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Volume 1 



July 2,1923 



Number 8 



ILLINOIS CO-OPERATIVE BILL IS NOW A LAW 



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NATIONAL COUNCIL 

 TO BE RESULT OF 

 WHEATMERENCE 



Delegates Consider Ills Of 

 Industry; Endorse 

 . Co-operation 



Dpcision to set up a Wheat 

 Council of the United States 

 in whicli all interests will he 

 reprpsent('<l, was one of the 

 main accomplishments of the 

 National AVlitat Conference 

 held in Chicago in June, called 

 by governors of seven states, 

 headed by Gov. .1, 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 of all interests to give 

 publicity in every way to its find- 

 ings and to develop and apply ap- 

 proved methods by which equili- 

 brium between domestic products 

 and consumption can be estab- 

 lished 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-^oa accustomed and is en- 

 titled. 



Committee 



The personnel of the organiza- 

 tion committee which wilt set up 

 the Wheat Council of the United 

 States 13 as follows: O. E. Brad- 

 tute, Chicago; Charles S. Barrett, 

 Georgia; S. J. Lowell, New York; 

 (Continued on pape 4) 



Executive Body 

 Changes Ruling 

 On Claims Charges 



Some changes were made at 

 the last session of the Executive 

 Committee of the 1. A. A. in regard 

 -to the collection of claims handled 

 by the 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, whose 

 claims come to the 1. A. A. 

 through the county farm bureaus. 



■Non-nienilrers of the farm bu- 

 reau will be charged 25 per cent 

 commission on all trajisportation 

 claims handled through the Trans- 

 portation Department. 



In handling the claims of co- 

 operative sliipping associations, 

 full rebate of commission will be 

 made to associations with 100 per 

 cent farm bureau membership 

 and which are under agreement 

 w^ith county farm bureaus and 

 the X. A. A. A commission of 15 

 per cent will be charged associa- 

 tions whose membership is not 

 100 per cent farm bureau. 



BEFOREr— 



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-mal«ers o^f 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 just 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. 



Resignation of 

 C. E. Durst On 

 July 1 Accepted 



C. E. Durst, Director of the 

 Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 

 Department of the 1. A. A., tend- 

 ered his resignation at the last 

 meeting of the 1. 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, Inc. 



Mr. Durst has been director of 

 liis department with the I. A. A. 

 for nearly three years, having 

 formerly been adviser of Union 

 and Cook counties and connected 

 witk 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 E.xchange. 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 

 JUNE jONFERENCE 



HearReportsofWorkiDlscuss 



New Form of Membership 



; Agreement 



A new form Trf farm bureau 

 meinlM'rship contract w h i c. h 

 would do awa.v with much of 

 tlie expense necessary witli the 

 present i)laii of campaigns 

 i-very thri'c years was one of 

 the most important matters dis- 

 eussed at the June meeting of 

 tlie I. A. A. Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



With the plan presented, farm- 



c v---;-; r'-r. up 'r. their oi-gan- 



izations, the county farm' bureau, 

 the 1. A. A. and the A.F. B. F. 

 tor a period of thrr,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 of 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- 

 dicated plans tor 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 LEGAUZIN6 

 ORDERLY MARKHING OF FARM PRODUCTS 



Opponents Fail In Effort To Bring About Veto of Act; 



Considered Great Victory For Farmers i* 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' L'nion and tlie National 

 Producers. 



Illinois has a C>operative Marketing Law! 



ffignatiire of thi' bill by OoT^hior Leii iHmall ai June 22 gives 

 Illinois I'armirK s law similait .fo that pBss<-<t ii> ov.r lialf- the 

 stales of the rtrioli whifh legali^.es the marketing of agriculttiral 

 prodiict.s on a ep-opcrative Ijiksis. 



All other states trerc Watching Iflinois in jts fl^t tor the paasage 

 of the law. It wa^ conisidered ajfeul battl^Tcrouud between the farm- 

 ers in their struggl* for au orderly marketing system ;and the stru'ngly 

 intrqnched marketing interests whjch centei' in the state. Passage of 

 the law was. a signal victory for 'organized agricultt^. 



-Many attempt* were made to 



RED TOP GROWERS 

 TO HEAR PETEET 

 Ar ANNUAL MEET 



Walton Peteet, pirector of Co- 

 operative Marketing for the A. P. 

 B. F., will addreiss the annuaf 

 meeting of the Egyptian Seed 

 Growers Exchange at Flora, July 

 10. Mr. Peteet wjill tell the red 

 top growers sonietiiing of the op- 

 eration of co-opeirative associa- 

 tions in other sections as well as 

 describing the \. F. B. F. pl^s 

 for promoting coHoperative m«r- 

 keting. ] 



Local meetings for \be election 

 of delegates were held in JuBe. 

 The one man. one vote system 

 is provided for in j the by-laws of 

 the exchange, eacj member hav- 

 ing a vole in the j.election of the 

 delegate and each idelegate at the 

 annual meeting casting one vote 

 for each member of his local unit. 



A large attendance is expected 

 at the meeting. .Special invita- 

 tions have been sept to all county 

 farm bureaus in jthe section as 

 well as to banketjs and business 

 men. y 



Tenth Agency of 

 Producers To Open 

 At Oklahoma City 



Plans are arranged for the open- 

 ing of the tenth selling agency 

 under the Nationial Lire Stock 

 Producers Association at Okla- 

 homa City, ,Okla., on July 2. I'racj 

 tically all farmer*' organizationf 

 in the state are blocking the new 

 producers' commission company 



Business of the well-e*tablished 

 producers' agencies continues 'to 



make the bill , ineffective by 



important actions !n its passage 

 through th« Senate and House. 

 Howevf r. the efforts of oppon- 

 ents failid Imd proponents of the 

 bill had control of the situation 

 at all times. Backed by the loyal 

 support of the organized farmers 

 of Illinois. ' it went through the 

 Senate by « vfte of 34 to 3 and 

 thp House (passed the measure 

 100 to 47. f ■ 



In the fiial hearing of the bill 

 before tire Governor, oppon«'nt8 

 again appeared. th.is time to urge 

 the veto of thp'adt. Those attack- 

 ing the nu-4sure were J. E. Poole. 

 Chicago IJvf Stock Exchange: 

 W. G. Carn»ichael, St. Lojiis Live 

 Stock ExchRnge; L. N. Mcintosh. 

 •Chicago Milk Dealers Associa- 

 tion; and U E. I.lttle, of the Illi- 

 nois Milk Producers. 



Senators! Lonili (Woodford >. 

 Tumbaughj (OarrblI^. and C'lth 

 bertson (.Micottpjn i, toc«'ther with 

 President i H thompson .ind A. 

 C. Everingbanf. jof the i. A. A? 

 lyegislalive ; Committee, defended 

 the Co-opedativ. 



Sitnalure of t.^ ... 

 lM-com<- a law on July 1. 



makes it 



be on the increase in the major- 

 ity of caset^. 



The Chicago Producers' ranked 

 first on tliat market during the 

 first two ««ekis pt June, handling 

 377 cars ffom Jiine 2 to S. and 

 306 cars from Jiine 9 to-H. The 

 agt>ncy is handli^ip aboiit six per 

 cent of th^ busiii^as weekly. 



At Indiavapoli*,! the percentage 

 of business donq iby the farmers' 

 agency is c^ the; iicrease During 

 (he tirst «ieek H/t June, 317 ears 

 or 31.^4 pet cent: of the live etook 

 shipped on that market, went to 

 the Producers. Tlie second week 

 saw the Producers handle 2S1 gars 

 or 27 per oent of the buiiness 



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