Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-10-03
AGRICULTURAL
COOPERATION
Views of President Finley of the
Southern Railway.

Company, referring today to the
interest being manifested In co.
operation in agricultural commu.
mites in the Southeast, said:
"The subject of co operation, in
all of its many possible applica.
tons, is one that Is attracting
world wide attention at the pres
cnt time. The extent to which
the cooperative principle has al,
Ieldy been developed is ILLUSTRATED
by the fact that the sessions of the
International Co, operative Alliance
in Glasg)w, Scotland, during the
month Of August were attended
by six hundred delegates repre-.
senting over twenty million mem
bers of the 1870, 900 cooperative
societies in twenty four countries,
aud in opening the Congress, as
It's Honorary President, Lord
Grey, the British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, spoke of
it rs endeavOring to create an in,
ternational co operative common
wealth.
,'ln Denmark, Ireland, and 9th
err European countries, and to some
extent in the United States, it has
been demonstrated that there is a
wide field for the successful dcvcl
opment ofco. operative associations
in agricultural communities.
rsW nile there are other ines in
which co operation has been car
RED on successfully and proftably.
that to which | believe special at.
tentlou may well be given bN
Southeastern farmers is the orga
nlhatlon of co operative selling as
sociatlonS. Such associations ma,
be made particularly useful in tn,
handling of fruits and vegetables,
the profitable production of whicl
is dependent in large measure up
on successful marketing.
Zone of the most important ad.
vantages of co operative marketing
Is that it is practicable for an asso
citation combining the resources Of
q cons d rable number of producers
to obtain much more detailed and
reliable information rs TO cordi
tons at different market points
than can generally be obtained bv
any single individual. This tends
to prevent the overstocking of one
or more markets while others NAV
be left with inadequate supplies
which is one of the greatest diff.
cultlesencountcred in independent
marketing.
"For the accomplishment of the
best results in the distribution of
products among markets it is i'm.
p%ortant that Il large number of
producers shall unite i'm n single
association or that there shall be
effective co operation between
number of local associations.
another matter, the impor.
lance of which cannot be %oycrcsti.
mated, is that IA co operative mar.
ketlng organization which cxer
cises effective control over the
grading and packing of products
can bulld up Il valuable reputation
Tor the producers of its locality.
When buyers learn that the grad
ing and packing of any particular
association may be relied upop
absolutely, its goods are sought
out and its name or trademark be.
comes an asset of value to each
member of the association. An.
other advantage is that, handling
Il larger volume of business. the
ASSOCIATION may find it profitable
10 devote more attention, not only
TO securing general market intor
nation, but also to looking into
the comparative advantages of
dealing with different BUYERS in
the same market than can he done
10y individual producers. Its larg-
err volume of business also tends to
increase competition among buyers
for its products and enables it, in
many instances, to ship in carload
quantities.
"A most important matter in
connection with the profitable
growing of periShable fruits and
vegetables is the provision of some
effective means to take care of the
culls and of all surplus production
that the market will absorb i'm a
fresh state. This may be done by
the establishment of c%anneries.
evaporating plants, and plants for
the manufacture of cider and vim.
egar. The co. operative marketing
association may very properly in.
terest itself in securing the estab.
lishment of plants of this kind to
take care of the culls and the SUI.
plus production of its members.
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