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Illinois flGRicuLTURflL flssociflTiON Record 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political 

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

 to develop agriculture. - 



July, 1936 

 Vol. 14 No. 7 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



CreatesI Slate Farm Organization in America 



'-• OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DeFrees Smithboro 



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



Field Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. CowLES Bloomington 



Ass't Treasurer, A. R. Wright ....Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to 1 1th E. Harris, Grayslake 



12th. . E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th. . Otto Stcffey, Stronghurst 



15th M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



16th Alb:rt Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th E. D. Lawrence, Bloomington 



18th Herman W. Danforth, Danforth 



19th Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



2Ist Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd A, O. Eckert, 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 



Publicity George Thiem 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization . . G. E. Met2g?r 



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 L, A. Williams, Mgr. 



Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co.. .J. H. KelI.er, Mgr. 



Illinois Agr. Auditing Ass'n..F. B. Ringhjm, Mgr. 



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



III. 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. 



On the editorial and advertiainr staff: George Thiem. 

 John Tracy. Howard HIU. 



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Firsf Flighf of Baby Chicks. Nenf 

 Flight to the Frying Pan. 



Light is shed on the ways and 

 means of financing some "farmer" 

 organizations, by the recent Senate 

 investigation of the "Farmers" In- 

 dependence Council, who has been 

 active in working against the crop 

 adjustment program. 



The proceedings of that investi- 

 gation, now published, make inter- 

 esting reading. Stanley F. Morse, 

 executive secretary of the Council, 

 incidentally, classes himself as a 

 "consulting agriculturalist." 



The presidency of the Council, 

 Morse admitted, was offered to 

 Homer Grommon of Plainfield, 111., 

 president of the so-called Farmers 

 Grain Dealers' Association. Grom- 

 mon. it seems, refused. Then Ren- 

 ick Dunlap of Ohio, former assist- 

 ant secretary of agriculture, was 

 asked to take the post. He, too, 

 turned it down. Then Morse 

 thought of Captain Dan Casement 

 of Kansas who likes to be in the 

 pub'.ic eye. Dan accepted. 



Morse testified that W. W. 

 Woods, president of the American 

 Institute of Meat Packers, agreed 

 to help him get contributions to 

 finance the Council's work. From 

 J. D. Cooney of Wilson & Company, 

 meat packers, Morse said he got 

 $1,500; from Swift & Company, 

 $3,500. 



Morse said he collected a total of 

 $25,000. From Lamott DuPont 

 he said he received $5,000; from 

 President Aldrich of the Chase Na- 

 tional Bank of New York. $500; 

 from J. N. Pew, Jr., Sun Oil Com- 

 pany, $2,000; from J. R. Leonard, 

 commission broker of Chicago. 

 $590; from Charles Hayden of 

 Hayden-Stone & Co., Chicago. $500; 

 from Dr. Kemmerer of Princeton 

 University, $5.00. A. G. Leonard, 

 president and director of the Un'on 

 Stock Yard Transit Company, Chi- 

 cago, he said, gave him $250. 



Following is typical testimony 

 from the record: 



"The Chairman: Suppose we just 

 put down these directorships be- 

 fore we leave. Milbank, Albert G., 

 he contributed $500, didn't he? 

 That is what the record shows. 



"Mr. Morse. Whatever that 

 shows; yes. 



"The Chairman: Poor's Manual 

 shows he is a partner in Milbank. 

 Tweed, Hope & Webb, 15 Board 

 St., New York City, with a resi- 

 dence at 480 Park Avenue. Is that 

 in a farming district of New York 7 



"Mr. Morse: I don't think they 

 do much farming. 



"The Chairman: And Hunting- 

 ton, Long Island, N. Y.. as a resi- 

 dence. Do you know whether or 

 not that is a farming district? 



"Mr. Morse: I don't think it is. 



"The Chairman: It seems that 

 he is chairman of the board and 

 director of the Borden Co., also 

 trustee of the Title Guarantee & 

 Trust Co., and a director of the 

 Equitable Trust Co. and the 

 Oceanic Investing Corporation." 



Questioning Morse about the lit- 

 erature the Council circulated a- 

 mong farmers. Senator Schwellen- 

 bach said: "Would you like to tell 

 us, for example, what Mr. Ernest 

 Lawrence of Bloomington, Illinois, 

 said when you wrote to him?" 



Mr. Morse. "I don't know; I don't 

 recall." 



Senator Schwellenbach. "He 

 says: 'Certainly not! There is 

 ■scarcely a word of truth in the 

 above, as you well know. It insults 

 my intelligence. Keep your lousy 

 literature out of my mail!' " 



Mr. Morse. "We occasionally get 

 some of those letters." 



Senator Schwellenbach. "Signed 

 '^ n. Lawrence. Republican'." 



Senator Schwellenbach. "You had 

 no interest in politics, as you have 

 sp'd before?" 



Mr. Morse. "No." 



Senator Schwellenbach. "You did 

 not on October 25, 19.S5, write to 

 the Hon. Frank O. Lowden, of Ore- 

 gon. 111.?" 



Mr. Morse. "I tried to interest 

 him." 



Senator Schwellenbach. "He has 

 been active in politics?" 



Mr. Mnrse. "Yes, sir; but we are 

 •ery much opposed to his farm pro- 

 gram." 



Enough said. It's always a good 

 idea to consider the source and the 

 motives as well as the money, back 

 of each new endeavor to "save" the 

 farmer from such evils as regimen- 

 tation, loss of liberty and the like. 

 —Editor. 



