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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . ■; V 



(By Concresaional Districts) 



11th WiUiam Wetb. Route One, JoUet 



Cj. F. Tullock, Rockford 



C. E. bamborou^. Polo 



W. H. M<xxl>. Port Byron 



B. H. Taylor. Rapatee 



A. R. Wright. Varna 



F. D. Barton. Cornell 



. ". R. F. Karr. Iroquois 



. .' J. L. Whisnand, Charleston 



Charles Borgelt. Havana 



Samuel Sorrclls. Raymond 



Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



: W. L. Cope. Salem 



, Charles Marshall, Belknap 



R. K. Loomis, Makanda 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Charles R Finley Hoopeston 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowlcs Bloomington 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fok Sycamore 



I L< L< I N OIS 



CCLTVRAL ASSO CIA 



RECORD 



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To advance the purpose/or which the Farm Bureau was orian- 

 tzed, namely to promote, protect and represent the business, 

 economic, social and educational interests of the farmers of 

 lUiitois and the tuition, and to develop agriculture. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Co-operative Accounting Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy Marketing A. D. Lynch 



Finance R- A. Cowlea 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



General Office J- H. Kelker 



Information E.G. Thiem 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Wm. E. Hedgcock 



Organizaticm C. E. Metzger 



Farm Supply J. R. Bent 



Poultry and Egg Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Taiation and Statiatica J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J. Quasey 



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The'jCoolidge Veto 



political explosion expected to follow 



Coolidge's veto of the McNary-Haugen 



B stabilization bill has, as yet, failed to 



and friends of Mr. Coolidge here are 



) secret of their satisfaction." 



the burden of a Washington press dis» 



the White House favorites are gloating 



they have done. It is true there has 



Explosion. The veto was less of a sur- 



"armers and the West than our Eastern 



realize, although we had reason from 



and observations to expect some- 



The veto certainly showed little 



The merits of the farm relief pro- 



lingly, were never considered. 



appeared to be inimical to the interests 



it promised to raise the price 



Therefore it was rejected. The Presi- 



astute a politician to break with the 



selfish, moneyed crowd that maneuv- 



into office. Had he signed the bill there 



would have been a terrific explosion 



disappointed Easterners. The Wash- 



the President's champion, would have 



of apoplexy and passed out. So 



Mellon, Herbert Hoover, Julius 



O'Leary, and the rest of the crowd 



bitterly opposed to the measure. 



!^oolidge was in a tight place. He chose 



way out. It's our hard luck that an issue 



onomic importance to American agricul- 



|ettled by political considerations rather 



own merits. 



"The 

 President 

 farm pric 

 materialise 

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This is 

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 over what 

 been no 

 prise to 

 neighbors 

 past expe riences 

 thing diff Brent, 

 statesmanjship 

 posal 



The bil 

 of the indjustrialists 

 of food, 

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 prejudice|i 

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The Veto Message 



THE McNary-Haugen veto message of Presi- 

 dent C oolidge made a profound impression on 

 of people whose notion of the surplus 

 control plkn was more or less hazy. It was worded 

 to accomiilish just that, to arouse doubt and sus- 

 I^ raised the old bogey of price-fixing, it 

 bill sectional and class legislation. It 

 accused the plan of promoting one-crop farming, 

 of being ( conomically unsound, of being unwork- 

 able and inconstitutional. 



When Ihe writers had tired of throwing bricks 

 and had lun out of bad names, like the small boy 

 with his tpngue out whose parting shot is "you're 

 us a thousand times," they said : 

 "This measure is so long and involved that it is 

 impossiblt to discuss it without going into many 

 tiresome Retails. Many other reasons exist why it 

 be approved, but it is impossible to state 

 them all v lithout writing a book." 



All these objections were raised in the House 

 Senate debates. All were effectively an- 

 swered. The bill might have been unconstitutional 

 in the mcsthod provided for the selection of; the 

 Federal Farm Board. But the Supreme Court could 

 have decided this point, after all a small one, if 

 the issue (iver arose. 



length of the message, and its unusual 

 on the other hand, gave it the ap- 

 of an apology for the veto. Many of 

 the accusktions could have been used against the 



The 

 vehemencje 

 pearance 



Federal 



Reserve 



Act, the protective tariff, the 



Immigration Act, the Esch-Cummins Act and other 

 legislation none of which allows "free play of com- 

 petition." 



The reply by the Executive Committee of 22, 

 is published in full in this issue. Every member 

 should read it carefully. The criticism of the 

 message is set forth under 14 points. The reply 

 refrains from saying that a book might have been 

 written in criticism of the message. 



Labor and the Farmer 



John H. Walker, president of the Illinois State 

 Federation of Labor commented favorably on the 

 jrrowing friendliness between organized labor and 

 the organized farmer, in a recent talk at Cham- 

 paign. He referred to the school of thought which 

 believed or believes that organized labor by rea- 

 son of its success in gaining higher wages and 

 shorter hours is largely responsible for the high 

 cost of commodities the farmer must buy, for the 

 scarcity and high cost of good farm' help, and for 

 the disparity in prices between agricultural and 

 non-agricultural goods. There is another side to 

 this question which thinking farmers fully appre- 

 ciate. 



Labor and the farmer unquestionably have 

 much in common. Labor belongs to the consumer 

 group. It buys what the farmer produces. Pros- 

 perous labor is the farmers' best customer. Few 

 if any begrudge labor its better working condi- 

 tions and higher standards of living. They realize 

 that labor through organization has done for itself 

 what farmers have yet to accomplish. 



On the othei" hand, labor has been sympathetic 

 to the farmers needs and demands. In Illinois, the 

 State Federation endorsed the McNary-Haugen 

 bill. It f(^ught for tax revision on the basis of ability 

 to pay. Its leaders have shown a most admirable 

 broadness of vision in these and other questions. 



Farmers have much to learn from labor. With 

 as thorough and unified an organization as the 

 latter, agriculture could get what it needs with 

 much less effort than has already been expended 

 toward securing surplus control legislation. 



The Outlook for 1927 



The 1927 outlook of the federal bureau of agri- 

 cultural economics is on the whole decidedly pes- 

 simistic. It says there is slight hope for improve- 

 ment unless there is a drastic cut in acreage of 

 corn, cotton, wheat, and rice. 



It credits the livestock and dairy business with 

 more favorable prospects. These and other farm 

 commodities are briefly mentioned in the outlook 

 report, as follows: 



"A slightly larger supply of farm labor and possibly lower 

 wages. 



"Hard spring and durum wheat growers cannot expect 

 as much for the 1927 crop as they received in 1926. 



"Corn growers are faced with the prospect of lower prices 

 unless acreage is substantially reduced. 



"Oats and barley are likely to be in greater demand for 

 feed. Prices will depend upon supply. 



"Prices of cattle are expected to average somewhat higher 

 than 1926. 



"Hog producers have a favorable outlook but present 

 prices will continue through 1928 only if pork production 

 is held down to the level of the past two years. 



"Sheep production expected to increase slightly but a 

 strong consumptive demand is anticipated. 



"The dairy industry is on a stronger basis than a year 

 ago. 



"Egg and poultry producers may not expect as profitable 

 a year as 1926. 



"Horses and mules are plentiful enough to meet demands 

 but supplies of young stock are low. 



"Potato growers should guard against overplanting by 

 watching acreage plantings in other states. 



"Trend of fruit production is upward but as large a crop 

 as last year is not likely again. Don't plant more peach 

 trees. 



"Increase alsike and red clover seed production." 



Cutting production by acreage reduction is not 

 always effective because of the uncertainties of 

 the weather. But it will be well to heed the hand- 

 writing on the wall as revealed in statements of 

 surplus and its possible effect on prices. For the 

 diversified livestock farmer the chances for 

 making some money in 1927 are good. For the 

 straight grain farmer opportunity is less favorable. 

 A good poultry flock will pay because the demand 

 for poultry products is firm and we are still on a 

 domestic consumptive basis under the protection 

 of the tariff. It is now up to the farmer to help 

 himself. 



4 Courtesy Scripps- Howard Papers) 



/. A. A. Offices Retaified 



Offices of the I. A. A. will be retained in the 

 Transportation Building, the present location at 

 608 So. Dearborn St., the Executive Committee de- 

 cided at its last meeting. 



While slight savings in rent might have been 

 realized by moving a distance from the loop, the 

 inconvenience to directors and members who come 

 to the city and the loss of time involved in going to 

 meetings and maintaining contacts with other 

 groups were held to counteract the difference in 

 cost. The I. A. A. pays its rent a year in advance 

 and thereby secures a discount of 15 per cent 

 from the regular rate. Approximately 5500 

 square feet of space are used by all departments 

 of the Association. 



The loop is slightly overbuilt with office space 

 as a result of the many new skyscrapers recently 

 completed. Bids were secured from many space 

 sellers anxious to have the I. A. A. officers. 



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