The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-09-21
Association Holds
Farmers Only Hope
Cooperation, II Is Necessary for
Producers to Organize

II am positive that we have laid
the foundation for protecting, sta
bilizing and improving the prosperi-
ty of the farmers and stockmen OF
Nevada through the marketing as
sociation plan we have adopted. II
the producers will do their part
said Senator w. r. Dressler, presi-
dent of the Nevada Marketing Ex-
change. Inc, at the close of meet
ing in Reno which brought this as
soeiation into being, sayp the Gazette
Since the meeting of delegates
of producers at Reno two weeks
ago. he said, "the committee of
seven appointed to work out the de-
tails of the general plan decided up
on at that meeting has been busy
every minute. On this committee
both farmers and stock men were
represented. We have had the best
expert and legal advice and we have
given our most serious and unselfish
thought to 1t. Our sole thought has
been to frame the best possible mar
keting organization plan that would
protect and safeguard individual in
, terests of everyone, yet by coopera-
ton provide a strong and efficient
marketing agency from which in due
time the largest degree of beneficial
results could be anticipated I be-
lieye that we have adopted such a
rlan at the meeting today. What
ever defects 1t may have can be
easily corrected when they appear.
Its management and control will al
ways be in the hands of the produc-
ers themselves and cannot be taken
from them. They can modify 1t at
any time for the common benefit"
Asked to explain the organiza-
tion, Senator Dressler said: 1.-The
plan adopted provides for district CO.
operative marketing associations,
each to be Incorporated. and govern
ed by board of directors elected by
their respective members. The ter
ritorial district of such an associa-
tion may be county, two or more
counties combined in district, or
the boundaries may disregard coun
q
conditions. Membership in such dis
trict associations is limited to actual
growers or producers of farm crops,
live stock and live stock products
only. and the basis of membership
is a marketing agreement which the
member must sign. In this connec-
/ tion, | may say all other states have
uniformly been that such market
/ ing agreement is the successful pro-
ducers marketing association.
1.-THE country is strewn with the
wrecks of associations which have
tried to do business without the in
dividual membership contract. We
have fortunately learned this fact so
convincingly that we are all Of one
mind that we shall not make this
mistake The membership market
/ ing contract is not only absolutely
essential to the successful market
ing Of products by the association
but when analyzed In connection
with like agreements signed by all
mon protection of all.
I'VE are astonished," he said,
"at the terms and rightly of the
membership contracts of the Cali
fornia associations. substantially all
of the same general binding tenor,
yet executed by hundreds of thous-
ands of producers of all kinds in
that state. probably ninety per cent
of the total number.
MANY of these membership
agreements have been in force for
years with the members perfectly
content. The form of membership
y contract which we have adopted due
to the fact that our producers are
not accustomed or familiar with
such organizations, is lukewarm. If
may use the term, as compared
with any of these. We have gone
to the maximum limit in this respect
without sacrificing the essential con
tractural force which must be be-
hind the association. l am ready to
sign it, That shows my personal
faith in the plan of cooperative mar
keting we have adopted.
''These district associations pro-
vide for monthly meetings of the
members and in general are the
basis marketing organizations They
are to be federated together in the
Nevada Marketing Exchange, Inc,
through a federating agreement.
The active membership of the ex-
change will be these district associ-
ations, represented by their several
boards of directors. The five di-
rectors representing each association
meet annually in May to elect the
seven directors of the exchange, and
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