PACE TWO 



ILLINOIS AGRICULTl 



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ABRAHAM LINCOLN 



U'THE farmer's interest is most worthy of 

 •1 all to be cherished and cultivated. If 

 there ever be inevitable conflict between that 

 interest and any other that other should 

 yield/' ,, / ■ 



: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ^^ :. 



-';•::: - ' -AtMilwa^^ Sept. 30,1859. .; 



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<^IN wishing the Illim 

 * a successful meeti] 

 ing a body which h^i 

 stays of organized ag 

 hear from so many 

 farmer today faces t 

 must, however, conti 

 and UNITEDLY GO 

 path. To get out an 

 bles requires pati 

 EFFORT such as 

 times of peace; bu 



In ines8»p to »9th anni 

 Danville, Jan. 26, 1083J 



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HENRY T. RAIXEV 



.; In his message to the re- 

 cent annual convention of the 

 I. A. A. at Danville Henry T. 

 Rainey, Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives, expressed 

 the belief that the rapidly in- 

 creasing population in the 

 United States will within the 

 next half century provide a 

 market for all of the produc- 

 tion from acres now being tak- 

 en out of cultivation. "We can- 

 not wait so long for relief, 

 ho»wever," he said. "And 

 that's why the emergency 

 program to adjust production 

 to present outlets is nec- 

 essary. We inust all be pa- 

 tient with the recovery pro- 

 gram. It cannot be accom- 

 plished over night. It will 

 take time. But we absolutely 

 cannot get along without 

 such organizations as the Illi- 

 nois Agricultural Association. 

 This great Association op- 

 eratee as a balance wheel." 



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.HEXRY A. WAr^LACK 



By HENRY A. WALLA E 

 Secretary of Agricultui . 

 "This, of all times, is a pe- 

 riod in which farmers sh( ild 

 stand together in strong or- 

 ganizations in mutual in er- 

 est. For the first time, jfy- 



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emmei 

 farmer 

 powers 

 are uri 

 selves, 

 "One 

 relativi 

 neighb 

 farmer 

 be ach 

 vidual 

 must . 

 raise 

 which 

 conduc 

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 tion. 



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 that s 

 tions a 

 carry < 

 justme 

 Act. Tl 

 lo a lo 

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 groups 

 6rs mo 

 — In s 

 1933. 



By ALEXANDER LE(i(;E 



Former Chairman Federal 



Farm Board 



"Perhaps the soundest ad- 

 vice we can give to agricul- 

 ture is contained in the one 

 word, *Organize.* 



"Properly organized I can- 

 not see any reason why agri- 

 culture might not go even 

 farther than industry, inas- 

 much as moat farm products 

 are consumed every day and 

 several times a day and the 

 consumption must be fairly 

 continuous if we are to live. 



"The greatest difficulty we 

 have to contend with, is that 

 in some mysterious w a y, 

 through legislative action or 

 otherwise, the handicap under 

 which agriculture is suffer- 

 ing, will be removed, and the 

 position of the farmer made 

 secure without any action on 

 his part. My friends, this is 

 not even a good dream. It is 

 currently believed that 

 rlreama sometimes come true, 

 but this one never will. * 



- ALEX.\M)i;il I.KGGE 



"You have one of the great- 

 est and most representative 

 organizations of agriculture 

 anywhere. We need more 

 organizations like yours. You 

 can do aln-nst anything when 

 you are properly organized. If 

 farmers don't organize, others 

 will, and they'll take care of 

 their own interests first." 



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By GEORGE N. PEEK, 

 Asst. To President Roosevi It. 



"Farm organizations n-e 

 not ends in themselves; thjy 

 are the means to comm )n 

 ends, desired by all agricul- 

 ture. That has been the g( al 

 of the Illinois Agricultui|al 

 Association for years. 



"It must be inspiring 

 farm organization men thbt 

 they now have a law, the A 

 ricultural Adjustment Ac 

 through which they may he 

 effectuate a restoration 

 fann well-being. Uniting wi 

 a sound farm organization 

 a significant step at any tim 

 It is more so now. The mo 

 we learn to work together f 

 the common good in this wa 

 the easier it is for us to ma 

 the fundamental adjus 

 ments so necessary at pre_ 

 ent. The value of organize 

 effort to the individual farmel 



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