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The niinoh Agricultural Aaaociation Record 



SeptenAer 12, 192S 



Cowles and Lynch 



Speak at Meeting 



Of 1 8th District 



Approxlniatoly 50 farm bureau 

 rpprespnfativps of the 18th district, 

 composed of 

 Kaakakee. I r o- 

 quois. Vermilion, 

 Edgar, Cumber- 

 land and Clark 

 counties, were 

 present at the I. 

 A. A, conference 

 nieetins held at 

 Marshall. Clark 

 county, on Sep- 

 tember 2, accord- 

 ips to R. F. Karr 

 ot Iroquois, I. A. 

 A. executive com- 

 mitteeman of the 

 district, who ab- 

 sorbed th0 concensus of opinions of 

 the farm headers in order that their 

 wishes mty be presented to the 

 other meknbers of the executive 

 committea at its next meeting. J. 

 Q. Snediker, president of the Clark 

 county F^rm Bureau, presided as 

 chairman of the meeting, 



R. A. Cowles, director of the fi- 

 nance department of the I. A. A., 

 made the first talk of the day. Mr. 

 Cowles emphasized the ^eed and 

 importance of having a sound finan- 

 cial policy for the Farm Bureaus 

 and other co-operative organiza- 

 tions. .\n organization to be a suc- 

 ce^ and accomplish the work that 

 it Bhould, must stand on a strong 

 flnaocial foundation, he said. 



"Co-operative Dairy Marketing o( 

 the State" was the subject dis- 

 cussed by A. D. Lynch, 1. A. A. di- 

 reoCor of dairy marketing. "The 

 fartn bureau members of the ItSh 

 district h<ive two possible ways of 

 marketing their dairy products," 

 stated MrJ Lynch. "In certain parts 

 of the district, it will be advan- 

 tageous for the members to organ- 

 ize cream shipping stations, similar 

 in operation to the livestock ship- 

 ping ^ssotiations. Other members 

 may find it advisable and more 

 profitable to sell their whole milk 

 on the Teirre Haute market." 



Followibg Director Lynch's talk, 

 the meeting was thrown open to a 

 general discussion of farm bureau 

 problems. I At the present time, the 

 Clark County Farm Bureau is start- 

 ing its membership drive and con- 

 siderable Attention was given to the 

 campaign. 



THOMPSON SCORES 



FORD'S FARM FLAN 



(Continued from pa^*^ 1. fol. 4.) 

 rural America — the farm home. 

 Without good substantial farm 

 homes, America would be like a 

 ship without a rudder. 



Tiu[atl<>n Iin|K>rtant Problem 



"One <^f the biggest problems 

 confrontidg farmers and city peo- 

 ple today] is the ever increasing 

 county akd local taxes. It has 

 reached a place where there is 

 doubt in many people's minds as to 

 the financial desirability of owning 

 homes and farms. A non-home- 

 owning I'taited States would be a 

 bad place to live. High taxes are 

 causing mpst of this indifference to 

 home owding. 



VHowevjer, I have the good news 

 to_report ^o you that your present 

 tax recelpjts have figures on them 

 higher thin those you will have to 

 pay in the 'uture. This reduction 

 comes ' the activity of the Illi- 



v^' ..- . Itural Association in 

 •'[■(■■: •»i»u ilaations on farm and 

 ■' H- . 

 luiB IB only a partial relief, 

 however. The amendment to the 

 revenue section of the state consti- 

 tution, which was passed by the 

 last General Assembly, offers a 

 hope for nelief from the present op- 

 pressive taxes on real property. .Ml 

 property owners, whether in city or 

 country, should support the revenue 

 amendment when it comes to popu- 

 lar vote ill the fall of 1926, because 

 it will m^e it possible to have a 

 more equijtable taxation system." 

 Ponltr^ .Markeling I)iscn.s!te<l 



The poultry marketing situation 

 in Illinoia was discussed by F. A. 

 Gougler, director of the I. A. A. 

 poultry and egg marketing depart- 

 ment, who gave the second speech 

 of the day. 



"We have the same possibilities 

 in co-operative poultry and egg 

 marketing in Illinois as we had in 

 livestocK marketing; and, given a 

 firm foundation, we can carry this 

 pin-money industry as far along co- 

 operative marketing lines as has 

 been donel in livestock marketing," 

 I Mr. Gougler said. 



TAZEWELL NINE TAKE 

 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP 

 BY SCORE OF 8 TO 6 



SPECIAL PICNIC ISSUE OF I. A. A. RECORD 



Rve Runs in Ninth Inning Fail 

 to Snatch Baseball Tide for 

 Henderson Fann Bureau Team 



Excitement and an.xiety ran at a 

 high pitch among the farm bureau 

 baseball fans at the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association picnic, Tay- 

 lorvllle, August 27, when the Taze- 

 well County Farm Bureau team de- 

 feated Henderson county by the 

 score of 8-6. 



The game was called at 10:30 

 and the weather was ideal for the 

 baseball combat. Both teams ar- 

 rived in automobile busses painted 

 with signs announcing their deter- 

 mination to become the second state 

 farm bureau champions of the 

 United States. Henderson county 

 team had a record this year of nine 

 games with no defeats while the 

 Tazewell team gave evidence of 

 practically equal strength with a 

 record of seven games and one de- 

 feat. 



Teams Have Good Records 



To win a place in the final cham- 

 pionship game, Tazewell played Pe- 

 oria county two games, Woodford 

 county three games, defeated Logan 

 county 4 to 2 and Adams county 

 5 to 4. Henderson's team defeated 

 Marshall-Putnam 8-2, Carroll coun- 

 ty 3-0, Mercer 7-4, Knox 18-0 and 

 Warren 6-4. 



Tazewell county led off with 

 heavy scoring the first part of the 

 game, making one run the first in- 

 ning, three the second inning, one 

 the third period and two runs in 

 the fourth, thus leaving the score 

 7-1 at the end of the fourth inning. 

 During the next four times to bat. 

 Henderson held the Tazewell nine 

 to one run. 



Five Runs in \lnth 



The exciting part of the game 

 came in the last inning when Hen- 

 derson attempted to stage a come- 

 back and snatch the state title dur- 

 ing the last time to bat. When Hen- 

 derson went to bat the score was 

 8 to 1 in favor of Tazewell. The 

 count stood two outs and three balls 

 when the Henderson boys rallied 

 and the batting begad. The Taze- 

 well pitcher showed signs of weak- 

 ening and the next five Henderson 

 men made runs, bringing the score 

 to 8 to 6. A substitute pitcher 

 was placed in the Tazewell box who 

 fanned out the ne.xt man to bat and 

 finished the game with Tazewell 

 still holding the big end of the 

 score. 



Line-ups for the two teams were as 

 follows: 

 HE.VDERSON POSITION TAZEWELL 



Steffey cf G. Israel 



Hartquist ss Haas 



i;. Cailbralth. . . 3b B. Israel 



J. Gallhralth 2M . . . . (Capt.) Rich 



H. Pence p Hlnman 



Keener lb ..... ..L. Carius 



Ricketts (Capt.). If Blumenshine 



E. Pence c J. Carius 



Painter rf Graff 



Substitutes for Henderson — Pojfue, 

 Fryear. Clarke. Sardstror^ and Downs. 

 Managers — W, A. Stevenson and E. D. 

 Walker, farm adviser. 



Subatltutes for Tazewell — Robinson 

 and Ellison. Managers. J. E. Harris, 

 assistant farm adviser, and L. R. 

 Welk. secretary of County Farm Bu- 

 reau. 



"The Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation is taking a higher place In 

 the news of the nation than ever 

 before," declared Harry C. Butcher, 

 director ot the department of in- 

 formation, who was the; third state 

 office speaker on the program. 

 Those I*resent at .Meeting 



Those present were: — Clay coun- 

 ty— Geo. McElyea. Xenia, president. 

 Clay County Farm Bureau; J. C. 

 McElyea, Flora; F. W. Logan, 

 Louisville; Clint Logan, Flora: E. 

 R. Colclasure, Flora; W. E. Cox, 

 Flora; Curt Anderson, Xenia; Mr. 

 and Mrs. J. S. Anderson, Xenia; 

 John W. Jacobs, Flora; J. L. .Mc- 

 Daniel, Flora; Harold S. Williams, 

 Flora; W. A. Karr, Flora; S. M. 

 Ruckman, Xenia, and W. E. Hart, 

 Louisville. 



Wayne county — F. M-. Yohe. Mt. 

 Erie, president, Wa.vne County 

 Farm Bureau; L. M. Ebbourn, Ri- 

 nard; G. W. Anderson, Flora; Ho- 

 mer Redd, Wayne City; C. T. Huf- 

 ford, farm adviser; O. R. Richison, 

 Cisne. 



Edwards county — H. C. Gilker- 

 son, farm adviser. 



Gallatin county — C. W. Simpson, 

 farm adviser. 



White county — WilHam Moser, 

 and Ed Creighton, farm adviser. 



The next meeting was set for Gol- 

 conda. Pope county, on November 

 19. A river excursion from Shaw- 

 neetown to Golconda is being 

 planned for that time. „ 



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RAIL HEADS SAY 



FARMERS PROSPER 



(Continued from page 1. col. 1.) 

 have increased their operating costs 

 nearly half a billion dollars in 1924. 

 The public has had the benefit of 

 these eflSciencies and economies. 

 The amount of increased freight 

 revenue which the carriers are now 

 requesting is but a small percentage 

 of the annual savings to the public. 



"With regard to the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission's general in- 

 vestigation of the freight rate struc- 

 ture of the country, now being car- 

 ried on under the provisions of the 

 Hoch-Smith Bill, and which will be 

 considered, for the western rail- 

 ways. Jointly at this time with the 

 petition for increased earnings, we 

 shall co-operate with the Commis- 

 sion fully. 



Say Agriculture "Restored tn 

 Prosperity" 



"Whatever may have beeii the 

 condition of the farmers at the time 

 the Hoch-Smith Resolution »a.<> 

 written, whatever depression may 

 have occurred In a^culture, such 

 condition and depression have n(»u 

 been substantially, if not complete- 

 ly, reniove<l, and aKrIrulture is iioh 

 restored to prosperity. In fact, the 

 actual purchaslnj; power of the 

 western fanner is now f^reater than 

 In the pre-war days. 



"For these reasons, therefore, 

 we ask that a^culture shall |>ay 

 Its full .share — no more — of the 

 western transfiortatlon charges. 

 Substantially 25 per cent of the 

 freight traffic of the western rail- 

 ways consists of agricultural pr<Ml 

 ucts and Uve stock. We are |ier- 

 forming a valuable and essential 

 service to the western farmer. For 

 this service we are entitled, both 

 In law and in Justice, to a fair re- 

 turn, which we are not now rc^ 

 ceiving. Under the present condi- 

 tions, we could almost ho|ie for co- 

 operation with, rather than opposi- 

 tion to, our petition for increased 

 earnings," 

 Statistics Introduced as Kvldenre 



Statistics were then introduced 

 through L. E. Wettling. manager of 

 the Statistical Bureau of the wes- 

 tern railroads, from the witness 

 stand. A printed, 33-page book, 

 representing the work of his bu- 

 reau, was the basis for his testi- 

 mony, several hundred copies being 

 distributed to the audience. This 

 was entered as Exhibit 1. A sum- 

 mary of his statement, which was 

 hailed as the keynote of the rail- 

 roads' position, as given to the press 

 by the publicity bureau, is as fol- 

 lows: 



"This unfortunate situation has 

 been brought about by the reduc- 



tions which have been made in wes- 

 tern freight rates since 1920, bene- 

 fiting the shipper at the expense of 

 the railways. In August, 1920, 

 western freight rates were increased 

 approximately 32 per cent on the 

 average. Immediately after this in- 

 crease, downward readjustments 

 were commenced which have con- 

 tini^d to the present time, aug- 

 mented by general rate reductions 

 made by the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission in 1922. Freight 

 rates in western territory in 1921 

 were 2 per cent below the level es- 

 tablished in August, 1920. Freight 

 rates in 1922 in the west were 11 

 per cent lower than after the rate 

 advance in 1920; in 1923, 15 per 

 cent lower, and in 1924, more than 

 16 per cent lower. This means that 

 railway rates in the west have been 

 reduced approximately |850,000,- 

 000 in the past four years t>elow 

 the level fixed by the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission in 1920 as 

 calculated to yield the railways a 

 fair return. Present rates are now 

 more than 16 per cent below that 

 level, and in the past four years 

 western shippers have been saved 

 an aggregate of $850,000,000 in 

 freight charges at the expense of 

 the railways and their fair return." 

 ilackson Represents Farm Bureaus 

 The Farm Bureaus Including the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 have secured as counsel Fred S. 

 Jackson, former attorney general of 

 Kansas and who for four years was 

 attorney for the Public Utilities 

 Commission for that state. 



Those who remember the freight 

 rate fight of 1921-22 will recall Mr. 

 Jackson as an associate of Clifford 

 Thorne, the firm name being at that 

 time Thorne and Jackson. He was 

 active in assisting the Farm Bu- 

 reaus get the 10 per cent reduction 

 gained at that time. 



He will co-ordinate for the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation the 

 testimony of the state Farm Bu- 

 reaus. In this capacity he repre- 

 sents the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation, which will assist him 

 through its transportation depart- 

 ment. Although the I. A. A. is 

 pooling its interest in the fight with 

 the other 21 western states con- 

 cerned, its identity is being main- 

 tained in case anything should de- 

 velop pertaining to rates within the 

 state which would call for action 

 as an individual organization. 



The position of the I. A. A. ii ex- 

 pressed In the protest against any 

 Increase in freight rates on farm 

 products recently filed with the In- 

 terstate Commerce Commission by 

 the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration. The text of this protest 

 appears on the editorial page. 



TORBERTS AGAIN WIN 

 HORSESHOE CONTEST 



Winning seven out of eight games 

 again made Walter and Harry Tor- 

 bert of DeWitt county, the state 

 horseshoe champions at I. A. A. 

 state picnic, Taylorville, Aug. 27. 



The tournament started with 24 

 teams representing the best skill 

 from the same number of counties, 

 and continued throughout the day 

 until nearly five in the afternoon, 

 when the loving cup was publicly 

 given to the DeWitt boys. These 

 brothers won the championship in 

 1923 and their father was a mem- 

 ber of the championship team of 

 1920-21 and 22. Last year the cup 

 went to Reuben G. Bright and Sam- 

 uel G. Smith of the McLean county 

 pitchers. 



From the ti^me the tournament 

 started this year, anticipation ran 

 high regarding whether McLean or 

 DeWitt county would win the cham- 

 pionship this year. In the early 

 part of the contest it happened that 

 the draw placed the two teams to- 

 gether in one of the hardest fought 

 games of the day. In the first game 

 Walter Torbert had 18 ringers and 

 35 points, Harry bad 9 ringers and 

 15 points, while Bright had 10 

 ringers and 11 points and Smith 14 

 ringers and 27 points. Following 

 this game, it was realized that the 

 Torbert boys were in better form 

 than the chaifips of 1924. 



Three times during the tourna- 

 ment, these two teams were thrown 

 together, the McLean pitchers win- 

 ning the second game and the Tor- 

 berts taking the final by a score of 

 46 to 52. The Torbert boys played 

 eight games during the day and 

 won seven. The McLean team lost 

 two out of eight. 



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GREATEST PICNIC 



IN I. A. A. HISTORY 



(Continued from page 1. col. 5> 

 sake, let any of these 'soo-oey' gu^s 

 kid you into believing it isn't. 



"For the question, l)e it known, 

 has been settled once and for all. 

 following weeks and weeks of bit- 

 ter controversy. And after ail was 

 over, Christian county's 'piggies' 

 nearly killed themselves laughing 

 at the whole 'soo-oey' crowd. 



"A little gold pig, to be worn on 

 the watch chain, wil be given by 

 the I. A. A. to V. E. Robison, of 

 Morton, Tazewell county, Poland- 

 China breeder, for his perfect ac- 

 quanltance with and execution of 

 the swine 'lingo.' 



Peppy Chicken Calling 



"For the soprano voices, the 

 chicken calling contest offered an 

 event for both competition and en- 

 tertainment. Twelve farm women 

 tried their voices and the silver 

 pitcher, which cannot be broken at 

 the pump, went to Mrs. I. N. 

 Wooley of Marion county. To win 

 first place, Mrs. Wooley did not re- 

 sort to any fancy stuff. She Just 

 yelled: 



" 'Chick, chick, chick," all the 

 while encircling her head with her 

 right arm and twirling imaginary 

 ■feed in the direction of the make- 

 tielieve brood. It is understood 

 that she is gaining quite a reputa- 

 tion as a barnyard vocalist for she 

 has won several contests at local 

 and county fairs this year, one of 

 which awarded her with a prize of 

 fifty cents." 



The speeches ot both morning 

 and afternoon were enjoyed by all 

 and easily heard either inside or 

 out of the auditorium due to the 

 amplifier supplied through the 

 thoughtfulness of the picnic com- 

 mittee. 



Wallace's speech was hailed by 

 many as one of the best ever heard 

 in those parts. He reviewed, as he 

 sees them, the farm problems of 

 the past and the prospects of the 

 future from both the economic and 

 financial point of view. 



Special Edition of Record 



The surprise of the day came 

 when all were ready to start home. 

 As the cars passed out through the 

 gates, the picnickers were handed 

 copies of the special picnic edition 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion Reoobp Just oft the Taylorville 

 Breeze press telling all about the 

 events of the day. Speeches were 

 covered in full, ready to be thought- 

 fully pondered over at home. 8,000 

 fopies were printed. 



The success of the picnic was il- 

 lustrated by the way people lin- 

 gered at the park until nearly dark, 

 even after the program had been 

 completed. It was a big day and 

 tbose that were present regretted 

 t^ see it close. 



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