The Harrison times., 1914-03-21

selves as investors, and ignored the
interests Of the fruit growers them
selves. AS a result the small growers
were forced out Of business and out
Of the country.
Here in Ireland so well established
is this principle that 1t Is definite
rule that no cooperative society can
pay more than 8 per cent per an
mum upon the stock held by the share
! holders.
Must Market Through the Society,
Every time that any group Of Amer
ican farmers have organized a CO.
operative marketing concern they have
met sharp and often unfair competi-
tion, The other established buyers
have offered prices which were higher
than the cooperative society could
offer without taking loss, Often they
succeed In coaXing tho members OF
| the cooperative society from It's sup
port, II IL hard for q farmer who 10
receiving only 35 cents per bushel
for his potatoes at cooperative ware
house TO refuse 45 cents offered by
somo independent buyer But the un'
varying subsequent history is, OF
course, that as soon as the co'opera'
tive concern 10 put out Of business by
this sort OF competition prices drop,
and the farmer IL where he was be-
fore, and helpless in the hands OF the
independent buyers,
To obyiate this dlnlculty In Ireland,
II has been found necessary to OK.
plain the situation fully to the pros
poetlye 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 CO
operative society II IL useless to be-
gin, They are warned that they Will
bo approached by independent dealers
and offered higher prices, But thus
warned and informed upon the sub,
Jeot, the organizers Of Irish co'opera'
two societies have had little difficulty
In obtaining from the prospective NOM
bors an agreement to market all Of
their produce through the concern
Importance Of quality
Az We have said, there iB no magic
In cooperation Cooperative market
ing simply means that the farm pro-
duco III to be marketed In business
like way without undue waste dur
Ing the process. Pioneers In Irish CO.
operation soon found that after they
had discovered the best market and
after thoy had organized the oo'opora'
tive society, aud after the members
had agreed to bring all their produce
TO the company, cooperation was still
an absolute failure whenever the mem'
bers Of the society delivered even oo.
casionally, inferior goods and mingled
thom with the bottor goods, A cream
cry puts out 100 pounds Of good but
ter II tho next pound ID bad butter
tho market for the butter Of that
creamery In ruined, without high uni.
form quality cooperation cannot sue.
ooed II becomes necessary therefore
for the momberB all 20 cooperate In
producing cream that Ii Of the Highest
possible quality and reaches the
creamery IN the best condition, hut
Irish experience demonstrates that no
private concern can compete In quail
ny with u cooperative concern, for no
private concern can control the prod
uet from Ito original source,
"eentre' 10 Requisite,
Quality can be produced by the CO.
operative society because those con-
Germs roach out TO the farm H.
self IL In not enough that a cream
cry has the best and latest methods
Of making butter and marketing IT,
II the cream comes In from the farm
in bad condition. the butter ls bad
10 make good butter you must control
the COW, and her feed, and her care
and the stables, and the milk pail,
and even the milk can used IN deliy'
cry,
Certain rigid rules and conditions
are laid down by the ereamerlea them
selves, and approved by central COM
mttee, Zach creamery participating
In the scheme ID required 10 give free
access during the working hours TO the
officers OF the 1, A. o, 3, that they may
inspect the premises and books, check
tho records, examine any butter In