The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-29

years cooperation has been In sue
cesstul operation In Denmark, no co
operative society can count upon the
absence Of rivalry and competition
from private dealers. Earlier in the
game more than one cooperative so
ciety was sadly hindered in being out
bid in its efforts to purchase the
products Of its members. 1t is hard
indeed for the farmer to realize that
he should accept $40 per hundred for
his pigs from a cooperative society
while the outside dealer is offering
him $ll per hundred The private
dealers here played the game that they
are playing in America. Whenever
any cooperative concern started do
once outbd it, Here as in America
the farmers sometimes abandoned
their cooperative society and sold to
the highest bidder. Occasionally the
cooperative concern was pushed to
the wall and went out of business.
Here as in America the private deal
er Immediately dropped his price and
the farmer was where he was before
getting whatever price the dealers
agreed upon among themselves.
No Selling to Rival Dealers.
1t did not take the organizers OF
the cooperative movement long to
realize that this could not go on. Con
sequently, when a new organization is
started now the matter is fully ex
planned to the prospective members.
They are told that unless they expect
to give unlimited loyalty to the con-
Germ, unless they are willing to agree
to bring all of their output to the So
ciety even when the society is outbid
by private dealers, there is no use in
starting a society at all. 1t is fully
explained to them that the high prices
which may be offered can only be
temporary and that the permanent
welfare of the community demands
that the cooperative concern be or
ganized and be Loyalty supported. The !
matter thus fully before them the !
Danish farmers do not hesitate to en- |
ter into a contract to deliver all their |
product to the local cooperative So
ciety. The members of this bacon
factory here are under absolute agree
ment to deliver pigs to no other deal
er, although any member may OF
course use such hogs rs he needs for
his own use. Here is the contract:
we, the undersigned hereby pledge
ourselves to deliver to the --
cooperative bacon factory, which It is
to establish, all the pigs of
weight between $50 and 200 pounds,
which we may produce for sale. Such
pigs will be delivered on conditions
decided by the shareholders Of the
society, and that we shall receive
such amount in payment of such de-
ivered swine as may be realized for
hem by the factory less preliminary
incurred in the organization
# the society and the annual install
nents on loan for building and plant
payable during a period Of about ten {
ears, together with current working g
expenses" y
IL q iiltulbCA uNllNNl BlBo W any !
ealer he is penalized. He has gone (
nto this agreement with full knowl !
dge of its purpose. AS a result no f
ne seems to be in the least dissat- 2
SIZED, although occasionally competi- b
ors offer prices that are indeed tempt t
lg. The manager told us, however, h
nat repeatedly he had farmers not a
My express satisfaction over the 0
rofits which they were receiving, but o
hen in addition to a fair price they
ave been paid a dividend they have s,
speatedly demonstrated that it is
semed to them they were getting 7
ore than they should out of the con. a.
srn. fe
Sixty Thousand Pigs Per Year. tc
I'VE handle from sixty thousand to pl
'venty thousand pigs each year. fr
i'd the manager. During parts of
e year two thousand pigs per week gC
III come in. These all are nearly pa
the same age and size, practically le
being between twenty-four and nj
'enty-eight weeks old and weighing eX
)m lSU TO zUO pounds. They have or
en- fed almost the same food and sa
We been raised upon conditions that
@ absolutely uniform. Slight differ alb
ces occur in the individuals. some fat
Ing a little fatter than their mates. ri1
lers differing in the quality Of ms
at although it would take an ly
pert to detect these differences. Our VIC
nual turn over of bacon amounts to we
out a million and half dollars. We do
i'd out some fresh pork Our lead tai
I article is cured side.sbacon with pre-
n and shoulder attached We send go
also lard, sausage, boneless ham TIL
number of by-products You to
| note as you 60 through the fac til
y that every product which we Ian
d out is marked with a govern unt
Mt stamp with the number 80, pre-
lch is the number Of this factory. sen
Utilizing All Except the Squeal. er
All the waste from the factory Is WI
efully cared for We do not de- tail