THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION RECORD 



. To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized 

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

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

 to develop agriculture. ; 



APRIL 

 VOL. 17 



1939 

 NO. 4 



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Published monthly by the Illinois Aericultural Asso- 

 ciation at 1501 West Washington Road, Mendota, III. 

 Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 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, 608 So. Dearborn St., 

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 Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee 

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 Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD. Postmaster : 

 Send notices on Form 3578 and undeliverable copies 

 returned under Form 3579 to editorial offices, 608 S. 

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Editor and Advertising Director, E. 'G. Thiem ; Assistant 

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



Illinois Agricultural Association 



Greatest State Farm Organization in America 



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. Wright Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



1st to nth ; : Arthur States, Elwood 



12th £.. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



13th Leo M. Knox, Morrison 



I4th-. ^ Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th..: .' ..M. Ray Ihrig, Golden 



I'eth .-. .V Albert Hayes, Chillicothe 



17th C. M. Smith, Eureka 



18th : W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th _ Eugene. Curtis, Champaign 



20th _ K. T. Smith, Greenfield 



2 1st 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 Fahrnkspf 



Legal and General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing ^,.. Sam F. Russell 



Office _ C. E. Johnston 



Organization... _:.„ G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. 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 



rlfoung Peoples Activities Frank Gingrich 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country\Life Insurance Co Dave Mieher, Sales 



Manager; Howard Reeder, Home Office Mjjr. 



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



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



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



Illinois Agr. Service Co Donald Kirkpatrick, Secy. 



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



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



Illinois Fruit Growers' Exchange'.-..H. W. Day, M^r. 



111. Grain Corporation ..Frank Haines, Nfgr. 



111. Livestock Marketing Ass'n Sara Russell, Mgr. 



Illinois Milk Producers' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



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



J. B. Countiss Sales Mgr. 



GEORGE THIEM, Editor 



^A /I —HEN you go to the cloth- 

 ^<y 1/ ing store or • tailoring 

 Q (( shop to buy a virgin wool 

 suit or garment you may get what 

 you order and you may not. Prob- 

 ably not. For "all wool" today 

 means almost 'anything. Even the 

 tailor ortmerchant is frequently de- 

 ceived. He may be told the cloth is 

 pure virgin wool when it contains 

 mostly shoddy or reclaimed wool, 

 rayon, or cotton, or a mixture. 



The American Farm Bureau Fed- 

 eration, reputable woolen mills, or- 

 ganized sheep growers and a long 

 list of farm, labor and civic organiza- 

 tions are supporting fif^er identifica- 

 tion or truth-in-fabfics' legislation to 

 clean up the deception in the woolen 

 industry. Two identical mea^res, 

 the Schwartz and Martin bills which 

 would require woolen magufacturers 

 to disclose to consumers by means of 

 labels the fiber content of their prod- 

 ucts have been introduced in Con- 

 gress. Chief opfKjnent of the leg- 

 islation is the National Association 

 of Wool Manufacturers which an- 

 nually boasts in its report to mem- 

 bers of .success in defeating such leg- 

 islation. 



An interesting comparison of vir- 

 gin wool and shoddy is made by 

 Julius Forstmann, president of the 

 Forstmann Woolen Co., Passaic, 

 New Jersey. He says: "wool is the 

 only hollow fiber produced by nature. 



It was provided by this master teach- 

 er to protect animals against varia- 

 tions and rigours of heat, cold and 

 dampness. No other natural or syn- 

 thetic fiber possesses in any compar- 

 able degree its exclusive, healthful, 

 insulating properties, or its resilience. 

 "The violent tearing and shred- 

 ding processes necessary to reduce a 

 manufactured wool product to a 

 fibrous mass, which permits its use 

 again as reclaimed wool, further 

 damages a fiber which has already 

 been greatly deteriorated through 

 wear and service. It breaks the outer 

 epidermis or protective covering, 

 greatly reduces its length and lessens 

 or entirely destroys its natural prop- 

 erties. The use of reclaimed wool al- 

 ways results in a product inferior to 

 one which is made of the same orig- 

 inal grades of virgin wool. It never 

 results in one which is as good." 



It would seem that nothing more 

 need be said to 'convince anyone of 

 the soundness of such legislation. It 

 shouldn't be necessary to pass bills to 

 prevent us humans from cheating 

 each other. But it is. In the final 

 analysis most of the worlds' ills 

 would be healed if we could over- 

 come our cussed selfishness and prac- 

 tice the golden rule. 



"Let's sell cotton on a competitive 

 basis and hold our share o/ the world 

 market. A further cut in domestic 

 acreage is inadvisable." So sf>oke 

 directors of the American Farm Bu- 

 reau Federation meeting in Washing- 

 ton recently, and their recommenda- 

 tions were carried to President Roose- 

 velt at the White House next day by 

 President Edward A. O'Neal and 

 Vice-president Earl C. Smith. The 

 plan is to take whatever loss is neces- 

 sary to keep American cotton moving 

 into world trade, to maintain the 

 domestic price above depressed world 

 levels. 



So long as industrial America con- 

 tinues on an artificial price and wage 

 level maintained by high tariffs and 

 restrictive organization, a similar 

 course for agriculture is not only fair 

 but essential to farm and national 

 welfare. — E.G.T. ' 



APRIL, 1939 





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