The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-03-02
COMMUNITY ORGAN
lied FOR NEIGHBOR-
HOOD PATRIOTISM
Outline OF "a Method for Securing Com
munity Cooperation in Business
and Social Affairs.

A scheme for the organization OF rural
communities for both business and So
cial purposes is worked out in an article
which is to appear in the Forthcoming
yearbook Of the department OF agricul-
ture, and which has already been print
ed as a pamphlet for the use OF the de-
partments office of markets and rural
organization.
The scheme calls for ten committees,
five OF which are TO deal with business
needs, and five with social needs, Every
member of the organization is TO serve
on some one of these committees. In
addition, there is TO be Il central or eX-
ecutiye committee composed of the pres
ident of the organization, its secretary
its treasurer, and the chairman OF the
ten other committees. This central body
is to direct the general policy OF the or
ganization, raise all funds and control
their expenditures. The committees that
are to deal with the business interests
of the community are as follows
|. Committee on farm production.
9. Committee on marketing.
3. Committee on securing farm sup
plies.
4. Committee on farm finance and ac-
counting.
5. Committee on communication and
transportation.
Similarly, the five committees that at
tend to the community's social interests
will deal with:
l. Education.
q Sanitation.
8 Recreation.
A. Identification,
s. Household economies.
The work of most of these committees
is indicated sufficiently clearly by their
titles; for example. the committee o.:
production can do much good by improv-
ing the breeds of livestock in a commu
nifty through cooperative purchases OF
pure bred males. 1t can encourage the
formation Of corn. poultry, pig. cattle,
canning and gardening clubs which have
already demonstrated their value in the
sections where they have been estab-
lished: and il can carry on useful stud
les of the type of agriculture best fitted
to local conditions.
In the same way. the committee on
marketing can secure the Standardization
of the community's products and thus
obtain better prices than are possible
when nondescript goods are dumped upon
the market. The committee can also
search out the best markets, make COR
tracts on a large scale which will be
more favorable than any individual can
secure for himself, and in many other
WAYS economic in the selling Of the
community's goods. Even il cooperative
marketing is not actually resorted to, the
information which the committee collects
can hardly fail to be OF great assistance
to the individual shippers.
Just as the committee on marketing
can facilitate selling, the committee on
farm supplies can economize in buying.
Farmers are warned, however, not to I'M
der.estimate the cost of running a store
or commercial agency, and not to over
estimate the saving which this can et-
feet. The cooperative society, OF course,
does away with the necessity of the
stores making profit, but somebody
must manage the store and that some
BODY must be paid for his time. His
salary. therefore. corresponds in way
to the ordinary stores profit. and 1t IS
not always possible to secure good man