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Oil Company Managers 



Meet At Champaign 



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Ib a hot, breeze-proof room, more 

 than 100 County Service Company 

 managers, directors and Farm Ad- 

 visers sweated enthusiastically through 

 a meeting sponsored by the Illinois 

 Farm Supply Company at Urbana, 

 Friday, May 18. Called to order at 

 9:30 A. M. by Fred Herndon, Presi- 

 dent, and L. R. Marchant, manager, 

 the gathering discussed codes, prices, 

 equipment, new products, soy bean oil 

 paint, selling, advertising, chinch bugs, 

 insurance, and made plans for further- 

 ing the record-breaking prog^ress made 

 since the first of the year. 



In a calm of watchful waiting, the 

 meeting took up the discussion of the 

 petition being circulated by the oil in- 

 dustry in Illinois — a subtle attempt to 

 discredit farmer petroleum co-ops, and 

 specifically to throw a wrench into the 

 patronage refund plan which has 

 brought $500,000 for three consecutive 

 years back into the pockets of Illinois 

 Farm Bureau members. 



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; ir^ Petition Campaign 'l^ y'>:r'foi'{' 



Obviously not intended for Farm 

 Bureau consumption, a letter attached 

 to the petition points out that the 

 signatures of farmers will have a pro- 

 found effect upon President Roosevelt 

 to whom it is addressed, and thus 

 cause him to change his well known 

 friendly attitude toward organized ag- 

 riculture and its right to bargain col-, 

 lectively. A facsimile of the petition 

 was prepared and sent out to thou- 

 sands of Farm Bureau members 

 through the facilities of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association. The general 

 consensus of opinion among those at- 

 tending the meeting was to wait until 

 there was evidence that signatures 

 were being solicited locally before tak- 

 ing counter action. 



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..:,,:'■■.''':■■'■/:/■: Chinch Bugs 



Professor W. P. Flint of the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station of the 

 University of Illinois gave a half -hour 

 talk on chinch bugs. Most potent of 

 his remarks was that "nothing will 

 have as much bearing upon Illinois 

 agriculture in 1934-35 as the little 

 chinch bug . . . more than 70 counties 

 are totally or partially infested. 



Dr. W. L. Burlison of the Agricul- 

 tural College gave a short talk on 

 soy bean oil paint illustrated by 

 panels that had been subjected to the 

 weather for a number of years. He 

 demonstrated the superiority of soya 

 bean oil as a paint vehicle over lin- 

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■■■ A. E. Richardson, manager of Illi- 



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nois Agricultural Mutual Ins. Co., 

 told the meeting about the new insur- 

 ance policies available for trucks, 

 buildings and equipment, and ex- 

 plained the new public liability insur- 

 ance now ready for the oil companies. 

 John S. Tracy held an open discussion 

 on sales and advertising. The meeting 

 was conducted for the greater part by 

 Mr. Marchant and George Bunting, 

 who passed out enough information to 

 keep all in attendance busy with their 

 notebooks for at least a week. 



Cocoanut Oil Tax 



A bill providing for a three cent per 

 pound tax on cocoanut oil was finally 

 put through congress. Subsequently 

 President Roosevelt has indicated his 

 interest in follow-up legislation to 

 lighten the effects of this measure so 

 far as the Philippine Islands are con- 

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A tax on cocoanut oil is involved in 

 the Philippine independence question 

 in which the United States agreed not 

 to impose trade restrictions on the Is- 

 lands during the next ten years while 

 Filipinos are preparing themselves for 

 independence. The President has felt 

 that the imposition of the tax was 

 breaking faith with the Islands on the 

 independence question. 



Cut Tariff Rate On 

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Following a recent report by the 

 Tariff Commission, President Roose- 

 velt reduced the tariff on sugar from 

 Cuba and other countries. The duty on 

 96 degree Cuban sugar, for example, 

 is cut from two cents to 1% cents per 

 pound. Imports of Cuban sugar are en- 

 titled to a favorable differential com- 

 pared with tariff rates on sugar from 

 other countries. As a result of the re- 

 cent action, the general or world tariff 

 rate will be 25 per cent higher than 

 the rate on Cuban sugar. 



A general advisory board on policy 

 matters has been established in Adams 

 county made up of one representative 

 from each of the co-operatives in the 

 county and two Farm Bureau direc- 

 tors. Policy matters affecting more 

 than one organization are brought be- 

 fore this council for consideration and 

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Twenty-seven meat packers at 23 

 markets were awarded bids by the 

 government to buy and process a 

 maximum of 225,000 hogs during two 

 weeks beginning May 15* 



Big Independent Dairy 



Cited As Violator 



The Meadowmoor Dairies, largest of 

 the independent distributors in Illi- 

 nois, was recently cited for alleged 

 violation of the Chicago milk ag:re€- 

 ment. The charge is that the company 

 purchased milk from new producers 

 who were not on the market prior to 

 February 5, 1934, without first ob- 

 taining a permit. It is alleged that 

 the company bought milk from farm- 

 ers not having established bases, con- 

 trary to the license, and that pur- 

 chases of milk were made from pro- 

 ducers who did not authorize com- 

 pliance with the terms of the license 

 respecting payments for market serv- 

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 i The company is also charged with 

 failing and refusing to submit monthly 

 reports to the market administrator, 

 that producers were paid prices other 

 than those defined in the license 

 schedule, and that the prescribed but- 

 terfat differential of four cents per 

 point has been ignored in paying pro- 

 ducers*.- ';■;■'"■.•"■ :•' '. ■■'•'.' i;-!"" 



Action was taken sometime ago to 

 close up the distributing plant of 

 Lloyd Schissler of Liombard for fail- 

 ure to observe the license. A num- 

 ber of other smaller dealers, likewise, 

 have been orderd to show cause why 

 their licenses should not be revoked 

 for failure to make reports, and to 

 pay producers the price defined in 

 their license. 



National Swine Show 



The National Swine Show will be 

 held in connection with the Illinois 

 State Fair at Springfield August 18- 

 25. President James R. Moore of the 

 National Swine Growers Association, 

 and Edward S. Collins, manager of the 

 State Fair, announce the following 

 judges: Duroc-Jerseys, Prof. E. F. 

 Ferrin, St. Paul; Poland-Chinas and 

 Hampshires, R. L. Pemberton, Iowa; 

 Spotted Polands, Dean H. H. Kildee, 

 Ames, Iowa; Berkshires, J. B. Rice, 

 Marseilles, 111.; Barrows, W. T. Ren- 

 eker, hog buyer for Swift & Company, 

 Chicago; Yorkshires, L. L. Lehman, 

 Pleasant Plains, 111.; Chester Whites 

 and Tamsworths, Prof. J. S. Coffey, 

 Columbus, Ohio. 



The largest April on recoi*d was ex- 

 perienced by the Indianapolis Pro- 

 ducers with approximately 1,070 car- 

 loads handled or 34.7% of market re- 

 ceipts compared with 33.3% last year. 

 The four months' volume is 23.7% 

 greater than a year ago. 



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