El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01
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Many Rural Communities
Prove Success of Profit
Sharing Plan.
REDUCES LIVING
COST IN EUROPE

w ? ASHINGTON D. c., March l.
NJ While m ny profit-sharing
manufacturing establishments
are to be found in the United States,
IN which the wage earners share profits
with the owners Of the plants, the
number of urban cooperative manufac-
turing Establishments, in the accepted
sense Of the term, is few. The major
portion of the cooperative manufac-
turing plants in the United States are
confined to the rural districts. Here
frequently are found cooperative
creameries, and while some OF them
1au because Of the lack of proper
management and others because of the
lack OF a proper and sufficient milk
supply, on the whole they are prOfita-
bic establishments.
The usual method OF establishing a
cooperative creamery is for several
pubnc-Spirited residents of a farming
community to get together and decide
to call IN a representative of a cream
cry machinery manufacturer to help
Inem organize a cooperative company.
Inc representative always is ready to
come, because the invitation implies
Tnat he is going TO stand a good chance
OF installing the machinery. They
90 about the community together in
teresting farmers in the prospects and
getting subscriptions for the under
taking. When the necessary support
IS assured meeting Of the interested
farmers is called. when the kind of
machinery is determined upon, a mana
ger Is employed, and the rules and
regulations for the operation Of the
plant are drafted Once the creamery
Is established, In some instances. wa
CONS are sent out to gather the cream:
IN other instances the farmers bring
the cream from their diaries two or
three times a week.
Some Of the cooperative creamerfes
realizing how difficult it is to hire
neip 70 do laundry - Ork on the farm.
9nu pesIrlng TO save their wives and
gauSnters from the burdens Of wash
gay nave installed cooperative laun-
aries IN connection with their cream
cry plants The same delivery wagons
"hIcn gather up the cream call for
a anu GeIlFer the laundry, while the same
saSoIlne engine and steam plant which
90 the work of the creamery suffice
10 do that of the laundry Also. it
PROVIDES Work enough to keen all hands
pussy All the time, and the saving that
cant.
Big business Deeries Cooperation.
Inc tendency Of the big organiza-
tIohs LOT the promotion of cooperation
Is 70 discourage the inclination of
manufacturers to make their plants
cooperative The officials of these or
carnations say that the cooperative
market must be developed to a greater
extent before it will be possible to
sen the products of coODerative factor
Ies eIlclently, and that, therefore, Co
operative manufacturing had better
wait awhile. One anufacf1rer who
makes gasoline engines and foot-power
srlnqlng and polishing machines, de-
cIded tnat In his old age he ought
70 give ms property over to cOODera ton.
IN the hope that it might form the
nucleus of big establishment for
manufacturing all kinds of things for
me COOPERATIVE trade Upon cOmmuni-
eating his purpose to the officials OF
one OF the big cooperation leagues,
they replied that they did not think
S siLS S S1-l ulLlLns end was as yet SUI
that such an establishment could be
operated prOfitably. They advised him
mat until the selling was so thor
ouShly organized as to demand the en-
tire product it would be a dangerous
procedure, since the private dealers
would almost certainly boycott the CO.
operatively made goods.
Cooperative Canning Profitable.
1t is said that few enterprises lend
themselves so well to cooperation as
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