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Volume 1 



July 2,1923 



Number 8 



ilLLINOIS CO-OPERATIVE BILL IS NOW A LAW 





NATIONAL COUNCIL 

 TO BE RESULT OF 

 WHEATMERENCE 



Delegates Consider Ills Of 



Industry; Endorse 



Co-operation 



Decision to set up a Wheat 

 Council of tlie United States 

 in whSch al^ interests will 6e 

 represented, was one of the 

 main accomplishments of the 

 National Wheat Conference 

 held in Chicago in June, called 

 by governors of seven states, 

 headed by Gov. J. A. 0. Preus 

 of Minnesota. Over 400 dele- 

 gates were present. 



This council, according to the 

 resolutions, "will make a thor- 

 ough, scientific study of the wheat 

 problem and enlist in co-ordinated 

 efforts ot all interests to give 

 publicity in every way to Us find- 

 ings and to develop and apply ap- 

 proved methods by which equili- 

 brium - between domestic products 

 and consumption can be estab- 

 jlshed and price stabilized on 

 ^American price level." 



Such a council was declared to 

 be necessary to use all the ef- 

 forts possible to increase the con- 

 sumption of wheat, to emphasize 

 the part it plays in the life of the 

 cation, and to secure prices for 

 wheat which will allow the Amer- 

 ican wheat farmer to Justify the 

 standards of living to which he 

 has b-en accustomed and is en- 

 titled. 



Committee 



The personnel of the organiza- 

 tion committee which will- set up 

 the Wheat Council of the United 

 States 19 as follows: O. E. Brad- 

 fute, Chicago; Charles S. Barrett, 

 Georgia; S. J. Lowell, New York; 

 (Continued on page 4) 



BEFORE^ 



The organization of coun- 

 ty farm bureaus and the Il- 

 linois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion, the farmers of Illinois 

 had little means of letting 

 the law-makers of the state 

 know just what laws they 

 wanted and what legislation 

 they didn't want. Now, with 

 organization, they have ap- 

 pointed a Legislative Com- 

 mittee to inform the legis- 

 lators jost how the farmers 

 feel about things down at 

 Springfield. Read the story 

 of the work of the Legisla- 

 tive Committee on Page 2 of 

 this issue. 



Executive Body 

 Changes Ruling 

 On Claims Charges 



Some changes were made at 

 the last session of the Executive 

 Committee ot the I. A. A. In regard 

 to the collection of claims handled 

 by tfie Transportation Depart- 

 ment. 



The department Is authorized to 

 rebate the entire amount of com- 

 mission charges for transporta- 

 tion claims to farm bureau mem- 

 bers in (good standing, who'se 

 claims come to the I. A. A. 

 through the county farm bureaus. 



Non-members of the farm bu- 

 reau will be charged 25 per cent 

 commission on all transportation 

 claims handled through the Trans- 

 portation Department. 



In handling the claims of co- 

 operative shipping associations, 

 full rebate of commission will be 

 made to associations with 100 per 

 cent farm bureau membership 

 and which are under agreement 

 with county farm bureaus and 

 the I. A. A. A commission of 15 

 per cent will be charged associa- 

 tions whose membership is not 

 100 per cent farm bureau. 



Resignation of 

 C. E. Durst On 

 July 1 Accepted 



C. E. Burst, Director of the 

 Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 

 Department of the I. A. A., tend- 

 ered his resignation at the last 

 meeting of the I. A. A. Executive 

 Committee. The resignation, which 

 was accepted by the committee, 

 takes effect on July 1, when Mr. 

 Durst will take up his new work 

 with the Federated Fruit and 

 Vegetable .Growers,-Ine. 



Mr. DuVst has been director ot 

 his department with the I. A. A. 

 for nearly three years, having 

 formerly been adviser of Union 

 and Cook counties and connected 

 with the State University. 



He took a prominent part in 

 the organization of the Illinois 

 Fruit Exchange In the spring of 

 1921 and in its later organization 

 and marketing this season and 

 last. He aided in co-operative 

 fruit and vegetable organization 

 in Tazewell and Cook Counties, 

 as well as in the preliminary work 

 of organizing the Egyptian Seed 

 Growers Exchange. He was a 

 member of the National Fruit and 

 Vegetable Marketing Committee of 

 21 and is secretary of the Feder- 

 ated Fruit and Vegetable Grow- 

 ers, Inc., which grew out of the 

 plans of that committee. 



GOVERNING BOARD 

 OF I. A. A. HOLDS 

 JUNEMNFERENCE 



Hear Reports of Work ; Discuss 



New Form of Membership 



Agreement 



A new form of farm bureau 

 membership coutraet which 

 would do away with much "of 

 the expense nccessarj' %vith the 

 present plan of campaigns 

 every three years was one of 

 the most important matters dis- 

 cussed at the June meeting of 

 the I. A. A. E.xecutive Com- 

 mittee. 



With the plan presented, farjn- 

 c^t -*•?•:!(' z'.'^z "p !r. t^eir o»*gan. 

 izs^tions, the county farm bureiu. 

 the I. A. A. and the A. F. B. F. 

 for a period of thr^e years and 

 their membership would continue 

 from year to year thereafter un- 

 less the farm bureau or the mem- 

 ber terminated the contract, ■ in 

 writing, within 60 days after the 

 close ot the three-year period or 

 at a like date any year after that. 



Other plans were submitted to 

 the committee but action was de- 

 ferred until a later period. 



Reports were made to the com- 

 mittee by the various departments 

 of the state association which 

 showed a healthy condition pre- 

 vailing in general. R. N. Clarke 

 made a report on the Egyptian 

 Seed Growers Exchange, which In- 

 dicate4 plans for further expan- 

 sion during the season. Donald 

 Kirkpatrick, Attorney for the I. A. 

 A., reported the progress of the 

 Illinois-Missouri milk marketing 

 situation. 



GOVERNOR SIGNS MEASURE LEGAUZING 

 ORDERLY MARKETING OF FARM PRODUCTS 



Opponents Fail In Effort To Bring About Veto of Act; 



Considered Great Victory For Farmers in Struggle 



For Improved Economic Conditions 



Combine Effected 

 Between "Co-ops" 

 At Sioux City, la. 



Affiliation of the Nebraska 

 Farmers' Union Commission Com- 

 pany at Sioux City with the Na- 

 tional Live Stock Producers As- 

 sociation is the latest evidence of 

 the trend toward amalgamation 

 of organized agriculture. 



According to an agreement 

 reached in June, the Farmers' 

 Union will appoint two live stock 

 producers living in the Sioux 

 City territory and the National 

 Live Stock Producers will appoint 

 one producer from the same ter- 

 ritory to compose a committee to 

 supervise the affairs of the com- 

 mission company, subject to the 

 approval of the presidents of the 

 Farmers' Union and the National 

 Producers. 



Illinois has a Co-operative Marketing Law! 



Signature of the bill by Governor Len Small on June 22 gh'es 

 Illinois farmers a law similar to that passed in over half fth? 

 states of the Union which legalizes the marketing of agricultural 

 prfxlucts on a eo-operati\'0 basis. ~ j 



■ All other states were watching Illinois in its fight for the passage 

 of the law. It was considered a real battleground bttween the 4<trm- 

 ersin their struggle for' an orderly marketing system and the strongly 

 intrenched marketing interests which center in the state. Passats of 

 the law was a signal vietory for organized agricultiif*. '■ , 



Many attempts irere mifli to 

 make the *ill ineffective by 

 .-.,.._ .....i.t-n^ u^i^ ;jy bi. .iLiu.^- -Ob, 

 important sections In its passage 

 throiigh the Senate and House. 

 However, the efforts -of oppon- 

 ents failed and proponents of the 

 bill liad control «f tne Muation 

 at all times. Backed by the loyal 

 support of the organized farmers 

 of IIIinoiEi, it went through the 

 Senate by a vote of 34 to 3' and 

 the House passed the measure 

 100 to 47. 



In the final hearing of the bill 

 before the Governor, opponents 

 again appetired, thts time t<t urge 

 the veto of the act. Vhose attack-', 

 ing the measure irere J. E. Poole, 

 Chicago Liv^ , atock Exrhange; 

 W. G. Caxmichael, St. Louis Live 

 Stock Exchange; L. N. Mcintosh, 

 Chicago Milk pealers Associa- 

 tion; and R. E. Little, of the QU- 

 nols Milk Producers. 



RED W GROWERS 

 TO HEAR PETEET 

 AT ANNUAL MEET 



Walton Peteeti Director of Co- 

 operative Marketing" for the A. F. 

 B. F., will address the annual 

 meeting of the Egyptian Seed 

 6rowers Exchange at Flora, July 

 10. Mr. Peteet will tell the red 

 top growers something of the op- 

 eration of co-operative associa- 

 tions. in other sections as well as 

 describing the A. F. B. F. plans 

 for promoting co-operative mar- 

 keting. 



Local meetings tor the ^teetion 

 of delegates were )ield in June. 

 The one man. one vote system 

 is provided for in the by-laws >rf 

 the exchange, each member hav- 

 ing B vote in the election of the 

 delegate and each delegate at the 

 annual meeting casting one vote 

 for each n^ember of his local unit. 



A large attendance is expected 

 at the meeting. Special invita- 

 tions have been sent to all county 

 farm bureaus in the section as 

 well iis to bankers and business 

 men. 



Tenth Agency of 

 Producers To Open 

 At Oklahoma City 



Plans are arranged for the open- 

 ing of the tenth selling-~agency 

 under the Natioital Live Stock 

 Producers Association at Okla- 

 homa City, Okla., on July 2. Prac- 

 tically all farmers' organizations 

 in the state are backing the new 

 producers' commission company. 



Business of the well-established 



--Senators L»ntz (Woodford). 

 Turnbaugh (Carroll), and Cnth- 

 bcrtson (Macoupili), together with 

 President S. H. "Thompson and A. 

 C. Everinghatn, jof the t. A. A. 

 Legislative Committee, defended 

 the Co-operative Bill. 



Signature of the bill (nakes It 

 become a law on July 1. ' 



be on the increase in the major- 

 ity of cases. -<' ^ 



The Chicago Producers ranked 

 first on that msrket during the 

 first two weeks of June, handling 

 377 cars from June, 2 to 8.. and 

 306 cars from June 9 tb 15. The 

 agency' is handling about tlx per 

 cent'Of tlie business weekly. , 



At Indianapolis, the percentage 

 of business done by the farmers' 

 agenry is on the increase During 

 the first week Of June. S17 cars 

 or 31.54 per cent of the live stock 

 shipped on that market, -went to 

 the Producers. The second week 

 saw the Producers handle 231 cars 

 bnslne^ 



cles contiim^ to | or 27 pez cent alt tke bnslne«a 



