Evening journal., 1914-11-18
HONE ECONOMIES AND
CONSERVA7 ON URGED BY
CHANGERS OF COUNTRY

/ credit basis but the chances are al
ways against 1t.
Aid In Insurance.
Cooperative insurance work in
Kansas. said A. p. Reardon, has been
more successful than anything else
The Rochdale system was started in
1876; was a great success for thirty
years owing to splendid management |
Less successful since then but just
starting a new management with good
pro5peots ahead. The cash basis is
a.ways essential to cooperative sue
cess exactly as endorsed by the Ma
tional Grange In its dec. .aration or
purposes.
One Kansas grange organized with
in "a year has saved $1,000 by buying
food supplies at wholesale as a
grange and has gained in membership
rom forty-nve to one hundred and
fifteen. Kansas state Grange COM
mittoe on cooperation has saved the
members thousands OF dol ars on
twine contracts bought at the state
ponitontiary; on farm implements
and on food purchases IN carload lots'
Maine has largely solved the prod
uct problem of cooperative buying
and Is doing it successfully through
the grange, said G. 5. Stetson, Oh
Maine. The problem of cooperative
selling is more important Potatoes
sod by the farmers of Maine at
twenty-five cents per bushel re1alled
I'm Boston within a week at twenty
Ave cents peck. How to correct TINS
situation is the present call from
Maine.
Maryland Sees Need.
Not much cooperative work ye'
done i'm Maryland, said b. J. Black
but need is felt for definite plan
especially in selling; but the heller Is
that II should not be by having houses
established with money invested tC
do the business. Why not have {
competent man in a central city t'
keen both the farmer and purchaser
informed on prices and supplies need
Cd nv both and when best for each t'
buy. Nohrost,
has been confined almost exclusively I
buvinu i'm carload lots, said }. y. heah
The major part OF TINS WORK mas pee
done through grange cooperative ass
ciations and Pomona Oranges. oonhe ,
the price on things bought We're Vi
tanned through our state Grange burea
! of Information. Nebraska hnancea O'
/ Grange Cooperative Association by eae
member of the cooperative associatio
. giving note for S25. The notes az
p oiven direct to the bank with whom W
| have arranged to do business. Inc no'
! so piven is not negotiable but give
A only as collateral security for the mott
/ 10 be given to the bank by the agent
I the association; said notes to not
J.. collectable until sixty days after noti
' beino qiven by the bank and not
r. draw interest until such notice IS giv'
N G. IL. Rogers, of New York, descrlo
! in detail the new apple packing law
4 that State. IL encourages honest pac
~ ING. establishing the grading OF app
~ and compels the careful marking OF
q shipments. The law is working adm
M ablv and the growers and shippers
u drst class, honest fruit are prohting
a. it.
George w. Dixon, shows that succe
ful co-operation must always begin W
q the local unit and can proceed only
an far and as fast as confidence can
thoroughly established.
at GrOupe the Oranges. u
an The plan successfully tried In W
i'm oming. said A. f. Hart, is to gro
M oranges according TO local needs, a
.r. then strive to meet those needs IN
nd thoroughly business fashion. In
ms home district the oranges formed su
rs a group, secured sufficient money
ON do business. and during the past "
In purchased two carloads Of flower
&C. saved $3.50 for the members on ed
ey carload.
rs Delawarg's Principles.
for The fundamental principles IN
ar operation as learned in Delaware. S
ng Henry Thompson, are:
for First-Loyalty and confidence
INK the members absolutely essential.
hat Second-Strictly cash basis OF OF
ing alton. Better borrow money, II ne'
ere sary to do business. than to attei
ing co-operation on credit. Delaware
ent been successful I'm cooperation al
ore, lines of fruit selling; especially i.
lrm ing communities to grow stand
eat crops and to market by carloads.
Rochdale system is especially app
ed by Delaware experience.
y California is doing little in COO
,ra- alton, said Joseph A. Holmes, tho
TO State Grange maintains committed
ch- cooperation and some recommel
can tions made at last State session ar
eli- be tried out this year. Buying in
lish load lots is practiced in several
like tions.
orb Connec.icuts Plan.
: In The Connecticut State Grange
~ not emphasize financial benefits
aar the supreme inducement for 1oi
''' the grange. Seven years ago
necticut State Grange said J..
nau Sherwood took up cooperation, c
anu a manager for the State and hs
cru the undertaking, The CoIsnec
.toh Patrons Exchange. Member
ictly costs S5, and money so raised is
II as the working fund. Any fC
da'o degree member OF the grange
will do business with the exchange,
Co not on the same basis as men
d ON thereof. Oranges buy through