tel^uitry, 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Seven 



ing its attention to placing their or- 

 ganization on a substantial paid-in 

 capital stock basis. Only by so doing 

 can they feel secure and assure their 

 membership against the possibility of 

 assuming substantial losses. No indi- 

 vidual or institution is justified in de- 

 pending upon the charity of his or its 

 creditors. I know of no Illinois com- 

 modity co-operative, volume being con- 

 sidered, that has rendered a greater ser- 

 vice to its members during 1930. I 

 know of no other that offers greater 

 opportunity for continuing service, if 

 placed on a substantial capital stock 

 basis and efficiently managed. 



"It has been suggested that possibly 

 this effort to sell capital stock in the 

 Soybean Marketing Association was to 

 get itself in position to meet deficits. 

 I am sure the policy of the Board is 

 prompted only by an attempt to do 

 what should have been done at the 

 time of the organization of this newest 

 commodity association. With substan- 

 tial paid-in capital, the Board will be in 

 a postion to ask for an extension of 

 credit if they care to do so. We all 

 recognize the unstable condition of 

 commercial America. It is merely a 

 pojition to justify credit or should leave 

 itself in a position wherein it might be 

 required to dispose of any given part 

 of a commodity on short notice." 



SMITH AND WRIGHT 



(Continued from page 3) 



re-election for the sixth successive 

 year. Seconds to the nomination were 

 offered by J. L. Whisnand of Coles 

 county, and W. H. Moody of Rock 

 Island county. In the absence of other 

 nominations, Mr. Smith's election was 

 declared unanimous. 



;.... A Great Ovation 



On his return to the platform the 

 president received a great ovation to 

 which he responded expressing his ap- 

 preciation for the tribute, and briefly 

 emphasizing the fact that farmers will 

 succeed in solving their problems to 

 the extent that they take advantage of 

 their opportunities through organiza- 

 tion. r':"'".--"-:/:"ili---.:-;':^'' ■;:'>/ 



"I know of no greater honor that 

 could be placed upon the shoulders of 

 an Illinois farmer, an American farm- 

 er, than to be asked for the sixth time 

 to act as president of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association," he said. 



"There is no influence; there is no 

 power within the State of Illinois that 

 could have caused me to remain avail- 

 able for service another year except the 

 splendid morale, and I might say, almost 

 100 per cent co-operation we have had 

 from the farm people and Farm Bureau 

 members of Illinois through the period 

 _ of development thus far attained. 



100 Per Cent Support 



"We have had splendid support from 

 the Board of Directors. It has been 

 absolutely 100 per cent. If there has 

 been any factionalism within the in- 

 stitution itself, the Board of Directors 

 or the staff, if there has been any lack 

 of sincere intent to co-operate to do 

 everything within their power to serve 

 the farmers who constitute the mem- 

 bers, I have never been apprised of, nor 

 suspected its existence. 



"I want to thank you for this great 

 honor. I know of no group of men who 

 are entitled to the same extent of con- 

 structive advancement as the farm 

 people of this state and nation. Our 

 problems are many; they are tremen- 

 dous in character. The opportunity for 

 service is only limited, as I stated this 

 morning, by the extent to which farm- 

 ers stand together and take advantage 

 of their opportunities." C >i ' 



Wright Nominated 



The name of Mr. Wright was placed 

 in nomination for vice-president by A. 

 J. Plapp of DeKalb county who called 

 attention to the candidate's long rec- 

 ord of faithful service on the Board 

 of Directors, as chairman of the im- 

 portant Finance Committee. The nom- 

 ination was seconded by J. W. Robins 

 of Ogle county. In the absence of 

 other nominations Mr. Wright was de- 

 clared unanimously re-elected. He was 

 greeted with applause as he came to the 

 platform and thanked the delegates for 

 the honor and vote of confidence. 



The election of directors from the 

 odd-numbered congressional districts 

 then followed in rapid order with the 

 results noted on page 4. - ■ : \ °' ■ 



Business Session of 



Delegates on Jan. 30 



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;^ i RECORD ATTENDANCE 



(Continued from page 3) 

 of 500 people. The accommodations 

 provided by Springfield, as good as 

 those to be found in any downstate 

 city, were taxed to capacity. 



Reporters Cover News 



Nine reporters, including representa- 

 tives of the Associated Press, United 

 Press, International News Service, Chi- 

 cago Tribune, Chicago Herald and 

 Examiner, Chicago Journal of Com- 

 merce, Prairie Farmer, Springfield Jour- 

 nal and Springfield Register broadcast 

 news of the convention which was pub- 

 lished not only in Illinois dailies and 

 weeklies but also in newspapers through- 

 out the United States. 



The local committees sponsored by 

 the Sangamon jCounty Farm Bureau 

 and the Springfield Chamber of Com- 

 merce deserve great credit and thanks 

 of the 60,000 members of the Asso- 

 ciation for the able manner in which 

 they provided for the assembly. The 



FOLLOWING the entertainment and 

 addresses at the noon luncheon, the 

 Board of Delegates went into a business 

 session Friday afternoon for the con- 

 sideration of resolutions and other busi- 

 ness matters that might properly come 

 before that body. 



Immediately after convening the business ses- 

 sion, John P. Stout, delegate from Sangamon 

 County, arose to a point of personal privilege 

 and among other remarks asked for an expla- 

 nation and re-statement of the stand of the 

 I. A. A. on the Proposed Revenue Amendment 

 defeated in the general election last Novem- 

 ber. 



Mr. Stout raised the specific question as to 

 whether or not the amendment submitted by 

 the special session of the General Assembly to 

 the people was the same amendment that was 

 recommended by the Governor's Revenue In- 

 vestigation Commission to the General Assem- 

 bly. President Smith who was presiding, in 

 responding to Mr. Stout, stated that he had 

 covered the subject matter .of the question in 

 much detail in his address which was delivered 

 to the Convention Thursday morning, but in 

 specifically answering the question, did not 

 hesitate to say that the amendment submitted 

 to the people was not the amendment recom- 

 mended by the Revenue Investigation Commis- 

 sion which had received the support of the 

 I. A. A. 



The delegates adopted the reiwrt of the Reso- 

 lutions Committee without cl;iange, although a 

 number of amendments were proposed from 

 the floor. 



Resolution seven (see pages 8 and 9), which 

 favors legislation providing for the pasteuriza- 

 tion of all fluid milk distributed in cities with 

 a population of 5,000 or over, did not meet 

 with the approval of all the delegates. An . 

 attempt was made to amend it, but the amend- 

 ment lost 14} to 34. After being favorably 

 voted upon a motion was made to reconsider 

 the vote, but this also failed to carry. 



'v An effort was made to amend resolution IJ 

 which placed the Association on record in 

 opposition to a drivers' license law, but this 

 also was voted down. A proposed amendment 

 to Article 17 met the same fate. 

 ' The board of delegates later went on record 

 as opposed to any sale of common stock of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Holding Company un- 

 less authorized at an annual meeting of the 

 board of delegates. 



A further resolution was adopted authorizing 

 the Board of Directors of the I. A. A. to 

 purchase $10,000 worth of stock in a proposed 

 publishing company set up to circulate an oflS- 

 cial organ of the A. F. B. F. among members 

 of the various state federations, when and if 

 the I. A. A. Board of Directors takes favor- 

 able action to do so. 



An amendment to the by-laws passed by the 

 delegates gives the Board of Directors of the 

 I. A. A. power to appoint directors to fill 

 vacancies in the board. Such directors ap- 

 pointed are to hold office until the following 

 annual meeting of the Association. 



wide advance publicity giyen the an-- 

 nual meeting not only at Springfield, 

 but in newspapers throughout Illinois, 

 was instrumental in making it the 

 greatest convention in point of attend- 

 ance ever held in the history of the 

 organization. 





