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sisted 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 boost 

 imports," he continued, "and fight them 

 on relaxation of production^contro! until 

 your outlets are restoied. 



1 ■ "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 bo men of high 

 lalibre, 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 to«iay, 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 these 

 considerations. Secretary Wallace, per- 

 haps the smartest, best informed and 

 qualified man ever to hold the Agricul- 

 turie portfolio 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. 



Ifwill be interesting to compare these 

 points of view with that of George X. 

 Peek, practical and hard headed adviser 

 to the President on foreign trade with 

 a business and industrial background, 

 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 ."J<i% increa.se in paid-up 

 membership during the past year, and 

 reviewing the progress made toward the 

 Farrti 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 P'arm Bureau program as 

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

 honest medium of e.xchange with a fur- 

 ther increa.se in the price of gold to the 

 limit allowed by congress; (2) equality 

 between farm and industrial prices and 

 wages; (."?) reduction in the cost of dis- 

 tribution; (4) correct inequalities in the 

 tariff that discriminate against agricul- 

 (Continued on page 6) 



JANUARY, 1935 



I. A. A. Annud Meeting 



.A. M/TTh 



IT .WILL be the 2dth annual meeting 

 of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion and what a meeting it i)romises 

 to be when delegates, members, and visi- 

 tors gather at the river, Quincy, to be 

 exact, the last three days of January, 

 29-30-31. 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 now to 

 oil up the old geloppy, and dust off the 

 travelling bag by Monday, the 2Sth, 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 thfit the re- 

 port is somewhat exaggerated although 

 he says some reservations came in as 

 early as last August and returns so far 

 indicate a rip-roaring big meeting. 



So get in your reservations for i-uoni> 

 and the annual banquet on Wednesday 

 night. Bamiuet tickets arc .$1.1.5 each. 



The Lincoln-Douglas Hotel will b>- 

 head(iuarters. Reservations in this hotel 

 were reported .<old 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 thf Kansas City lu-aiich of th.- 

 Burlington railroad out of Chicago with 

 good trains leaving tlse AVindy City at 

 7 P. M. arriving: at I2:o;'> .\. M.. Ami 

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



e 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 ride 

 the Pullman, the rate round trip is 2c per 

 . mile plus sJeoper and 3c per mile if you 

 buy a one-way ticket. 



The Wabash has a liiiij \i.\it Quincy 

 from central Illinois, and the Burlington 

 touches the .\dams county seat with its 

 north and south line jthat winds in and 

 out, paralleling the Mississippi River, 

 through eastern Iowa and wt^-tirn Illi- 

 nois. 



The program will bo a good one. 

 (jeorge N. Peek, dynamic leader 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 luestion 

 affecting .-Vmerican .agriculture '.o-Jay. 



Chester C. Davis, .\..-\.\ .Administrator, 

 who was W-ith us la.st year, wil^be back 

 again with up-to-date information on 

 crop a>l.iUstmeiit l)rograms and what's 

 alieail of agriculture in the next few 

 years. Mr. Davis made a brilliant ad- 

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

 '.ii'tiim and he'll be at his b»'st before 

 an lllindis audience. 



W. I. "'Bill" .Myers, able Kovornor of the 

 Farm C^redit -.Administration, will tell 

 what has been going on in his field 

 aiid what the future trend is lik«?ly to be 

 iti farm banking and credit. ' 



.1. <). Christian.<on. superintendent of 

 the .School of .Agriculture, University of 

 -Mitijiesola, with a reputation as a great 

 [lubilc speaker, jihilosopher, aiid historian, 

 has accepted an invitation to address the 

 convention. 



Othi'r details of thi- protrran; ar<? still 

 in the making. 



$1,075,000 IS CORN HOG CHECKS TO LASAILE SIGKESS 

 S«Ated lefl to right: - Harold Calkins, contrac: signer receiving payment. Jane Clegg, assistant, and Mn. 



Marjorie McCormick". secretary of the LaSalle county com-hog control association. 

 Standing lefl to ngh« are co-operators ca.linp for their checks m the Farm Bureau office. By Dae. 1 



a total of 5.314 checiu bad been distributed in this county. 



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