The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-07-12
1t Is Cooperation, Kansas
Cityan Tells Statesmen.
Business Failure Loss to a Com
munity Like Death.

Detroit July 12.-"Co-operation
produces power. This power can be
used to build up or destroy, individual
ly or collectively" said NJ. B. Nelson of
Kansas City, speaking before the
Worlds craftsmanship congress here
today. Some associations misused
the power they created, and, as a re-
suit, the public, not being familiar
with the workings Of all the associa-
tions, came to the conclusion that
many of all of them were detrimental
to the general public interest. But
within the last year or two sentiment
has been fast changing. The public is
finding out that not all associations in
industries are used to its detriment,
but that when conducted sanely they
are of great benefit not only to the
individual interested in the industry
but to the people as whole. We are
not created equal in ability in any di-
rection. There are people in all lines
of business who are not capable OF
conducting their own business success
fully. They are constantly destroying
what some one else has produced, and,
hence, their operations are detrimental
to the general interest, and business
failures are the final outcome.
Cooperation Built on Civilization.
"a business failure has the same eff
feet as the death of an individual in a
community" he continued. eff the
individual was a beneIit to the world,
then the world sustains a loss by rea-
son of his death. Failure in business
is not a benefit to the people as a
whole because those interested in the
industry are not the only ones who
suffer as a result-the general public
comes in for it's share. Civilization is
built on cooperation, and unless we
cooperate with one another it would
be impossible to carry on the worlds
affairs today.
Through out trade organizations, -
Mr.. Nelson said, sit is possible to
gather in and disseminate knowledge
and information regarding our BUSH
distributed otherwise, and put into eff
feet many economical methods, thus
benefiting the people as a whole.
while through cooperation we
cannot make all people equal, we can
make them stronger, and prevent
many business failures. Think what
an ideal country we would have if
there were no business failures.
Through association work we can re-
duce bank failures to minimum.
Lumber Industry Selfish.
1.-The statesmen have a greater op-
portunity to advance this movement
than anyone else because they are
constantly calling on the trade, the
buyer and consumer"
IN CONCLUSION, MI. nelson SAID. 'Ihe
lumber industry is second in rank in
the United States. With the proper
energy put forth by the statesmen CO.
operating with the retail lumbermen
they should be able to find thousands
of new uses for lumber and this in
formation should be distributed
through the proper channels. so that
when knowledge or information is
gained by some retailer in any part
of the country it will be placed before
every lumberman in the United
States, thus enabling the entire in
dustry to profit. L do not believe the
industry as --he'7 -a~ considered as
eriously as it should the giving to the
given too much consideration to get
ting all we could for our lumber with
out giving enough consideration to the
consumer. We cannot do this SO long
as we are ignorant of what our lun-
Der is good for, and we cannot expect
the retailer. or anybody else who is
not interested in our stumpage. to fig
ure this out for u.s."