The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-04-16

IN
Orleans and the wants of the Gus
toners already demands wholesale
houses in connection in New Or
leans and in St Louis. Now it is
with the people, who are customers
to the two cities, to establish them
while you have men willing to work
them. And finally we want such
houses in all the great commercial
centers. And the initiatory steps
have been taken for them in New
York, and it is established in Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and in Galveston,
Texas, and several hundred retail
stores in the States, on the same
plan, all the outgrowth of this work
in New Orleans.
Don't deceive yourselves about
the profit to you in the cooperative
business. 1t may be and is large to
the customers in the aggregate on
their aggregated custom, provided
the custom is large, but may not be
large to one on a small custom, as
in the savings or return profit in the
commission business. Remember
the verv small amount a commission
merchant gets on one bale of cotton,
only $500, and remember his ac-
tual expenses for year, at the low
est calculation, is s., 262. 1t is clear
to every one that So .62 on one bale
won't pay the expenses of the bust
ness, on the contrary it will take,
even if he gets So out OF bale,
about 600 bales to pay expenses and
leave him no pay for experimenting
the business. But then send him
600 bales more, 200 in year, and
he would get all the profit on the
last 600 bales, because the first 600
paid all the expenses. All that is
sent him after the first 600 is profit
to him. SO if tire were but 600
bales sent him there would be none
to pay him nor to give back to the
customers, because thee was no
profit in the business. But go on
and give him 10000, and you see
very well you can pay good salary
and have returned to each one who
sent him cotton a nice dividend.
And occasionally a house in this
city receives 1850 TO 1000 bales in
a dav and for days together through
the season and it gets as much out
of each bale as is shown in this his
tory of a cotton bale, for each bale
has about the same history, and not
one dollar of it is returned to Gus
toners. You have but to consider
these business facts in a common
sense business way to see that CO.
operative commission is new
creation" to you who will practice
it. But, we repeat, don't fool your
selves about it.
See here what an idea that want
of a common sense view creates:
One customer to this cooperative
commission house sent it one bale
of cotton, the income to the house
was but S. on that one bale, as he
did not have his money invested in
goods so as to give commission
and rebate in the investment, and
he wrote: "He never was more
disappointed in his life at the re
suit, as from the best count he
could make he expected a divi
dend of 81 and some cents
He did not understand cooper
alton and deceived himself. He
had for the want of knowledge
these papers give counted on prof
three times greater than his Gus
tom brought as an income to the
| Association, when the expense:
must be paid out Of the s. his Gus
tom brought in. After paving thu
expenses it IS what is left that is thu
profit and that is to return to him
Another whose custom brough
in $35 said he expected $40 dividend
from it, S. more than his bushes
brought in. Now it is possible b,
the end of the season there may bt
business enough that the half O
what was charged each one will
pay the PRO rata expense to eacl
one of them on the whole business
in that event the dividend of on
will be $3.50, and to the other ST.
If the business is small it will no
be so much, if large they will ge
more. The same principle hold
good in the retail business, and
pays them too; but it takes custom
10 make it pay.
Take if you will the man men
toned in another place in these lei
tiers who had his SIS proceeds of
bale of cotton invested in good
You remember his goods cost hir
$46o23, so he had to remit 81
and really then his goods only CO.
him $44o71, and yet they wer
much cheaper to him than if he ha
ordered his $45 home and bougl
at retail, say at 80 per cent and th;
is considered a moderate profit
add. Then goods that cost SIS
the city would have cost him S5o $
: as it was the same amount of gooC
r only cost $40 OIL. If he DO 1gI
5 from a common retail house
: would have none Of that returne
: to him. If he hid bought from
| cooperative store and paid the san
per cent and * per cent would pr
/ his part of the whole expense Of Il
t season his dividend would be SI6.7
t Is that not a new creation to hi
without any care, thought or r
7 sponsibility?