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Show GRAIN ELEVATORS. TO FILL ECONOMIC NEED Plan of Farmers' Organization Must Be Sound. Co-Operatlve Enterprise to Be Successful Suc-cessful Requires' Efficient ManagementThree Manage-mentThree Distinct Forms In United 8Utes. A cooperative elevator company, like any other business organization, must rest first upon some substantial economic need, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture In Department Ilulletln 8C0 on orgnnlzutlon of co-operative gruln elevator ele-vator companies. An orgnulratlon may come Into existence by meuns of propaganda prop-aganda nnd engendered to servo a political, po-litical, fraternal or Idealistic purpose, but unless aome substantial benefit or service U lecurcd to the community such orgnnlzutlon eventually must fall. The value to the community of any enterprise or undertaking Is measured In direct proportion to tho need thereof. The plan of organization must bo sound This means thnt somothlnif moro Is necessary than mero statements state-ments of the high purposes nnd aim of tho nKsoclatlon. It means a detinue deti-nue nnd rra'-tlcublo plan of action, a plan which anticipates no tnr ns it is Issfl possible to antlclpnto tho practical 11 problems nnd dllllcultlcs to be met In Pl actual operations. alB A conperallvo cnterprlso In order M to he successful must bo conducted WM under efllclent mnnngement and In uo hH cordnuce with a well-defined business 'fffl policy. There has been too much tend- KB ency in tho pnst to employ us man- 9fl ngers,men who a,re merely Industrious tlB and honest nnd who may not have that jffB keen, discriminating judgment and KB tactful nddress so necessary in man- M ngerlal positions. En In the United Stnten three distinct H tonus of formers' olovntor orgnnlza- , 9 tlons nro found, nnme'y, (1) Joint 1 M stock companies nnd unincorporated I 9 societies; (2) ordinary prlvnto corpor- I B ntlons of the cnpltnl-ntock form; nnd f (.1) co-operative associations Incnrpor B nted under special co-operative law, !B |