November, 1932 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



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I. A. A. States Policy 

 v^^; O Relief Legislation 



Legislative representatives of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association, who 

 have been on the job in Springfield 

 since the opening of the present spe- 

 cial session of the General Assembly 

 now considering unemployment re- 

 lief, are holding to the principle that 

 each county should be responsible 

 lor raising and expending its own 

 funds to relieve its destitute people. 



"The one danger we must avoid in 

 all unemployment relief legislation is 

 waste and extravagance of the tax- 

 payers' money," said President Earl 

 C. Smith, in a recent statement. "If 

 relief funds are raised and spent lo- 

 cally there will be less waste and less 

 danger of perpetuating a dole system 

 with all its attending evils, 



"We must prevent the development 

 of a situation in which counties are 

 forced into competition to get their 

 share of unemployment relief funds," 

 he said. "Neither the federal nor 

 state governments can afford any 

 longer to be Santa Glaus to any coun- 

 ty or relief organization. The farther 

 away from home the money is raised, 

 the more likely it is to be misspent." 



If further funds must be provided 

 the I. A. A. favors legislation to per- 

 mit Cook county, and if absolutely 

 necessary, other counties, by a two- 

 thirds vote of the county board, to 

 levy a two per cent tax on all retail 

 sales except foods for human con- 

 sumption, in providing funds for the 

 relief of their own destitute citizens. 

 The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion regards as undesirable any 

 further diversion of the county's 

 : share of gasoline tax funds for re- 

 .' lief purposes. However, it did not 

 ": oppose the measure recently passed 

 by the legislature which allows coun- 

 ties by vote of their respective boards 

 ; to divert their share of gas tax money 

 • to unemployment relief. 



It is doubtful if any further legis- 

 " lation of a relief nature will be pro- 

 posed until after the election. Legis- 

 lative representatives of the I. A. A. 

 will be at Springfield if and when 

 the General Assembly convenes 

 again. 



Sen. Frazier Addresses 

 Hoosier Farmers Nov. 16 



Senator Lynn J. Frazier of North 

 Dakota will be the principal speaker 

 at the annual convention of the In- 

 diana Farm Bureau on November 16 

 at Indianapolis. 



Senator Frazier's bill to refinance 

 farm mortgages at a low rate of in- 

 terest through federal aid is expected 

 to be one of the important measures 

 before the next Congress. 



Credit Unions Now 



Operate In Indiana 



Credit unions are now operating in 

 20 Indiana counties. Only producers 

 of farm commodities are eligible to 

 membership and only members are 

 entitled to loaning privileges. Mem- 

 bers subscribe for one or more shares 

 at $5 each, constituting the deposits, 

 and borrowings have ranged from $25 

 to $400. V 



"A growing interest is shown in 

 the new movement among farmers 

 because of the immediate accessibil- 

 ity to small loans with which to fi- 

 nance payments of taxes, crop and 

 livestock production and other needs 

 of the family at a time when the 

 farm income is at low ebb and other 

 local credit facilities not in position 

 to serve the farmer," says C. H. La- 

 Selle, director of the credit union 

 division, Indiana Farm Bureau Co- 

 operative Association, Indianapolis. 



Each credit union is strictly a co- 

 operative organization operated sole- 

 ly for its members. The state bank- 

 ing department maintains supervi- 

 sion for the protection of members 

 and depositors, but the primary pur- 

 pose is to serve rather than make 

 large profits. At the end of the fiscal 

 year, the earnings, excepting some 

 for a reserve fund, are returned to 

 the members in the form of divi- 

 dends or interest. A nominal inter- 

 est charge is made to borrowers. 



Farm credit unions are now operat- 

 ing at Greenfield, Wabash, Albion, 

 Huntingburg, Goshen, Huntington, 

 Columbia City, Greencastle, Evans- 

 ville, Frankfort, Nob^esville, Sullivan, 

 LaGrange, Angola, Auburn, Plymouth, 

 Rochester, Kokomo, Seymour and 

 Crown Point. 



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Talks on the Emergency Relief 

 Bond Issue which will be voted upon 

 November 8 will be made on Chicago 

 radio stations the week preceding the 

 election. Stations WLS, WJJD, and 

 WMAQ particularly are expecting to 

 schedule speakers on this important 

 measure. 



R. F. C. Prepares To 



Export Farm Products 



The Reconstruction Finance Cor- 

 poration, according to reports, is at 

 last setting up an export division 

 for the express purpose of moving 

 farm surpluses into foreign countries 

 which can buy only on a long-t'me 

 credit basis. Provision for this action 

 was made in the act amending the 

 original R. F. C. measure, passed in 

 the last session of Congress 



One of the first projects will prob- 

 ably be the exportation of large 

 quantities of wheat to China. This 

 news is of special interest to wheat 

 growers in the northwest, reports the 

 Farmers National Grain Corporation. 

 A good wheat crop in that area this 

 year has resulted in a large export- 

 able surplus and since growers on 

 the Pacific coast depend to a con- 

 siderable extent on Oriental markets 

 they are hopeful that the credit ar- 

 rangement can be made. 



In this hope, however, grain 

 growers do not seem to have the sup- 

 port of the private grain trade on 

 the coast which complains that the 



The Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion is providing a speaker for 

 Farmer Rusk's radio program each 

 Thursday night at 8:15 P. M. from 

 station WJJD, Chicago. 



The crop allotment plan and the 

 possibilities in acreage reduction as 

 a way to higher farm prices were 

 discussed by George Thiem, director 

 of information, the night of October 

 13. G. W. Baxter of the Transporta- 

 tion Department discussed the mixed 

 livestock rule and other utility prob- 

 lems October 20. J. H. Kelker was 

 scheduled to speak on farm fire pre- 

 vention the night of October 27. 



Station WJJD is seeking to get the 

 farm organizations and co-operatives 

 with headquarters in Chicago to 

 sponsor a 15-minute program each 

 evening at 8:15. In addition t'me 

 will be allotted on the noon-hour 

 farm service program from 12:30 to 

 1:00. 



Station KMOX, St. Louis is broad- 

 casting agricultural talks regularly 

 during its noon farm service hour. 

 Talmage DeFrees, president of the 

 Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange and 

 director from the 22nd district on the 

 I. A. A. board, spoke over station 

 KMOX on October 25, 12:45 P. M., 

 subject "The Farmer's Future." The 

 Department of Information has of- 

 fered to co-operate in scheduling a 

 series of farm speakers from this 

 station during the fall and winter 

 months. 



Country Life Insurance Company 

 will broadcast a half -hour jubilee 

 program over station WLS, Chicago, 

 8:30 to 9:00 P. M. the night of Sat- 

 urday, December 10. This program 

 will be broadcast in connection with 

 the county Country Life queen con- 

 tests to be held over the state that 

 evening. Radio hook-ups will be 

 made so that those who attend the 

 various celebrations may hear the 

 broadcast. The broadcast will wind 

 up an "Achievement" drive among 

 the Country Life agents. 



former sale to China put local wheat 

 prices so high that they were unable 

 to sell wheat to the rest of the world 

 and therefore are losing commis- 

 sions. In other words the private 

 handlers of grain preferred lower 

 prices that they may make sales 

 more readily. They are interested 

 only in the commission. 



