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ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and 

 to develop agriculture. 



AUGUST 

 VOL 16 



1938 

 NO. 8 



Published monthly by the Illinois Aericultural Asso- 

 ciation at 1501 West Washington Road. Mendota, III. 

 Editorial Offices. 608 So. Dearborn St., ChicaRO, 111. 

 Entered as second class matter at post office, Mendota, 

 Illinois, September U, 1936. Acceptance for mailing 

 at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, Act of 

 Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1935. Address all 

 communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, 6C8 So. Dearborn St., 

 Chicago. The individual membership ice of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee 

 includes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD. Postmaster: 

 Send notices on Form 3578 and undeliverablc copies 

 returned under Form 3579 to editorial offices, 608 S. 

 Dearborn St., Chicago. III. 



Editor and Advertising Director, E. G. TTiiem ; Assistant 

 Director and Ass't. Editor. Lawrence A. Potter. 



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization in Amer'ca 



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OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DeFrees. Smithboro 



Corporate Secretary, Paul E. Mathias Chicago 



Field Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. CowLES Bloomington 



Ass't Treasurer, A. R. Wrjght Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional District) 



1st to nth _ E. Harris, Grayslake 



12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th Leo M. Knox, Morrison 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th M. Ray Jhrig, Golden 



I6th..._ Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th C. M. Smith, Eureka 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th _ Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20th K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



21st Dwight Hart, Sharpsburg 



22nd A. O. Eckert, Belleville 



23rd Chester McCord, Newton 



24th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th ;...August G. Eggerding, Red Bud 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller R. G. Ely 



Dairy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Field Service Cap Mast 



Finance „ _ R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Grain Marketing Harrison Fahrnkopf 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Sam F. Russell 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing P. A. Gougler 



Publicity George Thiem 



Safety _ C. M. Seagraves 



Soil Improvement John R. Spencer 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation-Claims Division G. W. Baxter 



Young Peoples Activities Frank Gingrich 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co Dave Mieher, Sales 



Manager; Howard Reeder, Home Office Mgr. 

 Farmers' Mutual Reinsurance Co...J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



lUmois Agr. Auditing Ass'n C. E. Strand, Mgr. 



Illmois Agr. Mutual Ins. Co...A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illmois Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



111. Farm Bureau Serum Ass'n S. F. Russell, Secy. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



I mois Fruit Growers' Exchange....H. W. Day, Mgr. 



111. Grain Corporation Frank Haines, Mgr. 



I . Livestock Marketing Ass'n Sam Russell, Mgr. 



I inois Milk Producers' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



Illinois Producers' Creameries.. ..F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 

 J. B. Countiss Sales Mgr. 



AUGUST. 1938 ' ^^^ ^^^ - : ■ ' - - • 



GEORGE THIEM, Editor 



STATE FAIR TIME 



^^w HE old adage, 'A half 

 f^ loaf is better than no 

 \_J bread," apparently has no 

 standing with an alarming number of 

 today's citizens. Rather than take a 

 25 per cent reduction in wages, say 

 recent news dispatches, 1600 work- 

 men employed by the Ringling-Bar- 

 num and Bailey circus, went on 

 strike. Unable to pay the S60.00 

 plus room and board minimum wage 

 .scale demanded by the Union, the 

 management headed the circus pre- 

 maturely to winter quarters in Florida. 



The attitude of an increasing num- 

 ber seems to be, "Why work.' The 

 government will take care of us." The 

 honest, deserving, able-bodied un- 

 employed, all fair-minded persons 

 concede, should have such minimum 

 aid as is required to keep going un- 

 til subsistence can be gained through 

 private employment. But the major- 

 ity who work for a living are getting 

 tired of supporting those who won't 

 work except for a wage scale which 

 no one seems willing or able to pay. 



To what extent a benevolent relief 

 program, which fails to distinguish 

 between the deserving and undeserv- 

 ing, retards reemployment and re- 

 covery, is a matter that needs serious 

 study. No decent citizen wants to 

 see labor exploited and abused. But 



when the pendulum swings the other 

 way, when organized workmen abuse 

 their power and attempt to dictate to 

 their employer, if not possess his 

 property, then the situation is equally 

 obnoxious. 



Part of the blame for present con- 

 ditions can be laid at the door of un- 

 fair and unreasonable employers. 

 These are the ones who in the past 

 have failed to divide up a fair share 

 of the profits equitably among the 

 rank and file of workmen. There arc 

 thousands of honest employers in this 

 country who never have had any 

 labor troubles. This doesn't say that 

 all who have had are guilty of ex- 

 ploitation. Irresponsible agitators 

 sometimes pick on the just as well as 

 the unjust. But workers who insist 

 on throttling an industry by unrea- 

 sonable demands — killing the gcx)se 

 that lays the golden egg — deserve 

 no relief and no WPA jobs. 



Just how individual farm acreage 

 allotments should be arrived at, is 

 an issue over which there will be 

 some lively debate this fall and win- 

 ter. "Stick to history on each farm 

 and compel every man to reduce be- 

 low his customary corn and wheat 

 acreage to get a payment," says one 

 school of thought. "Forget history 

 and put every farm on a sound soil- 

 conserving crop rotation system " says 

 another. There are good arguments 

 pro and con. The story on page four 

 sheds some light on the question. 

 How do you feel about it.' 



Farm Bureau Day at the Illinois 

 State Fair, Springfield, will be Fri- 

 day, August 19. A committee of the 

 lAA staff has arranged an interesting 

 and attractive exhibit. Beautiful 

 photographic enlargements with suit- 

 able wording will illustrate the varied 

 service program carried on for the 

 benefit of members. The lAA tent 

 in approximately the same location 

 as in former years will provide a con- 

 venient and restful spot for members 

 and their friends to meet and visit. 

 Paste the dates Aug. 13-20 in your 

 hat and plan to attend. — E.G.T. 



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