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Show Cooperative Meeting Held At Logan Attended By National Leaders Nearly all sections of the state were represented at the Cooperative Coopera-tive Educational Conference held in Logan on July 7, 8, 9, and 10, report those who attended from here. With national leaders in the movement present cooperators were informed as to the progress being made both here and in Europe. Eu-rope. Dr. Francis Kirkham discussed the possibilities of "Cooperative Insurance" in the afternoon session. ses-sion. The evening meeting featured featur-ed T. E. Howard of the FFCD who spoke on "Marketing of Farm Products". "Farmers in Denmark have more bath tubs than other home comforts,- more dollars and fewer debts than any other like group in the world. They also lost no money and lost no men" in the world war. This happy condition results from cooperative co-operative methods wherein the people manage their own affairs in the interest of peace and plenty. They have learned how to maintain main-tain price parity between commodities", com-modities", he said. July 8th Program Mr. Applebee of Consumers Cooperative Co-operative association, national organization with headquarters in Kansas City, treated the subject "Consumer cooperatives as a Way of Living rather than as merely a method of saving costs". On Friday the group heard C. O. Skorstadt, director at Madison, Wisconsin, explain the "Credit Union" as a "thrift bank" set up to finance member needs such as bills, hospital expenses, doctor and dentists bills, rent, furniture, schooling, taxes, vacation trips, etc. He emphazised the fact that money was not available to finance fin-ance speculative purchases. Loans are a character credit basis prin-cinally, prin-cinally, he said. Other speakers included Dr. Jos. A. Geddes, US AC faculty member, who discussed "Economics and Philosophy", Justin Stewart, who is in charge of WPA adult education educa-tion and John T. Woodbury, Jr., leader in the chapel sessions on Saturday, who spoke on the subject, sub-ject, "Christianity and Cooperatives". Coopera-tives". Washington Co. Representatives.. Those who attended the meetings from this county were John T. Woodbury, Jr., D. W. Woodward, B. Jarvis, Jr., Mrs. Jesse Gibbons of the Dixie Consumers of St. George and R. P. Woodbury and Susie Wilson of Hurricane Cooperative Co-operative at Hurricane. |
