Evening journal., 1914-11-18

in direct shipments from the manu-
facturer, but strictly cash. Local
oranges have a purchasing agent who
buys for that grange in club orders.
Chiefly coal, fertilizers and dairy
foods. Good saving has been made
by purchasing carload lots Of all
those commodities. One grange saved
$1,000 the past year on dairy foods
alone
Fac ors As Obstacles.
1.-TWO important factors block sue |
cessfu cooperation everywhere"
said Edward e. Chapman, of Massa- !
cSusetts "The first: Too little con-
) fidence among members. Second:
! Too much jealousy among members.
/ A successful Massachusetts, illustra-
tion: "Co-operation is not run in
the grange but by grange assistance.
This is The Hampden Improvement
League centered at Springfield. II
is financed by business men and far
mers Of the county; readily suprort-
ed by the oranges nightly helping
the farmers: employs a secretarv.
horticultural and agricultural ad-
visor; does not work on the strictly
cooperative basis. but buys products
for farmers with its own canital and
aids them in all lines Of agricultural
advancement
, The records of the Michigan State
Cranoe. saws John G. Kefcham, show
, that last wear S5 subordinate oranges
I did si3 400 co onerative buvirg and
saved S. 10 the members. This State
grange publishes an annual catalog for
buvers and cooperative enterprises are
: IN charge of Past Master Geo ge B. Hor-
y Ton. One per cent. on the co-o7erative
u trading enterprise represented by con
= tracts in huving supplies is turned ovei
= TO the Niichioan State Grange and eact
!, year the annual Safe orange sess or
y cxrenscs of SO coo are easily met by the
! receipts Of this one per cent.
!, Sclf-help is the first step of co-opera
tion and all efforts must begin with th'
small home unit. said c. o. Rainc o
~ Missouri Co-oper'tive buying # sc d
j. is being well worked out in AIssour
~ and the next step must be some metho
y, of State exchange In the past tel
- - years Ma ion and State have mad
p rapid strides towards better selling am
" marketing facilities, which is but carry
ing out the National Grange demands o
~ years ago.
- ! The Montana State Grange elects
" commission agent to 90 to thes
10 oranges, said O. e. Young, and expeC
b., him TO keep them in touch weekly wit
a. markets and prices. Every grange tina
=, accepts his services is taxed ten cent
m per member per year for his help. TIL
- purchase of lumber is a case of success
- ful Montana cooperation. Chanui
M Grange purchased three carloads of lun
~, ber from Tacoma, Washington this yes
,,r and saved 5000 for the members. Flow
~, oree Grange has saved its membe
a,, 81 100 this year on coal alone.
,,oi Nebraska State Grange has dor
,ve little of cooperative selling, said
,te d. Ream, except in the work of stoc
,en selling associations. The grei
tes Nebraska difficulty is in buying. MuC
of difficulty experienced in maxim
he purchases through manufacture
ice and wholesalers. who will invariab
"a protect local retailers. Until ol
,n. year ago it was impossible
bed Nebraska to buy sugar by the ca
of load except through local dealers.
ck- Forty years ago State cooper
oles tive agency was started but was n
aul successful, said George w. f. Gau
mir of New Jersey. Thirty-five years a
OF the unsatisfactory insurance RAJ
by drove the farmers to organize
Grange Fire Insurance Compa
said which ran on a mutual basis
'ess- twenty-three years and then was
With quired by law to incorporate. II
as saved fifty per cent. Of the cost
be insurance to its members all tn
years, is known as the Farmers
lance Company, and is carrying
W. day $30.000 900 of insurance. n
CUP Jersey has farmers exchanges
and marketing fruit which in mana
n a ment are Independent of the gran
his but which learned their meth
uch from the grange experience. TIL
? to exchanges do a business Of milli
rear of dollars. Farmers own mucn ST
and therein. Carload selling is Il
zach basis as well as buying foods,
tilizers and seed potatoes; nearly
very successful