Relief Rolls Increase 



Despite More Employment 



Although more than 100,000 persons 

 have been added to industrial payrolls 

 in Illinois since Jan. 1, there will be an 

 increase in the number of relief rolls this 

 fall, it was disclosed at a meeting of busi- 

 ness and government leaders in Chicago 

 recently. 



The meeting, called by John Martin 

 of Salem, chairman of the Illinois Emer- 

 gency Relief Commission, considered 

 ways and means of handling the unem- 

 ployment relief problem. 



When called upon to express the view 

 point of Illinois farmers. Earl C. Smith, 

 president of the lAA stated that present 

 day conditions demanded a change in 

 policy of those administering federal, 

 state, ai^d local relief agencies. 



"In the depths of the depression in 

 1932-33 when unemployment was wide- 

 spread, the stigma and embarassment 

 once attached to public charity was re- 

 moved, and rightly so," Mr. Smith 

 said. '"Millions through no fault of their 

 own were suddenly deprived of a means 

 of livelihood. 



"But today conditions are different. It 

 is much easier to find employment, not 

 perhaps to the liking of the person look- 

 ing for work, but at least a job that 

 means a living. Because of this change, 

 relief once more should be made un- 

 desirable rather than desirable except for 

 the deserving cases who are unable be- 

 cause of physical or mental handicaps to 

 help themselves. 



"There must be a public awakening to 

 the fact that regardless of whether the 

 relief comes from federal, state, or local 

 taxing bodies, the cost is borne by the 

 rank and file of people. To put efficiency 

 and economy into relief administration 

 there must be greater co-ordination be- 

 tween all governmental relief agencies. 

 More responsibility must be placed on 

 local relief agencies to simplify, reduce 

 costs, and make possible intelligent selec- 

 tion of deserving from underserving per- 

 sons." 



Chicago returns to Central Standard 

 Time, Sunday, September 26th. Be- 

 ginning Monday the lAA office hours 

 will be 8:30 A.M. to 4:45 P.M., Satur- 

 days, 8:30 A.M. to 12:40 P.M. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, general counsel 

 for the AFBF and lAA delivered three 

 speeches in support of the new pro- 

 posed Agricultural Adjustment Act at 

 mass meetings in Amarillo, Waco, and 

 Lufkin, Texas in August. The Texas 

 Agricultural Association which spon- 

 sored the meetings is the state unit of 

 the America -Farm Bureau. It is gain- 

 ing rapidly in membership. 



SHELLED COBM RETURNS HIGHEST PROFIT 

 These steers seen on Cattle Feeder's Doy at the UniTersity oi Dlinois were Tolued 

 at S17.7S f.o.b. Chicago. They made an average daily gain of 2.51 lbs., and a profit 

 per head oi $63.83. Many substitute feed rations and molasses mixtures were tested 

 but the check lot of cattle full fed on shelled com was given the highest valuation and 

 the most profit per heod. Members of the appraisal committee above are Ray Walsh 

 and Goodman Story of the Chicago Producers and Leo Daly of Swift & Co. 



New York GLF Man To 



Speak At IFS Meeting 



E. Victor Underwood, president of the 

 Grange League Federation Holding 

 Corp., Ithaca, New York, will be the 

 principal speaker at the Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company annual meeting. Hotel 

 Pere Marquette, Peoria, October 20. 



New records in volume of business 

 established in all departments of the 

 company will be revealed. Orders for 

 93,372 gallons of Soyoil paint were 

 handled during the month of August as 

 compared to orders for 59,800 gallons 

 during the same month in 1936. 



Other divisions of the company, in- 

 cluding the feed department organized 

 during the year, are expected to show un- 

 precedented business gains for the year. 



On the lighter side. Pappy Cheshire 

 and his crew from radio station KMOX 

 will entertain the delegates. 



rado as a sweepstakes prize. Judges 

 were Prof's. Ruehe, Gregory, and Thom- 

 son of Illinois, Purdue, and Wisconsin 

 Universities. 



The first farm safety congress will 

 be held Oct. 11-15 at Kansas City dur- 

 ing the 26th National Safety Congress 

 and Exposition. C. M. Seagraves, lAA 

 safety director will outline "A Pro- 

 gram for Farm Safety." 



Hogs prices this fall and winter 



should average at least as high as a 

 year ago, says the Bureau of Agricul- 

 tural Economics. Average price at Chi- 

 cago in the 1936-37 fall and winter 

 season with about $990 per cwt. The 

 Bureau predicts a heavy pig crop next 

 spring because of cheaper feed and 

 good hog prices. 



Earl H. Kane, Lake county Farm 

 Bureau member won Pure Milk Asso- 

 ciation's Neatest Dairy Farm contest 

 this year. Other gold medal winners 

 in Illinois were Nick Baumann, Aurora, 

 George A. Damisch, Hampshire, Wil- 

 liam Eyre, Minooka, Louis Heuer, Mt. 

 Prospect, Douglas I. Hine, Harvard, 

 Charles Mark, Frankfort, Daniel C 

 Myers, Sugar Grove, Henry J. Stilling, 

 McHenry, and Philip Surprenant, Kan- 

 kakee. Mr. and Mrs. Kane get an 8 

 day trip to Yellowstone Park and Colo- 



Prices for well-finished cattle are ex- 

 pected to be maintained at a relatively 

 high level until increased supplies of 

 grain-fed cattle become available next 

 winter and spring, says the U. S. D. A. 

 Bureau of Agricultural Economics. 



Turkey producers had about 10 per 



cent fewer birds on hand, Sept. 1, as 

 compared to a year ago. The size of 

 the crop indicates that the trend is 

 down toward 1932-33 levels. 



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