Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-17

close enough together so they can de-
liver their products to u central point.
These associations should be organized
under the cooperative laws. They
should own and operate their own ele-
vatOrs, potato warehouses, stOckyards,
cold storage plants, etc. The duties Of
these associations should be to receive,
store, pack, sack and load the farm
products. All members should have
an equal vote in the association. They
should have board of directors and
I'M executive committee that will be
in charge Of the business of the asso-
citation. The warehouse should be in
charge of manager employed by the
board.
Second. These group warehouse
/ associations should organize them
selves into district selling agency.
This should be composed of one dele
gate from each warehouse associa-
ton, The executive committee of the
board should hire the sales manager.
He would be in charge of the selling
of the farm products of all the ware
house associations composing the mem
bership in the district exchange. Local
warehouse managers might do the
selling, but they should have the au-
thority Of the district sales manager.
"Third. The state central exchange
should be composed of one delegate
from each of the district exchanges.
The central exchange will be the adj
ministrative and educational office.
The duties of the central exchange
shall be:
Duties Of Central Exchange,
81. Locate or develop domestic or
foreign markets for farm products.
"2. TO advertise North DakOta's
farm products.
"3. TO be in charge of telegraphlc
and cable reports on foreign and do
nestle markets in order to route the
cars most intelligently.
~. To investigate into the COM
! mercial standards of business con-
Germs with. which the state exchange
is dealing.
80. To be in charge Of the sales
agencies outside the state.
'6. To attend to all legal work.
~: To suggest to growers what
crops the markets will demand.
"9. To study and try to improve
the transportation problem.
20. TO attend to any other admin
istrative work that naturally would
| belong to the central state exchange.
"This association, as outlined, is pri-
marily designed for the selling of farm
products, but the same machinery is
equally well adapted to purchase the
commodities the farmers are in need
Of"
Management to De Democratic
Professor Hoverstad's plan includes
provision for democratic management,
for voting and expressing the will of
the membership and such democratic
safeguards as the recall for any Off
cial who failed to perform satisfactory
service or worked contrary to the in
terests of the producers, or proved
Enthusiastically. The state would have
complete supervision of the business
transactions Of the association and
would practically examine the books.
2 quito advantages Claimed
Friends Of Prof Hoverstad's system
claim that 1t would possess the fol-
lowing advantages: 1t would. consti-
tute united selling and buying power
that would command the great adj
vantages that come with powerful
wholesale selling and buying; it would
make possible scientific and expert
management and marketing on n
colossal scale, eliminating waste and
securing the greatest possible econ
omy; it would enable the use of the
widest possible marketing knowledge
and would enable its users to apply
this knowledge in the most advanta-
geous way in finding the best markets
and the best prices; it would be able
to build up a name and reputation for
North Dakota products that would give
them a decided advantage in the mar
kets; it could take care of products,
especially perishable products. in a
way that would practically eliminate
waste; it would eliminate the, cost of
unnecessary middlemen and unneces-
sary handling and constitute the short
est route possible from producer to
consumer, saving considerable sums
for each.
1t is believed that the system or a
similar one will be in operationf in
time to handle the present seasons
crops.