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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



jX)wrr. Donald Kirkpairick, legal coun- 

 sel ior the I. A. A., outlined the legal 

 set-ip of the Illinois Grain Corporation 

 and closed with a stirring and vigor- 

 ous review of the accomplishments of 

 orga lized Illinois farmers through the 

 Farm Bureaus and I. A. A. that drew 

 muc 1 applause. Howard Leonard of 

 Eurdka, former president of the Asso- 

 ciati)n, spoke briefly at the close of the 

 sessi(^n giving his whole-hearted endorse- 

 mem; to the Illinois Grain Corporation. 

 The meeting adjourned about 4:00 

 p. n . 



Nearly every major grain producing 

 county in Illinois was represented. 

 Man ^ drove more than 200 miles from 

 as far as Jackson and Henderson coun- 

 ties on the south and west, to the Wis- 

 cons n line on the north to attend the 

 conference. 



confferenc( 

 Earl C. 



Smith Discusses 



Grain Marketing 



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 thro' ighout all negotiations that any- 

 thinj; tending to disturb the present 

 set-up and operation of the elevators, 

 including the curtailment of the right 

 of a| local elevator to go, when and 

 wheiie it might please, with its grain, 

 would not succeed. 



■ "Those representing the Illinois Agri- 

 culti ral Association were convinced 

 that to be effective it would be neces- 

 sary to merge a large volume of any 

 given commodity, if bargaining power 

 and resultant price increase was to be 

 refle< ted back to the grain producer. 

 Last Meeting December, 1929 

 "The last meeting of the Mutual 

 Rela ions Committee was held in De- 

 ceml er of 1929 and those representing 

 the j^armers Grain Dealers' Association 

 state! they were convinced there was 

 no njcessity for futher meetings, as ap- 

 parently the fundamental difference 

 abov ; outlined could not be reconciled. 

 Later learning that the Board of Direc- 

 tors of the Farmers Grain Dealers' As- 

 socia :ion had approved the report of 

 thos< representing the Grain Dealers' 

 Asso :iation and the principles for which 

 they stood, the Illinois Agricultural As- 

 sociation had no other pleasure, if it 

 were to respond to the demands of the 

 grair producers of Illinois, than to re- 

 port its best thought and recommenda- 

 tions to the annual meeting of last Jan- 

 uary This was done only after advising 

 with and securing the approval of repre- 

 sentatives of the Federal Farm Board as 

 to w iiat would be embodied in the plan 

 and ])rinciples of the Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poral ion. The marketing conference at 

 the annual meeting went on record 

 unanimously in favor of setting in mo- 

 tion the recommendations placed before 



the conference, and the charter for the 

 Illinois Grain Corporation was secured 

 in February of this year. 



Directors Chosen 



"The director of the Grain Market- 

 ing Department of the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association called a meeting of 

 the representative Farm Bureau mem- 

 bers and grain producers of the state, 

 at which time, the first board of di- 

 rectors of Illinois Grain Corporation 

 was elected. They have been giving 

 much time and effort looking to the 

 development of this new organization. 

 The officers and directors of the I. A. A. 

 are not unmindful of the tremendous 

 responsibility assumed in this attempt 

 to build a strong and effective grain 

 marketing organization. We are not 

 forgetful of the disastrous results of 

 efforts made in earlier years in the life 

 of the I. A. A. 



"We are not surprised at efforts being 

 made to thwart the development of this 

 newest project of the Farm Bureau 

 movement of Illinois. We are some- 

 what surprised, however, at the lengths 

 to which some seem willing to go in 

 displaying and spreading most malicious 

 and untruthful attacks and propaganda. 

 Although, in each case, it would be 

 very easy to conclusively answer the 

 charges that have been made, the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association, as yet, 

 has been unwilling to dignify the un- 

 worthy and unjust tactics used by even 

 making an attempt to reply. 



"While the American public seems uni- 

 versally sold to the slogan of "Equality 

 for Agriculture"; yet grain marketing 

 is like all other efforts made to restore 

 equality. It brings to light the selfish 

 interests that seem willing to go to any 

 length rather than have removed the 

 advantages they have been enjoying for 

 so many years at the expense of the 

 producer. 



Years of Study 



"The Illinois Grain Corporation may 

 not be perfect in its set-up. It is, how- 

 ever, the result of years of study and 

 earnest effort made by the men elected 

 by the farmers of Illinois to guide the 

 policies and destiny of their organiza- 

 tion. Complete control of the corpora- 

 tion and its policies is vested in the 

 Board of Directors. No one is eligible 

 for the directorate, except a member 

 grain producer. Its set-up is such that 

 no one officially connected with the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association can 

 participate in or receive any benefits 

 from the corporation. This places the 

 policies and administration of the Illi- 

 nois Grain Corporation in as direct con- 

 trol of the grain producers themselves 

 as is legally possible ro provide. This, 

 within itself, is sufficient answer to the 

 unjust propaganda that is being circu- 



Vicious Attacks On 



Co-operative Marketing 



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VICIOUS attacks on the Federal 

 Farm Board, the Agricultural Mar- 

 keting Act, the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, and all efforts of grain 

 farmers in developing an effective co- 

 operative marketing program in Illinois 

 featured recent meetings held at Gil- 

 man and Ottawa which were widely 

 advertised by hand bills as being called 

 by the Illinois Farmers Grain Dealers 

 Association. 



Lawrence Farlow, secretary of the 

 Grain Dealers Association, has attempt- 

 ed to deny responsibility of his asso- 

 ciation for these meetings. We cannot 

 reconcile these attempts to be relieved 

 of responsibility with the well known 

 fact that not only did Farlow sit on 

 the platform but appeared on the pro- 

 gram at each meeting without voicing 

 a word of protest against the vicious 

 and baseless charges that emanated from 

 the different speakers who had been ad- 

 vertised to appear. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association 

 will not dignify such charges and un- 

 worthy attacks by making reply. Its 

 position is made clear in tRe editorial 

 on page 6. 



lated by self-styled friends of the farm- 

 er. The most optimistic friends of the 

 Agricultural Marketing Act and those 

 now charged with its administration do 

 not hesitate to say that its chief — if not 

 only virtue, may be stated in one 

 phrase, namely. Provides the opportuni- 

 ty for the farmer producers to merge 

 a large volume of any given commodity 

 in central hands and with such control 

 being enabled to feed the commodity 

 into the market, according to demand. 

 If there can be any stabilization of price 

 or appreciable advance in price brought 

 about by the enactment of this legis- 

 lation, it will come only in and through 

 a program of this kind. So in offering 

 the Illinois Grain Corporation first to 

 the annual meeting of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and now to the 

 farmer grain producers of Illinois, the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association has dis- 

 charged its first duty. The Illinois 

 Grain Corporation will prosper just to 

 the extent that the farmers themselves 

 take an interest and see that their grain 

 is handled by those who are willing and 

 anxious to do their full part in building 

 this volume control program. 



"While we regret the extent and char- 

 acter of efforts that are being made to 

 slow up, if not stifle, this newest farm- 

 er corporation; yet, we have every con- 

 fidence in the fairness and the deter- 

 mination of the farmers themselves 

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