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Fred H. ( l.uiscn. president of .i 

 ^'isconsin farm equipment company, 

 spc.ikini: for industry s.iui tli.it cm 

 plover and employee relationsliip i> 

 a matter of cooperation, that wayes 

 must be paid for work ilone. the ri^ht 

 to work must not he denied, that labor 

 protests must be limited to peaceful 

 picketing, the sitdown strike outlawed 

 and tliat labor groups must assume 

 responsibility for their acts. 



"Labor's greatest problem.' said 

 George Clausen, secretary ol the .Min 

 nesota Federation of labor. is inse 

 ciirity of employment " He rei.oi:ni/.ed 

 that the problems of agriculture must 

 be a factor in the conditions of indus 

 trial labor 



Speaking for agriculture. ( lilford V 

 Gregory of Wallaces I'armer, said: 

 l"armers believe that abundant and 

 steady production is the ground on 

 which farmers, businessmen and work 

 ers can get together to build permaii 

 ent prosperity. They hope the time 

 will soon come wlien botli industry and 

 labor will reali/e that abundant pro 

 duction is more im]x)rtant than high 

 prices and higli hourly wages, that 

 stability of jModuction is more impor 

 tant than stability of prices and wages." 



L. R. Marchant. manager of Illinois 

 Farm Supply and W. H Peterson, sales 

 director, appeared on the cooperative 

 purchasing program, presided over by 

 Geo. Met/ger, lAA lield secretary. 

 Harrison l\dirnkopf. \.\A gram mar- 

 keting director, and J. H ( ountiss. 

 sales manager of Illinois Producers 

 Creameries, spoke in their respcLtive 

 group meetings. 



Dr, R. W.Hartktl of the L'niv. of 

 Illinois spoke on Milk Sales Policies 

 and Market ( hanges Or. I., j Norton 

 read a paper on litfecl of (hanges in 

 Transportation in Grain C oopcratives." 

 Organizing and I'lnancing ( old Stor- 

 age Locker Plants was the sub)ect 

 of an address by F. E. Ringham of the 

 St. Louis Bank for Cooperatives. 



Arthur F.. Burwash. president Illinois 

 Grain C!orp.. led a group discussion on 

 grain marketing problems and Talniage 

 De Frees, president, Illinois Fruit 

 Growers Exchange, presided at the ses- 

 sion on fruit and vegetable marketing. 

 Arthur Lauterbadi of Pure Milk Assn. 

 performed ably at the session on milk 

 marketing. 



Homer Bell, W'atseka and A B. 

 Sheeler, Graymont, represented the 

 farmer elevator managers with interest- 

 ing papers on "Problems of Combining 

 Sicielincs with the Grain Business." 



The fact that the time of the Institute 



was shifted to August anii that the 

 ]srogram came out rather lale. lOupled 

 with the location, were lactors in hoLl 

 ing down the attendance this year 

 ,\lanv Illinois ii>oper,iti\c assiniations 

 were rej'resented on the jvocr.mi. 



I rillJ-- .\ te-niporarv com erih cost 

 ing about lie per bu lor nialeri.ils has 

 been designed by the I'arm Engineer 

 ing Dept . University of Illinois. I'r 

 bana. Mounted on a eonc reie floor, the 

 lumber and materials can be used tor 

 other purposes when the crib is no 

 longer needed Blue prints and speci- 

 fications can be had for 1(V .i copy 

 The crib is designed to haiulle the 39 



crop so as to lea\e the .ss sealei! crop 

 i;n.iisti:rbed The government will ad- 

 \.inie "c per bu. storage payment to 



loiiper.itmg farmers for building new 

 crib space. 



Iljimj-- Contracts for delivery of 25.- 



Si!(i steel grain bins for storing 4) 

 million bushels of eorn v\ere let by 

 the government recently to lacilitate 

 li.indling of sealed corn on which loans 

 have expired. Negotiations for secur- 

 ing additional bins are under way ac- 

 .nrding to press reports. 



I nile Ah says it is better to say noth- 



inc than too much or not enough. 



^'FARMERS 

 RADIO 

 NITE" 





Mark your calenciar now Both 

 of these programs are sponsored 

 in the interest of Illinois Farm 

 Bureau families. 



Every "Blue Seal Salesman" has 

 been working harder to give bet- 

 ter service. Each one that makes 

 his goal will witness one broad- 

 cast in person. 



Boost your salesmen and tune 

 in on the rollicking fun of the 

 MUSTACHE BRIGADE. 



KMOX 



SEPT. 12la 

 8:30 P. M. 



ILLINOIS FABH SUPPLY COMPANY 



III SIUTH DEAIBIII STIEET 



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SEPTEMBER, 1939 



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