The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-31
lANTz BILL
FLAyEO BY
+. ]. ?. GRIFFIN
poard Of Trade Head
Calls Measure will
o'-the- -Wisp."

c,rinefeld. Ill.,, May 31.-Brand-
,,e the movement to destroy the
rhscaeo S board of trade as Town
iorisn in Illinois," President Joseph
pf;dffin. Of the board of trade. this
.t.ernoon answered the arguments
maze in the house Of representa-
tives by President Howard Leonard
Of the illinois Agricultural associa-
ton. ~,
From early this morning until
after the hearing was over, galleries
and outer aisles Of the house were
crowded Leaders for the board OF
trade declared farmers representing
more than one million acres Of llli-
,,ois farm land, were present to
6sht the Lantz bills, while the 1lli-
nois Agricultural association an
nounced they had only 400 OF their
leaders on hand.
President Leonard, from Eureka,
opeued for the agricultural associa-
ton.
One Great Issue.
There is really only one great
l,eu involved" he said. Has or
has not the farmer the right to go
hsyond his own front gate in the
marketing of his own product, rep
1ssenting years labor and great
Investment? The manufacturer
markets his product. The workman
markets his toll.
why then, has not the farmer
Who is both manufacturer and work
man, the right to see something OF
how the products Of his toll and in
yestment are marketed? That is
Substantially what he is asking in
Nil No. 2S4-the right. now denied
him by the board Of trade to be rep.
Yy,spted on the Chicago market by
hs own cooperative companies"
Following this summing up by
TIE president of the agricultural
association, President Griffin took
The floor In behalf OF the board ol
trade.
Farmers Against "Townleyism."
These farmers who throng the
corridor and galleries." he said
represent the true voice Of the
great fields of Illinois. They are mo-
agitators, they are real farmers who
have left their burroughs at a crit.
ical season to protect themselves
against an insidious radicalisn
which would destroy their markets
Il heard one of them declare this
morning that II the board OF trade
we're destroyed today it would take
y cents a bushel of the price o1
every bushel Of grain in the farm
~ hands. That is why they are
here; they needed no urging, fol
hey are thinking men who know
What Townleyism brought to North
Dakota. AS their banners proclaim
tAey want no Townleyism in Illi.
hois. And assuredly they don't wan1
% obtain less for their grain thar
they get now.
AT first, We, of the board ol
uade, thought that the farmers haG
oeen almost unanimously misled BY
@eif sef-appointed leaders. But "
NE last month we have learned how
erroneous the impression was. Thu
nrmers have not been misled tt
any extent, particularly those witt
valuable holdings at stake.
laah Bill ~Wln.o'.the- Wisp."
The bulk Of them, we hav,
safned, are vigorously opposed Il
me lAntz and other similar bills
Nolnins less than very decided op
position to this threat to their vel
xfe would have taken them from
%e'r neids at this important season
s.om them we hear the real voic,
" me sane American farmer. H,
soss not propose to substitute ;
roven market, for a will-o'-the
aper."
.. .naicating what he declared tn,
taVooe OF grain dealers compan
~. d. M. Wood Of Delavan, pres
m Msut OF the Illinois Farmers Graf,
alefs association, announced tn,
;~uH OF a poll Of member compan