YOUR PRICE FOR 



GRAIN 



BETTER 



E 



Because the 



COOPERATIVES 



are Here! 



LSK AN OLD TIMKi:. 

 al)()ut country jriaiii 

 the fariTHTs clcvatni-r 

 ■.1. 



He'll t»'ll ynii 



pi-ices before 



were orgraii- 



riie line elevators had thiiijr-s their 

 ... i> way. They took a .-;titi' marjrin in 



• :;e section and paid above the market 

 t" treeze out eom|)etition somewhere 

 ti~r. Robbed I'eter to pay I'aul. .^jim- 

 . a. on fee(^ind farm supplies. 



The farmers elevators put a stop to 

 .ai. Man.v of 'enV raised the price of 

 •.ruin three or four cents a bushel. Som<' 

 a< nuich as five or six cents. They bia/.ed 

 :;;<■ trail in co-opei-ation. Showed that 

 •.Miners could run their own busiiu'ss. 



Then came Illinois (Jrain ("orporati<»n 

 a:iii I lie Farmers National. They're doin<> 

 tlie same thinjr in the terminal markets 

 iiiat the farmers elevators are doinp io- 

 iallyi I'rovidinjr competition. Payin<: 

 patninaKe dividends. Making the other 

 ;-'!low pay up. Cettinji: the best price 



it can be had for y<Hir jrrain. 



i'he other fellow is paying a better 

 IT re becau.se of the co-opj>rative. 



the co-operatives have had a whole- 

 '•"ine effect on price, weights and uracJes. 

 •iiid .service. That's becau.se they're or- 

 y'aiiizod by farmers and operated for the 

 heticfit of farmers. 



it will pay you .to patronize xour own 

 tuiiners elevator and Illinois (irain Cor- 

 fuation and Farmers .Vationa! 

 •'iiiti Corporation. When you 

 '^ thhold .vour support, you 

 li ite a return of the con- 

 'litions they \yere organ- 



• W to clean up. They're 

 're to serve vou. Ise 

 '.'■.-in. 



rf "^AitwiET"^ jr/ " /-^<. . ^r~WHEN WE 5TAMED OUK FA^V\t^5 



'"- ^i!l ■" '■'■ •'"! icLEVATOK 30r£A^b AGO WE KAlbED THE | 



1 ''*^^U,^, '' \ UmCE Of OMIN AT THIS STATION Sto^i 



I' t> ■ '.;" ^ . AbUSHtL 





(-n)At the TEW^INAL 

 \\\ MARKET 



NWE'D bE &UYING ^^(*Ui 



THIS GKAIN 2t05« CMEAPt\ 

 F ir >A/ASNI F0I\. YOU PELL0W5 



Fartni'iN NaUuiial (iraiii C<)if>')raU<>ti ha.N infku-nci'd pru<'^ 

 upward by rolioviiig coiisestiun of wheal and corn al the ter- 

 minal markets. New terminal elevator> built or lea.sed at 

 Chicajio. Peoria. Morns and other points are servnig Illinois 

 strain producers. By pionoernis \n the moveinent of com 

 down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. Farmers National 

 has aided the Chicaao eorn market. 



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SrPPORT YOUR FARMERS ELKVAT^IR 



ILLINOIS GRAIN 

 CORPORATION 



'• uloanl FRrmerM >nll«»DHl 



187 MEMBER^ 

 ELEVATOR COMPANIES 



