Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-12-17

Baynei4. WfE. ID tn the nnsdsr Of
naw fxuss snzstsy. There tkSy have
. hagh grade az cherries. ssYa y herYfss
and ether suaam fruits a sznaH Local
cooperative society ID marketing all
their ssRE In Minneapolis. We aske.t
TIRE manager shy Re dFa noe sasl Id rshL
er casies Milwaukee. Tor exampaa
where the retailers shoui3 Be willing
to pay good prices for good frugs. HIS
Tepsy was that be bad been utterly
anabls 10 and any Milwaukes retailer
who wouid take his fruit because they
s&ta thar hey uangt deal only with
those who handled a fuli line or
fruits: that III they bought cherries
and strawberries Of him they wouid
fna themselves unable TO buy the
other fruits which be did NOS handle,
snch - bananas. peaches. pfneapples
and the like. The same condition en-
lists everywhere. The retailer win
not buy In small quantities nor viii
they buy OF those who cannot cell
them . full iine al supplies A repre-
sentative Of the Scciety or Equity al
Wisconsin went 20 Chicago 10 work
np trade directly with the retailers
% that city but care up tina plan In Do
sgAir. He concluded that either ths
cooperative marketing concerns mast
combine npoa broad lines ia order 70
be able 10 protect the rssaEiers who
bought OF them, or else thc consumers
must eombine ard haY comparatively
0f ths producer. ID short. the Amerf
can farmev cannos. nnRtded. Invade the
iarxsF cities Eysn the smaller coop
erativs organizations and themselves
Toe weak % 30 Into the city markets
Feasrases 10 insade citIss-
But here I'm Germany. and In fact
IN mA2y otAeg countries. sfa farmer
does snsceasfa1ly Invade the cities.
large and sFmnn He does ii through
The federated association of co-opera
tire societies Whiek thrtve eserywhere
These organizations do d trenensaons
business They are enoFEnous con
csTns. eapahEe * taking big eontracts
and uaakang coed On shera. fully able
To bold tAekr own Ea e0apetift0n With
kN&AAN1sA& ~ - aNN&AAAssrN 49, ~ A2&fN
raan rasasser knows slsaE wAen Ne deals
with sneh eODcwwn or organExafsCa
be can Get Al sAaf - waNGs whGneyer
he wants r.
We bare t1st hswa snveAss gz3Eng the
methods OF one of these fa8ermsaa sale
socsetits. tbs Unltsa Fsmaransxn
Dalrfess = concsra wAieA regressnts
thousands Of farmaera We foand the
manager a most husinessiska inafvs4gk
al with an amazingly wide knowIeSigs
or NIL matters connected with tha mar
kesing ct the PREDICTS handed by him
He hAs az his tongues end tAs an
swsr 20 nil questions, whether thay
hare 10 DO with tho technacaIIties of
the product itself or with tha business
methods OF the coneeru. The retailers
do not hesitate to deal with this con
eeTn for they can rely upon It to sup
ply MI Of their needs. all Of the time
TX markets this butter and cheese com
sng from over half q million cows and
supplements this when necessary with
Imported products 1t In through fnstt
tasions such as this that the Germsn
farmer tnyadss the German city.
ualea 0f Cooperative Concerns.
This II an association Or asaocia
lions. the manager stated. III Il not
connected with any Landschaften or
Reaffsson bank. Our associations are
formed solely 70 aid the farmer ID mar.
ketlng his produce, In face. nearly all
the shares are held by farmers. We
have over twenty thousand separate
members. There are lIa associations.
We are marketing our product through
fffty.slx stores.
Thss u cooperative concern Ii the
true sanse Of the word. All cur con
Germs ars operated upon the .'cns man
one vote" plan. as are AL af the COOP
eratlye societies In Germany. The
small farmer has as much influence IA
the big m&n. Everybody connected
with us participates In cur prosats ana
In responsible IL re have losses ~.
erybody Votes. nobody votes mere than
nnce, We charge ahoat three per
cent on the turnover to pay the an.
penses Involved in marketing. what
~ isft goes 10 the members ~ho sell
through as,
The chief asodacs ID butter. but We