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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



September, 1931 



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^ I LiLilNOIS 

 GCL.T1JIIAL ASSOCIA 



RECORiy 



To sdvance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the husiness, economic, political, 

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

 and to develap agriculture. 



George Thiem, Editor 

 Max Harrelson, Assistant Editor 



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OFFICERS : 



President, Earl C. Smith. — — ~ Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metxger- 

 Treasurer, R. A. Cowles.. 



- Chicago 



Bloomington 



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12th .._.. 



13th 



Mth.-. 

 15th.„. 

 16th.... 

 17th._ 

 18th.... 

 19th.... 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



G. F. TuUock, Rockford 



C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



20th 



21 St 



22nd 



23rd 



24th 



25th. 



Charles Bates, Browning 



-.Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



A. B. Schofield, Paxton 



W, A. Dennis, Paris 



-C. J. Gross, Atwood 



Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



.W. L. Cope, Salem 

 .Charles Marshall, Belknap 

 Fred Dietz, De Soto 



Comptroller 



Finance _ 



Fruit and Vepfetable Marketing.. 



Grain Marketing 



Information 



Insurance Service 



Legal CounseL.. 



Limestone- Phosphate 



Live Stock Marketing 



Office _ , 



Organization 



Produce Marketing _. 



Taxation and Statistics... 

 Transportation 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



...J. H. Kelket 

 .R. A. Cowles 



_ A. B. Leeper 



Harrison Fahrnkopf 



George Thiem 



V. Vaniman 



Donald Kirkpatrick 



-J. R. Bent 



Ray E. Miller 



C. E. Johnston 



G. E. Metzger 



F. A. Gougler 



J. C. Watson 



L. J. Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



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



Illinois Agricultural Co-operative Ass'n. F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co A. E. Richardson, Mgr. 



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



Illinois Grain Corp Harrison Fahrnkopf, Mgr. 



Midwest Grain Corp Chaa. P. Cummings. Gen'l. Mgr. 



Soybean Marketing Ass'n W. H. Coultas, Mgr. 



The Railroads Want a Raise 



'X' HE present efforts of the railroads to increase 

 their income 15 per cent at the expense of 

 the farmer, manufacturer, and other shippers is 

 an interesting illustration of the constant and 

 continuous efforts made by industries, groups, and 

 classes to get a larger share of the national in- 

 come. The railroads think they are hard up be- 

 cause the majority are not making the usual five 

 and one-half to six per cent interest on their in- 

 vestment. It is true their stocks and bonds have 

 suffered appreciably during the current depres- 

 sion. 



But the railroads are relatively prosperous when 

 compared with the farming industry under exist- 

 ing prices. Railroad securities have suffered far 

 less on the average than farm land values and farm 

 mortgages. Farmers would be pleased to have a 

 benevolent government enforce a price on farm 

 products high enough to bring an average net re- 



turn of even three per cent on the investment. 



There are no government commissions meeting 

 to inquire into the financial status of the agri-" 

 cultural industry for the purpose of arbitrarily 

 fixing farm prices at a profitable level. The most 

 the government has done to date is to loan money 

 and give advisory service in federating farm co- 

 operatives designed to reduce the spread between 

 producer and consumer prices. True, is has bought 

 wheat and cotton through stabilization corpora- 

 tions to help the market temporarily — but it has 

 not fixed prices. 



The farmer needs the railroads particularly for 

 long hauls; in fact, he needs many services and 

 manufactured products for which he is compelled 

 to pay prices out of line with current returns for 

 his own services and products. 



The hearings before the Commerce Commis- 

 sion teaches a striking lesson. They reveal the 

 need for more effective organization of farmers 

 if agriculture is to hold its own and approximate 

 a fair return for the service it renders. ::U- : ■ : 



At. St. Louis 



A S we go to press organized dairymen in the 

 St. Louis territory, the Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers Association, are withholding their milk 

 from the Pevely Dairy Company, refusing to sell 

 at the starvation prices offered. 



The Pevely Company which, according to re- 

 ports, supplies approximately half the St. Louis 

 market with milk and dairy products, has been 

 antagonistic to co-operative efforts of the pro- 

 ducers from the beginning. The company has 

 repeatedly declined to deal with the association 

 in contrast to all other dealers who have recog- 

 nized the right of farmers to bargain collectively 

 in the sale of their products. 



In the meantime the Pevely Company is resort- 

 ing to the doubtful practice of bringing in "boot- 

 leg" milk from uninspected territory. That milk 

 is produced by farmers. Thus we have the ex- 

 ample again of one group of farmers contributing 

 to the burdens of another, one group fastening 

 the yoke of low prices tighter around the necks 

 of another. Further organizati'^n with co-ooera- 

 tion between co-operatives is the obvious lesson 

 taught by this experience. It's the only way 

 farmers can win. 



Stark, Whiteside, McLean, Warren, and Henry 

 counties have reported serious outbreaks of hog 

 cholera. The Farm Bureaus are prepared with ex- 

 tra supplies of high grade serum and virus to 

 head off the spread of the disease. Preparedness 

 for such emergencies by the Illinois Farm Bureau 

 Serum Association is quite as important a service 

 as its cash savings to Farm Bureau members. 



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