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justify a market price at the loan level." 

 On Labor this: "We believe labor 

 leaders would do labor more good 

 in the long run, and would render tre- 

 mendous service to the country, if they 

 would adopt flexible wage standards, 

 based on the cost of living. What 

 good to labor is a dollar-and-a-half-an- 

 hour wage if the rate is so high that 

 nobody can pay it? We believe the 

 principle of the annual wage is sound, 

 and we hope to see it applied in many 

 more industries." 



Bankhead and 

 Lucas 



Overwhelming support of the Cot- 

 ton South for marketing quotas and 

 control of production in the recent ref- 

 erendum was reflected in the vigorous 

 address of Senator John Bankhead of 

 Alabama supporting the cotton pro- 

 gram. 



He suggested that cotton farmers re- 

 duce their acreage another one-third 

 below the allotments for 1939 — from 

 an estimated yield of 12,000,000 bales 

 down to 7,000,000 or 8,000,000 bales, 

 and that the government donate to 

 these cooperators 4,000,000 to 5,000,- 

 000 bales of its 7,000,000 held in stor- 

 age. Such a program, he thought, 

 would cut the 1939 cotton supply to 

 about 18 million bales. He would con- 

 tinue such a program upping benefit 

 payments another $200,000,000 until 

 the surplus is worked off. It doesn't 

 seem likely that congress nor farmers 

 will subscribe to such a plan. 



Soon after Senator-elect Scott Lucas 

 started his address it was apparent 

 from the applause, that he was talk- 

 ing the language not only of Illinois 

 farmers but farmers nationally with 

 such thoughts as these: 



■'We are all in this economic battle 

 together . . the surest way of reaching 

 our goal is for agricultural interests 

 to maintain a united nation-wide front. 

 "The principles of the 1938 agricul- 

 tural bill are sound, equitable, pro- 

 gressive and will lead toward a greater 

 national prosperity. 



"You will find that the principle 

 of surplus control has been given the 

 endorsement of leaders in the Repub- 

 lican and Democratic administrations 

 for more than 10 years. It was Re- 

 publican leadership in the Mid-west 



who first advocated the control of 

 chronic surpluses. You will find that 

 the Agricultural Act of 1938, as well 

 as previous farm legislation passed un- 

 der the present administration, have en- 

 joyed the voting support of many sin- 

 cere Republicans, as well as an over- 

 whelming majority of Democrats. 



"There are politicians in America 

 who would wreck any agricultural pro- 

 gram if such destruction would assure 

 their return to political power. 



"It must be remembered that this 

 law has been on the statute books only 

 since last February. It should not be 

 blamed for the effects of two bumper 

 crop years, nor for being launched in 

 the midst of another excessive yield 

 of basic commodities." 



RESOLUTIONS 

 AT A GLAUCE 



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Economic and political democracy 



Fair relationship between prices, 

 profits, and wages 



Parity for agriculture . . . freer ex- 

 change of goods and services be- 

 tween all economic and profes- 

 sional groups 



A permanent committee appointed 

 by the President of the United 

 States representing agriculture, la- 

 bor, and industry "to be kept in 

 session until they have agreed up- 

 on a program that permits full 

 utilization of our great productive 

 resources" 



The AAA of 1938 with amendments 

 as experience and recommenda- 

 tions of farmers seem to justify 



More adequate funds for parity pay- 

 ments 



The commodity dollar .... a con- 

 gressional committee to study 

 monetary systems and propose ef- 

 fective methods of achieving great- 

 er stability in commodity prices 



Greater support by farmers of their 

 credit institutions 



Aggressive support of farmer-owned 

 and farmer-controlled cooperative 

 marketing and purchasing associa- 

 tions 



ReciprcKal trade treaties that im- 

 prove farm exports 



More freedom and flexibility for 

 railroad management 



Aggressive enforcement of anti-trust 

 laws 



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More effective pure seed legislation 



Increased construction of farm-to- 

 market low cost roads using relief 

 labor 



Continued support of U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture, land grant colleges, 

 experiment stations, and vocation- 

 al agriculture education 



Long range planning for agriculture 

 "by farmers" 



Extension of efforts to promote rural 

 health including preventive medi- 

 cine, rural hospitals, medical care, 

 world peace, and others adopted 

 by Associated Women of AFBF 





•()aain5t 



Special privilege 



All "isms" except Americanism 



Monopolies whether industrial, la- 

 bor or otherwise 



State barriers to trade 



Co-operative associations getting out- 

 side their field 



Tariff reductions on farm products 

 that jeopardize parity prices 



Limitation of types of transporta- 

 tion having natural, low cost ad- 

 vantages 



Discriminatory and punitive taxes 

 (such as chain store taxes) that 

 penalize or favor selected groups 



Obnoxious labor tactics and sit- 

 down strikes 



180 From Illinois 



fLLINOIS had the largest state 

 delegation at New Orleans with 

 the exception of Louisiana and 

 Mississippi. 



Illinois, too, took more trophies than 

 any other state, winning the cup for 

 the largest County Farm Bureau in 

 America (McLean county with 3027 

 members), the sixth for the state in 

 a row and the fifth for McLean (Cham- 

 paign won in 1936). Harrison county, 

 Texas was second with 2650 members. 



Cook county, Illinois Farm Bureau 

 took the cup for the largest numerical 

 gain in membership, adding 237 in 

 1938. Winner of the contest for the 

 best township or community program 

 was Sidney Township Farm Bureau of 

 Champaign county. 



The lAA took the cup again offered 

 for the best plan for membership ac- 

 quisition. 



During the week, Illinois folks at 

 the convention along with other state 

 delegations took advantage of sight- 

 seeing trips through the old French 



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