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CCLTURAL 



IM O I 



ASS 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



RECORjy 



7* mJv^nem thm parpowm for which thm Farm 

 nmmtiv to promotm. protect mnd roprotcnt th^ 

 political, mnd mdticmtionot intmromta of thm fan 

 nmtion, and to dmaolop ogricuituro. 



PablUbMi onr« a month at 404 Nnrth Wmlei 

 niinoli. by thf Illinoia Asriealtaral Asaociation. 

 of Inforinatinn, E. G Thiem. Dtr«-ctor. 60^ Situth 

 Chicaso. IllinoU. Enterrd a« wmnd-claw matwi 

 thr po«t office at Mount Morrta. Illinoia. andrr ihp 

 Accepted for mailinK at a(i«ciat rat4> of po8tair« 

 tion 412. Act of February 21). 1926. authnriied 

 Individual memht'rahip fee of the lllinoii* Airri^ult 

 five dollar* a year. The fee include* payment 

 ■cription u> the Illinois AnRirin.TuiiaL 

 maater; Id returning an uncalled for or miaaeii^ 

 key namber on addrest* aa ia required by law 



ureaa wot organismd, 



buainoaa, ocortomie, 



of tllinoim mnd Iho 



Ave.. Mount Morria, 

 Rdited by Department 

 Dearborn Street, 

 October 20. 1925. at 

 Act of March S. 1879. 

 provided for in See- 

 I >ctoher 27. 1925. The 

 ural Aaaociation ia 

 flfty cent* for aab- 

 Rrcoro. Port- 

 copy pleaae indicate 



A81IM lATION 



OFFICERS 



Prcaldent, Earl C. Smith 



Vice-Preaident. Frank D. Barton 



Traaaurcr, R. A. Cowlcs 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

 (By Consreaaional Diatricta] 



lat to llth H. C. 



12th G 



IJth C. 



14ch 



Uth A. 



l*th i ^ 



17th Qco. J. Stoll. Chestnut 



R F Karr. Iroquois 



!*»l i J L ^ 



.^ CharleK 



Slat. .••.. * Sami lel Sorrel U. Raymond 



llnd Fr >nk Oezner Waterloo 



23rd .■ W L C^pe. Salem 



Mth Char cs Marshall Belknap 



Detroit 



Cornell 



• Bloominston 



Vial. Downera Grove 



F Tullock. Rockford 



E. EUmhorough, Polo 



1 A. G. Lambert. Ferria 



Skinner. Yates City 



A. R Wright. Vama 



^ t'hisnand. Charleston 

 S BiRck. Jacksonville 



Uth. 



DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMEK TS 



Btjaineas Service 



Dairv Marketing 



Limestone-Phosphate. ..«•• ••.. 



Finance 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing. 



Genera I Office 



Information 



Insurunce Service 



Lege I Counsel 



Live Stock Marketing 



Oraanization 



Produce Marketing' 



Taxation and Statiatlce 



Tranaportation 



.Fred Diets, Dc Soto 



.Geo. R. Wicker 

 ....A. D. Lynch 



J R. Bent 



R. A. Co* lea 



.A B Leeper 



J H Kelker 



, E. G Thiem 



V Vaniman 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



Bb> E Miller 



C E Metxger 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Wataon 



.L. J. Quaacy 



the public con- 

 Farmers who 

 the cause of the 



The Election Is Over 



THE 1928 political campaign is now hi: tory, and a new 

 president is elected. It may be use 'ul and interest- 

 ing to recapitulate and analyze the farmers' position with 

 respect to the past and future. 



More than five years ago, organized agriculture, led by 

 the Farm Bureau, sought to impress upor 

 sciousness that there was a farm problen 

 had studied the question knew fairly well 

 trouble. They recogni.:;ed that only in idolated instances 

 were they getting the benefit of the j rotective tariff, 

 whereas, nearly everything they bought ■was priced on an 

 artificial basis because of high and effecti e tariffs on the 

 commodities purchased. 



The exportable farm surplus sold on thn world markets 

 fixed a world price on American farm j roducts sold at 

 home. Government intervention and legislation had as- 

 sisted in bringing on this inequality. Farmers thought 

 they were justified in seeking like intervent on to correct it. 

 The public was slow to respond to the Jarmers' appeal. 

 The press at first was hostile, but enlighter ment eventually 

 came and interest was finally aroused in the farmers' 

 plight. 



He advised farm organization representatives to prepare 

 and bring in a plan which they thought would solve the 

 problem. 



The McNary-Haugen bill was the result. Farmers se- 

 cured the support of their measure in two different ses- 

 sions of Congress. The President vetoed it each time.- 

 That much is history and is well-known to everyone. 



The issue then became involved in politics. For the 

 most part farmers held their peace and awaited develop- 

 ments. They refused to commit themselves for one party 

 or the other. They asked of the candidates, "what have 

 you to offer, what will you do about it?" The two presi- 

 dential nominees responded. Never before in the history 

 of the United States was agriculture given so much con- 

 sideration in the campaigns of two political parties. Never 

 before in the history of the country were such far-reaching 

 declarations and commitments made by presidential nomi- 

 nees. From this point of view it was a victory for the 

 American farmer. Organized agriculture had done its job 

 and done it well. 



In his acceptance speech, the successful candidate, Mr. 

 Hoover said: "The most urgent economic problem in our 

 nation today is in agriculture. It must be solved if we are 

 to bring prosperity and contentment to one-third of our 

 people directly and to all of our people indirectly. We 

 have pledged ourselves to find a solution. . . . 



"The working out of agricultural relief constitutes the 

 most important obligation of the next administration. I 

 stand pledged to these proposals. The object of our pol- 

 icies 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 farm 

 boys and girls the same opportunities in life as other boys 

 and girls. So far as my abilities may be of service, I 

 dedicate them to help secure prosperity and contentment 

 in that industry where I and my forefathers were bom 

 and nearly all my family still obtain their livelihood." 



This is the pledge of President-elect Hoover. It is the 

 promise of the 30th President of the United States. Farm- 

 ers will take him at his word. Organized agriculture un- 

 doubtedly will offer President Hoover support and co- 

 operation in any plan he proposes which will bring about 

 the promised ends. 



The Republican Party met in 1924 and 



]iledged itself to 



cure agriculture's ills. A short time aft^r his election. 



farm representatives called on President 



asked his aid. He replied saying that h > had no plan. 



Coolidge and 



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Protection For All 



/COMMENTING upon the American protective system 

 ^ and the farmer, an English writer concludes with some 

 truth that "protection for everyone is protection for no 

 one." His point is that if the tariff were made effective 

 on all agricultural products, special privilege wbuld be 

 abolished and the tariff would fail of its purpose. The 

 reason for its existence would be wiped out. 



Prof. Boyle of Cornell University, in a recent article 

 a^its that "the tariff has been put there (on farm prod- 

 ucts) as a mere sop to the farmers. In other words, the 

 farmer has the shadow of protection, the manufacturer 

 the substance." 



Both views lend color to the suspicion that ppposition 

 to an effective plan for applying the protective! principle 

 impartially was based purely on selfish motives. It im- 

 plies recognition of the fact that someone must pay for 

 the other fellow's protection. The future will enlighten 

 us further on this point. It will reveal whether or not 

 there is honesty and sincerity of purpose in those given 

 the power to distribute real protection equitably. The 

 farmer is fully aware of his obligation to produce effi- 

 ciently and in accordance with market demands. But he 

 also recognizes natural limitations in his industry which 

 can be bridged only by proper machinery built with gov- 

 ernment assistance. 



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