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Volume 5 



Issued Every Month for 63,000 Thinking Farmers — January, 1927 



No. 1 



1000 EXPECTED AT ANNUAL I. A. A. MEET, PEORIA, JAN. 26,2?,28 



Surplus Control Is 

 Major Issue Before 

 Both Houses Congress 



Revised Bills Are Introduced 

 Before House and Senate 

 Adjourn For Holidays 



THE third fight for sur- 

 plus control legislation in 

 Congress is on. Senator Mc- 

 Nary introduced a revised 

 surplus control bill the prev- 

 ious week and Congressman 

 Haugen introduced a bill 

 practically the same as the 

 McNary Bill in the House on 

 December 20. 



A previous bill had been intro- 

 duced in the House by Representa- 

 tive Fulmer of South Carolina. 

 This bill provides for surplus con- 

 trol legrislation to apply to cotton 

 only, but otherwise it is identical 

 with the McNary bill. 



The revised surplus control bill 

 differs in several important points 

 from the McNary-Haugen Bill of 

 last session. The "tariff yardstick" 

 of the House bill and the "fair and 

 reasonable" price-standard of the 

 Senate bill are both omitted. The 

 McNary bill does not contain any 

 reference to price-standards or 

 price-levels. The nearest it comes 

 to mentioning the tariff is in the 

 declaration that one of its aims is 

 to "preserve advantageous domestic 

 markets." 



Stabilization Fund Prorided. 



The equalization fund in the old 

 bill gives way to the Stabilization 

 Fund in the new bill. 



The much talked about equaliza- 

 tion fee remains, but instead of be- 

 ing apportioned to "all producers" 

 as in the old bill, it is assessed 

 against "each marketed unit" in 

 the new bill. The fee may be col- 

 lected, in the discretion of the Fed- 

 eral Farm Board on the milling or 

 processing, the transportation or 

 the sale of the commodity. The 

 equalization fee is made applicable 

 to all products named in the bill 

 when operations with respect to 

 that product begin. 



Five Commodities Named. 



Five commodities are named in 

 the bill — cotton, wheat, corn, rice 

 and swine. Cattle and butter, in 

 the old bill, are omitted. Rice ap- 

 pears in the bill for the first time. 

 It is said this is the result of re- 

 quests from Southern rice interests. 



A new feature of the bill is a 

 loan section which authorized loans 

 to cooperatives handling any com- 

 modity for the purpose of "con- 

 trolling the surplus," without the 

 requirement of an equalization fee. 

 This provision is similar to the loan 

 feature of the Fess and Tincher 

 bills of last season. 



Federal Board Alio. 



A Federal Farm Board is provid. 

 ed, as in the old bill, to consist of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture and 

 one member from each Federal 

 Land Bank District, to be appointed 

 by the president from a list of cli- 

 gibles submitted by a nominating 

 committee in each district com- 

 posed of representatives of cooper- 

 ative associations and'farm organi- 

 zations. 



A non-salaried commodity Ad- 

 visory Council is provided for each 



A Thought for the New Year 



The holiday season is a time for joy and happiness 

 when we are close to family and friends. The best within 

 us finds expression in making others happy, in bringing 

 cheer to those about us. It is this spirit 

 of Christ, the lowly Nazarene whose ex- 

 ample and work still lives throughout the 

 world, that makes man lay aside the pet- 

 tiness of quarrels and strife, egotism, 

 hatred, selfishness, and ill-will. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association is 

 .a business organization of farmers, but it 

 I is also an association of friends interested 

 in a common purpose, working for a com- 

 [mon cause. As we enter the New Year, 

 our eleventh year of active service, I hope 

 that none of us may lose sight of the high 

 purposes that led to this union. Let us strive to give 

 character and soul to our organization, as well as stabil- 

 ity and strength, in the coming year. 



Eul C. Smith 



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The picture above recalls a familiar scene enacted at Wathinfton 

 in 1924 when Sam Thompson, then president of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association received thousands of petitions from Illinois farmers asking 

 Congress to pass the McNary-Haugen bill. Senator Chas. L. McNary 

 of Oregon, iX the left, will address the annual meeting of the I. A. A. at 

 Peoria this month. Congressman Haugen as the gentleman in the center. 



commodity, to consist of seven men 

 selected by the Board from lists 

 submitted by cooperatives and farm 

 organizations' representatives of 

 the commodity. 



Revolving Fund. 



The bill authorizes an appropria- 

 tion of $250,000,000 which will 

 constitute a revolving fund, from 

 which loans may be made to the 

 several commodity stabilization 

 funds in anticipation of the collec- 

 tion of equalization fees. Loans 

 may also be made from the revolv- 

 ing fund directly to cooperatives 



for handling the surplus. Both 

 classes of loans, those made direct- 

 ly to cooperatives and those made 

 to commodity stabilization funds, 

 must be repaid with interest. 



Appropriation Authorized. 



The only costs to the government 

 under this bill are the salaries and 

 expense of the Federal Farm Board, 

 for which an appropriation of 

 $500,000 is authorized. All other 

 costs are to be paid out of the sev- 

 eral stabilization funds derived 

 from the collection of equalization 

 fees. 



Senator Chas. L. McNary, Chairman of 

 Agricultural Committee And Leader 

 In Congress To Speak On Fri., Jan. 27 



Sam H. Thompson Scheduled For Banquet Talk; Music, 

 Entertainment, Other Prominent Men On Procrsim; 

 Women To Hold Own Conference. 



PEORIA is getting ready for a crowd of 1,000 delegates 

 and farm bureau members from 93 Illinois counties. The 

 new Pere Marquette Hotel, Peoria's newest and best hos* 

 telry, is being rushed to completion for the 

 annual assembly that transcends all other 

 agricultural gatherings in this state for be- 

 ing representative, business-like, and attrac- 

 tive of interest and respect. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association will 

 have the honor of dedicating the new hotel, 

 and the latter the privilege of entertaining 

 the Eleventh Annual Convention of the or- 

 ganization whose name and activities have become known 



throughout the United States and 



Brine a Member. 



Knox County Claims 

 Ontario Holds Title 

 For High Membership 



Ontario township in Knox county 

 is the latest disputant to the claim 

 of Naperville township, Dupage 

 county for having the highest town- 

 ship farm bureau membership in the 

 state. 



A. R. Kemp, associate adviser in 

 Knox county states that Ontario 

 township has a membership of 103 

 and so is entitled to the honor of 

 high farm bureau membership town- 

 ship. 



"The Community With A Vision," 

 is the term applied to Ontario Town- 

 ship which its residents claim is the 

 garden spot of the i>;>rld. 



Previous to the present three- 

 year-period, the tolmship had a 

 signed membership ot 101, and ever 

 since the farm bureau was organ- 

 ized, Ontario has been a banner com- 

 munity in farm bnrean spirit and 

 activity. 



Rev. Guy Van Buakirk, pastor of 

 the Ontario Parish, a real country 

 church, is township farm bureau di- 

 rector. The community life of the 

 township is built up around this 

 church and the Ontario Men''s Club. 



James McBride, one of Knox 

 County's "Master Fairmers" is vice- 

 director and secretary of the town- 

 ship. 



TRAYLOR TO SPEAK AT 



FARMERS' WEEK. URBANA 



Melvin C. Traylor, president of 

 the American Bankers' Association 

 will discuss "Eur6pean Debts and 

 and the Farm Situation," on the an- 

 nual Farmers' Week program to 

 be held Jan. 17 to 32 at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois, Uiiwna. 



Dr. Henry C. Taylor, economist 

 from Northwestern University, Dan. 

 T. Gray, dean of the Arkansas Col- 

 lege of Agriculture, Lorado Taft, 

 sculptor, Miss Lit* Bane, president 

 of the American Home Economic 

 Association, and D. J. Caffrey, in 

 charge of research work on the com 

 borer for the U. S. Dept. of Agri- 

 culture are other heaidline speakers. 



The Annual Utility Corn Show, 

 the annual meeting of the Illinois 

 Crop Improvement Association a 

 farmers' banquet, a korse show and 

 horse-pulling contest, and a "Little 

 International" fat stock show are 

 other features announced for the 

 week. Fare and one-half rates will 



apply for the 

 at this time. 



trip to Urbana 



foreign countries. 



The opening day of Wednesday, 

 Jan. 26, will not be the opening of 

 the convention proper. That day 

 will be devoted to committee meet- 

 ings, conferences, and the annual 

 get-togethers of the subsidiary as- 

 sociations of the L A. A. Tlie 

 Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Co-opera- 

 tives Association, 

 the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Serum 

 Association, and 

 the Illinois Farm 

 Bureau Baseball ' 

 League will meet Wednesday to dis- 

 cuss their problems and plans for 

 the coming year. 



The Executive Committee of the 

 I. A. A. will hold its annual pre- 

 convention session on Wednesday 

 night, and then on Thursday the 

 decks will be cleared for the de- 

 liberations of the parent organiza- 

 tion which finds itself on the 

 threshold of its elaventh year of 

 service. 



Charles L. HcNary, chairman of 

 the Agricultural Committee in the 

 United States senate and leader in 

 the fight for surplus-control legisla- 

 tion, has promised to make the long 

 journey from Washington to give 

 Illinois farmers the last word on 

 the possibilities of their bill and 

 its promised relief going through. 



Senator McNary is booked to 

 speak at a special luncheon in his 

 honor on Friday, January 27. 



The Annual Banquet on Thurs- 

 day night, where Sam H. Thomp- 

 son, president of the American 

 Farm Bureau 

 Federation and 

 its most popular ' 

 and colorful 

 chief, will deliv- 

 ^_ er the message, 

 "» will be made fur- 

 t k e r attractive 

 by music from 

 the peer of all 

 soloists and entertainers, James 

 Goddard, of Chicago, who brought 

 down the house last year at Ur- 

 bana. ' 



Dr. Cart C. Taylor from the 

 North Carolina College of Agricul- * 

 ture, Lucius Wilson, business or- 

 ganization efficiency expert, George 

 E. Frazer, public accountant and 

 business adviser, Prsf. Chris Chris- 

 tensen, director of the division of 

 cooperative maricetlag in the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, and 

 others to be announced later will 



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