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Future for the 



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II be handled 

 ?ct from the < 

 Producers, ac- 

 louncement of ' 

 8 CommisBion 

 I. A. A. live ' 

 irtment. ^ 

 representative 

 C. Grimes, is « 

 g the Chicago 

 inois Agricul- « 

 eld work will 



e co-operative , 



Fair 



is the fairest 

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 "It must be , 

 lular, or else / ^1 

 ily 5 states in '" ' 

 t have a gas^' 

 1 isolated gas- 

 whole sea of , . 

 t is the only ' 

 ark that does 

 ir Illinois mo- 

 ate, they help 

 nd when mo- 

 e come in, 

 cement trunk * 



out without J 

 ihare of the ~ 



hat a gas tax 

 aois and that 

 early in the 

 ;a8 tax, if en- 

 1 lieu of some 

 ely it will be 

 dditional bur- 



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Volume 3 



luued Every Other Saturday for 63,000 thinking Farmer* — May 23, 1925 



No. 10 



CROP PROSPECTS IN 

 ST0RM4WEPT AREA 

 ARE UP TO NORMAL 



fl 



rs marketing 

 ;s themselves 

 ease in their 

 ited by Frank ' 

 )f the poultry 

 department. 

 g slowly but 

 i, he pointed 



led Dalr>- 



lespie, acting 



Inols-Missouri 



ke briefly of a 



rs in the St. 



ncluding the 



let, by which 



belonging to 



Uissourl Milk ^ • 



DH can be t 



out of bank 



farm owned 



market was 



at because of 



taining milk 



The belief 



the original 



was thrown 



done so be- 



ederal Judge 



der impeach- 



y. 



anizatlon di- ^ 

 Agricultural 

 the plan for 1 

 wal of mem- ' 

 ike place in "' 

 lery counties 



increase in ' 

 ed he said. 

 ■St out of 40 ' 



its renewal 

 IS a IS per- 

 old member- 



talks sched- 

 of May are 



•'I 



30 — C. C. Tur- 

 the Moultrie 

 "Moultrie 

 laa the Bud- 



2:30 and 8:40 

 Ivteer of the 



reau, on the 

 rvicea of the 



reau, 



12:30— H. A. 

 of Woodford 

 )n "The Ac- 

 ces of Wood- 



lO^H. O. AI- 

 Livin^sion 



8 county are 

 estB for the 

 contest will 

 yielding ca- 

 used by the 



ty Farm Bu- 

 farm boys 

 corn clubs. 



alk we have C 



So reads a I 



A. A. con- / 



dlo messagre \ 



!S8 In Kane , I 



hes, Elburn. <. 



t 



A 



Farm Relief Committee Work- 

 ers Survey Devastated Region 

 aa«l 'Ref.ort Guo ^ rt.',.v>i* 



"The usual and normal acreage of 

 tillable land in the tornado area in 

 Illinois is at this time in crop or 

 prepared for seeding," says R. A. 

 Cowles, chairman of the Illinois 

 Farm Relief Committee and I. A. A. 

 treasurer. "This statement coming 

 now means that the field work in 

 the area is advanced over the av- 

 erage season. To those who are 

 familiar with actual conditions con- 

 sequent upon the disaster, the re- 

 covery must be regarded as remark- 

 able." 



Mr. Cowles, with vice-chairman of 

 the committee. Curt Anderson, spent 

 the greater part of the week of May 

 10-16 in the tornado district. In 

 Franklin county a two days' personal 

 canvass was made of Individual 

 rural cases, and a personal inspec- 

 tion of rural areas was made in 

 White and Hamilton counties. Re- 

 ports which may be relied upon were 

 received in a meeting at the Jack- 

 son County Farm Bureau ofBce on 

 Saturday afternoon. May 16, and a 

 canvass of individual cases in that 

 county was made Monday. May 18. 

 Credit Where Credit Is Dae 



"Credit for the accomplishment 

 first of all properly belongs to those 

 who Buttered disaster uad wN) »itli 

 courage met this "task under severe 

 handicap and with many privations," 

 states Mr. Cowles. "Credit belongs 

 to the good neighbors from far and 

 near who came in and provided help- 

 ing hands. Credit belongs to those 

 who contributed supplies and funds, 

 and to the several organizations that 

 actively assisted in getting together 

 these necessities and have assumed 

 the responsibility of rehabilitation 

 according to needs in each individ- 

 ual case. 



"Farmers all over the state have 

 responded so heartily to the call for 

 help for their unfortunate southern 

 Illinois neighbors that the total 

 amount contributed to the Farm Re- 

 lief Fund now amounts to 1173,010.50 

 —and we hope before the week Is 

 over that the $180,000 total at which 

 we aim will be reached. 



"All of this, it should be remem- 

 bered, followed emergency aid and 

 relief immediately administered by 

 hundreds of willing volunteers. This 

 story of first aid in the administra- 

 tion of surgical and medical atten- 

 tion, shelter, food, and clothes, has 

 already been related. 



"Throughout the rural «rea today 

 repairs are well under way and 

 buildings are beginning to go up — 

 with some few nearing completion. 

 The people for the most part are, 

 however, living In government 'Sib- 

 ley' tents dotting the area. 



Red Cross in Thorough Survey 



"The American National Red 

 Cross are engaged In making a most 

 thorough survey of each- Individual 

 •"We as a basis for award. The or- 

 ganization operates through zone 

 offlcer located at Carmi, McLeans- 

 boro. West Frankfort, Bush, DeSoto, 

 Murphysboro and Gorham. with a 

 general area oflJce at Murphysboro. 



"Very favorable weathpr condi- 

 tions have assisted In advancing the 

 field work and should not be over- 

 looked. Many problems, needless to 

 recount, have been continually en- 

 countered by all of those engaged In 

 rehabiliutlon work. As might be 

 humanly expected, some mistakes 

 have been made and some criticism 

 just and unjust is to be expected. 

 All organizations engared In the 

 work In greater or lesser capacities 

 are seriously engaged In advancing 

 progress to the best pf their ability, 

 the value of organization has again 

 been demonstrated In this disaster." 



An article appearing In the last 

 issue of the REroao In error made 

 (Contlnatd' on pare », col. 2.) 



OH WHAT A TANGLED WEB WE WEAVE, 

 WHEN FIRST WE PRACTISE TO DECEIVE! 



Illinois farm bureau members should he on their gutrd so they are not de- 

 ceived into believing that the booklet entitled "A Real Latcyer's Opinion of 

 Grain Marketing Co." was published by the Illinois Agricultural Association. 

 The booklet contains the supposedly suppressed Starr report. It is worded so 

 as to make the unknotoing reader believe that the report was actually printed 

 and distributed by the I. A. A. The letter reproduced at the right is typical 

 of the reaction of county Farm Bureau o0iriah upon receiving copies of the 

 booklet. All farm Bureaus in Illinois received copies and thousands are being 



fifmlnt^ l> „4i>j.-, ih, J, ^,..,~t^ -.,-. • ;•: ^ ,.,,_.itr, ^/ ilu i'.-o.'.. 



■Marketing Company, "The Farmers' Own Company." 



May Have Soft Winter 

 Wheat Pool in Counties 

 Along Wabash Valley 



Possibilities for a southern Illinois 

 soft red winter wheat pool are re- 

 flected in a report given to the ex- 

 ecutive committee In its May meet- 

 ing. 



"Much of the soft red winter wheat 

 grown hi the southern third of Illi- 

 nois is In a territory not served by 

 farmers' elevators. Therefore the 

 grain marketing committee recom- 

 mends a marketing program for that 

 territory that is based on the indi- 

 vidual producers," states the written 

 report. 



"Studies are under way to deter- 

 mine the normal movement to mar- 

 ket of the wheat that is shipped 

 from the county where it is grown 

 In this territory," the report con- 

 tinues. "A great part of each crop 

 is milled In the counties where It Is 

 produced, while the shlpment~from 

 south-eastern counties is mostly to 

 markets east and south in Indiana 

 and Kentucky. From the southwest- 

 ern counties the movement is main- 

 ly toward St. Louis. 

 Wheat Now Competes with Pool 



The Wabash Valley wheat comes 

 In direct competition with wheat 

 handled through the Indiana Wheat 

 Growers' Association and some de^ 

 mand is apparent for an organization 

 on the Illinois side to provide for 

 the sale of the wheat through the 

 sales agency of the Indiana Wheat 

 Growers' Association. This organ- 

 ization might eventually take form 

 as a Southern Illinois soft wheat 

 pool closely affiliated with the Indi- 

 ana organization. For the present 

 season, if the county Farm Bureaus 

 and wheat growers of that territory 

 are favorable, organization might be 

 conflned to about 10 or 12 counties 

 bordering Indiana. The study of the 

 situation is not yet complete, and 

 there are details yet to be worked 

 out." 



To Go AheMi 



The report was adopted by the fol- 

 lowing motion; "That the grain 

 marketing department and the grain 

 marketing committee continue the 

 study of the soft winter wheat mar- 

 keting problem in Southern Illinois, 

 and that the officers of the I. A. A. 

 (Continued on pa^e 4, col. 4.) 



Commission Sets May 27 

 For "Exhaustive Hearing" 

 As Merger Asks More Delay 



Decision to hold an exhaustive 

 hearing May 27 into whether it has 

 jurisdiction of the $26,000,000 grain 

 merger, the Grain Marketing Com- 

 pany, was announced by the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission May 14 after 

 it heard arguments continued from 

 the day before. 



The postponement was made up- 

 on application of the Grain Market- 

 ing Company. Hearings have also 

 been held in Indiana, but the out- 

 come is said to be largely contingent 

 upon the decision of the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission. 



In the hearing of May 13, counsel 

 for the Grain Marketing Company 

 contended that the Illinois Com- 

 merce Commission does not have at 

 the present time nor will it ever 

 have supervision over the merger. 

 It was claimed that the federal sec- 

 retary of agriculture would have su- 

 pervision. 



Claim Legal Decision Precedent 



According to the merger's attor- 

 neys, the status of the public utili- 

 ties (public elevators) controlled by 

 the Grain Marketing Company has 

 not changed even though there has 

 been a contract for possible sale to 

 the Grain Marketing Company, but 

 If the sale Is successfully completed, 

 those public elevators under control 

 would be under the jurisdiction of 

 the Commission. A decision ren- 

 dered by the Illinois Supreme Court 

 was quoted to show that the law 

 backs up the merger's stand. 



It was explained that the Grain 

 Marketing Company operates these 

 elevators as subsidiaries of which 

 the merger Is the stock holding com- 

 pany leaving the utilities in abso- 

 lute control of the Board of Man- 

 agers of the Grain Marketing Com- 

 pany. 



Connection Is Close 



"Where the connection Is so 

 short," said Frank L. Smith, chair- 

 man of the Commission, "and where 

 the holding company holds all the 

 stock, taking all the profits and hav- 

 ing all control, I don't care whether 

 it's the law or not, it is evident that 

 some public body should have jur- 

 isdiction from a public standpoint." 

 (Continued on pare 4. col. 2.) 



BUTTER SURPLUS 

 OF WINTER GONE 

 AS CONSUMERS BUY 



L A. A. Educational Campaign 

 Help* to Reduce Surplm of 

 Dairy Spread Below Average 



What happened to last fall's bat- 

 ter surplus? 



Illinois farmers are cashing in an 

 extra quarter of a million dollars on 

 their cream this May. A strength- 

 ened butter market, due to educa- 

 tional campaigns characterized by 

 such slogans as "spread your butter 

 thicker," and "there is no substitute 

 for butter," which resulted In an ef- 

 fective reduction of the butter sur- 

 plus is held responsible for the 

 healthy cdndition of the industry to- 

 day. 



Snrplos Is Gone 



"The heavy surplus of last fall and 

 winter," states the dairy marketing 

 department of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, "in Octol)er, 1924, 

 was 50,000,000 pounds of butter in 

 excess of previous five year averages. 

 This has been gradually reduced un- 

 til May 1, 1925, Instead of a surplus 

 as compared to previous years, there 

 actually was 3,000,000 pounds of but- 

 ter less than the customary average. 

 May 1, 1925, found 5,000,000 pounds 

 less In storage than May 1 a year 

 ago." 



The current price received by the 

 farmers for butter fat is four cents 

 more than it has averaged for any 

 month of May during the last four 

 years, states the I. A. A. 

 V. S. Eating More Dairy Spread 



"Butter consumption in the United 

 States has increased steadily In the 

 last four months over what It was 

 a year ago. March, 1925, showed an 

 increase of 4.9 per cent over March. 

 1924. The increased use of butter 

 can be laid largely to good employ- 

 ment conditions, a slight Increase In 

 quality of the product, and especially 

 to the fact that farm organizations 

 in the principal dairy states have 

 been active in encouraging the use 

 of butter and dairy products, for 

 which there is no substitute." 



Using the slogan, "Spread your 

 butter thicker," the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association, co-operating with 

 the Illinois Butter Improvement As- 

 sociation, last winter started a state- 

 wide campaign to increase the con- 

 sumption of dairy products. Ten 

 thousand posters were distributed 

 throughout the state, urclng farm 

 and city people alike to use more 

 butter. 



SENTIMENT FOR CUTHBERTSON GAS TAX RISES 

 AS SENATE APPROVES I.A.A. AMENDMENT; FATE 

 OF PROPERT Y TAX REDU CER DECIDED SOON 



Legislative Committee is Pushing: Gas Tax in Place of County 

 Highway Tax; Registration of All Poultry Received by Dealers 

 for Protection Against Thieves; Tice Bill and $3,000,000 Ap- 

 propriation; Constitutional Amendment to Relieve Property 

 Taxes; Bill Permitting School DistricU More Self -Control ; — 

 Oppoaes Bill Requiring No Narroiw-Tired Wagons on Roads 



PROSPECTS for passing the Cuthbertson gas tax bill which pro 

 vides for reciucing property taxes by using the gas tax revenur 

 in place of county highway taxes, boomed skyward when the amend- 

 ment offered by 'Senator Cuthbertson (Macoupin) and the IIIinoiK 

 Agricultural Association was approved by the Senate on May 13. 



By the time this Record reaches its readers the fat« of the Cuth- 

 bertson bill may have been decided by the vote of the Senate, for 

 the bill, after being.amended was placed on third reading, ready for 

 defeat or passage. 



The amendment divides the expected $10,000,000 animal revenue 

 from a state-wide two-cent gas tax on a 20-60-20 basis. That is, 20 

 per cent to the State Highway Commission for use upon 4ny roads 

 upon which it sees fit to spend its share ; 60 per cent distributed back 

 to the counties on the basis of their motor license fees and the re- 

 maining 20 per cent also goes back to the counties on the basis of 

 their mileage of state aid roads. This distribution is more equitable 

 than the one provided for in the original bill, which was never 

 claimed to be in its final form when first submitted. 



sua a Uen Tax 

 An amendment to divide the fond 

 £0-50 with the SUte Highway Com- 

 mission and the counties was with 

 drawn by Senator Meents. This 

 amendment was opposed by the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association becauoe 

 of the small portion going back to 

 the counties and also because It did 

 not require the use of the gasoline 

 tax revenue to be In place of county 

 highway taxes, the principal feature 

 of the I. A. A. gaB tax stand. 

 No Gaa 'Tax on Tractors 

 The I. A. A. amendment still leaves 

 the gas tax as a reducer of property 

 Uxes. Provision Is made in the bill 

 for exemption of gasoline used In 

 tractors, stationary gas engines and 

 other gasoline not used on the pub 

 lice highways. 



The I. A. A. legislative committee 

 —Chairman Frank D. Barton of Cor- 

 nell (Livingston). H. E. Ooembel of 

 Hooppole (Henry) and A. C. Ever- 

 Ingham of HutsonvlUe (Crawford) 

 — is optimistic about the bill as Is 

 President Sam H. Thompson, who 

 has also been in Springfield assist- 

 ing the farmers' legislative directors. 

 Against Ponltr) ThIeveK 

 One of the chief legislative side 

 lines of the committee has t>een In 

 urging the passage of the bill to re- 

 quire poultry dealers to keep a reg- 

 ister of all purchases of poultry. Thr 

 bill provides a penalty of a fine from 

 $5 to $50, and would serve as a 

 damper to the activities of poultry 

 thieves. This bill, which Is spons- 

 ored by Senator Jesse L. Deck of 

 Decatur, has now passed the Senate 

 and Is in the House. The legisla- 

 tive committee Is actively sponsor- 

 ing Its passage in Its present form. 

 Should a fanner be allowed to 

 drive a narrow-tired wagon on the 

 roads on ?IIIInols? The -Senate has 

 said "no" and the House is now 

 faced with voting on the bill which 

 requires that after July 1, 1925, driv- 

 ing on any paved or oiled highway 

 with steel tires be prohibited unless 

 the tires are three Inches wide on 

 wagons and loads exceeding 2.000 

 pounds. The penalty for violaUon 

 is fixed in the bill at a fine from $5 

 to $10 for each offense. 



The I. A. A. attitude on this bill 

 Is that It wonld be a hardship on the 

 farmers of Illinois. It would require 

 a great many farmers to buy new 

 wheels and In many cases new wag- 

 ons. In addition, certain road con- 

 ditions require narrow tires. 

 I.A.A. GnardinK Farmer's Pane 

 According to the legislative com- 

 mittee's report to the executive com 

 tnittee recently, any kind of law re- 

 quiring farmers to throw away their 

 narrow-tired wagons would be noth- 

 ing less than a severs flnancial hard- 

 (Continued on pace t, col. 4.) 



