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Volume 2 



March 20, 1924 



Nianber 6 



BROOM CORN CO-OP 

 STARTS CAMPAIGN 

 FOR MEMBERSHIP 



Seventeen Local Meetings Held; 

 I. A. A. Assisting In Organi- 

 zation Work 



The Illinois Broom Corn Grow- 

 ers Cooperative Association is in 

 the midst of its membership cam- 

 paign. A series of 17 local meet- 

 ings were held in the broom corn 

 producing district during the week 

 of March 10 under the leadership 

 of G. E. Metzger, director of or- 

 ganization for the I. A. A., and 

 F. M. Higgins of the organization 

 department field force. 



Following a school of instruc- 

 tion for solicitors at Mattoon 

 which was to have been held on or 

 about the 17th, the work of sign- 

 ing membership agreements was 

 started. The solicitors are all lo- 

 cal broom corn growers. 



The formation of the associa- 

 tion was started last August when 

 a committee was appointed to in- 

 vestigate the cooperative broom 

 corn marketing association of 

 Oklahoma and to work out a plan 

 for organizing Illinois growers. 

 The committee was assisted by of- 

 ficials of the I. A. A. and by Wal- 

 ton Peteet. 



Melvin Tbomas, farm adviser of 

 Coles county, is chairman of the 

 organization committee and Fred 

 H. Lebrecht of Mattoon is secre- 

 tary. "The aim of the associa- 

 tion," declares Mr. Thomas, "is 

 to market Illinois broom corn in 

 an orderly, intelligent and busi- 

 ness-like manner through a well 

 organized and efilciently managed 

 cooperative association organized 

 under the Illinois cooperative mar- 

 keting law." 



The plan of the committee calls 

 for a membership representing 75 

 per cent of the broom corn grow- 

 ers in Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, 

 Jasper. Moultrie, Shelby, Clark 

 and Edgar counties. This mem- 

 bership must be secured by April 

 1, 1924. 



Baseball League 



O. K'dBy I.A.A. 



The I. A. A. executive commit- 

 tee gave its endorsement of the 

 plans of the farm bureau baseball 

 league at the March meeting and 

 voted to' appoint an employee of 

 the I. A.. A. as secretary-treasurer 

 of the league as provided for in 

 its constitution. Farm Adviser 

 R. W. Dickenson, Cass county, 

 presented the project to the com- 

 mittee. He stated that at least 

 15 counties have signified their in- 

 terest in the league and several 

 have joined. 



RESULTS ARE WHAT WE WANT 



Protest Any Raise 

 In Illinois Fruit 

 and Vegetable Rates 



Illinois fruit and vegetable 

 growers were represented by L. J. 

 Quasey, director of transportation 

 of the I. A. A., and by the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission at a hear- 

 ing before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission in Chicago, 

 March 7, opposing the proposed 

 increase in rates on fruits and 

 vegetables from Illinois points to 

 Chicago. 



The case was filed by Indiana 

 fruit and vegetable shippers 

 through the Public Service Com- 

 mission of Indiana, complaining 

 that they were being discriminated 

 against and asking that the com- 

 mission prescribe rates from In- 

 diana points to Chicago which 

 would put them on a parity with 

 Illinois shippers. 



"We do not ojject if Indiana 

 shippers are given rates similar to 

 those of Illinois but we don't want 

 Illinois rates raised," declares Mr. 

 Quasey. "But ; ny adjustment 

 that may be made in these rates 

 is likely to cause a nation-wide 

 investigation on fruit and vege- 

 table rates. 



"If the rates from Indiana 

 should be reduced to the same 

 level as those of Illinois, it would 

 mean that all eastern shippers 

 would ask to be placed on the 

 same basis. This, of course, would 

 affect the heavy fruit-bearing ter- 



1924 Budget of 

 $300,000 Passed' 

 By I.A.A. Board 



A budget of $300,000 for 1924, 

 with tlie provision that it may be 

 changed by the e-vecutive commit- 

 tee at any time they see fit, was 

 passed by the committee at its 

 March meeting. Of this amount, 

 »46,500 was allotted to the live- 

 stock, grain, dairy, fruit and vege- 

 table, and poultry and egg coop- 

 erative marketing departments. 



SeiTice departments, including 

 legal, taxation and statistics, 

 transportation, speakers' bureau, 

 organization, information, legisla- 

 tion, phosphate-limestone and tu- 

 berculosis eradication, were al- 

 lowed $128,000. Much of the 

 work of the sert'ice departments 

 goes toward the work of the co- 

 operative marketing departments 

 and to service to cooperative mar- 

 keting associations, as well as to 

 county farm bureaus. 



There is a total decrease of |34,- 

 247 in the budget this year com- 

 pared with the 1923 budget. 



ritory in Michigan. 



"On the other hand, if Illinois 

 rates are increased to place them 

 on a parity with Indiana, it will 

 mean that the western states will 

 have a lower basis than from Illi- 

 nois points and naturally it would 

 lead to a readjustment in western 

 points which would place them on 

 the same basis as Illinois." 



Write To Washington! 



The McNary-Haugen bill 

 has been reported favorably 

 out of both the Senate and 

 House Agricultural Comntit- 

 tees. If you want copies of 

 records of these hearings, 

 write to your Senator or Rep- 

 resentative. Let them know 

 that Illinois farmers want ac- 

 tion on this relief measure 

 and want it badly. 



Lincoln Will Be 

 Scene of State 

 Picnic For 1924 



After a delegation of lx)gan 

 county folks bad set forth the ad- 

 vantages of Lincoln as a suitable 

 site for the 1924 I. A. A. and 

 county farm bureau picnic, the ex- 

 ecutive committee accepted their 

 invitation. No date was set for 

 the event. Lincoln has Chautau- 

 qua grounds that are ideal for 

 such a picnic, the committee said, 

 with facilities for handling a 

 crowd of 20,000. 



It is expected that the state 

 farm bureau championship horse- 

 shoe pitching tournament will be 

 staged at the picnic as in the past. 

 In case it is held late in the sum- 

 mer, suggestions have been made 

 tfaat the state championship farm 

 bureau baseball game be played 

 there. 



Office Location 

 Not To Be Changed, 

 Committee Decision 



The I. A. A. office will remain 

 in Chicago, according to the de- 

 cision of the executive committee 

 which voted on the proposition of 

 moving to Springfield at the March 

 meeting. This was after a com- 

 mittee of Earl C. Smith, Frank 

 D. Barton and Stanley Castle had 

 reported the results of their in- 

 vestigation of the merits of each 

 place. 



"More prompt and efficient serv- 

 ice can be rendered to the mem- 

 bership at large from Chicago than 

 from Springfield," the report said. 

 A great saving in traveling time 

 was shown to the advantage of 

 Chicago. To attend a one day's 

 executive committee meeting, it 

 would take the committeemen a 

 total of 662 hours and 3 minutes 

 away from home for the Spring- 

 field trip and it now takes 470 

 hours and 39 minutes for the Chi- 

 cago trip with no saving in travel- 

 ing costs to the advantage of 

 Springfield. The same is appli- 

 cable to I. .\. A. employees. The 

 financial cost to maintain an of- 

 fice would be approximately the 

 same in either location, the inves- 

 tigation showed. 



COUNTY PRESIDENTS 

 STATE STAND ON 

 FARM LEGISLATION 



Demand Active Support of McNary- 

 Haugen Bill By Illinois 

 National Legislators 



Resolutions demandint that Il- 

 linois senators and repreientativeF 

 actively support the McKary-Hau- 

 gen bill for an agricultural ex- 

 port corporation, urging: that they 

 back the passage of all legislation 

 which will strengthen the admin- 

 istration of the Packers and Stock- 

 .vards act, and stating tbetr, oppo- 

 sition to the amendmedt known 

 as the Williams bill, dan^rous tn 

 cooperative livestock nvrketin):. 

 were passed by the meeting of 

 farm bureau presidents fn March 

 £ in Chicago. ! 



The resolution on tbej McNat'y- 

 Baugen bill reads as follbws: 



Whereas apriculture has been 

 reduced to a condition ifhich not 

 only endangers the future and 

 permanency of the basic! industry 

 of the nation, and whict> if con- 

 tinued, will also demoralize and 

 destroy the prosperity nbw exist- 

 ing in other lines of business and 

 industry and 



RCKtarMion ParanMunt 



Whereas, the restoration of 

 agriculture is the paramount issue 

 before the American people to- 

 day, it is important tbfit emer- 

 gency federal relief legislation be 

 immediately enacted by |the Con- 

 gress of the United Stated; and 



Whereas, the McNarj- >- Haugen 

 bill as now pending in fhe Con- 

 gress of the United States, if 

 passed, would furnish this emer- 

 gency legislation necessary tn 

 bring about this relief. 



Now, therefore, be it resolved, 

 that we. the presidents aaid other 

 npprtsentatives of 85 county farm 

 bureaus of the state o( Illinois 

 and the members of the executive 

 committee of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association in confereno 

 assembled, hereby endorse and 

 approve the emergency relief 

 measure for American agricultur* 

 as is set forth in Senate Bill 201 : 

 and in House Bill 5563, l^iown a.-^ 

 the McNary-Haugen Bill, and do 

 hereby respectfully requast, urge, 

 insist and demand that our rep- 

 resentatives in Congress,' earnest- 

 ly, unqualifiedly and actively 

 support and vote for thAs emer- 

 gency relief measure and use all 

 their influence and power to se- 

 cure the enactment of this meas- 

 ure at the earliest possiblp date. 

 P»ck«>r»-Siockyar<fc 



Following is the resolution on 

 amendments to the Packers and 

 Stockyards act: 



Be It resolved by the presidents 

 (Continued on pac« S) 



