The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-09
cooperation they were able to sa
farm products 1t - PEI cent bce.
prices than before they co1uNkD1

cooperation they were able to SH
their farm products 1T - per cent bce.
ter price than before they combhcd
After leaving these farmers We invari-
ably questioned the people in the sam.
district who bought the produce from
n farmers cooperative societies
and who had also formed
tive purchasing societies, and we war.
told by them that produce cost them
at least Is per cen less than formc-
prices which they had been Compelled
to pay 10 the jobbers and middle mer
for the same class OF produce. ana
that now the quality OF the produca
was thoroughly standardized ara
greatly improved in every respect.
leading French authority says, thar
by means Of the great co-operatfxa
systems in France the produce of tbs
country, IN ten years. was doubled
and foreign competition was driver
back beyond the borders OF France
By means Of cooperation the price Of
fertilizer purchased by French farm
ers was reduced about 40 per cont
Even the French merchant found thar
the vastly increased volume of trade
amply compensated for reduced pron
It's. The societies opened up mar
kets in foreign countries for French
produce. They ever chartered steam
ers to carry strawberries to London
and sent a member with each teamer
The growers found their profits in
creased 100 per cent. They even per.
suaded the railways to run their trains
for carrying produce more rapidly ana
to facilitate, in many other ways. the
transportation OF their perishabl.
produce. They marketed early vese-
table and other farm products In thu
same manner as Strawberries. Thu
rate OF profits to the farmers was
great increased. A leading author
ity on cooperation in h United
States says, "Of every dollar which
you the consumer. spend, |, the pro
Queer, receive bou 35 cents. The S.
cents goes to the middle man. ccca-
sionally in profit but far more fire,
quently In waste between them and IN
their hands There must be aoue-
thing wrong when the farmers of the
country receive only $4,000 for a
potato crop which costs the consumer
ABOUT $sS,0oo.ooo We will continue
TO whine abou h high cost of living
IN the United States as long as we sit
stlll and throw away millions OF dol
lars IN p~reyentabic waste which could
De saved by simply applying the prin-
clpfes Of democracy tt such every dsv
matters as buying what we want to
eat n selling what we produce. Tho
pracIcal regeneration Of down-trOd-
den. hopeless Ireland. in less than
twenty years, through cooperative
dalrying and Joint buying, is one Of
the Onom marvels of the world.
the complete transformation
OF from a waste Of sand
ooons IN Europe, in proportion 10 its
population, through the highly per
fected systems Of ~o-operativ buying
ana selling, has been the admiration
OF the world. Already cooperative
associations in England, for buying
ana selling feed-stufB, have a men,
berxhip Of bout 1900. 900 persons
ana these institutions do a business Of
Of living tn the United States" savs
SIr Plnnkett. sis due to tho
TACK of cooperation. Never before
nave we had in the United State.
such ample facilities for
yet des01bution costs more than ever
before" '"
Nortn Carolina for Cooperation.
1t was a pleasure to me TO hear
sne same noted authority at our hear.
AusS "a If0D4ln compliment the farm.
efs OF North Carolina upon their in.
. sre IA cooperation. The Progress
a,ve 1a1@Mer. the official organ Of tho
aSt.ns Union in North Caroline
eu.teo oy our distinguished fellow
clt1zen' Mr.. Clarence Poe. was Quoted
~ 1oneAsn Authorities on several oc.
u4nA 1t has been a great pleas
ols LOT me to attend this conventions.
a1o note the almost universal interest
OF thus great body Of North Caro-
w 1ans IN tho subject Of Cooperation.
$500 opportunity for making az.
49, SuN triumphant in North Caro-
ma Ives before you. and it IS nv firm
oe3!e1 that . will embrace this
S"aoen opportunity and be he ars
oootnern state to march under b 1ax
- se0-neap, Of equal opportunity. Of
cath - meA1sood. OF peace on
" sooo VII toward men. of
JOHN SPRUNr HILL.