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R EC O R D 



^Co-op' Marketing Seen As 



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60S SoMth Dearborn Street, X^hlcaKO, 

 Illinois. Edited t>y N«w« Pdblielt) 

 D^attDlAilt. L. Ji'Montross, Director. 



Bntryv^ 8econ4 class matter Oct- 

 10. 19ai. at theipost Kirice ae> Chi- 

 cago. Illinois. V"^*er the act of 

 MSTrch t. 1879. Acceptance for mail- 

 ing at l|p«ciAl ra^es of postage pro- 

 v^tded f4t in Se<ltion 1103. Act of 

 October «k,1917, jauthoriied Oct. M. 

 I»21. •. ■'■' ■• .- 



The tndi^dual n^embership fee of 

 the Illlnt>l8 AgrlcDltural Associa- 

 tion Is fl^e dollars a year. This 

 fM Includes payment of ten cents 

 for subscription to the Illinois Aff- 

 rtcultural Association Record. 



OFFICERS 



President. S.' H. Thompson. Quincy. 

 Vlce-Preslde«t. A. O. Bckert, Belle- 

 ville. 

 Treasurer. R.. A. Cowles. B16o*ilnB- 



ton. 

 Secretary. Geo. A. Fox. Sycamore. 



KXiScrm'E CO.M3IJTTBB 



By ConKrt»«lonaI Districts 



llth— Henry McGough. Mable Park- 

 12th — G. F. Tullock. Rockford. 

 13th — C. E. Bamborougrh. Polo. 

 14th — W. H. Moody. Port Byron. 

 15th— H. E. Goeinbel. Hoopole. 

 llth — G. E. P.eder, Mendota. 

 17th — F. D. Barton. Cornell. 

 18th — C- R. Finlfy. Hoopeston. 

 19th — D. J. HoUerman. Sadorus. 

 loth — Earl J. Smith, Detroit. 

 Slst — E. L Corbin. Carllnville. 

 t2nd — Stanley Castle. Alton. 

 tSrd— CaVIton Trimble. Trimble. 

 ■t4th — Curt Aaderson. Xenla. 

 15th — Vernon Lessley. Sparta. 



' Directon of Departments, 



I. A. A. Offlc«^ 



Qeneiral Qfllce and Assistant to Sec- 

 retary. J. D. Harper; Field Organis- 

 ation. J. C. Sailor; Organization Pub- 

 licity. G. E; Metzger; News Publip- 

 Ity. L. J- Montross; Transportatioa. 

 L. J. Quasey; Statistics. J. C. Wat- 

 son; Finance. R. A. Cowles; Fruit 

 and Vegetable Marketing, C. E. 

 Durst: Live Stock Marketing, C. A. 

 Stewart; D^iry Marketing. A. D. 

 Liyijch; Phosphate Limestone. J. R. 

 Bent: Legal. Newton Jenkins. 



ORGANIZED EFFORT 

 SEEN TO DISCREDIT 

 . CMERGMIN ACT 



Misleading- Statements Aboutj 

 Law Are Spread— No Basis 

 for Accusation 



I There appears to be an or- 

 ganized effort by the grain 

 trade to discredit the Capper 

 Tincher Act. la numerouB 

 pres-s statements the grain trade 

 blames the Capper Tincher act 

 for the low price of wheat. The 

 contention is that the new law 

 has festrietetrspeculation which 

 ,1|^ resulted in a decline in the 

 price of fwhfttt. 



The CtwA' Ti^vher Act does 

 "1^ any waKrestrict legitf- 

 niate qjpeculation, according to 

 tie "nSrnt statements of theT)e- 

 PBrtgAA- of .\gricultute, which 



iSfnisters the act. It does re- 

 strict manipulation of cornering 

 ot the market. It Speculation 



EEs decidased it is reasonable to 

 Bfe^eve that heretofore there has 

 lieen speculation not legitimate. 

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 ^ ^ iTrmde CUtals 



Claims ' of the grainj trade have 



^ siii^ays contended that it is sup- 



„' -ply and demand that makes '^e 



• market. Now tbe grain trade 



says it is a lack ot speculation, 



and not supply and demand. If 



this is true, it is time tbe farmer 



was finding out the truth about 



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[Again It Is a fair question to 

 ask why the claimed decline in 

 syeculatioa caused by the Cap- 

 per Tincher .\ct has not had the 

 same effect on corn and it is 

 claimed to have wl)eat jrices. Ac- 

 cording to the word of T. J. Duvel, 

 Supervisor of the Chicago Grain 

 B^change under . the Capper 

 Tincher Aet. th^ act does not 

 bfire anything in it that the 



i(ContItiued from pagre 1) 



every member should take this 

 tact into consideration in plan- 

 ning the 1924 crop program. To 

 advise a twenty percent reduc- 

 tion by every wheat grower would 

 not be wise for the.e are a num- 

 ber ot factors on every farm that' 

 rightly enter into the decision ot 

 amount of reduction. * 



Government Partidpatibn 



Government participation has 

 t>een suggested by setting a mini- 

 mum^guaranteed price, and by 

 setting up a wheat corporation to 

 buy wbea- of farmers and sell ft 

 to foreign nations. All of the dis- 

 cus»ion on this Lubject was op- 

 posed to asking the U. S. Gov- 

 ernment to participate on any 

 basis so Tar suggested. 



Chief among the arguments op- 

 posing Government taking action 

 are: 



It Will mean an expenditure ot 

 money that willjater rebound to 

 t^e farmer in the ^rm of taxa- 

 tion. ' 



It vould set a further precedent 

 for all other industries to call 

 on the Treasury when in trouble. 



It Is dangerous to put the Ax- 

 ing of wheat price into the hands 

 of tfee public, giving opportunity 

 ot less control by the producer 

 than he now has opportunity far. 

 Information Lacking 



The discussion broughf out the 

 fact that at best, comphste and 

 reliable Information on the tacts 

 ot w^eat production, consump- 

 tion, demand and surplus, is lack- 

 ing, ^he fact remains that wheat 

 is in the neighborhood of 85 cents 

 a Bjjshel, at the country'' ©levator 

 aiill^the wheat dollar is- worth 

 about' 69 cents when it comes to 

 tiurchaslng the things the farmer 

 uses, as compared with full value 

 in 1913. 



Meeting Crises V 



Vartous means are bgWg used 

 by th* farmer to-Kieii this crisis. 

 Already there' has been an un- 

 heard ot economy. 



Any considerable amount ot 

 further economy will have a very 

 definite effect on the value of 

 the farm dollar. On this side of 

 the question are other protections 

 every Individual ,'an make use of 

 for himself, thone ot diversified 

 farming and economical produc- 

 tion. Illinois is especially well- 

 adapted to diversification. To 

 have a variety ot crops prevents 

 a total loss when one crop does 

 nc>t pay. Surely the man who 

 produces' wheat at the cost ot 



board of trade rules do not al- 

 ready require. 



Fair Trial " 



The Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation used its influence to se- 

 cure the Capper Tincher Act and 

 it now wishes to see the Act 

 given a fair trial. 



In answer to a St. Louis 

 banker who asked that the De 

 partment of Agriculture not re 

 strict _the volume ot trading so 

 speculators would be encouraged, 

 Assistant Secretary C. W. Pugs- 

 ley has this to say. "Continued 

 agitation by the grain' trsfde in 

 regard to these reports exposes 

 it to the suspicion that there is 

 something to conceal which might 

 result in increased criticism and 

 even further legislation of a more 

 drastic character before the actu- 

 al tacts regarding futures trad- 

 ing can be assembled by this ;de- 

 partment"- ii 



11.00 a bushel is hotter off than 

 the man who produces wheat at 

 the cost ot tl-25 a bushel. Eco- 

 nomical production Is a factor. 



In discussing economy, diversi- 

 fication and economical produc- 

 tion, it was realized that they 

 are but fragments of the real 

 problem, but it is the belief that 

 their practice will be helpful in 

 the presenf situation. 



Co-operative Marketing 



The whole problem was recog- 

 nized as an economic problem 

 which will be solved primarily 

 by self-help through organized 

 agriculture and through the ap- 



J. D. Harper, Assistant to the 

 Secretary of .Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association has been ap- 

 pointed a' member of the 

 National Egg Marketing Com- 

 mittee by Chairman, Mrs. W. 

 C. Martin. This Comiiuttee is 

 the result of an egg marketing 

 conference called by the Ameri- 

 plication of business principles toj^Q ^3^^ Bureau Federation. 



Illinois Progress , 



Mr. Harper says that Illinois is 

 one of the mid-west states that 

 has demonstrated co-operative 

 marketing ot eggs in a limited 

 way. Experience in Shelby and 

 Hancock counties points to the 

 tact that the successful marketing 

 of eggs co-operaMvely, depends 

 in a large measure on high qual- 

 ity and a suSlcient quantity ot 

 standardized grades. 



Plans are under consideration 

 to co-operate with all agencies to 

 put a higher grade of eggs on 

 Illinois farms by working under 

 Senate Bill 460. the new stand- 

 ardization law. Mr. Harper states 

 that Wisconsin has placed 4,000,- 

 000 standard baby chicks from 

 standard inspected , flocks under 

 state supervision on 'Wisconsin 

 farms under a similar law. The 

 new Illinois law will benefit pro- 

 ducers in the way of Increased 

 price for better quality of eggi, 



marketing as well as production. > 



In the opinion of the commit- 

 tee co-operative marketing otters 

 more fo' ultimately solve the 

 problem than any other one thing 

 in slgtit. At the same time it 

 was recognized that this remedy 

 is not a quick relief measure, but 

 Just because It Is a fundamental, 

 will require considerable time to 

 get results. 



PRODUCER EARNINGS 



REACH $140,000 FOR 



FIRST Fiy[M0NTilS 



Total earnings of the Live 

 Stock Producers Commission 

 Companies for the first five 

 months of this year were $140,- 

 000, according to a report re- 

 cently made by F. M. Simp^n, 

 general manager of the Nation- 

 al Live Stock Producers' Asso^ 

 ciation. 



The report continues: 



"During 1922, producer agen- 

 cies afllliated with the National 

 Liire Stock Producers' Associa- 

 tion,^ handled 18,590 cars, which 

 were valued at more than J26,- 

 000,000, and represented 6.6 per 

 cent of the total receipts handled 

 by the six markets inhere our 

 offices were operating. 

 Gain In 192S 



"For the first five months of 

 1923, the Producers handled 20,- 

 719 cars, which was more than 

 they handled during the entire 

 year of 1922, having a value ot 

 over $37,000,000. This business 

 represented ^.5 per cent ot the 

 total business of the markets 

 -where Producer agencies are op- 

 erating. 



"In the eighteen months ot 

 operation three Producer agencies 

 have refunded In commissions 

 more than $170,000 and more 

 than J17,000 in membership fees. 

 Three offices have abolished the 

 membership fee entirely and five 

 have started without and mvn- 

 bership tee. 



Big Increase 



"The six months' period end- 

 ing June 30 shows an 83 per 

 cent increase In business over the 

 first six months in 1922 tor the 

 St. Louis Producers. Further, 

 thls>83 per cent increase In busi- 

 ness shows a 114 per cent iii- 

 crease in savings. Evidence that 

 the greater the volume the great- 

 er the saving. 



"St. Louis Producers are aver- 

 aging 14 per cent ot all live 

 stock consigned to that, market. 



"A report f ro n Indianapolis 

 shows 1.219 cars handled in June 

 by the Producers at- that market. 

 In June. 1922, the Indianapolis 

 Producers handled just halt that 

 number.". 



I.A.A. REPRESENTED 

 ON EGG COMMITTEE 

 TOFORMUUTEPLAN 



J. D. Harper Named On National 



Body; Progress Already 



Made in State 





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CROWDED^ OUT , 



ON account of the Import- 

 ance of the conferenca 

 held at Centralia, an account 

 'of which Ik contained in thia 

 Issue, and of .the wheat m^ 

 .ketin'a situation, the' 'u»ial 

 articles, about a co-op^atlve 

 marketing associatloii and a 

 department of the I. A. A. 

 are omitted in this issue, ~- 



Thls serle*, however, will 

 be contipued m» before. 



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and may easily change completely 

 the poultry population of 

 state in five years. 



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Other Members 



Other members of the National 

 Committee are as follows: 



James L. 'Whetsel, Vineland, N. 

 J., President, Atlantic Coast Egg 

 Producers Association; L. R. Sim- 

 ons, Ithaca, N. 'V., Secretary, 

 Marketing and Transportation 

 Committee, N. Y. State Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation; Mrs. H. W. Law- 

 rence, Monroeville, Ohio, member 

 Executive Committee, Ohio Farm 

 Bureau Federation; C. R. George, 

 Indianapolis, Ind., Director Dairy 

 and Produce Marketing, Indiana 

 Farm Bureau Federation; Robert 

 W. Bingham, member Executive 

 Committee, Kentucky Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation; A. S. Chapin, 

 Cookesville, Tenn., poultryman; 

 C. E. Hearst,! Cedar Falls, la.. 

 President Iowa Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration; J. S. Jones, St. Paul, 

 Minn., Secretary, Minnesota Farm 

 Bureau Federation; Benjamin 

 Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 President, Utah Poultry Produc- 

 ers, Inc.; J. H. Barber, Petaluma, 

 Cal., General Manager, Pacific 

 Coast Egg Producers' Association. 



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Overloading Live Stock May 

 Cause Heavy Losses 



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Transportation Department, 

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