The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-10-10

Washington, Oct. 1.-President Fin t
ley of the Southern Railway Company, t
referring today to the interest being l
manifested in cooperation in agricul- s
tural communities in the Southeast, i
said: a
1.-THE subject of cooperation, in all ! !
of its many possible applications, is |
one that is attracting worldwide at i
tention at the present time. The ex- c
tent to which the cooperative princi- {
pie has already been developed is IL
iustrated by the fact that the sessions I
of the International Cooperative ALI
ance in Glasgow, Scotland, during the
month of August were attended by 600
delegates representing over 20, 900, 600
members of 1870, 900 cooperative soci-
cites in "a countries, and in opening the
Congress, as its honorary president,
Lord Grey, the British Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, spoke Of it
as endeavoring to create an interna-
tional cooperative commonwealth.
sin Denmark, Ireland and other Eu-
ropean countries, and to some extent in
the United States, it has been demon
strated that there is a wide field for
the successful development of cooper
alive associations in agricultural com
munities.
while there are other lines in which
cooperation has been carried on sue
~cessfully and proftably, that to which !
believe special attention may we'll be
given by Southeastern farmers is the
organization of cooperative selling as
sociations. Such associations may be
made particularly useful in the hand
ling Of fruits and vegetables, the prof
liable production of which is dependent
in large measure on successful market
ing.
tages of cooperative marketing is that
it is practicable for an association COM
= bining the resources of a considerable
: number of producers to obtain much
= more detailed and reliable information
as to conditions at different market
points than can generally be obtained
BY any single individual. This tends to
prevent the overlooking of one or
more markets while others may be left
with inadequate supplies, which is one
of the greatest difficulties encountered
in independent marketing.
"For the accomplishment of the best
: results in the distribution of products
shall unite IN a single association or
that there shall be effective cooper
alton between a number of local ssso'
Citations.
"Another matter. the Importance Of
which can not be overestimatud, is tina
a cooperative marketing organization
which exercises effective control ovel
the grading and packing of products
can build up a valuable reputation TO
the producers of its locality. Whel
BUYERS learn that the grading an
packing of any particular association
may be relied upon absolutely, it
goods are sought out and its name o
trade mark becomes an asset of valu
to each member of the association. An
other advantage is that, handling
= larger volume of business, the assocl
. alton may find it profitable to devot
more attdntion to, lot only to securin
general market information, but ais
to looking into the comparative advar
tages of dealing with different buyer
in the same market than can be don
by invidual producers. Its larger vo
ume of business also tends to increas
competition among buyers for its prot
ucts and enables it, in many instance
to ship in carload quantities.
"a most important matter in co
nection with the profitable growing
perishable fruits and vegetables is Il
provision of some effective means
take care of the culls and of all tt
surplus production that the market W
not absorb in a fresh state. This mi
be done by the establishment OF ca
neries, evaporating plants and plar
for the manufacture of cider and viz
oar. The cooperative marketing
ISOLATION may very properly interest
self in securing the establishment
plants of this kind to take care of I
cujls and the surplus and the surpl
production of it's members.
1.-THE activities of a cooperative Sc
ing agency may also, in some lnstanc'
be extended to matters connected W
production. 1t may, for example, ,
dertake the buying of the seeds used
its members, looking into their purt
and g~erminative qualities and insurl
the production of the same varieties
ali members of the organization.
- 1.-THE arrangements of the South'
Railway Company and its associat
SLl companies, in maintaining a corps
y market agents for the purpose of bril-
M ino producers in the territory traver'
IN by their lines into relations with b'
TX ers, have recognized the value OF
M operation. The work done by tn
IN agents is. in itself, entirely coop
TX alive. They are familiar with
wv plans of organization and methods
IN operation of successful co-operat
selling organizations n are ready
" all times to give information to ?
An ducers who may wish to organize
": lucrative associations for the mark
M ing Of agricultural and h%orticultr
No products.
~ some of the fields in which co-oI
w alton among producers has been n
M affective is in the handling of d.
~ products, eggs and poultry through
w lucrative cfeameries. There are
M in the Southeastern States some hie
". successful organizations of this kind
w an example Of which | may cite
M Catawba creamery at Hickory. NJ
~ Carolina. There have been failure
wv cooperative creameries in the So,
east as well as in other localities. s