Page Eighteen 



THE I. A. A. RECORD 



March, 1933 



Illinois Grain Corp. Meeting 



(Continued from page 14) 



Ing of the new board of directors 

 went on record as favoring com- 

 plete investigation of the plan now 

 under consideration for the dilution 

 of motor fuel with alcohol produced 

 from farm products as a possible 

 means of restoring the farmer's 

 purchasing power through provid- 

 ing a better market for his grain. 



Smith Lauds Illinois Grain 



The importance to every resident 

 of the United States of the coop- 

 erative grain marketing movement 

 was stressed by Earl C. Smith, pres- 

 ident of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association, in addressing the 

 morning session of the annual 

 meeting. 



After outlining efforts that are 

 being made to restore the farmer's 

 purchasing power to a parity with 

 other classes of our citizens, Mr. 

 Smith said: 



"We who are fighting the battle 

 of agriculture in this state are very 

 proud of Illinois Grain Corpora- 

 tion. Starting about a year after 

 some of the others in our sister 

 states we have outstripped them 

 and Illinois now has one of the 

 largest of all the Farmers* National 

 regionals in volume of grain han- 

 dled. 



"Slowly but surely organized ag- 

 riculture is getting recognition. 

 Through his cooperative marketing 

 organizations the farmer is coming 

 to have a voice in the price of the 

 grain and other products he raises 

 and sells. He is beginning to help 

 himself and regain his place in the 

 economic scheme of our country." 



Touching on the depression, Mr. 

 Smith said: 



"In my judgment the bottom has 

 been reached. The fanner is com- 

 ing back and everywhere organized 

 agriculture is being recognized as a 

 real power in the recovery from 

 present depressed and depressing 

 conditions. People everywhere are 

 beginning to realize that no class 

 of industry or business will recover 

 until the farmer recovers and we 

 feel that victory is in sight. 



Grow Despite Propaganda 



"I predict that Illinois Grain Cor- 

 poration will double in membership 

 and in the volume of grain handled 

 within the next year or two." 



G. C. Johnstone, president of Illi- 

 nois Grain Corporation, while opti- 

 mistic for the future, pointed out 

 to the delegates attending the 

 meeting that difficulties are daily 

 being encountered in the movement 

 to give the producer a voice in se- 

 curing a fair price for his products. 



"Cooperative Marketing is having 

 to fight for its existence," Mr. John- 

 stone said, "but we are winning. 



BAGS OF MONEY FOR THE McLEAN COUNTY MEMBERS 



At the annaal meetlnK ot the McLean County Service Company one of the 

 feature* was the payment ot a patronage refund amounting: to approximately 

 f4S>000. This was dramatised by havlnar the IndlTldnal truck Maiesmen appear 

 on the staKe ivith basa of "money" in the amount of the refund paid to the 

 cnatomera on their Tarloua routes, and Kuarded by members of the American 

 liCKlon. They are shown above, arrouped around Manager Georare Curtlss. "When 

 it's loaded into bags 945,000 sure Is a lot of money. (Just between us the sacks 

 ivere filled with washers and the suns loaded with blanks but the patronaare 

 divided was distributed Just the same. — Ed.) 



We must continue to have strong 

 and fearless leadership and we 

 must have loyal support from the 

 ranks. Our growth and develop- 

 ment in Illinois and the nation in 

 the last two years has been accom- 

 plished in spite of the most insid- 

 ious propaganda ever attempted, 

 with the exception perhaps of that 

 directed at the prohibition question. 

 This propaganda is being dissemi- 

 nated through every conceivable 

 channel. Never before has it been 

 so well financed and so well or- 

 ganized. 



"And grain marketing is not the 

 only target. Propaganda is being 

 directed at all efforts of the farm- 

 ers to organize for their mutual 

 benefit. The charges made in the 

 beginning have been exploded but 

 new ones have been created to take 

 their place. And it has been the 

 policy of Illinois Grain Corporation 

 not to attempt to answer the many 

 absurd charges but rather to dem- 

 onstrate by our operations, that the 

 service we render is really in the 

 interests of the farmers themselves. 



"It is more important now than 

 ever that the farmers be awakened 

 to the fact that they should join 

 together to protect their own in- 

 terests. A renewed, nation-wide 

 drive is being made by all handlers 

 of farm products to break down the 

 confidence of farmers in their own 

 organizations of every kind, both 

 cooperative marketing and general 

 farm organizations. Under the guise 

 of economy, they are also attempt- 

 ing to make all protective legisla- 

 tion and appropriations for the 

 benefit of the farmers inactive. 



"No individual farmer can hope 

 to resist this attack. Strong organi- 

 zation, with a loyal and determined 

 membership, is his only chance." 



I. A. A. Committees 



Appointed For 1933 



President Smith appointed the 

 following advisory committees at 

 the February meeting of the I. A. A. 

 board of directors: 



FINANCE COMMITTEE: A. R. 

 Wright, Varna, Chairman, M. G. 

 Lambert, Ferris, Talmage DeFrees, 

 Smithboro. 



ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: 

 C. E. Bamborough, Polo, Chairman, 

 E. D. Lawrence, Bloomington, M. 

 Ray Ihrig, Golden, T. W. May (Ad- 

 viser), Edwardsville. 



PUBLIC RELATIONS COM- 

 MITTEE: Chas. S. Black, Jackson- 

 ville, Chairman, Geo. B. MuUer, 

 Washington, R. B. Endicott, Villa 

 Ridge, Edwin Bay (Adviser), 

 Springfield. 



MARKETING COMMITTEE: 

 Samuel Sorrells, Raymond, Chair- 

 man, W. A. Dennis, Paris, W. L. 

 Cope, Salem, Eugene Curtis, Cham- 

 paign, J. R. Spencer (Adviser) , Mo- 

 line. • ■;:; -;-...v:^;'v' 



BUSINESS SERVICE COM- 

 MITTEE: Geo. F. Tullock, Rockford. 

 Chairman, Chas. Marshall, Belknap, 

 E. Harris, Grayslake, W. L. Purnell 

 (Adviser) , Gibson City. 



I. A. A. Board Meetings 



Monthly meetings of the I. A. A. 

 board of directors will be held dur- 

 ing 1933 on Friday following the 

 second Monday of each month un- 

 less otherwise ordered. On this basis 

 the dates for board meetings for 

 the balance of the year are as fol- 

 lows: February 17, March 17, April 

 14, May 12, June 16, July 14, August 

 18, Sept. 15, Oct. 13, Nov. 17, Dec. 15. 



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