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Volume 27 



Number 13 



December, 1949 



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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 

 THE ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION 



To advance the purpose for which the Farm Bureau was organized, namely, 

 to promote, protect and represent the business, economic, social and educa- 

 tional interests of the farmers of Illinois and the nation, and to develop 

 agriculture. 



OFFICERS 



CHARLES B. SHUMAN. Sullivan. President 



FLOYD E. MORRIS 

 Vice-President 



PAUL E. MATHIAS 

 Secretary 



ARTHUR F. SCHUCK 

 Treasurer 



GEORGE E. METZGER 

 Field Secretary 



CLARENCE C. CHAPELLE 

 Comptroller 



DONALD KIRKPATRICK 



General Counsel 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS 



Lyman Bunting, Ellcry ; Thomas H. Lloyd, Girard ; Lester S. Davison, 

 Minonk ; Homer Curtiss. Stockton; J. Kmg Eaton, Edwardsville: C. J. 

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

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

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

 Frank L. Simpson, Farmer City ; and Albert Webb, Ewing. 



DIVISION HEADS 



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

 ing ; I. E. Parett, 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 Relations; 

 C. J. Foster, Publicity; R. E, Gish. Soil Conservation Activities: Roy P. 

 Johnson, Special Services & Office of the Building ; C. E. Johnston. Gen- 

 eral Office; Donald Kirkpatrick, Legal; Ellsworth D. Lyon, Young Peo- 

 ple's Activities; Judson P. Mason, Dairy Marketing; Cecil F. Musser. 

 Grain Marketing; Cullen B. Sweet, Rural Road Improvement; S. F. Russell, 

 Livestock Marketing; J. L. Pidcock. Locker Service ; W. E. Scheer, Personnel; 

 John A. Lake, Safety and Public Health ; and Bert Vandervliet. Property 

 Taxation. 



ASSOCIATED COMPANY MANAGERS 



Darrell L. Achenbach. Country Mutual Fire Company ; C. H. Becker, Il- 

 linois Farm Supply Company ; L. R. Downs, Producers Seed Company ; 

 Forrest C. Fairchild. Prairie Farms Creameries; Sam L. Hassell, II; 

 linois Grain Terminals Company; Judson P. Mason, 111, Milk Producers' 

 Assn.; R. S. McBride, Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange; Howard McWard, 

 III. Grain Corporation; Sam Russell. 111. Farm Bureau Serum Assn.; 

 J. L. Pidcock, III. Co-op Locker Service; A. E. Richardson, Country 

 Life Insurance Company; Dale Rouse, Illinois Wool Marketing Assn.. 

 C. E. Strand, Illinois Agricultural Auditing Assn. ; H. W. Trautmann. 

 Illinois Livestock Marketing Assn.; and F. V. Wilcox, Country Mutual 

 Casualty Company. 



EDITORIAL STAFF 



Creston J. Foster 

 Editor 



James C. 

 Ass't. 



Thomson 

 Editor 



Russell Van CIcve 

 Field Editor 



Editoral Office 



43 East Ohio. Chicago U 



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 as second class matter at post office, Mendota, 111.. Sept. 11, 1936. 

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

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

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 The fee includes payment of Afty cents for subscription to the Illinois 

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 43 E. Ohio St., Chicago 11, III. 



iTATi rARIHk SUREAl* PUBLICATION 



Security vs 

 Opportunity 



Chorfes B. Shvntan 



Fortunately the 



ONE OF OUR BOYS has a purebred dairy heifer 

 as a 4-H project. He has done everything 

 possible to provide for her security. She has a 

 warm stall, plenty of feed and water, and even a 

 life insurance f>olicy, yet she is not satisfied as evidenced 

 by her habit of crawling through the fence. She prefers 

 the opportunity for companionship, 

 for new experiences, for greener pas- 

 tures to all of the comforts and secu- 

 rity that loving hands can provide. 



f\ UR ancestors who fought in the 

 ^^ Revolutionary War to secure 

 their independence from England 

 were somewhat like that heifer. 

 England offered the colonies super- 

 vision and securit)'. The authors of 

 the Declaration of Independence 

 had nothing to offer their followers 

 except freedom and opportunity. 

 American colonies chose the more hazardous route and 

 the greatness of this nation is largely based upon our 

 constant search for ever broader opportunities. 



W/ITH ALL OF THIS history to guide us it is 

 " rather surprising to hear the present clamor for 

 more and more security. Have we forgotten that the 

 two are not compatible — that we cannot have a max- 

 imum of both security and opportunity? If we wish 

 to preserve America as the land of opportunity, we 

 must not insist on a program of security from the cra- 

 dle to the grave. However, I believe there is some mid- 

 dle ground. Certainly there is need for the protection 

 by government of those who through no fault of their 

 own are unable to continue to exist without assistance. 



nr HERE ARE DANGERS involved when we turn 

 * to government for security for those other than the 

 helpless. If government is to provide security it must 

 be given the pnjwer to supervise. How else could we 

 be assured of equality of treatment? If we really pre- 

 fer complete security we must be ready to accept a new 

 philosophy of government — the theory' that the state 

 owes its citizens a guaranteed income. From this 

 theory it might be assumed that no one should be pen- 

 alized for failure and that nobody should benefit by 

 success. 



I AM SURE that most farmers are like that 4-H 

 Club heifer. They would favor the use of security 

 programs as a protection against dire need but would 

 prefer the freedom that can only come with opportu- 

 nity. 



(c^ p^:Kcci*utt<y 



President, 

 Illinois Agricultural Association 



DECEMBER, 1949 



