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December 19, 1925 



The lllinoi* Agricultural Asgociation RECORD 



Page 3 



PRESPNT COOLIDGE ADDRESSES FARM BUREAU MEMBERS 



Senator Capper Says 

 Congress must Aid in 

 Farm Surplus Problem 



rliroiifch fiimiiciiif; and 

 Mi)oraiive movement 



in^: 



National Authorities Speak 

 Before Delegates at Ameri- 

 can Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion Convention. 



intorest. of ilie (irtwiiicer. wotiM l>f f\iro i. 

 dominato in the ond," 



-, . n . ^ 1 '1 wi-"**^ miiln 



Co-operatives Promise Greatest | of coursi I should be willing to ap- 



3uccess I prove any plan that can be devised in 



HefiTriiiK to ilio (-ii-<)i)rrnt.ive movemiciit I accordance with sound economic prin- 

 ts tin* moNt iiii|>ortant Mevelopitient *»f \ ciples. " 



id thn.uKli th^ v<> ;iid ."i.ftOO.OOO of onr 



would ajipcar v> 1m* | uii«Mn|»Io\>'.I. tlicir ^'oristi^iipti.ni 



'■■■■■- iliis pntV'hMii iiiir»rc cxiN-ii^ii,)- ;i»:n<'il 



l"i [mT rt'Ilt U-I..W mL.-*' 

 aikd wIkiI it lM'f:ini<' air 

 niient imTi-ascd. 'Ilii 



f the ^nrtiM-rs iji la 

 ,d I.-.T. U.f..r.>) 

 ^k■^•i Mtori- tli.iii iTi 



pOR tbo fii^t time in tin- his- 

 -*■ tory of farm oriraiiizatiinis, in 

 fart for tlio first tinio in tlio his- 

 tory (»f this prrtmtr>'. tilt" <'liicf 

 Kipctttivc of tlie L'nitwi Staff's 

 inldo a speeial trii» of 2(KK» niili-s 

 to (irc<'t and address a meetiuK 

 of Antorica's farmers. 



On Monday. Doe. 7, at cxartly 

 H o'rloclv President Coolidpc. 

 aet-ompniiied l>y Mrs. <"(H)lidBc\ 

 O. K. liratJfiitc. jtresident and ■ 

 K. A. O'Neal, viee-president f»f" 

 (he American Tarm Kiireaii Fed- 

 eration, enterr^l tlie ball ro«iin of 

 the Sherman liote! wliere he acl- 

 dresscd nearly 4.<MM) farmers 

 representing appn)xiniateiy all 

 the states of the I'nirtii, over a 

 thhn.simd of wh'tin were fr»mi 

 Illinois. 



Fifty newsi»aper an<l motion 

 pieture eameramen were nn»\vde<l 

 around the six-akers i>l;rtform. 

 Ftmr ruicnipliones were arrange*! 

 to T)roadrast the messajte to the 

 /arm people of the Tnited Siati-- 

 Vho «'t(uld not attend. 'I'vvn 

 tploprapli instninients licked otiT 

 the stor>' t'> thousands of new.<i- 

 pai)ers in all enrners of tlio lanri. 

 On the platform wore also (Gov- 

 ernor Small, Mayor I>i'\ir of 

 < 'hioaRo, Kvcreit S;nidcr>.IiM''-- 

 ri'tary to ihi- Pn-sidcnt. niilif:ir\ 



aidfS -AUil >.MTtt ^.^■^\i^•^> liifll. 



Slaps McNary-Haugen as Un- 

 sound 



President ('(►olitipe v'"*"<li''led 

 that, in sj)ite of past and present 

 a<lversities, agrieiilture as a. 

 wlioh' will lead industry in future 

 prosiH-rity. Assailing legislative 

 proiM)saIs savoring of j.at^riml- 

 ism, he promised to ajtprttve aiiy 

 agric\iltural relief plan ■(lovi-H-ii 

 in aeeordanoe with Sound I'co- 

 noniic i)/ineiples." 



"I pn)]>ose." hr added, "ae- ;| ~ 



lively and eiiorgeiieally tii assist the farm- ' wareliouses and 

 ers to promote their welfare through co- 

 operative marketing." hN 



He opjMised taniixring with the tariff 

 with any intenti<»n of aiding tlie farm<Ts. 

 anri c()ndemiied i>n>i>osaIs vhieli wtiuld 

 bring tlie government into the field of 

 buying and selling farm products, or of 

 fixing prices. j 



To Assist Co-operative Marketing 



Tlie Resident's audience listened atten- 

 tively to the a<ldres.s. which he read with 

 few gestures. Only a half-<lozen timet* was 

 he intorniijU")! by applause. His defense 

 of the tiiriff as an aid to agriculture and 

 his arraignment of projKisals that the 

 government engage in the marketing of 

 farm products or in price fixing direct or 

 indirect were greeted with silence. 



\yith an assurance that his adniini>- 

 tration will a,ssist farmers in prntitaMy 

 disposing of their i)roducts and 

 jWoviding Ijotter storage facilities 

 and credit, the President ex- 

 pressed the \iew that agriculture 

 could thus be placed "on a si)uiiil 

 and indeiiendent Imsiness basis. " 



"To liaA c agriculture worth 

 anything, it nm.st rest on an in- 

 depende(it business basis." lie 

 addeil, "^t cannot at the same 

 time l>e jiart private business and 

 part |KO\eriimelit business. I 

 l>elie\Ee the government ought, 

 to give it e\-ery assistance, but 

 it. ought to leave if as the sup- 

 IKirt. the benefit and the busi- 

 ness Af the iH-ople." 



Opposes Direct or Indirect 

 Price-Fixing 



Tlie President laumlied iiitn'an 

 att.'iek i>f proposal^ thai the go\ - 

 ernnu-nt engag*- in buying and 

 selling of farm produce and direct 

 or indirect price fixing with the 

 follJ)wing f»bser\ations: 



"This would be a dangerous 

 undertaking. ;ind as the emer- 

 gency i,-< not S4» a<-nfe, ii ^eems arf 

 present to have loM iimch of it- 

 -.upport. No matter how it is 

 disguised, the moment the gov- 

 ernment engages in bu\iiig and 

 selling, by that act it is fixing 

 prices. 



"More<)ver. it would apiiar- 

 ently destroy ro-o|>eiati\e assrt- 

 eialions and afl other marketing 

 niachincr>'. fur no one can com- 

 I»ete with the government, lltj- 

 niately it would end the inde- 

 f»endence which the farmers of 

 this country enjf.y as a result of 

 centtirie? of struggle and |»re\fnt 

 the exercise <jf their '>\\fi judg- 

 ment and control in eultivating 

 their land and marketing, their 

 produce. 



■■(Wivernnient control cann«»t 

 Iw divorcetl from political con 

 trol- The overwhelming interest 



lati- years in the agricultural field, and : -Turninc to the .niesti.-n (.f imilT. Presi- j."'Pn>sjM.nty in otir in 

 iMiiitha-^izing the crop surplus jtntblenj as . dent < ^mlidge, as. a iU'fender ol Hepulilican \ ^Jue to the farmer ili-t 

 ,'i \e\ing facUtr in the farm price .situation, j iH)licies, |H>inlod out that the import dutv | n^trkei for loodj-tutT- 



products t,hat the farmer ^>nrehtis4T^ «-«jiitrilHii*''I.in tnakinu 

 inerea-M' in pric- of tiou- j tihil wiih the higlie-i 

 rignetiitural necessities advances t1ie|*-<iist i simidanls of living iu i' 



a ^cMiifi lai'Lot III I. lie liiiin price .suuaiioii, jHHicir^. |k>iiiii.hi 

 * "oolidge e\i>n'ssed tin" o]>inion tiiajf. with tui pro*hicts t,h; 

 the f'corioniii- informalion furnislKii l»y the and the general 

 Dep.'triiiieiii of .\[iri<'ulTnre, taiih ll>ettcr i agrietdtural nocf 



:iri-« i- of TM'>r. 

 wliole fvitJir 

 l*rote>'ii.n has**!^ 

 rt(pIoym'!ii plen- ,CKN \ t < Ut 



CAPFER SPEAKS 



,p-^ aiid liighesl ;' ' ^s;is, 

 -rid- rt'-iK'nd '^-itditie 



\( 



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ti,.- :, 

 rliirht 



• nt^: 

 4' 



So much was going on during the seventh annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federxfti^n that the only *uit- 

 ahle tinte that could be found for the presidents of the county Farm Bureaus and the I. A. A. officiati^ lo hold a conference 

 was at breakfast. Can you pick out the president of your Farm Bureau? Most all of them attended. Plans were m;:de for 

 the I. A. A. annual meeting which will be held Jan. 21-22 at the University of Illinois. It's to be the siggest and best so- far. 

 the presidents decided. Howard Leonard, former I. A. A. President, was preaentiaUo, and gave a a tort talk. 



torage facilities and a 

 belter cre'^lit structure much can be dorie 

 to take care of the <.r<liniiry surplus. 



"The leaders ia the co-operative movt-- 

 menl with the advice of the Department 

 of vVgricuIture liave prepare<l what is Mv- 

 lieved t«) l.»e an adc<iuate bill enibodying 

 thest^ princiiJes. -whi^-h will l>e presontcii 

 to the Congress for enactment. 



"For a more onlorly marketing calcu- 

 lated lo .secure a Injtter range of prices the 

 co-operative movement promises the great- 

 est success. Alreadv thev are handling 

 S2.50(),(HX),(X)() of farm produce, or henrly 

 one-fifth of the annual production. 



Points to Tariff as Assisting Farmers 



to the-fanner less than from two to iJire** 

 I«.T cent. He sai<i that" imtnv eeoiioniists 

 con.sidor ihi-s contribution of fanuorii to 

 the tariff is over estimated. On the itther 

 side he told how t!ie pn>l.e«'i.ive tariff on 

 agricultural products iM'netit.Hi the farmer 

 and tonde«l to hoM the doinesiic agricul- 

 tural markets alwive the world <)r foneign 

 priee,levels. H(i st.ated that !<7n().(>0(1.<MK) 

 of agricultural pn^iucts iniporte<! Litil 

 yi-ar had pai«i SL'fUl.iMHi.tMHi for tlie piriti- 

 lege of <>ominc info r-ompetiiion with, oifr 

 ftwii iarni prorhiction. 



lirr|M 



f T"'i utnio-i 



I dcprevioii III 



ttlOl Illlfll.|.li.>- 



rtnn iii.-:,].-*ihiUv 



liotiiii- st,-|biltty is 

 r.;iiice I't th«- t:trirH*r 



iii'^ii-*>rv wiili the 

 m.fnt Wi.uld do tin- f; 

 injury. 



Fai*tn4.oan Ba ikk Help 



''If the |.ri<-c tivirJls 

 ■ lo not se<>m t'» 1"^ T 



Ip'j I 



l*fit the largest Iwnefits ac-ruiiig t4 th« j Uijnks. Thes,- lia\-e | 

 farrier come from supplying him with H<»me ' (Kt|»:inK»rtf loans at modi-; 

 markets." he stati-d. "What the fai^mer ■ ^i-'*!'.'*'*'' farmerv In 

 raist's must either Ik; soM ai h'tine or |seut ge^i^rtl bankiiiii system 



pr^j»«»sals that do prom !*'• .(ii,pruven»eni«. 



v.f are deM'litpini; 



1 ;iifii(.'liiiie credit 



lit a'-.'lt *1.^IH1.- 



Itj- Tjte* T*i aKiIlt 



tW tinaticittg the farni< 

 th^ farm loan and 



"The initiative (.f the farmers them- 'i^>r'»a'l- Our per camtlh n-n.^uniptiop ..f AW t'f these air-nciiv, „ 

 :^lve.s. with such a.<!sistance as can l>e u'iven butter, sugar, mcat-^. eggs, milk and intorm.-i aitj-ntioii to f 

 V the go'\ernment without as>miiing tobaec, js far alKive th'w- ot foreign .-i.mh- h4'd iimr.- etu-rgv in adi 

 ='■='■*" '— '^" '■ ' '-'■ -. Wlien the depression ot P)L'0 <jaiNe'slij..r" ' -^ - > - 



management 



..lid Ik 



|iiip'pe<l 



r 



deb' 



ri,. 



T revisKm 

 thrr 



but :illow|inK f*»r iIh- n 



111 Itrii-i- ievi'is 

 .lolbir'wth a1 

 In; '--tiil.i lii'ff>m 



C'-r>-n.im (ifftirpi 

 ciun" a ntn -innifiii 



.-iiiMcitIv on hi^ 

 I 



jfnsg*^ 



I buSHH-ftfc .ir 



ilrli^U-lter ' 

 e (.eiliTi.- 



loHnln- 



should 



\PIM l: ..' K.-in 



..pu- 



iiitmt 



iMueb 



Tjii-nt 

 by 



I Ul i: 

 Ire.,...) ih, 



I l^in.fi.- Ti.-^ 



<■ s f- -.b,, 



I'.iriner and th- \.'« t 

 [-.ki- HI ri ti...n 

 lid iir»itiu-«trj: •> 

 idtlK- Pri'sid-nt A! 

 hat Ih- was in bct'-tj 



be -tafn|ii«*|i|*i toiii)c 



-t«T < 'o**|idre. S<'li:i1'>r ' ri,ri- 



iwAl ri itiofi' *{\ inpallie'i/- 



mdei -t.itiditig of tJie farn. t»Ptt». 



: nd '•tTeri^l in a Hin.r.ir«T 



s^ist ill getti^lg Kfi'jtt- 



iialju I'lragrii'iltur.' ■ |n 

 I; 



tMi-r IS ftjIK jTi--n!.-'l 



iiiir oi <'..hgn>^ tfiai rhe 



III- n-wafrls «tf aL'ri'iili>»r<« 



>• oli*ft p:<ritv *nh t.h.r«' 



•d lo industry, I|.- i^ 



1 ill a-kti»c l>i:it airn.til- 



»^illhfieli|Iy re?nUWr:tlP\e 



I T>. inaint.-uti 



in. iM.I ...i.ie: 



'■•■-•fditti: tt. the lii-wt wtari.l 



itg ibis, he iv ii.»t 



lir(lfr -iMt-iai pmil.iF'ft. 



V ot "fiH.riiiitit\- ih .-ill. 



• t.Hrili h.Jpf the inntiil- 



r. intrniLTaiion p-.iri>-iKkn 



Ird-ii tlie l«-"'li < illiiiiiini* 



•' 'if railroads and ihe 



and the tarnn-r \k\\* a 



I Aari ..: th-- .-..t »it)|o<it n'- 



1 ^lii- fair ^iio.-..( the U-m*- 



•riiueli .»( till* '. -giOalioli. 

 I jmrt b«i i-toph-.-si/ed Utt 



KC t'«. -troni'!> 'hat whiU 

 lui-r r. aU.\ 1J.-.-K 1-. not the 



to )w«rr|iw iii-.n- iiM»m>v. 



:i<t«siM:i(.- .-ri'dii faeiliii<<a 

 :i great dial i-i Itim — Tint- 

 nd :d-.\.- .■\er\ihlng •-!•«• 



IKl ha,. *imM(T prieeK. IS 



eotytorl- 

 ■ 111- ■ 



It 



the t:i 

 chant 

 thirtlg I 

 mean 

 finil : 

 he til 

 fair , 



Capp w SayR C ongreM MuaC 

 Help 



TI •■ tarnci .- en(N>urae«Hl }t\- 

 the u i.iHtmr r.^ie! .nfT<fr<h'<t i 

 oireiit^ntaniN-x and is payinir o(T 



Ue 



i*eeni rli;itige 

 It l>'l> l.ioav WKn hw 

 IHT c.-ti' .-IS Ji, irh AM - 



war \fMi tj»e tiiml 



■ ■•■ rli* ; ... .1 show b** 



■ ■I lejW" tt, ■.■.: 1 i»i»r ri!>' 

 ?tni*»iii 



eti tn taxK tarntfTs at- ■.. ' on an 



«-ri ''ity withjtl i' n-.t of the h^ l I,a.«t. 



r mng "tui-i's 'tn\»«i -i..-. .rltr^l 



f farn ine.,tii,- crtHparel « itii , 



«e-rjn(h in l'(j:f All otlo^r ' 



Ml itji fnen^ised tjiv-.' ^o 



•^ 



irner: I nc the farmer cannot tUf \^ 



If itA>ft. t.hcre is the ! . . 

 i^V.n-liand^te. | |' 

 e<l T.. give more \ 

 rm in.*'ds Tlii*; 

 iit|i'.rrrtli..Ti. Tlte; 

 siippU not on!: 



rt nMwt fai 



oit-- 'tiird 

 le,- .l.an 



lb. .-..I. 

 tUv. 



ili.- i.r..tii.s.r |< 

 l;iir fX'tiH-n i, 



i'l,- ..^nne til 

 I ti mtIhV c 



I.T I'J 



•*' l.-tr :|. I, r ;i 



^11*1 r»-^i\ .• |...li<- 



<,K<:t I 



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•1m- ,„ 

 -till I. 



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win 



IJ.-. 



^■■■rIlm••l^♦ i-n 

 littl.' III.) 

 Hi'ik whaT. 

 i»Mi rin^i I. 

 ie\ erin 



And here's the hope chest of the future — the boys and girls of the farms. These are the ones who i»>re entertained by the 

 I. A. A. at a breakfast affair during the International Live Stock Exposition when they were cashing ifi on their hard earned 



kbl. 



crop 



Meigf 



t ion 



trips to Chicago. Dean Mumford made a talk and said, among other things, that Red Grange has th^ bfcsl wishes of everybody 

 at the U. of I. and they all hope he will make barrels of mone^y, but the real question is: Will he bel as good a moral char- 

 acter as he would have been if he had not become a professional? The Dean said each of the leading boys and ^irls represented er tHf same'kincl~f~nvnCr 

 - _ here is a kind" of Red Grange in his or her own community and now each must live up to his oi] her success 



of the^consuiiiet. not the smaller brings greater responsibility, he said. .' '■-.'■* 



teller facts sh'iw tb.i' . 

 t«( ri'-f(\-e anything Iikc' 

 hi- lal»»r an«i- his risk-. 

 o a" bir a- it can to pr-.,*^ 

 bv whieh an (-tjuah'v ' 

 s in ..ur industrial lite - 

 Tin agrieuliund indu- 

 i-t U- rei-<fiisinict4sl atid 

 ■ i \ j«*rMianenr jhiIi'v . 

 t'-nl«.ir,- iKilsr iM- wiffke.) 

 «fri, the firmer hlto-eh a 

 I tin- i.r'.gr;in. 



urplus Bic Problem 



• i.'-.\.Tn- 



I (' ^^ f.hniugh 



•■■r 'et\alie<- 

 f' ••! iWrirui- 

 r.fs at \\*aK|i- 

 M--.1 that Uie 



I d<^t»r ^m- 

 •rtjiii-e .pifiti- 

 b ra^-Cully 



V :,i c...,^li^a- I 



I" tvr l!l.■tll's•l^ ••* 



II rita' i»«lotif 

 b!..ni ••) klie -.irf.lUs w iH 

 «l'h M-. fdfli..ufb \t max 



-IN" be ,,Uit, H., .vi-l.-lit 



11 siUI ha>.' «..n.|eri.il 

 .e!.i^ like I'M-) ri.r cvaii. 

 eH :..'! ..1 iK.n.r.. 'Mfn,^ ".. 

 a'e in ri .i.lj-f,!-.il %i-a\*'-- 



nai bi.n.i-t-r crop V*'' 



1' ;iJi. 



oh\ i 



Thi 



r.-r 1.. 



h. 



ni:trk'e' 



[•ro^I««Tnu. It 111 



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We ahould see te it 



f poinible that this is done 

 a I ay so the surplun of 10 

 jor 20 per cent will not 

 ■ price for I he entire 

 This means that snnte 

 be worked rtkji 

 ran be moved into f»r- 

 hanneU, s<dd for what 

 bring, and the lositdix- 

 ed properly among the 

 prodt cerft. who will then be 



or bS 



v.eld 



svKtei^ must 



so it 



•■ign 



It wil 



tribu 



:o sell thmr remaminf; 

 It home, free from the 

 t of this excess produc- 

 We must give the farni- 



Sutpcess^ to sel I in that he is obliged 1 



n.^ And this muat be 



