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 (By Congressional Dictricts.) 



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1 2th G. F . TuUock. Rockf ord 



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W. H. Moodv. Port Byron 



B. H. Taylor. Repatee 



A. R. » right, Varna 



F. D. Bnrton. Cornell 



. .R. F. Karr. Iroquoia 



J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



. , Earl C. Smith. Detroit 



■ Samuel Sorrelis. Raymond 

 Stanly Castle. Alton 



W, L. Cope. Salem 



Curt Anderson. Xenia 



. . . ;R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



OFFICERS 



Preaidcne, S. H. Thompson Quincy 



Vice-President. H. E. Goembel Hooppole 



Treasurer. R. A. Cowlea Bloomington 



Secretary, Geo. A. Foi Sycamore 



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AC aiCt'L TtHAL ASSOClATfON 



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To advance the purpose fnr which the Farm Bureau was organ- 

 ized, n0mety. to promote, protect and represent the business, 

 econorrtic, sociat and educational interests of the farmers of 

 lllinois^and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co-operative Accountln( i Gto. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing •*■ D. Lynch 



Finance R- *• Cowlra 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



General Of6ce .,' r ■■ J- H. Kelker 



Grain Marketing ^ Chester C. Davis 



Information Harry C. Butcher 



Legal Counsel - Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organization .S G. E. Metzger 



Phosphate-Limestone ^^ J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing \ F. A. Gougler 



Taiation and Statlatics J- C. Wataon 



Transportation L. J. Quaacy 



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A Chdnging Attitude? 



TlIK first benoficijil result of the election of offi- 

 cers of tli<^ Ametioan P'arm Bureau Federation is 

 ihe ));\itial cliaune of attitude of the general public 

 1 nd tl'.o city pres.sj toward the whole agricultural 

 ]irol)Iini. Many jx|ople and Interests have had it 

 liroii^iht to their senses, throuirh events occuiTinjj 

 (luriiiir the A. V. B. F. annual meetinii. that there is> 

 much more to the hirricultural problem than what 

 they have lilKM-ally [labelled as! chronic wails. A re- 

 lection of this cbatige of attihide'is shown by the 

 (ditorial. "The F.iriiiers" -lust (Tomplaint," which ap- 

 )«>ri'(l in the Chicai-o Tribune.| Dec. 11 :' 



"llf. rooiid^.- <-am.-(out to Chiciso thi- other "lay t<> ad- 

 ' rvfi ih.- .Ai)T-rii-;in F:fiin Bureau f<<l<-iation, at the invita- 

 t on of O. K. Brailfutk its piesi<Kint. The farmors heard 

 ; Ir. Cooliiii'-, and appjir. ntly w.nj not much inipresse.l by 

 f is propo.-^als ifor impib\ injr thi-ir (ot. They took the first 

 ( pportunitv to show thrir displeasure liy refusine: to reelect 

 : [r. Bra.lfuti-. vi-.. h.-i.l hel.l offici; for thr. e t.-rnis. Instea.l 

 t ley cho.se S. H. Thoivpson. w'liosi' criticism of aericultural 

 I olicics lai.l .lowii l.y he Presi.ieiil was most outspoken. 



"We ^ink it -ivould d.' a prave cjrror, to attempt to mini- 



V lize the incitj.int. It shows clearly that an influential scc- 

 t on of the ajrri.-iiUural community in this countny is dis.sat- 

 i ti.-d and insi.-^t. nt upcin p-overnmejital help in fixinp: prices 

 of crop.s. The id.;, t.nkhs form in ainumber of proposals for 

 more or less <lir. ct ~uSsidies, whic^i the President attacked 



V ith vi(»or, otT.-rinc -liultitutes. Thei delegates heard liim'anil 

 wli n- unconvinn-d. It if. perhaps, ndt an over.statemint to say 



-' ' •> (] =0 littly' flor remedies h.' proposeil 



r success ^r failure in congress. 

 on may bjpcomer a critical one for 

 rty .Sericulture is unden)aid in 

 le farmeis know it. They are not 

 •ept w-hat.'Ver fate may offer them. 

 , 'their dilTMuIties and asking for rem- 

 fver -iitcc th poit-war deflation. They have receivinl 

 h jrTier tari-'> on f.im [products and 3 somewhat improved 

 <• edit ma. lr!r.. r>', bui tncse" measuioB apparently have failed 

 t< do all th.il was iLip. .1 of them. 



"There has been little sympath-tjic understandinsT in the 

 e i.st cf the f.irni. rs' trophies. Thero seldom has b. .-n. Gen- 

 e -ally .«p<-akin?, the eii;t does nothin}: until the fivrmers, 

 ^D.idi.l to desperation.! demand soiie unsound measure of 

 d re. t reli.f. .such as fiec silver or' greenbacks, whereupon 

 tie industrial and financial interests unite in .sayinu: no. The 

 e; st has frequently deflrated the farmers' propram and of- 

 fi nil no substitute. It! is time the business interests of the 

 c( untry. an.l narticularly those of this section, r.-alized that 

 tic nrosperity of the f.trmers is a itiatter of .lir. rt conct-rn 

 tr city dwelier.s. If t^ere is no prosperity on the farm.s 

 tl FTf can be no prosperity in the cities. ■' 



".All this does not metin that congress .shouUI accept what- 

 e\i r the farmers pro])o.<te and turn it into laj* That would 

 h. as unwise as it woul'l be to ado^t every proposal made 

 b' manufacturers in tSeir own intf-rest. The (alternative, 

 hi wever. is not inactivity. Lookiiifriat the farm .que.stion as 

 w • do. from th.- center of the natiofl's most productive farm- 

 inp di.strit-t, w. concludr that conpifess has been neglectful 

 its dBty The m.'n ; on the land will not be content 



t lat many of them 

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have h.-en airi'iir 



eiiiTalization fee or tax paid l).v the farmers them- 

 selves, oil the commodities directly benefited in price 

 by the operation of the corposation which the bill 

 proposed to create. 



Wh.it tlie farmeis want is enabling legislation to 

 put them' in position to handle the surplus in the in- 

 terest of a stabilized. American price, not fixed, as 

 far as the home market is concerned, by the low 

 costs of production in other countries. 



This is entirely in harmony with the resolution. 

 :uid the Brovers Journal's glee over the words '"not 

 involving! govei'nment subsidy," lacks point. 



It carilies it.« comment further to say that advo- 

 cates of the McNar.v-Haugen bill never answered the 

 question of how production could be limited if it 

 were made profitable. The Journal's very statement 

 implies its own answer since it shows that what the 

 ■ Journal i^ arguing against is not the McNs\ry-Hau- 

 gen bill, or an.v legislation aimed at control of the 

 surplus, but a profitable price for farm production. 

 Obviously, the farmers' response to a profitable price 

 level would be the same in all cases, whether that 

 price resulted from voluntary reduction of acreage, 

 an act of God, or the segregation 'of the surplus as 

 provided under the McNary-IIaugen bill. 



As a matter of fact, farmers rob their land, and 

 work themselves and their families longer hours 

 than the.V otherwise would when farm prices are 

 generally low in order to meet their fixed charges. 



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sop. .i^id they oupht not to be. If conirress 

 ' fartnir-rs' ow-n r<-medies it must come for- 



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treasury for the benefit of some 

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particular group or 

 provided for a .gov- 



imcnfloan, to be repaid out of the proceeds of an 



We Never Asked For Subsidy , " ' 

 HE Chicago Daily Drovers Journal in captious 

 comment upon "the resolution adopted by tjie 

 AJneiican Farm Bureau FeSeiration. asking that 

 ai rieulture be given a place of equality with other 



orest.s in the American proteittive system througti 



isl.ition directed at, the problem of the surplus. 



iii--.tn find gre.it significance ,in the closing phra.se 



it invelvrng government subsidy." 



ri;r' RrcoRD is glad this point has been raised, 

 sitic, it gives opportunity to drive home the point 



at neither the Illinois Agricultural Association 



r tl.i' American Farm Bureau Federation ever 



ked lor legislation involving direct government 

 SI bsid.v. I . 



Contrary to the. misi-epresentiitions circulated by 

 .so Tic of its opponents, the ^IcXary-Haugen bill did 

 not call for a Jrovpritment subsiidy as that term is 

 iir £ler.stood. The public iinderst.tnds a government 



)sidy to moan financial payment out of the public 



Where The A. F. B. F. Stands 



THERE were about 5.000 words of resolutions 

 passed b.v the delegates at the seventh annual 

 meeting of the American Farm Bureau. To pritit 

 them tn full would require mo.st of the space of this 

 RECORn. consequently they have been boiled down to 

 giv(^ only the gist. Copies of the official resolutions 

 may be obtained by writing the iirfoiTnation depart- 

 ment of the A. F. B. F. The resolution of most inter- 

 est to Illinois mcmbei's follows in full : 



We endorse the enactment of a federal law based on the 

 principle oi a farmers' export corporation, providing for the 

 creation of an agency with broad powers for the purpose of 

 so handling the surplus of farm crops that the American 

 producer may receive an American price in the domestic 

 market and we instruct our officers and representatives to 

 work for the ea^y enactment of such a law founded upon 

 sound economic policy and not involving government subsidy. 



0th. -r official pronounc.-ments pf the .American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation are: I , '■ 



.Approves and endorses the pilbpo.sed amendment to the 

 Federal Revenue .Act of 1024 makinff effective the exemp- 

 tion of agricultural c6-operative mVrketinsr associations from 

 the payment of income tax and \'h(^ filinp of annual returns. 

 (The i. A !a. has been particulaWy interested in obtainine: 

 this exemption.) \ 



. Confirmsl previous resolutions in favor of ile.-p chann.-l 

 waterways jfrom the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean, as 

 w-'ll as pent'ral impro\-ement of navigation and -power condi- 

 tions as miiflit he broupht out in a sui"vey made by the chief 



i encineors df the United States Army. 



.Approves! of the s.'rvices now heinp ren.lcred by the gov- 

 ernment ynder the Merchant Marine Act of 1!*20 which pro- 

 vides i for the development of shippinc lines to a payinp 

 basis nnd then sellinp them to citizens of the United Staffs 

 to i^e operated under the American flap and under a puar- 

 antee of continued service. 



Endorses I the Mc-Nary-Woodruff bill authoririnp the ap- 

 propriation of $3,000,000 a year for five years and $.5,000,- 

 000 a year for the succeeilinp fi\-e years for purchasinp na- 

 tional fore.stl lands an.l urpes its early passage by Conpress. 



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Urpes the complete construction and disposition of Muscle 

 Shoals for tjie utilization of the largest portion of the hvlro 

 electric povMer to manufacture concentrated nitropen fertil- 

 izers with aj farmer board to pass upon the cost of produc- 

 tion, distribution and profit, assurinp low cost to farmers. 



Petitions Congress to continue the co-operation with the 

 ,-t.ates in conjstructinc roads as rapidly as the economic condi- 

 tions of the country will permit. 



Summariztd its position on fetleral taxation by suppestinp 

 that the ne\v revenue law, now before Conpress. include the 

 followinp piint.-;: (a) tax, at proper rates, undistributed 

 profits oif cotporntions; (bl tax stock dividends; (c) sharply 



Petitions the United States- Department of Apriculture 

 and the extension service departments of the land prant 

 collepps of this country to instruct their employees, apent» 

 and teachers to lend their influence and support in teachinp'; 

 the principles and pVactices of co-operative marketinp and- 

 assistinp exi.stin,p co-operative associations in their operation' 

 policies and membership relations. 



Calls attention tfi the need for unbiased livestock nvirket 

 news service from the cities of Detroit, Indianapolis, Pitts- 

 burph, Cincinnati and Buffalo similar to that piven from 

 other cities by the U. S. D. A. and petitions Conpress to 

 include this item in the appropjiation for the Department 

 of Apriculture. 



Reminds tlie state piarm Bureaus that the question of an 

 ainiendment to the Federal constitution which would prant 

 power to Conpres.s to limit, repulate and prohibit the labor 

 of persons under 18 years of ape is .still before the .states for 

 ratification^ The American Farm Bureau unsuccessfully 

 opposed this niea.sure in Conpress and a.sks state Farm Bu- 

 reaus to be in watch in their rdspective states to defeat 

 r.-newals of attempts to pet state ratification.'. 



.A.sks that Conpress cons'ider favorably' the Capper-French 

 bill, known as the ti-utb-in-fabi-ijc measure, i-equiritip the 

 labelinp of woolen poo. Is so as to show the amount of virpin 

 wool, shoddy, or i-e-\vorkeil wool, cotton, silk or other fibers 

 which they contain. 



Recommf^nds the creation in the D.-^partment of .Apricul- 

 ture a division of co-operative marketinjj that will assist 

 in an educational way the farm co-operative marketinp asso- 

 ciations in this country. 



Recommends n? a part of the A. F. B. F. work of lf)2fi 

 the study of co-operative insurance as it relates to life, 

 indemnity, fire, automobile and liability and to submit the 

 finilinps to the member stat.-s for consideration. 



Endorses the proposal for a NationalApricultural Day. 



Endorses the principles of protection apainst introduction 

 of foreipn pe.sts ail4 diseases throuph quarantines as pro- 

 vided by present laws and asks the Secretary of .Aprfcul- 

 Unfe -to do all in his -power to mainfiin the efiTectivenCss of 

 k.uch protective laws. 



' Sugpests the appointment of a permanent committee on 

 hoys' arid carls' cluti work 'in the' A. F. B. F.. includinp 

 representatives from the Nation.al Home and Community 

 committee, and that proper action be taken to secure more 

 rinb leaders. ^ 



Recommends tViir appointment of a failn woman "leader 

 to be placed in charpe of home and community work in the 

 department of orcfanization of the A. F. B." F. and that 

 adequate money he set aside in the budget of the national 

 organization to carry on the work. 



Demands that the railroad rates on agricultural products, 

 including livestock, be restored to what thev were prior to 

 the World War and that A. F. B. F. stand" opposed to the 

 five per cent increase in freight rates now being asked by 

 western carriers. , 



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curtail nuisance taxes, particularly on auto accessories, aui 

 trucks and forms of sales tax found to be penerally objec- 

 tionable; (d) federal povernment should stay in the inheri- 

 tahce and estate tax field; (e) opposition to the abolition 

 of the gift tax; (f) tax no incomes under $5,000; (g) re- 

 duction in normal tax rates as the total reduction decided 

 upon y^ill permit; (h) retain cjjpital stock tax; (i) increase 

 personal exemption and dec-rfase tax rafe; (j) remove re- 

 striction of states tp tax jiational banks; (k) retain differ- 

 ential in faVor of earm-d income, '^ 



Recommends immediate congfessioTial action on the Vestal 

 Standard Container bill which would eliminate hundreds of 

 odd-sized and unnecessary otT-standard' containers of fruits 

 and vegetables. . i 



Demands thanthe administrtition of the national forest 

 .should continue with the Secretary of Agriculture and regu- 

 lation of grazing privileges shoyld not be placed elsewhere. 



Requests that the tariff commission make a study of the 

 cost of frozen eggs, meats and dried eggs in this country 

 and in Chiji.i with the view of increasing the tariff the fuil 

 .TC^'r allowed umter the flexible provisions of the tariff law. 



Requests Conpress to readjust postal rates to approximate- 

 ly the 1924 level, to take positive steps toward safeguarding 

 the parcel post system, and to effect a reorganization of the 

 postal service with a view to greater economy and efficiency. " 



■ Requests Congress to enact legislation preventing the 

 importation intp the United St.ites non-adapted and worth- 

 less Italian red clover and alfalfa seed, and of Argentinian, 

 Arabian, South African and other seed from regions of mild 

 climate, as welt as a law authorizing the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture to stain by some non-injurious mctJiod all imported 

 red clover and alfalfa seed -excepting Cana.lian-prown. 



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