The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-02-11
CENTRAL COOP HAS
nth ANNUAL MEET
Agricultural Leaders Address
Live Stock Farmers on
Problems of the Day
INCREASE IN BUSINESS
Service to the Livestock Pro-
ducers of Northwest Has
Been Improved

The accomplishments of the Cen
trail Cooperative Association
were cited by officials of that or
ganization at their eleventh annual
meeting in st. Paul Tuesday and
Wednesday, Feb. 8 and 10. The
meeting was held at the Lowry Ho-
tel and was attended by represen-
tatives, stockholders from all Sec
tions of the Northwest. Addresses
were given by leading agricultur-
lists and men of prominence in the
live stock and meat industry.
President C. B. Crandall declar-
ed the outstanding feature of the
years work in 1881 was the service
rendered to live stock producers of
the Northwest at actual cost.
1--WE have exceeded our business
of 1881 by 1856 cars, and our prev
ious year (1926) by 361 cars" he
said during his address before the
stockholders Tuesday morning. An
increase in business during a year
such as 1881 Is very definite
measure of success, and reflects
great credit to the members and
patrons of the association who have
given us their support" -
From the beginning of the ag-
ricultural depression there have
been two outstanding overhead bur-
dens which have been virtually de-
stroying agriculture and they have
been unjust in the extreme. One
has been the unjust taxation i'm
posed upon visible property and
the other is the interest rate upon
borrowed money. Had both Of
these matters been properly ad.
justed in the beginning of the de-
fation, agriculture would now be
in excellent condition"
"Then, too, there is another con-
dition which I believe must be
changed and that is our present
cost of government. This cost has
been almost doubled since 1924 and
today exceeds by one-half its in
come. The present revenue in sup
port of the government is approx
mately two billion dollars, while
the expense of operation is some
thing over four billion dollars. Our
deficit this year amounts to approx
imately two billion dollars"
We have arrived at time when
it is rather doubtful If any Of
those well established bureaus,
boards and departments are worth
their cost to agriculture"
"The present administration set
about to give agriculture so-called
'Farm-Relief.' One measure to
place agriculture on a parity with
industry was the tariff act, the
Smoot-Hawley Bill. This bill was
passed, not in the interest of agri-
culture, but in the interest Of big
business. AS a result, agriculture
was in far worse condition, to the
extent of several hundred million
dollars annually"
N. K Carnes, General Manager
of the Central Cooperative Asso-
citation made a very optimistic re-
port to stockholders at the meeting
Wednesday afternoon. Excerpts
from his report on this business
are as follows:
"The Central Cooperative Asso-
citation handled 23.307 cars in 1881
and 21, 351 cars in 1880. This shows
an increase of 1856 cars. The year
1881 represents the record year for
the Central Cooperative Associa-
ton based on receipts. Central
handled 34,2S% Of the total rail
business at the South st. Paul mar
ket in 1881, and 1928 per cent Of