December, 1930 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seventeen 





Insuratide^ 



By L. A. Williams 



NO outstanding accomplishment 

 has ever been made without imi- 

 tators attempting to hitch on and be 

 dragged to success with the ascendancy 

 of the original. Mediocre accomplish- 

 ment attracts no atention and is the 

 object of no attack. It is always the 

 outstanding success that sets a thousand 

 jealous tongues wagging. Every great 

 man in art, in politics, or in any other 

 field, knows the sound of the heckler's 

 voice who calls him "fake" and decries 

 his accomplishment. It is the penalty 

 of great success and outstanding ac- 

 complishment. It has come to be an 

 identification mark of superior work 

 and so every great institution attaining 

 "impossible" heights in its field, expects 

 to be condemned and criticized by the 

 petty and weak. 



The maligning accusations, deroga- 

 tory insinuations, and deliberate plant- 

 ing of suspicion 

 by those who are 

 petty and jealous, 

 make a dark back- 

 ground against 

 which supremacy 

 of an institution 

 shines in its sil- 

 very success more 

 brilliantly, empha- 

 sizing value to the 

 discerning mind. 

 Time and sane 

 consideration tests 

 true worth and finds Abe Lincoln great, 

 and the once belittled accomplishments 

 cf a Morse and Fulton acclaimed. 



L. A. -Wllllamfi 



The outstanding accomplishment of 

 our company in the legal reserve field 

 of protection for the human family has 

 a sincerity of purpose which gives it 

 character to withstand the onsilaught of 

 the jealous and prejudiced, and sanity 

 to contemplate and appreciate this nat- 

 ural reception of great accomplishment 

 which is as old as the world itself. 



May we who compose the Country 

 Life Insurance Company act with the 

 dignity which becomes an institution 

 elected by accomplishment to a superior 

 position of service. We can be tolerant 

 if we are certain of our position. We 

 need not defend if we are right. Care 

 is imperative because faults in our work 

 are plainly visible and even magnified 

 \mder this penetrating X-ray of critical 

 minds which are focused upon us the 

 more easily because of our supremacy. 

 "Uneasy is the head that wears the 



EFFINGHAM COUNTY OFFICIALS BAT 100 PER CENT 



The EffinKlinm Cnnnt-y Fnrin Bnrean ExecntiTe Conunlttee. fnrm ndrliter, 

 general agent, and ofllce secretary are all polloykoldf^m in Country Life InKnrnnee 

 Co. *^Iie lirat (execntiTe committee) In tke state to have 100% of its members 

 carrying a policy in Country Life," vrrites Adviser Geo. Iftnrr. 



LEFT TO RIGHT, SEATED i H. MT. Homan. Henry Replying. H. O. Henry, 

 Keneral aKenti Bliss E. Loy, president; Eldrcd Kichars, clialmian insurance com- 

 mittee; G. H. Iftner. 



STANDING; Gertrude Bromi, office secretary; B. J. Schnmacher, Jos. Bier- 

 man, Harry Ebbert, secretary-treasurer; Geo. L. Falte, Geo. I. Danlui, vlce-prea. 



crown" — means that the footsteps of Utility Problems - 



the elect are more readily objects and 



targets of the critic. Coming to Head 



Our still greater future depends upon 

 still greater service and still greater care 

 in our methods, for great as have been 

 our deeds, we have before us a long road 

 of service to millions who are still to 

 hear our story and measure our worth. 



Groundless attacks and criticism will 

 only help us forward. Our progress is 

 doubly assured by the never-failing 

 criticism of the unfair competitor 

 which has come to be a part of the 

 measure of greatness. Let there be no 

 discreditable. act of ours to add difficul- 

 ties to the path. 



Iroquois County Has 



Opening Day 



The Iroquois County Live Stock 

 Marketing Association got under way 

 Dec. 15 when its "grand opening" was 

 held at the Sheldon stock yards. R. C. 

 Boatman, who for several years has 

 served successfully as manager of the 

 Sheldon Shipping Association, has been 

 employed to manage the new county- 

 wide co-operative. 



In a letter announcing the opening 

 of the new organization. President R. F. 

 Karr states that all live stock received 

 will be graded, part sent to nearby ter- 

 minals, and part dii^t to eastern mar- 

 kets. The Big Four R. R. has agreed to 

 provide facilities for handling a large 

 volume of stock. 



A decision as to whether or not a 

 pipe line used for transporting oil, gas, 

 gasoline or other products is a public 

 utility is expected to be forthcoming 

 in the near future from the Illinois 

 Commerce Commission. Briefs have been 

 filed by the I. A. A. with the Com- 

 mission relating to proper jurisdiction 

 in the case of the Panhandle Illinois 

 Pipe Line Co. which proposes to build 

 a line through central Illinois from the 

 Mississippi east to the Indiana line. 

 Farm Bureaus in some 16 counties are 

 interested in the case and have joined 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association in 

 representing the interests of their land- 

 owner members. 



Landowners in Woodford, Tazewell 

 and adjoining counties represented by 

 local committees set up under the di- 

 rection of the County Farm Bureaus 

 are still negotiating with officials of the 

 Superpower Company over compensa- 

 tion for easements wanted by the utihty 

 company in building a high f)ower line 

 from Powerton to Chicago. L. J. 

 Quasey attended a landowners' meet- 

 ing in Eureka recently where questions 

 pertinent to this case were discussed. 



The I. A. A. and Farm Bureaus are 

 hopeful that a satisfactory settlement 

 can be negotiated without resort to the 

 courts, but if necessary the landowners 

 will be ready to defend their rights. 



