La Junta tribune., 1914-05-02

interests Of the fruit growers them.
selves. Al result the small growers
were forced out OF business and out
OF the country.
Here In Ireland 80 well established
10 this principle that II 10 q definite
rule that no cooperative society can
pay more than per cent per an.
mum upon the sock held by the share
holders.
Must Market Through the Society.
Every time that any group Of Amer.
lean farmers have organized . Co
operative marketing concern they have
met sharp and often unfair eompeti.
ton. The other established buyers
have offered prices which were higher
than the cooperative society could
otter without taking a loss Often they
the cooperative society from its sup
port. II is hard for farmer who Is
receiving only 35 cents per bushel
for his potatoes At q cooperative ware
house TO refuse 45 cents offered by
some independent buyer. But the un-
varying subsequent history is, Of
course. that as soon as the co-opera-
this sort Of competition prices drop.
and the farmer is where he was be.
fore. and helpless In the hands OF the
independent buyers.
To obviate this difiicuity In Ireland,
II has been found necessary to ex.
plain the situation fully to the pros.
pective members OF the cooperative
organization; to state to them that un.
less they are willing to agree TO mar.
ket all their product through the cv
operative society Il Is useless to be.
gin. They are warned that they will
be approached by independent dealers
and offered higher prices. Hut thus
warned and informed upon the sub.
ject. the organizers Of Irish co opera
tive societies have had little difsicuiiy
In obtaining from the prospective mem.
bers an agreement to market all OF
their produce through the concert.
Importance Of Quality.
A. we have said. there In no magic
In cooperation. Cooperative market.
Ing simply means that the farm pro
duce IL to be marketed In = busincss-
like way without undue waste dur.
Ing the process. Pioneers In lrish CO.
operation soon found that after they
had discovered the best market and
after they had organized tho co-opera'
tive society. and after the members
had agreed TO bring all their produce
70 the company. co operation was siill
an absolute failure whenever the mem.
bcrs OF the society delivered even &C.
casionaiiy. Inferior goods and mingled
them with the better goods. A cream
cry puts out 100 pounds OF good but.
ter: " the ncxt pound 10 bad butter
the market for the butter Of that
creamery IL ruined. without high uni
form quality cooperation cannot sue
ceed. Il becomes necessary therefore
for tho members all 10 cooperate In
producing cream that II OF the highest
possible quality and reaches tho
creamery In the best condition. Hut
Irish experience dcnonstsates that no
private concern can compete In quail.
ity with cooperative concern. for no
private concern can control the PROD
uct from 10 original source.
scsWtssl" 10 NsQvIslte.
Quality can 10 produced by the Co
operative soeisty. bscauss these coo.
cesps reach oue 20 The farm IL
Ell. Il 10 soe enough that cream
~ has ths best end latsst methods
q Dakiag buttoe an1 naskstins Il
u ~ eseaa eo0ss II fFoa ths farn
n ~ eoo1it3on. The buttss y ~.
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~ eov. oa1 ~ sss4 as1 hee eases
- ~ Ueab1es. asd he nt1k pail
90 evss ~ nm 60 ussl u dsliv.
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selves. ~ aS0Fevo1 n eeeesal eeo'
mit1ee, unGh egoa0ssy DosslelDoe1ag
n ~ eehene = soGuise1 y Give ffee
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