Norwich bulletin., 1922-02-04
YANTIC COOPERATIVE EXCHANGE
 REPORTED GOOD YEAR

On Wednesday evening this week the yantio cooperative exchange held its annual business meeting in the Palmer htn of Fitchville. The following stock holders were present: George A Kahn, Elisha Waterman, G. A. Miller, F. ;. Armstrong; William Thibbetts Joseph Pearson, A. G. Avery, Nelson L. Stark. A. J. Grandy. Beri1man and Schwartz. L. H. SmithI Christopher ilanton, Herry Laskowitz, Samuel Sc41artz, E. S Abel Michael Shea. Thomas Newman, William Brassil and Hyman Arievitz.
 President George A. Kahn called the the meeting to order and read his report as follows: q am glad this evening to have been president of this organization this past year, because I feel that in some small mea sure. I have been of ser vice for the betterTnent of the world l believe, and always have that the co-op- erative idea is the right one and it is not good for man to live for himself alone, an dthat each of us, as we grow older, should give to the world the inheritance we have gained in our journey through life.
 1 Now. about this cooperative idea If you have noticed young children play ing, if there are two, they most always are playing togeth-- with their blocks 1 and p1atI1ings. Why Because there is
 more fun in co-opacatmg. Every try l playing marbless alone? Not much fun, but quite lot with crowd. The very l founda tions of our houses are built on 1 the cooperative idea, our railroads, our telephone lines, our roads and schools.
 Some people seem to think this new | idea with farmers. Guess they never
 heard of the log-rollings the house and barn raisimgs threshines husking bees
 etc, that the past generations held. They l co-cperat ted. Why? Because of neces sity. That Is the very reason why we 1 have organized this exchange We are
 compelled to. to live. Cooperation means working together for a common en3. | Mighty simple thing, and yet there are
 some men built on such a. sn7ll mean,
 miserable. selfish. little pan that they
 could not cooperate with anyone e-s any more than they could fly.
 Tn October, 1920 we had little meet
 ing of farmers on Meeting House Hill
 in Franklin They nominated chairman
 for the different projects and among
 them I was named on CO., operative buy
 ing. We held several meetongs, enc a
 Yanttc and two here in F'itchvi1e, ana
 at last we organized the Yantic Coop erative Exchange.
 , Had I know, at the first meeting, how r,1ich trouble I was in for. I think would have declined the job
 Il take ute a number Of agrlcultura tapers. and among them. The Country
 Gentleman. At about that time ther: was quite 2 series of articles on the co : operative selling exchanges in the yves and the fight they were having. I req and re-reard some of the articles a mum : Der of times I had read before duitt a great deal about the fruit exchanges CT , the Pacific coast, and the more I reac . and studied them the more I liked tn. idea. I am glad we organized the Yan tic Cooperative Exc91a nge. I claim tha ? if never see the $50 l put into 1t that ! would not be one cent out Of pocket as
 have received every dollar of It back be
 for now.
 T saved about s10 ton on three ton z of fertilizer or $30. I know that I say n bci3ght 10000 shingles and saved a < least $15. making more than the s5O put in. Now there are always plenty 0 r men that are willing to reap the benefits ; but that $50 looks awful big to them
 Fifty cents looks big to some men be = cause they are thirty cent men. Any mar r that knows anything about business V knows that if we want to do business wit Il responsible people we must have som y foundation to do business on. In stea 7 of each of us putting our money in u
 bank in OUT own individual names W 2 put 1t in the bank in one name, Tn
 Yantic Cooperative Exchange, an
 there it stays
 r When we have a car of grain we bor
 row money enough to pay the draft. ther