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IIlinoisAgricultumJAssociaiion 



Vohnne 1 



May 15, 1923 



Number 5 



I. A. ft. STATE PICNI C AT URBANA, JUNE 29tli 



EXECUTIVE BODY 

 HOLDS SESSION IN 

 eHKAGO OFFICE 



Accept Resignation of Fred 



Baumberger; Hear Both 



Sides Roads Issue 



The regular meeting of the I. 

 A. A. Executive Committee was 

 held at the Chicago office with 

 all members present except Fred 

 Baumberger, Reno. President 

 8. H. Thompson presided. 



Mr. Pox read a letter from Mr. 

 Baumberger in which he tendered 

 blB resignation as a member of 

 the committee due to conditions 

 which made it d.iflleult for him to 

 attend the regular meetings. The 

 resignation was accepted and a 

 meetioK of voting delegates of the 

 22nd district was called at East 

 St. Louis on Hay 11, to flU the 

 vacancy. 



Regular routine business was 

 taken up by the committee. R. 

 A. Cowles presented a financial 

 statem^t of the I. A. A. for the 

 first quarter of 1923, which was 

 adopted. Action was taken by the 

 committee in clearly defining the 

 duties of the treasurer. A state- 

 ment in regard to the progress of 

 the Co-operative Marketing bill 

 was made by President Thompson 

 tor the Legislative Committee. 

 Hear Roads Qaestion 



Both sides of the million dollar 

 bond issue for roads question 

 were presented to the members 

 of the committee. 



(Conthuied on pase 2) 



Decline of Five 

 Cents In Price 

 Wool Pool Sacks 



Due to an unexpected decline In 

 the price of burlap, the Live Stock 

 Marketing' Department of the I. 

 A. A. announces that a cut of five 

 cents each has been made in the 

 price of sacks for use in the wool 

 pooL 



The new prices went into effect 

 May 1. New sacks now cost 50 

 cents each in lots of from one to 

 24 and 47 cents each In lots of 26 

 or more. Prices of No. 1 used 

 sacks remain the same. 



The Live Stock Department al- 

 so wishes to notify wool growers 

 that a number of companies are 

 advertising prices of 14 cents per 

 pound for twine. Such twine is 

 made of Jute and has the same 

 effect upon wool as binder twine. 

 It will only tie about 20 to 25 

 fleeces per pound compared to 25 

 to 40 fleeces that may be tied by 

 standard twine. 



Arrangements For 

 Phosphate Supply 

 Nearly Concluded 



The Phosphate-Limestone De- 

 partment of the I. A. A. has prac- 

 tically concluded an agreement 

 with two of the ground rock 

 phosphate producers in Tennes- 

 see for the supply of phosphate 

 for the balance of 1923. 



This fortunate arrangement 

 gives the department a producer 

 on each of the two roads, — the 

 Louisville and Nashville and the 

 Nashville, Chatanooga, and St. 

 Louis, which will help In times of 

 car shortage. 



The specifications as to basic 

 quality are: phosphorus, 13 per 

 cent; fineness, 95 per cent 

 through 100 mesh screen; and 

 moisture not to exceed three per 

 cent. The price based on this 

 quality up to and including July 

 14. ; ?2S. is $5.5« ar<l th»!reafter 

 till the end of the year, $6.50. 

 Adjnstmenti will be made either 

 up or down as the grade varies 

 in individual shipments from the 

 specification as to basic quality 



Further details in regard to 

 phosphate selling plans will 

 made later. .^ 



AMENDMENTS TO BE 

 USEDASAHACK ON 

 CO-OPERATIVE Bill 



Next Appearance of Measure 



May Be Test of Strength 



In The House 



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Will Levy Charge 

 On Commercial 

 Claims Collected 



At the last meeting of the I. A. 

 A. Executive Committee, action 

 was taken authorising the Trans- 

 portation Department to levy a 

 charge for strictly commercial 

 claims which the department col- 

 lects for individuals or co-oper- 

 ative associations. 



Dnder this ruling, a commission 

 will t>e charged on all freight 

 overcharge, freight loss and dam- 

 age, and general loss and damage 

 claims collected. The commission 

 charged will be as follows; for 

 farm bureau members, 12 H per 

 cent; for co-operative associations, 

 15 per cent; and for non-members, 

 25 per cent. 



Charges to members will be the 

 same as to non-members, subject 

 to a refund upon certification by 

 the county farm bureau that the 

 individual is a member in good 

 standing. The refund will be 12Vi 

 per cent less the original commis- 

 sion charged. This emphasizes 

 the difference between the rate 

 charged member; and non-mem- 

 bers. 



Checks in payment of claims 

 will be made payable to the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. The 

 association will then issue checks 

 In favor of the claimants, less the 

 amount of commission. The rul- 

 1ns affects aU claims collected 

 after May 1. 



With the legislative hopper 

 at Springfield crammed with 

 hundreds of bills, only a few of 

 which have a ghost of a show 

 for passage, the Illinois Co-op- 

 eratiye Marketing Bill, at the 

 time The Record goes to press, 

 is still in the House. It is prob- 

 able, however, that during the 

 second or third week in May 

 the measure wiU be brought up. 



It is believed that the opposi- 

 tion, which consists to a large 

 eKteat of Chicago represcntdtives. 

 will concentrate its attack upon 

 amendments to weaken the bill 

 rather than votes against It. 

 There are members of the House 

 who would not want to be placed 

 on recortt as voting against the 

 act yet who would Vote for 

 amendments to make it worth- 

 less. 



The real contest on the bill, 

 therefore, will probably resolve 

 itself into a test of strength 

 when the amendments are 

 brought up. 



Farmers who are supporting 

 the bill, including the I. A. A. 

 and the county farm bureaus^ 

 have 'Willingly listened to and 

 have answered objections brought 

 up against the measure and have 

 always considered any or all 

 amendments brought up for the 

 sincere purpose-of Irying-to im- 

 prove the act. It is probable, 

 however, that at the next appear- 

 ance of the bill, a number of 

 amendments will be proposed 

 whose only purpose is to indirect- 

 ly kill the measure. 



Cunningham Named : 

 As Farmer Member 

 of Reserve Board 



President Harding has appointed 

 Edward H, Cunningham of Iowa 

 as "dirt farmer" member of the 

 federal reserve board. 



Edward E. Jones of Pennsyl- 

 vania was named a member of 

 the farm loan . board. Mr. Jones 

 is at present connected with the 

 federal land bank at Bal^more. 



Mr. Cutmingham's appointment 

 fills the vacancy caused by the 

 death of Milo D. Campbell of 

 Michigan, appointed after Con- 

 gress created the "dirt farm- 

 er" position on the tmard. 



Mr. Cunningham's selection is 

 given the unanimous «proval of 

 Iowa Republican party leaders 

 and farm bureau federations of 

 the middle west. 



Mr. Cunningham is well known 

 to Illinois farmers for his wosh 

 in the reorganization of the U. S. 

 Grain Growers, Inc., and as sec- 

 retary of the Iowa Farm Bureau 

 Federation. 



^Co-Ops' Offer Real Hope, 

 Says N. C. Supreme Court 



The North Carolina Supreme 

 Court, in upholding the constitu- 

 tionality of the Co-operative Mar- 

 keting Act passed in that state, 

 an act similar to the one before 

 the Illinois legislature, has de- 

 livered the following opinion on 

 the merits of co-operative market- 

 ing: 



The co-operative system is the 

 most hopeful movement ever In- 

 augurated to obtain justice for, 

 and improve the financi^ condi- 

 tion of farmers and laborers. The 

 producers are paying all the costs 

 and assuming all the responslbil- 



AU IIUNOIS FARM BOREAU FOLKS 

 ^KED TO JREAT JfNNUAL OUTING 



College 6f Agriculture 'Open House" To Be Held At Same 

 Time, Offering Chance To Take in Two Events; 

 ." I 'i i "Twin Cities" Easily Reached 



Champ4ijgW-Urbana on June 29th. i j j 

 The place and date of the I. A. A. state picnic for 1923 was 

 thus decided at a meeting of county farm bureaus and officials 

 of the I. A. A. and of the College of Agriculture at the Twin 

 Cities reetntly. At another meeting which followed several days 

 later, committees were named and the m^hinery was set in mo- 

 tion to prepare for the greatest' state picnic ever held by the 

 state farm bureau movement. 



Crysul Lake Park, in Urbana. is u> be 4^ scene of the blc farm 

 gathering. This site offers one of the most (iesirable locations in the 

 state — a large, grassy, wooded plot on the outskirts of tTrbana throogb 

 which a beautiful lake winds. 



^^^^^~—^^^——^— i^g "twin" cities" are *^^ 



reached both by train an'^'^^ 

 from almost any part" or 17 

 A more central location would be 

 hard to And. 



Kew Advantace 

 The 1B23 staU picnic offers ~« 

 further advantage which has been 

 enjoyed by none of the three 

 preceding picnics, held at Cham- 

 paign, Dixon and Olney in 1920. 

 1921 and 1922, respectively. This 

 advantage consists of the co-op- 

 eration er the College of Agri- 

 culture of the University of IHi- 

 nois and the {>laicing of the Uni- 

 versity ^'Open House." the time 

 when farmers of the sUte flock, 

 to the oollege to see the experi- 

 mental fields, in the same week 

 as the picnic. 



Instructive Trip 



Farm Bureau visitors will thus 

 be enabled to make the occasion 

 not only a genuine outing . and 

 good time but also one of the 

 most Instructive trips they could 

 possibly take. ' 



The twbwcities. Champaign and - 

 Urbana, ,bave made arrangementa 

 to co-openate to the limit to show 

 their farmer visitors the best sort 

 of hospitality. 



Wame Committees 



At the second meeting, in the 

 offices of the county farm bureau 

 in Champaign, the following com- 

 mitteee Were named: 



GENfaiAL PICNIC <:OMMlT- 

 TEE — t. D. Harper, Illinois As- 

 ricultnral Association; J. D. Bils- 

 borrow. Extension Service, Col- 

 lege of Agricnltore, University of 

 Illinois : D. J. Holterman, Sador- 

 us; C. R. Finley, Boopestoa; J. 

 E. Smltk. Mayor of Urbaaa; Ed 

 Filson, President Champaics 

 Chamber of Commerce; C. B. 

 Oathont. Champaign' County Farm 

 (OMitinaed oi^ pec* 4) 



ities of these co-operative associ- 

 ations. They are taking all the 

 risks. They are asking no assis- 

 tance from the public treashry. 

 They are forcing no one to Join 

 and they are exacting no inordi- 

 nate prices for their product. 

 They are associating themselves 

 as authorised by the statute, like 

 other peiBons, and they have 

 signed mutual and fair agree- 

 ments among themselves which 

 would be futile unless those who 

 have signed such agreements can 

 be held to abide by the terms of 

 such contracts." 



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