Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1921-11-17
COOPERATIVE LIVE
STOCK SH|PP|NS
IS INCREASING
(By Henry Dean)

AueSudy, the 1Oun OF november Will
be remembered as big day in the
history of Farm Organization by the
farmers of Missouri. The Missouri
Farmers Association opened Pro-
ducers Cooperative Live Stock Com
mission Co., in East st. Louis on that
date. They are capitalized for $780,
900 divided into 5000 shares of the par
value of $40 each.
Farmers live stock shipping asso-
Citations in this state have grown until
today they number more than 800 in
the Missouri Farmers Association
alone, and while the farmers hold no
malice to the old live stock shippers
of the past, that means of the farmer
selling his live stock has proven to be
failure, needs only as proof the
demoralized condition of the live stock
industry. The farmer like all other
classes of business men must organize
and conduct his business in business
like manner, the foundation of the
marketing of live stock is the assem-
bling and the cooperative shipping of
the live stock to the central markets,
and since they have foundation well
laid off more than three hundred ship
ping associations, they are now ready
to enter the central markets with a
commission firm to sell their live
stock. S. B. Young, former cashier
of the National Stock Yards Bank, is
manager, Mr.. Haened is hog salesman
and Mr.. Eiskent is cattle salesman.
The same element that is now
spreading propaganda to discourage
the farmer in entering the markets
with commission firm to sell the CO.
operative shipment, few years ago
offered the same encouragement to
he cooperative shippers. Today that
same clement is sending out circulars
by the thousands and even employing
men at fancy salaries to solicit the
sr,de of the various live stock ship
Ping associations.
| / haven't the exact figures, but l
have been informed from a reliable
source that something near fifty per
cent of the live stock entering the
| East st. Louis maket is cooperative
shipments. The farm club members
/ aroand Mexico responded quite read
Iily to the quota of stock assigned to
the Mexico shipping association. The
writer of this article has been in
communication with the other ship
ming associations of the County and
! finds that they are also doing their
part.
This clipping taken from "The
Country Gentleman" will give the pub
lie some might as TO what has been
accomplished in the markets where
they have the cooperative live stock
commission firms. "The Farmers UNI
ion Livestock Commission CO., OF
! Nebraska trough its three houses
handled IL ,596 cars of stock in 1920
nearly 100000 head. The shippers Of
this stock received nearly 100000 in
dividends. Last February it received
at Omaha 1909 cars, while the next
highest house received only 625 cars
for the month.
The equity at st. Paul has grown in
five years to be next to the largest
firm in the yards. Last year it hand
led over $6,O0O,000 worth of stock
The Chicago branch for the first hall
Of 1921 showed an increase of over
thesame period Of 1920, while the bus.
Liness of the entire yards showed an
Increase of . little over 3%. ] g0ve
these few facts and figures merely to
!. show what the cooperative commits
sion firms and the live stock shipping
associations are doing. It would seen
that they are giving satisfactory ser
vice or they would not continue to
grow.