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Th« Dlinott Agricultural AtaodatioB lUecrd 



June 21, 1924 



4IIiL<IISOIS J^ 

 CPLTUHAL ASSOCX41Wn 

 ""RECO Rir^y- 



Published twice a month by the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, SOS South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. 

 Edited by Department of InCormation, H. C, Butcher, 

 Director. 



Kntry as second class matter Oct. 10, 1921, at the post 

 office at Chicago. Illinois, under the act of March 3, 1I7(. 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rates of postage pro- 

 Tided for In Section llOS, Act of October (, 1I17, autbor- 

 Ised Oct. 81. 1921. 



The IndlTldual membership fee of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association Is flve dollars a year. This fee Includes 

 payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Ajr- 

 rlcultural Association Record. 



OFFICERS 



Preeldent, S. H. Thompson, Qnlncr. 



Vice-President, C. B. WMson, DeKalb. 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles, Bloomlngton. 



Secretry, Geo. A. Fox, Sycamore. ^ 



. •; EXBCrrnVK COMMITTKB 



By Congresaioiua Districts 



lit* Jacob Olbrloh, Harvard 



laui .'...G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



18th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



15th H. E. Goembol, Hooppole 



16th A. R. Wright, Varna 



17th F. 0, Barton, Cornell 



18th R, F, Karr, Iroquois 



1»th J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



iOth Eari C. Smith, Detroit 



21tt , Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd Stanley Castle, Alton 



23rd J. E. LIngenfelter, Lawrencevllle 



24th Curt Anderson, Xenia 



tSth Vernon Lessley, Sparta 



Directors of Departmental .^ 



L A. A. Ofllce 



General Offlee and Asalstant to Secretary, J. H, Kelker; 

 Organization, G. E. Metxger; Information, H. C. Butcher; 

 Transportation, L. J. Quasey; Statistics, J. C. WaUon; 

 Finance, R. A. Cowles; Fruit and Vegetable Marketing, 

 A. B. Leeper; Live Stook Marketing, C. A. Stewart; 

 Dairy Marketing, A. D. Lynch; Phosphste-Llmestone, 

 J. R. Bent; In charge Poultry and Egg Marketing, F. A. 

 Gougter; special representative on Tuberculosis Eradi- 

 cation, M. H. Petersen. 



Lefa Put the Tail on the Other End 



On the next page is the report of R. A. Cowles, 

 who represented the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion at Washington, D. C. in behalf of the McNary- 

 Haugen bill. Study the report carefully, then turn 

 to the next page and scrutinize the map showing 

 where the opposition came from. Notice the geo- 

 graphical majority of the agricultural regions. The 

 tail is wagging the dog, as Mr. Cowles puts it, and 

 that tail is on the Eastern end of the pup, too. 

 Study the map. ,. 



Moat Illinoii Repretentativet Stand By 

 Agriculture 



It is gratifying to note the support given the 

 MeNar}--Haugen biU by Illinois representatives. 

 Every representative from an agricultural district, 

 including the two representatives at large, but ex- 

 cluding Henry T. Rainey, representative from the 

 20th district, voted for the bill. Eight of the ten 

 representatives from Chicago voted against and 

 two were not present. 



Council of Wat Called 



Definite action for the future has not been de- 

 termined by farm organization in general any fur- 

 ther than fo set July 17 and 18 as the dates for a 

 general conference of all farm organizations at St. 

 Paul, at which time a program for future legisla- 

 tive action will l^ discussed and some definite plans 

 laid. ; • 



The Republican Pledge to the Farmer 



Following is the agricultural plank of the Repub- 

 lican platform adopted at the Republican Conven- 

 tion June 14 at Cleveland, which is printed in the 

 RECORD without political favor whatsoever and 

 merely to inform the membership of the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association what has been 

 pledged for agriculture by the Republican party. 

 When the Democratic platform is framed at the 

 New York convention, those planks pertaining to 

 agriculture will also be published in the RECORD. 

 If a third party forms and a platform is formulated 

 with parts pertaining particularly to agriculture, 

 that also will be printed. 



. Agriculture 



"In dealing with agriculture the Republican 

 party recognizes that we are faced with a fund- 

 amental national problem, and that the pros- 

 perity and •welfare of the nation as a whole is 

 dependent on the prosperity and welfare of our 

 agricultural population. 



' ' We recognize our agricultural activities are 

 still struggling with adverse conditions that 

 liave brought about distress. We pledge the 



party to take whatever steps are necessary to 

 bring back a balanced condition between agri- 

 culture, industry and labor, which was de- 

 stroyed by the Democratic party through an 

 unfortunate administration ai legislation 

 passed as war time measures. 



"We affirm that under the Republican ad- 

 ministration the problems of the farmer have 

 received more serious consideration than ever 

 before both by definite executive action and by 

 congressional action not only in the field of leg- 

 islation but also in the enactment of laws to 

 meet emergency situations. 



"The restoration of general prosperity and 

 the purchasing power of our people through 

 tariff protection has resulted in an increased 

 domestic consumption of food products while 

 the price of many agricultural commodities are 

 above the war price level by reason of direct 

 tariff protection. 



"Under the leadership of the President at 

 the most critical time, a corporation was organ- 

 ized by private capital malnng available $100,- 

 000,000. to assist the farmers of the northwest, 

 ' ' In realization of the disturbance in the ag- 

 ricultural export market, the results of the fin- 

 ancial depression in Europe, and appreciating 

 that the export field would be enormously im- 

 proved by economic rehabilitation and the re- 

 sulting increased consuming power, a sympa- 

 thetic support an^ direction was given to the 

 work of the American representatives on the 

 European reparations commission. 



"The revival in 1921, of the war finance cor- 

 poration, with loans of over $300,000,000 avert- 

 ed in 1921, a complete collapse in the agricul- 

 tural industry. 



"We have established new intermediate 

 credit banks for agriculture, and increased the 

 capital of the federal farm loan system. Emer- 

 gency loans have been granted to drought- 

 stricken areas. We have enacted into law the 

 cooperative marketing act, the grain futures 

 and packer control acts; given to agriculture 

 direct representation on the federal reserve 

 board and on the federal aid commission. 



"We have greatly strengthened our foreign 

 marketing service for the disposal of our agri- 

 cultural products. The crux of the problem 

 from the standpoint of the farmer is the net 

 profit he receives after his outlay. The pro- 

 cess of bringing the average prices of what he 

 buys and what he sells closer together can be 

 promptly expedited by reduction in taxes, 

 steady employment in industry and stability in 

 business, 



' ' This process can be expedited directly by 

 lower freight rates, by better marketing 

 through cooperative efforts, and a more scien- 

 tific organization of the physical human ma- 

 chinery of distribution and by a greater di- 

 versification of farm products. 



"We promise every assistance in the reor- 

 ganizatien of the market system on sounder 

 and more economical lines and, where diversi- 

 fication is needed, government assistance dur- 

 ing the period of transition, 



"Vigorous efforts of this administration 

 towards broadening our exports market wiU 

 be continued. The Republican party pledges 

 itself to the development and enactment of 

 measures which will place the agricultural in- 

 terests of America on a basis of economic equal- 

 ity with other industry to assure its prosperity 

 and success. We favor adequate tariff protec- 

 tion to such of our agricultural products as are 

 threatened by competition. We favor, without 

 putting the government into business, the es- 

 tablishment of a federal system of organization 

 for cooperative- marketing of farm products. 



/« the Republican Platform Right for 

 Agriculture ? 



The Illinois Agricultural Association recognizes 

 the necessity for party machinery. However, it has 

 no sentimental relationship binding it to any party. 

 The allegiance of the Illinois farmer should rest on 

 the principles for which any party stands and also 

 on the commitments and character of individuals 

 who aspire to positions of authority and upon whom 

 the responsibility for carrying out platform declar- 

 ations will rest. This applies to all officials from 

 the President and Congressmen down. The plat- 

 form of principles should be right. The individual 

 seeking the support must be right to gain the con- 

 fidence and support of the farmer. 



Will It Help Conditions? 



Is the agricultural plank in the Republican party 

 right t Does it unreservedly commit the Republi- 

 can party to the stabilization and the preservation 

 of agriculture, our basic industry t The farmer's 

 knowledge of his business and his recent intensive 

 study of existing conditions places him in a posi- 



tion to appreciate the meaning of that part of the 

 platform in which ' ' The Republican party pledges 

 itself to the development and enactment of meas- 

 ures which will place the agricultural interests of 

 America on a basis of economic equality with other 

 industry to assure its prosperity and success, ' ' The 

 farmers have never asked for more than this, nei- 

 ther will they be satisfied with less. Nothing short 

 of economic equality will save agriculture. This 

 part of the plank could not have been improved 

 much if it had been written by the farmers them- 

 selves. 



Promises with Reservations 



Our enthusiasm wanes somewhat when we read 

 in the same paragraph — "We favor, without put- 

 ting the government into business, the establish- 

 ment of a federal system of organization for coop- 

 erative marketing of farm products. ' '- Putting the 

 government into business is a catch phrase. The 

 socialist thinks of this catch phrase in terms of 

 government ownership and operating of packing , 

 institutions, mills, etc. The farmer is not a socialist 

 in any sense. He believes in individual efficiency 

 but he realizes the necessity for government regu- 

 lation of certain activities. He observes that the 

 government has seen fit to extend its activities into 

 the banking business, the railroad business as well 

 as other activities. The farmer is determined that 

 agriculture shall have economic equality and he will 

 not balk at extending government activities even to 

 the extent of putting the government into business 

 the same way whenever and wherever it is neces- 

 sary for the establishment of agricultural equality. 

 Slap at UcNary-Haugen Bill 



We cannot escape the inference that this phrase- 

 ology is a slap at the McNary-Haugen bill. The 

 present leaders of the Republican party could have 

 passed this bill but did not see fit to do so. What 

 will be the attitude of the party leaders in the fu- 

 ture toward any measure which will effectively 

 bring about equality for agriculture t It is perti- 

 nent to consider how much this phraseology has 

 weakened the agricultural plank of the Republican 

 party. It has been one of the arguments used by 

 opponents of farm relief. Will these opponents 

 and the Republican party hide behind this phrase- 

 ology in the future t The agricultural interests of 

 America will resist any attempt of the men who 

 have no sympathy with agriculture to use this 

 phrase as a smoke screen for their opposition to any 

 measure extending government activities for the 

 purpose of establishing agricultural equality. 



THE LIARS' CONTEST 



SURE. ^VE'HS RIGHT 

 8b7. lUten, yoa*re risht. I mcaa abovt the Irlsk- 

 ■i«a mmA the elevator, aee, tluit yon was telllafr 

 ■boat la the RECORD. How do I knowr Sar, I 

 W9a maala* that. elevator at the time. We atarted 

 fron the top floor at two oVloek. atopped a coapla 

 doaen tlaiea to take on paaaengrera, and It 'waa two 

 Ave w^hen we stopped at the 45th floor and took on 

 thia here Irtahmnn that aaved hlaaelf by n ataadln' 

 hiflTh Jtunp. Thla la the flrat tine 1 ever aeen It In 

 print, hut It'a the truest thinv yoa know. — J. E. 

 Willis. Deeatnr. Illlaols. 



COME INTO THE CORNER, EPPIE 



Tell Dad to Run for the Senate 

 - Dear Editor ^-^'onld I qnallfy for the Llara* Cor- 

 aerf I aln a farm grlrl eighteen yearn old. I have 

 heen a member of the Pike Connty Plir CInb (oar 

 ytimm aad the Poultry Club three yeara. Naturally 

 I am latereated la farm life and all orKanlxatlona 

 pertnlnlnar to It. I think the Farm Bureau la the 

 beat thins that ever came to the farmera' aid. 



The above Is true. Here Is my entry la the 

 eoatesti 



My Dad Jolaed the Farm Bureaa and learned how 

 to treat the soil for aweet clover. Then he planted 

 a fleld of clover. 'When It waa. about a year old be 

 wanted to see how far down the roots had Kone, 

 so he chose one of the sraalleat plants, which vraa 

 only about ten feet hlftrh, and bcKan dlKgins. After 

 about 200 feet he had to cut the root, because It ' 

 w^ent throngh such a larg^e vein of water that he 

 'vras almost drowned before he could get out of the 

 hole. He walled up the hole and now he has a 

 aplendid well with which he Irrlsatea the whole 

 farm, which is about 280 acres. 



This experience made him aiore earloiis. He 

 then hired a well driller to come and drill down 

 by the side of the main root of the larfrest plant, 

 which measured twelve Inchea In diameter and 

 flfty fet hlffh. They kept drilling and dHlllnic 

 until they came to the end of the root, which ended 

 2.O0O feet down. In the center of the lars«st vela 

 of oil that haa ever been known. Now Dad haa the 

 most famous oil well in the world and he la tvrlee 

 as wealthy as John D. After this happened, all the 

 farmers of Pike county and all the adjolnlnjc 

 conntlea Joined their Farm Bnreaua, and now are 

 planting their farms to sweet clever. They arc all 

 boosters of the Farm Burean^s^Eflle R. Dorsey, 

 Grl«eravllle, Illlaols. 



THIS SOUNDS REASONABLE 

 SpeaklBK of apeed, old Haal^ Heaneberry uaed 

 to have the apeedteat thre«htn|r nsachlne In theae 

 parts, and some say In the whole slate. Only trou- 

 ble nas, old Hank was alwaya Itmwsi^K about hia 

 machine, ao one day Bill Jonea grot tlrod of hearing 

 him braii: and made a bet that he couldn't threah 

 all the oata on the back eighty of BIM*s farm la a 

 day. Course old Hank took him up on It. and he 

 Rtade pTOOd. too. He threshed ntgrh 8.000 bushels of 

 oats that day, but as luck would have It there 

 waa a irrape vine tansled In the last bundle. Well 

 ■Ir. before they could atop that machine, forty 

 acres of timber bad been dras-fred Into It. ffronnd 

 oat aad blown clean over to the edK« of Podnnk- 

 vllle. Bill aold that wood for fuel to the Inhabl- 

 tanta of the tow^a for more than enough to pay hla 

 bet aad clear the mortgage on his farm bealdea.— 

 Wm. T. Laughlln, Massbnch, Illinois. 



Come on. Hllaols, with yoar Ilea! It yoo d9a*t, 

 we're golag to tell some like they tell oat la Kaa- 

 ■as where the flrat aoag the tadpole* Icara after 

 they grow ap to he froga ta, ''How Dry I A^.** 

 That*a a threat! 



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