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Illinois flcRicuLTURflL flssocmTioN Record 



- To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 



namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political '■ r ■ 

 ; and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and 

 to develop agriculture. 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIAIION 



Greatest State Farm Organization m America 



■-■ ./■■•;.■-. '■ OFFICERS ■■■■..:■••.■■.•-.:: .:■• 



PresiJenl, Earl C. Smith EVtroit 



Vice-President. Talmage DeFrees Smithboro 



Corporate Secretary, Paul E. Mathias . . . .Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo. E. .Mftzgeh Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Asi't Treasurer, A. R. Weight Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



1m CO ] 1th E. Harris, Grayslake 



12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



16th Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th E. D. Lawrence, Bloomington 



18th Herman W. Danforth, Danforth 



19th Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd A. O. Eclcert. Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th R. B. Endicott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller R . G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Information — Publicity George Thiem 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metrger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gougler 



Safety C. M. Seagraves 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co LA. Williams. Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co.. .J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 

 Illinois Agr. Auditing Ass'n . . F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 

 Illinois Agr. Mutual Ins. Co. . . A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



m. Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



ni. Farm Bureau Serum Ass'n . . Ray E. Miller, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange.. H. W. Day. Mgr. 

 Illinois Grain Corporation . . Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass'n. .Ray Miller, Mgr. 

 Illinois Milk Producers' Ass'n . . Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 

 Illinois Producers' Creameries .. F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 

 J. B. Countiss, Sales Mgr. 

 Soybean Marketing Ass'n . . J. W. Armstrong, President 



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GEORGE THIEM. Editor 



JOHN TRACY. Asst. Editor 



I i: ! Moving Fo r w a r d 



ORGANIZED Illinois farmers have reason to be proud of the 

 contribution they are making toward meeting the problem 

 created by the invaUdarion of the agricultural adjustment pro- 

 gram. The leadership of the Illinois Agricultural Association in 

 national agricultural affairs was again recognized by the selection 

 of its president, Earl Smith, as chairman of a committee to recom- 

 mend and prepare a new farm program to replace the AAA. Every 

 member, thus, has a part in the movement to improve the genera! 

 welfare by establishing a sound fjermanent pwlicy for agriculture. 



THE new farm program is new before the congress in the form 

 of amendments to the Soil Conservation Act of 1935. The House 

 bill rejxirted out Feb. 3 by a non-partisan vote of 17 to 6 

 provides for a temporary plan to be effective until Dec. 31, 1938, 

 with payment of bounties to farmers who co-operate in "soil con- 

 servation and the economic use of land." The permanent program 

 for the "maintenance of a continuous and stable supply of agricul- 

 tural commodities adequate to meet domestic and foreign consum- 

 er requirements at prices fair to both producers and consumers, and 

 for maintenance of farmers' purchasing power" is to be held in 

 abeyance until state legislatures have had an opportunity to enact 

 laws carrying out the purposes of the federal act. 



OPINION is sharply divided about the possibilities of writing 

 an effective farm program in the light of the Roberts' decision. 

 Did the Supreme Court majority mean it when it said, "It (the 

 AAA) is a statutory plari to regulate and control agricultural pro- 

 duction, a matter beyond the powers delegated to the federal gov- 

 ernment." The heart of any effective plan for agricultural pros- 

 perity def)ends on keeping production in reasonable balance with de- 

 mand at fair prices. That being true how will the court regard a new 

 plan to accomplish this purpose even though it is couched in new 

 terms and under a new name. Many sharp legal minds are con- 

 vinced that the court left the way open for new legislation that will 

 do what needs to be done. Others are doubtful. Only the future 

 will disclose what steps must yet be taken by organized farmers to 

 secure economic and legislative equality for agriculture. In the 

 meantime there is only one direction to go and that is forward. 



