Editor.Dorothy M. Bell
Palmer, Alaska Advertising . Juno Knoff
Published once a week at Palmer, Alaska, for the Matanuska Val ley Farmers1 Cooperating
association for the purpose of giving news of the Associations* work, problems and
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Your editor has worked on this paper for almost six years and she feels that It quite
Ions enough for one person. It is time that someone with different or shall we say
new Ideas takes over.
During the past six years we have gone through sene rough times. Your association
has been attacked from without and within, but it has finally emerged on tep—or
shall we say it has been on the upward trend for the past few years. We hope that
these who decided to leave the ship and paddle their own canoes are happy in their
choice.
As I believe I have told you many times, I believe in Cooperatives-especi^lly the
farmers1 cooperatives. I oeliave in them because I can remember the days of low
prices before the days when'cooperatives were strong enough to be effective. Now the
farmer has bargaining power and can stand cn equal footing with other businesses. In
dependent farmers, whether they realize it or not, are benefited by the very existence
of cooperatives.
Cooperatives do more than just helping the farmer obtain good prices for his products.
Cooperatives have raised the standard of farm products so that consumers also benefit
from farmers1 cooperatives. Cooperatives open up new markets for the farmer. They
buy his seed, feed and other farm necessities in carload lots so that his production
costs can be lowered. No other industry has had to bpy on a retail market and sell
at wholesale prices as the farmer has had to do. Finally, the cooperatives are trying
to dc something in production control to avoid excessive surpluses* In this field
they have a long way to go.
When you feel like crltisizing your cooperative, keep in mind that constructive criti
cism is always welcome, but the destructive kind can do you untold harm. It bounces
right back at you and ruins your own market, and it can also ruin ymir credit rating
with the wholesale firms you depend upon for your production needs.
With this last issue I*leave with you my sincere wishes for a bright and j^rosperous
future. May you choose your directors wisely, and support them in their tireless
efforts to promote the welfare of the Association. Au Revoir
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