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WHEN 1000 FARM BUREAU LEADERS MET AT SPRINGFIELD. JULY 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. 



Pass the Crop Adjustment Act! 



\^^\ ASS the At;riciiltur,il Adjust- 

 KJ merit hill and pass it before 



^ . .mother crop surplus emergency 

 rolU around to force n return of rum 

 ous prices' 



This !•> the .irtion demanded b\ ,i 

 thunderous rhoriis of ' A'^'LS when 

 nearly 1000 County Farm Bureau leaders 

 met midst swcltermt; corn belt weather 

 m the High .School auditorium at Spring 

 field, luly '>. The unanimous vote fol- 

 lowed a motion by President Harry 

 Gehring of the Knox County I'arm 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 bv 

 President -Farl C. .Smith followed h\- 

 i)iiestions and answers, and comment on 

 liic legal problems invoKed by General 

 Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick Clitlord 

 V Gregory, retiring editor of Prairie 

 I'armer, spoke 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 aiuliencc. a tribute to his r"i 

 vears of conscientious and militant c tu 

 v.iding for the farmers of Illinois 



This bill does not regiment the farm 

 er but It does provide for regimenting 

 price-depressing surpluses.' Mr. Smith 

 said. The audience cheered the statement 

 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 pi.t on 

 the blackboard, during the explanation 

 bv .Mr. Smith The whole purpose of the 



measure, if w-as 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 farmei 

 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 Grcnnan, Whiteside county farmer 

 who has repeatedly ad\ocated 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 

 Fach farmer is permitted to grow what- 

 ever he pleases and there is no restriction 

 on .acreage. 



The farm operator mav continue pding 



lOOO Farm Bureau Leaders Demand Action 

 at Meeting in Springfield 



I. A. A. RECORD 



