D^cembeTf 1931 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Fag0 Five 



David Lawrence Talks. 



About Government Aid 



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BiivMeratef Ways Groups and In- 

 dustries Are Subsidized 



GOVERNMENT aid to agriculture 

 under the Agricultural Marketing 

 Act has been, in proportion to size, no 

 greater than aid to a number of other 

 industries, declared David Lawrence, 

 Washington's premier press correspond- 

 ent and publisher of the United States 

 Daily, Washington, D. C, in a radio 

 address over the NBC chain Novem- 

 ber 15. 



His statement has special significance 

 itnce enemies of co-operative marketing 

 »re at present attacking the Marketing 

 Act on the pretense of "getting the 

 government out of private business." 

 Many of the men who are fighting this 

 measure have been enjoying government 

 «ubddy for years, Mr. Lawrence shows. 



"The truth is, government for genera- 

 cions has been the spokesman of national 

 desire in the expenditure of public 

 funds," he said. "And by national de- 

 sire is meant the deliberate judgment of 

 the national legislature after weighing 

 the merits of every special plea in terms 

 of the general welfare. >- 



Federal Aid to Many 



"Thus, today federal aid is granted to 

 shipping and the American merchant 

 marine can borrow money more cheaply 

 from the federal government for new 

 ships or the purchase of ships previously 

 owned by the government than it can 

 in the money markets of private capital. 



"Federal aid is given the airplane in- 

 dustry through the air mail contracts, 

 which again encourage a transportation 

 Industry. 



"Federal aid was given the railroads 

 originally in grants of land and rights- 

 of-way worth many hundreds of mil- 

 lions of dollars, which wealth belonged 

 to the American people. 



"Federal aid is given every day to the 

 publishing industry through the grant 

 of second class mail privileges, while 

 the average citizen pays higher postage 

 for his mail. 



"Federal aid has been given, and is 

 being given, to the automobile industry 

 through the billions of dollars spent in 

 public roads, without which the de- 

 velopment of the automobile industry 

 would have been seriously retarded. 

 The Protective Tariff 



"Federal aid is given to every indus- 

 try that obtains a protective tariff be- 

 cause it cannot compete with cheaply 

 made goods abroad. This aid is in- 

 tended, not merely for the manufac- 

 turers, but for the workingmen whose 

 purch»sing power is maintained through 

 the wage levels thus preserved. 



"So when we enumerate all these 

 federal aids and subsidies, we cannot 

 overlook the concerted attack that has 

 recently been made on the tendency of 

 government to aid the farmer. Agricul- 

 ture is a twelve billion dollar industry, 

 basic in America's scheme of things, yet 

 a net expenditure of $100,000,000 a 

 year for co-operative marketing spread 

 over two or three years is pointed at 

 as wasteful. Overnight we granted for- 

 eign peoples an indefinite postponement 

 of $250,000,000 due our federal treas- 

 ury, because our rightly paternalistic 

 government wanted to protect our 

 banks whose foreign credits were en- 

 dangered."^ 



International 



(Continued from page 4) 

 showman of Sangamon county. 111. 



A car of Angus steer calves, owned by 

 Dean N. Funk of McLean county. 111., 

 took the championship in car lots of 

 feeder cattle. They were sold at auc- 

 tion Dec. 2 by the Chicago Producers 

 for the top price of $13.50. 



Chester Whites, for the first time in 

 29 years, won in the swine car lot di- 

 vision. The prize load was exhibited by 

 the Sauk Livestock Shipping Association 

 of Sauk City, Wis. Alva Rexroat, 

 Jacksonville, 111., furnished the greatest 

 competition with a load of fifty-five 

 185-pound Hampshires, which were 

 first in the Hght weight class. 



Tyron Rosbrook, of Dixon, Lee coun- 

 ty, 111., was named champion in 4-H 

 club meat judging, winning over 18 

 competitors from seven states. The con- 

 test included the identification of 25 

 cuts of beef, pork and lamb. Iowa won 

 the college livestock judging contest, 

 Oklahoma second. 



National 4-H health champions 

 chosen during the 4-H Club Congress, 

 held in conjunction with the Interna- 

 tional, are Gertrude Heikes, 15, Dakota 

 City, Nebraska, and William Sanders, 

 16, Franklin, Ind. 



Who Is Entitled to 



Farm Bureau Service? 



Make Reservations Early 

 For Annual Convention 



Reservations for rooms and accom- 

 modations at the annual conventions of 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association and 

 associated companies, Rockford, Janu- 

 ary 27-28-29, should be made without 

 delay with Charles H. Keltner, farm 

 adviser, Rockford. The local commit- 

 tee in charge of accommodations wHl 

 use its best judgment in distributing the 

 delegates and visitors among the varioiu 

 hotels. 



Rockford is located on the Chicago 

 and Northwestern and Illinois Central 

 Railroads about 80 miles northwest 

 of Chicago. It is also on branch lines 

 of the Burlington and C. M. and St. 

 P. It is accessible by paved roads f ron 

 all sections of the state, being situated 

 on Illinois route No. 5 east and west, 

 and on routes Nos. 2 and 70 north and 

 south. 



Rail travellers from Southern and 

 Central Illinois will go to Rockford by 

 way of Chicago. Members and delegates 

 should ask for reduced rates at time of 

 purchasing tickets. Return the same 

 way you go to get the reduced rate. 



At its last meeting on November 13, 

 the board of directors of the I. A. A. 

 voted that "only holders of individual 

 memberships in the Farm Bureau and 

 Illinois Agricultural Association shall be 

 entitled to the services, based upon 

 membership in good standing, and ren- 

 dered either by the Farm Bureau or 

 associated companies, except only those 

 members of the Farm Bureau member's 

 immediate family who are under age and 

 wholly dependent. Where services carry 

 a dividend or money return, such divi- 

 dend or money return shall be limited 

 to the member signing the membership 

 agreement." 



Corn Credit Corp. 



(Continue J from ptge 3 col. 1 ) 



the organization November 30. How- 

 ever, farmers are urged for their own 

 protection to insure corn used as se- 

 curity regardless of this ruling, as they 

 will be liable for the full amount of 

 the loan if the grain is destroyed. 



The borrower can get insurance 

 through the state department of agri- 

 culture or through the credit corpora- 

 tion. The latter will carry fire and wind 

 insurance for him at 50 cents per $100 

 of his loan. 



The exact cost of obtaining a loan 

 through the Corn Credit Corporation i» 

 computed as follows: 



On 2,000 bushels of corn the maxi- 

 mum loan is $400, figured on a maxi- 

 mum of 20 cents a bushel. The rate of 

 interest is 6V2 per cent per year to 

 July 15, or until he pays the loan. He 

 must pay the sealer ^ cent per bushel, 

 or $5 on 2,000 bushels. The maximum 

 charge per loan for sealer fees is $7.50. 

 He must also pay the abstractor for 

 reviewing the records on the corn for 

 liens and indebtedness if any. This fee 

 is about $1. 



The I. A. A. contributed $50 to help 

 defray the expenses of the state cham- 

 pionship vocational agricultural live- 

 stock judging team to the national con- 

 test held in connection with the Ameri- 

 can Royal Livestock Show at Kansas 

 City. 



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