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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



November, 1932 



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A^VCCLTIJRAL ASSO CIAtIBw 



HRECORO ^^F- 



to advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau ums 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 



Pmblithed monthly by the niinoit Agricultural Association at 166 So. 

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

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

 ance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. S8. 192S, authorized Oct. S7, 19S6. Address all communications 

 for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Seoord, 

 608 So. Dearborn St., Chicago. The individual membership fee of the 

 Illinois Agricultural Association is five dollars a year. The fee in- 

 cludes payment of fifty cents for subscription to the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association Record, Postmaster: In returning an uncalled for missent 

 copy please indicate key number on address as ia required by law. 



OFFICERS 



President, Earl C. Smith Detroit 



Vice-President. A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, fteo. S. Uetzger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



; . BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



-:'?■. (By Congressional District) 



lit to nth... ;...... H. C. Vial. Downers Grove 



18th G. F. TuUock, Rookford 



I'th C. E. Bamborough, Polo 



l*th M. a. Lambert. Ferris 



16th Charles Bates, Browning 



16th Geo. B. Muller, Washington 



17th A. B. Schofield, Paxton 



18tJ» W. A. Dennis. Paris 



IftJ C. J. Gross, Atwood 



•J« Charles 8. Black, Jacksonville 



■!•* Samuel Sorrels, Raymond 



^n? Talmage DeFrees, Smithboro 



281:^ W. L. dope, Salem 



***J Charles Marshall. Belknap 



SfttA. ...,,.,..,. .1 ., Fred Diets, De Soto 



' ' DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



Comptroller. j. H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing j. B. Countiss 



Finance K. A. Cowles 



Fruit and Vegetable Marketing H. W Day 



Grain Marketing Harrison Fahmkopf 



Information George Thiem 



Insurance Service V. Vaniman 



Legal Couns^. Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Bay E. Miller 



95.**-.l- li C. E. Johnston 



Organisation. . . G. E. Metzger 



Produce Marketing F. A. Oourler 



Taxation and Statistics j] c Watson 



Transportation L, j. ftuasey 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Wil'iams, Mgr. 



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



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn F. E. Richardson. Mgr. 



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



niinois Farm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



nUnols Grain Corp... Chas. P. Cummings, Vloe-Pres. and Sa'.es Mgr. 

 ninois Wvestock karket. Ass'n....Ray Miller, Mgr.; R. W. Grieser. Safes 



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



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



Study Candidates' Statements 



IN THE October issue of the I. A. A. Record, there 

 were printed the agricultural planks of the 

 Democratic and Republican platforms, also a 

 statement of the I. A. A.'s political policy as follows: 

 "History discloses that party pledges amount 

 to little, except to the extent that leading can- 

 didates place their personal interpretation up- 

 on their party platforms, and in addition pledge 

 their active support and participation in put- 

 ting into effect their understanding of party 

 pledges. 



"The Illinois Agricultural Association urges 

 all of its members and friends to carefully 

 study these platform pledges of the respec- 

 tive parties and throughout the presidential 

 campaign to follow closely the interpretation 

 placed upon these platform pledges by the 

 leading candidates of the respective parties. 

 By so doing, farmers and all friends of 

 farmers, and in addition all those who be- 

 • lieve that the restoration of agriculture to a 

 basis of prosperity is a first essential to the 

 - restoration of prosperity in America, will be 



enabled to vote intelligently and effectively on 

 November 8th on what the Association believes 

 to be the greatest issue confronting the Ameri- 

 can people at this time. 



"The Association has never engaged in partisan pol- 

 itics and is not now offering any advice of a partisan 

 character. It does, however, urge its members and 

 friends to join forces in support of the candidate who 

 most clearly, definitely and courageously deals in under- 

 standing terms and commitments on this all important 

 issue and, by such joining of forces, to discharge not 

 only their rights but their duties at the polls in the 

 interest of genuine public welfare and the perpetuity 

 of the principles of government as outlined by the 

 founders of the Nation." 



The soundness of this policy is best understood 

 when considering that immediately after the party- 

 conventions, the Democratic National Committee 

 announced that its candidate would deliver at least 

 one address in the mid-west, largely confined to 

 agriculture and its party agricultural policy; and 

 the Republican National Committee announced 

 that its candidate would deliver not to exceed three 

 addresses in the campaign, one of which would be 

 largely confined to its past and future agricultural 

 policy. 



When called into conferences by party leaders, the 

 I. A. A. has confined its position to urging candi- 

 dates of both parties to lay greater stress upon the 

 solution of the farm problem, believing that upon 

 a sound and permanent solution of this question 

 largely depends the return of America to a normal 

 basis. 



As we go to press, in this, the last issue before 

 election, the Democratic candidate has delivered 

 one address, chiefly confined to agriculture. In 

 other speeches he has referred directly to agricul- 

 ture and its importance in the economic affairs of 

 the Nation. The Republican candidate has delivered 

 one address largely confined to agriculture and 

 what may be expected by farmers if the present ad- 

 ministration is continued. 



According to announcements of party headquar- 

 ters, the Democratic candidate is to again come in- 

 to the mid-west and is scheduled to speak in Spring- 

 field, Illinois, to discuss matters of major economic 

 interest to this section of the Nation, particularly 

 agriculture. It is also understood the Republican 

 candidate will, before election, again come into the 

 mid-west, possibly Illinois, in a further address 

 largely confined to agricultural policies and the 

 party's attitude toward the farm problem. 



Wide publicity has and will be given to all pro- 

 nouncements of leading candidates of political 

 parties up to the day of election. The I, A. A. con- 

 tinues to urge its members and friends of agricul- 

 ture to carefully study and review all previous pro- 

 nouncements, both in platforms and in the inter- 

 pretation of platforms by leading candidates and 

 to watch closely further pronouncements of a 

 definite character by such candidates. Only by so 

 doing can voters be enabled to vote intelligently 

 and effectively on what the I. A. A. believes to be 

 the greatest issue confronting the Nation at this 

 time. 



Vote For Your Friends 



THE state income tax passed by the General 

 Assembly on Feb. 2 and now awaiting a de- 

 cision as to its constitutionality by the state 

 supreme court, was the most important measure 

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