| Show le W prominent romi 0 A lent nent to operators cooperators peak A here oa patent extent of cooperative jlove ment surprises conference visitors i group of about 50 members ibbe A sevier county cooperative aj visitors heard with interest 2 discourses on coo cooperative cooperate av e ac given at the cooperative station uon conference held saturday rd the me richfield high school with 1 so C stewart Ste part state supervise acthen J the workers education W in charge ibn nordmark in charge chang e of the tive education section of P PA program ram gave a brief fey of the cooperative move at at the opening session satur ly morning he has made an study of the cooperative pent li rement in various states and op countries and the extent ailt jt in the united states accord it to information he submitted us MS surprising to most of his I 1 hirers 1 yr mr nordmark explained that it cooperative dairy was the ato organize in the united bw and that there are now ap p ai abely cooperatives various types with a member kp bp of three and one half million te amers the me cooperative credit rions ions now rank next to dairy co J octives Kra tives in extent of in im in 1936 they loaned to their members most of aiom om ordinarily could not get dit at banks started first for of gas and oil colsum cooperatives are beginning to inch anch into other fields and are op sting in 36 states federated inthe i national cooperative of licano mr nordmark stated iven yen impetus by a survey report kat at in 1935 only one eighth of the kamers of the country had use of bric power the rural elec cooperative movement mi vr growing owing fast fifty five d miles of lines have been set since 1935 mr nordmark dmark stat t ohio furnishing the best ex aple aiple of work in this line types of cooperative insurance md medical cooperatives were rationed also utah mr nord erk said has 35 different coop addes eaves including wool poultry iry and livestock producer co Kra tera tives credit unions ansur see ke and consumer cooperatives iff f help cooperatives which pron work projects for farmers axing the dull season on the farm fe 61 were cited I 1 george A christensen one of A e founders of the bear river lutral life insurance company ae e company responsible for the baing of the first law allowing imperatives in utah reviewed the lowth of the organization from pall beginnings mr christensen aed ed that cooperatives are built iz fa the philosophy of fellowship ad suggested that it is about time ir cooperatives to begin cooperate sr richard J dark clark of salt lake ao initiated the movement to tart credit unions among railroad vz i in salt lake in 1934 explain va the federal plan under which e unions operate and cited cases Y valuable assistance rendered alembert al embers there are 55 different unions in salt lake but no aral Q credit unions strictly for anners have been organized al ahugh agh work vork of organizing some iral credit is underway in S k george and in sanpete county N I 1 was reported A bond of corn com ton interest is necessary for a wit rit group mr dark clark explained at the afternoon session of the inference li ference J R beus manager uie the weber central dairy at ogi i was an interesting speaker ae stressed the point that heavy auction auction MUc tion on individual farms is 4 be only means of making dairy co ok natives ya tives work to the advantage tte producer he explained this athe the fact that the overhead over head 9 t of collecting milk in small will ties over a large area is a t factor in lowering the price can be paid for the product brodu C t in other speakers at the afternoon ion ion were dr joseph geddes of the department of soci boci ay of the utah state W wa college who also is chairman 10 f the e state health board and a ber of the executive commit kt of the utah cooperative as aa alon and justin C stewart gedd gaddes e spoke on opportunities 4 and d values es derived from cant aft ler er cooperation and mr stew discussed kt ab is cussed cooperative aduca 1 display of clothing made by a operative in t the he east was shown |
