News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-01-03
CHANGERS ARE OUT
Pennsylvania NO Longer AffiIi-
atCl With United Stores.

vania Changers, and So the Grange
az a Body Is Barred.
a few months ago the United Stores
association Changers. Dealers and
Consumers uniom was organized in
New York city with a capital Of
S1,000OG0. It's plan was and still is
to furnish household supplies to the
! people Of New York city who patron
i2e their stores on such terms as to re-
duce the high cost of living. There are
now 400 or more of these stores in the
city. The saving to consumers is
made by a q per cent discount on all
goods purchased during the month
preceding g}a date of settlement. It
was early discovered that it would be
necessary TO interest producers as well
as consumers in this association, and to
this end it was decided to work
| through the grange.
Mr.. George T. Powell of the Agri-
culturist Experts association was ear
ly called into conference with the di-
rectors and later made director of
the association. who laid before them
a plan of operation. AS the grange
WAS the only generally organized hody
of farmers be felt it was the proper
orga nizatiOn to interest in this project.
although he realized it would debar
very large number Of farmers from it's
benefits unless they first hetG me- mem
beers Of the grange. However, he be-
lipved it was an exceptional opportu-
nifty for the grange to come to the
front in a large way along lines Of
work that were so much needed among
the farmers. He believed the grange
could broaden its work in conjunction
with this organization and thereby the
great general lines of cooperation
might be instituted among all classes
of farmers, but of which the grange
would be the natural promoter.
The executive committee of the
first to manifest interest in the Unit
ed Stores association. The directors
of the association invited the Penn
sylvania farmers to visit the officers of
association in New York and in
yhStigate the enterprise. The large
delegation was enthusiastic over the
project and returned 10 it's constitu-
ents and advised them to fall in line
with this new cooperative movement.
A little later second delegation Wis
tied the officers in New York, when
what has been styled 'caDtiouS in
curry" was made into the affairs of the
by a few members of the |
delegation 1t was soon discovered |
that there was something back of the |
inquiry more than to obtain infOrma
ton and that something mad to DO with
state grange affairs. Aft
PR listening to the discussion pro and
ION it seemed wise to the directors of
he association to stop all further deal
ngS with the grange as body. And
he day following this second visit of
he Pennsylvania farmers the directors
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas. The United Stores association
las inaugurated a movement to improve
he present costly methods Of distribution
nd sale of food and other products. and
$ the interests of producers are closely
llied and representatives of the assoCia-
ion had met with the executive commit
ee of the Pennsylvania state grange and
fter a full and careful consideration had
zen given to the purposes and plans or
he association the executive committee
f the grange gave it's Endorsement to the
Undertaking; and
Whereas Cooperative organization
mong farmers would be necessary, and :
s the grange represents the only general
rganization of farmers in our country 1t
'as deemed wise to work through an al q
eady organized body rather than to at !
ampt to create new organization: and,
Whereas, AS an agreement was entered
ito whereby cooperative work was TO be /
ndertaken with the grangers of Pennsyl- =
ania. and by invitation of the United
torres association a delegation of the mas
,rs of a large number of the oranges e
anne to New York to examine its plans q
nd to study the system of distribution
nd sale of farm products and to learn +
T the consumers cost and problems, that c
lrmers may better understand them and .
ore intelligently proceed in the organiza-
on of their part of the work; and. u
Whereas, The delegations returned to /,
leir oranges favorablv impressed by L
hat they had learned and a second and
rger delegation was invited to come to '
lie city for the same purpose. and the as /
,ciation having worked up sale of ff-
en- carloads of hay for the Pennsyl yania =
rmers and had secured the president of IA
hay and grain retail dealers association C,
rho would sell more for them) to address I.
lie delegation and give instructions on -
wv to grade. bale and ship hay. and dem e
lstrations in the grading and packing of r,
)ples as retail dealers want them and in
e selection of seed corn were given. and
In the second delegation there h
,veloped on the part of few only. and n
ose not farmers, however. a captious
rit OF inquiry, the Interior purpose of -
hich became clearly apparent. was to C,
st suspicion and doubt in the minds of nj
e delegation to discredit one of its own
ointment members; and. "
Existing internal discussions
the grange organization. ii is believed. AZ
N seriously hinder the progress of the
,rk of this important undertaking: there Gu
re. p,
That. while the United Stores ot
ISOLATION greatly regrets the existing IT,
It seems wise that further eff nc
RI to work with the grange as a body m
suspended and E. b. Dorset. a grange =
amber of the board of directors. be in Ia
-ucted TO inform the members of the
8nges who have subscribed for the
,ck OF the United Stores association ar
1T the money so subscribed. which IS 4.