mber 27, 1924 

 DIOWA 



ER STATES 

 ^Y CONTEST 



Close Second ; 

 rls From 19 

 n Bureaus 

 ntered 



ies entered trom 

 is and Iowa were 

 ig tbe states en- 

 >rican Farm Bu- 

 essay contest on 



ae tbe following 

 had notified H. 

 American Farm 

 in offices in Chi- 

 try into the con- 

 pen to all boys 

 i public schools 

 ding tbe second 

 Dol: 



Whiteside, Ver- 

 ohnson, Henry, 

 an and Hender- 

 tfaese counties. 

 Bureau or co- 

 is firms are offer- 

 e best essays on 



optional sub- 

 is a Farm Bu- 



or "Why Dad 

 Farm Bureau." 

 ates In 



as assumed siz- 

 with counties 

 irm Bureaus en- 

 bability of many 

 'ore the contest 

 3rk is running 

 a close second 

 y Farm Bureaus 



Farm Bureau 

 Ich has the dis- 

 the first County 

 er organized, is 

 to stay "t* the 

 to Mr. Kibler. 

 [arrison county, 

 first to be re- 

 . B. F. head- 



llinois, in the 

 conducting essay 

 superintendents 

 3l teachers are 

 ntest along with 



001 work. 

 lach County 



be at least 25 

 in the contest 

 on October 1," 

 1. "And there 

 10 contestants 

 ;ounty to make 

 regional prizes." 

 essay in each 

 11 be considered 

 committee of 

 itate champion- 

 contest closes 

 iatfly after the 

 >st a local com- 

 3 the prize win- 

 ies and forward 

 winners to the 

 American Farm 

 n. 



the latter orga- 

 select the win- 

 le four national 

 5 from these 

 regardless of 

 ampionship has 

 le four regional 

 iven a free trip 

 neeting of the 

 Bureau Federa- 

 Oec. 8, 9, and 

 weepstakes win- 

 osen from the 

 IS at that time, 

 Kibler. 



rent one — if we 

 ren of the best 

 ,y we can give 

 aken something 

 s that we can 

 he best is none 

 ir children and 



of your neigh- 

 B the children's 



of real oppor- 



of which will 



liem the best of 



iading a happy. 



of counties in 

 3ing organized 

 cation work has 

 ith tbe addition 

 Marlon counties 

 ;ly appropriated 

 ork which will 

 IS Teterinarlans 



St year of op- 

 ine tax in Indl- 

 00,000 with a 

 pense of |£,046. 



Volume 2 



Issued Every Other Saturday — October 11, 1924 



Number 20 



INVESTIGATION ENDS 

 IN REPORT AGAINST 

 BIG GRAIN MERGER 



I.A.A. Executives Have Busy 

 Three Days; Meet Fanners 

 Grain Dealers'; Hear Re- 

 port On Big Bond Issue 



After hearing the report of the 

 all summer Investigation Into the 

 consolidation of the tour old line 

 grain companies Into tbe Grain 

 Marketing Company, the execu- 

 tive committee of the I. A. A. 

 last Friday unanimously voted 

 against It. 



The chief objections to the so- 

 called co-operative which has 

 been incorporated for $26,000,- 

 000 are contained in the report 

 of the grain marketing committee 

 which was accepted by the unan- 

 imous vote. The members of the 

 grain marketing committee, H. E. 

 Goembel, Hooppole, chairman, A. 

 R. Wright, Varna, I. A. Madden, 

 Springfield and W. A. McNeill. 

 Chandlervllle. were in session all 

 day Wednesday, Oct. 1, going 

 over the comprehensive investi- 

 gational survey which had been 

 assembled by experts in grain 

 marketing, in the legal phases 

 and in the financial side. 

 Hold Evening Session 



The following report, the one 

 given by _the grain marketing 

 committee, was adopted by the 

 executive committee in an eve- 

 ning session Friday, October 3, 

 after both bodies had carefully 

 considered all the facts that had 

 been gathered. 



Following is the resolution: 



"The minois Agricultural As- 

 sociation is not in a, position to 

 express an opinion as to tiie val- 

 ue and utility of the warehousing 

 facilities which the Grain Mar- 

 keting Company has under con- 

 tract to purchase. The officers 

 of the Grain Marketing Company 

 have not made available the rec- 

 ords and data necessary to deter- 

 mine the exact or even approxi- 

 mate values even though request 

 has been made therefor. 



"The facilities now under lease 

 and to be purchased by the Grain 

 Marketing Company in the Chi- 

 cago district have in our opinion 

 been acquired by the old line 

 grain comiHuiies for the purpose 

 of speculative control of grain. 

 The need and location of facilities 

 for such control is substantially 

 diiferent from the requirements 

 of an association organized to co- 

 operatively merchandise grain. 



Bu}-tng Is Speculative 

 "The Grain Marketing Company 

 . has and proposes in the future to 

 buy the grain of members and 

 non-members and sell such grain 

 to the best possible advantage. 

 Such a plan subjects the company 

 to the possibility of loss as well 

 as profit and is therefore specula- 

 tive. True co-operative merchan- 

 dising of grain or any other agri- 

 cultural commodity will seek to 

 eliminate speculation and avoid 

 the hazards thereof. We believe 

 that the Grain Marketing Com- 

 pany in its plan of operation vio- 

 lates this cardinal principle. 



"Such a grain marketing pro- 

 gram as is proi>08ed affects the 

 virtue and security of the pre- 

 ferred stock which is proposed to 

 bts offered to the farmer produc- 

 ers. The common stock issue, 

 one million one dollar shares. Is 

 comparatively small and if issued 

 in full could not absorb all pos- 

 sible losses in which event the 

 preferred stock contribution of 

 capital would be called upon to 

 absorb such possible losses from 

 such speculation. It appears to 

 us, therefore, that such a plan of 

 financing is unsound. 



"The method of grower-control 

 (Continued on pase 4) i 



Grun Dealers And 

 I.A.A. Get Together 



How the farmers' co-op- 

 erative elevators and the 

 Farm Bureau could work 

 together better was the 

 chief topic of discussion at 

 the joint meeting of the 

 executive committees of the 

 I. A. A. and the Farmers 

 Grain Dealers' Association 

 of Illinois, representing over 

 500 Illinois farmers' eleva- 

 tors. 



A committee on mutual 

 relations, the purpose of 

 which is to co-ordinate as 

 much as possible the agri- 

 cultural betterment work 

 under way by both organi- 

 zations, was ordered ap- 

 pointed by unanimous vote 

 of the two committees dur- 

 ing the joint session. Sam 

 H. Thompson, president of 

 tbe Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, and Fred A. 

 Mudge, Peru, president of 

 the Illinois Grain Dealers' 

 Association, were empow- 

 ered to appoint two commit- 

 teemen from their respec- 

 tive organizations to act on 

 the mutual relations com- 

 mittee. Both presidents are 

 to be ex-offlclo members of 

 the committee. 



AT THE HELM OF THE I. A. A. 



The film tchich is being made to show the activities of the /. A. A. 

 would never be complete unless it had an action picture of the ex- 

 ecutive committee. Here we have one of the snaps from the movie 

 film (much enlarged, of course) which shows President Thompson in 

 a characteristic posture. 



Shippers Making 

 Records in I.A.A. 

 Safety Contest 



Farmers' live stock shipping as- 

 sociations in Illinois are making 

 records in the I. A. A. safety load- 

 ing and shipping contest, accord- 

 ing to an official report from L. 

 B. Mann, assistant manager for 

 the Chicago Producers. The re- 

 port includes records on the 20 

 associations highest in number of 

 loads shipped to the Chicago Pro- 

 ducers from July 1 to Sept. 27. 



A comparison of losses sus- 

 tained by local and county asso- 

 ciations on these shipments to the 

 Chicago Producers shows that 

 shippers at Victoria, Sheffield and 

 Mt. Morris each have 100 per 

 cent clean loss and damage rec- 

 ords. These local units have 

 shipped 15, 14 and 12 car loads 

 of stock with no losses. 



According to unofficial reports, 

 the Ursa shippers, in Adams 

 county, have consigned 25 cars 

 to the St. Louis Producers with 

 no losses. 



The largest number of ship- 

 ments to the Chicago Producers 

 have come trom associations at 

 Mt. Carroll, Rockford and Warren 

 counties, which have shipped 37, 

 36 and 29 car loads. While their 

 losses are large, the percentage 

 of loss is not necessarily greater 

 than many other associations. 



The 21 inch silver trophy be- 

 ing offered to the winning asso- 

 ciation at the end of the year 

 will be awarded on the basis of 

 the least percentage of loss or 

 damage on a total of not less 

 than 20 cars shipped by the com- 

 peting association. 



Starting down the table at the left 

 is Earl C. Smith, Detroit; G. F. Tul 

 lotk, Rockford; Curt Anderson, 

 Xenia; R. F. Karr, Iroquois, J. E. 

 I.ingenfelter, Lawrenceville; (Samuel 

 Sorrels of Raymond is just beyond 

 Mr. Lingenfeher and cannot be seen) ; 

 President Sam H. Thompson, Quincy 

 (standing); Secretary George A. Fox, 

 Sycamore; A. R. If right, Varna; J. L. 

 Whisnand, Charleston; C. E. Bambor- 

 ough. Polo; Stanley Castle, Alton; H. 

 E. Goembel, Hooppole; and Frank D. 

 Barton, Cornell. Just over Mr. Smith's 

 head at the left is a bit of C. E. Hay, 

 TaylorvUle, presideiu of the Associa- 

 tion of Farm Advisers of Illinois. The 

 white face way down in the left corner 

 is W. H. Moody of Port Byron, C. B. 

 Watson, vice-president, is next the 

 wall back of President Thompson. 

 R. A. Cowles, treasurer, is back in 

 the right corner. The wee portion 

 of a head in front of Mr. Cowles is 

 Miss Grace Schecter, secretary to Mr. 

 Fox, who takes down considerable of 

 all the conversation in shorthand. 



No More Blankets 



"Te«, we have no more 

 blaBketa,** thU from the irate 

 ■eeretarr to l^m. E. Hedr- 

 cock, director of the llveatoek 

 marketlna: department, both 

 of whom besKed the I. A. A. 

 informatloB department to 

 »end brondcast the annonnce- 

 nient that the 1. A. A. haa no 

 more wool blankets for sale. 

 "It aure paya to. advertlae.** 

 aara Hedscock. **We*ve re- 

 turned, to date, S578 on or* 

 dera ive couldn't ftlL** 



New Tariff Rule 



Granted On Stone 



As the result of an exception to 

 the class rate tariff, recently ob- 

 tained by the transportation de- 

 partment of the I. A. A., Illinois 

 farmers along the C. & E. I., Wa- 

 bash, C. B. & Q., I. C, and other 

 roads from Greencastle, Ind., will 

 be able to get stone shipped in 

 much cheaper than heretofore 



The exception, effective Oct 25, 

 1924, will permit the application 

 of combination rates over various 

 junction points on railroad lines 

 that do not now participate in any 

 through rates on agricultural lime- 

 stone.. 



The new rule will doubtless stim- 

 ulate competition for farmers' 

 trade in limestone, according to 

 L. J. Quasey, director of the I. 

 A. A. transportation department, 

 by farmers near the source, of 

 supply. 



Farmers' Auditing 

 Company May Open 

 Campaign Branch 



With the applications oi the 

 Athens Farmers' Elevator Com- 

 pany, the Livingston County Farm 

 Bureau and the Pike County Farm 

 Bureau for membership in the 

 Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives 

 Association, Geo. R. Wicker, gen- 

 eral manager of the association, 

 announces a total membership of 

 72 farmers' companies. 



Since the opening of tbe branch 

 office in Springfield, early In Sep- 

 tember, responsibility for much of 

 the detail work in that section of 

 the state has been assumed by J. 

 W. King, in charge of the branch, 

 according to Mr. Wicker. This 

 arrangement makes it possible for 

 the Chicago office to devote more 

 time to auditing and examining 

 co-ops in other sections of the 

 state. 



F. E. Ringham, assistant to Mr. 

 Wicker, has just completed audits 

 for farmers' elevators in Iroquois 

 and McHenry counties and is be- 

 ginning an audit tor the Chicago 

 Producers. 



With a steady increase In mem- 

 bership from fanners' companies 

 in the east central part of the 

 state, it is possible that a district 

 office will be established in Cham 

 paign. 



Hold Conference at Peoria 



Every county in the 16th dis- 

 trict was represented at the Farm 

 Bureau district conference held 

 in Peoria, Oct. 7. Live stock 

 marketing problems, seed corn se- 

 lection, and the Grain Marketing 

 Company were the chief topics of 

 discussion. The conference voted 

 endorsement of the conser^-ative 

 stand taken by the I. A. A. on 

 the grain merger and particularly 

 commended President Sam 

 Thompson for his action. The 

 conference was too late to get a 

 full account of it in this Reoobo. 



TWENTY ILUNOIS 

 COUNTIES ENTERED 

 IN ESSAY CONTEST 



Maay Letters R eq u es t ing In- 

 formation Indicate Unusual 

 Interest ; Prairie State 

 Z..«a(ls; Iowa Second 



Midwest Officials Meet 



Midwest Farm Bureau presi- 

 dents and secretaries were sched- 

 uled "to meet in Chicago, Oct. 9 

 and 10. A report on tbe legisla- 

 tive outlook was to be made by 

 R. A. Cowles, I. A. A. treasurer 

 and secretary of the American 

 Council of Agriculture. 



Development of the Grain Mar- 

 keting Company, a study of the 

 constitution of the American 

 Farm Bureau Federation, rela- 

 tionships between the Farm Bu- 

 reau and co-operative marketing 

 and the Farm Bureau and exten- 

 tion work were' other chief topics 

 to bp considered. 



Kibler Attends Radio Meet 



H. R. Kibler, director of in- 

 formation for the .\merican Farm 

 Bureau Federation, served on the 

 advisory committee at the Third 

 National Radio Conference in 

 Washington, D. C., this week. 

 Herbert Hoover, who called the 

 conference, asked Mr. Kibler to 

 attend because he has beeli in- 

 strumental in developing farm 

 radio programs. 



"Will sou please send me in- 

 formation concernlns the Farm 

 Bureau that will help me with my 

 essay on 'Why Dad Should Join 

 the Farm Bureau.' " and "Please 

 send me 'dope' for my essays on 

 'Why Dad Should Join the Farm 

 Bureau,' or 'Why Dad is a Farm 

 Bureau Member.' " — these ex- 

 tracts from actual letters are 

 fair samples of the dozens of let- 

 ters that have been coming to 

 the I. A. A. information depart- 

 ment since the Farm Bureau es- 

 say contest was launched. 



The letters come from boys. 

 girls, school teachers, farm ad- 

 visers, office secretaries and Farn' 

 Bureau presidents requesting in- 

 formation as to the sources of 

 material for use in the essays and 

 indicate a lot of Interest in the 

 contest. 



Iowa Is .Second 

 Illinois can now boast of being 

 in the lead ampng the state Farm 

 Bureaus with the most counties 

 entered. With the entry of Jo 

 Daviess County Farm Bureau in 

 the contest Illinois takes the lead 

 with 20 counties entered. The 

 nearest competitor is Iowa with 

 15 counties. 



The American Farm Bureau 

 Federation headquarters have 

 been swamped with hundreds of 

 letters requesting material about 

 the Farm Bureau and in all cases 

 a limited supply of information 

 has been sent in reply. But the 

 essay contest director has been 

 impressing on county Farm Bu- 

 reaus and contestants that t|)e es- 

 says should be written largely 

 from the local viewpoint. 



While the boys and girls com- 

 pete among themselves to write 

 the best essay, a keen rivalry is 

 being developed among the coun- 

 ty Farm Bureaus to see which 

 one can get the most publicity on 

 the essay contest. 



Bach county Bureau is filing 

 with the department of informa- 

 tion of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau a complete set of clippings 

 fronti the local papers. These 

 clippings are to l)e measured up 

 and honorable mention will be 

 given the county showing the 

 greatest total of column inches of 

 space. 



The Octol)er issue of the Mc- 

 Lean County Farm Bureau News 

 came out with a complete descrip- 

 tion of how the contest will bo 

 conducted and published five 

 prize-winning essays written in a 

 similar contest several yeai% ago. 

 Schools Hel|i Too 

 Over in Whiteside county, H. 

 B. Price, county superintendent of 

 schools, is boosting tbe contest 

 through the local schools. The 

 teachers in Henry county are like- 

 wise pushing it. 



In Ogle county the Farm Bu- 

 reau got back of the contest as 

 soon as it opened. Vermilion, 

 Clark and Johnson county Farm 

 Bureaus jumped at it. and so on 

 down the list of 20 Illinois coun- 

 ties. 



Many inquiries have been re 

 ceived by the I. A. A. regardlns 

 the length of essays, size of paper 

 to be used, whether essa.vs should 

 be written with a typewriter and 

 whether city school children are 

 eligible for the contest. 



H. R. Kibler, essay contest di- 

 rector for the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, says in answer 

 to tbe first question that neither 

 a maximum nor a minimum has 

 (Continued on pa^e S) 



