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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



H. H. Parke 



Illinois Livestock 



Shippers Hang Up 



Good Record 1927-'28 



Consign 55.4 Per Cfnt of All Shipments 



Handled by Chicago Producers 

 1 4 ILLINOIS livestock producers can 

 '^ point with pride to their record 

 of last year in supporting co-operative 

 livestock marketing," says H. H. Parke 

 of Genoa, Illinois, 

 president .of the 

 Chicago Producers' 

 Commission Asso- 

 ciation. 



"Of the 15,936 

 rail car loads of 

 livestock received 

 by the Chicago 

 Producers' during 

 their sixth fiscal 

 year, which closed 

 July 1, 8,829 were 

 received from Illi- 

 nois shippers," says Mr. Parke. "This 

 constituted 55.4 per cent of the total 

 Producer receipts. It represented a 

 gain of 10.6 per cent over the preced- 

 ing year." 



Much Progress Made 



The progress made in each of the de- 

 partments of the Chicago Producers' 

 is of special interest to Illinois ship- 

 pers. In competition with over 125 

 other selling agencies, the Producers' 

 handled 3.17 per cent of all the cattle 

 sold, while the 44,110 calves that were 

 handled represented 5.8 per cent of all 

 those sold at Chicago; an increase of 

 41.3 per cent over the calf business of 

 the preceding year. 



While hog receipts on the market in- 

 creased only 14.5 per cent during the 

 past fiscal year the Producers' receipts 

 of 858,344 show an increase of 34.4 

 per cent. Last year the Producers' 

 handled 9.1 per cent of all the hogs re- 

 ceived on the Chicago market, but at 

 the present time they are handling 

 10.77 per cent of all the hogs received. 



Sheep receipts of the co-operative, 

 likewise, show a gain. Sheep receipts 

 at Chicago during the past year de- 

 creased 19.4 per cent, but the total 

 sheep handled by Producers' decreased 

 only 13.8 per cent. Last year the Pro- 

 ducers' handled 7.3 per cent of all the 

 sheep received, but now this figure has 

 jumped to 8.3 per cent. 



Mr. Parke stated that the National 

 Livestock Producers' Association, with 

 its 13 member agencies, is not simply 

 another commission house on the vari- 

 ous terminal markets, but represents a 

 definite plan which has much more than 

 justified its existence and its support 

 from the livestock growers. When the 

 livestock marketing program is com- 

 pletely carried out it promises to give 

 farmers bargaining power and influ- 

 ence in stabilizing prices to a point 

 where they will receive cost of pro- 

 duction plus a reasonable profit. 



Water Transportation 



(Continued from page 8) 

 vision nine thousand miles of main trunk 

 line waterways in the Mississippi Valley with 

 common carrier service, adequately equipped, 

 well managed, with terminals and elevators 

 at principal rail and river crossinKS feeding 

 traffic to and receiving it from rail lines, thus 

 reaching into every interior section on joint 

 rates that give the shipper the benefit of the 

 low water route costs. 



That is the picture I want to leave with 

 you, and that is the program that the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley Association is working to ac- 

 complish. We do not favor permanent govern- 

 ment operation. We do not believe the Gov- 

 ernment can conduct our transportation serv- 

 ices as effectively or as well as private enter- 

 prise can, but vre must insist upon the Gov- 

 ernment continuing its present demonstration 

 until it has achieved the conditions necessary 

 to private success : 



1. Dependable channels. 



2. Adequate terminals with necessary ele- 

 vators. 



3. Joint rates between rail and river car- 

 riers in the interests of the shippers. 



Want Service to Peoria 



These three things, it is the Government's 

 job to secure and establish so that private 

 capital going into boat and barge line oper- 

 ation on. our Valley waterways will be safe to 

 operate and safe from successful assault by 

 powerfully entrenched interests whose ambi- 

 tions are to gain and retain a monopoly on 

 Valley transportation facilities. 



We are urging the Secretary of War to 

 extend the present services of the Federal 

 Barge Line to the Illinois River as far as 

 Peoria and to the Hennepin Canal immedi- 

 ately. (They will come on into Chicago, too, 

 when the channel is finished.) This will en- 

 able Illinois River elevators to serve the Barge 

 Lines with grain for export via New Orleans 

 or for distribution through the Memphis gate- 

 way into the Southeast by next season. It 

 will enable the Northwestern wheat grower to 

 ship his wheat into central freight territory 

 through the Peoria-Pekin gateway at sub- 

 stantial savings which will be reflected back 

 to him. It will make savings to the Illinois 

 farmer on binder twine, sugar, coffee, etc., 

 northbountd. 



I. A. A. Helps at Washington 



All of these ambitions were very materially 

 advanced by the passage of the Denison Barge 

 Line Bill by the recent session of the 70th 

 Congress. This legislation had excellent sup- 

 port from the farm organizations. Mr. Cowles 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association, and 

 officials of the American Farm Bureau, were 

 most active in their efforts to help the pas- 

 8a!?e of the Bill. The Nebraska Farm Bureau 

 sent its Secretary, Mr. Charles Steward, to 

 Washington, and kept him there during the 

 hearings, and while the measure was pending 

 before the House and Senate. 



In the final hours of the session, when the 

 air in the legislative chambers and in the 

 lobbies was fairly crackling with final efforts 

 und suspense, and when the strongly or- 

 ganized opposition was bringing all its heavy 

 power to bear to delay the bill until the next 

 session which would be after election (get 

 this, it's significant, after election) and when 

 the workers for the Bill were reaching in 

 every direction for help and using every in- 

 fluence they could command to push the Bill 

 to final passage. Bob Cowles and Charlie 

 Steward were on the job,- and they were a 

 powerful infiuence. 



Among the many problems facing the Amer- 

 ican farmer, the one of present high cost of 

 transportation is not the least. The Missis- 

 sippi Valley Association believes that the best 

 solution to this problem is the fullest use 

 and development of common carrier service on 

 our inland waterways. 



Larger Volume Cuts 



Cost Handling Cream 



Co-op. Reports Show 



Gougler Pegs Away on Produce Units 

 and Makes Progress 



THE second annual report recently 

 received from an Illinois produce 

 unit shows that this co-operative 

 handled 81,515.2 

 lbs. of butterfat at 

 an average operat- 

 ing cost of 1.97 

 cents per lb. dur- 

 ing its first year 

 of operation, 

 whereas, during 

 ^^^" ^jr^^J the second year it 

 ^^K^T^ii^H handled 99,536.2 



^^^^- ^^^^ operating cost of 



Frank A. Gougler only 1.72 CentS per 



lb. fat. 

 "This substantial reduction in oper- 

 ating cost was largely brought about 

 by increase in business," declared 

 Frank Gougler, director of produce 

 marketing. "When a larger percent- 

 age of the farmers in the community 

 where the unit is operating co-operate, 

 further reductions may be expected." 



Cream improvement meetings held 

 in several communities have been at- 

 tended by 200 to 400 people each, and 

 the result has been an increase in the 

 volume of produce handled cooperative- 



ly. 



What They Show ' ^ 



May and June reports recently re- 

 ceived by Mr. Gougler indicate the 

 following volumes for these months: 

 Logan county unit at Lincoln handled 

 11,717 lbs. of butterfat during May; 

 Geneseo unit, Henry county, 8,904 

 lbs.; Mt. Sterling unit. Brown county, 

 12,121 lbs.; and the Rushville unit, 

 Schuyler county, 8,484 lbs. of butter- 

 fat, 6,807 dozens of eggs, and 2,380 

 lbs. live poultry. The latter unit had 

 a trading income of $650.08 for the 

 month, with total expenses amounting 

 to $357.16, leaving a net surplus of 

 $292.92. 



On July 2 the cream for the new 

 unit at Winchester, Scott county, was 

 sold for the coming year. Several new 

 units are being organized as follows: 

 Stronghurst, Henderson county; Vir- 

 den, Macoupin county; Bement, Piatt 

 county; Tuscola, Douglas county; 

 Farmer City, DeWitt county ; and Fish- 

 er, Sadorus, and Sidney, Champaign 

 county. 



"With 17 units now marketing and 

 eight being organized it appears that 

 co-operative produce marketing is de- 

 veloping safely and satisfactorily," 

 said Gougler. "This phase of market- 

 ing should not develop faster than is 

 consistent with good business practice." 



