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"Farmers have eol 

 lo eive the big fal 

 boys a cood lick- 

 ing until they are 

 ready to talk 

 > e n s e." he said. 

 ■■Farmers are pik- 

 ers when it comes 

 lo reducing pro- 

 duction. Industry 

 has gone much 

 farther than acri- 

 culture in cutting 

 production, plow - 

 inK factory work- 

 ers out on the 

 streets, and p«o- 

 motinK scarcity." 



Where a ( rowd Estimated at IH.tlOd Shouted Tlu'ir A|»| 

 of more than 8000 seats were filled and aisle^. tii(rance> 

 Other thousands sat or st(M)d in and about th<- it-iit iiul< 

 (ened to loud speakers and radio in cars, hotiN. tfstuur 

 haps the largest assembly of Illinois farmer^ cxr i;;!!! 

 went out bv telegraph (o all sections of the ■t'liniiy. 



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Left: The Macoupin County Delegation more it"'" •*""! 

 Traction System. Above: Listening to the -pfrt*"''' 'I 

 rapt attention given the speakers, as they (i'»''^'"^*<* *| 

 welfare of agriculture in Illinois and other stat*- 



