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May 1, 1923 



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SIX-HOUR HEARING 

 OF CO-OPERATIVE 



ACT IN THE HOUSE 



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President Thompson and A. 



C. Everingham of I. A. A, 



Speak For Bill 



Proponents and" opponents of 

 the Illinois Co-operative Market- 

 ing Bill clashed in the House of 

 Representatives at Springfield 

 recently in a hearing similar to 

 that held in the Senate. The 

 meeting lasted for six hours. 



The chief arguments, like those 

 advanced in the Senate a tew 

 weeks before, were that the bill 

 WAR favorable o'- inlmiral to the 

 farmers interests, 



S. H. Thompson, president of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Associa 

 tion, ' and A. C. Everingham, of 

 the I. A. A. Legislative Commit 

 tee, were speakers for the bill. 

 They portrayed the need of Illi 

 nolB farmers for co-operative 

 marketing and the necessity for a 

 legislative measure like the pro- 

 posed bill to facilitate the or 

 eanization of co-operative asso 

 ciations. 



Opponents of the measure pre- 

 sented the contention that they 

 were endeavoring to protect the 

 fanner against himself, tbit the 

 co-operative bill would hurt his 

 Interests. Representatives of the 

 Chicago city council expressed the 

 fear that the passage , of the 

 measure would Increase the cost 

 of agricultural products to the 

 consumer. 



Contracts Signed 

 By 26 Counties 

 For Serum Supply 



Twenty-six countiat have 

 ■ig^iad up to saeure thair serum 

 from the American Serum Co., 

 Stoux City, la., in accordance 

 with the recommendations ot the 

 Serum Purcbasing Committee ap- 

 pointed lit the annual meeting 

 of the L A. A. : 



An estimated aggregate of 

 16,000,000 cubic centimeters of 

 semm and virus will be handled 

 by the counties at the new price 

 of 75 cents per 100 cc, which is 

 live cents less per cc tlian last 

 , year. All farm bureaus who 

 ^ave signed up are maintaining 

 r'lm depots for storage ot.their 



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Replies Indicate 



Widespread Demand 



For Help on Farms 



While there have not been a 

 great number of replies received 

 as fet from Illinois farmers by 

 the I. A. A. in regard to the help 

 shortage on the farms of the 

 state, those that have come to 

 the olBce indicate a widespread 

 shortage throughout most of the 

 counties of Illinois. 



According to the answers, to 

 the questionnaire, wages paid 

 vary from $40 to $75 per month 

 with room and board. There is 

 a demand for both married and 

 single men, the latter being de- 

 sired in the majority of cases. 



While the I. A. A. can promise 

 nothing de^nlte, it is making' an 

 investigation with a view to help- 

 ing out In the solution of the 

 problem. A more definite an- 

 nouncement will be made later 

 after a general survey of the sit- 

 uation is made and more ques- 

 tionnaires are answered. 



NEARLY $2000 IN 

 CLAIMS COLLECTED 



Claims numbering 54 and 

 amounting to the total of $1,- 

 875.39 were collected by the 

 Transportation department of 

 the I. A. A. during the first three 

 months of 1923 and paid to farm 

 bureau members or live stock 

 shipping associations of Illinois. 



Most of the losses incurred 

 come under the following heads: 

 general loss and damage, freight 

 loss and damage, and overcharge. 



The majority of the claims are 

 of small amounts, less than $50. 

 The largest claim was collected 

 for August Wild, Monroe county, 

 being $200 collected from a rail- 

 road from lire loss. Another of 

 the larger claims was $166 se 

 cured for C. A. Smith, Knox 

 county, for cattle killed on a 

 railroad right-of-way. 



Committee Meets 

 To Consider 1923 

 Phosphate Supply 



Members of the phosphate- 

 limestone advisory conimittee ot 

 the I. A. A., F. D. Barton, Cor- 

 nell, chairman, met with the 

 phosphate-limestone department 

 and executive officers of the asso- 

 ciation at the Chicago office, 

 April 16. 



Consideration of the proposed 

 contract for the remainder ot the 

 1923 supply of phosphate was 

 taken up, aa well as other mat- 

 ters of business concerning the 

 department. 



Outlook For Pool 

 of 1923 Wool Crop 

 Very Encouraging 



The Live Stock Department of 

 the I. A. A. is receiving many 

 orders for sacks of twine from 

 farm bureaus in Illinois whose 

 members are planning to con- 

 sign their wool clip to the 1923 

 wool pool. 



The market outlook for wool 

 this year is very bright. Specu- 

 lators are active and are said to 

 be out attempting to contract for 

 the product before it is sheared. 



It will be remembered that the 

 143,000 pounds of Illinois wool 

 consigned to the pool last year 

 averaged 34.9 cents per pound 

 as compared with 27 cents paid 

 locally, resulting in a saving of 

 about $14,000 t6 . the poolers. 

 Montana growers are pooling 

 practically 75 per cent ot the to- 

 tal clip, or 7,000,000 pounds, this 

 year. 



Wool may be billed at any 

 time to the pool, the address be- 

 ing National Wool Warehouse 

 and Storage Co., 4300 S. Robey 

 St., Chicago, Care I. A. A. 



Leaders of the Minnesota po- 

 tato co-operative marketing ag- 

 ency are striving to have 100,000 

 acres of that commodity under 

 contract by July 15. 



Refund Is Voted 

 By Directors of 

 Live Stock Co-dp 



At the quarterly meeting of 

 the Board ot Directors of the 

 Chicago Producers , Commission 

 Association in AprlL' it was an- 

 nounced that the business of the 

 organization has been so success- 

 ful daring the past year that a 

 substantial refund can be made 

 to all members at the end of the 

 fiscal year, June 30. 



The directors voted that such 

 a refsnd shall be made shortly 

 after the close of the year's busi- 

 ness. 



This gratifying news wfll be 

 more than Velcome to members 

 of the Chicago Producers and 

 such concrete evidence of suc- 

 cess should cause matiy more 

 live stock -shippers to Join t^e 

 co-operative. 



Continued success is being ex- 

 perienced during April by the 

 Producers at all the' markets 

 where they are established, most 

 of them ranking at or near the 

 top among the firms doing busi- 

 ness on the respective markets. 



Kendall, county board of sup- 

 ervisors recently voted $4,000 to 

 devote to the eradication of tuber- 

 culosis in the county. 



SAYS MEASURE IS 

 CONSTITUTIONAL:' 

 BENEFITSJARMERS 



Grain Exchanges Subject To 



Regulation; "Co-ops" Get 



Board Trade Seats 



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American agriculture scored 

 anotli^ yreat viptf)rj- when the 

 I'nited plates Supreme Court 

 in a deepiinn hatided down up- 

 held the aonstitutionality of the 

 new Oapper-Tincher Act regu- 

 lating grain exchanges and ad- 

 mitting «(M)perative associations 

 to Keats «a boards of trade. 



Thene Were only two diss.-'ntlng 

 votes on the decision, those of 

 j-,c..v,.», "k-'^F'"-*''- ,-Ci 

 nolds. 



This a|i|niof) of the Supreme 

 Court as banded down by Chief 

 Justice William H. Tatt, com- 

 pletely oi^eo-rules the attack made 

 on the e^nstitutlonality of the 

 Capper-Tlncher A«t by the Chica- 

 go board of Trade and fully, up- 

 holds the contentions of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture, the faiai 

 Uoc^nd the firm bureau. > 



Quotes Derision 



The decision as read by Chief 

 Justice Tiift is quoted ae follows: 



"It is Clear from the citations 

 hi the statement of the case of 

 evidence before committees o^ In- 

 vestigation as to manipulation^ of 

 the future* market and their, ef- 

 fects, that we woyld' bf unwar- 

 ranted in rejecting ^be fiiidings of 

 pongress as unreasonable, and 

 (Continued <}n.paa« 2) 

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Co-op Bill Made ]' 

 Law in Minnesota, 

 Maine and Ohio 



Three ipore states have, pasi^d 

 the standard co-operative market- 

 ing act, similar ta that which Is 

 under ooasideratioiD in the' Bouse 

 at Springfield and wa« passe<f by 

 the Senate with okly three nega- 

 tive votes. 



Maine and Ohio have both 

 passed the bill asd it has beenj 

 signed by the governor in each 

 state, while in M4nne8ota. the act 

 was passed by the legislature and 

 is awaiting the signature of Giov- 

 ernor Preus. Govern«r Donab«> 

 ot Ohio sit»ed the bill in the pres- 

 ence of itricultural leaders on 

 Friday, April 13, but Ohio farm 

 bureau members claim that they 

 are not solperstltiobs. ' 



Practically half the sUtealeC 

 the Union have ebacted the bill 

 iato a law ap to this time. ' ^ 



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