Page Four 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



June, 1931 



Plan Parade in Chicago to 

 Boost Meat Consumption 



Invite President Hoover to Review 



Demonstration, Cattle and Hogs 



Lowest in 19 Years 



A. R. Wright 



As we go to press parades and dem- 

 onstrations to call to the attention 

 of the consuming public the extreme 

 low prices of meats are being planned 

 by livestock, packer, and allied inter- 

 ests throughout the country. 



A series of meetings was held in Chi- 

 cago early in the month to plan and 

 prepare for the dem- 

 onstrations. Vice- 

 President A. R. 

 Wright, who has 

 been coming in for 

 several days each 

 week, officially rep- 

 resented the Illinois 

 Agricultural Asso- 

 ciation at the confer- 

 ences. The I. A. A. 

 is planning to par- 

 ticipate in the parade 

 down Michigan 

 Boulevard, Chicago, at noon on June 

 18. County Farm Bureaus of north- 

 eastern Illinois were requested to or- 

 ganize 4-H Club delegations to march 

 in the procession. Similar demonstra- 

 tions may be held in other cities. 



The National Livestock and Meat 

 Board and the American Institute of 

 Meat Packers were active in arranging 

 the conferences which adopted the plan. 

 Livestock associations, retailers, rail- 

 roads, and other large industrial groups 

 are taking an active part. 



Telegraph White House 



A telegram was forwarded to Presi- 

 dent Hoover at the White House in 

 which he was advised that: 



"Cattle and hogs recently reached 

 the lowest levels in about 19 years, and 

 meats and by-products have for some 

 time been available at greatly reduced 

 prices. Livestock recently has been sell- 

 ing below the cost of production. 



"At a meeting here today of agri- 

 cultural leaders, exchange officials, 

 packers, railroad executive, and others 

 co-operation was arranged for a parade 

 here in the capital of agriculture on 

 June 18 to bring spectacularly to the 

 attention of the public the information 

 that livestock and livestock products 

 are available at prices greatly reduced 

 from those once quoted. We cordially 

 invite you to review this parade or ad- 

 dress a mass meeting afterwards as you 

 prefer." 



The telegram was signed by leaders 

 and representatives from the various in- 

 terests participating in the conference. 



PadiMcWS 



■H'nylaiid Magree 



Member Federal Reserve Board 



Wayland Magee, new farmer member 

 of the Federal Reserve Board appointed 

 by President Hoover, is president of the 

 Douglas County, Nebraska, Farm Bu- 

 reau. He was appointed to fill the va- 

 cancy left by the death of Ed Cun- 

 ningham, who before being appointed 

 to the Board, was secretary of the Iowa 

 State Farm Bureau. 



Mr. Magee operates a 1,280 acre farm 

 in Douglas county near Omaha. He is 

 president also of the Nebraska Crop 

 Growers Association, and a member of 

 the Coarse Grains Advisory Committee 

 of the Federal Farm Board. 



Mr. Magee was born in Chicago. 

 After graduating from the University 

 of Chicago he studied law at the Uni- 

 versity of Bonn, Germany, and at 

 Northwestern and Harvard Law Schools. 

 He was admitted to the bar in 1908. 

 Later he studied agriculture at the Uni- 

 versities of Iowa and Nebraska. He is 

 49 years old. 



On WJJD Daily 



The I. A. A. broadcasts from Sta- 

 tion WJJD, Chicago, daily (Monday 

 to Friday) from 11:15 to 11:30 A. M. 

 Central Standard time, I. A. A. farm 

 and market news and comments by 

 George Thiem. Weekly review of live- 

 stock markets each Friday by Phil 

 Evans and Russell Everett of Chicago 

 Producers. . ~ ■ 



Edgar L. Bill, former director of sta- 

 tion WLS and one time Director of 

 Publicity for the I. A. A., recently pur- 

 chased the radio station at Peoria. It is 

 reported he will operate it as a private 

 enterprise. 



The station covers the city of Peoria 

 and the surrounding rural territory. 



Champaign and Urbana are consider- 

 ing adopting daylight savings time. The 

 Farm Bureau and many business men 

 are against it. 



Average taxes per acre on farm real 

 estate declined slightly in 1930 com- 

 pared with 1929, the first general de- 

 cline the country over in the 17 years 

 of record. 



Newly elected officers of the Massac 

 County Farm Bureau are President J. A. 

 Maedaker, Vice-President C. S. AtKms, 

 Secretary C. L. Campbell, and Treasurer 

 A. H. Fulmer. 



Official Standing of Teams in the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Baseball League for Week Ending June 6, 1931.* 



DIVISION I Won 



Carroll 2 



JoDaviess 2 



Lee 



Stephenson 



DIVISION 11 



Grundy 1 



Will 1 



Kendall 



LaSalle 



DeKalb 



DIVISION III 



Livingston 2 



McLean 1 



Iroquois 



Ford 



DIVISION IV 



Woodford 



Marshall-Putnam 



Peoria 



Stark 



Tazewell 



2 

 1 

 1 

 

 



Lost 

 

 1 

 1 



2 





 

 1 

 1 





 

 1 



2 





 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Pet. DIVISION V 



1.000 McDonough 



.666 Henry 



.000 Knox 



Won Lost 



2 



1 1 



1 1 



.000 Henderson 



1.000 



1.000 



.000 



.000 



1.000 



1.000 



.000 



.000 



DIVISION VI 



Logan 1 



Macon 2 



Douglas 



Champaign 



DIVISION VII 



Cass 3 



Sangamon 3 



Menard 



Morgan . . '. 



1 000 DIVISION VIII 



.500 Greene 3 



.500 Christian 2 



.000 Macoupin 1 



.000 Montgomery 1 





 1 



2 









 3 

 3 





 1 



3 

 3 



Pet. 



1.000 

 .500 

 .500 

 .000 



1.000 

 .666 



.000 



1.000 



1.000 



.000 



.000 



1.000 

 .666 

 .250 

 .250 



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'■'Based on reports received by the League Secretary on or before Tuesday A. M., June 9. 



