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I. A. A. Record — ^February, 1934 



I. A. A. 



^ I liLilNOIS 



A^BCCLTUBAL ASSOClAl^iN 



RECORD* 



To advance the purpose for tohtch the Farm Bureau vxis or- 

 ganized namely, to promote, protect and represent the bvM- 

 ness, economic, political and educational interests of the 

 farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop agriculture. 



Gi»RGK Thiem, Editor 



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OFFICEKS 



' Presldeat, Earl O. Smltb Detroit 



▼Ice-President, A. R. Wright Varna 



Secretary, Geo. E. Mctiiger Chicago 



Treasurer, R. A. Cowles Bloomington 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

 (By Congressional District) 



Irt to 11th B. Harris, Grayslake 



12th E. B. Onghtby, Shabbona 



IStb C. B. Bamborongh, Polo 



14th Otto Steffey, Stronglinnrt 



15th M. Ray Ihrig. Golden 



16th Albert Hayes, Clinilcoths 



17th B, D. Lawrence, Bloomington 



18th Mont Fox, Oakwood 



!»*'>•• Eugene Curtis, Champaign 



20tb Charles S. Black, JacksoBTlIle 



»l*t Samuel Sorrells, Raymond 



22nd A. O. Bckert, Belleyille 



^ W. L. Cope, Sales 



***?'• Charles Marshall, Belknap 



28th R. B. Bndlcott, Villa Ridge 



DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS 



, Comptroller J, H. Kelker 



Dairy Marketing J. B. Conntlss 



Tinance R, a. Cowles 



Frnlt and Vegetable Marketing H. W. Day 



Publicity George Thiem 



Insurance Service.- V. Vaniman 



Legal Counsel Donald Kirkpatrick 



Live Stock Marketing Ray B. Miller 



Office C. B. Johnston 



Organization G. B. Metzger 



Produce Marketing P. A. Gougler 



Taxation and Statistics J. C. Watson 



Transportation G. W. Baxter 



ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



Country Life Insurance Co L. A. Williams, Mgr. 



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



Illinois Agricultural Auditing Ase'n F. B. Ringham, Mgr. 



Illinois Agricultural Mutual ' Insurance Co A. B. Richardson, Mgr. 



Illinois F»irm Supply Co L. R. Marchant, Mgr. 



Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange H. W. Day, Mgr. 



Illinois Grain Corp Harrison Fahmkopf, Mgr. 



Illinois Livestock Market. Ass'n Ray Miller, Mgr. 



Illinois Producers Creameries. .F. A. Gougler. Mgr., J. B. Counties, Sales 

 Soybean Marketing Ass'n J. w. Armstrong, Pree. 



Resolutions Adopted by Board of Dele- 

 gates, 1 9th Annual Convention, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, Danville, 

 January 25-26, 1934 



WE APPROVE the principles of legislation em- 

 bodied in the Agricultural Adjustment Act and 

 believe its immediate and effective administration 

 will substantially increase the price level of basic agri- 

 cultural commodities. 



We urge immediate and more complete use of the 

 licensing and regulatory provisions of the Act; particularly 

 should this be done for the proper control and regulation 

 of the meat packing industry. There should be no further 

 delay in the use of the power to license and regulate meat 

 packers in order to immediately discontinue the excessive 

 profits made upon very low priced meat animals during 

 the last six months as reflected in the statements of in- 

 come and dividends of the respective meat packers. We 

 further urge that immediately upon the levy of processing 

 taxes upon any basic agricultural crops, equivalent in- 

 creases in import duties on all foreign commodities that 

 compete with such basic agricultural commodities be im- 



posed, as is provided for and authorized in the Agricul- 

 tural Adjustment Act. We pledge to Secretary Wallace, 

 Administrator Davis and their associates, the support and 

 cooperation of the Illinois Agricultural Association in the 

 simplest possible and practical administration of the Act 

 in such manner as will increase prices to producers at the 

 earliest possible time. 



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We believe the permanent solution of the farm surplus 

 problem will be found in securing part or all of the follow- 

 ing objectives: 



1. New industrial uses for farm commodities; 



2. Reciprocal trade agreements with foreign Nations; 



3. Removal of marginal and sub-marginal lands from 

 production and their restoration to the public do- 

 main; 



We request the Board of Directors of the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association to take such steps as may appear to 

 be necessary to accomplish these ends. 



Particularly we urge that every reasonable effort be 

 continued to secure universal use of motor fuel blended 

 with not less than 10 per cent (10%) of Ethyl alcohol 

 made of corn or other agricultural products grown in the 

 Continental United States. We also urge efforts to stimu- 

 late by every reasonable means the use of paint contain- 

 ing a large proportion of Soybean Oil. 



We further commend and approve continued study and 

 investigation to develop new industrial uses of farm prod- 

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Experience in the present depression has demonstrated 

 more clearly than ever before the absolute necessity of 

 establishing and maintaining a complete system of farm 

 credits which will at all times and at reasonable cost 

 meet all proper credit needs of farmers and farm owners. 

 We commend the efforts of the Federal Government, both 

 in the past and at the present time, to make more suitable 

 forms of farm credit available. We urge that every proper 

 effort be further made to simplify the procedure in mak- 

 ing any kind of farm loans, to reduce the rate of inter- 

 est as far as conditions permit, and reduce appraisal costs 

 wherever it is possible to do so. 



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The continued importation of tropical fruits and oils 

 which compete with domestic fruits, oils, and fats increases 

 the difficulties of restoring a proper price level for a 

 number of our domestic products. We authorize and di- 

 rect the Officers and Directors of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Association to use every effort in behalf of .measures to 

 conserve the domestic market for our domestic products. 



Packer buying of livestock direct from farmers has had 

 disastrous effects upon price levels. It is one of our major 

 problems in marketing. The Illinois Livestock Marketing 

 Association was established as one means of combating 

 this weakness of our marketing system. Its object is to 

 enable livestock producers to deal collectively in assembling 

 and moving livestock from country points without per- 

 mitting the packer or his representative to become in 

 effect the sole abriter as to price, weight, grade and con- 

 ditions of sale. Its policy is to correlate all parts of our 

 cooperative marketing machinery. ; V- - 



Thousands of Illinois farmers have pledged themselves 

 recently not to sell direct to packers. This movement is 

 serving a valuable purpose in calling national attention to 

 the emergency which exists in livestock marketing and in 



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