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RECORJI> 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



To mdoanc* the purpotm for which the farm 

 namely to promote, protect and repreaent 

 tocial and educational intereata of the farmera 

 and to develop agriculture. 



frureou toaa organixed, 

 t he buaineaa, economic, 

 of Illinoia and the nation. 



Published once » month »t 404 North Wesley 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Association. Edited by 

 Ef. G. Thiem, Director, 608 South Drnrborn Street, 

 as second-class matter October 20, 1925, at the 

 Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance 

 postage provided for in Section 412, Act of Fel 

 October 27, 1925. The individual membership fee 

 Aaw>ciatioa is five dollars a year. The fee includes 

 subscription to the Illinois AoRicrrLTTTRAL 

 In returning an uncalled for or missent copy, pli 

 address as is required by law. 



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OFFICERS 



President, Earl C Smith 



Vice-President, Frank D. Barton 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles 



Secretary, Geo. A. Fox 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTE S 

 (By Congressional District i) 



1st to 11th H. 



12th 



13th y.E. Bamborough, Polo 



H. Moody, Port Byron 



M. Skinner, Yates City 



. . . A. R. Wright, Varna 



Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



R. F. Karr, Iroquois 



14Ch W| 



15th A 



16th 



17th 



18th 



19th J. Li Whisnand, Charleston 



2Wy (Carles Borgelt, Havana 



21st Sfu^uel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd. 

 23rd. 



Detroit 



Cornell 



. Bloom ington 

 .... Sycamore 



C. Vial, Downers Grove 

 3. F. Tullock, Rockford 



"rank Oexner, Waterloo 

 W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th Ch irles Marshall, Belknap 



25th. 



DIRECTORS OF 



Business Service 



Dairy Marketing 



Farm Sujjply 



Finance 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing 



General OCTice 



Information 



Insurance 



Legal Counsel 



Live Stock Marketing 



Organization 



Promotional Service 



Poultry and Egg Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics 



Transportation 



DEPARTMINTS 



.Fred Dietz, De Soto 



Geo. R. Wicker 



A. D. Lynch 



J. R. Bent 



R. A. Cowles 



A. B. LeciJer 



J.H. Kelker 



E. G. Thiem 



J. P. Gibson 



.Donald Kirkpatrick 



Ray E. Miller 



G. E. Metzger 



V. Vaniman 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



iniquities and lack 

 legislators. 

 Chicago leg^islators 

 Their goal was 



on the same score. 



We Draw a Goose Egg From Chicago 



IN the heat of the debate on reapportionment in the 

 legislature just closed, a prominent Chicago representa 

 tive indulged in a ruthless tirade on the 

 of cooperation shown by the downstate 



For'campaig^i purposes or otherwise, 

 spoke fluently for more representation 

 control of the General Assembly. They failed to get it 

 That hurt, and the cry of sectionalism, and lack of coopera- 

 tion followed- 



Let's examine the Chicago delegation 

 For our own information, the voting r< cords of each leg- 

 islator were checked on four major me£ sures, namely, the 

 gas tax, the state income tax, the Boari of Trade control 

 bill, and the Chicago tax raid measures. The first three 

 were supported by the Illinois Agricu tural Association, 

 the last was actively opposed. 



For affirmative votes on the first three and a negative 

 vote on the last, a grade of 25 per cent each was allowed. 

 Forty-seven representatives drew goose eggs on the test. 

 Every one of these came from Cook county and practically 

 the entire Chicago delegation was so recorded. 



Here is a flagrant example of sectionalism. No down- 

 state delegation ever voted so consistentl; r against construc- 

 tive measures, and in favor of one so destructive of econ- 

 omy and the State's welfare as the increased bonding bill. 

 This is a fair sample of how the rest <if the state would 

 pay, and pay, and pay if Chicago W(!re placed in the 

 saddle. 



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Light from the East ' 



AM one man from east of the Apalachian Moun- 

 tains who believes in the principles of the McNary- 

 Haugen bill," declared Dr. Clyde L. King, professor in the 

 Warton School of Commerce, University of Pennsylvania, 

 Philadelphia, in a recent address before the American In- 

 stitute of Co-operation. 



Dr. King is the Judge Landis on three large city milk 

 markets in Pennsylvania. He is chief arbitrator between 

 the milk producers and distributors in case of disagree- 

 ment. 



Such a statement coming from Dr. King is significant. 

 He is no mere theorist like so many of his eastern neigh- 

 bors. He has had experience in helping the Philadelphia 

 milk producers solve their surplus problems. He knows 

 something about the farmers' troubles. He admitted that 

 he could think up more arguments ag^ainst the McNary- 

 Haugen bill than were presented in President Coolidge's 

 veto message. 



Nevertheless, he believes that western farmers are on 

 the right road in advocating their surplus control plan. 

 We congratulate Dr. King for his independence of thought 

 in the face of the overwhelming eastern provincialism that 

 surrounds him. i 



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Nokomis, 111., June 23: 



One man was killed and five injured two 

 miles east of here today when an Overland 

 sedan suddenly swerved across the highway 

 in front of a Litchfield car. The driver of 

 the Overland had run off the pavement and 

 while trying to get back on jerked the steer- 

 ing wheel quickly, throwing the car in the 

 path of the other machine. Both cars were 

 wrecked. The injured were taken to the hos- 

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Such items from the newspapers are common. This one 

 describes a familiar cause of many accidents on the state's 

 paved roads. Boneheadedness, intoxication, or nervous- 

 ness invariably result in grief, and here is an example of one 

 or the other. , ^ :\ j . 



A movement to curb loss of life and property damage 

 through education is now underway by our own mutual 

 auto insurance company. Vernon Vaniman who has charge 

 of the campaign believes that 75 per cent of such accidents 

 are preventable. The American Farm Bureau is en- 

 couraging similar work among Farm Bureaus in other 

 states. These efforts are tremendously worth while. We 

 can all help by watching our own driving. 



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Our Privilege in 1928 



OCK ISLAND county congratulates itself over the 

 fact that the Illinois Agricultural association is to 

 hold its annual convention in Rock Island in 1928. We 

 are amply equipped to house the delegates to this im- 

 portant gathering of the agricultural interests of Illinois 

 and consider ourselves privileged to be their hosts. We 

 believe that nowhere in the state would the men who 

 compose the membership of the farm bureaus be more 

 cordially and sincerely welcomed. Through the Rock 

 Island county farm bureau, which has been functioning 

 successfully for years, we have a point of contact with this 

 splendid state organization, and one of our representative 

 farmers, W. H. Moody of Port Byron has been a member 

 of its executive committee for a long period. Rock Island 

 county is the home of many institutions which come into 

 very close association with agriculture; indeed they have 

 played a prominent part in the development of agriculture 

 in the matter of farm implements, and in no small de- 

 gree have contributed to its progress. The farm bureau 

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