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The IIS116U Agricultural Atsodation Record 



May IS, 1923 



Illinois A^coknral AModatioo 



RECORD 



Published twica a montn by the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 608 South Dearborn Street. Chicago, 

 Illinois. Edited by Nfws Publicity 

 Department, L. J. Monfoss. Director. 



Entry as sec«nd clans matter Oct. 

 10. 1921. at the post office at Chi- 

 cago. Illinois, under the act of 

 Marah 3. 1879. Acceptance for mail- 

 ing at special rates of postage pf^- 

 vided for in Section 1103. Act Of 

 October 3, 1917, authorized Oct. 31, 

 1921. 



The individual membership fee of 

 the Illinois Agiricultural Associa- 

 tion is five dollars a year. This 

 fee includes payment of ten cents 

 for subscription to the Illinois Ag- 

 rfcuUural Association Record. 



Need Service In Rail Shipping? r j 

 j /. A. A. Has Traffic Department 



OFFICERS 



President. S. H. Thompson, Qulncy. 



Vice-president. A- O. Eckert. Belle- 

 ville. 



Secretary. Geo. A. Fox. Sycamore. 



Treasurer. R. A. Cowles. Blooming- 

 ton. 



EXECTTIVK COMMITTEE 



By Con^cresfiional Districts 



llth-*-^Henry- MoGough. Maple Park- 

 12th^i-G. F. Tullock. Rockford. 

 13th-i-C- E. Bamborough, Polo. 

 14th-KW. H. Moorty. Port Byron. 

 -15th-^H. E. Ooeitibel. Hoopole. 

 l€th-^0. E. Reder. Mendota. 

 17th— j-F.' D. Bartion. Cornell. 

 I'StfwC. R. Finley. Hoopeston. 

 19thM-D. J. Hoiterman. Sadorus. 

 20th— i-Earl J. Smirti. Detroit. 

 2l8t— R L. Corbin. Carlinville. 

 22nd— Kred Bauml>erger. Reno.* 

 23rd — Carlton Trimble. Trimble. 

 24th — Curt Anderson, Xenia. 

 25th — Vernon Lessley. Sparta. 



Directors of I>e])arti»ents, 

 I. A. A. Office 



General Office and Assistant to Sec- 

 retary. J. D. Harper; Field Organiz- 

 ation. J. C. Sailor; Organization Pub- 

 licity. G. E. Met«ger; News PubVic- 

 ity. li. J. Montross; Transportation. 

 •U J. ^uasey; Statistics, j. c. Wat- 

 eon ; tFinance. R. A. Cowles; Fruit 

 and Vegetable Marketing. C. E. 

 Durafl: Live Stock Marketing. C. A. 

 Stewart; Dairy Market ins. A- D. 

 Lynch; Phosphate Linit'stnne. J. R. 

 Bent. Leffal. Newton Jenkins. 



EXECUTIVE BODY 

 HOLDS SESSION IN 

 CHICAGO OFFICE 



^(Continued from pa^e 1) 



Fr»nk T. Shef.ts. State Sijpertn- 



, tendant of Highways, spoke in be- 



Ralf lof the million dollar bond 

 issue,! presenting figures and chart» 

 to show why the Legislature 

 should pass the measure. Oppo- 

 sitioi^ to the measure was repre- 

 sented by S. E. Bradt, who sproke 

 ior the Illinois Bankers Associa- 

 tioa and others ef the opposition. 



While no action was taken by 

 the Executive Committee on the 

 propdsed bond issue, the members 

 were considerably enlightened as 

 . to th« merits ot both sides of the 

 question. • 



Keimrts Submitted 



Rej)ort8 were submftted to the 

 committee by the directors of the 

 I. A. A. departments. J. R. Bent 

 of the Phosphate-Limestone De- 

 partment explained the proposed 

 phosphate contract to the com- 

 mittee; C. A. Stewart ot the Live 

 Stock Marketing Departmpnt otit- 

 lined a new njembershiix agree- 

 ment tor shipping associations; 

 itu<l L. J. Quas^>, Transportation 

 director, told of some new plans 

 of that department in regard to 

 claims. 



Near completion in the sign-up 

 of agreements in the St. Louis 

 milk ■ territory was indicated in 

 the report of A. D. Lynch. Dairy 

 Marketing Department. A major- 

 ity of all claiitiants and share- 

 bolders have already signed agree- 

 ments. In a report by G. E. Metz- 

 ger of the Organization Depa^p 

 ment, favorable progress in 1923 

 reor!;anization campaigns was 

 outlined. 



Decide f>n Picnic 



Upon a renewal of an invita- 

 tion by Mr. Holterman to hold the 

 annual I. A. A. picnic at Crystal 

 Lake Park, tTrbana, the commit- 

 tee decided to accept and left 

 plans 'for other arrangements with 



Secretary Fox and Champaign 

 county people. 



Before adjournment, the Exec- 

 utive body decided to hold its next 

 meeting on June 6. 



Practically all great industries whose welfare Jb bound up 

 with railroad shipping have transj)ortation e.xpert.s on the job 

 ,to protect their interests, Agricultiire, the largest shipper of all 

 Illinois industries, was not represented in transportation until 

 the organization on a business basis of the I. A. A. 



Today the organized farmer of Illinois has in the Traffic Depart- 

 ment of the Illinois Agricultural Association, handled by Lee J. 

 Quasey, director and G. W. Baxter, assistant, a service which takes 

 care of all important phases of transpprtation for him. 



Work of the department may 

 be grouped into several divisions, 

 as follows: 1. Freight rates, rules, 

 and regulations. 2. Car supply. 

 3. Shipping facilities. 4. Freight 

 train service. 5. Railroad claims, 

 including freight and general loss 

 and damage claims. 6. Miscel- 

 laneous. 



Freight Kates, Rules and 

 Regulations 



Hundreds of tariffs containing 

 information on freight rates of 

 all commodities in which the 

 farmer is interested, as well as 

 rules and regulations affecting 

 shipping on all railroads In the 

 state are kept up to datd. The 

 farmer contemplating a shipment 

 and desiring to know the correct 

 rate and routing can get all the 

 details from the department. 

 Rules and regulations which are 

 not cleai^ understood, are inter- 

 preted. 



Another service under this di- 

 vision is the appearance of the 

 department before the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission or the In- 

 terstate Commerce Comtnisslon 

 to protest unjust rates or rules. 

 Surveys are made of freight rates 

 on: all farm products in order to 

 (ortai a basis for guidance. 

 _ • Car; Supply 



One of the difficulties experi- 

 enced by farmers of late, espe- 

 cially during the last tour months 

 of 1922, is the severe car short- 

 age. Indications point to even a 

 greater sliwtage during 1923. 

 The department is on the job to 

 remedy such situations. It goes 

 before the railroads with infor- 

 mation showing the shortage in 

 a particular locality aiul strongly 

 urges action. 



' At the last lueeiingl of , the I. 

 A. A. E.xeeutive ConJmittee, a 

 resolution was passed, at the sug- 

 gestion ot the Transportation De- 

 partment, that each county farm 

 bureau appoint transportation 

 committees to consist ot two or 

 more members to repreSeijt the 

 interests of the various special 

 agricultural interests of the coun- 

 ty. These committees, working 

 in co-operation with the Traffic 

 Department, will make its work 

 much more effective in car short- 

 age complaints. 



Shippin); Facilities 



Often there are cases when 

 shipping associations complain ot 

 lack of shipping facilities at thoir 

 local point. Sometimes a side 

 track is needed or a site for 

 stock scales. When they cannot 

 get prompt action locally, they 

 appeal to the Transportation De- 

 partment. 



The department investigates 

 and ascertains if the complaint is 

 justified. If a suivey shows that 

 the condition should be remedied, 

 the department takes it up with 

 the railroad or tells the shipping 

 association whom to take the 

 matter up with. 



An e.xample of action secured 

 is the case in DeKalb county 



LEE J. QUASEY 



wh«re a shipping association 

 complained ot the discrimination 

 ot llocal buyers who had leased 

 a scale site. The complaint was 

 investigated by the railroad at 

 thei request ot the Transporta- 

 tion Department. The local buy- 

 ers were found to have mistaken 

 their privileges. Their lease was 

 tak^n away and the scale site 

 turned over to the shipping asso- 

 ciation. 



Freight Train Service 



A common cause of complaint 

 on the part of shippers is lay- 

 ovek- delay in shipments. For in- 

 stance, a carload ot live stock 

 may be delayed so long en route 

 that serious loss is incurred by 

 the shipper. 



In such cases, the Transporta- 

 tion Department investigates the 

 matter with the operating de- 

 parfment ot the railroad and 

 urg^s improvements of copditions 

 if i^hysically possible. 



Claim Prevention 



gelieving that "an ounce of 

 pretention is worth a pound of 

 cure," the Transportation Depart- 

 ment aims to reduce shipping 

 losses to a minimum. Especially 

 is this the case with live stock. 



Proper bedding of cars,, parti- 

 tions for mixed shipments, suit- 

 able pens, shelter and adequate 

 watering- facilities in the yard? 

 are all factors which the depart- 

 ment deals with to prevent loss. 

 In & typical instance, service was 

 giv^n to a live stock shipping as- 

 sociiation in Iroquois county in 

 getljing watering facilities in- 

 stalled by the railroad. 



Railroad Claims 



The department deals with 

 freight claims, and general loss 

 and. damage claims. 



Ii> taking up freight claims, 

 overcharge complaints are com- 

 mon and the shipper has no 

 way of determining the justice 

 of bis claim. By taking it up 

 witlk the traffic service of the 

 I. A. A., his claim in investi- 

 gated with the railroad. All 

 that is necessary is for the de- 

 partment to have a copy of the 

 account sales in the case of live 

 stock shipments and similar evi- 



MOR^ SERVICE 



Another example of I, A. 

 A. service is the Transpor* 

 tatlon Department. Just as 

 it would be impractical for 

 the individual farmer to ap- 

 pear before the State Tax 

 Commission on his own be- 

 half, so it is with the prob- 

 lems of transportation which 

 affect the farmer in all that 

 he buys or sells. Read the 

 accompanying story and find 

 out how this department 

 serves the farmers of Illi- 

 nois in their individual and 

 coK>perative efforts. ' 



dence or a paid freight bill in the 

 case of other shipments. 



Man}' controversies arise be 

 tween shippers and railroads over 

 freight loss and damage claims. 

 These cases are handled by the 

 traffic service, but must always be 

 properly supported by evidence, 

 such as tho original bill ef lading 

 or copy thereof, the paid freight 

 bill, a copy of the account sales 

 or Invoice, and a statement by an 

 individual who has knowledge of 

 the tacts ot the case which teSd 

 to show that the railroad was 

 either directly or indirectly re- 

 sponsible tor the loss or damage. 



Loss and Damage 

 While general loss and damag'e 

 claims are not transportation 

 claims, the department renders 

 service' in handling such cases, 

 which includes loss by Are or 

 killing of live stock in cases 

 where a railroad company is in- 

 volved. When individuals4or as- 

 sociations present such claims, it 

 is necessary that the date and 

 place of accident, a list ot the 

 items of loss and damage and 

 basis therefor, together with in- 

 formation showing how the 

 amount was arrived at and a 

 statement of the circumstances or 

 conditions surrounding the case, 

 be presented to the department. 

 J The collection ot such claims 

 is the only instance in which a 

 charge is levied by the depart- 

 ment, such action having recently 

 been taken by the I. A. A. Exec- 

 utive Committee, as the work is 

 mainly for the benefit of individ- 

 uals. "' • 



Aliscellaneous 

 Miscellaneous matters handled 

 by the Transportation Depart- 

 ment include assistance in secur- 

 ing farm crossings, repairs to 

 fences along right-of-ways, and 



MILK PRODUCERS 

 OF BENTON FORM 

 NEW M>ERATIVE 



Dairy Department of I. A. A. 



Aids in Organization; 



Officers Elected 



Leading dairymen supplying 

 the city of Benton with milk 

 have formed an organization to 

 be incorporated as the Benton 

 Co-operative Milk Producers as- 

 sociation. Final steps were tak- 

 en toward organization at a 

 meeting held in April. with the' 

 Dairy Marketing Department of 

 the I. A. A. 



Officers elected to lead the new 

 association are as follows: iiresl- 

 dent. Earl Seever; vice president, 

 W. C. Hobbs; secretary-treasurer. 

 Earl Doty. 



About a year ago the Dairy 

 Marketing Department helped to 

 organize a bargaining association 

 of milk producers at Benton, 

 which was more or less of a tem- 

 porary organization. Its success 

 led to the desire for a permanent 

 incorporated association. 



Objects 



The new co-operative will striTO 

 to improve the milk marketing 

 conditions of Benton 'by stabiliz- 

 ing the city milk market, giving 

 the consumers better service and 

 a more standard quality of milk, 

 and by encouraging more efficient 

 methods ot dairying in the vicin- 

 ity. 



other problems of a varied na- 

 ture, in which the individual can- 

 not secure justice alone. 



An instance of miscellaneous 

 service was the case in an Illi- 

 nois county where a court decis- 

 ion was cited by the Transporta- 

 tion Department to prove that a 

 farmers renting land traversed by 

 a railroad, had the legal right to 

 a crossing to get to that land. 

 The crossing was built. 



Justifies Existence 



It would be a difficult task and 

 it would take up much more space 

 than this entire issue of The Rec- 

 ord to narrate in detail the work 

 of the Transportation Department 

 of the I. A. A. The service that 

 it renders on behalf ot the farm- 

 ers of Illinois in represenMng their 

 interests in problems of transpor- 

 tation by "■ the adjustment of 

 claims, the securing of just rates, 

 and the protection of'fhe farmers' 

 interests in general well justifies 

 its existence as a service depart- 

 ment of the I. A. A. 



HARD KNCX:KS FROM GREAT KNOCKERS 



400f B. C. "Bah!, The apple won't hurt you!"— Eve. 



.3500 B. C. '.'Look at Noah's big boat! It will never rain 

 enough to float it." 



1492 A. D. "Naw! Columbus, the world ain't round!" 



1807 A. D. "Fulton, you're crazy. . You'll never make a boat 

 run with steam!" 



1S65 A. D. "A threshing machine better than a flail? Prepos- 

 terous ! " 



1900 A. D. "A man fly like a bird? Idiotic!" .; - 



1923 A. D. "Farm Bureau succeed? Never!" * ' 



OmCIAL BALLOT 



Of the election held in Illinois counties every three years. 



O Booster 

 For Progress. ! 



Abolish the 

 □ Farm Bureau p Farm Bureau 



Which Ticket Will You Vote?. 



O Knocker. 

 Against Progress. 



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