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Number 3 



April, 1930 



Volume 8 



ILLINOIS GRAIN CORPORATION FILES APPLICATION 



Commission Gets Facts 

 On St. Louis Milk 



Case 



Consiuners Organize To Find Out 

 Who Gets Milk Profits 



A FACT-FINDING commission of con- 

 sumers to investigate and make pub- 

 lic the facts on the milk situation in the 

 St. Louis territory is now at work. The 

 commission grew out of a recent meeting 

 attended by Sanitary Milk Producers' As- 

 sociation representatives at St. Louis. 



Approximately 25 producers, farm ad- 

 visers, and representatives of women's civic 

 organizations were present. Dean Isidor 

 Loeb of the School of Business and Public 

 Administration of 'Washington University 

 presided. Representatives of the milk dis- 

 tributing companies were invited, but ap- 

 parently ignored the invitation. 



Mrs. Cotnstock Chairman 



The consumers' commission consists of 

 authorized representatives of both women 

 and men's civic organizations. Mrs. James 

 B. Comstock, chairman of the Living Costs 

 Committee of the League of Women Vot- 

 ers, assisted in organizing the commission. 

 Mrs. F. H. Littlefield, president of the 

 Eighth District of the Federation of 

 Women's Clubs of Missouri, and Mrs. Virgil 

 Loeb, chairman of the Efficiency in Gov- 

 ernment Committee of the League of 

 Women Voters, also were active. 



The Sanitary Milk Producers' Associa- 

 tion, with a membership of 4,000 milk 

 producers in 13 Illinois counties and four 

 coimties in Missouri, has pledged its support 

 in making facts and information about 

 milk production and prices available to the 

 investigators. 



In proposing the creation of a commis- 

 sion, E. W. Tiedeman of Belleville, 111., 

 secretary of the association, explained that 

 the dairy industry is suffering from over- 

 production and tmderconsumption to such 

 an extent that many producers are forced 

 to sell their products at less than cost at 

 the present time. The average price re- 

 ceived by the producer for milk is 3. J cents 

 a quart, he declared. 



NOTICE 



Election of Delegates 



Illinois Agricultural 

 Association 



NOTICE is hereby given that 

 in connection with the an- 

 nual meetings of all County Farm 

 Bureaus to be held during the 

 months of May and June, 1930, 

 at the hour and place to be deter- 

 mined by the Board of Directors 

 of each respective County Farm 

 Bureau, the members in good 

 standing of such County Farm 

 Bureaus and who are also quali- 

 fied voting members of Illinois 

 Agricultural Association shall 

 elect a delegate or delegates to 

 represent such members of Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association and 

 vote on all matters before the next 

 annual meeting or any special 

 meeting of Association, including 

 the election of officers and direc- 

 tors as provided for in the by- 

 laws of the Association. 



During the month of May such 

 meetings will be conducted in the 

 following counties : Massac. 



During the month of June, such 

 meetings will be conducted in the 

 following counties : Ogle. 



Signed 

 G. E. METZGER, Secretary. 

 April 4, 1930. 



These conditions, Tiedeman said, make it 

 impossible for the better class of producers 

 to stay in business and maintain the proper 

 sanitary standards, and has forced many 

 farmers to put their wives and small chil- 

 dren to work in order to cut down operat- 

 ing costs. 



"We believe the consumer is interested in 

 obtaining milk produced under the proper 

 (Continued on page 4) 



Seeks Clarification 



Of Marketing Plan 



Await Reply to Questions Submitted 



to Farmers National Grain 



Corporation 



MOVING conservatively toward it* 

 goal of erecting a safe but effective 

 co-operative grain marketing structure 

 within the state, the Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration recently submitted a list of nine- 

 teen qtiestions to the Farmers National 

 Grain Corporation for reply. 



Pending an answer to the questionnaire 

 designed to clarify misunderstandings ex- 

 isting among grain producers out in the 

 field, the Illinois Grain Corporation filed 

 its application for membership in the 

 Farmers National. 



In the meantime organization work 

 among the grain producers has been held 

 up. The officers and directors of the I. 

 G. C. feel keenly their responsibility, 

 realizing that in the Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration rests the hope and confidence of 

 thousands of growers for a permanent 

 state-wide marketing agency. 



Need More Information 



When representatives of the I. G. C. go 

 before local co-operative elevator directors 

 to explain the state and national plan of 

 marketing, it is felt that they must be 

 armed with more information regarding 

 the detailed plans and policies of the Farm- 

 ers National than have yet been divulged. 



It became apparent in the soUcitation 

 work which began several weeks ago and 

 which resulted in a number of elevators fil- 

 ing application for membership in the 

 state-wide regional, that those anxious to 

 affiliate with the Illinois Grain Corporation 

 did not know the thought of the National 

 Grain Corporation directors on many 

 points of mutual interest. 



The nineteen questions submitted to 

 the Farmers National on Mar. 24 in which 

 general interest has been expressed by 

 prominent grain producers throughout 

 Illinois are as follows: 



1. What will be the administrative and 

 (Continued »n page 4) 



