Page Four 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Grain Producers Move 



Forward in Marketing 



Propagandist Discredited by Farm- 

 ers' Grain Dealers' Association 



THE work of completing the pcr- 

 ;onncl and sales service of the Illi- 

 nois Grain Corporation and its subsid- 

 iary, the Mid-West Grain Corporation, 

 is proceeding simultaneously with the 

 job of explaining the new co-op>erative 

 grain marketing program to farmers' 

 elevator directors, desirous of having a 

 part in the new producer self-help 

 movement. 



Pending the completion of arrange- 

 ments necessary to bring the advantages 

 of the Farm Board program to Illinois 

 grain producers there has been some 

 delay in answering requests of scores 

 of elevators and boards of directors to 

 have the Illinois Grain Corporation's 

 plans and agreement explained. 



Time Will Tell 



Misleading and even malicious propa- 

 ganda spread in several communities in 

 central Illinois has resulted in tempo- 

 rary misunderstandings and delay which 

 it is expected will be cleared up when 

 all the producers become fully informed 

 regarding the source of the opposition 

 and the direction in which their true 

 interests lie. 



One worker who has been particu- 

 larly active in spreading falsehoods in 

 McLean county while posing as an offi- 

 cial of the Illinois Farmers' Grain Deal- 

 ers' Association has been repudiated by 

 that organization in an official letter 

 from one of its officers who declares 

 that the individual is not working with 

 the consent or under the direction of 

 its board of directors. 



Who Pays Bill? 



Officials of the Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration have learned to their own sat- 

 isfaction where the money is coming 

 from to pay expenses of this person 

 whose chief interest seems to be to 

 thwart the development of an effective 

 co-operative grain marketing system in 

 Illinois. The report that he has now 

 been transferred to carrj' on similar ac- 

 tivities against the interests of organ- 

 ized grain producers in Wisconsin lends 

 further credence to the belief that he 

 is being paid to work against co-oper- 

 ative marketing by those selfishly op- 

 posed to farmers getting control of 

 their own products. 



The spreading of false information 

 and malicious propaganda is slowing up 

 the participwtion of several elevators in 

 the federal grain marketing plan, but 

 in no wise has it delayed the work of 

 the Illinois Grain Corporation in ar- 

 ranging to serve the producers of Illi- 



nois. It is confidently \xpected that 

 when the elevator stockholders learn the 

 true situation, and that interests op- 

 posed to real co-operative marketing 

 have been misleading them, the adop- 

 tion of the Illinois Grain Corp. plan 

 of co-operative selling by these ele- 

 vators will become a reality. 

 Not Unexpected 



Opposition to the effort of Illinois 

 grain farmers to help themselves was 

 not unexpected. Invariably when farm- 

 ers try to work together for their 

 mutual interests, particularly in the co- 

 operative marketing field, they are met 

 with resistance from selfish and un- 

 friendly people who apparently think 

 they have a divine right to collect toll 

 from him in one form or another. The 

 same kind of opposition is being felt 

 towa'rd co-operative grain marketing in 

 Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, 

 South Dakota, Nebraska, and in fact 

 throughout the grain producing states. 



In the meantime the Illinois Agricul- 

 tural Association and the Illinois Grain 

 Corporation are pursuing their policy of 

 confining their activities to construc- 

 tive effort. The attacks of discredited 

 propagandists representing private and 

 selfish interests will not be dignified by 

 public answer. The Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration believes that the producers 

 eventually will learn that its plan is 

 sound and rest content with the 

 thought that right eventually will pre- 

 vail. 



Mid-West Grain Corp. Hires 



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and Indianapolis. If found necessary 

 later it may also be represented at otiici- 

 points. 



It is proposed that the paid-in capital 

 of the company be sufficient not only 

 to show adequate financial responsibili- 

 ty, but have adequate operating capital 

 to handle the grain of members. If 

 coarse grain territory other than Illi- 

 nois shall desire to use the facilities of 

 Mid-West Corporation opportunity will 

 be afforded such other organizations. 

 Seven on Board 



The new company has a board of 

 directors of seven members chosen from 

 the board of directors of the Illinois 

 Grain Corporation. These directors arc 

 as follows: Lyle Johnstone, Blooming- 

 ton; J. C. Sailor, Cissna Park; John P. 

 Stout, Chatham; E. E. Stevenson, Ran- 

 som; Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut; Charles 

 Schmidt, Beason; B. L. Baird, Williams- 

 field. 



"Developments in the Soybean Mar- 

 keting Association" will be the subject 

 of a radio address by Manager J. H. 

 Lloyd from station WENR, Chicago, 

 at 7:30 P. M. on Sept. 2. 



Mid- West Grain Corp. 



Hires General Manager 



Has More Than 20 Years' Success- 

 ful Experience in Grain Business 



CHARLES P. CUMMINGS of Pitts- 

 ficld, Illinois, chief grain buyer for 

 the M. D. King Milling Company, soft 

 wheat millers at that city, was em- 

 ployed recent!)' as general manager of 

 the Mid-^X'est Grain Corporation, sub- 

 sidiary sales agency of the Illinois Grain 

 Corporation. Action toward the em- 

 ployment of Mr. Cummings, who has 

 had more than 20 years of successful 

 experience in the grain business, was 

 taken at the meeting of the board of 

 directors in Bloomington on August 6. 



Knows Elevator Problems 



Mr. Cummings has had country mill 

 and elevator experience, brokerage ex- 

 perience, as well as terminal market ex- 

 perience both at Kansas City and St. 

 Louis. Letters received from responsi- 

 ble parties both in his home town and 

 at the St. Louis and Chicago markets, 

 highly recommend Cummings and 

 testify to his reputation for good judg- 

 ment and business integrity 



One prominent St. Louis grain firm 

 states: "Mr. Cummings is a very close 

 student of all conditions entering the 

 grain business, and I consider him one 

 of the outstanding grain men in this 

 section of the country. He is very 

 capable, trustworthy and efficient." 



Chief Grain Buyer 



During recent \ears Cummings has 

 iield tiie re>.ponsible position of chief 

 grain buyer for the King Co., wl«ch 

 owns and controls a substantial num- 

 ber of country elevators in southwest- 

 ern Illinois. (Cummings has had the 

 supcrvi'.ion of the latter so he knows 

 the problems ot the country elevator. 



He has had experience in buving 

 grain on the floor of the St. Louis Ex- 

 change, lor more than a year he served 

 the U. S. Go\crnment after passing the 

 Civil Service examination,, as federal 

 grain supervisor, and during the war 

 he was associated in government ser- 

 vice with J. M. Chilton, now employed 

 b\ the Farmers' National Cjrain Cor- 

 poration. 



Mr. Cummings has a wife and three 

 children. Headquarters of the Mid- 

 West Grain Corporation will be estab- 

 lished in Chicago. Mr. Cummings will 

 assume his new duties as soon as he can 

 make the necessary arrangements to 

 leave his work and interests at Pitts- 

 field. Service to member elevators and 

 those applying for membership will be 

 developed rapidly following his coming. 



