Illinois First For 



JDependable Insurance 



This Is Our Aim, Director Palmer 

 Tells Insurance Conference 



Speaking at an adjourneil session of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insur- 

 ance Company in the hijrh school audi- 

 torium" Tuesday afternoon, Ernest Pal- 

 mer, director of the insurance depart- 

 ment of the State of Ulijiois, told the 

 delegates that 'if the state legislature 

 adopts the proposed new insurance code. 

 Illinois will stand second to no state in 

 the union in insuratice lejiislation. 



Mr. Palmer made a hurried trip to 

 Quincy to address the convention and be- 

 gan his talk promptly at 2:30 o'clock. He 

 was introduced by Earl C. Smith, presi- 

 dent of the company. 



"There are three things we are trying 

 to do in the insurance department at 

 Springfield," Mr. Palmer said. 



"F'irst, we are endeavoring to see that 

 our own insurance companies are sound 

 and honestly managed and also that no 

 other companies will be aiiniitted from 

 the outsiie unless they can come up to 

 these expectations. 



"Second, we are endeavoring to see 

 that the people wlio subscribe to insur- 

 ance get what they pay for, and third, 

 that all those who sell insurance are 

 qualified and liave been licensed in the 

 proper manner. 



"A dimctor of insurance should not 

 only administer but also, suggest im- 

 provements in the insurance code. The 

 new investment law of Illinois is the best 

 law of its kind in any state and we hope 

 to continue with this kind of legislation. 

 We have had no recodification of insur- 

 ance since ISO'.' and a new code has been 

 a crying need. For the last two years 

 we have been working on a new code 

 which we believe will be accepted, by the 

 legislature. If this code does pass inspec- 

 tion of the legislature Illinois will have 

 the most uv-to-the-date code of any 

 state in the nation. 



1,088 In State ^ 



"At the present time there are 1,088 

 insurance companies, both large and 

 small, operating in the state. The de- 

 partment must know at all times that 

 these are properly managed and are in 

 good condition. Heretofore we have never 

 been able to secure the needed appropria- 

 tions to carry on- this work as it should 

 be directed. One present reed is for a 

 department force twice as large as that 

 we have at present. 



"We must not let our insurance de- 

 partment get back into the rut in which 

 it had fallen and we in,ust see that the 

 Illinois insurance department in the fu- 

 ture must be kept out of the old political 

 channels." 



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Let's Use Our Talents 

 Declares Pres. O'Neal 



(Continued from page 2.i) 



still stronger our organization of farm 

 people which will make it possible to 

 carry out successfully these things. It 

 is up to our state leaders to use tlieir 

 talents for the good of agriculture and 

 the nation." 



President O'Neal pointed out that tne 

 Farm Bureau is neither an ultra-radical, 

 nor an aiUra-conservative organization 

 but addml, "If we see some kinks in the 

 road, w(*' do not hesitate to turn either 

 to the left or to the right to straigliten 

 ■ them out. We are not going to have 

 conimuni.*m, socialism or fa.scism or other 

 I'n-.American institutions in our country, 

 if farmers are permitted to have their 

 l>roper voice ill shaping the policies of 

 our nation." 



In conclusion Mr. O'Neal said: "Not 

 only must we get our own house in order 

 to meet social and economic conditions, 

 using the talents that have been given, 

 us in these far-reaching laws, but we 

 must not forget that while we are the 

 organization to speak for fifty million 

 rural people, yet there are other great 

 groups in the nation which outnumber 

 us and are more completely organized 

 than we farmers, and unless we use the 

 talents that have been given us, especially 

 the greatest of them all, perhaps, 

 the power to mold public opinion, we can- 

 not reach our goal." 



Eas'l' Lincoln Elevator 



Nets Good Profit In '34 



The East Lincoln Farmers Grain 

 Cortipany of Logan County, one of the 

 older members of Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion which operates at two points — 

 Cruger and Johnson Siding — recently 

 completed its fiscal year. The company 

 enjoyed an unusually prosperous year 

 and showed a net earning of $7,390.69. 

 Mr. Frank Myers is president of the 

 company and Mr. S. L. Nutty, the genial 

 and competent managen 



Prairie Farms Butter 



Sales In Lee County 



The Lee County Farm Bureau reports 

 that a substantial local demand has de- 

 veloped i^ that county among Farm Bu- 

 reau members and their friends . for 

 Prairie Farms butter. Shipments of ap- 

 proximately 50 pounds a week to the 

 Farm Bureau office at Amboy from 

 Farmers Creamery Co., Bloomington, 

 were so easily disposed of that local 

 stores are now keeping this brand in 

 stock. 



H. A. DoWERrr 



Woodford Wins '34 



Publicity Trophy 



Tile Woodt'ofd County Farm Bureau 

 Review edited by Farm .Adviser H. \'. 

 deWert'f won the I. A. A. trophy in a 

 fielil of 12 or more contestants for the 

 best three issues of a Ci>uiity Farm Bu- 

 reau publication in \'XM. He was 

 presented with the 

 trophy by Secretary 

 Geo. E. Metzger be- 

 fore the general ses- 

 sion on > Thursday 

 morning. jS e c o nd 

 place went to the 

 Orgnnized Farmer 

 of I.aSalle county, 

 and third to The 

 Countryside of Cook 

 county. The San- 

 gamo Farmer of 

 Sai\gamon county, 

 ami The Booster of \'ermilion county 

 were given honorable mention as excel- 

 lent official publications. 



"We have made this selection on the 

 liasis of originality oi material used, ef- 

 fectiveness of presentation and methods 

 employed in developing 'and holding 

 reader interest," the judges declared. 



"In making the first place selection we 

 have been particularly struck with the 

 fact that the Woodford County Farm 

 Bureau Review not only ties the local 

 activities in with the state and national 

 organization picture, but in addition, it 

 presents an unusually large number of 

 local items, and activities which must be 

 of great interest to the members of the 

 • ■rganization. 



"The 'Organized Farmer' and "The 

 Countryside' are especially good from the 

 standpoint of typographical make-up, 

 cover-page and general appearance, and 

 undoubtedly are the best papers sub- 

 mitted to us from that point of view. 

 "Sangamo Farmer' should have honorable 

 mention for the same reasons, but is to 

 be criticised somewhat for. using color 

 in the printing of editorial text. One of 

 the commendable features of the 'San- 

 gamo Farmer' is the presentation of de- 

 partments which is heliiful in emphasiz- 

 ing the variety of work conducted by the 

 County Farm Bureau." 



(Signed) Herman Steen, former man- 

 aging Editor, Prairie Farmer, Fred 

 Koenig of the Koenig Advertising 

 .\gency, J. D. Harper, Editor National 

 Livestock Producer. 



Fire recently destroyed office supplies, 

 equipment and records of the William- 

 son County Farm Bureau at Marion. 



It requires approximately five tons of 

 paper each month to publish the I. A. A. 

 Record. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



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