Page Twelve 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



/. A. A. tour Way Program 



(Continued from page 9) 

 Facts and figures regarding the Illinois 

 Farm Supply Co., Country Life Insurance 

 Co., and the Illinois Agricultural Service 

 Co., were presented in like manner. These 

 are given elsewhere in this issue and in the 

 90-page Annual Report for 1929. 



"While we all should and do feel proud 

 of the successes and attainments of these 

 so-called commercial services," said Smith, 

 "we must ^ot be unmindful that they are 

 all incidental to, and not the main justifica- 

 tion for the organization of farmers." 



Doubles in Size 1 

 Referring to the year's progress of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance 

 Company Mr. Smith pointed out that a 

 year ago this company reported having 

 11,121 policyholders. On January 1, 19 JO, 

 19,072 policies had been issued. The com- 

 pany closed the year 1929 with assets to- 

 talling $427,185 and a net worth of 

 $54,370. 



That the company has been, developed 

 and operated along safe and conservative 

 lines is best disclosed by the fact, that 

 should it be dissolved as of January 1, not 

 only would the policyholders receive a re- 

 turn of all investments in surplus shares 

 and premium deposits, but would share 

 equitably in the distribution of the net 

 worth of the company. 



National and State Problems 

 The various steps in the development of 

 a national policy for agriculture, and the 

 , state tax problem next were dealt with in 

 detail by President Smith. The history, 

 views, and policies set forth are well known 

 to most members. 



"Should trial and practical experience 

 develop the necessity of amending the Mar- 

 keting Act, or supplementing it with addi- 

 tional legislation so as to make effective 

 the full aims and purposes of the policy 

 declared by Congress," he said, "farmers 

 will be fully prepared and justified in seek- 

 ing such changes." 



BASEBALL OFFICERS 



27 Over The Top 



TWENTY-SEVEN counties made their 

 quotas in the December- January cam- 

 paign to make life insurance available to 

 every farm family according to a late 

 checkup by the Country Life Insurance Co. 

 The nine counties that went over the top 



by Jan. 1, 1930, are as follows: , 

 Effinffham. Pres. Carroll 



Wabash, Vice-Pres. Henry 1 



Lawrence Grundy 



Winnebaffo Marshall-Putnam 



Peoria 



Following are the counties that made 



their quotas by Feb. 1, 1930: 



White Macoupin 



Mortran Richland 



McLean McDonough 



Tazewell Stevenson 



Cass Fulton 



Boon , Adams 



LoKan Kendall 



Shelby Henderson 



Greene Piatt 



President Geo. L. Clarke, left, and Vice- 

 Pres. Chas. S. Black 



The Election 



EARL C. SMITH was reelected presi- 

 dent of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation for the fifth consecutive year fol- 

 lowing the mammoth banquet in the arm- 

 ory on Thursday night. A. R. Wright of 

 Varna was elected vice-president to succeed 

 Frank D. Barton who retired. 



At the close of Mr. Lowden's address 

 President Sam Thompson, the gray-haired 

 leader of the A. F. B. F., was introduced. 

 After expressing his congratulations to dele- 

 gates and members for their great meeting, 

 he picked up the gavel and presided while 

 Mr. Smith retired from the platform. 



E. C. Coulter of Sangamon county was 

 duly recognized and mounting the platform 

 nominated Earl Smith for reelection in a 

 few well-chosen words. The nomination 

 was seconded by L. E. Lingenfelter of Pu- 

 laski county. There were no other noixii- 

 nations. The secretary was instructed to 

 cast a unanimous ballot for Mr. Smith. 



J. E. Mummert of Fulton county next 

 placed the name of A. R. Wright of Varna 

 in nomination for vice-president which W. 

 H. Moody of Rock Island county seconded. 

 There were no other nominations. The sec- 

 retary was instructed to cast a unanimous 

 ballot for Mr. Wright. 



In like manner elections were held for 

 directors from the 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 

 20th, 22nd, and 24th districts. Only three 

 changes were made. Geo. D. Muller of 

 Washington, Tazewell county, was elected 

 to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Wright in 

 the 16th district; W. A. Dennis of Paris, 

 Edgar county, was elected to succeed R. F. 

 Karr in the 18th district; and Chas. L. 

 Scott of Grayville, Edwards county, was 

 elected to succeed Charles Marshall in the 

 24th district. 



Selling is a game. Its success de- 

 pends largely upon one's mental 

 attitude.— Fred Russell. 



Baseball League Report 



Shows 71 Games in '29 



New Officers Elected, Rules Dis- 

 cussed at Annual Meeting, 

 Springfield 



A TOTAL of 71 official games were played 

 . by the 21 active Farm Bureau teams 

 in five divisions last year, George Thiem, 

 secretary of the Illinois Farm Bureau Base- 

 ball League, reported at the annual meeting 

 in Springfield on Jan. 29. Approximately 

 100 delegates, officials, players and farm 

 advisers attended. 



The League operated more smoothly and 

 effectively than at any time in its brief 

 history, said Secretary Thiem. The few 

 controversies that arose were settled with 

 dispatch by the district dictators in most 

 cases and in a few instances by the state 

 arbitration committee composed of the 

 president, vice president, and George L. 

 Clark, director from McLean county. 



"The fact that each team deposited a 

 $25 certified check as a forfeit paid for 

 failure to play scheduled games had a salu- 

 tary effect in promoting regularity and ad- 

 herence to schedules," the report declared. 

 "The rules adopted at the spring meeting in 

 Peoria were rigidly enforced." 



The League opened on May 25. All pre- 

 liminary games were played by August 18 

 when Henry, Taze- 

 well, McDonough, 

 McLean, and Cass 

 were left as the di- 

 visional winners to 

 play in the semi- 

 finals. The race fi- 

 nally narrowed down 

 to Tazewell and Mc- 

 Lean. These two 

 teams played the 

 championship game 

 on October 26. Mc- 

 Lean county won. 



Professionalism Barred 

 "The fact that the League is being kept 

 free from professionalism and subsidized 

 players is fortunate," stated the secretary's 

 report. "It is to be hoped that this condition 

 will be fostered in the future for if the 

 teams allow their desire to win overcome 

 their honesty and devotion to the purposes 

 for which the League was organized, the 

 downfall of organized Farm Bureau base- 

 ball will ultimately result. 



"We can prevent situations like that 

 which developed recently in the Big Ten 

 football conference if the county baseball 

 directors and farm advisers will co-operate 

 in heading off all efforts to subsidize play- 

 ers and twist the rules to their own ad- 

 vantage. The League managers must realize 

 that to win is of secondary interest. To 

 play the game fair, abide by the rules, keep 

 the sport clean that it may teach honesty 

 and sportsmanship while providing whole- 

 some recreation is far more important. 

 "Unless the county directors, team man- 

 (Continued on page 17) 



Ceorffe Thiem 



