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THE LA. A. RECORD 



September, 1932 



^ I lililNOlS 

 ICCLTVIIAL ASSOCIA' 



RECORir 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was or- 

 ganized, namely, to promote, protect and represent the busi- 

 ness, economic, political, and educational interests of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



George Thiem, Editor 



Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 165 So. 

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

 111, Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer. Ind. Accept- 

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 Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all communi- 

 cations for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

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OFFICEBS ,^. , 



President, Earl C. Smith viiV.^.> i-j:..vi% Detroit 



Vic9-President, A. B. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Metzger Chicago 



Treasurer, B. A. Cowles Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIREOTOBS 

 (By Congressional District) 



Ist to 11th H. C. Vial. Downers Grove 



12th G. F. TuUock, Bockford 



ISth C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



14th M. G, Lambert. Ferris 



15th Charles Bates, Browning 



16th Geo. B, MuUer, Washington 



17th A. B. Schofleld, Pazton 



18th W. A. Dennis, Paris 



19th C. J. Gross, Atwood 



, tOth Charges S. Black, Jacksonville 



tlst Samuel Sorrells, Baymond 



WuA Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro 



Mrd W. L. Cope, Salem 



t4th Charles Marshall, Belknap 



tSth Fred Dietz, De Soto 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTOBS 



Comptroller J. H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing J. B. Countiss 



Finance B, A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Grain Marketing Harrison • Fahmkopf 



Information George Thiem 



Insurance Service V, Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Bay E. Miller 



Office C. E. Johnston 



Organization G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Gnugler 



Taxation and Statistics J, C. Watson 



Transportation L, J, Quasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



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



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Co J. H. Kelker, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn F. E. Bingham, Mgr. 



niinois Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co A. E. Bichardson, Mgr. 



Illinois Farm Supply Co L. B. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Chas. P. Cummings. Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. 



Illinois Livestock Mark. Ass'n. .Bay Miller, Mgr.; B. W, Grieser, Sales 



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



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



Vote "Yes" on the Bond Issue 



Carelessness on the part of any great percentage 

 of voters in failing to vote "Yes" on the Emergency 

 Relief Bond Issue in November may defeat it. 



This is the one danger that must be guarded against. 



The bond issue must receive a majority of all votes 

 cast for members pf the legislature which means that 

 every person who votes in the election and fails to 

 vote on the bond issue in effect votes against it. 



The fact that this proposal if carried will prevent 

 an increase in property taxes is so unusual that there 

 is likely to be misunderstanding. The article on Page 

 3 explains why a vote for the measure is a vote for 

 lower taxes. Get this information over to your neigh- 

 bors and urge them to vote "yes" on the separate bond 

 issue ballot November 8. 



On Meeting Opposition 



AFTER .all, the most effective way farmers can meet 

 the opposition in the "trade" who would destroy 

 their efforts in cooperative marketing, is to sell more 

 farm products co-operatively . . . patronize existing 

 co-operative selling agencies. 



Slush funds raised to spread propaganda and hire 

 workers to undermine the terminal co-ops come from 

 commissions on handling farm products. Let's not lose 

 sight of this fact. 



The spectacle of one group of producers furnishing 

 the funds to fight the co-operative efforts of another 

 group of producers is incongruous yet it exists and 

 lends support to the statement that many farmers, 

 because of their extreme individualism, are their own 

 worst enemies. 



The future of co-operative marketing depends en- 

 tirely on the producers of farm products. Legal diffi- 

 culties can be ironed out, monopolistic tendencies of 

 organized middlemen overcome, other obstacles in the 

 terminals removed. But none can correct the lack of 

 unity and co-operative spirit among farmers except 

 farmers themselves. 



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Unreasonable Criticisnn 



SOMEHOW certain business groups have the notion 

 that the government is unfair in loaning money to 

 farmers for the development of co-operative market- 

 ing. Yet there has not been a single word of criticism 

 so far as we know against the Reconstruction Finance 

 Corporation's huge loans to railroads, banks, insur- 

 ance companies, building and loan associations, and 

 similar enterprises. 



There has been no general complaint against the 

 government for subsidizing a merchant marine, for 

 financing the Inland Waterways Corp. on the Mis- 

 sissippi and its tributaries, for subsidizing second, third 

 and fourth class mail, nbr against many other serv- 

 ices the government renders for the beneft of Ameri- 

 can citizens. 



The discrimination against agriculture is not rea- 

 sonable and that school of thought should not be 

 countenanced by legislators when efforts are made at 

 Washington to discriminate against farmers and their 

 business institutions. .-. 



Handling Seeds Co-operatively ' 



Farmers will welcome the news that a nation-wide 

 co-operative seed handling service is being developed 

 for their benefit by the Farmers National Grain Cor- 

 poraton. In his annual address President Huff of the 

 Farmers National said: "We have attempted to set. 

 up the seed handling operations in such a way as to 

 effectively utilize all presently existing seed co-op- 

 eratives, whether among producers or consumers of 

 seed. 



"No other requirement is made of a producer's seed 

 co-operative than that it affiliate with some present 

 stockholder of the Grain Corp. and that all marketing 

 be to or through Farmers National. . . . We are at- 

 tempting to give national extent and pattern to seed 

 marketing; to secure more adequate returns to the 

 farmer who grows seed for the market, and better 

 seeds at more favorable prices for the farmer who 

 must add the expense of purchased seed to the cost 

 of producing his next crop." 



This promises to be a worthwhile service and should 

 result in reducing the spread between the price paid 

 by farmers who buy and that received by the seed 

 growers. 



One of the remarkable incidents of the current 

 economic situation is the large attendance at almost 

 every great sporting event. Baseball games, prize 

 fights, athletic contests, state fairs, horse races, and 

 similar shows are attracting unprecedented crowds. 

 There seems to be no lack of interest and money to 

 pay admission fees for these events. 



It is reported that the Illinois State Fair was more 

 largely attended this year than at any time during 

 recent years. Exhibits of crops and livestock were 

 especially numerous. The chance to pick up a few dol- 

 lars in premiums was not overlooked. Then, too, the 

 Fair provides a comparatively inexpensive vacation 

 for many who in more prosperous years would travel 

 farther and stay longer. , , , , . 



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