Pdlje Eight 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I LiLilNOIS 



CCLTVBAL ASSOCIA 



RECORiy 



To advance the purpote for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, 

 and to develop agriculture. 



Editor, George Thiem 



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OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger.. 



-Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles _ Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



„_ G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



: C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



-M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



1st to nth.. 

 12th.. 



13th 



14th..._ 



ISth..-- 



16th.. 



A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



1 7th. Geo. J. StoU, Chestnut 



1 8th _^ W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th _ - C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th. _ Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



21st _ - Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd _ _ Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



23rd. _ W. L. Cope, Salem 



24th.. 

 25th.. 



Comptroller 



Dairy Marketing.. 

 Finance.- 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



-Fred Dietz, De Soto 



-J. H. Kelker 



A. D. Lynch 



R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



Grain Marketing '. _ _.Harrison Fahrnkopf 



Information -...George Thiem 



Insurance Service - V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Limestone- Phosphate. — J. R Bent 



Live Stock MarkettHi Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing — F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics. - — — , J. C. Watson 



Transportatipn - _ L. J. Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co._ J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Co-operatives Ass'n F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



The Milk Commission Report 



A MORE intelligent, fair, and enlightening re- 

 port of the milk situation at the St, Louis 

 market, than that of the Consumers' Milk Ccm- 

 mission, could scarcely have been written. 



Three prominent, public-spirited St. Louis club 

 woinen representing the consumers of that city 

 carried on a careful investigation of market con- 

 ditions lasting for several months. They heard 

 testimony of both producers and distributors, 

 drove out into the country to examine dairies, 

 saw how women and children frequently con- 

 tributed their labor in milking and tending the 

 COWS, learned how unfairly the 13c per quart 

 they paid was distributed between the farmers 

 and the dealers, reported what they saw and 

 heard. 



A few large distributors handling 85 per cent 

 of the milk consumed in St. Louis on which they 

 set the price both to the producer and consumer. 



Nearly twelve thousand farmers supplying this 

 milk, each disposing of it separately with little or 

 no voice in its sale, and accepting the weights and 

 tests handed down by the buyers. These are some 

 of the interesting disclosures in the report. 



What they saw so impressed these women, im- 

 bued with a sense of fair play and justice, that 

 they wrote: "It is hardly to be wondered at that 

 a feeling of dissatisfaction has pervaded the pro- 

 ducers, and that in spite of the diflSculties in the 

 way of co-operation, efforts have been made to 

 unite and improve their conditions, with the 

 result that the Sanitary Milk Producers Associa- 

 tion, Inc., includes as members more than half 

 the milk producers in the district." 



The St. Louis milk situation finally culminated 

 in the recognition by the dealers of the producers 

 organization. The influence of the consumer 

 representatives in bringing about an amicable 

 settlement is not underestimated. Producers can 

 usually count on fair play from the consuming 

 public once it knows the facts. 



Wealth and Cities 



npHE old Fine Arts Building of Chicago World's 

 Fair fame situated near Lake Michigan in 

 Jackson Park is being restored as an industrial 

 museum. We have watched with interest for 

 several months the dismantling of the temporary 

 parts of the structure, and more recently its 

 beautification as the smooth white limestone 

 blocks rise one by one to cover the old but still 

 substantial brick walls. ' •. i ■- - . . ' 



Two million dollars, we are told, has been 

 donated by a Chicago millionaire to remodel the 

 building. The donor is a well known philan- 

 thropist who made his money selling goods to 

 farmers through mail-order catalogues. 



Whether or not that money could be spent 

 more wisely in relieving human suffering, re- 

 ducing poverty and ignorance is not for us to 

 say. We point to this worthy gift as an illus- 

 tration of how money is being drained out of 

 the farming communities and concentrated in 

 the centers of population. - :, . . ;• j - • 



In this case the mail order patrons undoubtedly 

 received full value for their money. The com- 

 pany and its builders prospered not by profiteer- 

 ing but through large sales volume, quick turn- 

 over, and small margins of profit. Nevertheless, 

 much of the wealth created in the country by 

 the farmer's toil is going to build fortunes, monu- 

 ments, skyscrapers in cities which many seldom 

 or perhaps never see. 



We would not use this fact as an argument 

 against the chain store retailers for in many in- 



