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JULY, 1982 



3UPS BACK FARM DEMANDS 



ning Unfaithful Public Servants in Effigy at the Madison county Celebration. The four smaller 



shoii scenes from the Monroe county parade including the Columbia Farmers Grain Co. Honest 



loat. 



}lph bounty: Approximate- 



at ou- big celebration held 

 )peratjon with Steeleville 

 r of Commerce. J. C. Spit- 

 ! excellent talk. Two hun- 

 rs anti floats and 1,500 peo- 

 par^e. Toured through 

 utlerl Sparta, and back to 

 lie. ijventy-six new mem- 

 rade jargest ever seen here. 

 lall-Pftnam County: Ten 

 d ai our celebration at 

 Tair Qrounds. Splendid co- 

 in froti business men. Home 

 other organizations. Pa- 

 milfllfi in length. American 

 took ;!iart. Gk)od talk by P. 

 nick, [ilusic by Henry Mu- 

 band. ^our H-Clubs prom- 



[)c Coipity: Three of our 

 ipersoiiated the "Spirit of 

 led the parade followed 

 t with, hoes, rakes, shovels, 

 trade ^organized by com- 

 8, mary floats and banners. 



banc provided music. Two 



1 or mpre cars In line. Had 

 man Flarm Bureau band in 

 pn. ]farm Adviser B. W. 



delivered address. Albert 

 announced mid-season pa- 

 dividend of 10 per cent for 

 Company patrons. Our last 

 mature wjvs "Resurrection of 

 in Barle com." As old John 

 made a^little talk in which 

 ed that I he had been dead 

 while aid that some people 



the opnion that he was 

 npK)rtant issue of day, but 

 is was (VOt true — the farm 



and j» conomic situation 

 fair gif ^i^ tniporta n ce . 



m Coji^y: Held our big 

 ion at ErO^an Memorial Park, 

 Fine CO -Iteration from busi- 

 oups aniJ Chamber of Com- 

 From i^OOO to 6,000 heard 

 Jdemanti o' Sanitary Milk 

 jrs. Twerity-two new mem- 

 aorted Jl'^y 6. More coming, 

 ioats in parade. . >, . - 

 n CojJ-nty: Approximately 

 Rained all day Sunday— 



atten'tiance on Monday, 

 •ship responded wonderfully 



for Jielp. Local business 

 4-H CJU'JS, Farm and Home 



all worked together. Sen. 

 ills mjide fine address. 



^ Coii^iy- Program went 

 \a wonderful way. Parade 

 f pne-palf miles long. Busi- 

 ;ti co-pperated. Twenty-two 

 r^n Bureau members up to 

 na n^^re to be reported, 

 ^ve 4ummies in effigy. A 

 ni\er performed well as 



tended county events ever held due 

 to co-operation business men with 

 farmers. Parade 1 Vi miles long with 

 cars, 12 floats, and marchers. 5,000 

 to 6,000 people. Sanj, Crabtree made 

 good speech. The float winning 

 first prize was that of the dinner 

 bell by Mount Morris community; 

 second prize, Maryland township 

 float showing progress by organiza- 

 tion; third prize, Scott township 

 float showing the farmer taking 

 his place with other organized 

 Industries. 4-H Club members 

 marched ahead of their float carry- 

 ing banners. 



LEAM^FAIL 

 SAYS GREGORY 



(Continued from page 2, Col. 7) 





of service, ar^ not following the 

 communistic road. They believe In 

 private property and jMlvate In- 

 itiative. But If the rest of their 

 property is to be taken away from 

 them by the cruel process of de- 

 flation, if their debtors exact the 

 impossible price of payment in dol- 

 lars of doubled size, if every door is 

 locked against them when they ask 

 only for a chance to work — then 

 what? 



Property rights mean more than 

 the property rights of Wall Street. 

 Private opportunity does not mean 

 the opportunity to cheat and rob 



and confiscate the earnings of our 

 weaker fellows. 



Where Danger Lies 



The red flag will never wave over 

 the farmers and the working men 

 of America. Their flag is the Stars 

 and Stripes that they have so often 

 fought for. Their symbol is the 

 Liberty Bell that has been ringing 

 out a new allegiance to the faith 

 of our fathers all over Illinois on 

 this Fourth of July. ; • . . 



No, there is no red menace in this 

 country. The menace that threatens 

 us is of another color. It is the 

 golden calf that stands enshrined 

 in the councils of the money kings. 

 It is the god of speculation that 

 rules over the New York stock ex- 

 change. Its flag is the black pirate 

 flag of the exploiters of the com- 

 mon people. 



It is in that direction that our 

 danger lies. 



We stand at Valley Forge, with 

 ragged clothes and bleeding feet. 

 But our hearts beat with high 

 courage; our souls flame with the 

 fire of a righteous cause. 



The farmers are marching, un- 

 der the flag of George Washington 

 and Abraham Lincoln, and the 

 spirit of the fathers marches with 

 them. They are leading a fight for 

 the honest working people of a 

 great nation — a nation that they 

 love because they made it great. 

 And with them marches the lord of 

 Hosts, leading his people to a 

 brighter day when the C3k)lden Rule 



shall replace the law of the Jungle, 

 when the bright stars and stripes 

 shall banish the black flag of fi- 

 nancial piracy, wh/^n honest toll 

 shall enshrine the American home 

 in place of the golden calf as the 

 symbol of the nation's glory. 



RESTORED FARM PRICE 

 LEVE IS KEY TO RE- 

 TURN OF PROSPERITY 



(Continued from page 3, Col. 7) 



this text is dominant, and Uie old 

 Liberty Bell is ringing agai4 for 

 AGRICULTURE. 



None can expect the needs of or- 

 ganized millions to be recognized if 

 they cannot and will not in com- 

 mon agree and voice their demands. 



The path of every farmer is out- 

 lined clearly. His part in the war 

 for Justice is definitely set forth. 

 His place is in line with his mil- 

 lions of fellow workers in one great 

 army under one banner, fighting, 

 for one cause. 



Diffusion of power means defeat. 



United effort means victory. 



The farmers in Illinois have been 

 laboring for twenty years to get this 

 need of organization over to the 

 thousands of indifferent farmers. 



Today all over Illinois in gigantic 

 demonstration we are tbrning the 

 tide toward a long delayed victory. 



The needs of agriculture can only 

 be met in this organized age throi^gh 

 the masses of farmers uniting in a 

 militant and aggressive organiza- 

 tion dedicated to their cause. . i 



Pres. Smith Injure Eye 



A few minutes (before starting hlB 

 address President Earl C. Smith 

 suffered a painful injury to his 

 right eye caused by the explosion 

 of a torpedo at the Sangamon 

 County Farm Bureau Dedication 

 Day program in Caldwell's Orove 

 south of Springfield. 



Mr. Smith was given first aid by 

 a doctor on the ground;^ and re- 

 fused to leave until afte^ he had 

 delivered his address. The eye Is 

 responding to treatment and it is 

 hoped no permanent injury will re- 

 sult. 



Mr. Smith also spoke bri0fly in 

 the evening at a meeting of Cen- 

 tral Illinois Odd Fellows Lodges on 

 the State Fair grounds. 



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upiV County: »iore than 

 hrefe rdile parade, 15 floats 

 ;hee1re(^ burning in efflgy of 

 Unfaithful Public Service," 

 re than 500 cars in parade, 

 tt job to reduce local taxes. 

 ebago county: Biggest cele- 



in history of county. Pa- 

 hrougn Rockford and out to 

 ukee Park. Sixty-nine new 

 •s Now have largest mem- 



since P^^^ period of 1919- 



>r Co^ntuxS>Mr big ce\ehT&- 

 Id at Aledo Fair Grounds 

 Special issue Aledo Times- 

 Wonderful co-operation. C. 

 rory delivered splendid ad- 

 loats unusually good. 

 mson county: Four thou- 

 ople ;jittended parade a mile 

 cod po-operation from ev- 

 r Nineteen new members 

 A D Lynch gave principal 



Marion Fair Grounds. 

 n County: Our celebration 

 ^er i^a big way for a small 



Parade one and one-half 

 DnV Best ever held. Crowd 

 eS at 2.500. Twenty-three 

 4b%.-.Chipman^Ratcliff 



•?; r^untv: Whole county 

 i 5fo? b g demonstration 

 CarU° secured nearly 200 



nim^ers to wind up our 

 S biggest and best ever 

 re^^eo CJewett made fine 



' « «.«/«• Bie crowd turned 



'nf'ade and demonstration. 



eTnew members. Country 



leen judged floats. Great 



"°"V«- Big celebration held] 

 ^"'*^park Dixon, with 10,- 

 pt^T^ig aSdi?oHum crowded 

 S'l 000 cars in parade. All 

 co-pperated^^^ of cars 

 i.^^'tXe^ounty poured in- 



* ""^ July 4th for the big 

 gon J"'y o e of the most 



HEAVY RAIN, 

 HAIL CAUSE 

 DMAGEHERE] 



Three Fires Sta^iiBA By.| 

 « Lightning; Trees And 

 Wires Down. \ 



Hail, Wind Damages [ 

 Crops and Homes 



WORST Storm of KiciD for! 



MANY years breaks WIN-| 

 DOWS AND CUTS CROPS SAT- 

 URDAY AFTERNOON 



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Hail did great dama^ to gardens, 

 yruit trees, wheat, rye, roofs, etc., 

 \^%t Saturday afternoon about four 

 O'clock to an area of several miles 

 vvest of Rockpoit, extending from 

 near Mt Zjoti. fw?> of Shiloh and on 



NEARLY FIVE 

 JNCHES RAIN 

 IMCTIONi 



1.92^68 Here; Crof 



Damaged, Basemwti; 



Flooded ' 



Flood bura«ne(l stn>amii Md low 

 ^gndfc over no rpiwcst To«a revived 



'Hail Storm In 

 Vienna Township] 

 Destroys Cro| 



Territory Three Milesj 

 Long, Mile Wide Is 

 Damaged 



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Lightning is Blamed for 

 '^i;® Pamage at La Salle 

 Market; Wi re Lines Hit 



I Motorist Injured 

 Storm Accident 

 Near Ottawa 



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Paraago 



to crops, prQpertx_>rii 



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 troycrt tte non, .^ \ **<^'wk des- 



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Hail Finishes Up 

 the Sti*awberries; 

 More Ram Today I 



Many cases ot strawberriea 

 were destroyed here Saturday by 

 the early morning hall which a«r 

 coropanied the thunder atorm. 

 Strawberry growers were erpoct- 

 Ing to make their tinal picking of 

 the aeason Saturday but when 

 they wont to the berry beds after 

 the atorm they found the ripened 

 berries mashed Aat by the hall. 



About one Inch of rain fell dur- 

 ing the Saturday morning storm 

 and another electric storm which 

 ▼Islted us between 2 and 3 o'clock 

 this mornlnj; added another inrli 



HAIL AND RAIN 

 DOBOAiSAGE 



CQtttral Illinois Was Visit- 

 zed by Heavy Rain and 

 / Hail Storm Tuesday 



' Afternoon. .^. v, 



Thia city and aection of CcntMl 

 IlllnoUi woic v»--ited by a heavy 

 electrical and rain storm and gome 

 •ectioha to the went of Pana by a 

 heavy hail H'orm Tuesday after- 

 noon, causing serious f!£.i><<is<> to 

 gardens, the grov/;!;j; .s.va and 

 young rtpenins fruit 



Puna's streelR were turned Into 

 rivers in some sectlonfi by the 

 downpour, the sewers being Inade- 

 quate to carry olT the water, so 

 heavy was the fait. Lightning flash- 

 ed and many treen wer«- reported 

 struck, but no K't"' <1 imn(;c wos 

 reported. ^ 



When HAIL Comes, Who Will 



STAND THE LOSS ? 



EVERY hail storm destroys. If it is on your 

 farm, the los'4 is all yours — unless you are in- 

 sured. You can prevent loss by buying insurance 

 against crop damage. Your Farm Bureau makes 

 possible exceptionally low rates. ..^ ^ 



Only $4 Cash Required 



A Cash payment of only $4 per $1,000 of insurance 

 is paid with application. A postdated check for the 

 balance of $16, payable October 1 (less 5% for 

 payment when due), gives full security o'n your 

 crop up to $1,000 hailstorm damage. This rate ap- 

 plies to corn and small grains— soybeans slightly 

 higher. This represents a 30 per cent saving to 

 you. . ._ 



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 Property, a separate policy is available in this 

 Company. Ask about it. We also reinsure Town- 

 ship and County*Mutual Companies, underwriting 

 all or part of the risks which they consider too 

 large for safety. . , i 



Write for our special folder. It tells you how hail 

 losses are computed and paid. Save money by in- 

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 Farm Bureau members and the Illinois Agricul- 

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 at cost In My Own Company. 



Name 



Address County 



^pr water in»" ". k^ .urf ace water I 



thi? new Pun'?„^":*2nd a hatf .n'^es 

 - Mora than »o"; '(^^^jy „( Web.terl 

 of rain ««»''*',e.i' Sours FrW** >f- 



lernoon. *^^ ^a ih* i-al>";^^B «» 



fbn Damaf* ' ^ 



[• farm dIstHet aiirrouadi 



iVa W Palo Alt« county a 



■d damattnr ■ haU but - 



was restrlclad to an area 



aqnara miles. Bmmetsburi 



fall was estimated at abo 



laitd a half- Jr ri-"- 



% 



ng at 1 a. in. today a tnrriflc 

 alorm, awcpt the county, acccun- 

 panlod by rain and wind th.it 

 blew down tr«es on stato hlBli- 

 waya and 8tre«ta and (lattencd 

 grain fiuldt on fjfifis, cauainK 

 heavy damaK*. 



accompanied tbc r 

 Ruse home wai( ati 

 id a small tire resu' 

 ;imlly was not at 

 ^i^y saw the tlnme 

 Tha flra' waa exi 

 uiiy great damage 

 Other places wei'a 

 " 1 •liiinn *'rii 



Dcrn unable to work In llie tieMs 

 for nearly a week because of the 

 hoavy ralhs. In mauy cases Wat- 

 er was standijiii In th« fields from 

 rains which fell prtTioaa. to that 

 ot last ttliht. 

 ■ In r.rundv coualt f h*" stornL 



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