Arizona republican., 1922-03-05

imately equal to that of every other
| member.
The zone man. one vote" principle,
| however, Is not always adapted TO in
/ dustries In which the amount OF the
product contributed by the members
varies widely. In this case the vot-
! ing power property rights, and in
| terest OF It's members may be un-
| equal and the members may con-
/ tribute to the investment in the pro-
! portion that the product of each
member bears to the total product
| handled by the association, or in pro-
portion to the acreage of each men,
ber. Under these conditions, the
voting power, property rights, and
| interest of each member may be in
proportion TO such contribution. or
proportionally IN other ways. Ex-
| perience has shown also that the vot
| ing power of the members may be
| equal with a reservation that it may
at any time be proportional TO the
product or acreage contributed, with
a limit placed on the voting power of
large producers.
Should Have Contract
8. The membership agreement.--It
| is fundamental that the members of
a farmers cooperative organization
be held together by a contract or
agreement, or by binding provision
in the by-laws to be signed by every
member. Voluntary membership is
! suicidal to a cooperative business
organization. The success of the CO.
| operative movement depends In the
final analysis, on the steadfastness
and cooperation OF the members.
| Their support must be in the nature
/ OF q strong conviction that the CO.
| operative principle as a business
system is right, ami their faith and
loyalty must be lars;e enough to hold
them together IN the face OF tenn
porary adversely or Of the insidious
efforts OF the opponents of the CO.
operative method to disrupt the
system.
Unless otherwise provided. the
agreement should give the associa-
ton the exclusive right to handle
the products OF its members, or to
exclusively supervise or execute or
| regulate such functions for the menu
bers as 1t is organized to perform.
| The agreement or the provision in
the bylaws should provide that an
assessment be levied against every
member in lieu of liquidated damages
whenever its provisions are broken.
z. Management-As usually ham
! died the power of a cooperative as
sociation is vested in a board OF di-
rectors who manage and control its
affairs through officers or agents ap-
pointed by its and subject to its ad-
vice and direction. II requires a
| manager who is competent to assume
the general direction OF its business.
The manager selected should be a
man OF administrative experience
rather than be selected and developed
from the membership.
Difficulties in Way
8. Difficulties in Management
| A cooperative organization is more
difficult TO manage than an ordinary
corporation. In the latter, the stock
holders do not often take an active
interest in its management because
| they are not experts in the business
OF the corporation, but when a farm
ers' association Is formed the farmer
is an expert in it's affairs to a greater
or less extent, and he may feel that
he is capable of handling the or
ganization. or at least, of giving ac-
tive advice regarding the details of
Its methods. There are two ex-
tremes in the methods OF managing
a cooperative organization OF farm
ers. One is the method in which
| the manager becomes an arbitrary
| dictator in developing and executing
| the policies of the association. SINH