Grain Terminals Stoek 

 Campaign is SUCCESS 



Shown In Tuscola discussing sfock-selllng 

 campaign to ralta $3,750,000 for a grain 

 terminals program aHlllatod with the lAA 

 are, left to right: Hoyd Rahn, DouglOM 

 County farm Bureau president; George t. 

 Metxger, lAA, director of fhe campaign; 

 t, S. Wetxel, Douglas F.B. treasurer; D. H. 

 Cuppy, Douglas County Service Company 

 board president; and Charles S. Mayfield, 

 lAA, who assisted with the stock campaign. 



AS THE lAA Record went to press 

 $2,060,200 of stock had been sold 

 in the lUinois Gram Terminals 

 Company and it was apparent that 

 "the goal of $2,750,000 would be 

 achieved early this month. In the years 

 to come, Illinois Farm Bureau members 

 will look back on this campaign as a 

 milestone in the establishment of a com- 

 plete grain marketing program. 



Success of the stock campaign, assured 

 farmers that they were finally launched 

 in the grain merchandising business with 

 the ownership and operation of a 21/2 

 million bushel grain terminal elevator in 

 Chicago. This marks the first time that 

 an Illinois grain cooperative has had such 

 a marketing outlet of its own. 



Operation of a terminal elevator gives 

 the Illinois farmer a new market for his 

 grain. It enables Illinois Grain Termi- 

 nals to clean, dry and blend grain. Dry- 

 ing facilities are becoming more and 

 more important to the grain producer. 

 TTie May 13 report showed that 31 

 County Farm Bureaus had passed their 



Suota and had oversubscribed a total of 

 216,500. This more than took care 

 of the $162,000 quota assigned to Cham- 

 paign and Christian County Farm Bu- 

 reaus who elected not to endorse the 

 stock selling project in their respective 

 counties. 



Ninety-seven of the 99 county Farm 

 Bureaus in the state endorsed the proj- 

 ect and on May 13, a total of 69 County 

 Farm Bureaus had bought class C stock, 

 and 84 had sent in subscriptions for 

 class A stock. 



George E. Metzger, field secretary for 

 the Illinois Agricultural Association, re- 

 ported that "the response and enthusiasm 

 for the program throughout the state has 

 been wonderful." Good weather for 

 field work has been the only factor that 

 has slowed the solicitation. 



A review of the project throughout 

 the counties shows that the job was done 

 by the local, hard-working Farm Bureau 

 members who went out and told the 

 story of grain marketing to their neigh- 

 bors. It brought a thrill to the field men 

 and state leaders to see the old-fashioned 



Farm Bureau spirit at the kickoff meet- 

 ings. It was the same spirit that built 

 the Illinois Farm Bureau into its present 

 position of leadership in America today. 

 It's the kind of spirit that will tackle any 

 job and lick it. That's why Farm Bu- 

 reau gets things done. 



The 31 County Farm Bureaus which 

 had topped their quotas on May 13 are 

 as follows: Bureau, Clark, Clay, Clinton, 

 Cook, Crawford, Cumberland, DeKalb, 

 Edwards, Fayette, Franklin, Grundy, 

 Jackson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Kendall, 

 Knox, Lake, Madison, McDonough, 

 Mercer, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, St. 

 Clair, Stephenson, Tazewell, Wabash, 

 Will, and Williamson. 



By the time this issue of the Record 

 reaches you, there probably will be many 

 more over their quota. 



"Wi 



'E WILL not oppose removal 

 of the taxes on oleomarga- 

 rine, provided some other 

 means of preserving the 

 identification between butter 

 and oleomargarine is developed." 



This was the position of the Illinois 

 Agricultural Association a year ago dur- 

 ing hearings in Washington on a bill to 

 repeal federal taxes on yellow margarine. 

 The lAA took a similar position at 

 Springfield last month during hearings 

 on a bill to repeal the Illinois law which 

 prohibits the sale of yellow margarine. 

 Speaking for the lAA, Judson P. 

 Mason, director of dairy marketing, said: 

 "Positive identification between the prod- 

 ucts affords the best solution for all in- 

 terested parties, that each product sell 

 on its own merit. The color line is the 

 most practical means of providing posi- 



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live identification of butter and oleo- 

 margarine. For that reason, we of 

 course, oppose legislation which would 

 remove the present color distinction." 



During the hearings some soybean 

 growers and processors asked for repeal 

 of the law against yellow margarine. 

 Mason pointed out to them that one of 

 the largest groups of consumers of soy- 

 bean meal are dairy farmers. With 

 lower demand for butterfat, he said, 

 there will be a lower demand for soy- 

 bean meal. He said, too, that when 

 cocoanut oils become more plentiful soy- 

 bean oil will be pushed aside in favor 

 of these cheaper oils. 



Another speaker was Forrest C. Fair- 

 child, manager of Prairie Farms Cream- 

 eries. Fairchild pointed out that the 

 butter industry claims the yellow color 

 as its own. There is no reason, he said. 



why the oleomargarine industry cannot 

 develop a color of its own. Peanut 

 butter and cottage cheese have both 

 developed their own peculiar coloring 

 and have been accepted on their own 

 merits by the public. 



O. H. Ryan, president of the Illinois 

 Milk Producers' Association, emphasized 

 the importance of promoting the dairy 

 industry because of its value in soil con- 

 servation. Depletion of dairy herds, he 

 said, would mean less pasturing, more 

 cropping, and more soil erosion. 



President W. J. Swayer of the Pure 

 Milk Association contested the argument 

 that low income groups would stand to 

 gain most from unrestricted sales of 

 margarine. He said that if butter sales 

 dropped, farmers would have to curtail 

 their dairy herds. The resulting com- 

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