Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-12-29

Ford Association, but no
Action Taken.-Adjourned
to January z.
The members of the Rocky
Ford Melongrowers' association
met in special session Saturday
last to consider the following re-
port:
Unity M Action Through n Market
Committee.
Representatives of all the Mel
ongrowers associations of the val
ley met mt Rocky Ford, Dec. II,
to perfect an organization for
harmonious working together.
After considerable discussion it
was decided best not to organize
as corporation with Constitution
and Bylaws, but that it should
rather take the shape of a commit
tee known as the Market Com
mittee, whose authority to deal
with the matters under its control,
would be given it from the votes
OF its members, who in turn should
be empowered to act, by the diff
erent associations which they
would represent.
coMPosITIoN.
(a) The Market Committee
shall he composed of one member
from each association properly Or
ganized in the Arkansas valley of
Colorado.
o. Each member shall have
credentials necessary to bind his
association in all matters over
which the committee shall have
authority.
(c) The vote of Rocky Ford
association shall count as 33A per
cent of the entire vote of the COM
mitiee.
(D After the first year, the
vote OF each member shall be in
proportion to the first-class mel.
ons sold by his association the
previous year and paid for on de-
livery, provided that no one MS
sociation shall be entitled to cast
a vote exceeding. 45 per cent Of
the whole.
To market the crop of canta-
loupes from the Arkansas valley
of Colorado, to the mutual inter
est and advantage of all associa-
tions represented in the commit
tee, and especially as far as pos
sible, to remove the possibility of
the product Of one association
coming into competition with that
of any other association, either at
the place Of growing or OF market
ing.
POWERS OF COMMITTEE.
(a) The Committee shall name
the cash price to be paid for mel
ons Mt the depot platform.
(b) They shall decide to which
fruit merchant or syndicate OF
fruit merchants, the product shall
be sold.
(c) They shall negotiate the
contract and submit copy which
shall be uniform in all respects
Except rs to the number of cars
from each association) to the
boards of each association and
the different contracts shall be
executed by the several boards
with the buyer or buyers selected
by the committee.
(d) They shall during periods
Of surplus production, apportion
the shipments to each associa-
tion in proportion to the number
Of acres planted by each associa-
ton; the number of acres to be
approved by a representative of
the Committee.
(e) Committee shall have power
to apportion any general contract
for the sale of cantaloupes, among
the several associations represent
ed in this committee, based OH the
acreage actually planted the pre-
ceeding year.
(D They shall If necessary,
appoint representatives to visit
and inspect the farms of the diff
erent associations.
(g) They shall have power to
appoint representatives to visit
the eastern markets with n view
of seeing that the crop is proper
" handled and to learn what
changes will benefit the grower.
(h) The Committee shall have
power to determine the distances
from the depot that any member
of the associatson shall haul mel
ons.