THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Five 



r TO ATTEND I. A. A. MEETING 



EAKEBj AT ROCK ISLAND 



iULLEN, G )VERNOR OF NEBRASKA 





Sam H. Thompson To t 



Tell About Europe 



WHAT he learned about European 

 agriculture after a tour through 

 seven countries including England, 

 France, Germany, Holland, Belgium, 

 Denmark, Scotland, also the Isle of 

 Jersey, will be told by Sam. H. Thomp- 

 son former president of the I. A. A. 

 and now head of the Farm Bureau 

 movement in America, when he talks to 

 his old-time friends and neighbors at 

 the annual banquet, Thursday night, 

 Jan. 19. 



"Our Sam" and the party of Amer- 

 ican farmers who accompanied him 

 drew the admiration of many Euro- 

 pean people for the modest, gentleman- 

 ly manner in which they conducted 

 themselves in contrast to the swagger 

 and arrogance of so many plutocratic 

 American tourists in Europe. 



Mr. Thompson discussed his Euro- 

 pean tour briefly on the I. A. A. radio 

 program more than a month ago. He 

 is expected to go into some detail in 

 his banquet address by way of con- 

 trasting European and American agri- 

 culture, and to cite less^^ns he learned 

 from experiences of farmers in these 

 foreign lands. 



Geo. O. Fairweather, 



Tax Expert, To Talk 



THE much-discussed tax situation 

 will receive further treatment but 

 this time from a new and different 

 angle when Geo. 0. Fairweather of 

 Chicago, vice-chairman of the Joint 

 Commission on Real Estate Valuations 

 for Cook County addresses the con- 

 vention in the Ft. Armstrong Theatre 

 on Friday morning. 



The revelations of this Commission 

 have furnished plenty of ammunition 

 for civic organizations in Chicago who 

 are making an effort to institute a fair, 

 honest, and lawful tax system in Cook 

 County. 



Mr. Fairweather's address will have, 

 a direct bearing on the downstate sit- 

 uation. Don't miss his talk. Fair- 

 weather is a high official in the business 

 office at the University of Chicago. , 



Delegates and visitors who attend 

 the convention will be well provided 

 for at the Ft. Armstrong, the New 

 Harper, and other hotels if necessary. 

 The proximity of Rock Island to Iowa 

 is expected to attract large numbers 

 from the Hawkeye state. 



For those who wish to drive, Rock 

 Island is fortunately situated on paved 

 routes 3 and 7 which connect up with 

 other hard roads leading to all parts 

 of the state. Railroad accommoda- 

 tions may be had in four directions 

 over the Rock Island, Burlington, and 

 Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul 

 Railways. 



S. H. Thompson 



Late Reports Show 1 



Large Crowd Coming 



Hon. Frank O. Lowden Invited Among 

 Many Distinguished Guests on Friday 



WITH time for the 13th Annual 

 Meeting of the Illinois Agricultural 



Association, scheduled for Rock Island 

 on Jan. 19-20, 

 drawing near, 

 thousands of dele- 

 gates, members, 

 and visitors are 

 preparing to leave 

 for the western 

 city and the yearly 

 mid-winter c o n- 

 vention of organ- 

 ized Illinois agri- 

 culture. 



Final arrange- 

 ments for a great 

 annual meeting 

 are complete and 

 nothing has been 



left undone to prepare for the large 



crowd expected from every nook and 



corner of the State. 



Many Will Drive 1 



Reservations are in from most of the 

 counties and larger delegations from 

 the nearby sections are in prospect. 

 The w^estern Illinois counties are near- 

 ly all well-organized and heavily popu- 

 lated . with Farm Bureau and I. A. A. 

 members. These counties are expected 

 to swell the attendance because they 

 are all within easy driving distance 

 and Rock Island is handily situated 

 with hard roads coming in from all 

 directions. 



Though unannounced heretofore, for- 

 mer Governor Frank O. Lowden of 

 Oregon, most prominent member of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, has 

 received an invitation extended by 

 President Earl C. Smith to attend the 

 giant luncheon on Friday. Mr. Low- 

 den will be one of many prominent 

 citizens and leaders of the state ex- 

 pected at that time. He is not sched- 

 uled as a speakers J 



An Able Speaker 



Gov. Adam McMuUen of Nebraska 

 will deliver the principal address at 

 the luncheon. Gov. McMuUen is a very 

 able speaker and one well-qualified to 

 discuss the national agricultural situa- 

 tion which he has given considerable 

 study and thought. Following his mas- 

 terly presentation of the agricultural 

 problem before the farm congress of 

 the Middle West and South at St. 

 Louis in November, Gov. McMullen re- 

 ceived many invitations to speak in the 

 East. He recently returned west from 

 a tour along the Atlantic seaboard. 

 Following the luncheon will come final 

 adoption of the report of the resolu- 

 tions committee, and adjournment. 



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