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The Illinois ilgricultural kociation Record 



The niioois AgriculturtI Associition RECORD 

 is published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association at 1501 West Washington Road, Men- 

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

 Chicago, 111. Entered as second class matter at 

 post office, Mendota, Illinois, September 11, 1936. 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage 

 provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, 

 authorized Oct. 27, 1935. Address all communica- 

 tions for publication to Editorial Offices. Illinois 

 Agricultural Association RECORD, 608 So. Dear- 

 born St., Chicago. The individual membership 

 fee 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 undeliverable copies returned 

 under Form 3579 to editorial offices. 608 S. Dear- 

 born St., Chicago, 111. 



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 



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OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, Talmage DEpREES-Smithboro 

 Corporate Sec'y., Paul E. Mathias.... Chicago 



Field Sec'y., Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



Ass't Treas., A. R. Wright Varna 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional District) 



1st to 11th Arthur States, Elwood 



12th E. E. Houghtby, Shabbona 



IJth Leo M. Knox, Morrison 



I4th Otto Steffey, Stronghurst 



15th M. Ray Ihrig, 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 



t)airy Marketing Wilfred Shaw 



Field Service Cap Mast 



Finance R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Grain Marketing Harrison Fahrnkopf 



General Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing...... Sam E. Russell 



Office _ C. E. Johnston 



Organization O. D. Brissenden 



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 G. W. Baxter 



Young Peoples Activities Frank Gingrich 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 

 Country Life Ins. Co Dave Mieher, Sales 



Mgr., Howard Reeder, Home Office Mgr. 

 Farmers' Mut. Reinsur. Co.. .J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



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



111. Agr. Mut. Ins. Co.. .A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



111. Agr. Service Co Earl Smith, Pres. 



Donald Kirkpatrick, Sec'y 



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



111. Fruit Growers Exch H. W. Day, Mgr. 



111. Grain Cort>oration Frank Haines, Mgr. 



111. Livestock Mark't. Ass'n. ..Sam Russell, Mgr. 



111. Milk Prods.' Ass'n Wilfred Shaw, Mgr. 



111. Producers' Creameries 



J. B. Countiss, Sales Mgr. 



Frank A. Gougler, Procurement Mgr. 



OCTOBER, 1939 



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To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- 

 ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- 

 ness, economic, social and educational interests of the farm- 

 ers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



OCTOBER 1939 



•^iJ VOLUME 17- NUMBER 10 



By Earl C. Smith 



THE outbreak of 

 war in Europe al- 

 most over night has 

 materially changed 

 the problems and 

 future outlook of 

 America. On every 

 hand we sense the 

 feeling that this 

 country is facing .» 

 grave crisis. From 

 the press, pulpit, 

 platform, radio and conversation wher- 

 ever people meet, sentiment appears 

 to be unanimous for so conducting our 

 affairs that American boys will not 

 again be called upon to fight on foreign 

 soil. 



As this is written. Congress has been 

 called into session to review the present 

 Neutrality Act and consider the ad- 

 visability of its amendment. After 

 careful consideration, the Boards of 

 Directors of your national and state 

 organizations have announced in favor 

 of amending the act (see page 4) in 

 a way that it is believed would be 

 more consistent with true neutrality 

 and therefore, would be more effective 

 in keeping this nation at peace with 

 other nations of the world. 



Clear Thinking Needed 

 Clear, cool unprejudiced thinking 

 will be at a premium in the months 

 and possibly years ahead. The Amer- 

 ican people will be subjected to all 

 kinds of propaganda from both sides 

 of the European conflict. We must 

 not permit propaganda nor selfish busi- 

 ness and economic interests to influence 

 the nation's future course of action. 

 We must not allow ourselves to be 

 lulled to sleep by any false sense of 

 security. When the World War be- 

 gan in August, 1914, this nation was 



united against participation. The na- 

 tional election of 191 6 was largely de- 

 termined on this issue. Yet early in 

 1917 our soldiers were fighting in the 

 blood and grime of foreign battlefields. 

 Should we not take from the pages of 

 history those disastrous experiences as 

 we guide our course in the immediate 

 future-' 



Agriculture Better Organized 



Agriculture is in a much better p>osi- 

 tion today, to overcome the dangers 

 of a war-time inflation with subse- 

 quent deflation, than was true in 1914, 

 or 1917 and 1918. There was no ef- 

 fective national organization to speak 

 for agriculture either before or during 

 the World War. Policies were adopted 

 and prices fixed without consulting the 

 American farmer. The maladjustment 

 of farm and industrial prices and wage 

 scales, from which we have not yet re- 

 covered, dates back to that period. To- 

 day agriculture is much better organ- 

 ized. The farmer s{>eaks with a power- 

 ful voice. We have the benefit of 

 World War experience to guide us. I 

 believe agriculture can and will exercise 

 great influence in the years ahead in 

 avoiding previous mistakes. 



Strengthen Our Defenses 



To strengthen the defenses of this 

 nation against the selfish and subversive 

 influences of belligerent nations, much 

 greater emphasis should be placed on 

 the effective coordination of our secret 

 service and investigational units of gov- 

 ernment supplemented with money and 

 man power in running down espionage, 

 spies and other individuals whose first 

 allegiance is not directed to the Amer- 

 ican flag and all for which it stands. 



In every reasonable and proper way 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association 



