Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-28
MANL|US IS FIRST
OVER TOP IN FARM
ASSOCIATION DRIVE
OBTAINS IT'S QUOTA IN 1000 MEM
BERSHiP CAMPAIGN, SAYS Bull
LETlN SENT OUT TO-DAY eY
SOIL ADVISER.

Manlius township has brought
home the bacon" in the first heat OF
the La Sale County Better Farming
Association drive for 600 members
according to the following bulletin
sent out this morning by soil Adviser
l. s. Brooks. The bulletin says:
The little township OF Manlius on
the east side of the county doesn't get
campaign for members to the Better
Farming Association it was the irst
to report on having raised its quota
Verne klepp and S II. Montgomery
the quota, added 80 Is per cent and
have a part OF the territory 20 hear
from. Their experience illustrates the
interest farmers are taking in the
work
The sixty-tive county organizations
in Illinois, besides pushing the usual
work in the respective counties, are
backing the Illinois Agricultural AS
problems which are too large for a
county organization to tackle. Some
OF the things about the state assOcia
tion which are attracting the attention
of farmers are.
Il. 1t is built upon firm founda'
ton that of the farmers themselves
who compose the various farm bu,
reaus.
%. 1t has at its head safe, sane and
intelligent men-men who are farm
ers themselves, or whose main inter
ests are in farming.
-. Ii has selected as its managing
intelligent and enterprising farm ad-
visers in the United States. ID O.
Thompson OF Mclean County
a. 1t proposes as its object not
only to see that farmers get their just
dues, but to stand for the welfare OF
the whole nation.
-. Its attitude will not be dictator
ial, but 1t will be firm in its stand for
adequate returns for efficient work on
the farms.
IS. 1t will insist that any industry
which does not pay fair return over
and above the cost OF efficient prOduc
ton cannot exist indefinitely that
farming is no exception to this rlle.
81 1t will insist that conditions
which work opposite 10 this rule viii
bring about one ot~two results 50 far
as farming Is concerned. either a re
duction in number of those engaged
In farming until the law OF supply and
demand causes still higher food cost
or a condition al peasantry among
farmers.
50. 1t feels that farmers have moth
ing al all to say at present about
what they receive for their produce
and consequently for their labor.
80. 1t proposes THAI they shall have
something to say about these, and
thai through the efforts of their safe
sane representatives they shall be
able to sell their produce at a falr
margin of profft above the cost o!
production.
, Just how the work of the state as
ISOLATION is to be done remains to be
developed by the secretary and the
executive committee. An office has
been opened at 1903 Edison building
corner of Clark and Adams streets
Chicago. and plans for work are being
studied.
"At a recent meeting OF the eXecu
rive committee the secretary was III
structed to retain the services or
legal adviser. Also the bond OF How
ard Leonard, treasurer of Eureka
Woodford County, for $4,000 was &C
cepted.
such comprehensive program
for the benefit of all the farmers II
making the men in every toWnshll
anxious to take part in the move
ment."