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O'Neal Pleads Before 



President For Speed 



Asks For Inflation and Honest 



- Dollar in National Radio 

 ; ; ; Broadcast Sept. 9 



" A plea for quicker action in rais- 

 ing farm prices and approving farm 

 loans under the AAA and Farm Cred- 

 it Administration was delivered by 

 President Ed, A. O'Neal of the Amer- 

 ican Farm Bureau Federation to Presi- 

 dent Roosevelt in Washington recently. 



Lagging farm prices coupled with 

 higher retail prices resulting from 

 wage and minimum hour agreements 

 under the NRA, Mr. O'Neal pointed 

 out are placing farmers at a further 

 disadvantage in arriving at the goal of 

 pre-war parity. ' 



In a national radio hookup on Sept. 

 9, President O'Neal strongly urged 

 that the President use the power given 

 him by the last Congress to bring 

 about an Honest Dollar through in- 

 flation. 



Farmers are struggling with debts, 

 interest, and taxes which they cannot 

 meet because the purchasing power 

 of the dollar in terms of farm com- 

 modities is still far greater than it 

 was when their debts were contracted, 

 and taxes raised, said Mr. O'Neal. A 

 commodity dollar that restores farm 

 purchasing power to pre-war parity 

 is still far from being realized, and 

 while there has been some improve- 

 ment from the low point last year, no 

 substantial relief has yet been had. 



We'll Distribute Our Own Milk 



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 member paid into the Association. 

 "Roszell did not tell you," said Hayes, 

 "how much check-off the dealers are 

 taking out of the price paid by the 

 consumer. He failed to say that the 

 dealers took 70% of the consumer's 

 dollar, while the dairymen only got 

 30%." 



Without any urging, the members 

 surged forward, following the an- 

 nouncement by President Capron that 

 applications for stock could be made 

 at the front of the room following 

 adjournment. Due to the lateness of 

 the hour, many members took the 

 blanks hone with them, saying they 

 would sign and bring in their appli- 

 cations the following week. 



Unless later developments make it 

 advisable to act otherwise, the Asso- 

 ciation will probably install bottling 

 equipment in the plant now occupied 

 by the Producers Creamery of Peoria. 

 If the offices are moved out, there will 

 be ample room to take care of the new 

 machinery. 



Edward A. O'Neal 



Russia Encourages Dairying 



With the slogan "a cow for every 

 collective farmer," the Soviet govern- 

 ment has launched a campaign to en- 

 courage the breeding of cattle by 

 creating a fund of 35,000,000 roubles 

 (nominally $17,500,000) to be loaned 

 to those collective peasants who are 

 unable to buy their own, the Asso- 

 ciated Press reports from Moscow. 

 One million cowless collective mem- 

 bers are to be helped in this way to 

 buy one calf each. The government 

 hopes to improve the lot of the pea- 

 sant, and gradually to build up the 

 country's cattle herds. Collective farm- 

 ers owning more than one cow are to 

 be called on to sell to the less fortu- 

 nate. 



New Process Promises 



Cheaper Phosphates 



Cheaper phosphates for farmers are 

 expected to result from a new process 

 for treating rock phosphate with wa- 

 ter vapor and silica at high tempera 

 tures recently discovered by the Bu- 

 reau of Chemistry and Soils. The 

 method is a radical departure from 

 that now used to produce superphos- 

 phate. When the rock phosphate is 

 heated to 1400° C. the fluorine which 

 locks the phosphorus is driven off 

 within 30 minutes and the residue 

 after being ground is ready for the 

 spreader. 



8,185 employees have been added to 

 the pay rolls of Sears Roebuck & 

 Company since July 29, General R. E. 

 Wood, President of the Company, an- 

 nounced recently. The increase in em- 

 ployment was partially due to the 

 increase in business and partially to 

 the effect of the NRA code. 



I. A. A. RECORD— October, 1933 



Whiteside Man Wins 



Soyoil Paint Contest 



Biggest 60 Days Sales In History 



of Company Completed 



Aug. 15 



THE World's Fair SOYOIL 

 Paint Contest began June 15 

 and closed August 15 during 

 which period the 53 county service 

 companies associated with Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company purchased 35,- 

 4441/2 gallons of SOYOIL paint, 6,601 

 gallons of roof coating, and 540 pounds 

 of roof cement. 



The winner in the contest was Earl 

 B, Johnson, truck salesman for White- 

 side Service Company, who scored a 

 total of 2,003 points, based upon the 

 number of sales and the number of 

 gallons of the different grades of 

 paint. '•'■;''■"'■';■>:'■''■ :•'■:■ '""' ^- '- '■■. '■■' ■■;- • ■•■ ■'■.'•.■■■■■- ':V- 



Laclede Holcomb, truck salesman 

 for St. Clair Service Company, won 

 second place with 1918 V2 points. 



Ernest C. Costley, truck salesman 

 for Macoupin Service Company, was 

 third with 1887 points. 



Mr. Johnson was awarded four 

 books of Century of Progress tickets 

 consisting of general admission and 

 various attractions on the grounds; 

 Mr. Holcomb received three books; 

 Mr. Costley two books. The 50 other 

 high ranking men, each of whom re- 

 ceived two souvenir general admission 

 tickets to A Century of Progress, are 

 as follows: . v.',. . :^'.:>^^'"^'',/v;'.-'"- ■" ' /: 



COUIVTY 



CHAMPAIGN 

 EDGAR 



JERSEY 



KANKAKEE 



LAKE 



LA SALLE 



LOGAN-MASON 



MACOUPIN 



MADISON 



MfDONOUGH 



PEORIA 



RICH -LAW 



SHELBY- 

 EFFINGHAM 



ST. CLAIR 



STEPHENSON 



TWIN-COUNTY 

 WABASH 



WHITESIDE 



WOODFORD 



MACON 



ADAMS 



SALESMAN 



Clyde S. Carper 

 Frenton Farker 

 George Boyars 

 W. O. Wilson 

 Orlln Hendrix 

 Elmer Rosene 

 George Zoelllck 

 Harry Berghorn 

 Marshall Eike 

 Kreiline: 



David E. Coultas 

 Paul A. Franke 

 Ollie D. Nemnick 

 Martin Slevers 

 Milton H. Voss 

 Pendarvis 

 Hiffhee 

 Mings 



W. G. Heinz 

 Fred Jones 

 C. E. Vandervort 

 R. E. Fritchley 

 E. R. Henderson 

 Edgar Bartke 

 Wesley Warner 

 Bill Bonser 

 Lee v. Hauter 

 G. C. Hull 

 Clarence Ruff 

 E. D. Wilkins 

 Oliver Voelkel 

 Paul Fark 

 Edgar Muskopf 

 Leslie Hogshead 

 K. Wohlford 

 L. Stukenberg 

 V. Barmore 

 E. Folgate 

 Fred Zeigler 

 Fred Fosse 

 T>. D. Siegert 

 Ralph Ackerman 

 Virgil Averv 

 W. G. Perkins 

 P.ernie Vos 

 Harry Schipper 

 Sam Howe 

 B. T. Helken , 

 J. J. Johnson 

 J. H. Donley . .: 



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