WHAT CO-OPS ARE DOING
What Co-ops Are Doiny Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement ORGANIZE CONSUMER CO-OP WASHINGTON, D. C—"The experience of nine trade unionists in Bremerton, Wash., proves once again that...
...a j. Dates Announced for Schools NEW YORK CITY—The fifth annual National Cooperative Recreation school will te held June 14 to 26 at Heidelberg College...
...A "fun day" under the direction of Jean Adams and Robert Mctzger, preceded the meeting...
...Reduced prices on all brands of fertilizer have come through the avowed effort of the plant food combine to defeat the effectiveness of these cooperative production operations...
...Folk dancing, singing, games and discussion on co-op recreation were included on the one-day program...
...He points out that through their union workers get increased wages and better working conditions...
...All inquiries about the school and applications for admission should be sent to Frank Shil-ston, Midland Cooperative Wholesale, 739 Johnson st., Minneapolis...
...It handles gasoline, tires and sundries, and groceries...
...Second, trade unionists who operate a co-operative add to their economic strength collective spending power, which decreases the possibility of losing the gains of collective bargaining through increased living costs...
...National Recreation association, who will lead group singing and instrumental music...
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...Most thrilling topic on the program of the convention was the report of progress in the cooperative manufacture of fertilizer, and the esulllng effect on all fertilizer prices in the state...
...Assets at the close of 1939 amounted tn Sl,-098,162, with net worth standing at $634,485...
...In 1939 the Farm Bureau Cooperative association reported a total volume of $7,057.Olif...
...The author, R. H. Edwards, tells the dramatic story of the growth of the Bremerton Co-op from a study club of nine union men to a full-fledged co-op store and declares...
...folk games and dancing will be taught by Marion Skean, Homeplace, Kentucky and Alice Schwiebert, Northwestern university...
...united with the Indiana Farm Bureau Cooperative Association to construct another plant at Glcndale (near Cincinnati) and purchased the land for a fifth factory at Columbus...
...This represents an increase of 26 per cent over last year, but January sales showed that the wholesale ls already ahead of its budget...
...Because it has been found advisable to bar employees from the hoard, changes were made in the by-laws to that effect...
...The reorganized co-op wholesale, learning several important lessons from its experience In "getting off on the wrong foot" took over a "sick" organization which today has nearly cleared all debts...
...Participation in the co-operative movement extends the scope of Labor's program in three directions instead of only one...
...What Co-ops Are Doiny Timely Events in the Co-operative Movement ORGANIZE CONSUMER CO-OP WASHINGTON, D. C—"The experience of nine trade unionists in Bremerton, Wash., proves once again that Consumer Co-operation is a type of self help which working men and women can begin rendering unto themselves immediately, regardless of the smallness of their number...
...One year ago only two cooperative societies patronized the co-op wholesale but now 18 do so regularly...
...The meeting was held in one of the dining halls of the University of California Student Cooperative Association, one of the largest campus co-ops in the country, and two of its members were elected to the board...
...Third, trade umonis s operating a co-operative have themselves become employers of labor, and thus are in a position to set standards of labor practices and policies...
...In sponsoring this school, the Cooperative League recognizes the significance of recreation as an educational force, and is attempting to meet the growing demand for leaders who combine recreational skills with insights in the field of cooperative education...
...An auditing committee was plerted with powers to inspect nn'l advise mfmber societies on auditing and bookkeeping procedure and to help new societies set up hooks...
...Predominant subjects during a lively discussion period wore the question of method for distribution of patronage savings for 1939, and next steps in the historic drive of Ohio cooperatives for reduced fertilizer costs...
...j. j. ASSOCIATED CO-OPS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INCREASES BUSINESS (By J. H. ENGBECK) BERKELEY, Calif.—About one hundred representatives of consumer cooperatives In northern California attended the annual meeting of Associated Cooperatives of northern California here, elected a new board of directors and other officers and heard reports of progress during the year...
...Ruth Chorpenning and James NorrLs, of the professional theater, will direct dramatics...
...This conclusion is reached In an article in the "American Federalion-lst," official AFL magazine...
...director, music service...
...Northwestern university, who will lecture on the theory of recreation and group leadership...
...ThU will add $13,391 to the savings already made by the 200 cooperatives which own and control the wholesale...
...Fina action on the question left the matter to the discretion of the board < directors...
...During the past 18 months the Ohio Farm Bureau cooperatives joined with the GLF cooperatives of New York in the purchase of a large fertilizer factory at Baltimore: built a fertilizer plant at Alliance, Ohio, and another at Maumce, Ohio...
...Augustus D. Zanzig...
...Earnings for 1933 totaled $211,681, an increase of 76 per cent over the 1938 figure of $120,468...
...Earnest contention by some delegates was to the point that the nearly $50,000 reserved from earnings for patronage dividends should be paid to the local co-ops in cash to strengthen the working capital of the locals...
...The program of the school is designed to provide training for recreation leadership and will include folk dancing, dramatics, instrumental music, crafts, games, group singing and puppetry as well as lecturers on the principles of organization and leadership in the field of recreation and a seminar on the cooperative movement...
...Among the staff which will include recognized authorities in the several fields of recreation are Miss Neva Boyd, department of sociology and division of social work...
...an increase of 4.8 per cent over its $6,731,588 business in 1938...
...E. C. W.'s board of directors also vetoed to set up an anticipated sales budget of $1,350,000 for 1940...
...Just as earnestly, and a bit more vigorously perhaps, argued others that it should be paid in stock, thus enabling the wholesale to enlarge its capital for expanded services...
...The result is a triple-strength trade union movement...
...OHIO FARM BUREAU CO-OPS REPORT 57,000,000 BUSINESS (By Oilman Calkins, Assistant Editor, Ohio Farm Bureau News) COLUMBUS, Ohio—About 290 delegates and other representatives form the 81 County Farm Bureau Cooperatives in Ohio, shareholder-members of the Farm Bureau Cooperative Association, meeting here for the annual meeting of the wholesale cooperative, heard report of the past year's activities, elected directors for expiring terms, and mapped the course for 1940...
...The total cost of the school, which Includes tuition and living expenses, is $35 per person...
...The banquet was served by the student cooperative and would have cost much more than the nominal sum of 35 cents per plate at some other establishment...
...Tiffin, Ohio, the Cooperative League of the USA, sponsor of the school, has announced...
...EASTERN CO-OP WHOLESALE DIVIDEND BROOKLYN, N. Y.—The Eastern Cooperative wholesale, which broke the million-dollar-a-year volume for the first time in its history last year, voted to pay a patronage divid3nd of l't per cent of the year's purcheses to its local retail societies...
...In spite of the increase of approximately si per ton in the cost of ra» materials i b cause of the nitrates required and the war demand for nitrates) it was explained, the spring price on basic 2-12-6 will be $1 less than the price last fall, and reductions on other formulas will average about $3...
Vol. 10 • March 1940 • No. 12
