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December 20. 1924 



The IllinoU Agricultural Association Record 



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FARMERS' PROBLEMS 

 ARE ECONOMIC, NOT 

 POLITICAL: BRADFUTE 



Leaders See Need of Merchant 



Marine; Favor Export 



Corporation 



Immediately after the openin;; 

 invocation by I!ev. Jolin Aeheson 

 of Prinreville. 111,. President O. 

 K. Ilradfule roused the delegate- 

 to the (Ith annual American Faiiii 

 liureau I'ederation nu'etinK into 

 action witli all address in whifli 

 he sketched tiie princitint proii 

 lenis hefore American af-'ricultun 

 and tile Farm IJureau today. 



"If I mi.uht be allowed to sum 

 marize the objects of this orL-a- 

 nization in one word, tliat word 

 would b*^ — servire." TIlis was 

 one of President I'.iadfute's open 



inK statements. 



Problonis are Kcononiic 



"I do not doubt that most of 

 the fanners' problems are eco- 

 nomic rather than political and 

 we will make the f;reatest pros;- 

 ii'ss toward their solution by ap- 

 plying sound business princi[>les 

 which have been used by other 

 industries," he said. 



"Agriculture lias .seen many 

 depressions and has always come 

 back. It will again come back 

 but the supreme question which 

 we are interested in now is — will 

 it reach and hold its proper 

 level?" 



"As we now enter upon our 

 work of three days' sessions, we 

 are depending on each director 

 to carry his full share of the 

 load," he concluded. "Let us 

 tackle all our problems in the 

 spirit of co-operation, with cool 

 heads and warm hearts — fulli 

 realizing that unity means sue 

 cess, while discord means de 

 feat." 



Xced Merchant .>Iarine 



At the afternoon session Com 

 niissioner W. H. Hill of the 

 United States Shipping Board 

 talked on the development of 

 the American .Merchant Marine 

 He said among other things, ".\s 

 farmers we are interested 

 America's extending her com- 

 merce to the uttermost parts of 

 the world. Ready markets are 

 what we need to make the prices 

 such that we will profit in the 

 production. Koreign countries 

 are our competitors in these mar- 

 kets. If we depend on foreign 

 sliipr. to carry <iur exports, our 

 products will not be the first to 

 -• "" ' markets. We should 



vn -Merchant Marine 

 .k." 



Following Mr. Hill, C. W. 

 Hunt, farmer member of the 

 Federal Trade Commission, ap- 

 pointed to this commission as 

 the result of Farm Bureau re- 

 quest for farmer representation, 

 told the purpose of the commis- 

 sitm' and described its relation to 

 agriculture. 



The evening of the first day 

 ofi the convention was turned 

 over to the delegates as an open 

 forum. President Bradfute called 

 for nominations for chairman of 

 the meeting. Sam Thompson, our 

 t. A. A. head, was unanimously 

 chosen. 



Talk of Kxport Coiiioration 



Geo. N. Peek, president of the 

 American Council of -\griculture. 

 was scheduled for an "Equality 

 for .Agriculture" address, the 

 only portion of the program ar- 

 ranged beforehand. After his 

 talk which centered around enact- 

 ing legislation similar to the 

 -McNar.v-Haugen bill, the dele- 

 gates spent nearly three hours 

 in rapid fire discussion of the 

 general agricultural situation. 

 -Most of the contributions were 

 along the line of legislation sucli 

 as the .American Council of Ag- 

 riculture advocates, namely, cre- 

 ation of a farmers' export corpo- 

 ration, by act of congress, to 

 stabilize the markets of farm 

 commodities. 



Probably 90 per cent of the 

 delegates who voiced their opin- 

 ions are strongly in favor of such 

 an export corporation. The argu- 

 ments of those few who dis- 

 sented from such a policy failed 

 to alter the opinions of those 

 »-ho were even only slightly in- 

 clined toward national legislation 

 similar to the Mc.Xary-Haugen 



At thi- morning session of the 

 second day, just before the dele- 

 gates separated into sectional 

 conferences for consideration of 



(Continued on page 4, col. 4) 



A BIG BREAKFAST WITH ILLINOIS FOLKS 



(hio huiidrvd ami fortY'Scvvii lU'ople. includinii HI boyw' and fiirls' < Jul/ nivmlH-r^ <tf IHitutis. ^'<*f in on ifiis hrv»k- 

 fast ichon the I. A. A. entorlainrd the club folks at thr (irvai \«»rf/i*'r« Uofvl durinfi tht'ir visit to thv Interna- 

 tional hiie Stark Shon: Sam Thompson said the way they uork and .\in^ to^vthvr shows that they art' learning 

 thv vit'aninfi uf "co-opvration** 



RE-ELECT BRADFUTE AT 

 A. F. B. F. ANNUAL MEET 



( I ''tnl liiiH'"! rr-.Mi p;»ii'' 1 t 



I'ltsident Uradluie, who 



had 



st-rvod two torms, was placed in 

 nomination by K. H. C()rnwali. 

 prt^sident of the Vfiniont Kami 

 lluroau Federation. In his nomi- 

 nation speech. Mr. Cornwall drew 

 attention to Tresidenl Coolidge's 

 selection of Mr. Bradfute on the 

 agricultural commission. M. L. 

 Noon, president of the Michi;^an 

 Farm Bureau Federation, sec- 

 onded Mr. Bradfute's nomina- 

 tion. 



Only One Opjioses Bradl'ute 



Geo. C. Jewett of Spokane, 

 Washiuston. formerly pre.sidfut 

 of the American Wheat GrowtTs' 

 Association, but now a member 

 of the Federal Farm Loan Board, 

 was nominated for the presi- 

 dency by Ualph Snyder, president 

 of the Kansas Farm Bureau F*Hi- 

 • ration. Mr. Snyder stated ttiat 

 "we have come to a parting of 

 the ways" and suggested that it 

 would be worthy of the voting 

 delegates to put in a president 

 who had not been mixed up in 

 the many controversie.*;. The linal 

 vote stood: Bradfute o.'.. Jewett 

 11 and three blanks. 



"Our Sam" Ucl'uses 



Sam H. Thompson, president 

 of the I. A. A., was nominated 

 for tlie vice- presidency b> Kdw. 

 A. O'Neal, president of tiie Ala- 

 bama Farm Bureau Federation. 

 .Mr. Thompson immediately arose 

 and withdrew his name. j. K. 

 Heed, the past vice-president, had 

 been nominated. .Mr. O'Neal, the 

 nominator of "Our Sam," was 

 then nominated by W. T. Harris. 

 the voting delegate from Ken- 

 lucky. .Mr. O'Neal has Iwen a 

 member of the executive commit- 

 tee of the -American Farm Bu- 

 reau and was one of the few 

 southern farm bureau leaders 

 who helped at Washington dur- 

 ing the McNary-Haugen light last 

 spring. He was elected. 



President Thompson retained 

 his seat as a director fc.r the 

 midwest group. Chas. E. Hearst, 

 president of the Iowa Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation, was also re- 

 elected. J. F. Ueed. of .Minne- 

 sota, the retiring vice-presid**nt. 

 was put in and M. L. Noon, pres- 

 ident of -Miciiigan Farm Bureau 

 Federation, became the fourth 

 dirf^tor. pending the ratification 

 of tj^e amendment which allows 

 an extra director for each lOU.- 

 o(fn paid-up membership. 



\o Secretary Hiied Vet 



The new board of 4li rectors 

 wtnt into executive se.ssion the 

 day alter the convention closed 

 with the purpose of fixing the 

 budgets for the various depart- 

 ments and hiring a secretary to 

 take the place of J. W. Cover- 

 dale, who resigned during the 

 summer to become treasurer of 

 (he Grain Marketing Company. 

 -A. 11. Simpson, who had been 

 director of finance, was made 

 treasurer. Mr. Coverdale had 

 been secretary and treasurer. It 

 is expected that action will be 

 taken by the board when it 

 meets Jan. 29, 1925. 



Itelow is printe<) the snhstanee 

 of resolutions [tn-senied by a 

 committee on resoluli(piis and 

 later adopted by the voting d«le- 

 uates. These resolutions are im- 

 portant iM^cause thiy'juv the guid- 

 ing hand whi<-li is lo dii»ct thf 

 actions of the .\. F. B. F olficials 

 and board of directors through 

 the coming year. 



Co-operative Marketing 



1 .V {■'. r. l" I'i- -Ik- s . otitiiiut-tl 

 sii|.i...rl l<» ;ill ...-..).. !;iij\ . tiiarki-t- 

 iht: <riltri>rists. 



1'. .\. K. n. K. pl.«lKes to sMI't">rt 



■ i)-i»pi-ralive in;trkflinK. lo ai*l in <'S- 

 litl'lishuij? a national \vo«»l i-o-"]" r-' 

 ittivf aK''itcy ami .-inlersts l'r«-nnj<-iit 



1 'ouli'lRt-'s priiiciiilc ft\' orHrrly jiro-' 

 •hntion aii<l or-it-rly nKirk<'t iri;r. 



Department of Agriculture 



1 ,\iuiiurizis .\. K i;. F pr--si<i.nl 

 ;o .;ill ;( . tiiH' r.-iK't' to ttiak"- inft 

 i.ior.' tliiiii Uir- •' rf.'OiiuiK'iMliil inns tl<» 

 I'r.siiieiit ('or.li'lK'- lor lli«- Hppoint-, 

 iifiit of Seirt-KU'ji- ol' AKrii'ullur--. 



.\|>I>r<-\:ii 'it" t:"V'r!.>'.. M( .ion 

 !■• I'l.ris. 



Legislation and Taxation 



Taxation: Ikealtiniiation of 



priiH'i|il(*s 411) uhieli .\. I-'. II. F. 

 lav W4Hk ha-* Im-cii baM'd. namely: 



1. lnrom>'as a lia.'^is oi ;il'Uii>' to 

 siiiipr>rl ft-<h-r;i I mivriKin-m. 



2 Kate slutiilii Im- proKrt'S.'*i\ «- — 

 lat«« r tho in- I tint- liw IhkImt the 

 ra t . . 



.'t- A portion, not to »-\. ■.'.-.! L'-"t p-T 

 i'»-nt. of tax ImhIu'I whoiild hr raiscl 

 I'V < onsunipt Joii i;i vts. 



Odier taxation |M>Hcie»i: 



1. Kiolorm-ne'iit of I 'r-s")' iit'n 

 .'. onomy proRrani, 



1', Kavor aU'liii f i.W. riii • s- 



t;ti. i;i\. 



:'.. I ippns.i! i.t sliiitit'« t.iN. I'lir-l-i'i 

 IroH. iiM orn.- lo .on.'iMrniM mn t;ix- 



1. I »<ihi.lioiis a II ■! . \»nii>i lone^ 

 sImmiM !..■ tir?;t otls. i against ta\ 

 II-'-"' in. otn'-. 



.*.. .Moii.-y H. riv.'.j ir.tni s-.., k <li\: 

 )<|i ml saP-s slioiilil I.I' fi\-'J ;ir^ ,ir 



■ lix i«l.ji«ls ha»l Im .11 jiai*! in "ash 



*;. Appro\iil of Kift (a\ 



7- Cf. omm- M'l lli:it <*oiiur<-s>: pln^ 

 hi.li s in ttw- ttH OHM ti« \ Liw . 



S. Ain.-nd M.Ka-M«M l-ill l.y slrik- 

 iiiK "lit provision i«-i:ali/,ii.K .-ilo.-h, 

 iliviiifnds. ! 



1'- ll'Stri.lioii on lis»iii;iJnt oi ta\ 

 il'-'- s.'.'iiril ifs, i 



1" I'rK'- .-^Iti'ly of Stat.' .aiiil |o.-»! 

 ;■! \ tn. I li«»ds, stalv aiol lo. al • oni- 

 nc 1 1 .-t-s. 



11 Motiitii-nt ion ot' kivv .so l>:itiks 

 tr..i lit. rr sIoi'|;lii,I.l«-rs tnay I., tax.t.f 

 ^is otli. r .-orpontt ions ;in.l iii.ii\ nfu 

 aJs. 



liegislatitHi: Immediate <le- 

 \elo|Mn(*iii of >lnsrle Slnuils iu 

 (troilitet* leiiili/er for lai'ms. 



I. <»ppoHiti«Mi t<r a<l'lit iiinal l>iir- 



• I' iis on p.-ir.-vl post sysl.-m to in- 

 ■ r-asf ftalarifS of posi:it iTHploy-'.-s 



J. <^)pl>f>^itiuii to 4*liil<l Lal'or l.ill. 



;i. Support of piiTf s«''''l laws. 



I. Limit bankers' . harf to L' p'T 

 '.-nt ill addition to what tie y pay 

 ii.r ft-.p-ral reserve nionty 



.'>. .Support o f Vestal .•<l«in].»rr) 

 ' '"iiiaiiM-r l»in. to doett-as.' lo.st of 



• iistril.iM ion. ' 



fi. Support oi Trulh-ln-KalTM- 

 )• uisiat ion. 



T. Favor poi^al libraries. 



.s. OppoRttiori to liruneli LaiikiiiK 

 as provided In M.Fadden hiU. 



;». Keeommoitdation to itiake pos- 

 sible loatis of four inotitlis iiiultr Ih- 

 l.rtnediate rrfdits act ami a hieher 

 maxinium loan on warfhou.**t- re- 



< .'ipts. 



in. Kndorsenw nt of farmt-rs' ex- 

 port lorporaiton «h des.rihed cl«e- 

 w tu re iti this is.su.- of llie IUcorh. 



Transportation and Research 



i'oli<ies art* as l(»llou^: 



1. Krulorse plan of .*<hip| '-r»' He-" 

 Clonal .\d\jsory Hoards. 



;:. I'rt^e fullest co-op. rat ion l.e- 

 iw.en state and fount y Farm 

 IJiireaiis and tho federal Boverniiunt . 



;t. Favor puMlc representation on 

 li;iilroad lal)or hoard. 



.4 Favi>r drvelopmeiit of inland 

 wat.rw.iys. (Spei-iiu- ni<-tition RiTeii 

 to .Mississippi. Missouri and Ohio 

 river systenls. t 



... Approve re<hirtion of fn-iKliI 

 r.it.s on ag:rir-ulttiral prodiiets 



h, SiibHtjitUte erreetive operation 

 u»r pr. sent state ol arLilralton of 



SuhstjitUte effeetive 

 Iir. sent 

 .SI. I,au renee-llreat I^kes Waler- 

 \\ ;i y. 



T. Kndorso under joint admin-ls- 

 tratiou of state and federal author- 

 ities I'UilditiB good roads as an as- 

 set t.. farm people 



> I'.iv.r Mii-ri...!: .M. r.-hatil Ma- 

 rin ■ 



Organization and Finance 



1. X'JKOrous prose.-uiion of oVpan- 

 iz;(tion throuch state and «'oiinty 

 l-'a rni lUireatis 



2. Kaeh stale sliotild have an or- 

 jraiiization <ir lield serviee di'r'art- 

 iiieiit liejid.-d l»y a tonipett-nt diree- 

 lor. 



3. Kecof^niiioii of plan Kettiiig 

 inemlM-rs in ronnection with 'eom- 

 niodily ni.arket int- as desirahli* if 

 identity of imlividuai as a farm bu- 

 r.aii member is not interfere. I with 



4 tVge enaetment ol state Taws 

 inakinn it ro.ssMde to ineor|»orate ajl 

 units of the Farm Cureau 



.".. \'vK'- a wt II balaneeil auruul- 

 tural eoniniiinity proRram to me«t 

 lie, .1 of the larni bureau family 

 nieinb.-rsliip. 



tl. jkertard failure to transniEt 

 nieinbership funds to state and na- 

 tional ori;apizat(on as a misappr«- 

 priation «tf fuTids and oin.-er shouM 

 be held aeeouiitabje therefor un<l^r 

 the law. 



7. tree method to transmit du*'S 

 r.-Kularly ea. h month and direii 

 ■ \.-.ulive '-ommittee to brine al'OUl 

 Mriet eomplianee with this reuuire- 



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Publicity 



I Favors appropriation of funds 

 ■" a-b-.juaiely meet publi.ity rcqmrie- 

 rn. Its of stale arni tnttiotiul oreat)- 

 i/...tions. _ * I 



( los.r eo-ordlnation of all I 

 pnbii. iiy work. 



:i. Favor makiiiB uniform all puft>- 

 Ir. statements of Farm bureau p»I - 



I'ndors 



\",.T 



Mnrjorif ('line 'left) and h*>r attnt, 

 l.ula Case^ both members of ihe WUU 

 inn W^ orkers Poultry Club in Cast 

 county. Marjorie i\ chnnifnon esiay 

 tiriter in Cass county and \fctmd 

 prize winner in ///tnoi'.s. //er aunt 

 holds a blue ribbon, ichich \hr won 

 on her pen of Barred Rocks at the 

 B. & O. poultry club shuu: 



Kami l£a()io 



Home and Community 



1 Full dfVeP.pmelU Of-tbe Moile 



i.i.l^. .jtniminity d. parlinent of tfiie 



- t*r*re eo-operatlon of Fafm 

 l-nreaus to further: Ib-tter eitlzon- 

 >iiip. Roo.i eomnuiniiy musi.-. ruraL 

 ■i. altii. vor.-it.onal .-dueation in affri- 

 .jilliir.- ajyi |;..vs- and <:iris' Olful* 



Other Departments 



Apitreetate President l:radfut(e'>; 

 iippointnient to .Aerienitural 4'onft-r- 

 • In e and look for constructive 

 I ■ < ommondatioiis from that body. 



-Xpprove development of e.-oiiom- 

 .eai t-io^'trif power on th.- farm 



1 f:i.'e enforeerneni of butter stand:^, 

 ar.Is in hands of l"' S r» A 



Riid'.rse T. II. eradieation piro 

 gram. 



NEW LEGISLATIVE 

 PLAN SUBMITTED 

 BY FARM COUNCIL 



Would Create Elxport Corpora, 

 lion Avoidinr Flaws of The 

 ^ McNary-Haugen Bill 



I'rjllowin;^ li- i-i»nl. rfuc« (»I 

 r»-|tr«*s*'!i|ati\fs i»f s<ittw 4it or T,» 

 f.itin iirvHiiir.atioiis in Ctiiraco.; 

 Dcf. 1 .'uiil 2. ;ii tlic cull "f 111'' 

 .\iii> riran Oiuncil of Ai;rirtilturi-, 

 St. ps liavf li.-.n talcn to plact 

 Im fort' i'r»*sid>-nt <^ooIidi;«-'K av- 

 ficulturul cr>iiiiiiissi<>n ;i plan for 

 si:il>iHzati>>ii of .\iiif'riran airri 

 fuMiirf l>,v .^cTurin:; for it .-cnial 

 o|»ii(>riiinit,\- Willi indusir.v and' 

 lal>'>r. 



The .ViiHTiran Counril of Autl 

 ctiliiir<' was rrraifHl at St. Paul, 

 last July. I>y slat*- and national 

 fa rill <iri;aiiizall<>ns as tliilr at 

 • iipy of unl,t<>d rffort and <'\ 

 pr«'SBion. In tlii;* rapacity tli'- 

 ('ouncil "^s now to prps«'nt to 

 Concrfs*. tlirouvh the latily rrt- 

 atcd aurii'Ultiiral coniniission. a 

 plan dc'Tisi-d to take Ihe place of 

 so-called .McNary Haus;i^n lecisla 

 lion. 



I*lan Kv|M»rl ('nrtHii-Htion 



The plan proposes the erea 

 tion of a fartiK-rs' evport corpora- 

 tion to dispose of surplus farm 

 romniodities. The extent of voy- 

 ernnient participation in the cor- 

 poration would be lirtiited to the 

 ininiinutu necessary to a coinpre- 

 hensive crant of power. 



The export corporation pro- 

 posal differs from the McNarj'- 

 Haucen liltl in several respecte. 

 It eliminates the ratio price fea- 

 ture. It eliminateB the powers 

 conferred upon the President to 

 fix tariff rates at will. If aims 

 to secure benefits of existing tar- 

 iff schedules instead nf creatine 

 new ones. The corporation would 

 be set up to buy exportable 8ur 

 pluses wlien the existence of »ur- 

 [iluses causes the markets for 

 dome.stic consumption to fall be- 

 low American price levels. 



Proponents of the- exfiort cor- 

 poration rely upon this plan to 

 make iit possible for farmers to 

 sell thWr major farm crops ,it 

 .\niericBn prices rather than M 

 prices ptt by world markets. 



WiMild .%ifl f*o.O|ieratU'es 



The ^ farmers' exp()rt corfiora- 

 tion ia designed to supplement 

 co-operative m^irketins. The 

 adoption of the plan, those who 

 havi- studied il point out. ww, " 

 aid co-operative niarketinc 

 nizations to function effectiv.' 



.\t present co-operative as 

 ciati€>nii are not able to opera 

 effectively because they are n< 

 abli' to dispose of surplus proi, 

 ucts and assess the ]oss*'S en Ihi: 

 liortioa of the commodity back 

 ui>on th.- bcnifitted producer, 

 without penalizinpr or;:anization 

 members to th.- b<-neftt of non- 

 nieinl>ers. I"nder the propos>>d 

 plan tlit^e costs incurred in dis- 

 posinir of sufpluses would be 

 automatically and unavoidably 

 at>sorb*-d by all producers. 

 I*l«n »;iiev To. r^iniiiiiNKiftn 



\ Council legislative commit- 

 tee, on which national and «tate 

 ort:anlzations are represented, 

 was provided for at the Chicaco 

 conference. Tli.' n<-w legislative 

 pri>L:iam in rou^h outline was 

 pres> nt>-d ' and tentatively ap- 

 (iroved and arranoiiients made 

 for sabmittine it to the varijiius 

 farm or;;anization!< for further 

 approval. .\s sii^ as respons»*s 

 are received, the. proposal with an 

 accompanyinu lirief will be sub- 

 mitted by th.' .\merican CoOicil 

 of .Vcriculture to each men|ber 

 of tile President's agricultural 

 commission. 



It Is hop.-d'that when it is 

 submitted the coniniission will 

 reeotttmend lo tile present s«.s- 

 sion of Con-ress Ihe enactment 

 of let:islation wliicii will prevent 

 further depr.>.<sion of agriculture 

 befon- Convres.^ could a»:aiD lake 

 action. 



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I.A.C.A. Reaches 105 Mark 



l-*aTlii«-ls" *■«. Mi> l.^L;ani2al:..n^ 

 applyiut: for audit s. rvice in tlie 

 Illinois .\:;ricuitural Co-o|>eratives 

 « Afa .Vssoeiafiiin now nunib<>r 

 I IIH le II. ral iiiauaKer. G«mi. 

 M.V%rm ,( Wicker. With .' his 

 slal! ol accountants have made 

 60 examinations, more than 5ii 

 of which are complete. (".rain 

 elevators I. ad in meuibership 

 with 4 4 and Farm liureaus are 

 secofid with 39. 



