Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-19
Report of Living Costs Program
On February IA

on February IA
The subject of cooperative purchaS-
ing and marketing was resumed on
Tuesday on Mrs. Hastings group which
is considering various factors that
affect living costs.
A review of Co Operative Democ-
racy." by James P. Warbasse, president
of the cooperative societies of the
United States, was given by Mrs. John
B. Crowell which stimulated much IN
teresting discussion as to the merits
or inpracticability of his theories. Mr..
Warbasse advocates extensive cooper
alton on the part of consumers to
offset the effect of cooperation on
the part of producers He would carry
the cooperative idea even tarther Ia
this country than it has advanced IN
Europe until an almost Utoplan de-
mocracy was developed.
Mrs. Lund reported on three articles
that appeared recently in '"The Annals
of the American Academy OF Polltlcal
science These all dealt with the
extent and success of cooperative
marketing among farmers IN the
United states today. There followed
discussion as to the effect OF Sucn
organized marketing on living costs,
for it is the consumer who ultlmaGely
pays for the waste necessarily incurred
bv the Standardization and grading OF
products
QUESTIONABLE has been prepared
l,v the leader on subjects that nave
been discussed and on phases OF eco
non1ics that will be discussed at tne
neyt meeting when c. r. Johnston VIII
sneak again to the group. Similar
oilestionnaires will be prepared on all
subjects discussed and these Will pc
used to review the salient polntS IN
the years study.
The ever.ing group. under the lead
ershin of Mrs. L. j. Tuttle, held us
regular meeting on Monday evening,
Eeh 13 with a full attendance ano
three new members present Mrs. +. w
brown reported on the office and duties
of the state auditor. Mrs Brown mao
some news clippings from The Dlspatch
which in reporting some business G ps-
tween the auditor and other state OIL
cials showed in q clear manner Gne
inter1ocking Of the various OFFICES CON
cerned Mrs. Rose Slaughter reported
IN tIne office of the attorney general
Mrs Hunes on that of state mine IN
snector Mrs. Tuttle on the state treas
,,ror Mrs Agnes Saddler on that o.
the stata s11nerintendent of public in
etr11ctjon. and Mrs. George Dunno OF
az sfote tag commissioner. All thest
renorts are filed by the leader to of
condensed later into prleI colllpila.
tion of all the offices on the genera
ballot. During the presenVaGlon y
state, county and city items OF AlCel
est attention was drawn 10 tlle Iao
that Tucson had shipped 5oOO pales =
cotton this year and that tne leCcuc'
growers around Phoenix had reall1e'
s9oo ner acre on their land. The thre'
questions on the "Know Your OWl
party" QUESTIONABLE were ansWer"e'
follows: L. Loo,,
HOW have new parties oeen
created and grown to power IN Cne
United States? -
Answer. New parties in the OnlCe'
states have invariably been creaCe'
o,,t of interest in and widespread OIL
ferences of opinion on great econonll
Questions There can be little quesCloi
in the light of recent historical re
search that economic groups are re
spopsible for the formation OF pohtlca
parties in the United States In
dominant parties now existing ar
rooted in great economic issues an
did not come into being from mef
intellectual movements.
5. What are the Fundamental
purposes of the present dominant
parties? In what do they differ?
II, uyIoaf IN thew agree?
Answer. The present democratI
party first came into power in l8O
and was founded and led by Thoma
jefferson. The new party came INT
being as a protest against the grown
power of the federalist party unde
George Washington and Adams. tn
federalist party had had control OF IN