Congress Committed to Pass 

 Surplus Control Legislation 



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sh.it I of (lie N.ition.il iiuomL-, 



J I'hat mtiMimers slumUl be .iffonkJ 

 prott'CtHMi au.itnst thf ti>nsfqiicnct' of 

 ilri.)vitli by storage of rcstTvc supplies 

 of bip crop years for use in tlic tiiiu* 

 of crop failure. 



s. That it consumers are >;iven the prt» 

 teclion of such ever normal uranary 

 plan, farmers shoulil be sateuuarileil 

 against umlue price declines by a svs- 

 tem of loans supplementini; the na 

 lioiial soil conservation proi;rani. ,iiul 



•I. That Control of agricultural surpluses 

 above the ever-normal uranary supply 

 is necessary to safeyu.iril the nation's 

 investment in loans aiul to protect 

 farmers .'uainst the price coll.ipse due 

 to bumper yielJs resultini; in pnuluc 

 tion beyonil .ill ^lonustic .inii forei.t:n 

 needs : 



Ncnv HP IT THI Rl FORT RISOI.VI D. 

 bv the Senate aiul House of Representatives 

 of the I'niteil States anil Congress assembleil, 

 that abundant proJuction of farm products 

 sliould be a blessini; anil not a curse, and 

 tliat therefore legislation carryini; out the 

 forecoini; principles will be the first to vn- 

 uace the attention of (Suitress on its re- 

 'tonvenini; and that it is the sense of the 

 Congress that a permanent farm pri>i;ram 

 based upon these principles should be en- 

 acted as soon as possible after Congress 

 reconvenes. 



Throughout the months of effort to 

 secure tile .ittention of the Conpress 

 to the import.ince of en.ictin^ surphis 

 control IccisLition before .mother eiiier- 

 ^Cency arose, the .ittitude of the Illi- 

 nois ilelec.ition of Conyressn'ien was 

 consistent .incl constriittive. They put 

 torth every re.ison.ible effort to seiure 

 .iction by Congress before .nljourn- 

 ment. 



There .ippe.irs in connection with 

 this .irticle a petition sicned by 2 ) of 

 the 27 Conaressmen from Illinois un- 

 der date of luly 1 "i which is self-e\ 

 plan.Uory. No state has surpassed or 

 ecjiialied Illinois in tiie support its 

 Concressional delegation has t:iv( n to 

 adec]uate farm surplus control legis- 

 lation throiichout the years Illinois 

 farmers may well feel proud of this 

 record. 



Kendall County Farm Bureau has 



blue prints drawn for a i2 .\ 60' two- 

 story brick building to be erected in 

 ^'orkvilie. The plan provides for a 

 colli stora^'e locker system installed in 

 the basement with 3'>() lockers, offices 

 on tile first floor, and a 12' x 60'' as- 

 sembly room on the second floor. Esti 

 mated cost is Si 8,000. 



Louis A. Huebsch, has been treasurer 



ot the I-ake C^ounty I'.irm Bureau since 

 it was organized in 191 ■> — nearly 23 

 vears. 



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Illinois Congressmen Support Crop 

 Surplus Control Legislation 



July 15, 1937 

 Hon. Marvin Jones, Chairman, 

 Committee on Agriculture, 

 House of Representatives. 

 My dear Mr. Chairman: 



The undersigned members of the Illinois delegation of the House of 

 Representatives urgently petition you and your committee to report out 

 at the earliest possible time a general farm bill vrith the viev/ that House 

 action may be taken at this session of Congress. Speaking for our State 

 v^e knoAV that there is the greatest possible demand among our farmers 

 for farm legislation at the present time. We view with great alarm the 

 almost certainty of huge surpluses in 1937 which is obliged to have a vi- 

 tal and far reaching effect on the 1938 crop and thereby seriously affect- 

 ing not only the farm but the national economy. 



The undersigned stand ready to cooperate ■with your committee in 

 anyway possible to secure legislation before the adjournment of Con- 

 gress. 



With best wishes, we are 



Sincerely, 







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C. p. "Charlie" Cummings, former 



manaijer of the Midwest Grain Corp., 

 then mana^»er of Farmers National 

 Grain Corp. Peoria branch has accepted 

 a position in the Grain and Soybean 

 Department of Allied Mills at Peoria. 

 Charlie's many friends wish him well in 

 his new work. 



Crawford County Illinois turned out 



7 1 strong' for a Producers .Market Tour 

 at Indianapolis, on August '>th. (ioun- 

 ty livestock chairman Harold Kincaid 

 and Farm Adviser Harold Allison were 

 in charge. 



An exhibit car operating over the 



Pennsylvania railroad featuring uses 

 for soybeans will be displayed at the 

 annual meeting of the American Soy- 

 bean Association. Urbana. .Sept. I i, l"), 

 16, The car traveled from New Bruns- 

 wick, N. J., to Effingham, Illinois, in 

 ten days, made 22 stops of two hours 

 or more cnroute. It will make 11 stops 

 in Illinois before the Urbana meeting. 



Frank W. Purnell, former adviser in 



Ford and Mercer counties has been ap- 

 pointed farm adviser in Greene county. 



I. A. A. RECORD 



