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CULTURAL 



CIATD 



Vtdume 2 



Issued Every Other Saturday — December 20, 1924 



Number 25 



CHANGE CONSTITUTION; 



RE-ELECT BRADFUTE AT 



A.F.B.F. ANNUAL MEET 



Greater Power Given SUtM 



Which Pay Most Money 



To National Body 



A ■pecial meeting of thm I. A. A. 

 executive committee has been called 

 by President Thompson for Friday, 

 Dec. 19. 



Drastic changes in the consti- 

 tution which have been fought 

 for by the 1111- 

 n o i 8 Agricul- 

 tural Associa- 

 tion and the 

 other midwest 

 f e d e r a t ions 

 since the Farm 

 Bureau was 

 founded six 

 years ago and 

 the re-election 

 of O. E. Brad- 

 fute of Xenia, 

 Ohio as presi- 

 dent were the 

 blgblights o f 

 the sixth an- 

 n u a 1 conven- 

 t i o n of the 

 American Farm 



O. E. BradfHte 



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Bureau Federation at the Con 

 gress hotel in Chicago, Dec. 8, 

 9 and 10. Forty-nine voting dele- 

 gates representing 35 state farm 

 bureau federationp were seated 



The chief cb'ange in the con- 

 stitution made it possible for the 

 states which pay the most dues 

 to have more to say about how 

 the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration shall aid the farmers. 

 All amendments to the constitu- 

 tion were passed with unanimous 

 votes of the voting delegates 

 present, but to become oflScially 

 enacted each amendment must 

 be ratified by two-thirds of the 

 state federations. The midwest 

 group became entitled thereby 

 to one more director, making 

 four representatives for the cen- 

 tral region with the other three 

 regions — southern, eastern and 

 western — each retaining three. 

 Two- Year Terms 



Another change was in the 

 length of term of office for the 

 president and vice-president to 

 two years rather than one. This 

 change will take effect for the 

 officers who are elected at the 

 1925 annual meeting and does 

 not lengthen the term of the 

 present incumbent. The name 

 of the executive committee was 

 changed to board of directors. 

 Executive committeemen of the 

 national organization will be des- 

 ignated as directors in the future. 

 Provision was made for approxi- 

 mately one-half of the directors 

 to serve two years so that better 

 continuity of work underway 

 from one year to the next can 

 be maintained. 



Move to Guarantee Daes 



Provision was made in another 

 constitutional amendment for 

 closer check-up between the na- 

 tional office and the state federa- 

 tions in order that all the dues 

 payable to the American Farm 

 Bureau Federation shall be paid 

 over promptly. By this amend- 

 ment it will be necessary in the 

 future for treasurers of state fed- 

 erations to give bond conditioned 

 upon accounting for and paying 

 over to the American Farm Bu- 

 reau the dues payable in compli- 

 ance with the conditions of mem- 

 bership. In enforcing the obli- 

 gation of such a bond, the na- 

 tional organization will have 

 authority to audit the financial 

 transactions between the states 

 and the members. It is thought 

 that this amendment will force 

 payment from some of the state 

 federations which have not paid 

 in the 50-cent portions due thp 

 American Farm Bureau. 



In the election of officers, 



(Continued on pase 3, col. 2) 



PRESIDENT THOMPSON'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE 



PHRISTM.IS is almost 

 upon us once again. The 

 spirit of the season should 

 be of special significance 

 to every member of the 



^ Farm Bureau. 



i^i As a member of 

 this great or- 

 ganization—county, state and na- 

 tional units — I wonder if YOU 

 have ever stopped to think of the 

 great common cause which exists 

 between the farm bureau move- 

 ment and Christianity. There is 

 a great, invisible tie that binds 

 the Farm Bureau and Christian- 

 ity together. Perhaps it is wrong 

 to say that the two are bound to- 

 gether. Quite possibly it would 

 be more correct to say that the 

 two are one — they telescope or overlap each 

 other. 



The Farm Bureau as an organization re- 

 flects the advanced thought of a Christian civ- 

 ilization. Christianity is working through 



this agency to serve the need;, oi farm |xcple 

 in building up a better rural life by making 

 it more profitable through efficient production 

 and working out a better plan of distribution 

 which will contribute to the building up and 

 maintaining of a strong commu- 

 nity life which is essential to 

 peace and happiness, both of 

 which are the basis of content- 

 ment. 



The little folks who gather un- 

 der the Christmas trees of today 

 will live to see the time when their 

 own sons and daughters will ben- 

 efit from the farm bureau proj- 

 ects now under way. We must 

 look to the future to see many of 

 our most coveted awards. The 

 older men in the farm bureau 

 movement will 



not live to see the day 



when the benefits from 



some of our present-day 



farm bureau projects have j^' 



(Continued on Page 2. Column I) 



Sorrells and Ang^le 

 Furnish Co-op Live 

 Stock Air Program 



Sam Sorrells, Montgomer>' 

 county, I. A. A. executive com- 

 mitteeman from the 21st dis- 

 trict, and W. T. Angle, director 

 of Information for the Producers 

 Live Stock Commission Associa- 

 tion at National Stock Yards, 111., 

 were speakers on the farm pro- 

 gram over WCK last Wednesday 

 evening, Dec. 17. 



In his talk on co-operative live 

 stock shipping associations in 

 Illinois, Mr. Sorrells said in part: 



"The extensive development of 

 co-operative live stock shipping 

 associations is proof of results 

 that are satisfactory to the thou- 

 sands of live stock producers, 

 who now annually market their 

 stock through their own shipping 

 associations, and the continual 

 organization of shipping associa- 

 tions indicates that the movement 

 is past the experimental stage." 



The work of the I. A. A. live 

 stock marketing department in 

 helping associations install the 

 best systems of bookkeeping, in 

 obtaining insurance policy for 

 protection under the Workman's 

 Compensation Law, in working 

 with the University and in other 

 ways was commended and recom- 

 mended by Sorrells. 



Mr. Angle's part of the pro- 

 gram was a "News Talk About 

 the Nation's First Live Stock Pro- 

 ducers Market." 



Hold Conferences 



In Four Districts 



Quarterly farm bureau confer- 

 ences in four different districts 

 were scheduled for this week but 

 came too late for detailed ac- 

 counts in this Record. 



Down in Springfield, on Dec. 

 17, executive committeeman Sam 

 Sorrells called farm bureau mem- 

 bers of the 21st district together 

 for their last periodical "pow- 

 wow," while in Edwardsville. 

 22nd district farmers were hold- 

 ing one called by Stanley Castle. 



Over at Morrison, Whiteside 

 county, 13th district, farmers 

 were meeting at the call of C. E. 

 Bamborough. 



H. E. Goembel, called a 15th 

 district conference for Dec. 19, 

 in Galesburg. 



Resolution Favors 

 National Unison 



At the annual meeting of the Liv- 

 ingston County Farm Bureau at Poa- 

 tiac, Dec. 12, two day* aftar the A. 

 F. B. F. annual meeting, the following 

 resolution was passed: 



WHEREAS, we r«sard the County 

 Farm Bureaus* State Associations 

 and American Farm Bureau Feder- 

 ation as integral and indispensiblc 

 parts of the whole Farm Bureau 

 movement, and 



WHEREAS, cerUin policies of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federation in 

 the past have caused serious dissatis- 

 faction and criticisms, and 



WHEREAS, we believe that the 

 remedy can and must he worked out 

 by leaders within the movement. 



BE IT RESOLVED, that the Uv- 

 ingston County Farm Bureau com- 

 mend the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation voting delegates on their 

 «tand in the annual meeting of the 

 American Farm Bur«au Federation 

 and pledge our full support to the 

 Farm Bureau movement. County. State 

 and National. 



Farm Bureau Radio 

 Program Opened by 

 President Thompson 



How farm people may expect 

 to solve their marketing prob- 

 lems and put the agricultural in- 

 dustry on a sound basis was the 

 substance of President Sam 

 Thompson's radio talk over sta- 

 tion WLS, Dec. 19, which opened 

 the series of 16 talks to be given 

 by I. A. A. officials during the 

 next three weeks. 



That organization is the major 

 factor in putting the farming in- 

 dustry on a more stable basis is 

 President Thompson's contention, 

 which he told to WLS listeners 

 in these words: 



"I am 61 years old, have been 

 engaged in farming all my life, 

 have been studying the farmers' 

 problems at close range based on 

 actual experience which brought 

 me to the conclusion that through 

 organization alone could the 

 farmer ever expect to put farm- 

 ing on a sound business basis." 



I. A. A. I* Against 



Child Labor Law 



Leading farm orfanizatiotts all ov«r 

 the country liave declared their op- 

 position to the so-called "child labor 

 amendment," which, if passed, would 

 rive Congress power to regulate the 

 work which children under 18 years 

 of aye may do. Readers of the REC- 

 ORD will remember that the 1. A. A. 

 is also opposed to the measure and 

 will fifht for a negative vote on it 

 at tba coming GaneraJ AaaamUy. 



Railroads Offer 

 Reduced Rate To 

 Annual Meetings 



In the last issue of the Rciobd 

 appeared the announcement thai 

 the Western Passenger Associa- 

 tion has granted a rate of fare 

 and a- half, round trip, to the 

 annual I. A. A. meeting and 

 Farmers' Week at IJrbana an^ 

 Champaign, effective Jan. 10 to 

 19, inclusive. 



The following announcement 

 from the Western Passenger As- 

 sociation will give more com- 

 pletely the conditions under which 

 these rates will be applicablf. 

 They will be effective only from 

 points along roads which are in- 

 cluded in the Western Passenger 

 Association. 



"rhis reduction will apply from points 

 in Illinois; also from St. Louis, Ma., 

 wlinvver the (Vfular round trip is $1 Ar 

 more. 



No stop-overs will be allowed. 



No certiftcatea will he required as the 

 individual lines will publish tariffs au> 

 thorizinx agents to sell tickets on t^ 

 reduced fare basis. | 



It will be necessary to travnl the saAs 

 route on the return trip. 



For those traveling over lines that arc 

 not in tile Western Passenger Associatian 

 territory, it will be to their advantage to 

 buy a single fare to the nearest junction 

 point connecting with tlic line offering 

 the reduced fare, then buy round trip 

 ticket from that point. 



The following is a list of the railroads 

 on which the reduced fares will appK: 

 Chicago A Northwestern; Chicago, Iwl- 

 waukee A St. Paul; Chicago, Rock Is- 

 land A Pacific; Chicago, Burlington A 

 Quincy; Minneapolis & St. L.ouis; Soo 

 Line; Chicago Great Western; lllinais 

 Central; Chicago It Eastern Illinois; Wa- 

 baah Railway; Chicago A Alton; Atdb- 

 iaon, Topeka A Santa Fe. 



It may he possible that some of Ac 

 lines listed above may feel they are not 

 sufficieatly interested to warrant the Is- 

 suing of tariffs granting tlie reductian. 

 It wilt be advisable for those concerned 

 to inquire of the sUtion agent regardkig 

 the reduced fares so that in the event 

 some line has taken no action they dan 

 purchase a ticket to the nearest junction 

 point of another line. In this way we 

 believe the situation can be handled to 

 the best advantage. 



They Like Farm Programs 



In a letter to station WCK. 

 which broadcasts the regular 

 Wednesday evening farm pro- 

 gram for the I. A. A., Mr. aind 

 Mrs. Fred Stillman. New Atheiis. 

 111., say: "We listened in on the 

 agricultural program which you 

 broadcast yesterday evening. It 

 was just fine; couldn't have b«en 

 better. Could you please send us 

 the poem Mr. Richardson recited 

 at the end of his talk. We en- 

 Joyed it very much." 



THREE LEGISUTIVE • 

 PROJECTS OUTLINED 

 BY I.A.A. COMMITTEE 



Coastituh'onal Amendmeot, 



Gas Tax, and Tuberculocis 



Are Main iMoa* 



Three m&jor legislative projects 

 to be supported by the legisla- 

 tive committee 

 at the coming 

 session of the 

 state legisla- 

 ture are: an 

 amendment to 

 the Illinois con- 

 stitution t o 

 make possible 

 some later con- 

 structive reve- 

 nue legislation, 

 a gasoline tax 

 on motor driv- 

 en i-ehiclei in ■*. c. Brrriachaai 

 lieu of taxes already levied, and 

 an expansion of the present effort 

 toward eradication of tul>ercu- 

 losis in cattle. 



These three projects were out- 

 lined in an announcement made 

 by the committee early in De- 

 cember. The members of the 

 I. A. A. legislative committee are 

 Frank Barton, Cornell; H. E. 

 Goembel, Hooppole, and A. C. 

 Everingham, Hutsonviile. 



Want School CluuiKes 



"In order to obtaia caai!tR;c " 

 five revenue legislation," tbe an- 

 nouncement stated, "it is neces- 

 sary that there be an amendment 

 to our constitution. The survey 

 of Illinois school conditions made 

 during the summer in co-opera- 

 tion with the Illinois Ekiuca- 

 tional Commission revealed that 

 beneficial school changes hinge 

 on revenue alterations. The Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association is 

 joining hands with organizations 

 representing other industries in 

 the state for th^ drafting of an 

 amendment which will allow rev- 

 enue changes. 



"The Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation is for a gasoline tax on 

 motor driven vehicles, provid- 

 ing the gas tax money is used 

 in lieu of taxes already levied. 

 .\. thorough study has shown us 

 that the gasoline tax is a just 

 tax. Auto drivers pay as they 

 ride, and they pay in proportion 

 to the amount they use the high- 

 ways. 



ContJnue T. B. Eradication 



"We are for a continuation and 

 expansion of the present tubercu- 

 losis eradication campaign. If 

 the present work which has al- 

 ready been started in 58 liiinois 

 counties is allowed to lull be- 

 cause of lack of state or federal 

 funds, much of the money and 

 time spent in the past by the 

 counties, the state and the na- 

 tion, and by the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association, will have 

 been wasted. A let up now would 

 allow the disease to regain much 

 of its foothold." 



Shelby County Live 

 Stock Men Hold 1st 

 Annual Get-together 



Sixty members of 12 local live 

 stock shipping associations in 

 Shelby county turned out for an 

 all day meeting, called by Farm 

 Adviser C. J. Robinson, to get 

 acquainted and discuss market- 

 ing problems. 



Wm. E. Hedgcock. I. A. A. 

 live stock marketing direct9r, 

 and F. H. Kelley, fieldman for 

 Indianapolis Producers, both 

 talked on live stock marketing 

 problems. Fifty-two live stock 

 men were present for the free 

 farm bureau dinner and more 

 than 60 attended the afternoon 

 meeting at which they voted to 

 make the meeting an annual 

 affair. 



