Terry Colangelo (left), a reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times questions Douglas county 

 women about leisure time activities of Illinois farm women during lAA convention. The 

 Douglas women are (left to right) Mrs. frank Stenger, Mrs. S. t. Madix, and Mrs. Marvin 



Coykendall. 



LOCKERS 



{Continued from pj^e 3-1) 



the servicing of a large number of 

 home units. 



Dana Cryder, Kendall county, presi- 

 dent of Illinois Cooperative Locker 

 Service, called on county companies to 

 work closely with the state locker or- 

 ganization, particularly in the purchase 

 of supplies. He said that savings on 

 such items as containers are increased 

 materially when they can be purchased 

 in carload lots, which only the state 

 company, buying for a number of mem- 

 ber companies, is in a position to do. 



Several changes and additions to the 

 services offered by the state company 

 were mentioned by Pidcock during the 

 annual meeting of the locker associa- 

 tion. 



Last spring Robert E. Montgomery 

 was employed as a consulting engineer 

 and B. L. Williams in charge of in- 

 spection and maintenance service. 



These state engmeers have visited 

 each member company plant in the 

 state and have made a survey of re- 

 frigeration equipment in use in each 

 locker and slaughter plant, as a basis 

 for planning a regular inspection and 

 service program. 



A program has been started to stand- 

 ardize on carton and wrapping materi- 

 als to be handled by the state company 

 in order to allow it to buy in car- 

 load lots and receive larger discounts. 



The financial condition of most 

 locker plants continued on a sound 

 basis, Pidcock indicated. He painted 

 Out that gross income increased about 

 enough throughout the state to com- 

 pensate for the increase in operating 

 expenses. 



Total gross income increased 1 6 per 

 cent giving an average income of 



$29.74 per locker, while total operat- 

 ing expenses increased 18 per cent to 

 an average of S27.09 per locker. After 

 deduction of income and other taxes, 

 net savings averaged $2.65 per locker. 



RURAL YOUTH . . . 



{CoiiumieJ from /".i^'t 39) 



was served in Champaign by the Alpha 

 Gamma Rho fraternity of which Rex 

 Emory, one of our outgoing com- 

 mitteemen, is a member. 



An important recommendation was 

 made and unanimously passed by the 

 coordination committee which is made 

 up of the lAA state committee and the 

 Farm and Home Week and state camp 

 continuation committee representatives. 

 The recommendation reads: "When 

 Rural Youthers marry they are not 

 eligible to participate from the date 

 of their marriage in any Rural Youth 

 activities of sports festivals, skilled 

 drivers' contests, folk festivals, talk 

 fests, election of state committees, or 

 any other competitive activities." It 

 recommended, "That the motion be given 

 publicity through the University of 

 Illinois and lAA press channels and 

 that publicity be channelled through 

 the specific statewide activities men- 

 tioned in the motion." 



The Rural Youth breakfast was 

 attended by \6\ Rural Youth members 

 and adult leaders. At this breakfast our 

 Canadian guests answered many ques- 

 tions asked by Illinois Rural Youth 

 delegates. 



Rural Youth's final part in the activ- 

 ities of the annual meeting of the lAA 

 was in the organization conference in 

 which Ruth Huser, Rex Emory, and 

 Glenn Niehaus took part in the "Vapoo 

 Clinic." The new state committee was 

 introduced. 



Long -Range 

 Farm Program 

 - What is It? 



(Continued from page 9) 



level of price supports to the discre- 

 tion of the Secretary of Agriculture. 

 Some flexibility is needed because the 

 direction of production for all farm 

 products will not necessarily respond 

 in the same way to the same price sup- 

 port schedules. This provision could 

 be misused to the advantage of some 

 products over others and cost the tax- 

 payers large sums of money, but a wise 

 Secretary of Agriculture would not de- 

 part from the price supports in the act 

 except in real emergency. 



Following Dr. Case's discussion of 

 the farm program, Earl C. Smith, for- 

 mer lAA president, was asked by con- 

 ference chairman K. T. Smith for com- 

 ment. 



The former lAA leader said that he 

 had read several versions of the present 

 legislation as it was being developed 

 and also appeared at one of the com- 

 mittee hearings on farm legislation 

 held at Peoria by the Senate agricul- 

 tural committee. 



Smith said that he did not agree with 

 some who were suggesting 100 per cent 

 price supports. He suggested that the 

 legislation be amended so as to make 

 the principle of the Steagall Amend- 

 ment operate the first year of the pro- 

 gram and then let the flexible provision 

 operate the next year. He recommended 

 that a good strong floor be provided 

 in the first year. 



Smith's other comment was that 

 good, sound business principles can be 

 crucified by poor management or un- 

 sympathetic or neglectful administra- 

 tion. He suggested that Farm Bureau 

 leaders get their legislation in reason- 

 able shape and then give some author- 

 ity to administrators to go ahead with 

 it. 



Dr. T. K. Cowden, director of re- 

 search for the American Farm Bureau 

 Federation, who discussed stabilizing 

 prices through money and credit pol- 

 icies, said that monetary systems must 

 be reviewed in the light of current con- 

 ditions. 



Dr. Cowden asserted that such a re- 

 view must be made by a bi-partisan 

 monetary commission. He adued that 

 a monetary system won't serve all our 

 ills, but it can alleviate a "1929-33." 

 He reminded his listeners of the Bibli- 

 cal proverb that the love of money is 

 the root of all evil, and said that he 

 was sure farmers were sincerely inter- 

 ested in seeing that money does not 

 become the root of our economic ills. 



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