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Hoover on Agriculture 



(Continued from page 3) 

 only the great Mississippi system, with 

 its joining of the great lakes and of 

 the heart of midwest agriculture to the 

 gulf, but also a shipway from the great 

 lakes to the Atlantic. These improve- 

 ments would mean so large an incre- 

 ment in farmers' prices as to warrant 

 their construction many times over. 

 There is no more vital method of farm 

 relief. 



Pledges Marketing Aid 



"But we must not stop here. 



"An outstanding proposal of the 

 party program is the whole-hearted 

 pledge to undertake the reorganization 

 of the marketing system upon sounder 

 and more economical lines. We have 

 already contributed greatly to this 

 purpose by the acts supporting farm 

 cooperatives, the establishment of in- 

 termediate credit banks, the regulation 

 of stockyards, public exchanges, and 

 the expansion of the department of 

 agriculture. The platform proposes to 

 go much farther. It pledges the crea- 

 tion of a federal farm board of repre- 

 sentative farmers to be clothed with 

 authority and resources with which not 

 only to still further aid farmers' co- 

 operatives and pools and to assist 

 generally in solution of farm problems, 

 but especially to build up with federal 

 finance farmer-owned and farmer-con- 

 trolled stabilization corporations which 

 will protect the farmer from the de- 

 pressions and demoralization of season- 

 al gluts and periodical surpluses. 



"Objection has been made that this 

 program, as laid down by the party 

 platform, may require that several 

 hundred millions of dollars of capital 

 be advanced by the federal govern- 

 ment without obligation upon the indi- 

 vidual farmer. With that objection I 

 have little patience. A nation which is 

 spending ninety billions a year can well 

 afford an expenditure of a few hundred 

 millions for a workable progrram that 

 will give to one-third of its population 

 their fair share of the nation's pros- 

 perity. Nor does this proposal put the 

 government into business except so far 

 as it is called upon to furnish initial 

 capital with which to build up the 

 farmer to the control of his own 

 destinies. 



An Enduring Program 



"This program adapts itself to the 

 variable problems of agriculture not 

 only today but those which will arise 

 in the future. I do not believe that 

 any single human being or any group 

 of human beings can determine in ad- 

 vance all questions that will arise in 

 in so vast and complicated an industry 

 qver a term of years. The first step is 



President Sam H. 



Thompson Says: 



"Farm people will be dis- 

 appointed with Mr. Hoover's 

 statements regarding agriculture. 

 They had every right to expect a 

 specific outlined proposal on ag- 

 ricultural relief." 



This statement was made at 

 the conclusion of Herbert Hoo- 

 ver's acceptance speech by Sam 

 H. Thompson, president of the 

 American Farm Bureau Federa- 

 tion, 



"In dealing with the agricul- 

 tural problem, Mr. Hoover in his 

 speech of acceptance shows no 

 progress 'in advanced thought 

 that would provide fundamental 

 principles for a concrete market- 

 ing policy for American agrricul- 

 ture," Mr. Thompson added. 



"Mr. Hoover does not amplify 

 the broad general statement con- 

 tained in the 1928 Republican 

 platform." 



to create an effective agency directly 

 for these purposes and to give it 

 authority and resources. These are 

 solemn pledges and they will be ful- 

 filled by the Republican party. It is a 

 definite plan of relief. It needs only 

 the detailed elaboration of legislation 

 and appropriations to put it into force. 



"During my term as secretary of 

 commerce I have steadily endeavored 

 to build up a system of cooperation 

 between the government and business. 

 Under these cooperative actions all 

 elements interested in the problem of 

 a particular industry, such as manu- 

 facturer, distributor, worker, and con- 

 sumer, have been called into council 

 together, not for a single occasion, but 

 for continuous work. These efforts 

 have been successful beyond any ex- 

 pectation. They have been accom- 

 plished without interference or regu- 

 lation by the government. They have 

 secured progress in the industries, 

 remedy for abuses, elimination of 

 waste, reduction of cost in production 

 and distribution, lower prices to the 

 consumer, and more stable employment 

 and profit. While the problem varies 

 with every different commodity and 

 with every different part of our great 

 country, I should wish to apply the 

 same method to agriculture so that the 

 leaders of every phase of each g^roup 

 can advise and organize on policies and 

 constructive measures. I am convinced 

 that this form of action, as it has done 

 in other industries, can g^reatly benefit 

 farmer, distributor, and consumer. 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



"The working out of agricultural re- 

 lief constitutes the most important ob- 

 ligation of "the next administration. 

 I stand pledged to these proposals. The 

 object of our policies is to establish 

 for our farmers an income equal to 

 those of other occupations; for the 

 farmer's wife the same comforts in her 

 home as women in other groups; for 

 the farm boys and girls the same op- 

 portunities in life as other boys and 

 girls. So far as my own abilities may 

 be of service, I dedicate them to help 

 secure prosperity and contentment in 

 that industry where I and my fore- 

 fathers were born and nearly all my 

 family still obtain their livelihood." 



Lowers Shipping Cost 



A SUMMARY of shipping costs from 

 the Illinois Valley Shipping Asso- 

 ciation at South Ottawa, 111., covering 

 exactly two years, indicates an average 

 cost per hundred weight of 1.8c less 

 on shipments to Producer Agencies as 

 compared to all shipments to non-co- 

 operative commission firms. The aver- 

 age cost per hundred pounds on con- 

 signments to Chicago Producers was 

 51.9c as against 53.7c to all others. 



0. D. Center, manager of this As- 

 sociation, believes that the principle of 

 co-operation should be applied in the 

 selling of livestock at the Terminal 

 niarket as well as in the shipment from 

 local points. His experience with the 

 producers has convinced him that this 

 Cooperative Commission Association is 

 rendering as good or better service 

 than he is able to get on the Terminal 

 niarket and at less cost, besides the 

 satisfaction of knowing that his Asso- 

 ciation is co-operating in the develop- 

 ment of a selling organization under 

 the control of the livestock producer. 

 —Ray E. Miller. 



Mendota Association 



Has Trucking Service 



"C^D. BROWN, manager of the Men- 

 ■L^ dota Shipping Association, LaSalle 

 county, has found that his members 

 appreciate the trucl< service which he 

 offers them in getting their livestock 

 fiom their farms to the loading point 

 So far this year the Mendota Ship- 

 ping Association has sent in 128 car- 

 loads of livestock. Mr. Brown reports 

 that he is drawing shipments from a 

 widely extended territory through the 

 truck service which he offers. The 

 truck is owned by the manager per- 

 sonally and charges are based upon 

 the amount hauled and the distance 

 covered. A special effort is made to so 

 route the drivers that the livestock can 

 be hauled at minimum expense to his 

 shippers. — Ray E. Miller, director live- 

 stock marketing. 



Uncle Ab says: Don't give up in a 

 tight place; the worse it gets the more 

 likely it is to get better. 



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