

.'#Sf tti 



A 



WHEN 1000 FARM BUREAU LEADERS MET AT SPRINGFIELD. lULY 9 

 They Unanimously Endorsed the New Agricultural Adjustment Bill . . urged Congress to Enact the Measure Without 

 Delay. (Insert) President Earl C. Smith Addressing the Group with lAA Directors on Platform. ■ i 



t 



Pass the Crop Adiustment Act! 



\^ ^^ ASS the Agricultural Adjust- 

 /L) ment bill and pass it before 



-^ . another crop surplus emergency 

 rolls around to force a return of ruin- 

 ous prices! 



This is the action demanded by a 

 thunderous chorus of "AYES" when 

 nearly 1000 County Farm Bureau leaders 

 met 'midst sweltering corn belt weather 

 in the High School auditorium at Spring- 

 field, July 9. The unanimous vote fol- 

 lowed a motion by President Harry 

 Gehring of the Knox County Farm Bu- 

 reau that the meeting go on record 

 supporting the new adjustment program 

 and urging Congress to enact it into law 

 without delay. There was not a single 

 dissenting voice. 



This climax of the meeting came after 

 a careful explanation of the bill by 

 President Earl C. Smith followed by 

 questions and answers, and comment on 

 the legal problems involved by General 

 Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick. Clifford 

 V. Gregory, retiring editor of Prairie 

 Farmer, sp>oke briefly pledging his con- 



tinued efforts in working for farmers 

 interests wherever his new work might 

 take him. He received a warm ovation 

 from the audience, a tribute to his 2*) 

 years of conscientious and militant cru- 

 sading for the farmers of Illinois. 



"TTiis bill does not regiment the farm- 

 er but it does provide for regimenting 

 price-depressing surpluses." Mr. Smith 

 said. The audience cheered the stateme.nt 

 that a non-co-operator will be penalized 

 only when he breaks the price by failing 

 to retain his share of crop surpluses on 

 the farm. It was apparent that Farm 

 Bureau leaders are generally in favor 

 of such a provision. 



The schedule of parity payments as 

 provided in the bill were applied to an 

 individual farm and the figures put on 

 the blackboard, during the explanation 

 by Mr. Smith. The whole purpose of the 



measure, it was explained, is to main- 

 tain prices of the basic farm products 

 mentioned in the bill — cotton, wheat, 

 corn, tobacco, and rice — at approximate 

 parity. In periods of surplus, each farmer 

 would be required to hold on his farm, 

 his share of the crop in excess of market 

 demands. This feature of the plan is 

 similar to that advocated for years by 

 Matt Grennan, Whiteside county farmer 

 who has repeatedly advocated his plan 

 before leaders in farm thought. There 

 is a stiff penalty provided for every 

 pound or bushel of surplus marketed in 

 excess of the allotment to any farm in 

 periods of surplus. Otherwise there is 

 no limitation or penalty of any kind. 

 Each farmer is permitted to grow what- 

 ever he pleases and there is no restriction 

 on acreage. 



The farm operator may continue piling 



1000 Farm Bureau Leaders Demand Action 

 at Meeting in Springfield { 



I. A. A. RECORD 



