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Show Finland Calm in World of Confusion; Co-Operative Societies Solve Problem The sanity and good sense prevailing pre-vailing in Finland's people and their government may be traced to various vari-ous sources and conditions. Perhaps Per-haps the fountain head is the character char-acter of the Finns self-reliant, strong, sturdy, stubborn developed in overcoming the forces of nature in their forbidding country, with its long and cold winters and a soil none too fertile, for the bald granite thrusts its way up through the thin top soil all the way from the Baltic sea to the Arctic ocean, writes Mason Ma-son Warner in the Chicago Tribune. The Finn is an individualist. He thinks for himself, is slow in coming com-ing to a conclusion, and is steadfast in holding an opinion once formed. While an individualist and insistent upon managing his own ailairs free from bureaucratic interference, he is a natural born co-operator. Co-operative societies existed in the days of Czar Alexander II. and they flourished and grew under Alexander Al-exander III and Nicholas II. The bolsheviks made a determined and fierce attempt to capture the cooperatives co-operatives in 1918, but did not succeed. suc-ceed. These societies support schools for the training of executives and employees, have developed practices prac-tices in management and accounting account-ing systems, and have so perfected economical buying and selling that private enterprises profit by their scientific methods of warehousing, stock keeping, and retail distribution. distribu-tion. Empoyees of co-operatives receive re-ceive moderate salaries. Management Manage-ment and operation are on a sound basis. There are no "cut prices," no items sold at a loss merely to attract at-tract trade. There is no watered stock receiving dividends. Customers Cus-tomers get low prices in and out of season and at the end of the year receive small rebates on their total purchases. Members can withdraw at any time and their subscription1 are refunded in full. |