ELDER BENSON of
LOS AND EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY of NATL
COUNCIL of CO-OPS
YJSITEp PALMER
V A few people from Palmer were
fqrtunate in hnv ? ng the opportune
ty of hearing Elder Ezra T.Benson
speak last,Tuesday afternoon in
the Extension Office. He was able
to stop over in Palmer for a very
short time,. It was not known that
he would be here until Tuesday noon
therefore, it was impossible to get
word to very many people.
Elder Ezra T. Benson is a member
of the Council of the Awelve
Apostles of the Mormon Church, with
Headquarters at Salt Lake City. He
is also Executive Secretary of the
National Council of Farmers’ Co
• operatives.
Elder Benson emp'&sized four main
objectives in his short, but very
interesting address on Tuesday. He
compared the farm of the producer
to a manufrcturing plant,-C>n rhifih
the farmer produces products for
the market. He manufacufces a uniru
form product .that the public can
depend upon. He produces a product
for which his plant is particularly
adapted.
First: The manufacturer, decides
upon the amount and kind of. market
ing machinery and equipment that he
needs to get his product on the
market. In the case of the farmpr
that is the Cooperative.
Second: I art of the marketing mach
inery must be* owned and controlled
by the manufacturef’ .which in this
case is the fermer*(;
Third: It Is necessary that he
continue in business and maintains „
his marketing equipment. When the
•farmers agree on ;the marketing set
up they should have,, they must sticl
to the Association. There are al
ways outside companies who ,c.ome. .in
and pull some ’members away by pay
ing a few cents: mare. However, ; ■
thereafter they pay their own price,
Fourth: The members of' the C.op.per- 1
ative must, be educated in the bapic'
principles of'Cooperatives* 1
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About 50 farmers consisting of the
Vegetable Gorwers of the Valley met
Ln the Community Hall on Monday eve
ning .
The requirements of the U,S#
Standard No. 1 vegetables were given
)y Ted Carter. These requirements
were given in detail and will soon
3e printed, so that farmers may know
sxaotlT, what is acceptable on the
narket,
Roland Snodgrass explained the
reasons for setting up these Stan**
2ards and also gave some tentative
narket prices that nyy be expected.
The Standards were accepted by
;he members present with the pro
vision that a committee be elected
;o revise the standards as' is deemed
lecessary from' time to tine and also
;o help maintain those.accepted* The
:emmitt®e'tiectc<f Included five
nembers--G eerge ;_,McN; eeSb? Harry
>etir5,-45r.dB- JchansoftV-K *arcld I5inke!l
md Wm. Casler.
A general discussion of mnrketihg
*ollowed.
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•SGT. BERT STEWART WOUNDED-OKINAWA
Sgt. Bert Stewart who is with the
Jixth Marine Division was wounded on
Jkinawa according to word received
iere# Bert has been in the battles
)f Marshal Islands, Saipan* Guam and
;hen Okinawa* He landed on Okinawa
irith the first contingent of troups
ind was wounded on May 22. He- vms
;ransferred to the Fleet Hospital,
mt expects to be back in the:thick
>f fighting shortly. Bob Stewart is
.n the Navy and has travelled all
jver the Atlantic from Greenland to
Ingland, and the Mediterranean. Be
ms on a boat off shore on D. Day !
it Normandy, >
Bert's and Bob's parents are re
siding rnt Wapoto, Washington*
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FIRST LIEUT. PILOT FLOYB
McCullough home on so-day furlough
Lieut. Floyd McCullough is visitin
lis parents in Anchorage aftor re
turning from England.r ,;He made 14
nissions over Germany before he was
ihot down and became a prisoner of
far* •