Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-25

"A
agency has been developed in the
mountains of southern Pennsylvania.
While the plan is somewhat deficient
! in the cooperative principle, 1t has
proven very satisfactory as an enter
| ing wedge in this community. In
the belief that the plan or some varia-
ton of it Is worthy of trial in many
other sections, the Rural Organiza-
/ ton Service has recently sente out "a
letter describing it to a number Oh
its agents.
| In working out the plan 1t was
realized that 1t must satisfy everyone
concerned in the operations of buying
and selling. This would include the
wholesaler, the farmer, the city and
country banks through which tran
sactions must be cleared, and the rail-
roads which must carry the freight.
The king-pin of the plan, says the
letter to the agents, is the order form
bill of lading This is negotiable,
represents ownership of the prop
erty and must be surrendered (prop-
erly indorsed) to the railroad before
the property will be delivered.
Searching Market for Supplies.
Long in advance of the time when
certain farm supplies will be needed
the wholesale markets are searched
for the highest quality of such sup
plies, it being the theory that good
service is necessarily connected with
high quality. Regular quotations or
grades prices, ETC., are then mailed
to each member of the exchange,
| some time in advance of the time
when the supplies will be needed. In
most rural communities it will be
wise-indeed necessary-to follow up
this letter and quotations with other
reminder letters, and in person or by
phone. so far as possible This Will
be specially true the first time the
| plan is tried.
Members are divided into groups. a
common railroad station being the
nucleus. Such groups are advised
that if they wish to assemble their
| orders for a certain kind of material
they must have the orders and money
in a certain bank at or before a GER
tain time The group service ire
uuently offers an advantage in freight
rates, and also the opportunity Tor
several neighbors to combine. one OF
them securing the goods for all and
hauling to the several farms,
| When single or group orders are
taken to the local bank money TO pay
! for the order is deposited, or credit
arranged for, and the bank certifies
| that the money is there awaiting
shippers draft. The order and GER
tificate are then forwarded to the ex-
change.
| In due season the exchange repeats
the facts to the shipper, asking the
shipper to ship to his own order, at
taching draft to the Endorsed nego-
table yellow bill of lading, and also
an invoice showing unit price, weights
and totals of shipment.
The members order states ms post
office address, and the shipper is re-
uuested to fill in, in the bill of ladlng'
| the proper entry requiring the rail-
road To notify the ultimate con-
signee at the postoffice address, which
is given.
Securing Lower Freight Rates.
| In order, however, to secure the re-
duction in freight rate due to carload
shipments it is necessary that the
shipment be made upon single bill
of lading In this case the local bank
might act as the consignee, notifying
the various persons interested in the
material regarding its arrival, and is
| suing to each an order for his goods
as soon as his proportionate amount
of freight is paid. In some cases a
member of the local group mas as
sumed this responsibility, receiving
therefor a small fee for his services.
| At the time of sending the order to
the shipper a postal card form is in
closed with request that, when ship
ment goes forward, the blanks in the
form be filed in, giving full shipping
information, and the postal be mailed
| to the exchange.
When the postal is received by the
exchange a postal card notice is sent
to the buyer, giving. the details of the
shipment and advinsing him that II
! the shipment has not arrived by a
certain stated date he must at once
advise the exchange, so that tracer
may be started and the shipment To-
| Gated.
At the time of sending out the order
to the shipper.a carbon copy is taken
Of it. These carbons are kept on
clip file, and each day the secretary
gees oyer them to make sure that un-