The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-12-13
No. z

The United Dairy association of
Washington and associations which
are members of or closely affiliated
with it, in 1922 marketed over $1O,-
100000 worth of dairy products, ac-
cording to reports of Mr.. j. A. Scol-
lard, president of the association.
This is approximately one-third of
the dairy products marketed in the
state of Washington. 1t is estimated
by Mr.. Scotland that with the dairy
products marketed by cooperatives
outside of the United Dairy assOcia-
ton, all cooperatives together are
marketing in the aggregate approx
imately one-half of all the dairy pro-
ducts produced in this state. Dairy
men are thoroughly alive to the value
of cooperative manufacturing and
marketing of their products and large
numbers are convinced that it is indis-
pensable to their success.
Among apple growers there are at
least five leading cooperative mar
keting associations and a number of
others which are more than local as
sociations. About one-third of all the
apples produced in the state are mar
keted through them. A large number
of cooperative apple marketing as
sOciations has been the result in part
perhaps of sectional differences be-
tween the several apple growing dis
tricts. The associations have begun
to realize more and more that in mar
keting apples independently of each
other they not only compete against
the apple growers of the east but
against each other. This has been
brought home convincingly within the
last few years and there is now a
strong movement on foot among the
northwest growers for a federation
of cooperative marketing agencies of
this and adjoining states to coordin-
ate all efforts in marketing the north
west apples. This seems a thoroughly
logical and practical development and
should prove of outstanding service
to our great apple producing indus
try.
The Washington-Idaho Wheat
growers association with headquart-
ers at Spokane, is one Of the newer
commodity marketing organizations
and was organized in 1920. In that
year it sold over a million bushels
of wheat and in 1921, 6,270,O0O. In
1922 fewer bushels were handled
largely as q result of short crop
and the extremely difficult financial
conditions of the farms which made
it necessary for many growers to
mortgage their crop before ready for
market. While this association has
encountered most of the difficulties
|of cooperatives blazing the trail on a
large scale, this year it will market
the largest bushelage in its history.
Because Of critism Of its work by a
large number Of members and others
mot affiliated, it recently gave its
members opportunity to vote on dis
OF total of 2997 men,
beers, only SIS active members voted
Ito disinc0rporate and 1928 voted
against disincorporation, more than
two to one of those voting thus being
lin favor of continuing the associa-
Ition. As q two-thirds vote is neces-
Isary to disincorporate and every
member was fully informed as to the
purpose of the vote and understood
that failure to vote counted the same
las a vote for the association, it was
the opinion of the directorate that
more than rs per cent of the members
wished to continue. The association
lis now going ahead with renewed Wig
or and has made such changes in its
contracts would be yearsetaoin Oil
contracts as three years experience
Indicates would be helpful. In 1922
and 1928, Washington wheat has been
selling on the coast markets at a
higher price than is received for the