Show I 1 operative go farm WWW no products marketing Mark etin 9 how it Is done in europe and may be done in america to the profit of both farmer and consumer Con jumer by MATTHEW 8 DUDGEON 4 1914 W batra union P A N W where fiat P y thousand Tto usand belgian peasants co tEU ROPES OPERATIVE cooperative CO MESSAGE copenhagen denmark co opera tive have te agricultural europe and now dominate the ural rural life ot at the entire continent without out cooperation the belgian I 1 not be b the agriculture lit bleb which he Is germany would not have developed tta its agricultural pol be to the point where tt its borne home gawn Q food supply li is so 0 o nearly melt elf su lent denmark would not be ex porting ng sixty million dollars worth of the best est dairy product products in the world ireland id would not be facing the future with a hopefulness hopeful nesa to which she he hai has been a stranger ever since her lands were confiscated aa an a result of the barly ware belgium ilium haa has 2300 1300 rural organize organ alza lions representing it membership of DO at levalue we aw saw single atlon of co cooperative farmers league e which represented a member ship of over and did ft a business mounting biting into the mil liong in ger many it is estimated that there are thirty r odd thousand cooperative so clettes of at various kinds and every so bety with true german thoroughness of organization federated affiliated ud associated until together they form an Indu industrial unit wit with h a mem alp ilp of over fire million in den auk J of at every four be belongs belo longo aga to ft X society engaged in some i cooperative activity one man will belong to eight plot or tea too different parm entire itle soe each society nning function the e eco economie ecot somie life im pt the pers 41 llie TO illustrate bow how cooperation per sates a danish at freder und sundi while the co opera ve bacou behary we came la in con coll t kith alt a little group of farmers and wives who were in inspecting the atory factory ofa which they we part owneta upon getting them we discovered that in t little group of IX 12 persons 11 dif at it operative cooperative co organization were presented gresen aenied ted thea the were ft A veffa fo opera a bacon factory jac tary ft a cooperative egg port it organisation organization ft a cooperative re an the cooper vs purchase of a coap coop alive tire insurance ranc So society cletTs ft a co ca hatire life insures society a ao so sty for the insurance of animals Alki other tier society for the insurance of embers ars alc knOwl S CO corpora opera to credit society ft a carmera far fat mera mers water arks company find and aa a electrical sup Y company all of these them men and omen en were hom fi h om the farm and wife were the e ordinary 1 type of farmers far mera nath nt then rich nor poor hut but ft a thoroughly rep group it to lip probable hing ng from our inquiries that in I 1 croup of ft a similar number r mojid vs been aeu found ft A liar AT number of cooP MUTO enter 4 U 14 ireland we found ilat that compera under the leadership of pir sir hor Il plunkett ably scalded ly by iter m A inacay georgew george W and nd IL A anderson has revola 1 zed d rural Iret aad la in tact fact cooper co oper a 1 and nd the i which to come from fro the new cowf lert lAaure anure s have well nigh r soul dd the h rate itself it la to evident that in Y NOCUOUS sect lofta hta his welfare been a a an well served ahmit th tbt to 1 even a costas his he be lie longer lancer agin aen the ern ciment bathis betil A wall 11 anted citizen more note intent upon hia big than upon hia 1119 po pa J surrounding he HJ la lit bis life rest t in politics find and we talked to ir r who rho seemed loath even to dl dis so 0 o important ft a tho the 6 rule bill which waa was thea then pending over which them Poul ewas were ing excited the 14 tewil beaure bu bam made toads it for bim him to re ft a home hot ne OVe ratka baj fraade sible for seem secure a borne ao 10 made for to 10 feed and clothe hta his family W U A n T ailt el t no one cue can make uch such a trip of investigation vesti gatton gation aa as we have made without becoming convinced that into ameri amerl can rural we h e fiust come form ot of co is enterprise enter prini if it costs AS much to it take the fana farm produce from the tho tarn tam to the city consumer coni umer aa am it doc does in produce it and this 18 I 1 an SU admitted tact fact it necessarily follow follows that our distributive system li Is wonderfully wasteful how lone long will the latella ll tent gent american farmer tolerate a my sya tem tam which nets neto him 25 to so percent per cent of at the retail price of hie his farm product after be he knows that the danish farmer get gets a little over li nicety finetY per percent rent of what the consumer paja pays for bis hl prod act ae As we investigate what la is done ab oad and what could be done la in Am america trica in the way 0 of efficient distribution trib ution the wonder grow row that the american farmer tamer with ala his intelligence and independence and initiative haa ban cemented consented to be a victim of A tire etem system haa has put biro him absolutely la in the tho hajas of the om mercial forces that intervene bet weela lilma himself elf and the consumer coni umer it is t so leaa tau aa at tont shins that the more businesslike and more commercialized city er or should have so lone consented to pay a price to the distributor of farm products product a which la Is over per cent above the producer producers price co operation cooperation la is coming to america whether it will come came la in th exact form in which it evidence eviden ceis itself in forel gli rt landa lands or in acme deother me other differ ent out tona ie Is immaterial it t may nio oot come cam immediately but ventu allrand k inevitably y the idea lae of at operation will prevail in the future agricultural and commercial of the united states I 1 S f operate cooperate co tamal Ua eona it la 18 safe to assume that ireland belgium Oer germany many and emi mark have learned mad same euon from their many delux of operative cooperative co endeavor it la is sego to aiumu that it certain plea pies have been found to apply tb throughout all these countries countr lea than then these prin 0 caplea 11 lea are at least worthy of care CAM fu ful I 1 consideration lor for future use in Amer america ICIL C there ere are komg points ai its to which allro all cooperative operative societies abroad are the same there are some aa as to which they differ aa as la is but natural when we consider the varying condl tlona under which the barlou tien tier operate in the dif different feren countries iea we are tire of churas primarily lly interested od la in those fundamental character laUca which are common to all whenever a number ot of american farmer farmers p father t her together to cansader cont Cans lder der an orgin organization i za alon itic which hai has to do with mercantile or atler Atia ociAl anter pric prise it la is but natural to talk about and dividend 71 tittle or idea of organization 11 I 1 t a X joint corpora camara tion in which each msty mann fia veata vests uch much money aa an be he can pare spare la in will which ch each votes in proportion to the shares pur ft arid P ald tho iraln an purrm purr M cf ef which Is in to cam m mone and declare dividend der it Is difficult lor for him bim to con calve of a commercial whole chief tun full tiOn la is not to pebie all the profit prost there la is out tf 1 every activity true operation cooperation co aeration pe ration ie is impossible so long al thia this idea of organization ie is reta retailed faed the of 0 the C cooperative en ter Priss ti is to handle tue the prodie ith economy and effi cleacY ao to that there will be no to waite and no profits diverted from the producer pocket if it auch such a concern paya pays a large e dividend 10 lo shareholders hare holder it Is not dot is of success but a clear indication that money which have gone to the he producer haa has been taken from him and abd to td tho the I 1 intrator InT nr cator estor abia con C ephen has ha not yet reached the eon con selous nese 0 of f farmer who gaill 1 meet a OL co can a cam to pay dl vid eads the rf hWay in TAI ireland taid d we bouvil that nearly til of the elective effect ITS or 4 u eions were affiliated with the arut agricultural 0 organization a za g society which from th the e raf fart t has h been be e the power that has made operation cooperation co paz it ablo ta in the island it Is a rigid rule ot at thi this organization society that no local society belonging to it can under any circumstances pay to exceed fay per cent per annum upon its hares shares of 0 stock the moment the shareholders conceive the organization Is one Is I 1 to earn largo dividend dividends that moment its usefulness ends more than one american operative cooperative co enter prise has his been wrecked upon these theme rocks Follo following tag tome lome bitter experience experiences it has been found necessary to adhere rigidly to the principle that ao no matter what a man mart a investment may be be he rny may have only one vote in the management 8 of the concern hae has hown shown that this thi avoid jealousies and suspicion and discord and prevents mismanagement disloyalty DItley alty of member members one of the great tumbling stumbling block blocks in operative cooperative co success in A america merica baa has been the disloyalty of the member members themselves A As eoon goon as a operative cooperative co marketing concern Is organized a privately company ti lit likely to offer an advanced price one consider ably above that which the cooperative concern cun cern la in off offering erinc and possibly one much higher than the condition of the market will justify in america bu hu maa man nature like human nature in la general is selfish and it Is to difficult for the farmer to eee see why be he bould should sacrifice flye cente cents a bushel upon hie his grain out of at a mere more sentiment of loyalty to the operative cooperative co enterprise As an a result he be almost inevitably take takes his big grain to the privately owned concern hie his neighbor neighbors do the game and boon soon the toe operative cooperative co concern i Is on 00 the rock rocks and is 1 abandoned no observer obi erver of a t american commercial method methods need needs to be b told the next step 1 the privately owned concern immediately lowers the price the farmer Is where he VM was before but by hia his own disloyal ty he has ha icare it practically hie his for or any tiny other operative to con cem earn ever to be organized la in the corn COM baur cooperation bag has had the same am experience it was wa originally hard bard for the european farmer to real ice ize that he bould should sacrifice a limited amount of present profit in order to his loyalty to tholon cern earn and to secure ultimate lufte the situation however no longet arises where cooperation ha his becort ulily and control another C characteristic common tc jail cooperative organizations fillet we tidied in the four countries Is t that where the ocleta society Is a marketing market lac concern it insists upon the higher highest quality and la in order to get it exercise absolutes abBo hite ts control over oyer the act of iti in member embers so far as a these af sets contribute ut to the quality of the product such a successful as the thil Tri follum dairy ot of ak hae has most rigid rule to which all members me abera subscribed Cribe there moat be inspection by the mrs seating the ocleta oc lety a X cow found to tx unhealthy or defective mut must drawn the slightest on olt tb the yort part of the cow must be reported and the milk kept oo pante detailed r re quire 11 ments as to ventilation cleanly no new handling of 0 milk and nd milk cam muse be the milk of coir cow which hare not been impeded not tie be mingled with those which bleb harert have fasick lk must be bejo oled within gall boar hour after it la to liked la in bacteriological growth may mal 0 aae ailse meat must be cleaned in war way la in fact everything Is done does CM e dose done to improve the quality 01 ol the Il kand the butter and 00 produce products handled bandied by the TrI dairy central NO need experience la in those foreign maw idea hat has aljo also demonstrated demonet rated that I 1 local coop cooperative emille concern to sufficient into itself tile manager IL cooperative egg thir la 10 ireland may itney 1 all I about poultry railing raising and a egg production may be killed skilled in the art of pack pac lac ing his eggs and know la in general about marketing it Is impie ible sible for biro him isolated leo aa as be ii W to know from day to day where there to a demand for his product an AS a it 11 1 is found in ireland to bare have the those cooperative incese mailato aai lato with th the irish heleg bole eale society with headquarters at dublin the wa same principle exist la in ger man manyi bat tut Is worked out in another way the necessity of federation la is recognized however in ill although the way la in which the local organizations are affiliated into A central borits 1 ender under the eoa con ditlove bf the various countries count rlee europea unsaid ova verdict Bu ropes cooperative 16 sAge la Is briefly to this effect I 1 P 1 I 1 1 L cooperative is im cannot hot b bo dividend paying concern JAU prota must go to the producer producers ail price for good goods deUrer dellver edU eO 0 D 1 each euk member must I 1 tote rate oace once abod an donly only oves regardless regard leea 0 his hl financial investment 2 each mamber must make a cosh tract to deal exclusively wit auh tee the ca cooperative concer nond mutt must hefti rufue 9 to take talks advantage of unfair competition on the part of the co cooperative ocle t aya y 2 coni sd 4 all member members mut must unite units to produce d ce A product of the highest quality tf the cariou Ta riou local Clet lat must 1 lor or y and belf protection a unite nit la in one central federal lation ft the loan who manatee manages a cooperative OP co cerp must be ft IL man of high ability and the directors direct ois mart tot vf him a big MAW alary adjustable canvas shields nave been 1 invented n ve n t ed fo for r p protecting r 0 t ec U n g freshly tran trans 1 planted p la nt e d treba t re e s from t r 0 m too t 0 0 much sunlight france will bold an international ex 01 position lon of at marine motors for vessels of all leei sizes from june juns to september the greenhouse attached to ft a hotel la in yellow atone park haa his been built over a hot spring to benefit by ita its beat beal russia expects to produce long tona tons of bituminous cost and 6 long tona tons of anthracite this rear of interest to farmer farmers te to ft a rec recently recent catli ll patented device to a a catter bay hay evenly ae aa it 1 Is delivered into a mow by ft A fork more than seventy cities in the united state states and more than epo in the world are equipped with automatic ex changes spanish railroads are conducting energetic campaigns of education to im prove agricultural condition conditions along their illes the rota y drilling system that haa has been employed in america A merica merlea oil fields ha has been introduced into the |