Volume 26 



Number 12 



December, 1948 



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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 

 THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



To oAvanci the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, 

 namely, to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, social 

 and educational interests of the farmers of Illinois and the Nation, and 

 to develop agriculture. 



OFFICERS 



CHARLES B. SHUMAN, Sullivan, President 



FLOYD E. MC«RIS 

 Vice-President 



PAUL E. MATHIAS 

 Secretary 



ARTHUR F. SCHUCK 

 Treasurer 



GEORGE E. METZGER 

 Field Secretary 



CLARENCE C. CHAPELLE 

 CooipcroUer 



DONALD KIRKPATRICK 

 General Counsel 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



Lyman Bunting, Ellery; Dan L. Clarke, New Berlin; E. T. Culnan, 

 Lincoln; Homer Curtiss, Stockton; J. King Eatoa, Edwardsville ; C J. 

 Elliott, Streator; John T. Evans, Hoopescon; Edwin Gumm, Galesburg; 

 Earl M. Hughes, Woodstock; Chester McCord, Newton; Russell V. 

 McKee, Varna; K. T. Smith, Greenfield; Otto Steffey, . Stronghurst ; 

 Milton W. Warren, Mansfield; and Albert Webb, Ewing. 



DIVISION HEADS 



George E. Metzger, Organization & Information ; L. L. Colvis, Market- 

 ing; I. E. Pareu, General Services; Paul E. Mathias, Building, Records, 

 and Personnel; Arthur F. Schuck, Treasurer's office; C. C. Chapelle, 

 Comptroller's office; and Donald Kirkpatrick, General Counsel. 



DEPARTMENT HEADS 



Frank M. Atchley, Research; O. D. Brissenden, Organization; G. W. 

 Baxter, 'Transportation-Claims; John K. Cox, Rural School Relatioos; 

 C. J. Foster, Publicity; R. E. Gish, Soil Conservation Activities; George 

 H. Iftner, Grain Marketing; Roy P. Johnson, Special Services & Office 

 of the Building; C. E. Johnston, General Office, Donald Kirkpatrick, 

 Le^l; Ellsworth D. Lyon, Young People's Activities; Judson P. Mason, 

 Dairy Marketing; C. S. Mayfield, Rural Road Improvement; S. F. Rus- 

 sell, Livestock Marketing; W. £. Scheer, Personnel; and Bert Vandervliet, 

 Property Taxation. 



ASSOCIATE COMPANY MANAGERS 



C. H. Becker, Illinois Farm Supply Company ; Sam L. Hassell. Illinois 

 Grain Terminals Compatiy ; Forrest C. Fairchild Prairie Farms Creameries ; 

 J. H. Kelker, Country Mutual Fire Company; Judson P. Mason, 111. Milk 

 Prcxhicers' Assn.; R. S. McBride, Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange; How- 

 ard McWard, 111. Grain Corporation; C. F. Musser, III. Farm Bureau 

 Serum Assn. ; J. L. Pidcock, 111. Co-op Locker Service ; A. E. Richardson, 

 Country Life Insurance Company; Dale Rouse, Illinois Wool Marketing 

 Assn.; J. L. Baker, (acting) Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn.; H. W. 

 Trautmann, Illinois Livestock Marketing Assn. ; and F. V. Wilcox, Coun- 

 try Mutual Casualty Company. 



EDITORIAL STAFF 



Ass't. Editor 

 James C. Thomson 



Creston J. Foster 

 Editor 



Lewis A. Reisner 

 Field Editor 



Editorial Office 



43 East Ohio, Chicago 11 



The Illinois Agricultural Association RECORD is published monthly 

 by the Illinois Agricultural Association at 1501 W. Washington Road, 

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 as second class matter at post office, Mendota, 111., Sept. II, 1936. 

 Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided in Section 412, 

 Act of Feb. 28, 1925, authorized Oa. 27, 1935. Address all com- 

 munications for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agriculrural 

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THE 



STATE 



FARM BUREAU 



PUBLICATION 



Onward! 



Charles B. Shuman 



ONE OF THE GREATEST scientists the world has ever 

 known was Louis Pasteur. His discoveries were the 

 basis for much of our present day knowledge in bi- 

 ology, medicine and agriculture. Faced with bitter public 

 opposition, Pasteur devoted his life to 

 the search for truth. The motto he 

 lived by was the one word ■ — "On- 

 ward." 



TODAY, AS ALWAYS, it is easier 

 to turn back than to press onward. 

 If we go forward we must deal with 

 the uncertain and the unknown. It 

 is therefore quite natural that political 

 candidates often gain favor by promis- 

 ing to turn back to some previous type 

 of activity. However, history reveals 

 that the progress of our American 

 civilization has resulted from moving forward rather than 

 turning back. Perhaps we are fortunate that all campaign 

 promises are not kept. 



AT THE PRESENT time, the battle lines are being 

 drawn by those who would like to see the new Congress 

 move backward rather than onward. Strong attempts will 

 be made to repeal the Taft-Hartley law, to nullify the 

 Aiken long-range farm bill and to return to OPA price con- 

 trols. Farmers, through their own organization, have been 

 active in securing the recent constructive action along these 

 lines and they will certainly resist every effort to turn back. 



FARMERS BELIEVE in the right of labor to organize. 

 They also believe that the public welfare comes ahead of 

 any organized group. The Taft-Hartley law may need 

 some revision and amendment. Organized agriculture will, 

 however, continue to insist that certain features of this 

 legislation be maintained. We are not willing to give 

 the control of our entire national economy to a small 

 group of unscrupulous individuals. 



GOVERNMENT-IMPOSED price controls as a cure 

 for inflation were recognized as a failure by practically all 

 who cared to look at the facts. Prices do not cause in- 

 flation, they only indicate how far it has progressed. As 

 long as consumer income continues to increase, prices will 

 also advance until adequate production is secured. Farmers 

 know that price controls do not encourage production. 



THE AIKEN LONG-RANGE farm bill was actively 

 supported by the American Farm Bureau Federation. This 

 legislation undoubtedly has many imperfections but it does 

 deserve the opportunity of a fair trial. We know that 

 rigid, extremely high support price programs have not 

 been fully satisfactory to farmers or to the public. If we 

 wish to preserve past gains we must recognize the need 

 for constructive change. 



THE NEXT FEW WEEKS will determine whether we 

 in America meet our problems courageously by pressing 

 onward, or whether we turn about to satisfy those who 

 prefer to walk down hill. 



PresideM, 

 Illinois Agricultural AssooMioa 



DECEMBER. 1948 



