THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Fifteen 



banks who may be in the cotton busi- 

 ness. This is simply because the rela- 

 tive risk and security are such as to 

 make the cooperative the preferred 

 customer. 



"Cooperative merchandising of cot- 

 ton is an established institution in 

 America that will continue to thrive 

 and grow as long as existing policies 

 are continued, because the policies 

 of the cotton cooperatives are sound, 

 progressive and mutually advanta- 

 geous to grower and consumer. Un- 

 der our present set-up we have all 

 the flexibility of operation enjoyed by 

 private concerns, and in addition have 

 all the advantages enjoyed by the co- 

 operatives, together with virtually 

 unlimited financial backing, and the 

 moral and interested cooperation and 

 support of the government. 



With these substantial assets and 

 advantages, we are confident of the 

 continued growth and prosperity 

 of the cooperatives in the future, and 

 are ready to meet the test of compar- 

 ative efficiency with the private mer- 

 chants according to any recognized 

 standard based on merit and service." 



Women's Conference Hears 



Speakers Tell of Future 



Policies 



I. A. A., Farm Bureau, Home Bureau 



and Extension Service to Work 



Together 



PRESIDENT SAM H. THOMPSON 

 of the American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration, President Earl C. Smith, Dean 

 H. W. Mumford of the State College 

 of Agriculture, and A. C. Everingham, 

 Hutsonville, addressed the Women's 

 Conference held at Danville on Wednes- 

 day, Jan. 30. 



Mr. Thompson spoke briefly of the 

 program of the Federation and of the 

 importance of women in the work of 

 organized agriculture. President Smith 

 and Dean Mumford each discussed 

 briefly the relationship which exists in 

 the state between the I. A. A., the Ex- 

 tension Service, and the Illinois Home 

 Bureau Federation. 



Mrs. Johnson Presides 



Among the women speakers were 

 Mrs. Homer Johnson, president of the 

 Illinois Home Bureau Federation, who 

 ■ presided, and Mrs. Kathryn Van Aken 

 Burns, home extension leader at Ur- 

 bana. Mrs. Burns told how plans were 

 to be developed toward bringing run- 

 ning water and modern improvements 

 into more farm homes. Landlords will 

 be interested in the project that tenant 

 farm homes may become more habit- 

 able. Other Home Bureau members 

 talked impromptu about the work of 

 their organization. 



The understanding or agreement ex- 

 isting between the I. A. A., Farm Bu- 

 reau, Home Bureau, and State Exten- 

 sion Service as explained by the 

 speakers covers the following points: 



Here is Agreement 



"1. The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 recoBnizes the Home Bureau movement in this 

 state as the organization that can best serve 

 rural women. It is recognized that this organi- 

 zation is already in the field with an estab- 



Whisnand Retires 



r L. WHIS- 

 ^ ' N A N D of 



Charleston, Coles 

 county, the re- 

 tiring Execu- 

 tive Committee- 

 man from the 19th 

 District served 

 ably and conscien- 

 tiously for the 

 past five years. 

 During the past 

 two years Mr. Whisnand was a mem- 

 ber of the Public Relations Com- 

 mittee where he specialized in the 

 study of tax problems. Whisnand 

 never missed a meeting, was always 

 on hand when there was work to be 

 done. He is active in Farm Bureau 

 affairs in his home county. 



Whisnand 



lished program and that its eflforts should not 

 be duplicated. 



"2. The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 encourages closer co-operation between Home 

 Bureaus and Farm Bureaus in counties now 

 so organized. It is believed that closer co- 

 operation can be realized through a better un- 

 derstanding of the problems and programs of 

 the two organizations. 



"3. In counties having no Home Bureaus 

 and where at the present time it does not seem 

 advisable to attempt the organization of a 

 Home Bureau, the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation believes in and will support the de- 

 velopment and recognition of a women's com- 

 mittee within the County Farm Bureau. Some 

 aims and purposes of such a committee, it is be- 

 lieved, should be: (a) To promote, in co-opera- 

 tion with the Farm Bureau and such other 

 committees as the Farm Bureau may appoint, 

 4-H Club work and assist in carrying it out. 

 (b) Assist in carrying to rural women some 

 idea of the problems confronting agriculture 

 in general and problems confronting rural 

 women, together with the advantages that may 

 be obtained in the solution of these problems 

 through organized effort. 



"4. To assist in the promotion and main- 

 tenance of community organizations, always 

 looking toward the organization and the main- 

 tenance of a Home Bureau organization in 

 these counties. 



"5. The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 agrees to provide capable speakers to present 

 the above program, where interest within a 

 County Farm Bureau is such as to justify the 

 same. Speakers will be chosen who not only 

 are capable but who hold convictions in sup- 

 port of all phases of the women's program. 

 It is recommended further that all such speak- 

 ers should be scheduled through the offices 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association, that 

 the I. A. A. pay their per diem, and that the 

 county using such speakers pay their trans- 

 portation and sustenance expenses. 



Serum Ass'n Elects 



The Illinois Farm Bureau Serum As- 

 sociation annual meeting in the Wol- 

 ford Hotel, Jan. 29, was attended by 

 more than 100 farm advisers and dele- 

 gates from all sections of the state. 

 Representatives of many serum com- 

 panies were present. New develop- 

 ments in hog cholera control were out- 

 lined and discussed by various speakers 

 including among others Dr. Robt. 

 Graham, University of Illinois, Urbana, 

 and representatives of the U. S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture. 



O. B. Goble of Charleston was re- 

 elected president, Sam Sorrells of Ray- 

 mond vice-president, and Ray E. Miller 



secretary-treasurer. The Association 

 will purchase serum and virus to vac- 

 cinate hogs in more than 60 Illinois 

 counties. Farm Bureau members only 

 will receive the benefit of the organized 

 buying power. 



Macleay Addresses Rela- 

 tions Conference 



Legislative Proposals and Tax Re- 

 vision are Endorsed 



T^HE Public Relations Conference was 

 J- called to order in the Armory at 

 Danville, Illinois, January 30, at 1:00 

 p. m. by Frank D. Barton, chairman. 



Lachlan Macleay, Secretary of the 

 Mississippi Valley Association, gave 

 many examples of the cost of shipment 

 over the barge service on the Ohio, 

 Missouri, and Mississippi rivers, and of 

 comparative costs of rail and water 

 shipments from producing centers and 

 districts in this country and from other 

 countries to the coast cities. His ad- 

 dress was very interesting. It was 

 voted to send copies to the Farm Bu- 

 reaus over the State. 



L. J. Quasey discussed the high 

 points of Transportation, Electric 

 Light and Power, Telephone Rates and 

 Service, and Public Utility easements 

 over farm lands. The beneficial effect 

 of the development of waterway trans- 

 portation on rail rates in Illinois and 

 the central west was emphasized. 



The Conference voted unanimously 

 that public utility problems be handled 

 through local committees appointed by 

 the Farm Bureaus. 



Because land owners have no rights 

 at the present time in the determina- 

 tion of routes of high tension or signal 

 lines, which are built by Public Utili- 

 ties, the conference went on record in 

 favor of legislation to give the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission jurisdiction in 

 determining the routes of public utility 

 lines over private lands. 



President Smith discussed the pres- 

 ent situation relative to national legris- 

 lation designed to give equality to agri- 

 culture. It was voted unanimously to 

 ask that this address be published. 



Mr. Smith also presented briefly the 

 problem of completing the State bond 

 issue hard road system and the neces- 

 sity of improving the secondary or 

 State Aid Road System of the counties. 

 After some discussion the conference 

 went on record in favor of a tax on 

 gasoline to be equitably divided. 



A. C. Everingham and John C. Wat- 

 son outlined the various tax measures 

 heretofore advocated by the Associa- 

 tion. The conference voted unani- 

 mously to endorse the proposed state 

 income tax, the revenue amendment, 

 and limitation of the county highway 

 tax rate in line with that in effect be- 

 fore 1927. 



F. A. Fisher of Morgan county, 

 president; F. E. Longmire, Grundy 

 county, vice-president; C. W. Simpson, 

 White county, treasurer; and W. P. 

 Miller, Brown county, secretary, are 

 the new officers of the Illinois Asso- 

 ciation of Farm Advisors. 



