The VALLEY SETTLER IS published
every Friday by the Matanuska Val
ley Farmers’ Cooperating Associa
tion at Palmer, Alaska.
Mng.Editor, Mrs, Verna Eastham
Subscription rates: yl.00 year
by mail: 1,50 year
Mailed anywhere: 10j^ a copy
Reporter: Mrs.Carl Erickson
This paper is issued for the pun
pose of giving info mat ion and
news of the Matanuska Valley Farm
ers' Cooperating Association's work
ppoblems, accomplishments and also
news of local and general interest;
and to help foster the cooperative
spirit of the farmers of the
Matanuska Valley.
I
.COLVIN WRITES US:
^received a letter from Dr.H.M.
Co,vin, Counsel for the Works Pro
gr»*s3 Administration, and our friend
*«?nd it says in part:
"THE VALLEY SETTLER keeps those of
us in Washington pasted on what
is going on in the Colony and the
Valley. It is a great help to me.
Naturally it is impossible for me
to carry on correspondence with
the different Colonists and to
know how they are getting along.
The .Valley Settler goes a long
way .towards solving, the. difficul
ty with its pages,of interesting
news about local happenings a*
well as its official announcements
of the Cooperating Association,
Civic Association and other organ
izations which are doing so much
for the progress of the Colony."
At the same time he has enclosed a
clipping from the "Washington Post"
which he felt members of the Matan
uska Valley Cooperating Association
would be interested in. The clip
ping shows that representatives of
the Protestant, Catholic’and Jewish
religions have met in conference in
support of cooperative associations.
Cooperative associations are spoken
•f by the Christians as "the Chris
tian mode of industry--and the co
operative movement is strikingly in
harmony with Christian ethics."'
Both Catholic and Jewish representa
tives to the conference wore strongly
in favor of the Cooperative movement.
"FARM WOMEN GET. TOGETHER"
From the"News for Fanner Coopera
tives" comes the following:
"North Carolina’s first curb mar
ket for women was started on the
Anson County courthouse green
16 years ago.
"By last year the curb market move
ment had spread out until farm
women in early one-half of North
Carolina's 100 counties were co
operating to market more advan
tageously their poultry, eggs,
vegetables, fruits, cream, butter,
canned goods, flowers, meats, and
home-cooked foods.
"And where once the curb market
sales were measured in hundreds of
dollars, in 1936 these cooperative
sales totaled well over half a
million dollars. Of this figure,
$262,841 came from sales made
strictly on the curb market while
the remainder was received for
other cooperative sales and ship
ments by the farm women. ,
"All has not been easy sailing in
the development of curb markets.
At first the ideh met opposition
at the hands of merchants who
thought the curb market, would
interfere with their trade in
green groceries. However, mer
I chants found that they xr,ore than
[gained in additional purchasesof
staple goods by the farm women.
They were also relieve of the risk
that goes with the handling of
perishable good^.J
"Under the present plan the markets
are operated on Saturdays and
sometine s on Wednesday. The mar
ket is generally opened early and
closed before noon. " ;
"A "Fair Price" committee decides
on an equitable price for all pro*?
ducts and they are sold on that
basis. Each woman, hpwever, stand
behind her Ooods and it's up to
her to hpve them properly graded t
and to display salesmanship to
dispose of thorn profitably."
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