American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-04-16

audit which leads to good accounting
systems and good business methods.
The central Office serves as a bureau
of information and advice. In case Of
marketing the central society, by rea-
son of it's size and financial resources,
gets into markets which would be all
together inaccessible to the little 10
cal concern. Without Capitalization
German cooperation would be much
less effective han 1t is.
Increased Quantity.
Here in Germany, al elsewhere, CO.
operation has not only enabled the
farmer to make the most out of what
he produces, but has increased the
quantity and improved the quality of
the product itself. This has been true
in every line where cooperative or
CARNATIONS have become active. The
results in d~airying are fairly epre-
sentative. In B~radenburg tests we're
made in 1908 which covered the pro
duction OF yer 1000 cows. The av-
erage yield of milk per COW was found
to be 1851 Kilograms, producing 95 kill
ograms of butter, and netting a profit
of 1OS. 06 marks per cow. In 1910 the
average yield had increased to 1855
Kilograms of milk, producing 101 kilo-
grams of butter, and netting 1895
marks profit for each COW, an Increase
of 24.59 marks per COW, a matter of
$4,000 on the 1000 lows.
German Cooperation Democratic.
German cooperation is, to para
phrase the recognized formula for
democracy ''of the members, by the
members, and for the members" No
body thinks of a German cooperative
society as organized for the purpose
OF declaring dividends. The utmost
returns thai those who hold shares
receive is a five or six per cent. profit.
II a creamery, for example, finds it.
self with undivided profits it does not
distribute them to the members in pro-
portion to the shares they hold, but
to the members who as patrons bring
in the milk and cream, and they go to
them in proportion to the quantity and
quality furnished by each. These
profits constitute as it were an add
tional price, which the patrons receive
for their product. All. too, are man.
aged upon the "one man one vote"
plan. Inc m VINO uOluS only Ono
share and brings in the milk of only
one COW has the same voting power as
the farmer with a thousand shares and
a thousand COWS. Cooperation is most
emphatically democratic.
Good Quality M Good Business.
German co-operators themselves
ascribe the cce of their societies
largely to good quality and good bust
ness methods. The societies pride
themselves upon the act that their
output is better than that of privately
owned plants. Their goods are in de-
mand, they say, not because they are
cooperative goods, but because they
are good goods. The societies almost
without exception have required thai
managers shall be skilled men with
10Th experience and training. These
positions pay good salaries, and can
didates spend time and money quail
flying themselves to hold them. Al
a result these concerns are most bust
nesslike in every particular. TIT
plants are efficient, the employer
competent, and most excellent &C
counting systems are in vogue
Cooperative Credit.
II is noticeable that in German.
there are more cooperative credit Sc
cieties than marketing societies. More
over, the average German enthusiasts