El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-10-14

Nv idea of the way TO develop CO.
operation among the farmers Of this
valley or q similar community, Is to
get the farmers TO organize for the
purpose Of meeting at stated times Tor
discussion of various topics Of interest,
but TO attempt no large undertaking,
such as cooperative buying or selling
until the organization seemed suffic-
iently strong. Such an organization
must have an efficient leader who I'M
derstauds his task so as to keep up
interest and make the members feel
At all times that the organization IS
worth while
This organization should have com
nlittees on program. production. mark
citing. farm supplies. finance and &C
counting. communication and trans
Dortarfon education. recreation, sanf-
tatiOn, household economies and pos
sibly others. 1 would have each mem
Der on some committee
How to Begin.
This organization would consist Of
a general body with its set Of Officials
and committees and several local OF
subordinate bodies, each with its set
of officials and committees. At the
outset. the work Of the committees
would be mainly to study conditions
relating to their respective subjects
. and report at the meetings. Very little
money would be handled by the organ
ization. Then after the organization
had become well established, after
strong spirit OF cooperation mad de-
veIoped and the volume of business
was sufficient. the matter Of having
the marketing taken over by the or
s-anizatfon and the employment Of q
trained agent could be taken up
ON Farm Management.
Prof i. ". card, an eminent author
itv in his book on farm manage
ment' says:
Cooperative selling presents more
difficulties than any other form OF
cOoDerarion. vet Il has been made
in The runu1-
mental weakness in this type Of CO.
operation lies in the inherent Guahty
Of human nature which cannot resist
the remutatiOn TO make private sales
i'm competition with the cooperative
orcanization. If the cooperation con-
sists merely in an agreement TO mann
tain prices some one is very likely 10
cut under and destroy the price II Il
is an agreement TO market all the
commodity produced through the or
ganization, the prospect Of a sEShtly
higher price from some other source
is quite sure to draw away some OF the
GOODS which belong in the cooperative
channel. TO the detriment Of the busi-
ness The fact that such advance may
be only temporary and that the aV-
craze returns from the cooperative
system are likely TO prove better. Is
seldom sufficient to prevent such De
Election Of products
Adhere 10 Good Grades.
Another difficulty arises in eonnec-
ton win the NuaAAAN OF AAAN i-NN-- -
offered. Unless there is strong or
gauiZatiou with central authority
which viii adhere rigidly 10 estaD-
lshed grades. much trouble Is hKeiy
THAT these difficulties are not in
surmountable is evidenced by the sue
cess OF many Of the cooperative Irult
shipping associations OF the west
With a legally. Incorporated orsahl-
zation. and good business men IN
charge. such undertaking may be made
TO yield substantial results Inc
farmers training and SURROUNDINGS
tend To develop lndif IIualty ratheI
than inCerdepeu 1t is not easy
for him TO work with others IN bust
ness underta kings. II it were pOsslols
for him 10 fOrego this desire for indi-
vidual effort and eradicate from ms
nature the distrust OF his fellow farm
eIs which he is so likely to mold, ne
might often profit by union of effort
in dispOsing OF his products
FavOrs City Market.
The question Of central city mar
ket has been quite freely discussed
from time to time / am strongly IN
favor Of such an institution. but 1 DO
not think such market Will De Inc
salvation Of the valley by any means.
The amount Of truck crops consumed
in FL PasO could probably be produced
on one thousand acres or less than one
percent Of the land under the Ele-
plant Butte project While 1 have
markets. the ones 1 have seen have
led me TO think that they aid more in
IesseninS the cost OF living in the
cities where located than by increas-
ing the profits Of the growers
Consumers who are willing TO so 10
the trounble OF purchasing at the
market save the cost Of having the
produce delivered to their homes. Also
people who patronize the market viii
probably consume more fresh farm
products than they would If they
bought from wagons at the higher
prices
Urges a City Market.
I think the city should establish a
public market. but more for the pur-
pose OF helping the city population
than for the benefit Of the valley Tbs
establishment Of a public market
might stimulate an overproducuOn OF
perishable crops in the valley for the
first year or two unless the acreages
were controlled in some manner.
In the development Of any new terri
tory which has transportation faclu-
ties with the outside world. it is i'm
portant that the new territory be
studied in all its relations with the
outside world and not merely from
local conditions This valley has good
productive features which are essential {
to all good farming communities, but
the principal problems of this and the !
majority Of Aruerican-farming districts F.
today are not so much concerned !
with crop production as with crop dis /
posaL
The degree Of success which attends (
crop disposal will be the principal I
factor Influencing production for years /
to come.
Where effective cooperation is es-
tablished, a more intensive line Of I
farming can be followed because the ]
farmers who cooperate will have the I
in the markets over those /
who do not or cannot work together.
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