The Valley settler., 1950-09-08
Pub1ts shed once a week at Palmer, Alaska for the hotanusha Valley Farmers
Cooperating Association for he purpose Of giving news of the Associations
work, problems and accomplishments.

no SUBSTITUTE FOR C0>0PERATWES
We ar living in an age of change, Did and accepted ideas are no longer considered
infhlible, the greatest changes in the entire course Of history have taen place in
of Kings was not even questioned in most countries of the GLOBE, the individual was
not considered imp~tant, just the Kings, Eperorsa and their Mbles weee eligible for
abe the animals, his place in the scene was that of the burden bearer, he was told
what to do and expected little in return for his hard and nduous Labor.
However,, when you cmsiderr his limited cans Of Absorbing knowledge that is Provided
field, it is nots 50 hard to understand why he was 50 long learning of his powers.
as it seems the earlier fed1 Lords we're perhaps more humane and tolerant
the1 later ones were, for" several generations of arStocrats are allowed to
dominate the whole government of the country for long period of time they become
the need Of their sers and finally cease to remember where their
riches came FROM. This was the thing THAT happened in most European countries that
ancestors came from. Finally the English and then the French rem1led and the
order Of things were changed GradMllya tfirst, common people were allowed to hold
the ulers ~ written constitutions and methods were provided 50 that mliked Laws
and offensive governmental officials could be removed and ne~a and" better ones could
be put in their places.
Then came the deluge of indvidua1isn, everym now had voice in the government and
"moo ~ anv ones in+ara4 " b Me +ei r gm NO now Ttd to etabiGh the present.
capitalists system, and while this system was a grat and good chage from its pred
ece@ort the absolute monercica1s system it still had lot of Faults.
Anyone who has studied the development of the Labor union and who knows how hard it
was to convince their employers .thatth were men and not just numbers knows some
thing Of the ontinution of the struggle fr economic as we'll as political Freedom.
Then too the farmers have had the same conditions to overcone,a and gaduallya great
deal Of progress hasb been made but there is still a lot of knkst that must be ironed
OUT. But the important fact is That the common people shave become conscious of thir
power by exercising their right to wea and cntrol of their money.
ida, progressively minded people are learning hat by pooling heir purchases and
larger share of the wealth. that they produce, which in tun provides higher standard
of living, which all acknowledge is desirable.
One Of the most Important feHreso of cooperative mnktig is inthef fact THAT the
Of farm products is unable to play one producer against the other and fin
m%n smwe srt asEnno A1 ape Load Of produce to the ANCHORAGE market. with
of the situations and in many instances Valley farm produce is selling eta1 at
a big load Of produce to Andmragem and is unable to sell it at fair price he usually
dumps it to some crafty merchant at low price,, thnt the merchant sell it at
meet competition and in the long run the whole pce structure is lowered and the