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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Eleven 



St. Clair Co. Defeats 



Washington In Base- 

 Ball At I. A. A. Picnic 



Frank G. Oexner Pays Tribute To Strong 

 Farm Leadership 



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F. G. Oexner 



"F AGRICULTURE is established 

 and equality attained on a sound 

 program it must be brought about by 

 leadership of men who know farm prob- 

 lems," declared Frank G. Oexner, ex- 

 ecutive committeeman from the 22nd 

 district in intro- 

 ducing the speaker 

 of the day at the 

 I. A. A. District 

 picnic in Highland 

 Park, Madison 

 county. 



"It is necessary 

 to have aggressive 

 leadership of Wm. 

 H. Settle's type, if 

 we are to get the 

 attention and gain 

 the confidence of 

 people in other 

 pursuits," he continued. "Bill Settle is 

 such a man and because he has fought 

 £0 aggressively and whole-heartedly in 

 behalf of agriculture we have invited 

 him here today." 



Oexner paid tribute to the co-opera- 

 tion of the Highland business men in 

 staging the picnic. He used the op- 

 portunity as an illustration of the "in- 

 clination of business men, bankers, and 

 other groups to help bring about stabil- 

 ity in agriculture and solve the trouble- 

 some problem of crop surpluses." 



"We have faith in the fairness of 

 the American people to right an in- 

 justice," he said, "when they become 

 aware that our protective policies are 

 not being applied impartially." 



Baseball In Afternoon 



The baseball game scheduled for the 

 morning between Bond county and a 

 Madison county team from about Troy 

 failed to materialize. The Bond county 

 players vv-ere at home in the harvest 

 fields threshing grain. 



In the afternoon Washington and St. 

 Clair county Farm Bureau teams 

 hooked up for a battle which was won 

 by the St. Clair boys 11 to 4. St. 

 Clair county's team has not entered 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau Baseball 

 League and so it was not an official 

 game. 



Following is a list of the prize win- 

 ners in the races and contests: 



Chicken calling contest for ladies, 10 com- 

 petitors, Mrs. Emma Kleinert, St. Clair County, 

 flist. 



Hoe calling contest for men, 10 competitors, 

 Edgar North, Lebanon, first. 



Three-legged race for bojrs, Franklin Reiss 

 and Irwin Reiss, Freeburg, lU. 



Egg race for girls, Jeanne Thompson, Green- 

 viUe, 111. 



Running race for girls, Edna Kaiser, High- 

 land. lU. 



Sack race for boys, Dan Kleiner, Highland, 

 lU. 



Nan driving contest for ladle*. Mrs. J. G. 

 Mueller, Highland, lU. 



Horse-shoe pitching, teams, W. A. Cope and 

 Rdwin Twenhafel, Clinton County. 



Horse-shoe pitching, singles, Louis Monken. 

 Highland, first and Richard Kunz, St. Jacob, 

 second. 



Tug of War, Albert G. Hebrank. Robert Buehl- 

 manii, Oswald Doll, Adolph Wernle, Chris Jakel. 

 Gus A. Reichert, Wm. Maack. 



Picnic Crowds Grow 



(Continued from page 9) 



Business Men Help 



The business men of Highland en- 

 tered into the spirit of the day, closed 

 shop, and joined their neighbor farm- 

 ers in the festivities. Wm. Vreth, pres- 

 ident of the Madison County Farm Bu- 

 reau, Executive Committeeman Frank 

 Oexner of Monroe County, Farm Ad- 

 viser Raut, John Miller, and H. U. Lan- 

 don of Edwardsville officiated in carry- 

 ing out the program. 



Adkins at Sullivan 



Bill Settle shared the speaking pro- 

 gram at Sullivan with Cong:ressman 

 Chas. Adkins of Decatur, who came out 

 to attend the picnic in his home dis- 

 trict. 



Mr. Adkins reviewed early farm or- 

 ganizations in Illinois, told of his in- 

 terest in the farmers' grain elevator 

 movement, discussed early farm legis- 

 lation in the state legislature, where he 

 served for many years, and later dis- 

 cussed the fight for surplus control leg- 

 islation in the last congress. 



Contrary to newspaper reports, Mr. 

 Adkins did not renounce his advocacy 

 of the equalization fee. He said that 

 he believed the plan embraced in the 

 McNary-Haugen bill was worthy of a 

 trial and would prove effective, but he 

 doubted if the bill could be enacted 

 into law. He said he expected to vote 

 for the farm bill that had the best 

 chance of passage if he was returned 

 to the next congress. j 



T'HE McLEAN COUNTY FARM 

 Bureau, now engaged in renew- 

 ing its memberships for a new period, 

 has increased its membership consid- 

 erably in all those townships which 

 have been thoroughly solicited. 



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