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Cont. from page 3
then we deserve to fold up and die.
Ton years ago the Matanuska Valley
didn't sell enough produce to pay
for the freight that was collected
from the Co-op during the year. By
faith in the future,'hard work on
the part of the farmers, and aggros
ive salesmanship on the part of the
management of the Co-op, ve have in
creased the take-home pay to the
farmer.-over tenfold in ton years..,
There is plenty of room for new far
mers and more farm products if a
progressive campaign is made to get
the market.
Let’s think in terms of progress
rather than taking the negative at
titude. ^ ^ RASMU$SlN
Ai TENDS ANNUAL MEETING
Cap Boeman, manager of the Anchor
age Dairy, came to Palmer to attend
the Annual meeting of the Co-op
last -Friday.._;__
ANNUAL MEETING .
Cont. from page 1
Hr. Bsslinger pointed out that due
to the increased volume of business
done by the Association, the over
head had row been brought down to
6^o. The report showed that the As
sociation had increased its business
from a little better than l£ million
to a little over 2 million.
Carl Rasmussen gave a report on the
activities of the Board of Directors
during the past year. According to
his report 38 meetings -were held.
Main problems facing the Board had
been the violation of contracts by
some of the members, reconditioning
the Cf-jariery plant to conform with
Territorial Health regulations, the
construction of the hew- steam line
to connect the Dormitory and Staff
houses with the central heating sys
tem, and the painting and repair of
as many of the buildings as was pos
sible. Hr. Rasmussen explained in
his report that it had been necessary
to take action to force some of the
members to abide by their contracts
in order to protect the interests of
the association. When the Associa
tion makes a contract with the Army
or anyone else, it depends upon the
members to supply the goods to ful
fill that contract.• Should it fail
in meeting its bids, the whole asso
ciation would'suffer in that it would
not get any more bids. Therefore, it
v,as necessary to enforce these con
tracts in order to protect the'mem
bership as a whole. Otherwise, any
member would violate his contract
whenever lie chose to do so, and this
could do great harm to the whole mem
bership.
It might v.ell be explained hero that
members ..’.ay be suspended for other
reasons then violation of contracts,
■henevur, a member discontinues pro
duction and does not therefore use
hi£ associction to market any pro
duce, his name is taken from the vot
ing list until such time as he re
sumes production.
Following a bountiful lunch prepared
by Les Ray, Phil McRae and Leon Fauri<
the meeting was resumed at one O’
clock.
Ihe afternoon session was openw.d-’to
questions from the membership regard
ing any point not clearly understood
in the reports. One of the questions
asked was wtiy the Anchorage Dairy was
jharged with so much advertising end
the dreamery so little. This point
'/as explained by both Fsslinger and
i'ilson. Whenever Ice Cream, eggs or
atftor products sold by the Creamery '
slant in I aimer is sent to anchorage,
the Dairy is billed for that product,
[t then becomes the product of the
Cont. on page 6, col. 1