The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-04-09

Bayfield,. Wis, Ia In the midst OF n
new fruit country. There they have
n high-grade Of cherries. strawberries
and other small traits. A small local
cooperative society Is marketing all
their stun In Minneapolis. We asked
the manager Thy he did not sell in 9th.
er cities-Milwaukee. for example.
where the retailers should be willing
to pay good prices for good fruit. His
reply was that he had been utterly
unable 10 find any Milwaukee retailer
who would take his fruit because they
said that they must deal only with
those who handled n full line OF
fruits; that II they bought cherries
and strawberries OF him they would
find themselves unable TO buy the
other fruits which he did not handle.
such as bananas. peaches, p~ineapples
and the like. The anne condition OK.
lists everywhere. The retailer will
not buy in small quantities nor will
they buy OF those who cannot sell
them a full line OF supplies. 4 repre-
sentative OF the Society OF Equity OF
Wisconsin went TO Chicago TO work
up a trade directly with the retailers
OF that city but gave up the plan in de-
spalr. He concluded that either the
cooperative marketing concerns must
combine upon broad lines in order TO
be able 10 protect the retailers who
bought OF them. or else the consumers
must combine and buy co operatively
OF the producer. In short. the Ameri.
can farmer cannot. unaided. invade the
larger cities. Even the smaller coop
e~rative organizations find themselves
o weak to go into the city markets.
Federates to Invade Cities.
But here in Germany. and in fact
In many other countries. the farmer
does successfully invade the cities.
large and small. He does II through
the federated association OF co-opcra.
tive societies which thrive everywhere.
These organizations do a tremendous
business. They are enormous con-
Germs, capable OF taking big contracts
and making good on them. fully able
to hold their own in competition with
privately owned concerns. The Ger.
nan retailer knows that when he deals
with such a concern or organization
he can get all that he wants whenever
he wants IT,.
We have Just been investigating the
methods OF ore OF these federated sale
societies. tho United Pomeranian
Diaries, n concern which represents
thousands OF farmers. We found the
manager n most businessllke indiyidu.
al with an amazingly wide knowledge
OF all matters connected with the mar.
keting of the products handled by him.
He has at his tongues end the an
swer 10 all questions. whether they
have TO do with the t"echnicalities Of
tho product Itself or with the business
methods ~ the concern. The retailers
do not hesitate TO deal with this con
Germ for they can rely upon II to sup,
ply all Of their needs, all OF the time.
1t markets tho butter and cheese com.
Ing from over half n million cows and
supplements this when necessary with
imported products, II IL through insti-
tutions such as this that the German
farmer inyades the German city.
Union OF Cooperative Concerns.
This is an association OF associa.
tons tho manager stated. 1T Is not
connected with any Iandschaften or
lteiifcson bank. Our associations are
formed solely TO aid the farmer In mar.
ketlng his produce. In fact, nearly all
tho shares are held by farmers. We
have over twenty thousand separate
members. There are 10 associations.
We are marketing nj product through
fifty six stores"
This IL a cooperative concern In tho
true sense OF the word. All our con.
Germs are operated upon the "one man
one vote plan. as are all OF the coop
erative societies In Germany. The
small farmer has as much influence az
the big a Everybody connected
with us participates In our profits and
is responsible II we have losses. Ev,
erybody votes, nobody votes more than
once. We charge about three pei
cent. on the turnover to pay the ex
penses involved In marketing. What
Ia left goes to the members who sell
through us"
The chief product Is butter, but VIZ