totaled 48.. million bushels, cent. more than last vear. ing states or 13 per is one of the four states in tuberculosis cattle has one-half of per cent or less, the others being North Carolina, Maine and Michigan. Approxi- mately 3,000,000 cattle tested from which about 30,000 reacted. Indiana which among been reduced to one were THE I. A. A. RECORD What Is Pooling? U.S. D. A. Bulletin Answers Question Time, Patience and Courage Re- quired to Build Co-operative Marketing Machinery — N U. S. D. A. Miscellaneous Publi- cation No. 14, under the heading, “Possibility of Market Expansion,” the following appears: “Few farmers, as in- dividuals, can afford to undertake mar- ket development because of the expense involved and the lack of sufficient sup- plies to make the exploitation policy permanent. Here, again, the POOLING by a large number of growers of the ex- pense, risks and other features involved in market expansio, makes possible a program for widening the market for their product which is of benefit to the grower, but which would be prohibitive were it undertaken by him individual- ly.” The word “pool” is a much abused word. It merely refers to group effort as opposed to the individual acting alone. So far as it concerns the farmer and marketing, he has been doing it for vears through his local farmers’ elevator. Although the farmer has not pooled his selling efforts in merchandising his grain through his local co-operative elevator, he has, along with his neighbors, been pooling the cost of maintaining an ele- vator, employing a manager and other operating costs—he has been pooling his selling expenses. The Illinois Grain Corporation, how- ever, is not a pool. Both the member elevators and sell their grain at a time determined by them- selves. tarmers By-laws and articles of incor- poration (a charter) do not make or constitute a co-operative. It takes some- And not the least of the “something more’ is good leadership supported by a local and wide-awake membership. thing more. In a recent meeting one poor soul raised a brand new objection—he said that the set-up of the Grain Corporation and the Farmers National Grain Corporation was so good that the Farmers National Grain Corporation would become too powerful—would get dangerous and ask unfair prices for grain. Charley Cummings of Mid-West []inois enlightened him by saying, “The thing for this generation to do is to give the best we have toward building the ma- chine and let our grandchildren take care of the matter of becoming danger- ous.” To build the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion requires time, patience and cour- age on the part of the leaders through- out the state who believe in-the move- ment. The new has to be sold to us. We first. "Tis said don’t want it at own. July, 1931 that it took McCormick fourteen years to sell his first hundred reapers. The business trend of today is for’ the finances of the community to flow toward the industrial centers; for ex- ample, witness the chain stores, chain oil companies. Banks in large trade cen- ters are bulging with money. Our co- operative marketing machine ‘is set up so that terminal earnings flow back to the community. Intermediate Credit Loans Reach $110,000,000 in 30 INANCING farmers’ co-operative marketing activities reached new proportions in 1930 when the volume of funds loaned by the 12 Federal In- termediate Credit Banks reached $110,- 000,000 for the year. This represents, of course, only a small proportion of the total amount advanced by institutions to farmers’ co-operative marketing associa- tions so they might carry out their pro- grams of orderly marketing. In 1930 about 12,000 co-operative marketing organizations did a business of approximately $2,000,000,000. Not all of this business, by any means, was done on borrowed funds. Much of it represents products sold for consump- tion shortly after they left the farm. The bulk of the financing for orderly marketing represents loans on a score or more staple commodities under the su- pervision of the Federal Farm Loan Board in Washington. Since the Inter- mediate Credit Banks were organized in 1923, they have loaned to farmers’ co- operative marketing associations more than half a billion dollars. Following the creation of the Federal Farm Board, under the Agricultural Marketing Act, the rapid growth of co- operatives and the development of ‘na- tional sales agencies have been responsi- ble for a large imcrease in the activities of these loan agencies. Intermediate credit is becoming an in- creasingly important factor in the financial structure of the United States. It has proved that it can fill a distinct agricultural need. Rubber from Goldenrod Thomas A. Edison at 84 has at last succeeded in making synthetic rubber from goldenrod grown on his plantation in Florida. He will. turn the process over to the government as a patriotic lending gift. The value of the process lies in the fact that it an emergency supply of rubber. At present rubber is cheap due to over-production, making the new process of little worth. insures immediate Henry Ford and Harvey Fire- stone have large goldenrod plantations in the South. July, 1931 Grain Producers View New Blower at Ottawa Loading Equipment Said to Cut Local Costs of Handling Grain RAIN producers from a dozen cen- tral and northern Illinois counties gathered at Ottawa, July 2, to view the Airforce blower used in loading grain by the LaSalle County Co-operative Grain Company. This unique device, a new invention recently placed on the market, is a one- man outfit operated by electricity. It simplifies the task of loading grain in cars or storing it temporarily in fire- proof, steel bins mounted on cement foundations. The Airforce equipment at Ottawa includes four steel bins of 2,000 bushels capacity each, a 30-horsepower motor, modern scales and compressed air dump for weighing and unloading the grain, and the blower which is credited with removing excess moisture, dirt, and chaff from the grain before being ele- vated into the cars or steel bins. A powerful steel fan operating at 1,675 R. P.M. blows the grain at a high rate of speed through the blower into the car or bin. E. L. “Cracker” Johnson, manager of the LaSalle county co-operative, states that he finds loading direct into the cars is a time saver and is practical where grain is moving freely. 2400 Bu. Per Hour “We made a test on our opening day with a 101-bushel load of corn, blow- ing it into the car in 244 minutes which is at the rate of 2,400 bushels per hour,” he said. “Oats move somewhat slower, or at the rate of about 1,600 to 1,800 bushels an hour. Wheat and barley can be loaded somewhat faster.” Johnson states that an old experi- enced grain man from Chicago was out to inspect the equipment a short time ago. He made a very thorough investi- gation from one end to the other. He remarked that it looked to him as though this loading equipment would revolutionize grain handling in _ this country. The advantages claimed for the Air- force Conveyor Sales are: (1) No fire hazard. (2) One-man operation. (3) Cleans grain, eliminates dirt line in cars. (4) Dries and conditions damp grain. (5) Raises grade and test weight. (6) (7) Handles grain most economically. Offawa plant handling grain at 1Yyc per bushel. (8) The nearest thing to a conditioning Handles grain rapidly. plant that a grain producing communi- ty can afford. (9) This equipment is within the financial reach of practical- ly every grain producing community. THE I. A. A. RECORD EE ARMSTRONG BAe er Raa gg €% New Airforce Blower and Steel Bins Used in Co-Operative at Ottawa, Page Five Handling Grain by LaSalle County The Airforce Conveyor Sales is not sold outright. It is merely leased by the company controlling the patents and manufacturing. The company. requires an initial advance of $3,500 to show the good faith of the co-operative, in- using it. This $3,500, however, is to be rebated back to the local organization at the rate of 1-8 cents per bu. of grain handled after the first year of operation. The LaSalle County Co-Operative has been handling and shipping grain at a cost of 1.5 cents a bushel, divided as follows: ‘2 cent to the Airforce Con- veyor Sales, 34 of a cent to the mana- dividual or company ger, who pays for his own help, light and power, and '4 cent to the LaSalle County Co-Operative Company for working capital, etc. Out of its half cent the Airforce company rebates 1% cent per bu. to the Co-Operative un- til ic has paid back the $3,500 orig- All insurance, inally invested by the local unit. wind etc., is paid by the Airforce company. expenses of upkeep, Avoids Destructive Competition “We of this ery instead of selling it outright,” B. A. Shearer of the Airforce Company, retain control machin- said “so as to avoid destructive competition in any community. This plan insures that it will not be unprofitable for any local unit using the blower to operate it.” had in- handling Mr. Shearer stated that he vestigated average costs of grain by country elevators. “IT found them to be considerably higher than the 1.5 cent per bu. figure.” It has been recommended, he said, that the loading charge of local country elevators be established uniformly at 2 cents per bu. for all other grains. “This new grain loading equipment apparently has interesting possibilities,” commented Harrison Fahrnkopf, direc- tor of grain marketing. “It may assist in cutting local costs of handling grain. It is that this equipment be not allowed to jeopardize investments of local important, however, farmers in co- operative elevators. Duplication of ma- chinery for handling grain at the local point should be avoided. “The blower may well be tried out at points where present facilities are in- adequate for handling grain. In view of present financial conditions among farmers over the country, the compara tively small investment required for such grain handling equipment has con- siderable appeal.” Stone Meets with Grain Exchange Men the with representatives of the big grain ex- Chairman James C. Stone of Federal Farm Board met recently changes of the country for a confer ence on wheat. Chairman Stone an- nounced that the Board would continue its present policies calling for no sta- bilization of the 1931 crop and the fur- ther development of co-operative mar- keting. Attending the conference were Julius Mur- ray, president, Chicago Board of Trade; Fred B. Wells, B. H. Woodworth, Min- neapolis Chamber of Commerce; George Davis, Kansas City Exchange; James Norris, Chicago; Walter McCarthy, Duluth; and E. J. Peck, Omaha. Barnes, grain exporter; James C. Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD Hornbeek on Job in Southeastern Illinois Burl Hornbeek of Scott county is on the job as organization manager of the sixth district in southeastern Illinois to succeed F. M. Higgins, who re- signed the first of the year to jedit the weekly sooner at Lake Geneva, Wis. "| Mr. Hornbeek has ‘| been active in Farm Bureau work in Scott = county for several years. During this time he has worked with the Farm Bureau as a part-time membership solicitor, making an excel- lent record. Along with his Farm Bu- reau work he has operated his farm and is reported to have made 9 per cent in- terest on his investment in 1929. Burl Hornbeek Jersey County Organizes Co-operative Grain Co. The Jersey County Co-operative Grain Company began operating June 29 as the sixty-sev- enth co-operative affil- iated with the Illinois Grain Corporation. It will market its grain through the Mid-West Grain Corporation, the sales agency of the regional co-operative and subsidiary of the Farmers National Grain Corporation. Arrangements have been made for the use of three local elevators. Leases have already been signed for the Neely ele- vator at Jerseyville and the McClusky elevator at McClusky. The Fidelity Co- operative Grain Company at Fidelity has signed an agreement whereby it will be classed as a direct shipper as a part of the county set-up. Carload shippers will be taken care of at Elsah, Grafton, Lock Haven, Red- dish, Reardon, Dow, Delhi, Fidelity and Bell Trees. Wheat, corn and oats will be bought and handled as usual at the three elevators on prevailing prices, an- nounces R. H. Voorhees, president of the company. Mr. Voorhees is also president of the Farm Bureau. Other officers are: Louis Lock, vice- president; C.- G. Reddish, secretary- treasurer; Herman Schafer, W. W. Le- gate, R. E. Ewin and Grant Thompson, directors.. H. G. Neeley has been employed as county manager. George Smith of the Pan Handle delivered the first load of wheat at 8:30 a. m. on June 29. The May issue of the RECORD is the best yet. It’s full of meat from cover to cover. A. B. Schofield Ford County, III. The classification of steers by ages instead of weight will be maintained at the International Livestock Exposition, to be held in Chicago, November 28 to December 5, according to B. H. Heide, secretary-manager. The proposed change was withheld when it was learned that many exhibitors had made purchases before the change was an- nounced. Hoover Grants Tariff Raise on Dried Eggs Additional protection to American farmers against imports of dried eggs and egg products was granted by Presi- dent Hoover recently acting on reports of the Tariff Commission. The Presi- dent made no change, however, in du- ties on cattle hides and calfskins. The President approved an increase in the tariff rate on dried whole eggs, dried egg yolk, and dried egg albumen from 18 cents to 27 cents per pound. The duty on olive oil in packages weighing less than 40 pounds was re- duced from 914 cents to 8 cents per pound, but the duty on olive oil in packages weighing 40 pounds or more was unchanged. The duty of 10 per cent ad valorem on cattle hides and calfskins was not changed. The duty of 7 cents per pound, but not less than 35 per cent ad valorem, on cheese, other than Swiss and Cheddar, was not changed. The Farm Bureau and other groups of producers had recommended 50 per cent increases in the duties on dried . eggs, bulk olive oil, cattle hides and calfskins, and no decreases in the duties on any of these products under investi- gation. Farm groups took no particular part in the investigation concerning packaged olive oil. The Illinois Agricultural Association joined the A. F. B. F. and other state Farm Bureau federations in requesting the President to support the suggested increases. The I. A. A. telegram to the Presidént read as follows: “We respectfully recommend for your consideration that tariff schedules on dried eggs, cattle hides, and calf- skins be increased by 50 per cent under provision of the Tariff Act for the pe- riod of the present emergency at least.” Milk receipts in New York City increased 43 per cent between 1920 and the present time, while the pop- ulation increased only 28 per cent. Max Harrelson to Dept. Of Information Staff Max Harrelson, formerly assistant editor of the Illinois. Farmer, began work as assistant in the Department . of Information on June 15. The growing demands for adver- tising and publicity service by the I. A. sociated: companies prompted’ the ‘em- tional - assistance in Se ee this department. .. Mr..Harrelson is a graduate of Ouachita Eollege at Arka- delphia, Arkansas. Northwestern University, where he took a year’s graduate work in journalism. After leaving Northwestern he became staff correspondent for the United Press in Chicago. From there he went to the Illinois Farmer, where he remained un- til the paper was bought by Prairie Farmer. Since that time he has worked with the Associated Press at Little Rock and the Daily Beacon-News at Paris, Ill. I. A. A. Will Oppose 15% Up in Frt. Rates | The Illinois Agricultural Association will oppose the proposed 15 per cent increase in freight rates on agricultural commodities asked by the railroads. As far as rates within Illinois are concerned, the I. A. A. will seek to exempt agricultural products from the increase when the case comes before the Illinois Commerce Commission. In ad- dition Mr. Quasey said he would work with the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration when the hearing is held before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington. That organized agriculture would fight the proposed increase in freight rates was the decision made June 26 when officers and directors of the Farm Bureau Federation met in Chicago. The action came as a result of the announced intent of the railroads to in- clude agricultural commodities in the general rise proposed. “The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion has just completed a four-year study of all rates on agricultural prod- ucts,” declared O. W. Sandberg, trans- portation director of the A. F. B. F. ““Now the railroads are asking the com- mission to scrap this study.” Uncle Ab says that if there were not so much printing it would be harder to find stuff for kindling fires. A. and’ its many as-_ ployment of addi- He later attended # 9 Sas e {He Sigs We. © (¢) bservations July, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven LITTLE blue-covered booklet en- titled “‘The Passing Show” con- taining extracts from the daily propa- ganda sheet of Lowell-Hoit & Co., Chi- cago grain middleman, came to our desk several days ago. The contents are representative of the tons of printed matter the organ- ized middlemen are flooding the country with in the hope of destroying the efforts of farmers in bettering their eco- nomic condition. Abandon all your farm organizations and co-operative efforts, ship your grain to us, and we'll solve all your problems for you, about sums up the benign ad- vice handed out gratis in this pam- phlet. No suggestion is made that cash com- missions be cut until grain prices re- cover to a normal level. That would be constructive action farmers would ‘appreciate. Instead the author resorts to calling names and belittling everything farmers are doing in their own behalf. Country elevators alone escape attack. As they carry forward their co-opera- tive marketing program to its logical conclusion, presumably they, too, will fall from the middleman’s good graces. For then they will cease to be custom- ers. The profits in handling grain will go back to the country where they belong. Hoit & Co. doesn’t like the Farm Bureau any more for which we are sorry. So long as it confined its teach- ings to growing bigger crops to make more commissions all along the line it was lauded as a great organization. Since it began to give some attention to farm prices, to teach co-operative sell- ing, to advise collective bargaining, to cut insurance and other costs, equalize the tax burden, make the tariff effec- tive on farm products it is criticized for “getting out of its field.” But critics like the writer of the Passing Show or The Comedy of Errors, or the Follies—call it what you like— offer nothing constructive. They call names, make faces, belittle, seek to undermine farm organization but sug- gest no way out. A do nothing policy. Their interests stop with advising greater production, buying the farmer’s pro- duce as cheaply as possible, and collect- ing tolls. And no one but the farmer pays for the anti-co-operative propaganda. That’s where part of the commission fees go. The Passing Show reminds us again of Eddie Cantor’s favorite bed time story. Once upon a time mamma skunk and her little ones were walking through the great dark woods when they came upon a big black bear. “Mamma,” cried the little ones in fright, “what shall we do?” “Children, let us spray,” was the mother’s ready reply. Middlemen Organize “The Federation of American Busi- ness Men” is the title of the latest grain middlemen’s organization which will seek to undermine co-operative market- ing under the guise of “getting the government out of business.” One thousand members at $25 per year for four years is the goal. R. I. Mansfield and Mark Pickell, anti-co- operative propagandists, will collect the cash and carry on the program. Girls from Peoria, Tazewell, Fulton, Marshall-Putnam and Woodford coun- ties will meet at the Tazewell County Recreational Camp near East Peoria, August 5, 6, 7 and 8 for a four-day Girls’ 4-H Club Camp. The camp will be under the supervision of the Home Bureau Advisers and County Club lead- ers. Reports of games over the week-end indicate that many of the 34 teams of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League were idle July 4 as the second half of the season got under way. The only change in the standing was made in the second division when LaSalle nosed Ken- dall out of third place. Kendall defeated DeKalb county in a one-sided game at Yorkville on July 2 by a score of 10 to 2, but slipped out of third place when Will county trounced them, 15 to 5, July’ 4. In the latter game Kendall used four pitchers in an effort to stop the Will county sluggers who drove out 16 hits. Schultz did all the hurling for Will county. Greene county increased its lead over Christian by administering a 6-to-5 de- feat to the runner-up nine in a close contest on July 4. Two runs in the ninth won the game. Greene county outhit Christian by getting nine hits while the latter nine totaled five. The game was very erratic, Greene making nine bobbles and Christian five. Douglas county gave Champaign its sixth defeat of the season in a 5-to-4 contest at Urbana, July 4. Champaign made eight hits to six for Douglas. Official Standing of Teams in the Illinois Farm Bureau — Baseball League for Week Ending July 4, 1931 DIVISION I Won Lost Pct. Carroll .............. 5 0 1.000 JoDaviess ............ 4 2 -667 MN Fe ok ata orp ototana 1 3 .250 Stephenson ........... 0 4 .000 DIVISION It | | a re 4 1 .800 Grundy .............. 3 1 750 LaSalle .........cce0e 2 2 500 Kendall ............. 2 3 400 DeKalb .............. 1 5 167 DIVISION It Livingston ........... 5 0 1.000 McLean ..........000. 2 3 -400 Iroquois ..........24- 1 2 333 PONG oki ioe Sieve kare 1 4 -200 DIVISION IV Woodford ............ 4 1 800 Tazewell ............. 3 1 750 Marshall-Putnam ...... 2 4 333 Strath el cee ces 1 2 333 i See rere 1 3 .250 DIVISION V Won Lost Pct. McDonough .......... 5 1 833 MINORS Se .0 SSSA 4 ee es 4 1 -800 Henry ...........000. 2 3 -400 Henderson ........... 0 6 -000 DIVISION VI LOGON cee tec ecne bY 0 1.000 MOGOR veces sccsess 5 2 714 Douglas .............. 2 4 333 Champaign ........... 0 6 -000 DIVISION VII oT” ee 4 1 800 Sangamon ............ 4 1 -800 Morgan .............. 2 3 -400 Menard .............. 0 b) -000 DIVISION VIII Greene ..............- 5 1 833 Christian ............ 4 3 571 Montgomery ......... 2 4 333 Macoupin ............ 2 5 286 Now It’s “Auditing” Ass’n. \ The Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association is the new name for the organization formerly known as the Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Asso- ciation, a subsidiary of the I. A. A. This became effective June 26 when the company was reorganized as a stock association under the act of 1923. Up to that time it had been a membership association. New by-laws and new arti- cles of incorporation were adopted con- forming to the state co-operative act. This change will permit the association to serve any agricultural or closely allied concern. vA Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD uly, 1931 ad@}cour tanks PENT TETTN N To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GeorGe TuHiem, Editor Max Harretson, Assistant Editor _— OO Oo ees ele OC Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, tll. Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Tll., to ¥ e 12, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Dlinois 8 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The OFFICERS 5 President, Earl C. Smiith.............---------ccc-ccoeccecceccnseceesseneneenseescnsnnenceennenees Detroit Vice-President, A. R. 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Black, Jacksonville GG oisccacceicacasqstepcepedwighesnbabsnsciesbceessanlnoinnisuprecsecebesatiiok Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 22nd...... cece nib k basalasawtestiuce maoeasunvacaenvees Frank Oexner, Waterloo I iia jis asc misisovnimcccncepnnidacccnpasbsnteciosntsibysinteiamaesrebeccicteseabiohiate . L. Cope, Salem 24th... harles Marshall, Belknap 25th............ panne Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS Comptroller... ----ecsccecsenensesterntecenensnssnsnseenssnssesensncsnensenensecenenseesesee . H. Kelker: PI cin cnn perp sicenisic trp yteccietrignerinseenietniacnoupenterbecesusetestopsennsmpénnipecsipiantbes R. A. Cowles Fruit and V able Marketing........................... nnasacccnenvet anise . B. er Grain Marketing..................--2--cccc-s-ser-cscessesnensensoneensnecsecsaces Harrison Fahrnkopf ERS ONTARIO .oicisiscs ois cccnnnpeoviecesewententnesqacetngicnincqeineseoseeeebyecoqneowinese pass orge Thiem —2g7" Counsel.............. Donald Kirkpatrick Limestone- Phosphate. nee T: eee R. Bent Live Stock Marketing................... pec ille en seticatannsngabeebssncapindnsshgwarssnsecenepil bapinbocotudecin-cicsessts q Transportation... ..-----------cesecesececeeoeeeeceeesenennnnceeeceen ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co....2. 2... ---eeeceeeeceeeeneeee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co, ----cccseceeeenee-= J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass’n. ..F, E. Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co..: ..A. E. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co. ........-..-..--0csscessseseeenenesnceee L. R,. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp............ Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. Midwest Grain Corp . P. Cummings, Gen’l. Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass'n... .......2.-.c.cceccececceeneeeeseeeceees W. H. Coultas, Mgr. Back Again HE breakdown of the general property tax in Illinois, predicted by the Illinois Agricul- tural Association years ago, is now a reality which none can escape. Rebellion of Chicago real estate owners who have been bearing the bulk of the tax load was to be expected. The business depres- sion coupled with the tax fixing racket in Cook county only hastened and intensified the down- fall of a revenue system which should have been scrapped long ago. Rank extravagance, payroll padding, and looting of local government treas- uries by Chicago politicians have not helped mat- ters any. - Delinquent taxes brought on largely by in- ability of property owners to pay their tax bills -is the immediate situation the revenue reform committee appointed by Governor Emmerson faces. Chicago is in a bad hole largely because it levies heavy taxes without any regard for the ability of the property owners to pay. Commit- tees Can meet and confer from now until dooms- day, but if the business and political leaders and press of Chicago don’t recognize the soundness of income taxation and use their influence to bring it about when votes count, situations like the present will constantly recur. A problem is never settled until it is settled right. It Must Have Merit ‘THE intensity of the propaganda directed against agricultural co-operation in some re- spects is most hopeful. Co-operative marketing must have merit or the middlemen would not fear it. We can go along with Chairman “Jim” Stone of the Farm Board when he says, ‘“‘Co- operative marketing is either right or it’s wrong. If it doesn’t produce better results for the farmer than the system he now has, it won’t succeed and shouldn’t. I think it will if only the farmers themselves know what to expect from it and what not to expect from it—and when they join a co-operative join with the firm determination of supporting their organization with all their | strength and power.” So the rot being spread through the mails and in the country by armies of “contact” men for the commission companies should not be taken too seriously. Farmers themselves will have the final cay as to whether or not co-operation pays. They'll not be governed Sy the advice of those whose only interest is a selfish one. All that the opposition can say will not change the ultimate outcome. Results speak for themselves. Cutting the Insurance Bill MORE than a half million dollars saved mem- bers annually on their insurance bills is a conservative estimate of the value of this out- standing service developed by the Farm Bureau in Illinois. Policyholders in Country Life Insurance Co., with $42,- $00,000 of insurance in force, saved approximately $250,000 on the first year cost of this protection alone. The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co., with $43,000,000 of fire, hail and windstorm insurance in force, is providing a need reinsurance service to protect local township and county fire and windstorm mutuals against excessive losses. Its fire and windstorm rates are still appreciably lower than the old line companies in spite of a recent raise in rates. Farm crop hail insurance costs are a third lower in this farmer-owned and farmer-controlled company. Another $200,000 is saved yearly by member policy- holders on their automobiles and trucks insured in the I. A. A. Company. This figure is based on costs of similar pro- tection in the closest state-wide company. It is not surprising, therefore, that these co-operative insurance companies have shown very little lapse during the current depression. Policyholders know they are getting a superior service at a bargain in their own organizations. of * July, 1931 Indiana Farm Bureau -~ Defends Marketing Act Declares Jim Watson Being Groomed To Fight Legislation in Next Congress Referring to the telegram sent by John W. McCardle, Indianapolis, to Senator James E. Watson, Washington, D. C., and printed in the Indianapolis Sunday Star, Lewis Taylor, vice-presi- dent of the Indiana Farm Bureau, says, “John W. McCardle, chairman of the Public Service Commission of Indiana, guardian in fact of utilities, and now would-be guardian of national agricul- ture, out of the vast abundance of his wisdom and thirty years’ experience as a grain buyer, wires his conclusions and advice to our senior senator to be re- layed to the President of the United States, to the effect that the enactment of the Agricultural Marketing Act was a gross mistake and that a bill be drawn at once for its repeal. His modesty is revealed in the statement ‘that a sugges- tion from me would not be a crime.’ True indeed, not a crime, just a tele- gram uncalled for and unsought, so far as news dispatches indicate; either by the President or the Federal Farm Board, or by agriculture.” Coming as it does, on the heels of a dispatch that a four years’ campaign is to be immediately started by grain and other interests, to “educate” the public as to the utter failure of the Federal Farm Board solution and to create a public sentiment that will demand its repeal, naturally leads one to believe that this new enemy of national farm legis- lation has been chosen to fire the first gun in the pending battle and that the President’s chief-of-staff, Senator Wat- son, has been chosen as its “General Foch,” claims Mr. Taylor. “Gall, nerve and brass are apparent in selecting our champion of the equaliza- tion fee as the generalissimo,” says the Farm Bureau leader. “How easily the chosen representative of utility inter- ests disposes of the Federal Farm Board. He says to Senator Watson, ‘advise the President to make a statement to the American people and especially to the American farmers, that the fact brought out by practical application of the law, creating the farm board proved it to be a complete failure in regard to alleviating the American farmers’ and further says he will recommend its repeal at the next session of congress.” “It is rather strange that a board cre- ated for the express purpose and benefit of agriculture must be attacked and de- stroyed, not by those for whom it was created but by commission employees and representatives of utility interests, THE I. A. A. RECORD i o> Ure eo cee ste ADDING TO THE LOAD and that, too, because it has not, in less than two years of its existence, saved agriculture from the depression or panic that has enveloped the world,” says Mr. Taylor. ‘‘Every intelligent farmer real- izes that the Federal Farm Board has not yet solved the problems of the farmer, however, it is the only legisla- tion that we have and we propose to keep it. Probably we will amend ir (without the help of our enemies) and out of its work will come a solution of many vital farm issues.” See Increase in Fruit Handled Co-operatively Approximately 50 per cent more fruit will be marketed by Illinois fruit growers through -co-operative channels in 1931 than in any previous year, ac- cording to A. B. Leeper, director of fruit and vegetable marketing. Most of the increase is accounted for by the organization of new co-oper- atives among western Illinois winter apple growers, who will market their crop through the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange. Apple growers in Calhoun county al- ready have under contract an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 bushels of apples to be marketed co-operatively this year. Liberal increases from other sources are expected to put 1931 well above pre- vious records. The Calhoun Apple Growers Associa- tion is co-operating in the state-wide marketing program. A modern packing and sales shed will be erected at East Hardin, just across the Illinois river from Hardin, Calhoun county seat, on the Chicago and Alton. Apples will be delivered at the shed by truck across the new bridge, which will be dedicated shortly. The co-opera- tive expects to be ready to handle the 1931 crop of apples. No one can learn to assume re- sponsibility unless he is made to as- sume the consequences of his acts. __ Page Nine Organize to Defend Agr. Marketing Act Hit at Farm Enemies Who Exploit Agriculture for Their Own Advantage RGANIZED agriculture is mobil- izing against the forces which are threatening to destroy the Agricultural Marketing Act. First steps were taken when forty representatives of national farm organizations and commodity groups met in Chicago June 29 to con- sider the anti-co-operative propaganda being projected on a nation-wide scale by enemies of farmers’ co-operative ef- forts. The group appointed a committee to develop a program to defend the Mar- keting Act and keep the member organi- zations informed on the movements of the opposition. The committee includes E. A. O’Neal, president of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation; L. J. Ta- ber, master of the National Grange, and C. O. Moser, vice-president of the American Cotton Co-operative Asso- ciation. Resolution Adopted A resolution was adopted by the farm leaders that “. . . during the entire life of the Agricultural Marketing Act and the existence of the Federal Farm Board, not only America but practically the entire world, has been submerged in the worst economic depression ever experi- enced, notwithstanding which, the ef- forts of the Federal Farm Board, acting under the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act, have resulted in adding many millions of dollars to the income of producers of agricultural commodi- ties. “In view of the continued opposition of those groups and individuals, who in the past have exploited agriculture to their own profit and advantage, it is urged that each organization participat- ing in this conference mobilize all of its power to properly inform the people of this country of the merits of the Agri- cultural Marketing Act and to insist that the Act be retained and that when it is amended the amendments be writ- ten by organized agriculture.” Organizations represented at the con- ference were: The American Farm Bu- reau Federation, the National Grange, the Farmers Union, and commodity or- ganizations including cotton, grain, livestock, pecan, wool, dairy, poultry, and vegetable associations formed under the provisions of the Federal Act. Uncle Ab says that the best thing to keep is something you give— your promise, THE I. A. A. RECORD July, 1931 i | like | rF Lith | 5 \ egneeais | Ud A Life Insurance Means Mone to Pay Off the Mortgage OUNTRY LIFE’S wholesale term policy avail- able to Farm Bureau members between July 10 and August 10 fits present needs for life insurance at a minimum investment. The wholesale term policy like that offered a year ago carries a low level rate for 12 years when it may be renewed, based on the age of the applicant at that time. An outstanding advantage of this policy is that it may be converted at any time after taken out into any of the regular forms of insurance, full credit being allowed for all the premiums paid in up to the time of conversion. Only $9.58 at Age 35 with Dividend Rights The low cost of the new wholesale policy is illus- trated by the annual rate of $9.58 at age 35 (amounts to only 19c a week) which will be further reduced by dividends. The policy is non-medical for $1,000 of insurance. Present policyholders in Country Life may secure $2,000 additional insurance without a medical examination. Others may take $2,000 of the new term insurance provided they pay for a short form medical examination. Policy Convertible Within 12 Years An important feature of the new term insurance is that it can be changed or converted into stand- ard life insurance at any time within 12 years of the date when taken out. Moreover, when you con- vert short term insurance you will get the benefit of all premiums paid, and also the benefit of the rate for your age when the short term policy was Life Insurance Protects the Home and Family = Your Opportunity td At Wholesale " Term Policy Available to 4 From July I¢ Low Annual Rates on Wholesale Annual Prem. Per $1,000 Annual Prem. Per $1,000 atewcecesenccccecsscscscecsesoooosoes creccccecsecccccccscscccecesscesocss QoS I conn ncecnnrccncrceeenccsscesescsess Peererettrerrettttrtttt tt 2 ie « Sn 2 area taken out. The new policy, therefore, is an optio on standard life insurance good for 12 years with full protection during this period. Within Reach of All The new term policy is offered to Farm Bureau members who may.need more protection but do noty have the available funds at present to pay the higher J premiums on the regular kinds of insurance. The rate on the term policy is so low as to make it easily within / the reach of every member. Then later when thes policyholder feels that he is in a better position tq take out one of the regular policies he can convert and get the full benefit of all payments made on a % short term policy. t pd ay “ee wy ut ¥ | | ae i | Ye {* COUNTRY LIFE INS@F 608 SOUTH DEARBORN § Legal Reserve Life Insurance - . + ° \ REI 4 F. July, 1931 Page Eleven I¢ to August . 10 olesale | Year Term Policy Pesy to to ‘Cine sal Prem. Annual Prem. Annual Prem. $1,000 “age Per $1,000 Age Per $1,000 3 ee: | | ERRnennnee $11.06 - | SAREE Ene 8.72 Tene 11.48 + SE a 8.86 MIG 11.99 jenn ati 9.01 ERAS by 28, nt Re EN cde 9.18 ais nsSsiet Sarecsscsentzecsece 13.22 FO ici cinatconcintuiorcybeteinies 9.37 eae 13.94 SG aN 9.58 ° _ OSS anenertes 14.76 p 9 pe RN Ea 9.81 ee 15.68 , | SERRE ee nei el oe 10,07 SPM Bcc eccnsccicnen 16.69 | Sea eee eee 10.36 #9. wet 17.83 GO ino cvcscaccsicncccevcaceecesaise! 10.69 | 7 cee 19.10 vy For Farm Bureau Members Only ‘ty The wholesale term policy is for Farm Bureau Shienbers only in groups of 50 in each county. \add any number of new applicants. Counties which filed to make their quotas a year ago must have least 50 applications to take advantage of this spe- ial offer. The low annual rates given above will e reduced from year to year after the third by ividends. Maximum Policy $2,000 If you already carry a Country Life policy you may apply for $2,000 of term insurance at the rate peered for your age. If you do not carry Coun- RANCE COMPANY CHICAGO j \ td: Buy Life Insurance > low Cost Rates to Jarm Bureau Members Only \Counties which secured this insurance last year may | Low Net Cost Life Insurance Brings Money to Keep You in Your Declining Years try Life insurance at time of application your limit of wholesale term insurance will be $1,000 unless you pay for a short form medical examination which if approved entitles you to a maximum of $2,000 of insurance. Points to Remember About New Term Policy 1. For Farm Bureau members only whose dues are paid. 2. Non-medical for $1,000; $2,000 if Gourtry Life policyholder. 3. Convertible within 12 years into standard insur- ance at age rate when this policy is taken out— every cent paid in to be applied-on the standard policy. 4. Must be at least 50 member subscribers from your county. 5. Offered only between July 10 and August 10 this year. If you are interested in the new wholesale term policy get in touch with your County Farm Bureau © office at once or fill out and mail the coupon below. This Offer Good for 30 Days Only— July 10 to August 10 MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO., 608 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. You can count me as one of a group of 50 from my county for the new wholesale term insurance. I want a $1,000 POLICY $2,000 POLICY Name Address__ Age Nearest Birthday County. : a Are you a Farm Bureau member in good standing? Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD 21 Auto Casualty Co’s. Increase Insurance Rates High Counties and High Agents Named for June In June this year the Illinois Agri- cultural Mutual Insurance Co. received 678 applications as compared with 659 applications for June, 1930. The total applications up to July 1 was 28,625. Auto casualty companies in 21 states increased their rates effective January 1, 1931. Also a company located at Bloomington, covering several states, in- creased its rates effective May 1. “Although much below the closest state-wide company, our rates are am- ple,” states V. Vaniman, director insur- ance service. “Due to the caution used by Farm Bureau members in observing simple safety rules and the work being done by them along safety lines, acci- dents have been reduced so that their company can furnish auto insurance at a lower cost.” The ten high counties in I. A. A. Farm Bureau auto insurance in force are as follows: DuPage 1,068 applica- tions, Cook 1,024, Champaign 932, Mc- Lean 920, LaSalle 852, Winnebago 802, Henry 794, Livingston 702, Logan 690, and Will 621. The ten high counties for June are: McLean, St. Clair, Cook, Kane, Mc- Henry, DeKalb, Stephenson, Iroquois, Champaign, and Lake. R. F. Shaffer of St. Clair county led all agents in applications received with 35. Other high agents in the order named are: W. E. Hedgcock, McLean; J. D. Smith, Sangamon; Fred Wilson, Kane; Roy Mitchell, Champaign; T. W. Reed, Iroquois; C. E. Hopkins, Livings- ton; Bertram Abney, Lake; L. R. Welk, Logan; K. W. Cleland, Boone; F. W. Case, DeKalb; and Edward L. Dillon, Vermilion. Here are a few accidents recently reported by policyholders: Iroquois county—Our insured, ac- companied by taree young ladies, lost control of car after striking hole in pavemeat. Car ran into culvert—ladies injured. One of ladies had to have 99 stitches taken in scalp. Lawrence county —Our_ ..ember started to cross street as stop light changed. Car had pulled to right of him and driver’s left hand was held out to signal stop. Our member backed into car breaking man’s arm between elbow and shoulder. Macon county—Fatal accident; in- sured’s son driving south on hard road. Bright lights coming toward him made it impossible to see truck parked on road due to flat tire. He saw black object but could not avoid it on account of WIM CO-OPERATIVE]G INSURANCE OGRAM oncoming car. Four boys injured—one died of fractured skull. Hancock county — Suit brought against our insured for $10,000 for per- sonal injury and property damage. Sangamon county — Administrator of estate brought suit against our in- sured for $10,000. Party riding with our insured was killed when passing car threw rock-in insured’s face causing him to lose control of car and strike cul- vert, Half Million Annually Saved on Co-Op. Insurance Protection “At Cost” Service to Members Is One of Most Help- ful Benefits Co-cperative insurance enterprises supported by the Farm Bureaus and I. A. A. are now saving Illinois farmers an estimated half million dollars a year when compared with the costs of simi- lar protection: in privately-owned com- panies. There is already a total of more than $42,500,000 insurance in force in the Country Life Insurance Company or- ganized by the Farm Bureaus and the I. A. A. This service alone saved policy- holders $250,000 on the initial cost. In addition the company was able to pay dividends for 1930, one year earlier than the contracts provide. The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. with $43,000,000 of insurance in force against fire, windstorm and hail pro- vides protection at cost, at rates appre- ciably lower than those charged by old line companies. Farm crop hail cover- age costs one-third less in their own company than in the old line companies. Approximately 26,000 cars and trucks valued at more than $16,750,000 are insured in the Illinois Agricultural. Mutual. This insurance together with the employers’ liability insurance saves Illinois farmers an additional $200,000 it is estimated in comparison with cur- rent rates of the closest state-wide company. Farm Employees Hurt In Accidents, Report Growing Interest in Liability Insur- ance to Protect Farmer Employers Constantly shifting farm labor is im- pressing many Illinois farmers with the necessity of protecting themselves with employer’s liability insurance, according to V. Vaniman, director of insurance service. Statutes and court decisions are more and more favorable to employees. Many farm employees have worked for manu- facturers and others who come under the Workmen’s Compensation Act. They naturally expect to be paid when they are injured doing farm work. Resourceful and versatile attorneys can make it very unpleasant for the employer in case an employee is injured — or killed. These factors and the increasing num- ber of farm accidents account for the consistent growth of the farmer em- ployer’s liability department of the IIli- nois Agricultural Mutual, which now has a total of 1,700 policyholders. The ten counties leading in the num- ber of policies in force are Mclean, DuPage, Livingston, Henry, Tazewell, Cook, Vermilion, Fulton, Kendall and Logan. Incorporated companies such as threshing rings, shipping associations, etc., may take out liability insurance by becoming a member of the Farm Bureau. Unincorporated associations will be granted policies under two condi- tions: First, if all members of the asso- ciation are members of the Farm Bu- reau; or, second, if the association holds a membership in the Farm Bureau and at least 50 per cent. of the members are affliated with the Farm Bureau. Recent farm accidents, reported to the I. A. A. are as follows: Champaign county—Employee bad- ly injured when thrown from a hay- rack by a run-away team. McLean county—Hay fork fell on employee. Went through the calf of his leg. Whiteside county — Employee fell off ferce while trimming tree. Injured his side. Richland county — Employee ‘fell off truck, sroke bone in one of his toes. This remarkable development may be attributed largely to two factors: the farmer, although in an extremely haz- ardous occupation, has always been un- der-insured; his own ‘rganizations, sup- plying sound proteciv «t cost, are meeting his need for ine. vensive insur- ance, (wr 4 é Fs ~anslC hF.hUC HK] / lM July, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen I. A. A. Directors Study Agr. Credit Corporations Adopts Statement Outlining Policy and Suggestions Governing Their Organization State-wide interest in the organiza- tion of agricultural credit corporations is indicated by scores of inquiries re- ceived from farmers’ local organizations and County Farm Bureaus. At a recent meeting of the I. A. A. Board of Directors the subject of credit corporations was discussed, and a state- ment prepared by the Finance Commit- tee was adopted after careful considera- tion. The I. A. A. is of the opinion that “the interest manifested and conditions within the community itself should de- termine whether or not an attempt be made to organize an agricultural credit corporation. “Its stock must be subscribed entire- ly, or in greater part, by local people, and its operations confined to the locali- ty. The institution must conduct its business on a basis providing profit suf- ficient to take care of its operating ex- penses, possible losses and make a fair return to its stockholders. Such a busi- ness must expect sooner or later to ex- perience losses in its loans. It must be organized and conducted ‘for profit.’ “As we understand it, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of St. Louis offers its services, or its services are available, in assisting communities to form Agricultural Credit Corporations. Its promotion in the community, with this assistance, should be undertaken by the community, through its citizens, as a community institution, needed at least in the present emergency. Local organizations, as a part of the com- munity may in our judgment take an appropriate part in the program, but each and every person subscribing for stock and becoming a_ stockholder should, on his own responsibility, make his own appraisal of his contemplated investment, and after becoming a stock- holder, look solely to his Board of Directors, officers and management of his Agricultural Credit Corporation to conduct its business according to estab- lished practices, minimizing its hazard of losses, and returning to its stock- holders a fair return on their invest- ment. “Such an institution, as established, will take its place in the community as one of its business institutions and can serve the community as indicated and within the limitations of its re- discount opportunity and limitations.” Agricultural credit corporations are advisable where additional credit facili- ties seem necessary in a given com- munity and where a competent banker or a conservative appraiser of farm col- latéral can be secured perhaps on-a part- time basis to manage the credit agency. If the corporation is to function without loss it must be operated as ably as any well-managed bank. It must restrict loans only to those offering ac- ceptable credit. It can be no more lib- eral than any well managed bank. It is not a co-operative but functions under a regular corporate set-up. It can pro- vide money no cheaper than most banks. The rate it charges is governed by the interest at which bonds of the inter- mediate credit banks can be sold. A spread of 3 per cent is allowed the credit corporation. Thus, if the Federal Inter- mediate Credit Bank bonds are sold to yield 4 per cent, the local credit cor- poration may charge as high as 7 per cent interest of its customers. The value of this new agency lies in- the opportunity to bring new money into the community to take over the financing of worthy risks and thus re- lieve merchants, storekeepers, and others who are carrying their patrons. Goodbye Canada Thistles, Chuckles Mr. Winings For several years a patch of Canada thistles has grown unmolested along the railroad right-of-way near the farm of V. I. Winings, Lake City, Moultrie county. Each year Mr. Winings tried to get the section foreman to destroy the thistles, but without success. This year he was again confronted by the patch of noxious weeds and again went to the section foreman. “T’ve instructions from the company not to mow any weeds this season,” was the reply he got from the foreman. Being a good Farm Bureau member, Mr. Winings went to Farm Adviser J. H. Hughes with his problem. Hughes wrote to L. J. Quasey, I. A. A. director of transportation, and Quasey wrote the general manager of the railroad, re- ferring him to the law requiring these weeds to be destroyed. A few days later Winings noticed the foreman and his crew grubbing the Canada thistles. The foreman appeared greatly perplexed as Mr. Winings ap- proached. “Just got orders from headquarters to grub these weeds,” he commented, wondering why his previous instruc- tions had been reversed. Mr. Winings only chuckled. Editor I. A. A. RECORD I wish to congratulate you on the I. A. A. RECORD this year. It seems to me that the first six months of this year, the RECORD is the best that. it has ever been. L, T. Oxley, Morgan county, IIl. Illinois radio listeners now have a new farm program hour from 6 to 7 o’clock each morning over station W M B D Peoria, recently pur- chased by Edgar L. Bill, former pub - licity director of the I. A.A. and former director of station W LS. Robert Boul- ton is in charge of this program. Mr. Bill has in- vited officers and members of the I. ‘A. A. staff to speak on WMBD’s morning farm program when they are in Peoria. H. E. Young Goes To Purdue University Edgar L. Bill H. E. Young, prominent in Illinois agriculture for a number of years, has accepted a position with the Horticul- ture Department of Purdue University and will take up his duties at once. Mr. Young, for 12 years secretary of the Farmers’ Institute at Springfield, was recently editor of the Illinois Farm- er. Several years ago he was editor of the Farmers Review in Chicago, and at one time he was connected with the Indiana Farmers Guide. McLean County First Tn Bureau Membership The total membership of the McLean County Farm Bureau on June 23 was 1,647, of which 1,585 were reported signed on June 11 setting a record for the number signed in one day. Clean-up membership drives planned for July and September are expected to make this the largest county Farm Bu- reau organization in the world. This distinction is now held by San Pedro County, California, Farm Bureau, which last year had 1,950 paid mem- bers. The drive on June 11 was put on by 377 volunteer solicitors. The supple- mentary campaigns also will be made by volunteers with a membership of 2,000 as their goal. In 1930 about 12,000 co-operative marketing associations in the U. S. did a business of approximately $2,000,- 000,000. During 1930 the farm population in- creased for the first time in 10 years. Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD July, 1931 “Unorganized Growers Hurt Wool Prices”—Hagenbarth This Is a Consignment Year Is Belief of National Wool Marketing Association President HAT the unorganized domestic wool grower, in conjunction with the short-sighted dealer, is solely re- sponsible for the present depressed con- dition of the wool market, is the charge made recently by Frank J. Hagenbarth, president of the National Wool Grow- ers’ Association. “It is not so surprising that growers may be forced by circumstances to sell their wool below the market,” said Hagenbarth, ‘“‘as it is to see dealers who are fully posted pursuing the same course and sacrificing their wools on a very small margin of profit. “Manufacturers depend upon stabil- ized wool markets for profitable and certain business) When wools are slaughtered in price they naturally want to be in on the killing. Mills in turn pass the lower prices on to the clothiers, who come back for cheaper fabrics at the vital cost of the grower.” Two Courses Open Hagenbarth believes that the Na- tional Wool Marketing Corporation has only one of two courses open to it un- der such conditions: it must either meet the competition of the unorganized grower and dealer who are sacrificing their wool on this market, or they must hold their stocks of wool until liquida- tion of these cheap lots has gone into consumption. “A fair analysis of the present para- doxical situation will lead one to be- lieve and say that the grower himself is primarily to blame,” he declared. “He is throwing away from one-third to one-half the best tariff he ever had. At a time when every dollar of income is vital toward preserving the industry, he is sacrificing millions of dollars due to ignorance of true marketing possi- bilities or through lack of faith in his product, which is not warranted by the facts, or through the short-sighted at- titude of his creditors who may force him to sell. A Consignment Year “The lesson drawn from this whole situation is perfectly plain. This is a consignment year. The grower does not have to wait for a rising market. His own selling policy determines the mar- ket. He has an advantage, if he will only take it, of a minimum of 13 to 17 cents per clean pound on his wool right now. “If he has not sufficient faith in his own wool marketing organizations, either ‘locally or nationally, to sell his wools through them, then he should se- cure as good an advance as he can from any good reliable wool house and ship his wool on consignment. “In selling at the prices which are prevailing in the producing areas, he is not only slaughtering his own values but he is establishing a false market far below real values for his fellow wool growers.” Illinois Leads in Use of Of Limestone, Phosphate Illinois farmers are using 38 per cent of the agricultural limestone consumed in the United States and more ground rock phosphate than any other state, according to J. R. Bent, director lime- stone phosphate department. Although total tonnages are expected to decline this year, due to lower farm income and the inability of many rural banks to make loans, it seems fairly cer- tain that Illinois farmers will success- fully defend their title as leaders in the use of these two commodities. “During periods of depression such . as the country has been experiencing,” states Mr. Bent, “rigid economy and careful planning, so that each dollar spent may accomplish the most good, are absolutely essential to success. “It is significant that under such conditions the interest in agricultural limestone and ground rock phosphate continue to grow. Farmers realize that good soil practices and low production costs accomplished through maximum yield are at the very foundation of successful farming.” Maryland Farm Bureau To Seek Prettiest Girl The Maryland Farm Bureau will seek its most beautiful Farm Bureau girl by ‘means of a beauty contest at the an- nual state convention next January, a recent announcement states. Farm Bureau members in Illinois will recall that the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation sponsored such contests in twelve counties last December. These were the first Farm Bureau contests of the kind ever held. Counties holding contests were Car- roll, Stark, McHenry, Champaign, Hen- ry, Macon, Morgan, Effingham, Rich- land, Lawrence, Monroe and Union. Directors of ;the Maryland Farm Bu- reau, after considering the idea, de- cided that such an affair could be con- ducted with dignity and with due re- spect to Farm Bureau women. Abbre- viated clothes will be taboo. Cosmetics, paint and lipstick also will be ruled out. Judges will base their decision on dress, posture, good grooming and well chosen accessories. Five Illinois counties increased their business to the Indianapolis Producers for the second quarter this year over the same period in 1930. They are Iroquois, Macon, Piatt, Vermilion, and Sangamon. One-fourth of the livestock handled by the Producers was shipped by Illinois farmers. Forty-four club members exhibited 330 lambs at the second annual 4-H Club Lamb Show held at the Indian- apolis Stock Yards June 25 and 26. F. M. Shanklin of Purdue University was in charge. The Indianapolis Pro- ducers entertained the exhibitors at luncheon on June 25. Livestock shippers on. the Illinois Central Railroad may now obtain double deck cars, or two single decks in lieu of a double deck, with no extra charge, announces the Indianapolis Producers. This double deck loading will save $5 to $9 per car in freight charges. **Have your contract and billing show ‘double deck car ordered’ and if two singles are furnished give this informa- tion at the market terminal so that the proper freight rate may be applied,” ad- vises G. E. Ayer, in charge of trans- portation. Protect Shipping Assn.’s Local shipping associations in Illinois are protected against accident claims of employees through the insurance service of the Illinois Agricultural Association, states A. E. Richardson, manager of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual. A blanket workmen’s compensation ‘and employer’s liability policy is held in the office of the insurance depart- ment covering any accidental injuries which might occur to employees while in the course of their duties. Mr. Richardson advises that all claims be reported as soon after accidents as possible so that adjustments may be made. Foot and Mouth Disease Following a report that England is experiencing a serious outbreak of foot- and-mouth disease, the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture has placed its in- spectors in all the principal seaports on guard against the introduction of the disease. A new quarantine order has been issued adding Scotland, Ireland, Korea, Rhodesia and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea to the list of coun- tries already considered to be infected. ee rn ee 7 . 2 a % 4 8 ie cd sacl is nt. ene i Page Fifteen THE I. A. A. RECORD NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE! Without Lime With Lime the field to the left above the field to the right pro- failed to produce enough hay to make worth while cut- ting it. -Alfalfa and clover duced a fine crop of alfalfa, yielding four tons to the acre. An application of two tons seed sown on acid soil is money wasted. Test before fold in a single year. Clover you sow is always a good and alfalfa sown on limed rule. soil pays big returns. You Can Get the Same Results [_™MESTONE makes the difference between success and failure on many a farm. Conservative banks loan money to buy limestone when a loan for any other pur- pose is refused. Your County Farm Bureau offers free soil testing service, stands ready to advise you regarding the limestone requirements of all your fields. of limestone an acre paid ten i Limestone purchased through your County Farm Bureau is guaranteed as to quality and price. A discount of 10 cents per ton is offered Farm Bureau mem- bers. _Now is a good time to order your next season’s requirements. See your county farm adviser for further details about how to make the farm pay with limestone and legumes. @@ The l. A.A. Is a Service Organization © Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD July, 1931 Eighty Office Secretaries Attend Four Meetings Keeping of Records, Making Re- ports, Relationship Prob- lems Considered IGHTY Farm Bureau office secre- taries representing 67 counties at- tended the four conferences held at Centralia, Decatur, Galesburg and Chi- cago on June 30, July 1, 2, and 7 re- spectfully. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss uniform methods of accounting and making reports. A conference simi- lar to these was held in Chicago last year with the result that a number of secretaries requested the I. A. A. to hold sectional meetings in 1931. The following program was given in each of the four conferences: Purpose of Conference and Farm Bu- reau Outlay—Secretary G. E. Metz- er. : Farm Bureau Records, Collections, Membership Records and Reports—L. A. Evans. Life Insurance, Employers’ Liability Insurance, Automobile Insurance, Stan- dardized Uniform Commercial Depart- ment Records—F, E. Ringham. Fire, Wind and Hail Insurance—J. H. Kelker. Limestone Project—Mr. Evans. Relations with Serum Association, Livestock Project, and Getting Ready for an Audit.—Mr. Ringham. In the last three conferences C. C. Ramler of Country Life discussed life insurance records; at Chicago, R. A. Cowles, treasurer, and Mr. Metzger dis- cussed membership and collection re- ports. Centralia Office secretaries attending the Centralia con- ference were as follows: Garnet Sefton, Clay county; Evelyn Orr, Edwards; Ruby Lawn, Effingham; Marion F, Garner, Marion; Margaret Dunn, Monroe; Edna Black, Pulaski-Alexander; Gladys Allen, Wabash; Mildred Howell, White; Jewell Y. Grimes, Williamson; I. Marie Weig- and, Jefferson; Rose Apple, Clark; Bertha Hutchinson and Harriet Summer, Lawrence; Zelah MHalderby, Gallatin; Loretta Witter, Wayne; Mrs. Harry M. Campbell, Washington; Alma Meyer, Clinton; Luther H. Robertson, Montgomery; Louise Hoffman, Jackson; Fern Blair, Randolph; Gladys M. Reiling, Johnson, and Mabel R. Britt, Bond. Decatur Those attending the Decatur conference were: Agnes L. Cuskaden and Juanita Holaday, Doug- las; Mildred E. Williams, Edgar; Ferry A. Coultas and Louise Campbell, Scott; Gladys Graven and Dolores Baptist, Shelby; H. Polson, Macon; Elenora Mayfield, Madison; Mildred Weller, Macoupin; Lucile Sneeden and Hazel Mellon, Pike; Mildred Mennekin, Adams; Ber- nice M. Waring, Menard; Faye Lindsey, De- Witt; Marguerite Van Meter, Sangamon; Clara Murgatroyd and Ruth Six, Morgan; D. C. Hall, Christian; Edna Ransom, Champaign, and Mrs. Good, Montgomery. Galesburg The following were at the Galesburg meet- -ing:Grace-Carpenter, Brown; Lorene R. Kuntz ~ and Alice Edmunston, Peoria; Lillian Sargent, Schuyler; Marie Johnston, Warren; Audrey M. Martin, Henderson; Elizabeth Hayes, Hancock; Esther Zentmire and Thelma Calclasure. Mercer; Ethel Wedell and Ruth Keeler, Knox; Myrtle M. Miller, Fulton; Isola Cault, Henry; Cora Kerns, Stark, and Ruby Waymark, McDonough. Chicago Those attending the final meeting at Chicago were: Marie Storm, Boone; Florence Bart- lett, DeKalb; Grace Arundale, Grundy; Edythe Fewell, LaSalle; Veda L. Sharer, Whiteside; Mildred Weed, Will; Maude Stipp, Vermilion; Marguerite H. Moss, McHenry; Dorothy H. Barton, JoDaviess; Elma E. Towne, Clara Moede and Helen Heintz, Cook; Evelyn Bauer and Ruby Knox, Lake; Cleo E. Conter, DuPage; Selma Anderson, Kane; Mabel Andorfer and Thelma Prytherch, Lee; Hannah L. Wilson, Livingston; Hattie A. Carman, Ogle; Alfreda Thulean, Bureau; Hazel E. Kenyon, Carroll; Violet M. Stein, Winnebago, and La Vine Inge- munson, Kendall. “Hope for Reduction Peach Freight Rates With peach harvesting time almost at hand, Illinois peach growers aided by the Illinois Agricultural Association still have hopes of securing reduced freight rates over eastern railroads giving them an outlet in the eastern and New Eng- land states for their excellent peach crop. Every effort is being made to speed the decision of the Central Traffic Exec- utive Committee which now has the proposal under consideration after an appeal from the Central Freight Asso- ciation. Although the immediate success of the proposal is imperiled by the impend- ing proposal of the railroads to increase all rates 15 per cent, peach shippers are still working for a favorable decision in time for the 1931 crop. DeKalb County Picnic Sycamore, June 24 The old-fashioned picnic spirit was revived on June 24 when 600 DeKalb County Farm Bureau members attended the annual picnic at Municipal Park, Sycamore. After the basket lunch LaSalle and DeKalb county baseball teams, members of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League, met in a close game which La- Salle county won by.a 7 to 6 score. McKenzie of DeKalb allowed only 9 hits to 17 given by Geheber, LaSalle hurler. DeKalb errors and bunched hits by LaSalle won the game. L. A. Williams, manager of the Country Life Insurance Company, was the speaker of the day. Hail Losses Reported In Several Counties — Farmers Mutual Insurance Coverage Passes Two Million Mark, Still Growing EVERE hail storms in various sec- tions of the state continue to add to the toll of early summer storms which has already run into thousands of dol- lars’ worth of damage to corn and small grain. Losses were reported in the west- central part of Fulton county on July 2 as a result of the second severe hail storm in Fulton county this summer, the first having done considerable dam- age near Lewistown June 17. Farmers in Champaign county also reported losses from a hail storm on July 2. A disastrous storm on June 25 left a trail four miles wide and eight miles long near New Berlin in Sanga- mon-county, causing a loss of thousands of dollars to. farmers in that section. Losses were sustained by farmers in the Chicago area where hail fell on June 23, two days. prior to the Sangamon storm. $2,284,888 In Force Many farmers in these sections were protected by insurance against hail. Protection through the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company up to July 6 had reached a total of $2,284,888. This company is saving farmers $10 on each $1,000 policy as compared with rates charged by the nearest state-wide com- petitor. Here is an example of the way hail losses are computed by the Farmers Mutual: An applicant subscribed for $3,000 worth of hail insurance on his 100 acres . of growing crops. If he had a total loss he would receive $3,000. If he had only a partial loss the adjuster would reach an agreement with the policyholder as to what per cent of his crop had been damaged. Suppose 40 acres had been damaged 50 per cent. The $3,000 would be di- vided by 100 to find the amount of in- surance per acre, which in this case would be $30. Fifty per cent of $30 would be $15 per acre loss. Forty mul- tiplied by $15 would total $600, the amount the member would be paid. THE SCOT COMES BACK The Scot, goat of many an anecdote, occa- sionally turns the tables, Lord Alness, in his autobiography, tells about an English political meeting. One of the candi- dates patriotically orated, “I have been born an Englishman, I have lived an Englishman, and I hope I shall die an Englishman.” From the back of the hall, in an unmis- takable accent, came the question: ‘Mon, hae ye no ambeetion?” eee July, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen 1,000 Whiteside Folks -Gather-to-Hear Debate Farm Bureau Gaining New Members Every Day, Cite Progress in Past Year HE rank and file of Illinois farm- ers are ready for co-operative mar- keting and, like the American soldiers in the crucial period of the World War, will fall into line when the hour strikes, declared Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel of the Illinois Agricultural Association, in a debate before 1,000 Whiteside County Farm Bureau mem- bers June 25 in the Water Works Park, Morrison. L. A. Williams, manager of the Country Life Insurance Company, speaking on the affirmative side of the question, ‘“‘Resolved, That Illinois Farm- ers Are Not Ready for Co-Operative Marketing,” said that the fact that only 63,000 Illinois farmers out of more than twice that number were affliated with organized agriculture as_repre- sented by the Farm Bureau was ample proof that they were not ready. Minority Leads Way “Largely through failure to think the thing through, too many non-members are standing in their own light, leaving organized co-operative effort the only sane solution of the farm relief problem to the progressive minority who are willing to stick together and work for their mutual interests,’ Mr. Williams stated. The debate was a feature of the Farm Bureau co-operative rally, one of several held in verious parts of Illi- nois. President A. L. Goodenough made the welcoming address and introduced the boys’ 4-H Club Quartette, second place winners at the Urbana contest. The quartette, composed of Gerald Hudson, Harlan Thomas, Harvey Flor- ence and Wayne Mathew, sang “Pale in the Amber West.” Good Local Talent Rex Lawrence of Prophetstown then put on his stunt, “Have a Pill,” which won fifth at the state contest with 22 clubs competing. This was an imper- sonation of a quack doctor. Helen and Henrietta Castelein, also of Prophetstown, gave several vocal and harmonica duets, including ‘Morning on the Farm” and “Juanita.” Claire Gsell, Morrison, entertained the audi- ence with an impersonation of a colored lady at the telephone trying to insure her husband’s life. Farm Adviser F. H. Shuman men- tioned the addition of 110 new members during the past year, also reviewed some of the accomplishments of the Farm Bureau. At the close of the program indi- vidual containers of ice cream were served to the audience- by 4-H Club girls. 1,500 at Edwardsville Edwardsville, Ill., June 29.—In spite of the fact that farmers in this section were in the midst of harvesting oats and wheat, a crowd of 1,500 from five counties braved the 100 degree heat to attend the Co-operation Jubilee held here tonight under the auspices of the Country Life Insurance Company and the Madison County Farm Bureau. Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the Illinois Agricultural Association, and L. A. Williams, manager of Coun- try Life Insurance Company, debated the question, “Resolved, That Illinois Farmers Are Not Ready for Co-opera- tive Marketing.” Among the speakers were: Frank D. Barton, Illinois Grain Corporation; Har- ry W. Day, Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- change; John E. Miller, president, Madi- son County Farm Bureau; A. D. Lynch, manager, Sanitary Milk Producers; and J. R. Fulkerson, president, St. Louis Producers Commission Association. Farm Adviser T. W. May introduced a number of guests including Sam Sor- rells, chairman of the I. A. A. livestock marketing committee; E. W. Tiede- mann, president of the Sanitary Milk Producers; J. F. Chambers and Henry Backman of the Godfrey Asparagus Growers’ Association; George C. Martin of the Midwest Grain Corporation; Harry D. Wright, manager, St. Louis Producers Commission Association; and F. H. Anderson, secretary, National Dairy Association. Music was furnished by the Edwards- ville elementary school band, the Farm Bureau ladies’ quartette and the Paw- nee Four of Sangamon county. Audrey and Betty Miller gave a German folk dance and Mary Jane Miller gave a Hungarian dance. 800 at Louisville Louisville, Ill., July 1.— With 800 attending the Clay County Farm Bu- reau Co-operation Jubilee here tonight, the total attendance of the seven meet- ings sponsored by Country Life In- surance Company and the Farm Bureaus arose to 11,000. _L. A. Williams, manager of Country Life, and Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., met in the last of their seven debates on the question, “Resolved, That Illinois Farmers Are Not Ready for Co-operative Market- ing.” This has been the feature attraction of each jubilee held in the counties which were high in April life insurance sales. In addition to the debate, a talk by ~ F. A. Gougler, director of produce marketing, on the need for co-operative produce marketing in southern Illinois was an interesting feature of the pro- gram. Farm Adviser C. $. Love and General Agent Arthur Bryant were given recog- nition for the success of the jubilee. The Pawnee Four, popular Sangamon county quartet, furnished the music. 1,000 at Steeleville Steeleville, June 30.— Farm Bureau members, numbering close to 1,000, sought the outdoor amphitheatre for re- lief from ‘the sweltering heat as they gathered here tonight to attend the Co- operation Jubilee sponsored by the Coun- try Life Insurance Company and the Randolph County Farm Bureau. William Sauer, president of the Farm Bureau, introduced the board of direc- tors and guests including A. D. Lynch, manager of the Sanitary Milk Producers; Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel of the I. A. A., and L. A. Williams, manager of Country Life Insurance Company. Kirkpatrick and Williams gave their sixth debate on the question, ‘‘Resolved, That Illinois Farmers Are Not Ready for Co-operative Marketing.” Mr. Lynch discussed the problem of milk market- ing. Recognition was given John Uffel- mann, general agent in Randolph county, for his good work in winning the award of the jubilee, which was one of the seven held in the state. Music was furnished by the Pawnee Four of Sangamon county. L. A. Williams, manager of the Coun- try Life Insurance Company, was the speaker at the Kendall County Farm Bureau booster meeting held Friday eve- ning, June 26. About 800 attended the meeting. Doc Hopkins, radio enter- tainer over station WMAQ, gave a number of mountain songs. Band music and several special numbers by Kendall county boys and girls completed the program. James T. Jardine, director of the Oregon Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion and brother of former Secretary of Agriculture William A. Jardine, has~ been selected by Secretary Arthur M. Hyde to head the Office of Experiment Stations. The post has been vacant since the death of Dr..W. E. Allen more than a year ago. Culling out the boarder cows would speed recovery of milk and butterfat prices. Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD July, 1931 Tells 4-H Girls Health N ecessary to Success. . WOMAN has to be healthy to- day to be a success in any job, declared Dr. Caroline B. Hedger of the Elizabeth McCormick Memorial Fund before the recent 4-H club girls’ con- ference at Cornell University. “The three kinds of jobs—earning a living, making a home and learning how - to use leisure time—all need a healthy girl or woman to make a success of them,” she said. According to Dr. Hedger health in- cludes looking well and feeling well. A girl cannot do much about the nose nature has given her, she says, but she can work for a nice brown sun-marked complexion; she can keep her body clean; she can have a correct posture and she can be the right weight for her height. “Of course you must feel well to hold your job,” Dr. Hedger continued. *‘How you feel makes a big difference in how well you get along with people, how interesting your work is to you and how much of your best you put into it. That means getting enough sleep—most women need at least nine hours every night—and enough play that is re-creation, not wreck-creation.” One hundred and sixty-nine schools, represented by 1,605 boys, participated in the Illinois Judging Contest for Stu- dents of Vocational Agriculture held at the University of Illinois, June 19 and 20. Teams winning first place were: fat stock, DeKalb; dairy, Ridge Farm; poul- try, Armstrong; grain, Olney; corn, Chenoa; all divisions, Olney. Individuals placing first in the con- tests were: fat stock, R. Warfield, Gib- son City; dairy, L. Methany, Ridge Farm; poultry, P. Meyers, Oakland; small grain, R. Stephens, Hutsonville; corn, E. Quick, Atwood. The annual Saline County 4-H Club picnic was held July 4 at Ferne Clyffe, one-half mile southwest of Goreville. This is one of the scenic spots of south- ern Illinois. The 4-H picnic was held at the same place in 1930. Consolidation of townships, small villages, and even counties as now proposed in some states, will be helpful in reducing farm taxes and providing farmers with modern hospitals, schools, and other local institutions, according to Dr. C. J. Galpin of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. A young man addressed a letter to another young man pointing out- that he understood the second fellow had been taking his engaged girl out. He requested that the offender call at his office and talk the matter over. Two days later he received this reply: “Received your circular letter. Will be at the meeting.” - On Advertising Advertising agents agree that adver= tising should not only reach out to new customers and prospects, but should work back through the advertiser’s own organization. Effective publicity prompts every employe to throw out his chest and feel that he is working for an enterprising company. The ne- cessity of keeping one’s own workmen “sold” on the merits and worthiness of a company and its product is one of the real problems of management. Corporation Farming Not So Good Here The Wheat Farming Company of Hays, Kansas, an organization which operated 72,000 acres, has asked the court for a receiver. This project has been held up as a model of large scale farming. It operated on the principles of big business employing all known efficiency ‘methods, yet dividends failed to materialize. An editorial in Farm and Ranch for June 20 says: “We have heard of other big farming ventures that are drifting close to the rocks of bankruptcy, which seems to be evidence of the truth of that old fogy theory that farms are a place for building homes, for producing a living and raising good American citi- zens.” Roger Babson, noted economist who has been investigating corporation and chain farming reports as follows: “We have been unable to find any industrial- ized farm which can be called profit- able, though we have examined the affairs of many. The only one we found that seemed to be profitable turned out, upon examination, to have an oil well upon it.” Brigham-Townsend Act Helps Butter Consumption Regarding the success of the Brigham- Townsend Act, the new oleomargarine law, which was vigorously supported by the Illinois Agricultural Association, the National Dairy Union says: The new oleomargarine law—the Brigham-Town- send Act—has had greater and more beneficial results to the dairy industry, measured by what has happened in the first two months since its enactment, than had been expected by its most en- thusiastic supporters. In the two months which can now be surveyed — March and April — the oleomargarine industry has reduced pro- duction about 31 per cent to get ready for the act which took effect June 3. May figures will probably show even greater curtailment. Blames Tariff for Part - Of Farmers’ Troubles Farmer Can Help Himself by Grow- ing His Own Food, Banker Traylor Says The farmer can help himself by pro- ducing as much of his food as possible on his own farm, Melvin Traylor, presi- dent of the First National Bank, Chi- cago, declared in an address delivered recently before the International Cham- ber of Commerce at Washington. ““When we find that on approximate- ly 20 per cent of the farms in the United States there is not a milch cow nor a chicken,” he said, ‘tand that on more than 30 per cent there is not a hog, and on approximately 90 per: cent not a sheep; when we know, further, that on many farms in our large agri- cultural states, no gardens are kept and almost every article of food is purchased at the store, we are forced to the con- clusion that the farmer, by and large, is not farming as he should.” Mr. Traylor told of the enormous in- crease in taxes and the cost of govern- ment. He scored the financial leader- ship of the country, blamed selfishness and greed for part of our present eco- nomic troubles, criticised the abuses of speculation on the stock market, and urged that margin trading in amounts under $10,000 of stock be abolished. Mr. Traylor, who is a Democrat, took a rap at our high tariff policy when he said: “It sounded well, when industry was prosperous, to tell the farmer -that his best market was the American mar- ket, well protected by mounting tariff walls. But when he sees behind such protection five or six million of his fellow citizens unemployed and the ob- jects of charity; when he sees frontiers closed and barriers raised to his prod- ucts in other countries, then, I believe, he has a just right to complain. No one, not even the farmer himself, would advocate the abolition of reasonable protection for industry or American so- ciety. But a virtue ceases to be a virtue when its operations destroy economic opportunity and social equality.” While this decrease in oleomargarine production was taking place, butter consumption increased. The increase for this period in 1931 is about 16,000,000 pounds above the 1930 consumption. At the average wholesale price of 25 cents a pound, this brought four mil- lion additional dollars into the pockets of butterfat producers. Sound Advice “Whassa matter, Flo?” “Gawd, Mae! Never go out with a chiro- practor.” S A tented tn AR is 9 nnn aca eee A AIT a a A Plena har he Published Applicatio vided in § cultural 4 Hot De HE wo yield v quality in Illin fruit ar I. A. A over stz **The Illinois quality the gro job of orchard what is a thoro ning th **Mar three-fc trees so might t conditic high qi almost this yea **The weeks ment 0 hot we peach, we hav weather ture tc the tre large f: “The will ha ber of any pr suppor’ grower their t “We give ye any otl a Pataca “ Pete ata a 2 et ee co!_9 The c*#d -_ Iflinois Agricultural Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois A grioulsural Association at 165 So. Main St., Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill., 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 2%, 1925, vided in Section 412, Act of Feb, cultural Association "Record, 608 So, Dearborn 8t., Number 8 Spencer, to Spencer, Ind, 4 aaa Address all communications Chicago. AUGUST, 1931 Editorial Offices, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pro- or publication to Editorial Offices, Ill 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, inois Agri- Volume 9 Wonderful Peach Crop Leeper Tells Listeners Hot Weather and Moisture Aid in Developing Quality Fruit 6 ae Illinois peach crop this year is wonderful in two ways: first, the yield will be large, and second, the quality will be the best ever produced in Illinois, A. B. Leeper, director of fruit and vegetable marketing for the I. A. A., told radio’ listeners in a talk over station WMAQ Tuesday, Aug. 4. ‘There is no better peach than the Illinois Elberta,” said Mr. Leeper. “The quality is excellent this year because the growers have been doing a better job of cultivating and spraying their orchards than in former years. And what is more important, they have done a thorough and complete job of thin- ning the fruit. “Many of our growers pulled off three-fourths of all the peaches on the trees so that the remaining one-fourth might take on the proper size. Climatic conditions have been right to produce high quality, clean fruit. There was almost a total absence of insect injury this year. Spraying was an easy task. Hot Weather Helps “The hot weather of the last few weeks was conducive to the develop- ment of high quality peaches. It takes hot weather to produce a high quality peach, and during the last few weeks we have*had plenty of that kind of weather, together with sufficient mois- ture to give the necessary vitality to the trees and insist on producing a large fruit. “The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange will handle more than double the num- ber of cars we have ever handled in any previous season. But we need the support of the consumer to assist our growers in realizing some returns from their time, labor, and investment. “We solicit your business and will give you as good or better service than any other distributor.” Mr. Leeper com- The famous “Illini Brand” Elbertas from Southern Illinois. mented on the splendid co-operation the Exchange and the growers have re- ceived in the past from the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. He spoke of the proclamation issued by the governor designating August 16 to 31 an Illinois peach harvest festival. The Exchange will co-operate with distributors and groups of consumers who wish to buy peaches in wholesale lots. There are only 400 bushels of peaches in a car and even small com- munities can use at least a carload. “Why ot begin now and form a peach club in your community or neighborhood. Advise the Exchange and arrange to purchase peaches in car- lots. A substantial saving can be made on the purchase price and the consumer will be assured of getting the best qual- ity.” Leeper thanked the Buy Illinois Prod- ucts Commission, of which Eugene D. Funk is chairman and George C. Whar- ton secretary, for their fine co-operation in advertising Illinois peaches. Lack of capital, lack of farming ex- perience, poor roads and the fact that in many cases children leave the coun- try to work in cities were found to be the principal causes of farm abandon- ment in New Jersey. President Smith Speaks at Soldiers, Sailors Reunion Large Audence Gathers for Picnic at Salem, July 28 HE history of Marion county served as the background for the address of Earl C. Smith, president of the Illi- nois Agricultural Association, delivered before a large audience at Salem at the 23rd District Farm Bureau picnic July 28. The picnic was held jointly with the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Reunion. Appropriate to the occasion, Mr. Smith delved into the past of Marion county and compared the war for the preservation of the Union with the pres- ent economic struggle between groups and nations. The need for organization and leadership in solving today’s eco- nomic problems is just as great as was the need in 1861 to preserve the Union, he said. He reviewed the tax history of Marion county and showed that while assessed valuations of property in the last 10 years had greatly declined, prop- erty Owners are paying six times more taxes today than they paid 30 years ago, even with a lower tax rate. Values Decline “The total value of the farms in Marion county in 1920 was stated by the Census Bureau to be $18,833,981,” Mr. Smith said. “In 1925 this total value had been reduced to $13,974,334 and in 1930 a further reduction brought the figure to $11,019,937. What has been the trend of local tax bills in Marion county? In 1899 your total tax bill on all the property in the county was $140,165. Ten years later it had increased to $335,963; in 1919 you witnessed another increase to $703,285 and in 1929 the astounding figure of $917,980. “While I am sure you have recog- nized the increase in taxes, I wonder how many really know how it was accomplished. In 1899 you had a tax (Continued next page, col. 1) ' Page Four August, 1931 Auditing Ass’n. at Membership Peak More Audits in June and July — Than in Any Previous Year For Same Period ITH a total of 298 member - companies now being served by the Illinois Agricultural Auditing As- sociation, a new peak has been reached in its membership development. More than 50 new members became af- filiated with the As- sociation during the past 12 months, 22 coming in since Jan- uary 1. The membership is classified as fol- lows: Farm Bureaus, Fred Ringham 69; Home Bureaus, 5; Grain Elevators, 78; Livestock Associations, 28; Milk, Dairy and Produce Associations, 32; Insurance, 14; Oil Co-operatives, 56; Miscellaneous, 16. Audits recently completed reveal that the net income of farmers’ elevators and co-operative oil companies is less than a year ago, county livestock asso- ciations are showing an improvement, and Farm Bureaus are on the up-grade in net income due largely to increased commercial activities, according to Manager Fred E. Ringham. Both June and July this year were higher in the number of audits than in any previous year. July is always a peak month, as June 30 closings are second only to December 31 closings in - number. This year there were 30 com- panies whose fiscal year closed on June 30 and 14 companies with semi-annual or quarterly audits due. The total number of audits com- pleted during the first half of 1931 was 183 as compared with 146 in the same period last year. The total number of audits made by the association since it ' began operation seven years ago is 1,800. (Continued from previous page) rate of $4.84 on the $100; in 1909 a tax rate of $4.90 on the $100. In 1919 it was $5.42 and in 1929, reduced to $4.06. “Values were reduced and the tax rate reduced, but taxes increased from $140,165 to $917,180. How is it done? In 1899 your taxes were extended on the basis of one-fifth of total values; ten years later on one-third; ten years later on one-half; and at the present time, are extended on the basis of full valuations of property. “The solution of our tremendous tax problem can be accomplished in two Farmers National Grain Corp. Buys New Space Farmers came into possession of an- other large terminal grain elevator through purchase of the 2,300,000- bushel house of the Soo Line at Minne- apolis. Acquisition was announced by Farmers National Grain Corporation re- cently. The plant is of modern con- crete construction, electrically operated and with sufficient ground for addi- tional storage construction if required. Thirty-nine country elevators in Utah and Idaho were also added to the co-operative’s facilities through lease from two milling companies. Added to a million dollar facilities program in the Pacific Northwest and to proper- ties acquired elsewhere in the grain belt, Farmers National Grain Corpora- tion is declared to be in excellent posi- tion to handle the 1931 crop. The I. A. A. is now on the air Tues- days, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8:15- 8:30 P. M. Central Standard time from radio station WJJD, Chicago (1,130 kilocycles) . The program will be identified by the Illinois state song, “By Thy Rivers Gently Flowing, Illinois, Illinois,” played at the beginning and close of the 15 minute period. The daily program from 11:30-11:45 A. M. has been discontinued. The noon hour broadcast will probably be re- sumed after Oct. 1 when Chicago goes back on standard time. Members are invited to write in and comment on the I. A. A. broadcast. A radio news release service two to three times a week to 14 midwest sta- tions was inaugurated by the Depart- ment of Information early in July. An- nouncers are making liberal use of the _J. A. A. news items. ways: First, by the people in an organ- ized’ and constructive way demanding a reduction in public expenditures; and, second, by finding some other sources of revenue to take the place of that un- just portion now being collected from property.” Soybean Association May Sell 2,000,000 Bu. in ’31 Growers Conduct a Membership Campaign, Seek to Control Bulk of Commercial Crop HE Soybean Marketing Association is now conducting an_ intensive drive to increase its membership, ac- cording to Manager Wilbur H. Coultas. In 1930 the Associa- tion handled more than 1,150,000 bu- shels of soybeans, which represented approximately 40 per cent of the total commercial volume marketed in Illinois. To be more effec- tive, the Association should strive to double this amount W. H. Coultas jn 1931, Coultas be- lieves. “We have broadened our contacts with processors and are in a position to move this larger volume to good advantage,” he says. “The demand for soybean oil is increasing rapidly in the paint and soap industry as well as in the edible refining trade. “More of our livestock feeders and dairymen are learning about the superior qualities of soybean oil meal as a pro- tein supplement to their home-grown grains. Saves a Step “Our Association is fortunate in handling a commodity which does not have to move through the various grain exchanges. We are in a position to mer- chandise our soybeans direct to the processors, thereby saving one step in marketing. “Volume control is a big factor in determining price. When the Associa- tion increases its volume tothe point where it will be handling the majority of the Illinois commercial crop, then it will have more influence in stabiliz- ing the price to the grower on a satis- factory level. “Even last year when we handled only 40 per cent of the crop, our As- sociation was instrumental in holding the price up around $1 per bu. when every other commodity was rapidly de- clining. “Commercial soybean growers have an opportunity to help themselves and their market by organization and co- operation through the Soybean Market- ing Association. Our slogan for 1931 is, ‘If there are commercial soybeans to market, our marketing association should sell them’.” ERT ee or ea ee ee ee eae 5 =, Mie B EN FI Lee Sa ONS iL at ght a a a Sas eee hart ad SS ai a Seca at eS August, 1931 I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. to Oppose 15% Rate Raise Hearings in Chicago Begin Aug. 31 Before Commerce Commission Heo” to prevent a threatened in- créase of $130,000,000 annually in the American farmers’ freight bill is the problem confronting the Transpor- tation Departments of the I. A. A. and American Farm Bureau Federation. This is the sum farmers will be forced to add to their present costs of doing busi- ness, if the Interstate Commerce Com- mission allows the 15 per cent increase in freight rates sought by the railroads of the United States. As the representative of organized agriculture, the I. A. A. and American Farm Bureau plan to oppose the de- mands of the railroads. Preparation of evidence is now under way for presen- tation to the Commission at the hearing set for August 31 in Chicago. The farmer is in no position to shoulder this additional burden of $130,000,000, the Farm Bureau will maintain. Reviewing the condition of agriculture, it will show the Commis- sion that the farming industry has suffered from a depression for ten years, is still suffering from it and with no prospects for relief, whereas the depres- sion from which the carriers are seeking relief is of only twelve months dura- tion. Exempt Farm Products If the Commission decides with the carriers that a 15 per cent boost is necessary, exemptions, the organization holds, should be made on agricultural products. The farmer is the only per- son who pays a double freight bill. When he sells his produce, the freight charges on the shipment to market are deducted from the price he gets for his goods. When he buys his supplies, he pays another freight bill on what is delivered to him. The 15 per cent raise would thus become a 30 per cent raise in the case of the farmer, which makes adjustments imperative if a horizontal raise is granted. The records of the Interstate Com- merce Commission show that the pro- posed raise will defeat its own purpose by diverting traffic to competing forms of transportation. With the exception of fruit and vegetables, according to the Commission statistics, the greater portion of farm crops move less than 300 miles. If the 15 per cent raise is granted, it is reasonable to expect that the trucking of farm crops to market will increase several hundred per cent and the railroads will still be short the revenue they are seeking. weer, THE I. A. A. RECORD Edward A. O'Neal Heese A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Fed- eration, is scheduled to address the County Farm Bureau picnic in Sanga- mon county on August 18 and the annual Field Day at Cimco Farm in Mason county on August 20. The new national president who suc- ceeded Sam Thompson has been closely identified with the Farm Bureau for more than 25 years. He was a charter member of his County Farm Bureau in Alabama, then rose to the state vice- presidency, and in 1923 was elected president of the Alabama Farm Bureau, a position he held eight years until his recent promotion. As vice-president he was chairman of the legislative committee of the A. F. B. F., a position which has given him a wide acquaintance among men in public life at Washington. During the past two years he has been chairman of the national committee on co-oper- ative purchasing, and also has been ac- tive on the national committee on taxa- tion. Mr. O’Neal will devote considerable attention in his addresses to the organ- ized opposition developed against co- operative marketing. He recently took a leading part in bringing co-operatives together in a movement to defend the Agricultural Marketing Act. Baseball Dap As we go to press, five of the eight division titles in the Illinois Farm: Bu- reau Baseball League have been definite- ly settled. By the time the RECORD reaches you the eight winners will be ready to enter the semi-finals, which begin immediately after August 15 when preliminary play ends. Page Five Henderson County Has A Soft Ball League Eleven Townships Compete, Coun-— ty Championship Contest Sept. 19 ‘The inter-township softball league sponsored by the Henderson County Farm Bureau as one of its recreational projects is now. in the midst of its sec- ond season and is creating an unusual amount of interest, according to Farm Adviser Ernest D. Walker. The league, which is composed of teams from ten out of the eleven town- ships in the county, will play more than forty games before September 12 when preliminary play stops. The sea- son opened on August 1. Winners of the two divisions will meet at Strong- hurst on County Club Show Day, Sep- tember 19, to play for the county championship. “Our tournament last year was a great success arousing a great deal of interest in the county and affording recreation to a large group of our mem- bers,” said Mr. Walker. “Co-operation among the townships was 100 per cent last year and we have ten out of the eleven townships playing now.” Any Farm Bureau member or de- pendent member of his family is eligible to play. Players must belong to the team in the township in which Farm Bureau membership is held. The man- agement of each team is in the hands of a manager appointed by the Farm Bu- reau director in that township. The management of the league rests with a committee of three with full authority to settle all disputes, deter- mine standing of teams, permit post- ponement of games and take care of any other details. This committee con- sists of C. W. Cooper, A. N. Nolan and W. S. Graham, Sr. All games are reported to the Farm Bureau immediately after they are played. Protests must be filed in writ- ing with the management committee. Games are played by the National Play- ground Baseball rules as published in Spaulding’s Athletic Library. Teams already sure of a place in the semi-finals are: Carroll, division I; Liv- ingston, division III; Knox, division V; Logan, division Vly and Greene, divi- sion VIII. In the three doubtful divisions, San- gamon was leading division VII, Will was leading division II and Tazewell was ahead in division IV, but the mar- gin was close with a possibility of a tie. Cass, Grundy and Woodford were still in the running. Carroll, Livingston and Logan went through their preliminary schedules without a defeat. Frances Johnston Some of the girls entered in the. “Country Life Queen” Contest to be staged Farm Bureau Day at the State Fair, Spring- field, Aug. 28.: THE I. A. A. RECORD Ida I. Eppel Helen Kolmer Selecting the “Country Life Queen” will be the star attraction at the Illinois State Fair on Farm Bureau Day, Aug- ust 28. The state style show or beauty contest in charge of V. Vaniman, direc- tor of insurance service for the I. A. A., will be held to select first and second prize winners from among the county entries all of whom won their respective county contests last winter. Pictures of only five of the entries had been received up to the time of going to press. All of the young ladies are single and all are daughters of Farm Bureau mem- bers. Attractiveness, style, poise, per- . sonality, and natural beauty will be the determining factors in selecting the prize winners. Judges will favor simplicity in dress, posture, good grooming, and well chosen accessories. Where beauty and charm prove equal ,the judges will favor the one attired in the most becoming dress suggesting simplicity. Following are brief sketches of the county winners who had entered the contest on or before Friday, August 7: Frances Johnston, Lawrence County Seventeen years of age, 5 feet high and weighs 104 pounds and is a bru- nette, She is a student at Lawrenceville High School and an accomplished elo- cutionist. Her favorite sports are swim- -ming, tennis and dancing, and her hobby is public speaking. Helen Phillips Sara Biederbeck Elizabeth Meyer, Morgan County Twenty-four years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high and weighs 120 pounds. She is a brunette. Miss Meyer is a mu- sic student at Mac Murry College Con- servatory of Music. Her favorite sports are tennis and basket ball. She plays the piano, xylophone and violin, and her hobbies are music and travel. Elane Plott, Union County Sixteen years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high and weighs 115 pounds. Elane -is a brunette. Miss Plott is a student at Anna-Jonesboro High School. Her fa- vorite sport is tennis; she plays the piano and her hobby is reading. Dorothy Roberts, Champaign County Twenty years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high and weighs 126 pounds. Miss Roberts is a brunette. She is a student at the University of Illinois and a leader in 4-H Club work. Her favorite sports are swimming and tennis and her hobby is flowers. Sarah Biederbeck, Stark County Eighteen years of age, § feet 3 inches high and weighs 103 pounds; is single and a blond. She is a student at Toulon Township High School. Her favorite sport is gymnasium; her hobby is music and she plays the piano. Helen Phillips, Macon County Nineteen years of age, 5 feet 5 inches high and weighs 115 pounds; is single and a blond. Attended Argenta High August, 1931 School and is now a saleslady in a local store. Miss Phillips’ favorite sport is basket ball; she plays the piano and her hobby is reading. ~ Helen Kolmer, Monroe County Nineteen years of age, 5 feet 6 inches high. Miss Kolmer is a brunette. She is a student at Waterloo High School and plays the piano. Her hobby is music. Ida I. Eppel, McHenry County Twenty-three years of age, 5 feet 4 inches high and weighs 110 pounds; is single and a brunette. She is a teacher and attended school at Woodstock High School, Milwaukee Normal Western and Illinois State Teachers College. Miss Ep- pel plays the piano and is a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club. Eleanor Ferguson, Henry county; age 18, height 5 feet 4 inches, weighs 105 pounds. Miss Ferguson won the Henry county contest. She is Scotch-Irish, a brunette, is musically inclined, and has been promi- nent in 4-H Club work. She plays the violin, piano and pipe organ. Her favorite sports are golf, tennis and horse-back riding. She is a student at the Orion Community High School. She was a member of the All-State 4-H Club orchestra in 1930 and 1931. Believe It or Not— Marriages in the United States dur- ing 1930. decreased 8.5 per cent from the previous year as compared with an increase of 4.2 per cent from 1928 to 1929, according to the bureau of cen- sus. The decline was attributed to the economic depression. State-supervised roadside markets in Wisconsin will be designated by special signs issued by the state, according to the state department of agriculture and markets. Calf club auctions sponsored by the International Livestock Exposition will open at the Union Stock Yards on August 18. Steamship lines operating on the Great Lakes have joined with the rail- roads in their plea for a 15 per cent horizontal increase in freight rates. Although more than. 340 new post offices on the average have been added to the United States postal system an- nually since 1789, there are nearly 28,- 000 less now than there were in 1900, says the post office department. The decline in the number of offices is at- tributed to the creation and develop- ment of rural mail service. F . ‘ oA ro <3 ial dst seers (the eS aE 6 1g! nde 4 3: Ni es oe a RES oe See etre ee fee & 4 4 ae Mid littl sum mad and exhi in 1 Rat USE, cals Renin eee et tay eee August, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven Soybean to Figure in World’s Fair Exhibit Illinois Men Prominent on Commit- tee to Arrange Display T makes no difference whether you are painting your house, taking a bath, or eating dinner, the soybean more than likely has a part in it. So widely has this new crop of the Middle West come to be used.and so little is known about it by the con- suming public, that plans are being made by soybean growers, processors, and industrial users for an extensive exhibit at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 1933. The story of the soybean in this country will be shown in every detail. Geographical distribution, soil require- ments, necessary climatic conditions, soil fertilization, varieties adapted to va- rious localities, varieties for hay and seed, inoculation of seed, soil prepara- tion, methods of seeding, cultivation, harvesting, use of binders and combines, marketing, yields, transportation, con- trol of insects and diseases, and indus- trial uses—these are a few of the things to be shown in the exhibit. Plans for the exhibit are already well under way, according to Harvey J. Sconce, agricultural director of the Fair and former president (1919) of the Illinois Agricultural Association. “Everything is now in the hands of the committee selected at our recent meeting of soybean leaders,” said Mr. Sconce to the RECORD reporter. “Each member of the committee is working out plans for his part of the exhibit and it looks as if this might be one of most interesting sections of the agricultural exposition.” Dr. W. L. Burlison of the University of Illinois, chairman of the committee, will have charge of the exhibit on soy- bean production. Other members are: J. W. Armstrong, Champaign, IIl., president of the Soybean Marketing As- sociation, in charge of marketing ex- hibit; A. A. Horvath, health section, bureau of mines, in charge of human utilization exhibit; Paul Funk, Funk Brothers Seed Company, in charge of livestock utilization; Guy S. Fox, Ar- mour and Company, utilization in the arts; Dr. H. A. Paulsen, Armstrong Paint and Varnish Works, utilization in paints and oils; H: G. Atwood, Al- lied Mills, in charge of milling exhibit. The soybean crop occupies more than a million acres of corn belt land this season. Illinois’ acreage this year is more than 25 per cent above that of a year ago. Some of the manufactured products now using soybean oils or meal are Would Sell to Germany N RESPONSE to inquiries about reports from Germany appearing in recent newspapers, James C. Stone, chairman, Federal Farm Board, made the following statement: “The Farm Board has no definite pro - posals before it from the Ger- man_ govern- ment, but if it would aid Ger- many and if it would increase consumption of American agri- cultural com- modities the Farm Board would au- thorize the stabilization corporations to sell to Germany on credit terms.” A J. C. Stone dairy, poultry and livestock feeds, cereals, glue, flour, meal, soaps, paints, salad oils, sauces and condiments, ori- ental dishes, malted and _ chocolated milk. St. Joseph Stock Yards Must Cut Its Rates An order just issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture will save livestock shippers, who market at St. Joseph, Mo., $120,000 a year, accord- ing to R. W. Dunlap, acting secretary of agriculture. This order is the re- sult of a hearing on the reasonableness of charges made by the stock yard. An analysis was made of conditions at the live stock market during 1928 which was taken for a fair test year. With 74 per cent profit on the invest- ment taken as a reasonable earning, the inquiry revealed that the income of the yards was $107,798 in excess of this. It was also found that the company had been yarding livestock belonging to dealers and traders without making any charge. The order expressed the opin- ion that the yards should either stand this expense or charge it to the traders, and not to the shippers. Other markets at which hearings on stock yard rates have been held are Denver, Colorado; Kansas City, Mis- souri, and National Stock Yards, IIli- nois. Decisions in these cases will be announced as soon as possible. Directors of the Illinois Agricultural Association voted at their recent July meeting to purchase $2,500 worth of 6 per cent preferred cumulative stock in the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation. The Lawrence County Livestock Shippers’ Association operates on the basis of a flat rate covering all mar- keting costs from the time livestock arrives at the yards until it is sold. The rate charged shippers last year was as follows: hogs and cattle 60 cents per cwt., calves and sheep 80 cents per cwt. Included in these costs are freight, feed, insurance for deads and cripples, yardage, handling commission of local manager and selling commission of the Producers. All livestock shipped by the association goes to farmer-owned and controlled agencies in whatever market is offering the best price. Every Monday is shipping day at Lawrence- ville. In July the Indianapolis Producers received 663 carloads of livestock rep- resenting 27.8% of the stock yard re- ceipts. This total lacked. one car of being 400 carloads more than that of the largest old line firm. The Produc- ers received 513 cars from the Indiana territory and 147 from Illinois. Ap- proximately 30% of the Illinois busi- ness was delivered by truck. The Greene County Farm Bureau re- ports that Greene county farmers mar- keted more livestock through their own co-operative agency each year since 1928. They sold 358 cars co-operative- ly in 1929, 383 cars in 1930, and dur- ing the first three months of 1931, 108 cars, as compared to 81 cars for the same period of 1930. Guy V. Storms, newly appointed manager of the Shelby County Live Stock Marketing Association succeed- ing D. E. Elliott, accompanied two loads of stock to Indianapolis Tues- day, August 4. A. D. Kenney of Paris, Edgar coun- ty, topped the Indianapolis cattle mar- ket on August 4 with 36 steers aver- aging 1,116 lbs. Clifford Morris of Paris also topped the heavy cattle market with 84 head averaging 1,231 lbs. at $8.80 and 21 head averaging 1,227 lbs. at $8.75. Edgar county led all other Illinois counties in the number of cars con- signed to the Producers at Indianapolis in July with a total of 16. The next six largest were Coles, Vermilion, Craw- ford, Douglas, Clark and Shelby. Both Vermilion and Shelby counties in- creased their business over July last year. Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD August, 1931 To advance the purpose tor which the Farm Bureau was organized. namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. Georce Tuiem, Editor Max Harre son, Assistant Editor Published. monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So, Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill., to Spencer, Ind,, pending, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412. Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, The dividual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record, Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C. Vice-President, A. Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger...... Treasurer, R. Bloomington BOARD OF DIRECTORS (By Congressional District) 1G caeh RD Ip & 1» RR RRIN RD UpCN NSO ANS Ne SRL NE BRE PI H. C. Vial. Downers Grove 12 Spaeth sant bee bscatadudd ede bcaicatbantececedtaa wk G. F. Tullock, Rockford NOC cs eae eceaatt matic da apintnocpescoasuinene C. E. Bamborough, Polo Ra gc tN Sd eetuedgce M. G. Lambert, Ferris Charles Bates, Browning 15th. 16th. -_Geo. B. Muller, Washington A § «a Cae EE ID ER I Se ene er FORMS CY eaten A. B. Schofield, Paxton 18th ee W. A. Dennis, Paris 19th:2 cc DSi bak ok scene tudiee tt occdacininepiocitbbeantel wabebieeeeSpaassacbie C. J. Gross, Atwood 26th eh te Charles S. Black, Jacksonville > £0 Rae ARO a Tee eee Es eee Ra Oa ESE Breer Samuel Sorrells, Raymond p ) 2CY, Se ane aaa Rag ae AOA SN SET ORC et Me PR RIOT Frank Oexner, Waterloo DE ap scscesbccs is co cata end gddaccbactlies tees dnosaadinienateueenr eae W. L. Cope, Salem 24th.. ..Charles Marshall, Belknap Fred Dietz, De Sote DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS Comintrolletso se ic eee c ogee et eetcnetaccttendepnedondlondeat J. H.. Kelker EBC 6 sic ns cee ccvgicbonperestcentccsigcownecese ...---.-R, A. Cowles Fruit and Vegetable Marketing ........-A. B. Leeper Harrison Fahrnkopf Grain Marketing..............-.-......... oF a oe coe eorge em Information........-......---.-2.-------.--- Insurance Service. ............-2-2-0.2---2ec--ee-eecesneceeceeececenseeceseseeceeeceeneess V. Vaniman Legak -Covtipel conn 2 6 o ont secncncpneneortotestoqeipdseshnnsseccedpintnhoe Donald Kirkpatrick Limestone-Phosphate.......-.....2---.22---..2e--ceeeeseeceecoceeteeeeeeeeeeeee aoe cansnesnaeee J. R. Bent Live Stock Marketing.....-...22..2...-22...222--ceceeececee-eeeeeeeeneeeeeceeeeenees Ray E. Miller OA Ca i en Ths ck reste dacses tances Sepqn tanec cegibeneeectetpabiens .....C, E, Johnston Organization..._.._... -_.. .....G. E, Metzger Produce Marketing..... -F. A. Gougler Taxation and Statisti .....-J. C. Watson Trane porta tity on. nie-cins coos soiedpeoececoeecccesentpertiesepivpeczaepbiperacnccaecsatinee sinsouees L. J. Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co... 2222..2-2eenceeneeene eee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co................-.-..------0--2----—- J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass’n............-.....--. F. E. Ringham, Mgr. ae A. E. Richardson, Mgr. bia apse L. R. Marchant, Mgr. -Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. P. Cummings. Gen’l. Mgr. rsd badwenasiesdicaslis Daas ae. W. H. Coultas, Mgr. IHinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co... Illinois Farm Supply Co a Illinois Grain Corp........ Midwest Grain Corp..... Soybean Marketing Ass’n._.......... Taxation in Hard Times ICHARD T. ELY of Northwestern Univer- sity, writing on ““Taxation in Hard Times” in the Review of Reviews for August, says: “There is no question in the mind of any com- petent person who has given any attention to this subject that there is a connection between taxation and hard times. There is, however, a general failure to recognize what this question is, and to understand what can be done to remedy the evil situation. “When in the single State of Wisconsin a mil- lion acres are taken over by the counties for un- paid taxes; when even in rich states like Iowa, farmers are losing their property on account of the burden of taxation; when in cities the rents received often do not cover taxes, we have evi- dence of the closest connection between taxation and hard times. “When real estate falls in value as it has long since in the case of farm lands, and as it is now in the case of urban lands—the excess valuation is decreased with great difficulty. Schools and other public services must be maintained; and assessors who are faced with this situation main- tain old values, or those far in excess of present selling values. Our system of taxation is easily 50 years behind the times. Economic evolution has gone forward, but our tax system has lagged behind.” Professor Ely closes with suggestions which in his opinion point the way to improvement: “We must have a system of taxation of land based upon its annual use value. We must have state income taxes based upon the best experience of our American states. We must supplement these revenues by selective sales taxes. We must have a sinking fund or some similar arrangement in order to supplement tax revenues when from time to time they become inadequate as now.” Power in Group Action No individual dares match his-strength with the strength of any group of individuals. The world has come to recognize groups instead of individuals. The world is moving in groups and acting in groups. There are no Caesars in this day and age. Groups, and not individuals become great. The reason may be that the average intelligence is higher and certainly that average intelligence senses the greater individual benefit resulting from group moving and group dealing. Indeed, the power to bargain is manifold greater in groups than in individuals. Certainly the political influence is greater. In groups the individual enjoys the light re- flected by the. group in information, experiment, social activities and business knowledge. The group has the power of tonnage control in markets that establish the price which the indi- vidual receives for produce. The group gives “chain” buying power, bene- fits to the individual which alone he could not have. The group fights for industry, rights of trans- portation, justice in taxation and legislation, and in production standards. The group gives spread of risks with the benefit to the individual of protection against loss by fire, accident, the elements and death. The accomplishments of the Farm Bureau illus- trated on the opposite page were made possible by group thinking and group action. Agriculture as an industry will prosper to the extent that the power of the group engaged in farming is used efficiently in solving its problems. sas aa peril ee Spee fae a tig aie Beat ao Bee ae SES be ey ab oo SL SSL Ry aD eg ote nie EE PRD aha 3 “ tee « + HOG CON) at a say August, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nine REPRESENTATION TAXATION TRANSPORTATION \ Y - L. Hititish hii —— ——e * ‘/aaaee Os S ; a8 ia AE UuaT ATS RIGHT OF WAY Over $200,000. PROBLEMS Collected for Members 4S aaa; wt . ; Equitable Compensation for alll n / yf Use of Farm Lands fy at h Aig 4 | ty Ng I Y Hil iy Ae wt ; at y [ aH A “sn | 4% f HI SN , A, oy a s My “¥" y ~ A | BS i Raa of a eg ad ce ace eli beat aS sch aca i a =k a Ye eae Sa eats i iene ge a <= | - ee B BARGAINING POWER CO-OPERATIVE Fair Price for Farm Products SELLING A voice in the Market Lower Distribution Costs Some of the awww een a Tre mw wee ww me 2 all, + ete Benefits the Farm Bureau Member 3 Receives for His SERVICE perpoceum i to#38.a Member Annually $15 Annual Dues "Cy: Seanes wees “GROUND ROCK PHOSPHATE 50¢ Per Ton Less ANY S ~Z Ze F, Y y j ae \ ; 6 YUU MEE N ier AGRICULTURAL Y fis AUTO INSURANCE LIMESTONE $13.53 Saved Annually 10¢ Per Ton Discount Volume Buying SY ‘ HOG CHOLERA BETTER FARMING LIFE INSURANCE FIRE & WINDSTORM HAIL INSURANCE CONTROL SerumService Lower Production Costs- Help Save 54 +.°§. per*1000. INSURANCE ar cost $|0. Per Thousand Less at a saving - Home Vaccination and counsel of Farm Adviser in the Farmers Mutual Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD August, 1931 Is Farm Organization Worth the Cost? A Radio Address By George Thiem, Station WMAQ, Chicago, July 28. Fok more than 10 years now Illinois . farmers have had an opportunity to judge the results of their organized efforts in the County Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Association. Is or- ganization worth the cost? Do the re- turns justify the $15 a year the member invests in his Farm Bureau, county, state, and national? Organized middlemen who just now are engaged in collecting $25 per year contributions for four years to fight co-operative marketing, would like to answer this question for the farmer. They are specifically advising him to abandon his organized efforts, drop his farm organizations, confine his activi- ties to making two blades of grass grow where one grew before. That seems to be the end and aim of all their advice. Will the farmer follow it? I believe not, judging from the history of organi- zation and its accomplishments in IIli- nois during the last decade. How Maintained That Illinois farmers have clung to their state agricultural association more than 60,000 strong through the worst and longest depression in the history of American agriculture is well known to informed people. Mind you the organi- zation has been maintained not by high- powered salesmen, not by artisans skilled in extracting contributions for doubt- ful ventures, but by the members them- selves who every three years voluntarily go out and ask their neighbors to stand together in a worthy cause. What has influenced the decision of such a large number to stick to their organization year after year? There must be a rea- son. Let us see. The County Farm Bureau in Illinois was organized back in 1912 chiefly to help farmers with their production prob- lems. The opening of the World War gave the movement a powerful stimu- lus. “Food will win the war” became our national battle cry. Food prices rose rapidly. The Farm Bureau bent its efforts toward stimulating production, making two blades grow where one grew before. Europe was out of production. Farmers there laid down their imple- ments of production and went to the battle front. Besides her own people, American farmers were called upon to feed the warring nations. The I. A. A. Organized The great conflict destroyed the eco- nomic balance of the world. Post-war deflation set in. Agriculture felt the effects of the drastic readjustment more than any other major industry. Euro- STRENGT 4 pean nations were deeply in debt, had little buying power left. Our food ex- ports rapidly declined. Farm production in Europe and other countries arose. The American farmer became troubled with surpluses. The protective tariff on farm products didn’t help any under such conditions. It was natural for Illinois farmers, therefore, to turn to organi- zation to solve the problems arising be- yond their line fences. The Illinois Agri- cultural Association was the result. One of the first problems that drew farmers’ attention was taxation. Farm land valuations had started their long decline following the war. With lower prices for grain and other crops in 1921-22 taxes became exceedingly bur- densome. The lower values were not being fully reflected in assessed valua- tions. The I. A. A. requested a hearing before the Illinois Tax Commission. It was granted. For the first time in his- tory Illinois farmers were represented before such a body along with the rail- roads, manufacturers, public utilities, and other groups. Facts were presented to the State Tax Commission showing that assessed valu- ations were still far too high. The upshot of the hearing was that land valuations from 1921-22 were reduced a total of $181,000,000. As a result Illinois farmers paid $1,072,050 less taxes in 1923 than they would have paid had valuations not been adjusted. Since then repeated cuts have been ob- tained both for state and county tax purposes. $22.79 Per Farm For 1931 the effect of this early work both before the State Tax Com- mission and before many county boards of review was to reduce Illinois farm land taxes a total of $4,900,000 less than farmers would have paid had the high valuations of previous years not been reduced. This service alone meant an average saving of $22.79 on each of the 215,000 farms in Illinois for 1931. During and following the war the cost of processing and distributing farm products had increased enormous- ly. Farmers learned that they were getting less than one-third of the con- sumer’s dollar. They were selling on a world market because of their surplus production, and buying on a protected market. They were selling wholesale and buying retail. To make the tariff effective on farm products brought on the movement to pass the McNary-Haugen bill. Co- operative marketing likewise was turned to as a means of helping farmers obtain a satisfactory price for their products. The Illinois Agricultural Association became prominently identified in these organized efforts. Livestock Selling Agencies As a result co-operative producer- owned and controlled livestock selling agencies were organized on all of the larger terminal markets. Farmers had learned that a half dozen buyers work- ing together have all the advantage over 75 to 100 unorganized sellers when it comes to making prices. Today where the co-operative live- stock selling associations are handling a comparatively large percentage of mar- ket receipts at the terminals they are having a wholesome influence in getting all, the market affords for the farmer’s livestock. The Producers co-operatives are giving the farmer a voice in the market. During the past nine years one Producer commission association alone has refunded more than a million dol- lars of commission charges to farmer patrons. Two others serving Illinois livestock shippers have refunded annu- ally 25 per cent of their commission charges. .Aid to Dairymen In 10 years the County Farm Bu- reaus and the I. A.A. together have organized close to 85 per cent of the whole milk producing territory of the state. If these dairy co-operatives added only 10 cents per cwt. net to the whole milk sold in Illinois annually, the in- creased return would be more than $3,000,000. But these co-operatives have done far better than this. A. D. Lynch, dairy marketing direc- tor for the I. A. A., said in his report for 1929: “The members of the Pure Milk Association in Illinois who sup- ply the Chicago and tributary fluid milk markets received approximately $1,600,000 more during 1929 for their milk than they received during the years preceding their organization.” It is dif- ficult even to estimate the value of organized effort represented by these co- operative dairy associations now oper- ating in Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria, Springfield, Decatur, Quincy, Rock Island, Rockford, Champaign, Bloom- ington, and other points. Pe a4 ¥ ae sh wt! t tk hs, < ae - Seah ae AUR ie irke Ane ie a A eds Ay Pock vet aos aioe: ES tee eee | TR Lard oe iat ith (gece nee See August, 1931 More for Butterfat _More than 65 co-operative produce associations or cream pools have im- proved and equalized local butterfat prices throughout Illinois. In many lo- calities local butterfat prices were raised 3 to § cents per pound following this organized effort. The big job ahead for these co-operative units is to get Illi- nois cream producers to turn out a higher quality product so Illinois butter may compete with the high quality butter coming from the states to the north. The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange during the past nine years has done more to advertise and standardize IIli- nois peaches, apples and other fruits and vegetables than had been done in the previous fifty years. =| == —_ at EQUALITY OF Now Grain Marketing Illinois farmers have worked hard against bitter opposition in getting their co-operative grain marketing agencies established in the terminal markets. Their early efforts in this field never got past the organization stage, but today it is a different story. Illinois farmers now have their own selling agency, the Illinois Grain Corporation, in which more than 70 local farmers’ elevators and co-operative grain com- panies are co-operating. Still less than a year old this terminal co-operative affliated with the National Grain Cor- poration handled more than 3,000,000 bushels of grain in its first six months of operation. Farmers are determined to give co- operative marketing of grain a fair trial and judge for themselves whether or not organized selling can produce bene- fits in this as in other commodities. Farmers Are Represented Today the Illinois farmer is as well represented before legislative and rate- making bodies as other organized groups. When rate increases or other regulations are proposed the Commerce Commission hears the farmer’s side of the case from his own representatives. There has never been a major increase in freight rates in Illinois since the Illinois Agricultural Association began operating on its pres- ent basis in 1919. There have been a number of important reductions to save farmers thousands of dollars on their freight bills. Had the Commerce Com- mission granted the increase in live- stock rates asked by the railroads two THE I. A. A. RECORD years ago which the I. A. A. vigorously opposed, freight charges to Illinois ship- pers would have been increased about $500,000 annually. Hundreds of right-of-way, power line, telephone, and rate questions were handled by the Association last year. Settlements made for the use of land in several power line and pipe line cases returned thousands of dollars to farm- ers above what they would have re- ceived without organized representation. Loss and damage and other claims col- lected by the I. A. A. Transportation Department since 1920 have aggregated $218,812.79. Approximately 1,000 such claims were handled in 1930 alone. Organized Purchasing Helps Reducing the costs of needed services and commodities, through organized buy- ing has been an outstanding achieve- ment of Illinois Farm Bureau members. A saving of $500,000 annually by farm- ers who use their own mutual insurance companies is a conservative estimate of how farmers have benefited from this service. In the companies organized by or with the aid of the I. A. A., there was in force July 1, 1931, $42,500,000 of life insurance, $43,000,000 of fire, hail, and windstorm insurance, and approxi- mately 26,000 cars and trucks valued at more than $16,750,000. The life in- surance service saved its policyholders more than $250,000 on the initial cost alone, in addition to the liberal divi- dends declared one year earlier than the contracts provide. An additional $200,000 is saved by I. A. A. auto in- surance policyholders based on current rates in effect in the next low cost state-wide company. This means an annual saving of $13.53 to Farm Bu- reau members on a full coverage policy on a low-priced car. Farmers are pro- tecting their crops against hail at a third less than the going rates charged by private agencies—saving $10 per $1,000. $38.68 Per Member With the advent of power-driven machinery, the farmer has become a large buyer of petroleum products. Here also co-operation has been turned to good account. Farm Bureau members are saving through organized buying of gasoline, kerosene, lubricating oils and greases hundreds of thousands of dollars annually, while getting superior prod- ucts bought on their own specifications to meet their special needs. The McLean County Farm Bureau reports that 1,580 county Farm Bureau members last year received patronage refund checks representing savings on their gasoline ‘and ‘oil bills averaging $38.68 per member—a total of $64,000 —more than twice the cost of the Farm Page Eleven Bureau in that county. Savings to members on purchases of agricultural limestone, rock phosphate, hog cholera serum, home vaccination, and other commodities and _ services which influence the cost of production need only be mentioned. The individual counsel of the farm adviser in pro- duction problems, the many and varied projects including 4-H clubs, social and recreational activities are benefits some members would not do without. The Problems Ahead While organized effort has paid big returns on the investment, some of the most vexing problems lie ahead. Price inequalities, excessive distribution costs remain with us. The need for tax reform, for replacing the antiquated general property tax with a system of taxation based on ability to pay is every- where recognized. That the Illinois Agri- cultural Association has brought this question to the fore in Illinois is a tribute to the constructive efforts of organized farmers. Some day taxation based on incomes will be the accepted plan for deriving revenue to operate governments here as it is in more pro- gressive states and countries. Ability to pay will be the yard stick for exacting taxes. When that day comes the IIli- nois farmer along with owners of real estate in town and city who bear 80 to 90 per cent of the tax load will be re- lieved of a grievous and unfair burden. The answer to the question, “Is farm organization worth the cost?” is given by farmers themselves. In one day last June nearly 1,700 McLean county farm- ers indicated their satisfaction with their organization by renewing their Farm Bureau memberships for a new three- year period. Similar records were made in DeKalb, Tazewell, LaSalle, and scores of other counties. Illinois farmers are proud of their organization and what it has done-for them. They have stood by it when corn was 35 cents a bushel, wheat 40 cents, and hogs $6. They will continue to do so because they know they are living in a world of organi- zation where one man can do nothing alone. W. L. Cope, I. A. A. director from the 23rd district, represented the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion at the annual meeting of the Egyptian Seed Growers’ Exchange at Flora on July 14. Page Twelve Ground rock phosphate made the difference in this field of clover. With rock phosphate the yield was 8,100 pounds per acre; without phosphate 1,600 pounds, a difference of 6,500 pounds or 3% tons. The soil was sandy loam. Ground Rock Phosphate—Avn Investment That Pays Big Returns HESE are times when every farmer must lower his cost of production. The yield per acre is the most important factor in per bushel or per ton costs. The quality of the grain, whether or not it matures before frost, may make the difference between profit and loss. Perhaps phos- phorus is all your soil needs to greatly increase its yielding capacity. No investment pays such a large return as ground rock phosphate (also called lime phos- phate) correctly applied on soil which needs it. Even at current low prices rock phosphate has paid a return of more than 300 per cent in one crop rotation period. Increased Yield 20-30 Bu. H. BISSELL, Iroquois county, Illinois, . says: “Rock phosphate has increased our crops 20 to 30 bushels per acre.” Sam Stadler, Ford county, Illinois, says: ‘Have @@ The 1. A.A. Is a Service Organization @ used about 150 tons of your phosphate with good results. Matures corn 10 days earlier than where we did not use it. It makes two stalks of clover grow where one grew before.” Shuman Farms, Moultrie county, Illinois, re- ports: ‘“The corn on the phosphated land yielded 46.1 bushels per acre, while that in the same field, but without phosphate, yielded only 34.9 bushels per acre. These. results were better than we antici- pated considering the dry season.” More For Your Money O PHOSPHATIC fertilizer gives so much usable phosphorus per dollar of cost as ground rock phosphate. Organized buying power enables Farm Bureau members in Illinois to buy ground rock phosphate at less cost than others. The I. A. A. analyses on each carload guarantees reliable quality and equitable price. | Ask your county farm adviser for details. August, 1931 August, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Accident Prevention Drive Scheduled for September 43 Farm Bureaus Already Com- mitted to Organize Safety Clubs LLINOIS Farm Bureaus are again set- ting a precedent by being the. first Farm Bureaus in the United States to put on an automobile accident preven- tion campaign, states V. Vaniman of the insurance dept. ' Forty-three Farm Bureaus have ap- pointed accident pre- vention committees to have charge of county campaigns to be held during the month of September. The Illinois Agricul- tural Association will present a silver lov- ing cup to the county putting on the best campaign. Although the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company has been able to keep its assessments lower than competing companies on account of the low number of accidents among Farm Bureau members, this campaign is ex- pected to reduce the number still more. The company is now saving its mem- bers more than $200,000 per year on the cost of their auto insurance, accord- ing to Vaniman.. “It pays out nearly $200,000 a year for accidents. A little united work on auto accident preven- tion would reduce losses by at least $50,000, saving this much more for the members.” The Illinois Farm Bureau Safety Club has been organized to sponsor safer driving. Any Farm Bureau mem- ber may join and will receive an em- blem for his windshield and a little folder on auto accident prevention. No fees are required for membership. V. Vaniman Accidents to Farm Employees Reported The Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Co. reports that a total of 1,749 employers’ liability insurance _ policies have been issued to date. Fifty appli- cations were received in July. Recent accidents reported include: Cook County—Hired man plowing corn turned at end of field—reached for lever on plow; lever flew up striking his glasses and causing cut above eye on frontal bone. Warren County—Riding horseback rounding up hogs; horse’s feet slipped from under him on a slope—horse fell on hired man’s leg causing a length NOTICE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSN. ELECTION OF DELEGATES ™ OTICE is hereby given that in connec- tion with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the month of September, 1931, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agri- cultural Association shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Agricultural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meeting or any special meeting of Association, in~ cluding the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Asso- ciation. During September annual meetings will be held in Christian, Jefferson and Wayne counties, Signed: G. E. Metzcer, Secretary. Aug. 15, 1931. wise fracture of the large bone between the knee and ankle. DuPage County — Was sticking hay fork into a load of hay when the team on rope started; he lost his bal- ance, caught hold of rope and hand went into pulley; fingers bruised and cut. DeKalb County—Hired man was endeavoring to pick cherries; limb of tree gave way and he fell to the ground spraining his right wrist. McLean County—Hired man was lifting a pig. He lost his balance and fell striking his arm against the tin window of a pig brooder house, cut- ting a gash half way between wrist and elbow. Lightning Hits Barn, Gets $1,200 Insurance Check Lightning struck the cow barn of Grover Sprouls of Georgetown (Ver- milion county) on the afternoon of July 2 resulting in a fire and the com- plete destruction of the building. Luckily Mr. Sprouls was a policyholder in the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. A check for $1,200 representing the entire amount of the insurance was mailed from the Chicago office the same day proof of loss was received. In a letter to Edward L. Dillon, gen- eral insurance agent for the Farm Bu- reau in Vermilion county, Mr. Sprouls said: “I want to express my appreciation for the prompt payment in full of the $1,200 of insurance which I carried on my barn. This check was received within six days after the barn was burned. I am very pleased to recom- mend this insurance, which I secured through the agency of the Vermilion County Farm Bureau in the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company.” Marshall-Putnam County Hit by Severe Hailstorm CROP is never safe from destruc- tion by hailstorm until after it is harvested and under a roof, Marshall- Putnam farmers learned recently. On July 20, when many farmers felt that the worst hail threats were past, a violent hailstorm swept across White- field township destroying crops in a strip two miles wide. At the farm of Lawrence Turner near Whitefield hall, the hail stones covered the ground four inches deep when the storm ceased. Many of them were as large as golf balls. Soybeans in this area paid the heaviest toll, which in some cases was a com- plete loss. Cabbage, beans, beets and rhubarb were beaten into the ground, leaving nothing but the stems. Corn in tassel suffered worse damage than younger corn. Three days after the storm one farmer who was not even in the main path of the hail said that his corn was completely ruined. Others were specu- lating on the possibility of the injured corn’s recovery. More than 2,100 Illinois farmers are protecting themselves against hail losses by insurance with the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company, which is owned and operated by farmers. The total amount of protection in force exceeds $2,500,000. Country Life Gains in °31 Business Over ’30 EGAL reserve life insurance in force in the United States now totals $115,000,000,000, according to L. A. Williams, manager, Country Life Insurance Co. This is twice the value of all farm lands in America, three times the value of all the homes, six times the total value of all the automobiles in use, and almost one-third the value of all the tangible property in the United States. “It represents nearly $1,000 per per- son, an average of more than $3,000 per family, including all races and classes. For families of the middle class, which would include most of the policy hold- ers in the Country Life Insurance Com- pany, the average is much higher tha this,” says Mr. Williams. Country Life already has $43,000,- 000 in life insurance in force. While the total amount of life insurance writ- ten in the United States during the first half of 1931 shows a decline of 12.3 per cent as compared with the same period last year, the business of Coun- try Life shows an increase. Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD August, 1931 ARGS ue aes Sa o nes we JSS Rr ae = Madam, Your Husband Allowed His Policy to Lapse a Year Ago 35,000 People Died Last Year After They Had Lapsed Their Life Insurance Policies EEP your life insurance in force. That’s the only way you can secure its benefits. When you lapse your policy you lose money, and your dependents lose the protection they ought to have. Sacrifice almost everything to pay your life insurance pre- miums. Every payment increases the cash value of your policy— insures that your family will be protected if: you suddenly pass away. Will Rogers says: “I am putting my money into insurance as that’s one thing I know is safe. Remember when you were a kid how hard it was to take the plunge in the creek on a cold day? Well, that’s like paying an insurance premium. It takes time for some folks to make up their mind to mail the check, but after it’s mailed the feeling’s fine.” For fall information see your County Farm Bureau or write COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 608 SOUTH DEARBORN STREET _..’ - - - - CHICAGO id 4% os ss at 527 Auto Applications Received During July Accident Prevention Campaign Is Big Project in September A UTOMOBILE insurance applications in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co. up to the first of August total 29,153, for the month of July 527. The 10 high counties last month in the number of applications received were McLean, Cook, DeKalb, St. Clair, Lake, Will, Kane, Livingston, Stephenson and LaSalle. The leading counties in auto insur- ance applications for the past year were Cook, Champaign, Livingston, White- side, Lake and McLean. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A. in co-operation with the Illinois Agricultural Mutual, county advisers, and general agents, will direct an accident prevention campaign during the month of September. Vani- man announces that 49 counties had appointed special committees to work on the project by the first of August. Safety Club The Illinois Farm Bureau Safety club will be organized as part of the program of reducing the number of accidents. Since the payment of losses takes a large percentage of the semi-annual premiums collected from policyholders, a substan- tial reduction in accidents will assist the company in holding down assessments and perhaps even lowering them if re- sults justify such action. A silver loving cup will be awarded by the Illinois Agricultural Association to the county Farm Bureau putting over the best auto accident campaign during September. The second prize will be a banner. Damages Reported ? From Gas Pipe Line Damage claims against the Conti- nental Pipe Line Company reported by Farm Bureau members from Henry, Kendall, and Will counties are in process of settlement, reports the I. A. A. Transportation Department. This is a natural gas pipe line run- ning east and west through northern Illinois. In some cases the company found it necessary to go through hills and throw up large piles of earth. Sub- soil consisting largely of clay was leeched and washed down to adjoining fields where considerable damage was done to crops. In Will county a number of members reported damages to onion set beds. The company has announced that it will settle all claims soon after the line be- gins operating in the fall. August, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen pind #§HHtGiHCO == ______—_———————_____ The Peoria Producers recently de- clared a 30% commission refund. Com- missions to McLean county shippers va- ried from small amounts to as much as $20, totaled more than $1,100, reports the Farm Bureau. I. A. A. Offers Aid in Bureau Telephone Case W. R. Soverhill, president, and W. F. Black, vice-president of the Bureau County Farm Bureau, Farm Adviser W. W. Wilson, and B. L. Hudson of Wya- net, conferred with L. J. Quasey and Donald Kirkpatrick of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association in Chicago, Aug. 6, regarding the increase in telephone rates of the Illinois Allied Telephone Co. The Farm Bureau and the I. A. A. will back the committee representing 6,500 local subscribers in requesting a rehearing of the case before the Illinois Commerce Commission. The recent drastic increase in rates, the organized subscribers in both town and county contend, was not justified. They assert that the book value of the telephone property has been greatly in- flated, and that the old rates gave the company an adequate return on the in- vestment. In the meantime approximately 3,000 Bureau. county subscribers have had their telephones removed because of the unwillingness to pay the higher rates. In the town of Wyanet nearly all the merchants as well as farmers in the neighboring community had _ their phones removed. Banker Pleased with I. A. A. Auto Insurance That prompt settlement of claims is one of the best friend-makers any in- surance company can have is the prin- ciple upon which the Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual Insurance Company oper- ates, according to A. E. Richardson, manager. A letter from Guy Wolf, president of the Exchange State Bank at Lanark, Carroll county, Illinois, confirms this position. Mr. Wolf writes to acknowl- edge the receipt of a check in payment for damages to his car in an accidental collision. “IT am very well pleased with the manner in which you handled this mat- ter,” he said. “I wish to thank you and assure you that the settlement is satis- factory. I count myself lucky that I had insurance covering damages to my car and personal injury.” New Record Established In Co-Op. Oil Purchases A new yearly record in the co-opera- tive purchase of petroleum products by Illinois farmers will have been estab- lished in the 12 month period closing the end of August, announces L. R. Marchant, manager of the Illinois Farm Supply Company. The total gallonage of petroleum products handled during the fiscal year ending August 31 will exceed 30,000,000. Substantial gains have been made in all lines of merchandise handled. The increase was due partly to new county companies established during the year and to general expansion by all of the 45 associated companies. At a recent meeting of the managers and directors of the associated com- panies a goal of 1,000,000 gallons of motor oil for 1932 was established. There are 847 farmer owned and controlled oil companies operating in the United States, according to a re- cent government report. These com- panies represent an investment of around $5,922,000. They handled an estimated 350,000,000 gallons of pe- troleum products during their last fiscal years and the average patronage refund to the member was 14.9 per cent. This co-operative service established by farmers represents an effort to cut their production costs, to get away from buying everything retail while selling their products wholesale. Blue Grass | Co-Op. Formed in Kentucky Kentucky farmers, who have pro- vided several dramatic pages of co- operative history in connection with tobacco, are adding another page. This summer they are netting $1.00 instead of 50 cents a pound for blue grass seed—without increase of cost to consumers—due to the fact that they have assumed full charge of cleaning and merchandising their crop. Growers of 1,500,000 bushels of seed, 85 per cent of the state’s production, accomplished this achievement through organization of the Kentucky Blue Grass Seed Growers Co-operative Asso- ciation, at Winchester. Contracts were made with three of the most reliable seed concerns in the state to handle, clean and sell as agents for the associa- tion at a fixed charge of 13 to 15 cents a bushel. Sales have been made from $1.18 to $1.36 in contrast to prices of 25 to 35 cents for green seed received by farmers earlier in the season before the co-operative was formed. Similar co-operatives are being formed in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kan- sas where blue grass seed is also grown. Page Sixteen Red Top Seed Buyers Try to Imitate Pool Seek to Fill Up Warehouses with Seed on Consignment to Collect Storage Fees LD line dealers in southern Illinois are attempting to imitate the red top pool which operates through the Egyptian Seed Growers’ Exchange at Flora, according to information re- ceived by the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation. A well known seed house at Ol- ney recently sent out a new pooling proposition to boxholders on rural routes throughout the red top terri- tory as follows: “We offer our facilities to ALL growers of red top. We operate a PUB- LIC STORAGE WAREHOUSE and can give you a negotiable warehouse receipt covering same. Your seed re- mains intact and is NOT MIXED WITH OTHER LOTS OF RED TOP. and you. can _ sell WHEN YOU PLEASE. “WE WILL AD- VANCE YOU 9 CENTS PER POUND against your red top and you can sell it when your judgment tells you it is the best time to sell. THIS GIVES YOU MANY OF THE AD- VANTAGES OF BE- LONGING TO A RED TOP POOL and many others besides as the seed remains yours and you sell it when you get ready. Interest and Storage “There is a very nominal interest and storage charge. You can get your bags for red top from the SEED COM- PANY and at their buying stations.” Manager James of the Egyptian Seed Growers’ Exchange comments on the above letter as follows: “You will note that the company states ‘We will ad- vance you 9 cents a pound against your red top seed.’ Also ‘This gives you many of the advantages of belonging to a red top pool and many others.’ The company thereby acknowledges that the red top pool offers advantages to the farmer. “The company further states “There is a very nominal interest and storage charge.’ If the farmers are going to pool their seed, why not pool it in their own organization? “I believe the reason for the above proposition being circulated is due to the unsettled market condition of red top and blue grass and the old line deal- THE I. A. A. RECORD ers are not willing to stand the load’ of a further decline in the price of seed. They want the farmer to carry this risk and, if-the-price drops below’ 9 cents per pound, the farmer will refund this difference to them together with the very nominal interest charge.” Do You Ship Farm Produce Parcel Post? One of the most recent develop- ments in agricultural marketing has been the increased use of parcel post as a connecting link between producer and consumer. At the present time the Post Office Department at Washington is attempting to further increase the sale of farm products by this method. The Post Office has written the I. A. A. asking for names of those who have tried this method of marketing. If you have had experience marketing by par- cel post, write the Post Office Dept., Washington, D. C., and give them the benefit of your suggestions. Ask to Have Agent Continued at Hermon The Knox County Farm Bureau and the [Illinois Agricultural Association entered a plea before the Illinois Com- merce Commission on July 30 for con- tinuation of the station agent at Her- mon by the Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. H. E. Gehring, C. M. Hunter and E. U. Shumaker of the Knox County Farm Bureau, and Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., gave reasons why the agency service should be maintained. The Knox County Farm Bureau oil company has a bulk plant at this point. The co-operative and numerous live- stock shippers in the surrounding ter- ritory would be considerably incon- venienced if the station agent were withdrawn. Evidence presented to the Commis- sion revealed that the income of the railroad at this station had averaged ap- August, 1931 Macon County Supply Co. Builds New Bulk Plant ONSTRUCTION of a new bulk oil plant at Lodge, Piatt county, is now complete, making four plants owned by the Macon County Supply Company, which serves Piatt and Ma- con county farmers. “Contrary to those skeptics who have said that we could not compete with other oil companies on the low margin of profit existing today in the petroleum industry, we want to emphatically state that the Macon County Supply Company can and is making a profit,” declared Manager Hugh Jackson. “The audit for the first six months of our fiscal year showed a substantial profit for that period. Naturally the profit is not as great as it has been in the past, but unless the margin is great- ly reduced during the balance of the year, there will be a nice profit at the end of the year. “Last year our patronage refund paid to Farm Bureau mem- bers in the two coun- ties averaged $15.42 or more than enough to pay the Farm Bureau membership dues. Prac- tically half our busi- ness comes from non- members, who buy from us only because they found our SER- VICE petroleum prod- ucts the most satisfac- tory to use. Warehouse of Egyptian Seed Growers’ Exchange, Flora, Ill. Vaccinates His Own Pigs, Saves $144 on 720 Head A. T. Sumner of Stockland, Iroquois county, reports a saving of $144 on pig vaccinations this year through the use of Farm Bureau serum and virus. He vaccinated 720 head of hogs at a sav- ing of 20 cents a head. He reports that not a single hog was lost on account of the vaccination and that he is well pleased with this Farm Bureau service. proximately $5,000 annually during the past four years, and that only dur- ing the first half of this year because of the depression have receipts showed a decline. The fact that livestock growers around Hermon and other points in Knox county are not feeding as many cattle this year as usual accounts for part of the decline in the railroad’s business. At the close of the hearing the Commission took the case under advisement. — — August, 1931 Sam Thompson Talks to Home Folks at Old Salem Reviews Economic Situation, Tells How Farmers Can Help Selves By Working Together HE influence of world economic and political conditions on Amer- ican farm prices, a review of the agri- cultural situation in this country, the government’s national program for agri- culture through the Marketing Act, the farmer’s opportunity for better bar- gaining power through co-operative marketing, and the achievements of Illinois farmers in this field were dis- cussed by Sam H. Thompson, member Federal Farm Board, at the 20th dis- trict Farm Bureau picnic, Old Salem, Menard county, August 12. Mr. Thompson’s address was a con- structive presentation and summary of the current situation and what farm- ers can do toward improving their eco- nomic position. : “To help farmers make the necessary adjustments in production, distribution, and marketing to meet these changed conditions,” said the speaker, “‘Congress passed the Agricultural Marketing Act and created the Federal Farm Board to administer it. By this Act Congress definitely committed the government to the support of co-operative marketing as a means to help farmers help them- selves in this adjustment, the most un- paralled which they, the farmers of America, have had to make in 150 years. “Making these adjustments for Amer- ican agriculture means collective plan- ning, collective thinking, and collective working upon the supply and demand problems, production problems, and a multitude of problems connected with the economical distribution and market- ing of crops. Progress will be. made more surely and more steadily if back of the program there is a growing, co- herent and unified body of farmers’ co-operative organizations working to a common end. This should develop a program of lasting value. .. . Only Efficient Producer Can Be Helped “Through organized marketing the farmer should receive a larger part of the dollar paid by the consumer for his product. His co-operative can be of real service in helping him to plan bis next year’s operation. But the farmer must be an efficient producer to get these benefits. There is nothing that can be done to help the inefficient man who refuses. to change his methods. “Correlation of. all of our efforts, THE I. A. A. RECORD Sam H. Thompson Federal and State, with the loyalty and support of farmers, will bring about these accumulated results: adjustment of production to consumer’s demand, organized marketing in the interests of the farmer, and efficient production. It must be kept in mind that no pro- duction problem can be separated from the purely human. problem of making a decent living, which always presses severely upon the producer... . Progress of Co-Operative Marketing In Illinois “For more than 15 years the Illinois Agricultural Association has been do- ing local work in the promotion of co-operative marketing in the state of Illinois. This organization has to its credit, as you all know, a wonderful achievement. In July, 1930, there were 970 co-operative marketing associations in Illinois. These associations had a total membership of 206,700 and dur- ing the year 1929-30 transacted busi- ness to the amount of $204,600,000, of which dairy products made up ap- proximately $38,000,0000, grain $97,- 000,000 and livestock $60,000,000. Since the creation of the Farm Board the Illinois Agricultural Association has had the Board’s assistance and co- operation in all of its work... . Co-Op. Marketing Not Magic “The advocate of co-operative mar- keting should keep in mind, in his earnest desire to help himself and his neighbors, not to over-sell co-operative marketing. He should not become so enthusiastic as to believe that co-oper- \ Page Seventeen ative marketing is a panacea for all farm ills or that it will make him rich _over night, or that sucha plan is the sort of magic by which inefficiency can be turned into efficiency, or weakness into strength, or failure into success. Co- operative marketing is only a method of doing business. Unless it can pro- duce better results than the system with which farmers are dissatisfied, it cannot hope to succeed. The results of any system or method, new or old, depend upon the efficiency of its management, the honesty and competency of its offi- cials, and the loyalty of its supporting members. Individual Farmer’s Part “In this connection, it is worth while to observe that it is the farmer’s job to set up the organization. The farm- ers who market their products through organizations must become responsible for their successful operation. Team- work between farmers and the manage- ment of their associations on one hand and the Board on the other should re- sult in the development of strong co- operatives which can and will render effective service to their members and which will become the chief factors in improving agricultural conditions. “If the individual farmer is to receive the benefits, he must become a member of his local co-operative association. Whether he joins is a matter for him to decide for himself. He should do this of his own free will after he has carefully investigated the situation as ‘to the soundness of the organization’s management and the purposes, as well as the benefits, he may secure there- from. “The American farmer must come to realize that six and one-half million farmers operating individual farm units are helpless in marketing their products unless they co-operate with their neigh- bors in local associations and these asso- ciations centralize their sales efforts in one organization. In the development of national organizations to cope with other highly organized groups, the in- dividual farmer must do his part by joining and supporting a local associa- tion affliated with the national sales agency. Know Your Friends “To farmers and to others interested in the betterment of agriculture I would suggest that they consider the facts I have recited before they swal- low other views of the situation, even if these are voiced by their unques- tioned friends. A great deal of mis- leading and even malicious propaganda is being spread, both openly and under cover, by men who are out to get some (Continued on Page 18) Page Eighteen personal advantage or generally to dis- credit the Farm Board and its efforts to help the farmers. Unfortunately, many people who have the farmers’ interests at heart have been misled by such prop- aganda. Farmers should understand that the real purpose back of this cam- paign is to block them in their efforts to organize their own marketing system. Trade Opposition “Tt is not surprising that the private marketing trade should resent the -growth of co-operative marketing and the aid which the Board has given to marketing organizations. More business to the co-operative means less to the private trade, The elimination of fluc- tuations in prices takes away the spec- ulator’s opportunity to profit from such price fluctuations. It is even natural that all those who are bitterly hostile to the Agricultural Marketing Act, the Federal Farm Board, and the national co-operative marketing program, in other commodities as well as wheat, should seek to have the Board adopt mistaken policies, particularly if these would endanger the Board’s financial position and weaken its standing. with farmers and the country. Best System Will Survive “Naturally, there will be competition between co-operative methods of sell+ ing farm products and the old methods which have been used for many years. The first reaction on the part of many of those engaged in handling farm products under the old system when the Agricultural Marketing Act became a law was that the change would be sudden, and would, therefore, jeopardize their business. You are reminded, how- ever, of the fact that any changes from one system to another necessarily will be gradual and the industry will have opportunity to adjust itself in meeting these changing conditions. Progress is always painful and the system render- ing the best service is the one that survives. Cost of Distribution “We hear a lot about the rising cost of distribution. This is not confined to agriculture alone, for it affects every line of modern economic activity. Let me quote you a statement by an out- standing authority, Roger W. Babson, issued June 14: “*The keynote to future prosperity is improvement in distribution methods. Distributors must cut costs and pass along to the consumers the saving al- ready achieved in production. Progress in production has far outstripped prog- ress in distribution. Our distribution system, because of its high cost, is still the bottle neck which prevents the free flow of mass production which gets to THE I. A. A. RECORD This business must at- tract that great potential market among the lower income classes to provide an adequate outlet for its huge producing capacity and to do this it must reduce the consumer. costs. Authorities estimate that the avoidable waste in distribution is be- tween $8,000,000,000 and $10,000,- 000,000 a year.’ “TI want you to think carefully of that statement coming from an authori- tative source, referring to the situation that confronts the industrial and busi- ness world. Industry is much better organized and, therefore, has a greater bargaining power in the sale of its products than is possible for the farm- ers, acting individually, to have. If it is necessary for business to organize to meet these situations squarely, then it certainly behooves the agricultural pro- ducers to unite their efforts to eliminate all wastes and unnecessary services be- tween the producer and the consumer.” P ices (For July based on 3.5% milk unless otherwise specified. ) Baltimore—Maryland State Dairy- men’s Assn. announces $2.84 per 100 MNGi ‘Ibs. del’d for class I basic fluid milk; f. o. b. country pt. $2.32. Class II $1.86 del’d, country pt. $1.34. Cash and carry 12c. Pittsburgh—Dairymen’s ative Sales Co. announces $2.68 del’d, $2.03 country pt. for 100 Ibs. Class I fluid. Class II $1.49 del’d, $1.10 coun- try pt. Class III surplus, butter prices (.04 cents per 1/10% butterfat). Re- tail 12c. Springfield — Producers Dairy Co. announces $1.90 for Class I basic fluid milk del’d to city. Retail 9-1/11 cents. Cash and carry 8c. Rock Island—Quality Milk Ass’n announces $1.85 per 100 Class I basic, f. o. b. country pt. Class II $1.25. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. These are the prevailing prices, but not the price agreed upon by the dealers and the Quality Milk Ass’n. Class III but- terfat price. DeKalb—Milk Consumers Ass’n an- nounces $2.32 per 100 for Class I basic fluid milk del’d. Surplus butter 92 Co-Oper-- August, 1931 score market. Retail 12c. Cash and carry llc. Chicago—Pure Milk Ass’n announces Class I basic fluid $2.32 country pt. June Class II 93c country pt. June Class III 78c country pt. Retail 13c. Cash and carry 11%c. Bloomington—McLean County Milk Producers announces Class I 38'¥%2c per Ib. butterfat. Class Ila 31.85c per |b. butterfat. Class II 28.85c per lb. but- terfat. Class III 26.35¢ per lb. butter- fat. The prices for 4% milk f. 0. b. Bloomington are: Basic milk $1.814. Surplus milk $1.395. These prices in- clude the Sc per hundred checkcff. Quincy—Quincy Co-Operative Milk Producers announces $2.20 per 100 lbs. Class I basic fluid del’d. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces $2.15 per 100 lbs. Class I basic fluid milk country pt. Class II 97c, Class III 81c. Retail 12c. Cash and carry 10-1lc. In above prices 3c checkoff has been previously deducted. Have about a 50% surplus in July. Decatur—Decatur Milk Ass’n an- nounces $2.06 for Class I basic del’d. Class II $1.45 del’d, Class III 90c del’d. Retail 10'%c. Cash and carry 8c. Pontiac — Pontiac Milk Producers Ass’n announces $1.92'%4 for Class I basic, Class II 32c per lb. butterfat. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. McLean County Producers Report July Sales The total volume of milk produced by members of the association for July, 1931, is 1,783,643 lbs. It was disposed of in the following manner: fluid milk and cream representing 616,784 lbs., milk to other dealers representing 91,- 144 lbs., manufactured milk represent- ing 872,737 lbs. and surplus milk rep- resenting 202,978 lbs. Fluid sales are off 3.85% as com- pared with June, 1931. July sales are down largely due to the summer stu- dents leaving town and the people who are on their vacation. Sales are up over 16,700 lbs. as compared with July, 1930. July production is off 18.41% as compared with June, 1931. Four hundred and fifty-three mem- bers delivered milk during July, with an average production of 126.20 Ibs. July prices for 3.5% milk f. o. b. Bloomington are: Ratic ‘milk 0. 2. oes: $1,588 Surplus milk ........... $1.220 The Mid-West Grain Corporation handled 1,063 carloads of grain in the month of July, more than 3,200 in nine months of operation. Rippers Fina ing 4 eo Beg eos eee ene a* ~ BRAS eas RS Sd “43 See ea re Published monthly by the Illinois Appli lication for transfer of second o ed cultural Association "Record, 608 in Section 412, Act of Feb, 98. pits se A a Oct, dot. 27, Troe” aaonces ‘So. ‘Dearborn Chicag: cos_9 The c*7A> ois Agricultural Association RECORD mages fanecietion ot at ed Hess 8t., 8 cer, "Ind, all Ny eoeratehilene ‘tines Acceptenc Fee wiilinw ok costal sate et tage a ce for mai at spe rate 0 For publication : Editorial Offices, rhinois Dearborn S8t., Chicago, Tl. Number 9 SEPTEMBER, 1931 Volume 9 I. A. A. Testifies Before Commerce Commission 15 Per Cent Rate Increase Would Add $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 to Grain and Livestock Freight Bill N increase of 15 per cent in freight rates on Illinois farm prod- ucts would place an additional burden of $2,500,000 to $3,000,000 annually on Illinois grain and livestock alone, President Earl C. Smith testified Sep- tember 4 before the Interstate Com- merce Commission in Chicago. ‘Anything tending to reduce the farmer’s present income would have to be taken from his capital investment, for with few exceptions almost every commodity is now being produced at a loss,’ he said. Many Witnesses The hearing on Friday, September 4, gave the farmer his day in court. Heads of the important nation-wide and mid- west farm organizations appeared as witnesses. Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion; Chas. E. Hearst of Iowa; W. H. Settle of Indiana; Chas. E. Ewing, pres- ident of the National Livestock Market- ing Association; Sen. Smith Brookhart of Iowa; C. E. Huff, president of the Farmers National Grain Corp., Chicago, and others testified before the Com- Mission. Would Add $150,000,000 In a statement released by the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation, O. W. Sandberg, director of transportation, declared that more than $150,000,000 would be added to the farmer’s annual freight bill if the increase is granted. Most of this burden would fall on the great agricultural districts of the middle west, from Illinois to the Rockies, he said. “We will admit,” Sandberg said, “that the railroads have a problem, but agriculture’s problem is vastly more aggravated and our farmers have faced it for more than a decade, while the railroads did not begin to worry until slightly more than a year ago. He presented evidence showing that during the last decade agriculture suf- fered a decline in value of $2,670 per farm, whereas during the same period the railroads were able to add about $8,000,000,000 to their book value. $21.85 on Car Corn It was shown that a carload of IIli- nois corn would call for $21.85 more freight charges if the 15-cent increase became effective. In the same way the Kansas wheat farmer would face an in- crease of $27.99 on each carload of grain shipped to America. Donald Kirk- patrick, legal counsel, and L. J. Quasey of the I. A. A. assisted in getting the evidence before the Commission. Chas. E. Ewing, president of the Na- tional Livestock Marketing Association, gave a dramatic analysis of his farm experiences in operating 2,000 acres of land in Macon and McLean counties, Illinois, uring the past 10 years. ‘On wheat, oats and corn raised this year,” said Mr. Ewing, ‘“‘the owner’s income lacks from $2 to $5 an acre of paying expenses. “The livestock industry of America is the backbone of agriculture,” he said. “Two-thirds of the agricultural lands of America produce hay and forage which .must be marketed through livestock. The livestock industry is in no position to carry an added burden. It has been bled white. This 15 per cent increase in rates would impose an additional bur- den of $14,000,000 to $15,000,000 annually for livestock to carry. Farmers National Grain Corp. Buys Mid-West Change Does Not Affect Relation of Member Farmers’ Elevators and Illinois Grain Corp. IRECTORS of the Illinois Grain Corporation meeting in a special session in Chicago, Sept. 3, voted unani- mously to approve an operating con- tract with the Farmers National Grain Corporation under which the latter will acquire through purchase the entire as- sets and personnel of the Mid-West Grain Corp., sales subsidiary of the Illi- nois regional. The transfer will become effective immediately. ‘ This action represents another step in the movement to consolidate the co- operative grain mar- keting agencies of | the country so as to F| give the grain pro- ducers of America an efficient and eco- nomical nation-wide sales organization controlling the bulk of the country’s an- nual production. Through its per- sonnel, the Mid- West Grain Corpora- tion holds memberships on the Chicago Board of Trade, the St. Louis Mer- chant’s Exchange, and the Peoria Board of Trade. In addition to its main office at 608 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, the Mid-West has branch offices in St. Louis, Peoria, Decatur, Jacksonville and Pontiac, Illinois. Organized less than a year agg to handle and sell the grain deliveret the 71 Illinois farmers’ elevators and co-operative grain companies holding membership in the Illinois Grain Corp., the Mid-West Grain Corporation de- veloped rapidly, handling more than 3,000 cars of grain during its first six months of operation. Its largest month was in July this year when a total of (Continued on page 4, column 1) Cc. P. Cummings Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD September, 1931 1,063 cars of grain were sold. “The Mid-West Grain Corp. was formed to provide a grain marketing __service for Illinois growers before the. Farmers, National had fully developed its sales ‘service,”? commented Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association, which has sponsored the co-operative grain marketing move- ment in Illinois. “Developments during the past year have been such that the best interests of Illinois grain producers will be served by centralizing their sales efforts in the Farmers National in the interest of effi- ciency and economy. “The need of the hour in this move- ment is co-operation between the co- operatives. The only justification for farm organization of any kind is the service it can render the man on the farm. And we in Illinois as in other states are doing our utmost to consoli- date and co-ordinate the forces working for the ultimate benefit of the agricul- tural industry.” “The sale of the Mid-West Grain ‘Corporation will not in any way affect the relation of farmers’ elevators hold- ing membership in the Illinois Grain Corporation,” explained G. C. John- stone of Bloomington, president of the latter organization and a member of the board of directors of the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corp. “We will continue as the regional member of the Farmers National for the state building up the volume of Illinois grain handled through co-operative channels. “The larger sales organization with its personnel and contacts reaching out into all the principal markets of the country and beyond is equipped to give Illinois grain producers and their local elevators the most efficient service and the highest possible price for their grain.” Charles P. Cummings, general mana- ger of the Mid-West, becomes vice- president and sales manager of the Illi- nois Grain Corporation under the change. Mr. Cummings will continue to represent the interests of farmer ele- vator members of the Illinois Grain Corporation in the sale of their grain by and through the Farmers National Grain Corporation. Harrison Fahrnkopf Weds Harrison Fahrnkopf, director of grain marketing for the I. A. A. dur- ing the past four years, and formerly farm adviser in McLean county, was _ married on July 4 to Miss Gwendolyn Large of Flora, Illinois, who had been employed as office secretary by the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange. Mr. and Mrs. Fahrnkopf have estab- lished their home in Bloomington. I, A. A. MARKETING EXHIBIT AT ILLINOIS STATE AND AURORA FAIRS ee volume of Illinois farm prod- ucts including livestock, milk and produce, grain, fruit, soybeans and red top sold through co-operative channels is illustrated in the above exhibit shown by the I. A. A. at the Illinois State and Aurora Fairs last month. This exhibit as well as the general I. A. A. exhibit was used also at a number of county fairs including Mercer, Henry, Jersey and Richland. : The exhibit reveals that nearly 22,000 carloads or approximately 20 per cent of Illinois livestock were marketed co- operatively through the Producer agen- cies at Chicago, St. Louis, Peoria, In- dianapolis and Springfield .in 1930. Patronage refunds on commissions have averaged $100,000 yearly to Illinois livestock shippers who patronize their own agencies. Nearly 3,000,000,000 pounds of milk were sold co-operatively in 13 organ- ized milk sheds in Illinois last year. If the collective bargaining and co-opera- tive marketing operations carried on by these milk selling organizations in- creased the price to dairymen only 10 cents per cwt. their income would be raised approximately $3,000,000. Last year approximately 5,000,000 pounds of butterfat were sold co-opera- tively to 24 contracting creameries. This v-lume of cream came from 58 co-operative produce associations in 32 counties. The Illinois Grain Corporation with 71 member farmers’ elevators repre- sents an annual volume of 12,000,000 bushels of grain. The sales subsidiary, the Mid-West Grain Corporation, han- dled 3,000,000 bushels of grain during its first six months of operation. Daily bids and services are given from the main office at Chicago and the five branch offices at St. Louis, Peoria, Jack- sonville, Decatur and Pontiac. The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange with 48 member associations handled approximately 1,500 cars of fruits and vegetables last year. The Soybean Marketing Association which has approximately 2,900 mem- bers, marketed co-operatively in 1930 1,150,000 bushels of soybeans. The es- timated increase in returns to growers approximated $172,500. Seventeen hundred members of the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange in southeastern Illinois pooled approxi- mately 1,000,000 pounds of red top seed through their co-operative, bene- fiting not only the members of the Ex- change, but also non-members. Corn for Coal A Denison, Iowa, dispatch to the press says: ‘“Burn-a-bushel-of-corn-a- day clubs will be formed in this part of Iowa in the fall if present plans ma- terialize. Corn has excellent heating qualities and is selling for $3 a ton less than coal, farmer proponents of the plan“say. It is proposed to eliminate the surplus with the hope of increasing the price of corn 25 cents a bushel.” “The August issue of the I. A. A. RECORD for 1931 appealed to me as one of the best publications up to date. It contains from cover to cover material that every Farm Bureau member, as well as non- members, should know. “Every department was well rep- resented with timely facts showing the reasons why everyone should be Farm Bureau members during the depression. “Wishing you success for bigger and better publications.” R. G. Stewart, Manager, Champaign County Service Co. Edgar Markham, assistant to the chairman of the Federal Farm Board and director of press relations, visited the I. A. A. offices on Aug. 17. Bi ba 4 at, 6a ONS RS Ld —_ ..0 Me 0 Pnncg e September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Then: Visit Farm Bureau ~ Tent at Illinois State Fair Country Life Queen Contest Feature of Farm Bureau Day EARLY a thousand Farm Bureau members and their guests assem- bled in the Farm Bureau headquarters’ tent at the Illinois State Fair, Friday, August 28. The principal attraction of the day was the style show and beauty contest held early in the afternoon. Miss Fran- ces Johnston, a pretty 17-year-old Law- renceville high school girl, was crowned Country Life Queen, winning over nine other contestants, all of whom had placed first in their respective county contests. Miss Johnston, height five feet, weight 104 pounds, is an attractive, blue-eyed brunette with dark chestnut hair. She is an accomplished elocution- ist. Miss Johnston has been appearing on public programs since she was eight years of age, and has given readings over a number of radio stations. The prize of $75 in gold was presented by Senator Simon E. Lantz of Congerville, chair- man of the Committee of Judges. Second Prize $25 Miss Dorothy Roberts of Champaign county, a University of Illinois co-ed, was awarded the second prize of $25 in gold. Miss Roberts has been active in 4-H Club work as a member and leader in her home county for a number of years. She is 20 years old, five feet four inches in height, and weighs 126 pounds. Her favorite sports are swim- ming and tennis. The other contestants, all attractive girls and winners of their respective county contests, were Eleanor Fer- guson, Henry county; Helen Phillips, Macon county; Ida I. Eppel, McHenry county; Helen Kolmer, Monroe county; _ Elizabeth Meyer, Morgan county; Sarah Biederbeck, Stark county; Elaine Plott, Union county; and Helen Homann, Ef- fingham county. The girls were judged on the follow- ing qualities: grace, poise, simplicity and attractiveness of dress, charm, in- telligence, self-possession, vivaciousness as well as physical .characteristics. The contest was staged in a pretty setting on a platform erected for the occasion in front of the colorful I. A. A. exhibits. Each girl was required to mount the platform, walk from one end to the other slowly keeping time with the orchestral music. Each was required to bow, smile and address the judges and Miss Frances Johnston, who was crowned Country Life Queen, at State Fair on Farm Bureau Day winning over nine other contestants, audience as follows: “How do you do, Honorable Judges, Ladies and Gentle- men. I am delighted to be here and glad to see you.” The girls all were attractively but simply dressed. Each carried bright gold-colored canes with ribbons bearing the name of the county which they represented. Judges of the contest were Senator Simon E. Lantz of Congerville; G. C. Johnstone, Bloomington; L. W. Taylor, manager St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield; Prof. Stewart of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky; and Dwight Hart, Taylor- ville. After the crowning of the queen each of the contestants came to the platform to congratulate her. President Earl C. Smith had previously introduced and presented the judges to the audience. The facilities at the Farm Bureau headcuarters’ tent were enjoyed by thousands of members and fair visitors throughout the week. The I. A. A. ex- hibits which were more elaborate than usual illustrated the entire I. A. A.- Farm Bureau program in Illinois. The co-operative marketing exhibit attracted wide attention. It included an_ electrically-driven train which as it moved over a relief map of Illinois, illustrated where the principal farm products are grown over the state. A series of vertical maps of Illinois formed the background. These were illuminated by lights flashing on and off telling the story of the volume of different farm commodities sold co- operatively. Grain, livestock, fluid milk, produce, soybeans, and red top were represented. Visualizes Services The general I. A. A. exhibit illus- trated the entire Farm Bureau-I. A. A. program. The display artist visualized attractively and effectively the different services made possible to Farm Bureau members through organized effort. Col- ored paper cut-outs mounted in a series of 16 cases electrically lighted from the rear told the story. White letters on theatrical gauze screens across the front of each individual exhibit told the story of each project. \ The Illinois Farm Supply Company had an interesting exhibit in the tent playing up SERVICE petroleum prod- ucts; C. W. Ward, sales representative, was in charge. The Sangamon county 4-H Clubs were represented in one cor- ner of the tent with a pop and lunch stand which served hundreds of visitors throughout the week. The attendance at the Fair this year was below normal, although the exhibits of livestock and attractions were equal to, if not better, than in former years. During the morning and afternoon the I. A. A. public address system was on hand to entertain the visiting crowds passing through the tent with march and dance music. The new record car- trying a 12-minute address by President Earl C. Smith was broadcast through the public address system both morning and afternoon. It received much favor- able comment by those who listened. In answer to requests by many who asked for copies of the address it is re- produced in this issue of the RECORD. “I wish to congratulate you upon your splendid article: ‘Is Farm Or- ganization Worth the Effort?’ ap- pearing in the August issue of the Dairyman’s Journal. The cartoon on page eight of the same maga- zine is exactly the kind of adver- tising that gets over with the pros- pect.” O. D. Brissenden, Livingston county, Illinois. Page Six 2,000 at Paxton AXTON, IIl., August 25.—Farm Bureau-members~who-are~not lined up with their co-operatives are stand- ing in the way of progress just as much as non-members, de- clared Larry Wil- | liams, manager of | Country Life Insur- ance Company, be- |} fore 2,000 Ford county farmers at the county Farm Bureau picnic here today. A. B. Scho- field, I. A. A. direc- tor, and Farm Ad- viser Purnell had an excellent program arranged. “Some Farm Bureau members ought to wear labels so people could tell they are members,” Mr. Williams said. “‘No one could ever tell it by the way they act.” Representative Gus J. Johnson, speak- ing in behalf of the Association of Commerce, welcomed the Farm Bureau members to Paxton. He paid tribute to the legislative committee of the I. A. A. for the way it has functioned at Spring- field. “The legislative committee of the IIli- nois Agricultural Association is re- spected by every member of the House of Representatives for the sincere way it has worked for constructive legisla- tion,” said Mr. Johnson. ‘‘What that committee recommends carries a lot of weight and always gets careful con- sideration.” Music was furnished by the Paxton School Band and. the Danville colored quartette. The public address system of the I. A. A. also furnished recorded music during the day. Prizes were given for the oldest cou- ple present, the youngest baby, and the family which came the greatest dis- tance. A carload of limestone and a pure bred gilt were given at a drawing held on the platform. G. J. Johnson Kirkpatrick at Murphysboro URPHYSBORO, IIl., August 26. — Around 1,500 Farm Bu- reau members of the 25th Congressional district heard Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., in an address at the district picnic here today urge more effective organization and co-oper- ation as the only panacea for the pres- ent conditions in agriculture. Mr. Kirkpatrick enumerated instance after instance in which organization had already benefited agriculture and pointed out future possibilities. Fred Dietz of De Soto, director of THE I. A. A. RECORD the I. A. A. from the 25th district, introduced the speaker. Farm Adviser J. G. McCall of Jackson county pre- sided. —? Preceding the speaker on the after- noon program, the Jackson county 4-H Clubs presented a special program of music and club demonstrations. During the morning 4-H pigs were judged to pick the county winners. Music was furnished during the day by the amplifying system of the I. A. A. Good Crowd at Effingham FFINGHAM, IIl., August 27.—In direct contrast with the old system of trade, co-operative selling and buying by organized farmers is returning a large part of the profits to the home communities to be deposited in rural banks, George Metzger, secretary of the Illinois Agricultural Association, told Effingham County Farm Bureau mem- bers and their guests at the annual pic- nic here today. “One of the great faults of our pres- ent system is that a great part of the money has been drained out of the rural sections and is now concentrated in the large city banks leaving the rural banks stripped to the point that they are not able to finance local projects,” he con- tinued. September, 1931 Farmers’ co-operative oil companies alone returned $400,000 in patronage dividends to Illinois farmers last year to be deposited in their local banks, Mr. Metzger pointed out. In the same way profits on agricultural products mar- keted co-operatively are distributed back to the rural communities. Other speakers on the program were Leroy Melton, Greenville, Ill., national president of the Farmers Equity Union; Wilbur H. Coultas, manager of the Soybean Marketing Association, and C. H. James, manager of the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange, red top co-opera- tive. Hog calling, chicken calling, husband calling, and other contests were con- ducted from the platform. Prizes were awarded for the oldest couple attending the picnic, the most recently married couple, and the largest family attending. A horseshoe pitching contest and races were held as the final events on the pro- gram. The I. A. A. public address sys- tem entertained with music and ampli- fied the speakers’ voices. Southern Illinois. Poultry Day was celebrated on September 10 on_ the Crome Farm at Albion in Edwards county. The University and the Farm Bureaus sponsored the program. This colorful “flasher” exhibit illustrating 16 I. A. A.-Farm Bureau services attracted much attention at the Illinois State and Aurora Fairs. al € = phe N : By phat ee ataic oe Oo ae ee sahs Bewgh be ky aN CARAS x 3 e mt September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD CONTESTANTS AT STATE FAIR FARM BUREAU DAY Seated—1931 Country Life Queen, Miss Frances Johnston of Lawrence county. Page Seven CS OVLTAS CAM PB ELS, Left to right, standing—Ida I. Eppel, Mc- Henry county; Helen Kolmer, Monroe; Elizabeth Meyers, Morgan; Eleanor Ferguson, Henry; Dorothy Roberts, Champaign, 2,000 at Kendall Picnic ANDWICH, Illinois, August 29.— A parade of 4-H Club members with their livestock impressed the 2,000 peo- ple who sat in the grandstand at the fair grounds here this afternoon at the Kendall County Farm Bureau picnic. A compact column of boys and girls reaching more than 200 yards as they marched past the reviewing stand em- phasized the magnitude of this move- ment among the farm youth of the country. More than $500 in premiums was awarded to winners of the various divisions of the 4-H Club show. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., was the speaker of the day. He emphasized the fact that this is a day of organization when farmers must stick together. “Nobody is going to solve the farm- er’s problems for him,” said Mr. Vani- man, “and the individual farmer is not going to solve it. When a solution comes it will be reached by organized agriculture.” The morning program consisted of judging 4-H livestock and judging the girls’ 4-H exhibit. C. E. Gates, farm adviser of LaSalle county, was judge of all livestock and Mrs. Carl Lewis judged the girls’ exhibits. Horseshoe pitching and music by the amplifying system of the I. A. A. also Preceded the picnic dinner. In the afternoon the Plattville Community Band and the East Oswego Male ‘Quar- tette furnished special music. Farm Ad- viser W. P. Miller presided. A baseball game between the LaSalle County Farm Bureau nine and Kendall County was the final event on the pro- gram. Picnic and 4-H Show at Lincoln INCOLN, Illinois, August 31.— The Logan County Farm Bureau picnic held at Chautauqua Park here today closed the most popular month for holding annual Farm Bureau pic- nics. More than 40 Illinois county Farm Bureaus held their arinual outdoor gatherings during August. A crowd estimated at 3,000 attended the picnic in spite of threatened rain. One feature that drew a good crowd during the morning was the county 4-H Club fair where more than 60 pigs, a score of baby beeves and lambs were exhibited. The entire morning was de- voted to judging livestock. In the afternoon at the auditorium, Larry Williams, manager of Country Life Insurance Company, spoke on the ideals of the Farm Bureau. He empha- sized that the organization was not formed to make more money, but to maintain and defend a decent standard of living. “The farmer didn’t start this organi- zation business,” said Mr. Williams. “Every other industry in the world was organized first and the farmer was who placed second; Elaine Plott, Union; Helen Phillips, Macon; Sara Biederbeck, Stark, and Helen Homann, Effingham. forced to do it as a defense measure. No organization has ever succeeded by making money its only ideal. The quicker Farm Bureau members realize that their organization has a greater goal than this, the better it will be for the organization.” Other numbers on the program were as follows: a style show by Logan Coun- ty 4-H Club girls, a demonstration of how to make a bed properly by one of the room improvement clubs, and sev- eral selections by ‘the Pawnee Quar- tette. Farm Adviser J. H. Checkley presided. As the last event of the day, the Lo- gan County Farm Bureau baseball team played an exhibition game with Sanga- mon county. Logan won 12 to 2. Livingston Co. Board Meets The Livingston County Farm Bu- reau board of directors held its regular monthly meeting in the I. A. A. of- fices on Sept. 8. Meeting with the board also were members of the or- ganization committee from the 18 units in the county. More than 50 attended the meeting. Raster Takes Bride Hermann Raster, field resepresenta- tive for the Illinois Produce Marketing Association, was recently married to Miss Mary Ellen F. Randolph of Can- ton, IHinois. They are making their home at Canton. Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD September, 1931 IL IN OIS spooks NRA pome To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, - wamely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, end- educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, end to develop agriculture. 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Soybean Marketing a The Railroads Want a Raise ‘T HE present efforts of the railroads to increase their income 15 per cent at the expense of the farmer, manufacturer, and other shippers is an interesting illustration of the constant and continuous efforts made by industries, groups, and classes to get a larger share of the national in- come. The railroads think they are hard up be- cause the majority are not making the usual five and one-half to six per cent interest on their in- vestment. It is true their stocks and bonds have Nicaibiealost ......Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. os a. P, hat is og. Gen’l. Mer. sevececseereeseceeeseeeese-s-e-sW. H. Coultas, Mgr. suffered appreciably during the current depres- . sion. But the railroads are relatively prosperous when compared with the farming industry under exist- ing prices. Railroad securities have suffered far less on the average than farm land values and farm mortgages. Farmers would be pleased to have a benevolent government enforce a price on farm products high enough to bring an average net re- turn of even three per cent on the investment. There are no government commissions meeting to inquire into-the-financial status of the agri- cultural industry for the purpose of arbitrarily fixing farm prices at a profitable level. The most the government has done to date is to loan money and give advisory service in federating farm co- operatives designed to reduce the spread between producer and consumer prices. True, is has bought wheat and cotton through stabilization corpora- tions to help the market temporarily—but it has not fixed prices. The farmer needs the railroads particularly for long hauls; in fact, he needs many services and manufactured products for which he is compelled to pay prices out of line with current returns for his own services and products. The hearings before the Commerce Commis- sion teaches a striking lesson. They reveal the need for more effective organization of farmers if agriculture is to hold its own and approximate a fair return for the service it renders. At. St. Louis AS we go to press organized dairymen in the St. Louis territory, the Sanitary Milk Pro- ducers Association, are withholding their milk from the Pevely Dairy Company, refusing to sell at the starvation prices offered. The Pevely Company which, according to re- ports, supplies approximately half the St. Louis market with milk and dairy products, has been antagonistic to co-operative efforts of the pro- ducers from the beginning. The company has repeatedly declined to deal with the association in contrast to all other dealers who have recog- nized the right of farmers to bargain collectively in the sale of their products. In the meantime the Pevely Company is resort- ing to the doubtful practice of bringing i in “‘boot- leg” milk from uninspected territory. That milk is produced by farmers. Thus we have the ex- ample again of one group of farmers contributing to the burdens of another, one group fastening the yoke of low prices tighter around the necks of another. Further organization with co-onera- tion between co-operatives is the obvious lesson taught by this experience. It’s the only way farmers can win. Stark, Whiteside, McLean, Warren, and Henry counties have reported serious outbreaks of hog cholera. The Farm Bureaus are prepared with ex- tra supplies of high grade serum and virus to head off the spread of the disease. Preparedness for such emergencies by the Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association is quite as important a service as its cash savings to Farm Bureau members. i a “4 a x : a BS ig September, 1931 @.- - Bixoball Dope NLY four out of 34 County Farm Bureau teams remain in the race for the Illinois Farm Bureau baseball championship. The semi-final series of games. opened Wednesday, September 9, with Knox and Carroll counties play- ing at Galesburg. Greene and Livings- ton counties were scheduled to open at Carrollton on Sept. 12: Livingston county, the dark horse ir: the race for the championship, upset the powerful Logan County Farm Bureau team in the final game of their series at the Three-Eye League Park, Bloomington, Sept. 4, score 9 to 7. It was a hard-fought game from start to fin- ish with first one team ahead, then the other. Livingston county took the lead 5 to 0 in the second. Logan county © came back in the 3rd, 4th and 6th in- nings and took the lead 6 to 5. In the 8th the two teams stood at 7 all, but in the 9th the Livingston boys forged ahead with two runs to win the game. Livingston had won the previous game played at Lincoln, 7 to 1. Logan county won the opener on August 21, 1 to 0. The two remaining teams will play for the state championship which last year went to McDonough county in western Illinois. Knox county is look upon as a strong contender for championship honors by virtue of having eliminated the 1930 champions from McDonough in the di- visional contest. The’ basis of elimina- tion is two out of three games. Peoria Communities Meet Hear Marketing Talks Several hundred Peoria county farm- ers and their families assembled at the Dave Wycoff farm near Laura, August 25, at a community meeting where Frank Barton, field representative of the Illinois Grain Corporation, discussed the Farm Bureau program in relation to co-operative marketing. Short talks were made by D. P. Moore of the Farm- ers National Grain Corporation, John Benson, manager of the Peoria office of the Mid-West Grain Corporation, and Albert Hayes, president of the Peoria County Farm Bureau. L. A. Williams spoke at a second THE I. A. A. RECORD This silver trophy will be presented to the State Farm Bureau League champions for 1931, The trophy, together with gold baseball watch charms awarded to win- ners in the eight divisions, were donated by the Spalding Company when _ the League adopted the Spalding ball for official games. 14 Counties Represented At Dixon Springs Meet Eyer two-day outing and confer- ence at Dixon Springs, August 22-23 in Pope county was a decided success,” writes district organization Manager L. F. Brissenden, who planned the meeting. Farm Bureau officials and representa- tives from 14 counties in southeastern Illinois attended. The program which opened on Saturday included communi- ty singing led by Farm Adviser L. L. Corrie of Wayne county, talks by L. F. Brissenden who told about his recent trip to British Columbia, F. E. Long- mire, assistant state leader of farm ad- visers, and by Secretary George E. Metzger. On Sunday morning Adviser J. G. McCall from Jackson county led in singing church hymns and addressed the adult class on the Sunday school lesson. Miss Temptner of Perry county taught the young people. About 100 attended the morning services. At noon a fish fry and barbecue was the prin- cipal attraction. “Dixon Springs is located about half way between Golconda and Vienna on a hard road. With beautiful scenery, hotel accommodations, sleeping quar- ters, swimming pool and the courteous treatment given by the owner, Mr. Wheeler, a Farm Bureau member, and Mr. Dixon, the conference could not have been better,” writes Brissenden. community meeting at the Dunlap high school August 27. Sam Crabtree of Henry spoke at the third meeting of the series at the home of Dan Larkin, west of Hanna City. Page Nine 3,000 at Pike Co. Picnic EW CANTON, Illinois, Sept. 5.— More than 3,000 Pike county farmers heard addresses by Earl C. Smith, president, and George Metzger, secretary of the Illinois Agricultural Association, at the annual Farm Bureau picnic held here today. Weather condi- tions were perfect for the outdoor gathering. Mr. Smith, who appeared unexpected- ly at his home county picnic, spoke principally of two agriculture: mamely, the need for mobilizing the farm- ers’ bargaining pow- er in the sale of his products, and the need for tax reform in Illinois. Organiza- tion offers the only solution to these problems, Mr. Smith said. Mr. Metzger in his address pointed out the fault in the monetary system of the country, which permits wide fluctuation in the value of the dollar. This condition, he said, is: one of the chief stumbling blocks in the way of agriculture and other industries, which depend upon long term credit. ° “This is a problem that agriculture has never attempted to work out in the past, but if it is ever solved the borrowing classes will have to do it,” he said. “It is certain that the specu- lators and those who benefit by the fluctuation of the dollar will not at- tempt to have it stabilized.” Charles S. Black, director of the I. A. A. from the 20th Congressional dis- trict, and John C. Moore, district or- ganization director, also made brief talks. Marian Strauss of Quincy, 1930 4-H health champion in Illinois, appeared on the program in several roles during the day. She played a violin solo, gave sev- eral vocal numbers and made a talk about the 4-H Club Congress held in Chicago last winter. Other 4-H num- bers on the program included folk dances and demonstrations. An old fiddlers’ contest was conducted on the platform with five entrants. The winner was William Raftery of Barry. The numbers played were “Arkansas Traveler,” “Soldier’s Joy” and ‘Red Wing.” A George Metzger The annual meeting of the Illi- nois Farm Supply Company will be held at Bloomington, Wednesday, October 14, 1931. Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD September, 1931 Danger of Raising Too Many Hogs—Denman Tells Swine Growers Day of_ Big Lardy Type Is Past Bi Ane is danger from over-expan- sion in the swine industry especially where feed supplies are not always de- pendable and transportation costs are high, C. B. Denman, member of the Federal Farm Board, told members of the National Swine Growers Association . at their annual meeting in Springfield, August 27. An abundant supply and the low price of feed, he added, are the principal factors responsible for the marked increase in pork production now getting under way. Mr. Denman referred to the June pig survey which reveals an increase of 2.5 per cent over figures for 1930. “The western states showed an in- crease of more than 15 per cent, where- as reports on the number of sows bred or to be bred for farrowing this fall pointed to an increase of 37 per cent for the country as a whole and over 60 per cent for the western states com- pared with a year ago,” he said. “The pig crop this fall for the United States will be about 18 per cent larger than it was in the fall of 1930. The Mortgage Lifter “The hog has rightly been named the ‘mortgage lifter,’ but his lifting power is no longer proportionate to his weight. Hogs weighing from 200 to 220 pounds offer the producer the best chances for success in swine growing, principally because they yield .a high percentage of cuts of the type, quality and average weight most definitely suited to con- sumer demand. “Change in size of family and in habits of eating, and more work by brain, and less by brawn, have lessened the demand for fat cuts of pork and have increased that for smaller and leaner ones; thereby restricting the heavy hog yielding a large proportion of lard and fat cuts. Prefer Light Cuts “The preference for light weight cuts is clearly demonstrated in the wholesale prices of pork products at Chicago dur- ing the week ending Aug. 15, 1931. Hams weighing 10 to 12 pounds, for instance, sold at 1314 cents a pound, and 18 to 22 pound hams at 12 cents. Pork loins weighing 8 to 10 pounds sold at 24 cents a pound and those weighing 16 to 22 pounds at 1134 cents. Like- wise, bacon bellies weighing 8 to 10 pounds sold at 13% cents a pound, while 20 to 25 pound bellies, which must be dry salt cured, sold at 634 cents. “On the basis of Chicago prices, dur- ONE YOLK THAT WENT OVER BIG A popular feature of the recent Chehalis, Washington, Egg Festival was the Pre of this huge omelette, composed of 7,200 eggs, which were fried in ‘this huge eight-foot frying pan, weighing nearly half a ton. The huge pan was greased by the novel method of attaching slabs of bacon to the feet of pretty girls, who turned it into a skating rink. Here are the chefs stirring the bunch of eggs with paddles. ing the first week of August, the regu- lar products from a 200 pound hog could be sold by the packer at whole- sale for approximately $7.75 per hun- dred pounds live weight basis, while those from a 300 pound hog were worth $6.00. Despite the higher dressing per- centage of heavy hogs, their cut-out values are usually less than those of light hogs, because of lower prices per pound for heavy hams, loins and bellies and also because a large part of the heavy weight carcass must be dry salt cured and, hence, sold at a lower figure. The standard grading system for hogs recently formulated by the government in co-operation with hog producers and packers will be an important factor in passing back to the swine grower this margin between heavy and light weight hog cut-out values. More Rapid Turnover “The higher average price which light hogs command because their carcass products are more definitely suited to consumer demand is not the only rea- son why they usually are more profit- able to raise. Turnover of invested capi- tal is more rapid in producing and mar- keting younger animals. “Cost of gain in terms of feed con- sumed increases as hogs become heavier, since on the average it takes about 200 pounds of corn to grow a hog from the weight of 50 pounds to 100 pounds, while it takes over 275 pounds to grow one from 250 pounds to 300 pounds, showing a wider margin between cost of production and market price, in case hogs are marketed at lighter weights than if they are pushed to heavier weights. “Analysis of average hog weights since 1880 indicates that swine growers in general have not adjusted their pro- duction policy to meet the demand for light weight hogs, especially during the last decade.” Soybean Ass’n. Closes Membership for 1931 N a series of conferences sponsored by the Soybean Marketing Associa- tion early this month, soybean growers met to discuss the grading and handling of the commercial crop which will be harvested within the next few weeks. Meetings were held at Macomb, Springfield, Taylorville, Decatur and Champaign on September 1, 2, 3, 4 and §, attended by managers of co-operative elevators, farm advisers and growers. W. H. Coultas, manager of the Soy- bean Marketing Association, was in charge. J. E. Barr of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who has charge of the licensing of Federal soybean inspectors, assisted in the meetings and supervised the grading demonstrations. By the time this is read the member- ship sign-up of the Soybean Marketing Association will be closed for the 1931 crop as the deadline has been set at September 15. This was necessary so that plans could be made for receiving, selling and storing the crop. Question- naires have been sent out to determine the volume of soybeans to be marketed through the co-operative. More than 2,000,000 bushels are expected as com- pared with 1,150,000 last year. De un I g s t ] ( | oe September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven These Problems Must Be Solved GREATLY appreciate the privilege I and opportunity provided by the Department of Information in this unique way to extend a word of greet- ing,attempt to brief- ly review the record of progress and achievement of the Farm Bureau move- ment of Illinois, and to outline some of the ever-increasing problems confront- ing farmers and what is being done by your organization Earl C. Smith ‘© secure their prop- er solution. Many of you have given liberally of your time, thought and effort to make possible this great organization. No doubt some of you know as well as do I what has been accomplished and what still remains to be done. For more than 12 years we have labored together seek- ing to improve the farmer’s economic position. During this time American agriculture has passed through a most critical period, a period of serious and prolonged deflation, which is undoubt- edly the w can agriculture. Largely due to the lack of organiza- tion, forces beyond the control of farm- ers have operated to cut the value of American agricultural investment from eighty billions to a little over forty. billions of dollars. Although fighting an up-hill battle, we take much pride in the fact that we can point to many benefits Farm Bureau members have ob- tained through the power of organi- zation—even though yet in its infancy. Three Lines of Endeavor The Farm Bureau program in Illinois has been largely confined to three (3) general lines of endeavor. One, to as- sist farmers through increased efficiency to lower production costs and over- head expenses; second, to improve the farmer’s bargaining power in the sale of his products by and through collec- tive effort; and third, to fill the chair that has so long been vacant around conference tables and in legislative chambers, where public policies and laws were being developed affecting the interests of Illinois and the American armer, in the history of Ameri- By EARL C. SMITH Since 1920, the Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus have prepared and presented much con- structive legislation to each succeeding General Assembly. The Association has provided personnel, which has fought for the farming industry in hundreds of committee hearings, before legislative committees, commissions and rate-mak- ing bodies. Throughout all of ae forts, the Association has sought’ to maintain a constructive position, one worthy of the recognition of all think- ing citizens, regardless of what their personal or business interests might be. That success in this effort has been real- ized is best attested by the fact that in nearly every instance where agricul- tural interests are involved, the Illinois Agricultural Association is now being invited to sit in and not only present its views, but to speak and act as the rep- resentative of Illinois agriculture. This is the 12-minute address by President Smith recorded on. a phonograph record in the Marsh Laboratories, Chicago, and am- plified through the I. A. A. pub- lic address system at district and County Farm Bureau picnics during August and early Sep- tember. Mr. Smith is introduced to the Farm Bureau’ audiences by George Thiem, Director of In- formation. While I could speak at some length relative to the success of the Associa- tion in securing the enactment of much of its legislative program during recent years; yet, were I to point to the most important service rendered agriculture, it would be in the success attained by the Association in securing the defeat of much proposed legislation which if enacted into law would have seriously affected and jeopardized the rightful interests of the farming industry. The Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus, working to- gether, are largely responsible for the fact that assessed valuations of farm lands and property have been reduced at different times since 1920, totaling in the aggregate approximately four ‘hundred and seventy million dollars. All of this effort was justified because of A 12 Minute Address to Farm Bureau Members About Their Organization the loss in values and inequality in as- sessments as between different classes of property. These reductions could never have been secured, except through the influence and power of organization. It is, of course, apparent that not only the members of the organization, but others engaged in the industry, have benefited equally from these ef- forts; and it is, therefore, felt that every thinking farmer within the state should add to the strength and influ- ence of the Farm Bureau movement by becoming an active and participating member. The Tax Problem Possibly the greatest question before the citizens of Illinois is that of secur- ing a readjustment of our taxing ma- chinery to meet modern conditions and to make possible the distribution of the total cost of government in an equit- able manner. The I. A. A. and County Farm Bureaus have inaugurated and continued to struggle in behalf of a system of taxation based on “ability to pay.” Support to this program is increasing every day, and certainly no farmer can offer a just reason for re- fusing to support this most worthy of all public effort at the present time. We meet on every hand constant and continuing effort to increase rates, to improve the ingome of one group of our citizens at the expense of another through governmental action. How can the farmer meet these ever-increas- ing problems, except through organiza- tion? Certainly the tremendous invest- ment and interest of agriculture not only justify, but demand the mainte- nance of a strong and militant organi- zation, if for no other reason than that farmers may be represented at all times and in all places where questions of public policy are being considered and in the making. In the limited time allowed, I find it impossible to survey the activities and achievements of the 12 service depart- ments of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation and its 8 associated companies. I shall, therefore, only briefly enumerate some of the more recent accomplish- ments. Twenty-two per cent (22%) of the livestock produced in Illinois moves to market through co-operative channels. Three billion pounds of fluid milk, or Page Twelve about 75 per cent of the state’s pro- duction, finds its way to market in a similar manner. Five million pounds of ‘Illinois butterfat has been’ organized in the past two years. A tremendous in- crease in the volume of fruit and vege- tables, or approximately one-fifth (1/5) of the state’s production is marketed co-operatively through the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange. A large volume of soybeans and redtop seed is also being marketed in a collective way by their respective producers. Although not a year old, the Illinois Grain Corporation and its sales agency, the Mid-West Grain Corporation, have handled more than 3,200 cars of grain. That there is a place and need for these co-operative institutions is best proven by their continuing and sub- stantial growth, and the many mani- festations of satisfaction coming from the participating members. Collect $250,000 Claims In recent years, claims totaling ap- proximately a quarter of a million dol- lars have been collected for farmers, and in a majority of cases were claims that had first been tried in the usual manner, before being sent to the Asso- ciation with a request for service. Near- ly 1,000 of such claims were handled in the past year. Turning from the field of marketing to that of purchasing, I would merely mention that more than forty million dollars of legal reserve life insurance, and forty-five million dollars of fire, hail and windstorm insurance have been purchased from companies made pos- sible by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation and County Farm Bureaus. The owners of more than 26,000 automo- biles, valued at nearly seventeen million dollars are protected in a like manner. I can conservatively state that the ini- tial and annual savings on this volume of insurance would easily approximate one-half million dollars. More to Be Done Something over three and one-half million dollars worth of petroleum products were purchased collectively in the calendar year of 1930, showing a saving to the Farm Bureau member pa- trons of approximately $600,000. Should time permit, nothing would please me more than to go into much greater detail and to mention the many activities of a general service character that have been carried on and forward, by and through the organization. While we all are and should be proud of our organization and its accomplishments, yet much more remains to be done than has yet been accomplished. All of these achievements, both in the field of marketing and purchasing, have been made possible by the Farm Bureau THE I. A. A. RECORD movement of Illinois. Very little, if anything, could have been accomplished without the aid of a strong and militant organization. While the Illinois Agri- cultural Association and its associated companies are in a strong position, yet the need of the hour is for a better un- derstanding on the part of its present members and the enlargement of its membership, that its influence and pow- er may be such as to speed the day of a proper solution to our many and con- tinuing problems. The farmer is ‘bearing much more than a fair share of the tax burden. Nothing must be left undone to secure fair treatment for those engaged in the farming industry. Farmers still lack ef- fective bargaining power in the sale of many of their products. The farmer is still receiving too small a percentage of the consumer’s dollar. Much must be done to bring about closer adjustment of American production to market de- mands. Farmers are not yet receiving their rightful interest in and benefits of the American protective policy. These problems must be solved. I know of no effective way to bring about a speedy and proper solution, except by farm- ers speaking and acting together through their organization. If our common in- terests as farmers are to be protected, our marketing system and economic po- sition improved, we must stand and work together constructively and in- telligently for our mutual welfare. So the Buyers Don’t Know What to Pay 'HE fact that the board of directors of the Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- change did not set the advance payment on seed resulted in a big commotion among the seed dealers, reports the Clay County Farm Bureau in its recent bulle- tin. “For the past two years the pool advance has set the price for the dealers to pay. With no advance the dealers did not know what to do. The story came to the Farm Bureau office recently from a territory where there are few pool members to the effect that the local growers hoped the pool would set the price so the buyers would start to take their seed. “Some of the buyers who have been in the market for years would make no offer whatsoever,” continues the state- ment. “Other buyers started in paying 10 cents, dropped to nine, and later on to eight and seven. One member of the Exchange said he hoped the buyers would get their price down to two cents per pound and perhaps the fellows outside the pool this year would be glad to get in next year. “Last year was one year when pool members got more for their seed than September, 1931 Iroquois Boys and Girls See Sights in Chicago HIRTY-FIVE boys, girls and lead- ers from the 4-H Clubs of Iroquois county visited the I. A. A. offices on August 25 in charge of George T. Swaim, former farm adviser in Ford county. Local leaders Raymond R. Meents and Eddie Lafond also accom- panied the club members. Representatives from Stockland, Shel- don, Loda, Buckley, Gilman-Danforth, Ashkum and Donovan Clubs were in the party. They came primarily to attend the auction of their baby beef calves at the Union Stock Yards. The boys and girls were guests of the Chicago Pro- ducers’ Commission Association, and of Swift & Company, where they were treated to luncheon. Commenting upon the visit to the I. A. A. offices, Mr. Swaim wrote: ‘‘Sev- eral members expressed surprise at the number of projects carried on and the evident efficiency with which the mem- ber’s money is being spent. From the I. A. A. offices the tour led through the offices of the subsidiary companies and then out to the lake. The view of Lake Michigan and the big fountain in Grant Park were of great interest to most of the group. “Riding in the fast elevators was a new experience to some of the young folks. Leaving the 12th floor of the Transportation building where the I. A. A. and subsidiaries, occupy the whole floor, a great whoop went up when the elevator operator put on speed for their benefit.” 16 Townships Play Ball, McLean Picnic Teams from 16 townships in McLean county competed in the soft-ball tour- nament at the annual picnic of the Farm Bureau and Home Bureau at Mil- ler Park, Bloomington, on Saturday, September 5. Larry Williams and Vernon Vaniman who debated the question: ‘Resolved, That Farmers Are Not Ready for Co- Operative Marketing,” featured the af- ternoon program. L. E. Tanner of Anchor, an officer in the State Horseshoe Pitchers’ Associa- tion, managed the barnyard golf con- test. the fellows outside. It is true that some non-members got as much as pool mem- bers. The pool members received 18 cents per pound. It is estimated that the average non-member received be- tween 15 and 16 cents per pound for his seed. Just ask one of the 18-cent boys what he thinks of co-operative marketing.” LN |g September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirtees Casualty Insurance— A Farm Bureau Achievement Illinois Agricultural Mutual Nears $1,000,000 in Assets, 30,000 Policies to Members Fae™ nothing to nearly a million- dollar company with close to 30,000 policies issued in a period of four years, represents the achievement of Illinois Farm Bureau members in building their own casualty insurance company, the Illinois Agricultural Mutual. Organized early in 1927, the company began operat- ing April 1 that year. Since then it has never failed to grow in providing automo- bile and later employers’ lia- bility insurance for an ever- increasing number of Farm Bureau members. How the wheels go around in the home office from the time the applica- tion for insurance is re- ceived until the policy is issued, is an interesting pro- cedure. Applications from _ the County Farm Bureau offices which arrive at the rate of 20 to 50 per day are turned over to Miss Ernst, secretary to Manager A. E. Richardson, where the checks and the applications are separated. The appli- cation goes to the Underwriting De- partment under the supervision of Helen Mertz. The policy is written by one of .three assistants. The checks go to the cashier for listing and are then turned over to Mr. R. A. Cowles, treasurer. The company emblem is mailed as soon as the application for insurance arrives. A carbon copy of the policy is sent to the County Farm Bureau office and the original to the applicant A card record is made of~the kind and class of coverage, and assessments are levied by the statistical department under the supervision of Margaret Lauritzen. The Hollerith tabulating system is in use both for computing the amount of premiums and in recording losses. This punch card system pro- vides a very equitable way of making levies on all makes, ages, and different classifications of pleasure cars and farm trucks, The company issues four regular classes of policies. Class I, which has the greatest coverage, is the most popu- lar policy. This covers fire, theft, windstorm and hail, collision with a moving object, public liability and property damage. About 20 per cent of the members have taken advantage of the full coverage policy which in- clues collision with a stationary object. Manager A. E. Richardson and his secretary, Miss E. Another job for the company is send- ing out notices when assessments are due. The first notice is mailed 30 days before assessments are due, the second notice 10 days, and the final notice on the date due, if payment has not been made by that time. A copy of the final notice is sent to the County Farm Bu- reau office. s If assessments still remain unpaid 60 days after due, a letter is sent by the company to the insured. If this does not bring a response, the policy is can- celled 30 days later and the balance of the premium deposit and surplus share is returned. When notice is received from the Farm Bureau that the policyholder is no|longer a member of the organiza- tion he is at once advised and instructed that his policy will be cancelled at the end of the next six-months’ period for which his premium deposit is made if he fail to renew his mem- bership. The settlement of claims is an important part of the company’s work. There are 500 or 600 claims coming in each month. These are results of accidents from 39 different causes. A_ side- swipe resulting from an un- signaled left turn is the most frequent cause of acci- dents. Accidents at inter- sections are next in fre- quency, damage done to car while parked third, and fail- ure to use ordinary care while driving, fourth. The average amount involved in claims is $40. Claims are always disposed of as rap- idly as possible. On January 1, 1931. there were only 11 claims pending, which were results of accidents occur- ring before January 1, 1930. During the year 1930 nearly 5,000 claims were disposed of. An average of one policy- holder out of every five has an accident each year. When an accident occurs it is usually reported to the local adjuster in the county. He makes an investigation of the cause and results, lists damaged parts of car, gives names of injured parties, tells where car can be inspected, and gives statements of witnesses and his own conclusions as to the liability of J. Ernst. CLAIMS DEPARTMENT Left to right—Frank Billings, Earl Kaska and Florence Wilson. Page Fourteen the insured for the accident. He also makes out a formal notice of the acci- dent and files it with the Company. The Company then instructs the lo- cal adjuster the procedure to be fol- lowed in settling with the insured and other claimants. Small claims are usu- ally settled at once by the local adjuster when the insured has made proof of his claim and proved that his assessments are fully paid. When claims are filed in the home office, they are listed in the claim register and a number assigned to each one. Records are then checked as to class of car and date of last premium payment. Practically all personal injury and property damage claims are handled by the home office. All settlements of $50 and less are approved by Frank Billings, in charge of the claim department. Larger claims must be approved by the manager, Mr. Richardson. All personal injury claims over $250 are approved by the legal counsel, Donald Kirk- patrick, and claims in excess of $1,000 must be passed on by the board of directors. The volume of claims has increased steadily with the growth of the com- pany. A typical claim is one filed by O. C. Basinger of Saline county. The local adjuster notified the company on July 9 that an automobile driven by an employee of Mr. Basinger had been side- swiped by a locomotive at a railroad crossing causing damage to the car. The adjuster got an estimate from a local garage and recommended that the company settle for $70, which he said was satisfactory with the insured. The check was mailed to Mr. Basinger on July 13, four days after the claim was received. The Employers’ Liability division of the company is also growing. Seven- teen hundred farmers have made appli- cation for this insurance which protects them against common law liability to THE I. A. A. RECORD ~~ or weet ane antl ~ — we wok - September, 1931 STATISTICAL AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT Virginia Heaton, Elizabeth Collins, Margaret Lauritzen, George Krogman and William Campbell employees. At the present time this protection is costing them about 2 cents per day for each man employed. Helen Ekberg is in charge of this department. Acquisition is directed by Vernon Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., working through the County Farm Bureaus. G. R. Williams of Salem is the field representative in Southern Illinois assisting in acquisition and rendering field service on claims. M. E. Roberts of Edinburg is doing the same kind of work in Central Illi- nois. To date the company has received ap- plications from nearly 30,000 farmers since its organization. Cancellations have averaged only about 244 per cent a year. New applications received this year by months are as follows: January 416, February 385, March 427, April 574, May 479, June 679, July 527, August 472. The fact that the Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual has continued to grow and to gain the confidence and business of a larger number of Farm Bureau mem- bers each year is evidence that it is meeting a definite need. The purpose of organizing the company was to sup- ply Farm Bureau members with a state- wide company of their own operated at UNDERWRITING DEPARTMENT Left to right—Marjory Lynch, Grace Powell, Margaret Simpson, Agnes Stack, Helen Ekberg, Laura Victorine (standing), Anna Belle Drury, Margaret Carriens, Violet Evans and Helen Mertz. ‘ cost to protect them against loss on their trucks and automobiles. The company has expanded so that a staff of 25 people is now required to do the work. Its. office occupies 1,800 square feet of floor space adjoining the I. A. A. offices in the Transportation Building. ; The Illinois Agricultural Mutual is a legal reserve company. Its prompt pay- ment of claims is assured by the main- tenance of a substantial cash reserve. The Board of Directors of the I. A. A. requires that a proof of the adequacy of reserves for payment of claims be made quarterly. All the business has been done on a cost basis and no increase in assessments has been made since the company began business four years ago. On the other hand, several competing companies have increased their assessments within the last year. At present there is no in- dication that any increase need be made. Auto Insurance Agents In Race for High Sales The Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Co. hopes to pass the 30,000 application mark this month. A con- test is on between agents over the sta for which prizes are offered in the fgtm of Penn Bond motor oil to the 10 High- est general agents and the 10 highest special agents. The highest general and special agents in the state will receive in addition a pair of six-ply heavy duty Brunswick automobile tires for any passenger car owned by the agent and insured in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual. The county sending in the highest number of applications will receive a banner. Champaign county has won the banner for the past three years. The 10 high counties in applications for August were: McLean, Morgan, Cook, De Kalb, McDonough, St. Clair, Whiteside, Henry, Stephenson, Will. General Agent Wm. E. Hedgcock of McLean county led all others. Sep La 5 e7OCO wp Oo RR oo Rw HD WD Dee tn. el, Ns Se ee se September, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen Larry Williams Breaks Record as Picnic Speaker Addresses More Than 50,000 at Outdoor Assemblies Since Latter Part June A. “LARRY” WILLIAMS, mana- « ger of Country Life Insurance Company, broke all records as a picnic and farm meeting speaker during the past summer. He addressed more than 50,000 people at 28 Farm Bureau pic- nics and gatherings since the latter part of June. “The largest assembly was in Lake county where 7,000 actually registered in the drawing,” Williams comment- ed.‘ I doubt if any of the picnics had less than 1,000 and the average would run about 2,500. “The easiest audi- ence to talk to was at the Ogle county picnic at “The Pines’ State Park. The seat- Larry Wililams ing arrangement and the natural auditori- um which the canyon formed made speaking a pleasure. “Ford county farmers joined with the business men, making a very pleasing audience to talk to at Paxton, where perhaps the finest picnic grounds pos- sible were made available to the crowd. Audiences Attentive “The Lee county group were inter- ested listeners. Although they had to stand or sit on the ground, they were attentive and appreciative. The Wil- liamson county picnic was particularly successful in holding its crowd and cre- ating interest in the contests and sports. “The 4-H Club shows and demon- strations drew good attendance and generated much enthusiasm at the pic- nics where this was a feature. “The public address system fur- nished by the I. A. A. was a great help wherever it was used. The music from the records provided very fine enter- tainment to round out the program. The speaker was greatly aided by the amplifier in that he could let his voice down and speak through the micro- phone in a natural tone. It also en- abled the audience to follow the speak- er without difficulty.” At their meeting in August the I. A. A. Board of Directors ap- proved an appropriation of $200 for the annual student livestock judging contest at the University of Illinois. Frank Evans of Salt Lake City, Utah, former secretary and general counsel of the American Farm Bureau Federation, is President Hoover’s latest appointee to membership on the Federal Farm Board. The members of the Farm Board now are James C. Stone, Kentucky, chair- man; Carl Williams, Oklahoma, vice- chairman; Sam H. Thompson, Illinois; C. B. Denman, Missouri; W. F. Schil- ling, Minnesota; Chas. Wilson, New York; and Frank Evans, Utah. One vacancy on the Board still remains to be filled. Secretary Arthur M. Hyde is a member ex-officio. Approximately 62 per cent of those registering at Farm Bureau headquar- ters at the Illinois State Fair were mem- bers of the organization. October Is Fire Prevention Month OW is a good time to go over your farm buildings and eliminate the fire hazards. Learn how you can reduce your fire in- surance costs by reducing risks with the use of lightning rods, fire-proof construction, use of fire extinguishers, etc. Write for particulars. Fire Prevention Department ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 608 So. Dearborn St. Chicago “Destroy Every Third Row Cotton,” Advises Farm Board Chairman Stone Dispatches Tele- grams to Governors of Big Cotton States ELEGRAMS to the governors of all the larger cotton producing states signed by James C. Stone, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, were dispatched on August 12 advising them to get back of a movement to have all growers plow under every third row of cotton now growing. This drastic action on the part of the Farm Board was taken deliberately fol- lowing the government cotton report of 15,584,000 bales which, according to the Board’s telegram, “if realized pro- vides total crop and carry-over supply of American cotton of more than twen- ty-four and one-half million _ bales against probable world consumption of American cotton this fiscal year of 13,- 000,000 or possibly 14,000,000 bales, leaving probable carry-over one year hence of around 11,000,000 bales. Tried to Protect “This condition occurs in spite of 10 per cent reduction in acreage last spring,’ continues the telegram. “It has already resulted in drastic declines in cotton prices which if allowed to continue may bring direct disaster to cotton producing states and indirect distress to the nation. Through serious world depression of last two years Fed- eral Farm Board has steadfastly at- tempted to protect cotton farmers and all who deal with them from price de- clines such as have affected all indus- tries first by sixteen cent loans to cot- ton co-operatives, second by removal from market by cotton stabilization corporation of 1,300,000 bales, third by 90 per cent loans to co-operatives last year. “These efforts had some measure of success but have been outweighed by continual excess production and con- tinually increasing surplus. Board be- lieves that time has now come when cotton producers themselves must be called upon for immediate and drastic action. Agricultural Marketing Act, section one, paragraph four directs Board to aid ‘in preventing and con- trolling surpluses and in orderly mar- keting and distribution so as to prevent such surpluses from causing undue or excess fluctuations or depressions in price for the commodity.’ Section five, paragraph four, ‘the Board is author- ized and directed to investigate condi- tions of over-production in agricultural commodities and advise as to the pre- vention of such over-production.’ In Page Sixteen line with above mandate from congress and in view existing Board suggests that you immediately mobilize every in- terested and available agency in your state, including farmers, bankers, mer- chants, landowners and all agricultural educational forces, to induce immediate plowing under of every third row of cotton now growing. Must Abandon Acreage “Without question, at present low prices there will be considerable aban- donment late in the season, but this will not improve prices during heavy mar- keting. Problem to be solved is to se- cure abandonment in an organized and orderly fashion which will give farmers a better return on the remainder. Board is convinced that such organized reduc- tion immediately done will be more than repaid by increased price received by growers on this and future crops entirely aside from savings by reason of no picking and ginning costs on that part: of crop plowed under. “Board recognizes that this sugges- tion calls for drastic remedy for serious emergency but commends to you the thought that major operation of this kind rather than attempts at lesser measures is now needed. Board earnest- ly hopes this proposal which is being sent governors of all cotton producing states will be approved by you and the people of the South and that necessary steps will be immediately taken to put it into effect on basis which will begin reduction throughout South not later than September 1 and complete pro- gram not later than September 15. Board Will Help “If the 10 largest cotton producing states accept and carry out this pro- gram this Board will do all in its power to support the program and will pledge itself to permit no sales by the cotton stabilization corporation of its present holdings before July 31, 1932, and will urge upon the cotton co-operatives financed by the Board the desirability of similar action by them on their stocks of 1930 cotton now held. “This program if fully carried out by southern farmers as well as by our- selves will mean reduction of total sup- ply by at least 4,000,000 bales and withholding from this year’s market of 3,000,000 bales more. You will appre- ciate necessity for very prompt action if this plan is to effectively benefit farmers this fall and you are therefore urged to immediately advise us your at- titude toward co-operation on it. Board will promptly convey to you reactions from other states as received.” Real estate and property owners in Stark county received a 20 per cent cut in tax valuations this spring. THE I. A. A. RECORD ® September, 1931 Three of the nine oil trucks operated by Morgan Farmers’ Oil Company just after they had finished filling 15 tractors with Aladdin gas at Rees Tractor Meet. Use Aladdin Gas at Rees Tractor Contest Louisiana Passes Bill To Ban Cotton Planting A BILL prohibiting the planting, gathering and ginning of cotton this year was passed unanimously by the Louisiana State House of Repre- sentatives on August 27. The bill was sent immediately to the Senate, where like action was predicted by Governor Huey P. Long, its sponsor. _ The measure is contingent on similar bans being proclaimed by states having 75 per cent of the cotton acreage in 1930. The vote in favor of the bill was made unanimous, 77 to 0, after Repre- sentative Stanley McDermott of New Orleans, who had strenuously opposed it, was permitted to change his vote to the affirmative, stating that he did so “to exhibit a united front to the world.” The bill, as passed by the House, makes it a misdemeanor for any person, farm or corporation to “plant cotton seed to raise cotton, to gather cotton, and to gin cotton in 1932.” A fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, or imprisonment of not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days for each offence, is the penalty for violation. The bill empowers the state commis- sioner of agriculture to cause to be de- stroyed any cotton found growing in 1932. Governor Long stated that if other governors and legislatures of cotton growing states would take similar ac- tion within the next two weeks, cot- ton would soon be selling at from 15 to 20 cents a pound throughout the world. “With this year’s crop, we have on hand in America more than 24,000,000 bales of cotton, enough already to sup- ply next year’s demand,” he said. “It would be a crime for the legislatures of the cotton growing states to allow this opportunity to restore prosperity to their people to pass.” HE use of glass-lined tanks for transporting and handling milk has increased so rapidly that today some cities receive 70 to 95 per cent of their fluid milk in tanks. ORE than 5,000 farmers wit- nessed the plowing contest held at Rees Station in Morgan county on the farm of Milford Rees August 6. Fifteen contestants competed in the three divisions. The tractor meet is an annual event sponsored by the community, the Mor- gan County Farm Bureau, and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce. Entrants this year included five in the two bottom class, eight in the-three bottom class, and two in the four bot- tom class. During the forenoon and afternoon programs were given from the platform with Fred Scholfield, president of the Morgan County Farm Bureau, in charge. In the Farm Bureau tent on the grounds an attractive display was shown by the Morgan Farmers Oil Company. C. W. Ward, field sales manager of the Illinois Farm Supply Company, was in the tent during the day assisting the’ local manager, C. H. Jewsbury, with the display. All fifteen of the contestants in the plowing contests filled their tractors with Aladdin gasoline furnished by the Morgan Farmers Oil Company. A. L. Young and E. G. Johnson of the Uni- versity of Illinois judged the contest. The Vermilion county 4-H Club show and Farm Bureau picnic, Septem- ber 12, Danville, was held at the I. and I. Fair grounds. Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., was the chief speaker. The feature of the morning program was the judging of the calves, pigs, and other livestock. Horseshoe pitching and other contests were held for adults. Walter S. Batson, formerly teacher of vocational agriculture at Ridge Farm, Vermilion county, began work as farm adviser in Shelby county September 1. Mr. Batson succeeds H. M. Adams, who has been employed by the Cincinnati Producers Commission Association. home adviser in Iroquois county. She began \ work September 1. L } September, 1931 THE I. A. A. 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A truck equipped with a power sprayer is being used to demonstrate the effectiveness of calcium chlorate. Ap- proximately nine carloads of atlacide have been distributed by Farm Bureaus and local service companies in the state during the last summer, reports Mana- ger L. R. Marchant of the Illinois Farm Supply Company. More fall applica- tions will probably be made than ever before this month and next. Cc. W. Ward Fall treatments are particularly suc- cessful when properly applied. The chemical either kills the weed outright or else weakens it so that winter freez- ing together with plant poisoning will completely eradicate the pests. Plant poisoning is similar to blood poisoning. The chemical is absorbed principally through the leaves and stems and cir- culates through the plant system into the roots. Application should be made for best results before the weeds are killed by frost. 10 High Counties Named In Employer’s Liability The 10 high counties in applications for Farmer Employer’s Liability Insur- ance for August were: McLean, Du Page, Livingston, Henry, Tazewell, Cook, Vermilion, Fulton, St. Clair, Kendall. This policy protects the employer up to $5,000 per person and with that limit per person $10,000 for any single accident. In addition it covers court costs, lawyers’ fees, hospital bills, etc. The cost of the insurance is only $4.50 each six months of hired labor. For Auto Emblems The bracket shown in the picture above is for fastening the I. A. A. auto emblem on cars that have a shutter or winter front. The em- ° blem is fastened to the device by wire and may be attached to the bolt which holds the front or rear license plate. Policyholders in the Illinois Agri- cultural Mutual may secure one of these free by writing the Company at 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Some recent accident. reports follow: Cook County —Small bones in wrist broken: when crank on gasoline engine flew back. Du Puge County—Fourth finger broken, nail torn off and_ skin tore when hand caught in grain elevator. Livingston County—Standing on toehold on roof when it gave way caus- ing employee to fall 16 feet to the ground sustaining cuts on face. Lung punctured by broken rib. McLean County — Employee put- ting collar on horse who had a sore neck. Horse turned and kicked employee on legs causing bad bruises. Macon County—Returning to field for more wheat sacks, employee lost control of car. Car turned a complete somersault causing injuries to employee’s abdomen, right shoulder and hip, para- lizing right side. St. Clair County—Employee was picking ice when pick stuck and han- dle came off. Not noticing this, em- ployee jabbed again, running rusty pick in hand. Hire Sales Manager R. W. Grieser, head hog salesman for the Chicago Producers, has been em- ployed as sales manager for the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association. He began work on September 2. For the time being the Association will have its headquarters in the I. A. A. offices at 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Win Prizes in State Fair Drawing Contest ARM Bureau members from 81 dif- ferent counties registered at the Illi- nois Agricultural Association headquar- ters at the State Fair this year, accord- ing to records of the Illinois Farm Sup- ply Company. Sangamon, Christian, Montgomery, McLean, Macon, Macou- pin, and Champaign counties led in the number of registrations, in the order named. The mystery faucet from which a stream of Penn Bond Motor Oil was continuously flowing appeared to be the center of attraction in the oil company exhibit. The ingenuity of George Cur- tiss, manager of McLean County Ser- vice Company, and the generosity of that company, were responsible for this portion of the display. Martin Fuchs of Harvel, Montgom- ery county, won the thirty gallon drum of Penn Bond (100% Pure Pennsyl- vania) oil in the drawing, and Elsie Sauder of Roanoke, Woodford county, won the Brunswick automobile tire. The first seven names, in the order drawn by Ruby Aires of Knox county, were: : 1. Ralph E. Arnett, Pekin, Ill., Taze- well county. , 2. Robert Means, Hersman, _IIl., Brown county. 3. E. F. Stimpert, Panola, Ill., Wood- ford county. 4. F. C. Dinwiddie, Sinclair, IIl., Morgan county. 5. Martin Fuchs, Harvel, Ill., Mont- gomery county. : 6. Alden Snyder, Hillsboro, IIl., Montgomery county. 7. Elsie Sauder, Roanoke, IIl., Wood- ford county. The prizes mentioned above were awarded to the Sth and 7th. J. C. Bornemann, route 1, Sugar Grove (Kane county) won the drum of oil at the Central States Exposition, Aurora, and Frank C. Barber of Sheri- dan (LaSalle county) the Brunswick automobile tire awarded by Illinois Farm Supply Company. I received your check for $17.35, which represents the full loss sustained by me by theft on or about Aug. 13, 1931. This is the first insurance loss of any kind that I have ever had and I am more than pleased with the settlement. J. W. GaNNAWay, Coles County, Il. The Illinois Farm Supply Company received 52 coupons and inquiries from the fly spray advertisement in the July issue of the RECORD. The inquiries came from 38 counties. Peblt ( vided cultur I —— "Te Adv G ies cS» The c*#d | Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD Published monthly by the Tilinois, 4 ogy Asseciation at at 16 Bo. Heis ~, @ sa —— ee ome OD yy =e 4 ( : { October, 1931 A. F.B. F. Directors Vote for Equalization Fee HE board of directors of the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation went on record in Chicago, September 23, favoring an amendment to the Agricul- tural. Marketing Act to include the “equalization fee.” This declaration will be acted upon at the annual meeting of the federation in December in Chicago. It is proposed to open a battle for the equalization fee amendment when Con- gress assembles this winter. At the time the marketing act was passed organized agriculture insisted that it should in- clude the equalization fee principle. Un- der this each unit of a given commodity would bear its proportionate share of crop surplus control costs. The equaliza- tion fee was left out, but the organiza- tion supported the act as it was passed. The statement of the board said: ‘““The federation at the time it announced its position in support of the act reserved the right to insist that should the efforts to administer it disclose weaknesses or limitations within the act, it would ask for amendments necessary to correct such weaknesses and limitations. It seems that time has now arrived. “We insist that the marketing act should and must be amended by Con- gress so as to give the Federal Farm Board authority to place charges against all units of any given commodity, moy- ing in the channels of trade, their pro- portionate shares of all necessary natural costs and losses resulting from the con- trol of crop surpluses, which must be accomplished if the domestic market is to be protected as a market for the American farmer.” _Mason County Co-ops. Are Working Together All local organizations cooperating with the Mason County Farm Bureau including the livestock shipping associa- tion, two produce associations, the oil company, and four farmers’ elevators have their books audited regularly by the Illinois Agricultural Auditing Asso- ciation. This co-operative association now serves 298 Illinois agricultural or- ganizations on a cost basis. Cook County Members Profit by Co-operation The Cook County Farm Bureau dur- ing the past twelve months has ordered between 90 and 100 carloads of feed for members. This means feed valued at around $50,000 wholesale was handled during the year. Farmers saved at least $10,000 by this one service of the Farm Bureau. THE I. A. A. RECORD No. 1 of a series of ad- vertisements on I. A. A.-- Farm Bureau Services. More than 60, 000 voluntary memberships are backing the chain of I. A. A. --Farm Bureau services, each one an impor- tant link toward {arm equality. Page Fifteen Effective Representation Requires Numbers DEQUATE representation for agricul- ture, first of the Farm Bureau projects, and vital to the success of all other Farm Bu- reau efforts, has been permanently established. Today farm interests get proper consideration. Your I. A. A. representatives receive the coop- eration of legislative and administrative govern- ment officials. An active and increasing mem- bership commands respect. Every new member gives additional support. Taxes Can Be Equalized A. A.-Farm Bureau representatives have * since 1923 effected substantial savings in taxes on farm lands. The data presented to the Tax Commission by the I. A. A. resulted in an initial $1,072,050.00 reduction in 1923, and in further reductions later. In 1931 an average of $22.79 less per farm— altogether $4,900,000.00 less taxes were paid by Illinois farmers than would have been paid had the higher unequal valuations on lands not been lowered. Every farmer profits by joining with his neighbors in the battle for equalizing the tax burden. Link Up with 60,000 Farmers VERY activity in the I. A. A.-Farm Bureau program is undertaken in the interest of farmers. More than sixty thousand Illinois farm homes are linked to this progres- sive movement through voluntary membership. The determination and loyalty of these members to their business will gain strength thru your support. The future of your own industry is more secure when you join with these men to make it so. Call Your County Farm Bureau Today Say: ‘*I’m Joining.’’ ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION — and— Ninety- Five Affiliated County Farm Bureaus 608 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois ORGANIZED WORLD ) CAN DO NOTHING ALONE Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD October, 1931 High School Boy Goes to College on Earnings Chester White Hogs Pave Way for Honors and Education Wilson Bryant, ‘‘American Farmer” in 1931 from the Waverly, Illinois Chapter, Future Farmers of America, developed a champion herd of Chester White swine as his major project during his Vocational Agriculture course in the Waverly Township High School. Start- ing with two gilts in his first year of agricultural project work, he reached the peak of the pure bred swine business at the recent National Swine Show held at Springfield, Illinois, when his herd boar, Sunbeam, was declared Reserve Grand Champion Chester White Boar. His junior boar pig, Lucky Boy, was fifth and his junior sow pig was seventh in the same show. To date his show herd has won a total of $865 in Fair pre- miums this year, over and above all entry fees. Besides this he has marketed 60 head of spring market hogs and sold 20 breeding hogs. Next year he will have a herd of 20 sows headed by Sun- beam, his champion boar. At the pres- ent time he has a good supply of breed- ing stock for sale and 120 fall pigs. Sells Breeding Stock Since he is so situated in the midst of a surplus corn and grain region, he sells the majority of his breeding animals to farmers who feed hogs for their market value. This fact points out the ideal of swine production as exemplified at the recent National Swine Show: “Produc- tion of a swine type to meet market demands for high dressing percentage.” As to his management, he practices the McLean System of Swine Sanitation, feeds farm grains as the basis of all his rations, is a good sportsman in the show ring, is an excellent judge of breeding hogs, and sells all of his animals as rep- resented and at a moderate price. Wilson has entered the College of Agriculture at the University of Illinois this fall and expects to pay his way through this year of college on the pre- miums won since August 1. He is sell- ing out half interest in his present herd to his brother, a former Vocational Agriculture boy, who will handle the herd this winter. Together they expect to continue in the hog business and eventually get permanently established on a good corn belt farm. Handles Other Projects It might appear that his project work is one-sided, yet his other project activi- ties include poultry, dairy, corn, wheat, and clover. So he has backed up his major work in Vocational Agriculture with a sound general farming practice. Wilson Bryant Also he has won judging ribbons on corn, poultry, dairy, and swine. His school activities include class sec- retary and treasurer, local F. F. A. sec- retary and treasurer, first Illinois F. F. A. state secretary and treasurer, State Farm- er in Illinois in 1930 and American Farmer in 1931. Added to this he was third in his class room scholarship with an average grade of 94 for four years of high school work. We wish him suc- cess in any other endeavor he takes up, but feel certain that here is an American Farmer who will return to hog farming as a life work, for he is interested in it, has been successful, and enjoys it. Getting Ready for Fat Stock Show in Chicago Manager B. H. Heide of the Interna- tional Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, November 28 to December 5, announces that the preliminary classification for the 1931 show is now off the press and ready for distribution. It will be mailed free on application to the International office at the Stock Yards. Entries will close for individual live- stock classes November 1, for the Hay and Grain Show, November 10, and for the carload lots of cattle, sheep, and swine, November 21. A two-day session of the I. A. A. board of directors was held in Chicago, September 17 and 18 during which the I. A. A. departmental directors and asso- ciated company managers each were given fifteen. minutes to discuss the work of their respective departments and companies, and plans for the com- ing year. During the first six months of 1931 DeKalb county shipped 408 cars of live- stock to the Chicago Producers as com- pared with 373 during the correspond- ing period in 1930. Adams county shipped more livestock co-operatively than any other Illinois county during the second quarter this year. A total of 258 cars went to Pro- ducer agencies. Fulton county was sec- ond with 228 cars. One out of every three shipments of livestock made by Illinois shipping asso- ciations to the Chicago market during the month of August went through the hands of the Chicago Producers, reports the U. S. Department of Agriculture. This was the highest percentage of any state in the Chicago trade territory. From Iowa the Producers received one out of every nine cars. Minnesota stood next with 14.2 per cent; Wisconsin 6.8 per cent; other states 8.2 per cent. Of the total shipping association business 17.5 per cent was sold through the Pro- ducers. A total of 888 carloads of livestock were handled by the Indianapolis Pro- ducers during September, an increase of eight carloads over the same month last year. This was 106 cars more than the combined total of the next three large firms. Forty-one and five-tenths per cent of the rail receipts and 28.6% of those trucked in to the yards were con- signed to the Producers. In September the following Illinois shipping association managers sent as many or more cars to the Producers at Indianapolis as a year ago: Fred L. Gumm, Paris; Frank Kettering, Dan- ville; Hans Heit, Garrett; R. C. Boat- man, Sheldon; Wm. Fulk, Decatur; Carl Shasteen, Sullivan. The following Illi- nois counties show an increase to In- dianapolis over September last year: Clark, Edgar, Iroquois, Macon, Moul- trie, Vermilion. Up to September 1, 8.37 per cent of the stock received at the Chicago mar- ket was delivered by trucks, according to records of the Union Stock Yard Company. Figures taken from the Chi- cago Producers’ records show that they were selling 11.7 per cent of all trucked in cattle, 17 per cent of the calves, 20.5 per cent of the hogs, and 22 per cent of the sheep. Uncle Ab says that some folks who can think straight, can’t think fast enough to keep up with the procession. 7” Sg A 4 : = 4 = sae ig ae ap. Ef AT e ag, ny ae ~ ‘ ‘ ce eS 7 — ~~ ee, ¢ ey ee stg = aw We s Le yy ay, a October, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen Hardy Buys 68 Cars Limestone One Order Monroe Co. Man Believes Limestone an Excellent Investment wt is thought to be the largest individual order of limestone ever placed was made by D. M. Hardy, a member of the Monroe County Farm Bureau this past summer. A total of 3,400 tons of limestone were purchased to be delivered in two consignments of thirty-six and thirty-two cars between July 24 and September 1, writes Farm Adviser C. A. Hughes. This limestone was used to cover 1,000 acres in the American bottom which land is owned by Mr. Hardy. Preparatory to the spreading of the lime, the land was thoroughly tested using the Comer test as recommended by the State College of Agriculture. Each tenant was required to spread this limestone on the land as his share of the project... All Fields Tested The soil testing and mapping was performed by V. H. Kern, son-in-law of Mr. Hardy. Stakes were driven down at different places in the field and the number of tons of limestone marked on the stake that was to be dumped in these piles. The piles were so arranged as to make it convenient for spreading the required amounts of limestone on the surrounding land. Applications varied from two to five tons per acre. The land that showed neutral received two tons of limestone. A small amount of these farms had free limestone in them, especially those close to the Mis- sissippi River. Heretofore, Mr. Hardy has used considerable limestone on his various farms and this application com- pletely covers all the cultivated land that he has. D. M. Hardy Sells Bonds; Buys Limestone Mr. Hardy is 84 years old and ac- tively engaged in the operation of his farms. With reference to this unusual amount of limestone, Mr. Hardy says, “During the war time these farms all showed a good profit. The profits were invested in good bonds and held as such. Recently it appeared to me that due to the agricultural situation, it would be good economy to dispose of these bonds and invest the proceeds in limestone. As conditions become more favorable for the farmer, this land will be in a better position to show profit- able returns. If the depression continues indefinitely, this land should be in bet- ter shape to show profitable returns than if it had not been built up. Dur- ing the past two years these farms have all come out in red with the exception Run Down Farm Now Outyields Many Others RUN-DOWN central Illinois farm of ten years ago is now earning twice as much as other farms in its neighborhood as a result of good crop yields plus efficient management of 10 dairy cows and 18 brood sows, P. E. Johnston, of the State College of Ag- riculture, reports. The farm of 170 acres is one of the 2,000 or more whose owners and operators are co-operating with the college in keeping systematic farm accounts. Ten years ago the farm was run down to the point where crop yields were low. Although it is on yellow gray silt loam soil and is quite rolling, it has for several years produced at least 15 per cent more an acre than the average of farms located on better brown silt loam soil. A liberal application of lime- stone followed by the use of sweet clover and alfalfa brought the high- er crop yields. Records from a large number of fields in the area indicate that where sweet clover or alfalfa oc- cupy the land one year out of four, corn yields are 10 bushels an acre higher than where no clovers are grown. During the past two years hogs raised on the farm have returned $143 for every $100 of feed fed them. This was (Continued on next page, col. 2) of a small tract of land on which there are no improvements at all.” “Mr. Hardy will receive $352.28 re- bates from this amount of limestone used,” states Farm Adviser Hughes. “He also finds it profitable to use the various services of the Farm Bureau such as the Monroe Service Company’s prod- ucts and Farm Bureau serum. His suc- cess and experience in limestone indi- cates that it would pay other farmers to make a better and more extended use of liming their ground.” LIMESTONE IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL INGREDIENTS OF FARM CROPS In a ton of red clover hay there are about 75 pounds of lime. In an acre of good oats there are approximately 20 pounds of lime. of lime. i m In a ton of alfalfa hay there are about 100 pounds of lime. In an acre of good corn there are approximately 25 pounds ——— Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD October, 1931 Linsley Answers Alibis On Limestone Question Cites Morgan Co. Farmer Who In- creased Corn Yield 60 Bu. an Acre in Two Years | ie spite of the rapid increase in the use of limestone there still are thou- sands of Illinois farmers who are put- ting off liming every year, states Prof. C. M. Linsley of the College of Agri- culture, University of Illinois. Mis- taken ideas about soil acidity or the value of limestone often account for this delay. There are four reasons com- monly offered by farmers for not using limestone, continues Linsley. Sometimes these are honest reasons, but more often they are merely excuses given by those who have not carefully analyzed their business of farming. (1) ‘‘Limestone is not needed on my land.”? Most farmers who offer this reason are guessing, and guessing wrong. Only a small percentage of the farm land in the state is sweet. Enough money is frequently thrown away in clover seed over a number of years to pay for liming the entire farm. (2) “Can’t afford to buy lime- stone.” This is sometimes an honest reason. But bankers usually would rather lend money to farmers for lime- stone than for any other purpose. They know that an investment in soil-build- ing is a sound investment and one of the most profitable a farmer can make. Six dollars invested in limestone to grow sweet clover made it possible for a Morgan county farmer to increase his acreage of corn 35 bushels an acre in the first crop and 25 bushels in the second. (3) “Have to wait too long for results.”? Farmers who use limestone say that this is not a sound reason in the face of the fact that most of the men who offer this excuse have already waited at least 15 to 20 years. They should not object to waiting a year or two longer; as a matter of fact, they will probably delay liming for another 10 years and forget they are still wait- ing. (4) “Too hard work to haul and spread.” Hauling and spreading lime- stone is hard work, everyone will ad- mit, but no harder than many other jobs that must be done each year. There is perhaps no farm work that will pay as high wages per hour. It is not so much the amount of work a man does on the farm that brings him money as it is doing those jobs that pay the highest wages. Uncle Ab says if you have sense enough to be happy, you have sense enough. CHAMPION DAIRY JUDGES Left to right: Sam Buford, Rex Par- ker, and John Buford comprise’ the Stockton Blackhawk 4-H dairy judging team which won first place at the Ur- bana contest this year. The boys were coached by H. R. “Hank” Brunnemeyer, JoDaviess county farm adviser. Brunne- meyer formerly operated a Holstein dairy farm in Kane county, and taught agriculture in the Yorkville High School. Thousands of Dollars In Hail Claims Paid NE out of every three counties in Illinois suffered crop damages from hail this year, records of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company show. In the final check-up on claims Oc- tober 1, the end of the annual crop hail insurance period, it was learned that the heaviest losses during the past summer were in Knox, Henry and Champaign counties. From these three counties alone damage claims totaling thousands of dollars were sent in by 60 farmers holding policies in the Farmers Mutual. Twenty-five counties out of the sev= enty-six which had policy holders in the company this year reported losses. At least a dozen severe hail storms striking in widely separated areas were responsible for the damage. Most of the loss was on corn and soybeans, which in many cases were completely destroyed. The largest claim reported was for $1,032. It came from Knox county. A total of 113 claims were paid by the company on October 1. The ten leading counties in hail in- surance in force -were Knox, Henry, Warren, McDonough, Champaign, Taze- well, Mercer, McLean, Logan and Mon- roe. (Continued from previous page) about 10 per cent better than the re- turns secured by other farmers who kept accounts. The raising is done also have beeh more efficient than aver- age. The combination of high crop yields and efficient livestock produced both gross and net receipts which were $5 an acre higher than the average, despite the fact that the Iand on this farm was valued $50 an acre less than the average of other farms in the area. Farmers ''Under-Insured," U.S..D. A. Man Declares ‘The insurance protection carried by farmers falls far short of meeting their insurance needs,” V. N. Valgren, U. S. Department of Agriculture economist, told the National Association of Mu- tual Insurance Companies in session at Chicago, October 7, ‘Approximately four-fifths of the farmers in the United States,” he said, “have their buildings and other proper- ty insured against fire. More than two- thirds have windstorm insurance. Hail insurance covers about 8 to 10 per cent of the total crop acreage. Livestock in- surance is negligible. Accident and sick- ness insurance carried by farmers is small. Less than one-half of American farmers have any life insurance. The percentage of all farmers who have em- ployer’s liability insurance is ‘decidedly’ small. The majority of farmers still lack adequate automobile insurance pro- tection.” Mr. Valgren declared that “to some extent the farmers’ lack of insurance may be charged to an unwarranted dis- regard of the need for protection. To a much larger extent it is chargeable to a meager income and an inability to buy the forms of protection that farmers need. This second reason ties up closely with the cost of insurance which in turn is affected by the nature of the protection provided.” Schools Can Insure in Mutual Fire Companies The right of township and county mutual fire and mutual windstorm in- surance companies to insure _ school houses and other public buildings is rec- ognized both by statute and by common law, according to a study made by the I. A. A. In some parts of the. state such risks have been insured in the mutual com- panies for many years. Many mutuals, however, hesitated to take such large risks before the organization of the Farmers’ Mutual Reinsurance Company. This company now supplies the smaller mutuals ample protection by reinsur- ance. It is a principle of common law that school districts and other political cor- porations charged with the management of public property have the implied power to protect such property by in- surance or otherwise. It follows that the school boards, trustees and other officials have in their discretion the right to insure in mutual companies. | | me i FSS ISR a ea fe i i A ER cin, O = OMVOTWE OO eH a Z a] +O — _ "99 P the a PP eHhS - -— t o> wall «Ls ar Tika a Eee Eee ee a P = %, = — f, ‘ . a ae oe a a - October, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nineteen Country Life Makes Big Gain in 1931 Nineteen Counties Have Made Their Year's Quota Te following counties and general agents have accomplished their 1931 full year’s quota already this year: Bond Co.—H. O. Hinkley; Boone Co.—K. W. Cleland; Carroll Co.—D. R. Lower; Clinton Co.—W. G. Ackermann, R. J. Foehner; DuPage Co.—Donald Auble; Effingham Co.—H. O. Henry; Fulton Co.—Claude Hicks; Greene Co.—L. R. Lee; Henderson Co.—W. A. Stevenson; Henry Co.—D. P. Robinson; Lawrence Co.—W. H. Nuttall; Lee Co—F. W. Peckham; McDonough Co.—G. O. Chenoweth; Mercer Co.—Mark Foster; Pope Co.—M. J. Koch, Paul Blatter; Schuyler Co.—Earl Payne; Wabash Co. —H. H. Glick; Whiteside Co.—Wm. C. Linker; Woodford Co.—H. W. Brad- shaw. ; An estimated thirty more will come through before the end of the year, and possibly more than that. The general agents of Country Life are giving the policyholders the very best of service, and they are meeting with wonderful cooperation. No great cooperative move has surpassed Country Life in the favor- able response given by the public. Coun- try Life meets a glad hand on every side. This good will is one of the big reasons for its success. Good will and merited confidence are things that money cannot buy. Country Life is proud of its agents who have helped make this splendid showing possible. How to Name Beneficiary in Your Life Policy EOPLE invariably make the mistake of naming only one beneficiary in a life insurance policy. Should the bene- ficiary and insured both be accidentally killed, it usually involves the paying of a death claim that must be probated, with the accompanying probate costs. It is much wiser to name a first bene- ficiary, a second beneficiary, and even a third beneficiary, so that the contin- gents may enjoy the benefits of a life insurance policy without additional cost. the money being paid directly to them in the event the first named beneficiary does not obtain. There are options of settlement which should be talked over with the agent, of how the beneficiary should receive the money. The insured may provide that part of the money be paid in cash and part of it in monthly installments. In- variably a widow inexperienced in the handling of money, is a target for every Send in Names of Prospects OUNTRY LIFE will send an in- surance pin to policyholders who send in the name of a prospect. You may have a gold or silver pin with the Country Life tree in the center of it, and the initials I. A. A. in each corner, with Country Life circled about the tree. It is a very beautiful pin. Every policyholder will be proud to have one. Just send in the name of a prospect to whom you believe our agent could sell a Country Life policy. It will be helpful cooperation on your part, will contribute to the further success and achievement of your company, and will be an act of kindness to your neighbor. $90,000 Death Claims in 1931, $16,500 Sept. The following death claims were re- ported in September: Insured Amount Helmer Hanson, Kendall Co... . $2,000 Helmer Hanson, Kendall Co.... 1,000 Dr. George K. Farris, Johnson CBee he es Fhe phan 3,000 Jay M. Doty, Winnebago Co.... 2,500 Jay M. Doty, Winnebago Co.... 1,000 Mahlon John Hohenboken, Knox Co. 5,000 George Loren Sperry, Warren Co. 1,000 William Reulecke, Christian Co.. 1,000 The Company immediately sends out claim papers as soon as the announce- ment reaches the office of the death of an insured. The agent usually offers his services to see that the claim papers are properly executed, to enable the com- pany to pay the claim promptly. Our claims for the year are approxi- mately $90,000, which is way below the expected mortality. You as a Farm Bureau memeber are interested in the progress of your company, and we want you to know that the business of a life insurance company is to pay death claims. fly-by-night security salesman who can get her name. The losses of life insur- ance funds paid to a widow run beyond 80%, unless the funds are held in trust and apportioned in installments to the beneficiary. However, the life insur- ance company has no objection to pay- ing the money in cash. Three and one- half per cent interest is paid on funds left in trust, and such other interest divi- dends as the Company may apportion. 8 Million New Business 44 Million Now in Force OUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY stands out among all companies this year in its remarkable progress. While most companies are suf- fering tremendous lapse from cashing out of old policies due to old policy- holders needing money, Country Life is in the enviable position of having no policies three years old or over. There- fore, the lure to “cash out” is not pres- ent. It is apparent, too, that farmers appreciate life insurance more in times like this than they ever could possibly appreciate it when things are going smoothly. All but thirteen counties produced business in the State of [Illinois for Country Life in the month of Septem- ber. Premium payments are coming in promptly, and the company’s invest- ment policy has proved its soundness. The company has no mortgages, and its bond holdings have fluctuated compara- tively little. It may be a satisfaction to the thou- sands of Country Life policyholders to know that the company’s bonds are largely of non-taxable character, mostly Governments and Municipals. The com- pany finds itself in a most advantageous position to thrive, and it should stand at the top of the companies for millions gained, at the end of 1931, for its lapse is indeed very small. Our total in force is in excess of $44,000,000. With this fine momentum we should finish the year with a most satisfactory ‘gain. Keep Insurance in Force You May Need It Tomorrow You may think that you can afford to let your policy lapse this year. You may feel that this will not be the year you will die. But you may guess wrong. ‘Thirty-five thousand people thought that way and were wrong in 1930. Thirty-five thousand people died who had just lapsed their policies, mak- ing it impossible for life insurance death claims to be paid. This would be a bad year for any- thing to happen, certainly a worse year than normal. There will be greater need for your insurance money than ever, if the unexpected should happen. If you have lapsed your policy, just sign a Per- sonal Health Certificate, which you can get at the Farm Bureau office, and send in your premium. We will make haste to get you reinstated. If you need time, ask for a premium extension. Vy, WHE, Urs Uh VIE Cnr vipreme MZ | Wea AL NAAR Ane ANA anit AAMAS ‘Poor Bill — over 65 vears old and still working hard— ‘©T would probably be out in the field, too, if I didn’t have a Country Life Insurance Policy. Now we're not a burden to anyone—we can travel—I can go fishing—just enjoy the lei- sure we’re entitled to.’’ Look Ahead to YOUR Old Age Give some thought to your future—now. Crop failures may come—prices ma be low—but a Country Life Insurance Pen- sion Policy will protect you. In case of financial stress, you can borrow money on your policy. When old age arrives, it will pay you an income. When you are gone it will take care of your family. The cost of Country Life Insurance is small—the lowest old line legal reserve rates. Take care of your future now. . . . Ask your County Farm Bureau to tell you all about the benefits of Country Life Insur- ance. Do it now! Country Life Insurance Co. =n 608 S. Dearborn St. MA CHICAGO - - - ILLINOIS OUPON Show me how to provide a Retirement Income of $100.00 a month. Send full details. My age is........ County OLD LINE - - LEGAL RESERVE - - LOW COST ws -_-_- ~a Fr KF Ft Se FA ft -~ — 2 | >_~ a ae a) & co~_9» The CAD Illinois Agricultural RECORD Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill., to Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of or publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri- Published monthly b the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. vided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communications cultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St. -» Chicago. Number 11 NOVEMBER, 1931 tion Chicago, III. tage pro- Volume 9 Set Up Corn Credit Machinery State Department of Agriculture Acts to Carry Out Grain Storage Act S we go to press, headquarters for the National Corn Credit Cor- portion are being established in the Fisher Building, Chicago, and the neces- sary machinery is being set up to make loans to Illinois farmers on corn sealed by the state in cribs on the farm. Harry Laird of Des Moines, Iowa, was employed as general manager of the Corporation at a meeting of the direc- tors on November 5. Mr. Laird arrived in Chicago November 9 to open head- quarters for the Association and set ma- chinery in motion to carry out the pro- visions of the plan heretofore an- nounced, Directors of the Corporation chosen at the meeing on November 4 when in- corporation papers were forwarded to Springfield, include George S. Milnor, president; Earl C. Smith, vice-president; George A. Ranney (International Har- vester Company), secretary; C. E. Huff, John H. Hogan (Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Company), C. E. Hearst of the Iowa Farm Bureau, and Mark Woods, Nebraska farmer and banker. $2,500,000 Authorized The National Corn Credit Corpora- tion has authorized capital stock of $2,- 500,000. It is incorporated under the provisions of the Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Act of 1923. The Federal Farm Board through the Farmers National Grain Corporation has set aside $500,000 for stock in the Credit Corporation which will be im- mediately available. This is being matched by stock subscriptions from the following: Continental Illinois Bank & Trust Co., First National Bank, Central- Republic Bank & Trust Co., Harris Trust & Savings Bank, Northern Trust Co., International Harvester Co., John Deere and Co., Sears Roebuck & Co., Armour & Montgomery Ward & Co., Co., Swift & Co., Cudahy Packing Co., Wilson & Co., Quaker Oats Co., Stand- ard Oil Co. of Indiana, and other in- terests. Arrangements have been made with the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks of St. Louis and Omaha by which the credit corporation will have available through rediscount from eight to ten million dollars for loans to producers of corn. Latest word from Springfield indi- cates that Stuart Pierson, State Director of Agriculture, has been making prog- ress toward organizing the necessary machinery throughout the corn pro- ducing counties to carry out the Illinois Grain Storage Act. Committees to ad- minister the Act under the supervision of the State Department have been se- lected in. most of the principal corn- producing counties. County sealers at this writing are be- ing appointed to inspect the cribbed corn, measure it, and issue warehouse certificates to the owner for use as col- lateral in obtaining a loan through the Credit Corporation. Loans Payable July 15 Present plans provide that all loans secured from the National Corn Credit Corporation will be due and payable July 15, 1932, although such loans may be paid off at any time prior to that date. Forms will be available at County Farm Bureau offices as soon as they can be prepared, printed, and delivered. All applicants for loans must be owners of the corn on which the loan is desired and such corn must be free of liens, or else waivers giving priority signed by the lienholders must be given before it will be accepted as collateral. The procedure for securing a loan, according to plans developed to date, will be as follows: The psospective bor- rower will first make application at the County Farm Bureau office to have his cribbed corn inspected, and if found in satisfactory condition, measured and sealed by the local sealer. He will re- ceive a warehouse certificate setting forth the amount of corn under seal. It is contemplated that he will then proceed to the local bank acting as agent for the Corn Credit Corporation, and fill out an application for a loan. The prospective borrower will then sign a note for the amount of the loan and attach the warehouse receipt as col- lateral. The local bank will transmit these papers to the office of the National Corn Credit Corporation in Chicago where the general manager will receive the application and if found satisfactory will advance the money. May Pay Off Loans The National Corn Credit Corpora- tion under the agreement between the borrower and said Corporation, will have authority to designate the market- ing agency through which the corn is to be sold so long as the loan is un- paid. The borrower may pay the loan off at any time on or before July 15, 1922, in which case he may sell the corn any- where he pleases. Those interested may communicate with the National Corn Credit Corp., Room 708, Fisher Bldg., Chicago. The rate of interest on loans will not exceed 6'4% unless the money market mate- rially advances. It is contemplated that loans will be made at from 65 to 75% of the farm market value of the corn at time of filing application. Indications are that local banks will make many loans direct, but if they do not desire to make the loan direct, the application accompanied by warehouse receipts should be sent through local bank to National Corn Credit Corp. Page Four Legislature Meets to Consider Tax Speakers Announced for A. F. B. F. Meeting Dec. 7-9 MERICAN Farm Bureau Federa- tion officials are preparing for a big delegation of Illinois Agricultural Association members at the national convention in Chicago, December 7 to 9, according to word from headquarters. Round trip railroad rates of a fare and a half on the identification certificate plan will prevail from every railroad station in the state with return limit of 30 days. “In view of the accessibility of Chi- cago to every section of Illinois,” says Executive Secretary M. S. Winder, “it should be possible for a big delegation of I. A. A. folks to attend. It will be a splendid opportunity to make contact with men and women from all over the nation.” Sam H. Thompson, former president of the I. A. A. and later of the A. F. B. F., now a member of the Federal Farm Board, has sent word that he will attend. Frank O. Lowden, former gov- ernor of Illinois, will speak on taxation. Federal Judge William S. Kenyon of Fort Dodge, Iowa, has accepted an in- vitation to speak. Farm Bureau mem- bers will recall him as the United States senator, who in 1921 organized the farm bloc in Congress. Two other speakers will be Professor Benjamin Hibbard of the University of Wiscon- sin and Professor M. L. Wilson-of Mon- tana College of Agriculture, each of whom will speak on the national land utilization policy. Mrs. Frank Evans of Utah, wife of President Hoover’s latest appointee to the Federal Farm Board, will be the banquet speaker. Farm Bureau women are planning two conferences to precede the main sessions of the convention. These conferences both open on December 4. Members who arrive early will have the oppor- tunity to visit the International Live- stock Exposition which closes Decem- ber 5. Long Truck Hauls Expensive The Champaign County Farm Bureau is advising its members against hauling hogs long distances in trucks. ‘Hogs hauled long distances in trucks cannot be marketed with nearly as much profit as hogs sold through our own county livestock marketing association,” the Farm Bureau says. THE I. A. A. RECORD Delegates to A. F. B. F. Delegates from Illinois to the annual convention of the A. F. B. F., in Chi- cago December 7-8-9, were selected at the October meeting of the I. A. A. directors. They include Earl C. Smith, A. R. Wright, Charles S. Black, and Samuel Sorrells. Alternates are: C. E. Bamborough, M. G. Lambert, A. B. Schofield, and Charles Marshall. Predicts Low Dairy Cow Prices for Next 5 Years The average price of dairy cows in New York state dropped from $135 in September two years ago to $74 in Sep- tember this year, according to M. C. Bond, Cornell economist. However, he points out that cow prices in New York are still 29 per cent above pre-war, while cow prices for the country as a whole are 5 per cent below pre-war. He predicts that this condition will further depress the price in New York because cows are being moved into the state from other sections. It is his opinion that dairymen who hold cows for higher prices will be disappointed, as improvement is not due until about 1936 or 1937, judging from the past. Winning County Huskers Set for State Meet Carl Seiler, 28, a lefthander, and for- mer world’s champion corn husker, won the recent Knox county contest when he husked 29.78 bushels in eighty min- utes on October 28. Hartwick Olson, last year’s title winner, was second with 27.82 and William Engstrand was third with 27.32 bushels. Seiler’s world’s record was 36.82 bushels. Ray Snyder of Henry won the an- nual Marshall-Putnam husking contest by turning in 32 bushels and 19 pounds in the eighty minutes allotted. Harold Carter was second, C. O. Johnson was third, and Ernest Rehn was fourth. Johnson is lefthanded. Co-Op. Grain Shipments In Illinois Are Gaining Members of the Illinois Grain Cor- poration shipped three-quarters of a million bushels of grain to the Farmers’ National Grain Corp. during October in spite of the fact that grain receipts at the terminal markets were light dur- ing the month. This brings the total volume to nearly 7,500,000 bushels. November, 1931 Problems Reduce Property Taxes, Is Plea of the People Program Recommended by Gov- ernor’s Tax Conference Up For Consideration EORGANIZATION of the taxing machinery toward restoring the credit of Chicago and Cook county, and new sources of revenue to replace part of the heavy burden of taxation on real estate, now being considered by the legislature, are among the more im- portant recommendations made by the Executive Committee of the Governor’s Tax Conference on Friday, October 30. The Conference adopted the report in Chicago the following day. President Earl C. Smith is a member of the Ex- ecutive Committee and served as chair- man of the sub-committee on perma- nent tax relief. John C. Watson met with the group regularly and assisted in preparing the report. ; In place of the present Cook county board of assessors and board of review it is proposed that a centralized body of three members be created, “one of whom to be desig- nated as_ secretary should be the county assessor with full and complete charge of the entire office and all employees thereof.” The other two members of this body which will be known as the Board of Assessment and Revision, are to act in a reviewing capacity to hear com- plaints filed- against valuations made by the assessor. It is proposed that the Board of Assessment and Revision shall be appointed by the president of the county board by and with the consent of the county commissioners. The coun- ty board may remove any member for malfeasance or gross neglect of duty in office. The terms of office shall be four years. Earl C. Smith Remove for Cause A bill proposed by the Tax Confer- ence would give the State Tax Com- mission authority to remove local as- sessing and reviewing officials for cause. Its purpose is to prevent repetition of assessment delays in Cook and other counties. Other proposed measures would give the affected municipalities authority to finance delayed or deferred tax payments, to validate outstanding tax anticipation warrants, and to pro- oh r & oh November, 1931 vide methods of meeting obligations al- ready created. That part of the report providing for new sources of revenue to replace part of the heavy burden on real estate con- tinues in part as follows: A. “EVERY CONSIDERATION POINTS TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE TIME HAS COME FOR THE ENACTMENT OF A STATE INCOME TAX. THE FAIREST DISTRIBUTION OF GOVERNMENTAL BURDEN YET DEVISED HAS BEEN ACCOM- PLISHED BY THE FEDERAL IN- COME TAX.” The report declares that income tax laws have been enacted in Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mis- sissippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin. The income tax proposed in the rec- ommendations is to be paid in quarterly installments, staggered with respect to the federal income tax payments in or- der to distribute the load throughout the year. It is estimated that the bill will pro- duce at least $30,000,000 of revenue per year. To School Fund It is proposed that the money so de- rived be used to replace taxes now levied on _ property for the state distrib- utive school fund; second, for an equit- able distribution of the remainder be- tween Cook county and the rest of the state; and third, for distribution among the elementary school districts with- in counties. The chief features of the bill are as follows: 1. Exemptions: Single persons, $1,- 000; married couples, $2,000; children under 18 years and other dependents, $200 each. A filing fee of $2 to be paid by every single person with a net income of $1,000 or more and by mar- ried couples with net income of $2,000 or more. 2. Rates on Taxable Net Income: 1% on $1,000 or less; 2% on $1,000- $4,000; 3% on $4,000-$9,000; 4% on $9,000-$16,000; 5% on $16,000- $25,000; 6% on all above $25,000. 3. Deductions and offsets: The usual deductions are allowed from gross in- come in determining net income. In addition, there may be credited against the tax computed upon net income the amount of taxes paid or accrued which have been imposed by state or local J.C. Watson THE I. A. A. RECORD WHO’S WHO. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GOVERNOR’S TAX CONFERENCE Joseph K. Brittain, chairman, is vice-chairman of the Chicago Asso- ciation of Commerce; Phillip R. Clarke, president, Central-Republic Trust Company; Omer N. Custer, chairman, Illinois Tax Commission; Samuel Insull, owner of extensive utility properties; George F. Nixon, president, Chicago Real Estate Board; Victor A. Olander, secretary, Illinois State Federation of Labor; Fred W. Sargent, president, Chicago & North- western Railway; Wm. H. Sexton, corporation counsel for Chicago; ‘Earl C. Smith, president, Illinois Agricultural Association; S. E. Thomason, publisher Chicago Times; Ray Wantz, Rockford manufactur- er; and Douglas Sutherland, secre- tary, Civic Federation of Chicago. governments in Illinois, but not taxes of a character to increase the value of the property assessed.. The amount of such credit shall not exceed that pro- portion of the computed tax, which the net income derived from the tax-paying property bears to the total net income. Owners of their homes are allowed a credit against computed tax on net in- come of taxes paid on such homes, not exceeding in amount $100. 4. Payments to be in quarterly in- stallments, beginning April 15, 1933. Tobacco Tax Other proposals recommended are a tax upon the sale of manufactured to- bacco and tobacco products. It is es- timated that revenues approximating $18,000,000 annually would be avail- able from this tax. As in the case of the income tax, these revenues would be used to abate property taxes as de- scribed above. The bill provides for a 20 per cent tax upon the retail selling price of all forms of manufactured tobacco, effec- tive July 1, 1932; to be administered as a stamp tax; the revenues to be paid into the public school fund. It is suggested also that additional revenue may properly be provided by increasing the license fees for certain heavy trucks and busses to put such fees on a parity with those charged in other states. The revenues from this source, estimated at approximately $800,000 per year, would be used in abatement of property taxes. The proposed ad- ditional tax covers heavy trucks and trailers with a gross weight including maximum load in excess of 15,000 pounds. Page Five The state income and tobacco taxes, itis recommended be administered by a new Department of Revenue. Other proposed legislation provides for details in connection with making the income and tobacco taxes real replacement taxes rather than additional taxes. Legislation to provide better enforce- ment of the personal property tax par- ticularly in Cook county is recom- mended under which an applicant for a state automobile license would be com- pelled to present a receipt showing pay- ment of personal property taxes on the car. It is also recommended that the 57th General Assembly in its first special ses- sion adopt a joint resolution calling upon each taxing body in the state to reduce its expenditures and tax levies to conform to the general reduction in commodity prices and living costs. The report concludes with the rec- ommendation that a special committee be appointed to prepare a definite pro- gram looking toward the submission in the next regular session of the next General Assembly of amendments to modernize the revenue provisions of the state constitution. The report was signed by the follow- ing: Joseph K. Brittain, chairman; Philip R. Clarke, Omer N. Custer, Samuel Insull, George F. Nixon, Victor A. Olander, Fred W. Sargent, William H. Sexton, Earl C. Smith, S. E. Thoma- son, Ray Wantz and Douglas Suther- land, secretary. Singers Represent Illinois In National Contest The Lenox mixed quartet of Warren county, and the Illini male quartet of Warrensburg, Macon county, winners in their respective divisions at the state contest held during Farm and Home Week at the University of Illinois last winter will represent Illinois in the na- tional A. F. B. F. contest in Chicago, December 7-9. The Federation reports that there will be entries from a large number of middle-west states. Save Money on Forms The Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association has made arrangements with printers and supply houses to purchase all kinds of accounting forms, binders, order books and other standard record equipment for member oil companies at a 20 per cent discount, according to Manager F. E. Ringham. This discount is available only to member co-opera- tives and can be had only when orders are placed through the auditing asso- ciation. Page Six THE I. A..A. RECORD « i November, 1931 Pope Sie TEL A A RECORD November, 1951 Saves Policyholders $100,000 Annually That's How the Farmers’ Mutual Reinsurance Co. FE organization of the Farmers’ Mutual Reinsurance Company in the fall of 1925 is significant for sev- eral reasons. It is not that farm mu- tual insurance companies were new at that time; in fact, they were among the oldest ventures in co-operation. Township and county fire mutuals were organized in Illinois before the Civil War. The Farmers’ Mutual is, how- ever, the first state-wide mutual to be owned and operated by Illinois farmers. The outstanding feature of the re- insurance company is that it provides a needed reinsurance service to protect the township and county mutuals against unusual losses at low mutual rates. This was the I. A. A.’s first step toward developing a broad insur- ance-at-cost program which was later to produce the Illinois Agricultural Mutual and Country Life Insurance Co. The I. A. A. first took up the insur- ance problem seriously in 1924. It held to the belief that the organization should work with the local fire and windstorm mutuals and attempt to ex- pand and strengthen their services. Work Together Late in 1924 the I. A. A. insurance committee met with the president and secretary of the Illinois Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, together with officers of various farm mutuals, to consider the problem. It was the unanimous opinion that a plan to pro- vide reinsurance for the smaller com- panies should be worked out. The following general points were later agreed upon: first, the reinsur- ance company should be managed by a board of directors selected from officers of various farm mutuals; second, the reinsurance company should supplement the activities of the local mutuals and not compete with them; third, that it should provide a form of reinsurance for the risks carried by the local mu- tual companies so as to protect them from excessive assessments. By July, 1925, an active campaign, in charge of V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A,, was underway to secure the 200 appli- cations with $500,000 worth of risks necessary to secure a state license. The I. A. A. took charge of field organiza- tion work and raised the required amount in a little over a month. The Association also agreed to bear all the expenses of promotion and organization Serves Illinois Farmers Manager J. H. Kelker and his secretary, Edythe Lindquist and to grant the company a loan of $10,000 required as a deposit with the state insurance department. The com- pany started operations November 21, 1925. Hail Added At first it issued only fire and light- ning insurance, but early in the second year hail insurance was added. Today the company writes direct insurance against fire, lightning, windstorm, cy- clone, tornado, farm crop hail, and hail damage to buildings, as well as specific reinsurance. ‘ All rural property is accepted for in- surance, including farm barns, dwell- ings, livestock of all kinds, hay and grain in stack, farm machinery, churches, schools, and also property in certain towns and villages in which the owner has agricultural connections. The company does not, however, accept store buildings, public garages, etc. Specific Reinsurance The specific reinsurance contract makes it possible for the local mutual companies to cede “specific” insurance to the state company, thus lessening the liability of the mutual company on risks reinsured. The state company will accept an amount on specific risks not to exceed four times as much as the local company keeps. Seventy-two companies have signed the specific re- insurance contract and have ceded to the state company more than $7,000,- 000. Fire and lightning insurance rates are based on classifications of property. Farm property falls in one classification, schools and churches in another, and town property in a third. Deductions are given on the cost of insurance for lightning rods, fireproof roof, fireproof walls, fire extinguishers, fire hose at- tached, and ladder attached so as to af- ford easy access to the roof. By pro- viding all the precautions the policy- holder may reduce his insurance cost about one-third. There are also condi- tions which add to the regular charges; for instance, there is an extra cost for insuring a building in which stovepipes pass through walls or partitions, or in which a gasoline engine is kept, or where dwelling and barn are within 80 feet of each other. Wrote $7,066,000 in 731 The company now has a total of $22,600,000 worth of fire and lightning insurance on its books. This amounts to about one-half its entire business. Of this total, more than $7,066,000 was written this year. Some of the in- surance is direct and some of it is spe- cific reinsurance ceded to the company from local mutuals. The direct insur- ance is written by the regular insur- ance agents of the County Farm Bu-- reaus. Losses are settled by local ad- justers. J. H. Kelker, manager of the com- pany, estimates that farmers save about $50,000 annually on fire insurance in ~ tees November, 1931 the state mutual as compared with the cost of old line insurance. This takes into consideration the assessments which members have paid during the last two years. Including these assessments the cost to farmers is still one-third less than the old line companies charge. Fire Prevention Work Under the direction of V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., fire prevention campaigns have been conducted each year to reduce the amount of fire losses to Illinois farmers. This campaign is based on the princi- ple that many fires are preventable and can be avoided with due care. ‘A fire is nobody’s gain and every- body’s loss,” said Kelker. ‘When a fire occurs, it means that the neighbors will have to stand the loss, because it is they who eventually pay the damage. The insurance company merely acts as an agency for collecting and distribut- ing this money.” Windstorm, cyclone and tornado in- surance is written on all property ex- cept that in commercial use. The re- insurance company now carries on its books a total of $14,600,000 worth of insurance of this type. It protects it- self against excessive loss by reinsur- ing with other companies. This year the company has written $7,180,000 worth of windstorm insurance, saving Illinois farmers an estimated $36,500 on the basis of old line rates. Reinsure Hail Risks The company issues two kinds of hail insurance, protection to growing crops and protection to buildings. In 1931 the total crop insurance in force was $2,440,000 and the building insur- ance was $1,580,000. Hail insurance on crops expires Oct. 1 and must be renewed each spring. Exactly $426,- 000 of hail insurance on buildings was written this year. All hail insurance is reinsured in other companies 100 per cent. The Farmers’ Mutual does not bear this risk without protection. Hail claims are settled by adjusters of the companies in which this company reinsures. They visit the scene of the hail storm, appraise the loss and recom- mend the amount of damages due. These men re experts at judging crop losses. This year the Farmers’ Mutual paid hail claims in 25 counties out of the 76 having insurance with the com- pany. Hail insurance in the state mu- tual costs farmers one-third less than the lowest old line rates, saving an esti- mated $22,000 for Illinois farmers this year. The Farmers’ Mutual Reinsurance Company is owned by its policyholders. It is not a stock company. Its control is in the hands of a board of directors, consisting of nine men, all of whom are THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven View of general office of Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company. Left to right— Cornelia Ettima, Eleanor Jesse, Marie Hess, Mary Jokisch, Dorothy Zenor, and Bernice Aeschliman, officers and directors of local mutuals. It has ledger assets of $135,000 which is equivalent to that much capital stock. Its surplus to policyholders is $42,500. It is a legal reserve company. The total annual saving of farmers who insure with the state company is estimated at more than $100,000. Illinois Gets Millions For Federal Aid Roads Illinois received approximately $4,500,000 out of the $105,875,000 - Federal aid road funds which were apportioned to the various states by Secretary- of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde on October 15. New York and Texas are the only states to receive larger sums than Illi- nois. The apportionment was made on the basis of area, population and mileage of rural post roads. The funds were dis- tributed two months earlier this year, so states could get an early start on plans for next season’s construction. Cull Out Poor Cows Heavy shipments of dairy cattle into New York State are reported by Cor- nell University “because dairy cow prices there have been approximately 29 per cent above pre-war, while the average price for the United States on the whole is about pre-war level.” Professor Bond advises dairymen to cull out the poorest producers and save only the heifers from the outstanding cows because there is likely to be a sur- plus of dairy products during the next four to five years. Cut Tax Valuations 39 Per Cent in Whiteside The Whiteside County (Ill.) Board of Review lowered tax valuations $5,- 437,015 this year compared with 1930. Following is a comparison of the values of lands, lots and personal prop- erty for 1930 and 1931: 1930 1931 Lands .. . $22,638,839 $18,937,650 Lots 13,684,362 12,449,317 Personal 7,680,722 7,179,914 Total .. . $44,003,923 $38,566,908 These figures include all property ex- cept railroads and capital stock. It is estimated that this means a cut of ap- proximately 39 per cent in county taxes, and 12 per cent in state taxes this year. The county tax rate was lowered by the county supervisors from 25 cents on the $100 to 16 cents at their meet- ing in September. Illinois Mothers Beat Others in Raising Babies The infant mortality rate in Illinois is now more than 14 per cent lower than that of the nation as a whole, it has been announced by the State De- partment of Public Health. For the year 1930 the death rate among infants was lower in only seven other states, none of which has half the population of Illinois. For each 1,000 births in the United States in 1930 there was 64 deaths among in- fants. In Illinois the infant deaths per 1,000 in 1930 was 56. oe? Page Eight IL A courtnkt NAS SOCIA N RECORD To advance the purpose—for-which—the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. Greorce TuHieM, Editor Max Harre son, Assistant Editor Published many by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Il. Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, IIl., to Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, The indi- vidual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. 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Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance L. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.......2-...-.220-.--20--:ece-eee--ooe J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass’n.. .F, i . Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. A. E. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co.... .......... Snscoewercanaviattetecsoeigo L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp............. Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mor. Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass’n....................... R. W._Grieser, Sales Mgr. Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n _ Marketing Ass’n..... 2.2.2. F, A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n..................... W. H. Coultas, Mgr. The Farmer as Speculator SELL your crop when it is produced, take what you get and go ahead producing more. Such is the advice the leading editorial of the Chicago Tribune of Oct. 30 handed out to farm- ers while criticizing them as “speculators” for holding 16 to 18 cent corn on the farm for a better market. Refusing to sell corn for one-third to one- fourth its cost of production may be speculation, but if so the odds were in favor of the speculator, as events since have proved. At this writing corn prices have advanced approximately 15 cents a bushel or 83 per cent since the I. A. A. first pro- posed a plan to help finance growers who desire to hold corn for a better market. Holding corn, wheat, hogs, cattle, clover seed, alfalfa hay, or any other farm crop for a higher market all involves risk. But that risk is greatly diminished when going prices are far below cost THE I. A. A. RECORD November, 1931 of production. It is an economic fact that pro- duction of commodities is not maintained very long when prices fall below-the-cost-of producing them. The I. A. A. may be wrong, but if so, it is making no apologies for the effort it has made to assist producers in getting a higher price for their corn. An Opportunity for Statesmanship PERHAPS the outstanding feature of the Gov- ernor’s Tax Conference report now being con- sidered by the legislature in special session is its open admission that the general property tax has broken down; that it no longer is adequate to finance government. ‘This situation the Illinois Agricultural Association predicted years ago. The depression only hastened the process, revealed the glaring weaknesses of a taxing system which levies burdensome assessments regardless of ability to pay. The General Assembly, backed by a state-wide group of prominent citizens representing all in- terests, now has a great opportunity to exercise real statesmanship; to initiate some long-overdue revenue reform. Bills as drawn if enacted into law guarantee that revenue derived from new sources will be used to reduce taxes now levied on property to the extent of approximately $50,- 000,000 annually. The new measures include an income tax and a sales tax on tobacco, both of which recognize the cardinal principle of taxa- tion based on ability to pay. Constructive recommendations have also been made toward reducing the cost of government as well as distributing the burden more equitably. The people of Illinois owe a debt of gratitude to the executive committee of the Tax Conference for its tireless four months of effort in trying to find solutions for pressing problems of govern- ment. Through their representatives at Spring- field they can show their appreciation by support- ing its commendable program. International Livestock Show M ORE than 12,000 choice farm animals will fill the 22 acres of exposition halls and show barns at the coming International Livestock Ex- position November 28 to December 5 in Chicago, Manager B. H. Heide announces. Pure bred herds have been entered from Canada to the Gulf, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and samples of wheat are en route to the International Grain and Hay Show from western Australia. The Exposition promises to be outstanding in every respect and will be worth the time and money of every producer who has not seen this brilliant spectacle. ww MA OO DMD HAH VW Qa WH ™ = \ Ay AIR—379.05 miles per hour—held by Lieutenant J. H. Stainforth, Englishman—1931 Schneider Cup Races — flying seaplane — this ex- ceeded the former record by 47 miles per hour. | AND—231.36 miles per hour— established March 11, 1929, by Sir. H. O. D. Segrave of England— driving 900horse power Golden Ar- row car over Daytona Beach (Fla.) course. This record exceeded by 23.81 miles per hour the time made by Ray Keech on the same course April 22, 1928. 379:05 MI. PER HOUR 47-50 MI. PER HOUR 4) ATER—77.39 miles per hour— time made by Gar Wood in Harms- worth trophy races, September, 1930. This record was more re- cently supplanted by Kaye Don, English speedster, when he made 103 miles per hour against time at Buenos Aires. Don made 93.17 miles per hour at 1931 Harmsworth tro- ~ phy races in September in a pre- 231.36 MI. PER HOUR Cou ntry Life liminary heat, but was disqualified. OUT TO SHATTER ANOTHER WORLD Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD November, 1931 ee NOW COUNTS ay LIFE | _IN MILLION Mary. Here’s What We Have ALREADY Accomplished O RGANIZED an old-line legal reserve life insurance company owned and controlled by the Farm Bureau members of Illinois. - Wrote $12,000,000 of paid for business the first 30 days « of the company's existence. Rounded out the first year with more than $19,000,000 « of life insurance in force. Finished second year in business with $35,500,000 of ae = insurance in force. Paid $45,000 in dividends to policyholders one year ear- « lier than the policy provides. Made low lapse record for the second year of any company when more than 95 * per cent of our policyholders paid their premiums. 4 Sr Increased reserves from 1929 to 1930 approximately 500 per cent. “ | Death rate last year only 26 per cent of expected mortality with $35,500,000 of * paid business in force. 2 3 4 5 G. Made the lowest net cost-record_in the legat-reserve life insurance fild. 7 8 9 Loyalty and Co-operation Did It if HIS astonishing record by a company less than three years old was made possible only by the loyalty and co-operation of the 60,000 Farm Bureau members in Illinois. No other company ever launched in this field can point to such a record. This splendid achievement is a glowing tribute to the ability of Illinois farmers to do things for themselves. Country Life is a great co-operative enterprise. So many have contributed to its success. In less than two years the company was organizéd with 94 corporate county agencies and more than |,000 general and special agents. +_Y_—- Kt Y ON FE : November, 1931 , THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven iOul tO JOP THE Lids me i (AINED IN 193 ~ if We Can Do It With Your Support E want to win. We want to make a new record. We We were 47th out can do it if you will help. We have a great oppor- tunity. Country Life is in an enviable position because it is young, sound, and growing rapidly. id of 338 companies in 1930 for actual mil- : rea Other companies are suffering great loss through the lions of life insurance cashing out of policies. This is not true of Country Life be- T gained. cause our policies are only one and two years old and as ; yet have little cash value. Thus, there is little incentive for With your help we Rbaldace: + ba | policyholders to cash out. ber be first by the Country Life is adding new business every week. We end of 1931. have been fortunate in suffering comparatively little lapse, | in securing a high percentage of premium payments. } How You Can Help Now we must continue our forward march, blazing new trails. Here's how you } can help: 4. |. Keep your policy in force. é ~ 2. If you have lapsed get your insurance reinstated at once. 3. Tell your neighbor about Country Life's low net cost in- surance. 4. Place your spare money in more life insurance where it will be safe. 5. Call your local agent and let him tell you how life insurance can solve your protection and savings problem. Country Life's future gains in volume of insurance in force will be reflected in lower net cost. The company's success will be each policyholder's success. Maximum divi- dend payments consistent with safety is Country Life's goal. A steady increase in volume will send your company on to greater heights in the life insurance field. Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD November, 1931 TELP COUNTRY LIF MAKE THIS RECORL W' can top the list of companies in millions gained in 1931 only with your support. You will buy life insurance some time. You might as well do it now. Volume means low net cost. Help us set the pace and by so doing help yourself. Country Life policies offer you everything that is desirable in life insurance. In Country Life you get: I. Security—it is a legal reserve company. Lower ‘net cost. 3. A choice of a number of popular policies. 4. -Money for old-age income. 5. Money to pay off the mortgage. 6 7 8 Cash for the education of your children. Security for your family, home, and estate. A sate depository for your savings. DWARD A. O'NEAL, president, American Farm Bureau Federation, says: “Country Life Insurance Company is an outstanding example of a successful co-operative farm enterprise. Its achievements within a period of less than three years stands forth as a shining light of encouragement to the Farm Bureau move- ment throughout America.” RL C. SMITH, president, Illinois Agricultural Association, says: The record of Country Life Insurance Company in making legal reserve life insurance available to farmers at low net cost speaks for itself. We have every reason to believe that our company will continue its fine record of progress and accomplish- ment. Now is the time for farmers to present a solid front in all their co-operative endeavors. Support Country Life in its efforts to achieve greater accomplishments.” | AW SSAGE A. WILLIAMS, manager, Country Life Insurance Com- pany, says: “After 20 years’ experience in the old-line life insurance field I can say that Farm Bureau members of Illinois have sur prised the life insurance world with their remarkable achievement in organizing and developing this company to its present place in so short a time. What has been done in Illinois has never been equalled be- fore anywhere in the world. The high ideals, vision and energy which prompted the launching and development of this company had much to do with its success. Let’s ~ all work together and make this new record.” ovember, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Buy Country Life Insurance Now Because: C OUNTRY LIFE is a safe place to put your money. It is an old-line legal reserve com- pany operating under the insurance laws of Illinois. While millions of dollars were squandered on bad investments by the American public, their money invested in life insurance is sate and secure ready to help them meet any emergency. Foolish people put their money behind the clock or per- haps in an old tin can and bury it. Wise people invest a sub- stantial part_of their savings in old-line life insurance like Country Life. Life insurance is one of the safest forms of investment known. During periods of panic and depression legal reserve life insurance companies have stood like a rock, secure and strong. Life insurance is the one protection and investment salvaged by many families out of financial wreckage. Help Country Life take the lead in millions of business gained in 1931. We have a great opportunity. We can do it with your help. You are going to increase your insurance some time. DO IT NOW! MARK YOUR CALENDAR Tune in on Country Life's half-hour Jubilee radio program Saturday night, 8:00 to 8:30 p. m., December !2, from Station WMAQ, Chicago. Fill out and mail this coupon today COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO., 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. I want to help Country Life make this new record. I am interested in an [_] Ordinary Life [_] 20-Pay Life [-] 20-Year Endowment [_] Old-Age Income Policy WEY | MAIO 46 eso EE es aki Gogh Gian se wip? ieee eae es Soran aa se aint © Oona te giana ue PMNS a ES, pS SP a Rat tet Walp oie ae eke Ac CA. AEN oy se ee Sep sg Ue ate kee eats Page Fourteen Co-Op. Buying Should Be Recognized by Gov't. E. D. Lawrence Discusses Distribu- tion, and Oil Company Policies At State Meeting OVERNMENT encouragement of co-operative buying associations as well as selling organizations, and amendment of the federal farm loan and the Agricultural Marketing Acts to recognize co-operative buying were recommended by E, !D. Lawrence, presi- dent of the Illinois |Farm Supply Com- pany at the com- pany’s annual meet- ing at Bloominngton, October. 14. Mr. Lawrence lauded the member companies on their fine achieve- ments and _ pointed out that farmers would no longer accept the doctrine that co-operative organizations should confine themselves to selling alone. “No small part of our difficulties,” he added, “‘are due to the high cost of distribution. Our problem is one of getting nearer the wholesaler as well as of getting nearer to the consumer.” K. D. Lawrence Dr. Warren Says Quoting Dr. George F. Warren of Cornell University, he said: ‘Most manufacturers buy at wholesale prices, which are low, and sell at wholesale prices, which are also low. But in gen- eral agriculture buys at retail prices, which are high, and sells at wholesale prices which are low.” Again quoting from the same au- thority:: “If the government wishes to encourage co-operatives, it should en- courage buying associations as well as selling associations. The intermediate credit bank and Farm Board acts should be amended so as to clearly recognize co-operative buying.” Lawrence pointed out that the year closed with 11 new companies com- pared with 17 the year before; that the period of rapid expansion is approach- ing anend. Of the 95 counties of the state having Farm Bureaus, 75 are now providing their members with Illinois Farm Supply Company products. Credit a Problem Referring to the fact that the ab- sorbing problem for all companies is the matter of credit, he said, ‘‘Credit extension costs money, and is by no means a legitimate cost item in our business, since we are selling goods at Illinois : THE I. A. A. RECORD cost. This is not a new and heartless doctrine. It simply says that he who has no money cannot buy. This is a fundamental rule of business from which it will be unwise, if not disas- trous, for us to depart. There are es- tablished institutions whose business it is to loan money. Ours is buying and selling. Let us confine ourselves as closely as possible to this field. “Our next move should be to estab- lish more firmly and to bind together more securely our widespread group of member companies. We have made progress in establishing uniform selling prices. We all recognize that each company has its own problems and un- der stress of sharp competition the com- pany may feel impelled to cut loose from the prevailing price structure and meet the cut prices of competitors. Such a practice we have strongly urged against. er Cut Price Policy “Our selling prices are on a par with those of the most conservative com- panies doing business in our territory. These prices usually provide a safe mar- gin for operating expenses, and a patron- age refund, also allowing for reasonable fluctuations in costs. Therefore any narrowing of this operating margin is done at great risk to future welfare. “The practical-minded farmer-mem- ber can be shown that in any event he will get his products at cost and that any initial saving effected may be at the risk of jeopardizing the future standing of his company. A cut price policy invariably will be reflected in reduced dividends at the close of the year, “Competition between ourselves is unthinkable, yet it has actually existed in a few instances during the past sum- mer. The solution of this problem largely rests with the manager and board of directors, but ultimately a more positive solution must be found which will prevent recurrence of such instances. Strength in Unity “The achievements of the Illinois Farm Supply Company should offer re- assurance to those who are doubtful of this type of co-operative organization. So far as our own is concerned, most of that doubt has vanished as time has demonstrated the good faith of those vested with authority. However, that there still linger traces of this feeling is evidenced by the fact that some of the older member companies have never taken steps to bring about a corporate relationship with the State Company through: the issuance of a special class of stock, in spite of broad limitations placed upon the power to be exercised under that stock. We think that this November, 1931 action indicates a reservation with re- spect to a complete co-operative rela- tionship which in the long run_is-detri- mental to the best interests of such member company. I advocate no blind surrender of all rights and prerogatives, but when close analysis reveals that cer- tain prerogatives possess little value in themselves while jealously guarded, yet when surrendered contribute in impor- tant measure to insuring the continua- tion of the ideal of service, then their withholding is most unfortunate. More Perfect Union “When this nation emerged from the Revolutionary War as thirteen states, these states had recently been joined to- gether by the Articles of Confederation; and it had required the entire duration of the war to induce all the thirteen colonies to yield to a central govern- ment for the sake of better manage- ment in large affairs which affected them all. But, no sooner were the Articles of Confederation placed in operation than the best statesmen real- ized that no enduring nation could be built on such a foundation. There was no president. Congress had no real authority of its own. It was only an adviser to the states. Each state became again supreme in its own authority, and commercial warfare between them was disastrous. “To end this state of affairs, a con- stitutional convention was called to see what could be done, with the stated purpose of forming ‘a more perfect union,’ and under that Union we live today. So, let us build our co-operatives for stability and lasting strength, bound together in ‘a more perfect union,’ con- fident that in making a contribution to the welfare of the whole, we can best insure the perpetuation of its integral parts.” From 21 to 47 During Mr. Lawrence’s administra- tion as president, the member companies increased from 21 to 47 and the volume of business more than doubled. Law- rence was reared on a farm near Hud- son, in McLean county, and graduated from the University of Illinois in the class of 1914. He has been active in Farm Bureau work in McLean county where he displayed much ability as sec- retary of the Farm Bureau and chair- man of the committee that established the McLean County Service company which he served as first president. He has been a director in the State Farm Supply Company for five years, two of which he served as president. Uncle Ab says the wise man will wait until he can afford to gamble; and then he won’t need to! Nove A” m withou farmer now be cultura It is rector use of f rural lin *“Man than is service, cation ; as a pioi reductio bringing ly expec vice. “We and ove 17 per | of rural edly ne quired 1 has beer think it the eng “Con duced t for wot lines by judgme: many ¢ J. He Illinois recent |; that stv dicate 1 spect t built fc factor « requirer Panies t cecal de November, 1931 How to Cut Costs—of Rural Electrification Commerce Commission Engineer Be- lieves Lines Can Be Built for $600 a Mile DJUSTING construction costs to make possible rural electrification without over-large investments of farmers is one of the major problems now being studied by the Illinois Agri- cultural Association. It is the opinion of L. J. Quasey, di- rector of transportation, that worth- while __re- ductions might be ef- fected in at least three ways: first, the con- struction of lighter lines; second, elimination of the de- tailed sur- veys made by highly paid engi- neers; third, use of farm labor as far as possible on rural lines. “Many lines are substantially heavier than is reasonably required for rural service,” he declared. ‘Rural electrifi- cation should be considered primarily as a pioneering enterprise and whatever reductions can be made in the cost of bringing service to the farm will great- ly expedite the extension of rural ser- vice. Howard Mathews Overhead Too High “We observe that the engineering and overhead expense comprise about 17 per cent of the total estimated cost of rural lines. Some of this is undoubt- edly necessary, but the type of line re- quired for distribution in rural districts has been quite well standardized and we think it possible to appreciably reduce the engineering expense. “Construction costs might also be re- duced by making the proper allowance for work that could be done on the lines by the farmers themselves. In our judgment this would be practicable in many cases.” J. Howard Mathews, chief engineer, Illinois Commerce Commission, in a recent address to utility leaders stated that studies made by state engineers in- dicate rural lines adequate in every re- spect to handle rural service can be built for $600 a mile, and still offer a factor of safety well beyond minimum requirements. He pointed out that com- panies that once spent $1,500 to $2,000 THE I. A. A. RECORD a_mile for rural lines_are_now—building them for $900, which is still too high. Why So Much? “We have analyzed some of these costs,” he said, “‘and from a study of the figures it is apparent why there is still such a wide variation in rural line costs. Material costs alone vary from $365 to $1,000 apparently without any particular reason. Labor costs range from $100 to $450, again with no ap- parent reason. “The final costs, where low, seem to be explained by good judgment in the selection of material, low overhead and an efficient use of labor. It goes with- out saying that construction costs should be kept as low as possible be- cause these costs have an important bearing upon rates, as depreciation and interest on the investment are figured in the charges.” Low Cost Best Salesman “What is needed to increase rural use of electricity on Illinois farms,” said Mr. Mathews, “‘is further modifications in the construction standards and in the rates, which would encourage the extension of lines and permit the transmission of cnergy at a lower cost. “From a study of the experience of about 3,000,000 gas and electric cus- tomers in Illinois,” he said, “I am con- vinced that while a number of things influence the extent to which an in- dividual will use gas or electricity, there is One outstanding influence which pre- dominates and that is the amount paid per unit of service. There is so sales- man like low cost.” Note: This is the first of a series of articles on the subject of rural electrification. Buy Corn in lowa Pay 60 Cents a Bushel A Des Moines, Iowa, dispatch of October 31 stated that a state-wide corn purchasing campaign, resembling the war-time liberty loan campaigns, intended to put from $8,000,000 to $10,000,000 in the hands of Iowa farmers, was started on October 30. The plan calls for the sale of a mil- lion bushels of Iowa corn at 60 cents a bushel, the campaign to start early in November. Every Iowa business man and salaried person receiving $2,400 or more annually will be asked to buy at least one unit of 10 bushels. On Serum Board A. B. Schofield, director from the 17th dstrict, was selected by the I. A. A. Board of Directors to serve on the board of the Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association in the coming year. Page Fifteen Circuit Judge Advocates Acreage Regulation Advises Farmers to Organize to Secure Fair Prices OVERNMENT regulation of acre- age planting of the principal farm crops, cotton, wheat, and corn, is recommended by Circuit Judge Louis Bernreuter of Nashville, Illinois, as a solution to the agricultural problem. “If the Farm Board notices any of these crops running into surplus pro- duction, then let it issue an order that the acreage of such crops be decreased a certain percentage at the next plant- ing. If after such reduction a shortage occurs for one year, little harm will be done,” according to Judge Bernreuter. Buy the Surplus “If with these adjustments of the acreage a small surplus happens to oc- cur, the government should buy it at a fair price on the open market and carry it over to the next year, when it might be needed to cover a shortage. If this plan had been adopted a few years } ago,” he says, “‘we 28) would not now have the ruinious surpluses Louis Bernreuter of these crops to contend with. We have enough cotton on hand to last us two years. At the same time an enor- mous new crop is now standing in southern fields ready to be picked. “My plan deals only with the maxi- mum acreage to be allowed each farm. If a farmer sees fit he may put in a lower acreage or none at all. The plan is not to apply to farms below a cer- tain size. Each county is to have its own records and a supervisor. The plan could be gradually extended to other farm products. Only Sound Solution “J believe government regulation in all lines is the only sound solution to our own problems. If one of the old political parties were to advocate this idea it would sweep the country in 1932. “The government must step in and regulate the production of the machine so that the burden of the laborer is lightened. The laborer should not be- come jobless on account of inventions.” Judge Bernreuter delivered his farm relief ideas before a recent session of the Farmers’ Institute at Hamel in Madison county. (Continued on Page 17, Col. 2) Page Sixteen Co-Op. Oil Companies Distribute Dividends — Farm Bureau Members Only Share In Cash Returns on Patronage Basis ATRONAGE refunds returned to Farm Bureau members by the coun- ty service companies are especially wel- come this fall, reports L. R. Marchant, manager of the Illinois Farm Supply Co. Whiteside Service Company of Mor- rison began operations April 1, 1931, and after six months’ operation paid the 7% preferred stock dividend, a 10% patronage refund to Farm Bureau mem- ber customers, and set aside an equal amount to surplus. Two hundred and sixty-seven customers of the company are not Farm Bureau members. Patron- age refund checks were distributed at the annual meeting, October 28. The earnings of Stephenson Service Company of Freeport during its first six months of operation were sufficient to justify the directors declaring a 12% patronage dividend after setting aside a reserve for the payment of preferred stock dividends and funds to surplus equal to more than 30% of its paid-in capital stock. A 7% patronage was paid at the annual meeting, October 27, and 5% will be paid later. The company has 323 non-member cus- tomers. Adams Service Company of Quincy closed its second fiscal period August 31, 1931, with 1,812 customers. The non-members patronizing the company numbered 1,057. A 20% patronage re- fund was declared, 10% payable Oc- tober 24, 1931, and 10% April 1, 1932. Another 10% of the earnings was set aside to surplus. Rich-Law Service Company of Lawrenceville, operating in Lawrence, Richland and Crawford counties, closed its fiscal year September 30 after eleven months’ business. A 15% patronage refund was declared, 10% payable im- mediately and 5% later, with a good balance to surplus. One Farm Bureau member will receive a patronage re- fund check of over $220. Logan Farm Supply Company closed its fourth fiscal year September 30 and at the annual meeting held November 3, the directors announced a 10% patronage refund on gasoline, kerosene, and grease, a 15% patronage on lubri- cating oil, and 5% on distillate and competitive gasoline. This company placed almost an equal amount to sur- plus. Marshall-Putnam Oil Company, one of the pioneer companies of the state, and a charter member of Illinois Farm Supply Company, closed its sixth fiscal THE I. A. A. RECORD NOTICE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF DELEGATES Nowe is hereby given that in connection with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the month of December, 1931, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agricultural As- sociation shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Agricul- tural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meeting or any spe- cial meeting of the Association, including the election of officers and directors as pro- vided for in the by-laws of the Association. During December annual meetings will be held in Brown, Bureau, Clark, Coles, Craw- ford, Saline, DeWitt, DuPage, Rock Island, Vermilion, Morgan, Edgar, Edwards, Effing- ham, Henry, Iroquois, Jersey, Johnson, Kane, Stephenson, Wabash, Jackson, Kendall, La- Salle, Lee, Livingston, McLean, Piatt, Ran- dolph, Richland, Union, Champaign and Grundy counties. Signed, G. E. Merzcer, Secretary. November 15, 1931. year August 31. This company, with a surplus equal to its paid-in capital stock, declared a 24% patronage from the profits of the business for the past year. Eight per cent was paid at the end of the first six months, 8% at the end of the period, and 8% will be paid later. More Cattle on Feed This Year Than Last Shipments of feeder cattle into IIli- nois between July and September this year show a considerable increase over the same period in 1930. Many feeders had cattle on hand early in October, but not yet on the feedlot, according to the State Dept. of Agriculture. A considerable number of feeding cattle have been shipped to local points in Illinois where they are held for sale. With plenty of cheap feed on hand, farmers will feed more cattle this year than last where finances are available. Lighter weight cattle and calves will predominate this year. Lambs on feed in Illinois October 1 were somewhat less in number than a year ago. Shipments into the state late in the summer indicated an increased interest in sheep, and it is now appar- ent that feeders plan more feeding than they did earlier. The amount of feeding that will be - done this winter, however, is still un- certain because of the credit situation and the doubt about the number of sheep to be fed on contract. ' November, 1931 70 Farm Families’ Living Averages $2,489 The value of the living of 70 selected Illinois farm families averaged $2,489 a year during the period 1929-1930, a study made by the State College of Agriculture revealed. ‘“The average ex- penditure of 18 small families was $3,662 a year,” the University report stated. “These averages probably are much higher than those for the state in general in view of the fact that the studies were made with a selected group of thrifty families,” it was pointed out. “Of the $2,489 value for the living of the farm families, $932 was fur- nished by the farm. Twelve per cent of the total was spent for life insur- ance and investments. The town fami- lies spent 28 per cent of their living expenditures for life insurance and in- vestments. “Cash spent by the 70 farm families did not necessarily represent the income from the farms on which they lived. Of the $2,489, $1,657 represented the average cash income per family, $420 the average value of raised products used in the home or given away, and $412 the average yearly rental value of the house.” All 88 of the families were American born, and the most usual size of the family was four. Nearly half of the 70 farm families owned the land on which their homes were located, and more than half owned between 160 and 320 acres. Unorganized Dairymen Disrupt New York Market Milk being forced into the fluid mar- kets of New York City by small deal- ers is blamed by the Dairymen’s League Co-Operative Association for its reduc- tion of 37 cents per hundred pounds of Class I milk effective November 1. “It has long been the practice,” says the statement issued by the League, “of independent, unorganized producers, and small dealers handling their milk, to dump surplus on fluid markets at any price. This is done rather than manufacture it into by-products. Many - of these small dealers have no facili- ties for handling surplus by manufac- tured by-products. As a result of their activities the average retail price of loose milk in New York City is nine cents a quart, whereas it should be eleven cents, and much of it sells for even less than nine cents.” “The Dairymen’s League Co-Opera- tive Association, and its buyers, have had their choice of either withdrawing from the wholesale market or meeting this kind of competition.” 7 Te * . November, 1931 Newspaper Publishes Retraction of Statement Propagandists Continue Spreading Malicious Untruths About Coun- try Life Insurance Co. Coup time ago there appeared an ar- ticle in the Montgomery News, Hillsboro, containing a number of er- roneous statements about the Country Life Insurance Company. The infor- mation came to the editor apparently from a disgruntled competitive life in- surance agent who is finding Country Life’s low net cost insurance stiff com- petition. The article asserted that a distribu- tion of some $20,000 of dividends was made to the officers of the company; that the Country Life Insurance Co. is a private enterprise and is not owned and controlled by the Farm Bureau in Illinois. When given a detailed statement of the company’s set-up in distribution of dividends, the fair-minded editor of the Montgomery News under date of Oc- tober 8, 1931, published a retraction as follows: “Concerning the Country Life Insurance Company: “On August 27th there appeared in this paper an article concerning the Country Life Insurance Company. At that time the statements contained in the article were believed to have come from an authentic source. We have since learned that the information was erroneous and we are glad to make cor- rection, as it has always been our policy to co-operate with the farmers in their efforts to help themselves. “Since printing the above mentioned article we have procured information founded upon facts that we are glad to give to our readers: “The Illinois Agricultural Holding Company was organized as a legal ne- cessity to guarantee perpetual control of the Country Life Insurance Com- pany within the Farm Bureau move- ment of the state. It has $50,000 of authorized and issued First Preferred Capital Stock, all of which is held by Farm Bureau members and Farm Bu- reaus in Illinois; $60,000 of ‘Second Preferred, which is all owned by the Illinois Agricultural Association, whose total membership is constituted by all the County Farm Bureau members of the state. The Illinois Agricultural Association also holds all of the Com- mon Stock, namely, 3,000 shares of no par value and which carries the con- trol of the company. None of this common stock can be sold, except by authorization of the Board of Delegates of the Association assembled in an an- THE I. A. A. RECORD nual or special meeting called for that purpose. — “The total dividends paid by the Country Life Insurance Company to the Illinois Agricultural Holding Com- pany, which owns all of the stock of the Insurance Company, amounts to $20,000, payable: $5,000, February 14, 1930; $15,000, on November 14, 1930. From this amount, a 7 per cent cash dividend, or $3,500, was paid to the First Preferred stockholders as of rec- ord February 15, 1930, and $3,500, or another 7 per cent dividend, was de- clared to holders of record on December 1, 1930, completing the 7 per cent per annum obligations to the stockholders; 14 per cent on the Second Preferred, and 70 cents a share on the Common Stock was declared and paid to holders of record on December 1, 1930, also completing its obligations on this out- standing stock. Practically all of the income of the Holding Company has been paid to the stockholders of the Holding Company and its total operat- ing expense for the year was $270.13, the balance being in the treasury of the Holding Company. “Before the close of the second year of the Life Insurance Company the Board of Directors declared a dividend to be paid to policyholders upon the payment of their third premium, which was one year in advance of any obliga- tion contained in the policy. “The manner in which the funds of the Country Life Insurance Company have been conserved is best described in the 1931 Best Life Rating Chart, which shows that the cost of adminis- tration per $1,000 of -insurance is among the lowest, if not actually the lowest of all the legal reserve life in- surance companies covered by their re- port. This report is supposed to cover all legal reserve companies operating in the United States.” In the meantime energetic enemy propogandists have been giving wide circulation to the original erroneous statement while ignoring the retraction presented above. Members are invited to send in the names of such workers found spreading libelous statements. CIRCUIT JUDGE ADVOCATES (Continued from Page 15) In another recent address at Edwards- ville, the judge advised farmers to or- ganize as an ultimate solution to their problem. “If you farmers want to im- prove your condition you must keep on organizing,” he said. “You can get permanent relief in this machine age only by organization and limitation of production, and thus be put in a posi- tion where you will have some voice in setting the prices of your products.” Page Seventeen Accident Prevention” Work Gets Results A decrease in the number of auto- mobile accidents per hundred policies in force in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company during September, 1930 and 1931, in comparison with September, 1928 and 1929, is shown by a recent survey. Manager A. E. Richardson gives the accident prevention campaigns of the I. A. A. and Farm Bureaus credit for the drop in accidents. Accidents in September this year were 72 less than they would have been if the accident rate of September, 1928, had continued. They were 89 less than they would have been on the basis of the 1929 rate. “If we are to assume that each acci- dent costs the company approximately $40,” said Richardson, “we find an actual saving of approximately $2,880 on the basis of accidents in 1928 or ear on the 1929 accident rate. “We find that in 1928 we had 10,082 policies in force and that 2.142 per cent of the policy-holders had accidents dur- ing September. In 1929 we had 17,575 policies in force and 2.179 per cent of them had accidents in the correspond- ing period. “The first accident prevention cam- paign was carried on in 1929, but it was not well organized and did not show very great results. In 1930 results were more satisfactory. This year an active Campaign was again initiated and at this writing is still in progress. In September only 1.905 per cent of the 30,294 policy-holders had accidents.” The campaigns were held in Septem- ber because that is the peak month for accidents. December is second high in mishaps according to the company’s records. Waterfowl Show at Quincy The second water fowl exposition to be held in Illinois will take place at Quincy January 6-10 in connection with the Illinois State Poultry Show, according to the Illinois State Water- fowl Breeders’ Association. Competition in all classes of ducks and geese is open to everyone, states Ruth M. Adams of Alexander, secre- tary of the organization. “I saved $96 on limestone, enough to pay my dues for more than six years, because of the services of the Farm Bureau,” writes Harvey Stan- ley, member of the Clay County Farm Bureau. 7 Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD November, 1931 Gnsten lethe Jubilee Saturday Night, Dec. 12 Farm Bureau Safety Club Movement Grows EMBERSHIP of the Illinois Farm Bureau Safety Club, which to date has units in more than 70 coun- ties, is now 5,537, according to V. Van- iman. The total is expected to reach 15,000 before the campaign closes Jan- uary 1. Farm Bureaus are now distrib- uting the 35,000 emblems sent out by the I. A. A. and signing up members. Cook county has worked out a unique plan for its campaign. Men have been selected in every township and each given 25 emblems and a card on which there is room for 25 names. When the card is filled and sent in, showing that the emblems have been placed on wind- shields, the appointee’s job is completed. Edwards county worked out a plan in which the insurance men and oil truck drivers engaged in a contest to see who could secure the most members for the club. Mercer county is using the same idea. Champaign county showed safety films, conducted poster contests among school children, and has arranged to have local units work out their own plans for signing up members. Pulaski- Alexander counties expect to take up the matter in a) series of community meetings the latter part of November. Jersey county has already discussed the campaign in community meetings. Hancock county is considering the installation of brake and mechanical testing equipment. Group meetings are also planned to take up the subject. Practically every county is putting the idea before Farm Bureau members through the medium of letters and the Farm Bureau publications. All that is required to become a mem- ber is that the car owner have the em- blem of the safety club on his car. Only those eligible for auto insurance in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company are eligible for membership. The I. A. A. will give a silver loving cup to the county conducting the best campaign. Vermilion's Record The Vermilion County Livestock Marketing Association recently closed its first year of business with a record of $400,000 in sales covering 24,000 head of livestock weighing 6,000,000 pounds. Livestock is shipped on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Stock went to six terminal markets and 14 packers. The Martinsville (Clark county) vocational agricultural class made its fifth annual trip to the Indianapolis Stock Yards on October 20 under the leadership of W. G. Baysinger, instruc- tor. The 14 boys left Martinsville for a cool ride at 3 A. M. on the top deck of a truck owned by Ralph Jeffers, mana- ger of the Martinsville Shipping Asso- ciation. The boys inspected the stock yards, went through the packing plant of Kingan & Company, and were enter- tained at dinner by the Producers Com- mission Association. New Directors Chosen By Farm Supply Co. A new plan of district representation on the board of directors of the Illinois Farm Supply Company was adopted at the annual meeting in Bloomington on October 14. Under the new plan the state is divided into nine districts as follows: northeast, northwest, east, central, west, west central, southeast, southwest, and south. After an amendment to the articles of incorporation approving this change was unanimously adopted by the stock- holders, the directors whose terms of office had not expired tendered their resignations to become effective imme- diately. These were as follows: A. R. Wright, Geo. F. Tullock, Harry C. Gehring, Grant Broster, W. A. Dennis, and E. E. Stevenson. The terms of office of the other two directors, E. D. Lawrence and Samuel Sorrells, had expired. This action enabled the delegates in each district to caucus and nominate a director. The directors elected for the ensuing year were: northeast, T. J. Penman; northwest, G. F. Tullock; east, J. M. Iman; central, E. E. Stevenson; west, F. E. Herndon; west central, F. J. Flynn; southeast, H. R. Neal; south- west, Samuel Sorrells; and south, Grant Broster. The state championship boys dairy judging team from JoDaviess county placed seventh among 24 at the National Dairy Show last month. To Select County Queens Seek New World Record POs Farm Bureaus are looking forward to the Dividend Celebra- tion Jubilee on Saturday night, Decem- ber 12, when county-wide receptions and programs will be held all over the state, announces Manager L. A. Wil- liams of Country Life Insurance Co. In addition to entertainment by lo- cal talent, arrangements have been made for a 30-minute inspirational radio program to be broadcast over sta- tion WMAQ, Chicago, beginning at 8:00 p. m. One of the features of county pro- grams will be beauty contests to select Country Life Queens for the respective counties. Last year 12 counties selected Country Life Queens in similar meet- ings. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., expects at least 65 counties to hold beauty contests December 12. Winners of county con- tests will be eligible for the state con- test which is expected to be held at the State Fair in 1932. Miss Frances John- ston of Lawrence county is the present Country Life Queen, having been chosen last August in the state contest. Judges in these contests will consider poise, grace, dignity, style, intelligence, and personality. Since the selection of the: Country Life Queen of Illinois at the State Fair, a new’ meaning of a “beauty contest” has taken hold of Farm Bureau people, Vaniman said. The Country Life Insurance Com- pany has just announced a campaign to be carried on between now and the end of the year to top the list of com- panies in millions of business gained in 1931. The company already has several world’s records to its credit. Farm Land Policy to Be Discussed in Chicago Agricultural land utilization will be discussed in a three-day conference called by Secretary of Agriculture Ar- thur M. Hyde for November 19 to 21 at Chicago. Representatives of agri- cultural organizations and land grant colleges will consider the development of a national policy on land utilization. Sub-marginal land, tax delinquency, farm abandonment, mortgage indebted- ness, foreclosed farm\ lands and other immediate problems will be discussed, Secretary Hyde announced. v ~ Cc sq ‘, t - November, 1931 "This Will Pay My Dues for Ten Years" Bond County Member Appreciates I, A. A. Claim Service “[ ALMAGE DEFREES, president of the Bond County Farm Bureau, re- cently received a check for $150 in settlement of a claim filed last winter when a car of apples was damaged in transit from Griggsville to Smithboro. After months of persistent corres- pondence this settlement was obtained by the transportation department of the Illinois Agricultural Association, al- though the railroad at first denied re- sponsibility for the damage. The basis for the claim was as fol- lows: Mr. Defrees ordered a car of apples through the Illinois Fruit Grow- ers Exchange to be shipped standard ventilation. The car was more than four days traveling a distance of 140 miles. It arrived with vents closed and the apples damaged by heating and jolt- ing, to the extent of $160. At first the railroad denied the claim altogether, asserting that “the loss claimed does not appear to represent a carrier’s liability and the claim there- fore will necessarily have to be dis- allowed.” An offer of $125 was finally made. This was refused. Later an offer of $150 was accepted by the shipper as a satisfactory settlement. “The railroad was clearly at fault,” said Mr. Defrees in a letter to the I. A. A., “and yet I doubt if individu- ally I could have recovered a cent. This will pay my Farm Bureau dues for 10 years. Talk about service! And think of the men who can’t see it!” The I. A. A. has collected a total of more than $225,000 in loss and damage claims for members since 1920. Last year the association collected 1,000 claims totaling $25,000. Ogle Gains in Members Eighty-one new members were added to the Ogle County Farm Bureau in a membership drive in October, placing the total between 990 and 1,000 mem- bers. This is a gain of approximately 9 per! cent over 1930. Membership is expected to pass 1,000 by the time the sign-up is completed. Buys Milk in Christian Co. The Producers Dairy Company of Springfield is now buying whole milk and cream from Christian county dairy- men, giving Farm Bureau members an outlet for their dairy products through co-operative channels. The Producers Dairy Company is a subsidiary of the Sangamon County Farm Bureau. THE I. A. A. RECORD No. 2 of a series of ad- vertisements on I. A. A.-- Farm Bureau Services kD OOO eg F More than 60, 000 voluntary memberships are backing the chain of I. A. A. --Farm Bureau services, each one animpor- tant link toward farm equality. Link YOUR Farm to Your FARM BUREAU A Organization Can Foster Helpful Legislation and PROTECT against ill-planned laws Introduced into our State Legislature each bien- nium are hundreds of bills, most of which directly or indirectly affect every farm home in Illinois. Some are necessary. Others are likely to harm more persons than they could benefit. To guard against the passage of legislation harm- ful to agricultural interests requires constant 4. watchfulness. An aggressive organization with the power of numbers is necessary to maintain this vigilance. Farmers’ Influence Growing The Illinois farmer no longer stands alone. Rep- resentatives of his organization speak with the powerful voice of the 60,000 tax-paying members engaged in farming. The strength of these 60,000 is great. Yet the combined strength of all the Illinois farmers be- hind the I. A. A. program would double the effec- tiveness of every Farm Bureau representative. Some Needs of Illinois Agriculture We farmers of Illinois need many things from our lawmaking bodies. Weneed anew taxing system based on ability to pay; We need further tariff revision to protect our prod- ucts against foreign competition; We need a proper understanding of our cause by the State Legislature to prevent the passage of injurious bills and to obtain measures that will be- nefit the farming industry; We necd revised transportation costs; We need favorable credit legislation and better credi: facilities. Every new member adds to the value of the chain of I. A. A.-Farm Bureau Services, and lends support to the fair demands of agriculture. For a better business—a fuller home life—a more secure future—and a voice in the government that can be HEARD we must have organization —one man can do nothing alone. The 60,000 members of the Illinois Agricultural Association have accomplished much. With your help they can do more. Call Farm Bureau headquarters today. Say: ‘‘Il’m joining!’’ ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION — and— Ninety- Five Affiliated County Farm Bureaus 608 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois ORGANIZED WORLD N DO NOTHING ALONE = Page Nineteen cc, eat i ‘ f ILLINOIS é FARM SUPPLY CO.#3 ie 4 ~l | | é ape PAY To aogne B Fret Ny hy Iz = 1 & be my LOS, ™ A nN x rs D SAVINGS ban, the ‘Nors 4 7 - argaining #2 Dower Z Gives Quality at a rn / This sum, returned by Illinois Farm Supply Company, is in addition to the direct savings made possible by collective pur- chasing. ox Si Back to the i members goes $78,557.50 By purchasing Service Petroleum Products and Supplies from your own Farm Bureau Service Company YOU have made it possible for the Illinois Farm Supply Company to return to the 47 associated companies a cash dividend of $78,557.50. Your patronage brings cash dividends to you and enables your company to provide you with exceptionally high quality prod- ucts and excellent service. NOW is the time to co-operate 100 per cent with your Farm Bureau, for loyal support will bring even Bigger Returns. SPECIAL PRICES are now offered on motor oil orders for Spring deliv- eries. Penn Bond (100% Pure Pennsylvania) and Blue Seal (100% Paraf- fine Base) oils stand up under extreme conditions. You must act AT ONCE to take advantage of this opportunity to buy your next season’s requirements at a saving. See the “SERVICE” man in your territory, or write us. Winter grades are dewaxed, flow readily at low temperatures, and give instant lubrica- tion at the first turn of the motor. Get Local County Farm Bureau Service Co, Farm Bureau Member your Winter Oil before the snow flies. ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY COMPANY 608 SOUTH.DEARBORN STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS “ : C6 ~ The c7s Iflinois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published men Application for tr d class entry from er of se iL, in Section 2 re of | Feb. 28, 1925, EB ae Ma “Get ht 1925. tural Association ‘Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicag Number 12 Corn Credit Corp. Now Making Loans Manager Laird Cautions Applicants To File Properly and Avoid Delays PPLICATIONS for loans totaling more than $20,000 on _ cribbed corn in Illinois were received by the National Corn Credit Corporation at Chicago November 30, reports Harry . Laird, manager. This represents receipts over the week-end and is, therefore, heavier than the average daily run, he explained. Forty-eight applications had been re- ceived, and about one-fourth of these had been paid up to December 1,. Mr. Laird said. The first loan was made to a LaSalle county farmer on November 25. Among ether counties, which have sent in appli- cations, are Champaign, Shelby, Ken- dall, McLean, Henry, and DeKalb. Mr. Laird explained that faulty appli- cations were causing a great deal of de- lay on loans. Common Errors The most common errors, he said, were the omission of crib measurements by the sealers in filling out the ware- house certificates, and the failure of the applicant to assign the certificate to the National Corn Credit Corporation. One er two applicants have applied for amounts in excess of the maximum, which is 20 cents a bushel. In these cases it has been necessary to have new applications prepared. The loans continue to be confined to (Illinois. Iowa, the only other state pos- sessing a warehouse storage law as re- quired by the Corn Credit Corporation, now has its machinery in working or- der, Mr. Laird said. He expects to re- ceive Iowa applications within the next few days. Insurance Available The applicant will not be required to insure sealed grain as was required at the outset, it was decided by officials of (Continued on page § cel. 3) DECEMBER, 1931 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- ING OF ILLINOIS AGRI- CULTURAL ASSN. OTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the mem- bers of the ILLINOIS AGRICUL- TURAL ASSOCIATION will be held at the Faust Hotel, in Rock- ford, Ill., on the 28th day of Janu- ary, 1932, at 9:00 o’clock a. m., for the follcwing purposes: For the consideration and vote upon approval and ratification of the reports of the president, secretary and treasurer of the Association, and the acts of the board of directors and officers in furtherance of the matters therein set forth, since the last annual meeting of the members of the Association. To approve, ratify and confirm the several purchases heretofore made by this Association of stocks and evi- dences of indebtedness of corpora- tions whose activities will directly or indirectly promote agriculture or the interests of those engaged therein. To secure consent and authoriza- tion to acquire on behalf of this Association, by purchase, certain stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations whose activities will directly or indirectly promote agri- culture or the interests of those en- gaged therein. To elect seven members to the board of directors for two-year terms. To elect a president and vice- president. To consider any proposed amend- ment of the articles of association or of the by-laws of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association as may be prop- erly submitted. For the transaction of such other business as may properly come be- fore the meeting. GEO. E. METZGER, Secretary. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1, 1931. _ linois. Rockford is any» the Titnols Agricultural Ameene og Pa So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn Be, Corea to Spencer, Ind., pending. — tance for mailing at special rate ee oe Png ddress all communications to publication to Editdrial Offices, I Volume 9 Outline Plans For 17th |. A. A. Convention Meeting Goes To Rockford In Northern [Illinois For First Time In History Bian 17th annual meeting of the Illi- nois Agricultural Association will be held January 28-29 at Rockford—the first time in history the convention has been held in ex- treme northern II- the home of George F. Tullock, I. A. A. director, chairman of the Financial Service Committee, and for more than a quarter of a cen- tury prominent in farm organization work, Geo. F. Tullock Heretofore an- nual conventions have been held in Peoria, Springfield, Chicago, Rock Isl- and, Galesburg, Danville, and Urbana. The various associated companies, as in former years, will hold their annual meetings on Wednesday, January 27, the day before the opening of the I. A. A. meeting. The Chicago Producers Commission Association will hold its annual meet- ing on Tuesday, January 26 at Rock- ford, the first time the annual meeting has been held outside of Chicago, to give the directors and delegates an op- portunity to attend the I. A. A. con- vention. Faust Is Headquarters The Faust Hotel, Rockford’s newest 285-room hostelry, will be convention headquarters. Hotel rates at the Faust will range from $1.75 to $3.50 per day per person where there are two or more in a room. The next largest hotel is the Nelson with 160 rooms four blocks away where rates are from $1.75 to $3.50 each daily. Other hotels are the LaFayette with 48 rooms, rates $1.75 (Continued om next page) Page Four to $3 each and $1.25 for additional cots; Park hotel, 40 rooms (no bath) $1;—Hayes-hotel; tS rooms (no bath) $1 each; Illinois hotel, 34 rooms, -rates $1 to $1.50 per person daily, cots $1; Chandler hotel, 16 rooms (with bath) $1.75 each, cots $1.25—44 rooms (without bath) $1.25, cots $1. The majority are within four to five blocks of the Faust. Tentative Program The tentative program of the con- vention provides for officer’s reports Thursday morning, January 28, and for sectional conferences that afternoon. The sectional conferences are arranged primarily to give the delegates and members a chance to express themselves. Most of the time will be available for impromptu discussion. A list of able and prominent speak- ers to discuss such current questions as revenue legislation, co-operative market- ing, stabilization of money, and other economic problems is being considered. District caucuses to select directors from the 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, and 24th districts will be nom- inated. The tentative program provides for the annual banquet on Thursday even- ing and a luncheon Friday noon where speakers of natjon-wide prominence are expected to appear. Number of Delegates The number of delegates from each county will be based on the paid mem- bership on the last day of December, 1931. One delegate is allowed for the first 500 of paid memberships or frac- tion thereof, and one additional dele- gate for each additional 500 members er major fraction thereof. Speakers are being scheduled for the annual meetings of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League, Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association, Illinois Agri- cultural Mutual Insurance Company, and Illinois Agricultural Auditing As- sociation. Country Life Insurance Company and Illinois Farm Supply Company plan to sponsor conferences and meetings of agents, managers, and salesmen. — Master Farmers Are Chosen Six Illinois farmers, all Farm Bureau members, were honored by Prairie Farmer and awarded the gold Master Farmer medal on Sunday afternoon, No- vember 29, in the WLS broadcasting studios. Illinois men who received the honor were: E. E. Houghtby, DeKalb county; . ©. E. James, Piatt county; Henry Brinkman, Livingston county; W. Frank Reid, Winnebago county; A. L. Doubet, Knox county; and M. S. Mc- Collister, Greene county. THE I. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 WENDELL MORGAN OF MERCER COUNTY AND HIS PRIZE ANGUS STEER Illinois Wins In Junior Feeding at Stock Show Attendance Lower But Exhibits Are Up To Standard t Resies International Live Stock Expo- sition, America’s most colorful pa- geant, agriculture’s greatest sporting event, is again a matter of history. Into the huge oval of Chicago’s fa- mous stock yard arena during the week swept a constant procession of the con- tinent’s best livestock, while judges se- lected champions. The attendance was smaller than in former years. The central figure of the 12,000 ani- mals was a stocky, jet black, little Aber- deen Angus steer, Briar Cliff Thickset, from Duchess county, New York. He won the highest honor a beef animal can obtain when he was named grand champion steer of the world by Judge Walter Biggar of Scotland. Briar Cliff Thickset, owned by Briar Cliff Farm, Pine Plains, N. Y., is the first steer from an eastern farm to win this honor in 31 years. Illini Major, a Shorthorn steer, exhibited by the Uni- versity of Illinois, was chosen as reserve champion. The Corn Belt shared honors with Canada and the Rocky Mountain area in the grain and hay show. Edward N. Lux, Shelby county, In- diana, is corn king. He comes from a family of championship corn growers. A Canadian won the wheat crown with an exhibit of Durum wheat. To Colo- rado goes the laurels for sending the finest oats, produced by Dr. J. F. Mein- zer of La Jara. It was in the junior feeding contest that Illinois came to the front. The championship fight in the junior fat steer show turned out to be a contest between two Angus yearlings shown by Wendell Morgan and Lawrence Morgan, brothers, from Aledo, Mercer county, Illinois. “Coalie,” Wendell’s entry, was de- clared champion. “Coalie” already had the distinction of being champion in his class and grand champion at the Mercer County Fair, Illinois State Fair, and the Mississippi Valley Fair, Davenport. Wendell is 16 years old, Lawrence 10. Mercer county also won the honor of having the best group of three steers shown. Illinois won first on the best group of ten junior steers. Twenty-three Illinois counties entered club steers. Against a field of 14 pens of fat bar- rows, Raus Brown, 14, also of Aledo, took first place with his purebred Duroc Jerseys. Second place went to John Ash of Ashkum, Ill. Edwin and Harold Brown, Aledo club members, placed fourth and fifth. A load of Herefords, shown by John D. Moeller, Schleswig, Iowa, copped the prize for car lots of fat cattle after a close contest with the car of Angus yearlings, entered by E. P. Hall, veteran (Continued om page $ col. 2) December, 1931 David Lawrence Talks About Government Aid Enumerates Ways Groups and In- dustries Are Subsidized OVERNMENT aid to agriculture under the Agricultural Marketing Act has been, in proportion to size, no greater than aid to a number of other industries, declared David Lawrence, Washington’s premier press correspond- ent and publisher of the United States Daily, Washington, D. C., in a radio address over the NBC chain Novem- ber 15. His statement has special significance since enemies of co-operative marketing are at present attacking the Marketing Act on the pretense of “getting the government out of private business.” Many of the men who are fighting this measure have been enjoying government subsidy for years, Mr. Lawrence shows. “The truth is, government for genera- tions has been the spokesman of national desire in the expenditure of public funds,” he said. “And by national de- sire is meant the deliberate judgment of the national legislature after weighing the merits of every special plea in terms of the general welfare. Federal Aid to Many “Thus, today federal aid is granted to shipping and the American merchant marine can borrow money more cheaply from the federal government for new ships or the purchase of ships previously owned by the government than it can in the money markets of private capital. “Federal aid is given the airplane in- dustry through the air mail contracts, which again encourage a transportation industry. “Federal aid was given the railroads originally in grants of land and rights- of-way worth many hundreds of mil- lions of dollars, which wealth belonged to the American people. “Federal aid is given every day to the publishing industry through the grant of second class mail privileges, while the average citizen pays higher postage for his mail. “Federal aid has been given, and is being given, to the automobile industry through the billions of dollars spent in public roads, without which the de- velopment of the automobile industry would have been seriously retarded. The Protective Tariff “Federal aid is given to every indus- try that obtains a protective tariff be- cause it cannot compete with cheaply made goods abroad. This aid is in- tended, not merely for the manufac- turers, but for the workingmen whose purchasing power is maintained through the wage levels thus preserved. THE I. A. A. RECORD “So when we enumerate all these federal aids and subsidies, we cannot overlook the concerted attack that has recently been made on the tendency of government to aid the farmer. Agricul- ture is a twelve billion dollar industry, basic in America’s scheme of things, yet a net expenditure of $100,000,000 a year for co-operative marketing spread over two or three years is pointed at as wasteful. Overnight we granted for- eign peoples an indefinite postponement of $250,000,000 due our federal treas- ury, because our rightly paternalistic ‘government wanted to protect our banks whose foreign credits were en- dangered.” _ International (Continued from page 4) showman of Sangamon county, III. A car of Angus steer calves, owned by Dean N. Funk of McLean county, IIl., took the championship in car lots of feeder cattle. They were sold at auc- tion Dec. 2 by the Chicago Producers for the top price of $13.50. Chester Whites, for the first time in 29 years, won in the swine car lot di- vision. The prize load was exhibited by the Sauk Livestock Shipping Association of Sauk City, Wis. Alva Rexroat, Jacksonville, Ill., furnished the greatest competition with a load of fifty-five 185-pound Hampshires, which were first in the light weight class. Tyron Rosbrook, of Dixon, Lee coun- ty, Ill., was named champion in 4-H club meat judging, winning over 18 competitors from seven states. The con- test included the identification of 25 cuts of beef, pork and lamb. Iowa won the college livestock judging contest, Oklahoma second. National 4-H health champions chosen during the 4-H Club Congress, held in conjunction with the Interna- tional, are Gertrude Heikes, 15, Dakota City, Nebraska, and William Sanders, 16, Franklin, Ind. Who Is Entitled to. Farm Bureau Service? At its last meeting on November 13, the board of directors of the I. A.A. voted that “only holders of individual memberships in the Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Association shall be entitled to the services, based upon membership in good standing, and ren- dered either by the Farm Bureau or associated companies, except only those members of the Farm Bureau member’s immediate family who are under age and wholly dependent. Where services carry a dividend or money return, such divi- dend or money return shall be limited to the member signing the membership agreement.” Page Five Make Reservations Early For Annual Convention Reservations for rooms and accom- modations at the annual conventions of the Illinois Agricultural Association and associated companies, Rockford, Janu- ary 27-28-29, should be made without delay with Charles H. Keltner, farm adviser, Rockford. The local commit- tee in charge of accommodations will use its best judgment in distributing the delegates and visitors among the various hotels. Rockford is located on the Chicago and Northwestern and Illinois Central Railroads about 80 miles northwest of Chicago. It is also on branch lines of the Burlington and C. M. and St. P. It is accessible by paved roads from all sections of the state, being situated on Illinois route No. 5 east and west, and on routes Nos. 2 and 70 north and south. oe Rail travellers from Southern and Central Illinois will go to Rockford by way of Chicago. Members and delegates should ask for reduced rates at time of purchasing tickets. Return the same way you go to get the reduced rate. Corn Credit Corp. (Continued from page 3 col. 1) the organization November 30. How- ever, farmers are urged for their own protection to insure corn used as se- curity regardless of this ruling, as they will be liable for the full amount of the loan if the grain is destroyed. The borrower can get insurance through the state department of agri- culture or through the credit corpora- tion. The latter will carry fire and wind insurance for him at 50 cents per $100 of his loan. The exact cost of obtaining a loan through the Corn Credit Corporation is computed as follows: On 2,000 bushels of corn the maxi- mum loan is $400, figured on a maxi- mum of 20 cents a bushel. The rate of interest is 6% per cent per year to July 15, or until he pays the loan. He must pay the sealer 14 cent per bushel, or $5 on 2,000 bushels. The maximum charge per loan for sealer fees is $7.50. He must also pay the abstractor for reviewing the records on the corn for liens and indebtedness if any. This fee is about $1. The I. A. A. contributed $50 to help defray the expenses of the state cham- pionship vocational agricultural live- stock judging team to the national con- test held in connection with the Ameri- can Royal Livestock Show at Kansas City. Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 Metropolitan Taxes Maywood, Ill., Nov. 10.—Why does The Tribune in its editorials, its car- toons, and in its news dispatches from Washington and Springfield have such an obsession for picturing Illinois as being ‘‘tax bled” for the benefit of the. rest of the country and Chicago as be- ing similarly bled for the benefit of downstate? Is that an attitude worthy of a great metropolitan daily that ad- vertises itself as the ““World’s Greatest Newspaper” and if such should be cor- respondingly broadminded? I do not notice any of the papers of the great city of New York indulging in whines about being bled for the bene- fit of the rest of the country or of up- state New York bleeding the city. They have been metropolitan so long they have outgrown that narrow viewpoint, [ presume. They are broadminded enough to see that the immense wealth concentrated by virtue of advantageous location in metropolitan centers does not really belong to that district alone for its exclusive use, either for com- merical or for tax use purposes. It rep- resents wealth derived from the ex- ploitation of the natural resources and industries of the adjacent region for hundreds of miles—in the case of New York and to a lesser extent Chicago, country-wide. So it is only right that some of the taxes on this immense con- centrated wealth should be spent on the regions of its real origin. If any one has the least doubt that New York’s or Chicago’s wealth is mainly country derived, just think what would happen if by some freak of fate either or both of these cities were com- pletely isolated from the rest of the na- tion. Inside of a few years these cities would be down to a mere shadow of their former selves in wealth and power, while the rest of the nation would have suffered comparatively little inconven- ience, save that of having to build up new centers of trade. Witness what happened to Vienna when deprived of most of her tributary territory. O. Quirk in the Chicago Tribune. Wild Game Film Quail, grouse, wild ducks, wild tur- keys, moose, elk, deer, bears and the elusive trout and bass in their native habitats, are featured in the new one- reel motion picture, “Forest Fires—or Game?” just released by the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture. This film may be borrowed free from the Office of Motion Pictures. U. S. Dept. of Agr., Washington, D. C. The Oregon State Supreme Court recently declared the emergency clause of a bill impos- ing a tax on butter substitutes valid. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- ING-OF IELINOIS FARM BUREAU BASEBALL LEAGUE IN nee is hereby given that the annual meeting of the mem- bers of Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League will be held on Wednesday, the 27th day of January, 1932, at the hour of 9:30 a. m., at the Faust Hotel, Rockford, Ill., to elect offi- cers’ and directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the reports of the officers and executive committee of the League for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1931, and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the League; and for the transac- tion of such further and other busi- ness as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1, 1931. E. G. THIEM, Secretary. Farm Values Decline, Improvements Increase ROM 1920 to 1930 the value of all farm property, land, buildings, im- plements and livestock, declined from $77,000,000,000 to $57,000,000,000, reports the U. S. Bureau of Census. The ratio of debt to total value imcreased from 29 per cent in 1920 to 39 per. cent in 1930. Commenting upon this fact the Bloomington (Illinois) Pantagraph states that “At the same time farmers were encountering this deflation of value and increase of the debt burden, they proved good spenders. Automo- biles on farms increased from 2,000,- 000 to 4,000,000. Motor trucks in- creased from 139,000 to 900,000 in round figures. Tractors increased from 248,000 to 920,000. Farm homes equipped with water pipes increased from 643,000 to 994,000. In 1920 there were 454,000 homes equipped with either gas or electric lights, while in 1930 there were 841,000 with elec- tric lights. “With all this increase in use of fac- tory products in the face of declining farm incomes,” continues the Panta- graph, “one wonders what farmers would do were the situation reversed and their purchasing power increased. There are more than 6,000,000 farms in America, yet only 4,000,000 re- ported automobiles, only 841,000 re- ported electric lights, only 994,000 re- Consolidation of Taxing Districts Needed: Watson Tells How Taxes Can Be Cut and Inefficiency in Government Reduced Consolidation of taxing districts to eliminate inefficiency and lighten tax burdens was urged by John C. Watson, director of taxation for the I. A. A., be- fore farm leaders attending the national land utilization conference at Chicago, November 20. The main forces holding these adjust- ments back in the past, he pointed out, were centered around the opposition of petty office holders, the unwillingness of towns to lose the seat of. government, which is regarded as a business asset, and the almost universal idea that there is always some advantage in maintain- ing so-called autonomy. “‘Many counties are so small and have such small values in taxable. property that the cost of county government is excessive,” he continued. ‘“Consolida- tion would dispense with one set of offi- cers. It would also reduce the cost of maintaining unnecessary court houses and jails. With properly controlled and supervised county government, county assessors, and larger units for highway maintenance, townships could well be abolished. “Belief in the advantage of local autonomy is most strongly entrenched in the smaller taxing districts, and no- where more strongly than in the town- ships. The impossibility of securing wni- form assessments throughout a county through locally elected assessors has been so often pointed out as to require no comment. “Advocates of local autonomy will doubtless point out that the suggested change will in some cases mean no re- duction in expenditures. That is true, but increased efficiency for the same expenditure is one form of economy. The most costly element of government is inefficiency. “If the people of the local taxing districts clearly understood that local autonomy too often means inefficiency, there is little doubt but that their views would change. Good schools and good roads are too important to justify neg- \ lect on the part of the state. Good fiscal administrative methods, helpful super- vision and advice, and an equitable tax- ing system are the only ways by which economy in local expenditures can be secured and maintained.” ported running water in the homes. To give agriculture greater buying power would open up a wonderful market for all manner of industrial products.” a. ” December, 1931 aois Agricultural Association is broad- cast daily except Saturday and Sunday over station WJJD, Chicago (1,130 kilocycles), between 12:30 and 12:45 noon. The program consists of live agricul- tural news, including late market in- formation and developments in current farm problems. The Chicago livestock market is reviewed daily by members of the I. A. A. staff, and a weekly sum- mary is given on Fridays by the Chi- cago Producers. HE new rule in business is that co-operation and not competition is the life of trade, commented E. W. “Farmer” Rusk on his radio college of co-operative marketing, from station WMAQ recently. “We are taught, many of us, from eur youth on, that competition is essen- tial to the health and progress of the race—the obvious truth is that co-oper- ation is good and competition bad, and that society flourishes by the mutual aid of human beings,” he continued. “By virtue of their natural isolation farmers have seemed slow in realizing their efforts through co-operation. Coupled with the natural barriers to co-operation among farmers them- selves has been the retarding influence of certain individuals and groups who profit themselves because of lack of group action on the part of the farmers. Propaganda unfavorable to organization and co-operation of various sources has tended to make the progress slow. But it is gratifying to note the attitude of friendly, helpful interest being shown on every hand by the public generally. As evidence of friendly interest I refer to a recent editorial in the Daily News in which the following statement is made: “**There has been of late a gratifying growth in the strength and efficiency of farm co-operatives in the face of determined opposition by competing marketing agencies. It is not unreason- able to expect steady acceleration of that growth as the co-operatives de- velop greater efficiency.’ ” Importation of dairy products into the United States have declined sharp- ly during 1931, on account of in- creased tariffs and because of greater declines in domestic than in foreign prices of dairy products.. Cream and milk imports have practically ceased. THE I. A. A. RECORD NOTICE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF DELEGATES OTICE is hereby given that in connection with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the months of December, 1931, and January, 1932, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agricultural Association shall elect a dele- gate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Agricultural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meet- ing or any special meeting of the Associa- tion, including the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of thé Association. During December annual meetings will be held in Brown, Bureau, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Saline, DeWitt, DuPage, Rock Island, Vermilion, Morgan, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Henry, Iroquois, Jersey, Johnson, Kane, Stephenson, Wabash, Jackson, Kendall, LaSalle, Lee, Livingston, McLean, Platt, Ran- dolph, Richland, Union, Champaign and Grundy counties. During January annual meetings will be held in Carroll, Cook, Douglas, Fulton, Franklin, Greene, Knox, Lake, McHenry, Macon, Mercer, Peoria, Sangamon, Tazewell, Whiteside, and Woodford counties, Dec. 1, 1931. Signed, G. E. METZGER, Secretary. Farmers’ Elevator Men Meet at Bloomington More than 60 directors and managers of twelve farmers’ elevators met at Bloomington, November 24, with offi- cials of the Illinois Grain Corporation and the Farmers National Grain Corpo- ration. During the meeting the attacks being made against co-operative market- ing by organized middlemen were dis- cussed. Among those who took part in the discussion were Harrison Fahrnkopf, di- rector of grain marketing for the I. A.A. and secretary of the Illinois Grain Cor- poration; Charles Cummings, vice-presi- dent and sales manager of the Illinois Grain Corporation; G. C. Johnstone, president of the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion; John Benson and D. H. Moore, of the Peoria office of the Farmers National; John Schmidt of Beason, Lo- gan county, a director of the Illinois Grain Corporation; E. E. Stevenson, of the Ransom farmers’ elevator in LaSalle county, and Floyd Thomas, chairman of the grain marketing committee and vice-president of the McLean County Farm Bureau. It was generally agreed by those pres- ent that the private handlers of farm products engaged in spreading anti- Farm Board propaganda are not so much Page Seven 5th District Meeting At Cambridge Nov. 24 HE National Corn Credit Corpora- tion, the income tax bill now before the state legislature, freight rates, rural electrification and pipe line right-of-way problems were among the topics dis- cussed at the 15th District Farm Bu- reau. meeting at Cambridge, Henry county, November 24. : C. L. Bates, director of the I. A.A from the 15th District, acting as chair- man, explained the purpose of the corn credit corporation and told how it operates. L. J. Quasey, di- rector of transporta- tion, reviewed the report of the Gover- nor’s Tax Confer- ence of which Presi- dent Earl C. Smith was a member. He explained that the purpose of the proposed income tax bill and the tobacco tax bill is to give re- lief to real property owners. He also reported on the work the I. A.A. is doing to get fair electric rates, and freight rates for farmers. He stated that he was getting excellent co- operation both from pipe line companies and from farmers in settling right-of- way damage claims, drawing up con- tracts, etc. Cc. L. Bates Victoria Elevator Holds Annual Meeting Harrison Fahrnkopf spoke at the an- nual meeting of the Victoria Farmers’ Elevator at Victoria, Knox county, November 14. He outlined the progress made by the Illinois Grain Corporation during the past year and explained the set-up of the National Corn Credit Cor- poration recently organized to make loans on corn stored on the farm. The report of the secretary of the elevator showed a very successful year. The following officers and directors were elected: J. R. Diehl, president; U. J Craig, vice-president; E. J. Ericson, secretary; L. A. Sherman, treasurer; H. F. McClure, and H. R. Cain. concerned about the government get- ting in business as they are about farm- ers getting in business to sell their own products more direct to the consumer. Approximately one-third of the fam ilies in the United States now have radio receiving sets, announces the bu reau of census. Page Eight ILLINOIS ico LTURAL _ASSOCIATAON RECORD Te advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, oud educational interests of the farmers of Illinois end the nation, end to develop agriculture. GeorceE THEM, Editor Max Harre son, Assistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So, Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, tl. Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill., to Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The indi- vidual sembesaiep fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. e fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Iinois Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl] C. Srmvithy. oo. oneal ec eeeennneeneeeeneeneneenenenneeeneneee- D CTO Vice-President, A. R. Wright... adinaiceyScsannnibuscasoetucmsilsSeeinsndecgtagiesaen’ Varna Secretary, Geo. E. Metz ger-........---------.----ce--aeerennnnnseeenn-nncenenneeenees Chicago Treasurer, R. A. 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Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mer. Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass’n_.__ . Grieser, Sales Mgr. IMinois Produce Marketing Ass’n_—.-....................- F, A. Gougler, Mer. Soybean Marketing Ass'n. .........___.___.W. H. Coultas, Mgr. How the Proposed State Income Tax Will Lower Property Taxes M SSUNDERSTANDING about the replace- ment feature of the state income tax is indi- cated in editorial comment appearing in down- state newspapers. This arises because the income tax measure it- self, House bill 17, does not and cannot under the law provide for a new tax and at the same time repeal or lower other taxes: But the replace- ment tax feature is provided for in the com- panion measures which include House bills 23, 24, 25 and 26. The editor of a Lawrence county newspaper recently wrote:, “There is no provision in the income tax bill to lower the state tax rate, and until such a bill is presented it will be folly for taxpayers to expect an income tax to relieve them ef property taxes. An income tax bill would THE 1. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 mean just one thing: added burden for the tax- payers.” In a letter to the Lawrence County Farm Bu- reau, President Earl C. Smith in reply to this and other criticisms pointed out that the Constitution of Illinois provides no way for limiting the state tax rate. ‘“The state tax rate is determined in two ways,” continues Mr. Smith’s statement. “First, by the appropriations made by the General Assem- bly; and, secondly, after such appropriations are provided, the State Levying Board, composed of the governor, the state auditor, and the state treasurer, determine what rate must be levied against Illinois property to provide the necessary revenue to meet appropriations. ‘At the present time, public school moneys are provided in two ways: First, by a levy made by the local school board upon the property of the school district; secondly, by an appropriation of $10,500,000 made by the General Assembly and levied upon the property of the state by the State Levying Board, the $10,500,000 to be distributed to the various school districts of Illinois. This appropriation is commonly known as the State Distributive School Fund. You will note that all revenue for the support of schools is levied upon property by either local or state levy. “To properly understand the proposed perma- nent tax relief program recommended by the Governor’s Tax Conference, one should read Senate bills 20 to 29 or House Bills 17 to 26, in- clusive. In effect, they provide for approximately $50,000,000 of revenue from three new sources, the most important one of which is the income tax bill. All this revenue is to be placed in the Public School Fund. They provide for repeal of author- ity by the General Assembly to appropriate for and the State Levying Board to levy upon prop- erty of the state for any amount of money for the State Distributive School Fund. ‘This immediately takes nearly one-third of all levies by the state from property, or in other words, relieves property of approximately one-— third of state taxation. “Instead of having a maximum local tax rate for school purposes of $1 and an _ additional 50 cents, if authorized by referendum of the people of the district, the maximum local tax rate becomes the average annual amount ex- pended by each school district during the past four years. *‘The measures provide that each school dis- trict is to receive from the Public School Fund, newly created, its just proportion of the esti- mated $50,000,000 provided from the proposed new sources. It becomes mandatory upon the county clerk of each county in the extension of taxes levied by the district to reduce the amount (Continued on page 9) 4 —_—_—- . December, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nine ef certified levy by the local school board in an amount equal to the dis- trict’s participation from the Public School Fund. ““Let me state it in another way. At the present time and during recent years, the school districts have been levying upon property approximately $82,000,000 per year for the educational fund of the public school. The State of Illinois has been levying an addi- tional $10,000,000 and more recently $10,500,000, making a total of $92,- $00,000 property is now paying for the support of the public schools. “Under the new plan suggested, if the proposed measures raise $50,000,- 600 of revenue from new sources, it would all go toward defraying public school costs and must be used to reduce this previously levied $92,500,000, which would leave $42,500,000 upon property. “In a period of reasonable prosperity, these proposed new sources would raise much more than $50,000,000, possibly $75,000,000, and it would be used in hike manner. “While it is rather difficult to ex- plain in a letter the many features en- tering into this series of bills, yet I have tried to give you the practical effect, if this proposed legislation is enacted into law. I do not hesitate to go on record most definitely that, if this proposal is enacted into law, the property of Illinois will be relieved of substantially more than one-half of taxes now levied for the educational fund of the public schools.” Income Tax Measure Aids Property Taxpayers A® WE go to press, we learn that the Income Tax Bill now pending before the Special Session of the Illinois General Assembly and which carries the support of the Governor’s Revenue Commission has passed second reading (the amendment stage) in the Senate, and a special order for its final consider- ation or final vote was arranged for next Wednesday afternoon. “This bill embodies every principle which the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion has been urging in recent years be- fore the General Assembly of Illinois,” said President Earl C. Smith in com- menting on the measure. “In many respects, its provisions are strengthened and if enacted into law assures the property taxpayers of every school district in the State, substantial relief from taxes they are now paying for the support of the public schools. “Opponents of the bill are making every effort to confuse the public mind and detract attention and support from NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- ING OF ILLINOIS AGRI- CULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE Co. OTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the mem- bers of Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company will be held on Wednesday, the 27th day of January, 1932, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock p. m., at the Faust Hotel, Rockford, Ill., to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the board of directors of the com- pany for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1931, and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the company; and for the trans- action of such further and other business as may properly come be- fore the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1, 1931. GEORGE F. TULLOCK, Secretary. the bill,” he continued, “by insisting it is an added tax and does not guarantee relief to property taxpayers. “The Illinois Agricultural Association, and particularly its Tax Department, has been in very close touch with the preparation of this legislation. The series of bills having to do with the subject matter again offers the only opportunity pending before the General Assembly to bring permanent relief to property. “These measures are entitled to the support of every thinking citizen of the State who believes that the assessed property of Illinois has been bearing a very unjust portion of the total tax burden. “EVERYONE MUST DO HIS PART. IF YOU WANT RELIEF FROM THE TAXES YOU ARE NOW PAYING ON YOUR PROP- ERTY AND IF YOU ARE NOT NOW PAYING, BUT BELIEVE PROPERTY TAXPAYERS ‘ARE ENTITLED TO SUBSTANTIAL RELIEF, YOU CAN DISCHARGE. YOUR DUTY AND RESPONSI- BILITY AS A CITIZEN BY LET- TING YOUR SENATOR AND REPRESENTATIVES IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.” On November 30 the _ Illinois Grain Corporation reported a mem- bership of 79 farmers’ elevators and co-operative grain marketing asso- ciations. , G, bservations HAT the middlemen have united their forces and concentrated their attack behind a powerful national pub- licity campaign against co-operative marketing is indicated by press stories and editorial comment appearing in at least one Chicago newspaper and ip several of the downstate dailies during the past few months. Congressman J. M. Beck of Pennsylvania, a high pro- tectionist of the Mellon-Grundy school of thought, apparently has been engaged to lead the attack against agricultural legislation in Congress. The middlemen backing the so-called Federation of American Business are attempting to hide their real object. “Take the government out of business” is their battle cry. They are not 90 much concerned about getting the gov- ernment out of business as they are about keeping farmers out of the busi- ness of marketing their own products. The government has been in business for more than a hundred years. It has come to the rescue of many infant and ailing industries time after time witb legislatica giving subsidies of one kind or another. Because the government has attempted to do something for agricul- ture—the basic industry of the land— by encouraging farmers in marketin their own products there is muc talk about “Russianizing the American farm,” and “government in business.” The Farm Board’s attempt to stabilize wheat and cotton prices at a profitable level was an experiment, but an experi- ment fully provided for in the Agricul- tural Marketing Act. The Board merely tried to follow the instructions of the Congress. Organized farmers didn’t ask for that legislation. It was a compro- mise offer. The Farm Bureau asked for legislation that would make the tariff effective on farm products. It favored and _ still favors the equalization fee, a plan to raise domestic farm prices to artificial levels in line with the American system and charge the cost of doing so to each unit of the commodity sold. If protec- tion and subsidy is to be our national policy, farmers are within their rights in demanding a seat at the table of privilege.—E. G. T. The next monthly meeting of the I. A. A. directors will be held at Chicago on December 18. Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 Advises Women to Help Keep Records on Farm Farm women are more and more con- cerned with the keeping of farm ac- counts, production records, and breeding records of livestock, H. E. Babock, gen- eral manager of the G. L. F. Exchange, told farm women at Cornell University recently. “As time goes on they should know not only how to keep these records, but they should also be able to exercise good judgment in interpreting them,” he says. “Since all farmers, in order to operate at all, require three outside ser- vices, namely a buying service, a credit service and a marketing service, farm women should know more about these services. Farm women should know about the structure and control of co- operative marketing organizations. They should take more interest in what the _ markets require, and in how farm con- ditions and practices affect the grades of products which are sold from the farm.” Demand for Farms by Tenants in Southwest In. spite of all the talk about hard times on the farm there is more of a demand for farms in the Southwest than can be met, according to the Okla- homa Farmer-Stockman. Tenants began to make contracts early in the summer, said the editorial. Not much moving will be done. “The renter with an average or bet- ter farm is going to stay put unless he has a chance to rent a better one. The renter who is looking for a farm most likely was forced to move. In years gone by few renters valued the oppor- tunity of renting a farm. If they didn’t like the farm they were on or didn’t like the owner they left it and looked for another. Renters are voluntarily do- ing more work to keep up the improve- ments and the soil. In many cases own- ers are able to insist that such things be done. As a whole they are co- operating as they never did before.” Corporation Farming The Wheat Farming Company of Hays, Kansas, organized in 1927, and operating approximately 70,000 acres, has not yet failed to pay annual divi- dends, according to a recent report. It is said that Hickman Price, known. as the Wheat King of Texas, expects to make a profit out of this year’s opera- tions notwithstanding the low market. Uncle Ab says that your ship won’t come in if you haven’t launched it. Foir Utility and 4 Freight Rates More than 60, 000 voluntary memberships are backing the chain of I. A. A. --Farm Bureau services, each one an impor- tant link toward farm equality. Link YOUR Farm} to Your FARM BUREAU Freight and Utility Rates Influence Your Farm Profits Freight charges on 20,000 carloads of farm products, involving a freight bill of over $2,000,000, were checked by I. A. A.- Farm Bureau representatives during 1930. In many instances substantial reductions were obtained and rules modified to benefit the farmer. During the year over $25,000 was collect- ed in loss, damage and overcharge claims for Farm Bureau members. This service is available free of charge to members. Before The Commerce Commission When the Commerce Commission sits to con- sider matters affecting rural interests, an Illinois Agricultural Association representative is pres- ent to protect farmers’ rights. Because of I. A. A.-Farm Bureau watchful- ness, many rate advances on livestock, grain and other farm products have been successfully re- sisted. Other rate schedules have been materially reduced. This protection is made possible only thru the power of organization. Electrification— Utility Right-of-Way The I. A. A. is constantly striving to reduce the cost of bringing electricity to the farm. It was active in more than 20 high tension and pipe line right-of-way cases last year giving advice to mem- bers and representing them before the Commerce Commission. Right-of-way contracts were rewrit- ten to provide adequate safeguards for members. Telephone Rates The I. A. A. appeared before the State Com- merce Commission in more than 35 telephone cases affecting 26 counties. Rate reductions and improved service were secured in many instances. I. A. A.-Farm Bureau effort gets results be- cause it has ORGANIZATION ind it. For Your Farm Too! To get the full benefits of “this service, join your County Farm Bureau. Every member add- ed to the 60,000 who now belong lends increasing strength to this most effective organization of Illinois farmers. Why not link your farm to the Farm Bureau program? Call Your County Farm Bureau today, Say: ‘‘I’m Joining!’’ ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION — and— Ninety- Five Affiliated County Farm Bureaus 608 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois IN THIS ORGANIZED WORLD ONE MAN CAN DO NOTHING ALONE » o as 4 i a a ee ' viser O, G. Barrett. December, 1931 THE Il. A. A. RECOR Page Eleven Saving Money on Feed and Supplies How the Cook and Lake County Farm Bureau Beh heel bade purchasing of feeds and other necessary commodi- ties through their local farm supply companies is a project Farm Bureau members in Lake and Cook counties greatly appreciate. The Lake County Farm Supply Com- pany, the first to handle feed in large volume, is now getting out nearly a car- load a day, selling livestock feeds to approximately 1,400 farmers, according to A. D. Smith, manager. Fhe Garden- ers’ Supply, Inc., in Cook county, still in its first year of business, handles about two cars of feed a month. Feed has been sold through the Lake County Farm Supply since its organiza- tion in 1928, along with fertilizer, seed, potatoes, apples, fence posts, and other farm supplies. About 90 per cent of the Farm Bureau members are cus- comers of the company. Handle Variety Products Gardeners’ Supply, Inc., was set up in Cook county primarily to make it possible for truck gardeners to secure at cost insecticides recommended by the University of Illinois, not readily available locally, according to Farm Ad- Garden seed was added later to help make the enterprise pay. Truck farmers in Cook county buy annually $150,000 to $200,000 worth of garden seed from independent __seed houses, Barrett said. Later fertilizer was added, and on the suggestion of farm people poultry and dairy feeds were included a short time after the company began business. The four main items handled now are insecticides, garden seed, fertilizer, and feed. Gardeners’ Supply does not handle petroleum products, but many Farm Bureau members in the northern part of the county buy from the Lake Coun- ty Supply Company. $25,000 in 6 Months The audit at the end of the first six months, which include the best busi- ness months of the year, showed a vol- ume of approximately $25,000 of busi- ness, or twice the amount expected. At the recent annual meeting of the board of directors action was taken to set up a second unit at Blue Island to serve the south half of the county. The present warehouse is at Arlington Heights in the extreme northern end of the county. “This project is to be an important factor in increasing Farm Bureau mem- bership in Cook county on account of the extensive dairy and truck farming interests for which many projects of the s Are Serving Their Members Se i TRUCKLOAD OF DAIRY AND POULTRY FEED READY TO BE oe BY GARDENERS’ SUPPLY, COOK COUNTY CO-OPERATIVE. organization had no appeal,” said Bar- rett. ; “To make Gardeners’ Supply go along with the general educational pro- gram of the Farm Bureau, Joe Zick- mund, a Cornell university man who specialized in horticulture, was em- ployed as manager. Pays Out from Start “Our price of feed to members is based upon the market price of ingred- ients plus a fixed sum per ton to take care of overhead, including milling, freight, and handling costs. We man- age to keep a little below retail prices and were still able to declare a 3 per cent patronage dividend at the end of the first six months. We also set aside a substantial sum for a reserve. “Since the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation is not yet in a position to pur- chase feed and fertilizer on a state-wide basis, we find it necessary to buy through the Indiana Farm Bureau. We buy insecticides from Illinois: Farm Supply. Formula on Every Sack “One thing I like about the Farm Bureau feed is that it has its formula on every sack,” continued Barrett. “If farmers think they can save money by buying the ingredients and mixing them, we sell them the ingredients. There is no secret about this feed.” The Lake County Supply Company buys its feed from independent dealers and sells at local retail prices. The profits go back to members in the form of patronage refunds. Farm Bureau leaders in both Lake and Cook counties believe that a real service can be rendered Illinois Farm Bureau members by large volume pur- . chasing and mixing of feeds on a state- wide basis. In normal years when farm prices justify the feeding of mixed grains and concentrates substantial sav- ings can be made to further reduce the farmers’ cost of production. Higher Livestock Prices Aim of New Sales Plan DYPACON county farmers who are shipping their livestock through the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation are receiving better prices every week than they would have received as individuals from any other outlet, de- clares William Fulk, manager of the Macon County Marketing Association, one of the member co-operatives. R. W. Grieser, sales manager for the state association, attributes thas to the centralized direction of shipments on the basis of the latest market informa- tion rather than by guess. Livestock is directed to the market where it is in greatest demand. The stock is assembled, sorted and graded at the local marketing associa- tions and on the shipping instructions of the state co-operative is sent either direct to packers or to one of the Pro- ducers’ agencies on the terminals. The organization is sometimes handh- capped by lack of sufficient volume of the proper grades to bring the best price, but that is a problem which will have to be overcome by the farmers themselves, Grieser said. Advises Women to Help Keep Records-on Farm Farm women are more and more con- cerned with the keeping of farm ac- counts, production records, and breeding records of livestock, H. E. Babock, gen eral manager of the G.L.F. I xchange, told farm women at Cornell University recently gen- “As time goes on they should know aot only how to keep these records, but they should also be able to exercise good judgment in interpreting them,” he says. “Since all farmers, in order to operate at all, require three outside ser- vices, namely a buying service, a credit service and marketing service, farm women should know more about these services. Farm women should know about the structure and control of co- operative marketing organizations. They thould take more interest in what the markets require, and in how farm con- ditions and practices affect the grades of products which are sold from the farm.” ee Demand for Farms by Tenants in Southwest in spite of all the talk about hard times on the farm there is more of a demand for farms in the Southwest than can be met, according to the Okla- homa Farmer-Stockman. Tenants began to make contracts early in the summer, said the editorial. Not much moving will be done. “The renter with an average or bet- ‘er farm is going to stay put unless he has a chance to rent a bettér one The center who is looking for a farm most likely was forced to move. In years gone by few renters valued the oppor- tunity of renting a farm. If they didn’t like the farm they were on or didn’t like the owner they left it and looked for another. Renters are voluntarily do- work to keep up the improve. ments and the soul, (ng more In many cases own- ers are able to insist that such thines 1 an A i zi one AS a whol« they are Co- perating as they never did before.” a) ° < e Corporation Farming line Wheat Farming Company of Lys Kiana nites 7 tlavs, Kansas, organized in 1927, and yperating approx mately U,000 actes, } not a y are) (ee - . ] . “4 ( Vet fatled to pay annual divi ICNUs, rccording to a recent report fc is said that Hicl man Price, known is the Wheat King of Texas, expects to make a profit out of this year’s opera- fons notwithstanding the low market. Uncle Ab says that your ship won’t come in if you haven’t launched it. CLAIMS AND ADJUSTMENTS More than 60,600 voluntary memberships are backing the chain of 1. A. A. --Farm Bureau services, each one an impor- tant link toward farm equality. IN THIS THE I. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 | Link YOUR Farm\ to Your FARM BUREAU Freight and Utility Rates Influence Your Farm Profits Freight charges on 20,000 carloads of farm products, involving a freight bill of over $2,000,000, were checked by I. A. A.- Farm Bureau representatives during 1930. In many instances substantial reductions were obtained and rules modified to benefit the farmer. During the year over $25,000 was collect- ed in loss, damage and overcharge claims for Farm Bureau members. This service is available free of charge to members. Before The Commerce Commission When the Commerce Commission sits to con- sider matters affecting rural interests, an Illinois Agricultural Association representative is pres- ent to protect farmers’ rights. Because of I. A. A.-Farm Bureau watchful- ness, many rate advances on livestock, grain and other farm products have been successfully re- sisted. Other rate schedules have been materially reduced. This protection is made possible only thru the power of organization. Electrification— Utility Right-of-Way The I. A. A. is constantly striving to reduce the cost of bringing electricity to the farm. It was active in more than 20 high tension and pipe line right-of-way cases last year giving advice to mem- bers and representing them before the Commerce Commission. Right-of-way contracts were rewrit- ten to provide adequate safeguards for members. Telephone Rates The I. A. A. appeared before the State Com- merce Commission in more than 35 telephone cases affecting 26 counties. Rate reductions and improved service were secured in many instances. I. A. A.-Farm Bureau effort gets results be- cause it has ORGANIZATION behind it. For Your Farm Too! .To get the full benefits of this service, join your County. Farm Bureau. Every member add- ed to the 60,000 who now belong lends increasing streneth to this most effective organization of Illinois farmers. Why not link your farm to the Farm Bureau program? Call Your County Farm Bureau today, Say: ‘I’m Joining!’’ ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION and-- _ Ninety- Five Affiliated County Farm Bureaus 608 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois ORGANIZED WORLD ONE MAN CAN DO NOTHING ALONE | PORTATION. i. & Ferathinetes | | | } w ~ < ~ ee ee — —-— oo on RPeoaCRerGYVv oS EE —O ee December, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven Saving Money on Feed and Supplies How the Cook and Lake County Farm Bureaus Are Gee ke purchasing of feeds and other necessary commodi- cies through their local farm supply companies is a project Farm Bureau members in Lake and Cook counties greatly appreciate. The Lake County Farm Supply Com- pany, the first to handle feed in large volume, is now getting out nearly a car- load a day, selling livestock feeds to approximately 1,400 farmers, according to A. D/ Smith, manager. The Garden- ers’ Supply, Inc., in Cook county, still in its first year of business, handles about two cars of feed a month. Feed has been sold through the Lake County Farm Supply since its organiza- tion in 1928, along with fertilizer, seed, potatoes, apples, fence posts, and other farm supplies. About 90 per cent of the Farm Bureau members are cus- comers of the company. Handle Variety Products Gardeners’ Supply, Inc., was set up in Cook county primarily to make it possible for truck gardeners to secure at cost insecticides recommended by the University of Illinois, not readily available locally, according to Farm Ad- viser O. G. Barrett. Garden seed was added later to help make the enterprise pay. Truck farmers in Cook county buy annually $150,000 to $200,000 worth of garden seed from independent seed houses, Barrett said. Later fertilizer was added, and on the suggestion of farm people poultry and dairy feeds were included a short time after the company began business. The four main items handled now are insecticides, garden seed, fertilizer, and feed. Gardeners’ Supply does not handle petroleum products, but many Farm Bureau members in the northern part of the county buy from the Lake Coun- ty Supply Company. $25,000 in 6 Months The audit at the end of the first six months, which include the best busi- ness months of the year, showed a vol- ume of approximately $25,000 of busi- ress, Or twice the amount expected. At the recent annual meeting of the board of directors action was taken to set up a second unit at Blue Island to serve the south half of the county. The present warehouse is at Arlington Heights in the extreme northern end »f the county. “This project is to be an important tactor in increasing Farm Bureau mem- bership in Cook county on account of the éxtensive dairy and truck farming interests for which many projects of the Serving Their Members TRUCKLOAD OF DAIRY AND POULTRY FEED READY TO BE DELIVERED organization had no appeal,” said Bar- rett, “To make Gardeners’ Supply go along with the general educational pro- gram of the Farm Bureau, Joe Zick- mund, a Cornell university man who specialized in horticulture, was em- ployed as manager. Pays Out from Start “Our price of feed to members is based upon the market price of ingred- ients plus a fixed sum per ton to take care of overhead, including milling, freight, and handling costs. We man- age to keep a little below retail prices and were still able to declare a 3 per cent patronage dividend at the end of the first six months. We also set aside a substantial sum for a reserve. “Since the Hlinois Agricultural Asso- ciation is not yet in a position to pur- chase feed and fertilizer on a state-wide basis, we find it necessary to buy through the Indiana Farm Bureau. We Wlinois Farm buy insecticides from Supply. Formula on Every Sack ‘One thing I like about the Farm Bureau feed is that it has its formula continued Barrett. “If farmers think they can save money by ingredients and on every sack,” buying — the mixing them, we sell them the ingredients There is no secret about this teed.” The Lake County Supply Company buys its feed from independent dealers and sells at local retail prices. The profits go back to members in the form of patronage refunds. Farm Bureau leaders in both Lake service can be rendered Illinois Farm Bureau members by large volume pur- chasing and mixing of feeds on a state- wide basis. In normal years when farm prices justify the feeding of muxed grains and concentrates substantial sav- ings can be made to further reduce the farmers’ cost of production. Higher Livestock Prices Aim of New Sales Plan Me county farmers who are shipping their livestock through the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation are receiving better prices every week than they would have received as individuals from any other outlet, de- clares William manager of the Macon County Marketing Association Fulk, one of the member co-operatives. R. W. Grieser, sales manager for the state association, attributes thes to the Re oi ; : centralized direction of shipments or the basis ot the latest market informa tion rather than by guess Livestock ts directed to the market where 1t iS i greatest demand The stock 1S wssenibicd, sorted anc graded at the low 1 marketing associa tions and on the shipping instructions ot the state Co Opel ol | Sent either direct to packers Or to one of the Pro \ } ter Chie terminals. ducers’ igeneles ON The organization is sometimes hands capped by lack of suflicient volume of the proper grades to bring the best price, but that is a problem which will have to be overcome by the farmers themselves, Grieser said Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD Bank Failure Cause Goes Back to War—Roberts 3 == =—— Farm Mortgage Debt Rises 119 Per Cent from 1910 to 1920 Som= interesting figures are disclosed by George Roberts, economist of the National City Bank, in pointing out the cause of so many banks being forced to close, “The fundamental cause of the wide- spread bank failures goes back to the war-time rise of commodity prices and wages, and to the inflation of credit made possible by the rapid increase of our bank reserves which likewise was a consequence of the war,” he said. “Prices of everything rose and a new level of values was established which as the people became accustomed to it seemed to be real and permanent. A great volume of indebtedness was erected upon the basis of these values, and when it turned out that they were inflated the position of the debtors be- came a most difficult one. Banks, being debtors to their depositors and subject to call for repayment upon demand on short notice, have been involved in these difficulties, particularly where their funds were employed to an imprudent extent in long-term loans or invest- ments. Rural Banks Hit “The situation is well illustrated by reference to the rural banks in which the mortality has been highest. During the war and the succeeding boom pe- riod the prices of farm lands were marked up to accord with the higher values of the products grown upon them, and an abnormally active turn- over of farm properties began which was financed largely upon credit. Between 1910 and 1920 the esti- mated total farm mortgage debt in the United States rose from $3,600,000,000 to $7,900,000,000, or 119 per cent. Farm real estate values by March, 1920, has risen 70 per cent above the 1913 average. The rural banks became in- volved in loans which directly or in-' directly were based on these land values; and the subsequent decline in them was the cause of a great increase in bank failures. Decline Continued “By the year 1928 a further rise in farm mortgage debt to $9,500,000,000 had occurred, while the decline in land values continued. Between 1928 and 1930 the total debt remained practical- ly unchanged, but by 1930 land values averaged only 115 per cent of the 1913 base, and on March 1 of this year they had fallen to 106, or nearly 40 per cent under the peak. The decline in the prices of farm products since May, 1928, when they averaged 148 per cent of the 1909-14 level, carried them down to 72 in September of this year, a re- duction of more than one-half. “These declines in prices and land values have left the new indebtedness without adequate support, and the fig- ures show plainly the grave difficulties with which the banks whose business is with farming communities have had to contend.” Routing the Depressionists The Cleveland Trust Monthly says: “In a recent speech, Prof. William T. Foster referred to the meeting of a group of leading financial statisticians —experts in business forecasting—in New York City on November 4. Pro- fessor Foster quoted eight of these ex- perts as: follows: ‘The farmers will not buy much from the proceeds of this harvest; and, with the price declines in process throughout the world, there would seem to be little prospect of any extensive business revival in the near future.’ ‘The general prospect is for slow and irregular business for ten years.’ ‘I expect to see a long and slow recovery to a general level of subnormal, slow business. ‘Prices will advance a little from present levels and then fall once more. Recovery will be slow.’ ‘Conditions abroad will continue to af- fect our business conditions here. It is a conservative estimate to say that ten years must elapse before we can see genuinely prosperous business in this country.’ ‘Business will come back to fair, slow operations in three years.’ ‘The period of readjustment will be long. It will take at least 10 years.’ “We may expect a slow return to a basis on which business can be done at a profit in about three years.’ Then Professor Fos- ter continued: “These pessimistic fore- casts were all made on the 4th of No- vember. But it was the 4th of Novem- ber of the year 1921. At that time business was actually improving, al- though the experts did not know it. Within four months the gain was so marked that everybody could see it. Within sixteen months business was so far above normal that experts became frightened again. Today, the major economic factors are more favorable. to a rapid recovery of business than they were in 1921. It is my sober belief that, just as the depressionists of 1921 were routed, so the depressionists of 1951 are in for a rude awakening.’ ” December, 1931 L. P. McMillen, Rock Falls-Banker, Dies L P. McMILLEN, 50, president of the - First National Bank of Rock Falls, was buried at Tampico on November 22 following a large funeral from the Me- Millen home in Rock Falls. Mr. Me- Millen was killed instantly in an aute- mobile accident near Malta on the Lin- coln Highway in DeKalb county om November 20. While on his way to the Notre Dame Southern California football game at South Bend the car ahead slowed up to turn off the pavement. Mr. McMilles jammed on the brakes and skidded os the wet pavement into the path of a cas coming in the opposite direction. The road between DeKalb and Malta had recently been repaired, widened, and covered with an asphalt material which becomes slippery in rainy weather. Mc- Millen was thrown against the steel framework of his car and suffered fractured skull resulting in immediate death. Mr. McMillen assisted in organizing the Whiteside County Farm Bureas more than 12 years ago and served as its first secretary-treasurer. He was especially active in the early history of the Whiteside County Farm Bureau @ signing up new members in the south- eastern part of the county. He served on the board of directors of the Ilkinois Agricultural Co-operative Association several years ago and more recently was chosen chairman of the Crime Preven- tion Committee of the Illinois Bankers’ Association. Mr. McMillen’s loss will be keenly felt. He made an outstanding record of service to his community. Hogs Sell Below Value Sees Better Market Ahead Due to the fact that hogs are coming to market earlier this year than usual and that the prospects are for lighter slaughter in the next few months, the present outlook is for considerable im- provement in the hog situation, accord- ing to H. M. Conway, National Live- stock Marketing Association. He attributes the early marketing te extensive wheat feeding and cholera in , the cornbelt. This condition, he says, is making for a winter hog market much the reverse of a year ago, and for extremely low prices at the beginning of the packing season. Hogs are now selling far below theis actual value, as: based on consumptive demand conditions, on the general level of commodity prices, on current and prospective supplies, and on the present level of wholesale and retail prices of hog products. —* p> December, 1931 THE 1. A. A. RECORD Page T birteen Against Farm Expansion Need Sound Policy on Agricultural Land Utilization OPING for the day when there will be “proper supervision of colonization schemes,” when settlers can be “truthfully apprised of the eco- nomic facts,” and when “Uncle Sam will refuse to deed 640 acres of sand and cactus to a man, no matter how cour- ageous and industri- ous he may be,” Sec- retary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde asked that the nation formulate a sound national policy of agricultural land utilization. He spoke at the opening session of a conference on land utiliza- tion at Chicago, November 19-21. The need for this land-utilization Vast Waste conference, the secretary said, “‘lies in the vast waste of human and material resources now taking place in our rural areas. Erosion has already gashed and gullied our country sides and ruined 21,000,000 acres beyond repair. The wastage of natural resources in the East and South has already sapped the economic strength of communities and farmers and small towns. Every one of these presents problems of economic readjustment and political reorganiza- tion which might conceivably change a loss into a modest profit. Thousands of pioneer souls have listened to the siren song of the expansionists and have fol- lowed their land hunger into arid re- gions or onto cutover lands which Na- ture intended for other purposes than farms.” Secretary Hyde Stop Expansion Questioning the advisability of any sweeping purchase of submarginal lands by governmental bodies, and allaying the fears of those who expect a modern hegira from the submarginal areas, Sec- retary Hyde declared: “There is probably more hope of suc- cess in slamming shut a few doors through ‘which expansion is flowing than there is in the recapture of acre- age. Most of the expansion takes place in four directions: drainage, irrigation, clearing of forests, and dry land farm- img. The extent of that expansion is not generally recognized. There are both dynamite and enlightenment in the statistics, taken from the census, that there were 84,000 fewer farms in 1930 than im 1925, but there were 15,000,- 000 more acres in crops. This in five years, and the last five years at that! There are both pathos and problems in the fact that the 366,000,000 acres planted to crops in 1930 was 55,000,- 000 acres more than our cultivated area in 1909, and larger than the war-time peak of 1919. ““‘We must start some time. No pro- gram which we can conceive will im- mediately cure the present emergency. A long-time land-use program cannot write an immediate answer to the pres- ent emergency, but the present emer- gency emphasizes the immediate need for a long-time program. If we had begun even so short a time as 20 years ago—before the expansion of our culti- vated area by 55,000,000 acres—how much of tragedy and distress might have been prevented!” See Plot to Wreck Milk Producers' Co-Ops. Recent reductions in milk prices from twelve to seven cents per quart in Buf- falo were termed the initial move “in a plot to wreck farmers’ co-operative marketing organizations,” by George F. Snaith of Medina, a director of the Dairymen’s League Co-Operative Asso- ciation, Inc. “There is no economic reason for lower milk prices in Buffalo,” said Mr. Snaith. “The only purpose being served is to give consumers cheaper milk at the expense of dairy farmers so that dealers can break the farmers’ organizations and bring producers back to that state of 20 years ago when they were slaves to dealer interests. “For two weeks we have been hear- ing persistent rumors alleging that a group of dealers from cities as far apart as New York and Buffalo discussed plans at a milk dealers’ convention to attack farmers’ organizations by break- ing down milk prices. “Lowering of prices five cents a quart in Buffalo within a week has furnished dealers of other cities a basis for de- manding reductions. Compliance with such demands would be ruinous to the dairy industry, and would bankrupt thousands of farmers. “Present activities in various milk markets indicate that a treacherous plot is being worked out to crush farmers’ organizations, and force milk prices down until farmers are faced with starvation.” Limestone applied in addition to farm manure or crop residues increased the value of crops grown as much as $17.75 an acre annually on some soils, according to F. C. Bauer of the University of Illinois. This was a return of more than $7 a ton for the limestone used. The more productive, dark-colored soils did net give so great a response as the light-colored ones. National Fruit Exchange Plan Told by Wilson Farm Board Member Discusses Steck Set-Up and Method of Operation N an address before the annual meet- ing of the Vegetable Growers Asso- ciation of America at Cincinnati, Charles S$. Wilson, member of the Federal Farm Board, outlined the aims and objects together with recent de- velopments in organizing the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, Inc., of which A. B. Leeper, director of fruit and vegetable marketing for the I. A.A. is president. “While the organization has not be- gun to operate as yet, present indica- tions are that sufficient tonnage will be secured so that the Exchange will be ready to start operations about January 1,” said Mr. Wilson. Temporary head- quarters of the Exchange have been established in the I. A. A. offices at 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Provides for Representation “The general set-up of the Exchange provides for representation on the Board of Directors by dividing the country into districts and allowing the co- operatives which are members within their respective districts to select the director to represent them on the board of the National. The Exchange will be financed by the sale of capital stock te the member organizations. No one as- sociation may own more than § per cemt of the capital stock of the Exchange. The amount of stock which any associa- tion will be required to purchase is de- termined by the average volume of ship- ments for the last three years. Roughly speaking, stock subscriptions are ex- pected to be in proportion to the vel- ume of shipments. Producer Control “In the case of new associations which have not operated, the directors of the National have the power to rec- ommend the capital stock subscription which will be required. Member asso- ciations are required to pay one-fifth of the purchase price of stock in cash and the balance in four equal annual in- stallments. The provisions governing the voting control and ownership of capital stock are such as to protect the interests of various member associations and through them that of growers at all times. “Three types of organizations may become members of the National Ex- change; namely, centralized associations, federations of locals, and local associa- tions contracting directly with the Ne- tional for marketing but having repre- sentation on the Board of Directors ef (Continued on page 14 Col. 2) -, Page Fourteen . THE I. A. A.. RECORD December, 1931 Chief of Grain Pchires Favors Trading Limits Amnual Report Reveals Interesting Figures on Grain Exchange Operations. ECOMMENDING _Iegislation which would impose “a rational limitation upon the volume of daily purchases or sales and the total futures holdings permitted a trader for specu- lative purposes,” in the contract grain markets of the country, J. W. T. Du- vel, chief of the Grain Furures Admin- istration, said in his annial report to Secretary Hyde that such a limitation “would inure to the direct benefit of all interests using the furures market for proper purposes.” The report of the activities of the Grain Futures Administration for the year ending June 30, 1930, covered a period of unusual activity in the con- tract markets. The total of transac- tions in grain futures for the year was nearly 25 billion bushels, a record which was exceeded only in 1925 when the transactions amounted to more than 31 billion bushels. Transactions 20 Billion Bu. Transactions in wheat futures alone for this period aggregated nearly 20 billion bushels and was the greatest of any year for which the Grain Futures Administration has records. The larg- est volume of trading in all grain fu- tures for any one day of tl.e year was on July 15, 1929, when sales on the Chicago Board of Trade totaled 193,- 479,000 bushels. Another record was sett up on October 24, 1929, when sales of Chicago wheat futures alone areregated 156,126,000 bushels, sur- passing the previous record by more than 6,500,000 bushels. Heavy trading in wheat, according to Doctor Duvel, “twas not the result of any unusual speculative activity such as is most frequently associated with scarcity and advancing prices.” On the declining market “buying sup- port came largely from the so-called general public,” and “‘the large specu- lators as a class operated primarily on the short side of the market.” Publication Harmless Doctor Duvel commented that ex- perience has demonstrated that there have been no undesirable consequences of the publication daily of the open commitments, although some grain in- terests had regarded this as a danger- ous innovation when introduced in August, 1928. The result has been beneficial, he said. Open commitments of wheat futures at Chicago were the kishest ever recorded, nearly 250,000,- 000 bushels,'on October 16, 1929. Doctor Duvel reviewed a report to the Senate which analyzed trading op- erations. He commented on efforts to relax regulations in regard to the re- porting requirement, and points out that there is no basis to believe that this would encourage speculative buying and result in higher prices for wheat. “It is not known,” he says, “by what magical process wheat prices could be boosted if the government were blind- folded,” and suggests the same process might as reasonably be expected to de- press prices. He reviews a fraud case in which the Administration was active and mentions several special investiga- tions in which the Administration is now engaged. Lime Returns Vary On Different Soils Limestone, when applied with ma- nure, fluctuated in annual acre returns from $16.22 at Ewing in southern Illi- nois, to six cents~at Minonk in north central Illinois. These two fields represent extremes in soil types, Ewing being an old, gray soil with impervious non-calcareous subsoil. Minonk is a very young, dark- colored soil. Both soils were on state ex- periment fields. In the crop residue sys- tem the limed soil increased in value from 55 cents an acre at Antioch to $11.94 at Aledo. National Fruit Exchange (Continued from page 13) the National through an informal re- gional. “It is the objective of the National to establish a co-operative sales agency which will be operated on a nation-wide basis. On terminal markets where the volume of Exchange business is suffi- ciently large, the Exchange will have salaried sales managers. Reliable broker- age representation will be used at other points. The plan of marketing fruits and vegetables also provides for the fur- nishing of shipping point sales service to member units which do not have their own sales personnel. “All tonnage of the member units will be under contract to the Exchange. The structure and operation of the Ex- change is such as to permit co-operative associations to affiliate with a minimum of readjustments in their sales policies and changes in personnel.” Coal Is Good Fertilizer German Chemist Finds German farmers have proved they know more about chemistry than Amer- ica’s best scientists, says a recent dis- patch from Berlin. For generations the belief has pre- vailed among farmers that coal is a good fertilizer. Now a German professor has discovered that science is wrong and that the farmer who knew nothing about thg chemical analysis of coal is right. — “Coal is the best fertilizer,” Professor Rudolf Liske, noted chemist, _ said. “When treated with a solution of am- monia it furthers the growth of plants to an astonishing degree. “Beans, peas and cucumbers,” he said, “attained a size three times as large as those left to grow without special treat- ment on ordinary sand soil.” _ae Buys Soybean Oilmeal Six cars of soybean oil meal have been bought co-operatively by Cook County Farm Bureau members, the Farm Bureau reports. Farm Adviser O. G. Barrett says that soybean of meal, carrying 40 per cent protein, ought to give dairymen some profit when they are buying it at less thas $1 a sack. The marketing committee of the 1. A. A. Board of Directors recommended at the October meeting that Farm Bu- reaus and Farm Bureau subsidiary or- ganizations in feeding districts should be urged to purchase their soybean meal requirements from processors who are co-operating with the Soybean Market- ing Association. Marshall-Putnam 4-H ~ Clubs Make Money Record books of Marshall-Putnam 4-H Club members this year show that they made a profit of more than $3,000 from their 206 projects, according to the Marshall-Putnam Farm Bureau. They own, or have sold, 87 beef calves, 154 pigs, 39 dairy cattle, 3,588 chickens, and 48 acres of corn. The total value of all crops and animals owned by members who completed their projects was $17,461. This includes $7,031 for beef calves, $2,701 for pigs, $4,577 for dairy cattle, $2,479 for poultry, and $672 for corn. The total cost of animals and crops grown was $14,050, making a net profit of $3,405. Bureau county with 510 enrolled in 4-H Club boys’ projects this year has the largest membership of any county. _= ‘ ’ " ‘ 2 id ’ allies . watch, December, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD _Page Fifteen Oil Company Managers Plan '32 Sales Campaign HE forty-seven Farm Bureau ser- vice companies of the state are al- ready laying plans for the distribution of 40,000,000 gallons of petroleum products in 1932, announces L. R. Marchant, manager of the Illinois Farm Supply Company. More than 400 managers and sales- men representing the entire 47 com- panies attended three district meetings held at DeKalb, Peoria and Decatur, No- vember 18, 19 and 20, to map out the year’s campaign. The 1932 goal is 38,000,- 000 gallons of mo- tor fuels, 1,500,000 gallons of lubricat- ing oil, and 800,000 pounds of _ grease. These figures are ap- proximately 20 per cent above 1931 sales. Marchant expects lubricating oil or- ders for future delivery to total 300,000 gallons by January 1. Reports were made at the district meetings on the progress already made in signing up or- ders for next year. The Champaign County Service Com- pany, under the management of Russell Stewart, was in the lead with future orders totaling 20,000 gallons. Three of his ten salesmen had a carload each to their credit. : When the contest closes January 1, the manager leading the state in the average number of gallons sold per salesman will receive a $100 Waltham Second prize will be a $75 Waltham. The salesman with the larg- est total gallonage of future orders will receive a 22-inch genuine cowhide Glad- stone bag and a ladies’ overnight case to match. Runner-up will be awarded a leather traveling kit and ladies’ hat box to match. Information on motor fuels and lu- brication was given by Dr. O. D. Horne, refinery technologist of Tulsa, Okla., and Henry Sagemiller, lubrication en- gineer of Chicago, who were the prin- cipal speakers at the meetings. L. R. Marchant Everett Siegfried, a Hancock County Farm Bureau member, states that in checking the records for the past three years since he has been in the Dairy Herd Improvement Association, he finds he is making just as much profit now as he was three years ago. For every dol- lar expended for feed at present prices, $3.84 is returned to take care of labor, equipment and interest on investment. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL AUDITING ASSOCIATION NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Illinois Agricultural Auditing As- sociation will be held on Wednesday, the 27th day of January, 1932, at the hour of 10 o’clock A. M., at the FAUST HOTEL, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the Board of Directors of the As- sociation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1931; and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the Board of Directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the Association; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Illininois, Dec. 3, 1931. GeorGE E. METZGER, Secretary. Dairy Marketing Director On Job Following Illness B. “JACK” COUNTISS, formerly - in charge of the Joliet branch of the Peoria Creamery Company, reported for work as I. A. A. dairy marketing di- rector on November 16. Mr. Countiss had been convalescing at the hospital in Galesburg for several weeks following an operation. Countiss was born and reared at Cookeville, Tenn. After attending the local college (Ten- nessee Tech) for two years, he came to i Illinois where he was lemployed as super- visor of the Knox- Warren Dairy Herd i Improvement Asso- ciation from 1920 to 1922. He graduated from the College of Agriculture, Univer- sity of Illinois in 1925. Before and during his college work he assisted Prof. C. S$. Rhode in organizing dairy herd improvement associations. He was employed by the Peoria Creamery Company in 1925 where he has been engaged up to the present time. He established cream stations and directed the field work of the Peoria creamery for a number of years before taking over, the company’s branch office at Joliet. | J.B. Countiss Vermilion Livestock Co-Op. Brings Farmer More Cash ECORDS of the Vermilion County Livestock Marketing Association for its first year of operations show that an efficiently organized livestock concentration point working as a part of the state marketing organization can actually raise the price level in its sur- rounding territory. Danville prices are now approximate- ly 70 cents per hundredweight higher in comparison with Indianapolis prices than they were when the marketing asso- ciation began opera- tions, declared Ray E. Miller, director of livestock market- ing for the I.A.A. He points out that on the day the asso- ciation opened inde- pendent firms at Danville were buy- ing hogs at prices ranging from 25 cents to $1.75 below the Indianapolis market. Quotations at Danville are now from 10 to 40 cents under Indianapolis. Competition of the association is credit- ed with decreasing the spread from am average of around $1.00 to approxi- mately 30 cents, or, in other words, with returning 70 cents more per hun- dred to the producers. Saves Thovsands This means a saving of thousands of dollars annually to Vermilion county farmers, according to Miller. The co- operative alone handled more than 6,- 000,000 pounds of livestock this year. More than 450 members are shipping through the co-operative agency Farm Adviser Otis Kercher recently reported. During the year stock was sold through 20 outlets, including six terminal mar- kets and 14 packers. The terminal markets were Indianapolis, Chicago, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. The Vermilion county association is a member of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, which recently opened headquarters at Decatur to co- ordinate the movement of livestock from county and district concentra- tion centers throughout Illinois. Work toward extending this service to sec- tions not served at present is being car- ried on by the I. A. A. R. E. Miller The Marshall-Putnam Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Farm Bureau, paid a patronage dividend of 24 per cent on all purchases made by Farm Bureau mem- bers during the fiscal year just ending. Page Sixteen Red Fox Deserves Some Protection Cornell Professor Says Reynard Does “Not Merit Bad Reputation The red fox should be given protec- tion as are skunk, coon, mink and other fur animals, before he goes the way of the passenger pigeons and other ex- tinct forms of wild life. His good habits far outweigh his bad traits, says W. J. Hamilton, Jr., of the zoology de- partment at Cornell University. Generally, he says, the fox is not so black as he is painted. In analyzing the stomachs of more than sixty foxes, Dr. Hamilton finds that the principal foods of the fox are meadow mice; ground squirrels; fruits, especially ap- ples and berries; insects; and other small forms of animal life. In only one stom- ach did he find chicken feathers or bird remains. A cat, he says, puts the fox to shame as a bird killer. Without ques- tion Reynard does take a bird now and then as the occasion demands. But what of it, when he eats about 600 medow mice in a year and keeps cot- tontails in check? Young Like Kittens In late March or early April the vixin, or she-fox, bears four or five young. For their arrival she utilizes some wood- chuck hole or enlarges a rabbit retreat. At the end of four or five weeks the young are large enough to come out- ef-doors. They have woolly coats quite unlike those of their parents and romp and play much like kittens. The mother is never far off and at any indication ef danger an alarm sends the young tumbling into their retreat. The brood grows rapidly and is fed by both parents. Young woodchucks, meadow mice, an occasional small bird ‘or butterfly is brought to them, often alive. The young tug and worry their victim and get an early training in hunting in this manner, he says. By the end of summer the young are grown, and the den is a mass of bones and fur, some feathers, and offal from their food. The young scatter when cold nights come in the fall and are capable of having young before they are a year old. Deserves Keen Reputation The sharp, shrewd looking muzzle, the quick eye and the erect ears give the fox the characteristic expression of acuteness which it does not belie. Many tales are told of the cunning and crafti- ness of the fox in eluding pursuit by men and dogs. Reynard has been known, when hard pressed, to jump on the back of sheep or cattle which are stampeded, so they may carry the fox some distance before he jumps off and retreats safely. THE I. A. A. RECORD NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- ING OF ILLINOIS AGRICUL- TURAL HOLDING CO. OTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stock- holders of Illinois Agricultural Hold- ing Company will be held on Wednes- day, the 27th day of January, 1932, | at the hour of 11:00 o’clock a. m., at the Faust Hotel, Rockford, Il., to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the board of directors of the company for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1931, and to consider and, if ap- proved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the company; and for the trans- action of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 1, 1931. GEORGE F. TULLOCK, Secretary. Proper Seed Storage Increases Corn Yield The seed corn storage houses at Var- na, Granville and Henry will be open on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons during the season for seed selection, announces the Marshall-Put- nam Farm Bureau. The Farm Management Department of the University of Illinois has found that corn yields may be increased twe bushels per acre where the seed is prop- erly stored and not allowed to freeze. Proper storage and testing will give an average yield of five bushels more per acre. An increase of only 1% bushels per acre will pay for the service of stor- age and testing. Public Forests Will Pay Their Own Way: Warren Public forests in a densely populated state will more than pay their own way, according to Dr. George F. War- ren, Cornell economist. They regulate the flow of streams and protect the water supply, as well as provide for hunting, fishing, and recreation, and improve the appearance of the state. None of these uses interferes with the growth of trees for timber products. It is unfortunate, he says, that large areas of excellent forest land, that were never well adapted to farming were ever cleared. Abandonment of these areas December, 1931 Build Factory at Ames To Test Use Farm Wastes Factory-scale experiments will be conducted in a factory at Ames, Iowa, by the U. S. Department of Agricul- ture with a view of developing com- mercial utilization and finding a more profitable outlet for various farm by- products, including corn stalks, straw. oat hulls, rice hulls, cottonseed hulls, and other similar materials. Stressing the need for this work, Dr. W. W. Skinner, who will have charge of the experiment, said, “The farmer has to raise about 144 pounds of waste material to every pound of grain he produces. This represents a loss of fer- tility and brings on an immediate prob- lem of disposal. The cost of collecting such materials as corn stalks and straw is very great and one object of the fac- tory-scale experiment now being started is to determine whether by additional chemical treatment we can _ produce value in excess of this cost.” Dr. Skinner stated that the small-, scale laboratory experiments of the past have offered little opportunity for the solution of the problem. The recent Congress appropriated $75,000 for this work. Corn Price and Pen Rent In the last issue of the RECORD there appeared a statement which im- plied that commission firms are re- sponsible for present pen rent, corn prices, etc., at the stock yards; that commission firms are charging $1.30 a bushel for corn fed. It should be understood that the stock yards company, not commission firms, fixes the cost of pen rent, corn prices, etc. The price charged on corn includes delivery to the different pens and alleys in the stock yards. The packer and stock yards administration, U. S. D. A., has authority to regulate such charges. In 1929 the Land O’Lakes Creamery handled $52,500,000 worth of dairy products; the National Cheese Pro- ducers Federation in 1930 $11,886,102 worth of cheese. The Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association of New York in 1929 handled more than $89,000,000 worth of milk and dairy products; the California Fruit Growers Exchange the same year shipped fruit valued at $104,900,000. began about fifty years ago and it has continued at an increasing rate. Fortu- nately the conditions which make land undesirable for farming often make it excellent for forestry. December, 1931 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen Whiteside county increased coopera- tive shipments of livestock from 160 cars in 1929 to 254 cars in 1930. The increase will be even larger in 1931 re- ports the Whiteside County Farm Bu- reau. During the first six months 194 cars were shipped in comparison with 133 cars in the first six months of 1930. Recently buyers on the market have complained that calves are being loaded in double deck trucks without suffi- cient head room, the upper deck be- ing too low. As a result calves come in bruised on their backs. This shows up badly in the dressed meat. Truckmen are asked to lend their co- operation toward avoiding this damage and loss in transit. 6 Biers time to figure the proper weight, class, and especially grade of cattle to feed for the various seasons of the year, advises H. M. Conway, director of research for the National Livestock Marketing Association. Par- ticularly select cattle that will be best for prospective market conditions and the supply of feeds available, he said. Too frequently top choice feeders are selected for the late winter and spring market, whereas a lower grade animal will more likely make a profitable mar- gin. For the summer market the re- verse is true. The choice feeders normally require a cather long feeding period and a heavy grain ration, while with common steers roughage should be the principal feed with little grain. Shrink on Hogs On 1,252 hogs marketed by truck (average haul 26.7 miles) the average shrink from a farm feedlot to market was 1.23 per cent; on 2,084 hogs shipped by rail (average haul 128.8 miles) the average shrink from farm feedlot to market was 1.19 per cent. In other words, no significant differ- ence. Hogs given less than a full feed at the farm appeared to shrink less both by rail and by truck—part of the shrink occurring before the farm weights were taken. Shrinkage by truck apparently tended to increase with the distance trucked, being 1.24 per cent on 89 hogs trucked 36 miles or more, and 1.37 per cent on 69 hogs trucked 55 miles or more. This infor- mation was obtained following a survey by R. C. Ashby of the University of NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET- ING OF ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU SERUM ASSN. OTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the mem- bers of Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association will be held on Wednes- day, the 27th day of January, 1932, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a. m., at the Faust Hotel, Rockford, IIl., to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the Board of Directors of the Association for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1931; and to consider and, if ap- proved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the Board of Directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the Association; and for the trans- action of such further and other busi- ness as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Ill., Dec. 2, 1931. RAY E. MILLER, Secretary. Wolf Attacks Caribou; Dies on Enemy's Horns In Alaska, where wolves have terror- ized the timid reindeer and slaughtered them in great numbers, one bold wolf came to an inglorious end this summer when it tackled a bull caribou. A report to the Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agri- culture says: “Victorious in combat with the wolf but unable to free him- self from the dead body of his foe, a big bull caribou was seen a few days ago on Birch Creek in the Circle coun- try walking slowly along, bowed down under the wolf’s weight. The wolf apparently had been impaled upon the caribou’s horns and mortally wounded, but the caribou was unable to free him- self from his burden. One of those who saw the caribou said the weight he carried was too great to permit him to run. Every time he passed a tree he would try to rub the wolf from his horns. He was accompanied by another bull, which would run ahead a few paces and then wait for his slower com- panion.” $2,000 Difference in Net Income Per Farm Efficiency in livestock production is one of the most important factors ac- counting for the difference of $2,000 between the net income ef the 41 most Farm and Home Week Slated for Jan. 11-15 Plans are already underway for the thirty-fourth annual Farm and Home Week to be held at the University of Illinois, January 11 to 15, according to an announcement received by the I. A. A. Eugene Davenport, dean emeritus of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois; President F. D. Farrell of Kansas State Agricultural College, and Dr. George F. Warren, head of the department of agricultural economics, Cornell University, are to be headline speakers. Last year 3,146 farm folks from 97 counties registered during the week. An equally large attendance is expected this year. Recreation, inspiration, contests and entertainment, as well as instruc- tion, will again be featured. High School Boys Form Co-Op. Feed Grinding Co. Students of vocational agriculture im the Jacksonville high school under J. H. Loomis have organized a co-operative feed grinding company. Its purpose is to grind feed for local farmers, help them balance live stock rations, to foe ter and develop the co-operative spirit among its members, and to help finance the outside activities of the high school agricultural department. The feed grinder is a portable outfit, a Hammer mill mounted on a two-ton truck and driven by an International truck engine. It is taken from farm to farm where the feed is ground. The Farm Mechanics high school class did all the work in putting the truck and engine in good mechanical condition. “The price of grinding is 15 cents per cwt. to patrons not members of the company, or § cents less than the price others are charging for similar service,” says Loomis. ‘The average earnings per hour is about $4, with the cost of operating around $1 per hour.” profitable farms and the 41 least profit- able farms in the farm account project last year in the area comprising Mar- shall-Putnam, LaSalle and Grundy coun- ties, reports the LaSalle County Farm Bureau. “The operators of the more profitable farms secured $150 of livestock income from $100 worth of feed, while the least profitable had a corresponding in- come of $97. “Since these farms had about the same market outlet, the difference in net re- turns means that the most profitable produced meat, eggs, milk, etc., at lower cost.” Liability Insurance Applies in Farm Building Accidents Indicate Need for Em- ployers Protecting Themselves The question of whether or not the liability insurance of the Illinois Agri- cultural Mutual Insurance Company covers injury or death of employees while working on new buildings is ex- plained as follows by V. Vaniman: “Our insurance will protect the farmer employer against liability to em- ployees for work done on new buildings on farms providing the size of building and time involved does not bring em- ployees under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. “A new building built on a farm re- quiring over two or three weeks to build and of size to make the building of it a hazardous enterprise would not be considered farming operations. Therefore, farmers should not have em- ployees working on jobs of this kind expecting protection under our insur- ance.” The ten high counties in total appli- cations written up to November 1 are McLean, DuPage, Livingston, Henry, Cook, Tazewell, Vermilion, St. Clair, Fulton, and Kendall. Some recent accidents are as follows: Cass County—Employee was load- ing calves in truck when he was kicked by a calf and slipped on the floor of the truck. Muscles were torn at his ankle and the bone injured, making plaster cast necessary. Menard County—Man was helping veterinary with sick mule when mule kicked him in left eye fracturing bone under eye, also cutting and bruising face. Pike County—Employee working on hog shed when a 2 by 8 fell on his finger bruising it severely, making it necessary to be lanced several times. Sangamon County—Hired man had legs scraped and bruised while driving wagon hauling beams. Injury caused by sudden start of team. Cook county again led the field in the amount of automobile insurance written in the Illinois Agricultural Mu- tual Insurance Company during Octo- ber. St. Clair, runner-up in September, was also second last month. Other leading counties in October were Livingston, Ford, McLean, Henry, Logan, Marshall-Putnam, Champaign, and Sangamon. Here are some of the accidents re- ported: Crawford County.— Insured was: driving and smoking a cigar; turned head to spit out of window and car ran off left side of road. In turning back Page Eighteen THE 1. A. A. RECORD December, 1931 100% FARM BUREAU AzD COUN- TRY LIFE MEMBERS and Mrs. their five children, all Country Life Mr, Ray cons and policyholders. Mr. Stevens is a member of the Boone County Farm Bureau, on his car turned over and injured lady passenger. Jefferson County — Insured going south, about one block out of city, no- ticed car parked on east side of road. As he was passing car woman stepped out and was knocked to pavement, re- sulting in her death. Montgomery County—Insured’s car stopped on pavement during hard rain. Friend's car came along and in passing ran through water killing his engine before he could get off slab. Car fol- lowing tried to pass and had head-on collision with truck. Party in car col- liding with truck killed. 60 Counties to Hold Jubilee Programs Dec. 12 Between 40,000 and 50,000 Illinois farmers will attend the 60 Farm Bureau jubilee programs to be held on the night of December 12 in conjunction with a radio broadcast over station WMAQ, Chicago, estimates V. Vaniman, director of insurance service. Mr. Vaniman said most of the local programs would start shortly after 7 o’clock so that counties holding beauty contests might send in the names of winners in time to be announced over the radio. The broadcast is scheduled to occupy a half-hour between 8 and 8:30. About two-thirds of the counties put- ting on programs will feature beauty contests as one of the chief attractions. Mr. Vaniman said that the term ‘‘beauty contest” had taken on a hew meaning among Farm Bureau people who saw the contests last year. He calls attention to the statement of an eminent psychologist from Johns Hopkins University that ‘“‘the conserva- tion of human beauty is the question of the hour, because physical beauty is di- rectly associated with moral beauty, bodily well being, efficiency, and intel- lectual excellence.” Local program committees are al- ready arranging their programs, said Mr. Tisurance ¥ Country Life Insurance Company is attempting to establish a new world record by topping the list in millions of insurance gained in 1931. Country Life already holds world records for business gained in the first 30 days of operation and in the first year. The twenty counties leading in new business in Country Life wrote almost a half-million dollars worth of insur- ance during the first three weeks of November. Six agents each turned in more than $20,000 worth of new business during the three weeks ending November 21. They are E. A. Carncross, B. E. Mosier, Homer Hitchcock, Claude Hicks, J. D. Smith, and Ira Cottingham. The ten leading counties during this period were Cook, Champaign, Livings- ton, Winnebago, Lake, Sangamon, Lo- gan, Jersey, Henry, and Kendall. Ira Cottingham sent in $20,000 in one day and L. R. Welk sent in $15,000 at once. Bernard Mosier wrote $19,000 in one week. Country Life Declares Capital Stock Dividend The Board of Directors of Country Life Insurance Company recently voted to declare a 9 per cent dividend ($9,000) payable to the Illinois Agri- cultural Holding Company, which owns all of the capital stock of Country Life. Stock in the Holding Company in turn is held entirely by Farm Bu- reau members, County Farm Bureaus, and the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion. Directors of the Illinois Agricultural Holding Company voted to pay divi- dends on the 7 per cent preferred stock to stockholders as of record December 1, 1931. The preferred stock in the Holding Company is issued as of De- cember 19, 1929. The subject of dividends to policy- holders in Country Life will be con- sidered at the January meeting of the Board. Vaniman. All the numbers except those on the half-hour broadcast will be given by local people. L. A. Williams, mana- ger of Country Life Insurance Com- pany, will speak on the radio program. The “Brown County Farm Bureau News” recently made its appearance. It will replace “Farm Gist” as the Farm Bureau official organ. Volume 10 1932 coS_9» The cA>d Iflinois Agricultural As Association RECORD : Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural mage at 165 So, Main St., Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, IIl., vided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, gag er ay 27, 1925, hicago, cultural Association Record, 608 So, Dearborn 8t., Number 1 Northern Illinois Farm Advisers to Boost Meeting Seek to Get Out 5,000 Farm Bureau Members Within 60 Miles Of Rockford A BOOSTER meeting of farm ad- visers and Farm Bureau presidents in northern Illinois to get out a large local attendance at the coming I. A. A. convention int Rockford, will be called in the near future, according to Farm Adviser Chas. H. Keltner, who visited ' the I. A. A. offices recently. “We have plenty of accommodations for everyone at Rockford,” said Kelt- ner. “There is ample hotel room and the rates will be reasonable. We are asking that when making reservations, farm advisers specify the kind of ac- commodations wanted, including price of rooms, the number in a room, etc. We will try to fill every order as re- quested.” Hold Down Cost Mr. Keltner states that the capacity of the banquet room on the twelfth floor of the Faust Hotel is rated at from 1,600 to 1,800 people. He is request- ing that reservations be made early. “Every effort is being made to hold down the cost of banquet and luncheon tickets below those of previous years,” he said. “We have approximately 5,000 Farm Burcau members within a radius of 50 to 60 miles of Rockford, and we shall make every effort toward getting them out to the convention.” Where 60 Go Delegates and members arriving in Rockford are asked to report at the hotel assigned where definite advance reservations have been made. Others must report at the registration desk in the lobby of the Faust Hotel. The annual dinner and get-together for farm advisers, Farm Bureau presidents, I. A. A. officers and _ staff members will be held in the main dining room JANUARY, 1932 Te \ % eee tap eoatttag peatltag opbilties of the Nelson Hotel on Wednesday night, January 27. The dinner is being financed by the local Chamber of Com- merce. Board of Delegates Is Governing Body I. A. A. | likened organized county in Illinois will be represented by one or more voting delegates at the annual meeting of the I. A. A., Rockford, January 28- 29, if each takes advantage of its privi- lege. According to the present count there will be approximately 200 dele- gates from the 94 County Farm Bu- reaus. The by-laws of the I. A. A. provide that ‘tthe members within a county in good standing and engaged in produc- tion of agricultural products shall be entitled to representation in the annual meeting of members, and in any special meeting, by one voting delegate, and one additional voting delegate for each 500 members in good standing engaged in production of agricultural products, or major fraction thereof.” Thus, the county with 251 members is entitled to two delegates; 751 mem- bers, three delegates; 1,251 members, four delegates; and 1,751 members, five delegates. Who Is Eligible? All delegates must be members in good standing (dues paid) and engaged in production of agricultural products. This classification includes both land- lords ‘and tenants, and parties who are (Continued on next page) 33(anannanalilann nnoan3 Teen noel “CONV E 35 NTION SPE Cis Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So, Dearborn S&t., to Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage. pro- Address _ all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Chicago, Ill, Ilfinois Agri- Volume 10 See |. A. A. Convention as Clearing House for Ideas One Place Where Man on Farm Gets A Chance to Tell What He Thinks About It Tae 17th annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association to be held at Rockford, January 28-29, together with meetings of. associated companies on January 27, will be a clearing house for ideas and suggestions offered by real farmers from all sections of the state on what they can and should do in an organized way for the welfare of the industry. Of course there will be speeches and addresses as in past years by men of national prominence. But there will be a time also for the most obscure mem- ber to rise up and tell what he thinks his organization should and should not do in the next year. Five Business Conferences The five business conferences to be held simultaneously on Thursday after- noon as in former year, were arranged expressly for this purpose. The various sessions of the delegates, particularly the closing one on the last afternoon of the conyention, are open for free discussion of resolutions and policies governing the Association and its work. The opening morning of the I. A. A. meeting on January 28 will be largely devoted to the president’s address, and reports by the secretary and treasurer about the work of the organization dur- ing 1931 and its condition today. Banquet and Luncheon The banquet and luncheon Thursday night and Friday noon respectively will be held in the Faust Hotel dining room on the top floor. A large number of leaders representing other business and educational interests in the state, co- - operative marketing of- ficials, and men in pub- lic life are being in- vited to attend. (Costinued on next page) nee Page Four ) THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 President Ed. A. O’Neal of the Amer- ican Farm Bureau Federation, and Sam H. Thompson, former president of the I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. and now a member of the Federal Farm Board, have accepted invitations to attend the convention. Both will appear on the program sometime during the two-day meeting. Had Prominent Men A survey of the field reveals that nearly every man of national promi- nence in agriculture has addressed either an annual meeting of the I. A. A., or some other gathering sponsored by the Association in recent years. Yet an ef- fort is being made to maintain these former high standards in the selection of outstanding speakers for the 1932 convention. As we go to press the programs for meetings of the associated organizations and the sectional conferences are being made up. Further details will be re- leased to the newspapers and carried in the Illinois section of the February Bureau Farmer, which will be published about January 18. Board of Delegates (Continued from page 3) farming on shares. No salaried or paid employee or agent in regular and con- tinuing employment of the Farm Bu- reau—I. A. A. or any associated or sub- sidiary company is qualified to serve as a delegate. The by-laws of the Association may be amended, repealed or altered in whole or in part at any regular meeting by a two-thirds affirmative vote of the reg- ular members in good standing repre- sented in the meeting by qualified dele- gates present, or by like vote at any special meeting of which due notice has been given. A quorum must be present at such meeting and amendments shall be in the hands of the secretary at least 20 days prior to the meeting of the Association. The secretary shall have _ mailed at least 10 days prior to such meeting a copy of the proposed amend- ment or amendments to the last known post office and address of each member of the I. A. A. Board of Directors and to each affiliated County Farm Bureau. The supreme power to elect the presi- dent and vice-president and board of directors and to shape and adopt poli- _ cies of the Association is vested in the board of delegates constituted in ac- cordance with the provisions above. Mont Fox of Oakwood and John Lee- mon of Hoopeston were elected official delegates of the Vermilion County Farm Bureau to the annual meeting of the I. A. A., Rockford. George Lenhart and Ralph Mills are alternates. Consider Income Tax Bill in House Next Breakdown of Property Tax in Cook County Leads to More Favor- able Attitude Toward Measure ARLY consideration of the state income tax bill in the House, fol- lowing the reconvening of the legisla- ture on Jan. 5, will be asked by sup- porters of this measure which is the only legislation so far advanced offering substantial tax relief to property. The long-heralded breakdown of the general property tax, particularly in Cook county, is ex- | pected to result in a 1 more favorable atti- | tude toward an in- | come tax by Chicago members of the House. The income tax, the revenue from which will go to re- place taxes now lev- ied for educational purposes on proper- ty, passed the Senate by a vote of 29 to 17 on Dec. 16. Lantz Calls Up Bill Sen. Simon E. Lantz of Congerville called up the bill and briefly explained its provisions emphasizing the fact that this measure and those which accom- pany it provide for a replacement and not an additional tax. Speeches support- ting the measure were made for the first time by Cook county members. Sena- tors Adelbert Roberts and Arthur A. Huebsch of Cook county, Charles H. Thompson of Harrisburg, N. M. Mason of Oglesby, and Andrew S$. Cuthbert- son of Bunker Hill. Senators Victor P. Michel of Peoria and Earl B. Searcy of Springfield spoke against the measure. “I have changed my mind about the income tax,” said Senator Roberts, one of the foremost members from Chicago. “This is a changing world and while I have previously voted against the meas- ure, I believe the time has come for us to inaugurate a fairer system of taxation and pass the income tax.” Senator Michel spoke against the measure “on constitutional grounds.” His discussion indicated he had not read the measure, nor was he informed about the provisions in the companion bills which make this a replacement tax. Sen. Thompson Speaks Senator Thompson of Harrisburg, an attorney, said: “I disagree with Senator Michel. I believe this bill is constitu- tional. This is sound legislation because it is based on ability to pay. My only Sen. Lantz interest is that the exemptions be made high enough to spare the little fellow.” Senator Huebsch of Brookfield sup- ported the constitutionality of the bill in which he pointed out that the State of Arkansas, which has an income tax, has a uniformity clause in the revenue section of its constitution much like that of Illinois. He read the list of states now. having income taxes. He said: ““We can’t continue to maintain our government and talk real estate tax reduction without — substituting something else for it.” Searcy Evades Issue Senator Searcy said he was friendly to the income tax in principle, but against the extension of government at this time. He was evasive regarding the question of bringing relief to overbur- dened farm and home owners. He failed to recognize the fact that many people of large incomes but without tangible property are now paying nothing to sup- port government. Senator Woods of Chicago agreed that an income tax eventually should be part of our taxing system, but held that an effort should be made first to put teeth in present laws to get per- sonal property on the tax rolls. “There is approximately $19,000,000,000 of personal property in Cook county,” he > said, “yet we have only $10,000,000,- 000 worth of property on the tax rolls, nearly all of which is real estate.” How They Voted The bill which provides for a gradu- ated tax of from one to six per cent on net incomes in excess of $1,000 for a single person and $2,000 for married couples would be administered by a Department of Revenue. All the money collected from this source except a small portion for administering the act would go to the public school fund. The vote was as follows: FOR THE BILL—Huebsch, Rob- erts, Adair, Baker, Barr, Bohrer, Carlson, Cuthbertson, Dunlap, Ew- ing, Gunning, Hamilton, Hanna, Kessinger, Lantz, Lee, Mason, Mc- Cauley, Meents, Meyers, Miles, Mills, Paddock, Smith, Thompson, Wilson, Wright, Finn, Monroe—Total 29. AGAINST THE BILL—Serritella, Woods, Broderick, Carroll, Gillmeis- ter, Graham, Huckin, Kielminski, Loughran, Maypole, McDermott, Mendel, O’Grady, Ward, Michel, Searcy, Kline—Total 17. Some people notice that the days are getting longer; others that the nights are getting shorter. McGinty: “I’ve a terrible corn on the bot- tom of my foot.” Pat: “That’s a foine place to have it. No- body can step on it but you.” ~ Il Qe9 0920 <= ae ma) ie} 1n. ed ce ‘ ¢€ oe Qua ’ <« — January, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Lake Co. School Districts Seek More Taxing Power Consideration of Higher Tax Limit Bill Beferred Until Jan. 6 AN effort to increase the property tax limit for school purposes in Illinois was mase by proponents of House bill 72 before the House Com- mittee on Education at Springfield, December 16. This measure amends sections 189, 190 and 191 of the school law and pro- vides that exclusive of taxes to pay the principal and interest on bonds, school districts which heretofore might levy one per cent ($1.00) for educational purposes and three-eighths of one per cent (37.5 cents) for building and pur- chasing grounds may levy 114 per cent for all expenses and upon a referendum instead of 11% per cent ($1.50) for educational purposes, and one-half per cent (50 cents) for building purposes and purchasing of grounds, may levy not to exceed two. per cent ($2.00) and districts maintaining grades 9 to 12 in addition to grades 1 to 8 which heretofore might levy an additional tax of one per cent for educational pur- poses and three-eighths of one per cent for building purposes and for purchas- ing of grounds may levy an additional tax of one and one-fourth per cent. Would Change Limits In districts which were heretofore authorized by referendum to levy more than one per cent but not more than one and one-half per cent for educa- tional purposes and more than three- eighths but not more than one-half of one per cent for building purposes and purchasing of grounds, may levy a tax of not to exceed one and three-quarters per cent and upon referendum may levy not to exceed two per cent and those districts maintaining grades 9 to 12 and heretofore authorized by referendum to levy an additional tax of one per cent for educational purposes and three- eighths of one per cent for building purposes and purchasing of grounds, may levy an additional tax of not to exceed one per cent and upon referen- dum may levy not to exceed one and one-eighth per cent. Provides that the levy for the payment of principal and interest on the bands shall be in addi- tion to the levy of taxes for the ex- pense and maintaining and conducting schools. The legislative committee of the I. A. A. has gone over the measure with its proponents taking the position that in- creases in taxes for educational purposes must not be allowed without approval of the people in a popular referendum. A representative of the Central Lake County (Ill.) Taxpayers’ Association from Lake Villa appeared against the bill, declaring that farm lands in Lake county were being assessed at 38 to 44 per cent of their fair cash value, where- as in Highland Park real estate was as- sessed at only 16 to 20 per cent of its fair cash value. “We are not against the present sal- ary schedule of teachers,” he said, “but it’s the frills in our schools that are costing too much.” Up Again Jan. 6 Representative Bolger of McHenry county moved that amendments pro- posed by friends of the measure to the bill be printed and placed in the hands of the committee on education before final vote. Representative Luckey of Vermilion county opposed the measure and advised the school board representatives from Lake county to go back home and pay their just share of the taxes, then they would have enough money to run their schools. The committee finally voted to post- pone action until January 6. Talk Over Problems 17th District Meeting More than 40 delegates and members from the 17th district attended the I. A. A. sectional meeting in the Y. W. C. A. Building, Bloomington, Decem- ber 16. The meeting was called by A. B. Schofield, I. A. A. director, who presided. Among the subjects discussed were hog cholera control, livestock market- ing, including the @)| producers’ sales agen- j| cies, and plans for financing the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association. Legislation now before the General Assembly, including the proposed state income tax, entered the discussion. “It was a meeting in which we talked over our local problems,” commented Mr. Schlofield. “I believe such meetings have great value because they give everyone attending an opportunity to express themselves about Farm Bureau activi- ties and policies. Such an opportunity A. B. Schofield is lacking in the larger state-wide meetings.” Farm co-operative marketing asso- ciations in. the United States number approximately 12,000 at present with a total membership of 3,000,000. Safety First Principle In Investment Policy Bob Cowles Tells Agents How Funds Of Companies Are Invested HE reserve funds of the Farm Bu- reau insurance companies are in- vested in “‘back-log” securities, with first consideration being given to safety of investments and second consideration to returns, R. A. Cowles, treasurer of the Illinois Agricultural Association, stated in explaining the investment policy of the companies to a group of northern Illinois agents in Chicago De- cember 21. Following the only sound policy for any new company, Country Life Insur- ance Company and Illinois Agricultural Mutual have wisely sacrificed possible larger returns for safe investments, ‘a large part of which are made up of gov- ernment and munici- pal bonds, Mr. Cowles said. _ Al- though Country Life Robt. A. Cowles is a capital stock company and the au- tomobile insurance company is a mu- tual, the same investment policy has been followed in both. The committee of five, which has authority to make investments for both companies, has placed the funds in three types of securities, he explained. The first type is United States govern- ment obligations, such as liberty bonds, treasury notes, and other similar issues, which are readily convertible into cash and which fluctuate very little in value. The next type includes state and mu- nicipal bonds. The third class embraces utility bonds and first mortgage bonds on railroads. At present the committee is confin- ing investments largely to federal gov- ernment securities. The committee meets once a month and considers of- fers of current issues. Business is done through the oldest and most reputable investment houses in Chicago and all bonds are delivered in safe keeping to the Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company, where they are kept. Cou- pons are clipped by employees of the bank and cashier’s checks issued to the companies. The investment committee is headed by A. R. Wright, banker-farmer of ‘Varna, vice-president of the Illinois Agricultural Association. Other mem- bers are President Earl C. Smith, Treas- urer R. A. Cowles, and Directors M, G. Lambert and C. J. Gross. Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 Farm Taxes Rise 166 Per Cent Since 1914: Income Taxes Should Raise Half. Public Revenues, Wisconsin Professor Says INCE 1914 taxes on farm property have risen by 166 per cent, while the price of farm produce is now down to 68 per cent of the war level, Dr. B. H. Hibbard of the University of Wisconsin told delegates and visitors at the recent American Farm Bureau Fed- eration convention. “While the discrepancy between the prices paid by farmers for goods bought and the prices received by them for produce sold may be the crux of the farmers’ troubles,” said Mr. Hibbard, “the fact remains that one of the large items of his outgo consists of the taxes he pays. It is demonstrable that these taxes are higher than they should be as compared with the general tax bur- den resting on people in general. It is true that the taxes on real estate are about equally high in city and country, and in state after state. Real Estate Pays Taxes “Real estate is taxed somewhere from 20 to 40 per cent of its annual rental value. In several states it was found that the taxation of both city and coun- try real estate amounted to from one- fourth to one-third of the annual in- come Before the present depression it was estimated that approximately 30 per cent, nearly one-third, of the net income on cash-rented farms was absorbed in taxes. No busi- nesses other than those yielding profits can stand taxation as heavy as this. “The main hope of real, permanent tax relief for the farmer is in the pros- pect of a change from property to in- come as the main reliance in raising revenue,” continued Dr. Hibbard. We have been timid and halting in this re- form, although the need for a change and the justice of the income tax prin- ciples have long been accepted. Income is not based primarily on property. Hence the folly of trying to reach the main sources of ability to pay merely by enumerating and assess- ing property. We should not rest content until half the public reve- nues are raised by income taxes. Not until such a reform is brought to pass is there hope of a genuine, adequate relief from the overload of taxes now resting on the farm. Taxes Cause Bankruptcies Dr. Hibbard pointed out that- the taxes paid by farmers have been a large contributing cause to bankruptcies and foreclosures. He said that the tax is often one-third or one-half as great as the interest payment required on mort- gaged land, and it is reasonable to be- lieve that the cause of financial wrecks among farmers has been attributable to taxes as well as to heavy mortgages, and in the proportion that taxes bear _to interest charges. With farm income falling and promising to remain low for some time, taxes loom like a spectre over the farmers’ horizon, he said. ‘An Illinois Editor On the Farm Bureau “The history of the Vermilion Coun- ty Farm Bureau illustrates the value of organization and co-operation of farm- ers,” declared the Danville Commercial- News in a recent editorial. ‘The in- dividual farmer stands alone. He ac- cepts what the stock buyer and the grain dealer choose to give him for his surplus stock and grain. He is at their mercy. Likewise he is at the mercy of those from whom he buys his supplies. His trade is not worth dickering over. “Acting in a body, the members of the Farm Bureau command the atten- tion of the big dealers, the wholesalers and the heavy buyers, and procure the best terms on the markets. This is true in buying fertilizer, farm machinery, seed grain and other supplies that every progressive farmer must have. Like- wise it is true in selling farm products. “And a highly important work of organized agriculture is the influence it may wield in the matter of procuring favorable legislation, both state and na- tional. Members of congress and state legislatures, even the president and his cabinet, listen attentively to the ap- peals of farm organizations and enact legislation designed to meet their de- mands. Organized agriculture is a power to be reckoned with by legisla- tive bodies and administrative officers.” Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the I. A. A., was the principal speaker at the thirteenth annual meeting of the Edwards County Farm Bureau at Al- bion, December 16. Other speakers were F. E. Longmire and Mary Louise Chase, University of Illinois. Correction The monthly meeting of the board of directors, not the annual meeting of the Chicago Producers Commission Associa- tion will be held at Rockford on Tues- day, January 26, just prior to the an- nual meeting of the I. A. A. The annual meeting of the Chicago Producers will be held in March in Chi- cago as in previous years rather than at Rockford. Organization in Selling | And Buying, Farm Need Farmers Forced to Buy Co-Opera- tively to Cut Their Costs of Production Cee. upon recent devel- opments in co-operative purchas- ing of farm supplies before the Ver- milion County Farm Bureau December 10, George E. Metzger, secretary of the Illinois Agricultural Association, de- clared that farmers were being forced into business in self defense. “No business can succeed by purchas- ing everything at retail and selling ev- erything at whole- sale, which is vir- tually what the American farmer is doing and has been doing for a consid- erable period of years,” he said. “A careful study of the commercial and semi-commercial projects of the Farm Bureau and the Illi- nois Agricultural Association will disclose that they are Geo. E. Metzger being set up on the chain principle. . Co-operation in agriculture had its be- ginning with the local co-operatives. They succeeded in cutting assembling expenses, but they cannot reach far enough into the markets to bring to the producer his fair share of the con- sumer’s dollar. “It takes wider organization than the local co-operative, and the solution is the merging of local co-operatives into state-wide and national sales aiid pur- chasing organizations. The farmer can- not be blamed for taking this step. He has learned it from business interests. Business has found co-operation and or- ganization to be advantageous and so will the American farmer find it so.” Regarding the extent to which the movement might develop, Mr. Metzger said, “The question is often asked, “Where is this movement going to stop?’ - Our answer is that whenever we find the margin made by distributors so wide as to work a hardship on pro- ducers of farm products you will un- doubtedly find the farmer getting into that line of business.” The Farmers National Grain Cor- poration is now getting from three- eighths to one-half of all the grain coming to the Peoria market, reports John Benson, manager of the Peoria office. There are about twenty firms buying grain on this market. t d a 5 b = © APO DD we Moy ee SOOO RRS = -—- = ye - 4.99 4 ‘ e # % bt 2 ld ¢ . J anuary, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven Social Justice Group Upholds Producers Commisssion’s Report Declares Contract of Pevely Dairy C o. “Indefensible,’ 3 States Issues of Controversy HE Social Justice Commission of St. Louis in response to an appeal from a religious leader, many of whose par- ishioners are members of the Sanitary Milk Producers Association who for- merly supplied milk to the Pevely Dairy Company, arranged conferences between representatives of the Pevely Dairy Company and the Sanitary Milk Pro- ducers Association. At these conferences it became evi- dent to all members of the Commission that all of the issues which precipi- tated the conflict could and should be arbitrated. The Sanitary Milk Pro- ducers Association agreed to arbitrate. The Pevely Company refused to arbi- trate. The Social Justice Commission did not propose that it would serve as an arbitration commission, but sug- gested some impartial group on which both sides could agree. As a result of these conferences, and as a result of research in the entire field of co-operative marketing of dairy products, the Commission issues this statement: States Issues I. That organizations similar to the Sanitary Milk Producers Associa- tion exist in many cities and func- tion satisfactorily. II. That such organizations are sanc- tioned by acts of congress and laws of Missouri and Illinois and are subject to legal control. III. That in communities where such organizations function, the price of milk is not higher than in com- munities where they do not exist. Differences in price are generally due to local conditions. IV. That the issues of the controversy are as follows: (A) A new contract issued by the Pevely Dairy Company on September 1, 1931, to mem- bers of the Sanitary Milk Producers Association, from whom it had been’ buying -milk, pre- cipitated the present “strike.” ‘This contract bound the farmer to supply his milk to the Pevely Company at a price which the com- pany assumed power to. fix. The farmer had no power even to cancel his contract. This contract seems to us to be ethically indefensible. Mr. Kerckhoff (president, Pevely Dairy Co.) has admitted that it was an error and he has given the farmer the privilege of cancellation, but the Pevely Company retains the power under the contract to set the price. Were it not for the protest of the farmers’ organization, even the privilege of cancellation might not have been extended. Request Is Just (B) The Pevely Company also refused to permit representatives of the Sanitary Milk Pro- ducers Association to check the butterfat con- tent of milk sold to it by members of the Association. The price of milk depends upon its butterfat content, which is determined in the first instance by the company at its -plant in the city. The Pevely Company is willing to permit each farmer to make his own check, but this is impractical for thousands of farmers. The request of the Sanitary Milk Producers is just and equitable, and the Pevely Company has conceded as much in writing. (C) The Sanitary Milk Producers Associa- tion has as its purpose collective bargaining on behalf of its members with the several distrib- utors of milk in St. Louis, Such collective bar- gaining has been carried on for more than a year with the other distributors, and the desire of the association to bring the Pevely Company into the plan presents a fundamental, though not the most immediate, issue in the controversy. The existing plan in no sense “draws a ring around St. Louis.” It permits the distributors to purchase as much milk as they please from any source, at any price not higher than that paid to members of the association. Moreover, the presence of consumers’ representatives at the price conferences, which is an integral part of the plan, is an important assurance to the public against extortion. We of the Social Justice Commission believe that the right to bargain collectively is an inalienable right of farmers as well as of workers and employers. That principle has been widely ap- proved. Among the religious bodies which have publicly approved it are: The Roman Catholic Church, through encyclicals or other official pronouncements by evety Pope begin- ning with Leo XIII, the Federal Council of Churches of Christ of America, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, and others. Pevely Is Wrong (D) Under the plan which is followed in the collective bargaining arrangement, a base price for a portion of the milk applied by each farmer is fixed by agreement, and the price for the remainder depends upon the Chicago but- ter market. The Pevely Company insists that a price which varies with the Chicago butter market is the only price to pay for all milk sold. This price is subject to short-time fluc- tuations and gives the farmer no assurance of stability such as prevails in the retail price of milk. The Sanitary Milk Producers have agreed to arbitrate the whole matter of price basis. It is not true that the price established by collective bargaining is independent of mar- ket forces, because necessarily it must be adjustd from time to time according to costs of production and market conditions. Similar plans are in effect in numerous of the larger cities of the country, in which the pres- ent retail price of milk varies from nine cents to fourteen cents per quart. The price paid by the dealers to farmers has been decreased twice under the collective bargaining plan in St. Louis. Does Not Approve Tax (E) Collection of dues in the association by the dealers through withholding them from the purchase price of milk, together with payment of a correspondingly reduced price for milk purchased from non-members, is objected to by the Pevely Company. ‘This practice his much to recommend it. The money appears to have been used for proper purposes. The Social Jus- tice Commission, however, does not approve of a virtual tax upon non-members of the asso- ciation. We believe the producers association skould yield this point, and they have already expressed willingness to arbitrate. (F) It has been charged that the Sanitary Milk Producers Association are engaged in rack- eteering. Violence against trucks and farmers supplying the Pevely Company has taken place. This violence is deplored by all parties to the controversy. We believe that the basic cause is a sense of social injustice which provokes some of its victims to reprehensible acts. Starkloff’s Moratorium V. That we regard the “moratorium” issued by Dr. Starkleff, which suspended one of the city’s sanitary milk regulations only for the Pevely Company, as un- justified, although it was declared in good faith. The Pevely Company was threatened with a shortage because of the “strike.” The city was threatened with a disturbance of not over one- fourth of its milk supply. There was a sufficient total quantity of milk with adequate means for distributing it, after some readjustment. Although the ac- tual quality of milk sold appears to have been safeguarded, this suspension was used ‘and is being used against the farm- ers’ organization. — It seems to be the intention of the Pevely Company to set up a new group of milk pro- ducers to replace members of the Sanitary Milk Producers Association with whom it formerly dealt. This is unjust to those who have expended large sums, partly at the urging of the Pevely Company itself, in order to be able to supply the city with milk. Not only is it bad social practice which ought to be unhesitatingly condemned but it leaves hundreds of families impoverished and socially embittered. The public must know that the milk producer-in many localities, although to a decreasing extent because of improvements in transportation, must sell his fluid to the dis- tributor who has a receiving station in his zone. He is more or less at the mercy of that com- pany. Unless he organizes with others, he must remain in the company’s power, because his in- vestments are on land in the company’s terri- tory. To deny him the right to bargain col- lectively is to force him to remain in this posi- tion. Against such a condition American farm- ers have the right to protest, and their protest should be heard with sympathy. Entitled to Justice The Social Justice Commission has sought in fairness to all and in behalf of the consumer, producer and distributor to bring about arbi- tration. It has sought to eliminate friction and emotional resentment. In that it has failed. The Pevely Company insists that there is noth- ing to arbitrate, that its present producers are satisfied. We are still concerned about the principle in the controversy and about the fate of the hundreds of producers and their depend- ent families who now have lost their market for fluid milk. They are entitled to justice. This statement is our summary of the issues as they appear to us. The report is signed by Professors FRANK J. BRUNO, PERCIVAL CHUBB, RALPH C. FLETCHER, RALPH FUCHS, CHAS. L. HODGE, JOSEPH KLAMON; by the follow- ing clergymen: DR. GEORGE A. CAMPBELL, D. R. CLARKE, DR. J. E. CROWTHER, FATHER RALPH GALLAGER, DR. GEORGE M. GIBSON, JR., DR. IVAN LEE HOLT, FATHER JOSEPH HUSSLEIN, RABBI FER- DINAND M. ISSERMAN, DR. M. ASHBY JONES, BISHOP WILLIAM SCARLETT, FA- THER THURBER M. SMITH, DR. JAY T. STOCKING, |RABBI SAMUEL THURMAN, DR. WOFFORD C. TIMMONS, FATHER RUSSELL WILBUR; and by Deans G. W. STE- PHENS, SIDNEY E. SWEET. Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 x courtinks NATL 7m. | Is To advance the purpose for which the tearm Bureau was organized, samely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, end educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, end to develop agriculture. * GeorGE THEM, Editor Max HarreLson, Assistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Speucer, ind. Eaitorial Offices, 608 So, Dearborn St., Chicago, lll. Applicaton tor transter of second class entry from Marshall, ill, to Spencer, 1na., penaing. Acceptance ior mailing at speciai rate ot postage provided im Secuon 412, Act of #eb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Adaress ail communications tor publication to- Haitorial Offices, Lulinois Agricuitural Association Kecord, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Lhe indi- viuual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Assoviation is five doilars a year. ‘Lhe tee includes payment ‘of hfty cents tor subscription to the lllinois Agricultural Association Record. s/ostmaster: In returning an uncalied tor missent copy please indicate key number on address as is OFFICERS required by law. President, Earl C. Vice-President, A. R. Wright. ...-...2-.-.----s--s--ec-eecceeecceceeerenecenenenscaneenenenee Varna Secretary, ‘Geo. Ey, Metzger... .-------c-n-e-ceeeeeseeeenceneeeeeeneneeneneenencececereees Chicago Treasurer, R., A. 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Cope, Salem WIL ican icas scis tnvenisensgstl cnn cincbyaiccmctcanscacsnimcentiveiasicsesy Charles Marshall, Belknap BF ca sroriencsicsv dase dant csnpysk apeninsosndcndnacnsrasincanitoccomleenanlatiseaiaed Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS COT ET OUI Sarda napacdedinncncqseceiownna icarsnpuasavrdsimenchercaiacopevonratpicociounpeccss J. H._ Kelker Dairy Marketing......................- aeqeiaéckccanadssdapuenincsneacts J. B. Countiss R CL weteuceneancerscstecencnnemntenssenreewrecrenssetoveteveens Cowles Fruit and Vegetable Marketing ...........----ie--ssscseec-seaueceneeneeess A. B. Leeper Grain Marketing....................... me .-Harrison Fahrnkopf ESAS Fa CH sin newt ics ecinnr scene pmariinsanonr etna snecareseczajemcpeennehish reusipoustpoacenten George Thiem ANSUTANCE © DOr vi CO. scan ann aven nnn nen nwscemasnvennrenereererepiineretincessenecio V. Vaniman Legal : Cote hana jnncecencceenieneeseronensnnwneeeverenneceoeninse Donald Kirkpatrick Limestone-Phosphate.............-.--...-------c-cec-eeeeseosceccencer-seeceecneneemnenenenenenees Bent Live Stock Marketing ay E. Miller OFRCE...-n...- an nnennen-eenenenen- E, Johnston Organization................. E. Metzger Produce Marketing ....-------.-------ss0-----ececeseee- a Gougier Taxation and Statistics... aoe ceececeneeeencneeceeeneenceeeeeenencnenenee . C. Watson SC MRER ER REO nga iss nw seemed ences an ooo cnry Sipeveemepronevaniogevedition i: J. Quasey : ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co..2.....-..--.----c--c-cc-ececeeecnecenee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.....-....--..--0-cssse-----to--- J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass’n—.—...............-..... F. E. Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co..........A. E. Richardson, Mgr, Illinois Farm Supply Co... ---sc--.ss--c---eecseereeneenoveee= L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp........... -Chas, P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass’n................ R. W. Grieser, Sales Mgr. Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’ n-.........------..--.-00-------0-0- F, A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n._....-...-------.---0c-ccsesee-eeneseneee W. H. Coultas, Mgr Prediction Come True "] HE fact that 50,000 Illinois farmers turned out in spite of rain and muddy roads to attend some 60 County Farm Bureau Jubilee meetings the night of December 10 is convincing evidence that good cheer, confidence, and capacity to en- joy wholesome entertainment still abound on the farm. Although more than 150 rural banks in this state have closed their doors, hunger and want are almost unknown in farm communities. Money is tight, buying of almost everything except neces- sities has about dried up, but of such essentials as food, clothing, and shelter farmers are compara- tively well supplied. They are in a much better position to weather the economic storm than the majority of their 7,000,000 unemployed brethren now stalking the streets of the cities. With 40 per cent of the buying power of the country represented by rural communities virtu- ally out of the market, the farmer is using his most effective weapon in bringing down non- agricultural prices and distribution costs. There are signs that the gap between agricultural and other prices is gradually narrowing. When liquidation and readjustment has run its course farmers may be in a stronger economic position than at any time in the past decade. Perhaps the country now believes that it cannot maintain for any length of time business and industrial prosperity in the face of an unprosper- ous agriculture. At least farmers are getting some degree of satisfaction in seeing their predictions of former years come true. Who Is Crying “Wolf”? 66" HE grain gamblers and their allies, who are fighting to ditch the Farm Board and the Agricultural Marketing Act, and any other law intended to help the farmer,” said Senator Capper, of Kansas, in a recent broadcast, “cry, “Take the Government out of business.’ That is simply the old cry of ‘Wolf’! The fact is they don’t want to take the Government out of business, except to take its support away from the. farm business. They still want to keep the Government in the banking business through the Federal Reserve Bank. They want to keep it in the railroad busi- ness through the guarantee of profits in the Esch-Cummins act. They want to keep it in the shipping business through the shipping act; they want above all, to keep it in industrial business through the tariff law. They want the protecting wing of the Government thrown around all of the business they are engaged in. But they don’t want it thrown around agriculture or oil—the two big industries of the West.” Ten Years Ago and Now EMBERSHIP returns from counties which have held regular or supplementary sign-up campaigns are very encouraging in view of the present level of farm prices. While deflation has gone farther than during the post-war depression of 1921-1922 which followed a period of un- precedented prosperity, greater confidence in the Farm Bu- reau is being manifested today than in the less trying times_ of a decade ago. PERE This is as it should be. The Farm Bureau in Illinois has» developed during the intervening period a broad service pro- gram of co-operative activities reflected in substantial money savings to members. There never was a time when the member received so many benefits for his annual dues as today. Ten years ago the I. A. A. was only fairly launched on its work. Membership then was sold largely on promises and things hoped for. While it is too much to say that every dream of the founders of the organization has been realized, yet the organization has demonstrated its usefulness, and today can be and is being sold on its accomplishments. Thinking farmers know that there is still more to be done than has yet..been achieved, particularly in the marketing field. The opportunity for achievement in that field alone will justify the united support of every farmer in Illinois behind the Farm Bureau. é ¢ ~ > S yn \ \ \ sy n 0 t C n d January, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD (CERTAIN members of the grain ex- changes who are violently opposed to farmers organizing to market their own products have from time to time blamed the Farm Board and the Grain Stabilization Corporation for low prices of grain “because they have driven the speculator out of the market.” Let’s take a look at this assertion. Speculation in grain is more politely known as future trading. It is true that future trading has declined during the past year. The report of the Grain Futures Administration for the year ended June 30, 1931, reveals that future trading in grain on all of the contract markets combined aggregated 17,034,- 201,000 bu. during the last fiscal year. This is the smallest volume since 1924, a striking decline from the 24,999,650,- 000 bu. aggregate of 1929-1930. The greatest decline in the volume of trading occurred in wheat futures with total sales of 10,063,139,000 bu. This is nearly 50 per cent less than the spec- ulation in this grain for the year pre- vious, but exceeds the low record of 1923-24 (when the Farm Board and stabilization were out of the picture) by about 38 per cent. “The decrease in volume of trading in wheat,” reports Mr. Duvel, chief of the Grain Futures Administration, “was due in part to in- creased speculativeginterest in corn as a result of much closer adjustment be- tween supply and demand for corn than for wheat. Stocks of wheat were abun- dant and burdensome, whereas the sup- ply of corn was abnormally short.” In spite of the substantial drop in futures trading, however, it was less than the decline of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Speculation in grain dropped 32 per cent, while trad- ing in stocks declined 38 per cent. In- cidentally, listed stocks dropped far more in price than grain. The middle- men would have us believe the Farm Board and stabilization in wheat and cotton were responsible for that, too. Two stories were given wide publicity during the past year by agents of farm- er enemies in the grain trade to under- mine farmers’ confidence in co-operative marketing. Both of them are revealed as false by the Grain Futures Ad- ministration report. One which broke on September 23, 1930, concerns a telegram transmitted from Winnipeg to Chicago contained utterly false infor- mation relative to the alleged financial difficulties of the Canadian Wheat Pool. Tre Bell Syeters Booth where messages from the I, A. A. offices were received. Delegates attending the American Farm Bureau convention in Chicago December 7, 8 and 9 were supplied with the latest market news by daily teletypewriter direct from the I. A. A. offices in the Transportation Building to the Sherman Hotel. The news flashes were posted on bulletin boards as fast as they were received. A pri- vate line between the Department of Information and the A. T. & T. booth in the Sherman House was in use eight hours a day throughout the convention. Investigation disclosed, continues Mr. Duvel’s report, that the telegram was filed by tclephone with the Canadian Pacific Telegraph Co. in Winnipeg and dispatched to two futures commission houses in Chicago, and to the Liverpool Corn Exchange. The spurious message, purported to bear the signature of a prominent Winnipeg grain firm, and its contents were disseminated widely over the private telegraph wires of many Chicago commission houses before its spurious character became known. Al- though the authenticity of the telegram was denied before the opening of the market, buying confidence was greatly weakened and the dominant wheat fu- ture declined 244 cents for the day. A reward of $1,000 was offered for the identification of the person who filed the false telegram by the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Our readers will remember that such papers as the Chicago Tribune and Chi- cago Journal of Commerce played up this false information as a blow to co- operative markéting. On another oc- casion the anti-farmer propagandists gave much publicity to the fact that Arthur Cutten, prominent grain trader of Chicago), and other bull speculators were joining the Winnipeg Grain Ex- change “because of government inter- ference with future trading in the United States.” On this point it is interesting to note the finding of the Royal Commission on Trading in Grain Futures headed by Sir Josiah Stamp, noted British economist. Said the commission: ‘In some cases at least these new members had already been trading through the Winnipeg exchange, and membership entitled them to receive the benefit of the preferen- tial rates on commission accorded between members in their dealings on the exchange when acting on be- half of one another. The idea that it might be to escape regulation was inspired merely by inference from the fact that the list contained the name of a well-known speculaor. It transpired during the conversa- tions that his motives in joining the Winnipeg Exchange were solely for the purpose of entitling him to the lower rates referred to.” All of which indicates that enemies of farmer co-operation will not stop at spreading lies to weaken farmers’ faith in their own co-operative institutions. Such opponents have a selfish purpose. They fear that farmers will succeed in doing the job of marketing their own products better and at less cost than under the old system.—E. G. T. Milk Producers Discuss St. Louis Market Situation Approximately 30. to 40 representa- tives of milk bargaining associations in Illinois met at Bloomington Wednesday, December 16, to discuss their mutual problems. J. B. Countiss, dairy mar- keting director, represented the Illinois Agricultural Association. Among the managers present were Forrest Fairchild of the McLean County Milk Producers; Wilfred Shaw, Illinois Milk Producers Association, Peoria; and N. E. Armstrong of the Champaign County Milk Producers Association. Harry Blotts represented Decatur Milk Producers; G. E. Dickson, Pure Milk Association, Chicago; Archie McFed- eran, president, and C. Neureuther, the LaSalle-Peru Milk Producers. After hearing reports on the various markets, the group discussed the St. Louis situation and the controversy be- tween the Sanitary Milk Producers and the Pevely Dairy Company. It was generally agreed that the bargaining as- sociations and the I. A. A. should render every assistance possible to the organized dairymen of St. Louis in their effort to establish a sound milk marketing plan giving the producer as well as the con- sumers and distributors a voice in the St. Louis market. Page Ten . “THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 Getting Electricity to. Tenant Farmer, Is Aim Engineer Would Have Utilities Be Real Public Service Institutions LECTRIC service will have to be put on a basis which takes into consideration the tenant farmer before rural electrification can be developed to its fullest extent, according to L. J. Quasey, director of transportation for the I.-A. A. At present, he said, the electrification programs consider only the wealthier farm owner, who is able to pay the con- struction cost of lines or a high mini- mum charge. He pointed out that ap- proximately 43 per cent of the farms in the state are operated by tenants, many of whom cannot afford electric service under the present system. He showed that 15 to 60 per cent of urban consumers are minimum users, but the utility companies connect them without complaining. The practice has been to spend 100 to 200 times the monthly revenue to take on small users in town, but to take on a farmer the utilities as a rule will not spend more than 50 times the monthly revenue. Make More Business J. Howard Mathews, chief engineer for the Illinois Commerce Commission, has-stggested that when lines run past a tenant’s house he be given an oppor- tunity to ha service even though he cannot affor pay the same rates charged his neighbors. | “Such payments as he could make would be pure ‘velvet’ to the company,” Mathews told utility leaders recently. “This would help make the line pay even though the customer paid only a few dollars a month. Even if he does not bear his full share of the fixed costs, so long as the revenue from him ex- ceeds the operating costs, the rest of the farmers will profit by his being on the line. “As far back as I can remember the Commission has taken the position that as long as the whole is not a losing prop- osition and the utility is enjoying cer- tain monopolistic privileges in the com- munity, services should be rendered, al- though the immediate return from the specific extension does not pay its own way.” Mr. Quasey commends this plan and urges independent farmers to co-operate in extending electric service to tenants in their communities. Farmers who hold out against giving their tenant neigh- bors a lower rate are forcing themselves to pay more. The more business there is on’a line, the more beneficial it is to everyone, he declared. Farmers should also consider that electric service is like- ly to get better tenants, thus giving them better neighbors and improving the community. Farm Mortgage Situation HEN the full effects of the wheat and cotton situation commence to be realized foreclosures will doubtless increase and therewith will come in- creasing pressure to avoid them, writes George E. Anderson on “Delinquencies in Farm Mortgage Loans” in Barron’s. “What the effect of any such action would be on the $1,717,347,740 in Land Bank bonds now in the hands of investors need not be discussed, since both the Farm Loan Board and a safe majority in the two houses of congress will doubtless prevent any interference with the orderly operation of the Land Bank System. “That the farm-mortgage-foreclosure situation may become serious before the year is out, however, is apparent from the increasing delinquencies in the re- payment of loans, increased real estate holdings by the banks, and other evi- dences of forced liquidation of loans in the several varieties of Land Banks. “The total delinquencies are but a small proportion of the loans placed by the banks, and cannot be taken as im- pairing in any similar degree the safety of the bonds of the Federal Land Banks or of those Joint Stock Land Banks which heve been well managed and have been safely weathering the storm raging about them for the past five years.” Use Cotton Cloth for Letterheads in South Numerous ideas have been suggested for developing new uses for cotton since the slump in prices, but the most prac- tical appears to be its use for business and advertising letterheads. First intro- duced as a novelty, cotton cloth letter- heads have become popular in the East and South and in a short tithe have ac- counted for the use of more than 3,000,- 000 yards of cotton cloth. A 500-pound bale of cotton will produce about 40,- 000 letterheads of ordinary size. Cotton menu cards have been adopted by south- ern railways. Great Britain Abandons Free Trade for Tariffs A bill authorizing the imposition of a 100 per cent tariff on manufactured goods from all foreign countries for the next six months was passed recently by the House of Commons. British farm- ers will seek early legislation. to protect them with substantial tariffs against imported farm products. National Fruit and Vegetable Exch. Growing Rio Grande Vegetable Assn. and Florida Truck Growers Con- tract for Sales Service HE Rio Grande Vegetable Co- operative Association of Westlaco, Texas, is the latest producers’ organi- zation to join the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange. The new organi- zation will receive full sales service, which includes shipping point as well as terminal service from the national body. A. B. Leeper, president of the Na- tional, announced that a salesman will be kept at Westlaco throughout the vege- table shipping season which lasts for approximately six months. The Florida Truck Growers’ Ex- change has contract- ed for sales service at the terminals only. - The National Exchange recently es- tablished its headquarters on the 12th floor of the Transportation building, Chicago, in the space formerly occu- pied by the Mid-West Grain Corpora- tion. The latter was bought out by the Farmers National Grain Corporation September 1. Officers and directors of the National Exchange are: A. B. Leeper, president (general manager, Illinois Fruit Grow- ers’ Exchange, Centralia) ; H. L. Robin- son, vice-president (general manager, Hastings Potato Growers’ Association, Hastings, Fla.); F. P. Hibst, secretary- treasurer (general manager, Michigan Potato Exchange, Cadillac, Mich.) ; T. W. Bennett, director (general man- ager, South Carolina Produce Associa- tion, Macon, S. C.); Walter W. Maule, director (secretary, Mushroom Growers’ Co-operative Association of Pennsyl- vania, Kennett Square, Pa.); C. L. Hunter, director (president, Rio Grande Vegetable Co-operative Association, Westlaco, Texas); Dudley Bagley, di- rector (North Carolina Fruit and Vege- table Exchange, Moyock, N. C.); C. V. Cochran, director (Kaw Valley Potato Growers’ Association, Topeka, Kan.) ; Lee M. Lampson, director (man- ager, Three Rivers Growers’ Associa- tion, Kennewick, Wash.). Mr. Leeper, who is now spending A. B. Leeper about half his time on business of the — National Exchange, reports that ap- proximately 60 per cent of the perish- ables marketed east of the Mississippi River are now sold through chain stores. o oe PATI > a s eS ao = em é January, 1932 Job of Rural Pastor to Co-operate with Farmer Father Nell of Effingham County Sees Need of Arousing Farmer To Action Ohrtnkegrnd- ais between the par- ish and the Farm Bureau is a prac- tical parish activity and will in no way detract from the religious leadership of the pastor, declared Rev. George M. Nell, director of parish activities ser- vice, Effingham, Illinois, at the second National Farm Women’s Conference in Chicago December 4. He said that the big job in improving the condition of the farmer today is to arouse him to ac- tion, cand it is here that the thousand rural parishes scat- tered throughout the country have an op- portunity to furnish much of the needed equipment, power and leadership. “It is a wonderful opportunity,” Father Nell said, ‘and we will be hurting our- selves and our cause, as well as holding back the farmers’ progress, if the rural churches fail to act.” Pointing to the Farm Bureau as the strongest and most widespread of the farm organizations, he said: “It is the farmer’s own organization, organized into county units which the farmer can locally control and dominate. These county units are in turn organized into state agricultural associations, controlled by County Farm Bureau delegates. These state units are organized into the American Farm Bureau Federation, con- trolled by state delegates. Father Nell is emphatic in his belief that religion will not suffer through this type of parish activity. ‘The peo- ple will follow the religious leadership of their pastor all the closer for enthu- siastically following him in outside mat- ters,” he explained. ‘Furthermore, the pastor’s religious leadership will be im- proved through the practice he gets in these non-religious affairs. Besides, his viewpoint will be broadened, and he will understand his people better as they understand him better.” Father Nell An increase in butter production in Canada, virtual cessation of Canadian exports of cream and milk to the United States, and the higher Canadian tariff on butter are the latest develop- ments in the dairy world, according to the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics. THE I. A. A. RECORD Postoffice Salaries Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: For many years the postal employees as well as many other public officials and employees have been paid unnecessarily high salaries at the expense of needy and oppressed people. Now that the depression is on it seems that these salaries should be greatly reduced, as living costs also have been cut. But we are told now by the postmaster- general that we have a huge deficit and recom- mends that the postal rates be raised to take care of this and keep others from occurring. Now if these postal employees were being properly paid there never would have been a deficit. Why not reduce these salaries to the proper level and let a surplus instead of a deficit exist? Both political parties have been to blame for this waste of money and both should now unite in this salary reduction and keep down any further*rate increases and let this be a government of, for and by the people. I believe that all farm organizations and farm papers should get busy and demand this reform. F, J. McNar. Hamilton County, Il. Farmer Must Educate City People: Dr. Holt Secret of Prosperity Is to Keep Farmer Able to Buy Goods G Bisiog problem of the farmer today is that of educating city people to the needs and rights of agriculture in the affairs of the nation, declared Dr. A. E. Holt of the Chicago Theological Sem- inary at the National Farm Women’s Conference in Chicago, December 4. “It may be that the inability of the American farmer to buy will reveal to the city man that the formula for his prosperity is to keep the farmer able to buy his goods,” he suggested, ‘and that prosperity comes when men get rich to- gether and not off of each other.” Organization activities along the lines advocated by the Farm Bureau should be developed, Dr. Holt declared. “These organized rural communities, thorough- ly democratic, completely co-operative and possessed with the spirit of com- mon welfare, should be given every en- couragement,” he said. Dr. Holt insisted that the farmer’s right to market his goods should paral- lel the laborer’s right to dispose of labor, a true self-determination being accorded to both. It is their right to market sur- plus labor and surplus farm products in an orderly manner. “No attempt at industrialized farm- ing which does not conserve all the hu- man value of agriculture along with the more efficient production of crops, should be favored,” he said. Dr. Holt summarized the problem be- fore American Agriculture today as first of all the development of 4 planned program, and second, such a vigorous education of public opinion that the nation will accept it. Page Eleven How to Improve Farm Home and Community Chief Subject Discussed at National Farm Women’s Conference, Chicago A SURVEY of the American farm home, its surrounding community and how to improve them was the gen- eral subject considered at the two-day National Farm Women’s Conference held in connection with the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago December 4 and 5. In addition to the long list of Farm Bureau officials who appeared on the program, talks covering various angles of the subject were made by C. A. Cobb, editor of the Progressive Farmer, Atlanta; Dr. Arthur E. Holt, Chicago Theological Seminary; Reverend Father George Nell of Effingham, Illinois; John Callahan, superintendent of education, Wisconsin; Ella Gardner, Children’s Bureau, U. S. Department of Labor; Mrs. John E. Gardner of the Frontier Nursing Service; Mrs. C. V. Biddle, Knoxville, Tennessee; Mrs. Spencer Ewing, Bloomington, and others. Mrs. Biddle, who is active in musical work in her home state and an accom- plished singer and song leader, spoke on the subject, ““Community Chorus Work in Tennessee.” She is a sister of President Earl C. Smith. Mrs. Biddle led com- munity singing during the women’s conference, served as one of the judges of the quartette contest, and sang sev- eral solos during the A. F. B. F. con- vention the following week. Secretary George E. Metzger of the I. A. A. appeared on the women’s con- ference program Saturday morning to discuss how improvements in the rural community can be brought about through organization. George Thiem, director of publicity, told how adver- tising and publicity might be used more effectively to gain the desired ends. The women’s conference was organ- ized by Mrs. Charles W. Sewell, director of home and community work for the A. 'F. B. F. It was well attended by both men and women. A committee representing the Adams County Shippers’ Association recently visited the livestock marketing concen- tration points at Danville, Champaign and Decatur to get a view of the new marketing system in operation. Several counties are considering the reorganiza- tion of their marketing..machinery on the concentration point plan. At pres- ent there are ten ‘counties in the state organized or being organized on this basis. Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 MN ilk PP ices (For December, based on 3.5% milk unless otherwise specified.) Baltimore—Maryland State Dairy- men’s Association announces Class I basic $2.84 per cwt., f. 0. b. city. Re- tail 12c. November Class II price was 19c per gallon, 4% milk, f. o. b. city. Milwaukee—Milwaukee Co-Opera- tive Milk Producers announces Class I basic $2.20. Retail 9c. Cash and carry 6c. Price of fluid milk reduced from $2.50 to $2.20 effective Dec. 1, 1931. Pittsburgh—The Dairymen’s Co- Operative Sales Co. announces Class I basic $1.70 del’d, $1.10 country pt. Class II manufactured $1.44 del’d, $1.05 country pt. Retail 9c. Cash and carry 7c. DeKalb—Milk Consumers Associa- tion announces Class I basic $2.32 del’d. Class III butter 92 Chicago score market. Retail 11%4c. Cash and carry 10%2c. All customers subject to a 10% discount if accounts are paid on or be- fore the 27th of each month. Quincy—Quincy Co-Operative Milk Producers Association announces Class I basic $1.95. Retail 10c.. Cash and carry 8c. Rock Island and Davenport — Quality Milk Association announces Class I basic approximately $1.85. Chicago—Pure Milk Association an- nounces Class I basic $2.32 country pt. Retail 13c. Cash and carry 8c. NOVEMBER PRICES Philadelphia—Inter-State Milk Pro- ducers’ Association announces Class I basic $2.96. Class II, all milk in ex- cess of basic, $1.78. Retail 11c. Peoria—lIllinois Milk Producers As- sociation announces Class I basic $2.13 f. o. b. Peoria. Class II manufactured $1.46. Class III surplus $1.04. Retail 9 and 10c. Cash and carry 10c. Pro- ducers received the following net prices after deducting Illinois Milk Producers Association dues for 3.5% milk in No- vember: Basic $2.08—surplus $1.21. Bloomington—McLean County Milk Producers Association announces Class I basic $1.70 del’d. Class II manufac- tured $1.56. Class III surplus $1.48. Class Ila $1.67. Retail 934c. Pontiac—Pontiac Milk Producers As- sociation announces Class I basic $1.92Y,. Class II manufactured $1.26. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. Decatur—Decatur Milk Association announces Class I basic $1.86 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.49. Class III surplus 92c del’d. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. Champaign and Urbana—Cham- paign County Milk Producers an- nounces Class I basic $2.18 f. o. b. city. Class II manufactured $1.68. Class III $1.44. Retail and cash and carry 1lc. Chicago—Pure Milk Association an- nounces November Class II $1.26. Class III $1.04. ' Milwaukee—Milwaukee Co-Opera- tive Milk Producers announces $1.14 for all surplus Class II manufactured. New York—Dairymen’s League Co- Operative Association, Inc., announces a basic net pool price of $1.71 per 100 Ibs. for 3.5 milk at the 201-210 mile zone. Farm Bureau Membership Holding Up Well: Metzger NCREASED Farm Bureau member- ship in many Illinois counties dur- ing 1931, in spite of low farm prices, was reported by Secretary George E. Metzger, following a recent state-wide check-up. Approximately 50 counties held membership campaigns during the year. The LaSalle County Farm Bureau re- cently signed up 923 members within a few days through the efforts of 200 volunteer solicitors. Mr. Metzger esti- mated that membership in the county would surpass last year’s total when the campaign is completed. Farm Adviser S. G. Turner reported that a supplemental membership drive in Livingston county had brought in 120 new members. In Montgomery a similar campaign resulted in a 110 per cent increase in one township and 100 per cent increases in several others, H. H. Walker, district organization mana- ger, reported. More than 60 members were added in Edgar county. In White- side county early returns showed 554 members signed with 12 townships still incompletely canvassed. Seventy-three of the 94 County Farm Bureaus in Illinois are now on the con- tinuing membership plan. Under this plan membership in the organization continues indefinitely until the member cancels by giving notice in writing dur- ing the last 60 days of the year. “The broad service program of the Farm Bureau in Illinois is being appre- ciated more and more each year,” said Mr. Metzger. “The development of co- operative activities has been such that members not only receive the indirect benefits which come from having a strong and vigorous organization to fight for their rights, but also the many direct savings and cash returns which more than equal the small annual mem- bership fee.” Class IV butter mfg. $1.05. Railroads Want More Cash for Livestock Haul I. A. A. Will Oppose Increase When Case Comes Before State Com- merce Commission ROPOSED increases in rail rates on livestock in 30 western and northern Illinois counties would place an addi- tional freight burden estimated at more than half a million dollars on livestock producers annually in that territory. **This proposal is entirely out of line with current livestock prices and will be opposed by the Illinois Agricultural Association when it comes before the II- linois Commerce Commission for a Quasey, director of transportation. “Present freight rates which have re- mained unchanged while livestock prices have declined 50 per cent or more since 1929, are equiva- lent to an increase in rates. Where, in 1929, the farmer paid a little over two per cent of the sales price for freight, the proposed increase coupled with the present price level would take between six and seven per cent of his receipts.” The counties affected by the proposed increase are north and west of the line from Chicago to Pekin, from Pekin to Ferris, and from Ferris to Burlington. This includes many of the leading live- stock producing counties in the state and would cost some counties as much as $25,000. “It is doubtful if the railroads would benefit from the increase even if the state commerce commission should ap- prove their petition,” said Mr. Quasey. “A large amount of livestock is already being trucked out of this area. We are of the opinion that any addition to rates would tend to increase trucking rather than increase the revenue of the rail- roads.” Following are figures from five rep- resentative shipping points showing pro- posed increased charges per carload of livestock shipped to Chicago: from Aledo, Mercer county, an increase of $15.40 per car on cattle, $10.73 on hogs, and $3.60 on sheep; from Gales- burg, Knox county, $14.30 on cattle, $10.73 on hogs, and $3.00 on sheep; from Stronghurst, Henderson county, $16.50 on cattle, $12.38 on hogs, and $5.40 on sheep; from Annawan, Henry county, $14.30 on cattle, $9.08 on hogs, and $1.80 on shep; from Monmouth, Warren county, $15.40 on cattle, $10.73 on hogs, and $3.60 on sheep. L. J. Quasey hearing,” said L. J. y oy ru 7 od > e a e ° A, , yy ® im yy January, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Too Much Spread in Live And Dressed Meat Price The high cost of distribution which represents the many charges between the livestock market and the retail counter where the consumer buys the finished product, is an important factor in the present unduly low prices of cattle, hogs and sheep, according to H. M. Conway, statistician for the National Livestock Marketing Association. : “The tendency for packers and re- tailers to maintain past charges makes it necessary for them to take a. much greater proportion of the consumer’s dollar, thus making the present spread between the producer and consumer the widest on record,” said Conway. “With free competition between foods, the con- sumer will pay only so much for the supply of meat available, with the result that the producer is now carrying the increased burden in the form of lower livestock prices. “A similar change took place in 1920 and continued during the past 10 years. The further widening that is‘now tak- ing place means continued agricultural depression with greater intensity.” Henry County Members Split a $13,386 Melon § bse third fiscal year of Henry -County Supply Company closed Sep- tember 30. The sales for the period exceed those of the preceding year by a good margin and total $98,314.24. The gain in sales of the different prod- ucts ranges from 25% to 35%, accord- ing to a report given to the stockhold- ers of the company on December 5 by _R. T. Ferguson, manager. A 7% preferred stock dividend and a 15% patronage refund, totaling some $13,386.49, have been paid to the Farm Bureau members of Henry ‘County. George F. Hayes is president of the company. Drive 10,000 Miles and Save Farm Bureau Dues From figures compiled by several service companies in the state, it is shown that the average Farm Bureau member who has a tractor and an auto- mobile, or who has no tractor but drives an automobile as. much as 10,000 miles a year, received more from 1931 patron- age refunds on petroleum products than his Farm Bureau dues cost him. The Shelby-Effingham Service Com- pany reports that the average patron this year made purchases amounting to $192.50. Some: of the service com- panies refunded as much as 24 per cent of the total receipts from Farm Bureau members. NOTICE nae ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF DELEGATES OTICE is hereby given that in connection with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the months of January‘ and February, 1932, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Diréctors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting members of [Illinois Agricultural Association shall elect a dele- gate or delegates to répresent such members of Illinois Agricultural Association and vote | on all matters before the next annual meet- ing or any special meeting of the Associa- tion, including ‘the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Association. During January annual meetings will be held in Carroll, Cook, Douglas, Fulton, Franklin, Greene, Knox, Lake, McHenry, Macon, Mercer, Peoria, Sangamon, Tazewell, Whiteside, and Woodford counties. During February annual meetings will be held in Mason, Will and DeKalb counties. Jan. 1, 1932. Signed, G. E. METZGER, Secretary. Farm Crop Values Drop 49 Per Cent in Two Years - Based on December 1 prices, the total value of the crops produced in the United States in 1931 was estimated on December 16 by the U. S. Department of Agriculture at. $4,122,850,000 com- pared with $5,818,820,000 in 1930. The decline in crop values compared with two years ago is nearly $4,000,- 000,000, or 49 per cent. The decrease is shared by practically all crops. About $1,043,000,000 of the decrease is in corn, $854,000,000 in cotton and cottonseed, $446,000,- 000 in wheat, $386,000,000 in hay, $263,000,000 in potatoes, $220,000,000 in oats and $130,000,000 in tobacco. Move to Unite Counties There is a movement in Minnesota to unite some of the smaller counties to reduce the expense of local government. This movement is also gaining a follow- ing in Illinois. Commenting on the proposal an edi- torial in Commercial West says in part: “The idea is commendable. There are a number of areas in Minnesota where adjoining counties could well be united and the saving would be of large extent if the movement grows to proportions. Unwieldy counties, of course, should not be created, but’whete the counties are small the plan should work out satis- factorily to all concerned.” Uncle’ Ab says that most of us think that a man who is different must be wrong. \ l. A. Auditing Association Makes 360 Reports in ‘31 Complete 20 Per Cent More Audits This Year Than Last HE yearly growth of. the Illinois Agricultural Auditing | Association indicates that Illinois farmers are oper- ating their co-operatives and county Farm Bureaus more and more on a sound financial basis made possible by regular and thorough audits. An average of one account a day, or approximately 360 accounts, were au- dited by the Association during 1931, compared with 303 for the year before. This is an increase of 20 per cent. The Auditing Association serves only organiza- tions with an agri- cultural connection, such as farmers’ grain elevators, farm- ers’ oil companies, marketing associa- tions, and general farm organizations. It operates on a cost basis. The fact that the auditing and business service was the first subsidiary organized by the I. A. A. indicates the importance attached to the use of standard business methods in farmers’ organizations from the very beginning. Even before the Association was formed in 1924, the I. A. A. offered auditing services to Farm Bureaus. The Association now acts as purchas- ing agent for accounting supplies de- sired by member companies, and offers an advisory service on problems of ac- counting. “Our big problem, like that of other auditing companies, is to get a proper distribution of accounts throughout the year,” said F. E. Ringham, manager. “We have busy months and light months, making it difficult to maintain a full staff all the year. However, we have been. working toward the point when we can get the fiscal closings of our member companies distributed even- ly over the year.” The number of accounts audited by months during 1931 shows the varia- tion: January, 67; February, 34; March, 25; April, 19; May, 17; June, 22; July, 25; August, 27; September, 21; Octo- ber, 35; November, 27, and December, 41 (estimated). F. E. Ringham The time to sell the unprofitable cow is when she is found to be un- profitable; and she should be sold to the butcher. | Page Fourteeen -. e RR e tie ceReeeteenaneNNCe Bureau services, each one an impor- tant link toward farm equality. THE I. A. A. RECORD Link YOUR Farm to Your FARM BUREAU Buy Life Insurance From Your Own Company I A. A.-Farm Bureau Service provides * thru Country Life Insurance Company low cost insurance giving you every safe- guard. A Country Life policy offers an exclusive advantage of insurance rates so low that no longer need any farm family be without the protection it affords. Among other advantages, a Country Life policy offers you: Money for old age income; Money to cover doctor bills, hospital and funeral expenses; Money to cover debt emergency; Money to create an estate, to educate your children, to take care of your fam- ily in time of trouble. You Gain Because 60,000 Are Working Together ‘THROUGH the strength of cooperation, life insurance cost is kept down to the lowest pos- ible point. Remember too—the premiums you pay for your Country Life policy are not expense. Month by month, year by year, they accumulate to your credit, with a constantly growing ca or loan value. Profits in Country Life are re- turned to policy holders in the form of dividends —an additional help toward lowering your in- surance protection. In Country Life Insurance Co. :— 1. Your rates can never be increased. 2. Your claim is always sure to be paid ' at death. 3. At maturity your cash is certain to be paid to you. 4. Legal reserve life insurance is the one outstanding safe place to put your money. See your local Country Life agent of write for the clear and simple explanation of this modern insurance investment. ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION —end— Ninety- Five Affiliated County Farm Bureaus , 608 So. Dearborn Street Chicago, Illinois ORGANIZED WORLD Ss CAN DO NOTHING ALONE January, 1932 Court Upholds Hyde in St. Louis Livestock Case A decision of a special court filed in East St. Louis the middle of December upheld the order of Secretary of Agri- culture Arthur M. Hyde suspending 43 old-line livestock commission firms at the National Stock Yards, accused of boycotting two co-operative organiza- tions. The commission firms had appealed to the Federal Court after Secretary Hyde directed that their trading licenses be suspended for ninety days. The court at Danville rejected each conten- tion of the dealers and upheld the con- stitutionality of both. Packers and Stock Yards Act of 1921 and the Agricul- tural Marketing Act under which the Federal Farm Board was created. It ruled the proceedings upon which Secretary Hyde’s order was based were not irregular; that they did not violate the dealers’ constitutional\ rights; and that the order was neither ynreasonable, discriminatory, nor confiscatory. John Miller Tells About St. Louis Milk War on WLS A Nese E. MILLER, president of the Madison County Farm Bureau, told about the dairymen’s fight for a square deal in the St. Louis milk shed, on radio station WLS, December 8, during the noon hour. He discussed the constructive pro- gram of the Sanitary Milk Producers and the fact that all interests except one dealer, the Pevely Dairy Company, are co-operating to give the St. Louis consumer high-quality milk at a mod- erate price. _ Comparing the organized farmers’ ef- fort to gain a fair price for his product / to an army fighting for political justice, he said: “tA deplorable condition we must admit does exist. All armies have traitors. There are men who have joined the ranks and then turned their backs on their own organization—on their own people who are trying so hard to gain for them the right to market their products co-operatively. “These are the men who joined \the organization and are now selling milk to the Pevely Dairy Company. It is un- thinkable that some of our farmers to- day do not have any more co-operative spirit than to leave the rank and file of their own organization and work against everything the rest of us are fighting so hard to gain.” The Schuyler County Farm Bureau distributed more than twice as much anti-hog cholera serum and virus to members in 1931 than in any previous year. THE I. A. A. RECORD l. A. A. Claims Dept. Collects $3,000 for I Man LLINOIS Farm Bureau saiisabinds have received an average of $50 a day in claim settlements every day for 12 years through the claims department of the I. A. A. Since 1920 when this service was in- augurated as a part of the transporta- tion department, a total of $238,233.61 _ has been collected in claims and returned to members. Up to December 1 $19,- 420.82 had been collected for members in 1931. These claims include loss and damage, and overcharge. Claims are handled for members of the Chicago Producers, as well as Farm Bureau members. A. E. Adams, assistant manager of the Sycamore Sheep Feeding Yards, in a recent letter to the I. A. A. wrote: ““We wish to express our appreciation of the service rendered us by your trans- portation department both through the Chicago Producers and the I. A. A. “During the past three or four years this department has repeatedly col- lected claims from the railroads for us that would have been a complete loss. We have kept no track of the amounts, but feel certain they will run over $3,000. One thousand of this was col- lected recently on some sheep billings from the West. ““We believe that this service to your members should receive its just due and be continued, as it certainly is a valuable part of your service.” Cream Pools in White Co. Make Members Money HE White County Produce Asso- ciation through its two units at Norris City and Enfield handled more than 152,000 pounds of butterfat dur- ing the year ending December 1, re- ports F. A. Gougler, director of pro- duce marketing for the I. A. A. The combined patronage refunds of the two units since they were organized totals more than $6,400. The Norris City: unit has just com- pleted two and one-half years of oper- ation. It now has 266 members, which is an increase of 23 per cent in the last year. This unit marketed a total of 92,999.9 pounds of butterfat, an in- crease of approximately 30 per cent over a year ago. Since starting, the Norris City unit has made patronage refunds to its mem- bers totaling $4,481.28, or approximate- ly $4 per cow represented. O. S. Hos- kins of Norris City received a refund of $79.65 for the past four months. The operating costs are now slightly more than 2 cents a pound. The Enfield unit is still less than two years old and has 174 members, an in- crease of 15 per cent over a year ago. A total of 59,048.5 pounds of butter- fat went through the co-operative last year. The unit has made patronage re- funds totaling $1,919.99 since it began operations. Handling costs are approxi- mately 3 cents a pound. Five Year Plan for Cream Marketing Urged A five-year plan in cream marketing was urged by F. A. Gougler, director of produce marketing for the I. A. A., at the annual meeting of the Hender- son County Produce Association at Stronghurst November 16. “We must not only see to the devel- opment of our local association,” he said, “but we must look forward to the development of a state sales agency which will market Illinois butterfat to net the producer a fair price.” He showed from the experience of some of the older associations that the produce marketing program has already narrowed the spread between the local buying price and the Chicago butter quotations. Soybean Growers Get Second Advance on Crop More than $55,000 has been distrib- uted to Illinois soybean growers as a second advance on the 1931 crop han- dled by the Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation. An initial advance of 20 cents per bushel was made to member growers for No. 2 beans upon delivery to the contracting elevators. The second ad- vance brought the total up to 24 cents per bushel. The Association’s volume of soybeans for the 1931 crop has al- ready exceeded the amount handled in 1930. Membership this year is more than 4,000. The entire volume of beans handled by the co-operative during the year was marketed on a profit-sharing basis with one of the leading processors. Under this arrangement members participate in the earnings from the merchandising of soybean oil and soybean oil meal throughout the normal movement pe- riod of these products. Thus, they are benefited by any increase in prices on these products. Christian county leads Illinois in soybean products with Champaign county second. More than half of the state’s estimated production of 6,000,- 000 bushels for 1931 will be used for seed and feed. The remainder will be processed. Sam Thompson Tells. | What Marketing Needs UFFICIENT volume, adequate credit and proper adjustment of produc- tion are the three things most essential for the complete realization of the co- operative marketing program, declared Sam H. Thompson, member of the Federal Farm Board, at the annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation in Chicago, December 8. Notwithstanding adverse conditions, co-operative marketing has grown rap- idly during the past two years, he said. “This showing has been made during a period when raw material prices throughout the world fell to levels rep- resenting the lowest buying price ever recorded for industrial products,” con- tinued Mr. Thompson. “By availing themselves of the facili- ties provided in the Agricultural Mar- keting Act, farm groups are being brought into step with large-scale busi- ness, and consequently are able to sup- port business management and ex- change the products of their members on a strictly service basis, gradually but surely attaining marketing advantages that farmers have fought for for half a century. “It is an advantage to both buyers and sellers to have organizations capable of delivering any amount, grade or quality at any time or place. Such sales service provides broader outlets and develops larger markets. “Six active sales agencies, grain, cot- ton, livestock, wool and mohair, pecans, fruits and vegetables, have been de- veloped by co-operatives as well as re- gional and state associations. The achievements of these national sales agencies make a record of which the farmers of the nation may well be proud, showing that farmers can suc- cessfully carry on business in a large way when properly supported.” New Stock Yards to Be Erected at Macomb The McDonough Livestock Market- ing Association is planning to erect modern stockyards at Macomb with a capacity for about eight double-deck carloads of livestock. The yards will be modern in every respect, with cement floors, running water, and_ electric lights. The greatest part of the yards will be covered. Uncle Ab says a lot of folks work like blazes to get where they won’t have to work—and never arrive. —— Page Sixteen _ THE TI. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 65 Counties Join in Farm Bureau Frolics 50,000 Illinois Farm Folks Turn Out For Jubilee, Drive Through Rain and Mud A ROLLICKING good time by an estimated 50,000 [Illinois farm folks featured the 65 County Farm Bu- reau jubilee meetings held on the night of December 12. Muddy roads and freezing rain over most of the state had no appreciable effect on the attendance, according to reports. Practically every meeting had a capacity crowd. Champaign county reports that 1,000 people drove through the rain from all parts of the county to take part in the frolic. All seats and aisles at the Liv- ingston county jubilee were filled be- fore 7:30. DeKalb county had 2,500 present and turned many away because the building was too small. Lee county had 1,500; McHenry, 1,500; Peoria, 1,200; Stark, 1,200; snd the others ranged from 250 up. Gallatin county prepared for an attendance of 200 and had a turn-out of more than 1,200. 36 Counties Contest The outstanding event of the evening at many gatherings was the contest staged by 36 counties to choose local “Country Life Queens” for 1932. More than 600 farm girls entered the com- petition. Other features were story tell- ing contests, liars’ contests, old fash- ioned style shows, one-act plays, pa- geants, and dances. Refreshments were served at most of the meetings. A half-hour radio program presented by Country Life Insurance Company over station WMAQ, Chicago, between 8 and 8:30 p. m. linked the county meetings, during which winners of the “Country Life Queen” contests and in- surance returns by counties were an-' nounced. L. A. Williams, manager of . Country Life, and V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., made short talks. A musical program by the studio orchestra proved popular. Doughnuts to Dunk The following telegram from Presi- dent Albert C. Kolmer of the Monroe County Farm Bureau in the St. Louis territory was typical of many: FULL HOUSE IN MONROE COUNTY LISTENING. SORRY THE REST OF YOU CAN’T HEAR OUR FARM BUREAU GERMAN BAND. THERE ARE A DOZEN BEAUTY QUEENS HERE TO DANCE WITH AND A BARREL OF DOUGHNUTS TO:‘DUNK. PLEASE SEND DIRECTIONS. Mark Foster, general agent in Mer- cer county, writes that 14 girls entered THEY WERE ENTRANTS IN LAKE COUNTY’S “COUNTRY LIFE QUEEN” CONTEST. Standing (left to right): Erlene Barron, Frances Dougwilo, Ella Grevel, Grace Umbdenstock, Leona oe (winner), Alice Wasko, Rose Henkel, Martha. Te- mpe, Margaret Van Zandt, Seated (lett to right): Vieion Davis, Mildred Elsbury, ‘Hazel Dillon, Marie Duba, Ruth Thies, Alma Read. the “Country Life Queen” contest at Aledo. Every township was represented. “Some folks drove nearly 25 miles over roads that were anything but good to be with us that evening,” he said. “I know that folks were there who have’ never before attended a county-wide Farm Bureau meeting.” Louise Lang- head was chosen as “Country Life Queen.” Three hundred and eighty-five at- tended the Lake County meeting at Gurnee. Leona Anne Bloom won the title of “Miss Lake County” over 15 competitors. 1,500 in McHenry McHenry county had 19 entrants in the “Country Life Queen” contest, which was won by Ruth Andreas. More than 1,500 gathered at St. Mary’s gymnasium for the event. Among the other features on the program were an old time fiddlers’ contest, an old time square dance, and modern dancing. Re- freshments of cider, milk and dough- nuts were furnished by che insurance department of the Farm Bureau and served by a committee of the Home Bureau. About 350 attended the jubilee in Edwards county. Robilee Coad was winner of the beauty contest over nine entrants. A story telling contest was one of the most enjoyable events of the evening, according to Delbert Saxe, gen- eral agent. 29 ‘Queens” Here Livingston county reports 29 entrants in the beauty contest, in which Mildred Fischer was named “Country Life Queen.” The Roeschley Brothers quar- tette of Flanagan was featured in sev- eral selections. John D. Bryant, general agent in ‘De- Kalb county, writes that nineteen girls entered the DeKalb beauty contest, rep- resenting every township. Marian Mc- Conaghie was winner. “The contest was enthusiastically received and will have to be held in a place twice as large next year,” he said. An old fashioned style show, as the closing act of the evening, was a great drawing card. St. Clair county had nine entrants in the contest, with Bernell Emmerich named as winner. The attendance was about 300. Community singing, a hus- bands’ alibi contest, vocal numbers, and other features by local talent made up the remainder of the program. The Winners Winners of the “Country Life Queen” contest in other counties heard from are as follows: Bond county, 13 entrants, Rowena Stevenson winner; Champaign county, 15 entrants, Bernita Kurzweg winner; Effingham county, Evelyn Lloyd winner; Henderson county, 15 entrants, Angeline Painter winner; Henry county, 11 entrants, Evelyn Mc- Neal winner; Johnson county, Thelma Reeder winner; Knox county, 17 en- trants, Dorothy Woolsey winner; Ma- rion county, Nora Michel winner; Montgomery county, Ruth Whitlock winner; Piatt county, Martha Haw- thorne winner; Pike county, Virginia Riley winner; Pope county, Dorothy Layman winner; Rock Island county, 15 entrants, Ernestine Gifford winner; Shelby county, 6 entrants, Ruth Whit- aker winner; Washington colinty, 6 entrants, Rose Pero winner; Wayne county, 11 entrants, Clara Clark win- ner; White county, 10 entrants, Mary Ridenour winner; Woodford county, Mary Park winner; Cook county, 62 entrants, Laura Schoenbeck winner. January, Champa Aic RUCK County ited with se the Champ this fall. R. G. Ste pany, belie Farm Bure; for the org up plans fo men he allo each new Fj tained. The fact of the 1,34 the county vice Compa whole-heart« ship. In additia members, 2 cured duri orders were totaling apf Some 1,235 non-membe The ann Urbana Dec 7 per cent ferred stock age dividenc Another 5 has been d The 10 per ing to 725 | DeWitt 7 Walker | DeWitt Co ports that t cent patroi year which cent was pz mainder wi 7 per cent « preferred st company hi: petroleum chinery, an 75 per cen Farm Bure: Thirty-o state have tires and $ last four 1 Farm Supp! The 193 on Deceml shels as cc bushels prc year avera 753,000. January, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen Champaign Service Co. Aids Membership Drive RUCK salesmen of the Champaign County Service Company are cred- ited with securing 25 new members for the Champaign County Farm Bureau this fall. R. G. Stewart, manager of the com- pany, believes that the employes of Farm Bureau subsidiaries should pull for the organization. When he drew up plans for a contest among his sales- men he allowed a number of points for each new Farm Bureau membership ob- tained. The fact that more than 90 per cent of the 1,346 Farm Bureau members in the county are customers of the Ser- vice Company indicates that it has the whole-hearted support of the member- ship. In addition to the new Farm Bureau members, 293 new customers were se- cured during the contest, and future orders were signed for lubricating oils, totaling approximately 25,000 gallons. Some 1,235 patrons of the company are non-members. The annual meeting was held at Urbana December 16, at which time a 7 per cent dividend was paid on pre- ferred stock and a 10 per cent patron- age dividend to Farm Bureau members. Another 5 per cent patronage refund has been declared for payment later. The 10 per cent patronage refund, go- ing to 725 members, totaled $8,231.44. DeWitt Service Co. Pays 15% Dividends Walker H. Thorpe, manager of the DeWitt County Service Company, re- ports that the Company, voted a 15 per cent patronage refund for the fiscal year which closed recently. Ten per cent was paid in December and the re- mainder will be paid early in 1932. A 7 per cent dividend was declared on all preferred stock. During the year the company handled $57,753.18 worth of petroleum products, weed killer, ma- chinery, and automobile tires. About 75 per cent of the total was sold to Farm Bureau members. Thirty-one service companies in the state have purchased 1151 Brunswick tires and 999 inner tubes during the last four months through the Illinois Farm Supply Company. The 1931 corn crop was estimated on December 1 at 2,674,369,000 bu- shels as compared with 2,093,552,000 bushels produced last year. The five- year average, 1925-1929, was 2,760,- 753,000. This bulk storage plant at Paloma is one of the three owned by the Adams Service Company. Fulton County Members Profit by Co-Operation LION Service Company closed its second fiscal year October 31 with a very substantial increase in busi- ness for the period. At the annual meeting of the company, held in Can- ton on December 4, Manager R. A. Garber reported an average monthly gain of 109% in gasoline sales, 78% in kerosene, 116% in lubricating oils, and 110% in grease in comparison to the corresponding. months of the. pre- vious year. : Harry L. Leeper, president of the company, announced that a total of $9,572.36 in dividends and patronage refunds will be paid. This will include 7% on preferred stock and a 15%. pat- ronage refund to Farm Bureau members in good standing. In addition the pa- trons got higher quality petroleum products than they could buy at com- parable prices elsewhere. Thirteen Farm Bureau members re- ceived over $50 each, some eighty oth- ers more than $25 each, and approxi- mately 100 members received refunds exceeding $15. Six hundred Farm Bu- reau members participated in the dis- tribution of earnings. The customers of the company number 1,159. Kane County Service Co. Pays $10,000 Dividends HE patronage refund paid to Farm Bureau members bv Kane County Service Company during its first eigh- teen months’ business has averaged ap- proximately $800 per month. At the annual meeting of the company, held in St. Charles on December 10, Fred H. Wilson, president, announced that the patronage refund for the fiscal year end- ing August 31, 1931, would exceed the amount of the membership fund of Rich-Law Service Co. Pays Cash Dividends HE substantial dividend declared re- cently by the Rich-Law Service Company, operating in Richland and Lawrence counties, has served te give farmers in those counties more confi- dence in their ability to handle their own business co-operatively, according to Farm Adviser H. C. Wheeler of Law- rence county. . The company paid 7 per cent on pre- ferred stock and a patronage refund of 10 per cent, and declared another 5 per cent patronage for payment. later. “The members were not expecting much of a refund,” says Wheeler. “Everywhere I go I meet the expres- sion: ‘I was surprised we could make a refund at all due to conditions we have had during the past year and this be- ing our first year of business.’ “There is another effect noticeable. It increases confidence in the ability of farmers to handle their own business. Some members are saying, ‘If the oil company did so well I see no reason why certain lines of produce market- ing handled by a good board of directors might not succeed.’ “I only regret that a larger number of Farm Bureau members did not avail themselves of Service. Company pur- chasing.” the Kane County Farm Bureau for the calendar year. Manager G. C. Warne stated that the company has 781 customers, and patron- age refund checks were written to 474 Farm Bureau member patrons. _ The regular 7% preferred stock divi- dend and a 10% patronage refund have been declared, payable at a later date. These_ dividends will total over $10,- 000. \ Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1932 By L. A. Williams i ae a moment of strength or weakness, as you wish, you applied for a life insurance policy. ‘The job was done, and your life was insured. No credit to the insurance man, for you were go- ing to do it anyway. Just hadn’t got around to it. Anyhow, you are and have been insured and have paid pre- miums, and for several years since had that feeling of security, which is of course the greatest of all reasons for carrying insurance. You know that feeling, “Well, if I go suddenly, honey, you'll get my life insurance.” Then, the year of D. P. 1931 came along, and you stopped just thumbing the bills over, and stopped saying “Pay ’em” until you did some tall calculat- ing, and then some of them ‘were thrown aside. Second notices appeared, and then some final notices before you said “Pay it.” No man intentionally, or at least thinkingly, deliberately lets his life in- surance lapse until he has exhausted his last resources. He may postpone, he may forget, he may neglect, but not deliberately let it go by the boards. Little as you may. think of the impor- tance of that feeling of security that allowed you to say to your wife, “Well, if anything happens you'll get my life insurance,” still, it is so big a part of your man’s-protection role that you want it and want to keep it. Savings? No, I don’t think it is just the fact that you have some money salted away in legal reserve protection that appeals to you from a selfish angle. Nor do I believe it is the satisfaction of knowing that you would leave a lot of money at death. I think the manly man’s part of a responsibility met and taken care of just as a decent citizen votes, or just as one educates his chil- dren or pays his bills, is more the thing that prompts you to want to keep that insurance in force even though the third notice comes before you pay it. Regardless of why you bought it, or why you continue to pay it, this much is true, the insurance company is the insistent friend that keeps sending no- tices until it is paid. Friend! you say, and I repeat Friend. Life insurance is an exact science based upon premiums paid in advance on policies issued on selected numbers of lives. Sorhe die each year. Who they are, matters little, technically speaking, because so many claims must be paid according to ex- perience tables. Premiums must be col- lected so that policies are kept in force to as near the fullest extent possible. Claims can be paid if policies are in force, but a lapsed policy means no claim in case of death. The company’s business is paying claims just as truly as it is selling policies and collecting premiums, but the collecting of pre- miums and selecting of good risks is of as much importance as the paying of claims. It is friendly to send a second and a third notice, and a danger notice to you, if you know an added fact. That fact is, that the company does not lose money if you lapse the policy. It loses your future patronage, but that is all it loses. It can lose many policies by lapsation and never decrease its surplus to any extent. In fact, there would be an increase in surplus if the policies were not too old. But, the act of insisting that you pay your premium on the policy you have carried is friendly again, when you real- ize that the day after your 30 days of grace expire may be ,the day you slip physically and are never again insur- able. It may be the day, indeed, that you didn’t look to the left as an on- coming car thought you would, and the end may be written in marble, and that date posted in Hope Cemetery. If you have lapsed your policy, you can reinstate at any time by furnish- ing proof of good health and paying back premiums with interest regardless of how long ago you lapsed. Ohio Farmers Tell How to Bring About Farm Relief Lower taxes, better prices, and more co-operation among farmers! These three things can do more than anything else to bring about farm relief, according to the opinions of Ohio farm- ers as revealed in a survey of 45 counties made by the Ohio agricultural extension service. The largest number offering sugges- tions as to how to get out of the present depression in agriculture suggested co- operative marketing, purchasing sup- plies through farm organizations, and greater co-operaticn in all community activities. A program for the reduction of farm taxes was suggested by a large number. Others expressed the opinion that interest rates are too high, that farm machinery costs too much, and’ that farmers should solve their prob- lems by more efficient production and by emphasis on quality of preducts. Country Life Radio Party Routs Old Man Depression Total Business Written for Year Excecds $15,000,000 EARLY a million and three-quar- ters dollars in life insurance writ- ten in the first twelve days of Decem- ber brought Country Life Insurance Company’s total written business for 1931 to more than $15,000,000. “The $1,717,000 of reported business on ‘Radio Night,’ December 12, was enough to make Old Man Depression hide in his hole for quite some time,” said L. A. Williams, mana- ger of Country Life. “This gives a picture of what 100 organ- ized counties can do when they focus on Wm. E. Hedgecock 4 given point.” William E. Hedg- cock of McLean county was first in amount of business reported for the 12- day period. He turned in $101,000 of life insurance. E. A. Carncross of Cook county was second with $87,000. Other outstanding records were: $65,- 000 from Effingham county; $61,000 from DeKalb county, and $60,000 from Livingston county. “Every county in the state has pro- duced some business during the year with the exception of three,” said Wil- liams. “We congratulate Farm Bureau members, Country Life policyholders, and agents on completing a marvelous year of production, which is more out- standing by comparison with the larger life insurance companies. « Just where our. position will be among the 338 companies cannot be given at this time, but it is certain to be in the top 10 per cent for millions gained.” Sen. Capper Would Pay Farm Debt with Life Ins. The farm mortgage debt in the U. S., which has more than doubled since 1920, can be paid off within a genera- tion by means of life insurance, says Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. He believes the plan to be both feasi- ble and practical. “So much of the farm mortgage debt could be protected in this way that mortgages would no longer be a menace to agriculture and the future of the soil,”’ he said. “Business: men now make a practice of covering their indebtedness with life insurance. It would be )possible to pro- vide for the farm mortgage debt in the same way. The farmer’s mortgage could be cancelled with the maturity of the policy.” ® , ‘ obs 4 s a : “ a» | t 2 is Cd ) 9 ‘ - a c = 7 e a | y & . " gq j > c bel 4 ° | ¢ ® Published monthly by the Illi dois Agricultural ' Association at Cy S80, Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Sethe St,; Chicago, Ill, Application for transfer of se vided in Section 412, Act of cultural Association Record, 60 Number 2 "Beateets 8t l. A.A. Closes Ye Gain in with embership Many Farmers Not Affiliated Here- tofore Awakened to Advantages "of Organization | HE Illinois Agricultural Association conditions which confronted member- ship work during the period, according to George E. Metzger, director of or- ganization. There are many farmers who bélieve in the organization and would like to become members, he said, but have not been able to see their way clear to obli- gate themselves for the amount of the membership dues. On the other hand there is a new group of farmers inter- ested in. membership who. have here- tofore. thought. themselves independent and self-sufficient. Many of the latter have experienced an awakening and now see an advantage in organization which. had not.impressed them before. A good part of the 1931-increase came from this class of farmers. *‘An increase in membership:is an unprecedented accomplishment in the first year of the normal three-year mem- bership period, when fifty counties are required to put on membership cam- paigns,” Mr. Metzger said. Continuing Membership The continuing type of membership contract is now in effect in 74 counties. A new. type of contract, known as “a one-year continuing contract,” has. been approved and is recommended for use in counties which have heretofore signed on the'three-year continuing agreement, when the latter contract..has expired. : The new : one-year continuing type of contract has been used in a number of counties in the campaigns during the year. Thevdistrict plan of organization is in its fourth year of operation. During 1931 membership was maintained on a higher level than in any similar time d, done entry from Marshall, I to Spencer, Ind,, pending. FEBRUARY, 1932 Earl C. Smith in the last three-year period and at approximately 25 per cent less cost, Mr. Metzger said. Assistance was given by the organi- zation department in the organization of oil companies, milk marketing asso- ciations, the Illinois Grain Corporation, the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation; the Auditing Association, and in a number of other projects. During the year O. D. Brissenden assumed ‘managership duties in District II, Clare Bradford in District I, L. B. Hornbeek in District VI, and H. H. Walker in District VII. L. F. Brissen- den is manager in District VIII, A. B. Culp in District V, John C. Moore in District IV, and R. J. Hamilton in ‘District III. The Illinois Livestock Marketing . Association will hold its annual con- vention at Bloomington February 17. C. B. Denman, member of the Federal Farm Board, will be the principal speaker. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage pro- 1925, a eee Oct, 27, aes. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices; Qlinois Agri- cago. ; Volume 10 More Thchoush Organization © Will Speed Solutions—Smith Unorganized Farmer Pays in De- creased Revenues and Increased Costs for Failure to Co-operate I HAVE previously stated and yet be- lieve that unorganized farmers con- stitute the greatest obstacle operating to delay proper solutions to many of our. difficulties, President Earl C. Smith de- clared in his address before the 17th Annual I. A. A. Convention at. Rock- ford on January 28. “If I am right in my conclusions,” he continued, “organization, further or- ganization and complete organization of farmers should be the keynote of the convention. ~ “The membership of the Farm Bu- reau of Illinois yet fails to include a majority of the farmers in most of the counties of the state. A minority of our rural people, which have included nearly all of the natural community _- leaders|of the state have shouldered the responsibility and thus far maintained’ ~ our organization. They could have ac- complished much more if there had been included two or three times as many of our rural people with a unified spirit, information ind purpose. Influence with Members ““An adequately organized agriculture could have wielded far greater influence in the councils of both state and na- tion. [Illinois and American - farmers could’ not have been forced into a 12- year period of deflation with such‘ an_ organization. Fast increasing and. un- just portions ‘of the cost of government could not have been shouldered upon agriculture. Their combined influence could and can operate to greatly reduce costs of government, particularly within the counties where most of our tax money remains. “The increased purchasing power of agriculture resulting from such an organization would have lessened the severity of the present depression. The unorganized farmer or farm owner is Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1932 grievously mistaken if he thinks he has not been paying, and is not still paying for his failure to co-operate. Pays Many Times ‘“‘He is paying in decreased revenues and increased costs. He pays many times as much every year as it would cost him to support an adequate organization able to cope on better terms with the most powerful organizations of other indus- tries, capital and labor. “Farm people should view with con- cern and become fully informed before lending’ support to new movements springing up under the guise of offer- ing various forms of relief to farmers’ difficulties. Some of these movements are known to be connected with and supported by men and organizations who, throughout the years, have bene- fited because of division among farmers. New Movements “The existing depression and result- ing state of unrest seems to offer an opportunity for the stimulation of new movements which have for their pur- - pose the retarding of the fast develop- ment of co-operative marketing. So- lutions to farmers’ problems will be hastened by the strengthening of pres- ent forces rather than by the develop- ment of new organizations. “It was largely through farmers and rural people that the American republic was established. As thinking farmers, let us measure up to the responsibility which is ours, in maintaining a stable government, in resisting unhealthy radi- calism which never builds but always destroys. The farmers of America have the reputation of being the most stable of any large group in our national life in periods of distress; and in this crisis, let us carry on and work for those high ideals, Equality of Opportunity and Government by the People, conceived and established long ago by the founders of this nation.” Reviews Achievements Mr. Smith reviewed briefly the achievements of the associated com- panies during the year, discussed the legislative program of the association during 1931, and on the subject of the proposed state income tax said: “I am inclined to think most of the opposition to the income tax is prompt- ed and concerned by the fact it would cause them to commence doing some- thing they have never before done— pay taxes. Farmers can expect a reduc- tion of $7,500,000 in their tax bill if the income tax is enacted into law. “Opponents of farmers’ organized efforts sometimes refer to the cost of maintaining a militant organization. The income tax bill alone, if passed James G. Gridley (standing) and Ellery Jones, Ustick Township, with the clocks they won for signing the most members in Whiteside County’s organization drive. by the General Assembly will save the farmers of Illinois an amount of money annually, equal to thirty times the annual cost of the Illinois Agricultural Association. Stated in another way, this bill alone will every year save the farm- ers of Illinois an amount of money suff- cient to pay the total cost of the IIli- nois Agricultural Association for thirty years. Again may I ask, is this not con- clusive evidence of the need for and opportunity of a constructive farm organization? Reduce Cost Government “By and through organization, farm- ers must insist upon a substantial re- duction in the cost of all governmental units which can be realized by the dis- continuance of extravagance and waste, and through improved or increased effi- ciency. “Although the association carried a much heavier legislative program before the 57th General Assembly than at any previous session, a program covering a very wide range of subject matter; yet its percentage of success was much greater than ever before. Its influence on matters of public policy will con- tinue to expand just to the extent its program is sound and well-merited, and is directed in such manner as will best serve the agricultural interests of IIli- nois. Mr. Smith later drew an economic picture of the farm industry revealing the terrific deflation in farm values and income, the rapid rise in farm taxes, and the continuing efforts of organized farmers to secure the adoption of a national policy for agriculture. The Missing Link “The American people finally made a decision,” he said, “‘and the Congress of 1929 adopted the first national policy for agriculture. That policy embodies many of the demands previously made bv farm organizations, but left out the golden or missing link that was neces- sary to enable it to fully function. | “Although disappointed, the farmers _of Illinois agreed to give their support in the development of this policy and to assist those charged with the respon- sibility of administering the act in every possible way. In promising this sup- port, reservations were made, however, wherein and whereby should the act fail to meet certain of the essential needs of agriculture, our organization would seek to correct such weaknesses or limi- tations, should experience disclose the need therefor. The Warning Unheeded “Throughout this struggle, farmers insisted, when appealing to other in- dustries for support, that unless agri- culture was assisted in getting on a proper, sound and permanent basis, that sooner or later, the ill effects of such failure would be felt throughout all phases of our American economic life. Little attention was paid to this warn- ing, but today I stand before this con- vention keenly recognizing, as does every thinking citizen, that we are in the throes of difficulty and distress, wherein there are no exceptions.” Whiteside County Organization Teams from Montmorency, Coloma, Hume and Hahnaman townships, who put their membership over the top in twe days: Left to right—at back—Henry Olds, Ralph Bollman. Second row—N. H. Hand, Glenn Schutt, C. A. Gaulrapp, Jake Hine, Alfons Lippens, Lester Devine, Thomas Cooney, Peter J. Dietz, John Dirks. Front row—Edward Larson, Harry Butler, George Thome, Will Plautz, Frank Plautz, Frank Ufkin, Frank G. Plautz, 4 a Pi a , + fs . an ae onll, ¥ ti nag ag, it: WF pci Aa « ¢ 4 Det Mg cance Rete February, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Kelly Plan Delays | Vote on Income Tax A’ WE go to press the proposed state tax bill being sponsored by Repre- sentative Tice is expected to come up on. third reading in the House on Feb- ruary 2 when the General Assembly reconvenes. Although scheduled for consideration following the vote on the so-called Kelly plan bill on January 20, proponents of the measure decided to delay consideration because of the late- ness of the hour. De- bate on the Kelly bill for revising the tax- ing machinery of Cook county began at 10:00 in the morning and _ lasted until 8:30 that night. As. a result the members ‘were worn out and in no‘mind to take up the consideration of an important meas- ure such as the state income tax. Friends of the revenue bill believe it has an excellent chance of passage. The fact that the property tax has broken down in Cook county, and that prop- erty owners in many other counties of the state are unable to pay their taxes has led to more favorable consideration of this legislation which is based on ability to pay. Chattel Mortgage Bill Passes House and Senate Rep. Tice B. No. 4 introduced at the request : of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation by Representative Tice passed the Senate on Wednesday, January 20, after it previously had been passed in the House. This bill requires all notes secured by chattel mortgages to so state upon their face. Such notes and the mortgage are negotiable, the mortgage being only an incident to the indebtedness which it secures. When signed by the governor and so enacted into law this bill will make it possible’ for banks to rediscount mort- gages on livestock through the Federal Reserve banks ‘and so make available to Illinois farmers millions of dollars worth of additional credit. Because of an antiquated act (1895) on the Illinois statutes, Illinois banks have been unable to rediscount such paper through the Federal Reserve banks. This situation has worked a hardship on the credit machinery of the state. When the matter was brought to the atten- tion of the I. A. A. it immediately took steps to modify the law. “ Illinois soybean growers will meet at Decatur March 10 for the second annual convention of the Soybean Marketing Association. The meeting will be held at the Orlando Hotel. Three Kinds of Bosses _ Employees know a good deal about efficiency which they never tell the boss because they are never asked. For years they have been subjected to all sorts of efficiency tests so that the boss may have a line on their habits and abilities An employee writing in Nations Busi- ness turns the tables and suggests an efficiency test for bosses. He says there are three types of boss- es: First, those who don’t like to dele- gate authority; second, the one who del- egates as much as he can, recklessly and indiscriminately; third the boss who knows how much to delegate and how to check results. The first takes his loaded portfolio home at night and is tired and snap- pish the next day. An employee of this type of boss who makes a decision: of his own risks his very' job every time his mind works independently. At the other extreme is the boss who shoves all responsibility on his help. He generally pretends to know every- thing but in reality scarcely knows his own job. This charlatan-boob type never admits an error and probably does not know that his employees are laugh- ing at his bluff. All employees know the third type. He is calm when the office has nerves. When he doesn’t know he admits it— and it doesn’t hurt his dignity a bit. You do not feel frightened when you ask him for a salary raise which you think you deserve, nor shamed if he refuses it. When talking to you about your own job, he talks as an equal, His working rule is to find the right man for the job and then leave him alone. He delegates responsibility for the work, but he retains responsibility for the workers. He is—and feels— answerable for the work done in his of- fice because it was he who put the work- ers there. He is proud of them; he does not hire workers whom he expects to be ashamed of. He will instinctively go to the mat for his subordinates when his superior, or an outsider, criticizes them. And when he is sure that all through the office the right man is in the right place, he is likely to play golf. Carl F. Frey of Gilman was recently elected president of the Iroquois County Farm Bureau. Henry K. Johnston of Buckley. was chosen as vice-president, and A. J. Gillfillan, secretary-treasurer, MN, ilk y rices (For January, based on 3.5% milk unless other- wise specified.) PHILADELPHIA—Inter-State Milk Produc- ers announces Class I basic $2.71 del’d. Re- tail 11c. PITTSBURGH — Dairymen’s Co- ative Sales Co. announces Class I basic $1.7 oe, $1.10 country pt. Class I manufactured $1.4 del’d, $1.05 country pt. Class III Chicago 92 extra average. Retail 9c. Cash and carry 7c— no bottle charge. x wv BALTIMORE — Maryland State Dairymen’s Assn. announces Class I basic $2.84 f. 0. b. city. Retail 12c. ; ST. LOUIS—Sanitary Milk Producers an- nounces Class I basic $1.90 country pt. Retail lle. Cash and carry 10-1lc. Prices are net, that is, the association 3c checkoff has been previously deducted. CHICAGO—Pure Milk Assn. announces Class I basic $2.01 country pt. Class II 92 score butter x 3% country pt. Retail 12c. Price drop effective Jan. 1, Class II dropped and all milk over 90% base figure at butter x 3c for 3.5 milk. SPRINGFIELD, ILL.—Producers Dairy Co. announces Class I basic $1.70 city del’d. Class III butterfat plus 5c per Ib. Retail 91-11c. Wholesale 8c. ; ROCK ISLAND and DAVENPORT—Quali- ty Milk Association announces Class I basic $1.85 del’d. Class III butterfat 90 and 92 score. Retail 10c. Cash and corey 8c. QUINCY—Quincy Co-operative Dairy Co. an- nounces Class basic $1.95 del’d. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. : PONTIAC—Pontiac Milk Producers Associa- tion announces Class I basic $1.92% del’d. Class II manufactured $1.05 del’d. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. December Prices ST. LOUIS—Sanitary Milk Producers an- nounces Class II manufactured $1.19 country pt. Class III surplus 99c country pt. Above prices are net, that is, the Association 3c checkoff has been previously deducted, PHILADELPHIA—Inter-State Milk Produc- ers announces Class I basic $2.96 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.57 del’d. PONTIAC, ILL. — Pontiac Milk Producers Assn. announces Class I basic $1.92%. Class II manufactured $1.22%. Retail 10c, Cas and carry 8c. BLOOMINGTON — McLean County Milk Producers Assn. announces Class I basic $1.70 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.55 del’d. Class III surplus $1.16 del’d. Class IIa $1.65 del’d. Retail routes 9%c. Cash and carry 10-1lc. CHAMPAIGN and URBANA — Champaign - County Milk Producers announces Class I basic $2.06 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.53 del’d. Class III transfers to Ice Cream Co. $1.27 del’d. / Surplus 90c del’d. Retail 11c. DECATU R— Decatur Milk Association an- nounces Class I basic $1.86 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.46 del’d. Class III surplus 87c del’d. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. PEORIA—Illinois Milk Producers’ Assn. an- nounces Class I basic $2.13 f. o. b. Peoria. Class II manufactured $1.45. Class III surplus $1.02. Retail 9 and 10c. Net price to members after deduction of Illinois Milk Producers’ checkoff— basic $2.08 per cwt., surplus $1.19 per cwt. December usage in percentage figures: Class I 54%, Class II 7%, Class III 39%. The Illinois Grain Corporation is scheduled to meet at the Jefferson Hotel in Peoria February 22 for its second annual convention. Seventy-nine Illinois counties are now on the modified accredited list in tuber- culosis eradication. The Illinois Produce Marketing Association will hold its annual meeting at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Springfield, February 17. C. A. Brown, Department of Dairy Econ- omy, University of Illinois, will give an illustrated address as one of the features of the meeting. Page Six O'Neal Lauds |. A. A. For Accomplishments Membership Expansion Necessary for Utmost Achievment, He Says LLINOIS farmers offer the nation an outstanding example of the power of organized effort to affect the welfare of agriculture, Edward A. O’Neal, presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau Federation, declared, speaking at the re- cent convention of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association in Rockford. The Illinois Association, Mr. O’Neal said, is one of the two largest state organizations of farmers affiliated with the American Farm Bureau Federation and has attained its envirble position be- cause of a very sincere desire on the part of its leadership to be of real ser- vice to the agricultu-al industry of the state. Lauds I. A. A.’s Work “Your accomplishments in co-opera- tive marketing and centralized pur- chasing of farm supplies h>ve few parallels elsewhere in the nation.” Mr. O’Neal said. “Your camnvign against unjust taxation has attracted the atten- tion of the entire nation 2nd so highlv does the American Farm Bureau think of it that we have for a lone time in- sisted on using the services of vour tax- ation expert, John C. Watson. in the work which our national committee on taxation is doing. “At .your state capital. Sprinefield. the energetic work of vour nrecident, Earl C. Smith, in speakine for MMlinois farmers when agriculture is con-erned, has long been under our observation. Last spring opportunity came to annex him more closely to our national organi- zation and now President Smith is doing effective work for the whole nation through his duties as member of the legislative committee of our national Board of Directors.” Membership Counts Membership is what counts in making the work of any farm organization effective, Mr. O’Neal continued, and he added that few states offer more con- vincing proof of this than does Illinois. “If that be true,” he continued, “then how important it is that Illinois farmers continue their efforts to build a num- erically great organization to serve themselves. At our national convention in Chicago early last month our voting delegates voiced the conviction that in this period of ecénomic distress mem- bership growth is of primary impor- tance. THEI, A, A. RECORD ... A Anne ce et RC A A AO “But if. membership increases .come, they will come chiefly through the ef- . forts of the individual. volunteer solici- tor. That thought I cannot _impress.- ! upon you..too deeply. - Some; of _our:. County Farm Bureaus have made rec- ords in voluntary .membership.-drives that we of the national organization are holding uv.as models for-the entirena- tion to follow. If-every countysunitiin”. the state would submit a record ‘like that of McLean ‘county and: EaSalle>: countv and some. of vour other coun= ties. what'a power the Illinois Agricul.’ ' tural Association could truly -become:” Mr. O’Neal devoted some’ time ‘to recounting the steps’ which led ‘to ‘a coalition between the Pee farce. the National Grange andthe’ National Farmers Union: to secute congressional ized farmers for agricultural tegislation. Six-Point Program abe The program behind. which the, “big three” are standing solidlv, he explained, covers six matters, First of all, he. said,. the three form grouns have. pooled. their streneth and are exerting their influence. to vush lecislation that -will. make. the. work of the Federal Farm Board more effective. This. he said;. means, amend- mert of the Acricultural Marketing Act, to include the equalization. fee and - the exnort. debenture plan. for control of cron curpluses, .. _. rere Stabilization ofthe monetary. system and imnrovement of the rural-: credit m>hinery of. the -nation.is..the ‘second pro‘ect hacked. unanimously. by. the three erouns.. he. stated, while tariff equality for agriculture, adjustments. in the n1tional tax program, control .of specu- lation in. farm. products and. Philippine independence are the other subjects on . which the united power of the organ-- ized farmers will be brought to bear. The Yax Question Touching on taxation, Mr. O’Neal declared a whole day would be required for its adequate consideration. Mount- ing costs of government, through waste- ful, extravagant expenditure of public funds, he pointed out, have resulted in running the nation’s tax bills up to un- believable proportions and the time is ripe for action. The Farm Bureau, he said, has been in the forefront of the battle to bring about a recognition of the disaster to- wards which all branches of the govern- ment, federal, state, county and local, are drifting, and to halt the trend be- fore it is too late. On the income tax, he declared, the organization pins its faith as the only . fair and just remedy for. the intolerable burden of taxes now borne by real - estate. : broadcast .on the .second Saturday of. - every month between 11/30 and 12:30) attention to the demands of the organ-- . writing the Department of Information, “tion, according to Fred L. Gumm, man- February, 1932 «) 4 The farm radio program of the Illi- nois Agficultural Association is broad- : cast daily except Saturday and Sunday over. station WJJD, Chicago (1,130 "o> kilocycles), between 12:30 and 12:45 noon, The next_national Farm Bureau chain’ * broadcast will be on Saturday, Febru-' ary 13, according to the American Farm: Bureau Federation. This program ‘is: a. m. central standard time over the’ NBC chain.. Stations in and near’ Illinois: . on the hook-up are KYW; *Chicago3: KWK,. St. Louis; WIBA, Madison; WHAS, Louisville, and WHO-WOC, Des_Moines-Davenport. , Approximately 400 requests for copies of a,recent radio address on the pro- posed state income tax. by President ‘ Earl C; Smith from station WLS were received. Mr. Smith explained the main, features of the bill, gave examples - of its application to various amounts of income, and. answered criticisms made by opponents. Copies may be had by ) a oA I. A. A., 608 So. Dearborn St., Chi- cago. “ The'Paris Shipping Association in Ed- gar county at the time of its annual meeting, January 19, had 287 market- ing agreements signed toward forming. a concentration point as a unit of the Illinois Livestock Marketing Associa- ¥ Raat? obi ae a lla ttn 5 ee ager. During the past year the Paris association served 1,157 shippers, mar- keting 754 head of cattle, 624 calves, 3,950 hogs, and 1,192 sheep. The total value of livestock marketed was more than $100,000. x tarts —_ ee ~ age The Illinois Grain Corporation reports that 1,954 carloads of grain were shipped from 150 shipping points from September 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1931. The leading counties in carload shipments were McLean, LaSalle, Mason, Champaign, and Iroquois. September led the other months with $41 carloads. ‘The eighth annual meeting of the American Institute of Co-operation will be held in 1932 at the University of New Hampshire, Durham, N. H. The open sessions of the Institute begin Aug- ust 1. The Institute is an educational enter- prise supported by the general farm organiza- : tions, farm co-operatives, and a number of { — ype re branches of federal and state governments. “2 _e A a ee ee P, ‘ a ‘February, 1932 _ “FHE: AS A> RECORD 3 Page “Seven WANT TO PLAY VOLLEY’ BALL? . Marshall-Putnam Would Like to Schedule Contests with oun Consiiitok ARL Anderson of Granville, Put- nam county, suggests that volley ball be added to the recreation program of the Illinois Agricultural Association as the official winter sport of farmers just as golf is the sport of professional men. He says there is considerable interest in the sport in Marshall-Putnam county, where several teams have been playing this winter. He points out that volley ball is better suited to farm players than practically any other game, in which they would be interested. “I have been wondering why : the I. A. A. doesn’t add this sport to its recreation program,” he writes. (“It comes. during the slack~ season; it per- mits a large group from each commun- ity to play rather than just a few scat- tered players over the whole county; older folks can play as easily as young athletes; and it would permit county and district tournaments. “The folks in my township have béen playing volley ball one evening each week this winter. But now they want some outside teams to play. I under- stand there are several other communities. in Marshall-Putnam county that are in- terested in the sport and we doubtless will get together before. this winter is over. “The size of the team can be flex- ible, making it fic the crowd. We have played as many as twelve to a team thus making it possible for twenty-four men to play at the same time. If our crowd is too large we prefer to choose three - teams, playing them alternately, and resting one of the teams. “The game makes an excellent mixer.. Our Farm Bureau is a ‘cross-section ot “the community, bringing together men from different churches, school districts and cliques. If we can get them to play together we: won’t have much trouble getting them to work together on ‘our’ projects. I noticed one evening that we had men’ from five churches on . the floor: at orie time. “Volley ball is suitable for either sex, in fact, much more suitable for the av- erage farm girl or woman than basket- ball. Ladies teams could be organized. Several ladies’ in our township have ex- pressed a:desire to play. . Thus the Home Bureau could co-operate in popularizing the. game.” Note: Is volley ball in-your county? If so, would you be interested’in forming a volley ball league., Write. the 1. A. A., 608 So. Dear- born St., Chicago, if interested. Illinois Holstein Ass'n. Employs New Field Man M. G. (Mike) Seath, formerly of Jef- ferson County, Wisconsin, began ‘work as Field Representative of The Illinois Holstein Association, with headquafters at St. Charles, Illinois, in January, 1932. Mr. Seath, who enjoys a wide acquaint- ance and excellent reputation in the Holstein fraternity, will be engaged jin extension work among the Association members in co-operation with Field. Rep- resentative Jim Ball, who has been with the Association since 1927. For the past three and one-half years, Mr. Seath has very successfully con- ducted the work of Secretary in Jeffer- son County, Wisconsin, Holstein Breed- ers’ Association. He acquired there an outstanding reputation as a constructive worker in the field and as showman and calf club leader. Mike Seath is doubtless most widely known as a showman having fitted and shown the Jefferson County show herd for five years, beginning in 1927, arid having, i in the course of this period, led into the ring such notable animals. as Artis Madam Wayne Denver, Reserve, All-American senior yearling in 1927, Inka Wayne Creamelle, All-American junior heifer of the same year, and Jo- hanna Pietertje Artis Creamelle, Nation- al Grand Champion in 1927. The Illinois Holstein Association ex- pects to. make 1932 its greatest year of service to the Holstein industry, ex- tending particularly its service to the buyers of Illinois cattle and the help and ‘consultation which the Association can bring to its members in meeting every- day problems ‘of each individual in im- proving their herds and extending their dairy cattle market. 18% More Pigs Saved About 18 per cent more pigs were saved in Illinois in the fall of 1931 than a year ago, and 21. per cent more were saved in the corn belt, according to the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The survey was made through the rural mail -carriers. Combining the spring and fall pig crops of 1931, an increase of about. 10 per cent. for IIli- nois and 9 per cent for the country as a whole is indicated. This increase amounts to about 4,500,000 heads of pigs in the corn belt where more than 80 per ‘cent of the commercial hog supply is- produced. Uncle Ab says that the one form of expansion he grieves to see is the waistline. LA. A. Opposes Higher Rates on Soybeans Letter to Commerce Commission Asks That Beans Be Placed in Grain Group Schedule OF chi ground that soybeans grown for commercial. purposes should; be classed with grain in freight rate sched- ules, the Illinois Agricultural | ‘Associa- tion has recuested the Interstate Com- merce .Commiission to’ re- élassify ©, this commodity so as to exempt‘it from ‘the - cmergency increase which became ef- fective early in January. In a letter to George B. McGinty, secretary of the commission, L. J. Qua- sey, director of transportation for* the I. A. A., set forth the objections: of shippers to the increase and asked that soybeans be placed-in the grain- group in the rate schedule. RRS Under Grain Rates—-~ - a “Soybeans have come into commer- cial prominence within the past five or six years,” he said. “They have. gen- erally moved under grain rates,” and, the tariffs of the carriers generally ‘make grain rates applicable on soybeans. i ‘he rail movement of soybeans. is ; sone to that of grain. Some of last.’ yedt’s crop moved for export. The loading is practically the same as that: of. ‘wheat or corn. “A considerable quantity of sciylibias are used for seed each year, riot’ only for growing more beans but for grow: ing soybean hay and for soil improve; ment purposes. A large portion, of ‘thé crop is processed, the products ing oil and meal. The oil has a wide rangeé of industrial uses and the. meal is used to feed livestock. The value of soy- beans this past year and at the present time is approximately 35 cents a bushel, which compares favorably with the av- erage price of grain. Should Be Exempted “From this it follows that soybeans should be treated the same as grain, and since grain was exempted from the ap- plication of the emergency increase pri- marily on the ground of being an agri- cultural product, soybeans should like- wise be exempted.” ‘Many corn belt: farmers are now growing soybeans as a commercial crop instead of oats and wheat. Approxi- mately 4,000,000 bushels go into com- mercial channels annually in the United States, about 2,500,000 bushels being produced in Illinois. Under the in- creased rates now in effect, Illinois farm- ers would pay an additional $25,000. a year in freight. Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1932 N OIS . courtnks NASSOCIATEBN CORD To advance the ices - which the Ferm Burees wes organized, wsemely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, pec ond educational interests of the farmers of Illinois end the mation, ond to develop agriculture. Georce THEM, Editor Max Harretson, Assistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Mein 8t., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St. Chicago, Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall IL, to la Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate a ‘ovided . Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct. or 1925, netsens all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinoi cultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. the indi 4 ual ers fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five e fee includes payment of fifty cents for payers po the Illinois “Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returnin for missent copy please indicate key number on address as required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C. Smith............... aoccocecsonpesenezasesssoos AD OUTOIt Vice-President, A. R. WE ta ene VE Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger-.-...-.....----.-..-------0----- Treasurer, R. A, Cowles. nnn. enennececnescneceneeeeneeemneneenenee BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chicago ....Bloomington aasseceseneeee Samuel Sorreils, Raymond ccguitsthcon ease ....-Frank Oexner, Waterloo ansecsreveceeneeeeesenennees We L, Cope. Salem ESO Charles Marshall, Belknap a asecesaceeseereeseeeF Fed Dietz, De Soto "DEPARTMENT ‘DIRECTORS: Comptroller... jeovedéconeunaieosscliseeeccenqceescenconsebencsessvatecaponremeennvasse hs. Sib.” OROr, Dairy Marketing acpi habep vipa sade doch J . Coun Finance... ciitieinseanniohel fom MERKEN * Cowles i and V vegetable Marketing. oes EERE Leeper Riis gelcspicopcagie sen Eaies Hieron Pabeakoct os eg ecncioes oan George Thiem nsurance <> enon wochcobnge raf dco il ounse! SaiapiiopedeiSvoceocessabesccacpeirensccoevkndcsokiveccanten ~_..... Donald kpatrick Limestone-Phosphate.......—.------.-a-a---noe-neesoeesenesenesseossnseeseansenmmancsoeees R. Bent Live Stock Marketing... aes Ray E. Mill __ SORT e ecnimnacow pingettas E. Johnston Organization... AES E. Metzger Produce Marketing... ....------n2a--a--00c----ecceeweeeeeeneenene F. A. Goug rt Taxation and Sta I rnin erronicrea . Watson ransportation. aneaccsneceeneseneeenneels, J, Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co................ ....L. A. Williams, Mgr. armers Mutual Reinsurance Co.... a -----J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Iitinois Agricultural hating Ass’n.........................F. E.- Ringham, - Mer. aoe Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co... A. £. Richafdson, Mer. is Farm Supply mee Marchant, Mer. Tilinols Grain >, Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Tilinols iieeniacl Gerbating re ARNE Mc xd Bad Grieser, Sales Mer. Titinois luce Marketing Re A gler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’ een __W. H. Coultas, Mgr. Farm Board the Goat It seems to be popular to criticize and malign the Farm Board. Yet under the limitations im- posed by recent economic trends and the Agri- cultural Marketing Act it is doubtful if any other group of men could have done better. The Farm Board has been blamed either direct- ly or by implication for the discouraging decline in the prices of wheat, cotton, livestock, dairy products, and produce. It is held responsible for the shortcomings of co-operatives, although even at their worst the overhead costs of co-operative sales agencies are decidedly less than the toll taken by the “trade.” The Farm Board is made the goat, and a most convenient goat so far as the middlemen and the commodity exchanges are concerned. The anti- Farm Board propaganda of the latter group and the newspapers and trade journals that front for them is easily understandable. They have a selfish interest in resisting inroads by farmer-owned agencies into the profits of distribution. But public denunciation by farm representa- tives is not in good taste. If the Board has made some mistakes it is only human. Certainly it is no more responsible for the deflation in farm prices than it is for the tremendous shrink in stocks and bonds, the low price of copper and silver, the grasshopper plague, or drouths and floods. The Board has made a conscientious effort to assist the commodity co-operatives in co- ordinating and improving their sales service. It can exercise due authority in correcting mistakes which may have been made by organizations re- ceiving Farm Board aid. More than that it can- not do until the Marketing Act is amended. Government Policy and Agriculture :G OVERNMENTAL policies since the war and the indifference of the nation to the farm problem are responsible for the plight of agri- culture, George N. Peek of Moline, Ill., declared in an address before the War Industries Board Association in New York City recently. “Our policy for the excessive expansion of for- eign trade in industrial products was a mistaken one,” said Mr. Peek: ‘“‘We have been trying to maintain our war-time industrial facilities at a capacity above peace-time demand. We have loaned abroad more money than represented by our entire war debt. We have put the facilities of our gigantic Department of Commerce be- hind the movement to expand foreign trade just as though we were a debtor nation, as we were before the war, instead of a creditor nation, as “we emerged from the war. - “We have half the gold supply of the world, so that foreign nations cannot pay us in gold; and we have prevented their paying us in goods and services by our tariffs, although at the same time we have insisted upon the payment of war debts. We have gone even further; to the extent that we have captured foreign markets, we have interfered with the normal relations of other countries between themselves.” This intelligent and concise statement of facts brings out in bold relief. the underlying reasons for the steady decline in agriculture since 1920. European war debts.and ‘excessive American in- dustrial: expansion have stimulated agricultural production abroad and dried up foreign markets for our farm products. And the concentration of wealth at home in too few hands followed by industrial retrenchment, fear, unemployment, and destitution for so many now have completed the rout of farm prices. While post mortems on the cause of our troubles do not lead the way out, they are useful in helping us avoid the same mistakes again. ; St a Rh giiline 4 = v - oy i Sarda ga = th + < 5 ce a Fy gf | ag - “* al February, 1932 : THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nine - From a Rural Mail Carrier Editor of I. A. A. RECORD: In the January RECORD I noticed an article by Mr. F..J. McNair of Hamilton county with a heading ‘Postoffice Salaries.” I should like to ask Mr. McNair if he was including rural route carrier when he mentioned ‘Postal Em- ployees”? If so, on what grounds does he ask them to take a reduction in wages? I wish it was possible for Mr. McNair to accompany me or any other carrier who has dirt roads to travel over. Am sure he would agree that the carriers earn their salaries. I am a rural carrier, also a Farm Bureau member of Woodford county, and have always tried to help our county organization as much as possible. At present the roads are frozen after several days of rain and heavy travel, consequently the ruts are deep and crooked and my car needs extra tall wheels to clear the bumps. But I try to give my patrons service with a smile even though my fingers get cold fishing pennies from the mail boxes. So, Mr. McNair, why not try and reduce the cost of the government by reducing the salaries of persons who are not as closely connected with the farmer as the rural carriers are? GeorcE T. Crark, Woodford County, Ill. From a Postal Employee Editor of I. A. A. RECORD: As a member of the Farm Bureau and I. A. A., also an employee in the Postal Service, may I ask that you publish the following in response to the article written by F. J. McNair in the January issue on “Postoffice Salaries.” “I have served in the capacity of postal em- ployee for the past 29 years and I think I know at least a few things with reference to this department—the responsibility attached thereto, the expenditure necessary to carry on this ser- vice, and also the rate of postage charged to meet this expenditure. “Pll agree with you, Mr. McNair, the Postal Dept. does have a deficit, and has had for many years back, even during the best times. This department is not intended as a money-making proposition, although it could easily be made into one. ‘This is a service to you, as you can go anywhere and you will not get one-tenth for your money as the service which the Postal Dept. gives you. Salaries the Same “You would still be getting this service cheap if the cost were five times as high, in which case the postal employees might be better paid. And still you think that postal salaries are too high. They are practically the same as when the farmer was getting six or eight times for wheat and corn over what he is getting now. And we, as well as everyone else had to pay the price for everything the farmer raised. “You did not see any articles written at that time about the salaries of postal employees being raised in proportion to the raise the farmer got. No, I think not. You also never read a word from the postal employees, condemning the farmer because he was receiving ridiculous prices for everything he raised. The farmer received high prices for years, and the biggest reason that some are in bad today is, that because of his greed for more, he bought still more land, and he is now stuck with it. The farmer who is not in debt today is getting along all right and he will continue to do so. The Army and Navy “You speak of taxes being so high. Yes, we all know that they are. But do you really think that the Postal Department is at fault on ac- count of it, even in a small way? I know it is not, and so do you. Also, do you really know just what government tax you pay? Look it up, you will find it one of your small- est tax items. Do you know where the heavi- est tax burdens of the U. S. fall? No?_ Well, Ill tell you—the United States army and navy. .-Do you know the second largest tax burden? It is for the U. S. Department of Agriculture, a department created for the sole benefit of the farmer. And who do you suppose pays this tax? Just the farmer? Not by any means. Everyone helps pay, and the postal employees do their share? “But why kick about that now? Consider- ing all the wonderful improvements we have received the past 15 years, such as schools, roads, governmental services of various kinds and fine public improvements, what else can we expect? ‘The Postal employees sincerely regret the de- plorable condition of some of the farmers, but who is to blame? Should the regular standing salaries of postal employees be cut now, to meet 30c corn, and have nothing done about it when it sold for one and two dollars? That is cer- tainly a very ‘broad-minded’ view of the situa- tion, isn’t it? And to think that this so-called depression is less than a year old. Once a Farmer “I am glad to say that I am a Postal worker, an employee of the government, in the greatest business of the U. S. today. I have also been a farmer previous to this work, and with years of experience in the Postal Department serving farmers, I should know something about them, and I certainly am interested in them, anything which pertains to them, and above all, I like to see them prosperous and successful. “I am associated with the I. A. A., and I must say it certainly does not behoove the farmer to continually present for publication through the columns of their farm journals articles antago- nistic to the Postal employees, or any other) class of laborers for that matter, but especially the rural carriers, who through the generosity of the Postal Department in creating the rural routes, is the farmers’ best friend. And I fully believe any fair-minded person will bear me out in this statement, and I am glad to say that my experience has proven that the great- est per cent of the farmers are of the fair- minded type.” Joun C. ALEXANDER, Tazewell County, Ill, More About Postal Salaries W. WEEKS of Tazewell county expresses « himself feelingly in a 3,200 word letter upholding the postoffice service and salary sched- ule. Space does not permit publication of the entire letter. Mr. Weeks says in part: “I entered the Postal service in 1919 at a salary of $90 per month, and was sent to Chi- cago to work in the Union Terminal of the Railway Mail Service. At that time bread was fifteen cents per loaf, sugar was eighteen dollars per hundred, potatoes three dollars per bushel, and rent and other living expenses were correspondingly high. Mr. McNair, I suppose, lived during that period and should know what awful prices had to be paid for everything that was purchased. Loses $50 a Month “I worked in Chicago about three months when I was sent out on the railroads as a railway postal clerk. This service required that I spend at least a part of my time away from home, with the attendant necessary ex- pense, all to be paid out of ninety dollars per month. In November of that year I resigned my position in the Railway Mail Service, after discovering that I had found it necessary to spend approximately fifty dollars per month more than I was getting. “During the time we lived in Chicago we exercised the utmost care in providing for our- selves; in fact, we were unable to buy enough to eat in order that our rent might be paid and carfare provided. During that year and the next two to follow, many railway mail clerks found it necessary to quit the service because of inadequate pay. I wonder if Mr. McNair could have done any better than I did, or than the dozens of other clerks did. Also, I wonder if the years 1919, ’20 and ’21 come within the meaning of the word ‘many’ which he used when he stated ‘for many years.’ That much for the Railway Postal clerks who were paid ‘unnecessarily high salaries.” “Next, let us consider the case of the rural letter carriers. At the time of our entry into the World War in 1917, the rural carrier was getting $1,500 per annum. From that amount it was necessary to pay the expense of keeping a team of horses, for which he had to buy hay, corn and oats for feed, and straw for bedding. Also, he had to have a pasture for them during the summer months, which, as a rule, he had to rent. At that time the rural carrier was also using a car for delivery, when tke roads were good, and in fact, the rural pa- trons demanded this service. Incident: to the use of the car, was the necessary purchase of gas, oil and tires, in addition to the deprecia- tion in value of the car. “After our inception in the war, as everyone knows, prices of commodities went up and up, and continued that way until about 1922, when we had some decrease in certain articles such as sugar, bread and a few others, but high prices continued on other things until the be- ginning of the present depression in 1929. Did the salaries of the rural carriers follow this upward trend in prices? Not so that Mr Mc- Nair could notice it. Before the war the rural carriers got along fairly well on $1,500 per annum, but I don’t know of any of them who got rich. Rural Carrier in 1920 “On March 15th, 1920, I accepted a position as rural carrier at a base pay of $1,500 per annum, plus $30 a mile for excess mileage, pur- chased an automobile for $800, a team of horses for $200, a set of second hand harness for $25 and a mail wagon for $175. During that year I kept account of the necessary expense of serv- ing my route, and found that it amounted to $810 per annum. On July Ist of that year my salary was increased to $1,800 base pay with excess milage, which made me a salary of $1,920, which, after deducting $810 necessary expense of running my route, left me a net income of $1,100 for my year’s work. If Mr. McNair can explain why that was an ‘unneces- sarily large salary’ with prices as they were at that time, he can do better than I can. I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that he made more money than that himself, but what he made wasn’t ‘unnecessarily large.’ Mr. McNair should have had to keep himself and family and buy everything he used on that salary, and then he would be able to realize just how ‘un- necessarily high’ it was. “This salary pay continued until July 1, 1925, when it was again increased by the addition of a maintenance allowance, which increased the pay of carriers at our office approximately three hundred dollars, By adding this three hundred dollars to the $1,100 previous net pay, we find that the carriers were receiving a net salary of $1,400 after July Ist, 1925. But what about what had been happening to them the past eight years? With prices continuing the same as they were before, this increase was greatly needed, but still ic failed to furnish the carrier with what might be considered an ‘unnecessarily high salary.’ However, now that ‘the depression is on,’ as Mr. McNair puts it, and prices have decreased considerably, the rural carrier is just (Continued om mext page) Page Ten THE I. A. A.-RECORD February, 1932 Arding . himself in a position where he is receiv- ing.a “éalary- -adequately large to allow him to put away a few dollars each month, and pay off some. of his past losses. And now at this satisfactory period, Mr. McNair insists that the salaries ‘be greatly. reduced.’ “Mr. McNair says..at the last of his article that the believes all farm. organizations and farm papers should get. busy and demand this ‘reform,' but,.a little before this statement he says, he wants this country to be a government of, for and by the people. How does he coin- ‘cide those two statements?. Would it be a government of, for.and by the people if the agricultural associations and farm papers could cause the postal employees to sustain a cut. in their salaries? Aren’t the postal employees as much a part of the people of.this country as the farm organizations and, farm papers? What .would Mr. .McNair..say.if the postal employees should be able to tell him how much he should get for his corn? Does he, think the postal employees should have nothing to say about whether or not .they should have a cut? I wonder what he would have said if, during the year 1921 when he was getting $45. per ton for alfalfa hay, the postal employees had de- manded that he receive half that much. But did they do it? .No.. They. .peddled right along. on their little old, pre-war salaries and hoped for better times to’come. Now those -better..times are here and the other fellow is yelping his head off about what unnecessarily ’ large salaries the uncomplaining postal employees are. receiving., Farm Papers Subsidized “He says that ‘all farm organizations and ‘farm’ papers get busy and demand this reform.’ ‘The farm papers and the farm organizations “who are responsible for the edition of the farm ‘papers might well consider that the Post Office Department is furnishing them a concession that is furnished to no other business. The Post Office Department allows newspapers and _ peri- odicals free transportation in tke mails in the counties of publication, and bulk rates on mailings outside the counties of publication. These bulk rates are so ridiculously low as to be less than half the rates of postage on the same mailings if sent by individuals. Mr. McNair, as a member of one of these farm organizations, might do well~to insist that his organization “furnish a vote of thanks to the Post Office ‘Department for these concessions, rather than write articles for his paper that will tend to cause the department no end of trouble by fostering a feeling of unrest among the readers of that paper and a misunderstanding of such vital things as postal employees’ salaries. These concessions are of such financial value to pub- lications that editors themselves should see to it that no article should appear in the columns which would tend to cause the Post Office De- partment the least trouble whatever. School Teachers Cut “Of course, the idea behind this desire to cut salaries is to lower taxes, and everyone knows that taxes’‘are very high and should be lowered And in nearly every community there are those who think first of “slashing salaries of postal workers and public school teachers. But if just a little thought is given to the matter, it will be readily seen that by doing so, very little will be accomplished in the way of lowering individual taxes. This salary slashing took place in our community last year and the vic- tims were’ the public school teachers. Each tedcher received a 10 per cent cut and a big blow’ was made about the first step in tax lowering. When it was all over and the com- munity began’ to do some figuring, it was found that the salary cut had actually saved the average tax payer about ten cents. So the school teachers were called upon to lose from $100: to’ $180 in salary so that the individual tax payer could save a dime. That was what Farmers in England Having a Hard Time A recent editorial in The Field (Lon- don), a British agricultural journal, says: ‘“Depression has settled in a heavy cloud over the farming industry. The markets last week were as cheerless as could be imagined. Wheat, salvaged from the rainstorms of a miserable har- vest, was selling at 1. pound a quarter (fourth of a ton) which is barely half the cost of production. Fat cattle, pigs, sheep and even dairy cows, after the announcement of next year’s con- tract prices, were down in price again. Farming in this country does, indeed seem a hopeless business at times. But farmers must hold on. From Norfolk the answer may come that there is no option when two-thirds of the farms virtually belong to the banks, and they have no desire to foreclose. Holding on is a nerve-racking feat when the very foundations of business slip away. To-day there is no branch of British agriculture which can maintain its position. None has escaped the de- vastating ‘competetion from abroad, where labor is cheap or exports are sub- sidized to maintain agriculture at all costs in this topsy-turvy world. Low Milk Price Even the milk market is assailed, and now dairy farmers have to accept no more than 9d. a gallon for their milk through the year because it has become hopelessly unprofitable to manufacture condensed milk, dried milk and cheese in competition with the bargain sales conducted by overseas producers in our markets. If we were competing on equal terms, farmers in this country would have no grievance. But we are not. The cleverest producers, men who do not waste a penny on superfluous la- bor or extravagant feeding stuffs, are beaten by the prices of imported pro- duce. If the encouragement of farming were regarded by our politicians as one means of righting the adverse trade bal- ance, farmers could hold on with re- newed hope. Once confidence in the in- dustry is restored, there will be no lack of enterprise. We should be able to count on a great impetus to production, and this in turn would be reflected in many industries whose fortunes are closely bound up with agriculture.” I call mighty poor judgment, for it disrupted the morale of the school faculty, and if kept up long enough, will completely demoralize the entire school system and our kiddies will be the sufferers. And the same thing will happen to the postal workers if their salaries are cut, and you men and women who demand this cut will lose a whole lot more in postal efficiency than you will save in taxes. Think it over.” "Too Much Salesmanship Responsible for Depression" Dean-Emeritus Davenport Advo- cates Conference for Permanent Welfare of All N the next economic cycle, organized agriculture must resist the salesman- ship of industry which is responsible for the present plight of the farmer, de- clared Dr. Eugene Davenport at the University of Illinois during Farm and Home Week. Industry brought on the collapse of agriculture by over-selling the world on extravagance, he said. Dean Davenport spoke on the sub- ject, “What Shall We Do with the Next Cycle?” When Tide Turns “When the tide turns, instead of per- mitting the man with something to sell to do all the talking and again bewitch the public with a false and dangerous psychology,” he continued, “let the American Farm Bureau and the Na- tional Grange invite to a conference the biggest and best of our industrial fra- ternity, together with bankers and or- ganized labor, to meet around a common table and discuss the situation as a whole. “Such a conference should be guided by the permanent welfare of all classes, recognizing the natural danger of a gulf between the price level of that of manu- factured goods and that of foods and the perils of artificial methods in trade as bound to force the situation to the dizzy and dangerous heights from which we have just taken our economic and social tumble. Greedy for More *‘The present crash all happened as a result of a desire on the part of all branches of industry to show each year a vast increase in volume of business done and of paper profits piled up, often regardless of methods or of conse- quences. It established and maintained an impassable gulf between manufac- tured goods and farm prices. It has wrecked thousands of young families whose inexperience was unable to with- stand the onslaughts of high pressure salesmanship. And now it has broken down of its own weight, destroyed the farmers’ market and brought distress everywhere.” A 15 per cent patronage dividend was declared by the directors of the Peoria County Service Company prior to the annual meeting of the company January 16. Six hundred ninety-two Farm Bureau members will participate in the distribution of $12,000 patronage refund. a7) oe Sead ‘ = | February, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven Buy Enough Serum to Vaccinate |,500,000 Pigs Farm Bureaus Co-Operate to Pro- tect 1932 Hog Crop Against Cholera LLINOIS farmers bought enough an- ti-hog cholera serum and virus co- operatively during 1931. to vaccinate 1,500,000 hogs, it was revealed at the annual meeting of the Illinois Farm Bu- reau Serum Association at Rockford. “During the 12 months’ period end- ing November 30, the association pur- chased for its 73 member counties a total of 49,321,245 cubic centimeters of anti-hog cholera serum and _ hog cholera virus,” stated the annual report of Ray E. Miller, secretary-treasurer of the organization. “In addition to pur- chasing this large volume of serum and virus, the association secured prices from manufacturing companies on other bio- logic supplies and instruments. “The 1931 volume represents an. in- crease of approximately 50 per cent over the best previous year. Prices paid for the serum, which was practically all of the clear concentrated variety, are the lowest ever obtained for supplies of this quality. “The quality of the serum is proved by the fact that less than 200 trouble cases from all causes were reported dur- ing the year in spite of the widespread cholera outbreaks in the state. In other words, the ratio of trouble cases re- ported to total herds treated was about six-tenths of one per cent.” In April the association was re-incor- porated under the Agricultural Co-oper- ative Act of Illinois, so as to give mem- ber counties control and ownership through the issuance of common and preferred stook proportional to the amount of business done by each county. Contracts for 1932 supplies of serum and virus totaling 38,785,000 cubic centimeters have already been awarded the two successful bidding companies at prices substantially lower than those in effect during 1931. Indianapolis Producers _ Earned $45,000 in 1931 Net earnings of the Producers Com- mission Association at the Indianapolis stock yards during 1931 were $45,000, according to Sid Cherrill, field repre- sentative of the I. A. A. in livestock marketing, who spoke at the annual meeting of the Producers January 26 at Indianapolis. Since the organization started ten years ago cash refunds to member pa- trons have been 25 per cent of the com- mission fees. The year 1931 was one These women served a fine oyster stew at the annual meeting of the Tabor (DeWitt county) Shipping Association recently, writes G. E. Middleton of the Indianapolis Producers. oh of the best years the organization has gone through, Mr. Cherrill said. Total net earnings for the ten years approxi- mate $600,000 and more than $385,000 have been refunded. About one-third of all the livestock received in Indian- apolis during the past ten years has been handled’ by this co-operative agency. Indiana Farm. Bureau. Buys. a Serum Plant. Co-Operative ‘Ass’n. Buys Wate- house and Office Buildings Le Indiana Farm Bureau. opetates, the only plant in Indiana, which manufactures _anti-hog cholera’. serum under government inspection, accord- ing to a récent statement. .Thée Farm ‘Bureau recently took over the plant op- erated-by the Swine Breeders PureSteum Company and began _manufacturing. serum shortly after the first of the year. This company +has_ been providing anti-hog cholera serum and virus to swine raisers of Indiana and other states for sixteen years. Approximately 3,000 Indiana farmers are interested in the plant either as stockholders or users of its products. The new plant, valued at $120,000, has an annual manufactur- ing capacity of 20,000,000 c. c. of serum and a relative amount of virus. The manufacture of tankage will be carried on in connection and also the making of soaps for household uses. Farm Supplies Also Co-operative purchasing of farm sup- plies in Indiana is proving to be one of the most thriving projects of the state Farm Bureau. -The -operating facilities of the company, known as the Indiana Farm Bureau Co-operative Association, now includes three buildings in Indi- anapolis. A large volume of business has been developed in mixed feeds, field seeds, farm machinery, fertilizer, oils and greases and other farm supplies which figure in the cost of production. The plant of the state co-operative is located near the entrance to the Indi- anapolis stock yards, which makes it convenient for livestock truck drivers to haul supplies back to their home communities on return trips. Market 23,463 Cars Live Stock Co-operatively Annual Report Reveals Trends in Marketing During 1931. HE outstanding developments in livestock marketing in 1931. were the expansion of trucking and the in- crease.in the movement of livestock di- rect from country points to packers, according, to, the annual report of Ray-E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. “Both of these factors have resulted ina further, decrease in the number of active livestock shipping associations in the state,” Miller states, “‘and have made it imperative that producers develop a different type of machinery to assemble and ship livestock. “The larger marketing units, or coun- ty marketing associations, have proved successful because they are able to make frequent and regular shipments, to prac- tice greater selectivity in moving live- «+ stock. of different. grades and weights to the market where it is in most de- mand, and to broaden the market out- Jet.” Seven County Ass’ns. Seven county marketing associations ‘are in. operation in Macon, Vermilion, Shelby, Iroquois, Champaign, McDon- ough, and Coles counties, and units of the state association are being organized in Edgar, McLean, Knox and Warren counties, Miller said. The Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation was organized to serve as a parent. organization for these county units, to correlate their operation, to standardize their methods, and to pre- vent as far as possible competition be- tween county associations. Illinois farmers marketed co-operat- ively 23,463 carloads of livestock dur- ing the year. This was a decrease in volume in comparison with the previous year, but was a larger percentage of the receipts at the markets due to a decline in total receipts. Eighty Illinois Coun- ty Farm Bureaus now have livestock marketing as a major project. Kane Co. Service Co. Kane County Service Company has called our attention to an error in the article about their company ‘in the January issue of the I. A. A. RECORD wherein it was stated, “The regular 7% preferred stock dividend and a 10% patronage refund have been declared, payable at a later date.” This should have read, “The regular 7% preferred stock dividend and a 10% patronage refund have been paid, and another 5% patronage refund has been: declared, payable at a later date.” Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1932 Tazewell Service Co. Pays 15% Cash Dividend Annual Meeting First to Be Held In New Building at Pekin HE Tazewell Service Company had sufficient earnings during the past year to pay a 15 per cent patronage dividend to Farm Bureau members who were customers of the company, it was revealed at the recent annual meeting in Pekin. More than a million gallons of SER- VICE petroleum products were dis- tributed by the company. Approxi- mately 2,800 gallons of kerosene, gasoline, oil and grease were sold daily to farmers of the county. These sales represent a gain of 214.9 per cent in gaso- line, 138 per cent in kero- sene, 115.9 per cent in lubri- cating oil, and 200.9 per cent in grease during the year in comparison with the seven months’ period of operation during the pre- ceding year, according to Clyde Woolsey, manager. On the basis of volume of products handled by each of the 47 local service com- panies associated with the Illinois Farm Supply Com- pany during the past year, Tazewell Service Company held seventh place in gasoline, twelfth in kerosene, fourth in lubrication oil, and fifth in grease. Three Storage Plants The company operates three bulk storage stations, located at Pekin, Dela- van, and Richmond Crossing, with eight service trucks operating throughout the county. Further distribution is made from ten privately owned and operated filling stations located at various points in the county. The net earnings for the year on the basis of paid in capital stock represents a profit of 97.7 per cent on the invest- ment. The sum of $1,398.25 was paid in dividends on preferred stock in addi- tion to. patronage refunds totaling $15,648.25. More than $5,000 was added to the reserve fund. One farmer will receive more than $500 in patronage refunds for the year’s purchases, thirty members more than $50, 60 members more than $25, and 410 more than their annual Farm Bu- reau dues. Nearly 350 non-members bought supplies totaling $27,500 from the company, which was approximately 23 per cent of the sales. The profit on this made up most of the fund set aside as surplus. Walter Frazee is president and George Storey, secretary. Directors for 1932 are the same as they were last year. Opening Event The annual meeting of the service company was the opening event for the new Farm Bureau building at Pekin which is one of the largest and finest of its kind in the United States. It was built by the Tazewell County Farm Bureau and associated organizations to house the offices of the various com- panies and provide auditorium facilities for meetings. Farm Bureau members came in such Tazewell County Farm Bureau’s new office building houses e organization’s many activities. numbers from all corners of the county to dedicate the new structure that the assembly room and hall in the basement were crowded to capacity. The Taze- well Bureau deserves much credit for completing a venture like this.in a year such as 1931. The building will serve as the permanent office for the Farm Bureau, the Farmers’ Automobile In- surance Association, the Tazewell Ser- vice Company, and other subsidiary organizations. Woodford Pays 18% In Patronage Dividends The Woodford County Service Com- pany announced an 18 per cent patron- age dividend at the annual meeting of the Farm Bureau and Service Company on January 7, according to Manager G. G. Ludwig. Ten per cent dividend checks were distributed at the meeting and 8 per cent will be paid at a later date. The’S36 Farm Bureau members who have patronized the company will receive approximately $9,000. The non- members patronizing the company are almost twice the number of Farm Bu- reau member patrons. Refrigeration and Hard Roads Affect Dairying Mergers in Milk and Dairy Indus- try Reveal Need for Producer Organization LLINOIS dairy farmers, more com- pletely organized than most other producers, are faced with new prob- lems resulting from recent important developments affecting the industry, J. B. Countiss, director of dairy mar- keting for the I. A. A., said in. his annual report. The development of a network of hard roads, improved refrig- eration, and the tendency toward increased production of milk for the fluid market are at the bottom of some of the new problems which will have to be worked out in the near. future. A great merger is now taking place in the dairy industry, the dairy depart- ment report states. It makes possible a transfer of milk from one plant to another of the same company or from one milk shed to an- other in times of stress or disagreement. Haul Long Distances The development of hard surfaced roads and improved refrigeration makes possible the trans- portation of milk over long distances, which was not true a few years ago. The tendency toward increased produc- tion of this perishable product is also a problem confronting the farmer who undertakes dairying as a life work. Bargaining associations resisted price declines in milk during 1931 and were far more successful than most of -thé lesser organized farm commodities in maintaining a reasonable income. In downward market trends, the price of fluid milk has not fallen as fast nor as far as most other farm products. This situation created a new problem, however. It encouraged many farmers to go into milk production and their addition to the total production caused burdensome surpluses to appear near the close of the year. Much of this surplus was produced by farmers who had not had much experience in the milk busi- ness, and it is very questionable whether the milk they are producing and which is causing the disturbance on the mar- kets is being produced at a profit. This serves as an example of what happens when one industry becomes well organized and begins to benefit those who engage in that line of pro- duction. % . ie ® i y ; ee, caus ther ; in © man ° : } ? > February, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Tonnage Limestone and Phosphate Lower in 1931 Quality Material Remains High, Annual Report of J. R. Bent States ALiiuEE agricultural limestone and ground rock phosphate for ag- ricultural purposes were lower in cost in 1931, there was a substantial reduc- tion in the tonnage used during the year, J. R. Bent, director of the lime- stone-phosphate department of the IlIli- nois Agricultural Association, showed in his annual report released at the I. A. A. convention last week. “Several factors have combined to cause this,” he said. ‘Chief among them is low farm income which cut in on the phosphate and limestone de- mand during the latter half of the year when normally the greatest use is made of these commodities. “During the spring the tonnage fig- ures compared quite favorably with a similar period in 1930, but with the continual decline in farm prices, coupled with bank closings, farmers were un- able to secure funds to purchase these soil improvement materials. As a result sales could not be made by the com- panies except on a basis of extended payment dates. Drought Also Cause “Another cause in the shrinkage in tonnage, especially in the southern part of the state, is the fact that the severe drought of 1930 resulted in clover fail- ures in many fields which previously had been limed and these fields were put back into clover in 1931 instead of ad- ditional fields which normally would have been limed and used for that pur- pose. ““An estimate ‘for the state indicates that the amount of these commodities used in 1931 was about 40 per cent of the amount used in 1930. Ninety-three County Farm Bureaus, representing 97 counties, signed limestone contracts with the I. A. A. at the beginning of the year to take advantage of the dis- counts secured through the organiza- tion. “When it came time for the com- panies to submit prices for the second half of the year, the I. A. A. refused to accept them, and the final result was a general reduction throughout the state. Although there was struggle, which came near disrupting the agree- ment, all the prominent companies, ex- cept one, agreed to reduce prices and extend the agreement. But even the low prices failed to produce business. “Under conditions such as prevailed in 1931, it was natural to expect that NOTICE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION ELECTION OF DELEGATES OTICE is hereby given that in connection with the annual meetings of all County Farm Bureaus to be held during the months of February and March, 1932, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective County Farm Bureau, the members in good standing of such County Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting members of Illinois Agricultural Association shall elect a dele- gate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Agricultural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meet- ing or any special meeting of the Associa- tion, including the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Association. During February annual meetings will be held in McHenry, Will and DeKalb counties. During March annual meetings will be held in Kankakee, McDonough, Boone and Winnebago counties. Feb, 1, 1932. Signed, G. E. Merzcer, Secretary. quarry operators would become careless and indifferent in the matter of the grade of the material. It is, therefore, gratifying to be able to report that in- stead the grade has been steadily im- proved. Under pressure from the I. A. A. various companies have installed finer screens and better methods of cleaning and preparation.” Armour & Co. Packers Report $23,000,000 Loss uF Ue Sage declining meat prices in 1931 hit the packers a hard blow is in- dicated by the $23,000,000 deficit re- cently reported by Armour and Com- pany for the year just closed. The surplus of the company was cut from $43,000,000 to $20,000,000. An in- ventory loss of $22,000,000 was sus- tained. Although tonnage sales were prac- tically the same, price declines in vari- ous meat products ranging from 20 to 50 per cent reduced the gross income to about 70 per cent of the 1930 returns. Despite the poor earnings, however, the company retired $5,000,000 of funded debts, nearly $7,000,000 of pre- ferred stock of subsidiary , companies, and $2,000,000 of Illinois preferred stock without additional financing, the annual statement said. Current assets on October 31 totaled $138,616,230, while current liabilities were only $13,- 724,177. Cash on hand was $33,208,- 706, an increase of $21,305,979. “Current operating costs have been so adjusted that results for recent months have been on a more favorable Soybean Ass'n. Handles Larger Volume in 1931 Quality of Crop Excellent, Report Membership Gain Over 1930 HE volume of 1931 soybeans han- dled through the Soybean Market- ing Association showed a considerable increase over the 1930 volume, accord- ing to the annual report of Wilbur H. Coultas, manager of the association. “The quality of our 1931 crop was excellent,” said Mr. Coultas, ‘“‘and most of the carloads handled were good en- ough to grade No. 2. A few cars grad- ed No. 3 and only three cars graded sample. There were four carloads of outstanding quality which graded No. 1 and received a premium of one cent per bushel.” 229 Elevators He estimates that by the time the 1931 crop is disposed of, the association will have handled 1,500,000 bushels during the year. Last year the volume was 1,150,000 bushels. This year’s beans were handled through 229 co-op- erating elevators located in 30 counties. The members’ beans were handled and reported by the contracting elevators for an average handling charge of ap- proximately three cents a bushel. During the summer membership cam- paign, 1,118 new members were signed, bringing the total membership to 4,096. Four new counties signed a sufficient number of members to organize and elect advisory councils. ““Because there was some demand on the part of contract elevators to handle quantities of beans from non-member growers, the Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation handled a large processor’s daily bids on a brokerage basis,”’ Coultas said. “Thirty-nine carloads of non-member soybeans were handled on this account. Want to Get In “There was an increase in acreage of harvested soybeans in other corn belt states in 1931 and there has been a large number of requests on the part of grow- ers in other states to take advantage of the pooling privileges of the Soybean Marketing Association. In all probabili- ties, the board of directors and corpor- ate management will arrange to broaden out their field to take in growers from other states, looking toward the forma- tion of a central marketing association and the consequent control of a larger volume of the commodity.” basis,” said T. G. Lee, president. “It is apparent that stabilization of com- modity values and any subsequent im- provement in general business conditions should be favorably reflected in the earnings of the company.” Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1932 Country Life Ins. Co. Makes Big Gain in '31 Adds Nearly $9,000,000 to Business In Force, Doubles Assets’ “*OUNTRY Life Insurance Company 4 finished its third year with ap- proximately $44,000,000 of business in force, according to the annual report of Manager L. A. Williams given at the annual convention. This company, sponsored by the IIli- nois Agricultural Association and. the County Farm Bureaus, and owned and controlled by the 60,000 Farm Bureau members of the state, gained $9,000,000 in paid for business in 1931 to lead all Illinois companies and to place well to- ward the top among the 338 companies for actual gain in business. Low Lapse Rate . Not.only did the 1,100 agents write a good volume of business, but the lapse of policies was held down to 8.5 per cent, which is considered unusually low in a year like 1931, Mr. Williams said. A regular monthly gain in new business is shown by the report. There were two months during the year in which regu- lar business written exceeded $2,000,- 000. Dividends paid out in 1931 to policy- holders totaled approximately $46,000, a distribution made one year earlier than the guarantees in the policy. This was due partly to the low death claim figure, which was only $130,000 for the year. Assets Are Doubled The assets of the company are now well over $1,000,000, or double the as- sets a year ago. More important than this, however, is the fact that the assets are in the most liquid form possible, Mr. Williams said. Highest type bonds con- stitute the entire holdings of Country Life. : “Although the company was organ- ized at the beginning of the worst finan- cial crisis in history, the more credit is'due it for the great record made dur- ing such a time,” he said. “Fortunately, life insurance came through this finan- cial strain with flying colors, and proved that it could weather the worst of storms and maintain the highest known security for its policyholders.” Actuary’s Statement Lynn A. Glover, president of L. A. Glover & Company, actuaries for. the company, made the following statement regarding Country Life: “It is very gratifying, in reviewing the progress of Country Life through the stormy year of 1931, to see the company forging steadily forward, es- tablishing new records in growth, per- sistency of business, and establishing itself more firmly as a conservative financial institution. Deriving its sup- port entirely from the citizens of Illi- nois, it seems remarkable that in twelve months the company has doubled its assets, paid dividends to its policy- holders, increased its surplus practi- cally $100,000, and actually gained $8,500,000 to a total paid for amount of insurance outstanding of $43,768,000. “The wisdom of its ultra-conservative investment program has been justified by the fact that not one security held by the company has defaulted in inter- est or principal. Its mortality gains con- tinue to prove the wisdom and care exercised in the selection of the com- pany’s risks. “The continued confidence of the people. in Country Life, evidenced by its growth and the persistency of its business is well merited, and the man- agement is to be congratulated upon the business-like, conservative and economi- cal ‘record it has established.” Grain Co-ops. Choose Advisory Committees Ballots have been mailed by the Farm Board to approximately 3,500 co-opera- tive associations who have been asked to establish new advisory committees for wheat and coarse grains. Elections were scheduled to be held January 26 at the offices of the Farmers National Grain Corporation, Chicago. The new committees will serve for one year be- ginning February 1, 1932. The co-operatives will select seven members for each of the committees as provided in the Agricultural Marketing Act. Five will be chosen by districts and the other two who “shall be experi- enced handlers or processors of the com- modity, will be chosen at large.” Members now serving on the wheat advisory ‘committee include George S. Milnor, Chicago; Bert Lang, St. Louis; F. J. Wilmer, Rosalia, Washington; John Manley, Enid, Oklahoma; William Settle, Indianapolis; J. A. Schnitzler, Froid, Montana; and E. G. Tharp, Pro- tection, Kansas. Members of the present coarse grains advisory committee are S. J. Cotting- ton, Stanhope, Iowa; George S. Milnor, Chicago; James Murray, Chicago; Way- land Magee, Bennington, Nebraska; Earl C. Smith, Detroit, Illinois; C. E. Huff, Chicago; and L. J. Taber, Columbus, Ohio. Taking advantage of price decreases, Japan has increased importation of American raw cotton and now ranks ahead of Germany as the best market for this product. Illinois Grain Corp. Closes Year with 80 Elevators Red Top Seed Growers Exchange Gains in Membership HE Illinois Grain Corporation, a regional co-operative, closed the year 1931 with a membership of more than 80 co-operative elevators, representing an annual volume of 14,000,000. bushels of grain, Harrison Fahrnkopf, director of grain marketing for the Illinois Agri- cultural Association, said in his annual report for 1931 released on January 28 at Rockford. At the beginning of the year. there were only 32 member elevators,: han- dling 5,500,000 bushels of grain, he said. In outlining the set-up he -ex- plained that the organization requires local elevators to operate as full co-oper- atives conforming to the Capper-Vol- stead Act to be eligible for membership. Outstanding Year “In grain marketing, the year 1931 will stand out from all past years in that for the first time we have gone through a full period of 12 months with a state-wide and nation-wide machine at the service of the individual producer through his local co-operative,” Mr. Fahrnkopf said. ‘The elevators which have taken action to become members of the Illinois Grain Corporation might be considered as pioneers in the move- ment. They have given loyal support to the state regional and to the Farm- ers National Grain Corporation.” Membership Grows Mr. Fahrnkopf also told of the growth of the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange at Flora, Ill., another co-oper- ative to which he gave considerable time during the year. This organiza- tion showed a marked increase both in membership and in the quantity of red top sced handled, he said. : 953 New Members “Nine hundred and fifty new mem- ber-growers were added to the Exchange during the year,” his report stated. “The total is now 2,738 members. Although final records are not yet obtainable, the organization handled in 1931 one of the largest volumes of seed in its history. New cleaning machinery has been added to the plant and the exchange received the crop through 25 receiving points. Nine .bonded warehouses are being used to handle the red top. C. H. James became manager of the co-operative last May.” The red top seed co-operative is the only one of its kind in the world. Southern Illinois farmers grow around 90 per cent of the red top seed pro- duced in the United States. U.S. SENATOR CAPPER OF KANSAS SAYS — “The farm mortgage debt in the U..S., which bas more than doubled since 1920, can be paid off within a generation by means of life insurance. So much of the farm mort- gage debt could be protected in this way that mortgages would no longer be a menace to agriculture and the future of the soil. Business men now make a practice, of covering their in- debtedness with life insurance. It would be possible to provide for the farm mortgage debt in the same way. The farmer's mortgage: could be cancelled with nxbbe maturity of the policy? orced Sale can be revente with Life Insurance ‘*TIM would have paid for the farm if he had lived,” everyone said. 16303 £ ini - | | oe oe i eee a a boi Too bad he didn’t let life insurance finish his job. A COUNTRY LIFE policy would have cleaned up the mortgage, given his widow and children a deed to the farm. Every forced sale is a record of someone’s unfinished work. We never know what the future holds for us. “Unfinished business” de- scribes all that many men thoughtlessly leave for their loved ones as a heritage. Country Life’s mortgage insurance policy provides a definite way to keep the farm in the family, to provide for the future. If you pass on it will mean that your plans will be finished. If you live, the policy can be converted into retirement income ...a check every month to insure comfort and leisure in your declining years. Don’t delay, act now, get the facts, mail the coupon for full infor- mation. COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 608 South Dearborn Street Chicago | I am interested in Country Life’s Mortgage Retirement policy. Send me alt the | facts about the use of life insurance in paying off the mortgage on my farm. | | oS 7 MCN EE PoLOMURE IEE RY a ROE SS at Ae IE Page Sixteen Lower Assessments Save $1,500,000 in Farm Taxes Huge Losses in Farm Values Make *31 a Busy Year for County Tax Committees ARGELY as a result of the efforts of County Farm Bureau tax com- mittees, marked reductions were made in the assessed valuations of farm prop- erty during 1931, saving Illinois farm- ers approximately $1,500,000, as com- pared with what they would have paid under 1930 assessments, John C. Wat- son, director of taxation for the Illinois Agricultural Association, showed in his annual report released to delegates and members at Rockford last week. Mr. Watson estimates that farm prop- erty will pay about $6,500,000 less in all taxes on the 1931 valuations than it would have paid if assessments had remained unchanged since 1920. “Excluding Cook county, for which no information is yet available, valua- tions of lands and improvements as as- sessed for county and local purposes in 1931, decreased $268,286,585, or nearly 16 per cent,” the report states. “It is impossible to separate assessments of farm lands from assessments of lands used for other purposes, but it is certain that nearly all the decrease in valuation noted above was made in farm lands. Personal Property Lower ‘Farm personal property also reflected in its assessments the huge losses in val- ues suffered in 1930 and early 1931. Excluding Cook county, all personal property assessments decreased a total of $142,805,843, or more than 23 per cent of the assessments of such prop- erty in 1930. It may be conservatively estimated that at least 40 per cent of the total reduction was in the valua- tions of farm personal property. “There can be no doubt that taxes on farm property have been substantially reduced by decreases in the 1931 valua- tions. The effect is most clearly seen in taxes for state purposes. If the high valuations of 1920 had remained un- changed relative to other assessments, farm property would have paid about $8,951,000 in state taxes in 1931. If the 1930 valuations had remained un- changed relative to other assessments, farm property would have paid $6,634,- 000 in state taxes on 1931 assessments. With the changes in 1931 assessments, farm property will pay about $5,776,- 000 in state taxes on 1931 assessments. Tax Cut for State Purposes “The cut of $3,175,000 in taxes on the 1931 valuations as compared with the amount that would have been paid on the 1920 valuations is due entirely I, A. A. RECORD - to the adjustment in valuations. The cut of $858,000 in taxes on 1931 val- uations, as compared with the amount payable on the 1930 valuations, is due to a similar adjustment. “The effect of changes in county and local valuations in taxes charged against property could easily be computed for any taxing district in the same manner, but it is difficult to estimate the effect in all county and local taxing districts. There can be no doubt, however, that relative decreases in valuations of farm property tend to produce the same effect on taxes for county and local purposes as they do for state purposes. “On the basis of previous tests of the effect of decreases in valuations on the amount of county and local taxes charged, the I. A. A. estimates that farm property will pay a total amount of $6,500,000 less on all taxes on the 1931 valuations than would have been paid if valuations had remained the same as in 1920, and at least $1,500,000 less than it would paid if valuations had remained the same as in 1930.” Farm Equipment Men Back the Farm Board 6¢CINCE our last convention the press of the country has been flooded with propaganda hostile to the Federal Farm Board, including vicious and groundless attacks upon the board and the government. The source and the purpose of this propaganda are obvious and unmistakable. The attacks come from a limited group of speculators and middlemen who have long fattened on the proceeds of agriculture without benefit to either the producer or the consumer; and their manifest purpose is to destroy the agricultural marketing act or so to cripple it that the Amer- ican farmer will be denied government aid in regulating and distributing his products. “At the next session of congress, and perhaps thereafter, concerted and well- financed efforts will undoubtedly be made to repeal or emasculate the agri- cultural marketing act or to tie the hands of the farm board. Therefore, be it “Resolved, That we call upon all mem- bers in both houses of congress, and especially those from the agricultural states and areas, and upon the repre- sentatives of farmer organizations to make a vigorous resistance to this de- structive campaign, so that whatever amendment may be made to the agri- cultural marketing act shall be written for the benefit of agriculture, and not to its detriment and injury.” Resolution passed by National Association of Farm Equipment Manufacturers, Sen. Cuthbertson Urges February, 1932 Support of Income Tax McLean County Annual Meeting Reveals Many Farm Bureau ccomplishments in 1931 S. CUTHBERTSON, state ‘senator : from Macoupin county, speaking before 1,350 farmers at the annual din- ner of the McLean County Farm Bu- reau, January 7, commended the work of the Illinois Agricultural Association in behalf of a state income tax and urged united support of the proposed measure. The speaker said that the state con- tinues to use a taxing system that was in force back in 1850, despite tre - mendous increases in population and in the burden of taxa- tion and despite the fact that tangible property no longer represents ability to pax taxes. The McLean County Farm Bureau and its auxiliary enterprises reported the following items of co-operative business transacted in 1931: McLean Service Company The McLean County Service Com- pany had 2,500 patrons during the year. Its net profit was $61,483, and patron- age refunds were $49,613, averaging $29.85 for each of the 1,670 Farm Bu- reau member patrons. The Producers’ market had 56 mar- ket days in 1931. The average amount of sales per market day was $820.98 and the total sales for the year were $45,974.89. Hog cholera serum and virus totaling two million cubic centimeters was used by Farm Bureau members at a saving of $5,000. The cream pools at Bloomington, Chenoa and Bellflower handled 175,000 pounds of butterfat. Co-operative grain and livestock marketing also received considerable attention in the county. Life insurance business for 1931 was $452,000 bringing the total Country Life life insurance in force in the county to $1,750,000. Total automobile in- surance policies in McLean county in the Agricultural Mutual number 1,189, which is exceeded by only one county in the state. Hail insurance for 1931 was $80,530. Fire insurance was $83,553, windstorm insurance $64,150. Nineteen new employers’ liability policies were written during the year, making a total of 172 for the county. A. S. Cuthbertson ( February, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seventeen cl hic 85 Counties Given Aid on Public Utility Problems Estimate Value of Organization at Half Million Dollars or More S THE result of advice and repre- sentation in public utility matters made available in 1931 through the Farm Bureau and Illinois Agricultural Association, Illinois farmers are at least a half million dollars better off than they would have been if they had acted alone, a review of the year’s work on problems of this nature reveals. According to the annual report of the I. A. A. transportation department, eighty-five counties shared in this ser- vice which includes such matters as freight rates, train service, shipping fa- cilities, railroad station closing cases, railroad right-of-way cases, pipe lines, telephone complaints, electric transmis- sion lines, and rural electrification. Pipe line systems were in process of extension in 35 counties during. the year. Asa result of the combined efforts of. the Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus, landowners of the state received approximately $350,000 more for pipe line easements and damages in construction than the companies originally offered. In La- Salle county alone landowners received $30,000 more for the pipe line right- of-way across the county than they were originally offered. Dixon-Freeport Case Early in the year through the joint efforts of committees from Stephenson, Ogle and Lee counties and representa- tives of the I. A. A. an agreement with power officials regarding settlement for an electric transmission line right-of- way between Dixon and Freeport pro- cured for landowners $20,000 more than previously offered by the com- pany. dpe A total of 42 complaints from 31 counties on telephone rates, service, and right-of-way matters were handled by the state association. Information was given during the year in response to 104 requests for quotations of freight rates and interpretation of tariff rules on such commodities as grain, livestock, fruits, vegetables, and agricultural lime- stone. Other Service Given The I. A.A. also handled 26 cases dealing with shipping facilities, 20 cases resisting the closing of local stations, and 159 cases pertaining to right-of- way problems such as railroad fences, cutting weeds on right-of-ways, repair of farm crossings, and drainage com- plaints. Transportation service was also given to the Chicago Producers Commission Association, the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange, the Illinois Farm Supply Company, the Ilinois Fruit Growers Ex- change, the Illinois Grain Corporation, the Illinois Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation, the National Livestock Market- ing Association and National Order Buying Company, and the Soybean Mar- keting Association. In addition to this service, the I.A.A. claims department collected 832 claims against public utility companies total- ing $20,159.88. Decline in 1931 Farm Income Shown by U.S.D.A The year 1931 was reasonably pro- ductive of crops but was marked by another staggering decline in the price of farm products, says the Department of Agriculture in its January report on the agricultural situation. The decline in prices places farm products at ap- proximately 50 per cent of their 1929 value. Farm crops, although 10 per cent larger in 1930, had a gross value of $4,123,000,000 as compared with $5,- 819,000,000 in 1930. Packers. paid farmers $1,103,000,000 for 10,834,- 000,000 pounds of meat the first ten months of the year, as compared with $1,553,000,000 for 10,759,000,000 pounds in the corresponding period of 1930. The price decline during the past year shrank the value of crops nearly $1,750,000,000 and of meat nearly $500,000,000,: according to the report. A. F. B. F. Working on Legislative Program A six-point program covering the Agricultural Marketing Act, rural cred- its, the monetary problem, taxation, speculation, and Philippine independence covers the chief interests of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation in the pres- ent session of congress, according to a recent announcement by President E. A. O’Neal. President Earl C. Smith is a member of the A. F. B. F. legislative committee which met in Washington several weeks ago with representatives of the Grange and Farmers’ Union to develop plans for a joint program of agricultural legis- lation. Mr. Smith was unable to attend this meeting. Farm Bureau policies as determined at the recent national convention in Chi- cago will guide the A.F.B.F. repre- sentatives in aJl their dealings, Presj- dent O’Neal said. Co-operatives in Illinois ‘Handle Many Commodities Huge Volume of Farm Crops Now Marketed Through Farmers’ Own Agencies Cee marketing progress in all commodities was reviewed at the marketing conference held during the I. A. A. convention at Rockford on Jan. 28. Illinois farmers now have agencies for marketing milk, fruits, vegetables, live- stock, grain, soybeans, butterfat, red top seed, and other commodities. Sev- eral of these are affiliated with national marketing organizations. More than 23,000 carloads of live- stock were handled through Producers’ Commission Associations or sold direct to packers during 1931. Early in the year the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association was organized to co-ordi- nate the work of county and district marketing associations and direct the movement of livestock to the best mar- kets. The Illinois Grain Corporation, or- ganized in 1930, now has 80 member elevators as compared with 32 at the beginning of 1931.— These elevators have a combined business of 14,000,- 000 bushels of grain annually. 1,000 Cars Perishables The Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange fast year handled nearly 1,000 cars of fruits and vegetables, selling to 200 markets in 23 states and three Canadian provinces, Practically every milk market in Illi- nois is now organized and it is estimated that around 85 per cent of the fluid milk in the state is marketed through co-operatives. The Illinois Produce Marketing Asso- ciation handled more than 3,000,000 pounds of. butterfat during 1931 through its 48 member county associa- tions. The first co-operative marketing of cream was begun in 1924. The Soybean Marketing Association last year handled for members 1,500,- 000 bushels of soybeans as compared with 1,150,000 in 1930. This co-oper- ative has operated only two years. Nearly 1,000 new members were signed up by the red top seed co-opera- tive, the Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- change in 1931, increasing the member- ship to 2,738. In 1930 the volume was a little less than 700,000 pounds of fancy seed. The 1931 volume, although not yet determined, is expected to be larger than in any previous year. Ask your neighbors to join the Farm Bureau, eo re astern Page Eighteen es THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1932 Illinois Farm Supply Ranks High in '31 Sales Distribute. More Than $73,000:\in Patronage Refunds to Counties HE Illinois Farm Supply Company, co-operative purchasing agency or- ganized to help Farm Bureau members to cut their costs of producing farm crops, ranked fifth in gasoline sales and second in kerosene sales among the 874 licensed petroleum distributors in IIli- nois during 1931, it was announced by L. R. Marchant, manager, in the. con- ference of county service company managers and directors at Rockford January 27. $5,000,000 Sales More than 4,000 cars of petroleum products, or 33,000,000 gallons, were handled by the 47 farmers’ oil com- panies affiliated with the state company. This totals more than $5,000,000 in gross sales. Out of the net profits, more than $73,000 was distributed on a patronage basis among the member companies. Facilities Increased “This growth and expansion has been brought about through increased facili- ties for distribution ‘and a: general im- provement in the merchandising meth- ods of the associated companies,” Mr. Marchand said. ‘The organization be- gan the year with 36 member com- panies, operating 92 oil-bulk storage sta- tions, and 243 truck tanks. At the close of the period 47 companies were in operation with 120 bulk storage sta- tions and 351 truck tanks. Big Gains Over 1931 “Sales included 22,807,333 gallons of gasoline, 8,436,442 gallons of kero- sene, 1,059,504 gallons of distillate and fuels, 948,239 gallons of lubricating oil, and 642,785 pounds of grease. This repfesented gains of 74.8 per cent in gasoline, 57.4 per cent in kerosene and distillate, 69.49 per cent in lubricating oil, and 58.5 per cent in grease in com- parison with sales during the previous year. “The 47 companies associated with the Illinois Farm Supply Company, rep- resenting slightly more than one-twen- tieth of the co-operative oil companies in the United States, have almost one- sixth of the capital stock and -handle one-seventh of the business transacted by organizations of this type. *This financial strength of the associated com- panies is a credit to the entire co-opera- tive movement in Illinois.” The Livingston County Service Company recently declared a 17 per cent patronage divi- dend on gasoline, 14 per cent on lubricating oils, 1244 per cent on coupon books, and 10 per cent on Blue gasoline, kerosene and grease. Jersey County Supply Co. Pays 25 Per Cent Refund HE 447 Farm Bureau ae a who patronized the Jersey County Farm Supply Company: during the past year will receive in patronage dividends near- ly twice the amount the entire member- ship pays in annual dues to the County Farm Bureau. A 25 per cent patronage dividend announced January 9 together with the preferred stock dividends of 7 per cent will total $13,231.45 for the year. In less than three years this company has paid back to Farm Bureau members twice the amount originally invested in the company, the 7 per cent stock divi- dends annually, and set aside surplus and ‘reserve funds in excess of the paid in capital stock. Among the refund checks on 1931 business was one for $275, one over $200, and another $175. The 474 checks issued averaged $26.46 per Farm Bureau member, according to Manager W. O. Wilson. The company sold an average of 1,009.2 gallons of gasoline, 621 gallons of kerosene, 52.2 gallons of motor oil, and 21.3 pounds of grease per day during the year. Wabash Valley Service Co. Cuts Melon at Grayville Some-700°Farm Bureau members and their families assembled in Grayville, Wednesday, January 20, to enjoy the big melon cut by the Wabash Valley Service Company.: The announcement of the 20% pat- ronage refund by Grant Broster, presi- dent of the company, was most enthusi- astically received by those in attendance, reports L. R. Marchant. Checks totaling $6,000 wer distrib- uted at the close of the meeting and another $6,000 will be distributed at a later date. Nine hundred thirty-six Farm Bureau members in Wabash, Edwards, White, Wayne, Gallatin and Saline counties will participate in this distribution of the earnings according to J. D. Bunt- ing, manager of the company. The lar- gest check issued was $138 and the av- erage of all checks was $12.40 per member. The sales of the company were sub- stantially increased during the past year with a gain of 85% for gasoline, 56.6% for kerosene, 45.1% for lubricating oil, 49.5% for grease and 132.7% for mis- cellaneous products. Nine directors were elected from Wabash, Edwards, White and Gallatin counties. National stock yards. order was approved, and permanent in-’ junctions refused as to all the plaintiffs © Court Decision Strengthens Packer-Stock Yards Act. - Commenting on the decision ren- dered recently by the Federal Court at Danville upholding the Secretary of Agriculture in ordering livestock com- mission firms at the St. Louis stock yards to stop boycotting co-operative agencies, counsel for the Department of Agriculture said: “‘The decision rendered was one on injunction proceedings brought by the ‘old line’? commission firms operating at The secretary’s except four. The order which the court approved was issued last February and’ ~ ordered the livestock firms to cease the unfair practices charged. The order also suspended their registration for a period of 90 days. They were able to get a temporary injunction which stayed the suspension provision of the order.” This decision, according to the legal counsel’s statement, strengthened ‘the Department in the enforcement of the Packers and Stock Yards Act. The court ruled that individuals or agencies offering a public or quasi-public service who refuse to trade with anyone on a public live stock market are violating the act even though conspiracy may not be proved; that concerted action with- out agreement is a violation; and even the action of a single agency or indi- vidual in refusing to trade makes him subject to disciplinary action by the Secretary of Agriculture, who may sus- pend his right to operate on the mar- ket. Jury trial of such offenses, the court ruled, is not esseritial to the proper administration of the law. Three Essentials to Readjustment—A. B. A. Three essentials to completing the re- adjustment to the lower level of prices and income now prevailing include: (1) lower government expenditures, in- debtedness and taxes; (2) lower trans- portation costs, the largest item in which is railroad wages, and (3) lower building costs, corresponding with the drastic reductions in building materials, according to the American Bankers Association. “None of these charges is immovable and time will doubtless bring them all back into line,” states the association. “Purchasing power and prosperity never come from partial employment at’ nomi- nally high wage scales, but from full employment at ‘natural’ wages, deter- mined by supply and demand, be they high or low.” coS_» The cADd - [flinois Agricultural As Association RE CORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, IIl., to Spencer, Ind., pending. vided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925, cultural Association Record, 608 So. ‘Dearborn St., Chicago. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri- Number 3 MARCH, 1932 Volume 10 Organized Agriculture Scores Great Victory State Income Tax Bill Passes After Many Years of Effort HE organized farmers of Illinois scored their greatest victory on February 2, when as a result of their five years of continuing effort, the General Assembly of Illinois enacted into law a constructive State Income Tax bill. Companion measures were also passed, which provide and insure that all revenue derived from the In- come Tax will be used to reduce or replace taxes now levied upon and éol- lected from property. On February 22, Governor Emmer- son signed all bills having to do with this series of legislation. The legisla- tion goes into effect on July 1 next. The Illinois Agricultural Association prepared and sponsored its first Income Tax bill during the 55th General Assembly in 1927. - Its efforts at that time were largely put forth to secure attention and study on the part of all who recognized anid believed that taxes upon property were becoming un- bearable and that something must be done to secure a more equitable distribution of the cost of government. The bill passed the Senate, but it was impossible to se- cure proper attention in the House and it was dropped from the calendar during the closing days of the ses- ¢ sion. Second Effort 1929 The second effort was made during the session of 1929. Again the bill passed the Senate, but was unfa- vorably reported out by the House Revenue Committee. The House refused to con- cur in the committee report and placed the bill upon the calendar. When called up on second reading or the amendment stage, a mo- tion was made to strike the enacting clause and it prevailed by a vote of 72 to 69. The third income tax bill was intro- duced in the regular session of the Gen- eral Assembly in the spring of 1931. Its rates were much higher than those of its predecessors, thus offering an op- portunity for much greater relief to the property taxpayers than would have been afforded by the earlier proposals. It passed the Senate with five (5) votes to spare. In the House again it found rough sledding. After hurdling all ef- PTHIS issue of the I. A. A. RECORD is intended to convey to the membership brief, but authentic, information as to the voting record of members of the General Assembly, outsjde of Chicago, on the State Income Tax Bill. The main issue involved in the Income Tax fight was by and between those seeking just relief from the ever-increasing tax burden upon property of the state, and those owning intangible property and others receiving substantial incomes who were under present laws escaping and failing to bear their just portion of the cost of government. Property taxpayers owe a debt to all members of the General Assembly who voted for this legislation. The I. A. A. knows of no better way to discharge that debt than to go en masse to the polls on primary day and on election day and use the full power of the ballot in voting for those members seeking re- election who have stood by and with the property taxpayers of Illinois. Government of the people, by the people and for the people can only be restored and maintained by electing and keeping in office men and women who refuse to be stampeded by reactionary oppositionists, and who stand firmly with and for progressive and constructive legislation. a President. forts to seriously amend it and after reaching the stage of final passage, it failed by two (2) votes to secure the constitutional majority required. The regular session of the 57th Gen- eral Assembly adjourned in June of last year without enacting into law any measures directed toward permanent re- lief of the ever-increasing tax burdens upon property. Many municipalities were in dire distress for revenue, par- ticularly Chicago and Cook County. Recognizing these conditions and that something must be done, the Governor of Illinois called together 43 men who were representative of the various eco- nomic interests of the state. At that time, the Gover- nor very frankly presented the problems confronting the state and its municipal- ities, the imperative need for revenue reform and re- quested this conference of citizens to undertake the re- sponsibility for an intensive study of the problem and to bring forth suggestions for effective remedies. This conference of 43 citizens se- lected an Executive Com- mittee of Eleven to under- take the job, with instruc- tions to report back to the General Conference, if and when agreement could be reached. This committee consisted of eight (8) men from Cook County and three (3) from downstate, one of whom was the Presi- dent of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association. Recommends Income Tax The Executive Commit- tee met regularly over a period of four (4) months (Continued on next page) Page Four and made its report late in October to the General Conference. Included in this report was a recommenda- tion for a State Income Tax and the use of all revenue derived therefrom to be used in such manner as would reduce, dollar for dol- lar, taxes now levied upon and collected from prop- erty. In every particular, this proposed income tax em- bodied principles supported by the Illinois Agricultural Association in its previous efforts. When the proposals of the Governor’s Tax Con- ference were presented to the Special Session of the Illinois General Assembly, which was called by the Governor early in Novem- ber, the President of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation was selected to pre- sent that phase of the con- ference program having to do with permanent tax re- lief, and particularly to ex- plain in detail the proposed State Income Tax. The fact that he had been Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the Governor’s Tax Con- ference on “New Sources of Revenue and Permanent Tax Relief,” and the further fact that infor- mation upon which this legislation was founded had been compiled by the De- partment of Taxation and Statistics of the I. A. A. throughout several years, resulted in placing upon the Illinois Agricultural Association a large part of the responsibility for actively sponsor- ing this proposal during its considera- tion by the Special Session of the Gen- eral Assembly. Lead Fight for Bill Senator Simon E. Lantz and Repre- sentative Homer J. Tice led the fight on the floor of their respective houses. Final passage was secured, with the _ legislation in substantially the form it was presented to the General Assembly. Minor amendments were adopted in both Senate and House, which will to some degree reduce the revenue; but that part of the proposal which had to do with the use of the revenue re- mained in its original form. The Income Tax Bill provides for exemptions of $1,000, $2,500 and $300 respectively for single persons, married couples and dependents. Rates after ex- emptions are: One per cent (1%) on the first........ $1,000 Two per cent (2%) from...$1,000 to $4,000 THE I. A. A. RECORD AX IN THE HOUSE Left to right: Rep. Homer J. Tice, who led fight for bill in House; Earl C. Smith, and Senator Simon E. Lantz, sponsor of measure which bears his name. Three per cent (3%) from.. 4,000 to 9,000 Four per cent (4%) from... 9,000 to 16,000 Five per cent (5%) from....16,000 to 25,000 Six per cent (6%) on all income above 25,000 Property Tax Offset The computed income tax may be reduced by any property taxes paid in the proportion that reported income de- rived from tax-paying property bears to the total reported income. In other words, if one-half (14) of any person’s net income is derived from tax-paying property, he is permitted to reduce his computed income tax one-half (14). If his entire net income is derived from tax-paying property, there will be no tax on his income. It is also provided that any person occupying his or her own residence as a home may deduct from the computed income tax the full amount of general taxes paid on such residence property up to but not in excess of $100. Any person either not entitled to or not claiming an offset may deduct any general taxes paid on property from his gross income in computing the net income. All moneys collected under this legis- lation are to be placed in the Public JUST AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE STATE INCOME T March, 1932 School Fund of the State Treasury. Its distribution is to be made in the follow- ing manner: Replacement Feature Any moneys appropriated by the General Assembly for the State Distributive School Fund are to be taken from this newly created Public School Fund instead of be- ing levied upon the property of the state as has been done in former years. This will immediately remove from property approximately one- third (1%) of the require- ments of the state levy during recent -years. The balance remaining in the Public School Fund is to be divided between Cook County and the balance of the state in proportion to the assessed valuation of property. The down-state’s portion is to be divided among the various school districts of the state outside of Cook County in the proportion that the average annual ex- penditures by each district bear to the total average annual expenditures for the educational fund of the ele- mentary schools during the preceding four (4) years. Unless other- wise provided by special referendum of the voters of any school district, the average annual levy of the preceding four (4) years becomes the maximum amount that can be levied upon prop- erty for the educational fund of each . elementary school. One of the companion bills also pro- vides that after receiving the levy from the local school board or board of edu- cation, the County Clerk shall reduce the amount of such proposed levy by an amount equal to the sum received by such district from the Public School Fund in the preceding twelve months, During recent years, the state has been levying from ten to ten and one- half million dollars ($10,500,000) per year for the State Distributive School Fund. The local school boards and boards of education have been levying approximately eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) per year for educational purposes in the elementary schools. It is believed that this newly enacted legis- lation will provided from twenty-five (25) to thirty (30) million dollars per year in years such as 1931, and from forty to forty-five million dollars per year in years of greater prosperity. a ee @ | , - “=e” ; \ 7 an A March, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Replaces Property Taxes As this revenue is to be used in its entirety to replace taxes on property previously levied by the state and by local authorities for educational pur- poses in the elementary schools, it can be readily seen that whatever may be the amount of revenue derived from the income tax, property will be afforded relief by the same amount. The Association’s members and read- ers of its publication should not fail to recognize that to secure the passage of this legislation, tremendous opposition had to be overcome. Many of those who have been enjoying privileges and benefits of Government without con- tributing to its cost recognized imme- diately that this legislation would bring them into the tax-paying class. Mem- bers of the General Assembly were im- portuned on every hand to oppose the legislation. ‘To those members who stood up against all opposition and who overcame all obstacles obstructing its passage belongs a large share of the credit for these newly created statutes. Get Out and Vote The property tax-payers of Illinois owe these legislators a debt of gratitude and we know of no better way to dis- charge that debt than to go to the polls on primary day, and again on election day and use the full strength of the ballot to return to office those who, by their efforts and votes, made possible this first victory for the property tax- payers of this state. By so doing, think- ing property owners of Illinois will not only be repaying in part what they owe to their representatives, but will be lay- ing an effective ground work for fu- ture constructive legislation now in the making, which will bring about still greater relief to property. The time has arrived when the thinking voters of the state must lay aside party prejudices, or at least make them secondary to the economic interests of the people at large. HOW SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES VOTED ON THE INCOME TAX In the Special Session of the Fifty-Seventh General Assembly District & Counties For Against 7th District (rural and suburban Cook county and part of City of Chicago) Sen. Huebsch X Rep. Foster Rep. Ickes Rep. McGrath 8th District (Boone, Lake and McHenry) Sen. Paddock Rep. Bolger Rep. Carroll Rep. Lyons 10th District (Ogle and Winnebago) Sen. Baker Rep. Green Xx Rep. Hunter xX Rep. Nyman* 12th District (Carroll, Jo Daviess.and Stephenson) Sen. Meyers Rep. Acker Rep. Babb Rep. Franz 14th District (Kane and Kendall ) Sen. Kessinger Rep. McCarthy Rep. Peffers Rep. Petit ».4 16th District (Livingston, Marshall, Putnam and Woodford ) Sen. Lantz Rep. Bestold Rep. Fahy Rep. Turner 18th District (Peoria) Sen. Michel Rep. Crowley Rep. Jobst Rep. McClugage mx al alana! mm mr rs PS mK PS mm Ps District & Counties 20th District (Grundy, Iroquois and Kankakee) Sen. Meents Rep. Bratton X Rep. Burns ‘xX Rep. Wilson X 22nd District (Edgar and Vermilion) Sen. Bailey Rep. Breen X Rep. Edwards* Rep. Luckey X f 24th District (Champaign, Moultrie and Piatt) Sen. Dunlap X Rep. Black xX Rep. Gilmore Rep. Little xX 26th District (Ford and McLean) Sen. Bohrer Rep. Childers Rep. Johnson Rep. Kane 28th District (DeWitt, Logan and Macon) Sen. Lee Rep. Chynoweth Rep. Doyle Rep. Worth 30th District (Brown, Cass, Mason, Menard, Schuyler and Tazewell) Sen. Mills Rep. Lohmann Rep. Teel Rep. Tice 32nd District (Hancock, McDonough and Warren) Sen. Hanna Rep. Barnes Rep. Davidson Rep. Robbins For Against re rs rs PS *~ M me rs District & Counties 33rd Dist. (Henderson, Mercer and Rock Island) Sen. Carlson Rep. McCaskrin Rep. Searle Rep. Sinnett 34th District (Clark, Coles and Douglas) Sen. Hamilton Rep. Brewster Rep. Handy Rep. Lewis, J. W. 35th District (DeKalb, Lee and Whiteside) Sen. Wright Rep. Allen Rep. Collins Rep. Devine 36th District (Adams, Calhoun, Pike and Scott) Sen. Adair Rep. Bush Rep. Scarborough Rep. Sullivan* 37th District (Bureau, Henry and Stark) Sen. Gunning Rep. Jackson Rep. Rennick Rep. Wilson, R. J. 38th District (Greene, Jersey, Macoupin and Montgomery) Sen. Cuthbertson Rep. Bray Rep. Snell Rep. Whiteley 39th District (LaSalle) Sen. Mason Rep. Benson Rep. Conerton Rep. Soderstrom (Continued on next page ) For Against ~*~ rs rs mr mr mrs mK Mrmr MP * Absent on account of illness and so notified representatives of Association. Rep. Nyman made effort to be present but because of car trouble arrived too late to vote. In addition to the above, Sen. Roberts and Rep. Blackwell of Chicago voted for the Income Tax Bill, being the first two votes ever cast from Chicago for this legislation. a ee ELEC EOI OLLIE LALLA - . . « | | | 7 | Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD INCOME TAX VOTE—CONTINUED District & Counties For Against 40th District (Christian, Cumberland, Fayette and Shelby) Sen. Smith Rep. Corzine Rep. Roe Rep. Sparks 41st District (DuPage and Will) Sen. Barr Rep. Buck Rep. Hennebry X Rep. Walker 42nd District (Clay, Clin- ton, Effingham & Marion) Sen. Finn Rep. Branson Rep. Lager Rep. McMackin 43rd District (Fulton and Knox) Sen. Ewing Rep. Hawkinson Rep. McClure Rep. Mureen 44th District (Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and Washington) Sen. Wilson Rep. Davis Rep. Kribs Rep. Waller 45th District (Morgan and Sangamon) Sen. Searcy Xx Rep. Giffin X Rep. Lawler Rep. Sullivan D4 ~ rr mr Ps mrs rs ~*~ * Smith Appears Before Committees in Washington Members of the Legislative committee of the A. F. B. F., including President O’Neal, and Directors Smith of Illinois, Hearst of Iowa, Settle of Indiana, Black- burn of California, and White of New York appeared before the Senate and House Committees on Agriculture re- cently in behalf of constructive amend- ments to Agricultural Marketing Act. They urged amendment to the Act, authorizing the Farm Board to use the equalization fee, if and when needed, to control crop surpluses in the interest of orderly marketing of farm commodities, and to further provide that its use be= come mandatory, if and when two- thirds of the Advisory Council of any commodity requested it be put into ef- fect. Evidence was presented to show that the equalization fee was the only device yet suggested that could be uni- versally used for this purpose. In the interest of harmonizing differ- District & Counties For Against 46th District (Jasper, Jef- ferson, Richland, Wayne) Sen. McCauley Rep. Kuechler Rep. Parker Rep. Thompson, F. G. 47th Dist. (Bond, Madison) Sen. Monroe Rep. Malloy Rep. O’Neill _ Rep. Vaughan X 48th District (Crawford, Edwards, Gallatin, Har- din, Lawrence, Wabash and White) Sen. Miles X Rep. Lewis, F. W. X Rep. Ryan (deceased ) Rep. Thompson, J.R. X 49th District (St. Clair) Sen. Kline Rep. Borders X Rep. Holten Rep. Huschle §0th District (Alexander, Franklin, Pulaski, Union and Williamson) Sen. Felts (deceased) Rep. Browner Rep. Kimbro Rep. Wilson, A. §i1st District (Hamilton, Johnson, Massac, Pope and Saline) Sen. Thompson Rep. Porter Rep. Rew Rep. Rush ax ms XX x re Ph ences between farm spokesmen and farm organizations, they expressed a willing- ness also to have included in the amend- ment provisions, authorization for the use of the debenture if and when same seemed to be advisable and necessary. While in no way criticizing legisla- tion in the making that had for its pur- pose the further extension of credit, yet spokesmen for the American Farm Bureau Federation insisted that further credit could only operate to delay the day of reckoning or pay-day, and that what must be accomplished was to pro- vide necessary legislation to stimulate and assist in bringing price levels of farm commodities to a basis that would offer substantial profits with which to pay debts already created. The committees were urged to give immediate attention to this all impor- tant question and the farm spokesmen expressed the opinion that the present depression would continue until the basic industry of all—AGRICULTURE —could be restored to a normal and profitable basis. March, 1932 More Than 500 Attend Public Relations Meet State Legislation, Utility Problems Considered at I. A. A. Conference I a largely to interest in the state income tax bill which was pend- ing in the general assembly at that time, the Public Relations Conference was the largest of the five “open forums” held at the annual I. A. A. meeting, Rock- ford, Jan. 28. Chas Black presided. President Earl C. Smith and John C. Watson discussed this bill and the com- panion measures in detail, giving numer- ous examples of how they would relieve the property owner of a part of his tax load. They urged support of repre- | sentatives voting for the income tax meas- ‘ure. Legislation of in- terest to agriculture passed during the last regular session of the general assembly also was reviewed by Mr. Watson. He explained the provisions of the act per- mitting general taxes on real estate to be paid in two installments and com- pared it with the old law; described the act requiring state institutions to pur- chase at least 75 per cent of their fat requirements in the form of butter and lard instead of substitutes; and outlined the amendments to the motor vehicle act, one of which provides for exemp- tion from license fees of farm tractors using public highways in traveling from one field to another, the other provid- ing a different schedule of license fees for smaller trucks. Chas. S. Black Transportation and public utility problems were discussed by L. J. Qua- sey, director of transportation. The opinion of those taking part in the conference was that increases in the freight rates on livestock would curtail the movement of livestock by railroad, that reductions in the minimum weights per car would tend to encourage rail shipments of livestock, and that provi- sions should be made to take care of mixed shipments, which would still be made even if the minimum were re- duced. Members of the General Assembly who were presented to the audience in- cluded Senators Simon E. Lantz, Con- gerville; Harry S. Wright, DeKalb; Chas. Baker, Rockford, and Representa- tives: Wm. H. Jackson, Toulon and Den- nis Collins, DeKalb. Mar March, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven THESE SENATORS VOTED FOR STATE INCOME TAX — THEY DESERVE YOUR SUPPORT AT THE POLLS j } ’ ; Charles W. Baker Richard J. Barr Florence EF. Bohrer 0) Martin R. Carlson A. 8S. ‘Cuthbertson Henry M. Dunlap Clinton L. Ewing Dr. W. L. Finn Thos. R. Gunning John R. Hamilton Louis H. Hanna Arthur A. Huebsch H. C. Kessinger Simon E. Lantz Charles E. Lee ay cb | } N. M. Mason Wm. R, McCauley Richard R. Meents Joseph L. Meyers Arthur A. Miles Epler C. Mills —. @. cs James O. Monroe Ray Paddock Guy L. Smith Chas. H. Thompson Harry Wilson Harry G. Wright Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1932 THESE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR THE STATE | INCOME TAX—SUPPORT THEM AT THE POLLS j =—j |= John Acker Henry C. Allen Alfred S, Babb Roy R. Barnes Ole E. Benson William Z. Black Thomas A. Bolger Grover C. Borders R. J. Branson Luther B. Bratton { P, J. Breen John F. Brewster M. F. Browner Carroll Bush William M. Carroll Gordon Childers | : § 4> L_ Dennis J. Collins Edm. P. Conerton Roy A. Corzine Miss M. Davidson Jos. H. Davis | J. : ah | | bs John P. Devine Howard L. Doyle Michael Fahy Charlies D. Frans D. Logan Giffin Sol Handy March, 1932 THE I, A. A. RECORD Page Nine THESE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR THE STATE INCOME TAX—SUPPORT THEM AT THE POLLS H. G. Hawkinson David Hunter, Jr. Wm. H. Jackson G. J. Johnson Earl C. Kimbro Chas. J. Kribs Dr. F. W. Kuechler Roger F. Little v a M. B. Lohmann Hugh M. Luckey Charles F. Malloy F. A. McCarthy H. M. MeCaskrin John M. J. E. MceMackin E. W. Mureen Sidney Parker Frank Porter Frank W. McClure Claude L. Rew Arthur Ree Ww. V. Rush H, F. Searborough Page Ten THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1932 THESE REPRESENTATIVES VOTED FOR THE STATE INCOME TAX—SUPPORT THEM AT THE POLLS Clinton Searle T. J, Sullivan H. V. Teel Elbert Waller Robert Whitely Agricultural Legislation in the Regular Thomas P. Sinnett Alexander Wilson F. G. Thompson John R. Thompson Elmer C. Wilson Truman A. Snell R. G. Soderstrom H. D. Sparks Homer J. Tice Charles M. Turner Evan Worth Session Robert J. Wilson Of 57th General Assembly tise legislative policy of the Illinois Agricultural Association in each session of the General Assembly, except in minor emergency matters, is deter- mined by the delegates in session at the annual meeting. The major legislative projects approved at the annual meet- ing held in Springfield in January, 1931, were as follows: 1. Requirement that at least seven- ty-five (75) per cent of the fats pur- chased for food of inmates and em- ployees of all state institutions be in butter and lard instead of substitutes therefor. The Association prepared, sponsored and secured the enactment of House Bill 451 in the regular session of the 57th General Assembly for this purpose. 2. Relief of owners from liability for damages caused by livestock when the owner can show that he has used reasonable care in the confinement and restraint of such animals. The Association prepared, sponsored and secured the enactment of House Bill 410 in the regular session for this purpose. 3. Relief of farmers from liability to prosecution and suits for damages for killing stray dogs found molesting livestock upon their premises. The Association prepared, sponsored and secured the enactment of Senate Bill 761 in the regular session for this purpose. 4a. Exemption of farm tractors and farm implements and machinery drawn by tractors from the requirement of motor licenses when they use the high- ways only in moving between fields or farms in carrying on farm operations. b. Establishing a more equitable schedule of license fees on the gross weight of smaller trucks and_ their loads. The Association did not prepare leg- islation on these subjects but sought modification of one or two of the sev- eral bills already introduced- relating thereto. After various bills were com- bined into one bill and were amended in different ways, the combined House Bill 1198, introduced by the House ‘ 2 “ nal Keir lt NN a a agg mags ee Leet a yo eee 4 _— a _— — « oa s J = 7 » . - ye " March, 1932 Committee on Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation, was passed late in the regular session, ‘This Act would be improved by the passage of an amending bill, Senate Bill 135, as amended, now pending in the first spe- cial session of the General Assembly, which divides trucks of between 8,000 and 12,000 pounds of gross weight (including weight of vehicle and maxi- mum load) into two classes. The lighter trucks of 8,000 to 10,000 pounds of gross weight under this bill would pay a license fee of $24 instead of $35, and trucks of 10,000 to 12,000 pounds of gross weight would pay $35 as at present required of the entire class. §. Appropriations to provide Boys’ and Girls’ 4-H Clubs with adequate, commodious and permanent quarters at the Illinois State Fair. The require- ments of 4-H boys and girls at the State Fair were taken up with the proper authorities at Springfield. There was urgent pressure for substantial gppro- priations by the state to erect a suit- able structure for the coming Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago in 1933. On the other hand, there was need of economy. It was, therefore, definitely agreed with responsible off- cials that all structural steel for a State building at the Exposition would be purchased with the understanding that after the close of the Exposition, such structural steel as would be necessary would immediately be removed to the State Fair Grounds and used for the erection of adequate and permanent quarters for the Boys’ and Girls’ 4-H Clubs. 6. State Income Tax. The result of the I. A. A.’s many years’ efforts to enact income tax legis- lation is discussed elsewhere in this issue. The Association also prepared, spon- sored and secured the enactment of House Bill 467 amending the Agricul- tural Co-Operative Act of 1923 in sev- eral sections in such ways as experi- ence has shown necessary, in order that the Act may fully meet the needs of really co-operative farm enterprises. Legislation Opposed The annual meeting of January, 1931, also directed the Illinois Agricul- tural Association to oppose any regula- tion requiring vaccination by a licensed veterinarian before swine could be ex- hibited at-any county fair or the State Fair; to oppose legislation proposing to substitute, for purposes of administra- tion and revenue, a single school district in each county in place of all elementary and high school districts therein, until such time as local highways are suffi- ciently improved to make it possible at all times for children to be conveyed THE I. A. A. RECORD \y to central or consolidated schools and until the revenues for supporting the public schools are at least in part col- lected by a system of taxation levied upon ability to pay rather than by a system of taxation levied wholly upon property; to oppose the diversion of any portion of gasoline tax funds to cities, towns and villages, but to favor amend- ment of the Act relating to hard roads through or within cities, towns and villages in such a way as to authorize and direct the State Highway Depart- ment to maintain and when necessary to reconstruct such hard surfaced roads on streets or roads within cities, towns and villages as have previously been desig- nated as state highways; and to author- ize and direct careful study of the op- eration and effect of a Drivers License Law and to withhold support therefrom until further directed. The first two named measures were successfully defeated, the diversion of the gasoline tax funds was defeated, but extension of the use of such funds was provided in the manner favored by the Association, and a Drivers’ License Law in the State of Illinois is still in the stage of discussion and study. Unemployment Relief Bills MAX* inquiries have reached the offices of the Association relative to the effect the unemployment relief bills will have upon down-state coun- ties and also requesting information as to the attitude assumed by members of the General Assembly representing dif- ferent sections of the state. There was introduced in the third Special Session bills covering sugges- tions and requests of a Chicago Com- mittee to provide immediate funds for use in meeting what was said to be a great emergency existing in Chicago and other metropolitan centers. The evidence presented to the Gen- eral Assembly disclosed a very serious situation in Chicago, due to the tremen- dous volume of unemployment and the necessity for funds to provide food for the hundreds of thousands of unem- ployed. Chicago Funds Exhausted It appeared that ten million dollars ($10,000,000) had been raised by pri- vate subscription in the City of Chi- cago to meet the situation up to Febru- ary 1, that those funds were practically exhausted, and that immediate assistance was necessary.’ Evidence presented also disclosed the fact that bonds of the City of Chicago or of Cook County could not be sold due to the critical revenue situation prevailing in that county as a result of deferred tax pay- ments which were tied up in the courts. There were five bills enacted into law in the shortest possible space of time, Page Eleven which in effect, provide: (1) the cre- ation of a state emergency relief com- mission; (2) a tax of twenty-five mil- lion dollars ($25,000,000) upon prop- erty in the 1932 levy for relief of resi- dents destitute because of unemploy- ment or otherwise; and for the issue of state anticipation warrants against such tax; (3) for appropriations necessary for the purpose of the bills; (4) for submission of a bond issue of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) by the state in the general election in Novem- ber, 1932—such bonds to be used to retire the anticipation warrants issued; and (5) payment of the interest and principal of such bonds by such coun- ties as use state funds for unemploy- ment relief, payment to be made out of the gasoline tax funds allotted to such counties under the Motor Fuel Law. Pledge State’s Credit There was very evident resentment on the part of down-state representa- tives at what was called “unwarranted delay” in bringing this matter to the attention of the General Assembly if the need was so urgent and also at some of the alarmist statements used in bringing pressure to bear on down-state members for the support of these bills. In effect, the series of bills pledges the credit of the State of Illinois and involves the possibility of a state tax on property for emergency relief. This tax on property can be avoided if a ma- jority of those voting for the members of the General Assembly next Novem- ber vote for the proposed issue of bonds. If this bond issue is approved, part of the gasoline tax funds will be diverted from the state aid roads in every coun- ty using the state funds so provided for relief, and in that manner retire the bonds. Such counties as do not use such funds for unemployment relief will not be affected, if the proposed bond issue is approved. Representatives of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association neither supported nor opposed the unemployment relief bills. In their opinion, the situation was not only so difficult but involved so many angles of public interest, particu- larly the humanitarian side of the ques- tion that sufficient evidence was not available to justify taking a definite stand. Support Bond Issue It was reported that the Illinois Bankers Association, the Illinois Cham- ber of Commerce, the Illinois Manufac- turers Association, the Illinois Federa- tion of Labor, the Chicago press and much of the down-state press had agreed to actively support the bond is- sue when submitted to the people next fall and it was recognized that with (Continued on page 12) Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD March, 1932 the passage of the bond issue, all coun- ties not calling for funds under the legislation would not be affected in any way. The Illinois Agricultural Association believes that, regardless of whether downstate members of the General As- sembly voted for or against these bills, their interest in agriculture should not be challenged. The Association urges all down-state citizens and particularly its members to actively support the proposed bond issue in the election next November. Amend Grain Storage and Chattel Mortgage Acts The Association prepared, sponsored and secured the enactment of House Bill 7 in the special sessions of the 57th General Assembly which repeals section 16 of the Grain Storage Act, so that insurance policies on grain stored on the farm can be made in favor. of any per- son or bank lending money on such grain instead of in favor of the State Department of Agriculture. The Association also prepared, spon- sored and secured the enactment of House Bill 198, amending the Chattel Mortgage Act, so that notes secured by chattel mortgages on livestock are ne- gotiable instruments, thus permitting legal loans to be made on such security. Marketing Farm Products, Subject I. A. A. Conference Geo. Jewett of Chicago, Chief Speaker, Tells Why Many Op- pose Farmer Co-Operation O-OPERATIVE marketing of grain, soybeans, livestock, fruit, vegeta- bles, produce, milk, and other farm products was discussed at the market- ing conference held at Rockford in con- nection with the an- nual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association. George C. Jewett, Chicago banker, speaking before the conference, de- nounced enemies of co-operative market- ing, charging that selfish reasons moti- vated their attacks. He urged farmers to give more serious consideration to the marketing of their products. “The big problem before you,” he said, “is better distribution of that which you raise. You have ‘largely solved the question of production, but you have not solved the question of Sam Sorrells AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU BASEBALL LEAGUE, ROCKFORD, JAN. 27, 1932. - distribution. Organization is the only way; co-operative marketing is the way it is going to be done.” Harrison Fahrnkopf said the great need in grain marketing at present is to take the program to the individual pro- ducer, cited the impossibility in many sections of getting the co-operation of grain handlers. He reported that the Illinois Grain Corporation, which a year ago had a deficit, has entirely liquidated that indebtedness and expects to begin returning profits to stockholders in the near future. Promotion of greater consumption of soybean products by Illinois farmers is necessary to improve the soybean situa- tion, according to Wilbur H. Coultas. Considerable work has been done along this line in connection with the Uni- versity of Illinois and processors co- operating with the Soybean Association, he said. J. B. Countiss said that more than 33,000 farmers are members of the va- rious dairy marketing organizations of the state. Although this is already the most thoroughly organized field in the state, membership showed a gain during the past year. All Products Represented Co-operative marketing of livestock last year was a major project in more than 80 Farm Bureaus in the state, ac- cording to Ray E. Miller. Organiza- tion work in developing the state mar- keting association took a great part of the department’s time. A. B. Leeper, describing the purpose and set-up of the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, emphasized the need for better correlation of the move- ment of fruit and vegetables into the consuming centers so as to avoid alter- nate periods of over-supply and scarcity. F. A. Gougler outlined a program for increasing butterfat volume, urging that counties that do not now have produce marketing associations immedi- ately take steps to provide this type of service. Samuel Sorrells, chairman of 200 Attend Farm Women's Conference at Rockford HAT Illinois farm women have seri- ously attacked the problem of ad- justing the home to present economic conditions and that they are assisting the men in the solution of their prob- lems, was shown at the state-wide women’s conference held in connection with the annual meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association at Rockford. Nearly 200 women took part in the conference, which had as its central theme “‘Meeting Present Economic Con- ditions in the Rural Home and Com- munity.” Mrs. Henry J. Mies of Pon- tiac, president:of the Illinois Home Bu- reau Federation, presided. Mrs. A. R. Wright of Marshall coun- ty covered the subject from the angle of food production, stressing especially the value of the long row garden; Mrs. Maude Watson, home adviser of Ste- phenson county, discussed wise food se- lection for the best nutritive values. A subject especially appropriate at the present time, ‘‘Feeding the Needy,” was discussed by Mrs. Edna Herbert of Livingston county. She showed that in many counties farm women were co- operating with relief agencies to ad- minister aid. Mrs. William Riegel of Champaign county stressed the impor- tance of play in times when people are engaged in serious work and_ serious thought. She outlined the possibilities of recreation through community meet- ings of the Farm and Home Bureaus. Within the past few years Illinois farm women have become aware of the new responsibility of voting and ac- cepted it as a part of their duty. Feel- ing that women should be interested in the tax situation, Mrs. Burl Hornbeek of Scott county discussed the income tax bill, at that time before the general assembly. the marketing committee, presided at the conference which was attended by 350 to 500 people. March, 1932 Help Restore Confidence, lroquois Editor's Plea Watseka Citizens Hold Mass Meet- ing and Solve Bank Problem PLEA to organized farmers to help restore confidence in down- state Illinois communities featured the address of C. W. Hinton, co-editor of the Iroquois County Times, Watseka, who spoke at the Or- ganization - Publicity Conference at Rock- ford, January 28. C. E. Bamborough pre- sided at the meeting which drew more than 300 people. Hinton gave a striking illustration C. E. Bamborough of the value and power of organized effort in meeting a local crisis. “At 9:30 A. M. one morning,” he said, ‘‘the last of our banks in Watseka closed. It meant that our city was to be seriously in- convenienced. The citizens got busy. By 11 o'clock a mass meeting had _ been called. The bank officials and directors laid all their cards on the table face up. The people of the communi- ty were shown the financial conditiom of the bank; that it was solvent, but that un- usual heavy withdrawals had made it impossible to take care of all depositors. Special Edition of Paper “A plan was worked out, the citizens agreed to de- posit all their money beyond immediate needs. Early in the afternoon a special edi- tion of the local newspaper gave the details of the plan and announced that the bank was open again for business. As a result con- fidence in that bank and the community was restored and we are doing business again on a normal basis. “The same plan we used in Watseka has been followed in several other towns in Iroquois county. Confi- dence was established through organized effort and information. “I would like to leave this slogan with you,” said Mr. Hinton in closing: “*°32 is up to you.’ I believe in that slogan. I believe that the new year will be just what we make it.” The title of Mr. Hinton’s interesting THE I. A. A. RECORD address was, “As a Newspaper Editor Sees the Farm Bureau.” He gave val- uable pointers on news writing of Farm Bureau stories, told what constructive work the Farm Bureau was doing in Iroquois county. Martindale Speaks H. D. Martindale, director of or- ganization for the A. F. B. F., who fol- lowed Mr. Hinton, said: ‘“The I. A. A. is leading the way in organized agri- culture. It is setting an example for all others to follow. You have a well financed organization. That is the se- cret of your strength.” Reviewing his experiences in Indiana and in other states, he said: ‘‘In one In- diana county they had between 1,000 and 1,100 members on a $10 member- ship fee. Then someone got the bright idea that they could get twice as many members if they would lower the fee to $5. What was the result? Not only did they fail to gain in membership, but the membership fell to around 500. Farmers of that county felt that an REINFORCEMENTS OMNGMENONGEYLAY Iflinois Agricultural Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, IIL Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, IIl., vided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, eathorinad Oct. 27, 1925. cultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. to Spencer, Ind., pend ing.’ Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri- Number 4 APRIL, 1932 Volume 10 Farm Bureau Leaders Adopt Policies 450 to 500 County Presidents, Directors and Advisers Meet with I. A. A. tick the government take the $100,- 000,000 allotted to agriculture by the Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion and use it to get rid of crop sur- pluses now depressing farm prices. Loaning this money to buy farm seeds, feeds, fertilizers, spray materials, etc., will only result in more production to aggravate the surplus problem. And the extension of further credit will only drive farmers deeper into the mire of debt. Such was the sentiment expressed and later adopted at a closed meeting of 450-500 Farm Bureau presidents, secretaries, directors, advisers, and I. A. A. officers, directors, and staff held March 25 in the Orlando Hotel, De- catur. The government must stop subsidiz- ing more farm production, cut out its reclamation work, and confine its as- sistance to helping farmers build a more satisfactory mar- keting system in which every pro- ducer shares his part of the cost. This summarizes the opinion ex- pressed by a num- ber of speakers from the floor and platform. It was reported that limitations surrounding the loaning of R. F. C. money to farmers greatly weakened the eine if any, from such aid. The borrower is limited to a maximum of $400 per farm and must give a prior lien on the grow- Left to right: Front row—J, president ; W. Kirkton, McLean; J. Harvey J. Sconce, Vermilion, president; Representatives at Decatur ing crop as security. Such loans may not be used for taxes and hired help. Loans are limited to $15 per work ani- mal. The borrower will be virtually barred from securing credit from pri- vate sources since his entire crop would be mortgaged. Possibilities of relief through the for- mation of agricultural credit corpora- tions were viewed with more or less in- difference when advantages and disad- vantages of such organizations were weighed. It was pointed out first that stock in such corporations must be sold, and $1 in cash deposited for every $4 of stock subscribed for; that farmers would be forced to pay 7% interest on loans; that the credit corporation could not safely count on loaning more than six times its capital stock and if such corporation were capitalized at $25,000, only about $2,250 annually would be available to pay a manager, stenogra- BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF I. A. A., 1919 Back row—I. F. Gillmor, Mercer County; C. V. Gregory, DuPage county; John P. Stout, Sangamon; D. O. Thompson, secretary; Howard Leonard, Woodford, treasurer; J. W. Morgan, ‘Henry; Henry T. Marshall, LaSalle; A.A. Hill, Macon; G. Cc. Johnstone, McLean. R. Fulkerson, Jersey; J. J. W. Thier, LaSalle; Z. Mz. and John Gummersheimer, Monroe. W. Robinson, Edgar; Holmes, pher, office and other expenses even if no losses were sustained. The following explanation may be helpful. Funds for making loans through credit corporations are obtained by the latter from Intermediate Credit Banks. Debentures floated by such banks have been selling to yield 412% interest. The Intermediate Credit Bank ‘must have 1% to pay its overhead. Thus when the local credit corporation gets the money it costs 514%, and if the farmer borrower is charged 7%, the local credit corporation receives a spread of 114%. Six times $25,000 (the capital subscribed) is $150,000 and 114% of $150,000 is $2,250. Where larger agricultural credit cor- porations can be organized, the stock sold, a substantial volume of good loans made, and able management secured it was believed that such _ institutions might be of service in communities where private cred- it sources are no longer available. It was agreed that the policy of the I. A. A. in offering legal aid and informa- tion, but not urg- ing the organiza- tion of credit cor- porations, was sound, Following a dis- cussion of agricul- tural legislation now pending at Washington, by President Earl C. Smith, the meeting went on_ record unanimously call- ing on Congress to strengthen the Ag- Peoria, vice- ricultural Market- > Page Four. THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 ing Act by the adoption of the equalization fee and such other amendments as may be offered by friends of the measure to make it more effective. Also that Congress restore to the revolving fund an amount equal to the value of any commodity taken from the Farm Board for charitable and- other uses. The audience cheered the reported statement of Chairman James C. Stone that he would welcome a congressional investigation of the Farm Board providing a similar investigation was made of the grain, livestock, and produce exchanges and their members, and that a full and impartial report be made at the same time of both. Clifford V. Gregory, editor of Prairie Farmer, pointed out some of the things that might be done to improve our national credit machinery. He gave a clean-cut analysis of the international economic situation before and following the war, and how the growth of European debts and poverty had destroyed the American farm- ers’ foreign markets. “The people in this coun- try cannot eat all we can raise,” he said, “even in normal times. We must either find new for- eign outlets for our surplus food products or else reduce our production.” Mr. Gregory expressed the belief that the de- pression had continued two years because the farmer financed it by supplying cheap food. Without cheap food we either would have had a revolution or else drastic measures would long ago have been adopted by the government to end it, he said. He called on all Illinois farmers to vote for members of the legislature seeking re-election who had voted for the state incorhe tax. “This is very important. If you as farmers are to have proper influence and retain the prestige you have gained at Springfield,” he continued, “make every effort to see that these men and women are returned to office.” Gregory paid his respects to the “traitors to agriculture.” ‘We don’t blame the middle- men for fighting for their interests,” said Gregory. “We would do the same thing. But I do blame those farmers and ex-farmers who, posing as friends and representatives of agri- culture, are betraying their neighbors. They are traitors to the cause.” “Get out and vote on primary day and on election day,” President Smith urged. ‘Farmers are fast becoming a minority as a group and to get a square deal we must stand together on matters affecting the welfare of agriculture. “The I. A. A. does not endorse candidates for political office,” he continued. “It does not enter into partisan politics. Its policy is to give full information on candidates for the legis- lature and congress and urge support of those whose records justify farmers’ votes.” It was moved, seconded, and unanimously carried that this policy of the Association be continued. : In reviewing the history of the fight for legis- lation to make the tariff effective on farm prod- ucts, it was stated that the very people from business and industrial groups of the country who strongly advocated the Agricultural Mar- keting Act are now attempting to crucify it. Someone asked for information about the so- called ‘‘Federation of American Business,” an anti-co-operative propaganda organization. A list of the directors giving their connections was read, The list revealed that nearly all the directors are either engaged in handling farm- ers’ products on a commission basis or are closely affiliated as employees and associates of middlemen. Secretary George Metzger reported that an advisory committee of five had been established to assist the Sanitary Milk Producers in their struggle at St. Louis. Illinois and Missouri farm and co-operative organizations are represented on this committee. It was reported that the Pevely Dairy Co. had dropped from first to second place as a milk distributor on that mar- ket, had lost approximately 54 wagon routes since last September. Financial assistance is being given the Milk Producers in their efforts to get their story before the consumers of St. Louis. “I have faith in the agricultural leadership of Illinois represented here in this room,” J. C. Spitler, state leader of farm advisers, said in a brief address at the close of the program. “The Farm Bureau is doing great things for agriculture but its greatest accomplishment is that it has developed and is developing think- ing farmers.” In the morning session membership main- tenance and collections policies were outlined by George Metzger, and Treasurer R. A. Cowles. A Farm-Minded Editor OWE V. MORGAN, editor of the Sparta News-Plaindealer, is a firm believer in the value of organization for farmers. He is a member of the Randolph County Farm Bureau and a stockholder in the Randolph County Service Company and the Illinois Agricultural Holding Company. Mr. Morgan’s interest in agriculture comes naturally, since he was reared on a farm and knows what it is like to follow the plow and milk cows each night and morn- ing. He has always used his editorial columns to help fight the battles of the farm- ers, believing, he says, that the welfare of the town and its business _ institutions are dependent upon the welfare of the farmer. H. V. Morgan In a recent editorial he said: ‘Randolph county farmers have learned that the in- dividual farmer stands alone. As long as he operates as .an individual, he will be forced to accept what the stock buyer, the grain buyer and the milk buyer choose to give him for his surplus products. He is at their mercy. Likewise, he is at the mercy of those from whom he buys his seed, his implements and his other necessities. “Acting as a body, the members of the Farm Bureau command the attention of the big buyers and the big dealer and procure the best terms on the market. This is true in buying as well as in selling. Thousands of dollars have been saved local farmers on their purchases of fertilizers, seed and other products through the Farm Bureau.” Mr. Morgan is a member of the Southern Illinois Editorial Association, the Illinois Press Association, and the National Editorial | Association. He was president of the Illinois Préss Association in 1930-31 and is now a member of the executive committee. He is also an honorary member of Sigma Delta Chi, national journalistic fraternity. His paper is one of Illinois’ outstanding weeklies and won first prize for its interest and at- tractiveness in a recent newspaper contest. * Farm Bureau members can get fire insurance at low rates compared with rates of old line companies in the Farm- ers Mutual Reinsurance Company. This company was organized in 1924 by the I. A. A. and a number of local fire mutuals to give farmers this service at a saving. Lower Minimum Weight Requirements on Livestock Livestock producers in northern and western Illinois can now ship their live- stock by rail in lots as small as one- third of a regular carload as a result of a decision of railroads in that area to lower the minimum weight require- ments. The area affected by this ruling in- cludes more than 30 Illinois counties in which more than 50 per cent of the state’s livestock is produced. The chief significance of the decision lies in the . fact that it offers additional facilities to shippers who are unable to obtain full carloads. The new minimum for all kinds of livestock is 6,000 pounds as compared with 22,000 pounds, the former mini- mum. These light carloads have spe- cial rates, although they do not go as low as regular cars. A 6,000 pound car is figured at 150 per cent of the regular carlot rate. Special rates range from 150 per cent down to 120 per cent, depending upon the weight of the load. The purpose of the lower minimum weight requirement is to encourage rail shipment of livestock. These rates ap- ply on single line traffic for a distance of 500 miles, which includes Illinois, and parts of Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Base and Surplus Plan for Selling Milk Milk is usually sold to distributors: or dealers by co-operative marketing asso- ciations on a classified or “use”’ basis. The dealers pay the association mem- bers one price for milk used as fluid purposes (commonly called base price) and a different price for milk used in manufacturing purposes, or pay accord- ing to the use of which they make of the milk. If the dealers reduce the retail price of a quart of milk two cents, or 93c per 100 pounds, it would not be fair to reduce the farmer’s price one-half or 46'4c per 100 pounds on all milk sold because only a relatively small percent- age of milk sold to the dealers is mar- keted in quart bottles. Price changes should depend upon the whole market; including that sold for retail and whole- sale trade, and for manufacturing pur- poses. The Cook County Farm Bureau re- cently held a meeting of fruit and vege- table growers, looking toward the de- velopment of some marketing plan to assist the producers of these commodi- ties in the Chicago area. April, | Lk J. W. grower 1,513, The vested ket fo meal, process early i vance per cer at that tion m The worked essors storage bean c sold th only 15 now it recent 1 The has hac the op After | process opened handle mission go just the ma bidding nitely f per bu: 15, 19: Your in anot Manage bers. EF tion cl shels o the firs the exp 4 April, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Facts About Soybean Marketing Association at Decatur Reveals Details of 1931 Crop Sales Annual Meeting of Growers’ OW the organized soybean grow- H ers of Illinois handled 60 per cent of the 1931 commercial crop produced in the state largely on a profit-sharing _ basis with the larger processors, was re- -vealed at the annual meeting of the Soy- bean Marketing As- 1 sociation in Decatur 1} March 10. President John W. Armstrong | presided. | Organized only | two years ago, the Association now has J. W. Armstrong 2 membership of more than 4,000 growers. Up to March 1 it had handled 1,513,150 bushels of soybeans. The 1931 soybean crop was har- vested in the face of a demoralized mar- ket for soybean oil and soybean oil meal, the two principal products in processing soybeans. The association early in the fall made a substantial ad- vance to members of approximately 90 per cent of the country selling price at that time. Subsequently the associa- tion made an additional advance. The profit-sharing agreement was worked out with the co-operating proc- essors by which the latter financed the storage and advance on the 1931 soy- bean crop. Many non-members who sold their beans early last fall realized only 19 to 20 cents net. They are not now in a position to profit by the recent upturn in prices. Raised Market Level The Soybean Marketing Association has had a decided influence in raising the open market level on soybeans. After a conference with co-operating processors last fall, the Association opened up a brokerage department to handle these processors’ bids on a com- mission basis. The processors agreed to go just as far as possible in advancing the market price. As a result of these bidding operations, the Association defi- nitely forced the market up to 40 cents per bushel between Oct. 20 and Nov. 15, 1931. Your organization was instrumental in another way to help bolster markets, Manager W. H. Coultas told the mem- bers. Early in November the Associa- tion closed a deal to export 50,000 bu- shels of soybeans to Germany, being the first handler of soybeans to enter the exporting field. The exported beans brought a higher price than those mar- keted at home because shipments from Manchuria practically dried up when China and Japan went to war. More recently an additional 150,000 bu. were sold to a foreign buyer at a very satis- factory price which will enhance the members’ final returns for pooled beans. Smith Reviews Facts Further details of the soybean mar- keting association’s operations in han- dling the 1931 crop were disclosed by Earl C. Smith, president of the manage- ment board, the last speaker on the aft- ernoon program. He went back to the beginning of the soybean association and quoted H. G. Atwood, chairman of the board of Allied Mills, who raised the question when the subject of a con- tract between the association and the processors was considered: “‘Will farm- ers stick together and live up to a con- tract? That is the only question. Will they stick if losses are incurred, or only when everything goes smoothly and the price is high?” “J am glad to say to you today,” continued Smith, “that the soybean growers have stuck together. The or- ganization is larger by more than a thousand members than it was a year ago. More beans were delivered this year than last. This fact is a great tribute to the co-operative spirit ex- isting among the farmers of Illinois. “Co-operative marketing can’t sell all of the commodity at the highest price. I want to say emphatically that your association returned to its members more money for the 1930 crop than the average received by non-members during the year. And I will say now that unless the market for soybean oil and soybean meal goes much lower the average settlement to members for the 1931 crop will be larger than that av- erage received by all non-members for their beans. — Rumors Only ‘When we began negotiating for the sale of the 1931 crop last fall there were rumors of a 35 cent per bu. price being offered by one processor. We ran this down and later learned from the individual who had spread the report that he was not authorized to offer 35 cents a bushel, but that 25 cents was as much as hjs\company could pay. With that and much other information we contracted with two processors for a 30-cent per bu. minimum price and entered an agreement that if the price went up we would profit to the extent of 50 per cent of the increased returns from the sale of soybean oil meal and soybean oil. “The market went to 22 to 24 cents per bu. less the elevator handling charge which in the soybean territory averaged around 3.5 cents. As a result non- member growers who sold their beans at that time got from 19 to 20 cents a bu. But our processors stood by their contract in spite of the fact that the non-co-operating processors were buy- ing beans from non-members for con- siderably less. Over in Indiana where the growers are not organized, beans sold for three to four cents less than in Illinois. And when the Indiana growers got wise to the true condition they sent a delegation to our office and begged us to allow them to get in on our con- tract. This we could not do because the outlet did not justify such action. Why the Price Jumped “You may wonder why the price later jumped to 38 cents per bu. We got word from an exporter at New York that Germany was interested in buying soybeans. Through an exchange of telegrams we learned that we could sell 50,000 bu. to net Illinois growers 38 cents at the country elevator. This was the first export sale on record. Your organization, because it had a large quantity available ready to sell, was enabled to take advantage of this situation. We recently completed a second sale of beans to Germany of more than 150,000 bu. to net a trifle over the country point price in Illinois today. “People who are opposed to co-opera- tive marketing for selfish reasons always like to tell about the high price some- one sold for. But they never mention the low price that the majority of non- members got for their crop. What we get for the rest of our beans in storage will depend upon the price of meal and oil between now and the time the last of our holdings are sold. On exported beans we are getting 75 per cent of the profits above the guaranteed mini- mum. The processors get the rest. “Some of our enemies are charging that the Soybeax Association fixed the price of beans at 20 cents a bu. when the advance was finally determined. I know that before our advance price was announced non-members were net+ ting 19 to 20 cents per bu. for beans Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 Y at country elevators. Some processors are re- sponding and dealing with co-operatives, and * others are not. By holding our forces intact and making a saving on procurement costs, I believe eventually the others will do business with us.” Use Soybean Oilmeal Mr. Smith urged that Illinois farmers use soybean oil meal rather than other concentrates in supplementing grains fed to livestock. “Why don’t we use our own home-grown feed,” he said, “instead of paying freight for shipping in cotton seed meal, linseed meal, and other im- ported concentrates? Let’s help ourselves and use what we have.” He quoted Harold C. Vial who operates a large dairy herd in DuPage county, who has found soybean oil meal supe- rior to any other concentrate for milk pro- duction. At the conclusion of Mr. Smith’s talk Frank J. Goodwine, soybean grower of Warren county, Indiana, who attended the meeting, arose and said: “I wish we Indiana farmers could get into your association. You got a better deal than we had. This is a better proposition than I ever thought farmers could get.” The meeting attended by 350 to 400 growers went on record by a unanimous rising vote giving their complete approval to the principles followed in the sale of the 1931 crop by the management, Dr. Burlison Speaks Dr. W. L. Burlison, chief. of the Agronomy Department, College of Agriculture, Urbana, gave a highly interesting illustrated talk on the development of soybean production in America during the past 15 years. He discussed imports and exports of soybeans and soybean products as well as other vegetable oils, the domestic pro- duction of cotton seed, linseed, peanut, and corn oils, and the uses now being made of soy- bean oil in commercial products. “Since 1922 the soybean acreage in Illinois has increased five-fold,” he said. ‘‘Illinois leads all states in production, but there have been great increases also in other states. The poten- tial production of soybeans in Illinois since 1922 based on acreage in this crop has jumped from 4,250,000 bushels to more than 11,000,000 bushels.” Imports of soybean oil, he showed, greatly decreased during the past decade. The same is true of soybean cake and the whole beans. The biggest drop came since 1929 when the new and higher tariff became effective. “There are great possibilities in the further use of soybean oil,” he said. “Soybean oil com- prises only a small percentage of the total volume of vegetable oil produced in America.” In 1929, Dr. Burlison showed, approximate- ly 56 per cent of the soybean acreage in the U. S. was devoted to hay, 16 per cent grazed, and 28 per cent were harvested for beans. Of the 28 per cent, 9 per cent went for seed and 12 per cent for feed, the balance for com- mercial asd other uses. Dr. Burlison’s slide pictures, showing the re- sults of using soybean oil paints at the Uni- versity of Illinois, excited much interest. Tests were made of paints using 100 per cent soybean oil down to a comparatively small percentage of soybean oil mixed with linseed oil. He said that the soybean oil paint is standing up very well in nearly every case, and that many who have examined the results prefer paints contain- ing soybean oil because of their luster. D. W. McMillen’s Address D. W. McMillen, president of Allied Mills, discussed soybean market conditions during the past year. “If we had known six months ago that a war between China and Japan would bring about a substantial demand for soybeans abroad we would have shipped most of our supply to New Orleans for export,” he said. “But without that knowledge large quantities of beans were processed here where the market for soybean products was so low as to bring about a low price for the beans. “Processing soybeans has been no more profit- able than growing them,” he continued. ‘We are not counting on making any money on processing this year. We are attempting to build good will and to avoid losing too much money. “When representatives' came to us last fall the market was so poor that we said 30 cents a bushel looks like all we can pay. We hated to even offer so low a price. But other com- panies at that time offered only 25 cents a bushel. When we found the other companies were offering only 25 cents we thought we could pay the same, but your representatives held us to the 30 cents offered. We agreed to split the profits, if any, from the sale of oil and meal after being allowed the cost of pro- cessing.” Absorbs the Shock “Think back a few months to the beginning of the harvesting of the 1931 crop and what the condition of the soybean market was at that time,” President Armstrong said in_ his annual address, “Then picture in your mind what would have been added to the distressed condition had there been no co-operative to absorb the shock of the 1,500,000 bushels of soybeans dumped on the 20-cent per bushel market then in existence. You will be told in the various reports today what was done and what caused the soybean market to rise from 20 cents to 3§ cents per bushel and more. You will also realize that none of these things could have been accomplished by growers acting indi- vidually.. Some members have complained that the non-member benefits from our efforts and still bears no portion of the expense of operating our association. “In fact a non-member if he be fortunate in selling at the highest peak of the market may realize more net for his crop than a member and very likely this non-member will boast of his astuteness and make himself very obnoxious. This condition must be recognized as one of the problems of co-operative. marketing but is the same problem that has existed since civil government was set up. When you pay taxes or make contributions to any public welfare, the arrogant and loud-mouthed citizen who shuns his obligations to his comuunity enjoys all the benefits of your contributions and he is the fellow who usually has the most to say about how the country should be run. The Opposition Propaganda “We have also the organized opposition to all efforts toward co-operative marketing. It was to be expected that middlemen and those who profit from low prices to the producers, would resist our efforts, but it is surprising how successful they have been, in some cases, in poisoning the minds of uninformed producers against their own best interests. “A few weeks before our bean crop began moving to market last fall there were a few cars of beans contracted at 35 cents to 45 cents per bushel. Prices of meal and oil justified such a price at that time, but a rapid decline in the value of both these commodities left the con- tracting party facing a loss on his transaction. Yet the prices of those few carloads have been referred to many more times than have the sales of many more carloads at 20 to 21 cents by non-members who were not fortunate enough to have contracted their crop when values were higher. “Our plan of marketing does not contem- plate selling at a price which will ruin the purchaser but does contemplate selling at a price at which the buyer will come out with a reasonable profit and yet the grower will receive on the average better prices than the average between the lucky fellow who did con- tract on higher values and the unfortunate grower who had to sell on a market made by the fellow who.profits from low prices. Mutual Confidence “Relations with processors with whom we are now dealing are that of mutual respect and confidence. From an unknown group of grow- ers venturing out on the uncertain road of co-operation in 1929 your association — has rapidly gained recognition as a very important factor in the soybean industry of today. “Indications too numerous to mention in this brief address point to rapid growth in the im- portance of our association. Expansion in our membership to the extent of reaching out into other states is not without probability. “You loyal members have sacrificed both time and money to build up this organization. You have proved that producers will stand by their organization and deliver their product to be sold through their own marketing facilities. “You have proved sound the theory of co- operation between producers and processors.” The board of directors chosen for the coming year is as follows: Burton King, Hancock county; Dan Smith, Shelby county; W. J. San- dusky, Vermilion county; J. F. Probst, Macon county; John W. Armstrong, Champaign county; A. M. Piatt, Piatt county; L. A. Reed, Morgan county; Parke Kerbaugh, McLean county; Sam Sorrells, Montgomery county; Dwight Hart, Christian county; W. J. McCormick, Douglas county; T. H. Lloyd, Macoupin county; Edgar Boynton, Sangamon county; M. D. Tomlin, Mason county, and John Albright, Moultrie county. At the board meeting folloging the annual session of members all officers were re-elected as follows: John W. Armstrong, Champaign, presi- dent; Dwight Hart, Sharpsburg, vice-president; W. G. McCormick, Oakland, secretary; R. A. Cowles, treasurer, and W. H. Coultas, Chicago, assistant secretary. The executive committee in addition to the officers includes Samuel Sorrells, Raymond, and W. J. Sandusky, Georgetown. The board voted to change the annual meet- ing time to the fall. The next annual meeting will be held sometime between October 1 and January 1. The Macoupin Service Company, or- ganized in June last year, reports 1,100 customers after eight months of opera- tion. ° Seven per cent preferred stock divi- dends were paid at the end of the fiscal year and a § per cent patronage divi- dend was declared after funds equal to 25 per cent of the paid in capital stock were added to surplus. Patronage divi- dend checks were distributed to 448 Farm Bureau members at the annual meeting at Carlinville March 5. The company operates a station at Carlin- ville and six trucks serve farmers of Macoupin county. More than 30,000 refund checks have been mailed out by the St. Louis Producers representing approximately $48,000. The Adams County Shipping Association received a check for $1,759, the largest received by any county ship- ping association selling livestock on the St. Louis market. John Pine of Scott county was the largest truck shipper selling through the Producers. He re- ceived a check for $70.21. R* great pletios almost be tra Burea ments line v Far this land ¢ tion t proxi prope ships. ee in 19 the aq co-oOpsé says t Farmeé tions owne per li $240 Far count sults « Farm Follov tees t respec of lar In Pu was 0 count per ce lower tion. Marsh saved acres; Th News follov “Fe Burea Lean nois . lower 1931 per c “V count a bas for 1' This of $1 April, 1932 Farm Bureaus Succeed In Getting Tax Cuts Tax Committees Vigilant in Reduc- ing Burden on Farm Property EDUCTIONS in taxes on farm lands are being reported from a great many counties following the com- pletion of tax bills by county clerks. In almost every county the reductions can be traced directly to the efforts of Farm Bureau tax committees to adjust assess- ments on farm lands and property in line with present values. Farmers in Sangamon county will this year pay $202,431 less taxes on land than they paid in 1931. In addi- tion there has been a reduction of ap- proximately $9,000 in the personal property tax levied in the rural town- ships. Save $60 on 160 A. “The reduction in taxes to be paid in 1932 was secured entirely through the action of the Farm Bureau and the co-operation of certain public officials,” says the February issue of the Sangamo Farmer. “Provided no further reduc- tions are secured, the saving to farm owners will average approximately $60 per 160 acre farm this year, or about $240 in the next four years.” Farmers in Marshall and Putnam counties are highly pleased with the re- sults obtained by tax committees of the Farm Bureau, according to local reports. Following the report of these commit- tees to the boards of supervisors in the respective counties, assessed valuation of land in both counties was reduced. In Putnam county the chief reduction was on the rougher lands; in Marshall county the valuation was reduced 25 per cent. Several of the levies were also lowered following the reduced valua- tion. Some actual savings reported in Marshall county are as follows: $68.89 saved on 200 acres, $67.25 on 160 acres; and $100 on 300 acres. 25% Cut in McLean The McLean County Farm Bureau News comments upon tax reductions as follows: “For more than ten years the Farm Bureau has been waging a fight in Mc- Lean county with the help of the Illi- nois Agricultural Association to secure lower valuations on farm lands. In 1931 an approximate reduction of 25 per cent in valuation was secured. “Valuations on farm land in McLean county were $59,616,665 in 1930. On a basis of board of review final figures for 1931, land values were $45,273,336. This is a reduction in land valuations of $14,343,329. THE I. A. A. RECORD “The state tax is 39 cents on $100 valuations. The reduction on valuations of farm land of $14,343,329 multiplied by the state tax rate of 39 cents makes a saving in state tax on McLean county lands of $55,938.98 this year. Each school district has a separate problem with respect to other taxes. We are informed, however, that the reduction in total taxes on farm lands this year averages 30 to 60 cents per acre.” Baseball League to Open on May |4 More than 50 Farm Bureau baseball representatives from some 20 counties gathered at Bloomington, March 24, for the spring meeting of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League. Lake, Kane, and possibly DuPage counties, plan to enter teams in the League this year for the first time. The executive committee was authorized to revise the plan for redistricting the counties to provide for all teams de- siring to play. Official play is scheduled to begin Saturday, May 14. Playing rules adopted are similar to those fol- lowed last year. County Service Companies Announce Cash Dividends During its second fiscal year, the Lee County Service Company had 1,040 customers, 550 of which were Farm Bureau members, it was reported at the annual meeting of the company at Am- boy March 10. Preferred stock dividends of 7 per cent were paid prior to the annual meeting, and an 8 per cent patronage dividend has been announced for Farm Bureau members in good standing who patronized the company during the year. The company operates four bulk storage stations located at Franklin Grove, Harmon, Amboy, and Compton. Twenty-five members of the Effing- ham County Produce Association re- ceived refunds of $5 or more at the annual meeting of the association March 5. Two members received more than $25, one between $20 and $25, seven between $15 and $20, five be- tween $10 and $15, and ten between $5 and $10. The refund amounts to 4Y, cents per pound of butterfat sold by Farm Bureau-Produce Association members between July 7 and December 31, 1931, and 24 cents per pound sold by non-Farm Bureau members who are members of the Produce Association. Page Seven LaSalle Grain Co-Op. Making Good Progress HE LaSalle County Co-Operative Grain Company during its first eight months of operation handled 94 cars of grain, according to the annual report of Manager i) E. L. Johnson. Every } car of grain shipped ! was handled through } the Illinois Grain | Corporation and the | Farmers National. | The last sixteen cars of old corn shipped graded No. | 1. During the same period about eight per cent of the corn _ inspected at the Chi- cago market graded No. 1. Other grain likewise graded higher than the bulk of the market. Johnson believes that this co-operative company is getting more money for the grain it handles because it is equipped with modern machinery for handling and cleaning grain, which is largely responsible for improving the grade. Based on the volume of grain handled during the first eight months, the com- pany expects to handle between 250,- 000 and 350,000 bushels when they have completed their twelve-month pe- riod. Sweet Cream Butter Brings Most Money E. L. Johnson If Illinois butterfat were sold on grade, three grades would likely be es- tablished as follows: A. sweet, B. No. 1 sour, C. No. 2 sour. Investigations show that on the aver- age Illinois produces 1312% of sweet cream, 4514 % of No. 1 sour and 41% of No. 2 sour. Taking a four year av- erage, butter made out of sweet cream is worth 1!4c more than butter made from No. 1 sour cream, while butter made from No. 2 sour cream is worth 3'4¢ less than butter made from No. 1 sour and 434c less than butter made from sweet cream. These figures prove quite conclusive- ly that producers of high quality cream are penalized severely when they get no more for their product than the pro- ducer of No. 2 sour cream. Stated in dollars, the average producer of sweet cream takes annually about $20 less for his butterfat than it is actually worth, while the poor producer gets from $20 to $25 more than he is en- titled to. Co-operative produce mar- keting should correct this injustice. Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 ILLINOIS a@couritnn ASSOCIARION : RECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GeorGE Tu1EM, Editor Max Harre son, Assistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. 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Quasey ; ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS a Country Life Insurance Co........ soseeeesteceseeseessseseeeeseeeels, A, Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co................... H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass’n. F. Je Ringham, Mer. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co... A. E. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co. L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp... Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Mark. Ass’n.....Ray Miller, Mgr.; R. W. Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n......................... F. A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n....... cwsseeeeeeeW, Hi. Coultas, Mgr. More Propaganda ELVIN T. GODDARD, a Farm Bureau mem- ber, writes from Warren county enclosing a clipping reporting a speech made by one Frank 4, Delany, a representative of the grain trade, at a meeting sponsored by the so-called Farmers Protective Association. Mr. Delany is reported to have advised farmers at Clinton in DeWitt county to abandon their organization, the Farm Bureau, presumably that the predatory instincts of grasping middlemen may have full sway un- disturbed by effective farm organization. Mr. Goddard warmly resents Mr. Delany’s ad- vice, rightly indicating that his intelligence and that of every organized farmer has been insulted. It would have been proper to ask the speaker who seeks to“advise farmers on how to conduct their affairs, if the commission men are abandoning their exchanges, their “Federation of American Business Men,” and their representatives in Spring- field, Washington, and elsewhere; to ask him whether the commission men are reducing their charges for handling grain commensurate with the extreme decline in farm prices. Farmers know that such “trade” associations and propaganda societies as are represented by Mr. Delany are flooding the mails and newspaper offices with material against co-operative market- ing and all organized farm effort as never before. Such propaganda will serve to make farmers more thoughtful, determined, and respectful of their own accomplishments through organization. Say It with Votes PRESIDENT SMITH made the timely sugges- tion at the recent Decatur conference that every farmer leave his work long enough on pri- mary day, April 12, to vote. He pointed out that farmers represent a mi- nority of the voters of Illinois which means that to gain proper representation and equal privilege in government they must think and act together in legislative matters affecting their interests. The March issue of the RECORD presented the voting records on the state income tax of members of the 57th General Assembly most of whom are seeking re-election. The men and women in the legislature who supported this measure to remove part of the unfair burden of taxation on farm and home owners, stood firm against great pressure brought by opponents of this legislation to defeat it. They stood for the interests of the overburdened property taxpayers. Irrespective of party they should have the favor- able votes of all farmers in the coming primary. Consult the March RECORD before you go to the polls, and vote to return your friends to office. On Enjoying Life ARM BUREAU baseball will have a good year in 1932 judging from the enthusiasm displayed at the recent spring meeting of the State League in Bloomington. Price levels need not interfere with the ability of people to have a good time. It is well to remind ourselves that the things in life we enjoy most frequently cost the least. Happiness is not dependent upon wealth to those who have cultivated enthusiasm for health, out- door life, a field of waving grain, thriving live- stock, the beauties of nature, good literature, and wholesome fun. Most of us take life too seriously. Organized recreation like Farm Bureau baseball makes life more interesting, aids us in attacking our work and problems with added vigor and hope. Ap April, 1932 While We Are Going Thru the Depression By A. L. Goodenough, President, Whiteside County Farm Bureau I suppose you have noticed that our clothes have not been pressed, And you couldn’t help but notice that our hats don’t look the best. And did you ever know the reason why our wives look so distressed, It’s just because we’re going through the depression. Hurrah, hurrah, let’s wipe away the tears, Hurrah, hurrah, let’s stand and give three cheers, We'll never know the difference In half a hundred years If any of us live through the depression. I know that we farmers were stepping high and wide, We thought we had all kinds of dough so buyed and buyed and buyed. But the goose that laid the golden egg worked overtime and died, And that’s why we’re going through the depression. Hurrah, hurrah, O yes, we’re all in debt, Hurrah, hurrah, but we’re hang- ing on, you bet. If your banker busted, Aw, just tell him he’s all wet, It’s just because we're going through the depression. says you're Of course there were city men who were hit just as hard, Their autos and their golf clubs they almost had to discard. And instead of eating butter, spread their bread with yellow lard, While they were going through the de- pression. Hurrah, Hurrah, I’m glad I’m on the farm, Hurrah, hurrah, these times may do no harm, They’ll teach the public how to live And our nation to disarm, While we are going through the ‘depression. O yes, there are union men who can’t quite see the joke, They think we ought to pull the load, we're all so blamed well broke, It’s time we got together and slipped off that gosh-darned yoke, While we are going through the de- pression. Hurrah, hurrah, now’s the’ time to sign, Hurrah, hurrah, right on the dotted line, THE I. A. A. RECORD If you don’t you may as well go home, Crawl in your hole and whine, While we are going through the depression. Note: Mr. Goodenough, accompanied on the piano by his daughter, Florence, sang this song to the tune “Marching Through Georgia” at the Farm Bureau presidents’ dinner, Rockford, January 27, 1932. Farm Bureaus May Use I. A. A. Emblem I. A. A. Board Votes to Permit Use Of Trade Mark, But Only for Legitimate Purposes Extension of the use of the Illinois Agricultural Association official emblem to County Farm Bureaus desiring to use it was approved by the board of direc- tors of the I. A. A. in Chicago March 18. The action was recommended to the board by the organization-informa- tion advisory committee at the request of several counties. The Farm Bureaus, however, must apply to the board for this permission giving each specific use to which the emblem is to be put and the emblem must not be used in any other way than specified in the request. It was also stipulated that cuts. be ordered by the I. A. A. at the expense of the County Farm Bureau. The board further decided that no changes be made in the emblem except possibly where a state-wide organization serving a particular interest might re- quest some change of copy in the map of Illinois and that such a change must have the approval of the I. A. A. board. The use of the emblem will also be granted to the subsidiary companies of the I. A. A. and of the County Farm Bureaus upon approval of each specific case by the board. The board reserves the right to re- call the use of the emblem upon 60 days’ notice with or without cause. It is the opinion of the organization- information committee that a wider use should be made of the emblem by the County Farm Bureaus and the Illi- nois Agricultural Association in‘ publici- ty and advertising material. It was further recommended that the officers of the association make a study of the possibilities and costs of develop- ing a Farm Bureau membership sign embodying the official emblem. - The department of information was authorized to canvass the Farm Bureaus and subsidiary organizations, to find out whether or not these organizations would be willing to proceed on the same basis in publishing a 1933 Farm Bureau calendar as they followed in the distribution of the 1932 calendar. Page Nine Chicago Producers Sell $18,500,000 of Livestock Handle 4,145 Cars of Stock from Co-Op. Shipping Associations Eyes 1931 the Chicago Pro- ducers handled 15,072 cars of livestock, including 3,377 cars received by truck, it was reported at the annual meeting in Chicago March 8. Receipts included 113,420 head of cattle, 44,878 head of calves, 579,132 hogs, and 402,911 sheep, having a total sales value of more | than $18,500,000. | The Producers han- i dled 4,145 cars of | Tllinois livestock | originating in co- | Operative shipping ! associations, or 32.8 | per cent of the TIli- Me) nOis co-operative shipments arriving H. H. Parke on the Chicago mar- ket. A total of 6,827 cars of livestock coming from local shipping associations in Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and other states went through the Pro- ducers Association. This amounted to 17.32 per cent of the co-operative re- ceipts at Chicago. Truck shipments to the Chicago Producers in 1931 were 22,086 head of cattle, 12,132 calves, 141,402 hogs, and 36,357 sheep, Mgr. Swanson said. The Producers last year did business as far west as Washington and Oregon, as far south as Texas, and as far east as New York and Pennsylvania. Earl C. Smith, president of the Illi- nois Agricultural Association, empha- sized the need for co-ordinating the operations of all marketing agencies so as to avoid competition among them- selves. Ray E. Miller explained that the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association is organized to co-ordinate and supple- ment the agencies on the market, and not to compete with them. Other speakers were President H. H. Parke, Genoa, Ill.; Henry Wieland, Be- loit, Wis.; Charles Hearst, president, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation; C. A. Ewing, president, National Livestock Marketing Association; “Farmer” Brown, Federal Farm Board; and R. F. O’Donnell, manager, Iowa Livestock Marketing Corporation. Five hundred and ninety-five cars of grain were handled through the Illinois Grain Corporation during February. During the month the Hamel Co-Oper- ative Grain Company of Worden, Madi- son county, was added as a member, making a total of 83. Page Ten McNair Writes Again Editor, I. A. A. Recorp: “I have had 10 years’ experience on an Illinois mail route, also lived on a farm all my life. Hence I feel qualified to say what the necessary expenses of a mail carrier are. They are largely what they are made. I know that the farmer must be more conservative than the ones taking exception to my recent ar- ticle published in the January REcorp. “I know what a carrier gets and what a carrier does, his sweets and his sours, and what his necessary expenses are. He can spend more. I know from my ten years’ experience. “I began my carrying at $900 and got some increases later and I was frank enough to admit at the time that we were getting upward of $1,200 that we were getting too much under the con- ditions. Then came greater and greater increases which were practically gifts. The country was prosperous those days. Farmers were getting a living and pay- ing taxes enough for himself and at least a part that his public servants should have paid. But they were work- ing twice as many hours as the public servants... . “We don’t blame the carriers for taking this sift, but we do blame them for trying to make the public think they are rightfully entitled to the gift. We are’ not asking them how they would like to have a reduction, but we are asking the public to get behind the reform and stop the fattening of a few at the expense of a multitude of oppressed people. “We are not asking that these public servants accept a reasonable reduction and go on for years more drawing public money. Bless your life no. There are millions more, fully as capa- ble and worthy as these who would be glad to accept public jobs. When they are gone or retired on pension, the letter sack will get around fully as satisfactory as before. . . : “It is a settled fact that if farm relief comes about, it must come by the farmers themselves and not by politicians or public servants. One of my opponents seems to think that the de- Pression has just come. Mistake. It has been for several years and there is no human power that can lift it under years of time. Nor will the cost of living be raised until the depression begins to ease... . “The wages of my opponent will each day buy approximately according to locality now two tons hay, 28 bu. corn, 40 bu. oats, 14 bu. apples, 12 bu. potatoes, a fair sized hog or half of a good beef, 45 bu. coal, a barrel of gasoline (enough to carry his mail for a month), a barrel of kerosene (enough to last a year), 10 gallons motor oil, enough flour to run three or four months, 15 bu. wheat, enough eggs to run three months, enough butter or oleo to run half a year, 100 Ibs. lard, 500 or 600 Ibs. corn meal, a good auto tire, enough tubes for the whole car including the spare, half dozen Pairs overalls, four pairs work shoes, two pairs rubber boots, 150 Ibs. sugar, a daily paper for more than a year, railroad ticket for 200 miles, 20 to 30 bu. peaches, his semi-annual taxes on his home in town or fire insurance for a year on it or many other common things. The annual salary will buy three automobiles. These are facts and cannot be disputed. . . . “No person should have a public job who does not believe in the Golden Rule. The R. THE I. A. A. RECORD F, D. carrier is only a very small per cent of the ‘public servants’ which term my January article included. It includes all that are out of line from an election clerk or judge to U. S. Senator. Also P. M. Gen. Brown. Why pay election judges $6 per day when many would like it at $1.50? Yours for justice. F. J. McNair, Hamilton County, III. Direct Selling of Livestock The sale of hogs by farmers direct to packers or to packer representatives, results in disorganized marketing, throws one group of farmers against another group of farmers. The result is that the farmer not only sacrifices all control over the marketing of his own product, but also contributes to lower price levels because of this high- ly competitive and disorganized method of marketing. The Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, which is a Farm Bureau project, meets this situation by co-ordinating the movement of live- stock from country points with sales operations by Producer agencies on ter- minal markets. Three New Oil Companies Formed in Southern Ill. Three new service companies have been organized since the first of the year and the 47 already in operation have done considerably more business to date this year than in the correspond- ing period a year ago, according to Manager L. R. Marchant. The Fruit Belt Service Company, which started operations about March 1, will supply petroleum products and other commodities entering into the cost of production to farmers in John- son, Union, Pope, Hardin, Massac, Pulaski, and Alexander counties; the Twin Counties Service Company, erect- ing bulk storage stations at Marion and Murphysboro at the present time, will do business in Jackson and Williamson counties; and the Madison Service Com- pany is planning to locate at Edwards- ville. During February the Illinois Farm Supply Company received orders for more than 400 cars of petroleum prod- ucts, representing an increase of 19.5 per cent for volatile fuels, 22.3 per cent for lubricating oils, and 83.8 per cent for grease over the same month the preceding year. Marchant, comparing the extent of the company now to that of three years ago, states that in April, 1929, there were 16 companies associated with the state company, operating 42 bulk stor- age stations and approximately 100 trucks, while today there are 50 mem- ber companies, 125 storage stations, and some 360 trucks serving farm trade. April, 1932 | ANC, ilk P ices (For March, based on 3.5% milk unless otherwise specified. ). Philadelphia—Inter-State Milk Pro- ducers announces Class I basic $2.34 f. o. b. city. Retail 10c. Milwaukee—Milwaukee Co-Opera- tive Milk Producers announces Class I basic $2.10 del’d. Retail 9c—cash and carry 8 and 9c. Baltimore—Maryland State Dairy- men’s Ass’n. announces Class I basic $2.84 country pt. Retail 12c. St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.35 country pt. (net). Retail 10c—cash and carry 9-10c. Gross price is $1.40, checkoff Sc cwt. Quincy—Quincy Co-Operative Dai- ry Co. announces $2.20 per cwt. for milk del’d. Retail 10c—cash and carry 8c. Moline, Rock Island and Daven- port—Quality Milk Ass’n. announces Class I basic $1.85 country pt. Sur- ‘plus 92 score butterfat price country point. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. DeKalb—Milk Consumers Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $2.01 del’d. Class II 92 score market. Retail 11c.. Cash and carry 10c. Ten per cent discount if accounts are paid by 27th each mo. Chicago—Pure Milk Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $2.01 country pt. Retail 12c. Cash and carry 10'Yc. February Prices St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces Class II 88c country “pt. Class III surplus 73c. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 9-10c. Feb. base price was $1.78 net on 1lc per qt. market. Springfield — Producers Dairy Co. announces Class I basic $1.70 to Feb. 16, $1.55 after Feb. 15 del’d. Surplus Sc per Ib. above butterfat. Retail 91-1lc. Wholesale 8c. Bloomington—McLean County Milk Producers Assn. announced Class I basic $1.70 f. o. b. city. Class II manufac- tured $1.28. Class III surplus 91c. Class Ila $1.28. Retail 934c. Champaign — Champaign County Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.88 del’d. Class II cottage cheese $1.24, Class III sweet cream sales to ice cream trade $1.05. Butter 70c. Retail 11c. Cash and carry 9'4c. Decatur—Decatur Milk Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $1.61 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.26. Class III sur- plus 64c. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 7 and 8c. Apr April, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven wei we # hes re cit seeatae Powers Bros. to insure their crops against hail SUMMER hail storm may destroy all your growing crops. Ask Powers Bros. who live near Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois, about the hail on July 18 last year that riddled their 100 acres of growing corn. Hail insurance in the Farmers Mutual was all that saved them from nearly a total loss: The check for $999.04 made the difference between failure and a fair return for the season’s work. The adjuster estimated 75 per cent damage in the 38 acre field and 65 per cent loss in the 62 acre field. The claim totaled $1,032, which left $999.04 after the assessment. Fortunately the small grain crops had been cut. Can You Afford to Lose? Hail storms destroy crops every year somewhere in Illinois. If hail hits your farm in 1932, can you afford to lose? Why take a chance when for an initial outlay of only $4 per thousand you can insure against loss? You pay the balance of the assessment October 1 after the crop is produced. During recent years hail insurance in the Farmers Mutual has cost only $20 per thousand on corn and small grains—slightly more for soybeans. This cost represents a saving of at least 30 per cent compared with similar coverage in other companies. All hail risks further reinsured to protect you. Also fire, windstorm and hail insurance on farm buildings and property. Mail the Coupon for full information. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co., FARMERS MUTUAL | ‘*i.22,>strer se" REINSURANCE CO. | intormation about farm crop hail insur- s 608 SO. DEARBORN ST. ance At Cost in My Own Company. sid CHICAGO Name Address Page Ten McNair Writes Again Editor, I. A. A. Recorp: “T have had 10 years’ experience on an I]linois mail route, also lived on a farm all my life. Hence I feel qualified to say what the necessary expenses of a mail carrier are. They are largely what they are made. I know that the farmer must be more conservative than the ones taking exception to my recent ar- ticle published in the January Rrcorp. “T know what a carrier gets and what a carrier does, his sweets and his sours, and what his necessary expenses are. He can spend more. I know from my ten years’ experience. “I began my carrying at $900 and got some increases later and I was frank enough to admit at the time that we were getting upward of $1,200 that we were getting too much under the con- ditions. Then came greater and greater increases which were practically gifts. The country was prosperous those days. Farmers were getting a living and pay- ing taxes enough for himself and at least a*part that his public servants should have paid. But they were work- ing twice as many hours as the public servants. . “We don’t blame the carri sift, but we do blame them the public think they are rightfully entitled to the gift. We are not asking them how they would like to have a reduction, but we are asking the public to get behind the reform and stop the fattening of a few at the expense of a multitude of oppressed people. “We are not asking that these public servants accept a reasonable reduction and years more drawing public money. ers tor taking this for trying to make sO on for Ae \ Bless your life no. There are millions more, fully as capa- ble and worthy as these who W ould be gl id to accept public jobs. When they are gone or Ircd on pension, the lette: sack will get ind fully a . around fully as satisfactory as before. It is led fact that if far rehet « 1 ; abou wt om ic | the fari s th Ives ind not by politicians or public ints. One I my Opponents seems to think ite the de Pression has just come. Mistake. It has been fore several warxre and! a ; I cyerar years and there is no human power : : at-can lift it under years of time. Nor will te cost of living be raised until thy depression begins to ease. The wages of my opponent will each day Duy approximately according to locality now two tons hay, 28 bu. corn, 40 bu. oats, 14 bu. ple > +) Fay f apples, 12 bu. potatocs, a fair sized hog or half of a good beef, 45 bu. coal, a barrel of gasoline (enough to carry his mail for a month), a barrel of kerosene (enough to last a year), 10 gallons motor oil, enough flour to run é three or tour months, 15 bu. wheat, enough eggs o run three months, enough butter or oleo to run half a year, 100 Ibs. lard, 500 or 600 Ibs. corn meal, a good auto tire, enough tubes for the whole car including the spare, half dozen pairs overalls, four pairs work shoes, two Pairs rubber boots, 150 Ibs. sugar, a daily paper for more than a year, railroad ticket for 200 miles, 20 to 30 bu. peaches, his semi-annual taxes op his home in town or fire insurance for a year on it or many other common things. The annual salary will buy three automobiles. These are facts and cannot be disputed. .. . “No person should have a public job who does not believe in the Golden Rule. The R. f THE I. A. A. RECORD F. D. carrier is only a very small per cent of the ‘public servants’ which term my January article included. It includes all that are out of line from an election clerk or judge to U. S. Senator. Also P. M. Gen. Brown. Why pay election judges $6 per day when many would like it at $1.50? Yours for justice. PF. J. McNair, Hamilton County, II. Direct Selling of Livestock The sale of hogs by farmers direct to packers or to packer representatives, results in disorganized marketing, throws one group of farmers against another group of farmers. The result is that the farmer not only sacrifices all control over the marketing of his own product, but also contributes to lower price levels because of this high- ly competitive and disorganized method of marketing. The Illinois Livestock Marketing Association, which is a Farm Bureau project, meets this situation by co-ordinating the movement of _live- stock from country points with sales operations by Producer agencies on ter- minal markets. Three New Oil Companies Formed in Southern Ill. Three new service companies have been organized since the first of the year and the 47 already in operation have done considerably more business to date this year than in the correspond- ing period a year ago, according to Manager L. R. Marchant. The Fruit Belt Service Company, which started operations about March 1, will supply petroleum products and other commodities entering into the cost of production to farmers in John- son, Union, Pope, Hardin, Massac, Pulaski, and Alexander counties; the Twin Counties Service Company, erect- ing bulk storage stations at Marion and Murphysboro at the present time, will do business in Jackson and Williamson counties; and the Madison Service Com- pany is planning to locate at Edwards- ville. During February the Illinois Farm Supply Company received orders: for more than 400 cars of petroleum prod- ucts, representing an increase of 19.5 per cent for volatile fuels, 22.3 per cent for lubricating oils, and 83.8 per cent for grease over the same month the preceding year. Marchant, comparing the extent of the company now to that of three years ago, states that in April, 1929, there were 16 companies associated with the state company, operating 42 bulk stor- age stations and approximately 100 trucks, while today there are 50 mem- ber companies, 125 storage stations, and some 360 trucks serving farm trade. April, 1932 NGik (For March, based on. 3.5% milk unless otherwise specified.) Philadelphia—Inter-State Milk Pro- ducers announces Class I basic $2.34 f. o. b. city. Retail 10c. Milwaukee—Milwaukee Co-Opera- tive Milk Producers announces Class I basic $2.10 del’d. Retail 9c—cash and carry 8 and 9c. Baltimore—Maryland State Dairy- men’s Ass’n. announces Class I basic $2.84 country pt. Retail 12c. St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.35 country pt. (net). Retail 10c—cash and carry 9-10c. Gross price is $1.40, checkoff Sc cwt. Quincy—Quincy Co-Operative Dai- ry Co. announces $2.20 per cwt. for milk del’d. Retail 10c—cash and carry 8c. Moline, Rock Island and Daven- port—Quality Milk Ass’n. announces Class I basic $1.85 country pt. Sur- plus 92 score butterfat price country point. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. DeKalb—Milk Consumers Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $2.01 del’d. Class II 92 score market. Retail 11c. Cash and carry 10c. Ten per cent discount if accounts are paid by 27th each mo. Chicago—Pure Milk Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $2.01 country pt. Retail 12c. Cash and carry 10'c v1CES February Prices St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces Class If 88c country pt. Class HI surplus 73c. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 9-10c. Feb. base price was $1.78 net on Ile per qt. market. Springfield — Producers Dairy Co. announces Class I basic $1.70 to Feb. 16, $1.55 after Feb. 15 del’d. Surplus Sc per Ib. above butterfat. Retail 91-1lc. Wholesale 8c. Bloomington—McLean County Milk Producers Assn. announced Class I basic $1.70 f. o. b. city. Class If manufac- tured $1.28. Class HI surplus 91c. Class IIa $1.28. Retail 934c Champaign — Champaign County Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.88 del’d. Class If cottage cheese $1.24, Class III sweet cream sales to ice cream trade $1.05. Butter 70c. Retail 11c. Cash and carry 9'4c. Decatur—Decatur Milk Ass’n. an- nounces Class I basic $1.61 del’d. Class II manufactured $1.26. Class III sur- plus 64c. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 7 and 8c. Apr April, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Eleven it Paid = er gor’ ery ; a . re poi uaa quel Company APN te yewwevert” SO. ral Seoul rt Are | : ae 4 | ee ate . os :* e 2” ® ’ YoOUCHER No. : = he be € é eee se ° s a 2 | ; wise DOLLARS I s Bross - | é PAY TOTHE Ge FOU : aed | ” ae (Kyran nae ACHES to NO: ee par TARO ra : 2 ee fe | : _ @araers Hh mee TO | FOMM = : ri s aR HEREON Dp NATIONA ois oe ee ee ge & CASHED iF ANY ERA Su Re 5 CHECK must NOT B rHis CHE Powers Bros. to insure their crops against hail SUMMER hail storm may destroy all your growing crops. Ask Powers Bros. who live near Galesburg, Knox county, Illinois, about the hail on July 18 last year that riddled their 100 acres of growing corn. Hail insurance in the Farmers Mutual was all that saved them from nearly a total loss. The check for $999.04 made the difference between failure and a fair return for the season’s work. The adjuster estimated 75 per cent damage in the 38 acre field and 65 per cent loss in the 62 acre field. The claim totaled $1,032, which left $999.04 after the assessment. Fortunately the small grain crops had been cut. Can You Afford to Lose? Hail storms destrov crops every year somewhere in Illinois. Tf hail hits your farm in 1932, can you afford to lose? Why take a chance when for an initial outlay of only $4 per thousand you can insure against loss? You pay the balance of the assessment October | after the crop is produced. During recent years hail insurance in the Farmers Mutual has cost only $20 per thousand on corn and small grains—slightly more for soybeans. This cost represents a saving of at least 30 per cent compared with similar coverage in other companies. All hail risks further reinsured to protect you. Also fire, windstorm and hail insurance on farm buildings and property. Mail the Coupon for full information. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co., FARMERS MUTUAL | '"°.°.?sin2" 8" Chicago, Illinois. REIN URA Please send me without obligation full S NCE CO. information about farm crop hail insur- ance At Cost in My Own Company. 608 SO. DEARBORN ST. CHICAGO Name Address_ Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 Why | Believe in the Community Unit Plan By AN [IROQUOIS COUNTY UNIT DIRECTOR Pe Community Unit plan with a leader in each of the 19 local units has been in operation long enough in Iroquois county to prove its value. There is more interest shown by the membership of the Farm Bureau I think than ever before. I know that state- ment to be true for the past seven years as I have been a Farm Bureau member for that length of time. When I was still at home my father was a member, paid his $15 yearly with only a vague idea as to why he did so. He never attended a meeting and I am satisfied did not know of the work his organization was doing. He got no di- rect benefit as he did not use his organi- zation. What benefit he derived in- directly he knew nothing about. His job was farming and such matters as reduction in transportation costs, taxes, and other items which directly affected his income he took as a matter . of course — knew he could do nothing about it. Money Isn’t All Any organization to be effective must be backed by the interest of its mem- bers. You can’t pay in $15 a year and then say, “I paid my dues, now let’s see you do something to help me.” That attitude taken by a membership won’t get anywhere. You’ve got to take an active part in anything if you are going to get something out of it. Give your moral support as well as your money. You will have to know the problems of the people in your community, know what it is that they expect to achieve through co-operative effort or what in- formation they want that can be had through the Farm Bureau. Your Farm Adviser hasn’t time to visit everyone and discuss his personal problems, whether it be how to select seed corn, how to feed dairy cows, or raise hogs according to the sanitation plan. Here is where your local leader- ship comes into the picture. For ex- ample, a resident of the community has been appointed leader in a project of dairy feeding. He will be required to attend a dairy feeding school along with other leaders from the various units. He will then be qualified to give the information to his neighbors. Thus all the people will have been informed, the organization helped, and the project leader will have had a gratifying expe- rience by being able to serve his organi- zation and community. Care must be taken, however, in choosing project leaders. The unit leader should con- sider carefully the qualifications neces- Shelby County Farm Bureau’s New Home sary in a man for him to be able to serve in the project he intends to pro- mote. Enthusiasm and Sincerity The unit leader must have enthusi- asm and sincerity to get the confidence of the people he is trying to serve. If as Unit Leader you find you have made a mistake in your appointment choose someone else and try again. An in- active or inefficient leader will get you nowhere. Remember, you want to de- velop interest among your members. You can do it through your project leaders if they are willing to make an effort. So far I have spoken of the member- ship already in the organization. There is another reason for having an active community unit, namely, your neighbor who doesn’t belong to the Farm Bureau. You need him and you will have to make your organization so attractive that he can’t stay out. He may not know what the Service Company, or Shipping Association is all about. He doesn’t know that Farm Bureau members get their serum at cost or their auto insurance at a substantial saving, or that Country Life offers lower. net cost life insurance. More than that, he doesn’t realize that it was by co- operation that these things were made possible. Interesting Non-Members A good way to arouse the interest of the non-member who is your neighbor is through community meetings spon- sored by the Farm Bureau and Home Bureau. I say this from experience for we have held our third community Shelby County Farm Bureau Has New Home HE Shelby County Farm Bureau recently moved into its new home, the building formerly occupied by the Citizens National Bank at Shelbyville. Shelby is the eighteenth Farm Bureau in Illinois to buy its own building. The Shelby-Effingham Service Com- pany, the Shelby County Livestock Marketing Association, the Shelby County: Produce Association, and the general agent of the I. A. A.-Farm Bu- reau insurance companies have their headquarters in the new building in ad- dition to the Farm Bureau office, advises Walter S. Batson, farm adviser. Members of the Shelby County Farm Bureau voted in their annual meeting in October to leave the matter to the board of directors, who were given full power to act. Upon the advice of Donald Kirkpatrick, legal counsel for the Illinois Agricultural Association, the Shelby County Holding Company was organized to finance the project. The holding company issued 7 per cent cumulative stock and made a loan of $7,500 to the Farm Bureau, which in turn gave a first mortgage on the building and a promissory note. V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., helped organize the project. It is estimated by the board that al- lowing for all expenses and taking into consideration present rental income of the building, the monthly expense to the Farm Bureau would be only a little over $43. The ladies’ reception room, a feature of the new Farm Bureau home, was re- cently completed. Mrs. Charles Krile and Mrs. Carl Middleton supervised the decorating and furnishing of the room. meeting in our unit. They have been interesting, well attended, and people are learning what the Farm Bureau and the Home Bureau have accomplished. We believe these meetings will be the means of adding to our membership de- sirable members who will have caught the co-operative spirit. The development of Community Units will be the major project for 1932 in Iroquois county. It is, I be- lieve, the most important work yet undertaken. It will require some time and effort in each community. But thfough this plan we can build a bigger and better Farm Bureau in 1932. - St April, 1932 "Jim" Stone Replies to Co-Op. Salary Criticism - Steward Reveals High Salaries and Profits Old Line Grain Commis- sion Men Make Off Farmers’ Grain I Baredideicras by law of salaries paid by co-operative marketing associa- tions would cause serious injury to the co-operative movement, declared James C. Stone, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, in a recent letter to Representa- tive Louis Ludlow, who had asked his opinion regarding a bill the congress- man had introduced. “For co-operative marketing to suc- ceed, the thing most needed is compe- tent and honest management, a manage- ment equal to or better than that of the association’s competitors in the pri- vate trade,” he said. “The only way a co-operative can get such manage- ment is by paying salaries comparable to those offered by private business in- stitutions engaged in the same line and handling a comparable volume of the product. “In business, whether co-operative or private, brains and ability are sold to the highest bidder, and in most in- stances, I believe you will agree with me, they command pay in proportion to the service rendered. Those who ob- ject to farmers marketing their prod- ucts in their own interest because it will interfere with huge private profits they have made in the past would like nothing better than for congress to place large-scale co-operatives in a po- sition where they cannot compete for the caliber of men needed to run their business. Not Public Servants “I cannot agree that co-operative ex- ecutives should be regarded as ‘public servants, for the function of co-opera- tives is to merchandise the product of their members and not to perform a public service. It is, therefore, hardly fair to compare the salaries of co-opera- tive employees with those of. govern- ment office holders or try to put the two on the same basis. “Honor and glory are generally re- garded as part of the compensation in government service. It is impossible to appeal to patriotism when an outstand- ing individual in his line or profession is asked to accept office at only a small part of what he can earn in private life, but generally speaking, when the directors of a co-operative, especially a large-scale organization, try to hire a man competent to handle the business of their members, it is hard cash, not sentiment, that talks.” Mr. Stone quoted from a letter ad- THE I. A. A. RECORD dressed to him from Charles B. Stew- ard, secretary of the Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, president of the Farmers Westcentral Grain Company of Omaha, and a director of the Farm- ers National Grain Corporation, who said: Astonished at Salaries “T will state frankly that as I be- came conversant with the grain move- ment I was somewhat astonished at the salaries. paid by competing private grain firms. As a business co-operative it was necessary that we secure the very high- est type of expert grain men to direct the marketing and distribution of the grain of our co-operative members. As farmer producers I think you will agree that we are not conversant with the technical details connected with the successful marketing program. Natural- ly we must go to the regular grain trade where-men have had a life time of experience in this business. . . . We had to compete with the privately- owned grain companies who because of the profits of their business had es- tablished a high level of salaries to their key men. Gets $32,000 a Year “One old-line firm at Omaha pays its president and general manager a sal- ary of $32,000 a year, besides being a holder of a substantial amount of the company’s stock, which has also been a good dividend paying proposition to him. “Another gentleman who is manag- ing one of our competing privately- owned grain companies on the Omaha market receives a salary of $25,000 per year. I have discussed the matter of salaries with these men and both of them have expressed to me their opin- ion that the salaries we pay our ex- pert grain men are not unreasonable considering the volume of grain and type of service they render.” In closing his letter to Representative Ludlow, Mr. Stone said: ‘I wish to emphasize with all the force at my com- mand that the proposed discriminatory salary restriction would be a most seri- ous blow to the co-operative marketing program which the Farm Board is help- ing farmers to develop under the pro- visions of the Agricultural Marketing Act, a program that for the first time offers agriculture an equal opportunity to gain economic equality with other industries.” Illinois ranked first among the states shipping to the St. Louis Producers last year with a total of 6,527 cars of live- stock. Missouri was second with 6,206 cars, and Iowa was third with 416 cars. In all 13 states contributed shipments to the St. Louis Producers. Page Thirteen Macoupin Co. Dairymen For Quality Improvement Some dairymen believe that the best way to increase their sales is by cutting prices, but the dairymen at Carlinville in Macoupin county believe that the best way to increase their sales and maintain their market is to build up consumer demand by producing better milk. For this purpose a group of dairy farmers handling about 90 per cent of the city’s milk recently organized the Carlinville Retail Milk Producers’ Asso- ciation. J. B. Countiss, director of dairy mar- keting for the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation, attended the final organiza- tion meeting of the dairymen and as- sisted them in‘drawing up their pro- gram. “Tike most other markets of this size, they are not required to meet high standards because of any local ordi- nances,” he said, ‘but these men are interested in their future milk market. and they know that ‘quality milk’ is essential to maintaining and building good-will. “Dairymen who belong to such an organization and who faithfully live up to its requirements and give service, will not have to worry so much about the price cutter. They will render the community a great service that cannot be measured by the yardstick of dollars and cents.” In order to become a member of the Carlinville Retail Milk Producers’ Asso- ciation, the dairyman must meet the following requirements: 1. Must have a healthy herd free from tuberculosis; 2. Must have a doctor’s certificate certify- ing the health of all those coming in contact with the milk; 3. Must have a sanitary barn thoroughly cleaned daily; 4. Must sterilize all utensils with steam or boiling water; 5. Milk must be strained through sterilized cotton strainer pads; 6. Milk must be cooled immediately to 50 degrees F. or less; 7. Milk must have low bacteria count; 8. Milk must have minimum butterfat content of 3.5 per cent. John, D. Horton, vice-president of the Gwin: Company in Chicago, has been appointed western sales supervisor for the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, according to A. B. Leeper, president and general manager. He will be located in the general offices at 608 South Dearborn street. For ten years Mr. Horton was district sales manager for the California Fruit Growers Ex- change. 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Pays $2.009 for 1931 Milk Capacity Crowd Attends Annual Meeting 6 latter part of 1932 should find milk markets in a more healthy con- dition with sales possibilities on the up- grade, declared Don-N. Geyer, secre- tary-manager of the Pure Milk Associa- tion, at the annual meeting of the or- ganization in Chicago on March 15. Volume of milk sales, due to eco- nomic conditions, dropped 25 per cent in the Chicago area last year, it was dis- closed. The 19,000 dairy farmers pro- ducing for the Chi- cago market sold 1,464,439,532 — Ibs. of milk for a total of $29,413,572 through the associa- tion during 1931. Geyer reported that members of the W. C. McQueen Pure Milk Associa- tion had received an average of $2.009 per hundredweight for all milk sold in 1931, a decrease of 66 cents since 1929. He pointed out that other farm prod- ucts are selling at one-third of their 1929 price, while dairy products as a whole are two-thirds of the 1929 price. Must Restore Prices President W. C. McQueen speaking of this said: “We believe that, in main- taining our present standard of prices to the farmers for their milk, we are taking the course that must be taken by all others who desire a return of prosperous conditions and that all ef- forts should be made to restore and maintain for the farmers a return for their products which will put them in the buying class.” Harry Hartke of Cincinnati, presi- dent of the National Co-Operative Milk Producers Federation, pointed out that dairying was better organized than any other branch of agriculture and was also the best paying. He said that if dairymen wished to continued selling at a profit they must regulate their pro- duction by culling out low producers and sending them to the block. Equalization Fee Voted The by-laws of the association were amended making possible a maximum assessment of 5 cents a hundred pounds on basic milk for reimbursing members whose markets are destroyed by the closing of plants after July 1. Such farmers will dispose of their milk at THE I. A. A. RECORD any price they can get and collect the difference between their receipts and the basic price from the fund. . A capacity crowd filled the old Chi- cago Auditorium. More than 1,600 were served at luncheon on the top floor of the Auditorium Hotel. Chicago milk distributors and other farm or- ganization officials were luncheon guests. Southern Illinois Producers Pooling Egg Shipments OMMERCIAL egg producers in southern Illinois are now pooling their interests in the shipment of eggs to New York. Some of the larger producers have been shipping to New York by express for several years, but they find that they can get a much better rate by using pick-up freight service rendered by some of the main railroads passing through southern Illinois to the eastern market. Some 35 or 40 of the large producers in Edwards county are shipping twice a week and are loading around 85 cases of eggs each shipping day. “With a little effort on the part of these shippers,” said F. A. Gougler of the I. A. A., “it will easily be possible to interest enough producers to ship in carload lots. Shipments made during the past month have netted the pro- ducers from 3 to 6 cents a dozen more than the local market, depending upon the quality of the eggs.” Flora is another shipping point from which similar shipments will be under- taken shortly. Altogether there are nine counties interested in the project. They are Edwards, Richland, Clay, Wayne, Wabash, White, Lawrence and Crawford-Jasper. Grading demonstra- tions will be held in these counties from time to time as they take up the project. A committee composed of the fol- lowing members is developing the plan: Lyman Bunting, Edwards county; H. L. Eberhardt, Jasper county; L. E. Stoutenburg, Clay county; Curt Garri- son, Wayne county; George Greiss, Ed- wards county; L. E. Boyd, White coun- ty; C. E. Harper, Lawrence county; C. Everett Wilson, Crawford county; and J. C. J. McCord, Jasper county. Chicago stores prefer Pacific coast eggs because western eggs are of bet- ter quality and the supply is more uni- form. To meet this western competi- tion, Illinois farmers must produce eggs of better quality and market them more efficiently. This can be done best through co-operative marketing. Page Fifteen Illinois and Indiana Co-Operate in Wool Pool Sales of 1931 Clip Made at Satisfac- tory Prices HE Illinois Livestock Marketing Association will provide an oppor- tunity for wool growers of the state to market their 1932 clip co-opera- tively through its wool department, the executive committee decided March 9. A co-operative arrangement is being effected with the Indiana Wool Grow- ers’ Association to reduce handling charges and to cut overhead costs. Un- der this arrangement it is planned to ship Illinois wool to the warehouse at Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where it will be graded and stored until sold. Present plans provide for an advance on 1932 wool marketed through the pool amounting to approximately 75 or 80 per cent of eastern market prices. Such an advance invariably equals, if it does not exceed, prices offered by local buyers. Illinois produced approximately 4,- 700,000 pounds of wool last year, of which only a comparatively small per- centage was sold through the co-opera- tive, the National Wool Marketing Cor- poration. Final settlement for~ wool pooled last year was expected to be made by the end of March. When this wool was delivered growers received an advance of about 80 per cent of the Boston market price. Due to the substantial advances made by the co-operative during the past two years, Illinois wool growers re- ceived from two to four cents more per pound than they would have re- ceived had the co-operative not been operating. The U. S. production of wool in 1929 was 400,000,000 pounds. Approximate- ly 27,000,000 of this was sold co-oper- atively through 13 of the larger co- operatives in existence at that time. Subsequently the National Wool Mar- keting Corporation was formed with the aid of the Farm Board. The Na- tional has 28 stockholder members and 33 wool growers’ association co-operat- ing with it. In 1930 the National handled ap- proximataely 116,000,000 pounds of wool which represented 38 per cent of the country’s production. In 1931 it sold over 118,000,000 pounds of wool during the fiscal year. Sales of the 1931 crop have been very satisfactory, and growers who sold through this channel last year invariably will receive greater returns than farmers who sold to pri- vate dealers. { Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 A. F. B. F. Board Acts On Legislative Matters Outlines Policy on New Taxes, Names Committee to Draft Farm Planks for Nomi- nating Conventions ONSTRUCTIVE action on a wide range of subjects affecting every phase of the American Farm rer om Federation’s service program for Amer- ican agriculture marked the regular spring meeting’ of the | Federation’s Board of Directors in Chicago, March 10 to 12. President Earl Smith of the Illinois Agricultural Association par- ticipated as one of the five representa- tives of the eleven states in the mid- west group of state organizations. Urged by President E. A. O’Neal, the directors agreed to concentrate the major legislative ef- fort of the organiza- tion on a three-point program covering the following mat- ters: (1) restoration of farm purchasing power through legis- lation to correct in- adequacies in the monetary system; (2) attainment of E. A. O’Neal equality for agricul- ture, by bringing the farming industry into the American protective system; to be accomplished by amending the Agricultural Market- ing Act to include the equalization fee for use of the Federal Farm Board in surplus crop control activities; and (3) reduction of the cost of government to a point proportionate to the income of the people. Among resolutions approved by the national directors was one insisting that Congress in any consideration of the Marketing Act, “confine its efforts to strengthening the Act by adoption of the Equalization Fee, and such other amendments as may be offered by its friends to secure: greater effectiveness; that the revolving fund provided in the Act be left intact and necessary funds be made available for its proper admin- istration; further, that Congress restore to the revolving fund an amount equal to the value of any commodity taken from the Board and otherwise di- rected.” A second resolution restated the Fed- eration’s opposition to a general sales tax and declared that “only a national emergency and an absence of other sources upon which an equitable levy can be made, justify such a tax.” To balance the budget, this resolution de- mands that Congress “‘confine its adop- tion of new forms of taxation to a se- lective luxury tax and gift tax and in- creases in rates of inheritance and in- come tax schedules.” A special committee was authorized to draft proposals for the agricultural planks in the platform of the two ma- jor political parties when they meet in Chicago in June. In this project an effort will be made to develop a joint program with the National Grange and the Farmers Union, so that the “big three” farm organizations can approach the conventions with a united front. Another committee authorized will be known as the National Committee on Co-Ordination and Efficiency in Government. It will be commissioned to work out plans for securing greater efficiency in government, through co- ordination of the activitites of state and national units of government and through reduction of costs of govern- ment. The plan must be ready for con- sideration at the national convention in Chicago next December. The date of this convention was fixed for December 5 to 7, and again, as last year a great, national exposition of agricultural progress will be conducted in conjunction with the convention. By unanimous agreement the Board authorized another national Farm Bu- reau Muster Day, similar to those con- ducted in September for the past several years. Authorization was also given for conducting a nation-wide Farm Bureau Fourth of July picnic, as organized ag- riculture’s contribution to the observ- ance of the George Washington bi- centennial anniversrary celebration. Corn Credit Loans on Less Than 1% of Crop LTHOUGH loans made by the National Corn Credit Corporation have enabled many Illinois and Iowa farmers to meet press- ing obligations without selling their corn on a forced market, the total amount of corn sealed as security for loans to date is less than 1 per cent of the 1931 production of the two states. The bulk of the crop from both states is fed to livestock. Approximately 1,900 loans had been made up to March 23, according to Harry Laird, mana- ger of the credit corporation. These loans went to 70 counties in Illinois and 38 in Iowa. The average loan is slightly less than $400. “One of the most commendable features of the plan is the fact that loans are being dis- tributed to a large number of farmers rather than to a few large producers,” Laird said. “Thus, the corn credit corporation is serving the purpose for which it was created, namely, to give relief to the farmer who is hard pressed but who does not want to sell his corn crop at present prices.” The machinery for sealing cribs and handling applications is practically complete in both IIli- nois and Iowa. Up to December 15, Illinois counties had filed 83 requests with the state department of agriculture for the appointment of warehouse supervisory boards. Most of the sealers have been appointed and bonded. Livestock Growers Get Freight Rate Reduction I. A. A. Appeal to Commerce Com- mission Succeeds in Securing 8 Per Cent Cut REIGHT rates on cattle and hogs from southern and eastern Illinois counties were recently reduced approxi- mately eight per cent through the ef- forts of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation and the Producers’ marketing agencies at Peoria, Chicago, and East St. Louis. This will mean a saving of from $6 to $8 a car in many cases, de- pending on the distance from market. The new rates became effective March 14 in the entire territory south of the line between Chicago and Pekin and east of the Illinois river. Savings on cattle and hogs received by the co-operative Producers’ agencies alone from this part of the state is at least $15,000 a year, and this is a com- paratively small part of the total sav- ing. Figures on the total amount of the reduction are not available due to - the fact that it is not known what percentage of the receipts on Illinois markets comes from this area. In 1928 the Interstate Commerce Commission reduced interstate rates in Central Freight Association territory about 1214 per cent, leaving intra-state rates unchanged. Interstate rates were later raised four per cent, but were still 814 per cent below rates in southeastern Illinois. After the I. A. A. had asked the rail- roads to adjust these rates without get- ting any action, a complaint was finally filed before the Illinois Commerce Com- mission requesting a reduction. As a result, the carriers immediately sought permission from the Interstate Com- merce Commission to adjust rates in this area. Rates for the northern and western part of the state were not af- fected by the change. According to G. W. Baxter of the I. A. A. transportation department, a farmer shipping a load of cattle from Lincoln to Chicago will save $6.60, or shipping a load of hogs from Lincoln he will save $3.68. From Mt. Pulaski to Chicago the saving on a car. of _cattle will be $4.40, or on a car of hogs $2.80. Champaign shippers will save $3.30 a car on cattle and $2.10 on hogs. Shipping to East St. Louis from El- dorado a farmer will save $7.70 a car on cattle and $5.50 on hogs; from Anna to East St. Louis, $4.40 on cattle, $2.15 on hogs; from Clinton, $6.60 on cattle, $4.58 on hogs. April, 1932 19th District Conference Is Held at Mattoon Responsibilities of Farm Bureau and co-operative association boards of di- rectors was discussed by G. W. Smith of Charleston at the recent 19th I. A. A. district conference held at Mattoon. Director C. J. Gross presided. Mr. Smith expressed the belief that directors should attend all meetings, vote on all questions | brought up, enter into the discussion, be willing to sacri- | fice time to solicit membership and pa- tronage, and abide by majority rule. Mr. Gross led in a discussion of Farm Bureau office ad- ministration and of relationships between employees and offi- cials of the organization. It was gen- erally agreed that Farm Bureau officers and directors should not hold political office and should avoid partisan politics to safeguard the best interests of the organization. District Manager L. B. Hornbeek dis- cussed organization problems, Frank D. Barton, co-operative grain marketing. Farm Adviser C. E. Gates reviewed the grain marketing program in LaSalle county. He told how new equipment was improving grain grades and reduc- ing the expense of loading and handling grain. Air blower equipment for load- ing grain is now being installed in country elevators, it was reported. A. B. Culp emphasized the need for progressive but sound thinking, for de- veloping Farm Bureau leadership among the younger members who must carry on after present leaders retire. Farm Adviser C. C. Burns and Mr. Fulk suggested that a nationalistic viewpoint be developed favoring tariff protection and trade restrictions. It was unanimously voted that the next district conference be held at Shelby- ville. C. J. Gross Fahrnkopf and Vaniman Recovering from Illness Harrison Fahrnkopf, director of grain marketing, has been ill since the annual meeting of the I. A. A. in Rockford. He has been troubled with sciatic rheu- matism. Removal of his tonsils failed to correct the condition. He is still under the observation of physicians. More re- cently he entered the hospital in Bloom- ington for further examination, after which he had several teeth extracted. THE I. A. A. RECORD Mr. Fahrnkopf hopes to be sufficient- ly improved by April 1 to resume work. Vernon Vaniman, directof of insur- ance service, is recoverutg at his home in Urbana from a kidrfey operation. An infection which develdped following the operation is gradually subsiding. He hopes to be sufficiently\ strong to return to the office shortly affter April 1. Cold Weather Kills Peach Buds, Delays Crops The cold snap the second week in March damaged peach buds in the southern Illinois peach belt from 25 to 100 per cent, according to Harry W. Day, of the Illinois Fruit Growers’ Ex- change. The damage in Pulaski, Massac and Pope counties in the extreme southern part of the state is estimated at from 75 to 100 per cent. While peach buds were not opened, they were swelled nearly to the burst- ing point, Day said. Most of the buds were turned black by the freeze. Ex- tensive damage likewise is reported in the Arkansas and Missouri peach belts. Asparagus and strawberries in south- ern Illinois will be delayed from two to three weeks. Some damage has been done to pear orchards. Keltner and Winnebago Officials Did Good Job HARLES H. KELTNER, farm ad- viser, and President George F. Tul- lock of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau, together with the local com- mittee on arrange- ments, deserve much of the credit for the Outstanding success of the 17th annual I. A. A. convention held Jan. 27-28-29, in Rockford. | Several weeks be- | fore the meeting Mr. Keltner called a meeting of northern Chas. H. Keltner Illinois farm advisers and Farm Bureau presidents with the idea of getting out a large delegation of members from each of the nearby counties. The re- sults of this effort exceeded expecta- tions. The crowd was estimated at §,000, exceeding the attendance at most, if not all, previous convention. Delegates and visitors were comfort- ably provided for and the three-day schedule of events went off without a hitch. Secretary Patrick of the Rock- ford Chamber of Commerce and _ the hotel managers co-operated most effec- tively to this end. Page Seventeen Over 800 at Annual Winnebago Co. Meeting Geo. Jewett Defends Marketing Act, Warns Farmers of False Propaganda | 2 erases the extension of co-opera- tive marketing, co-operative pur- chasing, and general agricultural or- ganization as the only hope for a prof- itable agriculture in the future, George C. Jewett, vice-chairman of the board, Congress Trust and Savings Bank, Chi- cago, took up the cudgel in defense of the Agricultural Marketing Act at the annual meeting of the Winnebago County Farm Bureau at Rockford March 19, The Act has been of material benefit to farmers in setting up their co-opera- tive marketing system, he said, and al- though there may have been some mis- takes in the administration of the meas- ure, its enactment has been more than justified. Mr. Jewett pointed to the stabiliza- tion operations of the Federal Farm Board as one possible mistake in the administration of the Marketing Act. He said that the purchasing of grain by the Stabilization Corporation, no doubt improved the market at the time of the purchases, but that the effects of these operations were likely to be detrimental in the long run. He warned Winnebago county farm- ers to look carefully at those who were fighting the co-operative movement, pointing out that most of them were men who had formerly profited from the farmer’s lack of organization. President George F. Tullock and Secretary L. A. Frisby reported a suc- cessful year both for the Farm Bureau and the Winnebago County Service Company, which held its annual meet- ing jointly with the Farm Bureau. Be- tween 800 and 900 were present at the luncheon held in the ballroom of the Faust Hotel, where the annual banquet of the I. A. A. was held the latter part of January. It was reported that the amount of patronage dividends paid to Farm Bu- reau members by the service company in 1931 is equal to an average refund to each member of $23.93. A dividend of 10 per cent has been paid and an- other 10 per cent has been set aside for later distribution in 1932. The total re- fund amount to $15,125.32 for the year. Eighty head of purebred Angus cows, heifers and bulls sold by the Mercer County Breeders’ Association on March 16 average between $95 and $100 per head. Page Eighteen THE I. A. A. RECORD April, 1932 Farm Accidents Reveal Need Liability Insurance Although the causes of farm acci- dents change with the various seasons of the year, there is not a month when farm employees get by without injuries of some kind. Thus, the employer is never relieved of his liability unless he is protected by insurance. During February an employee of a Mercer county farmer was injured while building a fence. He was pulling a small tree with a team of horses when a small branch struck his eye, punctur- ing his eyeball and lid. In Boone county an employee was seriously hurt when he was attacked by a bull and badly bruised, causing blad- der hemorrhage. He had just taken hold of a rope fastened to a ring in the bull’s nose to lead him away, when the animal charged. A St. Clair farmer and his hired man were weighing cattle and in dividing them one ran against the hired man, knocking him down and spraining his wrist. A farm employee in Win- nebago county tore the liga- ments on the back of his leg from the knee down while pushing a truck stuck in the mud. These are typical winter accidents. The ones which will be reported in the next month or so will probably be of a different nature. Spring activities bring a great many new risks. Outside the busy harvest months, April is one of the highest months in ac- cidents. July, August, Sep- tember and October are the peak months. More than 1,800 members have availed themselves of employers’ liability insurance service offered by the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insur- ance Company. Five district meetings for Country Life agents will be held during the first two weeks of April, according to L. A. Williams, manager. On April 1 a meeting will be held at the Cottage Cup- board, DeKalb; on April 5, Pittinger Hotel, Centralia; on April 6, Farm Bureau of- fice, Bloomington; on April 8, Elks’ Building, Galesburg; Skinner High Man A. N. Skinner, general insurance agent in Knox county, was high man in the February con- test for reinstating lapsed policies in Country Life Insur- ance Company, re- ceiving as a reward a set of Rogers sil- verware. He rein- stated 20 policiés. Mr. Skinner was a valued member of the I. A. A. Board A. N. Skinner of Directors from 1927 to 1930, dur- ing which time he served on the finance committee. He has been an active Farm Bureau worker for many years. At present he is vice-president of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League and dictator in his district. He has won a number of prizes in Country Life contests during the past year. “HOW ABOUT IT, TYKEE?” Master Herbert Stockley, son of Will Stockley, a member Life and Auto Companies Dedicate Policies to 'Van' Both Country Life Insurance Com- pany and the Illinois Agricultural: Mu- tual Insurance Company dedicat SMES ENEN NSS RY N s ~ ~~) ‘ q NAR N N v ® N Sy NI NK SLX *» S N S \ OM, 553,704 ® INES 8) 8/8 B aS N SZ IC) AIG ISI, PERCENTAG Oo '!23 45 67 8 10 E OF TO: FA. bk it 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2) 22 23 coo lS RS EN A EMG HS al A RE oarAl ovay |_| 4051, 64, 704 2/ G , 12.34 o MAS 72E,/1 _ PHID FRO/I POSTAL REVENUE NAVY DEPARTMENT Z YEN Voke/CULTY, INELYO =. 2 oO E ZZ 173,400,000 FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND FFI, 001 - Feed Ce Reese LOANED 8 FF OOK COO FOR, 2H, O65 Ht Os L006, CLA C OL FIA ke ENT C(E- LOSIKE os 2iaL "0 GEA ‘s KCLA 295 398.257 6:05 | U/ 4 GAL SOA4 kL) “ A “| 60424597 | | | | | TT tT WINTERIOR DEPARTIVENT 7 LANEOUS (DEDUCT/O) (ZZ CLOVIS AND ADLUSTIIENTS GRAND JOTAL er is better off than the majority of his city neighbors. He at least has a job. Which would you rather have: a piece of land on which you can live and produce a livelihood or stock in a closed factory that pays no dividends and has no earning power?” Replying to a question regarding the forces directing propaganda against farm organization and co-operative marketing, Mr. Smith pro- duced a list of the directors of the so-called American Federation of Business whose slogan is “Take the government out of business,” but whose real purpose is to fight farmers’ efforts to help themselves. Mr. Smith showed that every director is either a member of a grain or livestock exchange or else provides services de- pendent upon speculation or commissions from selling farmers’ products. The Middlemen’s Solution “What has the opposition to offer us as a solution to our troubles?” continued Mr. Smith. “A speaker, who recently appeared before a farm gathering under the auspices of the middlemen’s organization, the American Federa- tion of Business, advised farmers to abandon their organization, the Farm Bureau, and use their dues to pay off their mortgages. At the same time this group is spending large sums through propaganda societies to block farmers’ efforts to help themselves. “Farmers are willing to see the government get out of business provided it gets out of all business without discriminating against agri- culture. Chairman Stone of the Farm Board made a commendable suggestion when in reply to critics, he said: ‘Investigate the Farm Board and the co-operative associations all you like but at the same time investigate the middlemen and their exchanges and make a full and im- partial report on both and compare them.’ “It is not strange that since Mr. Stone offered this suggestion we have heard little about a congressional investigation of the Farm Board.” The Tax Problem Addressing himself to the tax situation, Mr. Smith disclosed that one member out of every four and one-half families is now on the public payroll. ‘Taxes have grown out of all pro- portion to ability to pay,” he said. “Since 1920 farm income in Illinois has declined from $1,106,000,000 to approximately $315,000,000 last year. Thus 1931 farm income was less than one-third of that in 1920. But our tax bill has been going the other way. It has moved upward 40 per cent. This is something we can correct. The solution lies in organiza- tion. The place to start to reduce taxes is at home where -from 80 to 90 per cent of your tax money is spent. Why should not every County Farm Bureau sit around the table with representatives of business, labor, and other groups, and work out a program to reduce the cost of local government? “The Illinois Agricultural Association is the only organization in the state that has worked for a constructive program in the state legis- lature to equalize the unfair system of taxa- tion now crushing the property owner. And we have made some progress. We have brought the tax issue to the fore through the passage of the state income tax. I would not criticize the recent decision of the Sangamon county court on this measure, but I point to the fact that many state supreme courts have held that the income tax is not a property tax. It was on this point alone that the circuit judge’s de- cision holding the Illinois act unconstitutional was made.” Mr. Smith then discussed in detail how the $4.50 per year per member paid into the Illinois Agricultural Association is spent. He showed that the member is getting four times as much service and benefits as he got in 1926. “It is high time that all business men, bank- ers, and professional men realize that the farm problem has developed into the one big prob- lem before the American people,” he said. “We have the vision, courage, and ability to meet and solve this problem. The solution will come when leaders of various economic groups come to understand one another and co-operate in a spirit of mutual helpfulness.” The crowd which packed the armory in Kewanee came from the 10 adjoining “counties - including Henry, Bureau, Peoria, Mercer, Knox, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Henderson, and Rock Island. The Farm Bureau presidents of each county sat on the platform. George Broman, president of the Henry County Farm Bureau, presided. R. J. Hamilton, district manager, had charge of the entertainment. Joe Saunders ably served as song leader. Farm Bureau quartettes from Mercer, Rock Island, and Knox counties were applauded. Short addresses of welcome were made by Mr. Broman, Mayor J. J. Andrews of Kewanee, and President Steele of the local Chamber of Commerce. The information presented by Mr. Smith at Kewanee is similar to that covered at other Farm Bureau mass meetings by I. A. A. speakers over the state. 600 at Mattoon Mattoon, IIl., April 18.—Citing as an ex- ample the failure of recently launched sales program of two automobile companies, Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, declared before an audience of 600 farmers and business men here tonight that (Continued on page 5 col. 3) May, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five CLASSIFICATION OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES CHARGED TO U. S. DEPT. OF AGR., FISCAL YEAR 1931, ON BASIS OF DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT, JUNE 30, 1931. TOTAL $296,865,945. Hyde Discloses Facts About U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Budget XPENDITURES of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Federal Farm Board have been singled out re- cently as targets for attacks by middle- men’s organizations and newspapers that front for them. Everyone agrees that taxes must come down and unnecessary govern- mental activities cease, but fairness de- mands that the truth be disclosed and all federal expenditures be placed in their true light. The accompanying chart received from a budget officer at Washington clearly reveals that of approximately $300,000,000 administered by the De- partment of Agriculture in the last fiscal year the greater part of it went for roads, emergency relief loans, and public service not confined to agricul- ture. The figures on the chart above vary slightly from those given below since one covers a fiscal year ending June, 1931, while the other (Mr. Hyde’s) is for the calendar year. Replying to a series of charts and other propaganda published some time ago by the Chicago Tribune Secretary Arthur M. Hyde presented these facts: $174,000,000 of the 1931 Dept. of Agriculture expenditures went to the states as federal aid in highway con- struction. This money served the gen- eral welfare and relieved unemployment. $50,000,000 went to farmers in drought areas as emergency relief loans. The Department of Agriculture did not ask for the money. It was no part of our regular program. $14,000,000 went to the states for experiment stations, extension services, and forest fire prevention. The Depart- ment of Agriculture did not spend it. We were merely the channel through which the money passed. Deducting these sums leaves $58,- 000,000 spent by the Department. This contrasts with the $30,000,000 spent in1917. (All other moneys were either paid to the states direct, or were emer- gency funds for which this department made no request.) But even this $58,000,000 is not a fair statement of the expenditures for agricultural purposes. $4,000,000 in 1931 went to the Weather Bureau, including $1,200,000 for commercial aviation—only $50,000 of the entire appropriation being direct- ly for agriculture. $6,000,000 went for eradication of bovine tuberculosis—a public health service fully as much as an agricultural service. $5,000,000 went for meat inspec- tion—primarily for public health. $1,600,000 was expended for en- forcement of the Food and Drugs laws —another health service. $15,000,000, in addition to payments to states for forest roads already counted, went to the Forest Service to conserve our national resources. $2,000,000 went to Biological Sur- vey, principally for wild life conserva- tion. ms These items add up to $33,600,000. Minor non-agricultural items bring the total well above $35,000,000. That leaves, of the $58,000,000, only $23,- _ 000,000 that can properly be charged against the Department of Agriculture for strictly agricultural expenditures. Of the $30,000,000 expended in 1917, about $11,000,000 was for strictly agricultural purposes. The increase in expenditures by the Department of Agriculture for agricul- tural purposes from 1917 to 1931 was, therefore, about $12,000,000. Any other statement is unjust to agriculture. (Continued from page 4) business is beginning to realize that industry cannot recover until the farmer regains his lost purchasing power. “We see new cars in showrooms all over: the country but not on the highways,” Mr. Smith pointed out. “The value is there, but we haven’t the down payment to make. It is a complex problem, but industry is beginning to realize that the farmer prostrated by two years’ depression has to get up first.” Cut Budget $47,000 Polo, Ill., April 21.—Approximately 700 Farm Bureau members and their families from Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Carroll, Winnebago, Ste- phenson, and JoDaviess counties gathered in the community high school here tonight to hear President Earl C. Smith review problems of chief interest to organized farmers. C. E. Bam- borough, I. A. A. director from the 13th dis- trict, presided. Answering a question from the floor regard- ing a misleading article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune the day before, Mr. Smith stated that since October, 1931, the I. A. A. and the companies it manages had reduced the annual budget $47,000; that in only two in- stances did co-operatives affiliated with the I. A. A. borrow funds from the Federal Farm Board, not one cent of which was used for organization purposes. The I. A. A., he said, has borne all of the expense of organizing co-operatives affiliated with the I. A. A. In one instance (Illinois Grain Corporation) all the money borrowed from the Farm Board has been returned, and in the other instance (Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation) substantial payments on the loan have been made and a definite plan adopted to liqui- date this loan over a period of years. Metzger at Ottawa Ottawa, Ill., April 25.—Between 900 and 1,000 Farm Bureau members attended the Farm Bureau mass meeting held in the high school auditorium here tonight. The principal address was made by Secretary George E. Metzger. Questioned from the floor as to how farmers could combat their enemies the audience cheered Metzger’s reply: “‘Patronize your own co-operatives.” Mr. Metzger disclosed the source of the opposition and challenged the middlemen to come forward with a constructive program that will bring agriculture out of the depression which began in 1920. Metzger substituted for Earl Smith, who was unable to attend because of serious illness in his family. Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1932 EXPENDITURES FOR ALL BRANCHES FEDERAL GOV’T. SERVICE, INCLUDING PAYMENTS FROM POSTAL REVENUES, FISCAL YEAR 1931, ORGANIZATION UNIT SNECUOTUE OFFICE ANO /WOEPENOENT LSTAELISANENTS, ZKOLUSIVE OF FEDERAL FAR) BOARD (TOTALS perce Yo/ SH/PPING BOARD AND EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION EXPENDITURE S/ (2B TIB IRS fe KETERANS ADOMINISTCATION (090578 15|2/ 33 | SS, IC/, II6 | TOTAL $4,877,315,309. Oo | 4 os INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION PANAIIA CANAL | FECERAL BOARD? FOR KOCATIONAL LQUCATION EE IBLE 20h | 2/00 /18\ 0/8 IYVISCELLANLE OOS 28 201997| O50 “J P-E-R -C.EN TA G:E 2345 67 8 9 10 — BASED ON TREASURY STATEMENT OF JUNE 30, 1931. OF TO: TAL 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Il 12 VY << \PUBL/C DEBT (TOTAL) me RETICEMENT OF DEBT a #900820 INTEREST ON DEBT + OV, 583,708 \ /2.5F POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT IND POSTAL SERVICE (7OTAL) — PAO FROME TREASURY + PAID FROM POSTAL REVENUE WAR QEPART/ILEW 7 WAY DEPARTMENT \ [Ce “e204 CONSTRUCTION AND $8 y es MERGENCY RELIEX LOANS?) . CRY” DPEPARITIIIENT (EXCLOSVUVE ae PUBLIC DEBI "(FEDERAL FART FS eal A CRICUL TURAL \MAIRAETING ACT) JPG 07/009 296 BEE H: 295398. 237| COS 1V/,69F 21F| FB. IF 2 VW7IER/OR DEPARTMENT \DEPARTIIENT OF COMMERCE [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF SUSTICE (LEGISLATIVE ESTABLISHMENT DEPARTMENT OF STATE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WSCELLANEOUS (DEDUCTIONS DUE 7O EXCESS \OF KELDIIE AND ADSUSTIVENTS) GRAND JOTAL er is better off than the majority of his city neighbors. He at least has a job. Which would you rather have: a piece of land on which you can live and produce a livelihood or stock in a closed factory that pays no dividends and has no earning power?” Replying to a question regarding the forces directing propaganda against farm organization ind co-operative marketing, Mr. Smith pro- duced a list of the directors of the so-called American Federation of Business whose slogan is “Take the government out of business,” but whose real purpose is to fight farmers’ efforts to help themselves. Mr. Smith showed that every director is either a member of a grain or livestock exchange or else provides services de- pendent upon speculation or commissions trom selling farmers’ products. The Middlemen’s Solution What has the opposition to offer us as a solution to our troubles?”” continued Mr. Smith. A speaker, who recently appeared before a farm gathering under the auspices: of the middlemen’s organization, the American Federa- tion of Business, advised farmers to abandon heir organization, the Farm Bureau, and_ use heir dues to pay off their mortgages. At the sme time this group is spending large sums chrough propaganda societies to block farmers’ forts to help themselves. “Farmers are willing to see the government vet out of business provided gets out of all business without discriminating against agri- culture. Chairman Stone of the Farm Board made a commendable suggestion when in reply to critics, he said: ‘Investigate the Farm Board ind the co-operative associations all you like but at the same time investigate the middlemen ind their exchanges and make a full and im- partial report on both and compare them.’ It is not strange that since Mr. Stone offered — 7,516 109 IER [6747776 26 te Ei ial 2 i L3H76,0/3| O | azarae 025 TOTAL AS ABLE $ETE [43007 126 — | this suggestion we have heard little about a congressional investigation of the Farm Board.” The Tax Problem Addressing himself to the tax situation, Mr. Smith disclosed that one member out of every four and one-half families is now on the public payroll. “Taxes have grown out of all pro- portion to ability to pay,” he said. “Since 1920 farm income in Illinois has declined from $1,106,000,000 to approximately $315,000,000 last year. Thus 1931 farm income was_ less than one-third of that in 1920. But our tax bill has been going the other way. It has moved upward 40 per cent. This is something we can correct. The solution lies in organiza- tion. The place to start to reduce taxes is at home where from 80 to 90 per cent of your tax money is spent. Why should not every County Farm Bureau sit around the table with representatives of business, labor, and other groups, and work out a program to reduce the cost of local government? “The Illinois Agricultural Association is the only organization in the state that has worked for a constructive program in the state legis- lature to equalize the unfair system of taxa- tion now crushing the property owner. And we have made some progress. We have brought the tax issue to the fore through the passage of the state income tax. I would not criticize the recent decision of the Sangamon county court on this measure, but I point to the fact that many state supreme courts have held that the income tax is not a property tax. It was on this point alone that the circuit judge’s de- cision holding the Illinois act unconstitutional was made.” Mr. Smith then discussed in detail how the $4.50 per year per member paid into the Illinois Agricultural Association is spent. He showed that the member is getting four times as much service and benefits as he got in 1926. “Tt is high time that all business men, bank- ers, and professional men realize that the farm problem has developed into the one big prob- lem before the American people,” he said. “We have the vision, courage, and ability to meet and solve this problem, The solution will come when leaders of various economic groups come to understand one another and co-operate in a spirit of mutual helpfulness.” The crowd which packed the armory in Kewanee came from the 10 adjoining ‘counties including Henry, Bureau, Peoria, Mercer, Knox, Stark, Tazewell, Warren, Henderson, and Rock Island. The Farm Bureau presidents of each county sat on the platform. George Broman, president of the Henry County Farm Bureau, presided. R. J. Hamilton, district. manager, had charge of the entertainment. Joe Saunders ably served as song leader. Farm Bureau quartettes from Mercer, Rock Island, and Knox counties were applauded. Short addresses of welcome were made by Mr. Broman, Mayor J. J. Andrews of Kewance, and President Steele of the local Chamber of Commerce. The information presented by Mr. Smith at Kewanee is similar to that covered at other Farm Bureau mass meetings by I. A. A. speakers Gver the State. 600 at Mattoon Mattoon, IIl., April 18.—Citing as an ex- ample the failure of recently launched sales program of two automobile companies, Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, declared before an audience of 600 farmers and business men here tonight that (Continued on page S$ col. 3) May, 193 . THE I. A. A. RECOR Page Five #8, 828 78 CLASSIFICATION (642%), FEDEOAL HO 70 STATES... (FOREST ROADS AW? Thefildn®.. MOUNT HERMON HIGHWA. OF TOTAL EXPENDITURES CHARGED TO U. S. DEPT. OF AGR., FISCAL YEAR 1931, ON BASIS OF DAILY TREASURY STATEMENT, JUNE 30, 1931. TOTAL $296,865,945. Hyde Discloses Facts About U. S. Dept. of Agriculture Budget XPENDITURES of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Federal Farm Board have been singled out re- cently as targets for attacks by middle- men’s organizations and newspapers that front for them. Everyone agrees that taxes must come down and unnecessary govern- mental activities cease, but fairness de- mands that the truth be disclosed and all federal expenditures be placed in their true light. The accompanying chart received from a budget officer at Washington clearly reveals that of approximately $300,000,000 administered by the De- partment of Agriculture in the last fiscal year the greater part of it went for roads, emergency relief loans, and public service not confined to agricul- ture. The figures on the chart above vary slightly from those given below since one covers a fiscal year ending June, 1931, while the other (Mr. Hyde’s) is for the calendar year. Replying to a series of charts and other propaganda published some time ago by the Chicago Tribune Secretary Arthur M. Hyde presented these facts: $174,000,000 of the 1931 Dept. of Agriculture expenditures went to the states as federal aid in highway con- struction. This money served the gen- eral welfare and relieved unemployment. $50,000,000 to in went tarmers drought areas as emergency relief loans. The Department of Agriculture did not ask for the money. It was no part of our regular program. $14,000,000 went to the states for experiment stations, extension services, and forest fire prevention. The Depart- ment of Agriculture did not spend it. We were merely the channel through which the money passed. Deducting these sums leaves $58,- 000,000 spent by the Department. This contrasts with the $30,000,000 spent in 1917. (All other moneys were either paid to the states direct, or were emer- gency funds for which this department made no request.) But even this $58,000,000 is not a fair statement of the expenditures for agricultural purposes. $4,000,000 in 1931 went to the Weather Bureau, including $1,200,000 for commercial aviation—only $50,000 of the entire appropriation being direct- ly for agriculture. $6,000,000 went for eradication of bovine tuberculosis—a _ public health service fully as much as an agricultural service. $5,000,000 went for meat inspec- tion—primarily for public health. $1,600,000 was expended for en- forcement of the Food and Drugs laws —another health service. $15,000,000, in addition to payments to states for forest roads already counted, went to the Forest Service to conserve our national resources. $2,000,000 went to Biological Sur- vey, principally for wild lite conserva- tion. These items add up to $33,600,000. Minor non-agricultural items bring the total well above $35,000,000. That leaves, of the $58,000,000, only $23,- 000,000 that. can properly be charged against the Department of Agriculture for strictly agricultural expenditures. Of the $30,000,000 expended in 1917, about $11,000,000 agricultural purposes. The increase in expenditures by the Department of Agriculture for agricul- tural purposes from 1917 to 1931 was, therefore, about $12,000,000. Any other statement is unjust to agriculture. was for strictly (Continued from page 4) business is beginning to realize that industry cannot recover until the farmer regains his lost purchasing power. “We see new cars in showrooms all over the Mr. Smith out. there, but the make. It is a complex problem, but industry is beginning to country but not on the highways,” pointed “The haven’t payment to value is we down realize that the farmer prostrated by two years’ depression has to get up first.” Cut Budget $47,000 Polo, Ill., April 21.—Approximately 700 Farm Bureau members and their families from Ogle, Lee, Whiteside, Carroll, Winnebago, Ste phenson, and JoDaviess the community high school here tonight to hear counties gathered in President Earl C. Smith review problems of chief interest to organized farmers. C, E. Bam- borough, I. A. A. director from the 13th dis- trict, presided. Answering a question from the floor regard- ing a misleading article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune the day before, Mr. Smith stated that since October, 1931, the I. A. A and the companies it manages had reduced the annual budget $47,000; that in only two in- stances did co-operatives athliated with the | A. A. borrow tunds from the Federal Farm Board, not one cent of which was used for organization purposes. The I. A. A., he expense of organizing said, has borne all of the co-operatiy es athliated with the I. A. A. In one instance (Illinois Grain Corporation) all the money borrowed from the Farm Board has been returned, and in the other instance (Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation) substantial payments on the loan have been made and a definite plan adopted to liqui date this loan over a period oft years. Metzger at Ottawa Ottawa, IIl., April 25.—Between 900 and 1,000 Farm Bureau members attended the Farm Bureau mass meeting held in the high school auditorium here tonight. The principal address was made by Secretary George E. Metzger. Questioned from the floor as to how farmers could combat their enemies the audience cheered Metzger’s reply: “Patronize your own co-operatives.” Mr. Metzger disclosed the source of the opposition and challenged the middlemen to come forward with a constructive that will bring agriculture out of the depression which began in 1920. Metzger substituted for Earl Smith, who was unable to attend because program of serious illness in his family. iff | \q i Page Six THE I. A. A. RECORD May, 1932 LV, A POLTURAL ASSOCIA N ECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was orgenized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THEM, Editor Max HarreELson, Assistant Editor eres eons in pig iene mean pe aapaimmagicinssanaiatpnss cmos ante Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Il. Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall, Ill, to Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C. Simith....2-2..222.2.2.-----eccce--encnenneccneeccccenencennneaennneneneanees Detroit Vice-President, A. R. Wright............-----------------------ssseeccseeeeeeecneeeneenenenenens Varna Secretary, Geo. E. 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Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro AY 9 i aa a ne om a ci a PnP REN ES W. L. Cope, Salem DOIN ii cece cise cSnnnimonte Cabs SnanNetocnctanoenagdcmncediest Charles Marshall, Belknap OS CUR ach od cvs cecsettencna cneoyoasonpdertbeqwatinsaiavoentpompndedbnenites Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS Comptroller .-..-J. H. Kelker Dairy Marketing ...J. B. Counuss Finance.............. ...R. A. Cowles Fruit and Vegetable Marketing................-.-----.-------------0--e0--0--- Harry W. Day Grain Marketing... 22------.-------0--0eeeeeeeeneneenneneeeeeee Harrison Fahrnkopf EER OUP GNU 5 sinc cstentngnsesncmndnsnpcneenisbbnvaidepanseasewinatnnnsjriabsnacnpeetonsacaned George Thiem Trngurance Service. n:..n.nnnnn-ncena-n2rnnn--nae enn nawenworneen--woseneespevvoouneventwenion V. Vaniman IE naga sctdarw cst nan sch at sopcanin ap susbaevnide tat snanoctacadetapitbcsian Donald Kirkpatrick Live Stock Marketing............--......----------c0---sseceeeceeeeneneeeneesereenes Ray E. Miller NN cia okse nels snocdccnct ln pgennccne iss ncepasiccagedsoumanetvedsnbscsnasnendiorweinone’ C. E. Johnston Organization.................. G. E. Metzger Produce Marketing... F. A. Gougler Taxation and Statistics.. J. C. Watson Transportation-............... ....L. J. Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co. ....W.....---2..---2--ceceeeceeneeeeee L. A. Williams, Mgr. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.................... ......---J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass’n..........................- F. E. Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. A. E. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co....... ....L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp............. Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Mark. Ass’n.....Ray Miller, Mgr.; R. W. Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n................-------..--------- F. A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’ n__ 2 2--22-22.--2-20--eeeeeneneneeeeee- W. H. Coultas, Mgr. The Fittest Will Survive IN the long run the slush funds, speech-making, printer’s ink, publicity, and propaganda against co-operative marketing will not greatly affect the future of this system of selling farm products; the price received, savings effected, and service rendered are all that count and the producer is and will be the court of last resort. That’s a safe bet. Nothing the opposition can do or say will stop farmers from patronizing their own co-operative institutions if they do the job bet- ter than the private enterprisers. If they fail farm- ers will discard them eventually. Truth will pre- vail. Darwin’s theory of the “survival of the fittest” is the law of business as well as the law of the jungle. Where the Money Goes DURING the last fiscal year the federal gov- ernment spent nearly five billion dollars. Where did it go?..Read the Chicago Tribune and you'll get the impression it was all spent by the Farm Board and U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Read the chart on page 4 that sets forth the facts, and you'll learn that more than 80 per cent went to pay disabled soldiers, their widows and orphans, war debts, national defense, roads, and to deliver the mail. Incidentally the government loses a good deal of money every year delivering news- papers and periodicals. Without this government subsidy metropolitan newspapers might not boast of their extensive country circulation. A very small part of the five billion went for agricultural research, extension, and service con- fined to farmers as pointed out on page 5 by Secretary Hyde. And the Farm Board’s loans to co-operatives are small compared with the gov- ernment-owned Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion’s loans to railroads, banks, and insurance companies. Farmers applaud all sincere efforts to reduce taxes; in fact, the I. A. A. and Farm Bureau have been working on this problem for several years with creditable results. Tax reduction must come, but let it be applied impartially to all groups without discrimination against agriculture. The Income Tax [LEINOIS farmers will await with interest the decision of the State Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the state income tax. Judge Jesse Brown’s decision, given in the Sangamon county circuit court, that a tax upon income is a tax upon property, hence is unconstitutional because not uniform, clashes with State Supreme Court decisions in Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Mis- sissippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Caro- lina, and Wisconsin. All these courts have held that a tax upon income is not a tax upon property. On Co-operation ‘THE early pioneers in co-operative marketing who fought to establish farmer-owned and farmer-controlled country grain elevators would turn over in their graves if they could witness how those principles of co-operation are being dragged in the mire by traitors to the cause with- in their own ranks today. The fact that more than 1,500 farmers eleva- tors in the United States are co-operating in the national co-operative grain marketing program is proof that the majority of elevators are still in good hands. May, 1932 Business Relief (An editorial from the Dayton (Obio) Daily News, from the pen of Walter L. Locke, editorial writer.) "THE Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill —hbusiness relief—has gone to the President and received his instant signature. Within six weeks of the presentation of this measure of busi- ness relief, Congress has passed and the President has signed it while the entire country looks on and applauds. This measure puts an injection of half a billion dollars of government money and a billion and a half more of government guaranteed credit into the arteries of business. Banks and insurance com- panies with frozen assets will find blowing over them the warm breath of government credit and government cash. Hard-pressed railroads will re- ceive government aid. Frozen real estate securi- ties will be thawed in what is to be essentially a government mortgage market. With this help of legislation, of government, prices are expected to start upward—the prices of commodities, of bonds, of lands, of stocks. The government’s measure may not succeed in all this, but the coun- try hopes it will and approves the effort. If it succeeeds, the depression is in hand. Now, while we view so admiringly the strong action which, with big and little business insisting and consenting, the government takes, let us pause for a little smile at ourself. The smile may best be introduced by a remark which that wild “‘radi- cal,” Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, dropped in casting his vote against the measure now a law. Senator Norris said: “Tl have been called a socialist, a bolshevik, a communist, and a lot of other terms of a similar nature, but in the wildest flights of my imagina- tion I never thought of such a thing as putting the government into business as far as this bill would put it.” The words of the insurgent Nebraskan are true. He got himself written down a radical for insist- ing that the government operate a little power plant which it owns at Muscle Shoals. He has variously favored public operation of a public utility here and there. But put the government in control, through a control of money and credit, of all the business of the United States—such a thing as that the Nebraska radical, now a con- servative protesting against the radicalism of his stalwart associates in Congress, never dreamed of. This is what has just been done. We had to do it. The country was in a jam. Only the government, it seems, can break the jam. And so, under the leadership of the Presi- dent who vetoed Senator Norris’ Muscle Shoals THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven bill as a violation of “rugged individualism,” in- dividualism is laid on the shelf and the most com- pletely communistic measure ever adopted in time of peace passes hurrahing into law. It’s all right. We had to do it. But as we do it, let’s smile at ourselves; it will keep us sane. Let’s smile at our “rugged individualism,” at our insistent demand that the government keep out of business; and especially, as we set out now by law to increase the price of everything, let us smile at our old opposition to “price fixing.” And as we smile, can we complain if over at Moscow, which we refuse to recognize because of its socialism, there are a few smiles more? Smiling at ourselves, we can see why the farm- ers smile, the farmers we so sternly rebuked with vetoes, Mr. Coolidge’s at Mr. Hoover’s advice, for wanting to be helped by law.. Remember how long we stood out against the sinking farmers— 12 years. And when it was ourselves struggling in the water, how long was government relief in coming? Six weeks! Oh, there’s very much to smile about in this connection; and, finally, when any of us hereafter in horror cry socialism at anything it will be more than a smile, it will be a snicker. From Illinois to Europe by Water HE recent shipment by the Soybean Market- ing Association of 150,000 bushels of soybeans by water to Rotterdam provides an interesting illustration of the value of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway to farmers of the middle west. From Chicago via the Great Lakes and up the St. Lawrence river to Montreal where the beans were transferred to an ocean going vessel, the rate to Rotterdam is only 14 cents per bushel. This is the lowest possible rate obtainable to European markets. If the rail rate from Peoria to Chicago, which is approximately four cents, were added, the total cost of shipment would amount to 18 cents from Peoria. The rate from New Orleans to Rotterdam alone is 13 cents per bushel, and if the beans were shipped down the Illinois and Mississippi rivers on barges to New Orleans and there transferred to ocean going vessels the rate would be 19.5 cents from Peoria to Rotterdam via this Southern route. By rail from Peoria to New Orleans the rate is approximately 13.5 cents per bushel (6.5 by water) or more than the cost of the ocean haul. With Europe back in the market for farm prod- ucts water transportation will be of decided help to the corn-belt farmer. Page Eight Kirkpatrick Cheered at Mass Meeting in Pontiac Penrc, APRIL 22.—Approxi- mately 1,000 farmers and business men from Livingston, Ford, Iroquois, Woodford and adjoining counties gath- ered here tonight at the Farm Bureau mass meeting to hear Donald Kirk- patrick, general counsel for the I. A. A., discuss legislative and marketing policies of the Association, and disclose the source of opposition to farmers’ or- ganized efforts to help themselves. Mr. Kirkpatrick charged that grain and livestock commission men, specu- lators, and_ other handlers of farm products organized as the Federation of American Business were seeking to de- stroy co-operative marketing under the guise of “getting the government out of business.” Commenting on a meeting at Jersey- Mr. Kirkpatrick ville April 15 spon- sored by the Federation of American Business and the Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Illinois, Mr. Kirkpatrick disclosed that one Millard R. Myers, now repotted to be in the employ of the grain trade, had written a fabri- cated story of the Jerseyville meeting in which he misrepresented what had happened; quoted Tom Cain of Jack- sonville as having attacked the Farm Bureau when Cain was in Washington at the time; quoted Lawrence Farlow as presenting resolutions against co- operative grain marketing which were unanimously adopted when no such resolutions were even offered; and mis- quoted what other speakers had said. Myers Confesses “Our report on that meeting,” said Kirkpatrick, ‘“‘shows that it was largely attended by Farm Bureau members, that when the commission men (W. A. Moody, president St. Louis Livestock Exchange, and R. I. Mansfield, grain commission man) saw the temper of the audience they spoke in generalities for a short time and adjourned the meeting early. “I challenge Lawrence Farlow, Robt. Orndorff, Millard Myers, or any of their associates to deny these facts,” contin- ued Kirkpatrick. Myers, who was in the audience, came forward and at first sought to deny the allegations, un- til Kirkpatrick reached in his brief case -_ and pulled out a copy of Myers’ story. When confronted with the evidence the latter admitted that he wrote the article and attempted to get it published in f THE. A. A. RECORD the local paper at Jerseyville. Thunderous applause greeted the ex- posure of Myers and the middlemen in the Pontiac meeting. Farm Adviser S. G. Turner of Livingston county said it was the largest farm meeting held there in years. 500 at Olney Olney, Ill., April 21.—Agriculture, the basic industry, is being viciously attacked by middlemen’s organizations and certain metropolitan newspapers which are poisoning the minds of thou- sands of citizens by their misleading propaganda, declared Donald Kirk- patrick, legal counsel for the Illinois Agricultural Association, speaking be- fore 500 farmers and business men at the Central High school gymnasium here tonight. Kirkpatrick revealed that sources of Opposition to co-operative marketing are the same today as they have been “ever since the movement began. Middle- men are increasing their attacks because they see co-operatives growing. They realize that the farmer can handle his own marketing efficiently. ; The Olney High School band pro- vided entertainment. B. L. Hornbeek, district organization manager, presided. 800 at Carbondale Carbondale, Ill., April 22.—Ap- proximately 800 farmers and business men attended a mass meeting here to- night to hear George E. Metzger, sec- retary of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation, outline the policies of the asso- ciation with regard to the Federal Farm Board, co-operative marketing, taxation, legislation, and economic problems now facing the farmer. Metzger disclosed that the opposition to co-operative marketing was coming chiefly from middlemen and from un- informed or misinformed persons. He pointed out that some of the business groups which supported the co-oper- ative marketing act were now fighting to repeal it because they could see that the co-operative movement was suc- ceeding. Fred Dietz of DeSoto, director of the I. A. A. from the 25th district, intro- duced Metzger and later turned the meeting over to L. F. Brissenden, dis- trict organization manager. l. A. A. Radio Period Moved Up to 12:15 P. M. The daily farm program of the IIli- nois Agricultural Association over sta- tion WJJD (1130 kilocycles) , Chicago, has been changed to 12:15 p. m. cen- tral standard time. This change was made necessary by adjustments in the station schedule following the shift to daylight saving time in Chicago. May, 1932 Metzger Addresses 400 At Meeting in Carmi Carmi, IIl., April 21.—George E. Metzger, secretary of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association, explained here to- night to an audience of between 300 and 400 farmers and business men where the attacks on co-operative mar- keting were coming from. Metzger was the principal speaker at the meeting sponsored by the White County Farm Bu- . reau in co-operation with Farm Bureaus in adjoining coun- ties to enable farm- ers in this part of the state to get first- hand information on some of the ques- tions now before them. This was one of the series of eleven meetings in the state. Charles Marshall of Belknap, director of the I. A. A. from the 24th district. presided. Tracing the development of the state organization and of co-operative marketing from the beginning, he laid bare the source of opposition which the farmer has had to overcome. He pointed out that the present attacks being made against the Farm Board were coming from the same source, the middlemen, whose slogan is “get the government out of business,” but who in reality are fighting to put farmers out of business. St. Jacob, Ill., April 20.—Legisla- tive and economic questions of fore- most interest to farmers were discussed here tonight before an audience of 800 by Donald Kirkpatrick of the I. A. A. The meeting, sponsored by the Madi- Geo. E. Metzger son County Farm Bureau, was attended by Farm Bureau members and non- members from Jersey, Macoupin, Bond, Montgomery, St. Clair, Clinton, Marion, Monroe, Randolph, Washington and Jefferson counties. John Miller, presi- dent of the Madison County Farm Bu- reau, presided. Kirkpatrick disclosed the source of opposition to co-operative marketing and denounced it as coming from middlemen and speculators. He also explained the policies of the I. A. A. with regard to legislation now being considered. Music was furnished by a Farm Bu- reau women’s quartette and a Farm Bu- reau men’s quartette. The Illinois Grain Corporation handled 666 cars of grain during March. This the largest volume of any month since August, 1931. These shipments came from 191 shipping points in 58 countries. MISSING PAGE(S) ARE ADVERTISEMENTS in oper during it with reason? should conduc THE I. A. A. RECORD © Page Thirteen i Marketing By Harrison Fabrnkopf TOCKHOLDERS and boards of directors of farmers’ elevators should know that their co-operatives can now become members of the Illinois Grain Corporation without any cost. In other words, the farmer, through his elevator, has an opportunity of building a strong terminal grain mar- keting agency without the necessity of advancing cash for the purpose. Grain... When an elevator board of directors earnestly looks into the matter, it eventually becomes a member of the Illinois Grain Corporation. Some of the members have even visited other member elevators and perhaps made trips to the terminal markets to meet the personnel of the Illinois Grain Cor- poration and of the Farmers National Grain Corporation and to study the or- ganizations at close range. If your elevator is a member, you should keep yourself informed that your faith in the organization will not only be sustained but strengthened. If your elevator is not a member, you as a di- rector are seeking information that will help you determine whether or not your Position is in the best interests of your co-operative. _ Illinois Grain Corporation has been in operation for more than a year, and during what might be termed an or- ganization period of twelve months, succeeded in originating for market nine million bushels of grain. If your elevator is one of those not supporting it with a membership, just what is the reason? stile Without attempting to enumerate a number of individual reasons, doesn’t it cover it pretty well to say: “Our board has just not got around to the place where they felt it was the thing to do?” Further enlightenment on the question will probably reveal that the directors talked it over several months ago and have not again given it fur- ther serious consideration. The Illinois Grain Corporation is an effort on the part of the farmer him- self to render more efficient his system of marketing. Certainly no industry should be criticized for endeavoring to conduct its business more efficiently. Roger W. Babson, the well known financial adviser and business forecaster, said recently: “The keynote to future prosperity is improvement in distribution methods. Distributors must cut ‘costs and pass along to the consumers the saving al- ready achieved in production. Progress in production has far outstripped prog- ress in distribution. Our distribution system because of its high cost, is still the bottle neck which prevents the free flow of mass production which gets to the consumers. This business must at- tract that great potential market among the lower income classes to provide an adequate outlet for its huge producing capacity and to do this it must reduce costs. Authorities estimate that the avoidable waste in distribution is be- tween $8,000,000,000 and $10,000,- 000,000 a year.” After all, success in farming is de- termined by a number of factors of which marketing is one. If in local co-operative marketing it is a good thing for individuals to join together, then in going beyond the local unit it should be a profitable thing for co- operatives themselves to join hands. Uncle Ab says, no matter what eco- nomists may tell you, supply always equals demand. PROPHECY DIDN’T COME TRUE —_—— A PROPHECY made 30 years ago was scheduled to mature this year, but all signs indicate that the prophecy just won’t come true. At the turn of the century Sir Wil- liam Crookes, eminent British scien- tist, predicted that unless yields per acre were increased, the world would have a shortage of wheat by 1931, even if all the potentially available wheat land were put in use. Sir William noticed that wheat production in the United States had increased rapidly after the Civil War. Finally the expansion halted, and ex- ports began to decline. Prices stopped falling, and began to rise. The world’s wheat area, Sir William thought, could be increased by only about 100 million acres. If Sir William were alive today he would see his prophecy lying in ruins. It has been battered, Doctor Stine of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics points out, by the contri- butions of science to wheat produc- tion, by the introduction of power machinery, and by the utilization of lands hitherto thought useful only for grazing. ; Thirty years ago the average wheat yield of the world, so far as statis- tics are available, was 12.7 bushels per acre. In the last seven years it. has averaged 14.1 bushels per acre, an increase of 1.4 bushels. On last year’s wheat area, outside of Russia, this increased yield on 320 million acres makes a difference of nearly half a billion bushels, or approxi- mately 13 per cent of the world’s total production. Charge Trade Board With Discrimination Refusal of Membership on Chicago Market in Disregard of Law Alleged in Complaint Filed A charge of discrimination by the Chicago Board of Trade against the Farmers National Grain Corporation, which, if sustained, places the grain ex- change liable to a Federal order closing it under the Grain Futures Act, has been filed by the corporation with the commission of three cabinet members created by the act to hear such dis- putes, according to information made available April 15 at the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Farm Board. The Board of Trade, it was explained, refused membership in the clearing house of the grain exchange to the Farmers National Grain Corporation on the ground that the corporation was not qualified. Rules of the exchange prohibit membership of corporations in the clearing house, it was stated, al- though the Grain Futures Act provides specifically that co-operative marketing associations shall be entitled to member- ship on the Board of Trade “and all privileges on” the Board, on terms re- quired of other members. The follow- ing additional information was pro- vided: The Farmers National formerly em- ployed the Updike Grain Co. to handle its clearing house transactions, but some months ago it decided to eliminate the commission charges involved in this procedure by acquiring the Updike company. Since the acquisition the Farmers National has done its clearing through its subsidiaries. Recently the Board of Trade decided to investigate the status of the Updike company, now a subsidiary of a cor- poration, the Farmers National. The Farmers National then applied for membership for itself on the clearing house. Its application was rejected. The Farmers National now has asked a hearing on this rejection, to be held before the commission composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Attorney Gen- eral of the United States, as provided in the Grain Futures Act. The Grain Futures Act authorizes the Secretary of Agriculture to desig- nate any board of trade as a contract market under certain conditions, and only these contract markets may deal in futures. One of the conditions spe- cified by the act is as follows: “When the governing board thereof does not exclude from membership in, and all privileges on, such board of (Continued on page 14 col. 1) Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD ' May, 1932 Nominations in Order A. F. B. F. Service Award Nominations are now in order for candidates for the American Farm Bu- reau Federation’s 1932 Award ‘‘For Distinguished Service to Organized Agriculture,” according to an an- nouncement from the Federation. The award is given in recognition of service which called for personal effort and sacrifice far beyond the ordinary demands of duty. It is agriculture’s highest recognition of individual devo- tion to the advancement and well be- ing of agriculture through organized effort. The winner is determined by a com- mittee of three who examine the records of candidates submitted by their back- ers. Announcement of the winner is always a highlight of the great annual national assembly of the Farm Bureau Federation which will be held this year in Chicago on December 5 to 7. In the past four years nine persons, including one farm woman, have re- ceived the honor, which is symbolized by a gold medal and a diploma. Nom- inations are welcomed from Farm Bu- reau workers and those in affliated ag- ricultural organizations, from the ex- tension service, from farm paper editors, and all others interested in the welfare of agriculture. The closing date for entries is October 15, 1932, at mid- night. Nominations should be sub- mitted to M. S. Winder, Secretady, American Farm Bureau Federation, 58 East Washington St., Chicago, Ill. (Continued from page 13) trade, any duly authorized representa- tive of any lawfully formed and con- ducted co-operative association of pro- ducers having adequate financial re- sponsibility which is engaged in cash grain business, if such association has complied, and agrees to comply with such terms and conditions as are or may be imposed lawfully on other members of such board: “Provided, that no rule of a contract market shall forbid or be construed to forbid the return on a patronage basis by such co-operative association to its bona fide members of moneys collected in excess of the expense of conducting the business of such association.” This paragraph has been upheld in a previous adjudication by the Supreme Court of the United States. The sole penalty provided for violation of the terms of the act is suspension of ‘the designation of the offending board of trade as a contract market for a pe- riod not to exceed six months, or revo- cation of such designation. — United States Daily, April 16, 1932. Tomato Juice Popular * Americans who have become tomato- juice conscious in the last two or three years should bear in mind certain simple facts when purchasing this popular bev- erage, says J. W. Sale, of the Federal Food and Drug Administration. The production of tomato juice and a num- ber of so-called “‘cocktails” made from it has increased amazingly in the last year or two and now there are a score of firms offering these products for sale. Playing upon the fact that the Amer- ican consumer is greatly concerned about his vitamins, a few manufacturers have made absurd claims concerning the vitamin content of their tomato-juice product, says Mr. Sale. Statements such as “rich in vitamins” or ‘‘contains all the vitamins”’ are considered by Federal food officials as misleading and _ there- fore illegal under the law. Neither tomato juice nor tomato- juice cocktails contains all the vitamins. When making vitamin claims, the man- ufacturer, if he is to operate legally, must restrict his claims to those particu- lar vitamins which are actually present in significant amounts. Fresh, ripe to- matoes contain vitamins A, B and C, but the extent to which these vitamins are present in the juice depends upon the methods used in its preparation. A CONTRAST Fifty years ago women wore hoop skirts, bustles, petticoats, corsets, cotton stockinzs, high-buttoned shoes, frilled cotton underwear; they did the cleaning, washing, ironing, raised big families, went to church on Sunday and were too busy to be sick, Men wore whiskers, square hats, Ascot ties, red flannel underwear, big watches and chains, chopped wood for the stove, bathed once a week, drank 10-cent whiskey and 5-cent beer, rode bicycles, buggies and sleighs, went in for polli-. tics, worked twelve hours a day and lived to a ripe old age. Stores burned coal oil lamps, carried every- thing from a needle to a plow, trusted every- body, never took an inventory, placed orders for goods a year in advance and always made money. In 1932 Women wear silk “or no” stockings, short skirts, no corsets, an ounce of underwear, have bobbed hair, smoke, paint and powder, drink cocktails, play bridge, drive cars, have pet dogs and go in for politics. Men have high blood pressure, wear no hats and little hair, shave their whiskers, play golf, bathe twice a day, drink poison, play the stock market, ride in airplanes, never go to bed the same day they get up, are misunderstood at home, work five hours a day, play ten and die young. Stores have electric lights, cash registers and elevators, but never have what the customer wants, trust nobody, take inventory daily, never buy in advance, have overhead, mark up, mark down, quota, budget, advertising, stock control, annual and semi-annual, end of month; reports and audits, dollar day, Founder’s Day, rummage day and economy day sales, and never make any money.—Anonymous. Quality Milk Assn. Donates Milk to Poor Undernourished Babies to Get 40,- 000 Quarts of Milk T HE Quality Milk Association, Farm Bureau organized milk marketing co-operative whose 800 members pro- duce 85 per cent of the milk sold at Rock Island, Davenport, Moline and East Moline, recently donated 40,000 quarts of milk for undernourished ba- bies. This is said to be the largest gift ever received by charity organizations in the quad-cities. The resolution donating the milk fol- lows: *“Whereas, the board of directors of the Quality Milk Association has learned that a number of babies and children of pre-school age in the quad- city area are undernourished because such organizations as the Daily Times and Davenport Visiting Nurse Associa- tion do not have sufficient funds to carry on this work, *‘And whereas, there is an enormous surplus of milk being produced by the members of the Quality Milk Associa- tion who furnish the milk supply to the quad-cities, “And whereas, the Quality Milk As- sociation feels that no child should be deprived of_nature’s most perfect food because of present economic conditions. Therefore be it “Resolved, by the board of directors of the Quality Milk Association that 40,000 quarts of milk be donated to these organiaztions in May and June to be distributed in any way they desire to the babies and children in the quad- cities. Be it further “Resolved, that each member of the Quality Milk Association be asked to contribute out of his surplus one quart out of every 100 pounds of milk pro- duced and sold in quad-cities.” A page-wide streamer and story an- nounced the gift in‘a recent issue of the Daily Times, Davenport, Iowa. Dealers agreed to deliver the milk free. Smith Named Member Of Conservation Board President Earl C. Smith was recently named as the farmer member of the board of directors of “More Game Birds in America, Inc.,” by Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde. This organization is devoted to the conservation of game and wild life, and supports the U. §. Department of Agri- culture in its efforts to protect birds and game recognized as friends of the farmer. The organization has _head- quarters in New York City. t 1 IE t May, 1932 on ~ —- OST of the nine districts in the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League held meetings within the past few weeks to work out schedules for the 1932 season, choose district dic- tators, and take up other problems pre- paratory to the opening of the season. The dates for the opening games of the different districts vary from May 14 in the central part of the state to the latter part of May in the northern dis- tricts. District V, which includes Knox, Henry, Henderson and McDonough counties, will open its schedule on May 21, it was decided at the recent district meeting in Galesburg. Representatives of the four counties agreed to follow the 1931 schedule ex- cept that the games be reversed and dates changed to comply with the 1932 calender. W. , gd May, 1932 No. 1 4 i, GUY. RQ WN N GG S ~ SS SX Yh: y CENTS PER BUSHEL Yj, a mm | THE I. A. A. RECORD WHEAT FUTURES = CHICAGO-LIVERPOOL SPREAD 5a eae a Vy WY) Ly ‘ Uy “Page Seventeen WUMMMUW Us CENTS PER BUSHEL $200,000,000 More for Wheat How the Marketing Act Has Narrowed the Chicago-Liverpool Price Spread and Helped the American Farmer HICAGO May wheat on April 1, 1931, closed at 841% cents a bu- shel. On the same date Liverpool May wheat was 61% cents or 227% cents a bushel under the Chicago price. Win- nipeg May closed at 571% cents or 27 cents under Chicago; and Buenos Aires 461% cents a bushel or 15 cents under the Liverpool price and 37% cents a bushel under Chicago. Had the Federal Farm Board not been supporting the market at that time it seems certain that wheat prices at Chi- cago would have been depressed to the world parity and reached approximately the same price level as obtained at Buenos Aires. Another illustration will show fur- ther the benefits of the Agricultural Marketing Act during the latter part of 1930 and early 1931, when active stabilization operations were under way. Stabilization Begins The Liverpool May wheat future came on the board on September 19, 1930, the closing price on that date being 965% cents against a closing price for the Chicago May of 915%, or 5 cents un- der Liverpool. About three months later, or on January 2, 1931, after sta- bilization operations had become fully effective, the May future at Liverpool closed at 613% cents against 81 cents at Chicago. The Chicago price at this time was 19% cents higher than the Liverpool price as compared with 5 cents lower on September 19. During this period the Liverpool price declined 3514 cents against a decline of only 10% cents at Chicago. During the five months immediately following, while stabilization operations were in full effect, the average closing price of the May future at Chicago was 83% cents and at Liverpool 63% cents, or an average spread of 20% cents in favor of prices at Chicago, whereas under normal conditions the Liverpool price should have been 15 cents a bu- shel higher than the Chicago price. Stabilization operations, as previous- ly indicated, resulted in the price of wheat at Chicago being maintained at an average of 35 cents a bushel above world parity, and the American grow- ers who marketed their wheat during that period benefited accordingly. Liverpool Higher Using the average of all active future prices, Chicago futures were 217% cents below Liver- pool for the year 1921. In 1922 Chicago fu- tures averaged 2314 cents under Liverpool. These were two years of abnormally high trans- portation costs, especially in ocean freights. During the six years 1923 to 1928, Chicago fu- tures averaged 1614 cents, 15% cents, 161% cents, 1634 cents, 18 cents, and 144% cents respectively, below the average prices of Liver- pool futures, making a six year average spread of 16% cents. The Federal Farm Board was formally con- stituted July 15, 1929. On August 28, 1929, the policy of making loans to co-operatives was inaugurated. The average Chicago-Liverpool spread for the last four months of the year was 5.3 cents a bushel against 14.3 cents for the corresponding period in 1928 and 18.3 cents for the corresponding period in 1927. In 1930 the effect of the Agricultural Mar- keting Act in keeping wheat prices at Chicago above world parity was still more pronounced. The average spread between Chicago and Liver- pool futures prices for the year 1930 was 55% cents, making the average price at Chicago approximately 10 cents a bushel above world parity. Spread Narrows In March, 1930, the Stabilization Corpora- tion, under the direction of the Federal Farm Board began operations in support of higher prices through the purchasing of futures. This was followed by a very distinct narrowing of the spread between Chicago and Liverpool. A comparison of the prices of May futures alone shows Chicago 11 cents a bushel below Liver- pool for the week ending January 10, 1930, whereas the average for the week ending March 1 shows the price of Chicago May futures 1 cent a bushel over the Liverpool. These stabilization operations were suspended with the expiration of the May future with the result that the average all-future spread widened to 125% cents a bushel for July. Be- ginning about the middle of August, 1930, support was again given to the market and the spread narrowed to an average of 2% cents for October. In December, Chicago was 8% cents above Liverpool. For January, 1931, the average of all Chicago futures was 16 cents over the aver- age of Liverpool futures. From the first of January to the end of May the weekly price differences ranged from 16 to 23 cents in favor of Chicago. The average difference for the five months was 20% cents. Taking 1931 as a whole Chicago averaged 114 cents a bushel over Liverpool, whereas under normal condi- tions Liverpool prices would have averaged about 15 cents a bushel over Chicago, making the Chicago price for the year average about 16% cents a bushel over world parity. Here Are More Facts Summarizing the wheat price situation dur- ing the past three years, it is found that: in 1929 prices for Chicago futures averaged 7 cents under Liverpool, and in 1930 the Chicago prices averaged only 55 cents under Liver- pool. In 1931 Chicago prices averaged 1% “cents a bushel over Liverpool. Combining the figures for these three years, an average price spread of 3.7 cents a bushel is shown. With normal transportation charges and other costs prevailing during that period, the spread should have been about 15 cents. In other words, for the past three years prices at Chicago average more than 11,cents a bushel above world parity. The wheat crop of the United States in 1929 was 809 million bushels, in 1930 it was 858 million bushels, and in 1931 it was 892 million bushels. At 11 cents a bushel this figures to a total of $282,930,000 for the three years. After making allowances for the amount used for seed and feed there is still left an increased return of above $200,000,000 to American wheat growers. The fact that the Agricultural Marketing Act has been the major factor in maintaining domestic wheat prices well above world parity with increased returns to growers completes only a part of the picture. The support given to wheat prices in turn helped the price of other grains and livestock, especially hogs. Page Eighteen Auto Insurance and Farm Supply Co.'s 5 Years Old Tremendous Growth in Volume Business Revealed at Close of 1931 April 1 was the fifth birthday of two business enterprises of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association. The Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Company, organized to provide Farm Bureau members automobile in- surance at cost, issued its first policies April 1, 1927. The Illinois Farm Sup- ply Company, state purchasing agency for Farm Bureau co-operative oil com- panies, began operations on the same day. The first automobile insurance policy went to Josiah J. Bait of Bond county. More than 3,000 Farm Bureau members had already sent in applications for in- surance before the company started is- suing policies. By the end of the first eight months the company had received 6,326 applications. Assets of the com- pany at the end of this period -were $125,000. The Farm Supply Company started business with ten county companies al- ready organized and a number of others in process of organization. By the end of seven months the company had 14 member companies and had handled for them a total of 3,500,000 gallons of petroleum products. In contrast with its record at the end of the first year, the I. A. Mutual now has assets approximately $850,000 and has received to date more than 33,000 applications for insurance. The Farm Supply Company in 1931 handled for its 47 member companies more than 33,000,000 gallons of pe- troleum products. Total capital stock in these county and district companies aggregates more than $900,000. Farm Bureau members received more than $500,000 in patronage dividends on last year’s business. Two other associated companies are older than these. They are the Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association, or- ganized in 1924, and the Farmers Mu- tual Reinsurance Company, which started operations in 1925. Plans for the expansion of the Shelby- Effingham Service Company have just been announced by Manager C. H. Becker. The program includes the building of a bulk storage plant in Ef- fingham or nearby, and the addition of three new truck salesmen to the num- ber already operating. More than $6,400 in preferred stock was subscribed for recently guaranteeing the success of the extension program. . THE I. A. A. RECORD JOHN REUTTER OF IROQUOIS CO. AND HIS THREE BOYS “John Reutter and his boys have three cars and two trucks insured in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual,’’ writes Carl Irving, special agent, ‘‘and all are policyholders in Country Life. “Mr. Reutter is a progressive Farm Bureau member and takes an active interest in the wel- fare of his community. He is a real booster for the Farm Bureau.”’ The three boys left to right are: Orville, who drives an Iroquois County Service truck; Earl, who handles a milk route from Cissna Park to Kankakee; and Paul, who helps his father manage the farm and 20 fine Holstein cows. March Leads in Farm Fires, Records Show There are more farm fires in March than in any other month of the year. March also leads all the other months in the amount of fire insurance written on farm property. This information was gleaned from the records of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company. The fact that the company received applications for more fire insurance during the first week of March this year than in any week since it started business in 1925 indicates that hard times on the farm are not causing farmers to give up their fire protection. The large number of fires at this time of the year is attributed to seasonal con- ditions many of which might be avoided by more caution on the part of the farmer. One cause of March fires is the fact that chimneys become stuffed with soot near the end of winter, creating an additional hazard. Auto Insurance Company Has Earned Premium Gain The quarterly financial report of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company shows an earned premium of $89,961.31 as compared with $79,248 during the first quarter of 1931, ac- cording to A. E. Richardson, manager. This is evidence that Illinois farmers have not seen fit to go without auto- mobile insurance. Approximately 1,000 new policies were taken out by Farm Bureau members during the first quar- ter. During the week April 18 to 23, 99 new policies were written. There seems to be quite a bit of trad- ing going on in the state, judging from the large number of transfers coming in now, Richardson said, May, 1932 Country Life Increases Assets 25% in Two Mos. Policyholders Achieve Outstanding Record in Paying 1932 Premiums A? per cent increase in assets dur- ing the first two months of 1932 is one of the newest records established by Country Life Insurance Company. Assets of the company grew from $1,201,000 on December 31, 1931, to $1,494,000 on February 29, according to Manager L. A. Williams. Country Life established an unusual record last year when its assets were doubled in twelve months. This rapid growth of assets is partly accounted for by the fact that the company has experienced a very low mortality rate. Williams reported that on children between the ages 0-15 the mortality was only 11 per cent of the expected. Another factor that Williams pointed out is that the entire assets of the com- pany are invested in the highest type of bonds available. Country Life has not had a single investment default in principal or in interest. “The confidence of the policyholders in Country Life is proved by the low lapse rate,” Williams said. “Out of the $11,940,000 worth of insurance in force in 1929, on which the fourth premium was due in February this year, all but 1 per cent paid the premiums due. In other words, only $80,000 worth of insurance lapsed out of nearly $12,000,000 in force in 1929.” V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., says it costs money to hurt people and to get hurt in automobile accidents. If for no other reason, the Farm Bureau auto accident prevention campaigns are worthwhile as a money saver, he says. Marshall-Putnam members are making auto accident prevention a major proj- ect in 1932. Other counties are con- tinuing their safety work. Last year work done by the County Farm Bu- reaus in accident prevention is credited with reducing farm auto accidents con- siderably. An extensive drive is being planned to make the 1932 auto safety program the greatest the Farm Bureaus have ever put over. He also mentioned the fact that spring activity on the farm was caus- ing a considerably number of farmers to avail themselves of the employers’ liability insurance service, which costs Farm Bureau members only about 214 cents a day per man employed. co™_» The c*#> “Tilinois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association “ — So. Main St., Application for transfer of second class entry from Marshall ded Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. cultural Association "Record, 608 So. Number 6 Dearborn 8t., Spencer, Ind. Tll., to Spencer, Ind., pending, Chicago, JUNE, 1932 Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri- Volume 10 Drive For Lower Taxes I. A. A. And Farm Bureaus Direct State-Wide Campaign To Reduce Cost of Government STATE-WIDE campaign of study and investigation into expenditures of local governments where 80 to 90 per cent of the farmers’ tax money ,goes will be carried on throughout June by County Farm Bureaus supported by the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation. The movement will be assisted in a series of district conferences. Its object is to cut out unnec- essary public offices and services, promote reasonable reductions in cost of needed services, reduce and perhaps temporarily abolish certain levies on property, and so lower the farmers’ tax burden. Dates and places of District Tax Conferences were _ tentatively scheduled as follows: district 14, May 25, Aledo; district 15, June 2, Rushville; district 25, June 6, Murphysboro; district 24, June 7, Carmi; district 23, June 8, Olney; district 19, June 9, Tus- cola; district 18, June 10, Dan- ville; district 20, June 20, Jack- sonville; district 22, June 21, Ed- wardsville: district 21, June 22, Springfield; district 16, June 23, Peoria; district 13, June 24, Ore- gon; district 12, June 27, Syca- more; district 17, June 28, Bloomington; district 11, June 29, Geneva. Farm Bureau tax committees, which already have played a leading part in bringing about substantial cuts in assessed valu- ations in nearly all counties will be armed with facts. They will first check up the amount of bonded or other in- debtedness in each taxing dis- trict, get the levy on property in each district, scrutinize annual expenditures, and secure balances in treasuries. Money paid into the county general fund by the different fee offices such as the county clerk, circuit clerk, treasurer and sheriff, and amounts received by each ‘school district from the state com- mon school fund will be studied. Stop the waste, if any, of public funds. Reduce or omit tax levies where there is a substantial bal- ance in public treasuries. Post- pone unnecessary equipment ex- penditures. Drive for. reasonable salary reductions. These will be the principal aims of the tax com- mittees. What can be done to lower taxes by consolidating small taxing dis- tricts into larger units? What sav- ings can be effected by combining country school districts and pay- ing local taxpayers to transport children to school? Are poor re- lief funds being administered wisely? Is the county poor farm self-supporting and if not what can be done to make it so? These THESE MEN TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN ORGANIZING THE I. A, BASIS IN THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN OF 1919-1920. HOW MANY CAN YOU IDENTIFY! are some of the questions the Farm Bureau committees will dig into. The fIllinois Agricultural As- sociation will concentrate its efforts on a study of state ex- penditures and laws determining county and local expenditures. The driving force behind the movement is the knowledge that in the past 10 years the tax bill on all Dllinois farm property has decreased little or none in spite of heavy loss of values and re- peated cuts in farm land valua- tions, whereas farm income in the same period dropped nearly 70 per cent. The state-wide campaign to get the facts on which to build a sen- sible, constructive program of further tax reduction is a con- tinuation of the tax studies in- itiated by the I. A. A. more than 10 years ago, the results of which are familiar to informed Farm Bureau members. A slash of one and one-half million dollars from Illinois farm taxes this year in comparison with the 1931 tax bill is the latest ac- complishment largely brought about by efforts of county Farm Bureau tax com- mittees and the I. A. A. The 1932 taxes on Illinois farm lands and im- provements are at least. $6,500,- 000 less than they would have been had the high valuations of 1923 not been reduced. This means an average saving (Continued on next A, ON ITS PRESENT page) Page Eighteen Auto Insurance and Farm Supply Co.'s 5 Years Old Tremendous Growth in Volume Business Revealed at Close of 1931 April 1 was the fifth birthday of two business enterprises of the Illinois Agri- cultural Association. The Illinois Agricultural Mutual In- surance Company, organized to provide Farm Bureau members automobile in- surance at cost, issued its first policies April 1, 1927. The Illinois Farm Sup- ply Company, state purchasing agency for Farm Bureau co-operative oil com- panies, began operations on the same day. The first automobile insurance policy went to Josiah J. Bait of Bond county. More than 3,000 Farm Bureau members had already sent in applications for in- surance before the company started is- suing policies. By the end of the first eight months the company had received 6,326 applications. Assets of the com- pany at the end of this period were $125,000. The Farm Supply Company started business with ten county companies al- ready organized and a number of others in process of organization. By the end of seven months the company had 14 member companies and had handled for them a total of 3,500,000 gallons of petroleum products. ~ In contrast with its record at the end of the first year, the I. A. Mutual now has assets approximately $850,000 and has received to date more than 33,000 applications for insurance. The Farm Supply Company in 1931 handled for its 47 member companies more than 33,000,000 gallons of pe- troleum products. Total capital stock in these county and district companies aggregates more than $900,000. Farm Bureau members received more than $500,000 in patronage dividends on last year’s business. Two other associated companies ‘are older than these. They are the Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association, or- ganized in 1924, and the Farmers Mu- tual Reinsurance Company, which started operations in 1925. Plans for the expansion of the Shelby- Effingham Service Company have just been announced by Manager C. H. Becker. The program includes the building of a bulk storage plant in Ef- fingham or nearby, and the addition of three new truck salesmen to the num- ber already operating. More than $6,400 in preferred stock was subscribed for recently guaranteeing the success of the extension program. THE I. A. A. RECORD JOHN REUTTER OF IROQUOIS CO. AND HIS THREE BOYS “John Reutter and his boys have three cars and two trucks insured in the Illinois Agricultural Mutual,” writes Carl Irving, special agent, “and all are policyholders in Country Life. “Mr. Reutter is a progressive Farm Bureau member and takes an active interest in the wel- fare of his community. He is a real booster for the Farm Bureau,” The three boys left to right are: Orville, who drives an Iroquois County Service truck; Earl, who handles a milk route from Cissna Park to Kankakee; and Paul, who helps his father manage the. farm and 20 fine Holstein cows. March Leads in Farm Fires, Records Show There are more farm fires in March than in any other month of the year. March also leads all the other months in the amount of fire insurance written on farm property. This information was gleaned from the records of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company. The fact that the company received applications for more fire insurance during the first week of March this year than in any week since it started business in 1925 indicates that hard times on the farm are not causing farmers to give up their fire protection. The large number of fires at this time of the year is attributed to seasonal con- ditions many of which might be avoided by more caution on the part of the farmer. One cause of March fires is the fact that chimneys become stuffed with soot near the end of winter, creating an additional hazard. Auto Insurance Company Has Earned Premium Gain The quarterly financial report of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company shows an earned premium of $89,961.31 as compared with $79,248 during the first quarter of 1931, ac- cording to A. E. Richardson, manager. This is evidence that Illinois farmers have not seen fit to go without auto- mobile insurance. Approximately 1,000 new policies were taken out by Farm Bureau members during the first quar- ter. During the week April 18 to 23, 99 new policies were written. There seems to be quite a bit of trad- ing going on in the state, judging from the large number of transfers coming in now, Richardson said. May, 1932 Country Life Increases - Assets 25% in Two Mos. Policyholders Achieve Outstanding Record in Paying 1932 Premiums A” per cent increase in assets dur- ing the first two months of 1932 is one of the newest records established by Country Life Insurance Company. Assets of the company grew from $1,201,000 on December 31, 1931, to $1,494,000 on February 29, according to Manager L. A. Williams. Country Life established an unusual record last year when its assets were doubled in twelve months. - This rapid growth of assets is partly accounted for by the fact that the company has experienced a very low mortality rate. Williams reported that on children between the ages 0-15 the © mortality was only 11 per cent of the expected. ' Another factor that Williams pointed out is that the entire assets of the com- pany are invested in the highest type of bonds available. Country Life has not had a single investment default in principal or in interest. “The confidence of the policyholders in Country Life is proved by the low lapse rate,” Williams said. “Out of the $11,940,000 worth of insurance in force in 1929, on which the fourth premium was due in February this year, all but 1 per cent paid the premiums due. In other words, only $80,000 worth of insurance lapsed out of nearly $12,000,000 in force in 1929.” V. Vaniman, director of insurance service for the I. A. A., says it costs money to hurt people and to get hurt in automobile accidents. If for no other reason, the Farm Bureau auto accident prevention campaigns are worthwhile as a money saver, he says. Marshall-Putnam members are making auto accident prevention a major proj- ect in 1932. Other counties are con- tinuing their safety work. Last year work done by the County Farm Bu- reaus in accident prevention is credited with reducing farm auto accidents con- siderably. An extensive drive is being planned to make the 1932 auto safety program the greatest the Farm Bureaus have ever put over. He also mentioned the fact that spring activity on the farm was caus- ing a considerably number of farmers to avail themselves of the employers’ liability insurance service, which costs Farm Bureau members only about 2Y%4 cents a day per man employed. “= be armed with CON_9D The cA» Tllinois Agricultural As Association RE CO RD Published monthly by the Illinois eee Prey ar at Bo So, Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Il. Application for transfer of second class entry vided Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, ey ccind Got - ne, i905. cultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn 8t., Number 6 Chicag JUNE, 1932 to ee. Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agri Volume 10 Drive For Lower Taxes I. A. A. And Farm Bureaus Direct State-Wide Campaign To Reduce Cost of Government STATE-WIDE campaign of A study and investigation into expenditures of local governments where 80 to 90 per cent of the farmers’ tax money goes will be carried on throughout June by County Farm Bureaus supported by the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation. The movement will be assisted in a series of district conferences. Its object is to cut out unnec- essary public offices and services, promote reasonable reductions in cost of needed services, reduce and perhaps temporarily abolish certain levies on property, and so lower the farmers’ tax burden. Dates and places of District Tax Conferences were _ tentatively scheduled as follows: district 14, May 25, Aledo; district 15, June 2, Rushville; district 25, June 6, Murphysboro; district 24, June 7, Carmi; district 23, June 8, Olney; district 19, June 9, Tus- cola; district 18, June 10, Dan- ville; district 20, June 20, Jack- sonville; district 22, June 21, Ed- wardsville: district 21, June 22, Springfield; district 16, June 23, Peoria; district 13, June 24, Ore- gon; district 12, June 27, Syca- more; district 17, June 28, Bloomington; district 11, June 29, Geneva. Farm Bureau tax committees, which already have played a leading part in bringing about substantial cuts in assessed valu- ations in nearly all counties will facts. They will first check up the amount of bonded or other in- debtedness in each taxing dis- trict, get the levy on property in each district, scrutinize annual expenditures, and secure balances in treasuries. Money paid into the county general fund by the different fee offices such as the county clerk, circuit clerk, treasurer and sheriff, and amounts received by each ‘school district from the state com- mon school fund will be studied. Stop the waste, if any, of public funds. Reduce or omit tax levies where there is a substantial bal- ance in public treasuries. Post- pone unnecessary equipment ex- penditures. Drive for reasonable Salary reductions. These will be the principal aims of the tax com- mittees. What can be done to lower taxes by consolidating small taxing dis- tricts into larger units? What sav- ings can be effected by combining country school districts and pay- ing local taxpayers to transport children to school? Are poor re- lief funds being administered wisely? Is the county poor farm self-supporting and if not what can be done to make it so? These THESE MEN TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN ORGANIZING THE I. A, BASIS IN THE MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN OF 1919-1920. HOW MANY CAN YOU IDENTIFY? are some of the questions the Farm Bureau committees will dig into. The Illinois Agricultural As- sociation will concentrate its efforts on a study of state ex- penditures and laws determining county and local expenditures. The driving force behind the movement is the knowledge that in the past 10 years the tax bill on all Illinois farm property has decreased little or none in spite of heavy loss of values and re- peated cuts in farm land valua- tions, whereas farm income in the same period dropped nearly 170 per cent. The state-wide campaign to get the facts on which to build a sen- sible, constructive program of further tax reduction is a con- tinuation of the tax studies in- itiated by the I. A. A. more than 10 years ago, the results of which are familiar to informed Farm Bureau members. A slash of. one and one-half million dollars from Illinois farm taxes this year in comparison with the 1931 tax bill is the latest ac- complishment largely brought about by efforts of county Farm Bureau tax com- mittees and the I. A. A. The 1932 taxes on Illinois farm lands and im- provements are at least $6,500,- 000 less than they would have been had the high valuations of 1923 not been reduced. This means an average saving (Continued on next A. ON IT N ITS PRESENT page) Page Four THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1932 of nearly $33 in taxes on each of the 214,000 farms of three acres or more in the state. In a number of counties the actual reduction amounts to this much from 1931 to 1932 alone. Assessed valuations of Illinois farm lands and improvements were cut more than $286,000,000 in 1931, it is shown in a survey recently completed. This means that the total assessed values of these farm properties, excluding Cook county, are now approxi- mately 15.9 per cent below 1930 values. All Except Six Every county in the state except six received reductions in lands during the past year ranging from less than one per cent to as much as 37 per cent. In some instances land was assessed as much as $20 to $25 an acre lower. The greatest decrease in dollars per acre was in Ford county, where $25.16 was cut from the old valuations. Re- ductions in McLean and Stark counties were $19.84 and $19.83 respectively. Hamilton county reduced land values a greater per cent than any other county with a slash of 37.5 per cent. Fayette county cut valu- ations 32.59 per cent and Clay ‘county came next with 30.24 per cent. Fourteen counties had’ re- ductions of at least 25 per cent. Valuations of farm lands and improvements in McLean county were actually reduced more than $14,500,000, or from $59,581,775 to $44,883,425. In Iroquois county the cut totaled approximately $11,- 739,000. Even with these drastic reduc- tions in assessed valuations, they are still out of line with present selling values. Figures just re- leased by the Bureau of the Cen- sus show that during the decade from 1920 to 1930 farm property valuations declined 26.5 per cent. Since 1930 there have been. more rapid declines in values. Piatt county offers a typical example of the influence of the Farm Bureau tax reduction pro- gram. “Taxpayers in Piatt county are paying $107,714 less taxes this year than a year ago because of lower assessments secured largely through efforts of the Farm:Bu- - reau,” according to M. F. Walsh,.: a member of the 1931 Farm Bu- reau tax committee. “It was not easy to secure lower assessments,” stated Mr. Walsh, “and very likely we did not get as great a reduction as many would have liked or as should be secured in the future. We would have greater effectiveness if we could state that we represent almost all the farmers in the county rather than a little less than half of them. Also Lower Taxes “We not only got lower valua- tions but also lower taxes. The decrease of $2,808,510 in valua- tions spread over the 275,557 acres of farm lands in the county means an average decrease of $10.19 an acre and an actual reduction of taxes on farm lands averaging 31% cents an-.acre. “It goes without saying that the tenant as well as the owner will benefit from this tax relief of about $50 per quarter section. Credit must be given to local tax- ing units that helped work out such sensible and constructive movements.” Thirty-six farms picked at ran- dom from various townships in Rock Island county show how the fight waged by the Farm Bureau last December succeeded in low- ering farm taxes. All the farms examined except one paid less taxes for 1931 than for 1930. The only farm among these 36 to show an increase in taxes is one of 185 acres which paid $2.88 more than last year. The others ranged from $3 to $80 less. One 90-acre farm saved $20 on its 1931 tax bill; a 320-acre farm saved $40; a 250-acre farm, $14.61; anda 160-acre farm, $80.88. From $2 to $72 In a similar test in McDonough county, every one of 36 farms showed a reduction in taxes. The actual dollars-and-cents savings ranged from $2 to $72 per farm. In 10 cases out of the 36 the re- duction was more than $50 per farm. This saving is in the most part accounted for by the 25 per cent ‘reduction in assessed valua- tions secured through the efforts of the public relations committee of the McDonough County Farm Bureau. Sangamon county ‘is another example of the influence of the Farm Bureau in securing tax equalization. There the cut in valuations on farm lands and im- provements last year was 26.89 per cent, a reduction of $18.88 per acre on the assessed valuation of lands. On a quarter section of land with a total tax rate of $3 per $100 the saving amounts to more than $90. The following table lists the percentage reductions (or gains) in valuations of farm lands and improvements from 1930 to 1931: REDUCTIONS (OR INCREASES) IN ASSESSED VALUATIONS OF ILLINOIS LANDS AND IMPROVEMENTS, 1930-1931 ee ib Percent- ze o age o age of County Change County Change County Change Adams ............ 18.26 Henderson ........ 13.97 Moultrie ......... 18.53 Alexander ......... 13.27 Henry ............ 10.10. Ogte ... cei eee 18.76 noon @ ibtwle raises ele ears 17.34 Iroquois .......... 26.78 Peoria ..........4. 10.45 MONG! wc kiecehedee 15.40 Jackson .......... 18.60 over spokesmen for the grain trade who have been criticizing the methods of the Grain Stabili- zation Corporation in disposing of its wheat holdings, in a recent statement. He charged that “grain gam- blers” running true to form are trying to get hold of the stabil- ization corporation’s grain at bar- gain prices because the outlook is for higher wheat prices. . He challenged the grain trade to ex- plain how it is that wheat has been held from 5 to 15 cents a bushel above the world market, whereas before the stabilization operations the American price ranged considerably below the world price. “Newspaper reports of state- ments of Mr. Peter B. Carey, president of the Chicago Board of Trade, in regard to methods of disposal of the stocks of the Grain Stabilization Corporation, indicate an attitude towards liquidation of these stocks strictly in conformity with the long established view- point of board of trade members,” said Mr. Stone. “They look upon themselves as middlemen, entitled by custom to take a heavy toll from American wheat producers for so-called services, which consist chiefly in the pocketing by themselves of the largest possible share of the consumer’s dollar. Every sugges- tion so far made in the present depressed situation to this board for their assistance has contained as its chief element personal profit to those tendering aid either by buying at prices ridiculously be- low the market or for com- missions on huge volume. Calls Liquidation Orderly “Liquidation of the stocks of the Grain Stabilization Corpora- tion under the plan announced on June 30, 1931, has proceeded in such a manner that American wheat prices have been main- tained at substantially 5 to 15 cents a bushel higher than world market price parity in the face of the most trying marketing condi- tions. known to any living man. Let the grain gambling critics ex- THE IL. A. A. RECORD plain to the public how and why this happened. “The crop outlook today leads qualified observers to conclude that brighter days are in prospect for our wheat producers. Winter wheat reports indicate low pro- duction. Spring areas do not promise excess supplies. No won- der the _ speculatively inclined seek wheat stocks on the bargain counter. The Grain Stabilization Corporation has none to offer on that basis. Predicts Upward Swing “Wheat is the only great major commodity which for the last five months has shown a definite up- ward tendency. Its influence un- der the present favorable statis- tical position may well lead other commodities to higher ground. That opportunity will not be risked in the hands of people in a group representing those who have grown rich from the profits gained by market manipulation. The recent disclosures as to the operations of brother speculators in stocks do not encourage the placing of great power in such hands. The orderly method of dis- tributing as demand arises will be continued. '-“The public should not be fooled by such attacks on the farm board as those of Mr. Carey. Their pur- pose is not to help in the present situation but to prevent the farmer organizing his business so that he, in a measure, can control the method under which his prod- ucts are sold.” Packers Shall Not Enter Grocery Business The Supreme Court of the United States recently denied the meat packers the right to pack and distribute other food prod- -ducts. The decision upheld the packers’ consent decree of 1921. “Size and aggressions induced the fear in 1920 that the defend- ants (the packers), if permitted to deal in groceries, would drive their rivals to the wall. Size and past aggressions leave the fear unmoved today,” the court stated in its majority opinion, written by Mr. Justice Cardozo. The packers contended that there no longer is need for any restraint against their handling groceries at whole- sale and that this prohibition is oppressive and unjust. A dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Butler was concurred in by June, 1932 Mr. Justice Van Devanter. Chief Justice Hughes and Mr. Justices Sutherland and Stone did not participate in the case, having en- gaged in prior proceedings. Pres. Smith In Washington Working For Legislation Seek Congressional Action On Measures To Raise Farm Prices As we go to press President Earl C. Smith is in Washington with other Farm Bureau officials to urge the passage of emergency crop surplus control legislation, and other measures designed to raise farm commodity prices. “T expect to stay on the job un- til something effective is done to raise the price of farm products,” he said before his departure. “The terrific decline in the price of farm products has wiped out the farmer’s debt-paying ability and - buying power. In my judgment the wheels in the factories will not start turning until Congress acts to restore farm prices to a reasonable level. Farmers are in the market for almost everything. They have no money to buy. It’s time our industrial, financial and political leaders came to a full realization of the fundamentals of this problem. Pleaded in Vain “Farmers have pleaded in vain for nearly ten years for effective surplus control legislation. They have been given half loaves long enough. We are approaching the end of our rope. Until this issue is met and met squarely industry as well as agriculture cannot hope for substantial improvement. “There must be more concerted effort and determination at Wash- ington than has yet been appar- ent. Some leaders have suggested that the farmer will be taken care of at the national political con- ventions. We believe that Congress can and should do something be- fore it adjourns.” Before House Committee The senate agricultural com- mittee approved the measure authorizing the Farm Board to use the equalization fee, export debenture, or crop allotment plan at its discretion in raising the domestic price on farm products. The bill at this writing lies in the house committee on agriculture where sentiment is divided for and against it. June, 1932 Six Cities Invite |. A. A. For '33 Annual Convention Competition Narrowed After Vote to Peoria, Decatur, Danville IX Illinois cities including Peoria, Danville, Decatur, Springfield, Moline, and Joliet asked for the next annual con- vention of the Illinois Agricultural Association to be held January 25, 26, 27, 1933. The invitations were extended at the May meet- ing of the I. A. A. board of di- rectors by representatives of County Farm Bureaus and cham- bers of commerce from Peoria, Vermilion, Macon, Sangamon, Rock Island, and Will counties. Delegations from the various counties were led by Albert Hayes, president, Peoria County Farm Bureau; Mike Finn, Peoria As- sociation of Commerce; Farm Ad- viser Otis Kercher of Vermilion county and Assistant Secretary Gage of the Danville Chamber of Commerce; M. C. Hamilton, secre- tary and E. H. Walworth, farm ad- viser of the Macon County Farm Bureau; C. C. Koller, Springfield Chamber of Commerce; B. H. Bollman, president, Farm Adviser John Spencer, Edgar Walther, di- rector, Wm. H. Moody of the Rock Island County Farm Bureau and Secretary Darland of the Moline Chamber of Commerce; and James Bell, manager convention bureau, Joliet Chamber of Com- merce. Mr. Finn stated that hotel rates at Peoria have come down and 150 rooms have been added to the principal hotel; that facilities are available for handling a banquet for 2,000 people. Decatur offered its armory, the new Masonic Temple, and plenty of hotel facilities. Danville has an armory with improved acoustics to seat 1,800 people at the dinner table with a balcony for 1,500 spectators. Moline offered its mammoth Field House to seat 2,000 people with room for 1,200 to 1,400 on the sides. Joliet called attention to its new hotel and offered the mammoth high school auditorium and gymnasium for the larger convention. Springfield based its claim for recognition on the serv- ice rendered at previous annual meetings. The board of directors narrowed the competition to Peoria, Dan- ville, and Decatur and appointed a committee to investigate facil- THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven UNEMPLOYED MEN TURN TO GARDENING The International Harvester Co. seeking to aid 4,500 former em- ployees of their factories in Chicago leased over 1,000 acres of land on the outskirts of the City, and furnished it with modern gardening machinery. Each man was given one-fourth of an acre with seeds and instructions for raising and storing vegetables. The men will be forbidden to sell their crops. Transportation in busses will be furnished to and from the plots and the gardens will be constantly guarded against thieves. ities in each city and report at the June meeting of the board. Expect Decision Soon On Chicago Milk Price R. Clyde L. King of the Whar- ton School of Commerce, Philadelphia, serving as milk price arbitrator at Chicago, is expected to make a decision shortly as to whether the present distribution of the 11 cents per quart price be- between the producers and distrib- utors shall stand. The 11 cent price went into effect on May 10 following a de- cision by Dr. King when he took under advisement the question of the price of milk to the farmers. He asked for time to study the effect on the market of the. one cent change on quarts. Said Dr. King, “I have grave doubts whether the dealers can live under the small margin left’ them. Market factors must also be considered. This change from 12 to 11 cent milk passes on to the consumer under present farm prices more than the dealers saved under the recent wage agree- ment.” The present base price at Chi- cago is $2.01 per cwt. for 3.5 per cent milk f. o. b. country. Farmers already have taken two cuts amounting to more than 30 per cent, the Pure Milk Association pointed out, whereas organized labor took a cut of only 10 per cent, An effort to get milk wagon drivers to take a cut of $50 mini- mum per week to $40 per week was rejected. The milk wagon drivers’ union compromised by taking $45 per week. The dealers did not press the point apparently but asked farmers to take an ad- ditional cut to $1.75 per cwt. The organized producers refused and so Dr. King was called in to arbi- trate the matter. Seek To Protect People Going Back To The Land REQUEST that Congress di- A rect the Secretary of Agri- culture to provide the services of his department in guiding and safeguarding both public and pri- vate movements to put the un- employed back on the land, was made by the National Advisory and Legislative Committee on Land Use during a recent meet- ing at Washington. President Earl C. Smith sat as a member of the committee during its deliber- ations. Because of the personal trag- edies and the group distress that have resulted from wholesale, in- discriminate back - to - the - land movements in the past, the com- mittee reported, the guidance of some well-equipped national agency is necessary. Business, civic, and relief agencies have been active recently in advancing plans by which the unemployed can be put on the land. } i SD Sea LSS Page Eight THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1932 N O18 A COLRORAL © ASSOCIA N RECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor Max HARRELSON, Assistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. 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Williams, Mgr, Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co...............seeeee8 wi H, Kelker, Mgr, Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass’n................... E, Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co............ A. * Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co............ccsceeceseeecerees L, R, Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp,........ Chas, P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Mark, Assn....Ray Miller, Mgr.; a we Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n............eseeeee0:- F, A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n.............6c.eecceeeecees W. H. Coultas, Mgr. Regulated Production For Agriculture ERHAPS the biggest news that has come out of Washington recently is the Supreme Court’s approval of the oil proration plan adopted by the State of Oklahoma. The Supreme Court in a unanimous opinion writ- ten by Mr. Justice Butler, said relative to the argu- ment that the Champlin Refining Company “has a vested right to drill wells upon the lands covered by its leases and to take all the natural flow of oil and gas therefrom so long as it does so without stated physical waste, and devotes the production to commercial uses,” that “if plaintiff should take all the flow of its wells, there would inevitably re- sult great physical waste even if its entire produc- tion should be devoted to useful purposes.” While granting that every person has the right to drill wells on his own land and take from the pools below all the gas and oil he may be able to re- duce to possession including that coming from land belonging to others, the court said: “The right to take and thus acquire ownership is subject to the reasonable exertion of power of the state to prevent unnecessary loss, destruction or waste.” ° This far-reaching decision has great future sig- nificance to agriculture. It sets a precedent for a land policy to control crop production “in the inter- est of soil conservation.” Informed people know that the real reason for the Oklahoma statute was to control the surplus production and so improve prices. Conservation of oil was a factor but this argument was merely used as an excuse to compel the consuming public to pay more for petroleum products. At any rate the proration plan is helping to put the oil business back on a profitable basis. One large company announced that it had made a profit in April—the first in more than a year. There is as much if not more reason for control- ling crop production and conserving soil fertility as there is for limiting oil production, A far greater percentage of our population is dependent upon ag- riculture than on the oil business. Soil fertility, moreover, is not inexhaustible. Plant food is now - being taken from the soil and wasted in the produc- tion of crops for which there is no profitable market. Government repidation of crop production and soil conservation may be the solution to the farm problem. Oklahoma has pointed the way. Mr. Stone's Reply HAIRMAN “Jim” Stone has proved repeatedly his ability to handle critics of the Farm Board and its policies. Answering Peter Carey, the president of the Chi- cago Board of Trade who would have the Farm Board disband and turn over its wheat to “six Chi- cago grain traders who could dispose of it at a steadily advancing price,’ Mr. Stone said: “Reported statements of Mr. Carey indicate an attitude towards liquidation of these stocks strictly in conformity with the long established viewpoint of board of trade members.. “They look upon themselves as middlemen en- titled by custom to take a heavy toll from Amer- ican wheat producers for so-called services, which consist chiefly in the pocketing by themselves of the largest possible share of the consumer’s dollar. Every suggestion so far made to this board for their assistance has contained as its chief element personal profit to those tendering aid either by buying at prices ridiculously below the market or for commissions on huge volume. “The public should not be fooled by such attacks on the Farm Board as those of Mr. Carey. Their purpose is not to help in the present situation but to prevent the farmer organizing his business so that he, in a measure, can control the method under which his products are sold.” The public may be fooled by such statements but we are sure farmers are not. Grain trade attacks are making more friends for the Farm Board and co-operative marketing than they ever could hope to make without such aid. People are judged often- times by their enemies. The Farm Board has been fortunate in the selection of its enemies. Mr. Stone’s reply presented more fully on page 6 is sharp but refreshing and suited to the demagoguery and intem- perance of his critic’s reported statement. The Farm Board and some of the cooperative agencies it has sponsored may have made mistakes. Most young organizations do. But they are making progress that already is benefiting the man on the farm. And the enemies of organized agricul- ture know it. YT a a ee ee oe eee SS OD mem L._T Fe ee OE ee June, 1932 ‘imately 210,000 farmers in THE LA. A. RECORD Page Nine in Whion There is Strength L=ss THAN ten per cent of the farmers of the United States are members of any co-operative organ- ization. There are approx- Clayton L. Patterson, editor and pub- lisher of the Brown County Press, Mt. Sterling, Ill., who wrote the accompany- ing editorial, served for fifteen years as parties, dominate the con- executive secretary of a trade association in Chicago before entering the news- fluence would be unlimited. They could elect or defeat presidents and legislators, make or destroy political trol of transportation and Illinois of which about 30 janer business. “I feel that I know some- istribution and fix the per cent are organization members. About 25 per cent of the farmers of Brown county are members of the county Farm Bureau. The farmer is not naturally gregarious. The very nature of his occupation tends to make him a more or less solitary individual, independent, inclined to depend upon his own efforts for success, rather than upon a united or co-operative activity. But this natural instinct has been changed to some extent in recent years, due to closer contact with his fellow-man, through the in- fluence of rural free delivery of mail, hard roads, the radio, the daily paper, the auto- mobile, and last but not least, the college trained agriculturists. The farmer today takes a far more active interest in the affairs of the community than formerly and his occupation no longer isolates him from social influences. We need only to compare the condition of the laborer today with that of fifty years ago to be convinced of the effectiveness of organization. There is no influence in gov- ernment, in business, in politics, in com- merce today as great as that of organized labor. Industries have been compelled to organize to maintain their position as_be- tween employer and employe, Bankers, manufacturers, musicians, government em- ployes, railroad men, sailors, all are organ- ized for their own protection and welfare and the promotion of the best interests of their industry or trade. Farmers, who are both producers and laborers, have been slow to realize the strength of organized effort, and because of lack of centralized and directed effort, have been the football of politicians and unwilling victims of both organized capital and labor. The number of farmers in the United States far exceeds that of any other single industry or organization. If farmers were organized to the same extent as are the manufacturers, bankers, merchants and workers of the country, their power and in- thing of the value of organized effort,” prices of food and clothing he writes in granting permission to re- print his discerning statement. as well as machinery and power. Organize the agri- cultural industry of the country and the farmer would be the czar of trade and commerce, no longer its victim. A Brown county farmer, no matter what his economic situation may be, can in one year save ,considerably more than the cost of a year’s membership in his county Farm Bu- reau through rebates on the purchase of gas and oil; through increased prices for his dairy products; through higher market prices for his livestock and through less costly insurance on farm property, life and automobile. A year’s Farm Bureau member- ship pays for itself and enables the agricul- tural industry of county, state and nation to function as a whole for the advancement of: individual interests. There has never been a time in the history of our country when every farmer in this country should more firmly stand shoulder to shoulder with his fellow husbandmen for the upbuilding of the industry of which he is a part and upon which he depends for a liveli- hood and he can best play his part in the game of existence between agriculture, manufacturing and commerce by becoming a member of his county Farm Bureau, co- operating with state and national organiza- tions, working for the recognition of agri- culture as a basic industry of the country. The Illinois Agricultural ‘association has demonstrated its ability, its strength, its wisdom and its economy of operation with but thirty per cent of the farmers of Illinois on its membership roster. The county Farm Bureaus are the county branch of the state organization. When one hundred per cent of the Illinois farmers join their county Farm Bureau, the farmers of Illinois will play an important part in the affairs of the state and their membership fee will be returned to them a hundred-fold. “So it’s all for-each and each for all. United, we stand; divided, we fall.” Y AEST a pares BES a SS Page Ten Higher Farm Prices And Stabilized Dollar, Aim | A. F. B. F. President Defines Object of Farm Bureau 66 HE ultimate object of the DP asn Bureau program is the restoration of farm purchas- ing power. The price the farmer receives for his commodity de- termines that purchasing power. Farm Bureau effort is directed at this phase of the program, and it is a matter directly con- cerned with what you re- ceive for your farm produce that takes me to Washing- ton next week,” Ed- ward A. O’- Neal, presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau, said in a recent radio address to farm people. “Today the price level not only of farm commodities but of all goods of industry and commerce is below the 1921-’29 level. This deflation in price level is crushing farmers, merchants, and trans- portation agencies, and has caused such a decline in property values as to seriously impair the stability of our banking and in- surance institutions and endanger the welfare of the general public. “The chief cause is the failure of our monetary system to prop- erly function as a free medium of exchange. There is not sufficient actual money in circulation to meet every-day demands. In a time of great plenty people are starving and hungry because of the breakdown of distribution and the distribution instrument that has failed has been our monetary system.” Epw. A. O’NEAL A committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation has been at work for some time studying federal government expenditures and services with the idea of recommending ways and means of reducing costs and securing greater efficiency. The board of directors of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. recently voted to offer a five per cent discount for hail insurance policy-holders paying their assess- ments promptly on October 1. THE LA. A. RECORD More than a million dollars in patronage refunds and savings. That’s what co-operative buying and insurance companies set up by the Farm Bureau in Illinois re- turned to members last year. More than the dues paid in to the or- ganization, county, state, and na- tional, by a wide margin. So have organized farmers helped them- selves, kept more of their money in the country where it is sorely needed. If the earnings, savings and re- funds of co-operative marketing associations organized by the Farm Bureau were included, this figure would easily be doubled. But because marketing associa- tions usually pay their “dividends” by compelling private buyers to offer better prices for farm prod- ucts, the value of the co-opera- tive selling agency is less appre- ciated and:frequently denied by people who are either intellec- tually dishonest, thoughtless, or uninformed. The patronage refund is a use- ful device to teach doubting Thomases the value of organized ° buying and selling. The refund check is tangible evidence that it pays to co-operate. Unfortunately it isn’t possible for all co-op- eratives because of their nature to offer such proof of their ability to narrow the spread between producer and consumer prices. Thus they must rely on the in- telligence of their members for continued support and patronage. Fluid milk producers in the Chi- cago milk shed have learned something about the need for and value of organization in maintain- ing a fair price for milk. They know there is a constant economic struggle underway between the producer, the distributor, and the organized worker for the con- sumer’s dollar, with the battle in- variably going against the’ one offering the least resistance. Chi- cago’s organized milk wagon drivers know it pays to be or- ganized. Asked to take a 20% cut in pay, they said “NO! we’ll take only a 10% cut, or Fight.” So milk wagon drivers continue to get a minimum of $45 per week plus commissions, more than $190 a month when many a man out of ' June, 1932 work would be glad to take the job for much less. The law of supply and demand works—some- times. Unorganized, unprotected peo- ple always pay dearly in this or- ganized world for their failure to defend themselves. They are pushed around by organized groups bent on taking care of their own interests first.—E. G. T. July 4th Picnics To Honor George Washington Farm Bureau Asked To Organize Agriculture For Ceremony LLINOIS county Farm Bureaus planning Fourth of July pic- nics as their part in the national celebration of George Washing- ton’s 200th anniversary, are asked to keep a-record of attendance and publicity material for the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, states the American Farm Bureau Federation. Numerous requests have been made by Illinois Farm Bureau folks for program material and picnic suggestions available at the A. F. B. F. offices in Chicago, it is learned, so that Illinois will prob- ably be well represented in the bi- centennial celebration. National officers are requesting that all Farm Bureaus keep them in touch with the development of local plans. This is an Official celebration, sanctioned by Con- gress. The American Farm Bureau Federation has been officially as- signed the task of organizing ag- riculture’s contribution to the ceremonies. Indiana Farm Bureau Fights High Taxes Court action will be instituted in a test case or cases where farm land appraisals seem to be un-. reasonably high, announces the Indiana Farm Bureau. The direc- tors voted in favor of such action at a recent meeting in Indianap- olis. The farm organization has taken the stand this year that farm land appraisals for assess- ment purposes shall not exceed true cash values. Taxing author- ities in many instances have as- sessed farms at higher values, probably with the view of meet- ing anticipated budgets of nor- mal government expenses without materially raising the tax rates. ae THE 1L,A. A. RECORD Page Eleven REFUNDS | ureau Members Only ee ie Page Ten Higher Farm Prices And Stabilized Dollar, Aim A. F. B. F. President Defines Object of Farm Bureau 66 HE ultimate object of the A hee Bureau program is the restoration of farm purchas- ing power. The price the farmer receives for his commodity de- termines that purchasing power. Farm Bureau effort is directed at this phase of the program, and it is a matter directly con- cerned with what you re- ceive for your farm produce that takes me to Washing- ton next week,” Ed- ward A. O’- Neal, presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau, said in a recent radio address to farm people. “Today the price level not only of farm commodities but of all goods of industry and commerce is below the 1921-’29 level. This deflation in price level is crushing farmers, merchants, and trans- portation agencies, and has caused such a decline in property values as to seriously impair the stability of our banking and in- surance institutions and endanger the welfare of the general public. “The chief cause is the failure of our monetary system to prop- erly function as a free medium of exchange. There is not sufficient actual money in circulation to meet every-day demands. In a time of great plenty people are starving and hungry because of the breakdown of distribution and the distribution instrument that has failed has been our monetary system.” Epw. A. O’NEAL A committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation has been at work for some time studying federal government expenditures and services with the idea of recommending ways and means of reducing costs and securing greater efficiency. The board of directors of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. recently voted to offer a five per cent discount for hail insurance policy-holders paying their assess- ments promptly on October 1. a THE I. A. A. RECORD eer Observ 10NS | More than a million dollars in patronage refunds and _ savings. That’s what co-operative buying and insurance companies set up by the Farm Bureau in Illinois re- turned to members last year. More than the dues paid in to the or- ganization, county, state, and na- tional, by a wide margin. So have organized farmers helped them- selves, kept more of their money in the country where it is sorely needed. If the earnings, savings and re- funds of co-operative marketing associations organized by the Farm Bureau were included, this figure would easily be doubled. But because marketing associa- tions usually pay their “dividends” by compelling private buyers to offer better prices for farm prod- ucts, the value of the co-opera- tive selling agency is less appre- ciated and frequently denied by people who are either intellec- tually dishonest, thoughtless, or uninformed. The patronage refund is a use- ful device to teach doubting Thomases the value of organized ° buying and selling. The refund check is tangible evidence that it pays to co-operate. Unfortunately it isn’t possible for all co-op- eratives because of their nature to offer such proof of their ability to narrow the spread between producer and consumer prices. Thus they must rely on the in- telligence of their members for continued support and patronage. Fluid milk producers in the Chi- cago milk shed have _ learned something about the need for and value of organization in maintain- ing a fair price for milk. They know there is a constant economic struggle underway between the producer, the distributor, and the organized worker for the con- sumer’s dollar, with the battle in- variably going against the one offering the least resistance. Chi- cago’s organized milk wagon drivers know it pays to be or- ganized. Asked to take a 20% cut in pay, they said “NO! we’ll take only a 10% cut, or Fight.”’ So milk wagon drivers continue to get a minimum of $45 per week plus commissions, more than $190 a month when many a man out of June, 1932 work would be glad to take the job for much less. The law of supply and demand works—some- times. . Unorganized, unprotected peo- ple always pay dearly in this or- ganized world for their failure to defend themselves. They are pushed around by organized groups bent on taking care of their own interests first.—E. G. T. July 4th Picnics To Honor George Washington Farm Bureau Asked To Organize Agriculture For Ceremony LLINOIS county Farm Bureaus planning Fourth of July pic- nics as their part in the national celebration of George Washing- ton’s 200th anniversary, are asked to keep a record of attendance and publicity material for the George Washington Bicentennial Commission, states the American Farm Bureau Federation. Numerous requests have been made by Illinois Farm Bureau folks for program material and picnic suggestions available at the A. F. B. F. offices in Chicago, it is learned, so that Illinois will prob- ably be well represented in the bi- centennial celebration. National officers are requesting that all Farm Bureaus keep them in touch with the development of local ‘plans. This is an Official celebration, sanctioned by Con- gress. The American Farm Bureau Federation has been officially as- signed the task of organizing ag- riculture’s contribution to the ceremonies. . Indiana Farm Bureau Fights High Taxes Court action will be instituted in a test case or cases where farm land appraisals seem to be un- reasonably high, announces the Indiana Farm Bureau. The direc- tors voted in favor of such action at a recent meeting in Indianap- olis. The farm organization has taken the stand this year that farm land appraisals for assess- ment purposes shall not exceed true cash values. Taxing author- ities in many instances have as- sessed farms at higher values, probably with the view of meet- ing anticipated budgets of nor- mal government expenses without materially raising the tax rates. YS » le of June, 1932 T THE |L. A. A. RECORD Page El even ee . 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(00 (or s BLOOMINGTON.ILL. ll ag, sets = 70-106 gee 1929 Xo. 168: segue? a2 a grmn bist PATRONAGE REFUNDS To Farm Bureau Members Only Olney, Miinois : — : gy SERIES Stare BANC ioe Pay to the Order of eer. and ™ Vaid i . : ; es ot sso me ETI EE To First National Bank PS. y At... or: “e Pao ; mt ig et Se ‘ a % or Olney, Illinois weinioye gi Rte es : ey : es | 160. ewes nwerecerern= Dotiars No 8252 * y Fox Patronage RErunp i OR orver $ 350.20 HANDZG¢E DOLLAR K ae MeLEAN COUNTY SERVICE COMPANY & ako! 2 ° 4 ‘ * ig J ® 4 1 ith Sd als SSO Oi Seema Pay to Frank ae me CORN BELT BAN SSS S RIN CIE Page Twelve THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1932 Commission Rates Cut New rates for buying and sell- ing livestock on commission at the Kansas City and St. Joseph stockyards have been prescribed by the U. S. Department of Agri- culture. It is estimated that pro- ducers shipping to Kansas City will save $250,000 this year, and those shipping to St. Joseph $100,000. The order came as the result of a long inquiry. The reductions on both markets are practically the same. For example, the minimum for rail shipments of cattle has been $15 and the maximum $19; the minimum is now $13 and the maximum $15.50. On truck-in consignments to Kansas City the per head rate on cattle was reduced from 75 cents to 70 cents, on hogs from 30 cents to 25 cents, and on sheep from 25 cents to 20 cents. St. Joseph’s reductions were practically the same. The Department of Agri- culture is now investigating a number of other stockyards, in- cluding the Union Stock Yards, Chicago. ~The Indianapolis Producers handled a total of 1,032 carloads of livestock during April, the larg- est volume for this month in the history of the organization. This was 135 carloads more than the combined total of the next three largest firms on the market. ‘The last thirty days have seen several new all-time records hung up by the Chicago Producers. The cattle depart- ment handled 140 cars of cattle during the week ending May 13, which repre- sents 9.36 per cent of total receipts for the week. The following week the Pro- ducers again handled 140 cars, equalling 9.56 per cent of total receipts. new. record for the hog department was established in April when on 20,028 head of hogs on which home weights were available they showed an average shrink of only .9 pounds per hundred- weight, the lightest for the month of - April on record. Still another record was made during the last week in April when the Pro- ducers received an equivalent of 118 car- loads of livestock in trucks. This live- stock belonged to 980 different farmers, with stock from 271 coming in on one day. They report that every account of “~ and check was in the mail the same ay. During the four weeks ending May 21, the Cincinnati Producers sold 608 cars of livestock representing 35.17 per cent of the total market receipts. Last year 487 cars moved through this agency during the same period. They recently added to their sales force Charley Rose, who has had more than thirty years’ experience in selling and handling cat- tle. During the past four weeks more than 27 per cent of the cattle arriving for sale at Cincinnati was handled by the Producers as compared to.17 per cent a year ago. All steers shown at the 1932 International Live Stock Exposi- tion will be classified by weight rather than age, announces Man- ager B. H. Heide. No steer weigh- ing less than 750 pounds nor more than 1,350 pounds will be admitted to competition. The four different classes are as follows: 750-875 pounds; 876- 1000 pounds; 1001-1150; and 1151- 1350 pounds. No steer calved prior to January, 1931 will be permitted to enter. Eat Plenty of Meat For Health Says Dr. R. Glen Wakeman of the Uni- versity of Colorado, investi- gator for the American Chemical Society, recently announced that meat and lots of it is necessary for health. Dr. Wakeman made exhaustive tests over a two-year period of 70 persons who lived on vegetables exclusively. All of these had a low basal metabolism, “which in plain language means that their bodies produced less heat and energy than those of meat-eaters,” reports the Chicago Herald & Examiner. The average was 10 per cent lower. In some cases it was much more. Most vegetarians assert that their diet gives them not only health, but “peace of the soul.” Dr. Wakeman remarks that this “peace of the soul’ is usually sheer laziness. He mentions the Hindus of India, who live almost solely on vegetables, as an ex- ample. The ordinary man to succeed in the strenuous ordeal of life needs plenty of energy and hence plenty of meat. Co-Op. Marketing Narrows | Butterfat Price Spread The average production of but- terfat on Illinois farms is ap- proximately 800 lbs. annually. Co-operative marketing is cred- ited with raising the average price level three cents per pound in communities served by co-ops, based on present and past spreads between country point and Chi- cago butter prices. This means that the average gain to [Illinois butterfat pro- ducers in co-op. communities ap- proximates $24 per farm, accord- ing to Frank Gougler, director of produce marketing. De Frees Elected Head Fruit Growers Exchange ALMAGE De Frees of Smith- boro, I. A. A. director from the 22nd district, was elected presi- dent of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange at the recent annual meeting in Centralia. Mr. De Frees has been a director of the Exchange for the past two years. R. B. Endicott of Villa Ridge, president for the past six years, was elect- ed_ vice - presi- dent, and Joe W. Cummins ‘was chosen sec- retary - treas- urer. ; General feel- ing toward co- operative mar - keting of fruits and vegetables in Illinois is im- proving rapidly, and growers are now more than ever feeling the need of co-operative selling, according to Harry W. Day, man- ager. He reported that the morale of the membership is exception- ally good in spite of the prospects for a very light crop of most tree fruits in Illinois this year. Prof. R. S. Marsh, University of Illinois, the principal speaker, talked on improved methods of marketing fruits and vegetables. A. B. Leeper, former manager of the Exchange, explained the set- up of the National Fruit and Veg- etable Exchange, with which he is now connected as general man- ager. During the morning Joe W. Cummins, field secretary, led a discussion and pointed out the problems concerning truck sales. Reports of officers and directors were also made at the morning session. The new directors of the Ex- change are as follows: William E. Williams, Sandoval; George E. Adams, West Liberty; W. L. Cope, Salem; Fred Hawkins, Texico; Logan N. Colp, Carterville; L. R. Allen, Carbondale; E. G. Kinsey, Centralia; Arthur Foreman, Pitts- field; D. R. Wade, Griggsville; Harry Fulkerson, Grafton: H. B. Koeller, Godfrey; and Prof. J. W. Lloyd, Urbana. Mr. DE FREES An acre of alfalfa or clover saves about 1,150 pounds of corn and 468 pounds of tankage com- pared to feeding pigs in a dry lot. June, 1932 Ill. Auditing Association Distributes Paid-Up Stock Cash Dividends Paid To Members, Completed 371 Audits In 1931 Two hundred and forty-eight co-operative agricultural organi- zations—chiefly Farm Bureaus, farmers’ elevators, and farmers’ oil companies—now hold paid-up capital stock in the Illinois Agri- cultural Auditing Association. Stock amounting to $12,080 was recently distributed following the reorganization of the association as a stock company. All stock- holders are patrons of the com- pany. The stock was paid for out of reserves accumulated during the past five years and is dis- tributed in proportion to the amount of service charges each company paid in during the period. In addition to the stock issue, the association also distributed $3,141.27 to 95 organizations as cash refunds on service rendered in 1924, 1925, and 1926. Stock issued on 1927 business will be re- deemable at the end of 1932; stock on 1928 business at the end of 1933, etc. The contracts provide that each company using the services of the auditing association will take an amount of capital stock at the end of each year equal to 10 per cent of the sum it paid for audit- ing during the year. All stock is to be turned in and redeemed five years after date of issuance. Cash dividends paid this year were distributed as follows: 41 Farm Bureaus received $814.92; 28 farmers elevators received $1,056.17; two oil companies re- ceived $43.06; and 24 other agri- cultural organizations received $1,227.12. Stock issued for the five-year period 1927-31 was as follows: 65 Farm Bureaus $2,195; 66 elevators $3,175; 50 oil companies $3,090; and 67 other organizations $3,620. During. 1931 the association audited 371 accounts, the largest number ever handled in a year. The service was established in 1924 to provide a reliable audit to farm organizations and co- operatives at cost. Uncle Ab says that of all the mathematics he ever studied, he has never had to use much that he learned after the fifth grade. THE I. A. A. RECORD Champaign County. Grain Ass'n. Opens New Elevator The Champaign County Grain Association now has two plants in - operation following the opening of the air-force elevator at May- view, April 14. The first plant has been operating at Glover since the middle of February. About 200 farmers attended the opening of the Mayview elevator and saw the first grain received, weighed, put in storage tanks, and loaded into cars for shipment. After a luncheon served by ladies of the Mayview Church, a program was held with Klaas Saathoff, president of the associa- tion, presiding. Among the speakers were G. C. Johnstone, president, and Frank Barton, field man for Illinois Grain Corp.; E. L. Johnston, manager of the La Salle County Co-operative Grain Company; O. M. Korn- meyer, manager of the Penfield Elevator; and A. E. Peterson, manager of the Air-Force Con- veyor Company. 50 Per Cent Loan On Farm Lands Too Much So long as the policy of lending approximately 50 per cent of the value of land continues, it will continue to provide inadequate protection against severe price re- cessions, according to David L. Wickens of the Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics. The continu- ing nature of farm-mortgage debt requires that farmers guard against such dangers by limiting their borrowings in periods of high prices. They should not be guided by the sums lenders are willing to advance. In 1928 owner-operated farms had nearly 59 per cent of all farm mortgage debt as compared with 38 per cent for tenant-operated farms, and less than three per cent for manager farms. The Quality Milk Association at Rock Island, Davenport, Moline and East Moline is at work on a project to handle the surplus milk of its 800 members. J. B. Countiss, director of milk marketing for the Illinois Agricultural Association, has met with representatives of the association several times and is assisting in working out the de- tails of the plan. Page Thirteen Illinois Grain Corp. © Third Among Regionals National Sales Co-operative Gives Producers Control To Point of Final Sale In spite of the fact that or- ganized commission men have centered their opposition to co- operative marketing in [Illinois and spread volumes of propaganda throughout the state to discredit farmers’ marketing agencies, the Illinois Grain Corporation stands third among the 25 regional co- operatives in volume of grain handled through Farmers Na- tional Grain Corporation. During 1931 approximately eleven million bushels of grain was marketed co-operatively through Illinois Grain Corp. At least 60 of the 102 counties in the state have used the terminal facilities of the national co-op- erative, sending grain from more than 200 shipping points. Within the past eight months 13 counties have passed the 100-car mark in grain marketed co- operatively, 25 counties have sent . more than 40 cars each through this agency, and 40 counties have shipped more than ten cars each. The average volume from Illi- nois for the last three months is more than 600 cars a month, with each of these months higher than any other month since August, 1931. March was highest with 666 cars. The establishment of a national selling agency removes many of -the limitations that have sur- rounded local efforts to market co-operatively. It enables the farmer to control his product all the way from point of production to point of final sale, minimizing speculation, handling costs, and other charges so as to return a greater part of the consumer’s dollar to the producer without in- juring the consumer. The farm value of American agricultural exports in the fiscal year 1930 to 1931 was the smallest in more than a decade, $696,000,- 000 as compared with $1,215,000,- 000 in the preceding 12 months covering the crop year 1929-’30. Exports of cotton, lard, pork and hogs, wheat and flour, and unmanufactured tobacco consti- tute about 85 per cent of the value of all American agricultural ex- ports. ELL SS SESS AEST ae See SE SES En Page Fourteen THE I. A. A. RECORD June, 1932 Mildred 3 ers ae Dorothy Layman Richland o. Pope Co. Angeline Painter Henderson Co, Norma Hicks Greene Co. Louise Laughead ercer Co, A Few of the Girls Who Will Compete in State “Country Life Queen” Contest at the Illinois State Fair Beauty Contest Feature Farm Bureau Day Aug. 26 37 Counties Enter State-Wide Competition To Select Country Life Queen ISITORS at the State Fair on August 26, the date set aside as Farm Bureau Day, will have an opportunity to see winning farm girls from 37 counties compete for the title as “Country Life Queen of Illinois.” A similar contest with 10 coun- ties competing was held last year before a crowd which filled the Farm Bureau tent to capacity. “If the increased interest in the counties as shown by the number of county contests is a true crite- rion, we expect this feature to be one of the high spots of the day,” declared V. Vaniman who has charge of the contest. More than 600 girls entered the county contests last December for the privilege of representing their respective counties in the state contest. Entrants were judged on beauty, poise, personality, style, accomplishments, and character. One of the requisites is that con- testants be members of Farm Bu- reau families.or members of fam- ilies holding policies in Country Life Insurance Companies. The state contest is being planned as a part of the activities at the Farm Bureau tent on the fair grounds. The location of the tent will be the same as last year, south and east of the race track. The tent will be provided with plenty of chairs for visitors, a free check room, and other facil- ities. The I. A. A. and associated companies will have displays showing their activities and prog- ress during the year. Most of the officers, directors, and staff mem- bers of the I. A. A. will be in Springfield on Farm Bureau day. Winners in the county contests, who will enter the state compe- tition, are as follows: Rowena Stevenson, Bond coun- ty; Irene Hill; Boone; Bernita Kurzweg, Champaign; Anna Ho- mann, Coles; Laura Schoenbeck, Cook; Marian McConaghie, De- Kalb; Robilee Coad, Edwards; Evelyn Loy, Effingham; Lucille. Duffey, Gallatin; Norma Hicks, Greene; Angeline Painter, Hen- derson; Evelyn McNeil, Henry; Maude M. Bonnett, JoDaviess; Thelma Reeder, Johnson; Dorothy Woolsey, Knox; Leona Bloom, Lake; Rita Downs, Lee; Mildred Fischer, Livingston; Ruth An- dreas, McHenry; Nora Michel, Marion; Louise Laughead, Mercer; Myrtle Ruhl, Monroe; Ruth Whit- lock, Montgomery; Marjorie Wil- mot, Peoria; Martha V. Haw- thorne, Piatt; Vera Riley, Pike: Dorothy Layman, Pope; Mildred Fritchley, Richland; Ernestine Gifford, Rock Island; Ruth Whit- acre, Shelby; Bernell Emmerich, St. Clair; Mabel Oertley, Stark; Rose Ann Pero, Washington; Clara Clark, Wayne; Mary Olive Ride- nour, White; Maxine Chamness, Williamson; and Mary Parks, Woodford. W. A. Herrington, formerly farm adviser in Stephenson coun- ty, has been employed to do special work as field man for the Illinois wool pool. He will continue the work until the end of June, visiting all the counties in the wool producing area giving in- formation and instructions to wool marketing committees and in- dividual growers. Illinois Farm Supply Co. Breaks Record In April Illinois farmers during the month of April purchased more than five and one-half million gallons of petroleum products, or more than 700 carloads, through the Illinois Farm Supply Com- pany, central buying agency for the 52 co-operative service com- panies in the state. This is the largest volume of any month in the five years the company has operated, all com- modities showing an increase over the corresponding month in pre- vious years. Gasoline sales were 3.6 per cent higher than in any previous April, kerosene sales 29.1 per cent better, tractor and burner fuel~449.9 per cent, and lubricating oil 5.5 per cent. The gallonage of all petroleum products handled during the first eight months of the present fiscal year exceeds the volume for the same period last year by a sub- stantial margin. The volume dur- ing the last eight months was more than the entire gallonage during the fiscal years of 1929 and 1930. This indicates that farmers are realizing more and more the economic value of co-operative purchasing as a means of re- ducing production costs. — The Egyptian Service Company, ‘with headquarters at Salem, be- gan operations the middle of May with four trucks working in Marion county and adjacent terri- tory. Vermilion County Service Company has been incorporated, a manager employed, and property leased in Danville for the installa- tion of bulk station equipment. > o June, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen Kes Ae Sea LIKE A ROOF over your Growing Crops.... .... is a HAIL INSURANCE small deposit with application. You pay the icv i bal Oct. 1 when th duced. policy in the Farmers Mutual er ery.) Seen Soe) eee —— SS Ses Sa During the last three years hail insurance on corn and small grains has cost only $20 per thousand . . . slightly higher for soybeans. An additional five per cent discount will be given this year on premiums paid when due. Fair and prompt adjustments based on actual percentage More than 50 hail storms wiped out farm crops in Illinois last year. Thousands of dollars worth of growing corn, small grains, soybeans, were destroyed. In many cases the work and investment of an entire season were lost. loss. Are you willing to bet that hail will not come st FORCE : : Also fire, windstorm, and tornado in- your way this year? Why take the risk when Pllc th on: fara bulldines and prop. at small cost—30 per cent less— you can take erty. We reinsure local mutuals for all out a policy in your own company. Only a sete Pare St See ee | nn ees ' A [2 I am interested in hail insurance on growing corn, oats, wheat, barley, | FA | soy beans. (Check which crops.) | Send me your folder giving further details. REINSURANCE CO. i xan 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago Selby ae ERE EE ae Ae ok eee erate Ee RARE ETE I OT pI Page Sixteen Yale Prof. Advocates Swing To Income Tax Intangible Property Should Pay Its Share and Lighten Burden On Real Estate FTY-THREE per cent of the revenue of cities of more than _30,000 population is produced by the tax upon real property, ac- cording to Professor T. S. Adams of Yale University. Nearly two- thirds of the revenue of the av- erage city comes from the general property tax, more than four- fifths of which is laid upon real property including land and buildings. Nineteen per cent of the real property tax comes from land and 34 per cent from buildings. “With real estate carrying its present burden, and with tangible personal property taxed as recommended, there can be no justification for the complete exemption of securities and other intangibles in the hands of in- dividual investors,’ Prof. Adams says. “Intangible property should be taxed upon the basis of income at a rate not to exceed six per cent as an adjunct of the personal income tax.” A tax of this kind is effective in Massachusetts. A progressive personal income tax is recommended as a major remedy for the present undue concen- tration of taxes upon real estate. “In Massachusetts the present in- come tax produced $28,000,000 in 1929 or 7.69 per cent of the total taxes collected. In New York it yielded $84,000,000 or 7.83 per cent of the total tax bill. But the state income tax should be made much more productive than at present. To accomplish this it will be necessary to make personal exemptions lower, and the rates on moderate incomes higher than in most of the state income taxes now in force.” Phosphate Sales In spite of low farm prices ground rock phosphate is moving into Illinois from the phosphate mines of Tennessee. Twelve cars were shipped out in one week in April, according to J. C. Lowman in charge of weighing and in- spection at the mines. Uncle Ab says there are times when the intelligent listener ex- cels the intellectual talker. THE LA. A. RECORD Hyde Cites Needs For A Prosperous Agriculture Emergency measures dealing di- rectly with agriculture are not necessary, Secretary of Agricul- ture Arthur M. Hyde _ stated May 16, United States Dairy re- ports. Markets for farm products, he said, are the.real need. This may be accomplished only by restoration of business and agri- culture by the use of credits available through the Reconstruc- tion Finance Corporation and other federal agencies which are ready for these functions as soon as business emerges from its frightened condition. He said the federal govern- ment has laid the foundation for the recovery of agriculture and industry and the actual use of immense reservoirs of credit is all that is needed now. He said bankers are afraid to lend and borrowers are afraid to obtain loans to finance their projects. Four things only are required to make agriculture prosperous, according to Hyde, “and three of these have been provided.” They are the tariff, Federal Farm Board, organization of farmers, and the land utilization policy. The last of these would have pre- vented the present extreme de- pression of. agriculture if it had been applied 10 years ago, he said. Investigate Telephone Rates In La Salle Co. The telephone committee of the La Salle County Farm Bureau has been very active during the past few weeks investigating rates. At a recent meeting it was disclosed that the increasing number of telephones: being removed was making it more expensive for other subscribers and at the same time was making the phone less valuable. It was decided that the com- mittee should make an _ inves- tigation to determine how much the telephone companies could re- duce their rates. Sub-committees were appointed to secure in- formation about different com- panies. As shown by a symmary, costs varied from $1.35 fo $2.25 per month. The committee also discussed the advisability of working with the mayors of the various cities and securing their opinions as to the number of phones removed and the sentiment as to rates. June, 1932 Vaccinate Pigs While : Young and Save Money The eight per cent ‘increase in anti-hog cholera serum and virus purchased through the Illinois Farm Bureau Serum Association during the first three months of 1932 over the corresponding pe- riod a year ago is not as great as it should be under present condi- tions, according to Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. “Considering the fact that farmers can now vaccinate their own hogs at a lower cost than at any time in history, they should take advantage of this opportu- nity to insure their herds against cholera,” Miller said. “If we are to profit by the experience of 1931, when serious outbreaks of the disease appeared in practically every section of the state, we must vaccinate while the pigs are young and light. Last year many farmers waited until cholera broke out in their own herd or in a neighbor’s herd be- fore they did anything. The result was a higher cost of vaccination and in many cases heavy losses. “Spring pigs which have not yet been vaccinated should be given attention as soon as possible, as delay will mean extra cost. Practically all the Farm Bureaus have reduced the price of serum an average of from five to 15 cents per hundred cubic centimeters since last year. The fact that hogs are selling at a very low price, thus seriously reducing the farm income, is all the more reason why farmers should not jeop- ardize their income by not vac- cinating.” Can Handle All '32 Wool The National Wool Marketing Corporation is prepared to handle the entire wool production of the United States for 1932, the growers’ co-operative with 35,000 members announced recently. Ample funds, warehousing facil- ities, and experienced personnel for financing and efficient han- dling have been provided. “Acceptances by the growers of offers which ignore entirely pres- ent tariff protection will, there- fore, not be necessary,” L. W. Elliott, executive vice-president, declared. “The wool remaining from 1931 will be marketed to orderly mill demand as in the past, having in mind the protec- tion of values.” ‘ a! CS’ TA THR er A OO te '¢, 7 2 ee ee ee ee ee, eee eee no oO za a \ in wate-wide assembly have des- s and their friends in the towns and cate their efforts in patriotic assem- merican agriculture and with it the jounties to renew our faith in the early imprévement in farm prices } frozen credit, debt, unemployment, ‘witnessed. The condition of agricul- ted in these other groups toppling America must begin on the farm. é main essential is thorough organ- enough ‘to be heard and heeded. We with militant determination move astice for which our forefathers di Me s of every community in Illinois and le to restore economic freedom, ee x ! - President ois Agricultural Association Prairie Farmer and WLS Join in Movement ‘Prairie Farmer and its radio sta- tion WLS along with local newspa- pefs and organizations in down- *| state counties are joining in com- ‘!memorating July 4 as Dedication *|Day when citizens of every com- munity will unite in pledging their best efforts toward accomplishing the objects of the movement. In its issue of June 25 Prairie Farmer will pay tribute to organ- ized agricultural effort and what farmers have accomplished by working together. News of the July 4 demonstration will be broad- cast daily from station WLS, sta- tion WJJD, and others in Chicago and downstate. Many counties will -| have special organization issues of local newspapers appropriate to the occasion in making July 4 a mem- orable occasion in the history of Illinois agriculture. : Affiliated co-operatives and as- sociated organizations are all co- operating in the July 4 celebration. Representatives of Country Life Ins. Co., the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co., Illinois Farm Sup- ply Co., the Farmers Mutual Rein- surance Co., and others will be ac- tive in preparations for the demon- stration and big parade on the final day. eo" The Farmer Must Lead The \ PLAN PARADE AND CELEBRATION FOR EVERY ORGANIZED COUNTY Restoge Farmer’s Buying Power And Prosperity Will Re- * turn to America. Re-dedicate Efforts to Agriculture A state-wide demonstration with a parade on July 4 in every county of Illinois was unanimously voted at a meeting of more than 3000 Farm Bureau leaders representing every county at Decatur, Friday, June 17. While the big celebration falls on the 20th Anniversary of the Farm Bureau in Illinois it is to be more than an anniversary cele- bration. It will be a militant demonstration of the farmers of IIli- nois rededicating their efforts in behalf of their industry, agricul- ture, on which the prosperity of the nation depends. As the farmers of 1776 united in that historical fight for in- dependence and freedom from political oppression, so will farmers of 1932 unite for economic independence to restore the farmer’s buying power and so lead the nation back to better times. 7 Organized farmers have pleaded in vain for more than 10 years to ELABORATE FLO ATS arouse the nation to the plight of agriculture. Repeatedly farm rep- resentatives have told the presi- IN BIG PARADE dent, the Congress, and the indus- trial East that the nation could not continue prosperous with a d - Colorful parades with floats and| ing suricaiiuee. “— banners illustrating the aims and objects of organized farmers, will One Year Only be a high point in the July 4| .The Farm Bureau’s demand for DEDICATION DAY ceremonies) effective legislation to establish an - throughout rural Ilinois. American price for farm products Complete plans and illustrations| When industry was enjoying un- for five major floats have been ir gery sage aeons pr ee e y success and prosperity — up by a professional design resulting from a wide foreign out- One float recommended for the|/¢t for products of American fac- demonstration will illustrate 4-H| tories, manufacturers forgot their Club work with four leaf clovers|°l4 customer, the American farmer. labeled “Heart, Head, Hand, Much of this foreign demand was Health.” On the side of the float created with American capital, appear the words “For Better Farm through tremendous foreign bond Life.” issues tones by American citi- Another illustrating the tax prob-|2@0S. Many of these are now in lem displays the statement “Prop- a. and. American investors erty Carries 90 Per Cent of ths pase ost millions of dollars. No Burden.” On the side of the float|!0mser has American industry its “ Id customer, the farmer, to fall are the words “Organize—Equalize | ° ; ’ the Burden.” A large weight la- back on, and so the condition of beled “Taxes” is suspended on a agriculture has dragged down the long pole with a farmer in the rear whole economic structure to its carrying the bulk of the load while|°W” level. two other gentlemen in front illus- _ Restore Buying Power trating income and intangible} American prosperity must begin wealth carry the light end. on the farm. Restore the farmer’s One float shows a man trying/ buying power through an uplift in to raise a |] ge weight labeled| prices and the unemployed will be Pring sh =, 4 ae edn ‘om bas back to work. Make the tariff ckle. effective on farm products. Re- in vain unable to lift the load|move the weight cf accumulated alone. ening tik nent ~ oye crop surpluses from the market men. en they ali take hold Ol\and agriculture will lead the wa the rope, the load illustrating tax|out of hard times, Establish an problems, marketing, representa-|honest dollar and f%.:m mortgages tion, etc. is easily lifted: On the} will be paid and ccifidence in gov- side of the float appear the words| ernment restored. “Co-operation Will Win—But No| To this cause will Ilinois farmers One Can Raise it Alone.” and citizens in rural communities A float recommended for the oc-|2@Ssemble and dcdicate themselves casion shows a platform labeled|On Independence Day. The pro- “Organization.” On the platform is|8Tam for Dedication Day will be a table and three chairs labeled os in et rage —— bn “Industry, Labor, Agriculture.” The|%€ Some variations from county farmer is mounting the platform to| County made necessary by other lo- take his seat with other organized heen! nea aenat valy by ‘ groups. nds to start the day, registration at a designaied Another float carries a large din- : lace of all new members and ner bell and a banner with the|?. ’ slogan “The Farmer’s Dinner Bell Farm Bureau members in . good is the Liberty Bell of 1932. Keep|s@nding, of pe oy ph I Soaks wr it Ringing.” ureau members and of 4- u The plans provide for carrying angele a en for va bs the floats on trucks. Complete blue | P'#" Submitted to each county, ihe prints have been sent out showing lineup for the parade will take just how to build the scaffolding place after registration. Marchers which is very simple, and how to will carry banners heralding the trim ‘and decorate the platform aims and ideals of the demonstra- atter.its erection tion, announcing the goal of the : movement. Floats will be placed NES: GREER in order with plenty of space in the “Dedication Day” Crowd fine of nat peceners. aes aera * s113 ureau member an s family is Estimated Half Million asked to take part in the demon- : . stration and march or drive the The state-wide demonstration on| family car in the parade. DEDICATION DAY, it is estimated, . will bring out from 300,000 to 500,- Prize Contests 000 people, based on early reports| At the given hour the parade will of counties working on the pro-|start moving from a designated gram for the day. Every effort is|point with Farm Bureau directors being made in some counties to|and other local officials in the re- have every farmer and his family| viewing stand. Prize contest an- as well as citizens of the towns and|nouncements will be made locally cities where parades will be held|so that all may competé for the on hand to take part in and wit-| awards. ness the program of the day. It is contemplated that the pa- The parade itself will be the big|;rade will last until shortly after drawing card but the prizes, con-|the noon hour when the celebra- tests, music, speeches, and the op-|tion will adjourn for picnic dinner. portunity for meeting friends will} The afternoon program in most be attractions for many others.|counties will include introduction Such prizes as a new farm wagon/of Farm Bureau and local officials which can be used with horses,|to be followed by prayer and by a truck, or tractor, a complete set of| public address, speaker to be fur- silverware, and a bicycle for chil-|}nished by the I. A. A. Many counties dren will be offered by many coun-|represented at Decatur plan to ties. Complete details about these|light a spectacular bonfire where will be given out by the Farm Bu-|enemies of agriculture such as Low reau later. Farm Prices, Unjust Taxes, Poison- The July 4th Dedication program/|ous Propaganda, Unfaithful Public in Illinois will be held simultane-|Servants, Old Man Indifference ously with Farm Bureau gatherings | and others will be burned in ef- in other states commemorating the|figy. Awarding of attendance two hundredth anniversary of| prizes will be left for the last event George Washington. of the day. wte Page 2 A countak! NO b8cr4 N RECORD To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, po- litical, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the na- tion, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE TuHIEM, Editor Max HARRELSON, ASsistant Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So, Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925, Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation is five dollars a year, The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription tq the Illinois Agricultural Association Record, - Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS Poselhadt © Gast | -C..' 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Federal Farm Board “Perhaps the soundest advice we can give to agriculture is contained in the one word, ‘Organize.’ “Properly organized, I cannot see any reason why agriculture might not go even farther than industry, inasmuch as most farm products are consumed every day and several times a day and the consumption must be fairly continuous if we are to live. “The greatest difficulty we have to contend with, is that in some mysterious way, through legislative action or otherwise, the handicap under which agriculture is suffer- ing, will be removed, and the posi- tion of the farmer made secure without any action on his part. My friends, this is not even a good dream. It is currently believed that dreams sometimes come true, but this one never will. “You have one of the greatest and most representative organiza- tions of agriculture anywhere. We need more organizations like yours. You can do almost anything when you are properly organized. If farmers don’t organize, others will, and they'll take care of their own interests first. “The agriculture of other nations has gone down largely because it lacked organization. If you are un- organized you must take what you’re offered.” — Alexander Legge before I. A. A. Annual Meeting, Jan. 29, 1931. Must Cut Distribution Costs For Future Prosperity —Babson “The keynote to future prosperity is improvement in _ distribution methods. Distributors must cut costs and pass along to the con- sumers the saving already achieved in production. Progress in produc- tion has far outstripped progress in distribution. Our distribution system, because of its high cost, is still the bottle neck which prevents the free flow of mass production which .gets to the consumer. This business must attract that great potential market along the lower income classes to provide an ade- quate outlet for its huge producing eapacity and to do this it must re- duce costs. Authorities estimate that the avoidable waste in distri- bution is between $8,000,000,000 and $10,000,000,000 a year.”—Roger W. Babson, issued June 14. TReETEPEER eee Raymond Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro L, Cope, Salem » De Soto All Agricultural Groups In Illinois Pledge Co- operation — Co-operation of nearly every farm organization and co-operative in and adjoining Illinois has been secured in carrying out the state- wide Dedication Day program on July 4. The problem of providing a peaker for every county on that ay is a tremendous undertaking n itself. To bring about uniform- ity in expressing the. aims and ideals of the demonstration and the Farm Bureau movement, a carefully outlined address is being prepared, a copy of which will be supplied every speaker. Each speaker will be expected to em- phasize the principles set forth in this outline, but using his own words in expressing them. A prayer written for the occasion by one of America’s outstanding clergymen is being prepared for delivery in every county on the des- ignated day. The prayer will pre- cede the address of the afternoon. Among the organizations pledg- ing their co-operation in the July 4th demonstration are the follow- ing: Prairie Farmer, State College of Agriculture, National Live Stock Marketing Association, Chicago Producers Commission Ass’n., St. Louis Producers Commission Ass’n., Peoria Producers Commission Ass’n., Illinois Live Stock Marketing As- sociation, Illinois Grain Corpora- tion, Pure Milk Association, Illinois Milk Producers Ass’n., ‘ McLean County Milk Producers Ass’n., Sani- tary Milk Producers Ass’n., Quality Milk Ass’n., Champaign County Milk Producers Ass’n., Decatur Milk Producers Ass’n., Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n., Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange, Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, Soybean Mar- keting Ass’n., American Farm Bu- reau Federation, and all associated companies owned and controlled by I. A. A.-Farm Bureau members. Edw. A. O’Neal “Job Not Finished” “On behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation, it is my great pleasure to extend to the Farm Bu- reaus and to the membership of the great state of Illinois a mes- sage of congratulation, commenda- tion and fellowship on the occasion of this, your 20th anniversary. “You have well demonstrated what can be accomplished by mili- tant, aggressive, organized effort. Your accomplishments of the past are your promise for the future. Your job is not yet finished. In the stern problems of today you have the greatest opportunity and the greatest responsibility. Go forward in the creation of an institution that is truly representative of the importance of agriculture to the economic and social well-being of your state. You are the hope of the farmers of Illinois.” ~ Signed, Edw. A. O’Neal. THE FARM BUREAU “The Patriot believes that the Greene County Farm Bureau is , Bellnap |: one of the best organizations ever formed in this community. It has done more to put farming on a business basis, to develop better methods of farming, to bring the farmer out of his isolation, and to encourage a coming generation of farmers and farmers’ wives than all other factors combined. “The benefits of the organization are not limited to the mem- bers alone. Every farm and every farmer in the county receive in- direct benefit in the general uplift of the business. The Farm Bu- reau coula do much more if every farmer in the county were a member. Some farmers thoughtlessly speak disparagingly of the organization and discount its efforts. Those farmers are merely standing in their own light and hindering their own progress. “In these times it is not a question of ‘Can I afford to belong to the Farm Bureau?’ but ‘Can I afford to stay out of it?’”’—CHar.es BrapsHaw, Editor, Carrollton Patriot. ) ..“AGRICULT ae ' Ex-Gov. Frank QO. wden Organization Greatest Nee if American] —Lowd “Tt am more convinced than ever that organization is the greatest need of the farmers of this coun- try,” ex-Gov. Frank O. Lowden said in addressing a group of [Ilinois bankers some time ago. He pointed out that the com- bined efficiency of the Danish farmer plus his inherent ability to organize and co-operate with his brothers, in producing and market- ing his crops were responsible for the relatively happy condition of agriculture in Denmark. “The farmer’s interests are your interests and anything you can do to help them will react to your benefit and the good of the coun- try,” said Mr. Lowden. “It is more that you l agriculture ré , for when t bus there is jf e@ ex-governor a tour throu er Scandinavi day before th ory teaches : » “it teaches Ds psperity canno . prosperity. lanced agr ulture back t with other ind nization. Th n’s problem as ‘No nation | vived tl e decay of its Arthur M. Hyg Organization, One Answer To F2 By Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary “One general answer to farm problems is organization. Organ- ization to control marketing, to standardize output, to eliminate waste and duplication of a market- ing and distributing system, which, generally speaking, absorbs two dollars for every one dollar it ré- turns to the farmer. Thus the farmer can approximate the posi- tion of industry, or of other groups. “By the long arm of his own or- ganization, the farmer can make himself felt beyond his line fences m Problem: of Agriculture and in the markets o Thro farmer commo produc mand, lem by his ow indepe his ow nomic hold i vicissif Unorganized Farmers Hinder Earl C. Smith, Pres., I. A. A. at R “T hg believe constit erating many “If I organi and farme this cc T7 An cult greater both s Americ been fc deflati tion. portion could upon greatl partic where mains. could have influence in t Earl C. Smith ; iL, A. A. RECORD waen American’ Farmers that you lend your aid agriculture rather than to , for when the farmer is bus there is prosperity for e ex-governor had return- ‘a tour through Denmark, er Scandinavian countries day before the meeting. ory teaches anything,” he , “it teaches that perma- psperity cannot come with- m prosperity. We cannot lalanced agriculture, nor ture back to a state of with other industries, with- nization. This is a busi- n’s problem as much as the ‘No nation has long sur- p decay of its agriculture.” m Problems—Hyde of Agriculture the markets of the world. hgh his organization, the can get. information as to lity supplies, can bring his ion within the limits of de- an control the surplus prob- preventing it. By organiza- farmef can take control of h industry; re-establish the dence of his calling; win place in the sun of eco- quality, and having won it, against all the changing des of the future.” Solution Problems ickford, Jan., 1932 e previously stated and yet .that unorganized farmers ite the greatest obstacle op- to delay proper solutions to f our difficulties. am right in my conclusions, ation, further organization omplete organization of § should be the keynote of vention. adequately organized agri- could have wielded far influence in the councils of ate and nation. Illinois and an farmers could not have rced into a 12-year period of bn with such an organiza- Fast increasing and unjust 8 of the cost of government 10t have been shouldered ulture. Their combined ce could and can operate to reduce costs of government, y within the counties most of our tax money re- RE MUST BE ORGANIZED” “More Than A Fight For Fair Farm Prices” Says C. V. Gregory, Editor Prairie Farmer In staging state wide farm pa- rades July 4th, Illinois farmers are doing more than lead a fight for fair farm prices. We are in the midst of a struggle in which farmers are furnishing the shock troops, but they are fighting for the rights of all the common people as well as for them- selves. They are leading the fight for all people who work for a living, who want a dollar only in return for a dollar’s worth of service. It is a struggle to determine whether the common people shall continue to work for themselves, using and enjoying the things that they produce in such great abun- dance, or whether the nation shall be turned over to the exploiter and the spoiler. The common people of America stand in battle array, and the God of Justice is fighting on their side. The farmers of Illinois are in the front line, confident that their or- ganized effort will win the victory. The great agricultural state of Illinois is fortunate in having in this time of emergency the great Illinois Agricultural Association, strongest and most ably manned state farm organization in the country. Twenty years of Farm Bu- reau experience in Illinois has de- veloped leaders whose ability is un- surpassed in any field. Their serv- ices are dedicated to this fight for equality for agriculture. When 10,000 new Farm Bureau members march in review July 4th, shoulder to shoulder with the vet- erans in the movement, that dem- onstration of loyalty and support will double the effectiveness of the leaders. Under the flag of the Farm Bureau the farmers of Illinois July 4th will start the march to victory. Sam H. Thompson “Efficient Production Alone Not Enough” Sam H. Thompson Future progress of agriculture de- pends today more than at any time in the history of our country on strong organization of farmers. Efficient production alone, growing more bushels per acre, breeding more and better livestock will not solve the present day problems. We must put agriculture on a sound basis. Long hours of labor, working every member of the family and practising self-denial and contin- ually drawing out and exhausting the fertility of the soil have in the past made it possible to pay for farms. We cannot longer afford to farm that way. If we want to keep our children on the farm and con- tinue the business, we must put ag- riculture on a substantial paying basis that will bring satisfactory returns, so that they can make the home and farm attractive and really worth while, for the best of men. Organization—Only Way Farmers Can Be Effective By George C. Jewett, Vice-chairman Congress Trust and Savings Bank The Nation is in distress. Dis- tress—disaster—soup kitchens—un- employment and suicides prevail through the land. Improvement must start with agriculture. This is realized and frankly admitted by the business in- terests of the nation. This places on the shoulders of the farmer, the na- tion’s as well as his own welfare. It calls for and demands a mili- tant fighting farmer and a militant fight- ing farm lead- ership. The only way the farmer can effectively fight is through or- ganization. The only way the farm leader can fight is with a powerful organized backing. Without strong organized leadership, the farmer. will con- tinue in difficulty and distress, and eventually will be relegated to a peasantry class; the growth of the nation retarded and our social and civic life endangered. It is time to fully organize. It is time, too, to give farm leaders power and strength. Organization is the watchword of the hour and on it depends everything. Mr. Jewett Clifford V. Gregory Two Obstacles To Overcome By Jas. C. Stone, Chairman Federal Farm Board “The co-operative movement has two obstacles to overcome and pro- tect itself against. Perhaps the more serious is that within the ranks of agriculture—apathy and indifference on the part of many farmers, who do not .understand what the program means to them. “Then there is the opposition coming from some of those who are engaged in handling farm prod- ucts, This opposition is directing its fire largely against the Farm Board with such charges as ‘gov- ernment in business’, ‘price fixing’, and ‘setting aside the law of sup- ply and demand’, all designed to stir up public resentment against what is being done. “I would like to suggest to you leaders jn co-operative marketing and all others engaged in. agricul- ture that you must not let the real purpose be camouflaged by such tactics. That real purpose is against farmers organizing their own marketing system. Its object is to kill co-operative marketing. “Organized agriculture will have to make itself heard if it wishes to protect what it has gained. A most important work to be done is that of informing unorganized farmers and the public generally about the co-operative program.” Jas. C. Stone ORGANIZATION CUTS LIMESTONE- PHOSPHATE COST Co-operative Action Alone Makes Possible Savings To Bureau Members Since the Limestone-Phosphate Department of the I. A. A. was or- ganized early in 1920, a complete change has been brought about in both the methods of handling lime- stone and phosphate and the stan- dard quality grades acceptable to Illinois farmers. These changes, in both cases, resulted beneficially to’! the purchasers. In the cost of limestone, a con-| tinual check has been maintained | on the product produced by each company cooperating with the I. A. A. and County Farm Bureaus, with the result that a valuation score Ss ae | agreed upon. t EXTRA EDITION, JUNE, 1932 ‘overestimated. It has played a ‘large part in putting Illinois in its present outstanding position in the ‘use of agricultural limestone, | Since the inception of this de- partment Illinois has used an an- nual tonnage ranging from 300,000 tons in 1920 to 925,000 tons in 1929 —the largest tonnage of agricul- tural limestone ever used in one -| year by any one state. This ton- nage dropped to 750,000 tons in 1930 and approximately 300,000 tons in 1931, due to the big drop in the farmer’s buying power. During the ten years the I. A. A. has had contract relations with limestone producers, Illinois has used a total tonnage of agricultural limestone amounting to approxi- mately 6,500,000 tons. During eight years previous to the beginning of our contract relations and~-super- visional service, the total tonnage of agricultural limestone used in Illinois was only 1,714,000. Lower Prices Gained The I. A. A., through its Lime- stone-Phosphate Department, has kept in mind at all times, the ques- tion of price per ton on agricultural limestone, as well as the question of freight rates. Much has been ac- complished with both, with the re- sult that Illinois is today able to purchase limestone perhaps cheaper per ton than any other state, tak- ing into consideration the question of supervisional service maintained. It would be hard to estimate the savings in dollars and cents to the Illinois farmer due to this service. A differential in price to Bureau members has been established. During the year 1929, this saving alone amounted to $37,500. The savings represented by basic price of agricultural limestone, as com- pared with prices prevailing in other states, was estimated at $180,- 000 in 1929 alone. This differential, or discount, to Farm Bureau mem- bers during 1930 amounted to more than $30,000. Ground Phosphate Organized buying of ground rock phosphate began in Illinois early in 1920. A branch office of the I. A. A. limestone-phosphate depart- ment was opened at Columbia, Tennessee, in the phosphate field, on March 15, 1920. This office re- ported on shipments, rendered in- voices, check tested, and looked after the interests of Farm Bureau members. At that time rock phosphate was being sold on the basis of 13% phosphorus and 90% through 100- mesh screen (10,000 openings to the square inch) at a price of $10.00 to $10.25 f. o. b. mines in Tennessee. These were the best prices avail- able, and they were based on a guarantee of buying 10,000 tons. After further negotiations, the I. A. A. was able to contract for a minimum of 20,000 tons at a price of $7.50 per ton f. o. b. mines, in Tennessee, with the understanding and agreement that each and every car was to be sampled and analyzed by the I. A. A.’s own sampler and chemist, and the shipping company agreeing to accept settlement on the results obtained by our own chemist. During the remaining nine months of this first year, 28,000 tons were handled through the depart- ment, a direct saving to the pur- chasing farmer of $2.50 to $2.75 per ton, or a total of more than $70,000. New Plan Tried This same method of contract dealing was maintained during the next four or five years, but it soon became evident that to produce sufficient tonnage to permit the producing companies to remain in business, would require the efforts of well-trained and highly efficient salesmen. ¥ With this in mind, a new plan was worked out whereby the I. A. A. ceased to merchandise, but main- tained a supervisional and advisory Service under which basis specifi- cations were established and each individual shipment was sampled and analyzed and reported upon to the customers by the I. A. A.’s own employees. A small fee per ton to the I. A. A. on everything the contract com- panies shipped into Illinois, was This fee, however, did not reflect itself in a higher cost to the purchaser, as the plan had a very great bearing upon the elimination of sales resistance and the contract companies were able | to sell much more phosphate per | Salesman and per dollar of sales ex- pense than they were able to do otherwise. Under this plan, which has been maintained since it was first in- augurated, tonnage began to in- crease, until in 1929 it reached the greatest tonnage ever supervised by the I. A. A. in any one year. Improves Quality card as to competitive quality was prepared, which put all agricultural limestone on the market at its own| value and price according to qual- ity, rather than permitting all At all times the I, A. A. has based its policies and activities on the latest scientific and experimental findings, until at the present time the specification for fineness is 95% through a 200 mesh sieve (40,000 grades to be sold at same price, which unduly penalized the pur- chaser of material of low grade where he could have purchased a higher and more satisfactory grade at no greater cost. A Joint Service Also, the department has con- tinued at all times, to work in co- operation with and under advice of the authorities of the University of Illinois. The farm advisers are carrying out the latest research findings and advice of research authorities, thereby bringing about a more intelligent use of limestone, measuring the application to each acre’s needs. The work of the farm advisers along this line cannot be / Openings per square inch) . pared to 90% through a 100-mesh Sieve at the start. The fineness on the 100-mesh sieve continued to in- crease year to year until it finally averaged on all shipments more than 99% and approximately 97% through a 200-mesh. This finer grinding has increased production costs somewhat, but it has very much more increased its value to the farmer. The Selling cost today is a very material factor in the price to the consumer. Increased demand for this product would tend to greatly decrease this Selling cost. During the 12 years life of the Limestone - Phosphate Department (Continued on Page 4, Col. 6) EXTRA EDITION EDITION, JUNE, 1932 TAA. FIGHTS FOR 2 AGRICULTURI FARM C0-0PS GIVE PRODUCER | | BETTER PRICE| fae Sa Narrows Spread Between Price Paid By Consumer and Received By Grower Ten years ago when the tenth anniversary of the Farm Bureau in Illinois was observed there began a period of steady progress and de- re eenens in co-operative market- ng. Farmers who take part in the State-wide celebration July 4 have watched this movement develop from its meagre beginning to a great system of farmer-owned and controlled co-operatives operating on a national basis and handling farm commodities in volume never before handled through a single agency, private or otherwise. The co-operative movement in Illinois had its beginning in the formation of farmer-owned grain elevators and.co-operative livestock shipping associations which oper- ated as independent local organi- zations. It was not until after the depression of 1921-22 that Illinois farmers began seriously to develop machinery to control their com- modities after they left the country point. This movement led to the organ- ization of the Producers Livestock Commission Association of East St. Louis, followed by similar sales ‘co- operatives the next year at Chi- cago, Peoria, and Indianapolis. The Illinois Agricultural Association de- voted much time and effort to the organization of these co-ops. Began in 1921 About this time the I. A. A. also began making surveys to find the possibilities in marketing other “commodities co-operatively. The year 1921 marks the beginning of the first state fruit and vegetable co-operative, the first co-operative milk association, and the first at- tempts at handling grain on the terminal markets. At present Illinois farmers have state-wide agencies for marketing milk, . vegetables, livestock, grain, soybeans, butterfat, poultry, red top seed, and other commodities. Sev- eral of these are affiliated with na- tional marketing organizations. More than 23,000 carloads of Illi- nois livestock were handled through Producers’ Commission Associations or sold direct to packers during 1931. Early in the year the Illinois Livestock Marketing Association was organized to co-ordinate the work of county and district mar- keting associations and direct the movement of livestock to the best markets. At the present time the state as- sociation has six county concentra- tion points in operation and two more almost ready to open. The volume of livestock handled by these points has increased every month since last October when they started operating as units of the association. In May the volume was nearly 3,000,000 pounds. During the eight months from October 1 to June 1 the association handled 15,309,520 pounds. The new organization is af- filiated with the National Livestock Marketing Association and works in co-operation with Producers’ Com- mission agencies. Over 80 Members The Illinois Grain Corporation, organized in 1930, now has over eighty member elevators as com- pared with 32 at the beginning of 1931. These elevators have a com- bined business of 14,000,000 bushels of grain annually. Illinois Grain Corporation stands third among the 25 regional co- operatives in volume of grain handled through Farmers National Grain Corporation during the past year. At least 60 of the 102 coun- ties in the state have used the ter- minal facilities of the co-operative, sending their grain from more than 200 shipping points. The average volume from Illinois for the past four months is more than 600 cars a month. In March, 666 cars were handled by the state organization. A seven per cent dividend on preferred stock in Mllinois Grain was recently paid out of the earn+ ings of the co-operative. This is an indication that the organization is getting the support of grain grow- ers. Deficits incurred during the or- ganization period also have been I. A. A. B Part of the 3,000 Entering Armory at Decatur, where State-Wide Demonstration July athYwas Un Approved. paid off. For the first time in his- tory farmers are organized to con- trol their grain until it reaches the processor or consumer. The Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- change last year handled more than 1,200 cars of fruit and vegetables, selling to 200 markets in 23 states and three Canadian provinces. This is one of the oldest co-operatives in the state. It is affiliated with the National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, recently organized with A. B. Leeper as its president and general manager. In addition to its marketing activities, the state ex- change purchases supplies for fruit growers and has only recently or- ganized a credit corporation to aid its members. Practically every milk market in Illinois is now organized and 85 per cent of the fluid milk in the state is marketed through co-operatives. The value of co-operatives in the fluid milk industry is shown by the fact that milk was the last farm commodity to suffer price declines and even now milk is much above the level of grain, livestock, and other major commodities. Care For Surplus An important step is now being undertaken at Rock Island and at Peoria to take care of surplus milk by setting up creameries owned and operated by the milk co-operatives. During the past year surplus milk has created one of the major prob- lems confronting the industry. The M[linois Produce Marketing Association handled more than 3,- 000,000 pounds of butterfat during 1931 through its 48 member county associations. It is estimated by F. A. Gougler, director of produce marketing for the I. A. A., that the co-operative actually raised the price of butterfat three cents above what the price would have been without farmer organization. This means a cash return of several hundred thousand dollars, not in- cluding patronage refunds to mem- bers. Non-members as well as mem- bers receive the benefit of the im- proved price level. The Soybean Marketing Associa- tion, which has just finished its second season, has handled nearly 3,000,000 bushels of soybeans at prices from three to four cents above prices paid across the state line in Indiana where soybean growers are not organized. This year the association handled a con- siderable volume of beans for ex- port. About 31 counties sent soy- beans through the co-operative this year. More than 4,000 growers hold memberships in the organization. Illinois produces about 40 per cent of the soybeans produced in the United States for commercial pur- poses, and of these the Soybean As- sociation markets about 60 per cent. Nearly 1,000 new members were signed up by the red-top seed co- operative, the Egyptian Seed Growers Exchange in 1931, increas- ing the membership to 2,738. This co-operative controls a large part of the red-top grown in this coun- try. About 90 per cent of the coun- try’s supply comes from southern Tllinois where the Seed Growers Ex- change is located. INVITE YOUR NEIGHBOR TO ATTEND THE DEMON- STRATION YOUR COUNTY JULY 4 From Rockford to Cairo They Came SAVE CASH CUT FARM COSTS BY VOLUME BUYING Organized Purchasing of Petroleum Products Pays, Save More Than Dues Most of the Farm Bureau mem- bers who drive to the celebrations to be held in every county in Illi- nois July 4 will be using oil and gas bought through their own company at an average saving of 15 per cent of what it would have cost them elsewhere. The Illinois Farm Supply Com- pany is an excellent example of what farmers can do to cut their production costs through organized purchasing of commodities they need. That the state company and its subsidiaries have succeeded in achieving this aim is demonstrated by their rapid growth and their substantial refunds. April 1 was the fifth birthday of the Farm Supply Company. In 1927 it started business with ten county companies already organized and a few others in process of organiza- tion. At the end of seven months the company had 14 member com- panies and had handled for them 3,500,000 gallons of petroleum prod- ucts. This was just a beginning. Ranked Fifth The state company in 1931 handled for its 47 member com- panies more than 33,000,000 gallons of fuel oils and lubricants. This farmer-owned company ranked fifth in gasoline sales and second in kerosene sales among the 874 li- censed petroleum distributors in the state last year. But what about the savings which the company made possible for Farm Bureau members? In 1931 more than $500,000 went back to member patrons from the county subsidiaries. This was enough to pay the Farm Bureau membership dues of every member in the counties where these companies operate. If members got no other benefit from the organization but the privilege of sharing in this enterprise they would be amply rewarded. Three years ago there ‘were only 16 companies associated with the state company, operating 42 bulk storage stations and approximately 100 trucks. Today there are 52) member companies, 125 bulk sta- tions, and some 360 trucks serving the farm trade. Yet, in spite of the rapid growth during the past few years, 1932 promises to be the greatest year for the’ project. During February the Farm Supply Company received orders for more than 400 cars of petroleum products, representing an increase of 19.5 per cent for volatile fuels, 22.3 per cent for lubri- cating oils, and 83.8 per cent for grease over the same month the preceding year. April Big Month More than five and one-half million gallons of these products, or something over 700 carloads, were distributed to’ Illinois farmers through this agency during April. During the five years the compa vd has operated, no month has equa led this in volume. All commodities handled showed substantial in- creases over the corresponding month in previous years. Gasoline sales were 3.6 better than any previous April, kerosene sales were 29.1 per cent better, tractor and burner fuel 449.9 per cent better, and lubricating oil 5.5 per cent better. The gallonage of all petroleum products handled during the first eight months of the present fiscal | year exceed the yolume for the same period last year by a good margin. The volume handled dur- ing the past eight months was more than the entire gallonage handled by the company during the fiscal years of 1929 and 1930. This increase in volume is not due entirely to the organization of the five new companies. The com- | panies already in opera shown substantial increas ness. This indicates that Jare realizing more and economic value of co-ope: chasing as a means of production, oot aan costs. SURVEY SHO MONEY SAI Benefits Revealed by County Farm Bur Typical of All Co The Carroll County Fal returned its members $25.75 in measurable ca: for every membership fee recent survey reveals. The of maintaining the o was $7,704 and the ¢ and direct savings th services were $16,522. This saving was reali cipally on five projects of Bureau; namely, automo! ance, life insurance, products, serum, and lim amount saved in farm rates, co-operative m other projects of -the is not included in the More than $8, to members as a cash and gas purchased ft Farm Bureau company. ing on life insurance in Bureau company was est $2,784, and on automob ance, $2,708. Comparis based on costs in neal petitive companies. TI! service returned $1,912 an ing on limestone obtaine the organization was $71 Savings by Townsh In every township exce saving was more than $50 of the 14 townships, the ; more than $1,000. In R township, where 79 men advantage of the servi than $3,000 was returned. Records of one of th townships in the county the returns per membe from $2 to $149, depenc how much they used tt iservices of the Farm Bur -Below are listed the say by a number of individu at random: Roland Afr Herman Heuerman, $8.94 mobile insurance, $3.40 ¢ gas, and $14.63 on serun Bloyer and Son, $10.42 o1 |surance and $11.52 on oi Christ Bremmer, $24.93 ¢ gas; Charles Cheeseman $21 on life insurance an oil and gas; H. L. Derrer oil and gas and $12.50 on Fritz Franklin and Son, auto insurance, on | ance, $36.52 on yr $11.42 on serum; F. A. $7.04 on auto insurance, oil and gas, $78 on serun on limestone. A Typical Count Carroll county is not. as an exceptional county Bureau work, but-as at ty. Similar direct Savin shown in every organized the state. These five se amples of actual cash § the figures are on the show exactly how eac] profited by patronizing companies. The amount | ing depends almost ent the amount of patrona; dividual gives to these gs The indirect benefit; from the tax reduction the I. A. A., from rep; before rate-making and ing bodies, and from ec marketing of farm prod swell the dollars and ce per member to a mu figure. THE FARMER MU: THE NATION BA\ PROSPERIT — of All Co ll County Fe S members. easurable cas embership fee y reveals. The ning the oO and the cas savings e $16,522. ng was reg ve projects of mely, automo insurance, rum, and lime ed in farm erative mée cts of -the ded in the Nn $8, UU vas" 4 as a cash re! yurchased thr au company. insurance in npany was est on automoh 8. Comparis costs in neg mpanies. Th rned $1,912 a astone obta ‘ation was $ ngs by Townsh township excey more than $50 ywnships, the s $1,000. In F where 79 mem of the servid was returned. of one of the in the county S per membe » $149, depend they used th the Farm Bure 2 listed the savi er of individus : Roland Ari puerman, $8.94 irance, $3.40 or 14.63 on serum Son, $10.42 on d $11.52 on oil mmer, $24.93 or es Cheeseman insurance and 3; H. L, Derrer, and $12.50 on | klin and Son, ance, $30. on 1 2 on oil ant serum; F. A. uto insurance, s, $78 on serum, ne. Typical County county is not ¢ sptional county rk, but-as 2 typi r direct savings ‘very Organized 4 These five servic actual cash Ss are on the te ‘tly how each y patronizing . The amount of ds almost entire nt of patronage ives to these sery direct benefits fax reduction. pro A., from repres e-making and ls ; and from co-¢ of farm product dollars and cen ber to a much RMER MUST . a i 4 se imously bn have in busi- farmers nore the ve pur- reducing —————— — Page 3 - SAVES MEMBERS MONEY FARM BUREAU FIGHTS TO CUT TAXES FURTHER Tax Committees Reveal Lo- cal Districts Can Eliminate Levies Next Year Farm Bureau members who gather in every Illinois county to take part in the state-wide demon- stration July 4 will have in their minds the dramatic story of how their organization has led the fight for just taxation during the past ten years and will have at their command figures to show the dol- lars-and-cents value of such work. They will also gather in their various counties with a determi- nation to continue the fight and put across the new state-wide campaign of intelligent tax reduction now be- ing conducted by the Farm Bureaus and Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion. County Tax Committees are how getting the facts about tax- ation in their own communities with an eye to reducing if not wip- ing out levies in the next year or two. “Information brought to light at district tax reduction conferences held up to date indicate that many school districts have sufficient funds on hand so that substantial cuts can be made in local tax levies,” John C. Watson, director of taxation, reported recently. Can Eliminate Levies “Members of the County Farm Bureau tax committees, many of whom are local school trustees, showed that there were sufficient funds in local treasuries to entirely eliminate tax levies for the next year or two and still remain on a cash. basis,” he said. Watson reported that the local tax reduction program is being ac- cost/cepted enthusiastically over the ough its ed prin- he Farm ile insur- petroleum one. The es, utility ing, and m Bureau state and that tax committees are already taking steps to secure full information before proceeding fur- ther. “While the results of this inquiry cannot’be measured until late sum- mer or early fall,” said Mr. Wat- son, “the outcome so far looks en- couraging. We believe it will result in a substantial reduction in-gen- eral taxes on property without im- pairing any necessary or essential -| public services. through one the In eight ving was k Creek pers took PSs, more \ average how that ' ranged bg upon various Au. ngs made Ss picked han and Ne auto- oil and Charles auto in- nd gas; oil and d Son, $1.17 on 4 4.34 on mestone; 7.06 on be ‘ “The state-wide investigation growing out of the appointment of county and township Farm Bureau tax committees has for its goal tax reduction without creating or in- creasing public debt, but if possible with reductions in existing debts,” Mr. Watson said. “There is no intent in this survey to embarrass any public official, in fact, we expect it to result in ac- knowledgment and commendation of good administration wherever found.” Township Committees Too The County Tax Committees will secure all necessary information about the revenues, expenditures and financial condition of their own respective counties, Township Tax Committees will do the same for taxing districts wholly or par- tially within the township. Thus far all counties have been represented in the district. con- ferences held with one exception and that county is expected to be represented at a later meeting. Conferénces with attendance held to date are as follows: May 25, Aledo, 80 present June 2, Rushville, 105 present June 6, Murphysboro, 113 present June 7, Carmi, 150 present June 8, Olney, 47 present June 9, Tuscola, 43 present June 10, Danville, 78 present $1,500,000 Slash ¥” ‘ Reductions in farm valuations in Illinois during 1931 alone, through the efforts of the Farm Bureau, nsus-;were slashed approximately $1,500,- iS, and ilhelm, 9.96 on 000 from the tax bill of Illinois farmers as compared to what they would have paid under 1930 valua- tions. . Farm property will pay about $6,- 500,000 less in all taxes on the 1931 valuations than it would have paid if assessments had remained the same as in 1920. This. means an average saving of nearly $33 in taxes on each of the 214,000 farms of three acres or more in the state. In a number of coun- ties the actual reduction amounts to this much from 1931 to 1932 alone. On December 14, 1921, farmers were represented along with other taxpayers in a public, hearing. be- fore the Illinois Tax ommission for the first time (in the) history of Illinois. Mr. Watson was there to f| give the commission the results of higher AD (ATION BACK >ROSPERITY a + studies he had been making. The Tilinois Agricultural Association protested against the increase in valuations which had raised farm taxes and asked for a new deal. In 1921-1922 As a result of these efforts in be- half of the farmer, the commission cut valuations of land $181,066,785 in 1921 and 1922. At the state rate then in effect this meant a saving of more than $1,000,000 to farmers. The following year saw practically every Farm Bureau checking land and improvement valuations. The eae | association failed to win its fight for equalization in certain counties, but at the end of the year the re- capitulation showed that from 1921 to 1923 land owners had secured the benefit of a total reduction of $3,963,773 in state and county taxes. In both 1924 and 1925 the con- tinuing effect of the previous efforts Saved the farmers of [Illinois be- tween $2,000,000 and $2,500,000. Each year reduced valuations have helped cut the farmer’s tax burden in spite of some increases in rates. Assessed valuations of Illinois farm lands and improvements were cut more than $286,000,000 in 1931, it is shown in a survey recently completed by the taxation depart- ment of the I. A. A. This means that the total assessed values of farm property, excluding Cook county, are now approximately 15.9 per cent below 1930 values. All. Except Six Every county in the state except six received reductions in land valuations during the past year ranging from less than one per cent to as much as 37 per cent. In some instances land was assessed as much as $20 to $25 an acre lower. Fourteen counties had reductions of at least 25 per cent. In one county $14,500,000 was cut from the total valuation of farm lands and improvements. Not only were valuations cut, but drastic reductions were made in the farmer’s taxes as a result of the cuts. Taxpayers in Piatt county are paying $107,714 less. taxes this year than a year ago because of lower assessments secured through the efforts of the Farm Bureau tax committee. ‘Thirty-six farms picked at ran- dom from various townships in Rock Island county show how the fight waged by the Farm Bureau last December succeeded in lower- ing farm taxes. All the farms ex- amined except one paid less taxes for 1931 than for 1930. Reductions ranged from $3 to $80 per farm. Save $2 to $72 Per Farm In a similar test in McDonough county every one of the 36 farms showed a reduction. The saving varied from $2 to $72 per farm. In ten cases out of the 36 the reduc- tion was more than $50 per farm. This saving is in the most part accounted for by the 25 per cent reduction in assessed valuations secured through the Farm Bureau. Sangamon county is another ex- ample of the influence of the Farm Bureau in securing tax reductions. There the cut in valuations on farm lands and improvements last year was 26.89 per cent, a reduction of $18.88 per acre in the assessed valu- ations. This means a saving of about. $90 per quarter section of land in the tax bill under the pres- ent rate. Even with these drastic reduc- tions in assessed valuations and taxes, they are still out of line with present selling values. Figures just released by the Bureau of the Cen- sus show that during the decade 1920 to 1930 farm property values declined 26.5 per cent. Since 1930 there have been more rapid de- clines. Local Papers Called it Biggest Task Yet Undertaken In State All officers, directors, and the en- tire staff of the I. A. A. and as- sociated companies are mobilized to help out in organization work and preparation for Dedication Day. Officers, directors and staff mem- bers will appear as afternoon speakers at the celebration meet- ings to follow the big parade. Allied organizations in Dlinois and from adjoining states have been calle on for help in providing speakers for the occasion. This state-wide demonstration to to be held simultaneously in every county on the same day is the big- gest task ever undertaken by farmers of* Illinois. The problem of scheduling a speaker at every county looked almost impossible when the plan was first outlined, but with the co-operation of all groups a list of speakers was drawn up and a schedule arranged to pro- vide for every county celebration. IF THE FARMER DOESN’T ORGANIZE OTHERS WILL AND THEY’LL TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN INTERESTS FIRST MILLIONS SAVED AS RESULT OF L.A. A. SERVICE Illinois Farmer Now Has Expert Representation And Freight Rate Service Farmers who attend the state- wide celebrations July 4 could count up several million dollars they have Saved as a result of advice and representation in public utility mat- ters made available through the Illinois Agricultural - Association since the organization was started. The transportation department works quietly in conferences with utility and railroad exécutives, be- fore state and interstate commerce bodies, and in its own office at the I. A. A. headquarters. Even the members of the Farm Bureau scarcely realize that matters vitally affecting their interests are being’ brought up almost daily.’ Railroads are constantly attempt- ing to change freight rates, to dis- continue local stations, and other- wise alter shipping facilities;, con- struction companies are continu- ously offering contracts for rights- of-way across farm lands which frequently would work out to the disadvantage of the farmer; tele- phone complaints come in almost every day; the construction of elec- tric transmission lines frequently~ starts controversies; and damage claims are made by the-hundreds. Need Expert Service In this day when every farmer has business sooner or later with railroads or utilities of some sort, he must have expert representation which he can get only through or- ganization. The individual farmer cannot protect his own interests against powerful corporations. He cannot keep informed as to freight rate matters which require expert interpretation. The I. A. A. transportation de- partment, organized in 1920, at first devoted its attention to settling loss and damage claims for members, but soon initiated the important work in. securing lower freight rates and opposing increases. The first outstanding accomplish- ment that really showed the pos- sibilities in transportation service was realized when the association secured freight rate reductions on limestone for western Illinois farmers, saving them approxi- mately $30,000 on the basis of 1920 figures. J. R. Bent and L. J. Quasey played an important part in this accomplishment. In 1923 the Interstate Commerce Commission’s decision in the mixed livestock case, for which the as- sociation was one of the hardest workers, saved Illinois farmers ap- proximately $270,000 a year. Re- duced rates on livestock were gained for shippers along the Wa- bash railroad to East St. Louis. A a “Mystery” Meeting. grazing-in-transit privilege was se- cured.from the Rock Island which meant a saving of $28 on a double deck car of sheep from the West. A transit privilege on red-top seed was established which made pos- sible a saving of $30.a car. Fruit Rates Cut Early in 1924 in a proceeding be- fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission a proposed advance in fruit and vegetable rates was op- posed resulting in a saving of from $22 to $30 a car on peaches and strawberries, and from $7 to $9.50 a car on other fruits and veg- etables. In a complaint brought by the I. A. A. before the state commerce commission the- minimum weight on hogs in carloads was reduced from 17,000 to 16,500 pounds, re- sulting in an annual saving of ap- proximately $100,000. The MIlinois Agricultural Association working with. the American Farm Bureau succeeded in defeating a proposed increase in freight rates on farm products asked by the railroads in 1925. Each year the services of this de- partment have broadened and the savings to farmers have increased. Last year, advice and representa- tion meant a saving .of at least $500,000. Eighty-five counties shared in this service which includes ad- justment of freight rates, train service, shipping facilities, railroad station closing cases, railroad right- of-way cases, pipe lines, telephone (Continued on page 4, Col. 3) LA. A. PUTS 40. BILLS THROUGH LEGISLATURE In Every Session Are Many Measures of Interest and Importance to Farmers Farm interests have constantly been represented by the Illinois Ag- ricultural Association at Springfield since 1916 when the first legislative committeé of the organization was appointed and sent to the state capital to speak for agriculture. Since that time more than 40 bills, initiated and supported by the I. A. A., have been incorporated in- to the laws of the state. The or- ganization has been equally as ac- tive in opposing legislation contrary to agricultural interests. Among the first bills sponsored by the I. A. A. were the pure seed bill, the farm advisers’ bill, and a bill to allow farmers compensation for the slaughter of tubercular cat- tle. The first of these was actually drafted by the legislative committee of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion, as were a number of other bills. In every session of the general assembly since that time, there have been some bills in which the or- ganization was interested either as sponsor or supporter or as an opponent. Perhaps, thé three bills with the greatest significance to farmers were the state co-operative marketing act of 1923, the gas tax bill, and the state income tax bill the constitutionality of which is now being tested before the su- preme court. 100 Per Cent Co-ops The marketing act opened the way for the organization of 100 per cent co-operatives. The gas tax has aided in giving the state an ex- cellent system of paved roads, and the income tax when fully in effect will reduce property taxes and lift part of the unjust burden from the farmer and home owner. The growing cost of distributing farm products early impressed farm leaders with the need for legisla- tion under which farmers might form non-profit co-operatives for the purpose of encouraging orderly marketing and reducing thé spread between producer and consumer prices. An insidious attempt, made by enemies of co-operative market- ing, to pass a bill which would have killed ‘every co-operative in the state, brought the mattef to a head. In the 1923 session of the gen- eral assembly, thé co-operative act was introduced and was the center of a bitter fight which continued throughout the session. Repre- sentatives of the I. A. A. appeared before both houses several times to explain and defend the bill. Near the end of the session it went through without a single amend- ment not approved by the associa- tion, and is now recognized as one of the best laws of its kind in the country. Favored Gas Tax Early in 1924 the executive com- mittee of the I. A. A. approved the following recommendation of the legislative committee: ‘Inasmuch as we are convinced that the*question of tax on gaso- line used for motor-driven vehicles will come up in this» term of the general assembly, we believe that our association should take steps in advance looking toward the passage of legislation’ that will place this revenue in lieu of taxes already levied.” In 1925 several gas tax bills were introduced. The only one that re- ceived any favorable consideration, however, was the lieu tax bill drafted by the I. A. A. providing that the revenue be used-to replace taxes on property and that it be allocated to the counties in a large part for maintenance and con- struction of secondary roads. The state apparently was not yet ready It Was A 200 Mile Drive For Many the organization livestock rates for this legislation for it failed to pass. Two years later when the ques- tion again came before the legis- lature, certain provisions of the I. A. A. bill were not received with favor. Other bills were introduced in both houses providing that all funds from the tax should go to- ward the completion of bond issue roads. As soon as the proponents of the ‘advisable. These amendments which! has assisted the staff of*the at- ary % own * a SR I I a ee x From Every Part of Illinois Came Farm Bureau Leaders In Resfhs, ; other bills saw that they were/the bill was passed early in Febru- headed for defeat, they approached] ary. Since the constitutionality of the representatives of the associa-| the bill has been attacked and the tion and asked them to prepare| case carried to the supreme court, whatever amendments they thought / the Illinois Agricultural Association IS BURI gave recognition to secondary roads|torney general’s office in defending were prepared,..submitted -to’ the/it-and will continue to do so until proper committee, and voted by an/the final decision is handed down. overwhelming majority. From that| It is estimated that the state in- time on the gas tax bill had the/| come tax when in effect will reduce support of the I. A. A. and had no! farm taxes $7,500,000 annually and ‘4 2 trouble in passing. cut taxes of other property owners DeKalk bi d Kankal Bate ‘Income Tax around. $22,500,000 in a year like| Countgsées Organize Long: before th f thi . In years of normal prosperity, | . Es i g © ‘passage of this the reduction in property taxes will | . A } f b lished bh bill farm leaders had been studying the possibilities of a state income|& sonsiderably greate “ tax as:a means of reducing the or heavy property tax burden on farms MILLIONS S AVED THROUGH . ben 7 ane oe rH The ag legislative 1 ati omm ale « Ka : mittee of the Constitutional Con-| L.A. A. REPRESENTATION |cte2nizaigijons in these co vention in 1922 and advocated. an known aig™ first as soil an provemer associations. Sago, in foundation of Illinois was Kankakee cou amendment to the revenue section| ° (Continued from page 3) farmers Haecame aware o ne: pare ght such a.measure|complaints, electric transmission problems#m affecting the ased on abllity to pay. lines, and rural electrification. which arfape beyond their After attempts to amend the con-| Pipe line systems were in process they sawal the need fo stitution had failed both in 1922|of extension in 35 counties durin and 1926, it was decided to see what|the year. As a result of the pate 9 ae. could be done under its present) bined efforts of the I. A. A. and|pefore le provisions. In 1927 an income tax|county Farm Bureaus, landowners| podies ; bill, similar in many respects to|of the state received approximately| parme the bill recently passed, was in-|$350,000 more for pipe line ease- was not troduced but failed by 10 votes. ments and-damages in construction | tne onl Another income tax bill, prac-|than the companies originally of-| tno pa vas marketed v tically identical with the 1927 bill, | fered. importa | e to its prod was introduced in 1929. It passed| Early in the year through the nated tidgn gave rin the Senate but was defeated in the|joint efforts of committees from Bureah novement as House, losing this time by only five|Stephenson, Ogle and Lee counties} +,q, ur years after votes, In 1931 the bill for the third| and representatives of the I. A. A.) ing 7 e vocal orga time failed to pass, lacking only|an agreement with power officials} nexaip d Wankakee two votes in the House. ; regarding settlement for an electric Agricult ral Association In.the summer of 1931 Governor | transmission line right-of-way be-| 4° 4 teqdmration of count Emmerson appointed the “Gov-|*ween Dixon and Freeport pro-| reaus, ernor’s Tax Conference” Committee |Cured for landowners $20,000 more to work out a tax relief program. than previously offered by the com- W. G.ggEckardt, first brganization td ry and-reprd Slative and r $s learned that finished when for market; th Py ” iser ing@@0eKalb county The “Conference” was composed of | P@Ny- a dealing with shipping facilities, 20 7 po am representing the important groups & pping s country,fmbegan work sin of Illinois citizens. pisagen resisting the closing of local aa L.A. A. Re t Stations, and 159 cases pertaining This ep thane an ais to right-of-way problems such as Ping committee of eleven, of which Eari|"#!/Toad fences, cutting weeds on tion ha¢ C. Smith, president ‘of the I. A. A. rights-of-way, repair of farm cross- 27, 1912, and the Kanka ings, and drainage complaints. Soil ang# Crop “‘Impro was a member. Omer N. Custer,| “5,” sadition to this service, the | Sociatior followed on A chairman of the state tax commis- ar : sion, ‘afid’ Ray. Wants, Rockford I. A. A. claims department collected | 54me ra These we 832 claims against public utility|COuntieg in the United manufacturer, were the only other ; |b definit rm companies totaling $20,159.88, mak- C2 lite-farmer downstate men on the committee, > ae ing the total amount of clai .| tion té on a full of eleven. John C. Watson, director 8 of claims col of taxation for the IA A. and the lected by the organization neagiy ——— ating $240,000 since this service was| for farmgpers. ; started. _ Tazewell in Saved $25,000 on Soybeans On J@eme 1, 1913 Taze Recently the I. A. A. suceeded in|organigged and adopted getting the Interstate Commerce|“Tazewarll County Fa Commission to remove the 15 per|This iggy Said to be the cent emergency freight increase|the titg@je was used in from _ soybeans, saving Illinois| States. ¥in 1913 eight farmers about $25,000 a year.|began @’arm Bureau wi Through negotiations with rail|the tot™pl of organized executives, the association was able|10. A year later the to get a reduction in rates on/| Act as passed a peaches into eastern territory rang-| money for county age ing from $23 to $99 a car. An agree-| vear ve more counti¢ 1, 1912. T soil Improveme been organize¢ ’ ment was reached with Illinois rail-; bring z the total to roads regarding intra-state rates on| sevent@™ county Farm fruits, vegetables, dairy products, |beén*amganized, and b hay, and limestone, resulting in a|'were 9 counties in saving instead of an increase in the| were agetive Farm Bure freight bill on these commodities.| tions q@perating. Largely through the influence of| ‘The Mfllinois Acricult tion s@™tved first as a * Farm Burea to discuss state S. Its early effo rgely to represe ture in the stat 1919 the foun Bureau visualize were lowered in eastern and south- “original” proponent of a state in-|ern Illinois, cutting about $100,000 come tax, was invited to attend the; a year off the farmers’ freight bill. sessions and assist the committee. The association also recently Finally, a bill providing for a|represented the interests of Illinois state income tax along with other} farmers in important hearings be- measures was drawn up and pre-/|fore the Interstate Commerce Com- sented at Springfield with the ap-} mission on soybean rates into Iowa S W proval of the Tax Conference. and on a petition to remove the t 1 te libel The representatives of the asso-| $2.70 switching charge from live- nem in ouestions ciation worked untiringly for this| stock arriving at the Chicago yards|indivi@guals and coun measure from the time the special} by rail. The decisions on these| hand And s0 the session opened in November until|cases have not yet been rendered.| cult Association ; é A. A. RECORD ized on its present basis with a $4.50 annual membership fee and a staff of meri tarefully selected to carry out the adopted program. Given First Attention Legislation, taxation, representa- tion before rate-making bodies, and organized buying of agricultural limestone and ground rock phos- phate were given chief attention. Next co-operative marketing with departments for each commodity were set up so as to help producers retain control of their product un- til it reached the processor or con- sumer. The Producer co-operative live- stock marketing associations, the milk and produce co-operatives now operating in almost every market center in and adjoining Illinois, the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, the Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- change, the wool pool, and now the Tilinois. Grain Corporation were outgrowths of that early movement to give the farmer a voice in the sale of his products. Early in 1924 a new service was added when the present Illinois Agricultural Auditing -Association was organized then as the Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Associa- tion. The primary object of this service was to provide an adequate and competent audit and account- ing service for co-operative associa- tions and agricultural organiza- tions. | BUREAU | YEARS OLD IRMED IN "12 d Kankakee First s Organized, I. A. blished In 1916 Sago, in June, 1912, Murridation of the Farm Illinois was laid in De- Kankakee counties. Both ons in these counties were first as soil and crop im- associations. Later as pcame aware of the larger affecting their industry e beyond their line fences the need for a strong, brganization to fight for ry andrepresent them slative and rate-making s learned that their job finished when they grew for market; that the way vas marketed was of equal e to its production. This mM gave rise to the Farm hovement as we know it r years after the launch- e local organizations in d Kankakee the Illinois ral Association was formed ration of county Farm Bu- Later Services The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. was launched a year later on November 21, 1925 to provide fire, hail, windstorm insurance, and re- insurance for local farm mutuals. Next came the Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual Ins. Co. im 1926, the Iinois Farm Suvply Co. in 1927, and the Country Life Insurance Co. in 1929. Throughout this period were organized many co-operatives about market centers and in rural communities throughout the state. Eckardt, first county ad- WéeKalb county, and John of Kankakee county, old- br in point of service in the began work simultaneously 1, 1912. The DeKalb Soil Improvement Associa- been organized on March and the Kankakee County Crop ‘Improvement As- followed on April 20, the ar. These were the first in the United States to definite-farmer's organiza- on a full program of on and marketing service hers. Tazewell in ’13 me 1, 1913 Tazewell county d and adopted the name ll County Farm Bureau.” said to be the first time was used in the United versary Celebration in DeKalb. Eugene Davenport, then dean of the State College of Agriculture. wrote of this celebration: “Illinois farm veople from everv corner of the great commonwealth, from the rolling hills. the fertile bottoms, and sweeping prairies, commemo~ YEW ARMORY } e To An Emergency Anveal—President Smith Is Seen Speaking To the Delegates. Ten years ago at the.10th Anni-. EXTRA EDITION, JUNE, 1932 ahead—a promise of a profitable and permanent agriculture and a successful and satisfactory farm life.” So on July 4 will members of the Farm Bureau gather in every county, mindful of the fear and paralysis that for the present grips the nation; conscious of the greed and exploitation largely responsible for the condition of the country, but steadfast in support of organ- ized effort, and looking ahead to a more successful and satisfactory farm life.. AT DECATUR LAUNCH DRIVE TO RAISE PRICE (Continued from page 1) The executive session lasted un- til almost noon, and the waiting crowd was kept busy by J. H. Check- ly, Logan county farm adviser who led in community singing. President Smith was greeted with a. two-minute ovation when he mounted the platform. He did not waste time in preliminaries. He stated that the condition of the Illinois farmer had been growing worse and worse and that reports of staff members pointed to a critical situation. Smith Explains Bill Explaining the operation of the emergency price raising plan, Mr. Smith cited an example of a farmer selling 1,000 bushels of wheat. If the survey of the secre- tary of agriculture showed that 75 per cent of the wheat crop was needed for home consumption, the farmer would have 250 bushels de- ducted from his total and receive negotiable paper for 750 bushels. “We do not intendsto wait until the excise tax of 42 cents is col- lected before paying off,” he said. “We expect that unappropriated resources of the treasury be used in payment and that these funds be repaid through excise tax levy. “On May 23 I went to Washing- ton to see what could be done about it,” he said. “With me were other farm leaders, interested in finding some relief for not only Illinois farmers, but the farmers of the nation. We wanted to know what was being done to get rid of accumulated crop surpluses. Credit Only Temporary “All we heard was discussion of ways and means to extend more lines of credit to more people. With prices of farm products at the point where we ship our capital away whenever we ship our corn or hogs, what good is credit going to do us? It is merely temporary. “We asked if America could come back if farm prices were not brought back. We got blank looks. “We told these party leaders that the way_to stop the depression was to hurdle it instead of trailing it. “We got the job of working it out ourselves. We have drafted the bill and it. has been presented by Decatur’s Armory Never Saw Such a Large Assembly ORGANIZATION CUTS LIME- STONE PHOSPHATE COST (Continued from Page 2, Col. 7) of the I. A. A., it has sold directly and otherwise supervised a total of approximately 243,000 tons of phos-. phate. In a matter of dollars, this represents an expenditure on the part of the Illinois farmer for this one commodity alone, of approxi- mately $1,950,000.00, exclusive of freight which approximated $1,150,- 000.00, or a total of $3,100,000. As was true with agricultural limestone, a plan was worked out whereby the Farm Bureau member could purchase phosphate on a dif- ferential of 50c per ton under the price paid by non-members. This feature alone has saved the mem- ber farmer in this state approxi- mately $100,000. A further saving,! ward to the great promise that lies of grinding, and correct weights. n 1913 eight new counties arm Bureau work bringing 1 of organized counties to r later the Smith-Lever as passed appropriating for county agents. In that e more counties organized the total to 15. By 1919 county Farm Bureaus had nized, and by 1921 there 5 counties in which there tive Farm Bureau organiza- perating. linois Acricultural Associa- rved first as a medium for * Farm Bureau leaders to- to discuss state and national 1s. Its early efforts were con- rgely to representing Tllinois ‘ure in the state legislature. 1919 the founders of the 3ureau visualized the vos- s of a strong, well-financed. t organization to’ represent + in ouestions too laree for lals and county units to And s0 the Illinois Agri- | Association was reorgan- ae | ; oo ih Fen. { a =P J y/\ ae ps TEEAY ) oe : Le Aci, > Lhe Faener taps in AL Eoened “eee Ja) Congressman Rainey. In a confer- ence with the Illinois delegation, at which all downstate members were present who were in Wash- ington, Mr. Rainey, as dean of the delegation pledged the solid sup- port of the group. There were no Cook county men there, but they were invited.” Details of the demonstration and Dedication Day program were ex- plained by Secretary Geo. E. Metz- ger after Larry Williams briefly sounded the call for an aggressive, fighting spirit in a rousing address. Copies of the plan together with photostats of floats and blue prints telling how to construct them were handed out or sent to each county Farm Bureau. In each county a general Dedica- tion Day committee with sub-com- mittees for program, prize contest, floats, publicity, parade, etc. will carry out the July 4th’ celebration. | Vernon Vaniman called on for brief remarks paid tribute to the rate the organization of the first|impossible to estimate, has- been great loyalty of the Farm Bureau Farm Bureaus in Illinois. They are| Made due to I. A. A. bargaining;leaders and members in_ Illinois, gathered to celebrate the achieve- | power and to supervisional service,| pointing to the fact that hundreds ment of 10 years, and to look for-| which guaranteed. quality, fineness: had got up before daylight that morning to be at the meeting. ee An Artist’s Drawing of One of the Floats Proposed For the July 4th Parade ae ae, ee Page 4 MORE LALAPUTS 40. BILLS THROUGH LEGISLATURE In Every Session Are Many - Measures of Interest and Importance to Farmers Farm interests have constantly been represented by the Illinois Ag- ricultural Association at Springfield since 1916 when the first legislative committee of the organization was appointed and sent to the state capital to speak for agriculture. Since that time more. than 40 bills, initiated and supported by the I. A. A., have been incorporated -in- to the laws of the state. The or- ganization has been equally as ac- tive in opposing legislation contrary to agricultural interests. Among. the first bills sponsored by the I. A. A. were the pure seed bill, the farm advisers’ bill, and a bill to allow farmers compensation for the slaughter of tubercular cat- tle. The first of these was actually drafted by the legislative committee of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion, as were a number of other bills. ; In every session of the general assembly since that time, there have been some bills in which the or- ganization was interested either as sponsor or supporter Or as an ‘opponent. Perhaps, thé three bills with the greatest significance to farmers were the state co-operative marketing act of 1923, the gas tax pill, and the state income tax bill the constitutionality of which is now being tested before the su- preme court. 100 Per Cent Co-ops The marketing act opened the way for the organization of 100 per cent co-operatives. The gas tax has aided in giving the state an ex- cellent system of paved roads, and the income tax when fully in effect . will reduce property taxes and lift part of the unjust burden from the farmer and home owner. The growing cost of distributing farm products early impressed farm leaders’ with the need for legisla- tion under which farmers might form non-profit co-operatives © for the purpose of encouraging orderly marketing and reducing the spread . between producer and consumer prices. An insidious attempt, made by enemies of co-operative market- ing, to pass a bill which would have killed every co-operative in the state, brought the matter to a head. In the 1923 session of the gen- eral assembly, the co-operative act was introduced and was the center of a bitter fight which continued throughout the session. Repre- sentatives of the I. A. A. appeared before both houses several times to explain and defend the bill. Near the end of the session it went through without a single amend- ment not approved by the associa- tion, and is now recognized as one of the best laws of its kind in the country. Favored Gas Tax Early in 1924 the executive com- mittee of the I. A. A. approved the following recommendation of the legislative committee: “Inasmuch as we are convinced that the question of tax on gaso- line used for motor-driven vehicles will come up in this term of the general assembly, we believe that our association should take steps in advance looking toward the passage of legislation that will place this revenue in lieu of taxes. already levied.” In 1925 several gas tax bills were introduced. The only one that re- ceived any favorable consideration, however, was the lieu tax bill drafted by the I. A. A. providing that the revenue be used to replace taxes on property and that it be allocated to the counties in a large part for maintenance and con- struction of secondary roads. The state apparently was not yet ready It Was A 200 Mile Drive For Many THAN 3000 PA other bills saw that they were| headed for defeat, they approached the representatives of the associa- tion and asked them to prepare whatever amendments they thought advisable. These amendments which gave recognition to secondary roads were prepared, ‘submitted to the proper committee, and voted by an overwhelming majority. From that time on the gas tax bill had the support of ‘the I. A. A. and had no & trouble in passing. State Income Tax Long before the passage of this bill farm leaders had been studying the possibilities of a state income tax as a means of reducing the heavy property tax burden on farms and homes. The I. A. A. legislative committee appeared before a com- mittee of the Constitutional Con- vention in 1922 and advocated an amendment to the revenue section to pave the way for such a measure based on ability to pay. After attempts to amend the con- stitution had failed both in 1922 and 1926, it was decided to see what could be done under its present provisions. In 1927 an income tax bill, similar in many respects to the bill recently passed, was in- troduced but failed by 10 votes. Another income tax bill, prac- tically, identical with the 1927 bill, was introduced in 1929. It passed the Senate but was defeated in the House, losing this time by only five votes. In 1931 the bill for the third time failed to pass, lacking only two votes in the House. In the summer of 1931 Governor Emmerson appointed the “Gov- ernor’s Tax Conference” Committee to work out a tax relief program. The “Conference” was composed of 40 Chicago and downstate men representing the important groups of Illinois citizens. I. A. A. Represented This group chose an executive committee of eleven, of which Earl C. Smith, president of the I. A. A., was a member. Omer N. Custer, chairman of the state tax commis- sion, and Ray Wantz, Rockford manufacturer, were the only other downstate men on the committee of eleven. John C. Watson, director of taxation for the I. A. A. and the for this legislation for it failed to pass. Two years later when the ques- tion again came before the legis- lature, certain provisions of the I. A. A. bill were not received with favor. Other bills were introduced in both houses providing that all funds from the tax should go to- ward the completion of bond issue roads. As soon as the proponents of the “original” proponent of a state in- come tax, was invited to attend the sessions and assist the committee. Finally, a bill providing for a State income tax along w'th other measures was drawn up and pre- sented at Springfield with the ap- proval of the Tax Conference. The representatives of the asso- ciation worked untiringly for this measure from the time the special session opened in November until From Every Part of Illinois Came Farm Bureau Leaders In Resiem |farmers about $25,000 a year.| began arm Bureau w Through negotiations with rail|the to of organized executives, the association was able} 10. year later the to get a reduction in rates on as passed the bill was passed early in Febru- ary. Since the constitutionality of the bill has been attacked and the case carried to the supreme court, the Illinois Agricultural Association has assisted the staff ofsthe at- torney general’s office in defending it and will continue to do so until the final decision is handed down. It is estimated that the state in- come tax when in effect will reduce farm taxes $7,500,000 annually and cut taxes of other property owners around $22,500,000 in a year like 1931. In years of normal prosperity, the reduction in property taxes will be considerably greater._ : MILLIONS SAVED: THROUGH [. A. A. REPRESENTATION (Continued frdm page 3) complaints, electric ' transmission | 5 lines, and rural electrification. Pipe line systems were in process of extension in 35 counties during the year. As a result of the com- bined efforts of the I. A. A. and county Farm Bureaus, landowners of the state received approximately $350,000 more for pipe line ease- ments and damages in construction than the companies originally of- fered. Early in the year through the joint efforts of committees from Stephenson, Ogle and Lee counties and representatives of the I. A. A. an agreement with power officials regarding settlement for an electric transmission line right-of-way be-|; tween Dixon and Freeport pro- cured for landowners $20,000 more than previously offered by the com- pany. The I. A. A. also handled 26 cases dealing with shipping facilities, 20 cases resisting the closing of local stations, and 159 cases pertaining to right-of-way problems such as railroad fences, cutting weeds on rights-of-way, repair of farm cross- ings, and drainage complaints. In addition ‘to this service, the I. A. A. claims department collected 832 claims against- public utility companies totaling $20,159.88, mak-|* ing the total amount of claims col- lected by the organization nearly $240,000 since this service was started. Saved $25,000 on Soybeans Recently the I. A. A. suceeded in getting the. Interstate Commerce Commission to remove the 15 per cent emergency freight increase from soybeans, saving [Illinois BUR ais a0, ' foundation o Illinois was Kankakee co Dns in these ci first as soil a associations ecame aware ¢ affecting thé e beyond thei the need fo brganization ry and repi slative and s learned tha finished whe for market; t vas marketed e to its prod gave rise t hovement as r years after e local orga nd Kankakee al Associatio ration of coun Eckarat, first WéKalb count of Kankakee tr in point of s began work sin 1, 1912. soil Improvem been organize and the Kank Crop “Impro followed on ar. These we in the United definite farmer wry on a full on .and marke her's. Tazewell in ane 1, 1913 Taz ed and adopted 1 County Fa said- to be thé le was used in In 1913 eight for county age! e more counti g the total to county Farm ganized, and b » counties in tive Farm Bure perating. llinois Agricult rved first as a @ Farm Burea to discuss state 8. Its early effo rgely to represe ure in the stat 1919 the foun Bureau visualized S of a strong, v t organization is in ouestions als and coun And so the I Association peaches into eastern territory rang- ing from $23 to $99 a car. An agree- ment was reached with Illinois rail- roads regarding intra-state rates on|§ fruits, vegetables, dairy products, hay, and limestone, resulting in a saving instead of an increase in the freight bill on these commodities. Largely through the influence of the organization livestock rates were lowered in eastern and south- ern Illinois, cutting about $100,000 a year off the farmers’ freight bill. The association also recently represented the interests of Illinois farmers in important hearings be- fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission on soybean rates into Iowa and on a petition to remove the $2.70 switching charge from live- stock arriving at the Chicago yards by rail. The decisions on these cases have not yet been rendered. Farm sibilit mili farme indiv hand! cultur ~ [ BUREAU ) YEARS OLD and Kankakee First és Organized, I. A. tablished In 1916 — Sars azo, in June, 1912, foundation of the Farm Illinois was laid in De- Kankakee counties. Both pns in these counties were first as soil and crop im- associations. Later as ame aware of the larger affecting their industry e beyond their line fences the need for a: strong, brganization to fight for ry and-represent them slative and rate-making s learned that. their job finished when they grew for market; that the way vas marketed was of equal e to its production. This gave rise to the Farm hovement as we know it r years after the launch- e local organizations in d Kankakee the Illinois ral Association was formed ation of county Farm Bu- Eckarat, first county ad- WéeKalb county, and John of Kankakee county, old- rr in point of service in the began work simultaneously 1, 1912. The DeKalb Soil Improvement Associa- been organized on March and the Kankakee County Crop “Improvement ASs- followed on April 20, the ar. These were the first in the United States to definite Aarmer’s organiza- on a full program of on .and marketing service hers. Tazewell in °13 me 1, 1913 Tazewell county ed and adopted the name 1 County Farm Bureau.” said-to be the first time » was used in the United In 1913 eight new counties arm Bureau work bringing of organized counties to Year later the Smith-Lever as passed appropriating for county agents. In that e more counties organized e the total to 15. Bv 1919 county Farm Bureaus had fanized, and by 1921 there 5 counties in which there tive Farm Bureau organiza- perating. linois Agricultural Associa- rved first as a medium for * Farm Bureau leaders to- to discuss state and national Ss. Its early efforts were con- rgely to representing Illinois ure in the state legislature. 1919 the founders of the Bureau visualized the vos- $ of a strong, well-financed. t organization to represent is in ouestions too larve for als and county units to And so the Illinois Agri- Association was reorgan- ARMORY AT D To An Emergency Anveal—President Smith Is Seen Speaking To the Delegates. ized on its present basis with a $4.50 annual membership fee and a staff of men carefully selected to carry out the adopted program. Given First Attention Legislation, taxation, representa- tion before rate-making bodies, and organized buying of agricultural limestone and ground rock phos- phate were given chief attention. Next co-operative marketing with departments for each commodity were set up so as to help producers retain control of their product un- til it reached the processor or con- sumer. The Producer co-operative live- stock marketing associations, the milk and produce co-operatives now operating in almost every market center in and adjoining Illinois, the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange, the Egyptian Seed Growers Ex- change, the wool pool, and now the Illinois. Grain Corporation were outgrowths of that early movement to give the farmer a voice in the sale of his products. Early in 1924 a new service was added when the present [Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association was organized then as the Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Associa- tion. The primary object of this service was to provide an adequate and competent audit and account- ing service for co-operative associa- tions and agricultural organiza- tions. Later Services The Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co. was launched a year later on November 21, 1925 to provide fire, hail, windstorm insurance. and re- insurance for local farm mutuals. Next came the Illinois “Agricul- tural Mutual Ins. Co. in. 1926, the Tlinois Farm.Suvply Co. in 1927, and the Country Life Insurance Co. in 1929. Throughout. this period were organized many co-operatives about market centers and in rural communities throughout the state. Ten years ago at the 10th Anni- versary Celebration in DeKalb. Eugene Davenport, then dean of the State College of Agriculture. wrote of this celebration: “Tllinois farm people from everv corner of the great commoriWealth, from the rolling hills. the fertile bottoms, and sweeping prairies, commemo- ahead—a promise of a profitable and permanent agriculture and a successful and satisfactory farm life.” So on July 4 will members of the Farm Bureau gather in every county, mindful of the fear and paralysis that for the present grips the nation; conscious of the greed and exploitation largely responsible for the condition of the country, but steadfast in support of organ- ized effort, and looking ahead to a more successful and _ satisfactory farm life. EXTRA EDITION, JUNE, 1932 ECATUR LAUNCH DRIVE TO RAISE PRICE (Continued from page 1) The executive session lasted un- til almost noon, and the waiting crowd was kept busy by J. H. Check- ly, Logan county farm adviser who led in community singing. President Smith was greeted with a two-minute ovation when he mounted the platform. He did not waste time in preliminaries. He stated that the condition of the Illinois farmer had been growing worse and worse and that reports of staff members pointed to a critical situation. Smith Explains Bill Explaining the operation of the emergency price raising plan, Mr. Smith cited an example of a farmer selling 1,000 bushels of wheat. If the survey of the secre- tary of agriculture showed that 75 per cent of the wheat crop was needed for home consumption, the farmer would have 250 bushels de- ducted from his total and receive negotiable paper for 750 bushels. “We do not intendsto wait until the excise tax of 42 cents is col- lected before paying off,” he said. “We expect that unappropriated resources of the treasury be used in payment and that these funds be repaid through excise tax levy. “On May 23 I went to Washing- ton to see what could be done about it,” he said. “With me were other farm leaders, interested in finding some relief for not only Illinois farmers, but the farmers of the nation. We wanted to know what was being done to get rid of accumulated crop surpluses. Credit Only Temporary “All we heard was discussion of ways and means to extend more lines of credit to more people. With prices of farm products at the point where we ship our capital away whenever we ship our corn or hogs, what gdod is credit going to do us? It is merely temporary. “We asked if America could come back if farm prices were not brought back. We got blank looks. “We told these party leaders that the way to stop the depression was to hurdle it instead of trailing it. “We got the job of working it out ourselves. We have drafted the bill and it has been presented by Decatur’s Armory Never Saw Such a Large Assembly ORGANIZATION CUTS LIME- STONE PHOSPHATE COST (Continued from Page 2, Col. 7) of the I. A. A., it has sold directly and otherwise supervised a total of approximately 243,000 tons of phos-. phate. In a matter of dollars, this represents an expenditure on the part of the Illinois farmer for this one commodity alone, of approxi- mately $1,950,000.00,- exclusive of freight which approximated $1,150,- 000.00, or a total of $3,100,000. As was true with agricultural limestone, a plan was worked out whereby the Farm Bureau member could purchase phosphate on a dif- | ferential of 50c per ton under the price paid by non-members. This feature alone has saved the mem- ber farmer in this state approxi-| mately $100,000. A further saving,' brief remarks paid tribute to the Congressman Rainey. In a confer- ence with the Illinois delegation, at which all downstate members were present who were in Wash- ington, Mr. Rainey, as dean of the delegation pledged the solid sup-. port of the group. There were no Cook county men there, but they were invited.” Details of the demonstration and Dedication Day program were ex- plained by Secretary Geo. E. Metz- ger after Larry Williams briefly sounded the call for an aggressive, fighting spirit in a rousing address. Copies of the plan together with photostats of floats and blue prints telling how to construct them were handed out or sent to each county Farm Bureau. In each county a general Dedica- tion Day committee with sub-com- mittees for program, prize contest, floats, publicity, parade, etc. will carry out the July 4th celebration. Vernon Vaniman called on for rate the organization of the first| impossible to estimate, has been great loyalty of the Farm Bureau Farm Bureaus in Illinois. They are} Made due to I. A. A. bargaining, leaders and members in Illinois, gathered to celebrate the achieve-| power and to supervisional service,| pointing to the fact that hundreds ment of 10 years, and to look for-| Which guaranteed quality, fineness: had got up before daylight that ward to the great promise that lies of grinding, and correct weights. s a Yeast ‘ 4, Fa cy Re Oe Se LN aay ag Ye7\\ wieRTY [AN JI\\ > Bein fs saree oetig f—ap oT pot” Sint, “TN” FARMERS SY Dinwee BELL 1S THE i fory . fe } 9 42 HR i\ Keer ir i} % Rim Coie i \ 1 SH NAS ~, uh % * > * : -- enn ae wo, witty oS; So caaetntte ah Ce ee { > | | pe | y | “ | -— — ppt no Re oes rae © ed a eee ok pry ou morning to be at the meeting. iy | ee An Artist’s Drawing of One of the Floats Proposed For the July 4th Parade * the grand prize wagon drawn by WL 18 1932 NUMBER 7 ‘ HALF MILLION WI FARM DINNER BELLS RING OVER ILLINOIS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY Counties Report Record Crowds As Banners and Floats c (( Proclaim Need For Action In Ending Depression \! ( ete Oro \ Toulon, July 4: Approximately 6,000 people attended the \( Stark county celebration here today, reported Wayne Gilbert, \ E farm adviser. Wm. G. Jackson of Toulon won the wagon, Mrs. Donald Leadey of Wyoming, the chest of silver, Mrs. Ray Putman, Yyoming, the community plate goblets, and Margaret Adeline Rogers, the bicycle. Thirteen floats in all including those entered by towns of Toulon, Wyoming, Bradford. Parade escorted by Uncle Sam and Goddess of Liberty, Boy Scout drum and bugle corps. ' Floyd: Keepers’ address was well received by everyone. Incom- plete returns show that at least 20 new members joined the Farm Bureau. American Legion and Farm Bureau put on'Water fight with fire department hose, streams playing on empty barrel. narrsurg, Juy 4: toe saice| [FADERS FAIL SAYS GREGORY county Fair Grounds were crowded today at the big Farm Bureau cele- bration. The parade led by Judge H. N. Finney on a fine saddle horse, began soon after 11:00 A. M. and aa ZS proceeded through the business } e A, district and out to the Fair| Real Danger to Country Not| |’ ”X if Grounds. The executive committee] Red Menace but Black Flag seat of the Farm Bureau was at the front of the parade followed by of Financial Piracy a team of horses. Dinner Bell, Honest Dollar, 4-H Club, and other floats attracted much attention. Wabash Valley Service Co. also had a float. Note: Following is the outstand- ing address. delivered by Clifford V. Gregory, Editor of Prairie Farm- er at the Boone County Celebration July 4, also at the Mercer County Iinois Agricu tity LigiaATy R ) p C 3 RB DISTURBING A. O. Eckert of Belleville, former vice-president of the I. A. A., made. a splendid address in which he ex- plained the principles of the Rainey Emergency Relief Bill. The Wabash Valley Service Co. distributed patronage refund checks for the second 10 per cent. refund ‘Gepedigenee tron Alice Lewis, the 12-year-old daughter of Ralph H. Lewis of Stonefort won the bicycle. Mrs. Harmon Bramlet of Wasson was the winner of the 34-piece set of ' silverware and a set of eight beau- tiful goblets. The grand prize, a McCormick - Deering - Weber, All - purpose, roller bearing wagon, com- plete with box, tongue and double- tree was won by J. O. Thaxton of Eldorado. The pienic will be long ‘ remembered by this county. 25 to 30 Dinner Bells Danville, July 4: “Our program went off in fine shape here today,” reported Otis Kercher, farm ad- viser. Traffic officers estimated the parade to be from two to four miles in length. The streets were crowded with people who witnessed it. Fifteen floats and 25 to 30 dinner bells were in the parade. The Dan- ville American Legion, city band, Chamber of Commerce, and other local business groups co-operated. Estimated attendance at the p nic grounds was 10,000 of which 5,000 heard the program through the loud speaking system which was certainly worth the money. Mr. Needler of the Indiana Farm Bu- reau gave a very good address. L. H. Duke of Fithian won the wagon; Mrs. Thos. Allison of Dan- ville, the chest of silver; Mrs. Wayne Pruitt of Rossville the set of goblets; and Helen Strubinger of Ridgefarm won the bicycle. Nashyjlle, July 4: Approximately 8,000 people including the Ameri- can Legion, and local business groups as well as farmers, gathered here today for Washington county’s Dedication Day program. The pa- rade was two miles long. It was the largest attendance of any 4th of July celebration ever held in the county. Floats included a dinner bell,. organization, insurance, 4-H | Club, Farm Supply trucks, and many others. .-The afternoon ad- dress, cont«sts, burning in effigy held a lerge audience throughout the a.ternoon. Fire Crackers and Effigies Montgomery County: We had a great day yesterdsy and we believe it accomplished its purpose, wrote Alden Snyder, farm adviser. The members took hole of the affair and worked wih wonderful co- operation. Every city organization came across 100 per cent. The farmers feei close: together and more sure of their strength today, and we know the townspeopie were surprised at the size of our organ- ization. The parade consisted of more |slow for the financial Celebration July 7. Bell rang 153 years ago in Phila- delphia. They are ringing out the a declaration and greed: , . The divine right of kings is dead. Today we are fighting against the divine right of the few to exploit the many. Farmers fought, at Lexington and Concord for the right to establish their own government. Farmers are fighting today to make that gov- ernment truly a government of the people and for the people. As we gather here today on the Fourth of July, 1932, our nation is facing a crisis as desperate as Val- ley Forge or Gettysburg. America has grown great because it has been the land of opportu- nity. We are fighting today to make it the land of opportunity for the people who work as well as for the people who speculate. We are fighting for the right of the little man to live. A Fool’s Paradise For ten years after the farm de- flation of 1920 the cities lived in ic-| 2 fool’s paradise. Our financial and | political leaders talked glibly about a “new era,” in which the cities were no longer dependent on farm prosperity and buying power. Bil- lions in income that should have gone to the farmer went to the cities, where it was diverted into speculation. City people watched paper fortunes grow over night. It became unpopular to work for a living. It was so much easier to take it away from someone else by speculation. Even that process became too overlords. They floated billions of dollars worth of domestic and foreign se- curities, backed by little real value, and sold them to a guilible public. Credit was expanded twice as fast as the needs of business demanded.| | Even the banks became infected ‘with get-rich-quick germ, and un- sound banking practices helped to pave the way for the deluge. During all this period speculative fortunes obscured the fact that the solid foundation of farm buying power was lacking. The inevitable end came in 1929, with results that are too fresh in mind to need re- viewing. Courageous leadership even then could have brought about a re-: adjustment to sanity without se- riously hurting anyone but the speculators. But we had little courageous or intelligent leader- ship. At first the official policy of the country was to ignore the depres- sion. Then we tried to whistle our way out. We were told that pros- perity was just around the corner. than 250 cars and floats, and about 1,500 people. We had two drum corps, a rube band, and about eight floats. as area burned effigies all of whic won filled‘with fire crackers. They The 4-H Clubs had charge of all (Continued on page 2 Col. 3) Beginning last winter Washington adopted the theory that we could borrow our way out, and provided billions in federal credit for that purpose. More recently we are try- ing to save our way out and tax our made quite a fuss as they burned. | way out, ignoring the fact that there is little left to save or tax. (Continued on page 2, Col. 4) I brew is the farmers’ day in Illi- nois. The dinner bells are ring- ing all over the state, as the Liberty oe SEEK EARLY VOTE ON?PR Washington, D. C., July 12— SPECIAL:—The fight for emer- gency price-raising legislation is being vigorously pushed here by Earl C. Smith, president of the I. A. A., and Edward A. O’Neal, president of the A. F. B. F. who are driving for an early vote on the Norbeck bill in the Senate. Both men have been in the national capital since July 5th. The Norbeck bill is identical to the Rainey bill introduced in the House several weeks ago. The Sen- ate Agricultural Committee ap- proved the Norbeck bill and voted it out last week. An effort is being made to get a vote on the measure in the Senate within the next day| vides for an appropation ; ra 4 The [ture ~ te JULY, 1932 SET OE La A a Le TNESS THEIR L sae or two. A promise ha} been s to bring it up immediatel the vote on the Home Loan Down-state Illinof} congré¢ are aggressively fighting to action on the Rainty bill House. This emergéncy m explained elsewhere in this would boost the prife of per cwt., add 42 at a bu the price of wheat,jand p cents a pound on thf price ton for that portiol, of th consumed in this cajntry. The unemploymejjt reli¢ vetoed yesterday Wy Pr Hoover because of tif? public appropriation it ca fed, alg FLOATS PuLLEO UP AF TE THE PARADE | ORANGE TOWNSHIP FLOAT Floats From Knox County's Ma he ILY, 1932 rural Associatio ORD VOLUME 10 ————- —$$—$—$ —- omise hai been secured up immediately after the Home Loan bill. e Illino#} congressmen vely fighting to force he Rainty bill in the s emergency measure, isewhere in this issue, the prite of hogs $2 d 42 cen\s a bushel to f wheat,fand put five nd on thf price of cot- t portiol, of the crop 1 this caintry. nploymejjt relief bill terday WY President use of tl}? public works n it canied, also pro- 1 appropiation to ex- it ae 2 2 UiLEO UP AFTER PARADE | THIRD PRIZE TOWNSHIP FLOAT ON‘PRICE-RAISING BILL port accumulated farm crop sur- pluses which have had a depress- ing influence on prices. Farm Bu- reau representatives are on the job to see that this provision is retained in the revised measure now being prepared for submission to the President. The upturn in livestock prices following the state-wide demon- stration sponsored by the I. A. A. and Farm Bureau on July 4 has been encouraging to _ corn-belt farmers. The fight for higher farm prices waged by the Farm Bureau at Washington will be continued in an effort to secure favorable action on emergency legislation before the adjournment of Congress. Ei BD MBO Actin SFeP RIZE : County’ Mammoth Parade. Dedication Day Ceremonies 5,000 present. Grove. Many other contests. Logan County—More than 5,000 assembled at Lincoln Chautauqua Grounds for the biggest parade in the history of Lincoln and Logan county. Local business groups and labor organizations co - operated with Farm Bureau in floats and parade. It was a great demon- stration and dedication of farmers to bring about economic inde- pendence, writes Clem Garton. It was an inspiration for everyone to know that in 90 other counties farmers were holding similar Dedi- cation Day programs. O. D. Bris- senden made good speech. Gallatin County—Big parade at Shawneetown brought out tre- mendous crowd, 12 floats and many decorated cars. Farm Bureau mem- bership increased 50 per cent. Menard County—Great celebra- ‘| tien .at- Petersburg, . 8,000 people present, 12 floats in parade three miles long, excellent program with Hon. Homer J. Tice and G. R. Wil- liams speakers. Effigies burned, prizes drawn, wonderful success. ..|.Many new members joined organ- ization today. Macon County — Approximately 5,000 people took part in the big demonstration. Parade required 33 minutes to pass a given point. Fifteen floats included an out- standing one on taxation showing six men labeled “Members” pulling giant tax load with block and tackle, while 20 men labeled “Non- Members” were asleep on the side- lines. This float drew much interest and applause, Geo. E. Metzger, speaker. Kane County—G. E. Dickson and H. E. McDonough of Hampshire re- port that a crowd estimated at. 8,000 to 10,000 witnessed the big celebration and parade at Hamp- shire July 4. The Commercial Club of Hampshire and civic groups had a prominent part in the parade which had 20 to 25 excellent floats. Had two elephants and camel from local circus in the procession. Cir- cus reported biggest gate in two ears. Will County—Celebration held in Dellwood Park followed parade through Joliet and Lockport. Wit- nessed by thousands with 5,000 to 6,000 out for afternoon program. Largest gathering held in Will county. Dave Thompson big draw- ing card. Our baseball teams win district championship again wit six straight victories. Livingston County—Twelve thou- sand people filled Chautauqua Park, Pontiac following big parade with 51 floats in which many local organizations participated, says Steve Turner. Fifty-three organi- zations took part. Horseback bri- gade followed by 75 pieces in various sections of bands. Big dinner bell in front of Farm Bureau office started ringing when Art Page of WLS began broadcasting at 5:00 A. M. V. Vaniman, speaker. Richland County — Excellent co- operation from business houses. Consensus opinion business men that depression will not end until farmer’s buying power restored. Special edition Olney Daily Mail featuring 4th of July demonstra- tion. Floats decorated by Chamber of Commerce and other organiza- tions, city furnishing band. Parade 3 miles long, 12 floats, burned 4 effigies. Bureau County — Qemonstration big success, parade two miles long, seven floats, 150 club members, Dave Swanson talked to enthu- siastic audience, 4,000 present re- ports Paul Dean, farm adviser. A. E. Stetson, chr. publicity committee, says: “Farmers from all 26 town- ships in county whether affiliated with Farm Bureau or not joined in celebration held at Princeton. Local business men co-operating. Dinner bells resounded this morning SS JULY 4th PARADES BIGGEST CELEBRATION IN HISTORY OF FARM BUREAU IN ILLINOIS and Floats Exceed All Ex- pectations, Business Groups Join In Movement Tazewell County—Parade 1% miles long was led by local American Legion and Pekin Municipal band, reports Ralph Arnett, farm adviser. Association of Commerce co-operated with 25 to 30 floats and decorated cars. Farm Bureau floats included dinner bell, co-operative marketing, taxation, and six 4-H floats. Close to 10,000 people witnessed or took part. Iroquois County—All local organizations co-operated in big parade and demonstration at Fowlers Park, Watseka. More than Boone County—Upwards of 5,000 people representing all local organizations and Farm Bureau took part in stration held at Boone County Fair Grounds. Grandstand was filled with many standing on side-lines. excellent address. Boone County Farm Bureau band furnished music throughout the day. Milking contest for women sponsored by Pure Milk. Association, won by Louise Erbentraut of Poplar parade and demon- C. V. Gregory délivered throughout county proclaiming that agriculture must be restored to economic Henry County—H. K. Danforth reports 5,000-7,000 at big celebra- Thirteen floats, Legion color guard, band, burning in effigy, pa- rade 114 miles long. First three townships in attendance Andover, Osco and Western. Seventy new members joined, Walter Putman, D. P. Robinson, W. 8. Johnston signing 10. or more each. Christian County—Had a large celebration, parade included four floats which were exceptionally fine. Forty new members. Woodford County—“Had 45 floats and around 500 other cars in our parade at Eureka. Pronounced big- gest and best ever in Woodford County. All local organizations. operated. Between 4,000 and 5,000 people attended. Howard Leonard : had parade organized in great Shape with mounted police, 60 piece band, fire department truck with a huge dinner bell and shriek- ing siren, and combined bands of five high schools with around 200 pieces. Put up radio and ampli- fiers for WLS dinner bell program. Folks heard radio announcement at their own parade within 15 minutes after last car passed re- viewing stand. Newton Jenkins’ talk much appreciated.”—H. E. de Werff. Stephenson County—Crowd esti- mated around 6,000 to 7,000, 42 floats in the parade besides many decorated cars. Donald Kirkpatrick made excellent address. Many new members signed. Kendall County—Parade with 25 floats 250 cars, toured county going 55 miles. Afternoon program 5,500 present at Houses’ Grove. Sixty new members. R. H. Hamilton of I. A. A. speaker. Scott County — Biggest 4th of July celebration ever held in Win- chester, American Legion co-op- erating. Afternoon program in Monument Park. More than 5,000 present. Dinner bell float and many others including 4-H Clubs. Many new members joined. Wilbur Coultas gave good talk. DeKalb County — More than 40 floats in parade that toured from Sycamore to DeKalb over to Cort- land and back. Estimated 15,000 Saw parade. Afternoon program in Municipal Park, Sycamore. More than 5,000 people turned out™ for Dedication Day program and 20th Anniversary of DeKalb County Farm Bureau. Biggest ever held in county. Piatt County — Celebration ex- ceeded expectations. Over 5,000 present. Many colorful floats in the parade. Business men co-operated. Bond County—Had a wonderful celebration with many floats and decorated cars in parade mile long. Everyone co-operated. Had Green- ville Band. More than 50 new mem- bers. Talmage DeFrees, our presi- dent, signed 18 new members him- self. Greenville Advocate, Pocahon- tas News-Patriot, and Sorento News gave wonderful publicity. Our Pub- licity Committee did fine job. Knox County—Twenty thousand people witnessed or took part in the huge celebration at Lincoln Park, Galesburg, reports A. R.. Kemp. Parade biggest ever held in county with 40 floats and many decorated’ cars toured county. American Legion, the Mayor of Galesburg and other city officials as well as farmers and 4-H Club members took part. Chamber of Commerce and business men had many floats. People here learned more about Farm Bureau than they ever knew before.’ Cook County—Approximately 100 new “members signed. Our presi- (Continued on page 4 Col. 2) CO ee eres F PAGE TWO couruekn AS RE To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau A 1s L Nitin I COR ~~" ¥ was organized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, po- litical, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the na- tion, and to develop agriculture. 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Bellnap PEM cie.e 4 vee Foe 6n0d ssiiee pnd oak ea seus Hb CCAR ASAD eC DEELT AR eEOD eA Ses babdedaea's Fred Dietz, De Soto The Farmer’s Voice Is Heard By their participation in numbers of thousands in the state-wide celebration July fourth, farmers of the tri-counties indicated in no un- certain manner their desire to arouse the nation to the culture. In impressive floats and the unique call of the “ Bilt of agri- iberty bell” and by spell-binding speeches from authorities, they vigorously sounded the slogan of the hour “prosperity in America must begin on the farm.” Those were great demonstrations staged by the farm folks in Cambridge, Toulon and Princeton as well as many other communities throughout the state and they should have their effect upon hastening the recognition to which the farmer is entitled. The Dlinois Agricul- tural Association and Farm Bureaus are to be congratulated upon the energy with which they put their message across. As th e farmers of 1776 united and fought for independence, so did the Illinois farmers of 1932 unite to tell the world of their economic independence to restore buying power and lead the nation back to better times.—Kewanee Star- Courier. A Glorious Fourth The 4th of July celebration promoted by the Stephenson County Farm. Bureau and allied organizations yesterday was one of the most spirited and beautiful that Freeport has ever witnessed. astonishing and encouraging spomace in the midst of an It was an uncomfortable and distressing year. The agricultural organizations deserve the great- est credit and congratulation for having exerted themselves to observe the 20th anniversary of their birth in this manner, and Freeport and its citizens were pleased and proud to be their hosts. .. . The success of yesterday’s undertaking promises well for the energy, the determina- tion and the coalescence we must expect of our agricultural industry if it is to become and remain a stable and self-sustaining whole economic picture.—Freeport Journal-Standard. : Agriculture Rings Bell! portion of our If Quincy and Adams county needed to be impressed with the strength and dignity of Agriculture, it learned its lesson in Quincy’s celebration of the Fourth of Jul y. The farmers of Illinois, with a sense of the dramatic as well as the patriotic, selected the nation’s birthday. as Agriculture’s Rededication Day. If all of Illinois received as impressive a reminder of Agriculture’s vigor and its determination to find its rightful place in the nation’s economic and social system, a valuable state-wide effect is certain _—Phe-Adams ie ty of its “Rededication Day” Farm Bureau, in the size, quality and dignity celebration, made the observance of the nation’s birthday truly, as The Herald-Whig predicted Sunday morning, a “Timely Fourth.”—Quincy Herald-Whig. The farming industry is the backbone of the nation and it is generally admitted that prosperity will continue to be a the past until this basic industry is placed on a more recollection of sound footing. Congress should give serious consideration to any remedial measures Ww. suggested that prices of farm products—Springfield Register. Plea of the Farmers The bill the farmers of this state are supporting 1 help the farmer—and effect an increase in e will have the effect, they believe, of restoring buying power to farmers. It must be conceded that if such buying power was restored to them it would help mightily in the work of bringing back prosperity. Without having considered as yet all that would be involved in the passage of this measure, we do not hesitate to express our conviction that it is high time that congress give an attentive ear to the plea for economic independence made by the farmers of America. If the leaders of both parties asked the farmers to draw their own bill, and if this bill embodies what the farmers want, members of congress should give it careful consideration on its merits, with the plight of agriculture as well as the interests of all the people in mind and also should inform themselves on the history of all previous attempts at price fixing. The Farm Bureau of Rock Island county is arranging for a demonstration on July 4 to take place in Prospect park, Moline. The bureau is doubt- less prepared to tell all enquirers just what the passage of the bill ‘would mean for agriculture, and most certainly the farm organiza- tion would welcome citizens in general to the celebration and would appreciate their cooperation.—Rock Island Argus. me ie 3 a. yal, tie ee WIN SHIP LEFT TO RIGHT INN ) : ; your TO REO BY FRI ur PESsLER, £O NELSON, Tt ase R, EARL QV CALL ENDE HINTENSI 1 MM DIOL L AIRS ols RD gt’* | PREPARED BY £.R. BOWEN VICE- PRESIDENT | AVERY POWER MACHINERY Co. AND ALBERT HAYES bg CHILLICOTHE, , PRESIDENT PEORIA Co, FARM GUKEAU CLARK BIED HT THEO BleDERBEcK ERBECK DAN ku THE 1, A. A. RE — BANNERS, FLOA FARM DINNER BELLS RING OVER ILLINOIS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY (Continued from page 1, Col. 1 the concessions. The men who drew the wagon and silverware had both signed new members. We had a special edition of the Hillsborg, Journal. It was a great day for everyone. — Clinton County: “Our celebration at Carlylé was a great success,” re- ports W. A. Cope, farm adviser. “The people of Carlyle insisted that I lead the parade on horseback. Next came the firing squad of the American Legion, the Carlyle band, and some 150 4-H Club members carrying banners and _ placards. There were 278 cars in the parade aris) —the best ever held in Clinton county. “Fifty-three new Farm Bureau members joined. Two of our men won the gold watches. Hy Ren- schen, our Farm Bureau president, signed 11 new Farm Bureau mem- bers. Fred Korte signed 13 new members. Fred’s brother, Frank, signed seven. To show you the hon- esty of our people, both Fred and Frank were working hard for new members, and if Fred had turned over three to Frank both would have won a watch, but he did not do this.” The crowd was estimated at 4,000 to 5,000. Burn Five Effigies Greene County: “Our July 4 cele- bration was held at Whitehall,” writes R. H. Clannahan. “The pa- rade was over a mile long and in- cluded nine floats and approxi- mately 150 members from the 12 clubs in the county. We burned five effigies starting with ‘old-man in- difference’ and following up with the rest. Ray Miller’s talk was much appreciated.” L. R. Lee signed 10 members. Schuyler County: “There were approximately 20 dinner bells in our parade through Rushville, July 4,” says L. E. McKinzie, farm ad- viser. “The parade was about a mile long and included 15 good floats with four bands and ‘old-man de- pression’ chained in a cage. Sheriff Bartlow, on horseback, led pro- cession. “L. L. Day of Ray te 10 new members, 27 in all. W d Shaw, our speaker, did a fine job working under difficulties. The afternoon program was held in th square and it was almost im to stop the fire crackers 2 noise.” Peoria County: “Our parade was very much better than any of us had even dreamed it would be,” stated J. W. Whisenand, farm ad- viser. “In fact it is one of the finest we have ever seen. The afternoon program was held at Elmwood. The floats were excellent, as you will note by the pictures. Fifty new members joined the Farm Bureau.” Hancock County: “Four thousand participated in the program here July 4,” wired O. L. Welsh. “It was a grand success, exceeding all our expectations.” Clay County: “Celebration very successful. Twenty-one new mem- bers reported. Membership work will continue.” Prof. Rush Speaks White County: Our celebration went over with a bang from the start of the parade to the draw- ings. Prof. H. P. Rusk delivered the speech in great style. There were more than 2,000 people on the grounds when the program opened at 1:30 P. M., and with the. aid of an amplifying system the speaker was heard all over. The parade, including many floats and deco- rated cars, was nearly one-half mile long. . Our “Minute Men” reported 28 new members, Chelsea Williams “ et CHAS Jagu Nz. = yee ~ b ee ae oe RAONOR GRANGE FLOAT. Here Are A Few Of The Good Ones From Peoria County’s Demonstration program. and J. E. gtine bringing Sherril} Lamont, 2 member, won the bicycl Stine, the set of silver 4 and Herbert Austin, wagon, Wabash county: “O ion very successful. Jo Vincennes speaker. Ten bers.” 5,000. at Morris Whiteside County: mately 5,000 people ca the big celebration and Morrison, July 4,” writes viser Frank Shuman. “ floats in all, including of those suggested. float was built by & Showed a house on @ tr old couple in front of They were being moved not know where to g0 failure to pay taxes. M Ralph Allen portrayed the old couple. The sce that many bystanders } “Another very excelle presented by Hume tov was all white and show an and child standing pedestal with an open woman standing under roses. On the back were 4 of wheat with caption faith in God, in our cou agriculture’. “The caption on an was ‘In 1860 our countr exist half slave and he 1932 our country cannd to exist half protected ay protected’. _ “Mr. and Mrs. Wilso of Tampico dejerve hong tion for the originality stunt. Dressed as Hira randy, he with chin w she with an cd fascinaf an old buckbdoard, they bowed to everybody switched the flies off with a leafy b'anch fron “On the sice of the outfit were plicards re you ever ride in one 0 roe don’t orgenize, you “We had a wublic add so that al’ “OUly hear th tT. Honna’s re very fitting.” | The parade ¥. Norrish, A ts Geng enough is presizent of Bureau, and M! worrig are gh hool b: champions, play +d. The floats were judge newspaper men: J. H. T Whitest Sentizel, O. C the Prophe Echo, Tobey of the Sterling G: Big Parde at Mo Grundy Courty: The at Morris was estimate to have been ‘he larges in the county. More thar ple gathered ‘or the e lasted from tie time — started at 11:4 in the n til almost nightfall. The parade was two length and insluded 15 plays by loca, business organizations, vehicles scriptions ranging fron types of farm conveyar modern machines of t afternoon program we Goold Park. Charles manager of the Ilinois C and D. P. Moore of F speakers. Near the close of tk the crowd witnessed the effigy of the fur enem culture, including “unj “low prices,” “old-mar ence,” and “padsonous p! A. W. Fischer, DuP: Farm Bureau member | secretary, living at brought in 15 new mem! the Cook Courty Farm | five into the DuPage Cot ization. Mr. Fischer is a Surance agen; working alge agent Camcross in LEADERS Fi SAYS GRI (Continued jrom page All of the plans that tried have been adopte We have bee, running hind the depression. Th to stop it is j9 head it The depression has companied by the most in prices that this count seen. Nothing destroys fidence ang dries up bu like falling pyjees. Noth: 80 surely ag rising price Prosperity ean exist we Can exchange good: ices freely. when prices some decline much m than others making f impossible ang drying ' When prices fall mon dearer and harder to ge debts must be paid in not in goods the burd becomes heayjer and prices go down. Prices are only the ! in 10 each. 4-H Club ycle, Mrs. J. E. and glasses, the farm E. Stine bringing ill Lamont, 4 ', won the bic he set of silver erbert Austin, Sh County: “Our celebra- ry cneestal- John Dyer of les speaker. Ten new mem- 5,000. at Morrison 2st unty: “Approxi- 5.000 ae ‘came out for celebration and parade at n, July 4,” writes Farm Ad- rank Shuman. “We had 18 nN all, including all but one e suggested. The winning vas built by Lyndon and a house on a truck with an) ple in front of the door. ere being moved out and did w where to go because of to pay taxes. Mr. and Mrs. Allen portrayed the part of couple. The scene was such any bystanders wept. her very excellent float was ed by Hume township. It white and showed a wom- i child standing before ‘a 1 with an open Bible, the standing under an arch of n the back were two sheaves at with caption ‘We have God, in our country, and in jure’, - caption on another float 1860 our country could not alf slave and half free. In ir country cannot continue half ptotected and half un- od’. and Mrs. Wilson Cortright pico dejerve honorable men- r the originality of their Dressed as Hiram and Mi- he with chin whiskers, and h an did fascinator. Driving buckbdéurd, they waved and to’ everybody as they d the flies off the mules leafy b:anch from a tree. the sice of the dilapidated vere plicards reading: ‘Did er ride in one of these? If n’t orgenize, you may have had a wublic address system al’ OUly hear the afternoon a. Mr. Fianna’s remarks were ting.” | parade Yas led by R. A. » AL, enough, and I. ms, all Myynted. Mr. Good- is presiient of the Farm , and M! Norrish and Mr. ! ta th charge to Sigh ‘&hool band, state ons, play.d. floats wete judged by three per men: J. H. Terry of the t Sentisel, O. C. Herrin of phe Echo, and E. H. bf the Sterling Gazette. Big Pamde at Morris dy Couzty: The celebration ris was estimated by many been ‘he largest ever held ounty. More than 5,000 peo- hered ‘or the event which from the time the parade at 11:15 in the morning un- pst nightfall. parade was two miles in and insluded 15 floats, dis- by loca, business and civic ations, vehicles of all de- ns ranging from countless f farm conveyances to the machines of today. The on program was held in Park. Charles Cummings, r of the Illinois Grain Corp., P. Moore of Peoria were the close of the program wd witnessed the burning in f the four enemies of agri- including “unjust taxes,” rices,” “old-man indiffer- nd “pasonous propaganda.” . Fischer, DuPage County Bureau member and former , living at Elmhurst, in 15 new members, 10 into k Courty Farm Bureau, and D the DuPage County organ- Mr. Fischer is a special in- agent working with gen- Put Cameross in Cook coun- — ERS FAIL AYS GREGORY nued jrom page 1, Col. 2) the plans that have been Ave been adopted too late. e bee running along be- € depression. The only way it is to head it off. depression has been ac- ied by the most severe drop S that this country has ever Dthing destroys public con- and dries up buying power ing prices. Nothing restores Y as rising prices. Prity a exist only when exchange goods and serv- bly. When prices are falling ecline much more rapidly hers. making fair trading le and drying up business. prices fall money: becomes nd harder to get. Since er ust be paid in money ie R0ods, the purden of deb heavier and heavier as D down. are only the relation be- JULY, 1932 ° tween money and goods. Wh . e money is scarce prices go ray When it is nlentiful prices go up. The best way to fight decli prices is to increase the — a money. It is the duty of govern- ment to provide its people with sufficient money with which to do business. In normal times the banks perform most of that duty for the government by means of bank credit, which takes the place of money. When the banks fail to do it, it is the duty of government to step in and provide more money to make good the shortage of credit. That the government has largely failed to do. Its monetary policy has been vacillating and fearful. Suffering and Misery So we have come to a situation in which the richest nation in the’ world in natural resources and pro- ducing ability has 10 million men out of work, and six million farm families working for nothing. Our standards of living have been shot to pieces. A land of plenty is filled with suffering and misery. This is a depression without rea- son. There is no reason why it should not end tomorrow. It does not end because our fi- nancial overlords will not permit its end except on their own terms. They fought credit inflation bit- terly, and prevented it during the earlier stages of the depression when it might have been effective. Now that it is becoming apparent that it is too late for credit inflation to become effective, they are op- posing currency inflation just as bitterly. Rather than permit the people to control their own money system, they will pull down the house about their heads. It has become apparent that the credit being pumped into business by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and the Federal Re- serve will not be sufficient. If it could be supplemented quickly by the Rainey emergency bill to raise farm prices, by the home loan mortgage bank bill, by the Steagall bank guarantee bill, and by an en- larged program of public works to put idle men to work, the combined force might prove strong enough to push back the forces of deflation. But the selfish influence of big money has blocked these measures in congress. The American Bankers Association has prevented the home loan mortgage bank bill from be- coming’ a law. It is' afraid of fi- nancial competition not under its control. If any one thing is obvious, it is that money and business is based on confidence, We cannot talk con- fidence back into people after bank failures have robbed them of. the Savings of a generation. We can restore it by placing the guarantee of the government through the fed- eral reserve system back of bank deposits. Such a plan is just as sound as any other kind of in- surance. It must be adopted if we are to save the financial system of the country from the penalty of its own folly. Business cannot recover without customers, and customers are of no avail without money in their pockets. Our lost customers are in two classes—the unemployed and the farmers. We can put large numbers of unemployed to work quickly only through an enlarged program of public works. High Prices and Work We can restore buying power to farmers quickly only through higher prices. The Rainey bill, pre- pared by the Illinois Agricultural Association, is designed to do that by giving farmers a higher price in the home market. The exchange value of farm products is only 50 per cent of what it was before the war. That disparity must be re- moved so that farmers can buy, and so that their buying will open the factories and put man: back to work. Along with everythings else that may be done, and more important than anything else, is a sufficient supply of money. With credit frozen so completely, currency will have to be used much more extensively to take its place. Sooner or later the government will supply ‘that cur- rency, for we are not going to let people starve nor our big banks and life insurance companies go to the wall. We will go far to carry out the will of our financial overlords, but we will not starve for them. A new supply of money, adequate to the needs of business, will re- vive confidence and business as if by magic. The sooner we supply it SENTIMENT the sooner will we be on the road to recovery, and the greater the amount of unnecessary suffering we shall avoid. We need have no fear of such excessive inflation. as_ occurred in Germany and Russia after the war. We have efficient machinery for stopping inflation when it has gone far enough. There are still people who hold up their hands in horror at such remedies as these I have suggésted. They are the same people who told us in 1929 that prosperity would last forever. They tell us now that any remedy powerful enough to be effective is economically unsound. To this I reply that nothing can be more un- sound than our present condition. It is unsound to rob a hard work- ing generation of its savings. It is unsound to confiscate the farmer's capital to pay his taxes and inter- est. It is unsound to compel ten million people to tramp the streets looking for jobs that do not exist; dependent on charity for their daily bread. We have worshipped our. leaders of industry and finance. They told us to save our money, and we saved it. They told us where to invest it, and we invested it there. They told us to vote for high tariffs and special privileges for others, and we marked the cross in the circle. Leadership All Wrong Everything they told us was wrong. Now, with our savings gone, our jobs gone, our products begging for a market, the future dark with unknown dangers, why in the name of God should we follow their leadership any longer? Rather let us follow our farm leadership which says, “Give work to the idle, give the farmer a fair price for his products, give the na- tion a money system that is hon- est. Open the markets and the factory doors and let us work our way back to prosperity.” We hear much talk in these days about the red menace and the dan- ger of communism. There is no red menace in this country. The great, sound heart of the nation, the millions who work for a living and who want a dollar only in re- turn for an honest dollar’s worth (Continued on page 4, Col. 5) bey MEET the emergency of farmers who need protection but cannot make the outlay immediatel Country Life offers this contract y needed for an Ordinary Life policy, which pays th ; at death, should death occur before age 5. © full face of the policy Upon attaining age 65, or any time before, whil force, it may be converted to a regular form policy, full credit for back premiums paid on the form cho e this policy is in full the insured receiving sen, In other words, to convert as of original age he must pay the back diffe the term policy premium and the Ordinary, 20 Pay or Sadvecaer toe to which he converts, with interest at six per cent. However, the fnured may carry this term policy to age 65 and then drop it. not necessary. 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This was the thought driven home by scores of speakers in nearly every Illinois county on the farmers Dedication Day pro- grams July 4th. Comparing the farmers battle of 1932 for freedom from eco- * nomic oppression with the battle of the farmers of 1776 for free- dom from political oppression, the address set forth the issues at stake, and the solution offered by organized farmers to present economic problems. The text of the speech carefully prepared for the occasion and read by many of the Dedication Day speakers follows: The first Fourth of July was a day of Decision—one of Declara- tion—and likewise one of Dedica- tion. On yonder side of this his- torical guide-post of freedom the altars of sacrifice had been builded, at Lexington, at Concord, at Bun- ker Hill. Of such, history has pro- duced no parallel. It was at Con- cord Bridge— “The embattled farmers stood, Independence are the outlines of the honest face and features of that determined leader, well called the Father of his Country. Washington and Independence became synony- mous. But, to measure the mean- ing of either the. word Independ- ence or the man, George Washing- ton, in this remote day is well nigh impossible. We are too far from the need of that day to know aught but its cooled pages of history. Two hundred years later, as we celebrate the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth, we find it diffi- cult to relive the days that con- tributed that great heart to a giant cause, and difficult to know his real’ greatness. New causes and new -despairs confront us. Our dire need today tends to hide with its immediate oppression the history of far greater oppressions and the manner in which they were lifted by staunch men of great heart. Simple would be America’s prob- lems today, could we command the organized belief in the meed for united action that made the en- durance of a Valley Forge possible. Today’s cause calls not for sword and gun, but stern moving in or- ganized unison of the millions of agricultural people dedicated to the solution of their problems through the following of leadership born of 58 Float Courty’s Eve an Fired the shot heard ‘round the world.” For days the spokesmen for the colonists had debated the proposi- tion — “RESOLVED, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.” Finally the day of decision arrived. It is this:day we celebrate. After the decision to act, came its declaration, a notice to all the world—The Declaration of Inde- pendence. At the head of the army in New York, upon orders of Washington, the Immortal Document was read. The wildest enthusiasm was cre- ated. One gilded statue of the tyrant king alone, yielded in the melting pot forty thousand bullets. Upon that day through that decis- ion and through the declaration of that decision, the moral fibre of the colonists was revivified and the heart of that people was tempered). Wey Forges thé were yet to come. Yes, my friends, that first day was one of Determination. Day of Dedication We also celebrate this day as a DAY OF DEDICATION. Seven long and weary years record the sacri- fices inspired by that Day of Dedi- cation. Few, if any, at the begin- ning of that period, save by- faith, could envision the final triumph at Yorktown. By citizen and soldier alike there’ on’ that day, commit- ment to the great cause was made. This day, therefore, my friends, is and will always be our outstand- ing national holiday. At Runnymede the charter of Anglo-Saxon liberties was wrested from an unwilling King. That hour was momentous. Bastile Day mark- ed the passing of the fallacy of the doctrine of the divine right of kings, a doctrine used to shackle brave hearts and to restrain the impulses of free hearts. On the first Fourth of July, there was published the grandest, the ey SS seit able Winston Churchill said in an| sacrificed on the altar of address on the world economic cri-| the benefit of those contri sis: “The hideous processes of de-| financial structure: of the flation have but to go on to isolate| The debtor and creditoy the nations and reduce them to the| mutual relationship. [f yo barbarian and to the bartering of| one you destroy both, ultin the dark ages.” Unless something is| This grasping group of done to check the forces of de-}is unwilling to restore the flation, they tell us that labor, city}ing power of the dollar to 4 real estate, and all property values| level where the debts must inevitably come down to the| tracted. They want the level of commodity prices. This| stay dear and conmodit means that the wages of union! The little group 4 inte labor will have to be cut in half;| bankers who gamle in doctors and nurses, 25 to 50 per cent| tional securities less than they now receive; salaries| want. our dollar t/be we of school teachers and_professors|in exchange for feign c that cause. from 25 to 40 per cent, dollar cap-| And so they are h k ied . Agriculture Denied Seat - Hosen col Seen ; conipaines propose to make " iol the deflation off 1921-—for| on ‘gli. along the lines, from the ’ over ten years organized agriculture} jeast to greatest. That is the dis- has been making a fight for eco-| ma) picture of what will happen if nomic equality. All other lines of| the rest of this country is brought manny eg aytsg a rer ce down to a level with agricult=re. eappery Sn y consideration Of) — this also means further whole- Government. Agriculture has not) .4je pankruptcies and liquidation been given a seat at the family! oy an unparalleled scale because of table. 3 our. high debt level. In 1929, our Since the collapse in 1929, the| total debts, both public and private, situation has become exceedingly! in the United States totalled 203 more aggravated, until at the pres-| pinion dollars, or 56 per cent of our ent time it is acute. A year ago the! national wealth of 386 billion dol- farm price index was 91—today it! jars according to estimates of War- is 56. On the first of last Decem-|;en and Pearson of Cornell Uni- ber, it had fallen to 71. By the first versity. Today they tell us, the na- of this last February, it dropped to/ tional wealth has shrunk until it 60. On the first of April, 59, and it| is worth scarcely half that amount. is still receding. Thus our debts now are equal to the Organized agriculture has con-| value of our property. sistently insisted that action on the} pyrthermore, our dollar has be- part of the Federal Government) .ome so dear in exchange for the was necessary along. three or four! currencies of other countries, and lines to start a restoration by giving| we have acquired so much of the the basic industry a fair and equal| woriq’s store of gold at the expense chance. After the most careful! of the stocks of other countries, consideration by outstanding and| that other nations cannot buy our eminent students of the question,| products. How can we trade with your national organization proposed | other countries of the world when more.. le ae But the masses ‘of p ‘farmers and othe; prod commodities, and the people who’ depenc, ypon duction of commos¢ ties, 1 lars cheap and conmodit Laboring people in the « find employment at wages when the fastories prices for their praduct money is plentiful an everybody makes mOliey a ‘body is happy. Whos wel be paramount in this eo masses of our citizenship clique of internationa] pa; gamble in internationg) ¢ Something Must Be | Something must be do store the farm price leye} ity with other grows, must provide for getting farm surpluses which no in our domestic markets, our farmers of the ben the tariff on these pro forcing domestic prices q¢ level of the world prices, What Congress. sh jyi ee TIS Lae Y bravest, and most profound docu- ment ever signed by the repre- sentatives of a free people: It was a Declaration of War against the most powerful Nation in the world —a Declaration of War by a few patriots, without organization, without military forces, without ap- parent strength, without wealth,— a Declaration against the greatest power of the Seven Seas—and at a time when her yessels of war were hovering along the Atlantic coast ready to pounce upon defenseless towns, to ravage and destroy. The principal cities were in substantial possession of the enemy. Thousands of British soldiers were upon our soil; and yet, notwithstanding these fearful odds, the stout-hearted fathers of the American Revolution made Declaration that they were a free and independent people. Declaration Was Beginning The glory of the nation begins with that declaration. Yet, insep- arable from that Declaration of Bill,”—a bill, which if adopted by| has fallen off 54 per cent in value Congress, would establish a funda-| and 35 per cent in volume since mentally sound monetary policy for| 1929. Unless our dollar is restored the Nation. This measure, in part,| to a fair value, we will have to en- proposes that all the powers now| act higher tariffs to protect us possessed by the Federal Reserve! against the imports of commodities System be directed to two ends:|from countries with depreciated first, to restore the purchasing| currencies. Already numerous in- ‘power of the dollar to the average/|dustries are clamoring for such pro- for the period 1921 to 1929; andj tection and various bills are pend- second, to stabilize the purchasing| ing in Congress to bring this about. power of the dollar as nearly as Need An Honest Dollar practical at that level. ao sivoid this terrify ‘ 0 avo errifying prospect, aueten. We have hla 7 we must have an honest dollar. A any other nation on the face of dollar which purchases 64 cents the globe. Our natural resources are worth one year and $1.52 worth an- enormots. Our. factories are the other year is dishonest. A dollar most efficient in the world. Yet, the| Wich makes the debtor today pay farmers are faced with ruin and back $202 for each $100 borrowed. in ten million unemployed walk. the 1929 is dishonest. The price level breets in ‘eeatoh of werk must be restored until the dollar is 8 : worth the same amount as it was What May Happen when our debts were contracted. Eminent economists warn us that} All the relief measures thus far the worst has not yet been reached,| passed by the Congress have been unless something is done to check| drawn in the interest of the cred- the deflation. As the Right Honor-j| itor class. Millions of “ebtors are : McLean County Service Trucks In Parade for the relief of agricyit it adjourns is an emerge: ure to get rid of the high of farm products which cumulated. There are abroad for these produc could be sold on liberal cr but the cooperatives an traders are not finansjq) supply such terms, anq go goes hungry for our Strp Organized agriculture asking for months that authorize the allocation ever funds are neceSSary Reconstruction Finance tion to finance the &xpc pluses of wheat, cotton wool, mohair, and other ducts, and to distribut wheat to the destitute ; ployed in such a Mani; adversely affect the 46m ket. Organized agriculturs , nized and has repeate, that the raise in the Dri major agricultural crofs essential to bring AMer the present depression, and practical measure | duced in Congress by Rainey of Illinois, to | this purpose. The entire Illinois delegation agers ported it. Its provision; as follows: Digest of Emergency 4 Bill TEMPORARY EMERG; —This Bill is a teMP% measure for a one Je pending such time 4s Co develop, enact, and pl, operation, a permanen; agricultural relief. PAYMENTS TO FAR4 | Bill provides for immeq rme, payments to the fa portion of his productio; and cotton and hogs 4° PAGE THREE “mtn Be § 4 ——“"Tagy ee ra t ay AXES MUS | | seatindie mall ? Res: YING POWER, C 58 Floats Were Entered In DeKalb |! Courty’s Seven-Mile Parade—Greatest ‘on the altar of greed for it of those controlling the structure: of the Nation. or and creditor have a ‘lationship. [f you destroy lestroy both, ultimately. ‘asping group of creditors ng to restore the purchas- ‘of the dollar to an honest sre the debts were con- They want the dollar to ‘ and commodities cheap. » group international who gan: in interna- curities nd currencies, dollar t worth more ige for fi currencies: 1ey are h ied when we © make “ar dollar worth YY. C 6_worth e masses 'of people—the and othe; producers of es, and the laboring o depenc, upon the pro- f commoé¢ ties, want dol- p and commodities high. people in the cities can ployment ‘at profitable en the factories get high their pfducts. When plentiful and cheap y makes mOley anc every- appy. Whos welfare is-to ount in this country, the our citizenship or a little internationa] bankers who n internationg) currencies? thing Must Be Done ing must bé done to re- farm price level to a. par- other groW 3s, Any plan ide for getting rid of the pluses which now pile up mestic markets, depriving ers of the benefits from f on these products, by omestic prices down to the he world paces. ongress 2uld approve plief of agriculture ‘before s is an eM€rgency meas- rid of the high surpluses products Which have ac- d. Phage markets br these products, if the old on liberal cregit Mine 3 poperatives and private re not finaNsially able to h terms, 2N4 so the world pry for our Stirpluses, red agriculture has been br months that Congress the allocation of what- is are neceSSary from the ction FinaMce Corpora- nance the port of sur- wheat, cotton, tobacco, air, and other farm pro- d to distribute surplus the destitute ang ynem- such @ MaMler as not to affect the G6mesti¢ mar- ed agricultUls also recog- d has repe@tedly stated raise in the Price levels of icultural CrOks was a first to bring AMerica out of nt depression. A simple tical measure was jintro- Congress bY Henry ft, Illinois, accomplish ose. The entile downstate plegation a88Tessively sup. Its provision’; are briefly Emergency Agricultural Bill RARY EMERGENcy pry li is a teMPorary relief for a one Year period uch time 85 Congress can enact, and Place in fy) a permaneMy plan for al relief. NTS TO FARMERS rine des for iIMM@iate direct to the farM€r ‘on that his production of wheat n and hogs fr the pres. Ever Staged in the County. ent year that will be used for domestic consumption. These ad- justment payments will be equal to tariff rates,—5c a pound for cotton, 42c a bushel for wheat, and 2c a \ pound for hogs. The Bill imposes a tariff rate of 5c a pound on short staple cotton for which at present no tariff exists. “ECONOMIC: RESULTS—The Bill being a temporary one-year meas- ure and acreage for the present. year having been planted, the Bill cannot result in stimulation of pro- duction. Neither does the Bill fix prices nor alter the existing mar- keting machinery. It will, however, give the farmer an additional re- turn for the period of a year upon the three basic commodities whose prices havea controlling effect on all agricultural “commodities. In thus improving the condition of agri- culture, it is believed that the meas- ure will have a marked effect in re- lieving the present national eco- nomic emergency in industry, trans- portation, employment, and finance, as well as agriculture. . MACHINERY OF BILL—The Sec- retary of Agriculture will estimate and proclaim, on the basis of exist- ing statistics, the percentage of the present year’s production of cotton, wheat, and hogs that will be used for domestic consumption. If, using wheat as an example, the Secretary proclaims that 75% of the wheat will be so used, then the farmer, under the terms of the Bill, will re- ceive upon satisfactory proof of government agents, designated by the Secretary .of Agriculture, a certificate covering 3 out of every 4 bushels of each lot of wheat marketed by him. All the farmer will need to do is to prove to the representative of the Department of -Agriculture that he has marketed a particular lot of, say, 100 bushels of wheat produced by him. Thereupon there is issued a certificate cover- ing 75 bushels. The certificate is redeemable at any fistal agency designated by the Secretary of the Treasury, for 42c for each of the 75 bushels, less certain small ad- ministrative costs hereinafter re- ferred to. Redemption may occur at any time after 30 days, and not more than one year, from the date of issuance of the certificate. The certificate would obviously be the highest type of collateral for loans. These adjustment certificates would be issued to the farmer with re- gard to all wheat, cotton, and hogs marketed by him (commencing 15 days after the passage of the’ Bill,) whether of this year’s production or from hold-over production. NO ADDED BURDEN ON TREAS- URY—tThe moneys for the redemp- tion of the certificates are obtain- able from a tax, called an adjust- ment charge, levied upon all pro- cessing of wheat, cotton, and hogs in a like amount to the adjustment payments, that is, 42c a bushel for wheat, 5c a pound for cotton, and 2c a pound for hogs, Compensatory charges are placed on silk and rayon. If the processed product is exported, the adjustment charge is refunded; if the commodity is pro- cessed in bond for export, no ad- justment charge is collected on its processing. The charge in effect is-thus applied only to processing for domestic consumption. The re- ceipts from the adjustment charges will be placed in separate com- modity funds whose proceeds will be used to redeem the certificates. Any temporary advances necessary to redeem the certificates, pending the receipt of sufficient processing charges, will be made by the Treas- ury. There will, however, be no de- ficits or unbalanced budget result- ing, for the reason that the charges on processing will continue to be S PLIGHT OF AGRICULTURE tpi 1 FARMER OND T EET $64 PUT YOUON YOURS: 2 ee cute art eee ry Se Ry OS tee 2 Seb eeaas a Te imposed until their aggregate amout will equal the total amounts payable upon the adjustment certi- ficates issued to the farmer. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS— An amount, not to exceed 242% of the processing charges, may be used for administrative expenses. This amount will be estimated in ad- vance by the Secretary of the Treasury- and payments to the farmer reduced pro rata. Such pro rata reductions at their maximum would approximate, in the case of wheat ic a bushel, in the case of cotton 1/10 of a cent per pound, and in the case of hogs 5/100 of a cent per pound. The Bill creates no new administrative machinery but merely makes use of existing gov- ernmental agencies. The Marketing Act Up to the time the Marketing Act was passed by the Congress, practi- cally all the legislation enacted for the benefit of agriculture was either of an educational or a credit na- ture. The Marketing Act while not entirely satisfactory opened the way for the development of co- operative marketing organizations, so as to give agriculture some chance to more ably compete in the markets of the world. Agriculture makes liberal use of credit and must continue to. have credit, but with periods of low prices, such as we have experienced lately, credit is of little use when the farmer or business man cannot make enough out of the money borrowed to pay the interest. The Marketing Act and the measure above referred to strike more directly at the agri- cultural problem than any legisla- tion enacted up to this time. , We are told that what. the coun- try needs is CONFIDENCE, that a restoration of CONFIDENCE is all that is needed to’ stop the forces of depression and restore prosperity. My friends, confidence cannot be restored by talking about it. We must give the people something in which to have confidence. How Have Confidence How can the farmers have con- fidence when farm prices are going down, down, down, farther and far- ther below the cost of production? How can they have confidence when they are unable to pay their taxes and interest, and when they are losing their homes? How can they have confidence when a dishonest dollar forces them to pay back from three to five times as much as they borrowed in terms of com- modities? How can they have con- fidence when the responsible leaders in government who are clothed with the power to act to bri relief, ignore their desperate condition and do nothing fundamental to bring them real relief? When the political and financial leadership of this country does something to really inspire confi- dence, when it goes to the root of this problem, and takes some fund- amental steps to remove the causes of the depression, then, and then only, will confidence return to the people. We must get down to the grass roots and restore the prices of agricultural products. Nothing else will avail. Agriculture’s patience is well-nigh exhausted. She has been long-suf- fering but she cannot longer toler- ate delay and inaction. You folks out on the farms know why. It is because the present condition of agriculture is intolerable. Others Helped, Not Farmer Congress and the President came to the rescue of foreign govern- ments and.granted them a mor- atorium on their war debts to us, involving billions of dollars of ob- ligations. They came to the rescue of the railroads, the banks, and the industrial corporations by loans out of the Federal Treasury to the tune of three billion eight; hundred mil- lion dollars. They came to the res- cue of the banks by passing the Glass-Steagall bill to help them meet the demands upon them for gold and thaw out some of their frozen assets. But what benefits have trickled down through these so-called relief measures to the farmers in the country and to work- ing people in the cities and towns? Have they kept farm prices from going down? Have they checked the increasing nimber of forced sales of farms? Have they relieved un- employment or given people more work? What good is this great pile of gold—78 per cent back of our currency—if it is not put to work for humanity? What good is it? For humanity to worship as children of Israel worshipped the golden calf? If this condition is not relieved, it will destroy our form of Govern- ment. 5 . The answers are obvious—farm surpluses pile up; farm prices and purchasing power still decline; un- employment increasés; wages de- cline; property values shrink; de- spair and dismay seize upon the people, and discontent rises with an ominous tide. ; Agriculture and labor cannot be made prosperous by relieving the banks, the railroads, and the great corporations alone. These two great economic groups are not content with picking up the crumbs from Industry’s table. The way to make the nation prosperous is to restore the purchasing power. of the farm- ers and the workers. All new wealth comes from the soil, the mines, or thie sea. Agriculture is our basic in- dustry. When you destroy it you de- . stroy the nation. The first steps to- ward a new day:is to restore: the buying power of agriculture, our basic industry, upon: which the economic welfare of one-half of our population depends. My friends, we have come to a critical point in the history of our great nation. The future welfare of our country trembles in the bal- ance. The very future of domestic government may be at stake. A Great Conflict We are in the ‘midst of a great conflict—a conflict that is more bitter, more sinister, more far- reaching in many respects than an armed, conflict. It is a struggle for the domination of this nation, be- tween the forces of entrenched greed and special pri one hand, and the masses of the people on the other hand. Powerful banking and industrial interests who have dominated our financial and: economic policies for many years, are determined to maintain their strangle-hold- upon the eco- nomic life of this country and maintain their privileged position, and are unwilling to give agricul- ture and labor their fair share of the national income. They are the Bourbons of today that the masses should sweat and toil for their benefit. They are the ones who, if they continue in con- trol, will destroy democracy and bring on revolution. | A great responsibility rests upon us all in these critical days. Our forefathers were true to the test— they braved the hardships and made the necessary sacrifices to win political freedom. We celebrate this year the bicentennial of the birth of George Washington, who led a brave and intrepid people in a successful battle against tyranny and oppression. Against Economic Oppression Today we also are in a battle for freedom, a battle for economic free- dom. That was a battle of principle fought by bullets; this is a battle of principle fought by ballots. That was a battle against political op- pression; this is a battle against economic oppression. God has blessed us with the richest nation - the world, with the greatest peo- ple. Patient Too Long Too long organized agriculture had faith, hope and charity. Too long organized agriculture dis- played these great virtues. At last organized agriculture finds that it must fight for its own and for our nation to secure the adoption of the golden rule as the first principle of our economic life. ’ During the morning hours of that first Fourth of July, the bell ringer impatiently waited in the old State House tower. For days he had hoped for a signal that action had been had by the Continental Congress. He had grown weary as he waited for the signal. On previous days he had stayed at his post and no one had come. Would the Continental Congress declare freedom and in- dependence? He had repeated over and over again—“They will never do it; they will never do it.” At last from below, he heard the voice of his grandson, crying out—“Ring Grandpa—Ring.” See that old bell ringer—swing the iron tongue— hear the tramping on the crowded streets—hear every church steeple re-echo the peals of freedom. Pos- sibly it is not a mere coincidence that on the shoulder band of that old bell was cast that classical text of scripture — “Proclaim Liberty throughout the land and to all in- habitants thereof.” | Today in this city and county, ; and throughout the otner counties | Of the commonwealth, the spirit of | (Continued on page 4, Col. 7) ee ap ey PAGE FOUR | \\ THE IA. A. RE BUSINESS AND CIVIC GROUF FARMERS PROVE ABILITY TO. JOIN LIBERTY FIGHT Parades ahd Floats Surpass Expectations, Members Show Most Enthusiasm By Larry Williams Never in the history of farm or- ganization has a better atmosphere + for cooperation been developed than in Illinois as a result of the Dedication Day celebration. From Rockford to Cairo, and from Dan- ville to Quincy there is a spirit of determination apparent, and en- mies who oppose the farmer in his organization for co-operative marketing and betterment are. in- clined to keep mum. The Liberty Bell of 1932 is es- tablished through the entire state, and the lowly farmers’ dinner bell has been glorified. Nothing but praise for the demonstration has reached our ears, and that praise is most, enthusiastic. The cooper- ation of leadership and membership was wonderful. In several counties doubting leaders were swept off their feet by enthusiastic members who carried forward Dedication Day plans. Chambers of Commerce and civic organizations almost everywhere in Illinois gave moral as well as prac- tical support to the campaign, real- izing as they did that prosperity must begin with the farmer. The newspapers of the State were most liberal in their support, and numer- ous papers had special issues for the occasion. Salesmen Good Workers Country Life agents, auto insur- ance agents, truck drivers, and managers of farm supply compan- ies’ did noble duty on the firing line. Scores of them won watches for signing more than ten new members. They put up advertising placards and gave unstinted sup- port in putting over the celebra- tion. On June 30 before Demonstration Day 1200 Minute Men met in Cen- tralia for a rally. Twenty counties were represented by generous dele- gations. Twenty Farm Bureau presidents were on the rostrum. “Théy had met to hear President Earl C. Smith address them. Un- fortunately he was called to Wash- * ington. The good news of a’ favor- able chance for the Rainey Bill that took him to Washington helped me satisfy the audience as a substitute speaker. Parades Exceed Expectations If you thought the Demonstration Day Parade was to be.a mere dog and pony show affair you must have been amazed at the sight’ that greeted your eyes on the morning of the fourth. Floats that did credit to genius moved before you, telling the demands of agriculture, telling its plight and need of remedial action. There were banners and more floats showing the accom- plishment of organization and vis- ualizing greater accomplishment if. all farmers would join. Dinner bells,| 4. dinner bells, and more dinner bells rang out the demand of farmers for fairness in prices and an equal chance with the other industries that have enjoyed the support of governmental agencies. About two o’clock in the county seats of the State approximately ‘90 speakers told of organized farmérs’ battle for lower taxes, for higher prices and favorable legislation. All’ paid tribute to the Father -of his Country, and the spirit that brought about the Declaration of Indepen- dence. They pleaded for a revival of that spirit to win with men standing in organized power as' their forefathers won their decis- ive victories always celebrated on every Fourth of July. Great aS was the day, great as was the’ demonstration, still all able space given to it. unanimously felt it was just the; McLean County—Huge_ success, beginning of a fight to recruit every | parade four miles long, greatest in farmer in the line-up of organiza-| Bloomington history reports “Rus- tion. They determine wherever you| ty” Laible, farm adviser. Weather hear talk of the Demonstration}excellent. Mrs. Sewell speaker rang Day, that they will drive: on to| the bell. One hundred forty-five complete the job of organization,| new members, total now 2,076. sas They now know it can be done, and ne ne = ree have ae residen A : that our leaders shall be backed by| P ts evowd estimated at 11,000 they present legislative demands and economic measures to rehabi- litate and maintain agriculture. Opposition Bitter But Weak Where now is the poison fang of the opposition which threatened dire result to farmers who at- tempted to get their just dues by resorting to organization and co- opefation. Do a half million parading farmers impress them? They strike, but vainly, at the rocks where they hide. They hiss their bitter attacks, but harmlessly they echo back to them. Their rattles fall on ears that hear, but heed not. Indeed, the laugh of knowing farmers who have found their strength greets each hiss of the recoiling enemy. Gone is the day when speculators and mid- dlemen shall wax fat on farmers’ Summer Park. be “a ot Peod ‘ainax'ed yw Cumberland County — Fourth of ‘ posing | July celebration big success, record pobre oo. — a Brig ort attendance large floats good drum corps perpetuated since Lincoln’s to feed the world. / time lead parade all details of cele- Together we Stand” is the Farm| pration carried out in detail in Bureau war cry. “Fair prices for our) spite of fact that the Farm Ad- sake and for America’s sake.” “Our} viser was absent due to the death own markets clear through to our| of his mother favorable comments own terminals.” “Fair legislation| everywhere among crowd. and a fair chance for America’s = Champaign County — Twelve pega ecg ace agen gp ae at-/ thousand people at Crystal Lake. —_ a ir Prey t ese ores are! park, Urbana. Largest and most wa a e fight goes on until! attentive gathering ever held in the end shall see victory for or- Champai gn Co. exceeded all our ganization complete and a happier expettations. Not a single mishap co-operated through Springfield. Crawford-Jasper — 18 floats 350 cars parade over one mile long crowd estimated at five to seven thousand. Pulaski-Alexrander—16 new mem- bers signed today more will be re- ported later. Coles County—Big parade 10,000 attendance at Mattoon, wires Mel- vin Thomas. Lawrence County—Parade 5 miles long business men _ co-operating hundred per cent. The Lord has joined our Farm Bureau. Rained Sunday to stop farming. Weather fine today. Hundred floats and decorated cars. Parade through Lawrenceville, Bridgeport to picnic America. or oo 0 accident. Parade started with police es- BIGGEST CELEBRATION cort, Farm Bureau president, Mar- - |shal of Day, Flag Bearer and es- IN HISTORY OF FARM cort all on horseback followed by band, Farm Bureau -dinner bell BUREAU IN ILLINO float done with white background, blué shields, and trimmed with (Continued from page 1, Col. 7) | masses of red hollyhocks and 350 dent, Dick Nietfeldt,‘one of our di-| pound, dinner bell. Parade lasted rectors, J. C. Precht, and Mr. and/over hour. Four miles of cars, 53 Mrs. Henry Schilf each signed 10 or} floats. Twenty-four unit organiza- more members. We claim a. state| tions represented Farm Bureau and record for the Schilf family.: Joint|\7 subsidiary organizations in, pa- celebration with Blue Island, pa-|rade. Two Associations of Com- rade two to three miles long, six merce and city/and county officials bands, escort of\ 60 motorcycles. -gperated. Will jagriculture come Lake County—Parade four miles t OK? .One ' long, toured county over 70 imile| Thirty new members to date. | . route, witnessed by 70,000 people.| Warren County: Ten thousand Splendid afternoon program. : {people crowded. into Monmouth Madison County reports big; pa-| Park for: big celebration. Registra- rade and program at Edwardsville:|tion and parade held at public Parade headed by Edwardsville t square. Many, floats and decorated: American Legion. Troy drum and|cars. J.’ \V. Stevenson, Streator, band. 4-H club members in march. Farm Bureau officers on receiving stand. ‘Seven floats made up :for parade. Uncle Joe Fulkerson after+ noon speaker. Program followed by, baseball game between Farm Bu-\ reau and American Legion. Fifty} new members, more coming. Morgan County—Parade required |; an hour to pass in review. All ,busi=}; miles long. with \1,000 cars. Lazy Farmer, John ‘Turnipseed, and Slim. and Spud \ marched. with George ‘Washington, in parade. Moultrie County: More than 5,000 joined in® parade and celebration iat Wyman Park. Burned enemies of agriculture in effigy. \Frank Bar- n speaker. local groups co-operating. ence, Unjust : Taxes, Low Prices, ckson County: The celebration Enemies of ‘Co-operative Effort for boy or girl given away in afte noon. L. R. Marchant gave prin cipal address. . Adams County—L..A. Williams, speaker,» reports: 20,000 people wit- nessed parade—4 to 5. miles long. Parade contained, 5,000 people who attended afternoon program. Mayor of town welcomed: group. Fine co-, operation from city, 52 dinner bells in parade, floats excellent. Won- derful co-operation ‘from: newspa- pers in playing up celebration and report ‘of it afterward. Daily Times -had special edition. Quincy .Herald- Whig had: editorial and’ consider- Sam H.| Thompson, spoke for 6 minutes to his neighfors. Hung in effigy “old- man indifference,” “high taxes,” “low prices,” etc., Jefferson County: Local groups co-operated. in great celebration. Biggest crowd in Farm Bureau his- tory. Ten thousand people. Special \issue Mt. Vernon Register-News. \ ‘LaSalte:: Many dinner bells and floats in our big two-mile parade through ;Ottawa. Four thousand peopie- took part. More than 100 | new-members joined. Wayne County: Fine celebration | and two mile parade—3,000 people | present. ; Union: County: Great parade and wonderful spirit. More than 2;500 present. Henderson County: More than '3,000 people out for our big pa- rade with 15 floats, two bands, and over 100 cars. — The three horsemen leading Whiteside County’s Parade are A. L. Goodenough, president, T. H. Adams and R. A. Norrish, former Farm Bureau presidents. Left to right on top are Will, Dupage and Champaign county floats respectively. In the corners below are pictures of “John Barleycorn’s Resurrection” Monroe county. from ‘he; ) qu an said Jonah did. |; proved an \ able, eloquent speaker. |: Effingham County: Parade three \\ DeWitt County: Five men signed) Burning Unfaithful pictures show) scenes fi Dollar float, | ~ Randolph ( ounty: Ap in co-operation with Chamber of Commerce. ler gave excelent talk. dred cars and floats anc ple in pardde. Toure Percy, Cutler| Sparta, a Steeleville. enty-six bers. Parade jargest eve! Marshall-Pytnam Co thousand af our cele Henry Fair Grounds. §} operation fro business Buréau, othe: organiza rade two’ miles in length Legion took part. Good W. Rennick. !Ausic by : nicipal band. Four H-C inent. . ly 5,000 at ai big celeb Monroe Codnty: Thi boys, impersoyated the 16” and led ‘the parac by boys with, hoes, rak etc. Parade- jorganized munities, many floats a1 ‘Waterloo band provided hundred or mpre cars 11 our German Farm Bure fternoon. arm Adv Iman delivered addr Kolmer ‘announced mid- fronage dividend of 10 5 Service Company patror stunt feature was “Resu Qld John Barle,corn.” A rege he made alittle tal Masog County: Prag over, inja wonderful. wa one andj one-palf miles ness meh co.pperated. 7 new Farm Breau mem date and more to. be Burned five dummies i N. Skinner. performed speaker. } Macoupin County: 5,000. Thret ae parade crowd cheered burning float “Unfaithful Publi etc. More than 500 cars Our next job to reduce Winnebagd County: B bration in history of ¢ raded througn Rockford Kishwaukee Park.\ Sixt members, Now have lar hership since peak \periq 20 — © Mercer Coynty; Our tion held at Aledo Fa July 7. Speejal issue Ald Record. Wonderful co-ofF V. Gregory delivered sp dress. Floats unusually g Williamson County: sand people attended pa long. Good eo-operatio erybody. Nyneteen ne Signed. A. p. Lynch ga address, Mafion Fair © Brown County: Our went over in a big way county. Parade one an miles long, Best ever jestimated gt 2,500. TV "|new members, -Chipma getting 12. Carroll county: Wh turned oyt for big de at Mt. Carroll. Secured more mempers t0 win drive. Parade biggest, a held here. Geo. C. Jewet address, — Big cr Shelby unty: Bl out for \ eaaie and de Signed 69 new mem Life queen: judged flo celebration, , Lee Coynty: Big cere at Assemtn Park, Dixo 000 people, Big auditor! 18 floats, 1,000 cars in groups co.aperated. 4 Ogle County: Hunar from al] oer the count to Oregon July 4th © demonstragion. One Successfy] and most | | E L\A. A. RECORD OUPS BACK F loat. blph county: Approximate- at out big celebration held bperation with Steeleville r of Commerce. J. C. Spit- b excalent talk. Two hun- s and floats and 1,500 peo- pardde. Toured through utler| Sparta, and back to lle. enty-six new mem- rade jargest ever seen here. ball-Pytnam County: Ten d at our celebration at air Grounds. Splendid co- in from business men, Home , othe? organizations. Pa- 0° miles in length. American took part. Good talk by F. nick. \Music by Henry Mu- mies H-Clubs prom- pe Co ty: Three of our hpersogated the “Spirit of d led ‘the parade followed } with, hoes, rakes, shovels, rade organized by com- 8, many floats and banners. 0 band provided music. Two i or mbre cars in line. Had ‘man Farm Bureau band in pn. arm Adviser B. W. | delivered address. Albert ‘announced mid-season pa- dividend of 10 per cent for Company patrons. Our last ature wis “Resurrection of in Barle,corn.” As old John made ajittle talk in which nm “Coury: Held our big Tine cohvreration from busi- Chamber -of Com- ‘14000 to 6,000 heard ‘rs. Twenty-two new mem- sorted jily 6. More coming. loats in parade. fx n Corvnty:. Approximately Rained all day Sunday— attendance. on Monday. ‘ship responded wonderfully for ‘nelp. Local business 4-H Cjubs, Farm and Home all. worked -together. Sen. ills made fine address. rR County: Program went ta wonderful. way. Parade i, one-palf miles long. Busi- * co-pperated. Twenty-two rm Breau members up to na more to be reported. five dummies in effigy. A nrier. performed well as ipin County:, More than hree 4 ile parade, 15 floats. heel burning in effigy of Unfaithful Public Service,” re than 500 cars in parade. ‘t jo to reduce \local taxes. ebago County: Biggest cele- in history of county. Pa- hrougn Rockford and out to ukee Park.\ Sixty-nine new ‘s, Now have largest mem- since peak \period of 1919- inty; Our big celebra- id ex ‘Medo Fair Grounds Special issue Aledo Times- Wonderful co-operation. C. ory delivered splendid ad- loats unusually good. imson County: Four thou- ople attended parade a mile ood eo-operation from ev- . Nyjneteen new members A. p. Lynch gave principa , Mation Fair sptterzcech unty: Our celebration met a big way for a small nd one-half Parade one 4 ng. Best ever held. Crowd 500. ‘Twenty-three My ‘Chipman Ratcliff 12 - Whole county plik ‘big demonstration Carroll. Secured nearly 200 nempers to wind ve oer arade biggest, and wee he re, Geo. C. Jewett made y . Big crowd turned / Coed demonstration. 80 ee members. Country een judged floats. Great ig celebration held mbly Park, Dixon, with 10; ple, Big auditorium aoe “. ts, 1,000 are in parade. coopers rundreds of cars ne county poured in- 4th for the big trafion. e ful and most ing Unfaithful Public Servants in Effigy at the Madison shor) scenes from the Monroe county parade including the Columbia Farmers county Celebration. ARM DEMANDS The four smaller Grain Co. Honest tended county events ever held due to co-operation business men with farmers, Parade 114 miles long with cars, 12 floats, and marchers. 5,000 to 6,000 people. Sam Crabtree made good speech. The float winning first prize was that of the dinner bell by Mount Morris community; second prize, Maryland township float showing progress by organiza- tion; third prize, Scott township float showing the farmer taking his place with other organized industries.. 4-H Club members marched ahead of their float carry- ing banners. | ee LEADERS FAIL _ SAYS GREGORY (Continued from page 2, Col. 7) of service, are not following the communistic road. They believe in private property and private in- itiative. But if the rest of their property is to be taken away from them by the cruel process of de- flation, if their debtors exact the impossible price of payment in dol- lars of doubled size, if every door is locked against them when they ask only for a chance to work—then what? Property rights mean more than the property rights of Wall Street. and confiscate the earnings of our weaker fellows. ; Where Danger Lies The red flag will never wave over the farmers and the working men of America. Their flag is the Stars and Stripes that they have so often fought for. Their symbol is the Liberty Bell that has been ringing out a»new allegiance to the faith of our fathers all over Illinois on this Fourth of July. No, there is no red menace in this country. The menace that threatens us is of another color. It is the golden calf that stands enshrined in the councils of the money kings. It is the god of speculation that rules over the New York stock ex- change. Its flag is the black pirate flag of the exploiters of the com- mon. people. It is in that direction that our danger lies. We stand at Valley Forge, with ragged clothes and bleeding feet. But .our hearts beat with high courage; our souls flame with the fire of a righteous cause. The farmers are marching, un- der the flag of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and the spirit of the fathers marches with them. They are leading a fight for the honest working people of a great nation—a nation that they love because they made it great. And with them marches the lord of JULY, 1932 shall replace the law of the jungle, when the bright stars and stripes shall banish the black flag of fi- nancial piracy, when honest toil shall enshrine the American home in place of the golden calf. as the symbol of the nation’s glory. RESTORED FARM PRICE LEVEL IS KEY TO RE- TURN OF PROSPERITY (Continued from page 3, Col. 7) this text is dominant,.and the old Liberty Bell is ringing again for AGRICULTURE. None can expect the needs of or- ganized millions to be recognized if they cannot and will not in com- mon agree and voice their demands. The path of every farmer is out- lined clearly. His part in the war for justice is definitely set forth. His place is in line with his mil- lions of fellow workers in one great army under one banner, fighting. for one cause. ° Diffusion of power means defeat. United effort means victory. The farmers in Illinois have been laboring for twenty years to get this need of organization over to the thousands of indifferent farmers. Today all over Illinois in gigantic demonstration we are turning the tide toward a long delayed victory. The needs of agriculture can only be met in this organized age through the masses of farmers uniting in a militant and aggressive organiza- tion dedicated to their cause. Pres. Smith Injures Eye _ A few minutes before starting his address President Earl C. Smith suffered a painful injury to his right eye caused by the explosion of a torpedo at the Sangamon County Farm Bureau Dedication Day program in Caldwell’s Grove south of Springfield. Mr. Smith was given first aid by a doctor on the grounds and re- fused to leave until after he had delivered his address. The eye is responding to treatment d it is hoped’ no permanent injury\will re- sult. Mr. Smith also spoke briefly in the evening at a meeting of Cen- an Memorial Park, [- of the most largely cg ee Pe tral Illinois Odd Fellows Lodges on the State Fair grounds. Private opportunity does not mean the opportunity to cheat and rob Hosts, leading his people to a brighter day when the Golden Rule ee me ae enn me” a Lightning is Blamed for ‘Fire Damage ‘at La Salle arket; Wire Lines Hi torist Injured j ‘ rar { ws a ; S I Three Tie Ree hoe 1.92 Inches Here; Crop Near Ottane > Li ing;, Trees: & g sot ; : Lightning, oon \ Damaged, Basements: : Damage to crops, property and , Flooded Flood-burdenea streams lands over northwest Iowa rs Hail Finishes Up i ‘|. the Strawberries; More Rain Today pwe ed by Heavy Rain and Hail Storm Tuesday Afternoon. This city and section of Central Illinois were visited by a heavy -_ E estr D Many cases of. strawberries electrical and rain storm and some , Y: 8 Creo a. Were destroyed here Saturday by sections to thc west of Pana by a WORST STORM OF KIND FOR apes 4, J the early morning hail which heavy’ hail storm Tuesday after- MANY YEARS BREAKS WIN- Territor J pore, companied the thunder pret 4 noon, causing serious ¢@cmage to DOWS AND CUTS CROPS SAT- yY Three Miles Strawberry growers were expect- rdens, the groving .vra and Lo ; es i t 4 ga .. e gr ° . URDAY AFTERNOON ong, Mile Wide Is — ng to make their final picking of I young ripening fruit D : the season Saturday but when Pana's streets were turned into amaged “fons teat perry cee — rivers in some sections by the il di — y m Y found the ripened @ ; inade- Hail did great damage to gardens, A beavy hail t bff berries mashed flat by the hail. ' downpour, the sewers being inade ruit trees, wheat, rye, roofs, etc., storm that struck #2- fi quate to carry off the water, 80 & portion of About one inch of rain fel) dur- | lt. Lightning flash- ing the Saturday morning storm heavy was the fa g zZ rere ted / and. anpther electric storm which in = Sot na Era eowieage til | visited us between 2 and 3 o'clock whesiaees o. 8 offithis morning added another inch cyst gS Fare ; When HAIL Comes, Who Will - STAND THE LOSS? VERY hail storm destroys. If it is on your farm, the loss is all yours—unless youare in- sured. You can prevent loss by buying insurance against crop damage. Your Farm Bureau makes possible exceptionally low rates. He Only $4 Cash Required A Cash payment of only $4 per $1,000 of insurance is paid with application. A postdated check for the balance of $16, payable October 1 (less 5% for payment when due), gives full security on your crop up to $1,000 hailstorm damage, This rate ap- plies to corn and small grains—soybeans slightly higher. This represents a 30 per cent saving to you. FARMER'S MUTUAL REINSURANCE COMPANY 608 S. 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Please send me full information about hail insurance at cost in My Own Company. ee er a ar a a eee eee eee ee eewe ee ng at 1a. m. today a terrific ‘| storm, swept the county, accoan- panied by rain and wind that peen unable to work in the fields for nearly a week because of the In many cases Wat- ew It inches nt heavy raths. ere than four ant? ey ‘Webster blew down trees on state high-§*? er was standing in the fields from of rain felt th jou ray vt ways and streets and flattenc! @ raing which fell previous, to that @ grain fivlds on fa¥ihs, causing City in Juste = heavy damage. n Lasements, “ium: ternoon. uny great damago 1d the raving of Other places were of last hight. 1 ve our hail storm | | i “i | | } | fer | ra c™ » The cA» RECORD | Enblished monthl Entered as secon claas, te? 14 ” 1925, suthaneed Oct, 27, Dearborn 8t., Ohicawo” Number 8 by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So, Main 8St., Spencer, ha ye Perk office, Spencer, Ind,- Acceptance for mailing Address all communications for publication to a ditciel "Shea at special rates AUGUST, 1932 Editorial Offices, 608 of postage provided ume Section 412, Act of Illinois Agricultural Association ‘Record, 008" So , Illinois Agricultural Association Dearborn St., Chic ce Th. Volume 10 Still Hope for Higher Prices A Review of the Fight for Emergency Legislation Made by the Illinois Agricultural Association in the Last Congress OPE and belief that the in- sistent demand of organized Illinois farmers that something be done to restore farm price levels to a reasonable basis may yet be an- swered were expressed by President Earl C. Smith on his return from Washington as Congress adjourned. While the Rainey-Norbeck bill was defeated, Mr. Smith pointed to the little understood provision in the general relief bill now en- acted into law which has “far- reaching possibilities, through loans for the sale of accumulated and recurring farm crop surpluses, in bringing about an early upturn in farm prices.” prices was the accumulation of farm crop surpluses in the United States. “When we arrived at Washington the first of May we recognized that the end of the present Congress was fast approaching,” said Mr. Smith. “Up to that time very little serious consideration had _ been given by the Congress to the con- dition of agriculture. Its delibera- tions had been confined almost en- tirely to the relief of banks, rail- roads, .insurance companies and other large corporations. There had been almost a total failure to give the farmer any consideration al- though half the population of the country is directly dependent upon agriculture,” continued Mr. Smith. The relief bill amending Recon- struction Finance Corporation Act then pending disclosed practically nothing for the relief of the agri- cultural industry. Therefore an ef- fort was made immediately to place in this measure some provision for the disposal of farm crop surpluses. An interview with Congressman Henry T. Rainey of Illinois, major- ity leader of the House and ranking member of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, resulted in President Smith securing a hearing before this Committee then con- sidering the retief Before leaving Chicago to spend a week at his home in Pike county to give attention to per- sonal affairs, Mr. Smith addressed a letter to Hon. Ar- thur M. Hyde, Sec- retary of Agriculture, urging that efforts to make effective the provisions of the act be immediately inaugurated. This letter is of such importance that it is reproduced in full on this page. Began in May The determined fight made by the Illinois Agricultural Association under the leadership of Mr. Smith to compel Congress to give some attention to the immediate plight of agriculture began early in May. It was recognized at the outset. that the chief obstacle to an early rise in farm LETTER TO SECRETARY HYDE Hon. Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Hyde: Before leaving for home, where I expect to remain for about ten days in semi- retirement, at least, I am taking the liberty of pces seein a few lines to you relative to the farm situation as see it It is my most sincere conviction that everything possible should be done, and done immediately, to take full advantage of authorizations contained in the recent amendment to the Re- construction Finance Corporation Act relative to the disposal of surpluses of agricultural commodities. I feel sure that paragraph (c), (ad) and the last sentence of paragraph (f), taken together and properly interpreted, make it possible to dispose of not only accumulated, but recurring surpluses of agricultural commodities. Iam equally sure that the diaposal of these surpluses and public knowledge of such accompt ishments should result in the im- mediate improvement of price levels of farm commodities. I have personally witnessed great encouragement on the part ; of livestock farmers as a result of the recent improve- ment in hog and cattle prices. If these increases can be main- tained with possibly some further improvement in hog prices, and in addition, if there could be secured substantial improvement in the price of wheat and corn, the reaction of farmers would be manifest throughout the business structure of the middle-west and should react to the betterment of all lines of industry. While I am keenly disappointed in the failure of the emer- gency legislation, such as contained in the Norbeck-Rainey measures; yet, I am hopeful that if energetically and courageously administered and every effort put forth immediately to do so, the authorizations contained in the above referred to amendment should, in a large measure, result in what was hoped for in the sd definite price-raising bill. I, of course, recognize that the provisions authorizing the dis- posal of surpluses are very much more simple from an adminis- trative viewpoint; and in making the above request for im- mediate action, I want to assure you of my willingness and de- sire to co-operate in every possible way to bring about proper results, and also the full co-operation of not only the institution, but the people whom I have the honor to represent. Again assuring you of my continued high personal regards, I beg to remain, Sincerely yours, ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, (Signed) Earl C. Smith, President. bill. On May 31. Mr. Smith made his first appearance before the Ways and Means Committee in which he urged that a provision be placed in the measure authorizing and di- recting the Recon- struction Finance Corporation to fi- nance the disposal of farm crop sur- pluses so as to re- move their continu- ing depressing effect on farm prices. In his testimony, all of which was re- produced in the Congressional Rec- ord, Mr. Smith in- sisted that the first essential in getting the country back on the road to prosper- ity was to take such action as would im- mediately result in raising farm price ‘levels so as to re- ' store farm buying (Continued on next page) Page Four THE ILA.A. RECORD August, 1932 power. He told the congressmen that. 50 per cent of the buying power of America is directly de- “pendent upon farm income, that only through such restoration of buying power could factories re- sume normal operations. While the provision requested by the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion was placed in the bil! through the efforts of Congressman Rainey, and reported out of the House Ways and Means Committee, it was seriously amended and its effective- ness restricted during consideration on the floor of the House. A similar provision which was in- cluded in the Wagner bill in the Senate was similarly amended on the floor of the Senate. But when the relief bill came up for consideration in conference - committee representing both House and Senate, the provision directing immediate disposition of farm sur- pluses was restored through the efforts of Congressman Rainey and Senator Norbeck, respective leaders from the House and Senate on this committee. The relief bill then went back to each House where it was passed and sent to the White House. Vetoes Bill - On July.:11, President Hoover vetoed the measure on the ground that the bill provided for loans to private corporations and individ- uals. : Sid Two days later a new relief mea- sure meeting all the requirements of the President was introduced, again including full authorization for loans for the disposal of farm crop surpluses as. originally re- quested by the Illinois Agricultural Association and the American Farm Bureau Federation. This revised bill was. finally passed by Congress on July 16 and was signed by the President. The sections of chief interest to agriculture are Section C and Sec- tion D under Title II—Loans by Re- construction Finance Corporation. These sections are as follows:— (c) In order that the surpluses of agricultural products may not have a depressing effect upon current prices of such products, the corporation is. authorized and directed to make loans, in such amounts as may in its judgment be necessary, for the purpose of financing sales of such surpluses in the markets of. foreign countries in which. such sales can not be financed in the normal course of commerce; but no such, sales shall be fi- nanced by the corporation if, in its judgment, such sales will af- fect.adversely the world mar- kets for such products. (d) The Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation is authorized and empowered to make loans to bona fide financing institutions, organized under the laws of any State or of the United States and having resources adequate for their undertakings, for the pur- pose of enabling them to finance the carrying and orderly market- ing of agricultural commodities and livestock produced in the United “States. Rainey And Norbeck These provisions were consist- ently protected during all the de- liberations on the measure by Con- gressman Rainey and Senator Nor- beck whose earnest efforts and watchfulness prove them to be real leaders for and friends of the farmers of America. President Smith had been as- sured that the surplus disposal pro- vision would have the approval of the administration, particularly of Secretary of Agriculture Hyde and Chairman Stone of the Farm Board. An interpretation of the far- reaching possibilities of the surplus disposal provision for improving farm prices if aggressively and courageously administered was given by Mr. Smith in a radio ad- . dress from Station WLS Chicago on July 21, in which he said:— Authorization Given t “Careful study of this provision undoubtedly reveals that without any restriction, there is full author- ization given—first, for financing ‘sales of agricultural surpluses in the markets of foreign countries in which such sales cannot be financed in the normal course of commerce; second, to provide loans to bona fide institutions for the purpose of enabling them to finance the carrying and orderly marketing of agricultural commodities and live stock. These provisions have re- ceived very little publicity. Had much publicity been given, no doubt, certain of the interests opposed to the improvement of farm prices would have im- mediately and possibly successfully thwarted the efforts that were be- ing made. “All who believe that the im- mediate disposal of accumulated surpluses of farm commodities is essential to the improvement of farm prices will be glad to know that the first mentioned provision not only authorizes but directs ac- tion be taken to bring this about. Meets Problem “It is generally recognized that one of the chief reasons for the failure of farm prices to improve has been the inadequacy of credit facilities to finance processors in being able to carry processed com- modities in storage or otherwise. The second provision meets this say that if aggressively, problem. For instance, one of the reasons given for the extremely low price of hogs during recent months was that the market for lard had been greatly restricted, particularly the export outlet. Second, that packers were not adequately fi- nanced to carry the lard in stor- age. The provision just referred to would meet a situation of this kind in two ways—either to finance the carrying of the lard until a normal demand was restored or to finance the sale to a foreign government of the excess accumulation of lard. “It should also be noted that these provisions are not confined to accumulated surpluses, but also ob- tain as to recurring surpluses. There is a substantial school of thought in both congressional and administration circles, which be- lieves that the amendment I am referring to should result in the immediate and substantial general improvement of farm commodity price levels. While I'do not person- ally believe that the same. results can be expected or obtained as would have resulted from the en- actment of the Rainey-Norheck measure; yet, I do not hesitate to coura- geously and immediately adminis- tered, farm price levels should re- . spond to a substantial degree. Predict $1 Wheat “It is interesting to note that al- though the bill finally passed Con- gress-on July 16, a Washington newspaper of Monday, July 18 carried in its headlines a prediction of $1.00 wheat by September. Sen- ator Norbeck, to whom I have pre- viously referred, is quoted as saying that he believes an increase of 25 cents a bushel is a possibility in the early future. “I do not believe anyone can ac- curately predict as to the future. Too many elements are at the present time operating to disturb the economic equilibrium of the Nation. I have no hesitancy in say- ing, however, that the complete disposition or removal from our domestic markets of the ‘surpluses that have been accumulating dur- ing the past two and one-half years should be most helpful in bringing about gradual, but substantial in- crease in farm commodity price levels. Getting Wise “Of one thing we can be sure, it is fast becoming generally rec- ognized and accepted that the res- ‘toration of normal and prosperous conditions in agriculture must be realized before there can be any substantial or permanent improve- ment in any line of industry in the United States. The agricultural problem is receiving far more at- (Continued page 5 col. 3) W#* leaders measur culture questec take tk agricul its pur in pri i moditie ' come ‘( ] On |] Smith officer: Associa of Prai Monta! econon ness le Undi the pr After | tion hi on, M an aul | and l tained to a k bill wi Raine} Raine} where - mittee In it on A } unanil measu effect wheat sisted agricu made Rect gettin Comm ~—House the bi ate or of Sou ate C portec mend passet vote. On was n receir the where vorah porte: 9 to . had - a ccna ae August, 1932 Brief Story Of The Rainey-Norbeck Bill Rules Committee, Speaker Garner, and Reactionary Senators Defeat It HILE in Washington early in ’ May conferring with the leaders in Congress’ regarding measures for the relief of agri- culture, Congressman Rainey re- quested President Smith to under- take the preparation of emergency agricultural legislation having for its purpose the immediate increase in prices of basic farm com- modities so as to improve the in- come of the American farmer. On his return to Chicago, Mr. Smith called into conference other officers and staff members of the Association, C. V. Gregory, editor of Prairie Farmer, M. L. Wilson of Montana, a recognized agricultural economist, and a number of busi-— ness leaders and executives. Undivided Attention Undivided attention was given to the preparation of this legislation. After the principles of the legisla- tion had been generally agreed up- on, Mr. Fred Lee of Washington, an authority on constitutional law and legislative drafting,. was re- tained to write these principles in- . to a bill. This was done and the bill was delivered to Congressman Rainey on June 13. On June 15 Mr. Rainey introduced it in the House where it was referred to the Com- - mittee on Agriculture. In its deliberations the Committee on Agriculture was _ practically unanimous in asserting that the measure would have the desired effect in raising the prices of wheat, hogs, and cotton, yet in- sisted upon including~many other agricultural commodities which made it impossible of operation. Recognizing the impossibility of getting the Rainey bill out of the Committee on Agriculture in the ~~House without serious amendment, the bill was introduced in the Sen- ate on June 28 by Senator Norbeck of South Dakota. On July 1 the Sen- ate Committee on Agriculture re- ported it out with favorable recom- mendation, and on July 13 the bill passed the Senate without a record vote. Favorable Consideration On its passage, the Norbeck bill was messaged to the House and on receipt was immediately referred to the Committee on Agriculture where it received prompt and fa- vorable consideration, being re- ported out unchanged by a vote of 9 to 4. Congressman Rainey, who had the whole-hearted support of THE LA.A. RECORD the entire downstate Illinois dele- gation in Congress as well as in- fluential representatives from other states, then worked energetically for immediate consideration on the floor of the House. Under the Rules of the House, no bill can be brought up unless a rule for its consideration is ob- tained from the powerful Rules Committee. In getting a rule for consideration of the Rainey-Nor- beck bill in the House, sponsors of the measure met with difficulty. Seek To Recall Bill In the meantime, a situation had arisen over in the Senate which threatened the life of the bill. Re- actionary sentiment from the East led by Senator Bingham of Con- necticut, on July 14, sought to re- call the Norbeck bill from the House and move for a reconsider- ation. This was a parliamentary effort to destroy the measure, at least for the current session of Congress. But this effggt was tem- porarily blocked when Senator Norris of Nebraska, a valiant sup- porter of the measure, gained the floor and maintained it throughout the day to give time for ample consideration in the House. While Senator Norris’ filibuster was underway in the S e, mem- bers of Congress, both Republicans - and Democrats, wert repeatedly to . Speaker of the House Garner and the Rules Committee urging them to allow immediate consideration of . the bill. All of these efforts failed. Norris Yields Since nothing more could be done to secure consideration of the bill by the ‘House word was sent over to the Senate that it was use- less to continue the filibuster. Thereupon Senator Norris yielded the floor and Senator Bingham was recognized. His motion to recall the Norbeck bill from the House and recommit it to the Committee on Agriculture where it now rests, prevailed 30 to 25. The vote on this measure follows. All those who voted “yea” were against the bill, all those who opposed Bingham’s motion were for the bill. YEAS Ashurst Long Bailey Metcalf Barbour Morrison Byrnes Moses Cohen Patterson Couzens Reed George Smoot Goldsborough Stephens Gore Townsend Hale Tydings | Hastings Vandenberg Hebert Wagner Kean Walcott Keyes Walsh, Mass. King White NAYS Austin McKellar Bulow Neely Capper Norbeck ‘Connally Norris Costigan Nye Page Five vleteher Pittman razier Robinson, Ark. peng Robinson, Ind. Johnson Schall Jones Sheppard LaFollette Shipstead Lewis Trammel NOT VOTING Bankhead Glenn , Barkley Harrison Bingham awes Black Hayden Blaine Borah Hull Bratton Kendrick Brookhart Logan Broussard McGill Bulkley McNary Caraway Oddie Carey Shortridge Coolidge Smith Copeland Steiwer Cutting Swanson Dale Thomas, Idaho Davis Thomas, Okla. Dickinson Walsh, Mont. Dill Waterman Fess Watson Glass Wheeler Responsibility for the defeat of the Rainey-Norbeck emergency price-raising measure which: would have brought about immediate in- creases in the price of wheat, hogs and cotton, and indirectly other agricultural commodities, rests with Speaker Garner and the Rules Committee of the House for their inaction, and with the reactionary interests in the Senate who insisted on the bill’s recall and recommit- ment. Bill Widens Farm Credit | Sénate bill 2409 to widen the powers of Federal Intermediate Credit banks and give them greater latitude in financing farmers re- cently went to President Hoover for approval. The measure would authorize Federal Intermediate Credit Banks to accept drafts drawn on them by co-operative marketing associa- tions and would permit rediscount by Federal Réserve banks of notes discounted by such banks. STILL HOPE FOR HIGHER PRICES (Continued from page 4) tention on the part of outstanding business men and executives in all walks of life than at any previous time. Certainly we still have in America the ingenuity of thought, the determination and willingness of effort, the brains and the states- manship that should when coupled together result in an early agree- ment upon and the putting into effect of such a permanent agri- cultural policy as is necessary to assure the future prosperity of the corner-stone of the Nation — its AGRICULTURE.” J. E. Mummert, our president who was seriously injured in an automobile accident, is making satisfactory recovery, writes J. E. Watt, farm adviser Fulton county. It will be several weeks before he is able to walk. t ; } ! } | { { | Page Six Watch For Hoover And Roosevelt Farm Pledges I. A. A. To Withhold Comment On Planks Until Presidential Nominees Have Spoken C OMMENTS by the Illinois Agri- cultural Association on the Republican and Democratic party platform pledges to agriculture will be withheld pending such time as the presidential candidates in fu- ture addresses place their individual interpretations upon the party commitments. Experience has proved, said President Earl Smith in a recent statement, that party platforms and pledges amount to little ex- cept to the extent presidential nominees publicly interpret and define the planks, and upon such interpretation make their personal pledges for action if and when elected. A. F. B. F. Statement A formal statement issued by the ‘American Farm Bureau Federation concerning the agricultural planks in the platforms of the two major . parties. declares that both plat- forms “include in part some of the features of the program of organ- ized agriculture, but both platforms fall short of covering the entire program. : “The American Farm Bureau Federation is awaiting with inter- est the interpretations of these plat- forms which will be made by the respective major candidates,” the statement continues. “This inter- pretation, it is felt, will be more significant than the phraseology of the platforms themselves. “President Earl C. Smith of the I. A. A. took a leading part in the activities of the A. F. B. F. com- mittee which presented a sugges- tive agricultural plank to the Reso- lutions -Committees of the two parties at their conventions in Chi- cago in June. Mr. Smith was quoted widely in the national press for his plea on behalf of the farmer before the platform builders. Suggested Plank | “The suggested farm plank draft- ed by the national leaders of the Farm Bureau organization included the following topics: means for dis- posal of accumulated surpluses; emergency measures to effect im- mediate improvement in _ price levels; amendment of the Agricul- tural Marketing Act to include the equalization fee; tariff protection for agricultural products; stabiliza- tion of the value of the dollar; de- velopment of agricultural credit facilities; governmental economy. “The Republican party. pledged THE LA.A. RECORD its support to the principle of as- sistance to farmer-owned and con- trolled co-operative marketing as- sociations and to prompt amend- ment or modification of the Agri- cultural Marketing Act as experi- ence may show to be necessary to fully carry out the preamble of the acts. It pledged tariff protection to agriculture, relief from unjust tax burdens and formulation of a na- tional land utilization program. Democrats Advocate “The Democratic party platform advocates better financing of farm mortgages; extension and develop- ment of the co-operative market- ing movement; effective control of crop surpluses to give the farmer full benefit of the domestic market; August, 1932 farmer in getting commodity prices in excess of cost of production. The platform: condemns the Hawley- Smoot tariff act of. 1930. “President E. A. O’Neal of the A. F. B. F. has been especially caustic in his criticism of the con- ventions for their failure to dis- cuss the great economic problems before the nation. He has pointed out that even in the delegations from the great agricultural states there were none who would fight on the floor of the convention for the cause of the farmer. “Speech after speech was made on other subjects,” Mr. O’Neal said, in an address on July 4, “but not a single voice was heard telling the parties of the actual condition and needs of the 50,000,000 people di- enactment of measures to aid the rectly dependent on agriculture.” Republican Party Pledge HE Republican party pledges itself to the principle of assistance to co-operative marketing associations, owned and controlled by the farmers themselves, through the provisions of the Agricul- tural Marketing Act, which will be promptly amended or modified as experience shows to be necessary to accomplish the-objects set forth in the preamble of that act. “The party pledges itself to make such revision of tariff schedules as economic changes require to maintain the parity of protection to agriculture with other industry. “The American farmer is entitled not only to tariff schedules on his products but to protection from substitutes therefor. “We will support any plan which will help to balance production against demand and thereby raise agricultural prices, provided it is economically sound and administratively workable without burdensome bureaucracy.... “The time has come for a reconsideration of our tax systems—fed- eral, state, and local—with a view to developing a better coordina- tion, reducing duplication, and relieving unjust burdens. The Re- publican Party pledges itself to this end.... “We favor a national policy of land utilization which looks to na-. tional needs. Such a policy must foster reorganization of taxing units in areas beset by tax delinquency, and divert lands that are submarginal for crop production to other uses. The national welfare can be served by the acquisition of lands for watershed protection, grazing, forestry, public parks and game preserves. We favor such acquisition.” Democratic Party Pledge HE Democratic party solemnly promises by appropriate action to put into effect the principles, policies and reforms herein advocated, and to eradicate the policies, methods and practices herein condemned.... “We advocate: “For the restoration of agriculture, the nation’s basic industry, better financing of farm mortgages through reorganized farm bank agencies at low rates of interest, on an amortization plan, giving preference to credits for the redemption of farms and homes sold under foreclosure; extension and development of the farm co- operative movement and effective control of crop surpluses so that our farmers may have the full benefit of the domestic market. “Enactment of every constitutional measure that will aid the farmer to receive for basic farm commodities prices in excess of cost.”’ ta Paleo a sae organi: effect eral I] This < Congre bill mi termec note-is bill, w ‘ vocate reau | Presid new s¢ less ti 15. Tl per ce 34 of « with serves rate o 3% pe Prev a disa other for n Memb serve unwill credit of int cause have deben which Steag: get tl ‘that | The Feder urged ings | Bank: in co endor tional winte on re Natio Credi of ag —ncnetia nen ems eee — August, 1932 THE LA.A. RECORD Page Seven Lower Rates To Farm Co-ops Now In Effect Passage of Worbeck-Steagall Bill Reduces Interest From 4% to 3% Per Cent At St. Louis Credit Bank Substantial reductions in the rate of interest on all new loans to financing institutions and farmers’ co-opgrative marketing have been put into of the twelve Fed- Congress of ®he: Norbeck-Steagall bill making debentures of the In- termediate Credit Banks eligible for note-issue and 15-day loans. The bill, which embodies principles ad- ‘vocated by the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, was signed by President Hoover May 20 and the new scale of rates went into effect less than a month later, on June 15. The reductions range from 1% per cent at the St. Paul bank, to 34 of one per cent at Houston and with the St. Louis bank, which serves Illinois farmers, lowering its rate one per cent, or from 4% to 3% per cent. Previously the banks had been at a disadvantage in the market with other securities which were eligible for note-issue and 15-day loans. Member banks in the federal re- serve system had in the past been unwilling to take intermediate credit debentures at the same rate of interest as other securities be- cause the debentures would not have this privilege. By placing the debentures on the same footing, which is provided by the Norbeck- Steagall bill, they are now able to get the same low rate of interest that other securities obtain. The American Farm Bureau Federation’s Washington office urged approval of the bill in hear- ings before the Senate and House Banking and Currency committees, in compliance with a _ resolution endorsed by delegates to the na- tional Farm Bureau convention last winter. This resolution was based on recommendations made by the National Committee on Rural Credits after a survey and study of agricultural credit problems. R. A. Cowles, treasurer of the Illinois Agricultural Association, was a member of this national committee. More counterfeit money is in cir- culation now than at any time within his memory, says W. H. Mo- ran, chief of the U. S. Secret Serv- ice. In the fiscal year 1931, 1,534 per- sons were arrested and $391,957 in counterfeit notes were destroyed by the Secret Service. Roosevelt Said— In his acceptance speech before the National Democratic Conven- tion in Chicago July 1, Franklin D. Roosevelt, presidential nominee, spoke at length on the agricultural problem. While discussing the un- employment question he advocated a plan for converting many mil- lions of acres of marginal and un- used land into timber land through reforestation. “There are tens of millions of acres east of the Mississippi river alone in aban- doned farms, in cut-over land, now growing up in worthless brush,” he said. “Every European nation has a definite land policy and has had one for generations. We have not. Having none we face a future of soil erosion and timber famine... . “In so doing, employment can be given to a million men. That is the kind of public work that is self- sustaining—therefore capable of being financed by the issuance of bonds made secure by the growth of tremendous timber crops. I have a definite program of providing employment by that means. I have done it, and am doing it today in the State of New York. . .. The practical way to help the farmer is to do something toward the reduc- tion of the surpluses of staple com- modities that hang on the market. It should be our aim to add to the world prices of staple products the amount of a reasonable tariff pro- tection, give agriculture the same protection that industry has today. “Final” voluntary reduction of surplus is a part of our objective, put the long continuance: and the present burden of existing surpluses make it necessary to repair great damage’ of the present by im- mediate emergency measures. . : . “And as to the actual wording of the bill, I believe that the Demo- cratic party standS ready to be. guided by whatever the responsible farm groups themselves agree up- on. That is.a principle that is sound. “One half of our population, over 50,000,000 people, are depending on agriculture, and my friends, if those 50,000,000 people have -no money, no cash to buy what is pro- duced in the city, the city suffers to an equal or greater extent... .. “Rediscounting of farm mort- gages under salutary : restrictions must be expanded, and should, in the future,. be conditioned on the reduction of interest rates. Amor- tization payments, maturities, should likewise in this crisis be ex- tended before rediscount is per-’ mitted where. the mortgagor is sorely pressed. The tax burden caused by expansion and inefficient local government is an additional factor: . . . Our most immediate concern should be to reduce the in- terest burden on these mortgages.” Further statements of presidential nominees on the problems of agri- culture will be carried in future issues of the REcorD. Insurance Men Sign 1100 New Members “Following their usual methods, Country Life insurance men went over the top in the 4th of July membership campaign with report- ed Farm Bureau memberships to- taling 1100,” says L. A. Williams, manager. “Headliners like George Dickson of Kendall county, Wm. Linker of Whiteside county, Ben Roth of Livingston county, all pro- duced over 20 members. Insurance agents in Livingston county wrote a total of 49, Peoria county 24, Ford county 24, Rock Island county 35, Schuyler county 19, Carroll coun- ty 44, etc. “General agents in many in- stances wrote the members and gave credit to their men. Others went out to win watches. More than 30 watches were counted at the sec- tional meetings. It was to be ex- ’ pected that the men who have been active in Farm Bureau work and active in selling work would co- operate in putting over a gigantic program throughout the state of Illinois. Our general agents from Pope-Hardin to JoDaviess counties, _ throughout the length and breadth . of the State jumped in and did marvelous work. “Our leading. producer of the _year, Glen Kaufman, who sold 26 applications on one special day for - Country’ Life, is also flashing a new Waltham watch for his Farm — Bureau effort, which’ proves the statement which I make that the man who sells life insurance finds - selling membership a very simple task. Ten of our men will be- very glad to challenge ten men from any other . subsidiary of the I. A. A. in any one month’s race for Farm Bureau membership, naming any prize which would be agreeable to the accepting party, the losers to purchase the prize. Think that one over.” Country Life Insurance ‘Co: an- nounces that it wrote more life insur- ance in July, 1932 than.in July, 1931. The Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration recently loaned the Balti- more and Ohio railroad $25,500;000, the largest single. loan approved by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion, Cement prices were advanced.-re- cently by. several of the larger manu- facturers. j The farm ‘price index advanced 5 points from June 15 to July 15.° Page Eight aGcovr inks NEO N To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political, and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main 8St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn 8t., Chicago, Tll, Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind, Accept- ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925, Address all communi- cations for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Asgocia- tion Record, 608 So, Dearborn St., Chicago, The individual member- ship fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year, The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record, Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C. Smith ......... cece cece eee eee eee eeeeeeeenes Detroit Vice-President, A. R. Wright ........... cece cece cece eee eee eeeees Varna Secretary, Geo, E, Metzger .......5 05 cc cece cece ee eee ene ee eeeeeee Chicago Treasurer, R, A. Cowles ........ 0.2.0. cece eee c eee eeeewees Bloomington BOARD OF DIRECTORS (By Congressional District) Web: Fo DUGh. ci se Fide eee be eeagcesecees H. C, Vial, Downers Grove ROU 6 do skid cee tga ¥ Silesia 64. cbse pGaide Weelgis ee heeded G, F, Tullock, Rockford MOM og cigar bloga pe SEA hee bet Copa ase eke C. E. Bamborough, Polo BOER ond. cies Fade vee e cas Ssigtess Stes ear eininyeln ts Phe M, G, Lambert, Ferris UL S SoS ieee abt 058 bie dike 0 dao pre Gan ben be8 tau ¥'0 aogheb epee Charles Bates, Browning WINER Noa eg iMag vo oa O Che pis cris votreg's Vtg Meee ee Geo, B, Muller, Washington {HMMM ats o's wloigo' bw bs 0X ep Ges oie bealeae se Omid REE Oe A. B. Schofield, Paxton MONE GS sv yisipit'g alee Wo yacb'a bie CS ¢. Oe a alele Ne fe eb Kaew W. A. Dennis, Paris BARRE. Goro ie ccs a e's ole Hb bre head bb ce bees Lon ot bbade even ee Cc. J. Gross, Atwood BOON 50 ais. sk bb oF cae Maka eled obiegaaia coke Charles 8, Black, Jacksonville WIR ia io ace'e ie Since Gee pob Cle Mie Mee aiee CEN Oa we Oe Oba AER Samuel Sorrells, Raymond MN 26 aos Cie ae enks ano eee plete bie Rohe wks ob eae aes Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro MOGs oo ohn Kee ce ohare cob bb else Ouebeb saad oo ReMe Tei W. LL. Cope, Salem BOC occu ligee phe c ete qed eg vanes re en ve Charles Marshall, Belknap GRR a cic vip S ic ciode sieie jot oe baie slobu Selb bis hig 6 Cis dink we ate Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS GemMDeP Ole ic. io pigr0 oc ee succes oda be gets CBee Sey bine oe ee EE op oie J. H, Kelker Dairy Marketing. .o.5s.. is occ hire pos vo cyte wu peidn oa veede veges J. B, Countiss WEMNR SE Sorceress Pac ce WG: gic sree 0,69,0 ee aeee ew ib ole gaa bibg ; RB, A, Cowles Fruit’ and Vegetab’e Marketing...................0.0ccees -...H. W. Day Groin. Marketing ... 50.6. cc ccc c cece emeccevade Harrison Fahrnkopf EOAOEUMROM ES a. Kin. 6 0:90 69 vg bc prey b0 Pare salad beep oe cuwe HevamE George Thiem Insurance Service............. 0... cece cee e cette eee seuveee Vv. Vaniman TMQBRE AIBUBRONS Sins ooo soe eee oie c's vores 05 ova usa ke epee ney Donald Kirkpatrick Live Stock Marketing............... 0.0.00 ccc cccuccueceeteus Ray E, Miller RNS Ri N Geo dey 90.8 sc Bae wok oa 0 ede oaths baele Sveti Cc. E. Johnston SUID ios on oso s5 0 vs once cuigalore pom vdiee palbiee selcped nan G. E, Metzger Produce Marketing................. 0.2 ccceccccccaeeeueeees F, A, Gougler Taxation and Statistics............. 0... cc cece ce eccccuecees J. C. Watson PGR IER TION 65065556. 6w ob oils g ba gic o ov Shiney Veteeia lp pices sla ae L. J. Quasey ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS Country Life Insurance Co,................0.c0e- L, A. Williams, Mer. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.................ese00: J, H. Kelker, Mgr, Illincis Agricultural Auditing Assn................. F, E, Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co......... A, E, Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co.............ceeecccuecees L, BR. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp..... Chas. P, Cummings, Vice-Pres, and Sales Mgr, Illinois Livestock Mark, Ass’n..Ray Miller, Mgr.; R. W. Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n.............++. s..E, A, Gougler, Mgr, Soybean Marketing Ass’n..................ce0008 W. H. Coultas, Mgr. PN PS RIES SAA eS PRESSE AR SR OCICS TOR SRE LT SLEDS RIC 2 Sh Ra Higher Farm Prices HILE the Rainey-Norbeck bill was defeated in the recent session of Congress, efforts of organized farmers to secure action designed to raise farm prices met with a measure of success. The agricultural provisions, sections C and D, of the relief bill amending the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation Act, now enacted into law, have promise of bringing about substantial recovery. Everything now depends on the vigor and sin- cerity with which these provisions are adminis- tered. The corporation is authorized and directed to dispose of surplus farm products in the markets of foreign countries in which such sales can not be financed in the normal course of commerce. It is empowered to extend credit to domestic millers, packers, and other processors to enable them to finance the carrying and orderly mar- keting of agricultural commodities and livestock produced in this country. There is nothing in these provisions to restrict their application to present surpluses of farm commodities. They apply also to future surpluses. THE LAA. RECORD August, 1932 They aim to correct one of the chief reasons for low prices, namely, restricted credit on the part of big buyers of farm crops who process and hold in storage for future sale. The opportunity to start farm prices on the up- ward grade is apparent. Will those charged with responsibility take advantage of it? The Facts In the Case HE Grain Futures Commission composed of the Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, and Attorney General—all members of President Hoover’s cabinet—recently said to the Chicago Board of Trade “give the grain producers and their co-operative equal privileges on the Chi- cago exchange or be suspended for 60 days.” Peter Carey, president of the Board of Trade, replied that the organized middlemen will fight to the last ditch to bar the farmer-owned and farmer-controlled Farmers National Grain Corpo- ration from enjoying the full privileges of this terminal market. The controversy will presently be transferred to the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and even- tually to the Supreme Court for a final decision. The action taken by the Commission is author- ized in Section 6 of the Grain Futures Act of 1922 which provides (Section 5) that “The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to designate any board of trade as a ‘contract mar- ket’ when, and only when, such board of trade complies with and carries out the following con- ditions and requirements: (e) “When the governing board thereof does not exclude from membership in, and all privileges on, such board of trade, any duly authorized rep- resentative of any lawfully formed and conducted co-operative association of producers having ade- quate financial responsibility which is engaged in cash grain business, if such association has com- plied, and agrees to comply, with such terms and conditions as are or may be imposed lawfully on other members of such board: Provided, That no rule of a contract market shall forbid or be con- strued to forbid the return on a patronage basis by such co-operative association to its bona fide members of moneys collected in excess of the ex- oe of conducting the business of such associa- ion.” Greed and selfishness are the primary motives of the middlemen in their war against farmers who would better themselves as thousands already have done through organized co-operative selling. The “trade” believes like the kings of old that it has a divine right to collect toll from the farmer’s grain; that the farmer must not do this for him- self even if he will. The present controversy as Mr. C. E. Huff, presi- dent of the Farmers’ National, points out, is reminiscent of the fight waged against co-op- erative farmers’ elevators 30 years ago. “Let it be recalled,” said Mr. Huff, “that when the first farmers’ elevators were organized, not a bushel of grain forwarded to market by them would be ac- cepted or handled by members of grain exchanges unless the sale was authorized by the local co- operative elevator making the shipment, to be made in the name of a local private grain dealer (their competitor) and for his account and with a commission deduction for his benefit. “They then thought that even local co-operatives were wrong. It required special action on the part of the federal government, the active interest of i ae oe tes Sa August the tk the At vators by me comm “Th eral F ness, | of lars Ameri the n himse passec counts “Th ment preser reasor The f_ preset An ~““annou Agricu day a cernin fore C Tha satisfs Farm state. The Talkir to eve when witho offices It i the F; Count ing t. of th Intell mem may memfh The incre two. addi prove bers. Th Cou That bene La gani The appa assoc T indi over abili enen ae es Ee sts ete ee THE August, 1932 the then President of the United States, and of the Attorney General; to secure for farmers’ ele- vators their initial right to have their grain sold by members of most grain exchanges at regular commission rates. “The issue today is not with regard to the Fed- eral Farm Board nor to the government in busi- ness, but has to do solely with the development of large scale co-operatives, which are putting the American farmer in control of his commodities in the market places to enable him to retain for himself those final values which heretofore have passed to others in the form of commissions, dis- counts and so on. “The early opposition to the co-operative move- ment was hardly more ridiculous than that of the present, and yet, looking backward, the utter un- reasonableness of it is more completely apparent. The passing of time will reveal the ‘folly of the present opposition.” Value of the Farm Bureau A news dispatch which came over the wires June 1 “announced that Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, had been in conference that day at the White House with President Hoover con- cerning proposed surplus control legislation now be- fore Congress. That brief item should have been a source of much satisfaction to every member of the Madison County Farm Bureau, and of every other Farm Bureau in the state. Their personal representative in the White House! Talking over matters of legislation of vital importance to every farmer! How different from the old days, when the farmer, of all groups; was unorganized and without voice in the legislative halls and executive offices’ of the nation. It is most fitting that the question of the value of the Farm Bureau be discussed at this time in Madison County. Many of the bureau memberships are expir- ing this summer. What the members themselves think of the bureau will be shown by their renewals. The Intelligencer hopes and believes that every expiring membership will be renewed. That this belief is justified may be seen from the fact that only last week 27 new members were taken into the organization. . The Madison County Farm Bureau has materially increased its value to its members in the last year or two. Every department has been strengthened and additional services have been instituted which have proven highly popular with and profitable to the mem- bers. The Intelligencer would like to see the Madison County Farm Bureau membership greatly increased. That would strengthen the organization. Its power to benefit the farm would be infinitely greater. Last of the great productive units to take up or- ganization, the farmer is now making up for lost time. The value of organization constantly becomes more apparent. And as it does the strength of the farmer associations grows. The farmer has often been termed the greatest of individualists. He still is. He has complete control over his crops, their rotation, variety, etc. The desir- ability of this individualism has been put forth by enemies of Farm Bureaus as a reason the farmer should not join them. As a matter of fact, they in no way affect his individualism. He is his own boss just as much now as he ever was. In fact, he has greater control over his own affairs. In times past he was almost completely under domi- nation of the middleman or the speculator. He took their price for his products or he could not sell. Or- LA.A. RECORD Page Nine ganization is changing that. The farmers’ co-operative marketing organizations have attained such power and influence that only the broader laws of supply and demand now affect his prices. The whims of the speculator no longer affect him. The organized farmer has been a powerful influence in legislative matters in the last several years. His voice, through his organizations, will grow in strength. If the Farm Bureaus throughout the nation are given the support they desire the time will soon come when the farmer will find himself on an economic parity with the manufacturer, the wholesaler and the re- tailer, all of whom have been organized efficiently for many years. Farmers of Madison County may speed the arrival of that time by associating themselves with the Madi- son County Farm Bureau. Every person a member should renew that membership and get as many of his neighbors on the roster as possible. He will thus be given additional protection to his own interests and those of his friends—Edwardsville (Ill.) Intelligencer. Service Company Men Sign 712 The Illinois Farm Supply Company sales force is responsible for more than 22% of the new Farm Bureau members enrolled during the special state- wide campaign, reports L. R. Marchant, manager. C. W. Ward, field sales director, was active in work- ing with service company men to make this showing. Forty-four of the 52 associated county service com- panies reported 712 new members. Thirty-six man- agers and 154 truck sales- men demonstrated their ability to sell something besides oil and grease by signing one member or more. Nine of the man- agers and 21 of the truck salesmen signed ten or more each. LaSalle County Farm Supply Company leads with Manager Comisky and his eleven salesmen signing 87 members; Car- roll Service Company scored second with 59 members signed by Man- ager Rahn and five sales- men; Macoupin Service Company was third with Manager Rodman and six salesmen signing 40; Manager Curtiss of - McLean ~ County Service Company and his fifteen salesmen ranked fourth with 34 members. Manager Ludwig of Woodford County Service Com- pany signed 15 members; Manager Rahn of Carroll Service Company 12 members; Manager Stewart of Champaign County Service Company 11 members; Manager Whitebread of Lee County Service Company 11 members; and the following managers are credited with 10 each: Rodman of Macoupin, Campbell of Liv- ingston, Comisky of LaSalle, Wilkins of Fruit Belt, Winkleblack of Coles and Curtiss of McLean. Among the salesmen on the Honor Roll with 10 members or more are: LaSalle County—Edward Geil, Lyle Albert, Roy Rees, Wm. Morrison, Sigurd Eike, and Don S. Bastian; Carroll County—C. P. Boddiger, Fred Nesemeier, Edwin Miller, Harold Frey; Ford County—Severt Hill; Henry County—Walter Putnam; Knox County—John Cisco; Logan-Mason Counties— Adolph Keith; Macoupin County—Ernest Costley, Keith Mitchell; Marshall-Putnam County—Clarence Austin; Monroe County—Alvin Prange; Richland- Lawrence Counties—H. D. Lewis; St. Clair County— Laclede Holcomb; McLean County—two salesmen. M. COMISKY Page Ten THE I.A.A. RECORD August, 1932 Ford County Goes Over Top With Big Celebration Nearly 5,000 people from all parts of the county gathered at Paxton July 4th to help in the celebration and demonstration. The parade consisted of 400 cars, at least 2,000 people, numerous floats, and three bands. Not more than a third of those in attendance could find room in the capacious pavilion during the program, and the park itself was filled to overflowing all afternoon. The success of this celebration was due not only to the efforts of Farm Bureau members, but also to support given by civic organizations of both Gibson City and Paxton, and by the American Legion of Ford county. Prairie Post, Ameri- can Legion, of Paxton, furnished a color guard to head the parade. Bands from Paxton, Roberts and Gibson City supplied music. The parade required 50 minutes to pass. Floats and trucks carried slogans such as “Taxes Must Come Down,” “Keep the Dinner Bell Ringing in America,” “You Can’t Have Pros- perity Without Prosperous Farm- ers,” “Restore the Farmer’s Buying Power and the Factories Will Hum,” “Give us a Price and We Will Buy the Nation Back to Prosperity.” A. B. Schofield, president of the Farm Bureau, who gave a most in- spiring address, introduced the speaker of the day, Phil Evans of the Chicago.Producers. W. F. Purnell, farm adviser, re- ported that a quota of 90 new mem- bers had been assigned to Ford county, that 88 new members had been reported by the “Minute Men” of the county, and that it was ex- pected that the full quota would be obtained. The previous member- ship in the Ford County Farm Bu- reau was 670. The addition of the quota will bring the membership up to 760. Prayer Offered At Dedication Programs This prayer, written by the famous minister, Dr. John Holland of St. Paul, was given from most of the platforms throughout Illinois at the beginning of Dedication Day Programs. “Our Father in Heaven and upon Earth; we come before Thee with strangely conflicting emotions. Our human wisdom seems to have failed us. Our dreams of justice and fair play seem to be broken in our hearts. Wars, greed, duplicity, and selfishness have broken our eco- nomic balance and upset our men- tal and spiritual poise. “Hunger co-exists with plenty, men tramp our country for work, and women and children cry for bread. We are not sufficient . for these things, and we turn with our whole hearts to Thee. “We pray for our President that he may be divinely led to think both of the lowly and the mighty. May those servants of the people elected to positions of public trust, legis- late for the welfare of the whole people. “We pray that our government may be so guided in equity that bloody revolution may not march down our streets. Bless, we pray Thee the millions of farmers, and the toilers whose labor brings them an inadequate livelihood, but bless especially those, who, in this land of plenty are denied the chance to work. “Help us as a people facing dis- couragement, uncertainty, and lead us to think, pray, and act as one people that justice may be guar- anteed to farmer and laborer alike. “We pray in the name of the Carpenter of Nazareth that workers may not, through our blundering States-craft be reduced to slaves. We pray in the name of Him whose feet walked through the fields of wheat that growers of grain and. food may not be forced into serv- itude to those who control the affairs of state. In Christ’s name we pray for a spiritual sense of the economic values of life which shall make us a people think and act in the fraternity of true brotherhood. “Bless these troubled but undis- couraged and unsurrendering hosts who march this day in the hope of a better day to come. Endow them with patience, guide them in true charity, and strengthen their hearts to persist until they prevail in their faith for the righting of their eco- nomic wrongs. “We ask these things in the Name of the Savior of Men. Amen.” Two Mile Parade Features Jo Daviess Celebration “The Farmers Dinner Bell is the Liberty Bell of 1932, Keep it Ring- ing” was the slogan uppermost in the minds of 5,000 farmers and townspeople who gathered in Eliza- beth on July 4th to impress on all people that the return to prosperity can be brought about by restoring the farmer’s buying power. The most impressive feature of Dedication Day was the two-mile parade, including 400 cars and floats. Some of the more elaborately decorated floats represented “The Farmers Dinner Bell,” “Co-opera- tion Will Win,” “4-H Clubs,” “Unit Organization,” “48 States,” etc. An old horse-drawn hearse carry- ing the effigy of “Old Man Depres- sion” drew many comments from the crowd. Old Man Depression was later buried with due ceremony on the park grounds. “Dick” Tapley as Rock Island County Crowd Estimated at 10,000-15,000. ‘Moline, July 4:—Between 10,000 and 15,000 farmers, members of their families and residents of the quad- cities and nearby communities joined in a celebration July 4 at Prospect Park here today.. The celebration was part of a state-wide campaign to help restore the economic independence of ag- riculture and at the same time to start the ball rolling for the return of prosperity in the nation. The parade which began at 11:15 A. M. from Fifteenth street and Sixteenth avenue, Moline, to Pros- pect Park, included three elaborate floats entered by the Farm Bureau under the direction of C. V. Golden of Coe township, chairman of the parade committee. One, a 4-H club float, was prepared by Rural town- ship members, a taxation float was entered by Bowling and Edgington township residents, while the din-. ner bell float was the Coe town- ship entry. More than 200 automobiles were in the parade, the Tri-City brass band, seven horses, Sons of Union Veterans, members of 4-H clubs, Mo- line Eagles drum and bugle corps, prize wagon, decorated cars, Sal- vation Army band and ‘floats of Rock Island and Moline stores and business concerns. The highlight of the afternoon program was an address by Rev. Loyal M. Thompson, pastor of the First Methodist church of Mon- mouth. He made a stirring plea for agricultural relief. Ben H. Boll- man, Farm Bureau president, pre- sided, and Mayor John F. Huey of Moline welcomed the visitors with a brief talk. Others who gave short talks were John R. Spencer, W. H. Moody, and Robert Quick. Rev. Wil- liams, pastor of the Broadway Pres- byterian church, Rock Island, gave the opening prayer. Shortly after the talks were con- cluded the crowd witnessed the burning in effigy of “Old Man In- difference,” and “Unfaithful Pub- lic Servants.” The Farm Bureau prizes were awarded as follows: farm wagon, R. W. Wilson, Bowling township; chest of silver, Raymond Reed, Buf- falo Prairie township; bicycle, Ralph Keller, Drury township, and set of eight goblets, William G. Mueller, Prairie township. Eight acts of vaudeville were presented in the evening. G. L. Smith signed ten new members to win a radio for his car. Sixty new members were reported on July 6. George Washington headed the pa- rade, followed by Elizabeth band and a squad of soldiers from the (Continued on Page 11) August, 1932 THE LA.A. RECORD Page Eleven How Illinois Senators and Representatives in Session of Congress Closed July, 1932 Voted on Measures of Interest to Agriculture as Reported by American Farm Bureau Federation bill did not come to a vote in that House. 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When I needed money the company gave me a loan on my policy. My wife and family are protected, too. If I pass out of the picture —my mortgage will be paid. It gives me a feeling of security.” The Country Life Insurance Co. offers you low cost old line legal reserve insurance. Everyone should protect his property and his loved ones by having a policy. The cost is trivial—the value is big. Ask your local County Farm Bureau about Country Life Insurance. Don’t delay. You can borrow on a Country Life Insurance Pol- Remember! icy. Premiums are low—dividends reduce pre- miums. The rates are fixed—no increases in cost. Insure in your own company Country Life Insurance Co. 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IIl. a rr rr egg : . . 5 t 6 > . P October, 1932 Quality Milk Ass'n Plant Now Operating The Quality Milk Association plant in Dayenport shown in the accom- panying picture was leased from the Cudahy Packing Co. It contains com- plete equipment for manufacturing butter, separating milk, pasteurizing and sterilizing milk and cream, and for caring for the finished product in cold storage. It is equipped with three large 10,000. pound churns. F. J. Watson who has been employed as manager, formerly operated the plant for the Cudahy Company. He states that they have made as high as 10,000 pounds of butter a day in the plant. The first week in September milk deliveries were exceeding 40,000 pounds daily.. Sixteen large trucks were hauling in. All of these trucks are controlled by the Association. _ The Cudahy Packing Co. is under contract to market the butter for the Association up to 1,500,000 pounds a year. The milk of members on the Illi- nois side is being delivered to the Sturtevant Ice Cream Co. which F. J. WATSON is manager of the Quality Milk plant in Davenport. the efficient owns the finest dairy manufacturing and distributing plant in any-of the quad-cities. The Sturtevant Co. is co-operating heart and soul with the _ producers and has agreed to pay $1.85 per cwt. for all the milk going into its fluid trade. It is taking the other milk at the surplus price. — The Sturtevant Co. is building up a retail and wholesale fluid milk and cream business, and on Septem- ber 8 reported that it was making deliveries to more than 60 stores, restaurants, and other dealers in the four cities. The Sturtevant Co. is using “Seal- right” fiber bottles. The fiber is coated with wax inside and out, is more sanitary than the glass bottles, and does away with the necessity of washing and returning the con- tainer. THE LA.A RECORD Page Fifteen an nda UNLOADING AT QUALITY MILK ASS’N PLANT IN DAVENPORT As we go to press, this co-operatively controlled plant is receiving nearly 50,000 Ibs. of milk daily. The milk is separated, pasteurized, the cream churned into butter and the skim returned to the farm. Members received 22c per Ib. net for butterfat the first month of operation—nearly as much as the milk distributors paid them for whole milk. Milk Producers Demand Justice (Continued from page 13) and short changed on weights, when they are subjected to the dictation and domination of a monopoly of arrogant distributors who go so far as to foment strife and disorganiza- tion among producers struggling for a square deal, it is too much for those with any sense of fairness and justice to stand idly by without ut- tering a vigorous protest. The action which the newspapers have designated as a strike, came about primarily because of the dealers’ refusal to allow the pro- ducers to check their records and determine the percentage of milk go- ing into the fluid milk trade; and that portion known as the surplus used for making butter and other products. The Spread Too Wide On this market for some time, the dealers have been paying $1.85 per cwt. for so-called base milk—sup- posedly that portion or percentage sold as fluid milk, and a lesser price based on the butterfat market for the surplus or manufactured milk. The price on the latter class has been netting the farmeérs..about a cent a quart, that on the base milk approximately 4 cents a quart. On the average, about 50 percent of the farmers’ milk goes in the base class at $1.85 per cwt. and about 50 per- cent in the surplus class at 66 cents per cwt. Thus his entire supply averages after hauling charges, about 99 cents per cwt., or a little over 2 cents a quart, which any fair- minded person must admit is too wide a spread. The distributor sells this milk to the consumer at 10 cents per quart. The farmers contend that they should be allowed the privilege of checking the distributors’ records to determine the percentage sold in 4 the higher bracket and that sold as butter and other manufactured products. The distributors here have con- tended all along that they have been losing money on the surplus, that they didn’t want it. “All right,” said the producers, “we’ll acquire our own. plant and process our own sur- plus, and supply you with just enough milk at $1.85 per cwt., to take care of your fluid milk trade.” The dealers replied. that they couldn’t pay $1.85 per cwt. for milk for their fluid trade if they couldn’t get any surplus. Thus they virtually admitted deception, that they were not now paying $1.85 for the base milk and were in fact, hoodwinking the producers by diverting so-called surplus milk bought at a butterfat price, into their more lucrative fluid milk trade. The organized dairymen hold that they can process the surplus milk themselves into butter more eco- nomically than can the distributors and are willing to sell butter to the distributors for their retail require- ments at the Chicago market price. Then the dealers asked the farmers to agree not to go into business for themselves. This request the dairy- men refused, since such action may be necessary to provide a future market for their milk. The dealers asked the producers to give them protection from all price cutting, an absolute monopoly. Such a request is absurd. The distributors don’t have any such protection now nor will they ever have so long as the market is kept free and open to all comers. Finally they told the producers in their last conference that they had (Continued on Page 18 Col. 1) Page Sixteen THE LA.A RECORD October, 1932 With You Out of the Picture... How Would They Get Along? rr before you pass up protection that guarantees your family's future security. Think before you lose the money already in- vested in your policy. Keep Your Life Insurance In Force! Hold fast to your insurance as a shipwrecked sailor clings to a floating mast. Let life insurance leave a loving remem- brance of one who planned for their future. Claims are paid only on policies kept in force. COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO., 608 So. Dearborn St., | Chicago Old line legal reserve insurance ’ a ’ October, 1932 THE LA.A RECORD Page Seventeen A Year of Progress Thirty-Five Million Gallons Petroleum Products Sets New Record For Illinois Farm Supply Co. By L. R. MARCHANT, Manager HE effort put forth to organize -—---§ the buying power of the Farm Bureau members in Illinois dur- ing the past six years has progressed to the point where fifty-two local companies are serving approximately 75,000 farmer patrons with Illinois Farm Supply Company products. This marvelous growth in centralized pur- chasing of petroleum products and other essential farm supplies stands out as a splendid achievement in the light of present business conditions. The sixth fiscal year of the com- pany has established a new record for cooperative purchasing of petro- leum products. A number of new county service companies have been organized, the volume of business has been increased, and the net earn- ings of the State Company for the period actually exceed the previous high mark of 1931. This concentra- tion of buying power, together with the economies of distribution prac- ticed by the associated companies has resulted in an annual distribu- tion of over $500,000 to Farm Bureau member patrons. 135 Oil Storage Plants The fifty-two affiliated companies - own and control 135 oil storage sta- tions with a combined storage ca- pacity of over five million gallons and. operate 385 service trucks in some eighty counties. Five of these com- panies were organized and placed in operation during the year, name- ly: Egyptian Service Company, Fruit Belt Service Company, Madison Serv- . ice Company, Twin County Service Company, and Vermilion Service Company. The capital stock investment of Illinois Farm Supply Company and associated companies totals $1,030,502 - and of this amount $71,500 represents the stock requirements to finance the new companies. Thirty-five million gallons of pe- troleum products were handled dur- ing the period. This is a gain of 6.83 per cent in comparison to the gal- lonage handled during the preced- ing year,—a most remarkable show- ing in view of a general decline of five to fifteen per cent in the con- sumption of petroleum products ac- cording to the most authentic infor- mation available to the industry. This total gallonage includes 23,704,- 640 gallons of gasoline, 8,754,487 gal- lons of kerosene, 2,215,718 gallons of distillate and fuel oil, 876,796 gal- lons of lubricating oil, and 659,867 pounds of grease. This gallonage is equivalent to 2,963 tank cars of gas- oline, 1,371 tank cars of kerosene and distillate, 292 cars of lubricating oil, and 33 cars of grease. These figures speak for themselves. They are convincing evidence that county service companies under proper management can not only maintain ‘but increase an established business under the most adverse con- ditions. ? The volume of miscellaneous nrod- ucts handled has made a notable in- crease, particularly such items as Fly Spray, Stock Dip, Mange Oil, Wood Preserver, Cod Liver Oil, Alcohol, and Radiator Glycerine. A tabulation of the fly and insect killer and fly spray shipments shows a gain of 34 per cent for the period, which is the ag outstanding among the entire st. Two new products, automobile tires and Soyoil paint, introduced late in the year 1931, have developed into leaders among the miscellaneous products sold by a goodly number of companies. First line tires and tubes have been furnished under a double guarantee of service, to sell at popular prices. The response has been a steadily increasing volume of orders which would indicate a most promising future for this par- ticular service. Soyoil Paint Wins Soyoil paint, the pioneer paint to be placed on the market containing not less than 25 per cent of soybean oil, has commanded the attention of farmers throughout the state. Some twelve thousand gallons have been distributed within the course of a few months with very satisfactory results. Judging from the experience with this product up to date a very substantial increase in volume can be expected in another year. The business of the company for the fiscal period ending August 31 totaled $1,852,571.78 at wholesale prices, exclusive of Federal and State - taxes. This figure is $100,000 more than the value of the merchandise purchased during the preceding year even though lower prices for most commodities prevailed throughout the period. The Net Worth of the company as of August 31, 1932 was represented bv a capital stock investment of $96,- 002.00 and a Surplus of $60,370.40, which with reserves for dividends total $242,887.08. Of this amount $186,671.73 was invested in U. S. Se- curities, $3,750 in the National Corn Credit Corporation, and the balance used for current requirements of the business. The capital stock of the company includes 93414 shares of Preferred “A” stock, having a par value of $100 per share. This stock is held by the fifty-two member com- panies. These shares are subject to 7 per cent cumulative dividends. The common stock outstanding consists of 52 shares, having a nominal value of $1 per share, which are held by the member companies and entitle them to participate in the patronage refund. The gross operating income for the year was $145,572.55, an increase of 11.7 per cent over last year. Broker- age income of $110,318.47 was an ad- vance of 6.39 per cent, and the trad- ing income of $35,254.08 resulting from profits on purchases and sales, a gain of 32.37 per cent. A net operating income of $104,- 273.97 with additional income of $9,- 777.30 from interest and discounts earned, less deductions of discounts allowed and loss on sales of bonds, resulted in a net income of $107,916.- 44 or 74.13 per cent of gross operat- ing income, before deduction for pat- ronage and Federal income tax, as compared with $100,811.41 for the preceding vear. On the basis of the vaid-in capital stock held by all member companies, the earnings represent a profit of 112.4 per cent on the investment. Capital stock dividends in the amount of $6,424.25 will be paid to the member companies. This amount represents 4.41 per cent of gross in- come, and the addition of $17,580.84 to Surplus, 12.22 per cent of gross income. Approximately $80,000.00 in patronage refunds will be distributed to these member companies on a percentage basis of the brokerage earned and trading income on pur- chases and sales. This will result in a total of $86,514.68 being returned to the associated companies on the year’s business. Pay Stock With Refunds Forty-seven of the companies to participate in the distribution of earnings were in operation the full time and the remainder from three to nine months. All companies or- ganized prior to the calendar year 1931 have made full payment for their subscriptions for capital stock in Illinois Farm Supply Company from the annual patronage refunds. The majority of the companies or- ganized in 1931 have earned suffi- cient patronage this year to entirely clear their notes covering subscrip- tions for stock. The total aggregate sum of $243,- 737.01, or more than double the capi- tal stock investment, has been re- turned to the member companies in the form of Preferred Stock divi- dends and patronage refunds durin the past six years. This is an annua yield of 77.85 per cent on the invest- ment, according to the amount of stock invested in the company, and 253.7 per cent returned on the basis of the total capital stock investment as of August 31, 1932. This progress and achievement is now a matter of cooperative history. The future is of far greater concern. The period of most rapid expansion from the standpoint of new com- panies is almost at an end. Further development and advancement must necessarily come through concentra- tion of effort in the territory already served. Economical and efficient (Continued on page 18) Page Eighteen Republican Party Plank on Agriculture (Continued from page 9) ducing duplication, and relieving un- just burdens. The Republican Party pledges itself to this end. More than all else, we point to the fact that, in the administration of executive departments, and in every plan of the President for the co- ordination of national effort and for strengthening our financial struc- ture, for expanding credit, for re- building the rural credit system and laying the foundations for better prices, the President has insisted up- on the interest of the American farmer. The fundamental problem . of American agriculture is the control of production to such volume as will balance supply with demand. In the solution of this problem the co- operative organization of farmers to plan production, and the tariff, to hold the home market for American farmers, are vital elements. A third element equally as vital is the con- trol of the acreage of land under cultivation, as an aid to the efforts of the farmer to balance production. We favor a national policy of land utilization which looks to national needs, such as the Administration has already begun to formulate. Such a policy must foster reorganiza- tion of taxing units in areas beset by tax delinquency, and divert lands that are submarginal for crop pro- duction to other uses. The national welfare plainly can be served by the acquisition of submarginal lands for watershed protection, grazing, for- estry, public parks, and game re- serves. We favor such acquisitions. Milk Producers (Continued prom page 15) no business organizing, that they would rather deal with them as in- dividuals. Yet the dealers them- selves have an organization to help them fix prices to consumer and producer alike. Process Own Surplus Rather than submit to such dic- tation, the members of the Quality Milk Association last Tuesday began to deliver their milk to their own plant. They still stand ready, how- ever, to supply the distributors with - their requirements for their fluid milk and cream trade at $1.85 per hundred lbs. which is only four cents a quart, but to process their own sur- plus milk rather than deliver it to the dealers at less than cost of pro- duction or less than a cent a quart. Recognizing the fairness of the farmers’ program for intelligent milk marketing on the quad cities mar- ket, one dealer, the Sturtevant Ice Cream Company, has agreed to co- THE ILA.A. RECORD operate in every way, and pay the producers the agreed price of $1.85 per cwt. for all fluid milk and allow the dairymen the privilege of check- ing their sales records. More recently an effort was made by certain distributors through legal technicalities to break up the Quality Milk Association and scare its mem- bers into withdrawing. This action was based on the contention that the co-operative organization had not secured permission from the Sec- retary of State of Iowa to organize. As a result, a few members were in- fluenced to sign applications for withdrawal. The legal counsel for the Illinois Agricultural Association who set up the Quality Milk Associa- tion organized under the co-opera- tive laws of Illinois advised late last night that the member producers on the Iowa side had been misinformed; that because the Quality Milk As- sociation is a co-operative organiza- tion of farmers formed not for pe- cuniary profit, it is exempt from the state. blue sky law, and in Iowa as in Illinois, needs no special per- mission to organize. The organized dairymen here are going ahead in a peaceful way to work out their problem and become established ds a factor in the quad- cities milk market. They appeal to the consumers’ sense of fairness and justice to co-operate with them by buying milk only from dealers who are fair and honest in their rela- tions with producers. Soybean Growers Annual Meeting (Continued from page 7) want to say that the Farm Board has been conducted efficiently and economically. The real reason for opposition to it is the inroads co- operative marketing has made into the trade and profits of the private dealers. “Your organization, the Farmers National which is a true co-op- erative, farmer-owned and farmer- controlled, is the largest grain mar- keting firm in the United States. It is represented in all the producing centers of the United States and in all importing countries. It is the only firm doing business from coast to coast and from the Canadian line to the Gulf. Over $2,000,000 Profit “During the last two and one-half years it made a profit of over $2,- 000,000 and paid as much or more than any other buyer. I know for a fact that you would not have secured as good a price for grain in the past two years were the Farmers National not in the picture. I also know that the $2,000,000 profits your organiza- tion made would have gone to the grain trade. You producers don’t make any extra contribution to pay October, 1932 my salary and that of the other em- ployees of the Farmers National. That is paid out of the commissions which heretofore have gone to the grain trade. After paying all ex- penses and getting more for your grain that $2,000,000 is what was left and that belongs to you.” Milnor defended Mr. Huff, presi- dent of the Farmers National. “The only thing they could find against Mr. Huff is that some 20 years ago out in Oronoque, Kansas where he was farming they did not have a preacher at the local church. Mr. Huff was an educated man—self-edu- cated—and he took the pulpit and conducted church. He has been active in co-operative marketing for more than 20 years and during that time has been an active producer. “You hear people say that you can’t help the farmer by legislation. I used to think the same before I began studying the problem farmers are up against. But I know that in a country following a policy of spe- cial privilege to different groups through the tariff and immigration: laws and other laws that the only way you can solve the farm problem is through legislation.” Only one change was made in the board of directors. L. A. Reed was replaced by Everett Reynolds of Morgan county. Officers and direc- tors elected were J. W. Armstrong, Champaign county, president; Dwight Hart, Christian county, vice- president; W. G. McCormick, Doug- las county, secretary; R. A. Cowles, Bloomington, treasurer; John Al- bright, Moultrie county; W. G. San- dusky, Vermilion county; J. F. Probst, Macon county; Parks Ker- baugh, McLean county; A. M. Piatt, Piatt county; Edgar Boynton, Sang- amon county; T. H. Lloyd, Macoupin county; Sam Sorrells, Montgomery county; Burton E. King, Hancock county; Dan A. Smith, Shelby coun- ty; M: D. Tomlin, Mason county; and Everett Reynolds, Morgan county. A Year of Progress (Continued from page 17) methods of operation, coupled with a sound, aggressive sales program, will do much to bring this about, while unity of action in the purchas- ing of essential supplies will continue to bring to the associated companies the highest quality merchandise at a minimum cost and at the same time accrue substantial earnings for the State Company from which an- nual patronage refunds will be paid. This was the ultimate object of those who sponsored the movement six years ago. Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde addressed a _ gathering of farmers from central Illinois at Mackinaw Dells in Woodford county on Sept. 23. Neo Np a . “ A EEE EEEEEeent cane be eee : co™!_» The cA Illinois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricuitural Assuctaiien ‘at Ite So. Map street, Spencer, fuid, Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Acceptance for miuiling at special rates of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28. Bo. 1925. authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Dearborn St.. Chicago. Number 11 Address all communications for publication to Lditorial Offices, NOVEMBER, 1932 Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. ‘Illinois Agricultural Association Record, Volume 10 Vote “Yes” On Bond Issue All Organizations Unite In Drive To Pass Measure In Nov. 8 Election ITH the slogan “Vote YES on the Bond Issue,” the state-wide Emergency Relief Bond Issue Com- mittee representing all important civic groups and trade organizations in Illinois swung into action last week in a united drive to insure vic- tory for this important measure in the election on Nov. 8. President Earl C. Smith, chairman of the state committee representing funds will contribute from _ their share of state gas tax funds toward repayment of the loan. No increase in the gas tax will follow. : But if the bond i issue fails to carry it means that at least 35 to 40 cents per $100 assessed valuation will be added next year to the usual tax rate for state purposes on real and personal property throughout Illi- nois. This extra tax will approxi- mately double the 1931 state tax rate of 39 cents. Failure of this proposal to carry will result in an extra tax on the average quarter section farm in Illi- nois next year estimated at $25. Failure of the measure will mean that Illinois farmers in 1933 will be required to pay approximately $5,- 000,000 additional state taxes. Fail- agriculture, labor, bank- ing, business, women’s clubs, real estate, manu- facturing, newspapers, motorists, and others, fol- lowing a series of con- ferences, announced that . all groups are actively working in the campaign to get a majority vote. The Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus are assum- ing responsibility for se- curing an overwhelming favorable vote throughout downstate rural districts. In addition many County Farm Bureaus have called or will call county-wide ’ meetings representing all local interests to co-ordi- nate efforts in behalf of the measure. While there is no organ- ized opposition to the measure, indifference and misunderstanding loom as the chief obstacles threat- ening its passage. If enough “YES” votes are secured it means that the $18,750,000 spent by the State Emergency Re- lief Committee for unem- ployment relief will be re- paid out of each county’s share of gas tax funds in proportion as state relief funds have been expend- ed in such counties. If enough “YES” votes are obtained it means that only counties which have used state relief What a "Yes" Vote Means The Illinois Agricultural Association and the County Farm Bureaus are charged with the re- sponsibility for securing an overwhelming “YES” vote in downstate counties on the bond issue No- vember 8. The passage of this proposal is of tre- mendous importance to farmers because they are all property owners and taxpayers. A “YES” vote on this measure will be a vote to throw off $5,000,000 on the farmers’ 1932 tax bill payable in 1933. A “YES” vote is a vote to throw off at least $25 in taxes on the average quarter section Illinois farm. A “YES” vote will be a vote to transfer the burden of unemployment relief from property to each county’s share of the gas tax in proportion as relief funds have been expended therein—without any increase in the gas tax. A “YES” vote means that Cook county must pay its own unemployment relief bill of more than $17,000,000, or 91.4 per cent of the whole. A “YES” vote and passage of the bond issue insures that counties which received no part of the $18,750,000 spent for unemployment relief will pay no part of this loan. Finally a “YES” vote is a vote for lower taxes—a vote for reducing the levy on all property next year $25,000,000. A “NO” vote or a failure to vote is, in effect, a vote to force this levy on property. A “YES” vote is urged by the following state- wide organizations: Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion, Illinois Association of Real Estate Boards, Iili- nois Bankers Association, Illinois Chamber of Com- merce, Illinois Emergency Relief Commission, Illi- nois Federation of Labor, Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs, Illinois League of Women Voters, Illinois Manufacturers Association, Illinois Press As- sociation, Chicago Motor Club, and many other groups both state and local. ure means that an extra $25,000,000 will be levied against property in Illi- nois to insure the pay- ment of the $18,750,000 spent by the Emergency Relief Committee, most of bapa went to Cook coun- y. To insure a favorable vote a uniform plan has been developed by the I. A. A. and the County Farm Bureaus to: 1. Provide speakers’ bu- reau in each county with a group of men and women thorough- ly informed on the measure who can explain it in a few minutes before all meetings held before Nov. 8. 2. Prepare a statement signed by the head of every organization in each county and give it publicity calling upon their members and the public at large to vote “YES” on this measure. 3. Man the polls in every rural precinct, with the Farm Bu- reau using its town- ship and road dis- trict tax committees as workers at polling places. 4, Create a county pub- licity committee to contact all newspa- (Continued on next page) Page Four THE LAA RECORD November, 1932 pers, radio stations, and other publicity mediums to impress on readers and listeners the im- portance of approving the bond issue. In Chicago and Cook county, civic leaders supported by all newspapers went into action the middle of Oc- tober making addresses before nois State Poultry Show at Kewanee November 9 to 13. The waterfowl show is being held during the week of the National Corn Husking Contest. A special waterfowl judge will judge all entries. Many cash premiums, club specials and badges, and silver trophies are offered. Competition is open to anyone. l. A. A. Statement On Gateway Amendment In answer to numerous inquiries about the so-called Gateway amend- ment, proposing to modify the amending article of the State Con- stitution, and submitted for vote on luncheon clubs, trade as- sociations, and neighbor- hood, civic and business organizations. Fred Sar- gent, president of the C. & N. W. R. R., is chairman of the committee pledged to secure a favorable vote in Cook county. An effort is being made to schedule speakers on all the radio stations in Chicago and St. Louis to urge every Illinois citizen to vote “YES” on the bond issue November 8. Reports from County Farm Bureaus reveal that much work has been done during the past month. “The Farm Bureau has sponsored the cause at community meetings and if there is not a 100 per cent vote in favor of this proposition in St. Clair county it will be because there are more dumb folks here than we realize,” wrote B. W. Tillman, county agricultural agent. “Every organization in St. Clair county has endorsed the bond issue and urge the citizens to vote in its favor at the election. We shall continue our efforts along every reasonable line to foster a favorable vote on this proposition.” In Whiteside county the Farm Bureau sponsored a county-wide meeting rep- resenting all civic, busi- ness, and trade organiza- tions at Morrison on Oc- tober 20. Plans were laid to have at least six work- ers at each polling place in all towns and cities as well as rural districts in the counties on Novem- ber 8. It will be their sole duty to see that every man and woman votes “YES” on this measure. Similar meetings have been or will be held and definite plans adopted throughout the downstate counties for the purpose Vote To Re-elect. Them The greatest economic battle fought on the floors of the General Assembly in recent years was waged last spring over the pas- sage of the State Income Tax and the use of all revenue derived therefrom to reduce taxes upon property. On one side were the home and property owners of Illinois, commonly known as the property tax- payers. On the other side was a relatively small but influen- tial group enjoying large in- comes comparatively free from taxation as a result of con- stitutional legislation in behalf of special privileged classes. The home and property owners won this battle in the Senate by three votes, and in the House by a margin of one. The next General Assembly will have before it other far-reaching and effective legislation having for its purpose more equal distribution of the tax burden. To a large extent, the result of future efforts of this character will be de- termined by the voters in the election of mem- bers to the General Assembly on November 8th. The voting record of members of the Gen- eral Assembly on the Income Tax is presented on page 5. We urge all members and friends of the Association to carefully review this voting record and to put forth every effort to secure the reelection to the General Assembly of all present members seeking reelection, who by their favorable votes on this important measure have been tried and found worthy of this sup- port. By so doing, the property owners of Illinois will not only be repaying, in part, what they owe to their representatives, but will be laying an effective groundwork for future constructive legislation now in the making. The time has arrived when the thinking voters of the State must lay aside party prejudices, or at least make them secondary to the economic interests of the people at large. President EARL C, SMITH restrictions and . November 8, 1932, the IIli- nois Agricultural Associa- tion offers the following information: The only modification proposed is to change the word one to three in the amending article so as to permit the legislature in any biennial session to submit amendments to three articles of the Con- stitution instead of one, as at present. The Association is tak- ing no position on this proposed amendment, for the reason that such ac- tion, regardless of wheth- er for or against it, would tend to divert attention from the far more im- portant State relief bond issue. The submission of changes in two or three articles, instead of one, would probably not make it easier to secure the re- quired majority of all votes cast in any election. . It has usually been this requirement that has de- feated every constitution- al amendment submitted in the last 24 years. The constitutional] amendment is of little importance compared with the proposed State relief bond issue to pay State anticipation tax notes. Unless the bond is- sue is approved, another State tax, in addition to the usual State taxes, must be levied on all prop- erty. The constitutional amendment and the bond issue should not be con- fused. The constitutional amendment will be print- ed on the main ballot containing the names of candidates for the various national, state and coun- ty offices. The State bond issue--will be printed on a small ballot by itself. The Illinois Agricultural Association urges that its members and other down of securing a favorable decision. Waterfowl Show At Kewanee Nov. 9 The third annual Illinois State Waterfowl Exposition will be held in connection with the 40tk annual IIlli- Past records include the largest Pe- kin and Rouen duck classes and the second largest Toulouse goose class ever exhibited in the world with en- tries from six states. Prospective ex- hibitors of ducks and geese should write the secretary, Ruth M. Adams, Alexander, Illinois, for catalog. state people concentrate their effort to secure approval of the State bond issue on the small ballot. Uncle Ab says he does not know anything that is good just because it is old, even though some old things are good. 4 x “ A So Benen bh 2 en B a, ae ee ee — November, 1932 THE LA.A RECORD Page Five HOW SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES VOTED ON INCOME TAX In the Special Session of the Fifty-Seventh General Assembly District & Counties 7th District (rural and suburban Cook county and part of City of Chicago) Sen. Huebsch Rep. Foster Rep. Ickes Rep. McGrath 8th District (Boone, Lake and McHenry) Sen. Paddock Rep. Bolger Rep. Carroll Rep. Lyons 10th District (Ogle and Winnebago) Sen. Baker Rep. Green Rep. Hunter Rep. Nyman* 12th District (Carroll, Jo Daviess and Stephenson) Sen. Meyers Rep. Acker Rep. Babb Rep. Franz 14th District (Kane and Kendall) Sen. Kessinger Rep. McCarthy Rep. Peffers Rep. Petit 16th District (Livingston, Marshall, Putnam and Woodford) ~ Sen. Lantz Rep. Bestold Rep. Fahy Rep. Turner 18th District (Peoria) Sen. Michel Rep. Crowley Rep. Jobst Rep. McClugage 20th District (Grundy, Iroquois and Kankakee) Sen. Meents Rep. Bratton x * Rep. Burns Rep. Wilson x 22nd District (Edgar and Vermilion) > 4 D4 4 4 > vata t ala! m4 4 Dd Sen. Bailey Rep. Breen x Rep. Edwards* Rep. Luckey x 24th District (Champaign, Moultrie and Piatt) Sen. Dunlap Rep. Black x Rep. Gilmore Rep. Little x 26th District (Ford and McLean) Sen. Bohrer x Rep. Childers x x: Rep. Johnson Rep. Kane 28th District (DeWitt, *Absent on account of illness and so notified representatives of Association. For Against District & Counties D4 D4 D4 4 Logan and Macon) Sen. Lee Rep. Chynoweth Rep. Doyle Rep. Worth 30th District (Brown, Cass, Mason, Menard, Schuyler and Tazewell) — Sen. Mills Rep. Lohmann Rep. Teel Rep. Tice 32nd_ District (Hancock, McDonough and Warren) Sen. Hanna Rep. Barnes Rep. Davidson Rep. Robbins 33rd District (Henderson, Mercer and Rock Island) Sen. Carlson Rep. McCaskrin Rep. Searle Rep. Sinnett 34th District (Clark, Coles and Douglas) Sen. Hamilton Rep. Brewster Rep. Handy Rep. Lewis, J. W. 35th’ District (DeKalb, Lee and Whiteside) Sen. Wright Rep. Allen Rep. Collins Rep. Devine 36th District (Adams, Cal- houn, Pike and Scott) Sen. Adair Rep. Bush Rep. Scarborough Rep. Sullivan* 37th District (Bureau, Henry and Stark) Sen. Gunning Rep. Jackson Rep. Rennick Rep. Wilson, R. J. 38th District (Greene, Jer-, sey, Macoupin and Mont- gomery) Sen. Cuthbertson Rep. Bray Rep. Snell Rep. Whiteley 39th District (LaSalle) Sen. Mason Rep. Benson Rep. Conerton Rep. Soderstrom 40th District (Christian, Cumberland, its and Shelby) Sen. Smith Rep. Corzine Rep. Roe Rep. Sparks 41st District (DuPage and dM 4 dd D4 dd D4 4 stated al rd 4d ra MMM MM D4 4 4 4 present but because of car trouble arrived too late to vote. In addition to the above, Sen. Roberts and Rep. Blackwell of Chicago voted for pas Income Tax Bill, being the first two votes ever cast from Chicago for this legislation. For Against District & Counties For Against Will) Sen. Barr x Rep. Buck x Rep. Hennebry x Rep. Walker x 42nd District (Clay, Clin- ton, Effingham & Marion) Sen. Finn x Rep. Branson x Rep. Lager x Rep. McMackin x 43rd District (Fulton and Knox) Sen. Ewing x Rep. Hawkinson x Rep. McClure x Rep. Mureen x 44th District (Jackson, Monroe, Perry, Randolph and Washington) Sen. Wilson Rep. Davis Rep. Kribs Rep. Waller 45th District (Morgan and Sangamon) Sen. Searcy Rep. Giffin Rep. Lawler Rep. Sullivan 46th District (Jasper, Jef- ferson, Richland, Wayne) Sen. McCauley Rep. Kuechler Rep. Parker Rep. Thompson, F. G. 47th Dist. (Bond, Madison) Sen. Monroe Rep. Malloy Rep. O’Neill Rep. Vaughan 48th District (Crawford, Edwards, Gallatin, Har- din, Lawrence, Wabash and White) Sen. Miles x Rep. Lewis, F. W. x Rep. Ryan (deceased) Rep. Thompson, J. R. X 49th District (St. Clair) Sen. Kline Rep. Borders x Rep. Holten Rep. Huschle 50th District (Alexander, Franklin, Pulaski, Union and Williamson) Sen. Felts (deceased) Rep. Browner Rep. Kimbro Rep. Wilson, A. 51st District (Hamilton, Johnson, Massac, Pope and Saline) Sen. Thompson Rep. Porter Rep. Rew Rep. Rush > 4 4 4 4 Mt MM md D4 D4 4 ala Rep. Nyman made effort to be Page Siz ball Dope As we go to press, the crack Farm Bureau nines from Livingston and McDonough counties are scheduled to play the final game of the state championship series at Peoria (3-I League diamond) on Oct. 22. McDonough won the state title two years ago, and Livingston took the flag last year. The two teams are evenly matched, and judging from the outcome of the first two games which were evenly divided, the team that is nearest “right” on the final day will win the championship. After winning the first game played at Macomb by the one-sided score of 11 to 4—the game was much closer than the score indicates—the McDonough county boys drove over to Wing the following Saturday where the Livingston team gave them a severe drubbing, score 10 to 2. In the opening game of the series at Macomb on Oct. 8 McDonough started out in high gear driving in four runs the first inning. Living- ston came back in the fourth to tie the score at four all. But McDon- ough came up in the fifth and started a batting spree that netted five more counters. Then Arntzen, McDonough hurler, settled down and held the opposition scoreless the rest of the way. In the game at Wing, fragmentary reports credit Livingston with 13 hits against McDonough’s nine. Both teams made two errors. The 1932 state champions will be awarded a trophy presented annually by the Illinois Agricultural Association. No Vote Recorded On Price-Raising Bills Many members of the Association have been making inquiries as to the attitude of their representatives in Congress on agricultural measures having for their purpose a raise in the price levels of farm commodities. The Association’s policy confines all pronouncements of this char- acter to the voting records of mem- bers of legislative bodies. The Rainey-Norbeck price raising bill did not come to a vote in the House, therefore, there is no voting record. It is only fair to all down- state Illinois Congressmen to say that in each case they had given their definite assurance of active support, if and when this legislation could be brought to a vote. Although the Norbeck bill passed the Senate, the record shows there was no roll call, it having passed by an Aye and Nay vote. THE LAA. RECORD Domestic Allotment Plan Principles Fits Specifications Presented By Gov. Roosevelt In Topeka Speech The domestic allotment plan in which considerable interest has been expressed both by farm and business leaders was first suggested, accord- ing to reports, by the late Dr. Walter J. Spillman of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and developed by Professor John D. Black of Harvard University, and Prof. N. L. Wilson of the Montana State College. In April this year a committee was set up to draft a bill embodying the plan to be presented to Congress, reports the Business Week. That committee was composed of Mr. Wil- son, Henry I. Harriman, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, R. R. Rogers of the Prudential Life In- surance Co., Louis S. Clarke of Omaha, president of the Mortgage Bankers Association of Nebraska, Henry Wallace, editor of Wallace’s Farmer, and W. R. Ronald, editor of the Evening Republican of Mitchell, South Dakota. The Rainey-Norbeck bill intro- duced in both houses of Congress late during the last session embodied the principal features of this plan which briefly is as follows:— Each farm producing wheat, cot- ton, hogs, tobacco, or rice is to be allotted each year, or at shorter in- tervals for hogs, a definite produc- tion allowance based upon the aver- age production of that product on that farm over the past five years. The total allotments for each prod- uct are to be determined for each state by the federal government on the basis of the Department of Ag- riculture figures showing average acreage during the preceding five years and average yield per acre for crops during the preceding 10 years. Each state would similarly determine the total allotment for counties through a state commission, and each county or township could set. up a voluntary board of farmers to determine allotments to individual farms. The plan would be put into effect only when at least 60 per cent of producers of the product by refer- endum agree to abide by it and sign contracts with the government. These contracts would stipulate that the farmer must not produce more than the allotted amount and must agree to reduce his production ac- cording to instructions issued by the Federal Farm Board or _ similar agency. In return for this agreement, the producer would be paid by the gov- ernment an amount equal to the tariff on the product for each unit domestically consumed. This would November, 1932 amount to 42 cents per bushel for wheat, five cents per pound for cot- ton, two cents per pound for hogs. five cents per pound for tobacco, and one-half cent per pound for rice, these being the crops with a surplus for export to which alone the plan would be applied, since other products already receive the benefit of increased price through tariff. The proportion of the crop required for domestic consumption would be determined by the Depart- ment of Agriculture each year. These payments would be made in addition to the regular market price received by the farmer. The money to pay this subsidy to farmers agreeing to control produc- tion would be raised by a federal excise tax levied on processors or distributors of the product, and also on substitute products like silk and rayon. No tax would be levied on products exported, or on feed or products which are consumed on the farm. The plan meets the specifications presented by Governor Roosevelt, re- ports Business Week, because it pro- vides for the producer of surplus staple commodities a tariff benefit over world prices which would con- ceivably be equivalent to the bene- fit given by the tariff to industrial producers, and does not stimulate further production. It finances itself and does not draw on the public treasury. It does not involve any mechanism for dumping products abroad so as to cause European retaliation. It makes use of existing agencies, and is so decentralized that the chief respon- sibility for its operation rests with the local interests rather than with any new created bureaucratic ma- chinery. It operates on a co-op- erative basis and can be altered or withdrawn as conditions change. It is wholly voluntary. Farm Wages Are Now Below Pre-War Period Farm wages are the lowest in thirty years. Wages range from 60 cents a day without board in South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi, to $2.50 a day in Massachusetts, the average for the country being $1.19 a day. The farm wage index computed by the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics was 84 per cent of pre-war, on October 1, a decline of 3 points since July 1. The yield per acre of corn this year for Illinois will average around 40 bushels, according to October 1 returns from state crop correspond- ents. This is the highest since the 1925 record yield of 42 bushels. The yield per acre of soybeans is reported the best in years. 4 {J s a i | a a oe | November, 1932 l. A. A. States Policy On Relief Legislation Legislative representatives of the Mlinois Agricultural Association, who have been on the job in Springfield since the opening of the present spe- cial session of the General Assembly now considering unemployment re- lief, are holding to the principle that ach county should be responsible or raising and expending its own funds to relieve its destitute people. “The one danger we must avoid in all unemployment relief legislation is waste and extravagance of the tax- payers’ money,” said President Earl C. Smith, in a recent statement. “If relief funds are raised and spent lo- cally there will be less waste and less danger of perpetuating a dole system with all its attending evils. “We must prevent the development of a situation in which counties are forced into competition to get their share of unemployment relief funds,” he said. “Neither the federal nor state governments can afford any longer to be Santa Claus to any coun- ty.or relief organization. The farther away from home the money is raised, the more likely it is to be misspent.” If further funds must be provided the I. A. A. favors legislation to per- mit Cook county, and if absolutely necessary, other counties, by a two- thirds vote of the county board, to levy a two per cent tax on all retail sales except foods for human con- sumption, in providing funds for the - relief of their own destitute citizens. The Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion regards as undesirable any further diversion of the county’s share of gasoline tax funds for re- lief purposes. However, it did not oppose the measure recently passed by the legislature which allows coun- ties by vote of their respective boards to divert their share of gas tax money -to unemployment relief. It is doubtful if any further legis- lation of a relief nature will be pro- posed until after the election. Legis- lative representatives of the I. A. A. will be at Springfield if and when the General Assembly convenes again. Sen. Frazier Addresses Hoosier Farmers Nov. 16 Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North Dakota will be the principal speaker at the annual convention of the In- diana Farm Bureau on November 16 at Indianapolis. Senator Frazier’s bill to refinance farm mortgages at a low rate of in- terest through federal aid is expected to be one of the important measures before the next Congress. THE LAA. RECORD Credit Unions Now Operate In Indiana Credit unions are now operating in 20 Indiana counties. Only producers of farm commodities are eligible to membership and only members are entitled to loaning privileges. Mem- bers subscribe for one or more shares at $5 each, constituting the deposits, and borrowings have ranged from $25 to $400. \ “A growing interest is shown in the new movement among farmers because of the immediate accessibil- ity to small loans with which to fi- nance payments of taxes, crop and livestock production and other needs of the family at a time when the farm income is at low ebb and other local credit facilities not in position to serve the farmer,” says C. H. La- Selle, director of the credit union division, Indiana Farm Bureau Co- operative Association, Indianapolis. Each credit union is strictly a co- operative organization operated sole- ly for its members. The state bank- ing department maintains supervi- sion for the protection of members and depositors, but the primary pur- pose is to serve rather than make large profits. At the end of the fiscal year, the earnings, excepting some for a reserve fund, are returned to the members in the form of divi- dends or interest. A nominal inter- est charge is made to borrowers. Farm credit unions are now operat- ing at Greenfield, Wabash, Albion, Huntingburg, Goshen, Huntington, Columbia City, Greencastle, Evans- ville, Frankfort, Nob'esville, Sullivan, LaGrange, Angola, Auburn, Plymouth, Rochester, Kokomo, Seymour and Crown Point. R. F. C. Prepares To Export Farm Products The Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration, according to reports, is at last setting up an export division for the express purpose of moving farm surpluses into foreign countries which can buy only on a long-t’'me credit basis. Provision for this action was made in the act amending the original R. F. C. measure, passed in the last session of Congress One of the first projects will prob- ably be the exportation of large quantities of wheat to China. This news is of special interest to wheat growers in the northwest, reports the Farmers National Grain Corporation. A good wheat crop in that area this year has resulted in a large export- able surplus and since growers on the Pacific coast depend to a con- siderable extent on Oriental markets they are hopeful that the credit ar- rangement can be made. In this hope, however, grain growers do not seem to have the sup- port of the private grain trade on the coast which complains that the Page Seven Talks on the Emergency Relief Bond Issue which will be voted upon November 8 will be made on Chicago radio stations the week preceding the election. Stations WLS, WJJD, and WMAQ particularly are expecting to schedule speakers on this important measure. The Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion is providing a speaker for Farmer Rusk’s radio program each Thursday night at 8:15 P. M. from station WJJD, Chicago. The crop allotment plan and the possibilities in acreage reduction as a way to higher farm prices were discussed by George Thiem, director of information, the night of October 13. G. W. Baxter of the Transporta- tion Department discussed the mixed livestock rule and other utility prob- lems October 20. J. H. Kelker was scheduled to speak on farm fire pre- vention the night of October 27. Station WJJD is seeking to get the farm organizations and co-operatives with headquarters in Chicago to sponsor a 15-minute program each evening at 8:15. In addition time will be allotted on the noon-hour farm service program from 12:30 to 1:00. Station KMOX, St. Louis is broad- casting agricultural talks regularly during its noon farm service hour. Talmage DeFrees, president of the Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange and director from the 22nd district on the I. A. A. board, spoke over station KMOX on October 25, 12:45 P. M., subject “The Farmer’s Future.” The Department of Information has of- fered to co-operate in scheduling a series of farm speakers from this station during the fall and winter months. Country Life Insurance Company will broadcast a half-hour jubilee program over station WLS, Chicago, 8:30 to 9:00 P. M. the night of Sat- urday, December 10. This program will be broadcast in connection with the county Country Life queen con- tests to be held over the state that evening. Radio hook-ups will be made so that those who attend the various celebrations may hear the broadcast. The broadcast will wind up an “Achievement” drive among the Country Life agents. former sale to China put local wheat prices so high that they were unable to sell wheat to the rest of the world and therefore are losing commis- sions. In other words the private handlers of grain preferred lower prices that they may make sales more readily. They are interested only in the commission. Page Eight a@pcour inks PN to. I To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political and educational interests of the Jarmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., catense, Tl, Entered as second class matter ? post office, Spencer, Ind, Accept- ance for mailing at special rate of postage Faeyr in. Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, Toss, authorized Oct, 27, 1925, Address all communications i publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, So. 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K Illinois Agricultura] emery | BGBNi 6 viv ewe cices css F, E, Richardson, Mgr, Illinois cultural Mutual Insurance Co............ _ E, Richardson, Mgr, ne Farm Supply Co.........secc..ccsuccccevces L. BR, Marchant, Mgr. Dilinois Grain jg SIS Sh eo P, Cummin hades “ag and Sa'es M bth inois Livestock ket, Ass’ z ..Ray Miller, M ne Grieser. es Illinois Produce Marketing Ass’n. ..................... A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n,.......................... we. H. Coultas, Mgr. Study Candidates’ Statements N THE October issue of the I. A. A. REcorp, there were printed the agricultural planks of the Democratic and Republican platforms, also a statement of the I. A. A.’s political policy as follows: “History discloses that party pledges amount to little, except to the extent that leading can- didates place their personal interpretation up- on their party platforms, and in addition pledge their active support and participation in put- ting into effect their understanding of party pledges. “The Illinois Agricultural Association urges all of its members and friends to carefully study these platform pledges of the respec- tive parties and throughout the presidential campaign to follow closely the interpretation placed upon these platform pledges by the leading candidates of the respective parties. By so doing, farmers and all friends of farmers, and in addition all those who be- lieve that the restoration of agriculture to a basis of prosperity is a first essential to the - restoration of prosperity in America, will be November, 1932 THE LA.A RECORD , enabled to vote intelligently and effectively on November 8th on what the Association believes to be the greatest issue confronting the Ameri- can people at this time. “The Association has never engaged in partisan pol- itics and is not now offering any advice of a partisan character. It does, however, urge its members and friends to join forces in support of the candidate who most clearly, definitely and courageously deals in under- standing terms and commitments on this all important issue and, by such joining of forces, to discharge not only their rights but their duties at the polls in the interest of genuine public welfare and the perpetuity of the principles ef government as outlined by the founders of the Nation.” The soundness of this policy is best understood when considering that immediately after the party. conventions, the Democratic National Committee announcéd that its candidate would deliver at least one address in the mid-west, largely confined to agriculture and its party agricultural policy; and the Republican National Committee announced -that its candidate would deliver not to exceed three addresses in the campaign, one of which would be largely confined to its past and future agricultural policy. When called into conferences by party leaders, the I. A. A. has confined its position to urging candi- dates of both parties to lay greater stress upon the solution of the farm problem, believing that upon a sound and permanent solution of this question largely depends the return of America to a normal basis. As we go to press, in this, the last issue before election, the Democratic candidate has delivered one address, chiefly confined to agriculture. In other speeches he has referred directly to agricul- ture and its importance in the economic affairs of the Nation. The Republican candidate has delivered one address largely confined to agriculture and what may be expected by farmers if the present ad- ministration is continued. According to announcements of party headquar- ters, the Democratic candidate is to again come in- to the mid-west and is scheduled to speak in Spring- field, Illinois, to discuss matters of major economic interest to this section of the Nation, particularly agriculture. It is also understood the Republican candidate will, before election, again come into the mid-west, possibly Illinois, in a further address largely confined to agricultural policies and the party’s attitude toward the farm problem. Wide publicity has and will be given to all pro- nouncements of leading candidates of political parties up to the day of election. The I. A. A. con- tinues to urge its members and friends of agricul- ture to carefully study and review all previous pro- nouncements, both in platforms and in the inter- pretation of platforms by leading candidates and to watch closely further pronouncements of a definite character by such candidates. Only by so doing can voters be enabled to vote intelligently and effectively on what the I. A. A. believes to be the greatest issue confronting the Nation at this time. Vote For Your Friends HE state income tax passed by the General ! Assembly on Feb. 2 and now awaiting a de- cision as to its constitutionality by the state supreme court, was the most important measure (Continued on page 9) 4 \ a SS ee ae . ~] y od . g November, 1932 THE LAA. RECORD Page Nine Vote for Your Friends (Continued from page 8) affecting farm interests before the special session of the legislature last winter. When in operation it is believed that this legislation will provide from $25,000,000 to $30,000,000 per year in such years as 1931, and from $40,000,- 000 to $45,000,000 per year in years of greater prosperity—all of which will REPLACE a like amount of taxes now levied on property. The Mlinois Agricultural ‘Associa- tion sponsored this measure and urged a favorable vote by members of both houses at Springfield. The vote on this bill was a test of. each member’s interest in removing a part of the heavy tax burden now borne by property owners. The vote was a test of each legislator’s interest in bringing tax relief to the farmer and home owner. The members of the Association and friends of agriculture must rec- ognize that to secure the passage of this legislation, tremendous opposi- tion had to be overcome. Many of those who have been enjoying privi- leges and benefits of government without contributing directly to its cost recognized immediately that this legislation would bring them into the tax-paying class. Members of the General Assembly were importuned on every hand to oppose the legislation. To those mem- bers who stood up against all opposi- tion and who overcame all obstacles obstructing its passage belongs the credit for these newly created stat- utes. Farmers and other property owners, regardless of party faith, should support these members in the coming election. Put Export Bounty. On Hog Products of Ireland New governmental regulations re- lating to hog production and inter- national trade in pork products have been adopted or proposed recently in several European countries. Export bounties for hog products have been inaugurated in the Irish Free State and the Netherlands, and the establishment of quotas for imports of lard and pork products is being advocated strongly in Ger- many. Recent declines in hog prices in the United States are attributed to relatively large supplies of dressed pork. Inspected slaughter in Septem- ber was the largest on record for that month. Consumption of pork, lard, and mutton in the U.S. are greater this year than last, while beef and veal consumption are lower. Exports of hog products for the first eight months of ’32 were the smallest for any corresponding period in at least 30 years. Acreage reduction as a way to higher farm prices is receiving more and more consideration as thinking d people delve deeper into the farm problem. Acreage reduction must be con- sidered whether we will or not, if higher prices is to be our goal. The American farmer’s market outlook is far different today than a few years ago. The entire civilized world is going through a depression. Coun- tries burdened with debt, of neces- sity, are conducting their businesses very much the same as an individual or a family in a similar position. They are growing more of their own food supply, buying as little as possi- ble, paying off their debts. Tariff barriers, import quotas, and embar- goes are symptons of this condition. As a result the export market for many American farm products has all but evaporated. Until that mar- ket is re-established and trading be- tween nations resumed, it seems folly to continue producing more than the market wants.at a price somewhere near cost of production. That is unless we desire to be altruistic and continue producing a cheap food supply at less than cost as a public benefaction. Few people doubt the effectiveness of a drastic cut in corn and. wheat acreage in raising prices. But there is some doubt about possibilities for accomplishing this feat following a voluntary plan. The fact is that such a plan has never been seriously at- tempted. There has never been any organization to put the job over. There has been advice and warning which, as might be expected, got nowhere. That farmers and others depend- ent on agriculture are giving serious thought to acreage reduction is in- dicated by expressions from many sources. They do not all agree on the amount of reduction, nor on the means of obtaining the desired ends. “A 25 per cent reduction is not enough,” writes Leon Lemaire, farmer and manufacturer of Des Moines county, Iowa, who states that he has lost large-sums of money in farming during the past eight years. Mr. Lemaire also manufactures pearl buttons a goodly share of the income from which he presumably has lost in farming. “The supply that is carried over would still make an oversupply and the price would not respond,” he con- tinues. “In order to make the prices respond enough to put the farmers in a good position and revalue the real estate, the crop must not be over two-tnirds of a regular normal] acreage. Anything above that would only continue very low prices. Then, after that is done, let them have a little backbone and sell their crops for cost of production plus a nice profit, same as a manufacturer might Oo. “If it were not talking out of school, I could tell you that in our line of production we see to it that we do not produce merchandise that is not wanted. That is what the farmers are doing, and they are suf- fering from the result.- Ten cents for corn is a joke. That is what it is worth here now for any corn. It is simply destitution. It is bankruptcy. “At the same time, if we had 1,500,- 000,000 bushels of corn crop, and if we had had not over 550,000,000 bushels of wheat raised, the farmer would be well-to-do today. There would not be any foreclosures for non-payment of taxes and interest. Country banks and all banks inter- ested in real estate would not have been forced into bankruptcy, and the farmers would be buying their sup- plies and paying for them. The whole country would be benefited, instead of Sovietized as we are today. “But they must be well guarded against the commission men and rail- roads and speculators. They will make the greatest howl against a reduced acreage that you have ever heard, but at the same time, that is the saving of the farming situation.” The surplus bugaboo is the stum- bling block which has wrecked nearly all previous efforts to maintain prof- itable prices for agriculture or other commodities. Once the crop is pro- duced, whether it is kept on the farm, impounded in terminal eleva- tors, or shipped abroad, it has a depressing influence on markets. But if an effective way can be found to curb production, to keep the surplus in the ground as in the case of crude oil in Oklahoma and Texas, the prob- lem will be largely solved. And with reduced acreage farmers will be conserving soil fertility, sav- ing labor, cutting down the wear and tear on machinery and equipment, and getting more actual dollars for their lowered production than they heretofore have secured for a record- breaking crop.—E. G. T. Stove pipes should always enter directly into the chimney without passing through closets, walls, or partitions If the chimney pipe must pass through a partition, a ventilat- ing thimble should be provided. 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RECORD November, 1932 Farm Supply Meeting, ghana More Than 500 Delegates, Managers, and Farm Bureau Leaders Attend A RECORD breaking year in the sale of petroleum products through the 52 county service com- panies associated with Illinois Farm Supply Co. was reported at the an- nual meeting of the state-wide or- ganization at Bloomington, Oct. 12. More than 500 delegates and visitors, most of them leaders in the Farm Bureau movement in Illinois, attend- ed the enthusias- tic convention held in the Y. W. C. A. auditorium. In spite of the decline in most industries the State Supply Co. handled 35,500,000 gallons of petrole- um products, a larger quantity than in any pre- vious year, during the 12 month pe- riod ending L. R, MARCHANT August 31. Manager L. R. Marchant reported that the Illinois Farm Supply Co. and its associated companies now ranks as the largest association of its kind handling petroleum products and farm supplies in the United States. “Our distribution of petroleum products exceeds that of any other group of farmer-owned and operated companies,” he said. “This fine record of achievement has not taken place of its own free will. Close observation of the membership contract, splendid co-operation, and co-ordination of member companies and their increas- ing tendency to bind themselves to- gether for their mutual protection and advancement have been the key- note to success. Pay As You Go “The financial strength of the com- pany is frequently expressed by the manner in which it meets obliga- tions. It is up to every local company to keep its own house in order. It should institute into the minds of its patrons the ‘pay as you go’ plan, and conquer the credit problem from its best means of approach. Experience shows that the chief cause of busi- ness failures is the result of inability to do this and farmer-owned and controlled companies are no excep- tion to the rule.” A statistical report of operations in the 12 month period ending Au- gust 31 was published in the October issue of the RECORD. One of the principal addresses of the afternoon was made by~-Jd.-Frank Grimes, president of the Independent Enthusiastic Session Grocers’ Alliance. “From the looks of the financial statement of your ‘company which shows increasing dividends for six consecutive years, your company should be an institute or example for all America to see,” said Mr. Grimes. A Sleeping Giant “Have you the slightest conception of the enormous power that lies in the hands of agriculture that it does not even attempt to use? There is an enormous power lying sound asleep, and through sensible and powerful methods of merchandizing and advertising that great sleeping power can be awakened. Organiza- tion can accomplish almost anything it goes after, anything that is reason- able, that is proper, that is right. It is wonderful to see an organization built up of men who know what they are going after. There are sensible, practical, scientific ways of doing things if we will study them out and put them into practice.” “This thing called credit trouble can be diagnosed as the principal disease of the world today,” declared J. N. Moylan, credit manager of the American Steel and Wire Company, Chicago. “A sale is never complete until the money for that sale is de- posited by the seller. There is no glory in putting a volume of business on the books and waiting for the money to come back. There is no business wisdom having to do with credits, that can be swallowed in capsules. There is only one way you can control the credit problem and keep yourself out of trouble. Do busi- ness for cash as nearly as possible especially in handling consumption articles such as petroleum products. Troubles Within Hurt “In every co-operative organiza- tion of any form the troubles from within are the troubles that really hurt. Frequently those who sit in places of authority are inclined to ask for special privileges on the terms of sales, etc. Directors should have no reason to expect favoritism wh‘ch may lead to further violation of the company’s policies and break down sound business principles.” Referring to the fundamentals of a business organization Moylan com- pared it to the wheels of a wagon. ‘The right front wheel he said might represent the stock of merchandise which should turn over quickly. Mer- chandise which is slow in selling will pull the wheel out of line. “The left front wheel, accounts re- ceivable. Too many accounts receiv- able will make the going lopsided. The right rear wheel, the cash or working capital, is a very important part of a business. The left rear wheel, the plant investment, the tanks, trucks, etc. These must all be kept up to keep the wagon running smoothly. All four wheels should be the proper size and stay well bal- anced to go along over all kinds of roads in good order. We are travel- ing the dirt roads- today and if the wheels are out of line it is almost impossible to travel.” Great Accomplishment “Business in no line can show the accomplishments of this cooperative endeavor,” said Donald Kirkpatrick of the I. A. A. Referring to the un- organized territory of the state he said: “Fill up those white spaces, improve your merchandizing meth- ods, tie the organization together in such a way as to present a united front.” Answering the question “Who should be entitled to the rights and privileges of the local companies?” Kirkpatrick said: “The County Farm Bureaus should furnish the county supply companies with a certified list of all members in good standing prior to the declaration of any pat- ronage refund. Failure on the part of the service company to strike from its records all Farm Bureau members who are not in good standing at the time the patronage refund is de- clared, might lead to legal difficul- ties.” Adoption of a resolution pertain- ing to the definition of membership in good standing as approved by the Illinois Agricultural Association at its annual meeting last winter was recommended. This resolution in part is as follows: Who Is a Member? In all matters relating to af- filiated or subsidiary organiza- tions connected with the Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus wherein the term “membership in good standing” or a term similar is used involving the right to serv- ice or distribution of savings or earnings, membership in good standing be allowed, if such (Continued on page 18) +. . t —_ 4 - ial > —tT ~— y A \ , a . —_-- s = 3 ——=— r 4 a g . ~ a 4 Pea Vian Gas * { S id rs ~ ; c ~ A ~— y aA ~ + eae 2 a“ —wa — << yr a o , 2 a ee 4 om — ie } i 4 i 4 4 —e ——" t « > - s 7 ~ 4 » + a 7 November, 1932 THE LAA. RECORD Page Thirteen PARTY of farmer elevator man-.- agers and grain producers from Livingston county on a recent tour visited elevators at Graymont, Secor, Kruger and Washington winding up their trip at the million bushel terminal elevator and offices of the Farmers National Grain Corporation at Peoria. Directors of the Farmers Grain Co. at Fairbury, and of farmers’ ele- vators at Ocoya, Pontiac, and Rooks Creek made the trip. Answering questions about the service of the Illinois Grain and Farm- ers National, A. B. Sheel- er, manager of the 500,000 bushel house at Gray- mont, said: “Even though our agreement says that we are not compelled to market our grain through the Farmers National only when it can give us a net or on track price equal to or more than I can get from any other source, I find that between 60 and 70 per cent of our grain goes to the national co- operative. The _ service from the office at Pontiac has been excellent.” George L. Potter, mem- ber of the grain market- ing committee of the Liv- ingston County Farm Bu- reau, made a complete report of the trip to the Bloomington Pantagraph. He quoted Mr. Greiner of the Secor elevator to the effect that about 80 per cent of their grain went to-the Farmers National Grain Corp. Mr. Potter’s report of the trip follows: Manager Smith of Kruger said, “We came into this program as one of the first. We were required to buy capital stock to the extent of $100 for each 10,000 bushels handled. For the pro- tection of the few of us who pioneered this field, we bound our- selves together with an agreement to market all our grain through our own sales agency. We never altered from the course and for two years 100 percent of our grain has gone through the Farmers National. “Now that the success of the ven- ture is assured, there being over 100 elevators as members in Illinois, who have originated some twenty- five million bushels of grain to the Farmers National, we are allowed to find a better market if we can. Even though brokers continue to call us daily, I believe they offer no better market than the Farmers National and 100 percent goes to it.” Service Excellent Mr. Esch, manager of the Wash- ington elevator, said, “I was cautious of this proposition at first, and our board was divided. But the service is excellent and I find that approxi- mately 90 percent of all our grain finds itself in the Farmers National hands. Here is the one great opportu- nity that has been offered the grain farmer to organize and gain the ad- vantages offered of co-operative sale of his product.” The visitors were especially inter- ested in going through the million bushel terminal elevator owned by the Farmers National and the in- THE WRONG TACTICS PROPAGANDA) AGAINST CO-OP GRAIN MARKETING AGENCIES i structive description of methods of handling by Mr. Wilke, the manager. All Sold or Hedged He said, “We have 985,000 bushels of grain on hand. We move in and out about 500,000 bushels a month. We have 27 different grades of wheat here at the present time. It is all sold or hedged. It is our job here to receive the grain from the country elevator, clean it, dry it, and blend or process the various grades re- quired by the miller or processor. The profits from this business now go to the Farmers National, from there to the Illinois Grain corpora- tion and down to the member ele- vators in proportion to the amount of grain they sell to the Farmers Na- tional.” A question was asked Mr. Wilke, “We understand from the opposition to this program that the Farmers National hasn’t employed good grain men, that it has employed inex- perienced personnel, incapable of handling such tremendous volume, - and, in the picture only for what they can exploit from the farmer.” What has been your experience as manager of this big terminal?” Everything Business-like Mr. Wilke answered: “I have been employed here since I was 13 years old and have been manager for many years. I can truthfully say that I have learned more about the grain business since the Farmers Na- tional took it over two years ago than I had learned in all my past ex- perience. Anybody that tells you that their co-op’s men don’t know their stuff is crazy. They handle everything on a business- like basis and their cards are on the table all the time.” It was reported at the Farmers National office at Peoria that with some 20 commission firms on the Peoria market, the Farm- ers National handles from 30 to 50 percent of the daily receipts. Same Fight Repeated Mr. McClintock, mana- ger of the office, said in part to the visitors: “You men, as_ directors of farmers elevators out in the country, have seen to- day that you have not gone far with the market- ing of your grain. You older men have been through the fight. You know of the storms of disapproval from the grain trade that came. You know of their first refusal to handle your grain. This avalanche of propaganda against the Farmers National and co-operative marketing is no differ- ent today. But you have seen that it was all worthwhile. You have been paid with what it was worth to firmly establish the Farmers ele- vator. Profits To Grower “Now the Farmers National is the next layer on the cake. It is the ex- tension of the farmers marketing machinery into the terminal. All the profits from commissions, terminal storage, processing, blending, etc. belong to the farmer members. The (Continued on page 15) Heat-Resisting With A New and Far Lower Cold Test Now You Can Get PENN BOND and BLUE SEAL motor oils with the same unequaled lubricating value—the same excep- tional heat-resisting qualities—with a new and far lower cold test. These all-weather oils will pour and pump at sub-zero temperatures ... give instant lubri- cation in the coldest weather . . . eliminate the danger spot where authorities say the most damage is done. Now is the time to order your supply of Winter Oil. Penn Bond (100% pure Pennsylvania) and Blue Seal (pure paraffin base) Winter Oils make easy Win- ter starting—save the battery and protect the motor from dry bearings, friction, heat and wear. Be prepared for the first cold snap. Telephone your order to the local Farm Bureau Service Company or ask your “SERVICE” man. ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY COMPANY 608 South Dearborn St., Chicago November, 1932 Grain Marketing (Continued from page 13) program is sound, it is a going con- cern, it is adequately financed. Your only worry is the efficiency and in- tegrity of its management. “That you have with your local elevator. The whole program is set up in such a way that this problem is always in the hands of the pro- ducer who elects directors for his elevator. The elevator directors con- trol the regional, and the various regionals elect directors for the Na- tional.” Mr. McClintock explained that the grain stabilization was no longer a factor in the market, that the last held by the Red Cross would be consumed by May, 1933. Alibi Worn Out One of the party remarked how funny it was that the trade had contended that grain would be 25 cents higher if it wasn’t for the wheat held by the farm board, and that all grains had dropped con- tinuously in price since it was known that the board’s wheat was gone. Another said, “We don’t hear so much about ‘government in busi- ness’ since everybody knows what the government has loaned to banks, insurance companies, railroads, etc.” O. D. Brissenden, field representa- tive of the Illinois Grain corpora- tion, accompanied the party on the tour. He explained how every legiti- mate objection to membership had been met. He said that no capital is required by the member elevator, that dividends were based on patron- age, that no elevator was required to market its grain through its own organization, unless it could give a net price equal to or more than the other fellow and that all questions of management are left to the local board. Now More Volume Mr. Brissenden said: “On this trip today we have seen the system in successful operation. We are assured by the audits of the national asso- ciation that it is making substantial profits. We know from its set-up that these profits will be returned to the producers But its ultimate suc- cess will depend on volume. There is a greater hope for this movement than to return a part of the handling charge to the producer. Its great purpose is to control sufficient vol- ume to affect the price paid for grain. “Should a lack of patronage cause the failure of this ultimate purpose it would be another generation be- fore there could be built another or- ganization with the promise that Farmers National offers. The sup- port of this movement, or the lack of it, will set a policy for the next generation to follow. Shall they have faith and carry on the co-operative movement because their forefathers paid the sacrifice necessary and THE LA.A. RECORD through it worth enough to go on with the next big job?” The Illinois Grain Corporation handled 1,131 cars of grain in Sep- tember making a total of 6,503 cars shipped during the first nine months of the year 1932. The state regional now has 100 member elevators and grain co-operatives. Four new ele- vators became members during Sep- tember. During the first nine months of the year the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion handled well over 11,000,000 bushels of grain which is in excess of the volume handled during the entire calendar year of 1931. The first payment on butterfat to members of the Quality Milk Associa- tion was a net price of 22 cents per pound after all operating expenses were paid. This price is higher than the Chicago market, and returned the producers more for 100 pounds of milk than they received previously for the surplus sold to distributors at Rock Island, Davenport, Moline, and E. Moline. Market Cabbage For Whiteside Co. Growers The Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- change during the past season found a market for approximately 85 car- loads of cabbage for Whiteside county growers around Morrison, Fenton, and Oliver Siding. Most of the cabbage was shipped to southern markets such as New Orleans, Mo- bile, Nashville, and Memphis. Al- though prices obtained were very low the growers were fortunate to get a market at all since home grown sup- plies this year were unusually heavy at most markets. H. W. Day, director of fruit and vegetable marketing, states that a short apple crop has resulted in higher prices than obtained last year. Apples are retailing at from 75 cents to $1.50 a bushel. Sell Apples To Truck Men From Central Point The Illinois Fruit Growers Ex- change is assembling apples on route 10 a mile east of Jacksonville where sales are made to truck buyers from all sections. The same practice was followed last year and results from the experiment justified its con- tinuance this year. The Illinois apple crop is much be- low normal this fall and actual yields are falling under estimates made early in the season. It will be ap- proximately a 25 per cent crop when harvested. Page Fifteen Milk Prices (For September, based on 3.5% milk unless otherwise specified.) St. Louis—Sanitary Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.35 f.o.b. country; Class II 7l1c f.0.b. country; Class III 58¢ f.o.b. country. 5c has been deducted for check-off. Aver- aged weighted price to producers al] milk 93c. Retail 10c. Indianapolis — Central Indiana Dairy Association announces Class I $1.60 f.o.b. city. Class II $1.00 f.o0.b. city. St. Paul — Twin City Milk Pro- ducers Association announces Class I basic $1.24 delivered Retail 8c. Cincinnati—The Cooperative Pure Milk Association announces weighted price per 100 pounds $1.21. Detroit—Michigan Milk Producers Association announces Class I basic $1.60 delivered; Classes II and I 85c. Averaged weighted price to pro- re ge all milk $1.51 f.0.b. city. Re- 9c. Cedar Rapids—Cedar Rapids Co- operative Dairy Company announces Class I basic $2.00 delivered. Aver- aged weighted price to producers $1.10. Retail 10c. New York—Dairymen’s League Co- operative Association Inc. announces Class I basic $1.79 delivered; Class IT $1.26 and Class III $1.15. Retail 12c. Bloomington — McLean County Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.70 f.o.b. city. Class II de- livered $1.10. Class III 84c. Averaged weighted price to producers all milk $1.13. Retail 10c. Champaign — Champaign County Milk Producers announces Class I basic $1.834 f.0.b. city; Class II de- livered $1.1512; Class III 78%4c. Av- eraged weighted price to producers all milk $1.3414. Retail 1lc. Chicago — Pure Milk Association announces Class I basic $1.85 f.ob. city. Class II delivered 73c. Retail 11c. Galesburg — Galesburg Pure Milk Association announces Class I basic 4% milk $1.85 f.o.b. city. Retail 9-10c. Peoria — Illinois Milk Producers’ Association announces Class I basic $1.65 f.0.b. city. Class II delivered 97c. Class III 69c. Averaged weighted price to producers all milk $1.19. Re- tail 9-10c. Springfield—Producers Dairy Com- pany announces Class I basic $1.40 f.o.b. country. Retail 91/11c. Many a turkey grower can develop a profitable local market and a repu- tation for his flock by advertising in his local newspaper. A hen that does not lay is not even a fair risk any time; and now-a-days she is a greater liability than usual. THE LAA RECORD November, 1932 ‘ A NEW produce marketing asso- ciation was recently organized in Pope-Hardin counties for handling poultry, eggs, and cream. White county recently organized another cream marketing unit at Carmi. In- terest is being manifested in county produce associations at Mt. Vernon, and Marion. Frank Gougler announces that southern Illinois egg producers are getting along nicely in shipping eggs co-operatively to the eastern mar- kets in carload lots. Plans are being made to service these shipments through the produce marketing units with egg cases, fillers, etc. Further co-operation between the organized milk producers and cream shippers was discussed at a meeting of 35 to 40 representative producers from all sections of Illinois in the I. A. A. offices, Chicago, October 13. Consideration is being given to es- tablishing processing plants for tak- ing care of surplus milk which milk distributors do not wish to handle. It is contemplated that if such a plan is followed butter manufacturing plants will be established in a number of the larger downstate cities where surplus milk will be separated and the cream churned into butter. Cream from co-operative produce as- sociations. also will find a market through these plants. The fluid milk producers during the past two years in many markets have received such low prices for surplus, in some cases below butter- fat value, that ways and means of establishing outlets at more favor- able prices have been considered for a number of years. Steps already have been taken to- ward establishing processing plants at Peoria, Bloomington, and Rock Island. The newly organized farmers’ creamery company of Bloomington, owned and controlled by the Mc- Lean County Milk Producers, re- cently leased a building close to the present McLean County Farm Bu- reau offices, according to a recent announcement. The company ex- pects to begin making butter on or before January 1. Since the cream station was started here in 1927 Forrest Fairchild, man- ager of the Milk Producers Associa- tion, is quoted by the Pantagraph as saying: “The spread in price of cream has been changed from nine to two cents, to the benefit of the producer. And under the new plan possibly two to four cents more can go to the farmer. On the 1,500,000 pounds of butterfat produced in Mc- Lean county this would amount to about $45,000 increase in returns to the producers annually.” Life Insurance Co.'s. Take 71% Farm Loans Farm mortgage loans were smaller in both total volume and average size in 1931 as compared with the preceding year, mortgage bankers in 17 western and southern states re- ported recently. The ratios of loans to value of farms were higher than in preceding years. Of a total of 3,918 loans represent- ing more than $19,500,000 in loan contracts made during the year in these states, 67 per cent consisted of renewals, the balance, new loans. The average ratio of loans to value of farms was 39.4 per cent on new loans last year and 61.3 per cent on loans renewed. Loans requiring re- newal for the most part included farms with heaviest indebtedness. Most of the loans were made for a term of five years. Sixty-five per cent of all loans made last year re- quire some payment on principal an- nually. Life insurance companies took 71 per cent of the total loans or less than in previous years. There was an increase in the proportion of farm mortgages bought by private investors and other local agencies. Get a Better Deal On Mixed Shipments Better rates on mixed shipments of livestock will become effective November 1 as a result of a ruling adopted by carriers following nego- tiations initiated by the I. A. A. Transportation Department. The modified mixed livestock rule applies on shipments between points in Illinois, according to G. W. Bax- ter. This rule provides that when cat- tle, calves, hogs, sheep, lambs, goats, or kids are shipped in mixed carloads the charge shall be based on the carload rate and actual weight of each species in the car. However, the total charge on the carload shall not be less than the carload rate and minimum weight for that class of stock contained in the car which on a straight carload basis carries the highest charge. The modified rates do not penalize shippers who have sheep in the car, as in the past. Heretofore shippers have paid the actual weight of all stock in the car at the highest rate class. In other words if the car con- tained 17,000 pounds of cattle, hogs, and sheep the entire 17,000 pounds of livestock paid the sheep rate which is higher than that on cattle and hogs. This new rule will permit the shipper to apply the weight and rate for each species in the car subject to a minimum for the stock in the car which on a straight carload basis will produce the highest charge. A total of 164 decks of livestock were handled by the Illinois Live- stock Marketing Association and its member co-operatives during Sep- tember. Of these, 50 decks were sold through the state sales office at De- catur. This is the largest volume handled in any month since its or- ganization. Shipments from Illinois counties to producer agencies indicate a total of 11,609 cars for the six months’ period ending June 30, 1932. This compares with a total of 11,946 cars _ for the corresponding six months of 1931. The ninth and final calf club sale held under the auspices of the In- ternational Live Stock Exposition, Chicago, October 11 established a new top for the season when the Hygrade Food Products Corporation bid $12.25 per cwt. for an outstand- ing 900 pound Hereford. The calf was fed by 13 year old Jean Turn- bull of Marshall county, Illinois. A total of 162 calves brought an average price of $8.45. They weighed 929 pounds average. The 1,927 calves auctioned off this season sold for an average price of $8.89, average weight 905 pounds. The National Livestock Credit Corporation announces that 551 ap- plications for loans had been passed upon favorably by October 6, the loans granted totaling $832,000. There are ample funds available’ and feeders in need of financial assist- ance in their cattle and sheep feed- ing operations should write for ap- plication blanks to the nearest pro- ducer agency. Loans are made in some cases up to 100 per cent and at six per cent interest. The Indianapolis Producers sold 913 carloads of livestock during Sep- tember, an increase of 138 cars com- pared with the same month last year. Illinois supplied 126 carloads of this total. Illinois counties showing an in- crease in livestock shipments to In- dianapolis Producers during the third quarter this year compared with last are Clark, Crawford, Jasper, Cum- berland, Effingham, Richland, Sangamon, White, and Williamson. Trucking of livestock from Illinois increased from nine carloads in Sep- tember, 1930 to 107 carloads in Sep- tember, 1932. The Chicago Producers showed a substantial increase in receipts of all livestock during September compared with the same month a year ago. Producers’ cattle receipts increased 8.7 per cent, whereas market receipts (Continued to page 17) nl nen ee ANNs AT = Novem ( of sala The C ne an en ee na! eae November, 1932 THE LAA. RECORD Page Seventeen Livestock Marketing (Continued from page 16) of salable cattle fell off 11.5 per cent. The Chicago co-op. handled 12.5 per cent of the salable receipts of hogs compared with 10.9 per cent in Sep- tember a year ago. The market for fed cattle is ex- pected to hold fairly steady during the winter, according to H. M. Con- way of the National Livestock Mar- keting Association. This situation, he believes, makes short feeding of the lower and intermediate grades reasonably favorable for the period February to April. Supplies of hogs are expected to be lower in the late ter. Feeder lamb prices have weakened during the past eight weeks making a favorable situation for the feeder. The greatest scarcity of fed lambs and highest prices are expected dur- ing the winter. Eastern Livestock Men Organize At Baltimore The Eastern Livestock Cooperative Marketing Association, with head- quarters at Baltimore, Maryland, was recently admitted to membership in the National Livestock Marketing Association. L. T. Skeffington, for- merly with the Illinois Agricultural Association, has been employed as manager. The Eastern Association was or- ganized in September, 1931, by stock- men and farmers in the States of Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, North Carolina Pennsyl- vania, and New York, and serves live- stock producers in this territory. Its first selling agency started operations at the Union Stock Yards, Baltimore, Maryland on August 1, 1932. During August, the Eastern handled 3.652 head of livestock valued at $40,645, while during September the Associa- tion handled 5,542 head valued at $85,200. Indiana Votes On {Income Tax Amendment The Indiana Farm Bureau Federa- tion will sponsor income tax legis- lation in the coming session of the General Assembly at Indianapolis. The Farm Bureau has _ recom- mended and urged the passage of an income tax in Indiana during past years as a replacement tax that farmers and property owners may be relieved of a part of their heavy tax burden. An income tax amendment to the state constitution will be submitted _in the general election in Indiana on November 8. If the amendment passes it will settle for all time the constitutionality of a law to tax in- comes says Lewis Taylor, director of the tax and legislative department. By L. A. Williams HATEVER the original motive back of Country Life Insur- ance Company may have been, and we who had to do with it believe it was service, the fact remains that it has performed an invaluable service to the farmers of Illinois. $274,000 has been paid out in death claims to farmers’ beneficiaries since we started three and a half years ago. More than $125,000 in dividends have been paid to living policyhold- ers. More than one-half million dollars of premium outlay has been saved to farmers over the past three and a half years, because of the lower first cost of Country Life under the aver- age participating life insurance premium. Another savings which has accrued to the benefit of policyholders through careful management in the handling of funds is the holding and preserving securely, by careful in- vestment, of $1,600,000 of Company funds, not one security of which is in default, and the accumulating of $300,000 of surplus, through earnings and savings, for policyholders. Still. another service for farmers has been the placing of more than $50,000,000 of life insurance with farmers, a great number of whom would never have carried any life insurance had it not been for the confidence they had in their own Company, and the service they re- ceived from their own leadership and their own people, Needless to say, many thousands of dollars have been paid out to beneficiaries who would have had no life insurance had it not been for the origin of Country Life. We have paid out to Farm Bureau members who are agents of Country Life $570,000 in commissions, of which the Farm Bureaus have re- tained as their over-writing share nearly $60,000. Country Life Insurance Company has made a gain every month since it has been in business. Its income today is more than a million dollars yearly. It is true that we have lapsed several million of business, but we have always gained more in new business than we have lapsed. This Company has been built dur- ing the three and a half years of depression. Its record of accomplish- ments is unequaled anywhere in the annals of life insurance history. The fact that farmers have built this Company and operated it for their own benefit during the hardest fi- nancial years known to the country is proof of their ability to operate their own business in practically any line of marketing or group purchase, or through group action to build a defense against unjust legislation, and for fair taxation. In fact, Country Life Insurance Company stands as a monument to the ability of farmers to act in groups for their own welfare. Achievement Day Jubilee will be December 10, culminating in a radio broadcast that evening from 8:30 un- til 9:00, over WLS, at which time the accomplishments of the _ various counties, will be broadcast, also the names of the Country Life Queens. About seventy counties will hold beauty contests. Other counties will hold entertainments of other kinds. $38,000,000 Loaned Livestock Growers The National Feeder and Finance Corporation, co-operative credit agency affiliated with the National Live Stock Marketing Association with headquarters at Chicago, has loaned to livestock growers during the past two years more than $38,000,000. The six regional credit corporations loaning money to livestock growers are located at Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Oklahoma City, and Fort Worth. These regional credit corporations now have a total loan capacity of approximately $40,- 000,000 On September 1 only about $10,000,000 of loans were outstand- ing. There is still $30,000,000 available for loans. Illinois livestock growers can get full information about loans by writing the National Feeder and Fi- nance Corporation, Builders Build- ing, 228 No. LaSalle St., Chicago. The average taxes in dollars per acre in 1913 and-1930, and the 1930 indexes based upon 1913 as 100 per cent, are reported as follows: Ohio, $0.53 in 1913, $1.36 in 1930, index 258 per cent; Indi- ana $0.59 in 1913, $1.41 in 1930, index 237 per cent; Illinois $0.49 in 1913, $1.16 in 1930, index 235 per cent; Michi- gan $0.54 in 1913, $1.34 in 1930, index 247 per cent; Wisconsin $0.47 in 1913, $1.07 in 1930, index 226 per cent; Min- nesota $0.29 in 1913, $0.83 in 1930, in- dex 291 per cent; Iowa $0.56 in 1913, $1.24 in 1930, index 222 per cent; Mis- souri $0.14 in 1913, $0.45 in 1930, index 311 per cent; Editor, I. A. A. RECORD The September issue of the RECORD is one of the best of the year. I read it from cover to cover.—Geo. F. Tullock, Winnebago County, III. Page Eighteen THE LA.A RECORD November, 1932 Farm Supply Meeting, Bloomington (Continued from page 12) membership is free from default on any day during the 60 days next preceding the last day of the calendar month prior to such demand for service or declaration of distribution of savings or earnings. Secretary George E. Metzger of the I. A. A. congratulated the company on its splendid showing and discussed briefly the $20,000,000 bond issue coming up for vote on November 8. President Fred Herndon of the Illi- nois Farm Supply Co. gave an inter- esting address in which he recounted some of the problems of the local companies. He pleaded for uniform merchandizing methods and trade practices by the 52 companies over the state. He said that competition among the companies is unthinkable, yet it does exist. Congratulating the managers and truck salesmen for their excellent work in supporting the Farm Bureau membership drive preceding the 4th of July celebration he said: “The records show you secured 700 new members. You hold an important position in our Farm Bureau pro- gram. Your truck salesmen contact Farm Bureau members and non- Farm Bureau members every day. It is your duty to acquire and dissemi- nate proper information concerning the Farm Bureau and your local com- pany.” Excellent Statement The condensed financial statement distributed to delegates shows that total dividends to member companies had increased from $1,372.08 in 1927 to $86,511.76 in 1932. Of this latter amount patronage dividends to com- mon stockholders amounted to $80,- 090.43. Assets of the company at the close of the fiscal year were $248,- 690.30 and liabilities including the $86,511.76 dividends payable were only $92,412.78. Mr. Fred E. Ringham, manager of the Illinois Agricultural Auditing As- sociation read the financial report and discussed briefly accounting problems of the local companies. Only one chgnge was made in the board of directors. H. A. Keele of Macoupin county replaced Sam Sor- rells of Montgomery county. Other directors are F. E. Herndon, Geo. F. Tullock, E. E. Stevenson, Grant Broster, J. M. Eyman, Frank J. Flynn, H. R. Neal, T. J. Penman. The number of hogs in Germany, Denmark, and Holland was 10 per cent less for June this year than last year. Reduced supplies resulted in higher hog prices in July than in June in both the United States and Europe. Chairman Stone On Farming The Farmer In one of his numerous blasts against the Farm Board and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Arthur W. Cutten, Chicago grain speculator, is reported to have called on voters everywhere to defeat members of Congress who supported the Agricul- tural Marketing Act. In a recent pub- lic address Chairman Stone of the Federal Farm Board without men- tioning any names referred to Cut- ten’s articles published in Chicago newspapers, says the Farmers Na- tional Grain Corp. “IT think one of the most enlighten- ing newspaper articles I have seen in many days appeared in Chicago sev- eral weeks ago,” said Chairman Stone. “It was written by one of your largest and most influential grain traders in which he made the statement that he had never seen a better job of the farmer being farmed than was done by the Farm Board. “Yet that man came here from Canada some 20 odd years ago with practically no money. I understand he has given to his brothers and his sisters an endowment fund of $1,000,- 000 each and God knows how much he has left. I would like to have him tell the people of this country whether he made it growing or sell- ing wheat. If there ever was a glar- ing example of how the farmer was farmed I think he gives a good dem- onstration.” Textile Trade Improves Rochester, N. H., Aug. 20: Five hundred employees of the Gonic Manufacturing Company here were notified today of a 10 per cent in- crease effective immediately. Im- proved conditions in the textile trade made this increase possible. A recent cartoon pictures an auto- mobile wreck with the car and the driver all scrambled together at the side of the road. The engine reared an angry head from the mass of wreckage and said to what was left of the driver: “Why blame me! Yow’re supposed to have brains.” And there’s the rub. The driver has the brains, but all too often he fails to use them. Alfalfa needs at least six inches of growth before winter. Take the first cutting next season earlier than usual, then the last cutting will he early enough for a good growth before winter. Farmers National Seed Market Service Explained Three sales plans for seed market- ing are now available through Farmers National Grain Corp. serv- ice, according to P. V. Kelly, manager of the Seed Division. “At the option of the producers, seed may be offered to the Farmers National for immediate cash sale. It may be delivered for storage and later sold upon order of the owner, or it may be handled through pools by the usual pooling methods. “Seed accepted for storage will be graded, cleaned, and stored. Against warehouse receipts for such stored seed, the co-operatives or the re- gional organizations may borrow for the purpose of making advance pay- ments to the grower. “Seed pooled by growers in accord- ance with usual pooling practice will be purchased by the corporation or sold for the account of the pool whenever the pool orders sale to be made. The entire marketing opera- tions will be in the hands of Farmers National Grain Corporation, but sales policies will be determined by the separate pools.” Any producer group may avail it- self of the cleaning, grading, ware- housing and marketing facilities of the Farmers National if organized as a co-operative under the Capper- Volstead law and affiliated with the regional such as Illinois Grain Corp. Extensive and permanent sales outlets will be provided by the con- tacts maintained with co-operative sales agencies, the Farmers National serving as a clearing house between the associations of seed producers and associations selling seed to other farmers. All the facilities of the Cor- poration will be available as seed dis- tribution agencies. Regional agricultural credit corpora- tions with paid up capital stock of $3,- 000,000 set up and financed by the Re- construction Finance Corporation are authorized in the new relief bill re- cently signed by President Hoover. They may be set up in any Federal Land Bank district where needed. Man- agement would rest with the R. F. C. and such credit corporations will be able to make loans for agricultural pro- duction, breeding stock, etc, to farmers. Illinois farmers plan to reduce the fall sown wheat acreage about five per cent from that of last year. The marked slump in the Illinois wheat acreage during the past two years is chiefly due to the discouraging price situation, with the menace of fly and chinch bug damage a contributing factor. Proper care and feed prevents a well- bred pullet from molting in the fall. Plenty of feed will not make the- pul- lets too fat. coS\_» The cA Illinois ‘_m tral Association Published monthly by the Illinois R Association at 165 So. ffice, Spencer, Ind. Acceptance for mailing iaarese all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Entered as second class matter at post o 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925, Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 12 DECEMBER, 1932 Main street, Spencer, ind, tuditorial Offices, or So. Dearborn St,, Chicago, Li). at special rates of postage provided 28, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So in Section 412, Act of Feb. Volume 10 Annual Meeting Jan. 25-26-27 Peoria Connected With Early History of |. A. A., Many Will Recall Meetings HEN the organized farmers of Illinois gather at Peoria Jan- uary 25-26-27 for the eighteenth an- nual meeting of the Illinois Agricul- tural Association and meetings of many associated companies, it will remind some of the pioneers in the movement of the historic meeting in this same city in January 1919. It was in Peoria 14 years ago that the founders of the I. A. A. decided to make it a live membership or- ganization with a broad program of service rather than a loose federa- tion of County Farm Bureaus. At that memorable meeting 120 men made personal pledges of $100 each to underwrite the employment of a secretary, the estab- lishment of an of- fice, and the in- auguration of a joint membership cam- paign throughout the state. The first I. A. A. office was set up in a couple of small rooms at 1103 Edison Building, across from the Federal Building in Chicago. At the end of the year, the organiza- tion committee re- ported that 40,551 members had been secured through membership cam- paigns in 33 coun- ties. The following year, 1920, this figure had been more than doubled and_ since then the I. A. A. has been one of the largest and strongest state farm organiza- tions in America. The H. C. of L. When the mem- bers met in Peoria a year later in Jan- of 1919 and 1920 uary, 1920, to review the year’s ac- complishments, one of the interest- ing subjects discussed was the boy- cott of eggs, butter, and other farm products by city housewives, and the nation-wide publicity given the High Cost of Living. “Because there is a lot of com- ment about the farmer being to blame for the high cost of living,” the Publicity Department reported, “the I. A. A. fed two families in Chicago for a week, kept strict ac- count of what that family ate, and what it cost them. The products were traced back to see how much the farmer got. Out of the four PERE MARQUETTE HOTEL, PEORIA Headquarters I. A. A. Annual Meeting Jan. 25-26-27. The last I. A. A. Convention was held in this city in Jaunary 1927. main necessities of life which come direct from Illinois farmers—meat, bread, milk, and potatoes—the farmer gets 42 per cent, and others get 58 per cent,” said the report. “In the case of bread, the farmer gets 3.1 cents for the wheat in a 10 cent one-pound loaf which means that if he gave his wheat for noth- ing bread would still cost about seven cents a loaf. Carrying it out further it would mean a reduction of 75 cents per bushel for wheat to make a one-cent reduction in a loaf of bread.” How different is the picture to- day? The low cost of living and the lowest price for farm products in the memory of living men will character- ize the economic situation as dele- gates and members. gather from the 102 caunties of Illinois in January 1933. In welcoming the delegates to Peoria, his home county, at the annual meeting on January 13, 1920, Zealy M. Holmes, then Association vice-president, struck one of the keynotes of the convention when he said: “What we want and expect is that the price of farm products can be sta- bilized so after pro- ducing the crops we can in return re- ceive the cost of pro- duction plus a rea- sonable profit. “In the contracts our government made with other in- dustries during the war, they allowed cost plus a certain (Cont’d. p. 4, col. 3) Page Four THE I. A.A. RECORD December, 1932 President Smith Serves On National Committee U. S. Chamber of Commerce Calls Meeting To Devise Ways and Means of Re- habilitating Farm Buying Power A committee composed of repre- sentatives of business and agricul- tural interests met in the office of General Robert E. Wood, president of Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, November 21 to consider ways and means of re-establishing an equi- table price ratio between farm and industrial prices. The meeting was called by H. I. Harriman, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, is a mem- ber of the committee representing organized farmers. Others attending the meeting were: Burton F. Peek, vice-presi- dent, Deere & Company, Moline, lll.; F. A. Theis, vice-president of Simonds-Shields-Lounsdale Grain Co., Kansas City, Mo.; M. L. Wil- son, agricultural economist, Mon- tana State College; R. R. Rogers, Prudential Life Insurance Co., New- ark, N. J.; H. A. Wallace, editor of Wallace’s Farmer, Des Moines; Ly- man E. Wakefield, president, First National Bank of Minneapolis; Harper Sibley, managing director, Sibley Farms, Rochester, N. Y.; A. C. Hardison, Hardison Ranch Com- pany, Santa Paula, Cal.; N. P. Hull, president, Grange Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich.; Sydney Anderson, vice-president General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis; D. L. James, secretary to the new com- mittee; E. L. Bacher, secretary, foreign commerce committee, United States Chamber of Com- merce; Thomas Wickman, chair- man legislative committee, Chicago Association of Commerce. Resolution Adopted The resolution adopted by the committee follows: “With farm product prices at present levels, the burden of agri- cultural taxes, interest charges and freight rates is intolerable. Farm products today will buy only one- half their normal amount of con- sumer goods. “Inasmuch as it will be a slow process to negotiate reciprocal tar- iff agreements and make govern- mental debt adjustments in such a way as immediately to increase ex- ports to a material extent we ad- vocate the immediate development of a plan which will establish a domestie price level for basic farm products which is far enough above the world level to re-establish an equitable price ratio between farm and industrial prices. i | £ | SOUTHPAW HUSKER FROM KNOX COUNTY WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Carl Seiler (right) member of the Knox County Farm Bureau, not only won the state title in the contest held near Monticello in Piatt county, but husking against 16 picked men, all winners, from eight other states, won the national contest before 20,000 or more people who gathered on the Robert Peterson farm east of Galva in Henry county Nov. 10. Seiler gathered a net load of 36.91 bu. in 80 minutes. Orville Welch, Piatt county Farm Bureau member (left) was the national champion last year and placed second in the state contest, sixth in the na- tional contest, this year. The Henry County Farm Bureau, American Legion, and other local groups co-operated with Prairie Farmer in staging the big event. “We believe, therefore, that it is in the general public interest for all groups to cooperate with agricul- ture in formulating a plan which will restore the purchasing power of farmers.” A sub-committee was appointed to present a plan to re-establish farmers’ buying power for the con- sideration of the committee as a whole at a further meeting to be held at an early date. Business Leaders Aroused The significance of this com- mittee’s activity is that business leaders are showing vital interest in the farm problem and will likely give support to an effective plan to raise farm prices for submission in . the next Congress. It will be re- called that the Chamber of Com- merce endorsed the Agricultural Marketing Act passed in 1929 which since has proven ineffective in maintaining farm prices on a par with the prices of industrial com- modities. If business and agriculture can get together on an effective plan there is little doubt that it can be put through the coming session of Congress. The fact that business in general is desperate and is ready to do almost anything that promises to put factory wheels in motion is one bright spot in the future out- look. Annual Meeting Jan. 25-26-27 (Continued from page 3) percent of profit. The farmer stood by the government at all times. We have worked from early morn until late at night to help feed the world and so far have succeeded in doing it. Was any profit guaranteed the farmer? Would we not as farmers be better off if the government had not fixed the price of wheat? Most of the wheat at present is in the hands of speculators, and they are asking a 50 per cent raise. Do you think the price of pork should fluctuate from $1 to $2 in 24 hours? I see no real protection. Wool has gone down to the producer. Can you buy clothing any cheaper? You can answer if you will. What we need first is edu- cation as to our grave needs so that we may build the foundation of an organization that can perpetuate this great industry in which our lives and money are invested. Ever since the Pilgrim Fathers landed in America, organization of this great cause of agriculture has been needed.” Here’s Real Vision That the founders of the I. A. A. had prophetic vision and foresight in building the organization, is re- vealed in the report of the first Fi- nance Committee made by Joe Fulkerson, chairman. (Continued on page 5 col. 3) December, 1932 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five British Farmers Get Price-Fixing Legislation Parliament Passes Marketing Act Much More Far-Reach- ing Than Ours GC ey British Agricultural Market- ing Act passed in July last year permits the producers of any farm commodity by means of a two- thirds majority vote to place the entire marketing of all the commod- ity produced under the control of their own organization. If the producers of a given com- modity wish to set up an organiza- tion they must first submit their plan to the Minister of Agriculture. The plan must provide for a board to control marketing, must define its powers and provide for the elec- tion of its members by producers. If the Minister approves the plan and is satisfied that the persons submitting it are representative of the producers of the commodity, he has to submit it to Parliament where, upon its approval, it becomes law. The Act provides wide powers. A commodity board under the terms of the Act could own and operate a meat packing plant. But before the plan can be made effective it must have a two-thirds majority vote of producers voting on it. At least half of the producers of the commodity must have taken part in the voting. Three Types Boards Three types of boards are con- templated under the Act, the trad- ing board which would handle the commodity in question, a regulating board which merely issues instruc- tions as to how the commodity is to be sold, and a third type which would have both regulatory and trading functions. A board cannot exercise any direct control over production, but it may control sales in such a manner as to impose a penalty on producers for produc- tion of excessive amounts. The law provides for co-operative buying as well as cooperative sell- ing. One difference between this Act and our own marketing act in the United States is that the British Act provides for compulsory co- operation of all producers when two-thirds of them approve the plan. If there is substantial opposition to the plan objectors can obtain redress in the courts. This must be done before the Act passes Parlia- ment. Once a plan is approved by Parliament no court action can re- peal it. In England Parliament it- self is the court of last appeal. While the Act has been in force about a year only one plan has come into operation, that for con- trolling the marketing of hops. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEET. ING OF ILLINOIS AGRICUL- TURAL ASSOCIATION NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of ILLINOIS AGRI- CULTURAL ASSOCIATION will be convened at the Pere Marquette Hotel, in Peoria, Illinois, on the 26th day of January, 1933, at 9:00 o’clock a. m., for the following pur- poses: For the consideration and vote upon approval and ratifi- cation of the reports of the president, secretary and treas- urer of the Association, and the acts of the board of direc- tors and officers in further- ance of the matters therein set forth, since the last annual meeting of the members of the Association. To approve, ratify and con- firm the several purchases heretofore made by this Asso- ciation of stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corpora- tions whose activities will di- rectly or indirectly promote agriculture or the interests of those engaged therein. To secure consent and au- thorization to acquire on be- half of this Association, by purchase, certain stocks and evidences of indebtedness of corporations whose activities will directly or indirectly promote agriculture or the in- terests of those engaged therein. To elect eight members to the board of directors for two- year terms. To elect a president and vice-president. To consider any proposed amendments of the articles of association or of the by-laws of Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation as may be propertly submitted. For the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. GEO. E. METZGER, Secretary. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 26, 1932. The principal objections raised against the Act by certain farmers is the compulsory feature, also that without control of imports or a tariff, the Act would be ineffective in raising prices since it provides no method of dealing with foreign competition. The plan for marketing hops ap- plies to a commodity of which the price in England is largely depend- ent on the domestic supply. A tar- iff has proven ineffective and at- tempts on the part of producers to organize for limiting supplies have failed owing to the refusal of a minority to co-operate. Producers are to be paid for their hops in ac- cordance with the principle of the seasonal pool. The hops plan was approved by Parliament early in July this year, and the producers gave it the required majority vote early in August. The British Marketing Act re- ceived more widespread support among farmers in Scotland than in England chiefly because Scottish farmers have made more headway in co-operative marketing than have English farmers. In Scotland plans have been developed for mar- keting milk and raspberries. The boards appointed under these plans may exercise both regulatory and trading functions. They may even process the commodity. Where the board does not itself market the. product, it will fix the price and payment will be made by the pro- ducer to the board and not to the producer. The board after deduct- ing its own expenses will distribute the proceeds among the producers, paying a uniform price for each grade of product. A bounty plan subsidizing wheat farmers in the British Isles was enacted during the past summer by which wheat growers are guaran- teed a price of approximately $1.30 a bushel. This recent action by Great Brit- ain to help its farmers is in line with similar action taken by such countries as France, Italy, Ger- many, etc. l. A. A. Annual Meeting Set For Jan. 25-26-27 (Continued from page 4, col. 3) “Our Organization Department has done its work and done it well,” said the Committee report, “but there will be times when our an- nual payments will come in slowly; times when money among farmers will be scarcer than it is today, then will come the test of the real strength of this Association. Is it wise to risk letting a great work fail just at the most important moment for lack of funds to carry it through? Is it just and right to ask the representatives from your dis- trict on the executive committee who are already donating their time and labor to loan their personal credit to tide this Association over a critical place? “Many organizations own real es- tate and office buildings valued up in the millions. They have a perma- nently established credit and can borrow money at any time. I hope to see the day come in the near fu- ture when the I. A. A. may have $100,000 invested in United States government bonds which could be put up as collateral at a moment’s notice. (Continued on page 6 col. 3) THE LA. A. RECORD December, 1932 “New Plan of Cream Marketing in Illinois” will be the subject of a -radio talk by Frank Gougler, direc- tor of produce marketing on station KMOX, St. Louis Monday noon, Dec. 5, 12:45 P. M. The following Monday, Dec. 12, W. J. Niergarth, manager of the Farmers National Grain Corpora- tion at St. Louis, will discuss co-op- erative grain marketing. “What Farmers can Accomplish Through Organization” was the subject of an address prepared by Secretary Geo. E. Metzger and de- livered over station KMOX, Mon- day, November 21, by A. D. Lynch, manager Sanitary Milk Producers, St. Louis. The address emphasized the fact that farmers had been forced to or- ganize in marketing their products and in buying needed supplies co- operatively, told what had been done in Illinois. “The chain prin- ciple of doing business,” he said, “has forced farmers, likewise, to adopt chain business methods.” More than a dozen listeners to Station KMOX still use crystal sets. Most of them are within 25 miles of Saint Louis, but one is in use in Oklahoma. Visit Fruit And Vegetable Market At Benton Harbor H. W. Day, director of fruit and vegetable marketing, visited and inspected the growers truck market at Benton Harbor, Michigan recent- ly. He was accompanied by repre- sentatives of the State Department of Agriculture. The purpose of the trip was to secure information about this type of market and determine the possi- bilities of establishing something similar for fruit and vegetable pro- ducers in southern Illinois. The Benton Harbor market is be- ing operated by the city for grow- ers within a radius of approximate- ly 50 miles. The question of estab- lishing such a market was discussed at a recent conference of farm ad- visers in Mt. Vernon. Pete Clausen, one of the early or- ganizers of the I. A. A. and Farm Bureau who now resides in Aurora, writes that he spent three months last summer in Norway, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark. “I hadn’t been ‘home’ for 42 years,” he said. “What a change!” Pete is contributing regularly to the Aurora Beacon News, still fight- ing for agriculture. An automobile insurance policy in the I. A. A. company remains in force until it is cancelled by the company or by the _ policyholder, states A. E. Richardson. The respon- sibility is placed upon the County Farm Bureau for notifying the com- pany if a policyholder is not a Farm Bureau member in good standing. The company will then cancel the policy at the next assessment date after receiving notice of cancella- tion. Income Tax Amendment Fails In Indiana Nov. 8 The referendum on the income tax amendment to the state constitu- tion, November 8 failed, reports the Indiana Farm Bureau. It was fa- vored by a majority of the citizens who considered the proposal but a majority of all the citizens voting in the state did not endorse it, which is a requirement of the state constitution. Seventy-one of the 92 counties in the state gave constitu- tional majorities to the proposal, all usually considered as strictly rural sections. The state farm organization was very active on the referendun hav- ing advocated income tax measures in various sessions of the legisla- ture during recent years as a means of securing government revenue to replace or reduce levies on farm and other property. With only Steuben county not re- ported and the total vote of Floyd county not in, the count shows that 1,574,520 votes were cast in the elec- tion on November 8. To carry, it was necessary that the amendment receive a total favorable vote of 787,261. The “yes” vote on the amendment totaled 695,791 failing by 91,470. The “no” vote on the proposal totaled 205,276. Industrial centers of large cities were responsible for its defeat. Not that it received a larger “no” vote than a “yes” vote in such centers but because it was entirely ignored evidently because no urban inter- ests were active in its behalf. The lack of interest shown in the result- ant vote in Marion county, seat of Indianapolis, was sufficient to kill it. In other words, eliminating Ma- rion county, the proposal would have been adopted by a constitutional majority of 21,930. Only 35,143 of 213,463 persons voting in Marion county voted on the amendment, of which 27,193 were favorable. There- fore 178,320 did not vote either way on it. Other counties with large urban populations which had a similar situation were Allen, Dela- ware, Lake, La Porte, St. Joseph, Tippecanoe and Vanderburgh. Announce Speakers For Annual A. F. B. F. Meeting Among the speakers scheduled for the annual meeting of the American Farm Bureau Federation. Chicago, Dec. 5-6-7 are Admiral Richard E. Byrd, chairman, Na- tional Economy League, who will be the featured speaker at the annual banquet Tuesday evening, Dec. 6; Congressman Henry B. Steagall. Alabama; M. L. Wilson, director, Department of Agricultural Eco- nomics, Montana State College; Miss Helen Johnston, State Home Demonstration Agent, Alabama; Dr. G. F. Warren, Department of Agricultural Economics, New York ’ State College of Agriculture; Henry I. Harriman, president, United States Chamber of Dean J. H. Skinner, Purdue Uni- versity; Ray Fife, Ohio State Su- pervisor of vocational education, and others. President Edward A. O’Neal will entertain the state Farm Bureau presidents and secretaries at a din- ner on Sunday evening, Dec. 4. The meeting will be held at the Sherman Hotel as in past years. The A. F. B. F. board of directors will hold its final meeting of the year on Friday, Dec. 2, and on Saturday there will be a special meeting of voting delegates, state Farm Bu- reau officials, and state directors of extension service. l. A. A. Annual Meeting Set For Jan. 25-26-27 (Continued from page 5, col. 3) “This idea of collecting dues and tying them up may not be very popular with the members down home, but it is good business. Think it over.” Basis of Representation As in past years the I. A. A. meet- ing scheduled for January 26-27 will be preceded by the annual meetings of the associated com- panies and organizations on Wed- nesday, January 25. This year the Illinois Produce Marketing Association also will hold its annual meeting at Peoria on January 25. There will be the usual conference for insurance agents, and a conference for managers of county service companies affiliated with Illinois Farm Supply Company. The basis of delegate representa- tion in the coming annual meeting will be the paid-up membership on any day during November and De- cember, 1932. Therefore counties are advised to get as many mem- bers on the eligible list as possible before the end of the year. The annual banquet will probably be held in the armory. The Pere Marquette Hotel, as at the 1927 meeting, will be headquarters of the convention. 4¢ 4 —A, ~ sae x Commerce;: < 4 OT, Sr é “ > be , « ea ’ ee” ~ —_—— ——— 7 P a» r A ¢ aE, CBA — P < ¥ 2 — i ~~ ee ot eee ——— Bes u > ~ ~ < «é 4 Sy ee . ry , > ~ a “a —_— — 7 a tr ‘ A el pe ¢ 2 ——w* 4 (over December, 1932 THE LA. A. RECORD Page Seven National Grange Master Outlines Relief Program Expresses Friendly Interest In Domestic Allotment Plan To Lift Farm Prices HERE are four essential steps that should be demanded of the short session of Congress, L. J. Taber, member of the National Grange, declared in his annual ad- dress before the delegates and na- tional assembly at Winston-Salem, North Carolina on November 16. “There should be an amendment to the Marketing Act providing ma- chinery to deal with the surplus problem and lift prices. “Monetary stabilization must have consideration and an honest dollar must mean more than one hundred cents. It must mean a dollar honest to debtor and creditor alike. “Credit machinery must be set in motion to prevent foreclosures, to reduce interest charges, and where the farmer has any equity left, give him a fighting chance to hold his farm and home. Must Cut Taxes “Governmental costs, local, state, and national, must be reduced and tax burdens lightened on real es- tate.” He also recommended that the organization endorse a_ long- time policy for rural life founded on a sound program of land utiliza- tion. He advocated retention of the Ag- ricultural Marketing Act but that it be amended to overcome its weak- nesses and shortcomings. “When the Act is amended,” he said, “it must be amended by the friends and not by the enemies of agricul- ture. “The stabilization features of this Act have not been wholly suc- cessful ... yet it is apparent that a better substitute must be found if there is to be permanent good derived from machinery of this character,” said Taber. “The surplus problem is still with us. Some solu- tion must be found for this prob- lem, or continued disaster is ahead.” Allotment Plan After upholding the export de- benture plan which the Grange has consistently advocated, Mr. Taber said: “The Domestic Allotment Plan is now receiving considerable support from industrial and com- mercial leadership as well as rural groups. This method provides for the payment of the equivalent of the tariff on that portion of certain commodities domestically con- sumed; funds for this purpose to be raised by a tax on the processor. Overproduction would be checked by the fact that the farmer receives less for his surplus than for that used in the home market. “It is possible that this plan can be amended and simplified in a manner where the Grange can give it support. We never have advocated any measure because of name, ori- gin, or the nature of support be- hind it, but have always sought to favor any program economically defensible, lifting farm prices with- out burdensome or bureaucratic machinery. . . . Our organization stands ready to co-operate with every force in the nation to the end that the intolerable inequality of the export branches of agricul- ture shall be minimized... . Amend Marketing Act “The Marketing Act should be amended: First, to provide for a Bi-Partisan Board; second, by re- storing to the Board funds spent for wheat given to charity and to China; and third, by substituting for stabilization some additional method of lifting farm prices.” Mr. Taber recommended over- hauling and reorganization of the functions of government, but de- clared that agriculture must guard against the crippling of services necessary and helpful to industry. Tax reduction, lower cost trans- portation, extension of farm to market roads, opposition to exten- sive diversion of gas tax license fees for other than road building pur- poses, tariff protection, co-ordina- tion and improvement of the farm credit system, reduced interest charges on long-time farm loans, and constructive amendments to the present credit system without drastic changes, were other recom- mendations. Retention of the gold standard, avoidance of fiat money, but “cor- rection of the currency structure so as to stabilize the value of the dollar and its buying power in terms of commodities,” were also advo- cated by the National Grange Master. He voiced opposition to the proposed farm march on Washing- ton, opposed repeal of the 18th Amendment, and advocated co-op- eration with other farm organiza- tions and plans to improve the con- dition of agriculture. Bond Issue Goes Over With Large Majority How more than 20 Illinois coun- ties gave the emergency relief bond issue a 100 per cent vote or better (counting vote for state legislators as 100) will be revealed in a survey now being completed by John C. Watson, director of taxation. As we go to press some 70 counties have reported in each of which the pro- posal carried by an overwhelming majority. In a number of senatorial districts where there were no contests for state legislators many voters did not mark their ballots for members of the General Assembly, but voted “YES” on the small bond issue bal- lot. Such action in Mercer county, for example, resulted in a vote for the bond issue of approximately 32 per cent greater than the vote for . state representative. While some of the following fig- ures may be subject to revision they are the leading counties in voting to approve this important measure, the passage of which saved property owners from an additional levy of $25,000,000 in taxes next year: Mer- cer 131.8, Rock Island 110.39, Henry 107.67, Boone 106.87, Effingham 105.55, Whiteside 105.46, Pike 105.12, Henderson 104.39, Putnam 103.39, JoDaviess 102.32, Menard 102.29, Moultrie 102.21, Tazewell 16221, Knox 101.55, DeKalb 101.54, Stark 101.23, Piatt 100.99, McDonough 100.- 97, Brown 100.720, Marshall 100.12. Other counties not yet heard from also may exceed the 100 per cent mark. A large number of counties gave the bond issue overwhelming ma- jorities of more than 90 per cent of the total vote for state legislators. Thorough organization by precincts with committees on hand during the day to talk to voters, coupled with widespread publicity, were respon- sible for the wonderful showing in the downstate counties. Pass Relief Legislation At Springfield Nov. 21 The lower house of the state legis- lature at Springfield on Nov. 21 (1) approved a $17,000,000 Cook county relief bond issue, (2) approved the optional county sales tax of one per cent on the retail selling price of all tangible property which can be established by a two-thirds vote of the county board and kept in force until July 1, 1933 for unem- ployment relief purposes, and (3) approved the issuance of bonds by down-state counties without ref- erendum for relief purposes. Prompt passage of these meas- ures by the senate was regarded as assured. The bills are calculated to permit relief agencies in Chicago and other centers of unemployment to carry on until the new General Assembly meets in January when, according to the present outlook, an effort will be made by metropolitan in- terests to enact a state-wide sales tax. The I. A. A. has been represented at Springfield each week while the legislature was in session. It has op- posed the principle of taxing the people of one section of the state to provide relief for the people of another section. The association be- lieves that each community should provide for its own unemployed. Page Eight THE IL. A. A. RECORD December, 1932 Pai TELLIN OIS. rc eeACULTURAL ‘RbD— N To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor rr Published monthly by oe Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So, Dearborn St., Chicago, Nl, Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Aceept- ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb, 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925, Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Tllinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 Dearborn §8t., Chicago, The individual membership fee of the IWinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year, The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion Record, Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Earl C, Smith. ..........ccc ce ccc eco reeescuccevecsos Detroit Vice- President, A Secretary, Geo. 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PR ie aim ebcotddea es wach weeee ee Charles 8, Black, Jacksonville MUIDR .0.uGa-ale seo bcWacae wows Bb eine As bb 5b NES he ROEM Samuel Sorrels, Raymond I ig 565 cigieh Saree be wes Wiste es Cake bbe ped Deen ea Talmage Patress, Smithboro EG oc 6 ign g po aided o oie phage 6:0 Ud 0 diets bees oe Wa RaeA ee WwW. Cope, Salem ONES soos BAAS See we Dera e hea reece eee eed wae be Charles Marshsil Belknap BURR AOS eid ds pachodiiaiatavles ows ay coucananan ss Fred Dietz, De Soto DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS OGRE cise a voc cn e'bic cue obee ebu eae VERDC OR NEUe ERS e Re oae J. H, Kelker Dairy , neeeng db 9 Sad EEMEUDUN GREER TC eR TS 6 gees 00N p Fee J. B. Countiss WR ee £4 6.083 Sh Sab aie ocdig 0 a.a/6'e'0.0'h's 0 ais 0h 0 8 ais OWES ROE R, A, yg tons Fruit “and Vegetable Marketing. .......... 0.0.0 c cc cu cece euees H, Ww. Grain Marketing............0ccccesc cee etter eeetees Harrison Fatcnbont UMUC ube ia es cost Sees erecta cnesigorcdecbessee Stbinbed comet, Baas Enwuranod Berylos: << 6 aiccceec seeks cake cessobricctos tebe pee Vv, TepOE ACO MBOY 5 odo 655 ok vee s sie onic de aid bole Gee vie ecnce ton “iiskpatriok Live Stock MRM So oso ela eb sb Fe pa bodes celwe's tbe Shuts E, Miller SN Sires Nek aie hater he's os. 0 iis Kain scn.ed beeen sone aws Cc. _— Johnston UONAMRNIOR 52h eee ab Nei ccc Ved ocabas Sacednce enaes G. E, Metzger Produce Marketing: « ....0. cect ects eevescocncveneeesse F, A. Gougler Taxation and ~~, COT alge a aa Mad bese ene 5 dV SECO Ss J, C. Watson PEMMMPOLCALION Kao oo 5c Shiels on oc Fab Be wae cie se ecadeleceeccdeaeuns L. J, Quasey ASSOCIATED sortase’ snprieitelas Country Life Insurance Co,........... cece eee eens L, A, Williams, Mer. Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co,...............2.000: J. H, Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn................. F, E, Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co......... A, E, Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co............eeeeeeeeeeees L, R, Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp......... Chas, P, Cummings, Vice- pa and Sa‘es Mgr. Mllincis Livestock Market, Ass’n,..Ray Miller, Mgr.; = Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing Asa’n..........cceeseeeeees A, Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing Ass’n..............ceceeeeeceees Ww H, Coultas, Mgr. An Expression From The Taxpayers 6 Briss overwhelming approval given the emergency relief bond issue to reduce property taxes was not only a tribute to the effectiveness of the campaign to carry it; it was a tribute as well to the in- telligence of the voters, and proof that they are aroused and determined to cut down the tax burden on farms, homes, and other property. The greatest progress in tax reduction during the past two years has been made in local taxing districts where government is nearer and most responsive to the will of the people. Tax cuts ranging from 20 to 40 per cent in downstate counties over the two year period have been numerous. Let the state and federal governments take their cue from these expressions of the tax- payers. Breaking The Jam AVERAGE prices received by farmers for their products on Oct. 15 stood at an index of 56 using the 1910-1914 five year average as 100. This means that farmers now are ex- changing their crops at prices nearly 50 per cent below the pre - war average whereas non-agricultural prices, wages, transportation costs, taxes, etc. vary from 100 up to more than 200 per cent of the 1910-14 average. Thus it requires from two to four times as many bushels of grain, fruits, and vege- tables, and pounds of livestock, milk, and butterfat to buy railroad transportation, fertilizers, farm implements, fuel, automo. biles, pay taxes, interest, and debts, as it did before the war. This unfair exchange value which places the farmer at a great disadvantage in any trade is the primary reason the country is in a Jam. And the reason the jam has con- tinued for three years is because of the re- sistance offered by creditors, industry, or- ganized labor, the railroads, and govern- ment to the same percentage of deflation as that suffered by agriculture. One or both of two things can happen to loosen the jam. Either farm prices will be raised so as to re-establish the exchange ratio of the pre-war period, or else the de- flation in industrial prices, wages, taxes, interest, and other costs, now underway, will continue to the level of agriculture. There is ample evidence to discount the possibility of relief through printing more money. That will probably do no good. There is plenty of money in the big banks, as much or more than ever, but for the mo. ment it lies idle. The banks will not loan it out except when secured by gilt edged collateral, and then for only short periods. And most of our daring enterprisers of a few years ago who were venturing into all sorts of new fields are now twiddling their thumbs, holding on to the money they sal- vaged from the crash. Deflation in agriculture apparently is at or near the end but non-agricultural prices, wages, taxes and other costs must yield ad- ditional ground unless farm prices are raised. That much is certain. When the equilibrium is reached and trading picks up, prices will rise and the debt situation will look less serious. December, 1932 THE LA. A RECORD Page Nine | Why the Depression Continues 1 ~ A Critical Analysis of Present Economic Ills With Suggestions For Their Cure By GEORGE ROBERTS, National City Bank es depression began three years ago, and by now there should be general rec- ognition of the fact that serious derange- ments exist in the eco- nomic system. By this time the natural economic forces would have ac- complished a substan- tial recovery, if their influence had had free play. Something in the nature of a log jam exists in the busi- ness stream, and it is of great importance to locate the key logs in the jam. There is reason for believing that the railroad situa- tion is one of them. Furthermore, the high cost of liv- ing, notwithstanding the low prices upon food and raw materials, to- gether with the state of unemploy- ment and low aggregate earnings of the whole body of wage workers, notwithstanding high nominal wages, afford a key explanation to the blockade of trade. Must Come Down It is a fair question, whether in this crisis, the railroad orders have done all that they can afford to do to sustain the industry which gives them employment, or all that is fair and right for them to do to sustain the entire industrial organization. Are they convinced that a reduc- tion of 10 per cent, limited in time to a period that will expire in now three months, is the utmost con- cession they can make from a wage increase of approximately 157 per cent (accomplished in a few years under the influence of war and in- flation) , as their share in a general readjustment of wages and prices which had yielded to them more than a 10 per cent increase in the purchasing power of their wages be- fore their concession was granted? Are they certain that even from the standpoint of their own inter- ests alone they could afford to see the railroads ruined, with resulting effects upon the country’s financial structure and all business, rather than make any further concession? Or do they count upon action by the United States Government, in their behalf, to assume railroad losses and liabilities, along with all its other undertakings for the sup- port of business and employment and the relief of distressed people? Here is an analysis of the present economic situation by an orthodox economist, offered without comment to our read- ers because it represents the views of one large school of thought on the depression and its cure. Inequalities in prices of services and commodities are half. responsible for our hard times and until these are adjusted so as to give everyone a fair trade, unemployment will con- tinue indefinitely says Mr. Roberts. “The drop in prices of what farmers and raw material producers sell warns of the necessity of reducing the prices of what they buy if recent improvement is to be turned into lasting recovery.” High wages, high taxes, high transportation costs, high costs of finished commodities, the continued high cost of liy- ing are all key logs in the jam blocking recovery. Resistance to deflation by the better organized groups in our society to- gether with the disturbing influences of foreign money values and international trade are having their influence in slowing up the return of a normal prosperity.—Editor. NEAREST TORS PEE Slat PTD ACLS aE LRRD ER If this expectation is the basis of their policy, it is not unreason- able to ask if they have considered how long the public credit would stand up under such demands, in view of the present state of the revenues and present ability of the country to pay taxes or subscribe for bonds? With 40 per cent of their members unemployed the railroad brotherhoods certainly have an in- terest of their own in the restora- tion of general prosperity... . When the economic system is seen to be what it is, a mutually supporting organization for ex- changing services and _ supplying each other’s wants, it should be ap- parent that the relations within the system are of great importance. Upon the stability of these relations depends the stability of trade, pro- duction, employment and consump- tion. The highest state of prosper- ity and well being is attained when all parts of this voluntary organiza- tion are in such balanced relations that there is full employment for all workers and the varied products and services readily pay for each other. In a sound economy the system is regulated automatically by price movements, which tend to distrib- ute the working population into the occupations as needed to maintain the desired equilibrium in produc- tion and prices. If anything occurs to seriously disturb the balanced relations trade necessarily slows down and unemployment results. This is the situation in which this country has been struggling for now nearly three years. Undoubtedly the wants of the people for goods of all kinds are as great as they ever have been and productive ca- pacity is greater than ever before, but price relations have been in such a state of con- fusion that the vol- ume of trade has fallen off between one-third and one- The excess of sup- plies over market de- mands has seemed to imply a general state of overproduction, but the true explanation is a loss of purchasing power to millions of would-be consumers. This loss is not by reason of a shortage of the money supply or any loss of physi- cal wealth, but is due to the fact that the different com- modities and services are not being valued to each other on the same terms as they were a few years ago. If the former price relations were restored the exchanges would soon be flowing as they were then. ... Many Costs Rigid Certain factors in the economic system are more rigid than others. Prices of commodities of current production coming in volume to the markets are constantly changing under the influence of supply and demand. Compensation for persona] services is controlled to a consider- able degree by custom and bargain- ing power and changes less readily. Contracts of all kinds extending over years usually are rigid. The costs of government have a high degree of rigidity, except that they tend to increase, particularly in good times, when people are free with expenditures and not paying much attention to taxes. Moreover the expenditures of governments are chiefly for personal services and interest on borrowed money, costs which are relatively unyielding. The people have just now waked up to the fact that taxes have be- come increasingly burdensome... Transportation costs are another important claim upon all business and all incomes, like the costs of government having a high degree of rigidity because the expenditures are chiefly in the form of compen- sation for personal services. Trans- portation costs stick out like a sore thumb in comparison with the re- duced prices of products trans- ported. Rents have a high degree of rigid- ity, but dependent in part upon the (Continued on page 12) Country Life makes] A GAIN your company approaches the close of a trying year S with new records... new achievements... one of the few YF‘ companies in the United States. making a net gain for 1932 in«-}» ye volume of insurance in force. These accomplishments stand out,,.2-. Pr ct ‘tr in the growth of the company during the past year. 0 ¥ 1. Will close year with approximately $47,000,000 of life insurance in force. All obligations to policyholders paid promptly. ho Nearly $10,000,000 new paid-for business since Jan. 1. 4. 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Since the war, rents have reflected the high wages which have prevailed in the building trades and building material indus- tries. Construction costs are one of the “key logs” in the jam. Debts and interest rates on long term indebtedness are an inflexible element in the situation, and a very fmportant one. Debts always have increased importance in a period of reaction, after a boom period has induced a general increase of them. Interest rates in themselves are not inflexible, for market rates are as changeable as any economic factor, but legal contracts to pay money are not easily changed. The sub- ject, which always involves the money question, is too complex for a full discussion here, but reference is made elsewhere to the tendency of interest rates to decline in peri- ods of depression, and so far as the debt burden is increased by a fall of commodity prices, the effect always has been temporary. Debts Not So Crushing A general and rapid fall of prices always is due to derangements in the economic system which inter- fere with the normal flow of prod- ucts into consumption. When order is restored, as it always has been and will be again, prices re- cover, and the debts are found not to be so crushing as they appeared in the time of panic. Finally, wages constitute the prin- cipal factor in economic relations, because they are the chief item of costs in nearly every industry and therefore the chief factor in the making of prices. The greater part of the aggregate income of all the people of this country is first re- ceived as wages and salaries, and subsequently expended for commod- ities and services. ... We have seen that personal com- pensation in the form of wages and salaries is the principal factor in the costs of government and in the rigidity which characterizes them. There is great popular sentiment against any proposal to reduce wages, and wage rates therefore have a high degree of_rigidity. On the other hand, largely because wage rates are so rigid, employment and actual wage-earnings are sub- ject to great fluctuations, and this is one of the chief reasons why de- pressions sink as deep and last as long as they do. For in a period of depression large numbers of people find their incomes unavoidably reduced, and if the things they would like to buy do not decline in price there must be a drastic reduction in the physi- cal volume of their purchases, and unemployment results. The present state of disorder, the worst ever known, is due primarily to the war, which forced many vio- lent changes in industry and trade. It created an unlimited demand for man-power and caused a vast shift of labor into war industries, which was induced by bidding up wages, and of course had an influence upon all wages. Moreover, the cost of living rose rapidly, on account of the. extraordinary demands of Europe for foodstuffs and other necessities, and this properly was taken into account in fixing wages. In all the past, on account of con- tinuing improvement. in methods of production, transportation and dis- tribution, wages have normally moved on an upward course, and it has become a habit of mind to ex- pect them to do so. Furthermore, it has become a fixed principle of or- ganized labor never to permit a ret- rograde movement. With the usual rate of wage advancement this was possible, but the rise from 1915 to 1929 was wholly abnormal, and could not be made in real wages (com- modities) out of current production. The country was not creating Index of Hourly Earnings Agricultural Implements ........... AULOMODIUES 26... ec eee eee Boots and Shoes ................... RIN iS 0G ire ce cctv ebeng paar Electrical Mfg. ..:...5...0..005-e008 FIOM ATG oon 'c ob ia. cleo tied ey k sald & ben Fee kfc aie Space a Gipieveie bl eveisee ele Machines and Tools ............... Machinery—Heavy Equipment ..... DEORE PACKING 606i ceiiic eek canes Printing—Book and Job ........... ECUIOIOGR | os: o/s 5 oiskalvre Glee pe bed Mey W bea hie seer Simple Average of these Industries .... CLASS I RAILROADS ............. modities) , has upset the equilibrium of all industry and forced millions of wage-workers out of employment. Industrial costs are relatively so high that products cannot be sold. The labor leaders treat the situa- tion as a conflict between employ- ers and wage-workers and denounce the former for seeking wage reduc- tions. This is an inadequate and mistaken view. The _ responsible head of an industry very properly endeavors to conform to conditions as he meets them, in order to con- tinue doing business and affording employment for his working force. The conflict which develops when the industrial system is thrown out of balance is not primarily between employers and employes, but be- tween different sections of the eco- nomic system, over the terms upon which their products shall be ex- changed. There is no fundamental conflict of interests, for all of these groups would be best served by find- ing a fair basis upon which their products and services could be read- ily exchanged and enter into use. Base Year July 1914 1929 1932 ... 100 235 204 ... 100 239 203 ... 100 235 190 ... 100 251 218 ... 100 229 222 ... 100 227 204 ... 100 240 ~ 212 ... 100 217 203 ... 100 215 185 ... 100 247 194 ... 100 241 230 ... 100 263 248 100 236.58 209.42 ... 100 251 *231 * June Source: National Industrial Conference Board. wealth at that rate, and the at- tempt to convert these money- (credit-) wages into commodities drove up the cost of living, render- ing the nominal wage advance largely fictitious, in the sense that it did not carry any such increase of purchasing power. These wage rates never should have been re- garded as other than emergency rates, intended to compensate for the existing depreciation in the purchasing power of money or, in other words, the rising cost of liv- ing. They were not effective in in- creasing real compensation at the time, and the attempt to maintain them later, when they did represent a substantial increase of real com- pensation (after the fall of com- Occupation BROMO MOLD 5c ahivctec eps disweeses Building Laborers ................. Pa | 5 nl a re Cement Finishers ................. Inside Wiremen ................... POUGOOLE oa eis evan cbcvececebas PIGSGCLOTS. 656 eee ec ccwedecvewcaee Plumbers 2.0.0... ccc ccc ccc ev eccues The preceding table gives figures showing the rise of wages upon the railroads and in twelve leading in- dustries from 1914 to 1920 and their comparative level in the month of July, 1932. The calculation is based upon average wage rates in 1914 as 100, the figures for 1929 and 1932 representing average wages in these years in percentages of 100. Thus, wages in the agricultural imple- ment industry in 1929 were 235 per cent of wages in 1914, or 135 per cent higher, and in 1932, 104 per cent higher. The following table gives in cents per hour a showing of union wage scales in the principal building trades in 1913 and 1932, with the percentage of increase, as given in the Monthly Labor Review: Cents Per Hour Year May 15, Per Cent 1913 1932 Change .. 67.1 130.0 93.7 .. 29.9 96.6 223.1 ~, 80.1 100.9 101.4 .. 56.5 116.1 105.5 51.3 121.7 137.2 47.1 116.8 148.0 64.9 129.9 100.2 ~~ OOF 120.5 101.8 57.3 119.6 108.7 60.6 125.3 106.8 December, 1932 THE LA. A. RECORD Page Thirteen It will be seen that notwith- standing the wage reductions made between 1929 and July, 1932, aver- age rates in the above-named in- dustries, including the railroads, this year are more than 100 per cent above the 1914 level. The primary industries, produc- ing foodstuffs and raw materials, were very much stimulated outside of Europe during the war, to make up for the loss of supplies that had previously come from Russia and Central Europe. Since the war this new production, largely in the United States, Canada, Australia and Argentina, has been maintained and with the recovery and increase of production in Russia and Cen- tral Europe, an excess of supplies has resulted, which has broken down prices. It is needless to say that these scattered producers of primary products have no way of controlling the prices of their prod- ucts as the workers in the highly organized industries are able to con- trol wages. Adjustments in produc- tion must be made, but these re- quire time. Farmer Hit First The American farmer has been selling his products this year at about one-half the average prices of 1913. In contrast with this the railroad employes have been insist- ing that they should not be asked to accept wages less than 157 per cent above their wages in 1913. In the principal American industries, as shown above, average wage rates are now 100 per cent above the 1913 level. An exchange of services on this basis would mean that the farmer must give nearly four times as much of his products for an hour’s factory or railroad wage as in 1913... . With this heavy handi- cap upon him the farmer has had no alternative but to cut his pur- chases to the lowest possible point, and employment in factories and on railroads was reduced accordingly. Purchasing Power Down While the loss of purchasing power began with the farmers and other producers of primary prod- ucts, of course it did not end there. For as these consumers, under the pressure of necessity, reduced their purchases of the products and serv- ices of the other industries, and the latter cut down their working forces, the purchasing power of these groups also declined. The en- tire industrial organization slowed down. It is urged that the remedy for the situation is to cease reducing wages and promptly restore those which have been reduced. If every- body was a wage-worker, and there was any assurance that all employ- ers were in position to follow this advice, there might seem to be some plhausibility in the proposal, (Continued on page 14) O'Neal States Policy On Foreign Debt Situation Opposition to any scaling down of foreign debts unless compensatory trade agreements are made by which European countries agree to buy our products, was expressed by Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation in a recent letter to Alfred P. Sloan Jr., chairman of national debt com- mission. “The moratorium on the pay- ment of European debts to us, so generously granted by the President and the congress,” O’Neal wrote, “has not during the past year suc- ceeded in stimulating this trade (between America and her debtors) , and I am wondering if a permanent reduction in these debts would have any different effect from that which we have observed during the past year. If we could make a condition incident to the scaling down of these debts a provision that the nation so benefited should agree to buy certain quantities of goods from this country, then it seems to me there might be some justification for a scaling down of these debts.” But O’Neal said he felt the prob- lem is “not only a problem of inter- governmental debts, but of all debts, public and private.” He asserted that the mortgage indebtedness of American farmers is no less than the inter-allied war debts which now concern the debt committee. It was his judgment that the same factors rendering payment of gov- ernment debts difficult were also making impossible the payment of the debts of farmers and other pro- ducers of wealth in America. J Farm Dollar Drops “Of much more importance than consideration of any settlement of the foreign debt,” the farm leader wrote Sloan, “must be consideration of ways and means whereby com- modity values can be raised to a point where we will be enabled to pay off our farm indebtedness without being obliged to suffer fore- closure and loss of property.” Farm indebtedness incurred when prod- ucts brought reasonable _ prices must now be paid off while those products bring less than half the price they formerly commanded, he said. O’Neal made three suggestions: The Ultimate Remedy Charles Benedict, writing under the title “Deflation is the Ultimate Remedy” in The Magazine of Wall Street says: “The problem of defla- tion is world-wide. It has every- where wrought two evils: (1) It has indisputably made the world’s burden of debt beyond the world’s capacity to pay; (2) It has resulted in a great inequality of current prices, which disastrously impedes the exchange of commodities. “There are three ways of ap- proaching the problem. One is stub- bornly to resist all price declines, another is to let prices crash to new levels and scale down and write off debts with all possible speed; the third is monetary or credit infla- tion or a combination of the two. “The United States, together with England and Germany, is at present inclined toward resistance to price reductions and toward inflation in one form or another. France ad- vocates noninterference with prices and opposes inflation. She pro- poses to allow wages and produc- tion costs to come down to the price level rather than attempting to bring the price level up artificially to meet costs. Her reasoning and her policy are sound. “There has been no greater calam- ity in the present series of calam- ities than that of the artificial peg- ging of prices in all lines where such control was possible. Beyond a doubt this perverse rear-guard action against the inevitable has accentuated and prolonged the de- pression and will still further pro- long it. It is mainly responsible for the fact that as the depression has advanced the spread between urban and manufactured products and rural and raw materials has become greater and greater. “While surpluses have increased farm products have fallen 47 per cent in the past three years while urban products have gone down but 25 per cent. Only recently have our export agricultural products sur- rendered to world price levels—and the surrender is not yet complete. .. . We might far better have rec- onciled ourselves at the outset to the fact that deflation is the nat- ural corrective to inflation—the correction of abnormal prices and maladjustments of supply and de- mand... .” devaluation of the American gold dollar to offset commodity price de- cline; world conference on adequate international mediums of exchange, and tariff revision to promote “freest possible interchange of com- modities.” Page Fourteen THE LA. A. RECORD December, 1932 There are indications and some support for the belief that this na- tion is preparing at last to grapple with the farm problem more effec- tively and perhaps more success- fully than has been the case up to now. Until recently, our federal gov- ernment over a period of 50 years, or more, has placed emphasis on agricultural production. It has been effective through reelamation proj- ects and free land grants in ex- panding and pushing the produc- tion area steadily westward. It has suceeeded in encouraging more efficient production in the older ag- ricultural sections of the East and Middle-West. It has stimulated competition in agriculture. The world war gave powerful im- petus to the produce-more-food movement. “Food will win the war,” we were told. Farmers plowed up virgin acres in obedience to the sudden demand and the chance for profit. Production of wheat and other crops was stepped up in re- sponse to the highest farm prices in anyone’s memory. With the end of the war came deflation for agricul- ture and the beginning of a long series of mortgage foreclosures and losses. That story is too well known to be reviewed at length here. About 1922 if not before, we be- came conscious of the surplus prob- lem, of inequalities in the exchange value of farm commodities and non- agricultural goods. This problem has been with us ever since, only more intensified in the past three years. There are those who believe there would be no surplus problem here if everyone in this country were well fed. The facts indicate that they are wrong. True the un- employment situation with conse- quent low buying power in consum- ing centers is partly responsible for the more recent drastic decline in the prices of farm products. But agriculture was in a state of depres- sion from surpluses when industrial unemployment was comparatively negligible and consumer buying power in the cities was at high tide. The fact is there is too much food produced in this country for do- mestic consumption at any price. We have been relying on foreign markets for part of our production, ever since the war. We have been allowing foreign markets to fix the price on our entire production of such crops as wheat, corn, cotton and hogs, while buying needed sup- plies in a protected market. There has been a steady transfer of na- tional wealth from agriculture to industry. Were foreign markets open to us and foreign people financially able to buy at a price yielding us a prof- it, crop acreage reduction would not have to be considered. But the for- eign market outlook has completely changed. Where before the war, we were shipping our farm products to Europe to pay interest on our debts, now we are a great creditor rather than a debtor nation. And we are de- manding payment of debts although refusing to take our pay in the form of manufactured goods and serv- ices from abroad. Another disturbing influence is that Europe has gone back to farm- ing. The World War made the bellig- gerent nations extremely conscious of the importance of a domestic food supply. Economic agricultural nationalism has grown at a terrific rate among European countries. Practically all of these nations have set up tariffs, import quotas, mill- ing and mixing regulations, and li- censing systems which have prac- tically shut off the normal export flow of our farm products. Yet we in this country have gone along producing for a market which has ceased to exist. We will cut our production, however, within the next few years either voluntarily or involuntarily. In fact the point has been reached now where the actual cash outlay for production on large areas of land is greater than the value of the crops. Production this year was largely maintained by subsidy, out of borrowed or ac- cumulated capital. When that capi- tal is used up, great tracts of land will be allowed to lie idle until con- sumption catches up. Then and not until then will there be a rise in prices unless we carry out a plan of orderly acreage reduction. We can take our choice of managing production or allowing the law of the survival of the fittest to do it for us. Incidentally the more mon- ey is loaned by the government and others to continue surplus agricul- tural production, the greater will be the sum lost and the longer the time required for the inevitable ad- justment. If, and when, the domestic allot- ment plan or some modification of it is enacted into law, it will drive into the open and expose the folly of investing accumulated capital into the production of surplus com- modities for a market which will not or cannot pay their cost.—E. G. T. Why Depression Centinues (Continued from page 13) but the census figures showing the principal occupational divisions of the gainfully employed population. which were given in this publica- ‘tion last month, indicate what may be expected of this policy. In 1930, of a population of 122,- 775,000 there were 98,723,000 per- sons ten years of age or older and of these 48,830,000 in the language of the Census were “gainfully em- ployed.” Of these, 10,472,000 were employed in agriculture, of whom 6,079,000 were owners, tenants or managers, 2,733,000 were hired em- ployes and 1,600,000 were unpaid members of the resident families. There were 9,550,000 operatives and laborers employed for hire in all the manufacturing establishments and 1,072,000 on the steam railroads, these two groups together number- ing about the same as the “gain- fully” employed upon farms. Forty- four per cent of the entire popula- tion lived either outside of incor- porated towns and eities or in towns of less than 2,500 people, where all incomes are largely dependent up- on farm prosperity. The total number of employes en- gaged in operating steam railroad trains, was 456,000 and the total membership of the American Fed- eration of Labor is less than 3,000,000. Any one can make his own estimate of how many of the members of these groups, and how many of the remaining gain- fully employed, would be likely to have their incomes increased as the result of even the most effective wage-lifting movement that could be organized under present condi- tions. It is then to be considered that whatever might be thus added to the purchasing power of the re- cipients must be subtracted fram the purchasing power of the whole population, including the farmers and all others whose purchasing power is already below normal, after which he may draw his own con- clusions. For there is no way of in- creasing the income of any section of the population except either through an increased production of wealth within itself or by a transfer of income from other sections of the population. ... The conclusion appears to be in- evitable that the wage-paying in- dustries are on an artificial and un- economic basis, suffering an enor- mous waste in the idleness of both labor and capital, causing living costs to be 35 per cent above the 1913 level, while wage scales which are nominally very high in com- parison with those of 1913 produce a smaller aggregate of actual wage payments. The explanation is to be found in the unbalanced state of industry, which prevents the normal flow of trade. ee ie ek aed ee ee oe |” ee ee December, 1932 More than 600 fluid milk produ- cers around Rockford, members of the Mid-West Dairymen’s Company, met in Rockford the night of No- vember 18 to protest against the action of dealers cutting the price on all fluid milk to flat butterfat basis. News of the reduction in price to producers followed announcement . by the dealers that they would drop the price to the consumer from nine to six cents per quart. The dealers’ action in cutting the retail price one-third was precipitated by raw milk peddlers who have established milk depots on the outskirts of Rockford where they are dipping milk out of cans as it comes from the farm for five cents per quart. Raw milk peddlers have cut into their trade to such an extent say the distributors that they were forced to take this action. Members of the Dairymen’s Asso- ciation have been receiving a net average of approximately $1.13 per cwt. for milk, according to the fol- lowing schedule: base milk $1.50; class 2 or surplus $1.05; class 3 (condensing) 90 cents. Sentiment at the meeting of dairymen was unanimous for with- holding milk the next morning. J. B. Countiss, director of dairy mar- keting for the I. A. A. who attended the session, recommended that such action be deferred until an outlet could be found for members’ milk and an opportunity was afforded to confer with the dealers. Newspaper publicity questioning that sanitary requirements were be- ing met by the raw milk depots re- sulted in a tremendous increase in demand for the lower priced prod- uct. The dealers apparently decided on the drastic cut from nine to six cents only after their established business had been demoralized by low priced competition. Members attending the indigna- tion meeting unanimously favored the Association withholding a $10,- 000 payment due from the distribu- tors for milk and using the money to establish a plant of their own either for separating milk or carry- ing the product direct to the con- sumer. Newspaper reports quoted W. E. Sawdey, president of the Associa- tion, to the effect that producers would be ahead to separate milk on the farm, sell the cream, and feed the skim to the pigs. By so doing they would save 25 cents per cwt. including the 15 cent hauling charge, and 10 cents per cwt. for the skim. “This is the lowest price for milk offered recently to fluid producers THE LA. A. RECORD in this state,” said Countiss. “But before we do anything drastic let’s first consult with the dealers, de- velop a plan, and find out where we’re going. If we withhold our milk the dealers will get plenty anyway. There is plenty of condensery milk in this section.” W. H. Lee, the new manager of the Mid-West Dairymen’s Company, stated that under the new price farmers would be getting only 29 per cent of each dollar paid by the consumer, whereas formerly the farmers received 42 per cent of the consumer’s dollar. Conferences with the mayor of Rockford and the City Health De- partment indicate that the pro- ducers have the friendly support of local officials. As we go to press plans are being developed to protect the interests of the organized dairymen and get them the maximum price possible. Livestock Exposition Is Bigger Than Ever As we go to press B. H. Heide, manager of the International Live Stock Exposition, announced that the best specimens of 35 different breeds of live stock will fill to ca- pacity 22 acres of exhibition barns that house the big show. Walter Biggar, famous Scotch fat cattle judge from Dalbeattie, Scot- land, is scheduled to place the steer classes. His grand champion steer selection in 1929 sold for the world record price of $8.25 a pound in the fat cattle auction. The utility corn show at the In- ternational ‘Hay and Grain Exposi- tion will find many Illinois entries. Smooth type corn will compete with the rough corn in the grand cham- pionship contest. Farmers of near- ly every state in the Union and in the Province of Canada are exhibit- ing wheat and other grains. The 4-H Club show promises to be a feature of the exposition as in past years. More than 1,000 farm boys and girls from nearly every state in the Union will be in Chicago the week closing Dec. 3. Choose Illinois Delegates A. F. B. F. Meeting Chicago Earl C. Smith, A. R. Wright, and Geo. F. Tullock were chosen as vot- ing delegates to represent the Illi- nois Agricultural Association and its members at the annual A. F. B. F. meeting, Chicago, Dec. 5-6-7. The entire board of directors will attend the convention. The December meeting of the I. A. A. board will be held the same week on Friday, Dec. 9. Mrs. Minnie Staffeldt owns a farm with fields situated on both sides of the railroad right-of-way just south of Eola in DuPage coun- ty. The railroad company maintains a farm crossing between the two fields. She stated that the ap- proaches were too steep to haul grain across registering her com- plaint with the Farm Bureau on July 20. Since she expected to move grain within the next 10 days prompt action was requested in re- pairing the crossing, and in extend- ing tile under a fourth track, newly built, so as to take care of the water being dammed up in the field by the right-of-way. The I. A. A. wrote the company on July 22 and on July 31 the work of reconstructing the crossing was under way and drainage provided under the tracks. H. S. Wright, farm adviser of DuPage county wrote: “Mrs. Staf- feldt is very thankful for the serv- ice rendered on these claims. I wish also to thank you for the speed with which you had these matters taken care of.” . Farm Supply Sales Meetings Well Attended An excellent attendance of coun- ty service company managers, oil truck salesmen, and county direc- tors was reported at the four dis- trict conferences sponsored by the Illinois Farm Supply Company at Mattoon, East St. Louis, Peoria, and Aurora, November 16-17-18 respec- tively. Attendance at each meeting ranged from 90 up to 200 or more. Manager L. R. Marchant reported that this series of meetings was the most enthusiastic and best attended of any yet held. Among the speakers were Mr. Marchant; C. W. Ward, supervisor of sales for the state company; Henry Sagemiller, of the W. H. Bar- ber Company who discussed the new process of refining to secure lower cold test oils; L. A. Williams, Country Life Insurance Co. who dis- cussed salesmanship; T. A. Faust who talked about the value of cod liver oil in the diet of young ani- mals; P. C. Battenfeld who told the advantages of asphalt roof coating; and Mr. Mason from the Goodrich Rubber Company who spoke on the subject “Making Timely Adjust- ments.” President Fred E. Herndon of Ma- comb presided. Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD. Sorrells Tells Advantages of New Livestock Co-ops. Livestock Growers Must Shoul- der Responsibility For Develop- ing More Efficient Distri- bution System ged Ly revamping our livestock ma- chinery in Illinois,” said Sam Sorrells in a recent radio address over Station KMOX, “we have found that larger marketing units such as those serving an entire county or parts of three or four counties, can meet competition because: “1, They can make frequent ship- ments. “2. They can ship regularly. “3. They can grade livestock at home and ship graded loads of one species. “4. They can use double-deck railway equipment, and in other ways economize in the handling of livestock. “5. They can provide full-time management by a man whose en- tire time is devoted to a study of the chief markets of the. country and their peculiar demands. “6. Livestock can be moved in the most direct and economical way to the particular market or outlet where it will command the highest price.” Mr. Sorrells, president of the Illi- nois Livestock Marketing Associa- tion and I. A. A. director, discussed recent changes made in the co- operative marketing setup in this state. He appeared as I. A. A. feat- ure speaker on the regular Monday noon farm program over the St. Louis Station on Nov. 14. New Units Established “Within the last year or two in Illinois, county marketing units have been established in Cham- paign, Vermilion, Shelby, Iroquois, McDonough, Knox, Coles, Edgar, and Macon counties,” he _ said. “Others are in process of organiza- tion and the demand is still com- ing from various sections of the state for similar work. In each case these larger marketing units are serving the territory previously served by from five to 15 small shipping associations.” Speaking of the organization of the State Marketing Association Mr. Sorrells pointed out that its purpose is to correlate marketing work of the district co-operatives, to assist in standardizing methods of handling, of grading, and ac- counting, to regulate the movement of livestock to market according to demand; to bring to. each district or county unit the full benefit of the experiences of other units, and to assist each district co-operative in finding the markets or outlets for livestock which will return the highest net price to the grower. In conclusion, said the speaker, the livestock farmer is recognizing as never before his responsibility in building an efficient distribution system to get the livestock to the processor and on to the consumer at the lowest reasonable cost con- sistent with the quality of the prod- uct and service rendered. Co-op- erative marketing success is a long- time program and to achieve its ends and aims members must con- tinue working together during bad as well as good years. The cattle market, reports the National Livestock Marketing As- sociation, as of Nov. 15, is still greatly depressed by large receipts of top yearlings and an excess of heavy short-fed steers. This has weakened the entire market and has resulted in an extremely wide spread in cattle prices for this time of year. . The outlook is favorable for some improvement by the end of the year and for substantial re- covery by the late winter, coming largely from a strong feeding de- mand and reduced supplies of fed steers and butcher stock. Many yearling heifers and medi- um grade feeder steers now look favorable for the March market. Also many of the better grades will find their best market at that time. The fall market a year from now is expected to be best for choice steer calves, best lightweight year- ling steers and good and choice fleshy steers taken out next spring and early summer. The late spring and early summer appears to be the period for the cattle feeder to avoid next year. Next summer it will be well to have light to medium weight steers and have them well finished. The hog market continues in a seasonably weak position. The sup- ply is centered in the early market- ing areas, which means relatively large supplies during the balance of the year. Storage demand on the part of packers, however, is ex- pected to be reflected in some price improvement by the end of the year as short supplies in the late winter are generally expected. The situa- tion is now favorable for fully fin- ishing hogs and the holding of the lighter weights for the February or March market. Substantial reduction in supplies of lambs is in sight for the next few months as the movement of December, 1932 feeding lambs into the Corn Belt has been greatly curtailed. In general, the situation is favorable for the lamb feeder, but with the western feeder taking a_ slightly larger proportion of the crop, the situation indicates highest prices during December, January and February, slightly the reverse of last year. The eighth unit of the Mlinois Livestock Marketing Association at Paris, Edgar county, handled 31 cattle, 30 calves, 1,577 hogs, and 53 sheep during its first month of op- eration in October. The State Marketing Association handled during October 227 decks of livestock from its affiliated as- sociations. The Indianapolis Producers re- port that 1,180 different truckmen are now hauling livestock regularly to this co-operative commission firm. The ten in Illinois bringing the largest number of consignments to the Producers rank as follows: Wiley Ikemire, Jasper county; Fred Q. Payne, Cumberland county; Cecil Roberts, Douglas county; Chas. E. Burkett, Edgar county; William Ramsey, Shelby county; Chas. Mc- Clain, Effingham county; L. W. York, Douglas eounty; Everett Toppe, Champaign county; O. L. Bradford, Douglas county; and F. E. Knight, Coles county. Old Time Parties Beat Depression In Effingham “Farm prices may be at a low ebb and hard times with us, but the de- pression is not preventing us from having a good time in Effingham county,” says Farm Adviser Geo. H. Iftner. A feature article in the Decatur Herald of November 21 quoting Iftner reports that more than 350 farm folks in Effingham county are taking an active part in planning and executing entertainment for the 11 Farm Bureau community units in that county. Most of these are young people, many just above the 4-H club age. Community meetings are held monthly in each district. Programs are arranged and most of the talent furnished by members of the com- munity units. All sorts of games are played. There is plenty of music by local pianists, fiddlers, and ban- joists. There are folk dances, relay races, and other features to provide wholesome fun at little or no ex- pense. The old songs and dances, the old- time parties are the best means of bringing our folks closer together, said Iftner. Our larger meetings bring out from 500 to 1,000 people . a ——A ar : “ 9 Cie, Sl a J - ee December, 1932 Declares Country Life In Excellent Condition Actuary Points Out Favorable Position of Company For Future Growth “Country Life Insurance Company is in probably the most liquid con- dition of any life insurance com- pany in the United States,” L. A. Glover, consulting actuary, said in a brief talk before the monthly meeting of the board of directors November 18. “You were very fortunate in start- ing the company when you did,” said Glover. “You have avoided the difficulties most other com- panies are experiencing. Country Life Insurance Company has been built on a sound foundation and you are in a very favorable position to go ahead. “Your business has been sold on a sound basis judging from your experience in keeping policies in force. Most of your policies are small and the premium payments are generally within the ability of the policyholders to meet them. Companies which have sold large policies based on inflated income are having difficulty in keeping such policies in force.” A. R. Wright, chairman of the Finance Committee, who, with the Treasurer, R. A. Cowles, has largely directed the purchase of securities for Country Life and other asso- ciated companies, announced that none of the securities of the life or auto insurance companies are in default in either interest or prin- cipal. The Country Life directors de- clared a dividend of 10 per cent on the capital stock of the company to take care of preferred dividend requirements of the holding com- pany due on December 19. The board also authorized that a discount of three per cent per an- num be allowed on all life insur- ance premiums paid in advance by policyholders. Country Life Insurance Company is now retaining risks without re- insurance up to $10,000 exclusive of the double indemnity. As a result of this action larger risks are being scrutinized more closely than ever by a risk committee composed of the medical director, the actuary, the active manager and counsel. Manager L. A. Williams reported to the Board of Directors that ac- quisition for October was $1,122,000, and that the paid-for business for the year would approximate TEN MILLION by the end of December. He reported business coming in from every County in the State with one exception, announced agents’ sales meetings at Centralia, De- catur, and DeKalb, for November 28, 29 and 30, at which final prep- THE I. A.A. RECORD arations for the December 10th Achievement Day Jubilee were to be given out. Mr. Williams anticipates that Country Life will be one of the few companies in the United States to make a gain for 1932 in life in- surance in force. He reported cred- itable persistency of business for the year and that premium income for 1932 would be nearly a million dollars. Black Elected V. P. Anti-Thief Association Charles S. Black, I. A. A. director from Jacksonville, was elected na- tional vice-president of the Anti- Horse Thief Association at their re- cent annual meeting in Perry, Okla- homa. Mr. Black is also a member of the executive committee of the Illinois division i which he _ served two years as presi- dent. The Illinois division held its annual meeting recently at Litch- field where Presi- dent Earl C. Smith of the I. A. A. made the chief address. Charles McDan- iels of Macon county is national secretary-treasurer of the organ- ization, and Sydney Holben of Edin- burg in Christian county is state secretary. The Anti-Horse Thief Association, recently changed to Anti-Thief As- sociation, was organized in Clark county Missouri in 1854 by Major David McKee and his associates. It now has about 40,000 members lo- cated in Kansas, Oklahoma, Mis- souri, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Colorado. It is both a detective and protec- tive order. If property be stolen from any member, the organization seeks to recover the property and capture the thief. Its motto is “Pro- tect the innocent; bring the guilty to justice.” The order works hand in hand with law enforcement officials, and in many communities is so well or- ganized that thievery has been practically abolished. Annual dues regulated by the local lodge range from $2 to $3 a year. Full information about the organization may be had by writing the state secretary at Edinburg. | CHAS, S. BLACK It is estimated that there will be 5,000 fewer automobile deaths this year than in 1931. A smaller num- ber of automobiles on the road coupled with more sober living and thinking are given as reasons for this decline. Page Seventeen Rich-Law Service Pays 20% Dividend 350 Attend Annual Meeting of Lawrence County Farm Bureau Bi Rich-Law Service Company operating in Richland, Law- rence, Crawford and Jasper coun- ties voted to pay a twenty percent patronage dividend on major prod- ucts and a fifteen percent dividend on other products at the annual meeting of the company held at Olney Oct. 27. The total amount set aside by the company for patronage refunds was $9,933.44 according to Leslie L. Miles, manager. This was an aver- age refund of $13.09 to each Farm Bureau member patron. The larg- est patronage refund check was for $468.40. Five patrons received checks of $100 or over and 22 re- ceived checks of from $50 to $100. This dividend was declared after a 7% dividend on Class A Preferred stock had been paid, a considerable deduction for depreciation of equip- ment allowed, and a substantial re- serve set up. ore sonns hundred and fifty persons attended the annual meeting and dinner of the Lawrence County Farm Bureau held at Lawrenceville, Thursday November 3. L. A. Wil- liams, manager of Country Life talked to the group immediately after the noon hour. Considerably over a million dollars of Country Life policies are held in this coun- ty. Williams emphasized the need for truth as a basis of modern busi- ness with his main theme the value of group effort. The dinner and afternoon meet- ing were held in the Chamber of Commerce building. The morning meeting which consisted of reports of the activities of the Bureau was held at the Court House. Members of the board of directors elected to serve for two years were H. O. Ted- ford, Thomas Finley, H. R. Neal, Edwin F. Schrader, Charles Saums and Harry Warner. Three members of the board, R. C. Cunningham, Benton Haines and Ralph Zehner. hold over for another year. University of Illinois On Air Daily Over Station WILL Members of the agricultural and home economics staff of the Illi- nois College of Agriculture are broadcasting daily except Sunday over the University station WILL, reports Joe Wright, director of pub- licity. All of the agricultural features are broadcast during the noon-day period from 12:00 to 12:15. WILL operates on a wave length of 890 kilocycles. oe = a A Page Eighteen THE LA. A. RECORD December, 1932 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL AUDITING ASSOCIATION NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Mllinois Agricultural Auditing Asso- ciation will be held on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1933, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. m., at the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, Illi- nois, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the Board of Directors of the Asso- ciation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932; and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the Board of Directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the Association; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, No- vember 26, 1932. GEO. E. METZGER, Secretary. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU SERUM ASSOCIATION NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of fllinois Farm Bureau Serum Asso- ciation will be held on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1933, at the hour of 10:00 o’clock a. m., at the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, lllinois, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the report of the Board of Directors of the As- sociation for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932; and to consider and, ii approved, ratify and con- firm all the acts and proceedings of the Board of Directors done and taken since the last annual meet- ing of the members of the Associa- tion; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meet- { ng. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, No- vember 26, 1932. RAY E. MILLER, Secretary. FARMERS MUTUAL REINSUR- ANCE COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Com- pany will be held at the Pere Mar- quette Hotel at 3:00 P. M. Wednes- day, January 25, 1933. The annual reports of officers will be made and directors elected for the coming year. Policyholders are cordially invited to attend the meeting. NOTICE ILLINOIS era ee ELECTION OF DELEGATES Notice is hereby given that in con- nection with the annual meetings of all county Farm Bureaus to be held during the month of January, 1932, at the hour and place to be determined by the Board of Directors of each respective county Fa:m Bureau, the members in good standing of such county Farm Bureau and who are also qualified voting mem- bers of Illinois Agricultural Association shall elect a delegate or delegates to represent such members of Illinois Ag- ricultural Association and vote on all matters before the next annual meeting o: any special meeting of the Associa- tion, including the election of officers and directors as provided for in the by-laws of the Association. During January annual meetings will Douglas, DeKalb, Macon, Mercer, . Whiteside, and Woodford counties, Signed, G. BE. Metzger, Secretary NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insur- ance Company will be held on Wed- nesday, the 25th day of January, 1933, at the hour of 1:00 o’clock p. m., at the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, Illinois, to elect directors, receive, and if approved, confirm the report of the board of directors of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932, and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and pro- ceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last an- nual meeting of the members of the company; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Novem- ber 26, 1932. GEORGE F. TULLOCK, Secretary. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL HOLDING COMPANY NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of Illinois Agricultural Holding Company will be held on Wednes- day, the 25th day of January, 1933, at the hour of 11:00 o’clock a. m., at the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, Illinois, to elect directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the re- port of the board of directors of the company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932, and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and proceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last annual meeting of the members of the company; and for the transaction of such further and other business as may properly come before the meeting. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, Novem- ber 26, 1932. GEORGE F. TULLOCK, Secretary. NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF ILLINOIS FARM BUREAU BASEBALL LEAGUE NOTICE is hereby given that the annual meeting of the members of Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League will be held on Wednesday, the 25th day of January, 1933, at the hour of 9:30 a. m., at the Pere Mar- quette Hotel, Peoria, Illinois, to elect officers and directors, receive, and, if approved, confirm the reports of the officers and executive commit- tee of the League for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932, and to consider and, if approved, ratify and confirm all the acts and pro- ceedings of the board of directors done and taken since the last an- nual meeting of the members of the League; and for the transaction of such further and other business as hg properly come before the meet- ng. Dated at Chicago, Illinois, No- vember 26, 1932. E. G. THIEM, Secretary. Indiana Grain Co-ops Vote To Consolidate Merger of the Central States Grain Association and the Indiana Farmers Co-operative Elevator Com- pany, the two Hoosier State stock- holders of Farmers National Grain Corporation, was announced Nov. 18 by C. E. Huff, president of the corporation. Boards of directors of both organizations have approved the merger, which becomes effective at once. The consolidation brings together in one statewide marketing organ- ization co-operatives of the two ma- jor types, the Central States asso- ciation representing the so-called pooling plan and the elevator com- pany, as its name implies, the farm- ers’ elevator groups. The Central States Grain Asso- ciation was organized early in 1924 under the name of the Indiana Wheat Growers Association and now embraces in its membership about 13,000 grain growers in Indiana, Southern Illinois and Western Ohio, together with a number of local farmers’ elevator associations. The Indiana Farmers Co-opera- tive Elevator Company was organ- ized in 1929. and is made up of about twenty farmers’ elevators in Northern Indiana. It is estimated that the two groups handle co-op- eratively approximately one-third of al’ grain marketed commercially in the state. Membership campaigns involving both individuals and larmers’ elevators are now under way and the volume handled is steadily increasing. é. Com, ——e — ——— ae « ad ¥ ~ —e', —— s . - ‘ " . | mms 7 x s a i ra i. ” a . ‘ -~ Sor OP on | —-—_—~>— LE RTE. oe ae a4 - 4 _—— oy, J me - . - ‘ . — Zi — —s pe ee 7 . af < ? 4 s ; * = ~ SU. S, pe ogy Say The [ihmois A gricultural Asse DECEMBER, 1932. SEE Te Bz ccident vA or Lurttie 193-2. 9 ' ov e ine ; ae: a eengeeens ee sight Pay to the One? ce & * GHOLLARS ad q 4) C/N &/OR — ; Pc yuien season ta Ad just er ge to Account : {tu sAutual Busuranee Gs. -{- porn St. Chicago, \\l Your Company will protect you against Loss BOVE is a duplicate of a draft drawn by our adjuster to settle a public liability claim against our insured. Suit for $10,000 was started but the case was settled out of court. An average of 500 to 600 accidents involving Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual policyholders are reported each month. Approximately 1,000 checks are written every 30 days to pay losses, attorneys’ fees, adjusters’ fees, hospital bills, court costs, and the numerous expenses incurred in operating your company. Safeguards Farm And Estate Some checks are large, many are small. But every policyholder with full coverage protection knows that the ILLINOIS AGRICUL- TURAL MUTUAL keeps its word .... stands between him and loss .... protects his farm and estate against confiscation growing out of liability from automobile accidents. How much is it worth to have such protection? Certainly far more than the cost. You can save money by insuring in your OWN COMPANY. Ask us to tell you how. A post card to your County Farm Bureau or to the address be- low will bring you full information. ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 608 So. Dearborn Street, Chicago CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY — NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS sia ; } ‘ . ——m >: ie + 4 . ST 7 i —_ ~~ —-__ —~S- a ge aa meee ae ee —— > mg —— —— ey 7 ng x. VERY farmer should be on his guard against cheap, inferior mo- tor oils. Cheap oil has its appeal but it takes quality to satisfy. Under the heat and friction of the modern high speed, heavy duty motor cheap oils quickly thin out and break down. They cause a host of motor troubles—scored cylinders, “frozen” pis- tons, smashed connecting rods, broken safe lubrication. Gt Inquire about these oils and lubricants tor every Winter use ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY CO. 608 South Dearborn St., Chicago crank shafts, and other serious motor damage. Illinois Farm Supply Company and its associated companies sell the best oil money can buy. You can buy Penn Bond (100% pure Pennsylvania) and Blue Seal (pure paraffin) oils with safety— the same high quality Summer and Winter, year in and year out, with a new and far lower cold test. F YOU want to save money place your order now for next season’s requirements. Telephone your local Farm Bureau company or ask your SERVICE man for these special prices. Don’t take chances with cheap, inferior oils; make the SERVICE sign your guide to Nov. ? f —_ ford : 5 Order © wr rnocKto be doe “Sight Pay 10 the O ph cr iB 1700? ease 1500.00 = , «2900.00 & = h e of Free f aur of sne wetat = . ee * (HOLLARS . ej Agu gee eo ° fe pitomes~ * y .* * 7 i nie Vicor ne. pec's- > we bet. Jee executed 5yechiones raARS * a ages alease has been jn genie LUNDRED pDOLLAYS qeorge ne Sich separat’ relea C chance & inst Jay - _ i Be ‘ LC fn all ci3+ 3 6 a I, P 4 [chee L Aajuste . 4 Chart Accoun” : ° Go Ac 2 Se ; __——_& ye RECENES SO 5 rare - \ ae ese SS agricultural gaurtual soma eae . . A nrit Thhs ae ee 30, \ Blinoits 2s Dearborn § will protect you against Loss GE ri \ Public Linhbility Cheft PC es $e Ft Your Company BOVE is a duplicate of a draft drawn by our adjuster to settle a public liability claim against our insured. Suit for $10,000 was started but the case was settled out of court. An average of 500 to 600 accidents involving Illinois Agricul- tural Mutual policyholders are reported each month. Approximately 1,000 checks are written every 30 days to pay losses, attorneys’ fees, adjusters’ fees, hospital bills, court costs, and the numerous expenses incurred in operating your company. Some checks are large, man\ are small. But every policyholder with full coverage protection knows that the ILLINOIS AGRICUL- TURAL MUTUAL keeps its word . . stands between him and loss .... protects his farm and estate against confiscation growing out if liability from automobile accidents. How much is it worth to have such protection? Certainly far more than the cost. You can save money by insuring in vour OWN COMPANY. Ask us to tell you how. A post card to your County Farm Bureau or to the address be- low will bring vou full information. ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. 608 So. Dearborn Street, Chicago CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSETS HERE'S A THOUCHT ABOUT Jule PASTE IN HIS HAT / VERY farmer should be on_ his crank shafts, and other serious motor guard against cheap, inferior mo- damage. tor oils, Cheap oil has its appeal but it Illinois Farm Supply Company and its takes quality to satisfy. associated companies sell the best oil Under the heat and friction of the money can buy. You can buy Penn Bond modern high speed, heavy duty motor (100°, pure Pennsylvania) and Blue cheap oils quickly thin out and break Seal (pure .paratfin) oils with safety— down. They cause a host of motor the same high quality Summer and troubles—scored cylinders, “frozen’’ pis- Winter, year in and year out, with a tons, smashed connecting rods, broken new and far lower cold test F YOU want to save money place your order now for next season’s requirements. Telephone your local Farm Bureau company or ask your SERVICE mar for these special prices. Don't take chances with cheap, interior oils; make the SERVICE sign your guide to safe lubrication. ILLINOIS FARM SUPPLY CO. 608 South Dearborn St., Chicago SERVING MEMBERS ON MATTERS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE MAKIN G POSSIBLE GREAT SAVINGS. TAXATION LEGISLATION TRANSPORTATION CLAIMS-UTILITIES CO-OPERATIVE MARKETING INSURANCE AT COST ORGANIZED BUYING AUDITING SERVICE One of-a series of messages to farmers who ought to belong to the Farm Bureau ‘‘Every individual owes some- thing to . ae industry from wie: tee’ gets his living.” THEODORE ROOSEVELT “ DON’T need the Farm Bureau,” says Mr. Brown. “I have worked hard, paid for my farm. I am independ- ent. I know how to farm efficiently. I have all the comforts and conveniences in my home. I can get along without the county adviser’s help and the services of the organization. Why should I join?” Such argument is heard less today perhaps than in the past. Yet there still are many who have achieved relative financial independence. Have they no further obligation? Every farmer owes something to his industry .... owes his best efforts to improve farm conditions ... . to make farming a business as well as a way of living. How better can he make this contribution than through his organization, the Farm Bureau, the Hlinois Agricultural Association, which gives purpose, force, and direction to the combined constructive thought of the membership. Not to get, but to give. Not for’self, but for others, for future generations.. Such is the opportunity for service to agriculture offered by this orgatiization. Ask your neighbor to join. ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago Please hand this copy-of the RECORD to a non-member 4 , ~ > gg ~~ ¥ ee = . —————_—_———— — . . - * * ’ . ° . . o s = a “ ‘ é : ~ : $$ $$ r—— ee eo ET, Sm ———— — ome : 5 eet, ee ee A ec a een ere Rane a pe! 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Pe ilg-=n basceearaaeae abt ag late tend J 5 aah pratt ord DAP 4m mpi langue 6M sates a BP A prgageen 4 Prope pl ikon te ae ol arpbe . bray) ory 74 erent ped Py Tat ye a hsh pe ypwwy- Wl raee quae eee Raat run tea neon it ets eee yak appt ret Te pen ae THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY GSO: ILLA v.W-l2 Cop. oe Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. University of Illinois Library L161—H41 THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY 3 >. c™ = : OD we) Na 2 | fi T | f f | oft 4 a ee ee wv. Ah-l2 a i va oj : 7 op. 2. (| Te ov aehumyeaen «eae M wt) mantueety. IM Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. University of Illinois Library The moved b The pages that aro missing woro ro- moved because thoy woro advertisomcats CoLN_ID The cA» | [inois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the tinea Serieere nsec » ¥ hw So. Main arent Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Entered as second class matter at post 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 1 Spencer, Ind tance for ma JANUARY, 1933 ling at special rates of dartee a) all” ‘communications tec publication oy Editorial - Offices, Ilinots tee postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, cultural Association Record, 608 So. Volume 11 Get Ready For Annual Meeting Harriman, O'Neal, Smith And Others Will Discuss Economic Problems During O-OPERATION between busi- ness and agriculture to restore a fair exchange value for farm prod- ucts as a means of leading the na- tion back to prosperity will be one of the leading questions considered at the 18th annual convention of the Illinois Agricultural Association in the Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria, January 25-26-27. Henry I. Harriman, prominent New England business man and president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, is scheduled to speak on this subject at the annual banquet of the Association Thursday evening, January 26. Mr. Harriman is a man of advanced ideas on economic questions and reflects the views of the progressive business men of the country. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1872 Mr. Harriman was educated at Wes- leyan University and the New York Law School. His entire life has been devoted to manufacturing and pub- lic utility interests mostly in Massa- chusetts. In his recent addresses he has frankly stated that the greatest Single factor responsible for the de- pression was the economic condi- tion affecting between one-third and one-half of the nation’s popu- lation directly or indirectly depend- ent on agriculture. Mr. Harriman also recognizes the need for con- Structive action in improving our money and credit system and stabi- lizing the value of the dollar. Ed O’Neal Scheduled Edward A. O’Neal, president of the American Farm * ‘ Bureau Federation, will appear on the banquet program with Mr. Harriman. Mr. O’Neal is well known to Mlinois farm people and will Three Day Session At Peoria Jan. 25-26-27 bring an interesting message direct from Washington where he, with other farm leaders, has had a prominent part in framing a legis- lative farm program in the current session of Congress. Efforts are being made to secure | a speaker of sound yet progressive views on the question of reorganiz- ing the farm credit structure and refinancing farm mortgages. at lower rates of interest. Prospects are considered good for securing a man high in the councils of the new national leadership. This sub- ject will be given prominence on Friday morning, January 27. The annual address of Earl C. Smith, president of the Association, on Thursday morning, January 26, will be of widespread interest be- cause of the active part he has had during recent months in working out solutions of farm problems with national farm, business, and politi- cal leaders. Mr. Smith will review not only the record of progress of the Asso- ciation and its business en- terprises during 1932, but also will devote con- siderable time to a discussion of up - to - the - minute develop- ments at Washington in price-rais- ing legislation, reflationary and farm credit measures. Luncheon Discontinued Crank up the Flivver The usual luncheon on the last day of the convention with intro- duction of guests and speakers will be discontinued this year. Part of this program will be held in con- APmAA RAPA za [bane an There will be reduced rates on most railroads. Ask for them. ' Organ ization 4 a a, TELLLLE | ELLE aang ¢ rita FONE ENTIOnN =Pt -ClAL nection with the annual banquet. Election of officers, and directors from the odd-numbered districts, as in past years, will probably be held on Thursday evening after the banquet and speaking program. The sectional conferences on Thursday afternoon will not be varied since these sessions are par- ticularly designed to give every member ample opportunity for ex- pression on any part of the work or policies of the Association. Conferences will be held on Public Relations, and Publicity, Business Service, Marketing, and the Women’s Conference. District caucuses for delegates are usually held following these sessions where nominations are made for the board of directors. Get In Resolutions Now The Public Relations Committee of the Association met in Chicago on December 22 to consider legisla- tive problems and measures which are expected to come before the next regular General Assembly which convenes this month. Reve- nue for unemployment relief, in- surance laws, government economy, proposed amendments to the state constitution, and similar questions are among those which are likely to be discussed at the Public Rela- tions Conference on Thursday after- noon January 26 at Peoria. Voting delegates will pass on the legislative policies of the Association submitted in the form of resolutions. The Resolutions Committee com- posed of A. R. Wright, Varna; Har- old C. Vial, Downers Grove; Charles Mar- shall, Belknap; Tul- madge Defrees, Smithboro; W. A. Dennis, Paris; 3 ™" Page Four THE I. A. A RECORD January, 1933 Charles Bates, Browning; and A. B. Schofield, Paxton, will hold its first meeting in Chicago, Saturday, Jan- uary 14 when resolutions offered will be given consideration. Members who have resolutions to offer for consideration of the board of delegates, the supreme govern- ing body of the organization, should send them to Secretary Geo. E. Metzger at the Association offices at once. Friday morning session it is planned that delegates and visitors will get their lunch quickly and return to start the afternoon session prompt- ly at one o’clock. This arrangement should make possible adjournment of the convention by four or five o’clock. The fact that Peoria lies in the heart of one of the most populous Farm Bureau sections of Illinois in- dicates that attendance this year Many favorable reports have been received concerning the patronage dividends declared by local Farm Bureau service companies associated Members of the Cre- dentials Committee for the convention are as follows: M. G. Lambert, Ferris; C. J. Gross, At- wood; W.L. Cope, Salem; and Fred Dietz, DeSoto. The number of voting delegates eligible to rep- resentation in the an- nual meeting will be based on the paid-up membership in each county as stated in the by-laws. A Busy Day The annual meeting of the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball League will start off the day on Jan- uary 25 when the asso- ciated companies all or- ganized by the I. A. A. will hold their annual meetings and _ confer- ences. This day promises to be busiest of all for the delegate or visitor whose interests are di- vided between auto in- surance, fire, hail, and windstorm insurance, auditing the accounts of co-operatives and farm organizations, produce marketing, serum serv- ice, life insurance, and baseball. Meetings and sessions of companies and associations repre- senting all these services and activities will be held that day, many of them simultaneously. In _addition there will be a meeting for managers of the county service com- panies sponsored by Illi- nois Farm Supply Co. Programs for these sessions are now being prepared but none has been definitely outlined so as to be ready for pub- lication at this writing. Speed Up Friday Session Complaints of previous A Word From Our President A® WE pause to look back over events of the past year and attempt to anticipate developments of the future, nothing stands out more impressively than the loyalty, the courage and the determi- nation displayed by the membership of the Illinois Agricultural Association and County Farm Bureaus during the year 1932. The fact that Illinois now leads all states by a substantial margin in support- ing Farm Bureau'membership is a record of which we all should be proud; a record that should be a source of satisfaction and further encouragement to continue our united efforts toward correcting © those evils which have all. but impoverished the in- dustry we love, and now engulf the Nation. Agriculture has felt the ,full effects of deflation and depression which has crystallized in its most acute form during 1932. Failure of government for twelve years to face the farm problem fairly and squarely has resulted in forcing the farmers out of the market as buyers and this depleted buying power of nearly one-half of the population has finally resulted in the closing of a large per cent of our manufacturing industries and has paralyzed business in general. Almost single handed and alone, constructive farm organizations have for eight years anticipated such a condition, unless ag- riculture was recognized in such proper and just manner as would restore a balance between agri- cultural income and industrial prices entering into the cost of farm production. If nothing else, this general paralysis of business has resulted in focus- ing the attention of thinking business, industrial and political leaders on the farm problem and a rapidly growing conviction that a restoration of farm buying power is a first essential to the return of America to a normal basis. Farmers have in the past been the backbone of America in meeting and overcoming serious dangers confronting the Nation. Their continued stamina, courage and determination, coupled with the fast increasing support of thinking business interests will again meet and overcome present difficulties. The time has arrived for directing our thoughts to facts and not fiction; for action and not debate. To this end our efforts must be dedicated, for only through constructive thinking and united ac- tion can agriculture hope to gain its rightful posi- tion in the economic life of the Nation and can the Nation hope to recover. with Illinois Farm Sup- ply Company, and other Farm Bureau organized co-operatives. Among the companies that closed their books during the fall months, Adams Service Company, Rich-Law Service Com- pany, Jersey County Farm Supply Company, and Marshall - Putnam Oil Company declared a - refund of 20 per cent or more to Farm Bureau - member patrons. Some of the companies that have declared a patronage dividend of 15 per cent or more are: Champaign County Serv- ice Company, Ford Coun- ty Service Company ($8,- 446.60), Fulton Service Company ($9,000), Greene County Service Company ($4,184.51), Henry-Stark Service Company ($10,966.50) , Kane County Service Company, LaSalle Coun- ty Farm Supply Com- pany, Livingston Service Company, Logan-Mason Service Company ($8,- 500) , Peoria County Serv- ice Company, St. Clair Service Company, Ste- phenson Service Com- pany, Tazewell Service Company, Tri-County Oil Company — ($17,550), Whiteside Service Com- pany. One thousand one hundred and sixty-three patronage dividend checks, totaling over $24,000, were distributed to Farm Bureau mem- bers in good standing in LaSalle County. Champaign County Service Company has re- turned $24,561.71 to Farm Bureau members the past two years. Seven hundred and ten Farm Bureau years that the Friday afternoon business session was allowed to drag on too late into the evening making it necessary for many dele- gates to stay an extra night, will be met this year by the abolition of the luncheon and the long drawn out introduction of guests. After the will be heavy. At least 5,000 dele- gates, members, and friends are ex- pected to gather during the three- day session. Those who contemplate attending the convention are asked to make reservations at once with the Peoria County Farm Bureau, Peoria. members received dividend checks this year. One patron received over $250, two over $100, 41 over $50, and 102 over $25. The average refund for the past fiscal year was $16.47 per member. Six hundred and eleven Farm Bu- (Continued on page 16) January All M GRIC for sented Agricult Earl C. his retu he atter confere and co America The p committ counsel represe other ge The yp months unanim« sentativ the day on the f 1, The of farm goods tk stored market } mit a f tween | make pc business 2. Pro must be tive den 3. Pla must be which h fect on which t cause 0: 4. Pla financin creation mental The f Mr. Lee ton, tok dairy pr istered | ture. In th tobacco, to prod of speci that po: quired sufficier the pre- adjust in two. thirty | the secc Adjus made o Shall si the des Secreta: a oe TELA January, 1933 y x 1 Coe “~ Congress THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five Works Over Farm Bill All Major Farm Organizations Unite Behind Measure To Control Surplus And Raise Prices On Staple Farm Commodities , GRICULTURE’S own solution for the Farm Problem.was pre- sented to the House Committee on Agriculture December 14, President Earl C. Smith reported following his return from Washington where he attended several meetings and conferences of farm organizations and co-operatives called: by the American Farm Bureau Federation. The plan was outlined before the committee by Fred Lee, legislative counsel for the A. F. B. F. who also represented farm co-operatives and other general farm organizations. The plan is the result of many months of intensive study and was unanimously approved ‘by repre- sentatives of the major farm groups the day before. The plan is based, on the following definite principles: Here Are Principles 1. The pre-war purchasing power of farm commodities in terms of goods the farmer buys must be re- stored insofar as the domestic market is concerned in order to per- mit a fair exchange of goods be- tween farm and factory and so make possible a general renewal of business activity. 2. Production of farm products must be reduced in line with effec- tive demand. 3. Plans to attain these objectives must be applied to basic products which have a price determining ef- fect on other products, and on which the tariff is not effective be- cause of exportable surpluses. 4. Plans adopted must be self- financing and must not require the creation of any large new govern- mental agencies. The farmers’ plan as outlined by Mr. Lee would apply to wheat, cot- ton, tobacco, hogs and possibly to dairy products, and is to be admin- istered by the Secretary of Agricul- ture. In the case of wheat, cotton and tobacco, it provides for the payment to producers of these commodities of special adjustment payments, on that portion of their production re- quired for domestic consumption, sufficient to raise the total price to the pre-war purchasing parity. The adjustment payments will be made in two equal installments, the first thirty days after marketing, and the second six months later. Favor Those Who Cut Adjustment payments will be made only to those producers who Shall submit satisfactory proof to the designated local agent of the Secretary of Agriculture that they ‘have reduced their 1933 acreage by 20 per cent, and have not planted that acreage to other cash crops. Payments. will be made by the treasury of the United States, the money to be recovered by an excise tax on the commodity at point of first processing. The processing tax is to be the amount required, as- estimated by the Secretary of Agriculture, to be paid in adjustment payments in order to restore the total price of that portion of the commodity used in domestic consumption to its pre- war purchasing parity. Revision of the excise tax and payments to producers in accordance with the principle is to be made by six-month periods. The excise tax will become effective at the beginning of the ~ 1933 crop marketing season and will apply to flour stocks in the hands of processors at that time. - If, in the judgment of the Secre- tary of Agriculture, it is necessary, after the first year, to make indi- vidual allotments to producers and enter into individual contracts with them in order sufficiently to control production, he is empowered to do so, and to designate the percentage of acreage reduction required. Ad- ministrative expenses are limited to not more than 2% per cent of the excise tax fund collected. In the case of cotton, the parity period is to be 1921-29 instead of 1909-14, on account of the change in production costs caused by the boll-weevil. Applied To Hogs The plan is to be applied to hogs in the following manner: Thirty days after passage of the act, the excise tax on pork products is to go into effect on a graduated basis, on the basis of 50 cents per 100 pounds of hog, live weight, for the first sixty days, $1.00 for the second sixty days, $1.50 for the third sixty days, and $2.00 thereafter, that rate to be advanced to the point necessary to restore pre-war purchasing power as rapidly as im- proved business and increased con- sumer income permits. The production control program will go into effect thirty days after passage of the act, producers to be paid an adjustment payment frem then until October 1 of $1.00 per cwt. on all hogs weighing 210 pounds or less, and in consideration of an agreement that each pro- ducer’s total tonnage marketed during the year shall be 20 per cent less than ene 1932. Adjustment of hog production to effective demand is to be facilitated by the following temporary meas- ures. 1. The Secretary of Agriculture is empowered, when and as necessary to prevent surplus pork and lard stocks from defeating the purpose of the plan, to purchase such stocks in the required amount and dispose of them in non-competitive chan- nels, such as unemployment. 2. The close relationship between corn and hogs necessitates a reduc- tion in corn production for 1933. This is to be accomplished by pay- ment to corn growers who reduce their corn acreage by 15 per cent, of $4.00 per acre on the acres thus taken out of production. Pre-War Parity Sought This plan, in the opinion of farm leaders, will result in such adjust- ment of production to demand as is necessary to restore the pre-war parity between farm and industrial prices, and thus open the way to the resumption of business activity on a normal scale. Farm leaders are positive in their statements that there can be no approach to normal business conditions and employment until farm buying power is restored to normal. They point out that farm prices are now 31.6 per cent below pre-war, while goods purchased by farmers are 6 per cent above pre- war. Whenever restored employ- ment and improved world trade raises the open market price of farm products to their pre-war par- ity, the plan will automatically be- come inoperative. The plan is endorsed by the fol- lowing farm organizations: AMERICAN FARM BUREAU FED- ERATION Edward A. O’Neal, President Charles E. Hearst, Vice-President Earl C. Smith, Director and Chair- man of Legislative Committee George M. Putnam, Director and Member of Legislative Committee M. S. Winder, Secretary-Treasur- er. Chester H. Gray, Legislative Rep- resentative NATIONAL GRANGE PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY L. J. Taber, National Master F. A. Freestone, Executive Com- mittee. Fred Brenckman, Legislative Rep- resentative. FARMERS’ EDUCATIONAL AND CO-OPERATIVE UNION OF AMERICA John Simpson, President (Continued on page 7) Page Six A cu up tnk L ones HA’ N To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor a RL RR A Published monthly by the: Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, . Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., caeeee: Til, Entered as sang class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind, Accept ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 4 2, Act of Feb. 28, fons autharined Oct, an. it 1925, Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn 8t., Chicago, The “individual — fee of the tion Record. 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Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co.............seeseeers J. H. Kelker, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn...............-. Fea” E, Ringham, Mgr, Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co......... Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co...........cccccecceccecs t 5. Marchant, Mgr, Illinois Grain Corp......... Chas, P. Cummings, Vice-Pres, and Sales Mgr Tllinois Livestock 1 Market, ‘hewn. -Ray Miller, Mgr.,; R. W. Grieser, Bales Qlinois Produce Marketing Ass’n...........sescceccees F, A, Gougler, M Soybean Marketing Ass’n........ 0... ceccececesceees W. H. Cou ‘ Mer. e Unemployment Relief HROUGHOUT the third special session of the General Assembly ending last April and the more recent 4th special session, the Illinois Agri- cultural Association opposed the enactment of any bills creating a system of additional state-wide taxes for unemployment relief. The Association will continue to oppose the en- actment of a state-wide sales tax for this purpose or of any tax which would relieve counties, town- ships, or other municipalities from the necessity, at least to the extent of their ability, of caring for their own. The I. A. A. is convinced that sufficient provision has been made in statutes now in existence to take care of destitute people in most counties. In ad- dition to general property taxes for relief, which are subject to limitations and restrictions in coun- ties, but not in townships, counties may, until July 1, 1933, divert to unemployment relief their gasoline tax allotments not otherwise obligated. Until January 1, 1934, any county may issue bonds without referendum by a two-thirds vote of its county board, the total of such bonds not to exceed six times such county’s share of gasoline THE I. A. A. RECORD January, 1933 tax receipts in the preceding calendar year. Such bonds and interest thereon must be guaranteed by general property taxes, but can be and no doubt will be paid out of future gasoline tax allotments to such county. In addition counties may enforce a retail sales tax of not more than one per cent which may be levied by a two-thirds vote of the county board to be effective to July i, 1933. The theory of providing relief through a state- wide tax and from a state-wide fund is wrong in principle because it places counties in competition with each other in securing their share of such funds. Such a plan is wrong because it takes away responsibility from local units of government in caring for their unemployed; it definitely leads to waste and extravagance in the administration of such funds. This whole question, affecting as it does, the farm tax burden, will be discussed in detail at the public relations conference to be held during the coming annual meeting in Peoria. This problem and many others involving the levying and collect- ing of taxes reveals the need for vigilant and effec- tive organization to protect farmers’ interests at Springfield. Growing Liberalism HE NEW liberalism displayed by business and a | political leadership throughout America toward solutions of farm problems may be set down as one of the gains produced by the current hard times. The cocksureness of their own position, and the in- tolerance toward organized farm effort once prevalent in: financial and industrial circles has been largely sup- planted by a new and commendable attitude of co- operation. No writer is doing more to promote liberal and con- structive thought on national economic and political problems than Walter Lippman of the New York Her- ald Tribune whose articles are syndicated and pub- lished in daily newspapers throughout the country. Commenting on the domestic allotment plan for raising farm prices now being considered at Washing- ton, Mr. Lippman recently wrote:—‘Because of its po- tential abuses and actual difficulties many persons, especially in the larger cities, will be disposed to reject the scheme out of hand. This would, I think, be a serious mistake. The plight of the American farmer is so serious that an experiment, provided it is based on a reasonable principle, is justified. The basic principle of the allotment plan is reasonable; if the farmers wish to try it, I do not see how the rest of us can re- fuse to let them. “For American agriculture is now producing under conditions of unrestricted individualism in a world where virtually all other production, including agricul- ture in almost all countries, is either protected or con- trolled. The American farmer should not be denied the right to set up his own collective defenses against the efforts of free competition until the time arrives when other producers accept free trade. “The allotment plan has all he faults of protection and all the complexities of state socialism. There is no use pretending that this is not the most daring eco- nomic experiment ever seriously proposed in the United States. But what other remedy is proposed for the plight of agriculture that might be substituted for this one? Until such a remedy is brought forward, and some assurance given that it can be put into opera- tion, an attitude of open-minded co-operation with the men who are trying to work out this plan, an attitude at once sympathetic and critical, would seem to be in order.” Januar | The interes life of » ing ad. its pol: Whil flati which about | may n trouble easily : has pi accom y tion, tl more h we hav It is the pol up our tutions ernmer stop ga evil da These |] a retur levels. and ¢ tion. Fi farmer been |; and va legislat make i to go il has be him in borrow: terest 1 farm p reflatio price le of a di: Such injustic be apr case, ' greates Certain numbe} the wl throug weigh t credito: at pres There and gr January, 1933 The year 1933 promises to be an interesting and crucial one in the life of this nation. With it we begin the fourth consecutive year of a period of deflation unprecedented in American history. Whether or not we shall continue on the down- ward path beset as it is with low prices, business stagnation, unem- ployment, bankruptcies, wage and rate cutting, scaling down of debts, and headaches will be largely de- termined by the incom- ing administration and its policies. While controlled in- flation or reflation which can be brought about by revaluing gold may not cure all our troubles overnight so easily as the cartoonist has pictured it in the accompanying illustra- tion, that course offers more hope than the one we have been following. It is clear now that the policy of bolstering up our financial insti- tutions with huge gov- ernment loans is only a stop gap to put off the evil day of reckoning. These loans presuppose a return to higher price levels. So did wheat and cotton stabiliza- tion. For ten years the farmer particularly has been given all kinds and varieties of credit legislation and loans to make it easier for him to go in debt. But little has been done to aid him in paying back his borrowings. Lower in- terest rates and higher farm prices alone will do this. So reflation to the average 1920-29 price level seems to be the solution of a difficult problem. _ Such a course will result in some injustices for no law or action can be applied to fit perfectly every case. The greatest good to the greatest number should govern. Certainly the interests of the large number who have been caught in the whirlpool of toppling prices through no fault of their own out- weigh those of the smaller group of creditors who have loaned money at present low levels. There are powerful individuals and groups whose influence will be THE LA. A. RECORD trained on the new law-making body and administration at Wash- - ington to defeat any efforts at es- tablishing higher price levels. These people belong largely to the cred- itor class. They are always at work. It is possible, not probable, that they may thwart not only reason- able inflationary measures but al- so present efforts at raising farm prices. What then? Agriculture will be no worse off than it is now and the farmers’ position likely will be improved. De- flation apparently has run its course in agriculture but not in freight and utility rates, taxes, farm machinery and supplies, lum- WHICH WAY UNCLE SAM? CMFLOYMENT EUSINESS KECO, UKEP AM PRICES \\, REVALUATU) OF WD m. ber, fencing, etc., which must yield considerably more ground before they are on a fair exchange ba- sis with farm products. American ingenuity will solve the problem eventually of producing services, machinery, and commodities at prices we can afford to pay. This readjustment in exchange values will not solve the debt prob- lem, however. That situation can and will be corrected by scaling down interest rates, or through moratoriums on interest and prin- cipal payments until we work back to higher price levels. The gradual climb will begin just as soon as everything is thoroughly deflated and we all are buying and selling Page Seven Congress Works Over Farm Bill (Continued from page 5) W. P. Lambertson, Director FARMERS’ EQUITY UNION Leroy Melton, President AMERICAN COTTON CO-OPERA- TIVE ASSOCIATION J. B. Blalock, President C. O. Moser, Vice-President N, C. Williamson, Director C. G. Henry, Director FARMERS’ NATIONAL GRAIN CORPORATION C. E. Huff, President H. W. Thatcher, Washington Rep- resentative. NATIONAL LIVESTOCK MARKET- ING ASSOCIATION. Charles Ew- ing, President. Dr. O. O. Wolf, E. A. Beamer. NATIONAL CO-OPER- ATIVE MILK PRO- DUCERS’ FEDERA- TION. John D. Miller, Fred Sexauer, Geo. Slocum, Charles W. Holman. NATIONAL WOOL : MARKETING ASS’N. Dr. O. O. Wolf. NATIONAL FRUIT W, AN D VEGETABLE ie MARKETING ASS’N. A. B. Leeper, C. V. Cochran. DAIRY AND POULTRY CO-OPERATIVES, INC. Leroy Melton. NORTHERN WISCON- SIN TOBACCO POOL Emerson Ela, General Manager. FARM PRESS. C. V. Gregory, Prairie Farmer. E. R. Eastman, Amer- ican Agriculturist. Dan Wallace, The Farmer. Dr. B. F. Kilgore, Pro- gressive Farmer. NATIONAL ASSOCIA- TION OF FARM OR- GANIZATIONS Ralph Snyder, Fred- eric P. Lee, Counsel. Opposition to the ap- plication of the do- mestic allotment plan to hogs was expressed by leading packer repre- sentatives before the House Com- mittee Dec. 19 and 20. The packers asserted the proposed excise tax of two cents per pound would result in a lower quoted price to producer on live hogs “because low buying power of the public could not absorb additional cost.” The packers have issued a pam- phiet attacking the plan among rural banks and corn belt farmers. again on a fair exchange basis. Not before. But this is the long hard road. Why should we take it when the government has the power to provide a smoother and shorter road? —E. G. T, THE I. A. A. RECORD At The Livingston County Farm Bureau Jubilee In Pontiac, Dec. 10 Beauty Contests Attract Large Numbers To County Jubilees By evan 50,000 people turned out for the Farm Bureau-Country Life Jubilee meetings in at least 55 counties on Saturday night, Dec. 10 when winners of local beauty con- tests were chosen. It is estimated that approximately 850 girls, all daughters of Farm Bureau members or Country Life policyholders, took part in the contest. The Jubilee meetings climaxed a 10-day drive for new business by Country Life agents. More than a million and three-fourths dollars of insurance for the month was re- ported over the radio that night by Manager L. A. Williams in the half- hour broadcast from WLS. By Dec. ae total had climbed to $2,100,- The beauty contest winners will compete in the state contest to be held either at the Illinois State Fair next summer or at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. Radio Program During the half-hour radio pro- gram talks were made by President Earl C. Smith, Manager L. A. Wil- liams, and V. Vaniman, director of insurance service. Mr. Williams who acted as announcer, discussed the value of life insurance, told about recent progress of the company, and read telegrams and announce- ments. President Smith reviewed the rec- ord of the company in which he paid tribute to the farmers of Illi- nois who by their wholehearted support made possible its progress and achievements. The object of the beauty contest as explained by Mr. Vaniman is to arouse interest in the development of personality, health, culture, gracefulness, naturalness, charm, modesty, poise, etc., in the young women of rural Illinois. To be eli- gible girls must be between the ages of 16 and 30 and unmarried. “Although recognizing the many opportunities for improving and in- creasing the social features of the I. A. A.’s program,” said Mr. Smith, “the very force of conditions ad- versely affecting the welfare of farm people and rural interests generally, have caused the program to become somewhat overbalanced in efforts to meet and solve our eco- nomic problems. ““We have continued throughout the years, however, to actively spon- sor and support 4-H club activities for beth boys and girls, vocational training for older boys and young men, and in recent years have en- couraged the setting apart of at least one evening each year to rec- ognize and pay tribute to the fine young womanhood of rural Illinois. “The first essential to grace and attractiveness is good health. Health is necessary to long life. If for no other reason, this fact would justify giving special emphasis and support to this evening program in the many counties.” County Winners County winners of the beauty contest are as follows: Bond, Clar- ice Brewer; Bureau, Althea Mink- ler; Carroll, Alma Williamson; Cass, Alta Jokisch; Christian, Irene Em- merson; Coles, Martha June White; Cook, Alice Ettema; DeKalb, Hazel Jandt; DeWitt, Margaret Hoge; Ed- gar, Pauline Beatty; Edwards, Mary Ann Shepherd; Ford, Mildred No- land; Gallatin, Thelma Rodgers; Greene, Mary Strang; Henderson, Wilda McKeown; Henry, Maxine Radue; Iroquois, Edythe Baylor; Jackson, Bonnie Mae Allen; Jef- ferson, Catherine Simmons; Jo- Daviess, Doris Rife; Knox, Mary Catherine Davis; LaSalle, Ruth Anderson; Lake, Eleanor Van Zandt; Livingston, Lucille Holla- way; Lawrence, Martha Cunning- ham; McDonough, Bernice Arnold; McLean, Lucille Burnett; Madison, Marie Schafer; Marion, Gladys Jar- ren; Massac, Ruth Moller; Menard, Mildred Grosboll; Mercer, Elizabeth January, 1933 . Rathbun; Montgomery, Ruby Mind- rup; Morgan, Marjorie Saunders; Peoria, Dorothy Heinz; Pike, Gen- evieve Lewis; Richland, Erma Roby; Rock Island, Grace Bollman; St. Clair, Elsie Schaller; Stark, Mable Irene Oertley; Stephenson, Edith Bear; Tazewell, Mary Louise Wertsch; Washington, Erna Heg- gemeier; Wayne, Juliana Crippin; White, Lena Burger; Whiteside, Beth Clark; Williamson, Marie Wagley; Woodford, Ruth Haas. Country Life Insurance Co. is ex- pected to finish the year with more than $10,000,000 of new business written with total life insurance in force of more than $47,000,000 and with a net gain of at least $3,000,000 of insurance in force since last January. On November 30 the company had a total of 28,943 policyholders who carried a little more than $46,000,- 000 of insurance. The average policy in the company is less than $2,000. Premium income for 1932 was close to $1,000,000, mortality under 25 per cent of expected, interest earn- ings on investments approximately four per cent without a single in- vestment in default in interest or principal, and a lapse ratio of un- der 15 per cent. Assets of the company as of No- vember 1, 1932 were $1,731,458.54 or approximately 50 per cent greater than a year ago with an increase ix. surplus of $139,315.99 or about 75 per cent greater than that of Janu- ary 1, 1932. Missouri Supreme Court Upholds Income Tax The Missouri Supreme Court re- cently upheld the constitutionality of a state income tax law including a 1931 amendment which substituted an increased, graduated schedule of individual tax rates varying from one to four per cent of net income, .for the former flat tax rate of one per cent. This rulfrig was the first by the Supreme Court on the new Missouri income tax law which became ef- fective September 14, 1931. Missouri has a revenue clause in its state constitution very similar to that in Illinois. Judge Ragland stated that the legislature was empowered to clas- sify the subjects of income taxation and. that a tax which was uniform upon all subjects in the same class, even though not uniform as_ be- tween the different classes, did not violate the uniformity provisions of the constitution, if the classifica- tions were reasonable. The basic principle underlying all such classifications is the ability of the taxpayey to pay. He held the classifications provided by the amendment were not discrimi- natory, ——— Organization has built the Bridge that leads to real Protection iT | —~ ng Ye Mics (a Fee oLD AG Es .— ba > EDUCATION FOR TEC ORTGAGE \\ He uly / oN /] Way, \ 3 AK AUY, tM Mh, art Ly eye bY/ (Ea eet G 0 i Pi ces RYomaraY 2g Bs, ; Wren cs SPAT WAYQY ty 7 / , Wy v ™ sas Roy L MeCotursten A Gain Every Month Sin 47 million of insurance in force—1932 increase | 75 percent—No investments of any kind management all go to | Ordinary Life Policy | | Typical Rates Per $1,000 of Insurance | Age Quarterly | | | This policy has loan values, ex- — tended insurance and pays dividends at end of second year contingent upon payment of third premium. Example: Age 35 annual rate per $1,000 $20.63. Dividends at end of second year, contingent dividend amount is $2.63, leaving the net cost of a policy issued 1929 $18.00. At end of third year, contingent dividend amount is $2.83 leaving the net cost of the policy issued in 1929 $17.80 annually. % % 20-Pay Life Policy Typical Rates Per $1,000 of Insurance Age Quarterly A Paid Up Policy at the end of twenty years, or policy may be sur- rendered at that time for its cash value, plus any and all dividend ac- cumulations. This policy earns a dividend pay- able at the end of the second year the insurance is in force, contingent upon payment of third premium, The record of Country Life Insurance Company is a creditable one. It demonstrates the value of united action. Low costs are possible because insur- ance like any other commodity can be purchased co-operatively. Sponsored by ninety-four county Farm Bureaus of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion and their more than sixty thousand members, Country Life Insurance Company is living proof that farm people can provide through their own efforts family security of the same high type en- joyed by those who pay stiffer rates. You Can Help Reduce Costs Realize what Country Life really holds out to you. Here is a company functioning as a legal reserve institution. It is on a self-supporting dividend pay- ing basis. The initial expenses of getting under way are all behind it. Overhead—cost of running an office with forty-seven million of insurance policies in force — is already far below the usual cost per policy. The same people, same offices, same management can handle additional business at little or no increase in cost. That is why every additional new policy taken out in Country Life means the re- duction of cost to present policy holders. Larger Volume—Lower Rates Thus not only an original low overhead in man. agement and operating expense works in favor of policy holders in Country Life, but also the most powerful of all expense reducers — large volume. Every time you get an applicant for Country Life Again we make new records! A better than 50% increase in percentage of lapse to amount in force, lower mortality, lowe to make a gain last year. Ten million new paid business in 193 magnificent showing. Will you help us establish a still bigger 1 Insurance you are helping yourself, you are making it possible for your family and yourself to enjoy standard protection in an old line legal reserve com- pany at still lower rates. Safe Insurance for Every Member of the Family Country Life Insurance Company was organized to provide for every member of the farm family a safe insurance, low in cost. In Country Life you can insure every member of the family, babes in arms or men and women, up to the age of sixty-five. Rates for men and women are the same for the same ages. All policies start with low participating rate. At the end of the second year each policy is eligible to dividends that still further reduce cost. Assets and Surplus Increased The healthy growth of Country Life is evident from the record. It is a remarkable record... An increase every month since it started doing business. In the short time of only four years more than forty- seven million dollars of insurance has been written and is in good standing today. During 1932, an ex- ceptionally bad year for most businesses, including insurance companies, Country Life showed a gain in assets of over 50% and a gain in surplus in excess of 75%. That is definite evidence of careful man- agement and low administration costs. Policy hold- ers are effecting much of this savings for them- selves by continually adding to the volume of insur- ance in force. > increase in assets, a 75% increase in surplus—low cost, low tality, lower expense per thousand, one of the few companies siness in 1932. I congratulate the policyholders on such a still bigger record for 1933? (Signed) L. A. Williams, General Manager. Since Starting in Business rease in assets 50 percent—Increase in surplus y kind in default—Benefits of economic BO ) to policy holders. Endowment at Age 65 Typical Rates Per $1,000 of Insurance Quarterly R This Endowment at Age 65 Policy will provide an old age income for you if you survive and it gives pro- tection to your dependents if you do not survive. In other words, this policy pays the full amount of $1,000 (or multi- ples thereof) at age 65 or at death. Dividends are payable at the end of the second year the insurance is in force, contingent upon payment of third premium. J a PS 8 Term To Age 65 Policy Typical Rates Per $1,000 of Insurance Quarterly Rate This policy furnishes protection for a small annual outlay of money and still gives maximum security. It is convertible to any other standard form at any time and carries full face protection to age 65 if not con- verted. This policy pays dividends at end of second year, contingent upon payment of third premium, provides for cash and loan values and paid up insurance. It’s Not the Size of the Dog in a Fight There is an old saying, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog,” which applies here. Country Life has the fight be- cause it has its finances in shape. When business institutions are being tested in such times of stress as those of the past three years, it is the giant strength of Country Life with its showing of no defaults and its surplus to liabilities that makes it superior to even the oldest institutions when it comes to fight- ing ability. In this crisis Country Life has kept in the top rank of companies with high liquid financial strength. A conservative management assures every Country Life policy holder that he need not fear for his cash nor that his beneficiary need worry about his death claim being paid. Country Life Insur- ance Company is organized and operated as a legal reserve life insurance company for your benefit for the protection of your family, for the security of your estate. ¥ | i Country Life Offers Unexcelled Security Country Life Insurance Company though only 4 years old holds an un- equalled position of strength owing to its liquid financial condition, its large surplus as compared with liabilities and the wonderful portfolio of investments. This Company was built to save pol- icyholders from error in matters of in- surance. We invite all Illinois farmers to Participate in our great Security, our Low Cost and our Guaranteed Rates. COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO.,. 5 f 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. | C O U nN t r y L 1 e I want to help Country Life make this new record. I am interested in an ssn Insurance Co. | | | | (1) Endowment at age 65 ) () 20-Pay Life CO Term to Age 65 608 S. Dearborn St. ' My Name is | Address -------------- County ----------| | Chicago, Illinois ee January, 1933 THE LA. A. RECORD Page Thirteen I. A. A. Gives Dinner To Illinois 4-H Champs Some of Best Lessons to Be Learned on. Farm, Dean Tells Club Members Some of the best lessons are to be learned on the farm and in the farm home, Dean H. W. Mumford of the Illinois College of Agriculture told his audience of more than 200 Illinois 4-H Club members, leaders, farm advisers, I. A. A. officials, staff members and their guests who at- tended the annual banquet ten- dered the Illinois champions by the Illinois Agricultural Association and associated companies in the Great Northern Hotel December 1. “One of the lessons every boy and girl should learn is to be prompt,” said the Dean. “As a boy I worked on the stack with my father. He stacked with a fork and he always wanted ‘the bundles where they be- longed, and he wanted them on time. “The older you get the more you will realize how much there is to learn and how little you know. You will learn that you must work for what you get. Nothing is handed to you on a silver platter. You per- haps have had more of that sort of thing this week than you will have for some time.” Dean Mumford called attention to the fact that while attendance in the University of [Illinois has dropped off from 10 to 12 per cent registration in the Ag College this fall was only two less than a year ago. Jobs in other lines are scarce now, he said, and many boys are learning that there is no better place than on the farm. Interesting talks were made by Lloyd Atwell and Alda Von Ohlen for the Club members. President Earl C. Smith presided and introduced I. A. A. directors, members of the staff, and managers of the associated companies who co- operated in sponsoring the dinner. Each responded with a short talk. E. I. Pilchard and Miss Mary Mc- Kee, state club leaders, and Homer J. Tice, veteran member of the IIlli- nois Legislature and superintendent of the Illinois State Fair, assisted in awarding the medals. C. B. Denman, livestock member of the Federal Farm Board, and managers of several Producers’ Commission Associations in Illinois were guests. The dinner, entertainment, and the program as in past years were arranged by Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. The following organizations co- operated in sponsoring the dinner: Illinois Farm Supply Company, Illi- nois. Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company, Country Life Insurance Company, Farmers Mutual Reinsur- I. A. A. WINS SILVER TROPHIES For “Outstanding Publicity on a State Project,” and for the “Best Single Issue of A State Farm Bureau Publication,” these cups were awarded to the Illinois la) pa Association oes the recent A. F. convention in Chicago. The I. A. A entered two of the three publicity contests winning both in compe- tition with eight other State Farm Bureau Federations. An exhibit and descrip- tion of the publicity campaign used in putting over the ge Wa Dedication Day Celebration July 4, and the September issue of the I. A. A d. submitte ECORD were Judges were Dean H. F. Harrington of the Medill School of Journalism, North- western University; Ralph D. McManus, publicity director, Armour Ross Bartley, director of publicity, Century of Co, and Progress Exposition, Chicago. Nevada won the third contest for best publicity on a national project. ance Company, Illinois Grain Cor- poration, Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation, Illinois Livestock Market- ing Association, Illinois Farm Bu- reau Serum Association, Illinois Ag- ricultural Auditing Association, Ili- nois Produce Marketing Associa- tion, and Illinois Fruit Growers’ Ex- change. Personality" Can Be Developed Says Prof. Personality may be partly an in- born quality but much of one’s per- sonality is acquired through living, says Prof. Paul J. Kruse of New York State College of Agriculture in advising farm boys to develop “per- sonality.” Growth of anything, he says, plant, animal, or human depends upon the condition surrounding it. Good seed may fail to make a good plant through improper cultivation; bad handling of a colt may result in a mean disposition horse; likewise a young man of promise may fail to become successful in his work and as a citizen through failure to culti- vate his mind and personality. Man is in some degree master of his own destiny. David C. Shepler of Logan county who for many years was active in soliciting memberships for the Illi- nois Agricultural Association re- cently passed away following a heart attack at his home in Lincoln. He was 64 years old. Mr. Shepler was an active mem- Whiteside County Folks Help Injured Neighbor Fifty men and 19 women with 17 wagons gathered at the home of Frank Allen near Lyndon in White- side county recently to help him finish picking corn when Mr. Allen lost an arm in a mechanical corn picker. The party picked 800 bushels of corn and hauled it to the cribs. Frank is a son of Rep. Henry C. Allen who has represented the 35th senatorial district in the state legis- lature for many years. Both have been active in the past in Farm Bu- reau work in that county. Mr. Allen recently returned home from the Sterling hospital where for a time his condition was very grave. |. A. A. Float Wins Float No. 1, “The Farmer’s Din- ner Bell is the Liberty Bell of 1932” designed for the Illinois Agricul- tural Association during the state- wide 4th of July demonstration was used by the Washoe County Farm Bureau at Reno, Nevada on Sept. 1 and was awarded first prize in the parade. —_—————— ber of the Logan County Farm Bu- reau which he assisted in organizing many years ago. An organization of corn growers is being formed in Nebraska, decinres a press dispatch of Dec. 18, to get farmers in the corn belt to sign up for a 20 to toes. cent reduction in corn acreage n There is an old saying, “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog,” which applies here. Country Life has the fight be- cause it has its finances in shape. When business institutions are being tested in such times of stress as those of the past three years, it is the giant strength of Country Life with its showing of no defaults and its surplus to liabilities that makes it superior to even the oldest institutions when it comes to fight- ing ability. In this crisis Country Life has kept in the top rank of companies with high liquid financial strength. A conservative management assures every Country Life policy holder that he need not fear for his cash nor that his beneficiary need worry about his death claim being paid. Country Life Insur- ance Company is organized and operated as a legal reserve life insurance company for your benefit for the protection of your family, for the security of your estate. Country Life Insurance Company though only 4 years old holds an un- equalled position of strength owing to its liquid financial condition, its large surplus as compared with liabilities and the wonderful portfolio of investments. This Company was built to save pol- icyholders from error in matters of in- surance. We invite all Illinois farmers to Participate in our great Security, our Low Cost and our Guaranteed Rates. COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO., C t L : f 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois. O Uu n C \ 1 e I want to help Country Life make this new record. I am interested in an eas Insurance Co. | Endowment at age 65 } 20-Pay Lite 5 Term to Age 65 608 S. Dearborn St. My Name is ~. Dena ae tht, Batt rl oe Address ~___-- elo att County on cel Ss at ak aw Chicago, Illinois January, 1933 THE I. A. A. RECORD |. A. A. Gives Dinner To Illinois 4-H Champs Some of Best Lessons to Be Learned on Farm, Dean Tells Club Members Some of the best lessons are to be learned on the farm and in the farm home, Dean H. W. Mumford of the Illinois College of Agriculture told his audience of more than 200 Illinois 4-H Club members, leaders, farm advisers, I. A. A. officials, staff members and their guests who at- tended the annual banquet ten- dered the Illinois champions by the Illinois Agricultural Association and associated companies in the Great Northern Hotel December 1. “One of the lessons every boy and girl should learn is to be prompt,” said the Dean. “As a boy I worked on the stack with my father. He stacked with a fork and he always wanted the bundles where they be- longed, and he wanted them on time. “The older you get the more you will realize how much there is to learn and how little you Know. You will learn that you must work for what you get. Nothing is handed to you on a Silver platter. You per- haps have had more of that sort of thing this week than you will have for some time.” Dean Mumford called attention to the fact that while attendance in the University of TIllinois has dropped off from 10 to 12 per cent registration in the Ag College this fall was only two less than a year ago. Jobs in other lines are scarce now, he said, and many boys are learning that there is no better place than on the farm. Interesting talks were made by Lloyd Atwell and Alda Von Ohlen for the Club members. President Earl C. Smith presided and introduced I. A. A. directors, members of the staff, and managers of the associated companies who co- operated in sponsoring the dinner. Each responded with a short talk. E. I. Pilchard and Miss Mary Mc- Kee, state club leaders, and Homer J. Tice, veteran member of the IIlli- nois Legislature and superintendent of the Illinois State Fair, assisted in awarding the medals. C. B. Denman, livestock member of the Federal Farm Board, and managers of several Producers’ Commission Associations in Illinois were guests. The dinner, entertainment, and the program as in past years were arranged by Ray E. Miller, director of livestock marketing. The following organizations co- operated in sponsoring the dinner: Illinois Farm Supply Company, Illi- nois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company, Country Life Insurance Company, Farmers Mutual Reinsur- Page Thirteen | I. A. A. WINS SILVER TROPHIES For “Outstanding Publicity on a State Project,” and for the “Best Single Issue of A State Farm Bureau Publication,” these cups were awarded to the Illinois Agricultural The |, A. Association during the recent A. F, B, F. A entered two of the three publicity contests winning both in compe- convention in Chicago. tition with eight other State Farm Bureau Federations. An exhibit and descrip- tion of the publicity campaign used in putting over the state-wide Day Celebration July 4, and the September issue of the submitted. Judges were Dean H. F. western University; Ralph D. Ross Bartley, director of publicity, Century of Progress Exposition, Dedication I. A. A. RECORD were Harrington of the Medill School of Journalism, North- MeManus, and Chicago. publicity director, Armour & Co, Nevada won the third contest for best publicity on a national project. ance Company, Illinois Grain Cor- poration, Soybean Marketing Asso- ciation, Illinois Livestock Market- ing Association, Illinois Farm Bu- reau Serum Association, Illinois Ag- ricultural Auditing Association, Illi- nois Produce Marketing Associa- tion, and Illinois Fruit Growers’ Ex- change. '‘Personality'’ Can Be Developed Says Prof. Personality may be partly an in- born quality but much of one’s per- sonality is acquired through living, says Prof. Paul J. Kruse of New York State College of Agriculture in advising farm boys to develop “per- sonality.” Growth of anything, he _ Says, plant, animal, or human depends upon the condition surrounding it. Good seed may fail to make a good plant through improper cultivation; bad handling of a colt may result in a mean disposition horse; likewise a young man of promise may fail to become successful in his work and as a citizen through failure to culti- vate his mind and personality. Man is in some degree master of his own destiny. David C. Shepler of Logan county who for many years was active in soliciting memberships for the Illi- nois Agricultural Association re- cently passed away following a heart attack at his home in Lincoln. He was 64 years old. Mr. Shepler was an active mem- Whiteside County Folks wagons gathered at the home of Frank Allen near Lyndon in White- side county recently to help him finish picking corn when Mr. Allen lost an arm in a mechanical corn picker. The party picked 800 bushels of corn and hauled it to the cribs. Frank is a son of Rep. Henry C. Allen who has represented the 35th senatorial district in the state legis- lature for many years. Both have been active in the past in Farm Bu- reau work in that county. Mr. Allen recently returned home from the Sterling hospital where for a time his condition was very grave. |. A. A. Float Wins Float No. 1, “The Farmer’s Din- ner Bell is the Liberty Bell of 1932” designed for the Illinois Agricul- tural Association during the state- wide 4th of July demonstration was used by the Washoe County Farm Bureau at Reno, Nevada on Sept. 1 and was awarded first prize in the parade. ber of the Logan County Farm Bu- reau which he assisted in organizing many years ago. An organization of corn growers is being formed in Nebraska, declnres a press dispatch of Dec. 18, to get farmers in the corn belt to sign up for a 20 to 25 per cent reduction in corn acreage in 1933, Page Fourteen The Producers’ Milk Company, a subsidiary of the Mid-West Dairy- men’s Company, Rockford, was in- corporated recently with authorized capital stock of $40,000. This move was made following action of lead- ing dealers in reducing the price from $1.50 per cwt. for base milk to a flat butterfat price. J. B. Coun- tiss, dairy marketing director, is as- sisting the producers at Rockford. The organized producers who number more than 400, immediately raised $5,000 in notes and cash at their initial meeting. Approximately 400 new membership contracts were signed providing for a check-off of five cents per cwt. and a differential to Farm Bureau members. The plan provides for a plant and equipment to handle all members’ milk. Producers volunteered to de- liver their own milk from door to door with their own horse-drawn conveyances until more satisfactory equipment can be obtained. As we go to press negotiations are underway leading to a reconsidera- tion by the dealers of the price of- fered producers. Co-op Creamery Soon To Open At Bloomington The Farmers’ Co-operative Creamery is expected to open early in January at 413 N. Center street, Bloomington. Equipment is now being installed to handle an annual output of ap- proximately 1,710,000 pounds of but- ter. The maximum capacity of the plant is reported at 5,700 pounds of butter daily. The plant will have a maximum storage capacity of 1,800 gallons of cream and will require 800 regular patrons to keep it running. Six em- ployees will be necessary to operate the machinery and office. The building is located directly north of the Farm Bureau office. Butterfat from co-operative cream marketing associations in DeWitt, McLean, Woodford, and Livingston counties will be processed as well as surplus milk not otherwise sold by the McLean County Milk Pro- ducers’ Ass’n. The Farm Bureaus of these counties are co-operating in getting this project under way. Congressman Joins Rock Island Farm Bureau Congressman-elect Chester Thompson of the 14th congressional district signed up in the Rock Is- land County Farm Bureau recently, reports Farm Adviser John H. Spen- cer. THE I. A. A RECORD DIRECTORS OF MID-WEST DAIRYMAN’S CO., ROCKFORD January, 1933 Left to right, Front Row: Grant Westphal, Hugh Mainland, vice-pres., Wil- bur Sawdey, president, Clayton Hoisington, secretary, Harry Fenton. Back Row: Mauritz Nystrom, Harry Stevens, Wilkie Lee, Abel Larsen, Geo. Johns, Jr, Directors Wm. Nicholson and Harold Crandall were not present. New minimum weights of 10,000 pounds on straight or mixed loads of livestock from country points to Chicago on the Rock Island, Illinois Central, and C. B. & Q. railroads were recently secured by the I. A. A. Transportation Department. Pre- vious minimum weights were 17,000 pounds. Following this reduction the Chi- cago Producers announced a cut in commission charges to conform to the new freight minimums. The new schedule of charges placed on file with the Packers and Stock Yards Administration reduces the minimum charge on cattle from $17 to $10 per car. The schedule states when the car contains less than 20 head the commission charge will be nine cents per cwt. with a maxi- mum of $17 and a minimum of $10. When a car contains less than 50 head of calves the charge shall be 35 cents a head with a minimum of $10 compared with the old charge of $17. If the car contains less than 50 hogs the commission charge is nine cents cwt. with a minimum of $10 compared with the old rate of $15. In case of mixed livestock of single ownership the minimum ‘was cut from $16 to $10 per car and in the case of more than one owner of un- mixed stock the minimum has been reduced from $14 and $18 to $10. And on mixed cars from $17 to $10. Orderly marketing during the next six weeks and the holding of many steers that can be profitably fed into the late winter was recom- mended by the Research Depart- ment of the National Live Stock Marketing Association on Dec. 14. A general recovery of prices is expected in the late winter as a gap in supplies is expected at that time coupled with support from feeding demand and a relative scarcity of butcher stock. Recovery is expected in the hog market by late winter, although little improvement is indi- cated in the next four to five weeks. The trade generally expects reduced supplies for February and March. It seems advisable to continue to feed all lightweights and market only hogs that are well finished. Weight is not yet penalized. Early fall pigs will feed well for the late winter or early spring, and many late spring pigs can be steered for later mar- keting. The situation does not war- rant any increased breeding for next spring’s pig crop. The lamb market continues to hold most of its advance and is in a rather strong position as sup- plies are expected to show further reduction as the fed-lamb season advances. Shortest marketings are expected in January. Supplies are not expected to be particularly ex- cessive any time, but it will be well to go slow in taking out feeding lambs during the next 60 days. Lightweights might do well for late April or early May. Illinois Corn To Europe Farmers National Grain Corp. ‘ loaded 60,000 bushels of Illinois No. 2 yellow corn at New Orleans re- cently. The corn was bound for Liverpool and Manchester, England. This was one of the first export shipments via barge from this state. Additional consignments are booked by Farmers National for export dur- ing the first half of January. 33 an January, 1933 THE I1.A. A. RECORD Page Fifteen Bond Issue Vote, Victory for Organization Downstate Leads Cook County In Giving Overwhelming Approval To A GREAT victory for organiza- tion aided by a_ well-direc- ted and effective campaign of publicity characterizes the favor- able vote on the Emergency Relief Bond Issue in the,elcetion on Nov. 8. The effect of this'cécision by the voters will be to remove $25,000,000 of taxes from property in 1933. Results of the smashing drive for passage of the measure led in most of the downstate communities by the County Farm Bureaus, finally have been tabulated by John C. Watson. They show that the meas- ure received better than a 90 per cent favorable vote over the state as a whole; in the downstate coun- ties 93.64% and in Cook county Tax Reduction Measure legislative contest, Henry county gained first place, Effingham coun- ty second place, and Pike county third place. Menard Ahead Here The highest percentage of all votes on the bond issue cast in its favor was secured by Menard coun- ty, with 98.27 per cent, followed. closely by Mercer county, with 98.14 per cent, and Effingham county, with 97.78 per cent. The campaign for approval of the bond issue removed $25,000,000 from this year’s tax bill on property, more than $5,000,000 of which would have been on farm property. It was a worth while project for people, their approval by a consti- tutional majority, even against sel- fish opposition, can be assured by a well-planned campaign of educa- tion and organization for that pur- pose. ~ Tax Amendment Next With the experience gained in the bond issue campaign, the Illinois Agricultural Association believes that the time is ripe for urging the long overdue modification of the State constitution in the revenue and one or two other articles. President Earl C. Smith served as chairman of a_ representative State-wide committee to pass the bond issue. Much credit for the 86.70%. this purpose. However, it was much favorable vote in Chicago should go ‘ The table beginning on this page More worth while as a demonstra- to Douglas Sutherland of the Civic g contains the best information ob- tion of what organization can do. Federation of Chicago who acted as f : tainable although there is still some It showed clearly that whenever secretary of the committee and to 4 doubt about the accuracy of the Properly drawn public policy ques- Fred Sargent, president of the Chi- : vote reported from several counties, tions which the Illinois Agricultural cago & Northwestern Railway, who i said Mr. Watson. “It is believed Association and other organizations served as chairman of the bond is- that the table is substantially cor- can support, are submitted to the sue committee in Cook county. 4 rect and that the counties are listed t , ee HOW COUNTIES VOTED ON THE EMERGENCY RELIEF : What Table Discloses BOND ISSUE : The table discloses the following facts which are believed to be un- Highest Looe 9 e islative Vote for s Senatorial Vot Bond | - s matched in the vote on any other ,,, County Distriet ne ims "Aaainst —lallves Vote" Bond. Jesse i bond issue or public policy question #enderson*’§.1.........1. 33 31981 160 3856 111/98 in the history of the State: eaten 37 21,098 641 19,594 107.68 1. The bond issue received a con- wWhiteside* .............. 35 17,769 483 16,846 10648 stitutional majority of the highest ike* 36 11.887 legislative vote in every county of fuiton* .°:.2/.5212/22!) 43 18,472 1,008 17143 1oadt 4 the State. JoDaviess* .............. 12 9,472 310 9,257 102.32 | 2. In twenty counties more votes Moultrie*’..............: 24 6,178 247 Broad 102.22 4) were cast for the bond issue than 7p.) .wene P 20,106 751 #8 for candidates for the legislature. WEIN os cc. ee 8 4,858 248 watt, 102,08 < 3. In the State as a whole, the fo0ck Jsland* ............ 43 28 866 1838 33°308 10783 bond issue received 90.35 per cent DeKalb* :.:............: 35 15,483 494 iB 347 101.86 of the highest legislative vote. In Stark 27 4,248 132 41 Cook county the percentage was Putnam* :............°.. 16 27405 134 2376 10122 4 86.70, and in the remainder of the 66 bc 6 Ros cri aces 24 6,991 220 6,922 101.00 Stat IY So ee cog ces oo x's 30 3.775 105 3,748 100.72 ate was 93.64. Marshall* ............%.. 16 7,028 327 7,019 100.13 Mercer i Washington ............ 44 7,494 330 County First MO bic ye ook. . oos 37 18,149 589 18,162 99°98 Mercer county gains first place Livingston* --........... 16 17,341 863 17,383 99.76 with the highest percentage of its Ggsss (12°2221.0/.00/.111 30 19st 361 S044 99.29 legislative vote given by any county |, a ‘ac : os : NEE, 6.6. 0'¢ 0 0 bie wee 30,0 ote 296 835 of the State. The thirty-third sen- weDonough .!)...)). 32 13/608 394 15.823 O8.42 atorial district, consisting of Mercer, meateomery eee eet e eens ae siaee ; aay 16,095 98.15 EE RE aN ; 1 29:301 i Henderson and Rock Island coun- Cumberland’ |...........: 40 5,007 311 5,108 98:03 ties, secured first, second and thir- Sabuylere $0 5448 o62 teenth places respectively in the Garroll* ....2.1......11) 12 724 348 7900 on tt order of the counties, and first ae eee 3 ie Ht 444 iets 97.75 place in the order of the senatorial Dewitt...) 38 31999 381 eth 87.48 N QO is Giiie's vibes duced sy ee 10 12,837 573 : In districts which either voted for Alexander ../.:........2! 50 9,065 548 +9306 on 41 State senator or had more than Ford®, Daciedeucsccte aha 26 Rose 378 pits 97.23 i a ’ ( +s 97.19 three candidates for State repre- Greene .........1....112) 38 8.000 581 8,246 9702 Sentative, and hence had a real (Continued ‘next: page) Page Sixteen THE I. A. A. RECORD Christian* ......e.eee00% 40 16,315 945 16,825 96.97 Woodford* ....... ../.. 16 8,375 350 8,654 96.78 SORGOG Gives ee onc ive ec’ 00 38 5,774 141 5,967 96.77 EOP as o> tis © shh ia ofp Brees 36 4,319 164 4,466 96.71 Randolph ............e08. 44 12,435 728 12,874 96.59 Kankakee* ............. 20 21,627 1,666 22,444 96.36 POOPIG? 900. cid veces vse’ 18 58,833 2,346 61,125 96.25 MOrg@an sek abe eee. 45 16,760 733 17,533 95.59 Sangamon .........ee-. 45 55,390 2,485 57,965 95.56 MGOLGAN* 5s k vc eases ese 26 32,158 1,762 33,667 95.52 Hancock ....¢....ccceees 32 12,661 414 13,256 95.51 WHGTTOD 5.5 i. voce 6 vis vg oie ee 32 10,257 541 10,755 95.37 gO URE ance een a ee 6,344 572 6,660 95.26 TM ee ees a cing g d.0 sre een hee 35 13,418 709 14,090 95.23 Macoupin .........ee000> 38 20,792 1,289 21,947 94.74 BOP cc kav uwe hence neers 8 39,834 3,417 42,084 94.65 AE ks icv 0%. cs ere oieles 48 8,380 416 8,882 94.35 MOBTION® | okey ie vee esse 42 15,572 808 16,506 94.34 CONES oi0 eases Ko 6 0 8 a0 bow 34 16,461 922 17,524 93.93 DUPRSO Soviets 41 38,662 3,773 41,179 93.89 CROWEOLE ooo). ocsieriais ete cise 48 10,067 472 10,746 93.68 BR AGN bap. wh a-ha. aow:gcecbogia 41 46,701 2,628 49,912 93.57 BAVOtte 6h. ee b ete 40 10,829 755 11,585 93.47 TAPRIIG:. 5 sv oe. b50 Xie 0'bio RR ae 39 43,424 2,246 46,462 93.46 OE ee 'v cla cp tb vee eeek 44 10,045 726 10,752 93.42 CIO 6 oie cc ee ve 8 ae 8 wieors 50 8,140 464 8,716 93.39 TOMO Aine aS ect eves wees 14 50,711 2,894 > 54,302 93.39 SORTBON. (5s ieee caes cwcee 51 4,087 218 4,390 93.10 McHenry .........eeeeees » 16,144 1,023 17,386 92.86 BG Sin pa Siew es 22 12,727 13,742 92.61 Champaign* ............ 24 26,886 1,840 29,063 92.51 DER COT © 05.65 ee score wie orale 60 28 34,249 1,837 37,049 92.44 ROPPIEONe oo aoe eg he's sraceweias 42 9,054 455 9,809 92.30 Monroe .........02eeeeee 44 5,479 405 5,944 92.18 Edwards .........eee00- 48 3,903 128 4,238 92.10 WGI 5a oie eS ob i Sigel a's’ 40 11,610 675 12,622 91.98 SHOMEOR: iiiicsco ic vice ce pa vies 44 15,708 811 17,185 91.41 oh cL ait 48 2,883 126 3,167 91.03 PRONG Sao ive ele u's ase areca ree 51 3,326 140 3,655 91.00 Winnebago ...........6.. 10 39,615 2,411 43,538 90.99 WRT a5 hos Siw eis ies 46 8,444 323 9,427 89.57 WASBEBD 5: v's s'0's phere vey note 51 4,792 363 5,352 89.54 WY EDRON ss vale co's vielen cece 48 5,687 230 6,393 88.96 NG ois otc blah pie bts ve 34 8,617 627 9,755 88.33 DOUBIAS ooo eicca cos oes tink 34 7,044 567 8,016 87.87 Richland .......... eet eco ie 46 6,104 473 7,018 86.98 Madison .........+eeeeee 47 47,843 ,087 55,055 86.90 RG 5 ow. diy 313 obi 9 Boo 0.6 bho 1,279,392 144,470 1,475,672 86.70 Hamilton .............-. 51 5.542 467 6,427 86.23 SRBVOR i occa cacvoevene 46 5,801 391 6,737 86.11 BORAT 6 ocd so bioseiao's Giees’s 51 13.956 1,163 16,245 85.91 Grundy* .........02e2 eee 20 7,516 996 8,778 85.62 Lawrence ...........2005 48 8,654 615 10,141 85.34 CHE ci ais ba ebewnedweuse 42 7,052 382 8,405 83.90 Gallatin ...........00008 48 3,813 293 4,687 81.35 Calhoun ...........e0055 36 2,541 314 3,158 80.46 Williamson ............. 50 16,084 2.001 20.807 77.30 Franklin ............0..- 50 16,453 2,801 21,606 76.15 Jefferson ........eeeeeee 46 10,673 1,449 14,455 13.84 D1 a earner ae 50 4,381 424 6,456 67.86 Vermilion .............4. 22 25,485 6,913 37,629 67.73 Ber UBER «05 ogy ob 63.9 0s cers 49 40,975 4,808 66,609 61.52 ERO 5658.5 Karlie ei dedyes 2,809,902 237,864 3,110,189 90.35 State except Cook County 1,530,510 93,394 1,634,517 93.64 Note: Senators were elected in all even numbered districts, and only in such districts. Districts in which counties are starred (*) had only three candidates for representatives, all of whom were certain of election. If starred counties are in odd-numbered districts, there was no real legislative contest therein. In such districts many voters ignored the legislative ticket. Dividend News (Continued from page 4) reau members in Whiteside county participated in the distribution of $9,316.17 on a patronage basis and $1,648.54 for preferred stock divi- dends. Four hundred and twenty- eight non-members patronized the company the past year. Seven hundred and_ sixty-two Farm Bureau members in St. Clair and Washington counties received patronage dividend checks totaling $8,185.51. One member received $88. Madison Service Company, or- ganized last April, has declared a 15 per cent patronage refund on lubricating oil, grease, Soyoil paint, stock dips, and mange oil, 12 per cent on gasoline, 10 per cent on kerosene, automobile tires, and other miscellaneous merchandise at the end of the first six months’ operation. Twenty-five per cent of the net income for the period was set aside to surplus. Eighty-six per cent of the Farm Bureau members in Madison county received patron- age dividend checks. JoDaviess Service Company de- clared a 10 per cent cash dividend totaling $1,984.81 to Farm Bureau members. Twin County Service Company (Jackson & Williamson) declared a five per cent (station) and 10 per cent (truck) dividend totaling $422.75. Richland County Produce Asso- ciation recently refunded $2,107.54; Rich-Law Service Company de- clared a 20. per cent dividend of January, 1933 Lauds I. A. A.'s Work In Co-op. Grain Marketing W. J. Niergarth, manager of the St. Louis office, Farmers National Grain Corporation, paid tribute to the work of the Illinois Agricultural Association in promoting co-opera- tive grain marketing, in a radio talk over KMOX, St. Louis, Dec. 12. Commenting fH on the Illinois Grain Corp. and its development he said: “The Illinois Agricul- i tural Association has played a leading part in ‘establishing this service in Mlli- WwW. J. NIERGARTH nois, in carrying ; the co-operative marketing principle beyond the local point and into the terminal markets. Certainly without the backing of this strong and effective farm organization real co-operative grain marketing in Illinois by farm- er-owned and farmer-controlled co- operatives would not have developed as rapidly nor as soundly as is the case.” Mr. Niergarth stated Illinois pro- ducers had not reaped the benefits of the privately-owned marketing system, “whose chief weakness, from the grower’s standpoint, is found, not in its structure, but in its ownership, for while industry controls its own distributive ma- chinery and takes the profits there- from, the producer previously has found it necessary to turn his prod- uct over to the private handler for distribution.” $2,972.79; Richland County Ship- ping Association refunded $257.59 on commissions and $142.95 on sales of twine. The Menard County Farm Bureau announces total cash dividends of $4,375.76 paid by the Menard Coun- ty Farm Supply Company, the Springfield Producers’ Commission Company, and the County Farm Bureau Shipping Association. Coles-Douglas Supply Company declared a 15 per cent cash dividend totaling $1,828.25. Tuscola Co-oper- ative Grain Company distributed six per cent on common stock. Schuyler Service Company an- nounces a five per cent cash divi- dend totaling $980 to Farm Bureau members. Pulaski County Farm Bureau an- nounces that Ullin Livestock Ship- ping Association paid a 20 per cent cash refund and Villa Ridge Fruit (Continued on page 17) January, 1933 Chicago Milk Price Cut Consumption Increases The retail price of a quart of milk in Chicago dropped from 11 to nine cents on December 1 following a conference between officials of the Pure Milk Association and the or- ganized milk distributors. The cut applies also to the suburbs of Chi- cago and to such cities as Wauke- gan and others. The new prices are nine cents per quarter for milk instead of 11, a return to the 1917 level; six cents per pint instead of seven; half pints of cream 15 cents, a drop of one cent; and nine cents for buttermilk. The milk wagon drivers’ union the previous week had accepted the $5 wage cut to $40 a week, and the producers were asked to take a cut of 40 cents per cwt. for base milk. Thus farmers assumed a reduc- tion of about one cent per quart, drivers about five-eighths of one cent, and the dealers the balance. “Members of the Pure Milk Asso- ciation,” declared W. C. McQueen, president and Don Geyer, manager, “have accepted a cut in their milk price which, in our opinion, is all out of proportion to our direct re- sponsibility to the consumers of milk in Chicago. This reduction of 40 cents per cwt. added to the re- ductions already accepted by the association, equals 50 per cent of the 1929 price as against 20 per cent reduction for labor and a total re- duction of approximately 35 per cent in the price to the consumer. “Dairy farmers are accepting this reduction only under extreme pro- test. At the new price farmers will receive about three cents per quart of the nine cents paid by the con- sumer. They have a right to expect a more equitable distribution.” During the series of conferences between dealers and producers it was reported that in 1912 farmers were getting $1.90 per cwt. for 3.5 per cent milk, the price to the con- sumer was eight cents a quart, and milk wagon drivers were paid $19 a week. At that time there were ap- proximately 1,600 milk dealers in Chicago, today there are 131. Following the reduction in price, consumption of bottled milk in- creased noticeably, according to Chicago newspaper reports. The new price to producers in the Chi- cago area will be $1.45 per cwt. for base milk and flat 92 score butter price for surplus. Several of the larger distributors since the cut have advertised a city-wide campaign calling atten- tion to the food value of milk and the new reduced price. Since the other dealers reduced to nine cents the Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc., which refuse to buy milk from the Pure Milk Association, announced an eight-cent price. THE LA. A. RECORD Continuation of the hearing be- fore the Interstate Commerce Com- mission involving extension of tran- sit privileges in change of owner- ship of livestock at various western markets was set for January 5 at Excelsior Springs, Missouri. From there the hearing will be trans- ferred d continued at Chicago, January /16. L. J. Quasey, director of trans- portation for the I. A. A. has been attending the hearing in an effort to secure a long-haul rate from the western cattle ranges to corn-belt feed lots via the terminal markets even though there is a change of ownership at such markets. Such a transit privilege is now accorded livestock shipped to country points for resale to corn-belt feeders. The co-operatives as well as in- dividuals make considerable use of the latter privilege. But those who buy their feeder cattle and lambs at the terminal markets have had to pay two rates, one from the range country to the market, and another short-haul rate from the market to the feed lot. ‘ The Illinois farmer at the pres- ent time is unable to buy Texas cat- tle at the Kansas City market for example and obtain the full billing from original point of origin be- cause that constitutes a change of ownership. Shippers now have such a priv- ilege at Denver and interests at Chicago, East St. Louis, St. Paul, Fort Worth and all Missouri River markets are asking for a like priv- ilege. As an example, on a carload of cattle moving from Alpine, Texas to Kansas City for re-sale and later shipment to a feeder in Illinois in- termediate to Chicago, a local rate of 60 cents applies to Kansas City plus the local rate from Kansas City to Chicago, or 40 cents, making a through rate of $1, while the through rate from Alpine, Texas to Chicago is 77 cents, or a difference of 23 cents which the shippers are now penalized if they stop at Kan- sas City on a change of ownership basis. In this particular instance, it would cost a shipper $50.60 to buy on the Kansas City market. The figures as given are based on final movement to Chicago on a feed in transit privilege on which the through rate to Chicago has been figured and the local rate to in- dividual feeding point. The contention is that these mar- kets are deprived of the privilege of trading in feeder stock; that it has a tendency of keeping feeder cattle out of the markets. Page Seventeen Dividend News (Continued from page 16) Shippers’ Association a cash divi- dend totaling $300. Kendall Farmers’ Oil Company announces a 10 per cent cash divi- dend on fuel oils, 20 per cent on lubricating oil. Robinson and Oblong units of Crawford County Produce Associa- tion recently distributed cash divi- dends of 1.5 to two cents per pound on butterfat totaling $1,047.73 an- nounces the Farm Bureau. Craw- ford-Jasper county members re- ceived $2,516.87 in dividends from Rich-Law Service Company; live- stock growers received 25 per cent of commissions on Sales to India- napolis Producers. it “4 McLean County Service Company announces cash dividends of 18 per cent on sales of gasoline and kero- sene, 23 per cent on oil and grease, 30 per cent on paint, and 5 to 17 per cent on other items, a total dis- tribution of $43,958.93 to Farm Bu- reau members in good standing. Jersey County Farm Supply Com- pany declared a 22.5 per cent divi- dend on fuel oils and 10 cents a gal- lon on lubricants, total refund $12,- 880. The County Produce Associa- tion returned $890.91 in cash to members. Ford County Dairy Marketing As- sociation refunded 1.25 cents per lb. on butterfat, total $588.05; Gibson City Farmers’ Cream Station re- funded one cent per pound on butterfat, total $203.85. Lake County Farm Supply Com- pany announces a 10 per cent divi- dend on petroleum products, total $9,000; four per cent on feed, seed, fertilizer, etc., estimated at $2,500, or a total of $11,500 to Farm Bu- reau members. Wabash Valley Service Company announces a seven per cent cash dividend to consumer stockholders totaling $12,066.55; the Albion- Browns and West Salem units of Edwards County Produce Associa- tion refunded $987.12 to patrons. Montgomery County Farmers Oil Co. declared a 10 per cent cash re- fund totaling $2,688.17;. Shelby-Ef- fingham Service Company a 10 per cent refund, total $4,372.63; Shelby County Livestock Marketing Asso- ciation refunded 4% cents per cwt., total $565.27. Scott Co. Division Morgan Farm- ers’ Oil Co. cash refund 10 per cent, total $1,079. Page Eighteen THE I. A. A RECORD Higher Prices Only Hope For Debtor And Creditor A. R. Wright Declares Worthy Debtor Must Be Helped To Preserve His Equity ‘oor THE debtor is to be permitted to pay his debt and the cred- itor receive his pay, some means of inflation must be brought about and that before many months,” A. R. Wright, vice-president of the Illi- nois Agricultural Association, and president of the Marshall County State Bank, said in an address at the Farm Debt conference held recently at Ur- bana. The con- ference was call- ed by Dean H. W. Mumford of the State College of Agriculture and included college econo- mists, bankers, farmers and others. Robt. A. Cowles and John C. Watson repre- sented the I. A. A. at the confer- ence. “What the farmer needs is an in- crease in the sale price of his prod- ucts,” continued Mr. Wright. “Sup- plying the exhausted patient with oxygen in the form of more credit, without providing him with some opportunity of paying his loan, will only drive him more deeply in the mire. Temporary credit and re- financing of farm mortgages at low interest rates are sorely needed, but a means of providing him with an income somewhat equal in pur- chasing power to that level at which he contracted his debt is far more important. “The country banker is vitally in- terested in this problem but now the farm debt question has ceased to be a problem only of the local banker. Big industrial and busi- ness leadership is now concerned about its own welfare because of its dependence on the farm. Organization Needed “The farmer unorganized as he is has endeavored to maintain him- self in a highly organized field. In this respect he has failed. Bankers stress organization, and are organ- ized, mortgage bankers are organ- ized, the insurance companies have organized to advantage, yet all have loaned their resources to, and staked their bet on an _ industry that was unable to protect its rights through organized efforts. Worst of all, many members of these groups have not encouraged farmers to align themselves with the leading A. BR, WRIGHT farm organizations, in fact some bankers are discouraging such a step. I am convinced that this short-sighted policy is responsible to a greater degree than we appre- ciate, for the dire predicament in which the lender finds himself to- day. “Having gotten ourselves into this morass, leniency and co-oper- ative effort to the fullest extent possible must be resorted to by the creditors. Lapsed interest must be compromised or amortized over a term of years. Mortgages must be refinanced at the lowest rate of in- terest commensurate with the debt- or’s ability to pay, and for a length of time that will insure the worthy farmer a chance to make good. Must Work Together “The worthy debtor must be helped to preserve his equity and above all things, he must be en- couraged to maintain his morale. It is one thing for the creditor to take over a farm but an entirely different thing to manage it. Some of us are having our experiences with land trusts, receiverships, etc. The hooray and glamour of cor- poration farming has passed and farming has established its dual capacity once more—not only a business but a mode of living. “In instances where more than one creditor is involved they can best protect their interests by working together with the worthy debtor in a compromising spirit. There is nothing to be gained these days by a dog-eat-dog policy. There never has been a time when the need for practicing the Divine ex- hortation of Brotherly Love was as great as it is now. When the farm problem is solved the bankers’ problem will have largely faded away.” Pres. Smith On Farm And Home Week Program “The Aims and Objectives of Or- ganized Agriculture” will be the subject of a talk by Earl C. Smith, president of the Illinois Agricultural Association, on the general confer- ence program of Farm and Home Week at Urbana Friday morning, Jan. 20. MIlinois farm advisers will hold their annual meeting during the five day short course which be- gins Jan. 16 at the State College of Agriculture. Twenty-nine different short courses designed to help rebuild the incomes of farmers and _ restore their buying power will be offered, announces the State College. These courses will stress more effective marketing, cheaper unit costs of production, higher quality products, reduction of ldsses and wastes on the farm and in the home and January, 1933 8 Livestock Meetings Scheduled In January Eight district conferences for county livestock marketing’ com- mittees will be held during Janu- ary as follows: January 4, Masonic Hall, Polo; January 5, Armory, Galesburg; January 6, Farm Bureau Office, Ottawa; January 9, Y. W.C. A., Danville; January 10, Dunlap Hotel, Jacksonville; January 11, Jefferson Hotel, Peoria; January 12, Broadview Hotel, E. St. Louis; Janu- ary 13, City Hall, Effingham. Meetings at Peoria and E. St. Louis will be held in conjunction with annual meetings of the Peoria and St. Louis Producers. Charles A. Ewing, pfesident of the National Livestock Marketing Association, will address both of these meetings. At each of the district meetings a director will be nominated for the board of directors of Illinois Live- stock Marketing Association. The annual meeting of the State Livestock Marketing Association will be held at the Farm Bureau office in Bloomington, Tuesday, February 14 where directors will be elected, reports made, and new business transacted. “From 67 to 90 per cent of Illi- nois farmers’ income in most sec- tions of the state is derived from livestock,” states Ray E. Miller, di- rector of livestock marketing. “It is high time livestock producers them- selves take vigorous steps to extend the operation and effectiveness of their co-operative marketing or- ganizations. They should receive and enjoy greater net returns from the sale of their livestock. No plan will succeed unless and until it is understood, approved, and given ag- gressive support of farmers them- selves.” higher living standards, as well as a wider variety of community in- terests and a happier rural life. Home makers will open their ses- sions Tuesday, Jan. 17 with a meet- ing of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation. Corn and grain honors of the season will be settled in the annual Illinois Seed Grain and Utility Corn Show. In addition to the grain show exhibit, there will be one on foods and nutrition and another on seed cleaning machinery. The 15 crops in order of their value in the 1930 census are corn, hay, cotton, wheat, oats, potatoes, tobacco, oranges, barley, apples, sugar beets, tomatoes, dry beans, grapefruit, and sweet potatoes. The Bureau of Chemistry and Soils has concentrated its farm crop research to find new uses for these crops not only as food but also in- dustrially. . te 933 =) Mc} a ? { } } Cael be) Ko) a co» The cA» | Illinois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Apseciation at 165 So. Mui street, Spencer, ind, kuitorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind, Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage provided in Section 412 Act of Feb. Address all ‘communications for publication to Editorial Offices, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 2 FEBRUARY, 1933 Illinois Agricultural Association “Record, 608 So Volume 11 About the Convention at Peoria Strength, Determination, and Enthusiasm To Go Forward Seen at | 8th Annual Meeting A& A demonstration of strength and determination to carry on in building constructive services and maintaining proper representa- tion for the benefit of Illinois agri- culture, the 18th annual convention of the Tlinois Agricultural Associa- tion at Peoria Jan. 26-27 was never surpassed. While the crowd estimated con- servatively at more than 3,000 might have been exceeded in former years, enthusiasm and determina- tion were there abundantly as if in reply to the concerted drive being made by organized middlemen and their allies to disorganize farmers and shake their faith in farm lead- ership and institutions. “What an organization! See the determined look in their faces,” commented Henry Harriman, the national chamber of commerce president, as he gazed from the platform at the vast audience— nearly 2,000 strong—during the an- nual banquet in Peoria’s great armory. That expression was spon- taneous. Any newcomer could have said as much. In a year of great depression and consequent unrest brought on by unprecedented losses and radical changes in economic and social conditions, you might expect such influences to be reflected in the annual meeting of a great or- ganized body like the I. A. A. There were evidences of low farm spend- ing power but not a ripple of the disunity and internal dissension which enemies of agricultural co- operation delight in, and which have hindered farm progress. Thus in fourteen years, since the I. A. A. was set up on its present membership basis in the city of Peoria, Illinois farmers have welded into their organization a measure of strength and stability un- equalled in any similar or contem- porary association in America. Shall we reduce dues and cut service? That was the question more than 300 County Farm Bureau presidents, directors, and leaders (Continued on page 5) More than 1,600 were served, approximately 2,000 attended the Annual Banquet in Peoria’s Big Armory on Thursday night, Jan. 26. The I. A. A. was launched in this city as a membership organization in 1919. - gaid. “It’s well to Page Four THE ILA. A. RECORD February, 1933 Smith and Wright Re-elected Five New Directors Chosen, Bamborough, Sorrells And Cope Re-elected In | 3th, ARL C. SMITH of Detroit was re-elected to serve his eighth term as president of the Associa- tion and A. R. Wright, Varna, was re-elected for the fourth time as vice-president following the speak- ing program at the banquet on Thursday night. Mr. Smith’s name was placed in nomination by Albert Hayes, presi- dent of the Peoria County Farm Bureau who paid a glowing tribute to his leadership during the As- sociation’s period of greatest de- velopment beginning in 1926. The nomination was seconded by M. A. Goodmiller of JoDaviess county and Chas. H. Snyder of Brown county. A. R. Wright was nomi- nated by A. L. Goodenough, presi- dent of the Whiteside County Farm Bureau. Mr. Goodenough wittily made a play on the name “Wright” in his nominat- ing speech. “When you have the right man in the right place, let’s keep him there,” he have someone who is ‘Wright’ all the time.” The nomination was seconded by R. B. Endicott of Pulaski county. In the ab- sence of other nominations the secretary was in- structed in each EARL case to cast a unanimous ballot for the nominee. Five New Directors Five changes were made in the board of directors. Ebb Harris, Grayslake, was elected to suc- ceed H. C. Vial in the 11th district, M. Ray Ihrig of Golden succeeds Charles Bates in the 15th district, E. D. Lawrence, Bloomington, re- places A. B. Schofield in the 17th district, Eugene Curtis, Champaign, succeeds C. J. Gross in the 19th dis- trict, and Robert B. Endicott, Villa Ridge, succeeds Fred Dietz in the 25th district. C. E. Bamborough of Ogle county was re-elected in the 13tl. district, Sam Sorrells of Montgomery county in the 21st district, and W. L. Cope of Marion county in the 23rd dis- trict. Directors are elected for two year terms, thus the terms of half the board members expire annually. 2\st, And 23rd Districts Mr. Harris, age 58, is a charter member of the Lake County Farm Bureau, one of the oldest county organizations in the state. He served as president of the Farm Bureau for three years and at pres- ent is serving as vice-president. Harris operates a 245 acre dairy farm, is an officer in the Lake- Cook County Supply Company, and a member of the Pure Milk Associa- tion. . Ihrig Youngest Member Mr. Ihrig, age 30, is the youngest member of the board. He is sec- retary of the Adams County Farm Bureau, is married and has two children. He and his father are partners in the operation of a 320 acre farm. Ed Lawrence has been active in the McLean County Farm Bureau for many years. A University of Illinois man, Mr. Lawrence man- ages a large estate where he has put into practice the best known methods of soil and crop improve- ment and livestock production. Lawrence served ably as president of the Illinois Farm Supply Com- pany several years ago. He has been closely associated with the develop- ment of Farm Bureau work in Mc- Lean county. Gene Curtis, age 37, has been an aggressive leader in the Champaign County Farm Bureau for a number of years. He served two years as president of the county organiza- tion and is still a member of the board. He is now serving as presi- dent of the Champaign County Livestock Marketing Association. . Curtis operates a 240 acre livestock A. BR, WRIGHT and grain farm, is married and has three daughters. Endicott From “Dixie” R. B. Endicott, age 51, is known throughout southern Illinois where he has been active among organ- ized fruit growers. He had a promi- nent part in organizing the Farm Bureau in Pulaski county in 1920 which he served as president for the first five years of its existence. He has been on the board con- tinuously since that time. He served for many years as president of the Illinois Fruit Growers’ Exchange. Bob Endicott attended the Uni- versity of Illinois in 1898 and 1899 shortly after the Agricultural Col- lege was established. His son grad- uated from the College of Agricul- ture at Urbana last June. He op- erates a 273 acre farm devoted to fruit and gen- eral farming. In addition to tree fruits including apples, peaches, and pears, he grows rasp- berries, straw- berries, and other small fruits, nuts, as- paragus, and general grain crops. - Myr. Endicott will travel the most miles to I. A. A. meetings. Vila Ridge is close to Dixie, only 12 miles from Cairo, and nearly 400 miles south of Illinois’ northern boundary. All of the five conferences on Thursday afternoon were well at- tended, the crowds ranging up to 800 or more in each. The Rialto Theater seating near- ly 1,800 was filled for the opening session of the I. A. A. meeting Thursday morning. Attendance at the Friday session was somewhat smaller but still heavy. The Master Farmer Club of Illi- nois held a luncheon sponsored by ‘Prairie Farmer Thursday noon. Ap- proximately 30 members, most of them delegates to the convention, were there. C. V. Gregory, editor, and Floyd Keepers of the Prairie Farmer staff attended. 1933 | has February, 1933 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Five About the Convention at Peoria (Continued from page 3) debated in the closed session on Wednesday night, a time when in- ternal, confidential problems vital to the organization are annually discussed. There was no set program that night. The question of dues was in- troduced from the floor by a Farm Bureau president asking for expe- riences and information from other counties. Then spontaneously came one after another, men who pioneered in the Farm Bureau movement, others who came later in response to the call to assume re- sponsibility and leadership in the county organizations. And here is the way they analyzed it: Cutting dues hasn’t resulted in increased membership -wherever tried; in fact it has weakened mem- bership by reducing service and so paving the way for a decline. Every member who uses his organization is getting more than his dues back in actual cash savings. and refunds, directly, to say nothing of the in- direct benefits through having a representative organization fighting for his interests before legislative, tax, and rate-making bodies. We need organization. now more than ever. We will do nothing to weaken our cause. The annual meetings and con- ferences of associated companies on Jan. 25 disclosed that the service institutions set up by the parent or- ganization are in a thriving con- dition, all having paid dividends on capital stock and with one excep- tion have added to capital reserves. Announcement of the declaration of an extra $48,000 of dividends to Country Life policy holders by the Holding Company was welcome news in view of recent action by many life companies in reducing their dividends. The opening session of the I. A. A. convention on Thursday morning in the Rialto Theatre found nearly every one of the 1,750 seats on the main floor and balcony filled. The Pawnee Four were back with new songs and poetry in tune with the times. The old time favorite, “Down On the Farm at Half Past Four”, sung at the banquet, was as good as ever to old convention goers, and more than delightful to the new- comers. Plans to round up the 120 found- ers of the I. A. A. who signed $100 notes to underwrite the launching of the Association at the initial meeting in Peoria 14 years ago failed to materialize because a list of the signers was not readily avail- able. However, many of these old timers were around the convention halls taking honest and justified pride in the growth of the baby they produced early in 1919. Without vision of the founders, Nearly every seat was filled as the opening session of the big convention got underway in the Rialto Theatre Thursday morning. Fred Lee Outlines Farm Debt Refinancing Plan Higher Farm Prices The Way Out He Says, But Tells What Can Be Done In Mean- Ack time T= question of farm mortgages is tied up closely to reflation and higher prices. The price scale is the important thing for with present prices no farmer can pay off on his mortgage no matter how much re- funding and refinancing is done, Fred P. Lee, of Washington, D. C., legislative counsel of farm organi- zations, said in his address before the I. A. A. convention on January 27. Pending the return of higher prices, said Lee, we need a plan to stave off foreclosures and ease the debt situation. There are many ways to refinance such as scaling down principal payments, extend- ing time of payment, and reducing interest rates. The Congress can’t flatly prevent foreclosures, nor can it reduce the first mortgage on a property, but the creation of conciliation commit- tees can do much toward adjusting debts, and composing secured and unsecured debts to give the debtor. a chance to pay out on a long time basis at reduced rates of interest. Details Plan Mr. Lee outlined in detail the plan and the continued support of those who saw beyond the bricks and win- dows and visualized the building and its possibilities, Illinois farmers today could not point with genuine satisfaction to a long list of achievements made possible by or- ganization.—Editor. embodied in the resolution on this question reproduced elsewhere in this issue. He suggested the forma- tion of a billion dollar corporation to take up present farm mortgages and debts that are in distress, ex- tend their maturity, and stop indis- criminate foreclosures. He would have the joint stock land banks liquidated gradually without caus- ing them to foreclose on their mort- | gages. Mr. Lee illustrated how he would compose farm debts by assuming that Farmer A has debts totaling $10,000. Of this amount suppose $6,000 represents a first mortgage on the farm, $2,000 a second mort- gage, and $2,000 of unsecured debts. He would scale down the second mortgage and unsecured debt total- ing $4,000 to $1,500, for example, leaving a total debt of $7,500 which the refinancing corporation would take over to be amortized over a long period of time at a reduced rate of interest. Lee thinks it doubt- ful if anything can be done to ar- bitrarily reduce a first mortgage on property. He closed by emphasizing the im- portance of organized farmers pre- senting a united front at Washing- ton and elsewhere in their efforts to gain needed legislation: It pleased Congress when on January 12 the farm groups all got together on a program to raise farm prices, he said. Division in the farm ranks only plays into the hands of those who are against doing anything for agriculture. The resolution on farm mort- gage indebtedness follows the plan outlined by Fred Lee in his address on this subject at the Friday morn- ing session. Page Siz THE I. A. A. RECORD nc ne ES cnt leh al a nt en non caner —— —_ February, 1933 Nearly 2000 Assemble In Armory For Banquet Harriman and O’Neal Speak, Many Guests Attend "T= largest single gathering of the convention was the banquet on Thursday night when nearly 2,000 crowded into Peoria’s new ar- mory. A large number sat in the balcony to hear the speeches but did not take part in the dinner. It was necessary to cook the food else- where and bring it in since the armory has no kitchen facilities. “We served more than 1,600 peo- ple and never missed a fork,” com- mented the caterer the next day. The acoustics in the armory were very poor but with the aid of the I. A. A. public address system, speakers’ voices were carried clearly to nearly all sections of the big room. When speakers moved away from the microphone it was next to impossible to hear them beyond a few rows from the speakers’ table. H. I. Harriman, president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, the first speaker, received a warm wel- come from the audience. He stuck closely to his manuscript. President Edward O’Neal of the American Farm Bureau discarded his written speech and much to the delight of the audience gave an informal and intimate word picture of lobbying and legislative developments at Washington interspersed with plen- ty of Ed’s famous picturesque lan- guage. Presidents and managers of co- operative marketing organizations operating in Illinois, and the I. A. A. staff who were introduced en masse, occupied a long table imme- diately in front of the speakers’ platform. Among the guests introduced by President Smith were C. A. Atwood, Chicago, president Allied Mills; C. V. Gregory, editor, Prairie Farmer; Dean H. W. Mumford; Harvey O’Hair, ex-Chairman House agricul- tural committee; Senator Simon E. Lantz, chairman Senate agricultural committee; J. C. Spitler, state ex- tension leader; George C. Jewett, of Chicago; Allan Gordon, of the Illi- nois Manufacturers’ Association; C. G. Ferris, secretary, Illinois Cham-— ber of Commerce; Fred Stowe, editor Peoria Journal-Transcript; Homer Ahrends, mayor of Peoria; P. I. Rogers, president of Peoria Chamber of Commerce; Irma Hill Vogel, secretary Illinois Home Bu- reau Federation; Eugene Eckert, master State Grange; Senator Har- ry Wilson, president, and H. O. Alli- son, secretary, Illinois Farmers’ In- stitute; Harvey J. Sconce of the Century of Progress; Howard Leon- ard; George Milnor, Chicago, man- Produce Markets and Community Recreation were discussed at the Women’s Conference sponsored by the Illinois Home Bureau Federation. ager Farmers’ National Grain Corp.; Samuel R. Guard, editor, Breeder’s Gazette, and Fred Lee, legislative counsel, Washington. Women Hear About Farm Produce Markets Co-operative marketing, home bureau markets, and community recreation featured discussion at the women’s conference sponsored by the Illinois Home Bureau Fed- eration during the I. A. A. conven- tion, Peoria, Thursday, Jan. 26. Mrs. Irma Hill Vogel, secretary, presided in the absence of Mrs. Meis, presi- dent, who is recovering from se- rious injuries suffered in an auto- mobile accident. In her address on Home Bureau markets, Miss Grace Armstrong of the University of Illinois stated that when money is more plentiful it is a man’s world, but when cash is scarce it then belongs to the woman. “Women try to reduce expenditures and try to increase the net income,” she said. “Many women have gone back to the work they did before they were married, some are teach- ing school, and others have begun private trading.” Miss Armstrong stated that be- tween 600 and 700 Illinois women have formed co-operative organiza- tions to sell farm produce. There are 26 of these co-operative markets operating in 14 counties, she said. Of the 26 eighteen have been launched since 1930. These 26 or- ganizations are in towns ranging from 4,000 to 45,000 in population. A survey showed gross sales of 13 of the 14 counties having such or- ganizations to be $107,577. Guy French of Putnam county told of the progress farmers are making in co-operative marketing. The farm woman, he stated, has borne more than she should because co-operative marketing has not yet Many An Old-Timer At The Peoria Meeting Memories of the early days of the I. A. A., particularly the historical meeting held in Peoria early in 1919 when the Association was launched on its present membership basis, brought many an old-timer back for the 18th annual meeting. Zealy M. Holmes of Peoria coun- ty, gray-haired veteran Farm Bu- reau leader who served as vice- president of the I. A. A. in 1920-21, was an interested spectator at all the main sessions. Among other pioneers in the movement who attended were J. C. Sailor, Iroquois county, Charles Borgelt,, Mason county, Howard Leonard, Woodford county, Harvey J. Sconce, Vermilion county, Eugene Funk and G. C. Johnstone of Mc- Lean county, H. E. Goembel, Henry county, Geo. A. Fox and Henry H. Parke of DeKalb county, Edgar L. Bill, former I. A. A. publicity direc- tor and now owner of Station WMBD, Peoria, C. V. Gregory, mem- ber of the first I. A. A. legislative and publicity committees, and W. H. Moody, Rock Island county. President Earl Smith, Bob Cowles, I. A. A. treasurer since 1922 and a pioneer in the organization of McLean County Farm Bureau, Vice President A. R. Wright, George F. Tullock, W. L. Cope, Sam Sorrells, Frank Barton, A. B. Culp, and others still closely identified with the Association, also were active in the early history of the organiza- tion. reached its goal—that of giving the farmer bargaining power through control of a large volume in the sale of his products. Mrs. Spencer Ewing led an inter- esting discussion on the subject of ae in Community Recre- ation.” February, 1933 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Seven Pres. Smith Reviews Year's Work Discusses State And National Problems And Solutions, Charts Course For Future In E ASSEMBLE for the 18th Annual Meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Association for the purpose of reviewing the develop- ments of the past year and to bet- ter define the program of the or- ganization for 1933. Certainly every- one in this audience recognizes that we have passed through the most trying year of the present century and possibly in the history of this country. “People engaged in all walks of life and institutions representing every phase of business and in- dustry have been seriously affected. Associations and membership groups throughout the country have been undermined and in many cases forced to give up some, if not all, of their former activities. The de- pression has continued its heaviest toll in agriculture. We have wit- nessed on every hand most heart- rending scenes and all this largely brought upon us as a result of the neglect of America in recognizing and meeting the farm problem which has increased in magnitude and complexities for more than a decade. “Under such conditions, it is with just pride that we meet this morn- ing with the knowledge that our Association has withstood the eco- nomic storm of the past year prov- ing again the soundness of the foundation laid for it in this city 14 years ago.... “As we meet today and look back over the record we can justly feel some measure of satisfaction in our achievements. We know more today about the possibilities and limita- tions of organization. We have learned that farmers by working together can do many things to help themselves. “We have brought much con- structive influence to bear in the field of legislation and before ad- ministrative tribunals of various kinds, even with only a minority co- operating in organization. That in- fluence would be decidedly greater did the farmers of this state show more unity thru membership in standing together for the best in- terests of agriculture. Direct Savings Large “In the year 1932 every member of this organization who made use of the services available for his benefit can show actual cash sav- ings much in excess of his annual membership dues. And yet these direct savings, large as they loom in this year of depression when farm income is at its lowest point due to Annual Address At Peoria conditions beyond our control, fade into insignificance when com- pared with the indirect, less tan- gible, yet genuine benefits made possible by organization. “Karly last year your officers and directors adopted a budget of ex- penditures substantially lower than that of the previous year. As time advanced, and continued deflation forced farm prices to new low levels, further economy measures were adopted which could be effected without abolishing any of the serv- ices which time and experience have proved most valuable to the membership. While these economies resulted in reducing expenditures nearly $30,000, for the first time in seven years we were forced to use approximately $13,000 of our cash reserve. Few business institutions, and I feel sure no membership or- ganization such as ours, can equal that record—a record that stands as a tribute to the men who pioneered in establishing and set- ting the course of this organiza- tion, and to the effectiveness of the service program developed throughout the years. Successful Year ~ “Notwithstanding the very diffi- cult conditions prevailing during the year 1932, the organized farmers of Illinois again proved their ability to own, control and successfully di- rect business service corporations. “While we have witnessed all types of business failures and re- sultant bankruptcies from the smallest to the largest corporate in- stitutions, without a single excep- tion the ten business service cor- porations, owned, controlled and di- rected by the Farm Bureau move- ment of Illinois have provided for all dividend obligations on the stocks of the various companies and in nearly every case have added substantially to their respective sur- pluses. Savings in dollars and cents accruing from these efforts, to say nothing of the much more impor- tant and valued services thus made available, amount to more than the total of all county, state and na- tional Farm Bureau membership dues in Illinois. It would seem that such outstanding achievement would cause every thinking farmer to seek membership in a farm or- ganization with such a record. Service Company “Throughout the year, the guid- ance and direction of these corpo- rate services have continued under the Illinois Agricultural Service Company. “Because of the seriousness of present day conditions, much more time than formerly has been re- quired by the Service Company’s board of directors to properly safe- guard these various business insti- tutions. $12,000,000 Turnover “You may be surprised to know that the I. A. A. with its associated companies now constitutes the largest business or trade associa- tion west of the Alleghany moun- tains. Taken together, the busi- ness turnover approximates $12,- 000,000 annually, which is equiva- lent to $40,000 per working day. Our auditor advised me that it required 3,592 deposits to the accounts of these various companies, and the issuance of 44,656 checks that the affairs of these corporations might be carried out in an orderly and effective manner. “We particularly invite your at- tention to the financial statements of each of these organizations, which appear in the annual report. Recognizing the very natural state of unrest by many who hold equities in financial institutions and particularly insurance companies, the board of directors of Country Life Insurance Company and Illi- nois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Company authorized the inclusion in this report of an itemized list of the security holdings of these two large insurance companies. You will be glad to know that, without ex- ception, not a single security held by. either one of these companies, has defaulted, either as to principal or interest, and the total holdings of each company show only a nominal depreciation in market values as of December 31st. This record is most outstanding, es- pecially if one considers conditions prevailing within the security mar- kets during the year. “In each case these business corporations have been set up and developed along lines that guar- antee their perpetuity of control by the Illinois Farm Bureaus and IIli- nois Agricultural Association and the return of all earnings to those participating in the services pro- vided by each organization. “In reporting very briefly on their condition, I am taking them up in the order in which they were or- ganized. (Continued on page 11) Page Eight spook tak PNT. I To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main S8t., Ly peng Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., ees. Ill. Enter as second class matter at post office, Seonees, Ind. erie ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in ion 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all eR orint OP me for publication’ to Editorial Offices, Illinois ad pe Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., ny Caen ge. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Assoc m is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President, Barl C. Smith........... ccc cece wee eee cee teen teens Dateatt Vice--President, A. R. Wright............ ccc c cece eter te eeweees Varna Secretary, Geo. S. Metzger...........cc ccc ce cece cect eter ereeneees Chicago Treasurer, R. A. CowleB.........csccceeecscecscnreretereees Bloomington BOARD OF DIRECTORS (By Congressional District) a eG | ag BP Se eres ee MER ee MPM igre ty ch Ebb Harris, Grays Lake 12t Bras cag Bh eck accie’ vy ciote dita 0.4.5 6b cre Fiche o.04 PR aD NORD G. F. Tullock, Rockford igth See csc G aia Gaal giv Big a wip. 0 Bish AULA ofS ha OCOD Cc. E. Bamborough, Polo I ealeitic ng wee 8ucg dee 0.0 bEa co oie Goce giao MEN ca ele aD M. G. Lambert, Ferris BA re assstoee 00S vad eed Ubseb one. vekes 2a Rep EE M. Ray Ihrig, Golden eis Goo ak da acs Sanaa ie COU bS.0 p dhe ec gee ed Geo. B. 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Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn................. F. BE. Ringham, Mgr. Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co......... A. BE. Richardson, Mgr. Illinois Farm Supply Co...........cceesecccececese L. R. Marchant, Mgr. Illinois Grain Corp......... Chas, Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Market, Ass’n. hes Miller, Mgr.; % rk Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing DOR os coh ees ticex uae Gougler, Mgr. - Soybean Marketing Ass’N..........c.ceceeceeeeaeees i a Coultas, Mgr. Resolutions Adopted by Board of Delegates, Illi- nois Agricultural Association, 18th Annual Meeting, Peoria, Jan. 26-27, 1933 I—Restore Farm Buying Power Long delay and neglect of the Government in squarely facing the agricultural surplus problem has resulted in a tremendous accumulation of agricultural surpluses greatly aggravating the unfortunate con- dition of agriculture and finally undermining the eco- nomic structure of the Nation. We believe a sound and effective solution of the sur- plus problem of agriculture and a resultant increase in farm price levels is a first essential to restore a normal condition in America. The purchasing power of farm products has now declined to approximately one-half its pre-war level, many thousands of factories are idle and millions of people are unemployed because the farmers and those dependent upon farmers are.out of the market as buyers. National welfare demands immediate action to restore farm buying power. We recognize the change in international trade that has taken place due to changed debt relations among Nations during the years of neglect and inequitable treatment of agriculture by the Government. We also recognize that rates of exchange by the Governments THE I. A. A. RECORD February, 1933 now adversely affect the normal disposal of crop sur- pluses abroad. We urge the Officers and Directors of the Association to use their full influence to secure the enactment of such emergency measures as may be necessary to re- store directly to the producer at least the pre-war purchasing power of the domestic requirements of our more important surplus agricultural products. We also favor such legislation as is necessary to secure proper and effective control of crop surpluses in such manner as will prevent farm prices from being forced below fair exchange price levels. We further authorize and direct the Officers and Directors of the Organization to use their full in- fluence in promoting such industrial uses of farm products as may be found possible as a result of years of research by our Colleges of Agriculture, the United States Department of Agriculture, and other agencies. We specifically authorize and direct the officers and directors of this organization to immediately investi- gate and, if justified, use their full influence in pro- moting legislation for the use of a blended fuel made by diluting all petroleum products used to develop power in internal combustion engines with Ethyl alco- hol made from agricultural products and by-products thereof grown within the continental United States of America. ~~ [I—Support Co-operative Marketing In many quarters the Agricultural Marketing Act and the Federal Farm Board have been held re- sponsible not only for the very low price of farm prod- ucts, but for practically all other ills in America. The Illinois Agricultural Association has never be- lieved that the Agricultural Marketing Act embodies all the necessary provisions for a sound national agri- cultural policy. Recognizing, however, that many of its functions are very helpful in the building of co- operative marketing organizations, we have given it our wholehearted support. We emphatically reaffirm our support to co-operative marketing and urge all units of our organization to emphasize the importance of aggressive support of co- operative associations that are organized on a basis guaranteeing their control and management by pro- ducers and equitable participation by all members in the earnings and savings resulting from collective marketing of a large volume of products. We ask all rightful thinking people to differentiate between true and genuine co-operatives and those operating under the guise of co-operatives, but, in lana confining their earnings to a given few. We resent the continuous attacks upon many suc- cessful co-operative marketing associations by those who have only selfish interests to serve; we insist that any changes in the marketing act, or in its adminis- tration originate from farmers or their known friends rather than from private trading interests who have long controlled the marketing and processing of farm products and have made tremendous profits therefrom. IlI—Farm Mortgage Indebtedness ‘While Congress and the Nation are engaged in formulating and considering suitable National legis- lation to restore reasonable price parity between basic farm commodities and goods and services required in farm operations, it is important to save the farm home and retain title in its farm owners and operators, pending the restoration of reasonable price parity. The continuing ruinous price levels of basic farm com- modities, sharply depressed to new low levels, since maturing 1932 crops, now directs attention to the im- mediate crisis, in the interest of debtor and creditor and the nation. We, therefore, respectfully importune the Congress to enact appropriate legislation and to provide funds ee ee , ae ae. a. Ue, a lo an oe ae ee. oe ~~ February, 1933 THE I. A. A. RECORD Page Nine therefor, in the emergency, to relieve the farm debt situation. And to that end, we specifically suggest and recommend: 1. That the wave of farm foreclosures be halted by the following means: a. The appointment of one or more conciliation commissioners for each rural county as special referees with jurisdiction, under the supervision of the federal courts, to compose farm indebted- ness and extend the terms thereof on petition of either debtor or creditor. Pending such com- position and extension proceedings, all fore- closures and other action, both within and with- out court, against the farmer or his property, should be stayed, whether instituted before or after the commencement of the composition or extension proceedings. The composition and extension proceedings should be decentralized and close to the farmer, simple in form, inex- pensive to the farmer and with a minimum of expense to the Government, and should not re- sult, in case of their failure, in placing the farmer in involuntary bankruptcy. ; b. Establishment of a temporary credit agency in the federal land bank system to refinance, by short term loans at a low rate of interest, the present frozen loans to the farmer on a scale- down in order to facilitate the composition, par- ticularly of subordinate liens and unsecured in- debtedness, and to permit worthy farmers gradually to work out of their financial diffi-. culties. c. Temporary loans to Federal land banks, and during liquidation, to joint stock land banks in order that mortgages held by either type of bank may be extended as to principle and interest and reamortized. d. Reduction of the interest rate on existing and new Federal land bank loans, and for that pur- pose the addition of new capital to the Federal Land bank system and the establishment of a revolving fund in the United States Treasury for the purchase of outstanding high interest bear- ing Federal land bank bonds as they become callable, and the purchase of new Federal land bank bonds at par. 2. The strengthening of the Federal land bank sys- tem so that such banks can afford credit at the pres- ent time and refinance sound first mortgages offered by individual creditors, joint stock land banks, and other fiscal agencies that need to liquidate, to the end not only of preventing foreclosures but of maintaining an efficient co-operative credit system adequate under present conditions for the needs of farmer borrowers. 3. Compulsory liquidation of joint stock land banks, either through their own directors or by a liquidation corporation under the Federal Farm Loan Board, in such manner as to protect the interest of their farmer borrowers and of their bondholders without the gov- ernment taking over or guaranteeing their mortgages or bonds through the Federal land bank system or otherwise. 1V—Restrict Federal Injunctions Inasmuch as the unrestricted injunctive power of federal judges may present a menace to the efforts of organized agriculture, we urge that the Federal Judicial Code be amended to extend to farm organiza- tions the same security now obtained for labor. We oppose for appointment and confirmation to a federal bench any person who believes in the unrestricted use of injunctions against farmers in their development of co-operative effort. V—Revenue Reform, Reapportionment We reaffirm our position repeatedly declared in favor of such revision of the revenue article of the State Constitution as may be necessary to remove all confusion and uncertainty and to give unquestioned authority to the General Assembly to establish a taxing system applicable to all citizens according to their ability to pay. If and when the constitutional basis of reapportion- ing our legislative districts shall be changed, we favor the principle of apportionment approved in a resolu- tion adopted two years ago whereby representation in one House of the General Assembly shall be determined on the basis of population, in the other on the basis of territory. We believe that amendment of the revenue article of the Constitution’ should be accomplished at the earliest possible time. If, however, a more general revision of the State Constitution should seem desir- able, we favor action by the present General As- sembly to submit to the people of the, State the ques- tion whether they desire to have a constitutional convention. ViI—™)O__]_"=][_"_=====—= 000,000 acres to cotton. Secretary Hyde suggests that the first year the government might lease 10,000,- 000 acres each of wheat, corn, and cotton lands, paying about $1.50 an acre for wheat, $3 for corn, and $2 for cotton. At that annual rental 30,000,000 acres of marginal lands now in crops could be taken out of cultivation for $65,000,000. “With this fund at its disposal,” said Secretary Hyde, “enough land could be leased by the government to bring about a balanced produc- tion. The plan is direct, positive, and reaches the real disease and is not a mere bandage on a symptom. The effect on farm commodity prices would be felt the instant the commodity markets knew that a part of the land now producing the surpluses was to be taken out of cultivation.” The government, under the Hyde plan, would take a ten year lease on the withdrawn lands, with an option to purchase and devote them to a general land utilization pro- gram, whereby marginal lands would be set aside for forest pro- duction or other purposes. The Organization-Publicity Ad- visory Committee will meet in the I. A. A. offices on Friday, March 10. “COUNTRY LIFE IN is Second to Noni r vy HAT statement from one of the country’s leading actuaries is important to you. It’s what you should be able to say about the company that in- sures your life. Country Life offers you complete protection for your home, your farm, your family at a cost as little as a dime a day. 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SEEM 10.36 pe oa ti ei he Da $9 10.69 he t 4] This group insurance offers Farm Bureau members abso- « e lute protection at rock bottom, wholesale rates. as “ML n r MAIL THIS COUPON IMMEDIATELY er- @m» ‘Sigler aake nnn nr nr a re t- 4 COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE CO., R | 5s V ov 608 South Dearborn Street, SS. wo» | pnies pc Chicago, Illinois. Yy 4 . i | ct at e Please tell me how to take advantage of your special April offer of low-cost group | a be insurance. It is understood that in making this request I do not obligate myself in | Pa ee may any way. | 30 ce! , Aa t 00 \a Si aie AG nn thi gcc ake a Ro et oe ale : I 4 \ rh Ps I Mail pow + I am a member of the ———______———OCC CM County Farm Bureau. I Oo © v is ; Cov? A TR oe ow % ——————"| Page Twelve The situation during the next six weeks calls for orderly marketing and the topping out of finished cat- tle, particularly heifers and mature steers, the Research Department of the National Live Stock Marketing Association advises. There is danger of marketing too many unfinished calves and light weight steers during the late spring and summer. Quality and finish are what count in the cattle market during the last half of the year. As heavy cattle supplies decrease and the better grades assume more nor- mal proportions the fat cattle mar- ket is expected to show further strength during the next few weeks. Highest prices in hogs are ex- pected early in April. The market is still in a strong position. All weights are selling close together and it will probably be late May before fall pigs become seasonably excessive, and from then until early July is the period to be avoided. A sub- stantial improvement in the hog market is looked for in the summer reaching the highest level during August and September with a pos- sible tendency to hold well into fall. Buying is on a fresh pork. basis which makes seasonal variations in prices more marked. Highest prices for fed lambs are expected during late April and early May. Fed lambs will be relatively scarce and a substantial cut in sup- plies of early spring lambs is ex- pected. The outlook indicates the advisability of fully finishing lambs on feed and holding back market- ings as far as weight limitations make possible. Crowd early native lambs on the market as quickly as possible because the situation looks less favorable for later marketing. Ask Illinois Senators To Support Farm Bill A telegram urging the two United States senators from Illinois, Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis and Hon. William H. Dietrich to support the ad- ministration’s emergency agricul- tural bill was dispatched by the IIli- nois Agricultural Ass’n. following a meeting of the I. A. A. board and staff on March 24. The telegram signed by Presi- dent Earl C. Smith said: “After carefully reviewing the administra- tion’s emergency agricultural bill the board of directors and staff of Illinois Agricultural Association unanimously and respectfully urge your active support of this meas- ure.” THE I. A. A RECORD Ewing Chosen Again To Head Live Stock Group Chas. A. Ewing of Decatur was re-elected president of the National Live Stock Marketing Association at the annual meeting of stockholders in Chicago, March 22. C. N. Arnett, Denver, was elected vice-president; P. O. Wilson, Chicago, secretary; and H. H. Parke, Genoa, IIl., treas- urer. New directors are C. W. Fine, St. Paul Farmers Union; J. N. Horla- cher, Des Moines; and Lloyd Nickles of Cincinnati Producers. Directors re-elected were C. A. Ward, Chas. E. Hearst, Chas. E. Collins, L. J. Taber, Dr. O. O. Wolf, J. R. Fulkerson, Sam McCluggage, E. A. Beamer, Chas. A. Ewing, M: S. Barker, Irwin Porteus, E. F. Forbes, H. L. Kokernot, C. D. Bellows, J. L. Snook, Jr., John O’- Mealey and L. L. Lehman. Manager P. O. Wilson reported an increase of 15 per cent in volume of livestock handled in ’32 as com- pared with the previous year, and a decrease of sales value of 46 per cent. Resolutions were adopted pledg- ing support to the new farm bill before Congress, and urging that present credit features of the Agri- cultural Marketing Act be retained. Macon Co. Live Stock Ass'n. Steps Up Volume The Macon County Livestock Marketing Association handled 25,- 199 head of livestock during the last fiscal year which represents an in- crease of 247 per cent over 1931, it was reported at the recent annual meeting in Decatur. Kasbeer Incident (Continued from page 9) gladly have cancelled their mar- keting agreement if they had so re- quested. If an elevator isn’t sold on the idea of co-operative marketing, it can’t help us nor can we help them. I’d rather have a hundred elevators on the outside fighting us, than to have one sharpshooter on the inside. We have received no of- ficial notice of cancellation of the Kasbeer elevator but if such a notice comes in it will receive more courteous treatment than we were given recently at their meeting.” April, 1933 Warn Wool Growers Against Advance Sale Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation Will Conduct Wool Pool In 1933 A warning to wool growers against the advance sale of wool at un- necessarily low prices was issued recently by the Illinois Live Stock Marketing Association, following reports to the effect that wool buyers are already out contracting for wool at below market levels. The National Wool Marketing Corporation of Boston, which han- dled all pool wool in Illinois last year, reports that in certain sections wool has been contracted on the sheep’s back at 10 cents or less per pound and that advances have been made on such wool at 50 cents per head. “While no one is in a position at this time to forecast the trend of prices for 1933,” says the Wool Mar- keting Corporation, “we feel justi- fied in again emphasizing the im- portance of holding wool for a fair market price. The market will most likely be determined by the price levels established in the producing sections. Thus, the farmer who sells his wool cheap to a local buyer exerts a bearish influence on prices throughout the country. A de- termined effort during the next few months to obtain all the market affords for wool over a period of time rather than the maximum of cash at shearing time will hasten the return of better days for the wool grower. “While price forecasting is dan- gerous, we feel justified in advising against contracting for wool at this time.” The Illinois Live Stock Market- ing Association through its wool division will conduct a wool pool in 1933 similar to that of last year. A substantial advance will be made at time of delivery as in the past, and final payment will be made after the wool is sold. Under the pooling plan the grower is assured of getting all the market affords for the particular grade and quality of wool he de- livers. The Wool Marketing Cor- poration with which the State Mar- keting Association is affiliated is the largest handler of wool in the country, and through control of a large volume exerts a powerful in- fluence toward maintaining satis- factory prices to benefit the grower. E. W. “Farmer” Rusk formerly connected with radio stations WMAQ, WENR and WJJD is now employed as farm manager in northern Illinois and eastern Iowa for the Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York. His headquarters are Galesburg. 33 ") WS ” € we ww Se US Me hm BG a % % April, 1933 THE IA. A. RECORD Page Thirteen Tax And Other Problems Interest 19th District Discussion At Conference In Tuscola Covers Many Farm Bureau Projects - AX reduction, grain marketing, co-operative creamery, and or- ganization and collection problems featured the discussion at the dis- trict conference for Farm Bureau leaders at Tuscola, March 2. The meeting was called by Eugene Curtis of Champaign, I. A. A. direc- tor from the 19th district. Between 50 and 60 attended the meeting. John C. Watson, director of tax- ation, analyzed the sources of tax money in the general revenue fund of Illinois and showed how the farmer’s tax dollar is spent. Eighty per cent of the tax dollar stays in the county, he said, about 70 per cent in the township, and the bal- ance goes for state purposes. The local tax problem is the real prob- lem. The greatest opportunity for saving lies in enforcing economies in local government. Mr. Watson presented figures for each county in the 19th district giving the total expenditures for educational purposes in the year 1930-31. He also showed the prob- able return by counties from the state sales tax assuming that $40,- 000,000 would be collected through- out Illinois, and indicated how this money will be used to replace prop- erty levies unless diverted. Grain Marketing Success J. Fred Romine, secretary-treas- urer of the Illinois Grain Corpora- tion, reviewed the progress of the state regional and the Farmers Na- tional in the past year. He reported that his own local elevator at Tus- cola which purchased $1,000 of stock in Illinois Grain Corporation, had so far received a total of $805.20 of cash and stock dividends for the years 1931 and 1932. This does not include the elevator’s equity in the stock dividends received by the IIli- nois Grain Corp. from the Farmers National, he said. . The Tuscola elevator was estab- lished right in the center of a well organized “old line” grain territory, he reported. At present the bid in Tuscola is about two cents above territory to the south. He empha- sized the fact that greater volume of grain delivered to the Illinois Grain and Farmers National will decrease the overhead per unit and make possible greater patronage returns to the producer. All together the Farmers National has borrowed ap- proximately $40,000,000 from the Farm Board, said Romine. And all of this except $15,000,000 has been repaid. The Farmers National not only has met its interest and prin- cipal payments on time, but in ad- dition has offered to make its June 1 payment well in advance of the due date. Source Extension Funds J. C. Spitler of the University of Illinois discussed the extension service and its relation to the Farm Bureau. The state appropriation for county advisers and home extension workers at present is $145,500 for the fiscal year, said Spitler. This’ money is paid from the general revenue fund of the State of Illi- nois. It goes entirely as salaries to farm and home advisers. The ex- tension staff at the University of Illinois gets no state money. About one-third of the cash in the general revenue fund is derived from real estate and personal taxes. Therefore, a property owner paying $100 of taxes pays one and one-fourth cents to support agricultural ex- tension work in Illinois. J. B. Countiss discussed the co- operative creamery project. Farmers are justified in launching a co- operative creamery program at this time, he said, because they can churn butter of higher quality and do it more efficiently than is being done at the present time. He cited opportunities in cutting down over- head for equipment and buildings, of assembling cream of high qual- ity more efficiently by truck routes, pre of reducing the manufacturing cost. A. B. Culp and B. L. Hornbeek of the Organization Department discussed collections and organiza- tion problems. It was voted to hold the next district conference in De- catur, June 1. New Auto Insurance Policy Is Announced A new auto insurance policy for Farm Bureau members requiring a lower initial investment than the regular policy was described by Manager A. E. Richardson of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual before the board of directors on March 23. The new policy known as the “Surplus Fee Plan” eliminates the surplus share and reduces the premium deposit. A smaller surplus fee is substituted for the surplus share. The net result of the change is that under the surplus fee plan the policyholder pays a little more for his insurance each six months but avoids the necessity of making a rather substantial surplus and premium deposit when he takes out a policy. The surplus fee payable each six months covers semi-an- nual interest on the surplus share and extra premium deposit which he would have to put up under the old policy. Thus, on a low-priced, one-year Indoor Picnic Makes A Hit In Winnebago Co. A novel annual meeting attended by more than 1,000 Farm Bureau members, their families, and friends was held by the Winnebago County Farm Bureau in Rockford, March 11. President Geo. F. Tullock re- ports that it was probably the larg- est crowd that ever attended such a gathering. A feature of the meeting was the indoor picnic dinner at noon held in the basement of the Shrine Temple. Each family brought a well-filled basket and sat down at long tables for an informal hour and a half of visiting and enter- tainment. While the program for the older folks was underway in the audito- rium upstairs, the 4-H club boys and girls and children of Farm Bureau members led by their club leaders gathered in the basement where they played games, sang, and were entertained by the WLS Prairie Ramblers. A special drawing card was the offer by the Farm Bureau to give every member in good standing who attended five gallons of gasoline. Winnebago Service Co. truck drivers distributed coupons among mem- bers the previous week. Those at- tending the meeting had their coupons stamped and validated to make them eligible for the free offer. “Several of our members com- mented that this was the best meet- ing we ever had in the county,” said Mr. Tullock. “The informal indoor picnic was very popular. We expect to try it again next year.” Speakers were Sec’y Geo. Metzger of the I. A. A. and C. W. Ward, supervisor of sales for Illinois Farm Supply Company. old car a full coverage policy with Stationary and movable object collision would cost $15.13 with ap- plication (including policy fee) against $35 with application under the surplus share plan. Howevef, the full coverage semi-annual premium under the old plan on a low-priced one-year old car is $6.63 whereas the surplus fee plan policy- holder under present schedules would pay $8.13 semi-annually. The surplus fee plan costs a lit- tle more to keep in force but makes auto insurance available to Farm Bureau members with a minimum initial outlay of cash. Stocks of old crop corn in Argentina and the Union of South Africa are al- Page Fourteen How the New Bill Was Written (Continued from page 4) cussed pro and con in the press. The plan which has the most gen- eral support of farm leaders pro- vides for an extensive issue of gov- ernment bonds to be offered holders of farm mortgages in amounts equivalent to a fair appraised value of the mortgaged property. In many cases this means an appraisal be- low the face value of the mortgage. It is contemplated that these bonds will bear 2% to three per cent interest, the rate to be held down as low as possible. The rate will depend upon the state of the money market and the mortgagees’ willingness to take the bonds at par value. It is estimated that the gov- ernment will find it necessary to add approximately one per cent in- terest to the bond issue rate to the farmer, to cover. administration costs, thus offering him a long term loan at the revised valuation in re- turn for a first mortgage, principal and interest to be amortized over a period of 35 to 40 years. Wholly Voluntary This plan, if enacted, will be wholly voluntary. No holder of a farm mortgage will be compelled to take the government bonds. It is likely, however, that with the pas- sage of such a measure the govern- ment will be called upon to take over many distressed mortgage loans, particularly those bearing high rates of interest where inter- est and principal payments are in default. The details of the farm mortgage refinancing program will depend to some extent on the policy of the new administration with reference to inflation. As we go to press there are indications from _ influential quarters that a reflationary move- ment may gain considerable mo- mentum. Heretofore controlled inflation as a remedy for the depression has been sponsored largely by farm or- ganizations, but more recently city interests, particularly holders of distressed real estate, life insurance companies, and others who have even a larger stake in the debt situation than farmers, have shown much interest in relief from this quarter. In a leading editorial on March 27 the Chicago Daily News, a con- servative newspaper, definitely favors controlled inflation as a way out. Opposing the farm mortgage refinancing program the Daily News says: “Instead of indulging in such complicated experiments the Roosevelt administration should employ a method of farm relief that is already available. The emergency banking act has created the ma- THE IL. A. A. RECORD Suit was filed in the Scott coun- ty, Iowa district court March 15 and March 18 by the Quality Milk Ass’n., Moline, to collect sums ag- gregating $7,477.89 against the Su- perior Dairy Company and _ five other distributors at the Quad- Cities. The money is due the producers association for milk delivered the last two weeks of January. The dealers refused payment appar- ently as another move to harm the producers’ organization. Defendants named in the suits filed in Iowa were Superior Dairy Company, $2,182.17; Double Y Dairy, $349.33;"Micheel Bros. Dairy, $1,327.76; Washington Dairy, $1,- 320.80; Model Dairy, $1,011.97; Iowana Farms, $1,285.86. When the dealers summarily re- fused to 1 uy milk from the 800 or- ganized dairymen who have always supplied the Quad-Cities’ market, the producers temporarily dropped the price to 3 cents in an effort to build up an outlet through a co- operating distributor, Sturtevant Ice Cream Company. Later the price was raised to six cents. Retail milk business developed by the Quality Milk Association through the Sturtevant Company has increased steadily as a result of the house to house canvass of the producers. Twenty or more trucks are now operating daily. All dairies in the Quad-Cities are now selling at six cents per quart, although a number of milk depots have been peddling raw milk direct to the consumer at five cents. chinery for controlled inflation. Properly and aggressively directed, such expansion of the currency could raise price levels of all farm commodities within a _ reasonable period. The farmer’s burden of taxes and mortgage payments would be lightened as rural dollar incomes rose. If with inflation there was also a temporary moratorium on foreclosures, the major causes of farm discontent would be re- moved.” Inflation will bring some relief through higher farm prices from debts, high taxes, and burdensome transportation and _ distribution costs. Economists generally agree that farm commodity prices would be among the first to be influenced by inflation. But inflation also will raise the cost of things the farmer must buy. Inflation will not alone establish parity prices for agricul- ture. Control of farm surpluses, de- velopment of foreign markets, and relief from excessive interest rates are likewise needed. April, 1933 1932 Farm Income Is 56°%, Less Than In '29 “Farmers are finding it extremely difficult, and many find it impos- sible to pay their taxes and other fixed charges” says the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, in its re- cent report on the farm: situa- tion. It is stated that there is “uni- versal complaint that fixed charges now swallow income.” Reviewing the drop in farm in- come, the bureau points out that “in the last three years the pro- ducers of grains, of cotton, of meat animals, and of dairy products have seen their income shrink roundly a billion dollars in each of those lines; and these industries are not the only large losers.” The bureau places: responsibility for the long deflation in farm prod- ucts prices in “causes largely out- side agriculture.” Net production of farm products, it is stated, has been comparatively stable for ten years while all sorts of farm shifts and readjustments have been resorted to, and production is less this year than in 1929. Nevertheless, the gross farm income is only 44 per cent of that for 1929. Gross income from farm produc- tion for 1932 is tentatively estimated at $5,240,000,000. In 1931 it was $6,- 955,000,000, in 1930 $9,403,000,000, and in 1929 $11,950,000,000. The livestock industry shows a return of approximately $2,958,000,- 000 for 1932 compared with $4,191,- 000,000 in 1931. Gross income from crops is placed at $2,282,000,000 for 1932 as contrasted with $2,764,000,- 000 for 1931. The biggest shrinkage in the livestock group this year has been in returns from cattle, hogs, and sheep, and in dairy products. Co-operate In Treating Horses Against Bots F. J. McNair, manager of the Shipping Association, at Dahlgren, Hamilton county, reports that in that section farmers have _ co- operated successfully in treating horses and mules for bots and stom- ach worms, at a decided saving in cost. “Local farmers purchased a cap- sule gun for $1.75 and a quantity of liquid carbon disulfid,” said McNair. “Each dose including capsule costs only a few cents. Carbon disulfid bought in 100 pound lots can be had as cheaply as linseed’ oil and this amount will treat approxi- mately 1600 horses. “Farmers everywhere should or- ganize in December and buy carbon disulfid,” writes McNair. “If any community is interested we will be glad to give additional informa- tion.” April, 1933 Marchant Sees Good ~ Year For Oil Company [408 Farm Supply Company has passed the half-way mark in another year with the largest vol- ume for a corresponding period during the history of the company, Manager L. R. Marchant said be- fore the I. A. A. board of directors March 23. The total number of tank car shipments is approximately 6.76% above the corresponding period in 1932 which is considered remark- able in view of the average de- cline of 8.98% in the industry in Tllinois. A consolidated statement of all companies associated with Illinois Farm Supply Company during the calendar year 1932 shows total sales of $4,475,185.03. If the income of all the companies had been equally distributed among all Farm Bureau members in good standing in the State at the end of the calendar year 1932, the return would have been $13.68. If distribution had been made to Farm Bureau mem- bers in good standing in the terri- tory served, the average would have been $15.95. On the other hand, if distribution had been made among the Farm Bureau members in good standing in the territory served, who were patrons of the companies, the average would have been well above this figure. Difference In Companies A summary of the comparative analysis of the business operations of the associated companies indi- cated that the fifty-two companies could be classified in four different groups, on the basis of net income. The control of operating expenses is a prominent factor in the oper- ations. The more efficiently oper- ated companies were able to show a better net income at the end of the year and consequently a higher patronage refund. Detailed information on the twelve most efficiently operated companies in the state was pre- sented and the importance of con- trolling certain operation factors brought out. It was pointed out that a substantial Farm Bureau mem- bership must be maintained; other- wise there will be a tendency to break down the system of distribut- ing the income among Farm Bu- reau members; also that an ag- gressive sales program must be car- ried on at all times in order to maintain the present volume which in a large degree governs the pos- Sible net income to the income. Furthermore, the lack of aggres- Siveness and proper management is likely to lead to the outcropping of undesirable competition in the ter- ritory. “In general,” said Mr. Marchant, THE IA. A. RECORD l.A.A. Audit Service “An audit service such as that given by the Illinois Ag- ricultural Auditing Association is fundamental to the success of any co-operative business,” C. V. Gregory of Prairie Farm- er said in a recent letter to Manager F. E. Ringham. “I only wish that the various co- operatives in the state would make still greater use of it.” Fewer Fires Improve Casualty Co. Earnings A smaller number of fire losses and an increase in earnings were reported by J. H. Kelker, manager of the Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company before the I. A. A. board on March 23. In times of depression. the prob- lem of eliminating moral hazards faces every insurance company, said Kelker. When.money is needed to pay taxes and mortgage interest the temptation to set fire to a build- ing to get the insurance is ever present. A number of companies in adjoining states, he said, are now withholding insurance money where the building is not replaced. Sentiment is growing against pay- ing claims except where insurance money is used to replace the de- stroyed building. The financial statement of the Farmers Mutual was stronger than that of last year and reveals the improvement in operations. The company gives reductions for fire prevention measures such as fire- proof roofs, lightning rods, etc., with the result that the average rate on fire is around 32 cents per $100. Lester Ryan has been employed to manage the Galesburg unit of the Illinois Livestock Marketing As- sociation. Sid Cherrill who had been man- aging the Galesburg unit is back on his old job doing field work for the State Association. “sound business ‘principles must be applied; managers must be active, alert, and have some common knowledge of business practices. Sound sales and credit policies must be maintained. Those in positions of leadership must not be in- fluenced by personal interest and must have courage to run the com- pany on a business basis; other- wise they will be unable to main- tain the good-will and the respect of the people they are supposed to serve.” Page Fifteen Hi-Ball Gas Proves Popular (Continued from page 7) on results a complete tabulation will be made of the results obtained under actual driving conditions, with all makes of cars and trucks and motors of every age and con- dition. This is expected to furnish most important facts from one — angle of the proposition, namely, whether the new fuel will actually work in a satisfactory manner and whether it will find a ready market at a premium. President Smith points out that this is only one step in the march for adoption of blended fuel as a farm relief measure. In the first place, comparatively few existing distilleries are equipped to manu- facture anhydrous alcohol which must be used. Alcohol containing water will not mix with gasoline. He said that the committee’s investi- gation has revealed that if all the distilleries capable of producing anhydrous alcohol were to work at full capacity and their entire out- put devoted to dilution of gasoline, the resulting blend would be only about % of 1 per cent. It has been learned that it will require three years of intensive construction to build distilleries of sufficient ca- pacity to produce a_ sufficient amount of alcohol to bring about a 10 per cent dilution. Legislative Problem The problem of legislation also is important. It is recognized that producing oil companies and re- fineries will be inclined to oppose dilution to the utmost. Whatever legislation is attempted must over- come this opposition and extreme care must be taken in formulating the measure to prevent it being de- clared unconstitutional. Members of the committee, Mr. Smith said, are extremely opti- mistic regarding the whole dilution scheme, particularly since early re- ports indicate such a favorable re- ception and such excellent operat- ing results. They are proceeding slowly, however, testing every step in order that what may prove a boon to grain producers in the long run is not throttled by hasty action in the beginning, and so that no ill-advised action may be taken which would be a detriment rather than a help to the plan. “Everything will be done that it is possible to do,” Mr. Smith said, “but we must proceed. cautiously, and base whatever conclusion we reach on the facts, rather than on opinion, however rosy the opinion may paint the picture.” ; i ; i : Se one nts Page Sixtéen Cost of Flour Small. Item In Loaf Bread Baker’s Profit Per Loaf Amounts To More Than Farmer Gets For Producing Wheat T ESTIMONY showing that the price of wheat has little in- fluence on the price of bread was given before the Senate Committee on Agriculture recently by Wm. H. Settle of Indiana, president of the Indiana Farm Bureau, while dis- cussing the domestic allotment plan. Quoting from a report of the Senate Sub-committee which in- vestigated this subject two years ago he said: “This investigation re- vealed an alarming tendency to- ward the monopolistic control of the food supply of the nation by a small group of powerful corpora- tions and combinations. This is particularly true as to bread and milk. “Bread-cost per pound for three large baking companies was 1.27 cents in 1922-24; 7.89 cents in 1926; and 17.78 cents in 1930; bread- cost for 1926 was only 11/100 of a cent per pound higher than the 1930 price of 7.78 cents. “On the other hand, wheat at Liverpool for 1926 ranged from $1.55 to $1.74 per bushel whereas in 1930 the price range was $1.37 down to 70 cents per bushel. The 1926 av- erage Liverpool price was approxi- mately $1.57 per bushel, while the 1930 average was $1.04, or 53 cents per bushel lower in 1930 than 1926. Flour Small Item “The wheat flour cost in 1926 per pound loaf of bread was 2.47 cents as compared to 1.92 cents for 1930, a decrease of 55/100 cents per pound loaf of bread. The average wheat price decrease from 1926 to 1930 was 53 cents per bushel and the wheat flour per pound loaf of bread shows a decrease from 1926 to 1930 of 55/100 cents. It is con- stantly stated that a bushel of wheat makes 62 loaves of bread. That being true, it follows that a decrease in the wheat price of 53 cents per bushel should be equiv- alent to a decline in bread price in the amount of 52/62 cents per pound loaf of bread, or 9/10 cent per loaf. “At the average farm price of 25 cents per bushel of wheat, the farmer’s interest in a pound loaf of bread is 25/62 or 2/5 cents per pound loaf of bread. At present wheat prices, if the farmer fur- nished wheat for nothing the de- crease in bread price would only be - cut 2/5 of a cent per pound loaf. The baker’s profit per loaf in 1930 was THE LA. A. RECORD over 4/5 of a cent. The baker’s profit in 1930 was twice as much per loaf of bread as the farmer’s wheat-interest in the present price of a pound loaf.” Mr. Settle also quoted Sydney Anderson, vice-president of the General Mills, Inc., who in a pre- vious hearing said: “But it is un- questionably a fact that flour is a comparatively small element in the cost of a so-called better-type loaf of bread that is made today; one that contains milk and eggs and sugar and butter. If the flour costs the baker nothing you still have difficulty in reflecting that dif- ference in cost into a loaf of bread.” Settle showed that while wheat rose to $1.51 per bushel in 1925 and declined to 80.9 cents in 1930 the average price of bread per pound loaf in the two years was 9.4 cents in 1925 and 8.7 ‘cents in 1930. Marketi: ng The Farmers National Grain Corporation reports that 280 car- loads of grain may be unloaded in a 10-hour day into the remodeled and newly equipped Northern Pacific elevator at Kansas City op- erated under lease by the Farmers National. The elevator has a capacity of 5,762 bushels. Complete overhauling and modernization of the plant followed the fire and explosion which destroyed the old frame workhouse a year ago. The plant is said to be the most modern, eco- nomical handling grain elevator in the country. It is equipped to perform all services of cleaning, scouring, clip- ping, washing and drying grain. Cleaning machinery includes the largest capacity disc separator made, capable of handling from 1,600 to 2,000 bushels of wheat an hour. The dust control system in the new concrete work-house in- cludes eight large dust collectors with valves, traps, belt loader hoods, floor sweeps and piping which connect with the cleaners and clip- pers. The system also is connected with the car dumper sink to elim- inate dust in unloading. More than 21 tons of galvanized steel were used in constructing the dust control system. The dust explosion hazard has been greatly reduced by installation of huge explosion ventilators of galvanized _ steel. These contain patented caps which, in case of explosion, open outward and provide enlarged space for the expansion of the exploding gases. April, 1933 Texas Wheat Growers Making Good Progress The Texas Wheat Growers As- sociation, member of the Farmers National Grain Corporation, will handle more than 50 per cent of the entire wheat area in that sec- tion harvested in 1933, according to J. Frank Triplett, organization manager at Amarillo. On January 1, 4,424 members of the Texas Association had pledged delivery to the co-operative of ‘the 1933 crop from their 1,508,000 acres seeded to wheat in the Texas Pan- handle and New Mexico counties, an average of 340 acres per mem- ber. Last year 2,958,000 acres of wheat were harvested in the Lone Star state. Establishment of a regional of- fice of the national co-operative at Amarillo has given the wheat growers of west Texas and eastern New Mexico the most advantageous outlet possible for their grain. Farmers National has handling fa- cilities for grain at 62 buying points in the Texas-New Mexico territory. Volume handled by these houses in a normal crop year varies from 30,000 to 1,000,000 bushels, with a total of more than _ 13,648,000 bushels. “Our old members are agreed,” said Triplett, “that Farmers Na- tional sales service in the Texas wheat area has created a better market than they ever had before. Re-collection of some, 2,000,000 bushels of wheat delivered by Texas growers but never paid for on ac- count of business failures of va- rious private buyers and users dur- ing a recent season is having its influence in turning farmers to their own co-operative.” Farm Bureau Service In Richland County Pays During the past six and one-half years the Richland county cooper- ative cream pools have refunded to their patrons $20,579.02. During this time Richland farmers pooled a total of 1,010,821.9 pounds of but- terfat. The refund amounted to a little more than two cents per pound. The cream pools have aided non-members also by forcing up prices paid by private cream sta- tions. The I. A. A. board of directors recently authorized the use of the official I. A. A. emblem to Cook County Farm Bureau, Gardners’ Supply Company of Cook county, and to tthe [Illinois Producers Creameries. The latter will use the emblem on cartons’ containing “Tllini” butter. April, 1933 THE LA. A. RECORD H. C. Vial Receives Gold Watch At Dist. Conference Counties Report On Their Ac- complishments In Many Fields At Meeting In Wheaton T AX problems, telephone, and electric power rates, insurance, agricultural extension work, organ- ization and a host of other ques- tions were discussed at the 11th district conference for the Farm Bureau leaders held at Wheaton, March 22. Approximately 50 at- tended. The meeting was called and pre- sided over by E. Harris of Lake county who rep- resents the dis- trict on the I. A. A board. Farm Adviser Wright reported that the Dupage County Farm Bureau has 920 members and that less than 100 actual Dupage county farmers are now outside the organization. I. A. A. auto insurance is an influ- ential factor in maintaining a strong membership throughout the district. Wright also told of the Farm Bureau’s work in securing a 17.5 per cent reduction in taxes this year through co-operation of local assessors and county officials. President Swayer of Lake county reported that the Farm Bureau now has approximately 50 per cent of the 1200 farmers in the county as members, an increase of 20 per cent in membership in the last four to five years. The Farm Bureau’s tax reduction work supported by the county treasurer and assessors he cited as an outstanding service. He felt that the tax program and com- mercial activities of the Farm Bu- reau were the life blood of the in- stitution although recognizing the value of extension work. The most permanent members, he said, are those signed by local men and the collections among them are much better. H. C, VIAL Against Branding J. D. Bilsboro of the University of Illinois discussed membership, and state and federal appropriations for extension work. ‘ Farm Adviser Kelley stated that the Kane County Farm Bureau was opposed to branding of feeder cat- tle because of the harm and shrink- age involved in chasing them all over the yards. Branding with acid only lasts 30 days, he said, and its value is questionable. H. C. Vial, former director on the I. A. A. board in the 11th district, was presented with a gold watch and chain by Fred Landorf, presi- dent of the Dupage County Farm Bureau on behalf of the counties in the district. On the back of the watch was engraved the I. A. A. emblem and inside the case “Presented by the 11th District to H. C. Vial in ap- preciation of six years service as Director of the I. A. A.” Additional speakers included Farm Adviser H. C. Gilkerson, who commended the Farm Bureau tax committee for its work with the county board of review in securing a 15 per cent tax reduction in Lake county; President Keslinger of Kane county; Farm Advisers L. H. Bra- ham of Will, W. A. Herrington of McHenry, O. G. Barrett and W. A. Tasher of Cook county; President Dick Nietfeldt, Cook county; A. J. Stahl, Lake county; Vice-President Schroeder of Will county; President Earl Swenson, McHenry county; Clare Bradford, I. A. A. district or- ganization manager; and others. Suggest Use Unemployed To Build Secondary Roads A campaign to use the unem- ployed in building a secondary road system in Illinois was launched re- cently by the Chicago Herald & Examiner. “The biggest question before this state, or any other state, at this time is how to obtain something in return for the relief voted and so avoid the dole,” says the Examiner. “Not only the present but much of the future depends on the method used in expending this re- lief. This can be done, advocates of low cost roads maintain, by the scientific expenditure of the road dollar, instead of the present meth- od of using all the funds on a few high-cost roads which benefit only a few.” Figures are cited showing that in Pennsylvania the average cost of its low-cost roads per mile is $6,000 for a road which will carry from 1,000 to 1,200 vehicles per day. Pennsyl- vania formerly spent between $50,- 000 and $70,000 a mile on some roads. Illinois now has more than 3,800 miles of $30,000 per mile roads which carry less than 1,000 vehicles per day. The situation in Illinois is that the state has only about 25 per cent of its roads paved. There re- main more than 70,000 miles of un- improved roads. These roads form the secondary system of [Illinois which so far has been completely overlooked. The Indiana Farm Bureau Co-oper- ative Association is considering the or- ganization of a central co-operative bank to serve farmers’ co-operative associations throughout the state. Page Seventeen Exempt Real Estate Mortgages From Taxation Editor, I. A. A. RECORD: — As a member of our local Farm Bureau of Richland county I have from time to time read with much interest, the articles on how to lift the mortgage and relieve the bur- dened farmer. We all agree that the price of farm products is low, and that it is hard to legislate farm prices and products. Why not strike at the proper place, and here is a plan that will help the farmer: 1. There is no better nor safer security than good real estate se- curity. 2. The rate of interest has been too great, for the risk or hazard taken. 3. The holder of the mortgage is taxed (if he gives it in for taxes, and many do not), and the farmer is taxed onthe full value of the lands, which is unjust, for he pays on something that he does not own. Now pass laws reducing interest as follows: that the rate of interest for the loan, when secured by real estate, shall not exceed three per cent per annum; that the note and mortgage securing said loan on real estate shall be exempt from all taxation, state or national. This will give the farmer a low rate of interest,.and the money lender can afford to loan the money on good real estate security at three per cent interest, because it is exempt from all taxes. Many mortgages are never re- corded, and many loans are made by requiring the owner of real es- tate to deed the lands to the party making the loan, and the lender giving back to the landowner a contract agreeing to reconvey when the loan is paid (which is in effect a mortgage), all of which is done by the money lender to evade tax- ation, which he does. By reducing the rate of interest to three per cent per annum, and making the note secured by mortgage non-tax- able, idle money would be loaned on good real estate to the farmer, and the farmer save one-half the interest he is now required to pay at the present rate of interest. This law could be enacted in every state of the Union, and do away with the Federal Land Bank, who sell their loans to the general public, and which are tax exempt, but the rate of interest has been too high, and not satisfactory to the farmer. R. S. Rowland, Attorney The Farm Bureau is now aggressively supporting federal legislation to re- finance farm mortgages at a low in- terest rate. Revision of the state con- stitution is necessary to do away with our antiquated property tax law with its double taxation of mortgaged real estate. The I. A. A. has been working for such revision for a number of years.—Editor. Page Eighteen Farm Organizations Reply To Shannon "Investigation" Issue Open Letter to Congress Exposing Questionable Con- duct of Committee An open letter to Congress in re- ply to the report of the so-called Shannon Investigation Committee was recently released by the na- tional farm organizations and co- operatives including the American Farm Bureau Federation, National Grange, National Co-operative Council, National Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, American Cotton Co-operative Association, California Fruit Growers Exchange, Eastern States Farmers Exchange, National Live Stock Marketing As- sociation, Farmers National Grain Corporation, National Wool Mar- keting Corporation, National Fruit and Vegetable Exchange, American Cranberry Exchange, National Pe- can Marketing Association, and Co- operative G. L. F. Exchange. The Shannon committee “investigation” is thought to be a publicity stunt created largely by organized mid- dlemen to spread propaganda against co-operative marketing. “We are amazed that a commit- tee of the House of Representatives should expose its lack of apprecia- tion and understanding of farm welfare as completely as does the so-called Shannon Committee in that portion of its report which deals with Farm Board operations,” said the letter. One From Rural District “Apparently four members of the Committee, coming from industrial constituencies and lacking in ag- ricultural information, have been deceived and misled by traders and speculators in farm products. It is noteworthy that the fifth member of the Committee, the only one rep- resenting an agricultural district and having an appreciation of farmers’ problems, has filed a vigorous minority report. “We respectfully call your atten- tion to the fact that the Commit- tee’s review of testimony shows a long string of witnesses representing dealer and speculator interests, and that the Committee either made no effort to secure adequate testimony from cooperatives and their mem- bers, farm organizations and their members, disinterested business men, bankers, economists, etc., or else the Committee has evaded sum- marizing such testimony beyond brief and vague references. “The report neglects the testi- mony of farm organization repre- sentatives, but on the other hand, gives much space and emphasis to the opponents. Not only were or- THE IA. A. RECORD ganized agriculture’s representa- tives not encouraged to present their views, but when they sought to present them, the committee ma- jority endeavored in its report to discredit their testimony by im- pugning their motives. “The Committee’s recommenda- tions reveal a distressing bias in favor of a class of private farm product dealers who for generations have assumed that they possessed some sort of inalienable right to buy as cheaply as possible from producers and to sell as dearly as possible to consumers, even though producers desire to reserve to them- selves the right to form their own handling agencies. The Committee’s proposals to do away, in a period of great agricultural distress, with any of the advantages now enjoyed by farmers under the Agricultural Marketing Act not only constitute an insidious thrust at rural welfare but, we believe, are also an affront to the intelligence of Congress. ... Against the Co-ops. “The Committee apparently would deny cooperative associations’ ac- cess to Farm Board credit (except as dealers are also given credit) and thereby prevent their rapid de- velopment in the manner intended by Congress in the Capper-Volstead Act of 1922, the Cooperative Mar- keting Act of 1926 and the Agricul- tural Marketing Act of 1929. The effect would be to subject coopera- tives to all the unconscionable fi- nancial and economic attacks which have characterized the op- position of speculative interests for many years and which were the cause of these Congressional enact- ments. ... “If Farm Board credit is to be denied cooperatives, why should not loans and subsidies be denied to all private business agencies by abolition of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation and by abolition of the preference given industry by the tariff system? Why not deny national banks the sub- sidy involved in the right to issue currency? Why not discontinue the subsidies for the merchant marine, and for aviation? Why not deny publishers their second class mail bonuses under the postal acts? If Congress ever chooses to repeal all such measures of assistance to business men, then we suspect that agriculture will be willing to yield its access to Farm Board credit, but only then. “The Committee’s proposal to prevent cooperatives from buying any farm products from non-mem- bers appears to be an effort (1) to prevent the enjoyment by farmers who are not cooperative members of some of the advantages of the various federal laws; (2) to pre- vent cooperatives from demonstrat- ing their merchandizing advantages: April, 1933 Next District Conference At Bloomington May 24 The Bloomington Co-operative Creamery, collection of dues, and alcohol-gasoline dilution were dis- cussed at the first Farm Bureau conference of the year in the 17th district held at Bloomington, Feb. 27. The meeting was called and pre- sided over by E. D. Lawrence of McLean county, who represents the district on the I. A. A. board. The next. conference will be held May 24 at the same place. 2st District Conference Considers Debts And Taxes . Tax problems, progress report on Sanitary Milk Producers, member- ship collections, and debt adjust- ment legislation featured the dis- cussion at the 2ist I. A. A. district conference held at Taylorville, March 15. Approximately 40 Farm Bureau directors and county ad- visers attended the meeting called by Sam Sorrells of Raymond. Discussion was led by W. F. Cool- idge of Macoupin county, Alden Snyder, Montgomery county, Mr. Sorrells, Edwin Bay, Sangamon county, and T. H. Brock, Christian county. to non-members in order that such non-members may be encouraged to join as members; and (3) to prevent cooperatives from filling out odd lots of stock by open mar- ket purchases which. facillitate ef- ficient merchandising of members’ products. The cooperatives are al- ready adequately restricted by fed- eral law with respect to the amount which they may handle for farmers who are not members. “The Committee’s proposal that cooperatives be subjected to a ‘more close and direct supervision’ is vague and insidious. What does the Committee mean? Is this proposal anything but subterfuge to hide some scheme of licensing and de- stroying cooperatives? What more supervision can honestly be ex- pected than that to which co- operatives are already subjected? Is the Committee so poorly informed that it does not know the Secre- tary of Agriculture and the At- torney General, under the Capper- Volstead Act, already have full power to prevent cooperative en- terprises from becoming monopolies in restraint of trade or unduly en- hancing prices? Is the Committee ignorant of the fact that the Agri- cultural Marketing Act gives the Farm Board enormous powers to audit and check all cooperative as- sociations to which it renders a loan service?” April, 1933 E, HARRIS Lake county llth Dist. |. A. A. Board Hears Review of Ass'n. Program M,. R. Officers And Staff Report On Activities In Two Day Session GENERAL review of all the activities of the I. A. A. and the associated companies by of- ficers and staff members featured the two day meeting of the I. A. A. board of directors on Thursday and Friday, March 23 and 24. Each de- partment and company was as- signed 20 minutes or more to dis- cuss current activities and future program. President Smith reviewed in de- tail recent developments at Wash- ington having to do with the fram- ing of the new Roosevelt adminis- tration farm bill. He expressed the belief that the measure, which at this writing has passed the House, would pass the Senate without serious amendment. Deserves Support “The emergency agricultural measure pending in Congress is the most feasible, practical farm meas- ure presented to Congress in recent years,” he said. “This bill is deserv- ing of the united -support of farmers and also those indirectly dependent on agriculture in other lines of business and industry. “Under its provisions, it is pos- sible to apply different principles of surplus control to each of the several commodities as the peculiar- ities of the commodity might best justify, thereby removing the out- standing weakness of previous measures.” John C. Watson, Donald Kirk- patrick, and Charles Black reported on state legislation at Springfield. Mr. Watson outlined a proposed tax reduction program with cuts in State appropriations, salaries of state and county officials, and ex- penditures all along the line. He also discussed the reallocation of IHRIG Adams county 15th Dist. THE IA. A. RECORD HERE ARE NEWLY ELECTED |. A. A. DIRECTORS E. D. LAWRENCE McLean county 17th Dist. the gas tax among counties, town- ships, and municipalities so as to relieve property from all or nearly all of road and bridge levies. Review Bills Mr. Kirkpatrick commented briefly on a large number of bills indicating the progress of measures in which the I. A. A. is most directly interested. These include a chattel mortgage bill, a measure providing for a moratorium on farm loans, tax reduction measures, ice cream’ and oleo bills, possibilities of a flat rate income tax, and the sales tax. On Thursday night the board approved the report of the Organ- ization-Publicity advisory commit- tee providing for: 1. A publicity contest among the County Farm Bureaus supervised by the Director of Information. 2. Continuation of collection plan used successfully in past months. 3. Maintenance of seven district organization men who will devote time to collections as well as to or- ganization. 4. Approval of organization cam- paign in 1933 under which each county, township, and solicitor will be assigned quotas with suitable recognition to reward those achiev- ing the goal. 5. Approval of plan to try out full time man in charge of organ- ization and collection in one or more counties. 6. Approval of experiment of or- ganization plan in one or more counties involving credit to member on his dues for signing new mem- bers. It was unanimously agreed that the volunteer system of solicitation should be maintained but that it might be supplemented with ad- ditional effort on a paid basis. The directors voted unanimously to send a message to the two United States senators from Illi- nois expressing unanimous approv- al of the new farm bill and urging their co-operation in securing its enactment. EUGENE CURTIS Champaign county 19th Dist. Page Nineteen R. B. ENDICOTT Pulaski county 25th Dist. Seek To Improve Farm Bureau News Service A County Farm Bureau Publicity Contest sponsored by the [Illinois Agricultural Association for the bal- ance of the calendar year beginning April 1 was approved by the I. A. A. board on March 23. Entries are to be made on or before June 1, 1933 and exhibits to be submitted on or before January 10, 1934. Three cash prizes totaling $150 will be offered to the winning en- tries, the money to go to the County Farm Bureaus in furtherance of . more effective informational service. The plan calls for the appoint- ment of county committees of three members to work out details of a more effective news service. It is suggested that township or com- munity reporters be appointed to get local Farm Bureau news to the papers and to the Farm Bureau of- fice for publication in the county bulletin. Exhibits will be judged on the quality and effectiveness of the news service to the local papers, at- tractiveness, make-up and news content of the official Farm Bu- reau paper, exhibits, pamphlets, direct by mail literature, etc., and stories in other than local publica- tions. The effect of the publicity program on membership acquisi- tion and maintenance also will be taken into consideration. The contest is designed to stimu- late a more varied and aggressive program of Farm Bureau service and the establishment of an infor- mational service through the local newspapers. Winners will be recognized and prizes awarded at the annual meet- ing of the I. A. A. next January. Horses and mules are the only prod- ucts of the farm that are’ bringing better prices than a year ago. In February horses averaged $62 and mules $67 compared with $58.65 a year ago. The price of horses declined from 1918 to 1932, } “And now about that New State Sales Tax’? ¢¢” T* HE cities have an unemployment problem we know little about on the farm. “They were nearly out of funds and the relief com- mission had reached the end of its borrowing power from the federal government. It was impossible to get enough people to chip in to feed the vate cuban particularly in Chicago. “So the sales tax was brought out as a solution. “The bill as originally framed gave the counties having big cities nearly all the revenue. And the state relief commission would have administered it. “My organization, the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation, studied the bill and suggested some amend- ments. It proposed that revenue from the sales tax be apportioned among the counties according to population; and that the money be used dollar for dollar to replace property taxes except where the county board by a two-thirds vote decides to use part or all of it for unemployment relief. “The I. A. A. and our friends in the legislature put through these amendments and now they are part of the law. That’s service. That’s organization. That’s representation. That’s one of the reasons why I’m a booster for the Farm Bureau. “My Farm Bureau membership is the best invest- ment I ever made. The direct savings and indirect benefits are worth far more than the cost.” GET YOUR NEIGHBOR TO JOIN ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 608 S. Dearborn St. . . . . . = Chicago, Illinois naan BUREAU I. A. A. SERVICES ¢ Representation Taxation Legislation Transportation and Utilities. Cooperative Marketing Auto Insurance Life Insurance Fire, Hail, Wind Please hand this copy to a non-member Insurance Petroleum Products A Farm Supplies 7 *- Auditing for > Cooperatives ; ° «| re} co_» The cA Illinois Agricultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main Street, Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, IN. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St.,. Chicago. Number 5 MAY, 1933 Volume 11 |. A. A. Sponsors Bills To Reduce Property Tax Outline Program To Members of General Assembly Fol- lowing Approval By 1000 Leaders 1933 :— ' A legislative program designed to reduce property taxes throughout Illinois at least $60,000,000 annually was launched here today by Illinois Agricultural Association following a dinner given last night to approxi- mately 100 members of both houses of the General Assembly. Lieut.-Gov. Thomas F. Donovan and Speaker Ar- thur Roe sat at the speakers’ table. S v2 ILL., April 19, Edwin Bay represented the Sangamon - County Farm Bureau. Rep. Jackson of Toulon led a round of first class community singing. The measures introduced include one providing for a redistribution of the three cent gas tax back to coun- ties, townships, and municipalities, companion bills to sharply reduce county and township road and bridge levies, a bill to assess income from property not othérwise assessed such as stocks, bonds, mortgages, etc., an occupational tax of 1% per cent, with $100 per month exemptions, on those earning salaries, wages, fees, and commissions, and a number of meas- ures restoring to county boards the power to fix certain costs and fees within the maximum limits now es- tablished by law. The I. A. A. also is supporting an amendment to the revinue article of the Illinois constitution giving the General Assembly broad powers to en- act laws to provide revenue, without present constitutional limitations. “We are facing a breakdown in gov- ernment in Illinois,” said President Earl C. Smith in addressing the legis- lators, “because of the inability of the property owners of the state to pay the enormous taxes levied against them. Even with substantial economies which the farmers of the state and our organization greatly desire, the cost of government is still too large for the property taxpayers to bear. This means that there must be new sources of revenue if our govern- ments are to meet their obligations. And that revenue must come from those who have ability to pay but are contributing little or nothing to the support of government.” Explaining the two revenue meas- ures proposed by the I. A. A., Donald Kirkpatrick, general counsel, said that the bills had been framed as a re- sult of the recent State Supreme Court decision on the income tax which held that income is property, hence must be assessed with uniform- ity. “This legislation,” he said, “does not vote more taxes upon the people, but merely spreads the burden a little more evenly until such time as the constitution can be amended. The two measures proposed will be effective only for two years through the pres- ent emergency. Every dollar of reve- nue raised by these bills when enacted will be used to reduce and replace a like amount of taxes now levied against property.” Speaking in favor of House Bill 579 which ailows courts to stay the execu- tion of mortgage foreclosures and judgments in the case of worthy mort- gagors until 1935, Mr. Kirkpatrick pointed out that the House had voted to abrogate the life insurance con- tracts of policyholders involving mil- lions of dollars by preventing them from securing their cash values. Yet there are some who oppose the mort- gage moratorium legislation although there is nothing mandatory about it. It merely allows the court to issue orders to. delay foreclosures under certain conditions so as to protect the interests of both creditor and debtor. “You have voted to protect the life insurance companies,” he said. “Now let’s protect the worthy farm mort- gagors and home owners and give them a fighting chance to retain their property.” John C. Watson, director of tax- ation, explained that the time is close at hand when revenue from motor license fees will pay for maintenance of the nearly completed 10,000 mile state paved road system, for policing the same, and for interest and amortized principal payments on the $160,000,000 of state road bonds. “This will leave the income from the three cent gas tax or approximately $27,000,000 annually, for the improve- ment of county and township second- ary roads, city and village streets, and for payment of interest and prin- cipal on county and township road bonds,” said Mr. Watson. “We propose to distribute the gas tax three ways as follows: One cent to the county as at present, one cent to the township for paying off bonds or building new all-weather roads un- der the supervision of the county highway engineer, and one cent to cities and villages for paying off bonds or building new streets. By so doing road, bridge, and street taxes now levied against property can be substantially reduced and further re- lief brought to the long suffering property owner.” Chas. S. Black, chairman of the Public Relations Committee, and George Muller of Tazewell county rep- resented the I. A. A. board. Other of- ficers and staff members present in- cluded R. A. Cowles, treasurer; A. E. Richardson, and George Thiem. The legislative program presented to members of the General Assembly who listened attentively to the discus- sion followed unanimous approval of the proposed measures at a state-wide meeting of more than 1,000 County Farm Bureau leaders at Springfield on April 11. At that meeting President Smith eloquently reviewed in great detail the history of the state sales tax spon- sored by the new administration. He revealed how the Association and its friends in the Senate succeeded in amending the measure when it was slated to pass in the original objec- tionable form, so as to distribute the revenue equitably among the counties, and to make it primarily a tax to re- duce and replace property taxes. Two-Thirds Vote to Divert As originally drafted, the measure would have placed all sales tax reve- nue at the disposal of the State Re- lief Commission. Only by a two-thirds vote of the county board of super- visors can sales tax revenue be di- verted during 1933 and 1934 from re- placement of property taxes to the relief of destitute people. Proposed legislation to restore to ' the counties the power to determine costs, fees, and salaries of local offi- cials was explained thoroughly at the state meeting of Farm Bureau leaders by John C. Watson. A Supreme Court decision, he pointed out, holds that the county has no jurisdiction over the salaries of probate judges, county judges, and states attorneys. It is pos- sible that this decision may extend to juries’ fees. Bills have been in- troduced in the legislature, he said, to reduce salaries of such officials up to 20 per cent. The I. A. A. favors this legislation, but wherever legally possible it hopes to restore to the counties authority to name salaries, fees, and costs within the maximum limits fixed by statute. Such proposed bills include home rule for fixing blind pensions, costs of publishing county assessments, costs of publishing de- linquent taxes, etc. The I. A. A. also will sponsor a bill to postpone the date for fixing school levies from the first Tuesday in August to the first Tuesday in Sep- tember. This will give more time to school boards and taxpayers to as- FILLING UP WITH “HI-BALL” pe TAZEWELL SERVICE STATION, Practical’ road tests of the new motor fuel composed of 10 per cent anhydrous grain alcohol and 90 per cent Aladdin gasoline are being conducted throughout the Peoria and Bloomington area of central Illinois under the auspices of the I. A. Ay, Illinois Farm Supply Co., and the County Farm Bureau service com- panies. Manager Clyde Woolsey, President Walter Frazee, Sec. Storey, and Di- rectors Fasse and Aisle of Tazewell Service Co. were on hand as the first mix of blended fuel went on sale. SOOO certain the financial condition of their districts. Redistribution of the three cent gas tax, along lines suggested will make possible a substantial reduction in county and township road and bridge levies on property. Details of the plan outlined by Mr. Watson at the Spring- field conference may be changed and modified as the legislative situation at the state capital directs. Watching Legislature The fact that a number of other bills have been introduced germane to dis- position of gas tax funds, indicates that modifications may be required to insure enactment of a measure that will bring the maximum possible re- lief from property taxation. The membership will be kept informed from time to time about developments regarding this important legislation. The Public Relations Committee in Springfield each week will watch this measure and use proper influence to see that the bill finally reported out of committee protects the interests of farmers and provides for maximum replacement of property taxes. Following an explanation of the proposed gas tax redistribution the County Farm Bureau leaders voted unanimously against abolition of township road districts at this time. It was feared by many that if the township road system is turned over to the county many farmers will be forced to wait indefinitely for the im- provement of township roads. The bill providing for a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures until July 1, 1935 at this writing rests on third reading in the House. Another bill proposed by the As- sociation will make it possible for farmers owning 10 acres or more of unsubdivided farm lands within the corporate limits of a city or village to detach such land on application to the county or circuit court. A bill to tax butter substitutes containing foreign oils and fats also has I. A. A. approval. Farm Bureau leaders applauded proposals to take the Supreme Court at its word when it declared that in- come is property. “If there is a legal way to do it we’re going to put in- come on the property tax rolls,” said Mr. Kirkpatrick. “That’s the only way to get relief from the burdensome property tax.” Cowles Warns -Leaders Explaining efforts being made to wipe out federal and state appropria- tions for agricultural extension and experimental purposes, Mr. Smith ex- plained that the I. A. A. is favorable to reasonable economies in govern- ment, but that the organization would insist on having something to say as to where the economies are to apply. Robert A. Cowles, treasurer, warned the County Farm Bureau leaders against losing sight of the purposes for which the Illinois Agricultural As- sociation was formed. “The com- mercial services developed through the associated companies are a sec- ondary program,” he said. “They were developed when the I. A. A. had money to invest in such enterprises. ‘ Our children have measured up and (Continued on page 18) ( from d any fo in the ¢ conject At t and con excitem and Py) stateme ing con flation. have sharply, and cor in the days h upwal seven cents p or mo there is the pro] eral fa gage re. necessal 29 price The « pending a mont] wrangle this wee only six Preside his own It nc flationa onto th the forr in both trolled indicate When scribed RECOR lace wil adminis to raise I. A, A. RECORD—May, 1933 Inflation Move — Improves Picture On Farm Aid Farm Mortgage Legislation Would Lighten Burden On Debtors, Provides Big Refinancing Program HE legislative picture as it | affects agriculture and farm prices is changing so rapidly from day to day at Washington that any forecast as to what may happen in the coming weeks must be largely conjecture. At this moment, the stock markets and commodity exchanges are in great excitement over the embargo on gold and President Roosevelt’s reported statements favor- ing controlled in- flation. Stocks have advanced sharply, wheat and corn futures in the past two days have shot upwards from seven to ten cents per bushel or more, and there is talk that the proposed fed- eral farm mort- gage re-financing program will be un- necessary if inflation restores 1928- 29 price levels. The emergency farm bill has been pending in the Senate for more than a month while minority groups have wrangled over amendments. The vote this week to remonetize silver lost by only six votes, and only then when the President announced he would present his own inflation program. It now seems probable that in- flationary legislation may be hooked onto the administration farm bill in the form of an amendment. Sentiment in both houses on the question of con- trolled inflation is strong enough to indicate prompt and favorable action. GEO, PEEK When the emergency farm bill de- scribed in the April issue of the RECORD is enacted, Secretary Wal- lace will need able“asyistance to help administer such measures as are taken to raise farm prices. Prominent among those being considered for an _ im- portant post to work with the Presi- dent and Secretary of Agriculture is George N. Peek of Moline, Ill. who has been an outstanding leader in the fight for farm equality during the past 10 years. Mr. Peek is an able executive with plenty of courage and drive, qualities that are necessary in the difficult task of restoring pre-war parity prices for agriculture. The administration of the farm mortgage bill, if and when enacted, will be supervised by Henry Morgen- thau, Jr., chairman of the Federal Farm Board, and designated to be Governor of the Farm Credit Admin- istration. This measure has been com- bined with the emergency farm bill which at this writing is pending in the Senate. The Farm Mortgage bill provides for the issuance of Federal Land Bank bonds in an amount not to exceed two billion dollars, the bonds to be a joint obligation of all 12 federal land banks. They will bear interest of 4% or less. Payment of interest on bonds is to be guaranteed by the treasury. The banks will have authority to exchange the bonds for approved first mort- gages on farm property, or to pur- chase such mortgages which would bear 4%% interest. The purchase price of any mortgage shall not ex- ceed its face value nor 50% of the normal value of the land mortgaged plus 20% of the value of permanent improvements thereon. The bill also provides for reducing the interest rate on existing federal farm loans to 4% per cent. An ap- propriation is provided for reimburs- ing the federal land banks to cover loss from reduction in interest rate. Also amortized principal payments on federal farm loans would be deferred for five years. Thus a farmer could keep his federal farm mortgage in good standing by paying only 4%% Kirk And Larry At Carthage D. KIRKPATRICK UL. A. WILLIAMS A mass meeting attended by more than 600 Hancock County Farm Bureau members and their guests was held at the Carthage College field house the night of April 6. The meeting was called by Burton E. King, president of the Hancock County Farm Bureau. Chief speakers were Donald Kirk- patrick, counsel fcr the I. A. A., and Lawrence A. Williams, man- ager, Country Life Insurance Com- pany. Mr. Williams delivered an entertaining and dynamic _ talk playing up organization as_ the basis for all farm progress. Mr. Kirkpatrick discussed the state sales tax, the amendments secured | by the Illinois Agricultural Asso- ciation and its friends in the state senate, and other legislation of interest to farmers pending at Washington and Springfield. Hancock county business men are up in arms against the sales tax and wrongfully accused the I. A. A. of sponsoring the measure. Mr. Kirkpatrick cleared up the misun- derstanding by showing that when it became apparent that the admin- istration had the votes to pass a state sales tax the Association strove to amend the bill to make it primarily a replacement tax in downstate counties, and to distrib- ute the revenue equitably among the counties. With the help of friends in the senate, it succeeded in this task. annually instead of the present 6%%. Another provision makes possible loans direct to farmers by the farm loan commissioner on the security of farm mortgages, chattels, or crops. The amount of such loans is limited to $5,000 and may not be in an amount more than 75% of the normal value of security pledged. The inter- est rate on these individual loans is to be 5% or less and they are to be amortized in 10 years. This provision is to help farmers regain possession (Continued on page 18) aGPcor'rtnk ¥ pv Ltt. E To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- ness, economic, political and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. GEORGE THIEM, Editor Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main St., Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill, Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Accept- ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, So. Dearborn 8t., Chicago. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Associa- . tion Record. Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key number on address as is required by law. OFFICERS President; Wart O, ° Bmtthe. oc isciiccecise pie cseccceceecveneéiabeesswe Detroit Vice-President, A. R, Wright............e....0005 Tieecateewnae Varna Secretary, Geo. H. Metzger..........cccccccecccccccscceccerceece Chicago Treasurer, BR. 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Chas. P, Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. Illinois Livestock Market. Ass’n...Ray Miller, Mgr., R. W. Grieser, Sales Illinois Produce Marketing ASB8’N.....-.-seseeeeeecess F, A. Gougler, Mgr. Soybean Marketing ASS8’D.......eceeeeeeeeeerserens W. H. Coultas, Mgr. A Constructive Tax Program HE long-heralded breakdown of the property tax forecast by the I. A. A. more than eight years ago is here. Tax collections in 1933 promise to shrink sharply even from the low returns of last year. Some economies have been effected in government but further cuts can and should be made. Even then assessed property will be unable to bear the cost of needed services under existing tax laws. The Illinois Agricultural Association offers a constructive program of tax legislation to re- move a substantial portion of the burden from farms, homes, and other real estate. That pro- gram outlined on page 8 is set forth in greater de- tail in a folder just off the press. The I. A. A. proposes to stop the confiscation of real property first by further reducing appro- priations and expenditures in the county and state. Next it would distribute the tax load more equitably among people having ability to pay through new revenue legislation. It would shift I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 the cost of building roads, bridges, grade separa- tions, and streets from property to the gas tax as quickly as possible. Lastly it would give the legislature .broad powers through constitutional amendment to revise the state’s taxing system. The tax situation in Illinois demands prompt and aggressive action at Springfield. Much can be done before 1935, the earliest possible date for general tax revision if the people approve a con- stitutional amendment. The situation demands greater vigilance by taxpayers and more decisive action by tax spenders in many counties and town- ships. Property taxpayers are crying for relief. Their appeal must be heard. Pass The Emergency Farm Bill HE strategy of the emergency farm bill which would give the administration broad powers and discretion as to the use of one or more of several plans to raise commodity prices is be- ing borne out by recent developments at Washing- ton. The inflationary amendment most recently proposed is necessary to make the picture com- plete. With the authority granted by the bill now before the senate, the President will have many weapons to combat the depression. If one doesn’t work he can try another. Inflation alone, as the President pointed out, will not solve the farm problem. It will not restore parity prices for ag- riculture. It will not balance production nor re- move crop surpluses. It will bring instant relief from high fixed charges including debts and in- terest. The outlook for better times grows brighter day by day. Further steps to rout the _depression now only await congressional approval of pending legislation. That approval should be given at once. The Grain Producer Replies HE grain producers of Illinois resent the tac- tics employed by certain elements in the grain trade to undermine their efforts at marketing grain co-operatively. During recent weeks farm- ers: have shown their resentment most effective- ly by helping their state regional, Illinois Grain Corporation, add 14 new elevator members. This splendid increase was obtained in a little more than seven weeks following the annual meeting on Feb. 22 at Peoria. No better answer to grain trade propaganda against the Illinois Grain Cor- poration and Farmers National Grain Corpora- tion could have been given. Volume of grain concentrated in farmer-owned and farmer-controlled marketing agencies counts more than verbal or written argument. Mud- slinging, false charges, and innuendo will not head off the development of co-operative marketing. The opposition had better save its energies and money spent for high-priced publicity bureaus and field workers. We farmers are interested in better marketing service and net returns for our grain. We shall judge private handlers as well as our own institutions accordingly. lL. A. W. sudde: Rock annou I. A. J on th where Ww. meetin the SI was a of the Insura time a Moo Bureat ships Whites past agent panies 1930 2 terest compa: He sul in Co after service worth kindly missed Chic The March spect ¢ ern I marke a cha the he inspec gardle Ass of Bod gather that tl] policy area f Chicag I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 W. H. Moody of Port Byron Passes Away W. H.-Moody of Port Byron, died suddenly the night of April 20, the Rock Island County Farm Bureau announced in a telegram received at I. A. A. headquarters. Mr. Moody was on the I. A. A. board many years where he served as chairman of the finance commit- tee. Subsequently he became a di- rector in the Chi- cago Producers Commission As- sociation. His was a familiar face at state and district meetings of the I. A. A. and asso- ciated companies. He attended the recent annual meeting of the Chicago Producers at the Sherman Hotel, Chicago and also was a visitor at the district meeting of the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co. in Galesburg a short time ago. Moody was a pioneer in the Farm Bureau movement and held member- ships in both the Rock Island and Whiteside County organizations in past years. He served as_ general agent for the I. A. A. insurance com- panies in his home county in 1929 and 1930 and invariably took a keen in- terest in all the new services and companies set up by the Association. He subscribed for $5000 of insurance in Country Life Insurance Co. soon after it was organized. Mr. Moody’s service to agriculture in Illinois is worthy of the highest tribute. His kindly greeting and smile will be missed by a host of friends. W. H. MOODY Chicago Health Board Drawing In Milk Shed The Chicago Board of Health on March 28 announced that it would in- spect additional dairy herds in north- ern Illinois closest to the Chicago market. This announcement represents a change in policy. For several years the health commissioner has refused inspection to new dairy farms re- gardless of their location. Assurance was given milk producers of Boone and McHenry counties who gathered at the city hall in Chicago that the board was proceeding on its policy of gradually drawing in the area from which milk and cream for Chicago would be obtained. Exports At 71 A further decrease in volume ex- ports of farm products in February brought the Bureau of Agricultural Economics index of exports down to 71 for that’ month as compared with a 1909-14 average of 100. | The index of exports of wheat and flour dropped to 25 as contrasted with 89 in February a year ago. Representatives of cities desiring‘ the next annual meeting of the IIli- nois Agricultural Association will ap- pear before the I. A. A. board. on May 12. United States corn will meet less active competition in world markets this year because of prospective short supplies in the Argentine and South Africa. Stocks of old corn have been ma- terially reduced in Roumania and other Danubian countries of Europe. The United States is the only country hav- ing relatively large supplies on hand. "Mac" and "Hank'' W. W. McLAUGHLIN J. H, LLOYD Walter W. McLaughlin, state di- rector of agriculture, whose ap- pointment was announced in the April RECORD, recently announced the selection of J. H. “Hank” Lloyd as assistant director. Mr. Lloyd has been managing farms in Kane and adjoining counties for the Frst National Bank of Aurora. He be- gan his new work at Springfield April 10. “Hank” graduated from the Uni- versity of Illinois in 1911, was in- structor in crops for two years at Purdue University, and was em- ployed for 14 years as farm ad- viser in Hancock county. In 1930 he became manager of the Soybean Marketing Association which he served until 1931 when he moved to Aurora. Mr. Lloyd will assist in carry- ing out the many regulatory duties connected with the state depart- ment. Tax Commission Order Is Unconstitutional—Watson The reported order of the Illinois Tax Commission that personal prop- erty be assessed at 100 per cent of fair cash value, while real estate is assessed at a lower figure is not in accord with the uniformity provision in the Constitution of Illinois, accord- ing to John C. Watson, director of taxation. In a recent statement to the McLean County Farm Bureau, Mr. Watson said that if real estate in that county is as- sessed at approxi- mately 60 per cent of its fair cash value this | percentage also should be used in the assessment of all personal property. Watson states that this method of as- sessing personal property is the only one that can be defended in the courts. Len Jones, chairman of the Mc- Lean county tax committee, reported that his committee would oppose a 100 per cent valuation in that county because such assessment would throw an unfair proportion of taxes on per- sonal property. The tax committee also went on record against diversion of funds de- rived from the state sales tax for relief purposes. The McLean County Farm Bureau believes that sales tax revenue should be used to replace and reduce dollar for dollar taxes now levied against property for educational purposes in that county. JOHN WATSON Gross Income Tax In Indiana Fair To All The gross income tax adopted by the Indiana legislature of 1933 has brought about an equitable distribu- tion of the tax burden, according to the Indiana Farm Bureau. “No tax battle has been more bitterly fought nor more decisively won than that fought by the ‘artful taxdodgers’ on the one side and the ‘embattled farm- ers’ on the other,” said Lewis Taylor, director of the tax department. “The tax load is now shifted to all citizens on a parity, and although farmers will pay their just share, their load will be greatly lightened, which will enhance their opportunities to save their farms and homes during this critical period.” 8 lA. A. Opposes Measure To Cripple Motor Trucking () ‘cxrtsimen to unreasonable curtailment of motor truck transportation was voiced be- fore the Senate Committee on Roads and. Highways at Springfield on March 29 by L. J. Quasey, director of transportation who represented the Illinois Agricultural Association in the hearing on Senate Bill 316. The opposition of the I. A. A. was based on the probability of increasing the cost of marketing hogs, milk, and other farm products if the length and tonnage of motor trucks were further reduced at this time. The I. A. A. took the view that the State Highway Department should first initiate legislation to protect the highways against premature destruc- tion. It was reported that railroads are behind the bill because of the great inroads made by motor trucks on their freight business during the past two years. “Transportation of products from the farms and materials and supplies to the farms is a matter of great im- portance to the agricultural industry,” said Quasey. “We are interested in the develop- ment and co-ordination of all forms of transportation, each to be given fair opportunity to find its proper place in the transportation field, un- hampered by unnecessary, unreason- able, or vicious restrictions. Reduced Year Ago “The measure under consideration here seeks to drastically reduce the weights and lengths of trucks and particularly trailers. It will be ob- served that the lengths and weights of trucks and trailers were substan- tially reduced by a law passed only two years ago. Since that time there has been no change in design of our hard surface roads, nor are we aware of any change in conditions that would warrant further reductions at this time. “The State Highway Department has made great progress in highway design—it has developed much in- formation regarding theveffect of mo- tor truck traffic on highways. It is charged by law with responsibility of building, maintaining and policing our highway system. Therefore, we are of the opinion that the Highway Depart- ment is in the best position to pro- pose necessary highway regulations. “Since it does not appear that this measure either originated in the Highway Department or is sponsored by it, it is proved quite conclusively | | | AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AT CHICAGO 1933 WORLD’S FAIR I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 This huge building will be filled with agricultural exhibits including finished food products and farm implements demonstrating the progress made during the past 100 years. The Agricultural Building is located on Northerly Island. It is of steel frame construction, 600 feet long, 100 feet wide and 40 feet high, with roof terraces and observation lounges extending the full length of the building. The Fair will open June 1. Outlook For Cattle And Hogs In Coming Months The cattle market should continue in a strong position with a rebound in prices expected within the-next few weeks, H. M. Conway, market an- alyst for the National Livestock Marketing Association, reported on April 5. Any recovery should be taken ad- vantage of by marketing finished steers and butcher cattle. It is no time to get panicky and rush in half-fin- ished stuff. Butcher cattle will con- tinue strong well into May and fur- ther strength is expected in the stock- er and feeder market. It will be well to avoid the late spring and summer as price and supply changes are ex- pected to be somewhat the reverse of last year. Steer calves should be car- ried and fully finished for the fall market. Short feeding for the late fall and winter appears good at this time. . While the spring peak in the hog market apparently has been passed, hogs are still in a strong position. Finished hogs might as well be topped out on any upturn and those on feed crowded for as early a market as possible. Fall pigs will be moving quite freely by late May and are ex- that there is no necessity for further reduction in weights and lengths of motor trucks and trailers to protect the highways of the state. “T respectfully suggest, Mr. Chair- man, that the Highway Department be asked to present information per- tinent to this matter.” The Association favors reasonable regulation of trucks to preserve paved roads against destruction, but believes such regulation should have scientific backing. pected to continue well into July. Feeding for August and September looks attractive. However, some cau- tion in regard to weight seems desir- able. Developments following farm relief legis!ation should be watched rather closely, as hogs will be par- ticularly affected. The lamb market continues to have hard going, but improvement is still expected by the middle of the month with a sharp comeback by late April and early May. Western fed lambs are still moving in considerable volume, but this supply can chop off rather sharply most any time. The number was curtailed but they have moved early, thus throwing the full reduc- tion at the close of the feeding season. New York Considers Fixing Minimum Prices The Dairymen’s League of New York is sponsoring the Smith bill in the state legislature which provides for fixing the minimum price of milk to consumers by a state board charged with the duty of seeing to it that dealers pass these benefits back to farmers. The control board would be only temporary. The members would serve without salary. The board is author- ized to revoke the license of any dealer who does not comply with the provision. “We believe the Smith bill is the least objectionable to the dairy in- dustry of any thus far presented,” said F. H. Sexauer, president of the League. “It aims to stop price cutting by giving the control board power to fix the minimum price at which milk shall be sold to consumers. Abolish- ment of price cutting will go a long way toward correcting the evils from which farmers are suffering.” eth « very thing to Gain \... Nothing to Lose; OUNTRY LIFE Insurance Company has only one reason for its existence — to be of service to Farm Bureau members. Now it has extended that service to the wives and children of Farm Bureau members by extending to them for the first time the opportunity to obtain complete life insurance protec- tion at the lowest possible cost through the Country Life Group Insurance plan. This opportunity is open only during the months of April and May. Country Life Group Insurance for Farm Bureau members and their families is an answer to the need for low-cost insurance to tide policy holders over the hard times. Right now, with money none too plentiful anywhere, and the need for adequate insurance pro- tection greater than ever before, thousands of policy holders in all companies find it difficult to pay their premiums. Farm Bureau members are no exception, and Coun- try Life, seeing their need, has made available to them as part of its service to the needs of organized agri- culture, a policy that will give complete protection at a price they can afford to pay. Complete details of the Country Life Group Insur- ance plan are set forth on the following page. I most earnestly urge every Farm Bureau member to acquaint himself with them and learn at first hand of this ex- ceptional opportunity offered only to Farm Bureau members and their families. Let me again call attention to the fact that Coun- try Life’s offer holds good only during April and May. L. A. Williams, Manager, COUNTRY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (SSRI SAC RENERE A MORESO ES STE TINCT OLS ITIL LNT TLL SINT NN NTE IE ELD LIE LE LTE I ETE ATED EIDE ESET DAY TRENE REELED EDO LISTE TEAS —— By enrolling in a class of 50 or more, Farm Bureau ~ members, their wives and children can take advantage of the most sensational insurance offer ever made by your own insurance company, Country Life. Complete protection for every member of the family between the ages of 15 and 50, at a cost so reasonable it hardly .. for the first time *. ountry Lifes Low‘ Ls made AVR OF FARM 8 seems possible. This special offer, effective only during the remainder of April and the month of May, applies only to Farm Bureau members and their families. By making it, your own insurance company is helping you to beat the hard times. Here Are Some of the Advantages of Country Life Group Insurance time within 12 years to any other standard form of policy at the rate applying to your original or attained age. 1 It is a term policy convertible any Bureau members and their families between 15 and 50 without the for- mality of a medical examination if their health record is good. 2 Policies of $1,000 are issued to Farm page how reasonable the rate per $1,000 is at your age and how for only a few pennies a day you can obtain complete insurance protection for your- self and your family with absolute safety. 3 Note from the table on the opposite nual dividends starting at the be- ginning of the third year, thus re- ducing still further the net insurance cost. f Country Life Group policies pay an- owned and operated by organized agriculture. Its assets are 100% liquid; its strength unsurpassed by any company anywhere. You can have com- plete confidence in Country Life. 5 Country Life is your own company, ance you can safeguard your loved ones during the hard times at mini- mum cost, and then change to some policy more suited to your needs when condi- tions improve without sacrificing any ad- vantage of age. 6 Through Country Life Group Insur- Your Farm Bureau will be glad to cooperate with you in taking advantage of this special offer. They can give you complete information and will assist you in forming a group of 50 if you desire. Just phone them and ask to speak to the Country Life General Agent. Or, if you’d rather, fill out the coupon. In either case you will not be obligated in any way. Country Life Insurance Co. 608 So. 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My Maine (8 osc ce ode sctcen se onsiihines Sis iutiridaiken wien heated na aaa I am a member of the ---------------------_-_--__-__-_-- 4 HIS SPEC IAL My * Badrees. is. osc ee ep cease Pi Oe Sac suddbawasetunadorebakuere “NS OF F ER My family consists of my wife and ~-----__--__ children of 15 or over. 12 - Talk Over Problems Atl. A. A. District Conference County Farm Bureau Leaders Find Plenty of Topics To Interest Them, Sales Tax Is Live Issue HE STATE sales tax and the ; relative merits of the county commissioner form of govern- ment vs. the board of supervisors form were discussed by John C.. Watson of the I. A. A. at the 15th district conference in Quincy, April 3. Ray Ihrig, I. A. A. director, called the meeting and presided. Farm Bureau leaders who attended from Adams, Knox, Schuyler, Henry, and Fulton counties got down to fundamentals and exchanged views informally on a variety of subjects of vital interest to the organization. Mr. Watson stated that the sales tax was not sponsored by the Illinois Agricultural Association, although the I. A. A. did not oppose it. “It be- came apparent,” he said, “in view of the new political lineup that some sort of a sales tax would be passed so the I. A. A. immediately interested itself in getting a tax that was least objectionable to rural people. Amended Original “With the help of its friends in the senate, the Association succeeded in amending the original bill to distribute the sales tax funds among the coun- ties according to population and to make the new tax primarily a re- placement tax to reduce levies against property.” The commission form of county government, Watson said, has greater possibilities for efficiency but also is more open to rule by political cliques. The county manager form offers the greatest hope for efficient and eco- nomical government, he said. The only legal basis for assessing personal property under the constitu- tion of Illinois, Mr. Watson told the delegates, is at the same percentage of fair cash value as real estate is assessed. He recommended conferring with the county treasurer on personal property assessment, expressing the belief the reported order of the state tax commission to assess personal property at 100 per cent is in error. Sam H. Thompson, former I. A. A. and A. F. B. F. president, who re- cently retired from the Federal Farm Board, attended the meeting and dis- cussed general agricultural conditions and pending legislation. He concluded his talk by saying that he returned to Adams county as an ordinary citizen and Farm Bureau member in the ranks and hoped to prove that he eould be a good follower. Dudley Myers, president of the Adams Co. Farm Bureau for 14 years who with Mr. Thompson was awarded a medal by the A. F. B. F. for distinguished service to agriculture, expressed the belief that the depression had brought about an awakening among all groups to the farmers’ plight and the need for restoring farm prosperity before there could be general prosperity. G. A. Broman of Henry County re- ported that money was tight and Farm Bureau collections slow in that county. Farmers are paying insurance premiums, gasoline and oil bills, and neglecting to pay their dues, he said. He suggested that volunteers be di- rected to look after collections in their respective communities. John Moore of the organization staff outlined sev- eral plans for collecting dues. A. R. Kemp of Knox county recom- mended school and town hall commu- nity meetings as a means of reach- ing members and keeping them in- formed on organization activities and accomplishments. Let’s spend more time serving our present paid up members, much time on delinquents and figur- ing how to get new ones. He related how 18 successful “fireside” meetings in members’ homes were held where livestock marketing was discussed. Harry Gehring emphasized the need for getting the Farm Bureau story before the people through local meet- ings and told of school house gather- ings promoted with excellent results in two townships in Knox county. said Kemp, and not so I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 Sam Thompson Retires Sam H. Thompson of Quincy, member of the Federal Farm Board and former president of the IIli- nois_ Agricul- ’ tural Associa- tion and A. F. B. F., an- nounced » his resign ation from Wash- ington on March 29. He was: appointed in March, 1931 to complete the unexpired term of Alex- ander Legge, first chairman of the Board. Mr. Thompson resigned as president of the American Farm Bureau Federation to accept the appointment by ex-President Hoo- ver. Mr. Thompson will long be re- membered for his sincere devotion to the welfare of agriculture and for his many. years service in the Farm Bureau movement which he entered first as a membership so- licitor in his home county, Adams. 8. H. THOMPSON Wm. Brown of Fulton county em- phasized the value of 4-H club work to county fairs expressing the belief that this feature had made possible continuation of the fair in his county. “Many farmers are not the right calibre for Farm Bureau members,” said Brown, “and should not be in- vited to join.” Increased taxes from unemployment relief, he said, are im- posing a heavy burden on farmers. J. E. Meatheringham of Adams ex- plained his organization plan in which each member would be allowed a dis- count on his dues for every new paid- up member secured. Thus as member- ship increased per capita dues would go down and vice versa. “Let’s put responsibility on the members for maintaining the organization, but credit the man who signs up his neigh- bors, with a lower cost membership fee for his effort.” Resolutions were adopted referring the question of appropriation for State Fair to the I. A. A. legislative com- mittee; opposing legislation to wipe out or seriously cripple Farm and ‘Home advisory work; recommending maintenance of 4-H club work on the present basis. The next meeting will be held after corn planting in Henry county. L. E. McKinzie of Schuyler county, was elected secretary of the district for a two-year term. b< } _. I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 Chicago Producers Gain In Percentage Receipts Handled Money And Prices And Economic Developments Interest Livestock Growers At Annual Meeting RISE in commodity prices is the most hoped for solution to the economic predicament affecting the entire world, Prof. F. A. Pearson of Cornell University told approximately 300 members and guests of the Chi- cago Producers’ Commission Associa- tion in their annual meeting at the Sherman Hotel, Chicago, April 4. President Henry H, Parke of Genoa presided. Dr. Pearson presented a mass of statistical data including charts and curves. which held his audience with rapt atten- tion for more HENRY PARKE than three hours. - With simple illustrations he clearly outlined the money question and showed how widely prices had de- parted from their close relation to gold reserves during the 1928-1929 period of inflation. “Only two courses are open,” Prof. Pearson said; “one is deflation, the other reflation. If we wish to go through with deflation we may as well proceed with bankruptcies, foreclos- ures and public defaults and get them over with. An early postponement by lending some money or attempting to hold up the price of this or that will accomplish little. “Probably nothing is more univer- sally wished for than a rise in com- modity prices. We are willing to have the Farm Board buy wheat and cot- ton, pile tariff on tariff, lend billions of government money all in the hope that commodity prices may rise, but when any proposal is put forward that will raise the whole price level it is commonly considered sacrilegious. There is probably no other subject on which so many people have formed positive convictions without scientific evidence.” Dr. Pearson traced the history of money and prices since before the revolutionary war, outlined in some detail how European and other coun- tries are attempting to solve the money question. Answering the ques- tion, “what price level should be re- stored?” he said: “That price level to which debts and other relationships are most nearly adjusted. Freight rates, telephone, and similar charges are adjusted to the present price level before the collapse. To bring com- modity prices into adjustment with these charges would require a price level of about 40 to 50 per cent above pre-war. If a very prompt recovery from the present situation is desired a higher price is necessary. : “We should not be too disgruntled because so little progress has been made in solving the money question. Past experience guides the action of most of us and only a few ever de- part from its teachings. Inertia is such a commanding force in our thoughts and actions that a_ great change rarely occurs until an unusual event forces it upon us.” In opening the meeting, President Henry H. Parke delivered a_ well- thought-out address in which he pointed out economic factors which have reduced livestock prices. He con- demned the home-buying campaigns as a hindrance to recovery. “We must master the major principles of infla- tion, deflation, and the gold standard,” he said. “Restoration of trade between nations is necessary to bring back prosperity. If deflation is carried on it will be a victory for the creditor class and the bondholder who will take over much property at rock-bottom prices. The nineteen or more coun- tries which are off the gold standard with depreciated currencies are under- mining our industries and agriculture. 13 “Our association came through the year with net profits of $15,683.48,” said Mr. Parke. “The fact that we had a reserve was very helpful during the first two weeks of March when the bank holiday was on. This reserve made possible an uninterrupted flow of cash to the country. The result was an immediate increase in receipts. “The Chicago Producers took the ' jnitiative in reducing commissions at Chicago and is now working with the packer and stock yards administration toward securing more equitable rates. The hearing will probably be held in May.” In closing he paid a tribute to the Farm Bureau for laying the groundwork that made possible the Producer commission associations. A complete analysis of the year’s operations which showed another gain in percentage of receipts handled, was given by Manager D. L. Swanson. During 1932 the Producers handled 9.3 per cent of all livestock sold on the Chicago market. This compares with 8.4 per cent handled in 1931. While livestock averaged approxi- mately $1,200 per car in 1931, last year a carload averaged only $900 in value. Illinois contributed more than 70 per cent and Iowa 14.07 per cent of the Chicago Producers’ receipts. The mass of statistical data pre- sented by the manager was impres- sive. It shows that the organization is in constant touch with all details affecting its business and the market- ing of livestock. Mr. Swanson stated that the Pro- ducers’ subsidiary, the Chicago Stock- er and Feeder Co., saved more than $15,000 in actual cash to producers last year, and also had been helpful in maintaining livestock prices, for when animals are shunted over to the Stocker and Feeder Co. that much is removed from competition for sale to killers. “This is an example of a service refund,” said Swanson, “in contrast to a cash refund.” He named 16 distinct services the Chicago Producers has developed for livestock growers, few of which he-- said are available elsewhere. Truck- ing-in increased 64 per cent during the past year. The Producers sold more than 19 per cent of all trucked- in stock. L. J. Quasey and G. W. Baxter of the Transportation Department saved Illinois and Iowa livestock shippers more than $75,000 last year by secur- ing modified mixed livestock rates and rulings. More than $7,100 of claims were collected for members last year, a total of $109,395 since the collection service for livestock shippers was started. Two hundred and sixty-six feeders 14 borrowed a little more than $400,000 through the Chicago Producers’ Loan Service in 1982. Since 1924 the Pro- ducers loaned approximately one and two-third millions of dollars of which only a little more than $6,000 was lost. The association carries ample bonds to protect shippers. The organi- zation has investments of $107,627 of which $35,000 is in government bonds, and $64,000 in the stock of associated companies. Net worth at the close of the year was $156,770.85, a gain of a little more than $16,000 for the year. Chas. A. Ewing, president of the National Association, gave a highly interesting talk in which he expressed optimism over the outlook for agri- cultural relief from Washington. He lauded the progress made by the new administration, but suggested that or- ganized livestock growers better get ready in the next few years to do their own financing. “Nothing is so uncertain as the uncertainty of poli- tics,” he said. “We must not depend too much on any one bill. We must become self-reliant. “Our biggest job,” he said, “is to concentrate terminal and direct mar- keting. Science has done much for agriculture since the turn of the cen- tury, but apparently it has not solved the problem of maintaining prosperi- ty. While the National Marketing As- sociation members increased their business 15 per cent in volume last year the livestock handled brought ap- proximately 46 per cent less money.” Ewing expressed approval of the new farm bill, but believes its most hopeful feature is that concerned with establishing reciprocal trade agree- ments with foreign countries. He at- tacked the industrial tariff which, he said, had nursed industries along for more than 100 years. “I agree with Joe Fulkerson of Jerseyville,” he said: “If I had a calf that couldn’t stand up and suck after 140 years, I would veal it.” Directors chosen to represent the four districts whose directors’ terms had expired were as follows: Chas. J. Hearst, Jr., Blackhawk county, Iowa; Earl Gehring, Knox county, Illinois; Frank Snodgrass, Geneseo, Henry county, Illinois, and Theodore Oriez, Washington, Iowa. Dolomite, or dolomitic limestone, added to complete fertilizers which contain ammonium compounds will prevent them from increasing soil acidity. The gross income from dairy prod- ucts last year was $1,180,000,000 or about half the income of 1929. Poultry and eggs yielded $608,000,000 in 1932; a decline of 52 per cent since 1929. I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 NEW STOCKYARDS ON I. C. AT BLOOMINGTON The McLean county unit of Illinois Livestock Marketing Association will use these facilities recently completed at Bloomington. There are 28 pens under one roof. Lower view shows unloading platform for trucks. Direct Shipping of Hogs Cuts Terminal Prices How direct buying of hogs at local concentration points is undermining terminal market prices was explained by Ray Miller, director of livestock marketing, before the I. A. A. Board March 24. A recent survey shows that hogs are being bought by local packer buyers for direct shipment at 29 dif- ferent points in Illinois, said Miller. In many cases these hogs are shipped direct to eastern markets such as Buffalo and Pittsburgh. By shipping direct the buyers make a substantial saving on freight rates, compared with the combined rate from the coun- try point to Chicago or St. Louis, and then on east to destination. For example, the hog rate from Bluffs, Ill. to Buffalo, N. Y. is 46 cents per cwt. Thus a buyer at Bluffs could secure plenty of hogs within the past week for $3.65 per cwt. He could add a commission of 15 cents and lay these hogs down at Buffalo to the packer at $4.26. Hogs were sell- ing on the open market at Buffalo at considerably more money. Has Bearish Influence This district buying has a bearish influence on all the terminal markets according to Miller. The result of the system is to place farmers in direct competition with each other. The seller for the lowest price tends to set the price for all. Miller stated that farmers today are receiving less than 30 per cent of the consumer’s pork dollar. Based on recent prices the Illinois hog ‘crop for 1933 he said will bring the farmer ap- proximately $44,000,000 whereas the consumer will pay approximately $176,000,000 for the finished product. In other words, it will cost close to $132,000,000 to process and distribute the Illinois hog crop. Packers and dis- tributors thus receive three times more for processing and handling the hogs than the farmer receives. In Denmark where farmers have co-operative packing plants, the pro- ducer gets close to 60 to 70 per cent of the consumer’s dollar. Before the war Illinois farmers were receiving upwards of 50 per cent of the con- sumer’s pork dollar. “It is time that livestock growers made a more complete study of pack- ing and distributing their commod- ities,” said Miller, “not so much with the idea of getting into the packing business themselves, but to learn how the excessive cost and waste of get- ting the finished product to the con- sumer can be reduced.” Dairy Products Lead In Gross Farm Income Dairy products assumed first place in the amount of gross farm income during 1932. This position was form- erly held by the livestock group, in- cluding cattle, hogs, and sheep. Live- stock in 1932 was the second largest source of income to farmers of the U. S. and vegetables third. Gross income from cattle, hogs, and sheep declined from $2,807,000,000 in 1929 to $1,122,000,000 in'1932—-a drop of 60 per cent. )- | = r ee fle cay as I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 Business Men Advocate 75 Per Cent Inflation Movement To Revalue Gold Gains Momentum, Industry Supplies New Recruits tion—to be accomplished by rais- ing the price of gold from $20.67 to $36.17 an ounce is being urged by a group of 300 industrial leaders or- ganized as the “Committee for the Nation to Rebuild Prices and Purchas- ing Power.” Chairman of the directing commit- tee is Frederic H. Frazier, chairman of the General Baking Company. Other members are Vincent Bendix, presi- dent, Bendix Aviation Corporation; Lessing Rosenwald, chairman, Sears, Roebuck & Co.; F. H. Sexauer, presi- dent, Dairymen’s League Co-operative Association; and J. H. Rand, Jr., presi- dent, Remington Rand, Inc. G tion to be sce per cent infla- Five Next Steps The committee now proposes what it calls the “Five Next Steps” to in- flate prices, as follows: 1. Reopen the maximum number of banks as rapidly as possible. 2. Continue an embargo on gold ex- ports and suspension of specie payment. Confer with Great Brit- ain with the idea of both coun- tries returning to gold basis simul- taneously. 8. Remove restrictions. upon foreign exchange dealings which do not involve export of gold. Discon- tinue efforts to keep the dollar at its former gold parity. 4. Announce at once that prior to lifting the embargo on gold at a future date it will be the policy of the United States to revalue gold. It is the opinion of the committee that the U.-S. treasury should raise the price of gold from $20.67 per ounce to a new price of $36.17 per ounce. This 75 per cent in- crease it is estimated will bring the commodity level to a 1926 base. 5. Create a federal non-partisan board to stabilize the United States price level of wholesale commodity prices at 100. This is the average of the U. S. Bureau of Labor price levels from 1921 to 1930. These Men Signed Among the prominent business men signing the report were Philip K. Wrigley, president, William Wrigley, Jr. Company; E. L. Cord, president, Cord Corporation; Gen. R. E. Wood, president, Sears, Roebuck Co.; Carl W. Ullman, executive vice-president, Dollar Savings and Trust Company, Youngstown, Ohio; F. L. Innes, presi- dent, Speigel May Stern Company; Prof. Irving Fisher, Yale University; G. R. Meyercord, president, the Meyer- cord Company; E. M. Allen, president, National Surety Company; Edwin L. ‘Lobdell, vice-chairman, Chicago City and Connecting railways; M. B. Nel- son, president, Long Bell Lumber Company; George W. Borg, chairman, Borg Warner Corporation; and Fred G. Wacker, president, Automatic Maintenance Machinery Company. The committee quoted at length from the recent report of the Na- tional Industrial Conference Board to the effect that between 1929 and 1932 the price the farmer received for goods he sold fell from 100 to 41, while the cost of his purchases de- creased only to 75. All Groups Injured “Debts and interest payments con- tinued unchanged. Taxes increased, the report states. The farmers’ income was almost wiped out. The disparity in prices makes it unable for him to buy as formerly from industry in the city. “This cuts down the volume of freight shipments, closes factories, throws city workers out of employ- ment, and reduces their ability to buy from other industries. The drop in price level thus makes it difficult for one group to carry on business with another.” All economic groups, the committee 15 says, have been injured by the drop in the price level, which has already wiped out approximately $175,000,- 000,000 of value. “Until we deal with this monetary cause of the depression, there can be little hope of recovery. Measures to reduce the debt structure or to re- lieve distress or give employment out of public funds are only palliative. “The best place where 12,000,000 of unemployed can find work is in their formerly accustomed positions in factory, commerce, and agriculture. Our efforts must be directed to re- moving the causes which brought this organization to a standstill. | “Our economic system has proved itself the most efficient for produc- tion that the world has ever seen. Like a high-powered automobile, it is stalled because the distributor on its magneto has broken down. “Instead of tinkering with the body of the car we must direct our efforts at the source of the trouble.” Auditing Ass'n To Refund $2020 Cash The Illinois Agricultural Auditing Association announces that it is ready to issue $3,345 of preferred stock cov- ering 1932 contributions to capital re- serve. It will also redeem $2,020 of preferred stock issued on 1927 capital reserve contributions. From January 1, to April 19, 1933 the Association had completed 115 audits and prepared 20 income tax ex- emptions, states Fred E. Ringham, manager. Nine new contracts to audit ac- counts of co-operatives were secured since January 1, 1933 as follows: Chadwick Co-operative Produce Assn., Chadwick, IIl. Illinois Grain Corporation, Chicago, Ill. Jersey County Produce Assn., Jer- seyville, Ill. Bureau Service Company, Princeton, Ill. Farmers Creamery Company, Bloomington, IIl. Winnebago County Farm Bureau, Rockford, Il. Farmers Co-operative Dairy Prod- ucts Co., Davenport, Iowa. Rees Farmers Elevator Co., Frank- lin, Ill. Burlington Co-operative Pure Milk Ass’n, Burlington, Wisc. (Office in Chicago.) . The German import duty on lard was recently raised from $1.08 per 10M pounds to $5.40. 16 Corn Yield May Again Be Reckoned In Gallons Hi-Ball Gasoline. Containing 10 Per Cent Alcohol Wins Out In New Road Tests — ISTORY is repeating itself in H the Corn Belt. Years ago, be- ~ fore the brass rail and the swinging door became obsolete, grain. growers of the Middle West would jokingly estimate the yield from their broad fields at so many “gallons to the acre.” National prohibition put an end to that. © - But today it seems. pos- sible that the phrase may again come into ~circula- tion.: King .Corn, , whose ultimate destiny ‘has for - years -been’ corn meal, corn syrup, starch, beef or ham, may again find his way to the distillery to — emerge as alcohol, not for beverage purposes this- time, but for use in. pro- pelling thousands of auto- mobiles along millions of miles of paved highways, and doing the job better —and possibly cheaper— than it has ever been done before. And.as a_ result the grain farmer may once’ again come into his own and ‘have something. to cheer about after many long years in the Slough of Despond. For about two months, Illinois Farm Supply Company. has been dis- tributing to thousands of motorists “Hi-Ball Gaso- line,” a motor fuel com- posed of 90 per cent gaso- line and 10 per cent an- hydrous (dry) grain alcohol. Careful tests have been made under actual _ working conditions. Thousands of “questionnaires have been distributed in which users.of the new fuel have noted their experiences and their con- clusions. And the result seems to be ‘that the blended fuel is far superior, not only to regular grades of gasoline, but to the premium grades, and fur- ther that its users would gladly’ pay a premium of two to three cents a gallon if the new fuel were made available to them permanently. For months scientists and others interested in farm relief had ‘been dis- LADIES avd GENTLEMEN “OF the BOARD=WE ARE JUST BEGINNING A NEW . BUSINESS YEAR. and EXPECT EACH ONE. &, = e-ee te &© © &4 a) < cussing the possibility of providing a market for surplus farm products from which alcohol might be produced, by blending it with gasoline for a motor fuel. Extensive laboratory tests were made. As is always the case, over-enthusiastic proponents of the idea advanced extravagant claims for ‘A PERMANENT JOB | 1. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 it. .There was much reference to similar experiments abroad. Some pro- fessors thought it would work. Re- finers were equally sure it wouldn’t. Farmers were hopeful but skeptical and the voice of the promoter was heard in the land, extolling not a chicken in every pot, but a distillery in every township. At the instance of Earl C. Smith, president of Illinois Agricultural As- sociation, Illinois Farm Supply Com- pany was asked to make a practical test of the plan and get some facts. -And the results of that test, con- ducted in co-operation with the Ameri- can Commercial Alcohol Corporation and under the supervision of the Fed- eral Bureau of Industrial Alcohol, now are available. ; The verdict is overwhelmingly in favor. of “Hi-Ball Gasoline.” About a thousand questionnaires have. been re- turned giving the results achieved with the new gas, and the unfavor- able reports are so few as to make the favorable reaction almost unani- mous. For instance, out of 712 users who compared ‘Hi-Ball with ordinary “gasoline, 480 reported an increase in miles per gal- ' lon. Only three reported a decrease and 279 did not ‘report on mileage. The 430 who did report showed an average increase of 2.66 miles per gallon with the blended fuel. In this same group, 709 reported that they would be willing to pay a premium for the blended fuel if it were produced from the surplus grain crop. Only three ‘said they wouldn’t pay a premium. i Another group of 29 made a comparison of Hi- ‘Ball Gas with premium motor fuel of other grades. increase ,in mileage, but the 17 who did reported an average miles per gallon of 3.09 miles with Hi-Ball. ~ All but one favored paying a premium. In both groups reports were made on the various phases of motor operation and comparisons drawn between the old and new fuels with the result that Hi-Ball’s . performance was better by a _ wide “margin as regards starting, accelera- tion, smoothness of operation, anti- knock qualities, power and general motor performance. Only one reported that his motor ran better with regu- (Continued on page 18) Twelve did not report any . increase in ee Oe 5 SB UE OMS — ° I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 Broader fe W aterway Creates Outlets For Grain New Facilities at Peoria For Loading River Barges the deep waterway system for the benefit of Illinois grain pro- ducers are being developed by the IIli- nois Grain Corporation and_ the Farmers National Grain Corporation. Of special interest to Illinois farmers are the new facilities to be erected at Peoria where the Farmers National million bushel warehouse is being re- modeled and facilities installed to un- load and load large trucks. Handling equipment also will be es- tablished at the [Illinois river for transferring grain direct from trucks to barges. P LANS to make maximum use of A comprehensive program is being launched by the Farmers National in- volving the establishment of additional warehouse space at Chicago, Buffalo, and other points necessary to take ad- vantage of low cost waterway trans- portation. : C. P. Cummings, manager of IIli- nois Grain Corporation, reports that it is impossible to forecast what’s ahead on truck and river transporta- tion of grain. “It is our intention to make available to our member ele- vators the full benefits of savings in marketing grain over water routes to the markets of the world. Whatever is .in store for the country elevator as a result of changes in transportation methods, we intend to work whole- heartedly for the best interests of our ,member elevators and the grain pro- ducers who own them.” '. The new loading facility at the ‘Peoria elevator will make it possible to unload grain from trucks and store it in the big warehouse for later shipment. This facility will be ex- tensively used when river transporta- tion is closed or when it is not de- sirable to ship by water. At the same time the loading equip- ment at the water’s edge will make possible conveyance of grain direct from trucks to the river barges for movement to Chicago and other Great Lakes ports or to New Orleans for transfer to ocean-going ships. It is contemplated that the plant at Peoria will be built in units, the first to cost about $50,000 and to have a capacity of 100,000 bushels daily. If water transportation proves advan- tageous, additional handling units close tothe river will probably be erected. The present million bushel warehouse at that point is located about a mile from the site now under 17 have anticipated from water trans- portation, “Through the development of these facilities, cities located at strategic points on the vast system of inland waterways will become important grain ports. The system taps one of the world’s richest grain areas; with immense acreages within feasible trucking distance, permitting either truck or rail shipment to barge ter- minals.” Illinois farmers have good prospects for a new market for upwards of 10,000,000 bushels of corn annually on the Pacific coast. Approximately this quantity is now being consumed by the big poultry, egg, and dairy co- operatives in California and other Pacific coast states. Heretofore most of the corn used for feed by Pacific coast farmers has come by rail. By shipping down the Illinois and Missi- sippi rivers and through the Gulf of Mexico and Panama Canal, corn can be laid down at San Francisco for ap- proximately half the rail rate from interior points. In the same way corn can be laid down at European ports ‘ONE MILLION BU. FARMER-CONTROLLED WAREHOUSE AT PEORIA This big grain elevator is being remodeled and new facilities installed to un- load and load grain from trucks for storage and later shipment by rail or water. consideration, C. E. Huff, president of the Farmers National Grain Cor- poration, announced recently. “Our handling of several thousand tons of corn by barge from Havana, Illinois to the Gulf, which pioneered in the movement of grain from in- terior Illinois by use of the new water- way,” said Huff, “proved so success- ful that we have planned expansion of this service on a permanent and com- prehensive basis for the benefit of IIli- nois grain producers. “The installation of necessary equip- ment at Peoria, with continuance of our outlet through Havana, together with adequate facilities at Chicago for handling barge grain, constitutes the nucleus from which we expect to de- velop grain handling service through- out the entire system of inland water- ways to give farmers the benefits they from [Illinois by using the inland waterway system at a substantial sav- ing compared with the rail-water rate. All in all the Illinois corn grower has prospects of a much broader outlet for his product. The waterway system fits in ad- mirably for shipping corn, soybeans, and other Illinois products to farmers and dairymen in the Middle Atlantic and New England states. The G. L. F. Exchange of New York, for example, which buys and mixes feeds co-operatively for thou- sands of northeastern dairymen and poultrymen is one of the best cus- tomers of Illinois farmers. Hook-ups are being arranged whereby these big farm buying co-operatives will pur- chase direct from farmers through their own farmer owned and farmer controlled grain selling agencies. nad 18 State Watches Motor Fuel Tax Evasion J. M. Braude, superintendent of the division of motor fuel tax, is beginning to supervise more carefully applica- tions for refunds of the three cent gas tax on motor fuel. “We ask the co-operation of the Thli- nois Agricultural Association. and the County Farm Bureaus and service companies in seeing that/the law is complied with,” said Mr. Braude. “The law provides for a 3c tax on fuel used in motor vehicles on the public highway. We have had plenty of evi- dence that many have been claiming tax exemption forall motor fuel pur- chased regardless of whether or not part of the gasoline was used in auto- ‘ mobiles and trucks. Some have claimed that they purchased all gasoline for their cars and trucks at filling sta- tions and use’ that delivered to the farm only in tractors and gas en- gines. This may be true in some in- stances but we shall insist that ap- plicants for refunds secure and send in receipts for gasoline bought for cars and trucks at filling stations with their applications. Otherwise refunds will be held up. We insist that farmers deduct from total purchases that por- tion used in cars and trucks when applying for refunds.” Mr. Nudelman, in charge of gas tax inspection, states that a number of farmers he -called on admitted that they applied for refunds on all gaso- line purchased, although part of it was used in their automobiles. I. A. A. Sponsors Legis- lation At Springfield (Continued from page 4) rendered a fine service, but don’t over- look the fact that membership is the life blood of the organization. ‘These institutions depend on membership. We are just one family and all of our state_And county commercial en- terprises are part of the program, but their continued success depends to a, large extent on the maintenance of a‘ strong parent organization. The I. A. A. has currently met its dues and paid 10 per cent of its receipts from mem- bership each month to the American Farm Bureau Federation needed to carry on the national program. It will continue doing so so long as the members recognize the importance of putting first things first.” Secretary Geo. E. Metzger outlined the membership plan with a quota system for each county designed to in- crease membership throughout IIli- nois. Following an explanation of recent developments in the alcohol-gasoline dilution plan, Mr. Smith stated that a bill would be introduced in Congress shortly which attempts to meet the obstacles toward relief from this source. Corn Yield May Again. Be Reckoned in Gallons (Continued from page 16) lar gas than it did with Hi-Ball; aligned against him were 683 who re- ported that with Hi-Ball their general motor performance was distinctly bet-. ter. In the premium fuel group 25 had better performance with Hi-Ball, _ and four could notice no difference. One particularly interesting experi- - ment was conducted which would seem to indicate that regardless of its higher price the blended fuel may prove to be a real economy for the ~ motoring public should. it ever come into general use. .Aldoph ‘Woolner, Jr., a prominent citizen of Peoria, IIl., made this test over a measured course of 128 miles, extending from Peoria to Bureau Junction, back to Sparland, IIl., thence to Mt. Hawley road and back to the starting -point. The first test was made with Hi-Ball gas. Mr. Woolner drove over the course, until he had’ covered 500 miles during which trip his car consumed 40 gallons of. Hi- Ball, or an average of 12.5 miles to the gallon. The following day he. drove over the course until he had consumed 40 gallons of “regular” gasoline and compared the mileage. : He was surprised to note that while 40 gallons of Hi-Ball had driven his car 500 miles, 40 gallons of the regu- lar gas drove him only 380 miles, or an average miles per gallon of only 9.5 miles, as compared with 12.5 for Hi-Ball. Soe Several days later Mr. Woolner made another test, this time using 40 _ gallons of ethyl-gasoline. On this oc-— casion he succeeded in making 488 miles on the 40 gallons, or an average /of 11.2 miles per gallon as compared with 9.5 for the regular and 12.5 miles for Hi-Ball. ~~ It is interesting to note the cost figures compiled by Mr. Woolner fol- lowing his test. His Hi-Ball gasoline cost him 18.6 cents per gallon, he bought his regular gas for 14.6 cents per gallon and he paid 18. cents per gallon for Ethyl-gas. At these prices his average cost per mile for gaso- line was: regular gas 1.53 cents per mile, ethyl-gas 1.60 cents per mile, Hi- Ball Gas 1.48 cents per mile. The con- clusion is inescapable that should the blended fuel come into general use, users who pay th premium per gal- lon which will be necessary to cover I. A. A. RECORD—May, 1933 increased blending and refining ex- pense, will more than get it back in reduced gasoline cost per mile in op- eration of their motor vehicles. All the tests above referred to were made with a Packard car, 1929 model, weighing 5,400 pounds.. There is only one conclusion to be drawn from this test and that is that gasoline, diluted with grain alcohol at a ratio of 10 to 1 and used as a motor fuel works as well in the engine of a Model T Ford on a country road as it did in a shiny laboratory cluttered with tachometers and what not. The folks who said the idea was practical were right. It seems to not only work, but work better than anything else we have today. ' Of course, Illinois Farm Supply’s test is only the first step. Much re- mains to be done in the way of over- coming selfish opposition’ and there are many legislative and constitutional obstacles still to be hurdled. There is also, the matter of inadequate distil- lery capacity. which may require years to correct. We must not be overcenthustaatic or over-confident. Much remains to be done and -alcoholic dilution of ' gaso- line isn’t going to make the grain farmer rich over night. But, on the basis of the results obtained in a fair, impartial and carefully conducted test, there seems to be a good deal of hope for better things in the future. Of course we must wait for a little while, but farmers don’t mind waiting. We are used to it. Inflation Move Changes Picture On Farm Aid _ (Continued from page 5) of farms lost through foreclosure within the last year. The Reconstruc- tion_Finance Corp. is authorized to advance $200,000,000 to the Farm Loan Commissioner for this purpose. Under the proposed bill, joint stock land banks would be slowly liquidated. ° Arbitrary foreclosing of farm prop- erty would be stopped. The. joints would be permitted to borrow up to $100,000,000 to refinance present mortgages. This would be at the dis- posal of the Farm Loan Commissioner to take over joint stock farm mort- gages at not to exceed 60% of the normal value of farms so pledged. Another $50,000,000 would be avail- able from the R. F. C. to refinance encumbered lands in drainage, levee, and irrigation districts. Reports from Washington at this moment indicate possibilities of the congress giving President Roosevelt broad powers to inflate the currency using one or more of several methods. c™>_» The c A> | IIlinois Asticultural As Association RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. Main Street, Spencer, Ind, Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicage, INl. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer, Ind. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage provided in Section 412, Aet of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct, 27, 1925. Address all communications for publication to Editorial Offices, 068 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 6 JUNE, 1933 «President Roosevelt ‘Signs Farm Bill Siting Wallace Plans Early Adninistrative Action, "Loans Begin Under t Mortgage Refi inancing Section = S THIS is written, news dis- A patches from Washington re-: port. that. President Roosevelt — has signed the Emergency: Farm-In- flation Bill and Secretary of Agri- culture Henry Wallace plans to take steps immediately to do whatever is possible and. practicable to ‘apply price-raising measures to the 1933 crop. The community markets have ad- vanced miraculously now for more than three weeks until on Wednesday, | May 17, hog prices at Chicago av- eraged $5 per cwt. with a top of $5.35 for the: day. The grain mar-. kets and other livestock have ad- vanced similarly, most of. -which is psychological in anticipation of com- ing inflation, although continued wet weather delaying corn planting, and an indicated 50 per cent reduction in winter wheat from winter-killing are having a bullish influence on all grains. All in all'a splendid beginning, has been made in the march back to pros- perity although the only action taken _ thus far by the administration was first to restore confidence in banks, and secondly to stop exports of gold which resulted immediately in the de- cline of the dollar abroad. The powers given the Secretary of Agriculture to restore parity prices to agriculture, the stated purpose of the bill, may be used in whole or in part. It isn’t likely that buying power of farmers equivalent to that enjoyed in the five year period from 1909 to 1914 will be restored in the next few months nor in the next year. Presi- dent. Roosevelt indicated in his radio talk’ to the people of ‘the United - States on Sunday night, May 7, that measures. would be applied to bring about’ a. gradual rise rather than a boom. But’ he did state specifically — that “the administration has the definite-. objective. of raising’ com- modity prices to such an extent that those who have borrowed money will, on the average, be able to repay that money in the ‘same kind of dollar which they borrowed. We do not seek .to let them :get such a cheap dollar that they will be able to pay back a great deal less than they borrowed.” Commenting on the farm bill, the President said: “The farm relief bill seeks by the use of. several methods, alone or together, to bring about an increased return to ‘farmers for their *major-farm products, seeking at the same time. to prevent in the days to come disastrous overproduction which so-often in the past has kept. farm commodity prices far below reason- able return. This measure provides wide powers for emergencies. The ex- tent of its use will depend entirely upon what the future has in store.” Specifically, the bill now enacted in- to law provides: ‘1. For reduction in acreage or pro- duction of any basic agricultural -commodity (wheat, cotton, field corn, hogs, rice, tobacco, and milk and its products) through agreements with ’ producers or other voluntary methods, Illinois Agricultural Association Reeord, Volume 11 and .to provide for rental or benefit payments in connection therewith. 2. For a tax at the point of pro- cessing on basic commodities, or com- peting commodities if necessary, with which to make benefit payments to producers who co-operate in reducing production. Commodities expurted are exempt from the tax. t 3. For entering into marketing agreements with processors and handlers for the purpose of raising farm commodity prices. ' 4, For licensing processors, co-op- erative associations, and other han- dlers of farm products to eliminate un- fair practices or charges “that tend to prevent the effectuation of the de- clared policy and the restoration of: normal economic conditions in the marketing of such- commodities or _ products and the financing thereof.” 5. For revoking any such. license | after due notice and opportunity for . hearing, for violations of the terms or conditions thereof. The processing tax shall commence on the date of proclamation by the Secretary of Agriculture that rental or benefit payments are to be made with respect to such commodity. The rate of the tax shall be the difference between the current. av- erage farm price for the commodity and.the “fair exchange” value of the commodity. (Fair exchange value means that price which will give the producer purchasing power equivalent to that of 1909-1914.) If the tax re- sults in an accumulation of surplus, however, the Secretary may lower the rate. To administer the Act, the Secre- tary is authorized to set up the Emergency Agricultural Adjustment Administration in the Department of Agriculture. No officer or employee may receive more than $10,000 per year. The Secretary may establish state and local committees or associa- tions of producers, and may permit processors. and co-operative associa- tions when qualified, to act as agents of their members and patrons in dis- tributing rental payments. The Act may be terminated “when- I, A. A. RECORD—June, 1933 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNING THE BILL THAT PROMISES A NEW DEAL FOR AMERICAN AGRICULTURE Grouped about the President in the White House when he signed the Emergency Farm-Inflation Act on May 12 are: left to right, Congressmen Wall Doxey, Miss.; Hampton P. Fulmer, 8S. C.; Geo. N. Peek, Moline, Ill. (rear); Marvin Jones, Texas, chr. House Agricultural Committee; L. J. Taber, pres. National Grange; Senator Ellison D. Smith, S. C.; Henry Mor- genthau, Jr., chairman Farm Credit Administraton; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Edward A. O’Neal, presi- dent, American Farm Bureau Federation. - ever the President finds and pro- claims that the national economic emergency in relation to agriculture has been ended.” The President like- wise may terminate the application of the act to any basic commodity. The “cost of production” section providing for fixing minimum prices for farm products was stricken from the bill in conference committee. This section would have made it unlawful for anyone to buy farm products for domestic consumption below a certain price named by the Secretary. The bill as passed provides for an immediate appropriation of $100,000,- 000 to administer the Act and make benefit payments. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to permit postponement for a period not to ex- ceed 90 days, of the payment of the processing tax. Farm Mortgage Section As we go to press, Henry Morgen- thau, Jr., farm credit administrator, according to press dispatches, has ap- pointed nine regional loan agents to carry out the provisions of this sec- tion of the Emergency Farm Act. The bill provides for: 1. Issuing up to two billion dollars of 4% federal land bank bonds the interest of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the government. Such bonds may be exchanged for farm. mortgages or the proceeds used for making new loans. 2. Reducing the interest rate on present federal farm loans to 442% and waiving principal payments for five years. 3. Making loans at 5% on farm lands or property up to 75% of nor- mal value of the property pledged. Limit of loan is $5,000 and principal and interest must be paid pack in 10 years, 4. New mortgage loans shall be limited to 50% of normal value of land mortgaged and 20% of perma- nent improvements thereon, and in no case shall purchase price of any mort- gage exceed its face value. 5. $200,000,000 from Reconstruc- tion Finance Corp. for loaning up to $5,000 to farmers on good security as outlined above. 6. Slow liquidation of joint stock land banks--and halting of arbitrary farm foreclosures. The joint stock land banks are permitted to borrow up to $100,000,000 from the R. F. C. to refinance present mortgages. Loans may not exceed 60% of the normal value of farm lands pledged as se- curity. 7. Loans up to $50,000,000 from R. F. C. to refinance encumbered lands in drainage districts, levee, and irriga- tion districts. Farmers may apply for loans up to $5,000 on farm property at once through the Federal Land Bank of St. Louis.