IlilLINOIS Mk the record-breaking mass meeting at Peoria May 20. 



L^OLTC »^UL ^^^SQCIA^BM Those who heard Mr. Wallace were reminded of 



R. B C O K ml^^"^^^^ the slogan "protection for all or protection for none" 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- "^^^ *" ^^,f ^^^^ '^"'"'"B the '20's for the McNary- 



ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the 'business. Haugen Dills. 



economic, political and educational interests of the farmers of "The processing tax is the farmer's tariff," repeated 



Ill inois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. and emphasized again at Peoria by the Secretary of 



<ir«rKr Thiem. Btiitor Agriculturc, promisBS to become equally as famous in 



Jofc" Tracy. A»«i«f at tjie history of our times. 



ciii.iisiie.1 m.mtui.v i.j- tbe Illinois Agricultural .4»s<Ki«ti..u at 16.-) S". Main Farmers have been Paying dearlv for the nrotection 



St.. Sti^ao-T. Iml. Kditorial Omcp«. 808 S. Dcarlwru St.. Clil.ago. 111. Gnlereri _<.<.», TT- v, < j 4.1i , 4. ^ , . f/iwi-cv, wuij 



aB B<>('onii class matter at post offloe. siK'ncer. in.i. Acceptance for luaiitng ai oi otners. xiign Industrial tariffs, immigration laws, 



••|H>cial rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28. 1925. autliorju-l nrirf> "linf1pr<!tjlnrlintr<! " nnrt nrrvHlintfnn r>r\r>i^r-n1 nf 



Oct. 27. 1925. Addreaa all commnnicatlons for publication to Editorial Offices Pill-« unaerbianamgS, anO prOOUCtlOn COntrOl Of 



llllnoU Agricultural Auociation Record, 608 So. Dearborn St.. Chicago. Tbe manUfaCtUrCd gOOdS all haVB COSt agriCUlture mlllionS 



icdlTldual membcrsblp fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association Is Ave dollaT» f j_ij__„ „-,_,, „ii., tti_ „ j j ^ 



a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for suhacriptiim to the Illinois "1 QOliaFS annUaiiy. i" armerS Were redUCed tO thC 



Agri.ultural Association RK(T)Kl). Postmaster: Send notices on Form 3578 polnt WherC thCV COUld nOt BO On SllCfP'S'Sfllllv with 



and undeliyerable copies returned under Form 357!> to editorial olHces. «0K H""'" w-ii«=i«; "icjf v-uuiu IIUI. gu UIl JsUCCCij&IUliy Wlin- 



Soiiib Dearborn Street, Chicago. OUt Similar prOteCtlOn. 



President. Ear. c. smith ^^'^ Dc.io.t , ^^^ ^AA, impcrfcct as it is, is the best weapon 



Vice-President. Taimadge DeFrees smithboro larmers thus far have been able to develop to reeraln 



r«riK>rate Secretary. Paul E. Mathias ('hu-i^Ro „*. i^oei- 1Q 4-#^ on »...» «»»«■ — * *.i- a. ■, , 



Field Secretary. Geo. B. Meuger ( iiicngo ^^ ^^Est 18 to 20 per ccnt of the national incomc. 



'^r^^;^^-sli''wTigbiy:::....:::::.: .':■.:::■■ :.::'^^ ^^®" business leaders are ready to sit around the 



BOARD OF DDtECTOM table and talk sense, as Henry Wallace suggests, when 



,.,,..„,„ ^^.'.^"'^'T'. .'*'.-'*"* .K. ..arris Gravsia.e l^dustry End labor arc prepared to go to work for 



12th E. E. noughtby, shabbon:. such rctums as they can get from full time produc- 



^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::iL^s^^ "on on a free for aii basis, then and not untn then 



,1S;:::::::;::::::.\:::::::::::::::::::;::;;;.::::;:A.i^rt nY,er.?.;.inc!:Jb,'. Sif '"^''^ ^^ ""f^y to scrap crop adjustment, mar- 



17th ..B. D. Lawrence. Bioomington Keiuig agreements, and processing taxes In the 



JSI^....:.::::;;;;;;;:;::;;;;:::::::;:::;;;::::::::Engene'crtir."cha'^^^^^^^^ meantime organized agriculture is determined not 



20th .K.T Smith. Greenfleici Only to retain the Adjustment Act but to strengthen 



2I»t Samuel Sorrells. Baymond 4* rir- _, ,. 4. ■•■ .^. ouiciiguicji 



32nd A. o. Eckert. Be.ieTiiie i"-- We may havc to live with the industrial tariff 



IS: .■.:,. ::::::::::::::::::;:::::::::::::::..::::ch?;r^^^^^^^ J?« corporation, and -managed- industrial produc- 



25th H. B. Endicott. Villa Ridge tion and prices for some time to come And while 



comptroller "^^^."^ .""^*^°''.' B. 0. Ely ^^t "« ^otag it wc Want as much price protection a.^ 



Dairy Marketing J. B. (V)untiss othcrs are recciving. 



Finance R. A. Cowles ■•.■■,■. 



Fniit nod TegataUe Marketing H. W. Dn.v _. _ , 



.Dformation George Th.cm I 06 DaTT 6 OT f Hc iSmS 



U-gal Donald Kirk|«trick "^ •#aiiicv/i iiic l»rTI& 



overstock Market... ^Ray E. Mi.ie. A N old hne grain clevator man from Indiana 



Sc^MTrkeiiig •■.•..■.•.•.■.•.:::::-.::::::::::::::-.::-.:::y -^ ^**^^^^ "p ^ ^^^ ^^*' o^ ^^at and lather in a 



Tsiation and statiat.c. J. o. Watson reccnt address bcf Ore the Agricultural Commit- 



Transportatlon-Clalma DlTlalon G. W. Baxter +„-_<; fv,„ p,.- . . ,. '^ "K"^""-"'*" VUIumJI- 



AflflociATED oBOAHizATioMs ^^^ ^^ the OniCEgo Association of Commerce attempt- 



'^:^^'il^t^l^.^oic.::::::::::::::::: :::::::':. :/:i:^K^. l\t': »"« ^ P^ve that farmer-owned business enterprises 



illirs ^g^c^i'tri ^^^J:::^co:-:.\V.:::::jjK^y<^SZ. Zr. f^P'-esenf "communism." By so describing co-opera- 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. B. Marchant. Mgr tivc marketing and Organized buying of fanripr<? an. 



Illinois Fmit Grower.' Exchange H. W. Day. Mgr. _,__„„4^,„ v.„ iT J i ,.•',. i<irinerb, ap- 



.uinois Grain ctorp Harrison Fahrnkopf. -Mgr parentiy nc ftoped to arousc his listcncrs manv of 



Illinois Uveatock Marketing Aas'n Ray Miller. Mgr. vi-VinTn aro a-ffiMot-^A ,,,;+U +u • .. . 



.iiinois Producers' Creameries F. A. Goiigie-. J. B. countisa. Sale, wnom are aiiuiatea With the vanous agricultural 



so.vhean Marketing AM'. J. w. .umstrong. Pres. trades, to do Something about it. 



Farmers aren't interested in what particular 



Farmers in Washington ' branch of the "isms" co-operative marketing and cen- 



.,17ARMERS should stay home in May and not go h« Tv,«^"J'i'>^^'> ^ are classified by people with spe- 



''h to Washington." Governor Taimadge of Georgia "*' ff «^ their own to grind. They are vitally in- 



is quoted as saying to a Chicago audience re- terested, however, in making their co-operative busi- 



cently. P^^^ enterprises succeed in bringing agriculture with- 



Farmers stayed away from Washington too long '" the profit system. 



for their own good. While they were home plowing In Illinois co-operative marketing and purchasing 



and planting other groups were hi Washington figur- may be best described as "controlled capitalism " 



ing and planning how to get a bigger slice of the fruits Capital is usually provided by farmers who subscribe 



of the farmer's toil. Fixing policies and getting legis- to the preferred stock which bears a limited return of 



lation to take over a larger share of the national in- ^ix or seven percent. After reserves, the excess earn- 



rt%^:rrrs'rrus? sr/rSTerarrp^eS^: rk^hSd'^^*^^'"^:? ^rv '"r'^" ~™" 



their farms and homes from the encroachments of stockholders according to their patronage. This sys- 



others.' -: . . tem m effect is not greatly different than that of eor- 



^ "■' ' ■ porations having widely diffused ownership. 



Agriculture and Protection The opposition will have to invent something bet- 



ABOLISH the industrial tariff, the corporation, and *^^ .*^*" "namecalling" to sc^e farmers into dis- 



special legislation for other groups and farmers carding their co-operative enterprises. We might 



will take their chances without the AAA, mar- suggest that "better service at reasonable raargrins 



keting agreements^ and processing taxes, Henry A. of profit" would be much more effective in slowing 



Wallace said in his informal, candid address before up the spread of co-operative business corporations. 





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