During the next few months there 

 will be a great deal of digging back into 

 the records to see what this candidate 

 said on a certain occasion and what the 

 other said at another time. The political 

 experts will exult and pat themselves on 

 the back each time they resurrect some- 

 thing designed to score against the op- 

 position. The air and the press will be 

 filled with propaganda greatly exag- 

 gerating the virtues of Mr. X and the 

 weaknesses of Mr. Y. 



Such is the great game of politics. 

 And when one side wins, as it always 

 does, the attackers, speech writers and 

 orators of the winning side will take 

 great credit unto themselves for their 

 wisdom and zeal in giving the other 

 fellow hell in their own particular way. 

 As a matter of fact, it is important only 

 to a small minority of keen observers 

 just what Mr. Amanwho said about this 

 question and what he uttered about the 

 other. The rank and file of voters vote 

 pretty much by ear. If enough are dis- 

 satisfied with things as they are, there 

 is likely to be a change. If folks are 

 pretty well pleased with their lot, they 

 are usually willing to let well enough 

 alone. 



Not that we would detract from the 

 powers of political discernment and 

 speech writing attributed to Charlie 

 Michaelson, the astute press agent who 

 is credited with smearing Hoover in 1928. 

 Michaelson undoubtedly lived up to his 

 reputation in all particulars, but we sus- 

 pect that the state of employment and 

 wages, and the price of cotton, hogs, and 

 wheat had more to do with the 1932 elec- 

 tion than the erudite treatises of Michael- 

 son and his orators. 



Some wise old philosopher once ob- 

 served, "What you are speaks so loud, 

 I can't hear what you say." What a 

 candidate is and what he has done, when 

 they become known, have far greater 

 weight than what he has said. Most 

 candidates forget what they have said 

 especially when the press agent does the 

 saying for them. But it isn't easy for a 

 candidate to disguise by his acts, his 

 voice, and his manner what he really 

 thinks — if he thinks. 



Another thing, people .iudge candi- 

 dates by the company they keep. We 

 heard a smart political observer remark 

 "I would like nothing better than the 

 opposition of (a certain newspaper) if 

 I were running for office." A wise 

 politician learns how to make the right 



enemies. The party platforms and the 

 leading speeches, of course, should be 

 given some weight. When the success- 

 ful candidate doesn't come through and 

 carry out his campaign pledges, we at 

 least can throw it up to him and give 

 him a few uncomfortable moments. But 

 whether or not the campaign pledges are 

 fiilfilled in strict accordance with the 

 convention blue prints, doesn't make so 

 much difference to Joe Blow, average 

 voter. He is more likely to be preju- 

 diced this way or that by the state of 

 his pocket book, if not his stomach. He 

 wan'.s results as they affect him. 



So when you hear over the radio or 

 from the platform, "Listen to what he 

 said in his speech before the Whang- 

 doodle Club on Friday, October 30th," 

 listen but don't attach too much im- 

 portance to it. Politics being what it is, 

 more is constantly being said than the 

 sayer can remember or fulfill. If 25 per 

 cent of the campaign pledges are car- 

 ried out, the pledger is in a class with 

 the 400 batter in the big leagues. But 

 I hear by my neighbor's radio that a 

 candidate is speaking. So let's listen. — 

 E. G. T. 



Co-operatives Doing 

 Big Business 



(Continued from page 8) 



too many cooperative creameries in that 

 state. Professor Frank Robotka of Iowa 

 State College asserted that the Producers 

 would be ahead in the next ten years 

 in many Iowa localities if they would 

 scrap some of their creameries and re- 

 organize their territory with fewer 

 plants. "About 75 per cent of our Iowa 

 roads are now graveled," he said. "This 

 has changed the entire picture. The 

 biggest obstacle to needed unification of 

 cooperative creameries are those who 

 have a vested interest in their jobs. And 

 don't overlook the Chambers of Com- 

 merce. They, too, often interfere with 

 consolidations." 



Gougler explained the "B" class con- 

 trol feature of Illinois cooperatives, also 

 the differential patronage dividend paid 

 to Farm Bureau members. "If you 

 analyze our setup you'll find it as com- 

 pletely producer-controlled as any," said 

 Gougler. "The farmer always has the 

 last say regarding policies. But we be- 

 lieve in cooperation among the coopera- 

 tives. We can achieve -greater strength, 

 efficiency, and service for farmers 

 through harmony and co-operation be- 

 tween the local unit, the state coopera- 

 tive and our general farm organization, 

 the Farm Bureau." 



Members of the lAA marketing staff, 

 including Ray E. Miller, .T. B. Countiss, 

 Wilfred Shaw, and H. W. Day. and Fred 

 Herndon and L. R. Marchant of Illinois 



"Our immediate goal is to market 50 



percent of our livestock cooperatively," 

 says Art Entwhistle, chairman Whiteside 

 County committee. "We ought to! Live- 

 stock brings more income to Whiteside 

 County than any other thing we pro- 

 duce, and it is one of our most impor- 

 tant Farm Bureau projects." Whiteside 

 county has moved from 22nd place in 

 Illinois to 9th in percentage of livestock 

 marketed cooperatively. Since 1932 the 

 percentage has increased from 13 to 29 

 percent in 1935. 



Lyle Everest, former organization di- 

 rector of Mason County, was chosen as 

 manager of Kankakee Service Company 

 by the board of directors at a business 

 meeting June 12th. Mr. Everest, who 

 has a solendid background of practical 

 experience as a bulk-station man, serv- 

 ice station manager, and field man under 

 the direction of F. J. Lanterman, man- 

 ager of the Logan-Mason Service Com- 

 pany, assumed his duties June 15th. 



Attendance records at 4-H Club tours 



held in June at the University of Illi- 

 nois, broke all records with a registra- 

 tion of more than 4.200 club members 

 and leaders. 



The confidence with which good farm 



mortgage paper is regarded in financial 

 circles is readily shown by the heavy 

 over-subscription of the $180,000,000 is- 

 sue of 3 percent Federal Land Bank 

 bonds, according to J. M. Huston, of 

 the Federal Land Bank, St. Louis. The 

 new issue was offered on April 8, and 

 by 11:00 a. m., was heavily over-sub- 

 scribed. 



Farm Supply Company, were busy 

 throughout the week attending their 

 various sessions and exchanging views 

 with those from other states interested 

 in the same commodity or service. 



Roy Burris of Morgan county gave 

 one of the best talks in the livestock 

 group in which he told how Morgan 

 county had met the problem created by 

 the downfall of livestock shipping asso- 

 ciations. "A survey of every livestock 

 producer in the county was made by our 

 102 committeemen," he said. "We 

 learned what kind of livestock he had, 

 when they would be ready to sell and to 

 whom they would be shipped. This ena- 

 bled us to concentrate on the men who 

 were not selling cooperatively. Then we 

 started a county-wide truck service. 

 Some of us beUeve that we ought to 

 own our own trucks, also our own Stock 

 Yards. I think we could cut our mar- 

 keting costs in half. Every terminal 

 agency of producers ought to have its 

 own insurance service. A lot of bad 

 practices must be ironed out. They won't 

 be until the farmer docs it himself." 



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