| Show C OPERATION cooperation CO O THE BASINS opportunity by G P BARBER one hears much ot of operative cooperative co endeavor these days operative cooperative co marketing market ing Is solving many of the ills ot of the farmer and would solve many more were it a more general practice among the farming fraternity practically all workers in all lines of industry have and all in all it appears that the teaching of the wise father who demonstrated the value of operation cooperation co in a living way is bearing fruit when about to end his sojourn on this earth lie he called his sons about him took a single stick and broke it over his knee ile he then took a number of sticks bound them together and tried in vain to break them to his puzzled sons he remarked go your separate ways unaided and the world will trod you under toot foot hold fast together and none can prevail against you the world may well take a lesson from little denmark the farmers of that nation are perhaps the most contented and prosperous on the globe what is the secret operation cooperation co with an area of but square miles denmark supports sports a population of more than two and one half million people the I 1 country is not naturally favored agriculturally having a rather infertile soil and a rainfall of about eight inches a year but the cooperative movement has developed to such an extent that the nation i is s a veritable utopia of contented a and nd we well I 1 faring farm folk it is the ho strongest united power in the country there are thirty seven distinct branches of agricultural cooperation A few of them are the creameries crea meries cow testing associations buying associations selling associations packing plants egg export associations danish bacon company and a host of others and in this connection it might be stated that denmark has less illiteracy than any country in the world according to reliable authority fountain green utah is the yealth lest iest town iu in the state per capita population this Is a fact that la is not generally known however many people associate fountain green with a wool pool a form of operative cooperative co enterprise the reason tor for the litte towns prosperity Is thus sell self evident operative cooperative co marketing spells more money tor for the farmer these examples showing the value ot of operation cooperation co might be multiplied many fold the california orange growers association la is a case in point this is a very efficient and powerful organization and largely controls the california orange industry As a consequence the growers get a fancy price tor for their fruit unorganized they would be pow eless the famous apple growing sections of washington the yakima valley and the wenatchee We natchee country are dotted with fruit growers associations ciati ons skookum brand apples are nationally famous ship atter ship leaves seattle bound tor for foreign ports loaded with thousands of boxes of washington apples there are no hit or miss methods involved in the tha growing or the marketing everything is organized and put on a scientific basis in operation cooperation co lies the basins opportunity for example there is a wonderful opportunity tor for effective operative cooperative co marketing of turkeys and honey these R are re specialized products and the eunity is greatest in that class of 0 commodities lr 0 da t e it Is not the purpose com ls p se 0 f t this h article to give the complete details but a few suggestions might be offered all farmers in the basin who are producing honey and turkeys on a commercial scale or who intend to do so could weli well organic arganie under some such name as the uintah basin honey and turkey producers association A paid secretary would be employed who would look after the interests of the association A few of his duties would be as follows advertising and marketing the products grading and the commodities modi ties work concerned with diseases pests and ailments affecting bees and turkeys packing and storing and transportation problems the disseminating of information which would aid the farmers to take better care of the products furthering the cause of operative cooperative co associations elsewhere with judicious and well planned advertising under an association name which would signify quality there Is no reason why a national market could not be secured tor for the excellent honey and turkeys the basin produces the distance from the railroad is not a serious handicap in marketing these products as they are not especially perishable the above does not apply solely to turkeys and honey these two are given simply by way of example the operative cooperative co effort could be er tended into broader fields in time operation cooperation co embraces better fellowship low ship and BETTER fellowship IS WHAT WE NEED IN THIS BASIN there is too much petty jealousy between individuals and towns too much competition of a thoroughly undesirable nature many blany small which should pull together for the common good are steeped in ill the doctrine of love nobody but thyself what is the result stagnation which eventually means death it is not the writers aim to cri criticize t many blany thinking people in taa the e basin realize that the above is true proof of it may be found in the matter of education A man refuses to support a high school because it located in ills his own town or because its resources are not equal to those of an old and established outside school lie he sends his sons and daughters outside then lie he proceeds to knock the home school ile he tails fails to see sea that rome in a day and that the outside institution in S tit ution does not contribute to the up building of his own community to the extent that the home school does educational facilities are needed at home the uintah basin is isolated from the more populous sections of the state and our forward looking citizens realize that what is needed Is a vigorous and enthusiastic policy ol 01 boosting the basin and an intelligent operation cooperation co of every element here our very needs make this imperative A sane and optimistic state of mind Is a wonderful asset to an individual or a group of when the wise father herfor performed med the experiment with the sticks I 1 he le meant to impress his sons with the idea or self evident truth that united w we 0 stand divided we tall fall |
