New Britain herald., 1921-07-22
FARMERS SHOWING
 INTEREST IN PLAN
Cooperative Buying and Selling
 Meets With Approval


 That the farmers of Connecticut are displaying a lively interest in the movement for cooperative buying
 and selling of grain, farm implements, and other farming supplies is evident from the reports being made by rep
 resentatives of the Connecticut Agrt- lcultural Exchange, Inc, who are touring the state in the interests of this farmers organization It is even surprising to the leaders in the pro- lgressive- movement that farmers in all the towns are so thoroughly aroused over the subject of cooperation for While it had been realized that a. lslmllar organization had been suc- lcessful in other parts of the coun- try, it was not so thoroughly under Istood that Connecticut farmers were
 anxlously awaiting the opportunity to share in the benefits of a strictly CO., operation organization such as the IConnecticut Agricultural Exchange.
 Inc, actually is.
 The exchange, which is the result
 or an idea conceived by some of the
 larger grain consumers last fall, is now actively engaged in the promo ]
 been established in Room 67, Hills
 block, and the campaign is being directed from this central point Prominent farmers from all parts of the state, knowing the advantages of such an organization, have enthusi- )ast1cally entered into the proposi- ton. With an amendment to the Icertlhcate of incorporation, providing that every stockholder shall be en- Ii titled to one vote in the meetings of the exchange and that no stockho1d- ter shall have more than one vote. This provision makes the exchange absolutely cooperative in fact as we'll as theory for the small stock holder has the same voice in the af- fairs of the corporation as the largest stockholders. 1 While the list of county represen- tatives is constantly being enlarged, some of those who have already be- come associated with the movement linclude: Hartford County-J. F. Distin, Avon: George H. Sage, Berlin; George H. Humphrey, Bloomfield H. L. Stone, Burlington; w. G. Humphrey, Canton; George Bidwell, East Gran by; Albert P. Handel, East Hartford; David Colt, Elmwood; H. A. Root Enfield; Levi P. Abbey, Enfield; Will liam B. Mckinney, Pennington; Ed ward Handel, Glastonbury; Arthur Allen, Granby; Frederick w.. Arnold, Hartford; Wilbur Miller, Hartford; Clarence H. Wickham, Manchester; Lord Brothers Marlborough; John Hoffman, New Britain; James c. Gilbert, Newington; W. Benstead, Plainville; Frank A. Robbins, Rocky | Paul Bancroft. South Windsor; Ed ward Seymour, Sufield: George Col | lins, Mapping; Frederick E.. Duffy. West Hartford; John McNamara. Wethersfeld; Albert Clark, Windsor; Charles Cannon, Windsor Locks; F. S. Holcomb & Son, West Granby- Windham County-C. B. Jewett Hampton Henry Dorrance, Plain- field; E. c. Rogers, Putnam. Fairfield County-George H. Mo- Kay, Danbury; J. Arthur Sherwood, Long Hill; D. A. St. John, New Ca- naan. Litchfeld County-Albert B. Lan-- den, Lakeville; John Butler, Roxbury; James Stumpf, Norfolk. l Middlesex County-H. c. Daniels. MiddletoWn; George H. Gelston, East Haddam; S. M. Crowell, Middletown l ham, Lisbon; Irving Crouch, Groton: John D. Avery, North Stonington. | New Haven County-John H. Hewe. East Haven; Victor Lucchini, Meri- Iden; Walter S. Hine, Orange; A. T. Henry, Wallingford.
 Holland County-P. A. Sikes, El- lington; Dr. M. Price, Somers; Will liam H. Hall, South Willington; ICharles Thompson, Melrose; Oscar Leonard, Holland. l These farmers and grain consumers include many well known Connecti- cut men who have already given Itheir support to the exchange. Rep resentatives of the exchange are now interviewing farmers throughout the state and judging from the enthusias- tic manner in which they are being received it will be a comparatively l short time before the capital stock l will be fully subscribed. The arrange
 ment whereby a farmer begins imme- Idiately to get the benefits of whole some prices on his purchases IS proving popular and in this respect l the Connecticut Exchange has de- cided advantage over other similar l
 organizations in other sections of the country. Almost without ex- Iception, in the promotion of other cooperative organizations it was
 necessary for the entire capital stock to be subscribed before the stock- holder would begin to receive the benefits of wholesale prices but with 1 lthe Connecticut Agricultural Ex-
 change the stockholder has this ad- vantage immediately.
 The executive commiteee of the exchange consists of Charles w. Hall. Thomas Holt and James Miller while the general manager is E. B. Mitchell! lThe Riverside Trust company has been made trustee for the receipt of funds for the exchange.
 l ' SALARY CUTS EFFECTIVE. ,