The Real Issue Facing Farmers 



(('i)til iriiKcl Irniu |i.ij^i' 7 I 

 eniiilD.vmont. iiuTi':is<>il pinfits .iinl 

 ureator iliviiictwis nsiilliiii; fniKi in 

 i-rc;isO(i I'liyiinr imwci- nf fiuniri-. 



With till' Inlit; I'NIU'licllci' Ml' liMMlll'-- 



ami induNtiy ami the liiiiitcil cxpci iriu-i 

 • >f airriciiltiirc in applyini; tin- inim-ipl' 

 .>f ail.jii>tnniit cif prcMliulinn ii. ihc ilc 

 mnnii-^ of niarkcts. ami the iiv-ults tha' 

 havi' l>ci-n cihtaim'.l. it iv iliffiinilt !.• 

 iitulcrstaml the trcimn<lnii> ■.ppusitiot, 

 that has i!<-vi'li>pcil ti. tin- At;rirult'iral 

 Ail.iustmciit Act, i'>piTially anicmi.' sc 

 called hijr liusiiH'>>. 



Thij: is particularly trup \vh<'n "Mc con 

 lidiTs that the <i>\f purpose of the Air 

 liciiltural Adjustment Act i> !■. rai-< 

 farm eoniniodity piice> to parity level- 

 with the produ(t> o|' industry, so as to 

 restore farm luiyinji' power, which i- 

 known to lie essential for tlie futiir- 

 welfare of imli,>tr\ and the country a- 

 a whole. 



The research ~Iudy referred to .|i- 

 doses that a HI per cent chanijo in tlu 

 national farm income, whetlier up oi 

 down, is fidlowed li\ a I'l per cent rai-^ 

 or decline as the case ma\ lie. m th' 

 total payrolls cf the nation. It disclose- 

 that this In per cent Incn'.-i-e in t'arm in 

 ronie reflects a 2'< per cent incri'a-e in 

 the press profit- of all reportini; corpo 

 rations. 



With those fact> well ••>taldi-heil. '.' 

 would appear that thinkinu lahor leader- 

 anil inllu^t|■ial lead--r> would rerosiiiize 

 Ihpir int<-rrelationship '( interest with 

 that of farniei- to -I'ciire and stahili/.e 

 the national farm income on ,i Kasis of 

 fair and eipiitahle levels. 



There are those who seem to feel that 

 the .Anierieati farmer has thi' respmisihil 

 ity of feediiiL'' the .\merican people, re 

 irardless of the prices he receives for hi- 

 products. The American farmer is will 

 inir to accept the respiuisihility for pro 

 viilinsr all the food necessary t<i feeil the 

 .American (leoplr to the exti'n*. they can 

 fin<l market- at price levels conlmensii 

 rate with the prices of industrial prod 

 ucts and the standard (d' wajze- ui the 

 I'nited States. 



.\merican farmers are willin.; to do 

 away with all artificial mean> of .id 

 jii.'-tnu'nt whe!i industry di>cli>ses a 

 sincere willinirne-> to ilo likewi>e. r'arin 

 CIS are willini;' to ^^o hack to the old law 

 of supply and demand, if and when the 

 business and lahor leadir> <d" the coun 

 try will allow the ^anie economi<- prin 

 ciple to fiperate with their affair- I'.ut. 

 >io lonp as industry insists ujion the 

 curtailment of production in order to 

 sustain the price of it> proilucts. and -o 

 lonjt a.« American lahoi insists upon an 

 artificial standard of waires, reirardle-- 

 of the tiemaml for lahor. then tln' .Amor 

 lean farnter will continue to use th< 



Grinding aid mliing poultry and dairy feeds 

 Here ycu see tke layout where close *o 700 tons 



ame |)rinciple and ad.iii>i hi- pro<iuctioi 

 'o -uch extint a.- may he necessary to 

 meet industry and lal)or on a hasi- '"f 

 eouitahle prici's (••r their ropective prod 

 net.-. 



It 1- true that the .Au'iieultural .\d 

 lustnient Ai-I \\a> adopteil as an emer 

 ireiiey measure. It i- true that tnany in 

 justices and itie<|uitii'.- have heeii found 

 in it- apidication, l-'uither refinement of 

 thi> measure niii-l h> had ^o that all in 

 lustices may hi- removed ;ind >in)pler a<l 

 n-ini>tratioii had. This i< a resjxuisihil 

 ny of farmer- aclinir throiiyh orjrani/a 

 tion. and all economic tacts ilisidosi' they 

 .•:re entitled to the suppi.rt and c< op 

 elation ^if other .\merican indu.-try and 

 "f .American ladoi in thi- effort. 



It >liould no! In- foi-yotten that thi 

 • lll^tandilllr l>roi;ram of the I-'ederal i'n>\ 

 ernmeilt in contrihutinu' to national wi-l 

 fare ha> heen it> program to rai-e farm 

 piice- and H'>toie farm income. It should 

 al>o he n-memhered that all co>ts (■■•t: 

 neded with this creat federal farm pro 

 irram an- currently met It i- -elf -up 

 portiiifr and doe's not levy .-^iiy kind ■ t 

 deht or ohli^ation for future i;en<ral ion- 

 to pay. llecent amendment- to the .\>;ri 

 iiillural .Adju-tment .\(-t provide what i- 

 lielieved !o Ik- nece>-.-iry fcpi' the more 

 complete administratii II of the .Act m 

 c.-iriyin-j cmM its purpo-e anil p(diey 



|-arme|-- ;ind their friend> should lu't 

 lie misled h.v the ofirani/ed opposition 

 to the .\'jr cultural .Ad.iii.-t inenl .Act that 

 has developed. It !- laii;ely constituted 

 from the handler> and processor- of 

 farm pimluits. It appear- ihiy I.elieve 

 their immediate intere>t i- he-I -erved 

 liy uidimited production of farm prod 

 net-, a- It i> the volume of production 

 upon which commi>-ion< and charire- of 

 various kind- are |e\ ied 



The real is.-ue confrontinu farmers and 

 ihiiikintr cili/ens of the t'nited States at 

 the presi'Ut lime i- whether the farnier- 



is an important side-tine on the Honegg^r *«rm 

 o* feeds w.II be handled this year. 



of the country and their thmkmff friend-^, 

 or the handlers and |«rocessor- of farm 

 products are to write into the statute> 

 of the state and nation future policies 

 of .American agriculture. Six million 

 tanner- cannot he effective a^ indi- 

 vidual-. Their interests can he and wil' 

 lie proper'y and effwtivelv protected ti 

 the extent they respond hy univer-al or- 

 L'anization under the hanner of mu- trreat 

 farm o|-<r.-. nidation, wlvich must Vie e<|uip 

 ped i'- represent farmer- at all times and 

 in all places where their ititerests are 'f- 

 \olved. This is the pnnrram of thf F'arn'. 

 Hureiiu. in count.v. state and nation, and 

 :t will he <uci-essful in di-chareinsr thi- 

 tremendoii- re.-pon-ihility ju»t to the ex 

 tent that .Ameri<an farnu-rs think at '! 

 act in and thimmh the oriranization. 



I appeal to every thinkintr farmer an ! 

 husines.s tnaii of the state of Illinoi- to 

 ioin. throuirh menil"er>hip in their four. - 

 ty Kami Flureau. in makini; a mo-^t far 

 reaihinjr decision. Shall Anierioan farm- 

 ers with the assistance of their husine-- 

 friends d<-l«'rmine the future course of 

 farm policies in .America, or shall thf> 

 -peculators in farm product- .-md har 

 ■i!ei- ami proce-^-^or- of farm product- 

 cciitiol the future de-tiny of .Amencar 

 .itrriculture" 



NOTE Radio aadress ~ie' S^at'On WIS 

 f^rday Sept. 13 1935. 



\ new world"- record price i>f .51. in 



;. piiuiid for fat m.-irket ho;.'- wa- n 

 (eive.l hy H'l ye.ir . Id Willard Krittli:. 

 .^.•iiiiramon county 1 II •luh mi-mher oi 

 hi- 1 Tn pound l?erk>hire harrow at thi 

 (■••i-eiit Illinoi- .<t:;te K.air 



Score", of farm huildincf were nmdorn 



ized. rep.-iired and painti'd as a result ..f 

 the campaitrii sponsored hy th»- White 

 >ide Coutity l-'arni |{ure:ni duriiii: thi 

 past two month>. ."sales of -i.yoil iia'iit 

 mounti'd to new heights 



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