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SECRETARY 

 WALLACE 

 SPEAKS 

 EXTEMPORA- 

 NEOUSLY 



"Farmers have koI 

 to K>ve the big fat 

 boys a good lick- 

 ing until they are 

 ready to talk 

 sens e," he said. 

 "Farmers are pik- 

 ers when it comes 

 to reducing pro- 

 duction. Industry 

 has gone much 

 farther than agri- 

 culture in cutting 

 production, plow- 

 ing factory work- 

 ers out on the 

 streets, and pro- 

 moting scarcity." 





Where a Crowd Estimated at 16,000 Shouted T'heir Ap| 

 of more than 8000 seats were filled and aisles, entrances 

 Other thousands sat or stood in and about the tent uut< 

 tened to loud speakers and radio in cars, hotels, restaur 

 haps the largest -assembly of Illinois farmers ever eal> 

 went out by telegraph to all sections of the roantry. 



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Left: The Macoupin County Delegation more th*" ^'''•J 

 Traction System. .4bove: Listening to the sp^c^es cL 

 rapt attention given the speakers, as they dis'''^^^ 4 

 welfare of agriculture in Illinois and other states- 



