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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Eleven 



EDITORIAL 



(Continued from page 8) 



area strung out from the Gulf to 

 Canada, and each section trying to 

 get the best of the other. Such il- 

 lustrations serve to impress us with 

 the limitations of co-operative market- 

 ing and the highly speculative fea- 

 tures of farm production under the 

 present system. 



WHY YOU SHOULD BEGIN 

 TO THINK SYMPATHETI- 

 CALLY OF THE FARMERS' 

 TROUBLES 



8,374 On June 7 



EIGHT thousand three hundred and 

 seventy-four applications for auto 

 insurance in the Illinois Agricultural 

 Mutual Insurance Company were re- 

 ceived up to the night of Thursday, 

 June 7. The company now has policy- 

 holders in more than 80 per cent of the 

 counties in Illinois and has total as- 

 sets of nearly $175,000. 



The directors recently voted to ad- 

 vertise in a broad, effective way and 

 to this end purchased the back cover 

 of the Record for 12 consecutive issues. 

 Since policies are limited to Farm 

 Bureau members there is no wastage 

 in circulation. 



The company made an enviable rec- 

 ord of low cost in its first year of 

 operation. And now that the number 



17th Dist. To Meet at Pontiac 



THE next I. A. A. Conference in the 

 17th district will be held at Pontiac 

 Friday, June 29, according to an an- 

 nouncement by Geo. J. StoU of Chest- 

 nut who represents the district on the 

 I. A. A. Executive Committee. 



All Farm Bureau menibers in from 

 the counties in the district are urged 

 to attend this meeting. Further plans 

 for the district picnic at Bloomington 

 on Aug. 31 will be discussed among 

 other questions. 



of policyholders is nearly double the 

 average of last year, further decreases 

 in overhead may be expected. 



Do not fail to read the monthly mes- 

 sages on the back cover. Further in- 

 formation may be had by writing the 

 company at 608 So. Dearborn St., Chi- 

 cago. 



Money Goes Abroad 



CONGRESSIONAL investigation of 

 foreign investments has been re- 

 quested by Representative Celler of 

 New York City. He states that fig- 

 ures compiled by the Department of 

 Commerce show that in addition to the 

 loans to the Allies, $11,611,364,736 

 had been loaned abroad up to Jan- 

 uary, 1928. 



"Europe alone has received over 

 $5,000,000,000," he said, "while 

 Canada and Newfoundland have bor- 

 rowed $3,000,000,000." 



THERE IS ONE MOTOR VEHICLE 

 to every 5.13 persons in the 

 United States. More than 23,000,000 

 motor vehicles were regristered in 

 1927. Illinois was fifth among the 

 states with 1,438,985. 



Be on th6 

 Safe Side 



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 of that hailstorm when it strilces 



HaU Stones Like These FeU in IlUnoU Last Year 



A HAILSTORM usually cuts a path of varying width through the country Hke a tornado. 

 Sometimes it's only a half-mile or a mile wide, sometimes many miles. When the black 

 hail cloud comes, you can't steer it away from your farm. You can't cover up. You are 

 helpless. i : 



The only way you can protect yourself against hail loss is by Insurance. 



Farm Crop Hail Insurance, Fruit and Garden Truck 

 Hail Insurance, Fire and Lightning Insurance, Wind- 

 storm, Tornado, and Cyclone Insurance all at cost, 

 which means cheaper than in any old line company. 



W. C. Stuckey of Knox County says he 

 lost enough in one year from Hail to pay 

 his insurance for the next 40 years. 



See your Farm Bureau, Mutual Insurance Company, or write ike 



FARMERS MUTUAL REINSURANCE CO. 



608 So. Dearborn St. 

 CHICAGO 



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