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Title: Illinois Agricultural Association record (microform)
Identifier: 5060538.1931-1934
Year: 1931- December 1934 January 1931- December 1934 (Jan0s)
Authors: Illinois Agricultural Association; Illinois Agricultural Association. Record
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: Mendota, Ill. : The Association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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I ■ The Dlinois A^ctdtural Assodatioa RECORD Published monthly by the Illinois Agricultural ABKuiiiiuon at )«)5 80. Muiu liireei, Spencer, luu. hditorial Offices, 60S So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Entered as second class matter at post office, Spencer. Ind. Acceptance for mailing at special rates of poxtage provided in Section 412, Act of Feb. 28, 1026, authorized Oct. 27, 1925. Address all cummunicatlons for publication to Editorial Offices, Illinois Agricultural Association Record, 60S So. Dearborn St., Chicago. Number 2 FEBRUARY, 1933 Volume 11 About the Convention at Peoria Strength, Determination, and Enthusiasnn To Go Forward Seen at 18th Annual Meeting As A demonstration of strength and determination to carry on in building constructive services and maintaining proper representa- tion for the benefit of Illinois agri- culture, the 18th annual convention of the Illinois Agricultural Associa- tion at Peoria Jan. 26-27 was never surpassed. While the crowd estimated con- servatively at more than 3,000 might have been exceeded in former years, enthusiasm and determina- tion were there abundantly as if in reply to the concerted drive being made by organized middlemen and their allies to disorganize farmers and shake their faith in farm lead- ership and institutions. "What an organization! See the determined look in their faces," commented Henry Harriman, the national chamber of commerce president, as he gazed from the platform at the vast audience— nearly 2,000 strong—during the an- nual banquet in Peoria's great armory. That expression was spon- taneous. Any newcomer could have said as much. In a year of great depression and consequent unrest brought on by unprecedented losses and radical changes in economic and social conditions, you might expect such influences to be reflected in the annual meeting of a great or- ganized body like the I. A. A. There were evidences of low farm spend- ing power but not a ripple of the disunity and internal dissension which enemies of agricultural co- operation delight in, and which have hindered farm progress. Thus in fourteen years, since the I. A. A. was set up on its present membership basis in the city of Peoria, Illinois farmers have welded into their organization a measure of strength and stability un- equalled in any similar or contem- porary association in America. Shall we reduce dues and cut service? That was the question more than 300 County Farm Bureau presidents, directors, and leaders (Continued on page 5)
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More than 1,600 were served, approximately 2,000 attended the Annual Banquet in Peoria's Big Armory on Thursday night, Jan. 26. The I. A. A. was launched in this city as a membership organization in 1919.

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