Participating in the Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers annual meeting, leit to right are: 

 A. D. Lynch, secretary-manager; C. Monte 

 Craft, Pevely, Mo.; and August Dieclcmann, 



Lebanon, III., both directors, and Rev. G. 

 I. Hildner, religious and civic leader. Villa 

 Ridge, Mo. Reports showed the coopera- 

 tive's progress. 



SMP REPORTS $9000 NET GAIN 



ANEW record high average price of 

 $3.49 per hundredweight was re- 

 ceived in 1944 by dairymen in the St. 

 Louis milk shed, according to A. D. 

 Lynch, manager of Sanitary Milk Pro- 

 ducers, in his report at the 15th an- 

 nual meeting held Jan. 29 in Belle- 

 ville. This is the highest price paid in 

 the middle west, he said, and the third 

 highest in the country. 



President J. King Eaton warned 1200 

 members and delegates that there must 

 be a continued strong membership par- 

 ticipation if the cooperative is to hold 

 the gains that have been made. He 

 urged a stronger reserve fund, a larger 

 membership, and close attention to 

 milk transportation. More than 413 

 new members were accepted in the as- 

 sociation during the year. 



A net gain for the year of more than 

 $9000 was reported by August Dieck- 

 mann, finance chairman, in making the 

 treasurer's report. 



In an outstanding address. Mayor 

 John B. Gage of Kansas City, who has 

 been attorney for the Pure Milk As- 

 sociation of Kansas City for the past 12 

 . years, declared that "the day has long 

 since passed when the pro and con of 

 the question as to the necessity for a 

 marketing organization of fluid milk 

 producers should be arguable among 

 informed men." 



He pointed out that the inevitable 

 seasonal variations in milk production 

 without corresponding change in con- 

 sumption as well as the fact there are 

 few buyers and many sellers in a com- 

 modity such as milk make imperative 

 the establishment of marketing organ- 

 izations. 



Listed as the assets on which mem- 

 bers must rely were: 



A loyal, active and united member- 

 ship which is inclusive of the great 

 mass of the milk producers in the milk 

 shed. 



A reserve or revolving fund held in- 

 tact sufficient in amount to meet at 

 average prices at least a half-month's 

 payment for milk to all member-pro- 

 ducers. 



Delegates in each local who thor- 

 oughly understand the functions and 

 problems of the association ; a board 

 of directors well selected from the ac- 

 tive membership giving thorough at- 

 tention to association affairs and a 

 capable management. 



A membership with a high level of 

 production efficiency. 



Guest speakers included H. E. Slush- 

 er, president, Missouri Farm Bureau 

 Federation; George Metzger, field sec- 

 retary, Illinois Agricultural Asocia- 

 tion; Wilfred Shaw, secretary, Illinois 

 Milk Producers' Association; Marie 

 Harrington, educational director, St. 

 Louis Dairy Council ; Wm. Eckles, mar- 

 ket administrator, and Rev. G. J. Hild- 

 ner, Villa Ridge, Mo. 



Directors from the following dis- 

 tricts were re-elected: (1) J. King 

 Eaton, Edwardsville, III.; (2) Orville 

 Plocher, Highland, 111.; (3)*John Voss, 

 Breese, 111. ; (4) Aug. Dieckmann, Leb- 

 anon, IlL; (5) Emil Klingenberg, 

 Okawville, 111.; (6) H. P. Wicklein, 

 Evansville, 111.; (7) Sumner G. Wilson, 

 Butler, 111.; (8) Frank Tracy, Jersey- 

 ville. 111. ; (9) C Monte Craft, Pevely, 

 Mo.; (10) Julian D. Ray, Vandalia, 111.; 



(11) B. J. Schumacher, Altamont, 111.; 



(12) Clem Bierman, Wheeler, 111.; (13) 

 R. D. Pennewell, Palmyra, Mo.; (14) 

 Tom Creech, Troy, Mo.; and (16) Ar- 

 thur Kelpe, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Henry 

 Blesi (15) Sullivan, Mo. was elected to 



succeed Anthony Boland, now in the 

 United States Navy. 



Director Julian D. Ray gave the resolu- 

 tions report which was unanimously 

 adopted and made provision for extend- 

 ing the services of the association by in- 

 creasing the revenue and for expanding 

 future sales. 



The association furnished a big free 

 dinner at five nearby churches at noon. 

 Dairy leaders throughout the middle west 

 attended. 



I Love Oni Old School 



(Continued from page 9) 

 schools, and that they fail to give farm 

 boys and girls an even chance in com- 

 parison with the education received by 

 urban youth." 



I do feel that the one-room schools 

 did at one time do a pretty good job 

 and the training secured compared 

 quite favorably with the training of 

 the city schools. I do not believe that 

 we can say this today, although it is 

 true that there are still many good one- 

 room schools. Some of you will de- 

 fend the one-room school and point 

 to the typ^ of men that have gone into 

 industry and government and made a 

 name for themselves. It is my opinion 

 that we cannot credit all of the great- 

 ness of these men to the one-room 

 school. Abraham Lincoln had very 

 little schooling and was a great man, 

 but we can hardly recommend this sys- 

 tem today. 



I believe that rural children have 

 many advantages over urban children. 

 They learn to work at an early age and 

 learn to accept responsibilities. 



It seems to me that after the war 

 we will have an opportunity of 

 providing better schools for farm 

 boys and girls than any city can 

 possibly provide. Why not? Most 

 of us have good roads — elearic- 

 ity will be available — modern 

 heating plants and sanitary toilets 

 will be obtainable and we have 

 certain rural values that no city in 

 the world can possibly duplicate. 

 Such schools with good enroll- 

 ments should be able to attract and 

 pay the best equipped teachers. 

 With such schools we should be 

 able to provide as broad a curricu- 

 lum as any school in the state. 

 Boys and girls in this generation and 

 in the generations to come, who do not 

 have a good sound education will be 

 at a much greater disadvantage than 

 they would have been fifty years ago. 

 Ignoratue is a liability wherever it exists. 

 I hope we will not delay too long. 

 Dr. John W. Holland says, 'That 

 which we neglect, we slowly lose." 

 Let us not lose control of our schools. 



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