Show cooperative system discussed recently 1 at utah university 1 the people were very under their cooperative system said president george 5 thomas of the university of U ph h concern incur ing early stats state pion pioneers cers this w week eek for almost the first time in twenty years year the pres dent took over an economics cass hour meeting in regular se sess s conj on andl and d ng n m president thomas explained the various coope cooperative raiva ener pr ses undertaken by the pioneers and briefly outlined their success the early irrigation system wes entirely cooperative no bonds were issued no debt iwu incurred it was organized under a leader usually a bishop and each man worked on the main canal or canals for a share of the water lie he could not how however everA receive more water than his land needed and lie he could not get more than his work entitled him to even i though his land required more A water master was usually ele elected cled and paid by the shareholders originally the water belonged to the land dr thomas said and one could not be sold without the other though later this rule was altered schools too were cooperative the building and fuel being furnished by the community and each student paying a small fee to the teacher usually about 3 for three months this tuition was often in the form of produce or store pay the student giving the teacher an order at the local store for merchandise to the amount of the tuition cooperative stores were also owned by the pioneers dr thomas explained but successful ones were usually soon bought out by individuals the title to land was acquired on a cooperative basis and the new england common which originated as a community pasture with a paid herder was a popular and successful institution in early utah |