their Farm Supply Ckimpany, by coopera- 

 tive buying of serum, oil, etc., has demon- 

 strated that the farmer has been handi- 

 capped in his buying. We heed to buy 

 more of our supplies thru some such organ- 

 ization. 



"Another angle about our buying. I 

 read the other day that there are 561 farm 

 magazines published in the United States, 

 a tremendous industry involving millions of 

 dollars. Tliese magazines have repeatedly 

 admitted that the farmer's subscription 

 barely pays the postage; that their money 

 is made from the advertising. Any reason- 

 able person will agree that the seller puts 

 his expenses, including advertising, onto 

 the price that the consumer pays. The 

 only conclusion that we can come to then, 

 is that agriculture is carrying this millions 

 of dollars spent annually in the advertising 

 of fantn commodities. Cooperative produc- 

 tioii, which includes cooperative buying 

 would eliminate much of this overhead. 



"Mr. Legge says that cooperative produc- 

 tion is very repugnant to the nation's ideals, 

 to the homestead and to the farmer. I ask 

 why? Just what is the difference between 

 the psychology of the farmers and the city 

 men; between agriculture and other indus- 

 tries, between marketing and production, 

 that cooperation in the one branch is 're- 

 pugnant,' when not in the other? My work 

 is natarally with farmers and it is very 

 seldom that I hear the farmer himself use 

 the Word 'independence.' Tell a healthy 

 man often enough that he looks sick and he 

 will eventually feel sick. The phrase 'in- 

 dependence of the farmer' is continually 

 used by the farm press, and I am going to 

 believe it is clever propaganda designed to 

 make the fanner want to remain indepen- 

 dent, for it is to the advantage of the farm 

 press that the farmer remain independent. 



"The same logic that Mr. Legge uses in 

 showing why a marketing cooperative run 

 by a bunch of untrained farmers can do 

 better in marketing their crops than the 

 old time machinery, that has been set up, 

 will apply to the cooperative production of 

 our crops. We can just as easily say that 

 the individual farmer has no control over 

 the production of his crop whereas in col- 

 lective production we would have collec- 

 tive sipervision. . . . . ." 



Carl L. Anderson, 

 Putnam County, 111. 



J. A. A. Qualifies 



(Continued from page 4) 



ibi marketing of agricultural products. 

 (See amended articles of association. Par. 

 2, Sub-section (f). See also By-laws, 

 Article V, Sec. 1). 



A Capper- Volstead association must be 

 operated for the mutual benefit of its 

 members. The I. A. A. is organized for 

 the mutual benefit of its members. (See 

 Par. 2 of purpose and power clause of 

 articles of association.) 



5. A Capper- Volstead association must 

 limit the voting power to one member 

 one-vote, or the capital used in market- 

 ing shall not be entitled to over eight 

 per cent per annum return. The by- 

 laws of the I. A. A. provide that each 

 member shall have one vote and no 

 more. The by-laws also provide that 

 any co-operative marketing activity, 

 either in the name of the association or 

 through the agency, shall not allow a 

 dividend in excess of eight per cent per 

 annum to be paid on stock or member- 

 ship capital. (See Article V, by-laws.) 



After pondering this information is there 

 any doubt that those who oppose so 

 strongly the co-operative grain marketing 

 activities of the Illinois Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation secretly feel that if given half a 

 chance it will advance co-operative market- 

 ing for the best interests of the producer. 



Po'wer of Eminent 



Domain Explained 



Quasey Tells WLS Audience Facts 

 About Public Utilities 



DEVELOPMENT in the transmission 

 of electricity has brought new 

 problems to land owners," L. J. Quasey, 

 director of transportation for the I. A. 

 A., told the WLS radio audience dur- 

 ing the noon hour on April 8. "This de- 

 velopment has given rise to many questions, 

 the foremost of which is: by what right 

 can the power companies build steel tower 

 transmission lines over private lands with- 

 out the consent of the land owner? 



"The answer to this is, the power of 

 eminent domain. What is this power? It 

 is the power to take private property for 

 public use. This power is nearly as old as 

 organized government. It was originally 

 exercised only by the government for gov- 

 ernment purposes, but later the authority 

 was granted railroads and now power and 

 utility companies because of their public 

 interest. — • 



Must Compensate 



"We find there is a restriction on this 

 power, however. This restriction is found 

 in both the fifth and 14th amendments 

 of the United States Constitution, and in 

 Section 13, Article 2 of our State Constitu- 

 tion which provides that private property 

 shall not be taken or damaged for public 

 use without just compensation. Such com- 

 pensation when not made by the State shall 

 be ascertained by jury that shall be pre- 

 scribed by law. 



"Power companies are classed as public 

 utilities and are subject to the jurisdiction 

 of the Illinois Commerce Commission. The 

 Illinois Commerce Commission has the 

 power to determine whether or not ex- 

 tensions or improvements proposed by pub- 

 lic utilities are a public convenience or 

 necessity. If they are, then the Commis- 

 sion may confer upon a public utility the 



right to exercise the power of eminent 

 domain where the land owners and the 

 public utility have failed to reach an agree- 

 ment. This power is exercised through 

 condemnation proceedings and the question 

 of damages is determined by jury. 



Organize Committees 

 "Land owners who are confronted with 

 problems of this kind should endeavor to 

 inform themselves not only of their own 

 rights but the rights of the power com- 

 panies as well, so they may be in position 

 to act intelligently. This can best be ac- 

 complished through representative commit- 

 tees. 



"Power companies have in recent years 

 been willing to negotiate with land owners 

 rather than arbitrarily institute condemna- 

 tion proceedings. Negotiations of land 

 owners' committees and public utilities 

 representatives have been generally success- 

 ful. There is no other course of action that 

 land owners can undertake that will meet 

 with this problem more successfully than 

 group action. 



"The Illinois Agricultural Association has 

 in the past been giving assistance to local 

 Farm Bureau committees on matters of this 

 kind and is working with a number of such 

 committees at the present time." 



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such as the Daily Drovers Journal, Prairie 

 Farmer, Illinois Farmer, I. A. A. Record, 

 and Bureau Farmer. 



"We have found our daily newspaper 

 requires different types of stories than the 

 weeklies. The daily prefers news items per- 

 taining to events that demand immediate 

 telling, and subject matter that has a bear- 

 ing upon commercial and industrial activi- 

 ties. The excellent support given us we 

 can at least attribute partially to having 

 our stories carefully prepared, and ready 

 for the reporter when he stops at the office 

 early in the morning. We frequently have 

 requests for special news from the editor 

 and other reporters. 



Write Some Heads .: -I.' " 

 "In glancing through our releases you 

 will note the absence of heads on all stories 

 to the daily papers, as we have foimd from 

 experience that the daily will properly edit 

 all agricultural news releases. 



"The weekly newspapers have also given 

 us splendid co-operation, but we find that 

 they prefer the shorter articles In which 

 somp local interest b used in connection 

 with the release. We usually prepare heads 

 for all releases that go to these papers, as 

 we find quite frequently that they will just 

 put a head on "Farm Bureau News," if a 

 head has not already been prepared. Mrs. 

 Ruth Carlson, our former office secretary 

 deserves credit for making up an attractive 

 exhibit." 



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