Page Ten 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



April, 19)2 



Apri 



McNair Writes Again 



I'.ditor, I, A. A. Ri (OKI): 



"I have had 10 gears' experience on 

 an Ilhnois mail route, also lived on a 

 farm all my life. Hence I feel qualilied 

 to say what the necessary expenses of a 

 mail carrier arc. They arc largely what 

 they arc made. I know that the farmer 

 must he more conservative than the 

 ones taking exception to my recent ar- 

 ticle published in the January Ri coru. 



"I know what a carrier s^ets and what 

 a carrier does, his sweets and his sours, 

 and what his necessary expenses are. He 

 can spend more. I know from my ten 

 years' experience. 



"I began my carrymg at S90() and got 

 some increases later and I was frank 

 enough to admit at the time that we 

 were getting upward of $1,200 that we 

 were getting too much under the con- 

 ditions. Then came greater and greater 

 increases which were practically gifts. 

 The country was prosperous those days. 

 Farmers were getting a living and pay- 

 ing taxes enough for himself and at 

 least a part that his public servants 

 should have paid. But they were work- 

 mg twice as many hours .\s the public 

 servants. . . . 



"We don't blame the carriers for taking this 

 gift, but we do blame them for trying to make 

 the pubhc think they are rightfully entitled to 

 the gift. We are not asking them how they 

 would like to have a reduction, but we are 

 askmg the public to get behind the reform and 

 stop the fattening of a few at the expense of a 

 multitude of oppressed people. 



"We are not asking that these public servants 

 accept a rc.isonable reduction .ind go on for 

 years more drawing public money. Bless your 

 'fc no There are millions more, fully as capa- 

 ble and worthy as these who would be ghd 

 lo accept public jobs. When tiiev .ire goni- or 

 retired on pension, the letter s.itk will get 

 aiound fully as satisfactory as before. 



"It is a .settled fact that if f.irm rdut comes 

 about. It must come by the farnurs ihcmselves 

 and not by politicians or public serx.mis. One 

 of my opponents seems to think ili.u the de- 

 pression has just come. Mistake. It li.is been 

 tor several years and there is no \nuv..in power 

 that can lift it under years of time. Nor will 

 the cost of living be raised until the depression 

 begins to ease. . . . 



"The wages of my opponent will e.ich day 

 buy approximately according to locality now 

 two tons hay. 28 bu. corn, 40 bu. oats, 14 bu 

 apples, 12 bu. potatoes, a fair sized hog or half 

 of a good beef, 45 bu. coal, a barrel of gasoline 

 (enough to carry his mail for a month), a 

 barrel of kerosene (enough to last a year), 10 

 gallons motor oil, enough flour to run three 

 or four months, 15 bu. wheat, enough eggs 

 to run three months, enough butter or oleo to 

 run half a year. 100 lbs. lard, 5 00 or 600 lbs. 

 corn meal, a good auto tire, enough tubes for 

 the whole car including the spare, half dozen 

 pairs overalls, four pairs work shoes, two pairs 

 rubber boots, 150 lbs. sugar, a daily paper for 

 more than a year, railroad ticket for 200 miles, 

 20 to 30 bu. peaches, his semi-annual taxes' 

 on his home in town or fire insurance for a 

 year on it or many other common things. The 

 annual salary will buy three automobiles. These 

 are facts and cannot be disputed. . . 



"No person should have a public job who 

 does not believe in the Golden Rule. The R. 



I'. D. carrier is only a very small per cent of 

 the 'public servants' which term my January 

 article included. It includes all that arc out 

 of line from an election clerk or judge to 

 U. S. Senator. Also P. M. Gen. Brown. Why 

 pay election judges $6 per day when many 

 would like it at $1.50? Yours for justice. 



I'. J. .\1( Nam;, Hamilton County, III. 



Direct Selling of Livestock 



The sale of hogs by farmers direct to 

 packers or to packer representatives, 

 results in disorganized marketing, 

 throws one group of farmers against 

 another group of farmers. The result 

 is that the farmer not only sacrifices 

 all control over the marketing of his 

 own product, but also contributes to 

 lower price levels because of this high- 

 ly competitive and disorganized method 

 of marketing. The Illinois Livestock 

 Marketing Association, which is a Farm 

 Bureau project, meets this situation by 

 co-ordinating the movement of live- 

 stock from country points with sales 

 operations by Producer agencies on ter- 

 minal markets. 



Three New Oil Companies 

 Fornned in Southern I 



Three new service companies have 

 been organized since the first of the 

 year and the 47 already in operation 

 have done considerably more business 

 to date this year than in the correspond- 

 ing period a year ago, according to 

 Manager L. R. Marchant. 



The Fruit Belt Service Companv, 

 which started operations about March 

 1, will supply petroleum products and 

 other commodities entering into the 

 cost of production to farmers in John- 

 son, Union, Pope, Hardin, Massac, 

 Pulaski, and Alexander counties: the 

 Twin Counties Service Company, erect- 

 ing bulk stor.ige stations at Marion and 

 Murphysboro at the present time, will 

 do business in Jackson and Williamson 

 counties; and the Madison Service Com- 

 pany is planning to locate at Edwards- 

 ville. 



During February the Illinois Farm 

 Supply Company received orders for 

 more than 400 cars of petroleum prod- 

 ucts, representing an increase of 19.5 

 per cent for volatile fuels, 22.3 per cent 

 for lubricating oils, and 83.8 per cent 

 for grease over the same month the 

 preceding year. 



Marchant, comparing the extent of 

 the company now to that of three years 

 ago, states that in April, 1929, there 

 were 16 companies associated with the 

 state company, operating 42 bulk stor- 

 age stations and approximately 100 

 trucks, while today there are 50 mem- 

 ber companies, 125 storage stations, and 

 some 360 trucks serving farm trade. 



(For March, based on 3.5% milk unless 

 otherwise specified.) 



Philadelphia — Inter-State Milk Pro- 

 ducers announces Class I basic $2.34 

 f. o. b. city. Retail 10c. 



Milwaukee — Milwaukee Co-Opera- 

 tive Milk Producers announces Class I 

 basic $2.10 del'd. Retail 9c — cash and 

 carry 8 and 9c. 



Baltimore — Maryland State Dairy- 

 men's Ass'n. announces Class I basic 

 $2.84 country pt. Retail 12c. 



St. Louis — Sanitary Milk Producers 

 announces Class I basic $1.35 country 

 pt. (net). Retail 10c — cash and carry 

 9- 10c. Gross price is $1.40, checkoff 

 5c cwt. 



Quincy — Quincy Co-Operative Dai- 

 ry Co. announces $2.20 per cwt. for 

 milk del'd. Retail 10c — cash and carry 

 8c. 



Moline, Rock Island and Daven- 

 port — Quality Milk Ass'n. announces 

 Class I basic $1.85 country pt. Sur- 

 plus 92 score butterfat price country 

 point. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 8c. 



DeKalb — Milk Consumers Ass'n. an- 

 nounces Class I basic $2.01 del'd. Class 

 II 92 score market. Retail lie. Cash 

 and carry 10c. Ten per cent discount 

 if accounts arc paid by 27th each mo. 



Chicago — Pure Milk Ass'n. an- 

 nounces Class I basic $2.01 country pt. 

 Retail 12c. Cash mi(.\ carry 10 ^jc. 



February Prices 



St. Louis — Sanitary Milk Producers 

 announces Class II 88c country pt. 

 Class III surplus 73c. Retail 10c. Cash 

 and carry 9- 10c. Feb. base price was 

 $1.78 not on lie per qt. market. 



Springfield — Producers Dairy Co. 

 announces Class I basic $1.70 to Feb. 

 16, $1.55 after Feb. 15 del'd. Surplus 

 5c per lb. above butterfat. Retail 

 9 1-llc. Wholesale 8c. 



Bloomington — McLean County Milk 

 Producers Assn. announced Class I basic 

 $1.70 f. o. b. city. Class II manufac- 

 tured SI. 28. Class III surplus 91c. 

 Class Ila S1.28. Retail 934c. 



Champaign — Champaign County 

 Milk Producers announces Class I basic 

 $1.88 del'd. Class II cottage cheese 

 $1.24, Class III sweet cream sales to 

 ice cream trade $1.05. Butter 70c. 

 Retail lie. Cash and carry 9J/2C. 



Decatur — Decatur Milk Ass'n. an- 

 nounces Class I basic $1.61 del'd. Class 

 II manufactured $1.26. Class III sur- 

 plus 64c. Retail 10c. Cash and carry 

 7 and 8c. 



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