I. A. A. RECORD— September, 1933 



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Farmers Can Win 



Through Organization 



By J. B. Countiss and Frank 

 Gougler 



EVERY time you see the name 

 "Prairie Farms," or the emblem 

 of Illinois Producers' Creamer- 

 ies, you should be reminded that an- 

 other mile post has been passed by or- 

 ganized farmers in their efforts to se- 

 cure a greater share of the consumer's 

 dollar and give the consumer a better 

 quality butter for his money. 



To get more money back to the pro- 

 ducer for his butterfat it is necessary 

 first, to produce good cream; second, 

 to get it to the creamery while it is 

 still fresh; and third, to manufacture 

 this cream into butter of superior 

 quality in economically o p e r a t ed 

 plants. 



Now Illinois farmers in addition to 

 producing and processing their cream 

 are going a step farther. They are 

 selling their product under their own 

 name and trademark to stores, hotels 

 and restaurants. They are offering the 

 consumer a high quality butter at a 

 reasonable price. 



This is the new deal in Illinois for 

 cream producers. All savings in pro- 

 curement, manufacturing and selling 

 of his product go directly to the pro- 

 ducer. 



Three centralized co-operative plants 

 are now operating at Bloomington, 

 Peoria and Rock Island. Four more 

 similar units are being organized. 



The plants now making butter at 

 the rate of three to four million 

 pounds annually are supplied with 

 fresh cream picked up at the farm at 

 least twice a week by a fleet of 70 

 trucks. 



Contrary to expectation experience 

 shows that procurement costs have 

 been reduced by this method and the 

 quality of butter decidedly improved 

 over that resulting from the cream 

 station method of assembly. 



The annual production of butterfat 

 in Illinois approximates 50,000,000 

 pounds. The value of this crop can 

 be stepped up easily two cents per 

 pound by more frequent marketing 

 and manufacture into a higher quality 

 butter. Not counting the additional 

 savings possible through efficient and 

 economical plant operations and sale 

 of the finished product, this price ad- 

 vance alone would amount to $1,000,- 

 000 more annually to Illinois farmers 

 if applied to their entire output. 



Here is one more way in which 

 farmers can win through organiza- 

 tion. 



The Claims Department of the I. A. 

 A. collected a total of $263,068.79 in 

 loss and damage and other claims 

 from 1920 up to July 1, 1933. 



Milk Producer Co-ops. 



In Illinois Organize 



Co-operative milk producer associa- 

 tions operating in Illinois organized a 

 state federation and considered the 

 details of a milk trade agreement for 

 the state as a whole at a meeting in 

 the I. A. A. offices Tuesday, August 

 15. 



As soon as adopted, the trade agree- 

 ment or code will be submitted to the 

 Agricultural Adjustment Administra- 

 tion for consideration and approval. 



Meet With Truckers 



Ray E. Miller, director of livestock 

 marketing, and G. C. Storey of the 

 Chicago Producers met with livestock 

 truckers and producers in the Mar- 

 shall-Putnam Farm Bureau office, 

 Henry, on Aug. 10. 



The following day Miller, Storey, 

 and E. T. Robbins, extension special- 

 ist, attended a cattle feeders' tour 

 sponsored by the M.-P. Farm Bureau. 



"Go into the history of any law en- 

 acted for the benefit of farmers and 

 you will find in the background the 

 farmer's own organization." — Ralph 

 Snyder, President Kansas State Farm 

 Bureau. • ;. ■ 



'"The rugged individualism of 

 farmers has helped the organ- 

 ized consuming world buy its 

 foodstuffs at the cheapest price. 

 The result has been disastrous 

 both to the other fellow and to 

 farmers, but to farmers first. 

 The only logical system in sfght 

 so far by which the farmer can 

 bargain collectively — and effec- 

 tively — for the sale of h's prod- 

 ucts, in a highly organized so- 

 ciety of buyers, is through co- 

 operative marketing." — Senator 

 Arthur Capper. ; ; :? 



Paul E. Mathias Added 



To I. A. A. Legal Staff 



PAUL E. MATHIAS, first ass st- 

 ant to DeWitt Billman, executive 

 secretary of the Legislative Ref- 

 erence Bureau at Springfield, during 

 the past five years, was recently em- 

 ployed by the I. A. A. as assistant 

 counsel in the Legal Department. He 

 began work with the Association on 

 Aug. 1. 



Mr. Mathias was born near Roches- 

 ter, Indiana where he attended the 

 rural schools, working on his father's 

 farm during vacation until he finished 

 college. 



He took his pre-legal and legal work 

 at the University of Chicago where he 

 received his LL. B degree in December, 

 1926. Since that time he has been em- 

 ployed by the State of Illinois in draft- 

 ing bills for introduction in the legis- 

 lature, and doing 

 legal work for the 

 legislature, the 

 Governor and the 

 executive depart- 

 ments. 



Mr. Mathias at- 

 tracted the atten- 

 tion of I. A. A. of- 

 ficials while en- 

 gaged in drafting 

 measures intro- 

 duced and spon- 

 sored by the As- 

 sessions of the 

 He comes to the 



PAUL E. MATHIAS 



sociation in recent 

 General Assembly. 

 Association highly recommended and 

 with years of successful experience in 

 his field. He addressed the state as- 

 sociation of county officials, super- 

 visors and commissioners at their re- 

 cent meeting in Danville, on legisla- 

 tion passed in the last General As- 

 sembly affecting their interests. 



Mr. Kirkpatrick, general counsel 

 and head of the Legal Department, 

 with his associates, will handle all 

 public utility, transportation, and 

 right-of-way matters in addition to 

 other legal matters referred to the As- 

 sociation by members and associated 

 organizations. 



Mr. Guy Baxter will direct the 

 claim work, and rate service to mem- 

 bers and associated companies as head 

 of the transportation division under 

 the general supervision of Mr. Kirk- 

 patrick. ..■,.. ^- : : / 



"The Farmers National Grain Cor- 

 poration was built largely out of fa- 

 cilities already owned by grain 

 growers, and today either owns or 

 controls 75,000,000 bushels of terminal, 

 sub-terminal, and country elevator 

 space."— C. E. Huff, v, , - . . , 



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