The chronicle=news., 1914-04-16


today 70 tho saiiossl conference IN
0askstias asd farm es-diis.
Chicago. April ic.-co-operssive
sasrkesias. from ossnnis-d ishor's
i'otnt Of si~~. not only sff-cts the
producer but tho consumer a. we'll.
said John u. Walker. pr~sidsnt of the
Illinois FEDERATION Of Labor. In a.
sdsis~s. hero today before the s~road
Nsiioaat conf~s~see on Nask-ling
asd Para crrdils m~~iiss in joist
s-~.iaa with the w~~irsn Economics
sn~i-s3, Mr.. Walker eoaiiaued:
And while ih~s~ IL no ial~a, 90
the part of either the producer Of
cossamss tn sio ssy injusiie- 20 the
shidsii~na-s. manufacturers. whole
sale sscn. rommtsisoa mea and Job
bess. tfnasporssijoa or seSmissi cor
porAttoaA. siiti. a. eomosssd wilt
the psrsrai situstion. " 80 psosid~
tor aaiS allowing lh~sr m~a ssd ia-
sitiuitous ~hst they are justly ea
titled TO. what their labor .-ssIs. TO
the roasaas~s and psudasrr l. actual.
y vor,h-sad that ia all they are
~asiSirsi ln=shris income il going In
b. affected adversely. es-n r,ssr .-f-
,osss'y shsa tho psuaus-fs' ssd eos-
saaess' iaeoms h iact-s.--i. tee
cooperative marketing. II provided
sos ssd established. ssasa, help but
oesa tho cssabiishmeas ot .o.os.ssa.
tive Wholesale aud nssafsslusiaG
d-tastmesl.. =. yell ~ ronsassess'
Department Aad with the poUes Of
all shsvs ot these ASSOCIATIONS ased ~
iassiiisratiy ssd effessisss3 - 20.
sibi- 10 ,s-s~si theaseises fsues BE-.
iss espiois-sa aajussly fsoa ssy oh.
~ ..sarvs oe ssvs.Y. that ls whAi The
frsalt ~sil ~
Osssaissd iAbas 10 10 favor ot co.
atrssasis- nsrsesias BY the psUduc-
err. h~~suse that meaas e,iminstinx
the aserssaiaIy of .esiias their psp.
dsses aud the -sssb'sshias Of . .eas.
aasbie sad usifosm price f-s that
product In the vesy natus- os
lhises. ~hcn . price is established
By that proeess By sar producer. the
actual worker, lheaspisesl. the fsis.
isoasaip oG ,h. swsi value ot The euss
OF psu<a~stoa will is~ . factor In -.
tabiIsainx that price. rather thaa
how much saa ~e fuax. out Of IL -
pseses', Orssa,aed isbos. howvves.
soe~ farther thas this. We believe
that IL order tn assure no oae bvtax
dose sa saju.ster. susssassssss the
Ina feasibility OF any oae besss sakss
advantage Of. that the suasA0ess
should be part Of that eo-ope. alive
association. We beiieveI
thi. i. perfectly reasonable sad log.
lea, because every producer is In ad.
ds,iue . consumer. In fact. each pro-
duecs - generally restricted to sesy
fru articles as producers. while the
same individuals ate all con simer. In
. much arcs'cr de fr--. and 10 the
producers as veil a. the c9nsamrs.
arc all In one association. they would |
bc much more art to fis Just rates.
In fact self intrfest will not pesmi, |
OF their allowing an unreasonable |
price to b- ike, fot any particular |
phase of the whole transaction.
4. it i. today. tn. producer. where |
are being compelled 10 |
self their products to the wholesale |
buyers and commission men at what |
ever price. the middle mon may de-
eide upon. They arc compelled To
submit to cN,cr,ionatc freight. tsans- |
fer and storage rates. and TO unress-
enable conditions set arbitrarily by
the concerns standing between them
aud the consumers. There are At
least q dozen times the number OF
men employed in aetins as mediums
Of exchange that would be employed
doing the same work under q proper
system. and where these concerns ate
thoroughly organized they add to tho
mi jus,ic Of the situation by tixip9
rate. 70 low 10 the producer. and sol
hish for the consumer that each one
of these dozen are getting much more
apiece than what the one Individual
necessary to do the work under a
proper system would expect or re-
ceive. even while getting paid every