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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



January, 19} 2 



I IjIjINOIS 



CCL.T1JIIAL ASSOCIA 



RECORD 



To advance the purpote for wbtcb tbt tarm Bureau was organized, 

 mameiy, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, political, 

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

 and to develop agricflture, 



George Thiem, Editor 

 Max Hakrelson, Assistant Editor 



Published monthly by the lUinob Agricultural AsBOciatjpn at 165 So. 

 Main St., Spencer, md. Eaitorial Ufhces, 60t) So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 

 111. Ap^jlicanon tor transier oi second class entry from Marshall, XlL, to 

 Spencer, ina., penaing. Accei^tance lor mailing at special rate ot postage 

 pioviaed iq Secnon 412, Act of i-eb. 2tt, 192d, autnorized Ucu 27. 19^5. 

 Address ad communicaiioiis tor publication to Euitorial Otlices, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Kecord, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, ihe indi- 

 viuual membersnip fee of the Illinois Agricultural Association is five 

 dollars a ytar. 'Xne tee includes payment ''of hfty cents tor subscription 

 to the Illinois Agticultural Associaiion Kecord. rostmasier: In returning 

 an uncalled for missent copy please indi^te key number on address as is 

 required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Oeo. E. If etzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A . Cowies Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



(By Coagressional District) 



1st to 11th H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



12th. ^ G. F. TuUock, Rock'ord 



13ih C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th. _ M. G. Lambert, Ferris 



15th Charles Bates, Browning 



16tn _ Geo. B. Muller, Washington 



1 yth _ ^ — A. B. Schoficld, Paxion 



1 8th..._ W. A. Dennis, Paris 



Mth.._ _ C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th „ Charles S. Black, J acksonville 



2lBt Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd i Frank Oexner, Waterloo 



23rd. _ _. W. 1.. Cope, Salem 



24th -_ _ Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th. _ Fred Dieu, De Soto 



Comptroller.. 



Dairy Marketing 



Finance 



Fruit and Vegetabla Marketing.. 



Grain M arketing 



Information.... 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



J. H. Kelkcr 



J. B. Countiss 



R. A. Cowies 



A. B. Leeper 



...Harrison Fahrnkopf 

 -George Thiem 



Insurance Service. V. Van^man 



Legal Counsel _ _ Donald Kirkpatrick 



Limestone-Phosphate J. R Bent 



Live Stock Marketing . Ray E. Miller 



Office. C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. M etzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Goug.er 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation L. J, Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, M^r. 



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



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



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



Illinois Grain Cocp Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-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. 



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Prediction Come True 



n^HE fact that 50,000 Illinois farmers turned 

 out in spite of rain and muddy roads to attend 

 some 60 County Farm Bureau Jubilee meetings 

 the night of December 10 is convincing evidence 

 that good cheer, confidence, and capacity to en- 

 joy wholesome entertainment still abound on the 

 farm. 



Although more than 150 rural banks in this 

 state l^ve closed their doors, hunger and want are 

 almost unknown in farm communities. Money is 

 tight, buying of almost everything except neces- 

 sities has about dried up, but of such essentials as 

 food, clothing, and shelter farmers are compara- 

 tively well supplied. They are in a much better 

 position to weather the economic storm than the 

 majority of their 7,000,000 unemployed brethren 

 now stalking the streets of the cities. 



With 40 per cent of the buying power of the 



country represented by rural communities virtu- 

 ally out of the market, the farmer is using his 

 most effective weapon in bringing down non- 

 agricultural prices and distribution costs. There 

 are signs that the gap between agricultural and 

 other prices is gradually narrowing. - 



When liquidation and readjustment has run its 

 course farmers may be in a stronger economic 

 position than at any time in the past decade. 

 Perhaps the country now believes that it cannot 

 maintain for any length of time business and 

 industrial prosperity in the face of an unprosper- 

 ous agriculture. At least farmers are getting some 

 degree of satisfaction in seeing their predictions 

 of former years come true. 



Who Is Crying ''Woir? 



44'T'HE grain gamblers and their allies, who are 

 -*- fighting to ditch the Farm Board and the 

 Agricultural Marketing Act, and any other law 

 intended to help the farmer," said Senator Capper, 

 of Kansas, in a recent broadcast, "cry, *Take the 

 Government out of business.' That is simply the 

 old cry of 'Wolf! The fact is they don't want to 

 take the Government out of business, except to 

 take its support away from the farm business. 

 They still want to keep the Government in the 

 banking business through the Federal Reserve 

 Bank. They want to keep it in the railroad busi- 

 ness through the guarantee of profits in the Esch-Cummins 

 act. They want to keep it in the shipping business through 

 the shipping act; they want above all, to keep it in industrial 

 business through the tariff law. They want the protecting 

 wing of the Government thrown around all of the business 

 they are engaged in. But they don't want it thrown around 

 agriculture or oil — the two big industries of the West." 



Ten Yectrs Ago and Now 



MEMBERSHIP returns from counties which have held 

 regular or supplementary sign-up campaigns are very 

 •encouraging in view of the present level of farm prices. 

 While deflation has gone farther than during the post-war 

 depression of 1921-1922 which followed a period of un- 

 precedented prosperity, greater confidence in the Farm Bu- 

 reau is being manifested today than in the less trying times 

 of a decade ago. 



This is as it should be. The Farm Bureau in Illinois 

 developed during the intervening period a broad service pro- 

 gram of co-operative activities reflected in substantial money 

 savings to members. There never was a time when the 

 member received so many benefits for his annual dues as today. 



Ten years ago the I. A. A. was only fairly launched on its 

 work. Membership then was sold largely on promises and 

 things hoped for. While it is too much to say that every 

 dream of the founders of the organization has been realized, 

 yet the organization has demonstrated its usefulness, and 

 today can be and is being sold on its accomplishments. 



Thinking farmers know that there is still more to be done 

 than has yet been achieved, particularly in the marketing 

 field. The opportunity for achievement in that field alone 

 will justify the united support of every farmer in Illinois 

 behind the Farm Bureau. 



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