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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



I L<lilNOIS 



CCL TUBAL ASSOCIA 



RECORiy 



To advance the purpoie for which the Farm Bureau wai 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 Thicm 



Published once a month by the Illinois Agricultural Association, 

 at 124 So. Fifth St., Marshall, III. Adress all communications for publi- 

 cation to Editorial OfBce, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, III. Entered as 

 second-class matter June 16, 1930, at the post oflice at Marshall, III., 

 under the Act of March 3, 1879. Accepted for mailing at special rate of 

 postage provided for in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 192S, authorized 

 Oct. 27, 1923. The individual membership fee of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association is five dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty centi 

 for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural Association Record. Post- 

 master: In returning an uncalled for missent copy please indicate key 

 number on address as is required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R Wright Vtrna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger- 

 Treasurer, R. A. Cowles.. 



Chicago 



-Bloomington 



1st to nth. 



12th 



13th 



14th 



15th. 



16th.. 

 17th... 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



..A. N. Skinner, Yates City 



18th._ 

 19th... 

 20th... 

 21st..- 

 22nd_ 

 23rd... 

 24th.. 

 25th... 



Comptroller- 

 Finance.. 



..Geo. B. MuUcT, Washington 



Geo. J. Stoll, Chestnut 



W. A. Dennis. Paris 



■.C. J. Gross, Atwood 



..Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



W. L. Cope. Salem 



Charles Marshall 



Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Fruit and Vegetable Ua{keting.. 



Grain M arkcting 



Information !_ 



Insurance Service 



Legal CounseL. 



Limestone- Phosphate 



Live Stock Marketing.. 

 Office.. 



-.J. H. Kelker 



R. A. Cowles 



A. B. Leeper 



-Harrison Fahrnkopf 



George Thiem 



V. Vaniman 



...Donald Kirkpatrick 



J. R. Bent 



Ray E. Miller 



C. E. Johnston 



..G. E. Metzger 

 _F. A. Gougler 

 ..J. C. Watson 

 ..L. J. Quasey 



Organization 



Produce Marketing 



Taxation and Statistics 



Transportation , 



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. 



Illinois Grain Corp Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. 



Midwest Grain Corp 



Soybean Marketing Assn.. 



..Chas. P. Cimunings, Cen'l. Mgr. 

 ._ _ J. H. Lloyd, Mgr. 



The Farmer and the Utilities 



"pXTENSIVE construction of pipe lines, high 

 power, and telephone hnes across country by 

 public utihty companies brings to the fore a 

 number of questions concerning the rights and 

 interests of landowners whose property is used 

 for this purpose. 



In Illinois, Farm Bureau members confronted 

 with such problems have rightfully appealed to 

 their organization representatives for advice and 

 assistance. Landowners' committees have been 

 organized, competent counsel brought in to place 

 the individual farmer on an equal footing with 

 the utilities in protecting his property rights; in 

 obtaining a fair and equitable compensation for 

 damages to his land. 



In most cases negotiations between the land- 

 owners' committees and utilities have proceeded 

 amicably. Differences of opinion have been com- 

 promised without resort to the courts. Utility 



representatives pubUcly have expressed their ap- 

 preciation for the orderly and business-like meth- 

 ods used by landowners in thus expediting the 

 settlement of troublesome problems. 



That this attitude has not been shown in every 

 case is expressive of the prejudice which still exists 

 in some quarters against farmers organizing for 

 their mutual welfare whether the purpose is to 

 prevent oppression, or to sell their products co- 

 operatively. 



In one instance utility representatives, failing to 

 secure the acquiescence of the organized land- 

 owners to their proposals, broke off negotiations 

 and filed condemnation suits while the farmers 

 were still ready and willing to arbitrate. Cha- 

 grined at the unfavorable verdicts of the local 

 juries in several cases which have come to trial, 

 the utihty 's lawyers have resorted to hurHng false 

 charges of unfairness by counsel for the land- 

 owners in conducting the trials. The propriety 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Association in assist- 

 ing its members in their negotiations even has been 

 questioned. This attitude amounts to a denial of 

 the right of farmers to employ counsel and the 

 services of trained men in representing them. 



As evidence that this condition exists we cite 

 a recent instance in which the chairman of a 

 landowners' committee was approached by a util- 

 ity company attorney who asked for a confer- 

 ence. The committee chairman readily assented 

 but asked that the committee's local attorney and 

 the I. A. A. representative sit in the meeting. 

 "What! can't you farmers think for yourselves?" 

 was the attorney's angry retort. 



If the individual through intelligent organiza- 

 tion ceases to remain easy prey for designing peo- 

 ple it is natural for such folks who find the going 

 tougher to attack the organization. They might 

 as well become educated to the fact that this is 

 a changing world, that what was true yesterday 

 may not be true today. The law guarantees the 

 farmer the right to organize. The realization 

 that he has taken advantage of the right and is 

 using it intelligently may be disconcerting to a 

 few. They will presently become adjusted to the 

 new order whether they like it or not. 



Keeping Faith with Agriculture ^ 



'T'HE irrigation development of the Columbia 

 River Basin in the Northwest has resulted in 

 the reclamation of approximately 4,000,000 acres 

 of desert land, according to the U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture. We are told that the available 

 water supply is sufficient for the reclamation of 

 11,000,000 acres when conditions warrant the 

 expenditure for development. 



This announcement has an ominous tone. It 

 implies that at the earliest opportunity more 



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