Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-07-07
COOPERATION

tons created to perform certain sp'
cinc service Tor their stockholders.
Our Big Wood River Canal compa
ny IL such an organization. The Va
lage Of Shoshone, the County Of Lin
coin, the State OF Idaho and the Unite
States Of America are all similar or
ganizations in which every citizen
a stakeholder.
We are soon going to hold a stock
holders biennial meeting for the pur
pose OF electing directors for thes'
cooperative governmental organipa.
lions Of ours.
We form ourselves into groups Of
stockholders having similar ideas al
10 how we wish these cooperative
concerns run. Each group of stock
holders issues it's demands and nomi-
mates its board OF directors
In order that each stakeholder who
reads the journal may vote intelli-
gently upon these demands II Is going
TO ask It's readers TO study these de-
mands from the same standpoint as
they would II the stockholders Of our
Big Wood River Canal company were
10 make the same demands at an an
ual meeting Of its stockholders.
The platform, or demands. Of the
PROGRESSIVE party was published last
week. Apply It's demands on the CO.
operative company. the State Of Ida
no. Of which you are stakeholder, to
the operation Of the Big Wood Canal.
OF which most Journal readers are
stockholders. If these demands appeal
70 you ss proper for the state there
can be no logical reason why they are
not equally as pplicable to all other
cooperative concerns In which you
are stockhoIder-
Aside from such general demands as
economy in administration. enforce
iueni Of law, etc. on which all voters
are agreed. the prosressives demand: |
AN income tax on state proiitesrs."
Apply that to the Big Wood company,
and Il means, II II means anything,
hat every farmer under the system
1gho makes a profit above sum fixed
by the rest OF the stockholders. shall
pay the excess into the treasury of
he company.
They demand Exemption of small
NY homes and farm improvements
rom taxation" Apply this to our
irrigation company and II would
nsan that the small water users he
xSmpt from paying maintenance ,
large and that the amount they save
- assessed against the other fellow. A,
re yon In favor OF that? !
Next. "A guarantee law to protect
ank depositors." Do you favos the
liz Wood River company assessing
ne watre users to raise q fund to be |
sed in guaranteeing each stocfhold-
/ from loss ON his crops. or from
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arket or bum commission houseg I,
Next, Popular governmental laws I,
ch as the direct primary and a work Al
he initiative initiative and rofeten-
ma and recall" II you favor this 1t il
the logical thing for you TO also "
sor amending the by-laws Of the ir- bl
mtion company so that minority \
the stockholders may, at any time. N
'use 20 abide by the decision Of the nj
Ijorlty. II is denial OF the right OF OF
} majority to control the co-opera- ca
e concern. once destroy that right oh
4 anarchy must prevail. for our CO. as
fatsye companies would be broken
into groups Of minority factions. ca
iting each other Tor control. even i'm
II IS now 10 Mexico. be
mother. estate ownership OF pub co
utilities enough % compete with ON
nopoiy.- DO you favor tho Big pr
% company owning enough trans. n.
iaiion. teierhcne and others pub lie
Utility lines 20 enahis IL 70 put the an
= % low that no other company -,
d compefs. and fhen charge tho "a
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