The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1919-07-17

close enough together so they can de-
liver their products to Il central point.
These associations should be organized
under the cooperative laws. They
should W and operate their own ele-
%vatOrs, potato warehouses, stOckyarls,
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 IL board of directors and
an executive committee that will be
in charge Uf the business of the nsSo-
citation. The warehouse should be in
charge OF, Il manager employed by the
board.
Second. These group warehouse
associations should organize them
selves into II district selling agency.
This should be composed of one dele
gate from each warehouse ~ussocia-
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 men,
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 al
m!nistrative and educational office.
duties of the central exchange
shall be:
Duties of Central Exchange
81. Locate Or develop domestic or
foreign markets for farm products,
- 10 advertise North D6kOta's
farm products.
81: To be in charge of t%elegraphIc
and cable reports on foreign. and do
nestle markets in order to route the
cars most intelligently.
81. To investigate into the COM
mcrcial standards of business con-
Germs with which the state exchange
is dealing.
-. 10 be in charge of the sales
agencies outside the state.
y. To attend TO ali legal work.
e. TO suggest to what
crops the markets will demand.
IS. 10 study and try to improve
the transportation problem.
80. To attend to any other admin
istrative work that naturally would
belong To the central state exchange.
"ThiS association, as outlined, is pri-
lnarily 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 lloverstad'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
untrustworthy. The state would have
complete supervision of the business
transactions Of the association and
would practically examine the books.
Some Advantages Claimed
Friends of Prof. Hoverstad's system
claim that it would possess the fol-
lowing advantages: 1t would consti-
tute a united selling and buying power
that would command the great adj
vantages that come with powerful
Wholesale selling and buying; it would
possible" scientific and expert
management and marketing on II
colossal scale, eliminating waste and
securing the greatest possible O
omy; it would enable the use of the
widest possible marketing knowledge
and would enable it's 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 Il 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 niece
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 Il
similar one will be in operation in
to handle the present seasons
crops.