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lllinoisAgricultural 



Volume 1 



August 1, 1923 



Number 1<> 



WHEAT COUNCIL OF THE U. S. IS ORGANIi 



PinSBURGH PLUS 

 FIGHT BEING LEB 

 BY MIBWEST BODY 



PresMent Thompson of I.A.A. 

 Represents Farming In- 

 terests of Illinois 



• Important steps toward the 

 abolishment of '.'Pittsburgh 

 Plus," the fake freight charge 

 placed on steel products, were 

 taken in July by the -Mid-west 

 Committee appointed to lead 

 the fight. .Illinois, Iowa, Wis- 

 consin, and Minnesota are rep- 

 resented on the eommittej. 



The Illinois Commission to in- 

 vestigate •'Pittsburgh Plus" is 

 composed of Senator John T 

 Denvir, Chicago, chairman; Sen- 

 ator P.andolph Boyd, Galva; Rep- 

 resentatives Robert E. Scholes, 

 Peoria, and X. E. McMaekin, Sa- 

 lem; B. F. Bakery Kewanee, rep- 

 resenting the Western Associa- 

 tion of Roiled Steel Consumers; 

 B- F. Peek, Moline, manu^:^c- 

 turer; and President S. \ H. 

 Thommon, Quiney, representing 

 the" I. A. A. 



Appoihtment 



This commission was provided 

 tor in a bill passed at the recent 

 session of the Legislature and 

 the members were appointed by 

 Governor Small. The sum of 

 ^25.000 was Appropriated to fi- 

 nance the work of the committee 



Reports on 'economic phases of 

 the problem were made to the 

 , inter-state commission by a com- 

 mittee of experts from the four 

 . states who have been making 

 investigafiors. 



° Execntive Committee 

 ' Three members were appointed 

 to. serve ou the, executive com- 

 mittee to carry on the . flght for 

 the Mid-west CommissioB when 

 the most important round of the 

 effort to abolisb the- unjust 

 freight charge comes up before 

 the Federal Trade Commission. 

 The s1%el manufacturer* of the 

 Pittsburgh district have already 

 put in their case. It is likely 

 that B. F. Peek of Moline will 

 represent Illinois as chairman of 

 the executive committee. 



Over. 7fi00 meinber- farm- bu- 

 reau gatepost signs were .sent 

 out early in July to 11 counties 

 of Illinois. These signs were 

 or<fered by county farm bureaus 

 through the I. A, A-, which had 

 made special arrangement with 

 the manufacturer for a special 

 discount on quantity lots, j 



WANTED— A STRONGER ROPE 



OVER $19,000,000 



Quite a neat little sum I 

 Yet ■■ that's the amount . of 

 busii^ts that the Chicago 

 Producers handled during 

 the first year of operation. 

 They made a 30 per cent re- 

 fund tool Illinois shippers 

 gave the "co-op" 52 per 

 cent of its business. Read 

 the' xrhole story on Page 3 

 of The Record. 



Milk Contracts- 

 Are Upheld By 

 McHenry Judge 



Judge Edward D. Shurtieff, of 

 the Circuit Court of McHenry 

 County, Illinois, has handed 

 down a decision In the case of 

 the Milk Producers' Marketing 

 Company of Chicago vs. Arthur 

 L. Bell, in which th^ co-operative 

 marketing contract is completely 

 upheld. The court grants the 

 application of the Milk Market- 

 ing Company against its member 

 to compel him to specific per- 

 formance of contract. The de- 

 cision is regarded as an epoch^ 



Illinois on the Saplro colttra<Sr~ 



COUNTIES MAY 

 APPROPRIATE T.B. 

 FIINBS^LEGAaY 



County Boards of Supervis 

 ors are entirely within their 

 powers in appropriating funds 

 for the eradication of bovine 

 tuberculosis w'thin the county, 

 according to the provision of 

 S. B. 348 passed at the 53rd 

 General A.ssenibly, which sa^s 

 that "each county, shall htve 

 power to appropriate funds from 

 the county treasury to be ufeed 

 In any manner to be determined 

 by the board tor the suppres- 

 sion, eradication, and control of 

 tuberculosis among domestic an- 

 imals in each county." 



Doubt has been prevalent in 

 many counties of late in regard 

 to the legality of such appropria- 

 tions due t6 the decision handed 

 down by Attorney General 

 Brundage, which stated that such 

 appropriations are illegal. 



As the new statute expressly 

 prOTides for the lawfulness of 

 county tuberculosis appropria- 

 tione^ the decision of the attor- 

 one, Eince.lt is the first time-i<L jje^' general has been pointed out 

 court ruling has been had in ^6 tiMa error as affecting such 



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Producer-Heads 

 Meet At Chicago^^^ 

 Report Progress 



The Board of Directors of the 

 National Live Stock Producers 

 Association met in the ,, Hotel 

 Fort Dearborn7~6hicago, ori"*Hly 

 23rd, for a three-day~~se8SI0B. 

 President John' G. Brown, who 

 has Just completer a personal 

 survey of the rivei markets, re- 

 ported on the progress of the or- 

 ganization. 



Fruit Meeting 

 Is Called For 

 C^tradia, Aug. 7 



The Illinois Asricultural As- 

 sociation is calling a fruit and 

 vegetable marketing cojiference, 

 in co-operation with the Illinois 

 Fruit Exchange, /tX^ Centralia, 

 August 7. Waltbn Peteet, Di- 

 rector of Co-oper»ti^e Marketing 

 for the American farm Bureau 

 Federation, is to be' the speaker. 



There is to be • free, open 

 discussion of marketing prob- 

 lems. The purpose of the . con- 

 ference is to study fruit and 

 vegetable marketing problems; to 

 make a sur\'ey of . past ' experi- 

 ences and present CODditionr; 

 and to formulate a program 

 comprehensive of future needs. 



All members of. the exchange 

 are urged to be present, if pos- 

 sible. It is not in any «ensp a 

 membership meeting, but one 

 which will help io shape the fu- 

 ture of co-operative -frsit mar- 

 keting in Southern Illinois. 



SYBNEY 



NAMED 

 OFFICE£CHICAI^ 



tarie Program For Relief «f 



Grain Grower Set Forth' 



By Organization 



(Civ,: Page tvo will he ioumd a 

 ftite statement by the dirtct^s. 

 he Wheat Council ol the ^V^d 

 Staief as Jo tlyeir objecti.) | 



tie -Wheat Council of the 

 Tln^'d, States, has been fcjra^y / 

 (irdii)ized -'with the foUowii^ 

 oftiters : S.vdney Andersqii. 

 preisS.d<-nt : Harvey —J. -Sennoc . 

 Viofe-President r-^Q^E. Braji- 

 fute, treasurer; Jr^-GroKvei^)! 

 Dawp, exectatji-e vite-presiaraL 

 C. K. Chatfieia. s*?etar>-. J 



With offices at 7? West Wmii- 

 ington St., Cteicago. the orga|>- 

 itSition plaMJtp make alt ,:r>os 

 slble efforts Sod to po-operai > > 

 fafas possible with all Intel- -.: 

 for the eeniral welfare af~Ub( 

 wheat producer, whose pres^tit 

 ISw prices have arouse^ the at- 

 tention of the nation. 



The Wheat Council of Amerlta 

 is the outgrowth of a meeti^K 

 calleil in Chicago in June by 

 Gov. y. A. O. ri*U8, of Misnl 

 sota. and attende<S by more thsr 

 400 delegates from seven midd|*- 

 west states. The Illinois A^ti- 

 cttltural Association was repi^ 

 sentad at this meeting. 



TTiis conffrence went on reeotd /' 

 in sap»ort of co-operafire mar- 

 keting. .KZ ^ i 



File Claims Promptly/', ^.l 

 Says Traffic Department 



"All shippers should file claims 

 promptly," advises the Transpor- 

 tation Department of the I. A. A. 

 "It operates to their own advan- 

 tage, as well as to that of the 



carrier. When claims are filed, sosahlc^time for/ delivery h«f 



promptly, the facts and circum- 

 stances' surrounding a case are ..-,..-, -, _. ^. •^ 



... ., .. ,.,,»•- Th> Transportation Dei 



much more readily recalled thUFf^^. ^.f^,_ k_.v V.^. ._.. . 



vthen they are allowed to ruit ^or 

 a considerable lengt h — aXn^^e."' 



The Diepartment states that 

 many have lost their rights In 

 the- collection of^'loes asd danu. 

 age claims by reason oT negli- 

 gence or ignorance of the limita- 

 tions in such -matters. 



The terms u f ^im jjniform 

 livestock shipping 'eontrsct and 

 the bill of lading provide tHat 

 claims for loss, damage, or in- 



jBry to property most tM^ jQade 



in writing to- the origiacting «t 

 delivering carrier -within bI\ 

 months after delivery, or in caSt- 

 of fan»Te to make delivery, Hic^ 

 witMa six months^ after aret- 



elapsed. •< < 



pay- 

 ment handles l>oOi,\ws and dan^- 

 age and overe)larg% claims as- 

 part of its ssniee. The legill. 

 limit ioT filing overcharg* clainas 

 is tw» years, ij .— ^^>-_/l 



Other 8er|^~ni«' tie D( - 

 partment giyte Ihclndes quoting 

 of rates, ii^omaiticn 'concerning 

 correct routini;,~..issistance la se- 

 curing various shipping oonvenl- 

 «ocei^^^id other wbrk looking to 

 the iiib>ces.ts «( Illinois farmers 

 in freieht and traffic matters. 



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