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sifted on double wages so prices were 

 maintained. This is the American sys- 

 tem, and a damnable system it proved 

 to be. 



"Join with the processors in fighting 

 to get industrial tariffs lowered to boo$t 

 imports," he continued, "and fight thei^ 

 on relaxation of production control until 

 your outlets are restored. 



"What this country needs is an eco- 

 nomic advisory board, with limited 

 powers at first then more and more 

 power similar to that of the Supreme 

 Court. Members should be men of high 

 calibre, having non-partisan views and 

 appointed for long terms." 



Hull and Wallace 



These two talks, Cordell Hull and 

 Henry Wallace, the most important of 

 the convention, first because of the 

 weight that goes with utterances of 

 cabinet members, and secondly because' 

 foreign trade is the first question before 

 the nation today, revealed two sincere 

 men grappling with a great problem. 

 Secretary of State Hull, the gentleman, 

 scholar, and idealist, weighed down by 

 the responsibilities of maintaining favor- 

 able international relations, his point of 

 view on foreign trade influenced by thefie 

 considerations. Secretary Wallace, per- 

 haps the smartest, best informed and 

 qualified man ever to hold the Agricul- 

 ture portfojio in a President's cabinet, 

 sincere, honest, courageous, a sturdy 

 friend of ^farmers and an implacable 

 searcher of truth. The two cabinet mem- 

 bers appear to be in general agreement 

 on the approach toward solving the prob- 

 lem contrary to newspaper gossip. 



It will be interesting to compare these 

 points of view with that of George N. 

 ..Peek, practical and hard headed adviser 

 to the President on foreign trade with 

 a business and industrial backgrround, 

 who will address the annual I. A. A. 

 meeting at Quincy the end of January. 

 Membership Gain 



President Edward O'Neal read a care- 

 fully prepared address reiterating the 

 program and ideals of the organization, 

 telling of the 36% increase in paid-up 

 membership during the past year, and 

 reviewing the progrress made toward the 

 Farm Bureau goal of restored farm buy- 

 ing power. 



"Many of the objectives for which we 

 have fought have been adopted as the 

 policies of the nation and are being ap- 

 plied successfully," he said. 



The future Farm Bureau progrram as 

 set forth by Mr. O'Neal are: (1) an 

 honest medium of exchange with a fur- 

 ther increase in the price of gold to the 

 limit allowed by congrresS; (2) equality 

 between farm and industrial prices and 

 wages; (3) reduction in the cost of dis- 

 tribution; (4) correct inequalities in the 

 tariff that discriminate against agricul- 

 ( Continued on pag« 6) 



I. A. A. Annual Meeting 



IT WILL be the 2eth annual meeting 

 of the Illinois Agpncultural Associa- 

 tion an4 what a meeting it promises 

 to be when delegates, members, and visi- 

 tors gather at the river, Quincy, to be 

 exact, the last three dayc of January, 

 23-30-31. Keep in mind that the con- 

 vention of the I. A. A. and associated 

 companies this year will be on Tuesday, 

 Wednesday and Thursday, so plan bow to 

 oil up the old geloppy, and dust off the 

 travelling bag by Monday, the 28th, for 

 an early start. 



Meetings of the associated companies 

 will start off the fireworks on Tuesday 

 morning. Be prepared to hear some of 

 the most encouraging reports of prog- 

 ress and gains made during the year, it 

 has yet been your pleasure to hear. 



Illinois delegates at Nashville were 

 passing the rumor around that 3,200 

 reservations had already been made for 

 rooms. Sam Russell, farm adviser of 

 Adams county, assured us that the re- 

 port is somewhat exaggerated although 

 he says some reservations came in as 

 early as last Augrust and returns so far 

 indicate a rip-roaring big meeting. 



So get in your reservations for rooms 

 and the 'annual banquet on Wednesday 

 night. Banquet tickets are |1.15 each. 



The Lincoln-I^ouglas Hotel will be 

 headquarters. Reservations in this hotel 

 were reported sold out some time ago 

 but ample accommodations are available 

 in a half-dozen or more other hotels. 



Quincy has paved roads leading out of 

 it to the north, south, and east. Thus it 

 is easily accessible to those who drive. 

 It is on the Kansas City branch of the 

 Burlingrton railroad out of Chicago with 

 good trains leaving the Windy City at 

 7 P. M. arriving at 12:53 A. M., and 

 11:45 P. M. (sleeper) arriving at 7:30 



A. M. The passenger fare will be at- 

 ' tractive, according to Guy Baxter. 

 Round trip rates on coaches will be 1.8 

 cents per mile, one-way 2c. If you rid* 

 the I^uUman, the rate round trip is 2c per 

 mile plus sleeper and 3c per mile if you 

 buy a one-way ticket. 



The Wabash has a line into Quincy 

 from central Illinois, and thcBurlingtpn 

 touches the Adams county seat with it* 

 north and south line that winds in and 

 out, paralleling the Mississippi River, 

 through eastern Iowa aiid western Illi- 

 nois. 



The program will be a good one. 

 George N. Peek, dynamic l^der of the 

 McNary-Haugen "fight, now special ad- 

 viser to the President on Foreign Trade, 

 will bring with him a wealth of informa- 

 tion on the most important question 

 affecting American agrriculture today. 



Chester C. Davis, AAA Administrator, 

 who was with us last year, will be back 

 again with up-to-date information on 

 crop adjustment prog^'ams and what's 

 ahead of agriculture in the next few 

 years. Mr. Davis made a brilliant ad- 

 dress at the recent A. F. B. F. con- 

 vention and he'll be at his best before 

 an Illinois audience. -~ 



W. I. "Bill" Myers, able governor of the 

 Farm Credit Administration, will tell 

 what has been going on in his field 

 and what the future trend is- likely to be 

 in farm banking and credit. ^ 



J. O. Christianson, superintendent of 

 the School of Agriculture, University of 

 Minnesota, with a reputation as a great 

 public speaker, philosopher, and historian, 

 has accepted an invitation to address the 

 convention. 



Other details of the program are still 

 in the making. 



11,075.000 IM COKM-HOO CHECKS TO LASAIXE SIOinE&a 

 8t«t»d toft U rl(ht: Harold Calklni, oontraet iifncr receirlnc pa^mant: Jan* Clan, aaautant. aad Mn. 



Marjoiia McConniek, Mcretary of the LaSalle oouBty oom-hoc ooatrol assoeiatioB. 



BtaadiBf left to rivhA are co-op«rators calUnt for thoir check* ui the Farm Bunaa afnea. By Dae. I 



a total of ft.Sli oheoka had bees distribatad in thie ooaaty. 



JANUARY, 19SS 



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