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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Aprily 1952 



ILiLillMOlS 



VLTIJRAL ASSOCIA 



RECORV 



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

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

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

 and to develop agriculture. 



George Thiem, Editor 

 Max Harrelson, Assistant Editor 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. 

 Main St., Spencer, Ind. Editorial Offices, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 

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 provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. 

 Address ail communications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association Record, 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The 

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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) 



18» to >lth H. C. Vial, Downers Grove 



12ih G. F. Tullock, Rockford 



13th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



l*th M, G. Lambert, Ferris 



'5th Charles Bates, Browning 



l°t" Geo. B. MuUer, Washington 



I'th- A. B. Schofield, Paxton 



18th _..W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th C. J. Gross, Atwood 



20th Charles S. Black, Jacksonville 



?l*t- Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



*2n? Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro 



"rd W. L. Cope, Salem 



2jth^ Charles Marshall, Belknap 



25th Fred Dietx, De Soto 



D-EPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller.... _.j. h. Kelker 



Dairy Marketmg j. b. Countias 



rinance U^ ^ Cowles 



Grain Marketing .Harrison Fahrnkopf 



Information George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Limestone-Phosphate j r B^nt 



Live Stock Marketing ■...■."■.■.'.■.■.■".' Ray ' E. " Miller 



Office... — C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing p. A. Gougler 



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 Mgr 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ass'n F. E. Ringham] Mgr! 



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



I inois Farm Supply Co „ l. R. Marchant M|r. 



I hnois Grain Corp Chas. P. Cummings, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. 



I !!I^'! ^"'"tock Mark. Ass'n. Ray MiUer, Mgr.; R. W. Grieaer, Sales 



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



Soybean Marketing Ass'n w. H. Coultas Mgr. 



More Propaganda 



gLVIN T. GODDARD, a Farm Bureau mem- 

 ber, writes from Warren county enclosing a 

 clipping reporting a speech made by one Frank J. 

 Delany, a representative of the grain trade, at 

 a meeting sponsored by the so-called Farmers 

 Protective Association. Mr. Delany is reported 

 to have advised farmers at Clinton in DeWitt 

 county to abandon their organization, the Farm 

 Bureau, presumably that the predatory instincts 

 of grasping middlemen may have full sway un- 

 disturbed by effective farm organization. 



Mr. Goddard warmly resents Mr. Delany 's ad- 

 vice, rightly indicating that his intelligence and 

 that of every organized farmer has been insulted. 

 It would have been proper to ask the speaker who 

 seeks to*advise farmers on how to conduct their 

 affairs, if the commission men are abandoning 



their exchanges, their "Federation of American 

 Business Men," and their representatives in Spring- 

 field, Washington, and elsewhere; to ask him 

 whether the commission men are reducing their 

 charges for handling grain commensurate with 

 the extreme decline in farm prices. 



Farmers know that such "trade" associations 

 and propaganda societies as are represented by 

 Mr. Delany are flooding the mails and newspaper 

 offices with material against co-operative market- 

 ing and all organized farm effort as never before. 

 Such propaganda will serve to make farmers more 

 thoughtful, determined, and respectful of their 

 own accomplishments through organization. 



Say It with Votes 



PRESIDENT SMITH made the timely sugges- 

 tion at the recent Decatur conference that 

 every farmer leave his work long enough on pri- 

 mary day, April 12, to vote. > . 



He pointed out that farmers represent a mi- 

 nority of the voters of Illinois which means that 

 to gain proper representation and equal privilege 

 in government they must think and act together 

 in legislative matters affecting their interests. 



The March issue of the RECORD presented 

 the voting records on the state income tax of 

 members of the 57th General Assembly most 

 of whom are seeking re-election. The men and 

 women in the legislature who supported this 

 measure to remove part of the unfair burden of 

 taxation on farm and home owners, stood firm 

 against great pressure brought by opponents of 

 this legislation to defeat it. They stood for the 

 interests of the overburdened property taxpayers. 

 Irrespective of party they should have the favor- 

 able votes of all farmers in the coming primary. 

 Consult the March RECORD before you go to 

 the polls, and vote to return your friends to 

 oflfice. 



On Enjoying Life 



"PARM BUREAU baseball will have a good year 

 in 1932 judging from the enthusiasm displayed 

 at the recent spring meeting of the State League 

 in Bloomington. Price levels need not interfere 

 with the ability of people to have a good time. . 

 It is well to remind ourselves that the things 

 in life we enjoy most frequently cost the least. 

 Happiness is not dependent upon wealth to those 

 who have cultivated enthusiasm for health, out- 

 door life, a field of waving grain, thriving live- 

 stock, the beauties of nature, good literature, and 

 wholesome fun. 



Most of us take life too seriously. Organized 

 recreation like Farm Bureau baseball makes life 

 more interesting, aids us in attacking our work 

 and problems with added vigor and hope. 





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