Show I RUSSIA RUSSA LES CO M Membership In Organizations Organizations Now Number 22 Million P Persons WAShINGTON AlI Aug tiP Co operative 0 Societies In the Union have grown geown Id hi the he last few vear to a membership of 2200 OO 00 1 leports gathered by the Rus- Rus Russ Rus's Russian s 's sian n Information bureau here herc show The Cooperatives Cooperatives' membership In oil aa othe other countries Is given as 8 The government It g said takes no part In the business s processes es of the Cooperatives tx- tx cx- cx to facilitate credis credits and assIst ii 11 extending their capital FOI trade carried on omi last ast p by the Cooperatives for tor their Is shown to have amount amount- j d to about The The Consumers Consumers' Coo CooperatIves foremost in importance now In- In Includes eludes with 42 shops and stores and The busl- busl business nel ness turnover last Jast year pal was re- re parted to have bOtn been Next In Importance to the tho Con Con- simer Cooperatives are the agri- agri Cooperatives with 4 societies ant and peasant peasant members Their business turn turn- ocr oer 11 ill 1924 was In addition to these two oth other r co operative co-operative socIeties include house home craftsmen embracing pot pot- pottery tory tery makers makers carvers weavers metal Workers painters and oth- oth other yr er artisans housing building and ana renting local credit timber In In- and hunters and trappers 00 |