The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-09-15


for every letteris promptly and fully
answered, giving full information
on subjects of inquiry. Such are
some OF the benefits resulting from
an association properly managed,
which should again impress upon
you the value arising from organi-
cation, and in addition convey
some valuable suggestions of what
an association should be.
For the benefit of those who
may be contemplating organization
and as a suggestion for possible i'm
provement OF existing associations,
| dssire to call attention to a few
principles involved in proper or
ganization. In the first place, it is
matter of business to make your
associations just as strong as pos
slble. The proper selection of your
boarl of directors carries conviction
OF proper management. Your di-
rectors should be successful growers,
men of good business ability, pop
ular and recognized as giving every
man square deal. In addition to
this. they should be selected so as
to represent every locality of the
district.
Every association should be Or
ganized on the cooperative plan.
All the money received should be
paid out to each grower in accord
ance with the price realized for the
grade and variety of fruit as mar
keted in proportion to the number
OF packages. If this is done each
grower will get the full profits in a
just proportion to his variety, grade
and quantity; that is. the full price
realized less the actual expenses.
This is not only just, but should be
the basic principle in every fruit
growers association. Stock, if pos
sible, should all be subscribed for
by growers. Experience has dem
onstrated the actual necessity of
one other principle that must un-
der no circumstances be overlooked
in the organization of fruit grow
ers' association. That is the neces-
sary contract binding each growers
crop annually to the association, or
Incorporating so that your member
ship, according to your bylaws,
will bind the crop. While the CAL
ifornia court sustained the latter as
valid, I prefer the contract. With
out this'it is only a question of time
when the association will founder.
Without contract your association
will never know what predicament
it may be in tomorrow. Without a
contract you cannot make a bona
fide sale. In fact without it you
really have nothing to offer for sale,
and, therefore, are in no position
to do business. OF course, you
may run without contracts for sever
al years, but when the time comes
and your association has made sale
of the entire crop of any variety for
it's members, and an advance in
price occurs, you can make a ten to
one bet that some growers, in their
eagerness to get the extra price,
will forget their duty to their or
ganization and Jump the game.
This growers contract is one of the
most important basic principles III
the organization of the association.
1t is the corner stone of founda-
tons, the keystone of association
structure. So whatever you do,
don't omit it. All growers should
be required to sign contracts in adj
vance of each season, and not be
permitted to do so after an agreed
date.
Your manager, as a matter of
business, should treat every grower
fairly and squarely, without preiu
dice or favor. Ability, experience,
diplomacy, frmness, and know
ledge of fruits and markets are es-
sential business requirements. Your
manager must make it his business
to put into action such system of
grading, packing and inspection as
| will enable him TO secure q Uniform