Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-01-24
PROPOSED COOPERATIVE
STORE.
Deming Graphic.

ha rich nf hplnU charged DH
onr farmers with being in league
,,itb tha stnredatory interests" the
5sra,bin 10 taking chances on a few
na"P.tlo ran,arls on thc proposal
20 ~ W;r,hres valley Farmers
~ oseo .% 70 mace a cooperative
$500; =, rno ~. tbo idea being to
49, J,'oo - tho cost "f necessities To the
reuuee my NJ ~ CON blame them
sai "lel % -" ~ ,oduoa +he cost of
W. Ma'ltine ali ~ ,nouId like tn and
i ~ ,r,.1 20 he in IN any fea-
"ouiu " el1V ,,hiob ,,,onid accom-
siple pno oi' ahiaot put
push 'usn On ,at,,,o stora
ISL WIN co- ,3l'' 'sa recia.
ioWel VIC go n,i,S ~ ,;9e - make
ny W. d 20 yeaIIv nrofitable?
'i'e 90, ~ ~ s;,,s. INJECTION oar be
1na. II tne ~ ef;,onative viii
answered III tle all ~. r',htre ling
the Marin causou ~ a nav
rom IVA t',.9.,, p y, ~ ,ang runo
ing actiVlly III liie ions I'm
Those or socialiseic omosiS
Will answer yes ~ poth Plo',,o
tons rlght OIL me va; rs
they hold our entlre sociaa anu ~ u
mess structure 10 pc Wlons ~ Ia
DRY and harmtul IN practlee q"
are wiling TO tahe cna'en
most any other kiiiu VI an " 80
zanon. But tnose VI iilon9 ,litato
vative bent or nina VIII nes 10
about unsettllng the pasis " u.s. 10.
ness without seriously t,'innIs o W
Just Where IL VIII ieau, 80
safely let the advantases OF 60 To-
operative store De e,iiplie9u "a
those or Hperdl ieontiS g,
there are many arguments ~ 20
vor OF cooperative stoleneepiits ~
spite OF the tailures 1iiat ilasu o,,r
registered. we VIII coii iLiii. we
Investigations 10 the poseio'ii'S u
disadvantages.
In the first place Demlhg anu
the Mimbres valley is community
in the making, and II mas peeii
demonstrated that we can TOOK 70
nobody's help but our own IN t,ie
building of our small empire III the
desert. The farmers VINO nave
stuck to their JOB to 90 tnls GER
tainly deserve great consideration
and no one can blame lhem lol
feeling that they nave not alreduy
gotten the co-eperatlon out OF the
business men that Is DUE. our So
cial organization is FAR from per-
feet and we don't get the co-opera-
ton from every member we snoulu
and probably never VIII, but there
is no reason 10 be discouraged pc
cause OF TINS fact. we nave W
keep trying. ..
Your radical iiberal, OF course,
VIII deny that the retailer, Jopper
or wholesaler IS entitled TO make
profits because merchandise passes
through their hands, We can elm
mate the JoDber ana Wnolesaier
from consideration as they do not
concern the matter III nand. IL Is
certain that we VIII keep right on
paying tribute 70 the Wnolesaier
and Jobber whether or not we IKE
II: But the retailer IS meHipeI
or our community. He buys against
our future needs ana mas on hahus
what we want when we want IL.
III ne is Justlfed at all ne is JUST
ned In charging for his service. lie
VIII be with us in one form or an
other until our present social TAB
ric is destroyed.
Really, the retailer is the goat
and the butt of the most of the
anti-proftteering activity. We can't
very well boycott the manufacturer
or the wholesaler, or for that mat
ter the mail order merchant. be-
cause he lives far from us and we
can't walk into his place of bust
ness and tell him what a robber he
is. But we can make it awfully
warm for the corner grocer and
we do. Sometimes he is guilty, no
doubt, but after q careful examina-
ton by the department of justice
here it was found that our mer-
chants are charging only prices
that are justified by the present |
market. One or two instances were
cited where unjust prices were
ms rpad hut tbara MOS ttaroily |