Vohime 2 



February 20, 1924 



Number 4 



'IAA.COMMinEE 

 \ ENDORSES FARMER 

 ': RELIEF MEASURE 



' McNary-Haugen Bill Is Designed 



To Establish Fair Prices 



For Farm Products 



The executive committee at Its 

 meeting, Jan. 31, unanimously 

 carried a motion made by F. D. 

 Barton, Cornell, and seconded by 



f' Stanley Castle, Alton, that tbe 

 ] committee "concur In tbe resolu- 

 ~ ' tlon passed by the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation at its last exec- 



• utive committee meeting, endors- 

 !ins the intent and purpose o{ the 

 ', McNary-Haugen bill," an emer- 

 ■Igency relief measure designed to 



'equalize tbe ratio between the sell- 

 ing price of farm products and 



'|tbe price of what the farmer must 



,'bny. 



{ President S. H. Thompson, in 



• Bpe«klBg tor the. bill, said, "I teel 

 as I never felt before that there 



lis « real emergency now. There 

 4 is no doubt about the condition of 

 ; agriculture. Tbe livestock farm- 

 er today is in a worse condition 

 •■ than a year ago. I don't believe 

 >^ in political remedies as a rule, but 

 this bill looks like an honest ef- 

 i' fort to overcome the emergency 



problem. 

 ' Compnlsory Pool 



"Both livestock and wheat 

 . prices were limited during the 

 war, and it is these two commod- 

 ities that are in the worst condi- 

 ■ tion now. The chief purpose of 

 the bill is to give a bushel of 

 wheat the same buying power it 

 ' had in pre-war days. As I see it, 

 . the bill is a national compulsory 

 ) pool with the whole cost of opera- 

 ' tlon on the farmers. It is not pa- 

 .'ternalism, but does take care of 

 I the emergency." 

 I Vice-President C. B. Watson 



(Continued on pase 4) 



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Change In I. A. A. 

 Office Location 

 Being Considered 



In accordance with the resolu- 

 tion passed at the annual meeting 



that tbe executive committee give 

 due consideration to a change in 

 the location of the I. A. A. offices. 

 President Thompson has appointed 

 a committee consisting of Earl 

 C. Smith, Detroit, chairman; 

 Frank D. Barton, Cornell; and 

 Stanley Castle, Alton, to Investi- 

 gate the question thoroughly. 



The committee was instructed 

 to report back at the next meeting 

 of tbe executive board on Harcb 

 6 and 6 with recommendations 

 and reasons therefore. Springfield 

 la tbe location tb*t U being con- 

 sidered. 



IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY 



Frazer Suggests 

 Co-op Accounting 

 To Elevator Men 



Speaking at the twenty-first an- 

 nual convention of the Farmers 

 Grain Dealers Association of Illi- 

 nois in Peoria, February 7, George 

 E. Frazer, consulting accountant 

 for the I. A. A., suggested that 

 cooperative elevators form them- 

 selves into regional groups to car- 

 ry on standard accounting and to 

 enforce authoritative auditing. 



Mr. Frazer referred to the idea 

 as a farmers' elevator clearing 

 house association. He said that 

 there is no reason why a farmer 

 should not have the same degree 

 of safe deposit on his grain in 

 elevator as on money in the bank. 

 The I. A. A. service of collecting 

 income tax refunds for cooperative 

 associations was explained by Mr. 

 Frazer. 



M. F, B. F. Asks 

 Co-operation In 

 Egg Marketing 



The Missouri Farm Bureau 

 Federation has invited Illinois 

 farmers to cooperate with them 

 in the egg marketing association 

 to be started with headquarters 

 at Hannibal. 



On Feb. 5 a state meeting at 

 Moberly determined to organize 

 an egg marketing association, 

 the first buj-ing center to be lo- 

 cated at Hannibal. The new or 

 jganizatlon will have contracts 



1923 Pool of Red 

 Top Seed Closed; 

 ly250,000 Pounds 



With the exception of about a 

 carload which is to be kept in tbe 

 warehouse for sale to members 

 for planting purposes, the entire 

 red top pool of 1,250,000 pounds 

 has been closed out and deliveries 

 will probably be completed by 

 March 1, according to Curt An- 

 derson, manager of the Egyptian 

 Seed Growers Exchange at Flora. 



Workmen have practically com- 

 pleted cleaning seed In the Flora 

 warehouse. 



"The board of directors of the 

 exchange are well satisfied with 

 tbefthe pool this year and are making 

 plans to increase our membership 

 in the spring," says Mr. Ander- 

 son. "Results have been much 

 better than last year when we or- 

 ganized too late to take advan- 

 tage of the early market. 



"This year's pool promises to 

 net our memoership a higher av- 

 erage than non-poolers received. 

 However, the average net price 

 cannot be stated until deliveries 

 are all made and our returns and 

 expenses are calculated," 



with its membership and will buy 

 on the basis of grade and qual- 

 ity and will pool orders and sell 

 at eastern markets. 



J. D. Harper, in charge of egg 

 marketing of the I. A. A., 

 was present at the meeting and 

 stressed tbe point of producing 

 a quality product. 



A. F. B. F, Budget 

 For Year 1924 

 Totals $160,000 



The American Farm Bureau 

 Federation has adopted a budget 

 of $160,000 for the year 1924. 

 This figure was made } 30,000 

 less than the prol>able income 

 for the year In order to take 

 care of a deficit of that'-amount 

 carried over from last year. 



The I. A. A. executive commit- 

 tee agreed to advance tbe A. F. 

 B. F. 15,000 of 1924 dues im- 

 mediately to assist in the present 

 financial condition. Other states 

 are making similar advances. 

 President S. H. Thompson of the 

 I. A. A., has been appointed 

 chairman of the A. F. B. F. fi- 

 nance committee. 



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ILLINOIS LED ALL 

 AS PATRON OF LIVE 

 STOCK CO-OPS IN '23 



Grant Re-hearing 

 In Fruit -Vegetable 

 Rate Case, March 7 



The Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission has granted the I. A. A. 

 and Illinois Commerce Commlt- 

 sion a re-hearing in the Trult 

 and vegetable rate case. It wllj 

 be heard at 10 a. m. on March 

 7 at the Great Northern hotel, 

 Chicago. Tbe Transportation De- 

 partment will represent the I. 

 A. A. 



The original proceedings were 

 brought by the Public Service 

 Commission of Indiana, attacking 

 the rates on fruits and vege- 

 tables from Illinois points to 

 Chicago, stating that tbe Illinois 

 rates are discriminatory. 



Delegates From 74 

 Counties Attend 

 Limestone Meets 



Seventy-four county farm bu- 

 reaus have been represented by 

 farm advisers or farm bureau 

 member^ at the eight limestone 

 meetings which have been held 

 this winter at the call of J. ~R. 

 Bent, Director of the Phosphate- 

 Limestone Department. Farm 

 advisers from 32 counties at- 

 tended tbe last meeting, at Ur- 

 bana during Farm Advisers' 

 week. 



Mr. Bent announces that 25 

 delegates from these eight meet- 

 ings will gather at a state-wide 

 conference at Springfield, at a 

 date not yet definitely set, to 

 effect a program for the stand- 

 ardization of limestone buying 

 in the state on a basis that is 

 fair to both producers of lime- 

 stone and to farmers. The rela 

 tion of the county farm bureaus 

 and the I. A. A. to limestone 

 purchasing will also be decided, 

 he state*. 



Shippers of State Saved $130,000 



In Commissions By Selling 



Cooperatively 



Illinois shiptwrs consigned 17,- 

 431 cars or 25.2 per cent of the 

 livestock handled by all Prodoe- 

 ers agencies in the United States 

 in 1923, according to figures of 

 the National Live Stock Pro- 

 ducers Association. A total of 

 69,101 cars, 4,831,17|l head of 

 stock, with a gross value of 

 190.073,623.25, was marketed 

 through the 14 Produoera selling 

 agencies 'now operating on as 

 many markets. 



Four other states that ranked 

 high as Producer patrons were 

 Indiana, with 14,080 cars; Iowa, 

 8,037 cars; Missouri, $,885 can; 

 and Texas, 4,58'' etre. tn^-. 

 meats originating in 29 stat*a 

 and one Canadian province were 

 handled by Producers acanclea 

 during the year. 



nilnois SkTinsi 



Savings in commissions to Il- 

 linois fanners who shipped to 

 Producers agencies were approxi- 

 mately $130,000 for the calen- 

 dar year, 1923. This saving in 

 the form of refunds 'Will come 

 principally from the Ckicago, E. 

 St. Louis, Indianapolis and Pe- 

 oria selling agencies. Illinois 

 shipments to these agencies were 

 as follows: Chicago, 8,147 ears; 

 E. St. Louis, 5,461 cars; Peoria. 

 2,035 cars; and Indianapolis, 

 1,739 cars. 



Three other agencies received 

 shipments from the state during 

 1923. as follows, Evanaville, 38; 

 Buffalo. 9; and Cleveland, 2. 



The Producers Commission 

 Association at Indianapolis ban- 

 died an average of 24 per cent 

 of the livestock upon that mar- 

 ket during 1923. Peoria han- 

 dled 23 per cent; E. St. Lonks, 

 11.7 per cent; and Chicago, 6.S 

 per cent. ' 



1928 Comparison 



The first Producers agencr 

 opened at E. St. Louis early In 

 January, 1922. Six agencies, in 

 all, opened that year and han- 

 dled 18.690 cars of Urestoek 

 valued at $26,688,363.17. Compar- 

 ing these with 1923 ftgnrea, the 

 volume of livestock bandied by 

 these cooperative commission 

 companies increased 271 per cent 

 in 1923. 



They l^andled 8.4 per cent of 

 all cars of livestock shipped to 

 tbe markets where they oper- 

 ated, as compared with 6.8 per 

 cent in .1922. Eight nfw acea- 

 |eie> opetoed in l*St. 



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