ary 24, 192S 



MEET 



[January 24, 1925 



Tlie illinou Agricultural A«»ociatioo Record 



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e*Ti 

 een 1 



inslderetTital- 

 l not been able 

 rmatlon. But 

 any of the de- 



ilically known 

 IS maintained 



Ipplled 



n in McLean 

 out a month 

 Grain Market- 

 sent here to 

 I stock selling 

 ited the farm- 

 in touch with 

 reau members 

 at least one 

 hey presented 

 ged that It Is 

 plan and that 

 ince for farm- 

 ggest market- 

 rica, utilizing 

 •ial ability of 

 They argued 

 properly sate- 

 ;rests of pro- 

 ed that all in- 

 turned ovier 

 ;ultural Asso- 

 18 no founda- 

 s stand. They 

 public refusal 

 substantially 

 lerger. Their 

 h as to cause 

 he I. A. A. to 

 A. A. either 

 igainst or for 

 ion. 



I. A. A. and 

 en. Some of 

 au men were 

 !er plan and 

 titude of the 

 ; to endorse, 

 the merger 

 ng confidence 

 3tters to the 

 d even visits 

 3 In Chicago, 



is that they 

 .ble co-opera- 

 the making, 

 ;ional organi- 

 iir state asso- 

 ked informa- 

 1 they should 



and members 

 sold" on the 

 filling to ad- 

 the I. A. A. 

 did not have 

 rmation. 

 Know All 

 n the annual 

 ^ean County 

 solution was 

 ission which 

 aken by the 



?k, however, 

 k became a 

 ty Farm Ba- 

 led the right 

 38 executive 

 aed that the 

 Dunty should 

 to know all 

 ; the Grain 

 and insisted 

 Ued for that 

 :tors, them- 



much about 

 lid like, con- 

 ng. It was 

 A. A. should 

 lat meeting. 



It was sug- 

 .. A. should 

 )re the meet- 

 t that was 

 sly unneces- 

 3o the meet- 

 )ut previous 

 e with the 

 ridely adver- 

 , officers had 

 d to appear. 

 uatlon 



A. found it 

 were Invited 

 ey had the 

 in the open 

 latlon or of 

 ill and thus 

 keting Corn- 

 side and let- 

 an unfavor- 

 le I. A. A.'s 

 sual and un- 

 r them for 

 ictivelr flght 

 ?any which 

 ppositiOH to 



'I.A.A. EXECUTIVES 

 ASK PUBLIC INQUIRY 



INTO GRAIN MERGER 



•i 



^Formal Request Made of IHi- 

 BoU Commerce Commission 

 to Determine Their Legality 



J A formal request to the Illinois 

 Conlmerce Commission asking that 

 a public inquiry be conducted by 

 that body into the "legality and 

 public policy" of permitting the 

 four old-line grain companies to 

 form the 126,000,000 merger, 

 commonly known as the Grain 

 Marketing Company, was ordered 

 by the I. A. A. executive commit- 

 tee at its meeting of Jan. 10. It 

 is known that farm bureau mem- 

 bers have been solicited to buy 

 stock in the merger. The formal 

 request has been made. 



BOTH SIDES OF MERGER 

 EXPLAINED AT MEET 



(Continued from page 6) 



the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration executives. And they did 

 not know whether they would 

 meet a friendly or hostile local ar- 

 rangements committee, and in a 

 meeting of this kind much depends 

 on the arrangements. They came. 



They found that it was not the 

 intention of the local arrange- 

 ments committe to be hostile or 

 unfair to the I. A. A., but that 

 Mrs. Funk was very insistent upon 

 certain arrangements and that her 

 wishes prevailed in some impor- 

 tant matters such as the selection 

 of the chairman. 



', Clifford Gregory, editor of 

 Prairie Farmer, was advertised as 

 'one who had been invited to speak, 

 'but he was not permitted the plat- 

 form altho he was given an oppor- 

 tunity to present one small piece 

 of his evidence concerning the 

 Grain Marketing Company in dis- 

 cussion. 



Important Question 



Men who have read every avail- 

 able bit of information on the 

 merger in the American Farm Bu- 

 reau news letters and in the press 

 were most concerned over the 

 facts In the matter of the I.A.A. 

 statement that audit reports nec- 

 essary in determining the value of 

 the properties were withheld by 

 the Grain Marketing Company. 

 The agents and friends of the 

 company have declared that the 

 I. A. A. was provided with all the 

 information it needed in arriving 

 at the true value of the properties, 

 or that the information was easily 

 available. 



It developed in the meeting that 

 the audits were not given to the 

 I. A. A. nor were available to the 

 I. A. A. from any source, and the 

 reason was that the Grain Mar- 

 keting Company itself did not have 

 audit reports of the concerns 

 whose properties it has contract- 

 ed to purchase. That develop- 

 ment supports the I. A. A. state- 

 ment, but shows that there was a 

 good reason why the information 

 was not turned over. It does 

 bring up another question, how- 

 ever, and that is whether or not 

 the Grain Marketing Company 

 should have had those audit re- 

 . ports in order to enter into the 

 S purchase of those properties with 

 safety to the producers. 



The Net Result 



■Whether or not the Grain Mar- 

 keting Company advanced its 

 cause at the meeting is anybody's 

 guess. 'Whether or not the Grain 

 •Marketing Company is pleased 

 with the result remains to be seen. 



But the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association officers seemed to be 

 well pleased as they departed for 

 Chicago. Local men who, have 

 stood by the I. A. A., m their 

 stand seem to be well pleased, 

 judging from comments made im- 

 mediately after the meeting and 

 since then. 



Some of thpse who have read 

 all that has been published in the 

 A. F. B. F. News Letters and the 

 press have said that they learned 

 nothing new concerning the mer- 

 ger itself, altho they learned many 

 new features on the I. A. A. side 

 of the question. 



WHAT THE CAMERA GOT 



On the eve of the first day of the Annual meeting:, I. A. A. offleial*. execntlTe commttteemen and allreetors. 

 county Farm Bureau prealdenta and farm adTlaers met at a dinner for a big round-table and free-a>-tbe- 

 alr-TOu-breathe dlHcuaalon. Prealdent Thompson in opening: the meeting aald that any construrttve rrlticlsnta 

 of the I. A. A. YTOuld be welcome and that the only 'vray farmers nould ever sret anywhere with their organ- 

 ization would be by mutual co-operation. Durinip this HPHition, the nctuni temper of the 87 oiiunties nbfch 

 were represented in regrard to YTlthdrnwinfc from the American Form Rnrcan Federation was shown. A un- 

 animous vote favored national unison. Spirited talks featured the nieetlnK'* The executive committee liad 

 voted to "stick and flsrht It out from the inside" at its last refcular meelln^. The opinion was expressed by 

 many that this round-table meeting: vras the most constructive meeting In the history of the I. A. A. 



DAIRY INDUSTRY 



NEEDS ADJUSTMENT 



(Continued from page 5) 



3. PROMOTE WELFARE OF 

 DAIRY INDUSTRY. . 



a. Publicity. 



(1) Press articles. 



(2) Talks, popular meetings, 

 clubs, schools, radio. 



b. Protectional — Legislative. 



c. Correlate work of Illinois Co- 

 operatives. 



(1) Harmonize policies. 



(2) Promote efficiency oy group 

 action, including grading stan- 

 dards. 



4. PUBLIC RELATIONS. Co-op- 

 eration with other dairy insti- 

 tutions and agencies. 



a. State. 



(1) Illinois State Dairymen's 

 Association. 



(2) Allied dairy interests. ] 



(3) Butter ImprovemeDt~^s^o- 

 ciation. A ^ 



(4) Dairy cattle breed associa- 

 tions. 



(5) Extension workers. Univer- 

 sity of Illinois. 



(6) High school agricultural 

 teachers. 



b. National. 



(1) National Dairy Council. 



(2) American Association of 

 Creamery Butter Manufactur- 

 ers. 



(3) Dairy cattle breed associa- 

 tions. 



(4) Dairy marketing specialists 

 in central west states. 



General Dairy Situation 



The center of dairy production 

 is moving westward faster than 

 the center of population. The 

 East and the South are demand- 

 ing sweet cream. At the same 

 time the Chicago "milk shed" is 

 becoming more and more an open 

 market. This means culling the 

 broader cows, more quality in pro- 

 duction, more intensive organiza- 

 tion, and adjustment in market- 

 ing Illinois dairy products. It 

 can be done, says Lynch. "The 

 dairyman who watches his costs 

 and milks good cows will make 

 money in 1925. Also, dairymen's 

 service organizations should be 

 improved by federating into a 

 state organization, run on sound 

 business bases." 



I.A.A. Movie Titled: 

 "Carry On! F. B." 



"Carrj- On! Farm Bu- 

 reau" is the title of the 

 Homestead Film Company's 

 moving picture taken during 

 the summer to show the ac- 

 t^rlties of the I. A. A. 



Dave Thompson announces 

 that the film is, in his opin- 

 ion, a "humdinger." 



The film is to be released 

 through the organization de- 

 partment of the I. A. A. It 

 will be ready for business 

 sometime during this month, 

 Mr. Thompson states. 



Union County Bureau 

 Plans Co-op Manure 

 Buying; Use 650 Cars 



An association to buy manure 

 on a coKjperative basis from 

 stock yards is a project of Union 

 County Farm Bureau. 



G. E. Metzger, director of organ- 

 ization, met with the Union county 

 folks at Anna, Jan. 20 for the pur- 

 pose of helpiing lay preliminary 

 plans for the purchasing group. 

 Farm Bureau members are the only 

 ones who will be taken In. 



In a preliminary survey made by 

 L. J. Quasey of the transportation 

 department, it is estimated that 

 the average cost for shipping a 

 carload of manure from Chicago to 

 Anna is approximately $20. From 

 E. St. Louis to Anna, the minimum 

 cost per car is $17.60, he finds. 

 The difference between the two 

 points is accounted for in that the 

 transportation cost from E. St. 

 Louis is based on weight, and from 

 Chicago on straight carloads. Ma- 

 nure prices have advanced within 

 recent years, Mr. Quasey finds. 

 An average carload of Manure sells 

 for around $35. 



Approximately 650 carloads of 

 manure will be used in a year by 

 the Union county horticulturists, L. 

 S. Foote, the Union county farm 

 adviser, estimates. 



"WATCH THE BOOKS" 

 IS I.A.C.A. KEYNOTE 



(Continued from page 1) 



the present membership, he 

 pointed out. stands at no less than 

 125 associations which secure 

 I. A. C. A. auditing services. 



F. E. Ringham, assistant mana- 

 ger, outlined the method of field 

 examination in operation in the 

 I. A. C. A. George E. Frazer, con- 

 sulting accountant for the I. A. A. 

 and former comptroller of the 

 University of Illinois, gave a tech- 

 nical treatise on the status of Illi- 

 nois co-ops under the federal rev- 

 enue act, bringing out the point 

 that exemptions under this law 

 could be secured for farmers' ele- 

 vators, provided the applications 

 are drawn up correctly. 



"lKX>k Ahead," Vaniman Says 



Vernon 'Vaniman, dieector of 

 field organization, issued a clarion 

 call for the co-operatives to look 

 ahead. "Co-operatives will be 

 left behind," he declared, "if they 

 do not adopt adequate auditing 

 and business advisory service." 



H. H. Baily, univertity account- 

 ing . specialist, expressed the 

 thought that co-operative accounts 

 should above all, be simple. If 

 farmers' co-operatives really are 

 to take on big business methods, 

 he told his audience, they must 

 keep accurate records." He also 

 advanced the suggestion that the 

 central I. A. C. A. otece act as a 

 clearing house for any informa- 

 tion concerning the auditing fa- 

 cilities in other states. Dr. Stew- 

 art professor of economics at the 

 Universitv, commended the 

 I. A. C. A. 



Elect Officers 



The temporary board of direc- 

 tors who held offices since the 

 formation of the service last June, 

 were all re-elected at the annual 

 meeting, as follows: Henry Mc- 

 Gough, Maple Park, president; L. 

 P. McMlllen, Rock Falls, vice-pres- 

 ident; O. B. Goble, Charleston, 

 Henry Shaffer, Uliopolls, and G. L. 

 Potter, Pontiac, directors: G. A. 

 Fox, secretary, and R. A. Cowles, 

 treasurer. 



Forty-seven Illinois co-opera- 

 tives were represented "at the meet- 

 ing. 



YOU'LL NEED GOOD EYES TO SEE YOUR DELEGATE HERE 



The camera man got thia plctnre of farm bureau folka irho were atUI on the Job a< tbe but mlaate at the 

 two-dar aeaaion, -Some of them are not dele^atea, 70a will notice. Secretary Pox and President Thompson 

 are In the front row at the left. It would have taken a couple ot eameraa to have sottca all the crowd on 

 Thursday. 



EDUCATION IN STATE 

 NOT AS IT SHOULD BE 

 SAYS I.A.A. COMMITTEE 



Coiutructive Policies to I n>- 

 prove School System Is Aim 

 of Elducational Commission. 



The educational sitaatlon in 

 Illinois is not 'what it should be. 

 The I. A. A. committee on educa- 

 tion that points this out consists 

 of the following: J. L. Whls- 

 nand. Charleston, chairman; A. 

 C. Everingham, Hutsonville, and. 

 E. W. Rusk, Carllnville. 



This committee early last year 

 answered the call of the Illinois 

 Educational Commission to sit in 

 with it and other organizations 

 in making investigations. Recom- 

 mendations are to be made at 

 the next bi-ennial meeting of the 

 General Assembly. ' 



BIG REPRESENTATION 

 IS DELEGATE RECORD 



(Continued from pa^e 1) 

 Robt. N. WriKht. Tuscola; DuPaae- 

 P .0 Llttleford, Downers Gr^e! 

 and Geo B. Goss. Xapervllle; Edear- 



S?""; P*""'"; Edwards: Albert Lib- 

 kle. West Salem; Effingham: C. H 

 tvans. Mason, and Wood Loy Ef- 

 ^nS c^!rj ^"''^J^ ° Andersoh.' Gib- 

 son ^}?^ ^"J *= . *"' Duerlneer. Gib- 

 «,V^'*.'^' '^■•anklin: H. H. Webb, 

 Mulkeytown; Fulton: F. O. Pitman 

 ^"r^Ut.",^ W. O. McPhetera. ck'n^Sn! 

 .„H r 'i?' h ^ PI""*" New Haven. 

 ? \r'*r,'\i Lee, Roodhouse: Greene: 

 L.^ H Raffety, 'WrlKhts: Grundy: R. 



2' F^''.'"''"• '^°"' ('"y- and C. A 

 Hunt, Morris; Hancock: M. G. Lam- 

 ^«"- f "ris. and H. R. OraTS.m. 

 Denver: Henderson: c. C. Painter 

 Stronghuret. and C. W. Coope* Ut-' 

 tie iork; Henry: Roy Persuson. 

 Orion, and J. Heher Smith, Osco 

 Iroquois: H^ G. Pendergrast. Cissna 

 ?5'■^ """'J'^? Honeywell. Mllford; 

 Jackson: H. p. Sauer. Pomona; Jef- 

 H |.°?^' / ?' McDonald. Mt. Vernon. 

 K. F. D «; Jersey: H. J.Steinkuehler, 

 Jerseyvll e, and C. E. Locke. Dow! 



s,i°v?''^''*"J „** ■* Goodmlller. 

 Stockton, and Geo. Curtis. Stockton; 

 Johnson: O. R. Kerley, Simpson 



?.»^t,v/ \/ '*""' Hampshire and 

 Olenn C. Warren. Sugar Grove; Ken- 

 dall: Frank R Cram. Newark, and 

 5-.f J^'"""''*''"- Mlnooka; Knor: J. 

 S'. ¥'=^"- ^'°' ^n* M- Guy Van Bus- 

 klrk. Oneida; Lake: L. A Huebsch. 

 Area, and D. H. MInto. Antloch; La- 

 Salle: E. E. Stevenson, Streator. and 

 Harvey W. Watts, Leland. 



Lawrence: Ralph PinkstalT. Birds: 

 Lee: A, H. Montlvan, Sublette, and 

 W. L. Relgl«. Franklin Grove: Liv- 

 ingston: G. ,F. Bennett. Chatsworth. 

 and I J. Gallup. Emington; Logan: 

 Geo. J. Stoll. Chestnut, and Chas. 

 Schmidts, Beaaon: McDouough- Fred 

 Ruebush. Sclota. and Karl McGrew 

 Adair; McHenry: B. L, Thomas'. 

 Ringwood. and Geo. A. Hunt. Wood- 

 stock; McLean: Simon C. Moon To- 

 wanda. and 'Vaughn Douglass. Shir- 

 ley; Macon: J. c. Batchelder Harris 

 Town, and E. L. Daggett. Macon. 



Macoupin: H. J. Schultz. Shipman, 

 and J. P. . Enslow. Atwater; Madi- 

 son: F. J. Schuerer, Alton. R. F D 

 and John H. Schafer. Marine; Ma- 

 rion: John Rogler. I'atoka; Marsh- 

 all-Putnam: Elmer Quinn. Henry, 

 and Wm. Downey. Putnam; Mason: 

 Chas. W. Borgelt. Havana, and Vin- 

 cent Warren. Bath; Menard: L. V. 

 Sampson, Petersburg, and C. C. Stler, 

 Petersburg; Mercer: ScovlUe Lee, 

 Aldeo. and P. B. Scott. Alexis: Mon- 

 roe: Fred C. Pieper. Valmeyer: 

 Montgomery: R. B. Warnsing, No- 

 komis. and John Foster. Raymond. 



Morgan: Chas. S Black. Jackson- 

 ville, and H. P. Joy. Jacksonville; 

 Moultrie: J. E. Righter. Sullivan, 

 and T. S. Sheehan. Lake City, Ogle: 

 J. E. Meyers, Oregon, and Elmer 

 Vietmeler, Forreston; Peoria: Chas. 

 R, Ford. Edwards, and Chas. Gor- 

 don, Alta; Piatt: C. J. Gross. At- 

 wood, and T. W. Lamb. Bement: 

 Pike: C. E. Dunham. Origgavllte. 

 and Walter Beckenholdl. Rockport; 

 Pope: A. Baker. Golconda: Pulaski: 

 M. M. Hartman, Mounds; Randolph: 

 Aug. Wlnkelman, Steelville. and 

 Fred Rehmer. Redbud. 



Richland: Leo Dehlinger. OIney; 

 Rock Island: Chas. A. Larson. Mo- 

 line. Bx. 361, and Hon. C. J. Searle, 

 Rock Island; SL Clair: H. H. Hart- 

 man. Freeberg. and J. A. Baer. Tren- 

 ton; Saline: R. L. Gates. Harrisburg; 

 Sangamon: John Cooper. Williams- 

 ville. and Lester Lehman. Pleasant 

 Plains; Schuyler: M. R. Rtttenhouse. 

 Rushville; Scott: M. B Murray. Win- 

 chester, and Herman Kitber. Win- 

 chester; Shelby: Theo. Roeasler. 

 Shelbyville. and H. F. Grotte. Oco- 

 nee. 



Stark: Adam McWilliams. Toulon, 

 and E. K. Willcox, Wyoming: 8te- 

 pheilson: T. F. Ellis. Lena and L. M. 

 Swanzey. Preeport; Taseweil: Jos. 

 Morris. Washington, and L. R. Welk. 

 Morton: Union: A. A. Appel. Cobden; 

 Vermilion: ^has. R. Flnley. Hoopes- 

 ton. and Geo. W. Lenhart. George- 

 town: Wabash: E E. Schrodt. 

 Keensburg. and Harve I* Storck- 

 man. .\llendale; Warren: Roy Stick- 

 ler. Swan Creek, and Sidney Pen- 

 darvis. Swan Creek; Wayne: Geo. 

 Haegele, Barnhlll. 



White: W. L. Miller. Carml. and 

 O. C. Hoskins. Norrls City; White- 

 side: J. H. Adams. Fenton. and B. F. 

 Hoover. Morrison: Will; K. L. Wel- 

 ter. Lockport. and John H. Cryder. 

 Plainfleld: Wiliamson: A. M. Splti- 

 nass. Marlon, R.F. D. 2; Wlnntbago: 

 Dan McCuUoch. 'Winnebago, and L. 

 A. Frisbie. Rockford. R. F. D. 7; 

 Woodford: W. 8. Davison, Minonk, 

 and J. Ira Powell, Secor. 



