Page Six 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I L«L«IIMOIS 



CCLTVRAL ASSOCIA 



RECORO^ 



^ To advance the purpose for which the farm bureau waa organized, 



-^ namely to promote, protect and represent the business^ economic » 



^ 90cial and educational interests of the farmers of Illinoit and the nation, 



*^ mnd to develop agriculture. 



r 



A 



PtibUalMd ntm%\ 



Bth Bt 404 North Wesley Ave., Motmt Morrii, Illinois, 



^ tha nil— h JkatiMdMBkl AvociatioD. Edited by Department of Information, 

 K O. TUwB, D&Mtar, WW South Dearborn Street, Cnicato, Illinois. Entered 

 M Maaod-daa Batter October 20, 1926, at the met ofBce at Mount Morris, 

 Btaaia, oader &• Aet of March 3, 1870. Acceptance for mailinc at special rate of 

 wmttamp wmMsJ for in Soetion 412, Aet of February 28. 1925, authorised 

 Oatober 37, IfSS. 7%e ladiTidual membetship fee of the niinois Acricultma I 

 AiMelation it tra daOan a year. The fee ineludea payment of fifty oenta for 

 nJiMriptiaa to tka lLU>oia AoBicm.'nntAi, AaaociATiON Rbcobd. Postmaater: 

 IB rettuBins bb UBeallwl for or -miaaeDt eopy pleaae indicate key number on 

 mUnm aa ia i e <|uli e d by law. 



OFFICERS 



rraaldent. Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vlee-PraairfeBt, Ptvnk D. Bartoo ^ ^^. Cornell 



, R. A. Cowlea ».._...... Bleomlnston 



EXECirnVE OOMMTTTEE 



(By Congreaalonal Dlatricta) 



lattallth H. C. Vial, Downers Grova 



U(b i G. P. TuIIock, Rodcford 



13(h '. C B. Bamboroush, Polo 



MMl W. H. Moody, Port Byron 



1M> > «..A.M. Skinner, Yates City 



IMi ; A.R. Wri«ht, Varna 



17th ,> i. Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



IMi ^_ ......\ R. F. Karr, Irxiquoia 



IWi J. L. Whlsnand, Charleston 



Mth Charles Borgelt, Havana 



Mat Samtsal Sorralla, Raymond 



ttad Frank Oaznar, Waterloo 



13rd W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th Charlaa MarahaU, BcUniap 



tfth Fred Diets, De Soto 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS 



Bualneas Service Geo. R. Wicker 



Dairy MarkeCias .; < A. D. Lynch 



Farm Supply J. R. Bent 



Finance *■■.•*•..........................•••■ *R> A. Cowlea 



F^uit and VegeCabte Marketins A. B. Loeper 



General Office J. H. Kelker 



Informatkn i E. G. Thlem 



Insurance (Actuarial) J. P. Gibaon 



Insurance (Acquisition) V. Vaniman 



LasalCouneel Dotiald Kirkpatrick 



lire Stock Marhetins Ray E. Miller 



Orcanlsatlon ^' G. B. Matscer 



Poultoy andBcgMarketias..... F. A. Gouclcr 



Taaatfam and StatieCloa J. C. Wataon 



Tinaaportatlon L. J. Quaaey 



Why Powerful? 



SOME prominent writer points out that there are only 

 two kinds fof power that a human being can possess 

 on this earth. They are personal and financial power. 

 Financial power is limited to a comparatively few people. 

 It has built churches, comforted the needy and elevated men 

 in the sight of God. On the other hand, it has caused 

 divorces, evaded justice, and brought contempt and ruin 

 to its possessor. The rich man is literally helpless when 

 he first recognizes his money fails to command respect. 



The other power is personal poWer. It is that develop- 

 ment of the intellect, character and personality of the indi- 

 vidual which demands respect and brings to him vision 

 and decision. It can never estape the individual possessing 

 it. The more he uses it, within reason, and the more freely 

 he gives of it the stronger individual he becomes. 



The greatest job of the Farm Bureau is the development 

 of men and women. Its aim embraces economic, social and 

 educational progress. Its program is built with the devel- 

 opment of personal power as a basis. 



How well it is succeeding may be set forth in a part of 

 its record of accomplishment. 



It has for its membership the best and leading farmers 

 of our State. Its members are the community leaders, the 

 church leaders, and in fact that progressive and substan- 

 tial element to be found in all communities. 



It commands the respect of other economic and' social 

 groups of people second to no farm organization on earth. 

 Its representatives and members are respected even by indi- 

 viduals semi-antagonistic to its program. It is looked upon 

 as the voice of Agriculture. Its spirit of fairness in mat- 

 ters of Public Policy is above reproach or question. 



The result is the development of a farm leadership with 

 clear vision, with an intelligent understanding of agricul- 

 ture, its needs and telationships, and most of all a leader- 

 ship possessed with; that personal unselfish desire to do 

 something constructive for the benefit of all mankind. Why 

 shouldn't such an organization be powerful? 



. %i GEORGE E. METZGER. 



Administrative Responsibility i 5' 



WHEN a man accepts election to a board of directors 

 of a co-operative company or any other corpora- 

 tion, he assumes a definite responsibility. He becomes, in 

 fact, the joint trustee with other directors to represent the 

 interests of the individual members of the company. It 

 must be presumed that a director is selected because of his 

 ability to meet those responsibilities and as a result of the 

 confidence of the members. 



The board of directors as an administrative body has 

 certain duties which are closely related to the business 

 operations of the company. Those duties are not dis- 

 charged by the appcflptment of a manager nor by the elec- 

 tion of certain officerlk Each member of the board during 

 the term for which he is elected is responsible to the mem- 

 bership for the proper conduct of the business. It is the 

 duty of the board of directors to determine policies which 

 shall govern the affairs of the company and to see that such 

 policies are carried into effect by the manager and other 

 employes. They are primarily responsible for the funds 

 and properties of th6, company to see that they are prop- 

 erly used. 



It is recognized that these responsibilities and duties re- 

 quire more time than the average director can contribute. 

 Proper administration requires him to be currently in- 

 formed regarding the affairs of the company. It is im- 

 portant that a complet^and accurate report shall be made 

 to the members at theifilose of the year's business. Suc- 

 cess in the administratiSh of co-operative organizations re- 

 quires the same application of business principles and meth- 

 ods as apply to other forms of business. Members are en- 

 titled to facts free from prejudice, favor, or the consider- 

 ation of any personal interest. Efficient disinterested audit 

 service is necessary and should be employed by directors 

 of co-operative associations. 



pEO. R. WICKER. 



English Farmers Demand a Raise 



THE farm problem in England apparently has some- 

 thing in common with that in our own country. Low 

 prices for agricultural products are causing farm bank- 

 ruptcies and the abandonment of i large acreages. This in 

 spite of the fact that the British Isles import much of their 

 food. The British faijn organization corresponding to the 

 American Farm Bureau wants a protective tariff, a tax 

 on imported foods. The labor and business groups which 

 comprise 80 per cent or more of the population are not dis- 

 posed to grant the farmer a raises They want to maintain 

 cheap food prices. 



One school of English farm thought, as expressed by Mr. 

 Baillie Scott in the Countryman says: — "Between the 

 two extremes of dearness and cheapness there is always a 

 right price, and in respect of a vital industry that price 

 must be maintained in agriculture by giving up the ideal 

 of cheap food and by taxing all the cheap foreign rubbish 

 on which our people now mainly contrive to subsist." 



