The Monett times., 1922-01-06
OZARK MEETING
CONCLUDED WEDNESDAY

VA The Ozark Fruit Growers Associ-
alton concluded one Of the most sue
cessful meetings. in the history Of the
{ organization on Wednesday after
\ noon. Working toward fuller CO.
I operation ana the best monetary
interests Of the district, many Of the
Independent associations are uniting
with the Ozarks, which will increase
their prestige in the marketing of the
fruits of the district and enable them
70 establish the price in this section
DR.. +. l.. Beal, presided over all
I sessions. The consolidation of the
organizations has brought out many
problems to be solved in order to keep
the organization in smooth running
order. 1t was the policy Of the presi-
dent and other officials to do all in
their power to promote harmony and
IN this they succeeded Although the
new resolutions revising the consti-
tution had not yet been officially
adopted, the members Of the Associ-
alton complied with the new condi-
tions proposed and no stockholder
Hoted more than one share, no matter
What his holdings were, and no prox-
( jss were voted. This was one con
ndjtion under which the Independent
went into the older organization.
4 Prominent on the program were the
former Independent Exchange Off
GERS, +. A. O'Dwyer, of Monett and +.
a. Taiclet, Of Neosho. Both of these
gentlemen frankly acknowledged that
4they were mistaken in believing that
the market could be held up by the
methods of the Independent organi-
cation, and that they>belieyed that one
large central organization was the
proper way to handle the strawberry
industry of this section.
Directors elected were Z. A. o.
Dwyer, Of Monet; j. A. Eastridge, o.
Neosho and 7. GA,Buxton, of Seneca
The strawberry committee appointed
consists of r. r. George, of Peirce
City, Mr.. Atkisson, of Avoca and Mr.
Faulkner, of Marionville. P. A. Rod
gers was endorsed as sales manager
The keynote of the meeting was
Cooperation. Excellent speeches
were made along this line. Joe Man
love, general field secretary of the
Ozark Fairgrounds Association, spoke
ION "The Benefits of Organizations"
sE. a. o'Dwyer's subject was @Co-
operative Marketing Of Strawberries
in the Ozarks;" Prof. John Sheay,
specialist in marketing spoke ON
+ Missouri Cooperative and Com
modify Laws" and j. W. Dewitt's
subject was Benefits of Cooper
alton"
! "nhe Needs of Greater Cooper
ation," was the subject of E. N. Plank
of Decatur, Ark. L. J. Wormington,
county agent of Newton county, who
was largely instrumental in bringing
about the union sof the Ozarks and
Independents in his county, spoke, on
what Effect if all Independents
come into one Central Marketing
Organization" Mr.. Wormington's
speech was a frank statement of how
the consolidation of the different
organizations was brought about and
he stated that he believed that all of
the Newton county associations would
eventually be under one central sales
organization.
Other speakers were Earl Page on
fertilizing and diseases of tomatoes;
D. Il. Eicher, Frisco horticultural
agent, on grape production and its
possibilities, +. w. Faurot, director of
Missouri Fruit Experiment Station,
on the possibilities of fruit production
in the 0zarks; r. f. George, Peirce
City, tMulching Strawberries" w. j.
Erwin, Of Peirce City, ~Inspection at
Berry Sheds" "Field Work, It's Need
by Charles Carmichael, Joplin; "Ad-
vantages Derived from having men in
the Markets." by j. A. Eastridge,
Neosho; "The Strawberry from Stem
to Stomach" BY f, A. Taielet; "The
Ozark, its Future" Cowgirl Blair,
editor Farm Department of the Jop-
lin Globe.
The quarterly meeting in March
may be held in Joplin.