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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



October, 1931 



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COLTVIIAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To advance thr purpine fot whtch the harm Hureau u-ai organized, 

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

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

 and to deielop atricvltvre 



George Thiem, Editor 

 Max Harrelson, Assistant Editor 



Fubliihed monthly by the lUinoit Agrioultural AjiooUtion at 165 80. 

 Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offleet, 608 Bo. Dearborn St., Ohioaco, 

 ni. Application for transfer of teoond olau entry from Marshall, HI., to 

 Spencer, Ind., pending. Acceptance for mailinf at tpeoial rate of posture 

 provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28. 1025, authorised Oct. 27, 19U. 

 Addrees all communications for publication to Editorial Offloei. UUnois 

 Agrrioultural Association Beoord. 608 So. Dearborn St., (Aioacc The In 

 dividual membership fee of the niinois Agricultural Assooiatlon is flve 

 dollars a year. The fee includes payment of fifty cents for subscription 

 to the Illinois Agricultural Association Beoord. Postmaster: In returning 

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OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith. Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles _ _...Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Congressional District) 



H. C. Vial. Downers Grove 



G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



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12th 



13th 



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.M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



Charles Bates, Browning 



..Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



A. B. Schoiield, 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 



25th , Fred Dietz, De Sotc 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller . J. H, Kelker 



Finance _ _ R. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vepfetable Marketing A. B. Leeper 



Grain Marketmg : Harrison Fahrnkopf 



Information _ George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel ^ . Donald Kirkpatrick 



Limestone- Phosphate J. R. Bent 



Live Stock Marketing Ray E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization _ G. E. MeUger 



Produce Marketing . F. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statietics-..., J. C. Watson 



Transportation _ L. J. Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



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



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass'n F. E. Ringham, Mgr. 



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



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



Ilhnois Grain Corp Chas. P. Cummings. Vire-pres. and Sales Mgr. 



Illinois Livestock Marketing Ass'n R. W. Grieser, Sales Mgr. 



Illinois Produce Marketing Ass'n F. A. Gougler, Mgr. 



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



Seeking a Way Out 



'T' HE general unrest caused by the continuing 

 low level of farm prices with consequent 

 financial distress has naturally given rise to many 

 ideas and suggestions for a way out. Meritorious 

 as are many of the proposals for price improve- 

 ment and cheaper credit, few definite and con- 

 structive suggestions have been offered for mak- 

 ing such proposals effective. 



Certainly courage and aggressiveness in support 

 of sound moves which promise to relieve suffering 

 and start stagnant economic machinery moving 

 toward better days is sorely needed. But it is im- 

 portant that only such plans be tried which offer 

 a reasonable opportunity for success. 



The Illinois Agricultural Association has been 

 giving careful consideration to credit and price 

 stabilization plans for a number of weeks. Its 

 representatives charged with responsibility have 

 sought the advice and counsel of members and 

 local leaders. 



Definite proposals which we believe are con- 

 structive and have some chance for success have- 

 been and are being formulated. These have been 

 presented to officials in high places who have the 

 power to make them effective. At this writing we 

 are not at liberty to disclose the details of such 

 recommendations. Just as soon as possible the 

 Association will call its members and leadership 

 together that each may do his part toward mak- 

 ing whatever plans are adopted effective, v 



Lowden on Consolidation 



r^ NCE a public office has been created in this 

 country, it "more nearly approaches immor- 

 tality than anything I know," Frank O. Lowden 

 of Oregon told members and their guests at the 

 annual banquet of the Illinois Chamber of Com- 

 merce in Chicago Oct. 9. This situation he gave 

 as one of the reasons for ever-increasing taxes. 



Ex-Governor Lowden with his usual courage 

 and directness recommended abolition of the 

 township as a unit of government, consolidation 

 of smaller counties, and creation of regional jails, 

 poorhouses, courts and other public necessities in 

 the interest of tax reduction. 



In many counties, Mr. Lowden said, half or 

 more of the total tax levy for county purposes 

 goes to pay the salaries of elected officials. The 

 need no longer exists, he continued, for so many 

 small units of government which frequently fail 

 to function properly. In some rural communi- 

 ties, he said, there are hardly enough residents to 

 fill the elected offices. There is no excuse for hav- 

 ing a county judge in every county. The smallest 

 unit of assessment should be the county, he said. 

 Yet we support all these units of government with 

 their countless elected officials and complain about 

 high taxes. ; ' • .: : ^ ;- • 



Reorganization of local government machinery 

 into larger units, election of a .chief executive 

 with required budgetary control of expenditures 

 in each county, and elimination of many useless 

 offices which are no longer needed, Mr. Lowden 

 believes are necessary to lift some of the burden 

 from the taxpayer and give the people a better 

 administration of local public affairs. 



As we go to press the struggle for recognition and a voice 

 in the market by organized dairymen from the Pevely Dairy 

 Company, St. Louis, continues. The Pevely Company in- 

 sist on naming the price of milk without consumer or pro- 

 ducer representation, while denying the dairymen all rights 

 of checking weights and tests. 



Farmers throughout the state and nation are watching 

 the outcome of this controversy. The obvious lesson it has 

 taugTit is the need for more thorough organization coupled 

 with united action of milk producers not only locally but 

 over wide areas. Only with such unification can farmers 

 place themselves on an equal footing with large distributing 

 agencies in the sale of farm products. 



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