The VALLEY'SETTLER is published
every Thursday by the Katar.uska
Va 11 iiy. Eazracrar - C • .> ope r ailing --
Association at Palmer, Alaska.
ring.Edit or, Mrs , V.. rna las cl .air
Subscription rates; fjpi(CO a year
by mail: £15.1 a year
Mailed anywhere: 1")^ a copy
This paper is issued for the pur
pose of giving information and
news of the Matanuska Valley
Farmers’ Cooperating Association’s
work, problems and accomplishments
and also news cf local and general
interest; and to help foster the
cooperative spirit of the farmers
of the Matanuska Valley.
Wc solicit the frank and honest,
expressions cf opinion and ideas
from members and employee3 of
the Cooperating Association and
the people of the Community at
large. ...a
SELF-INTEREST JUSTIFIED
"Self-interest is justified ~nd to
be commended as a valuable human
trait. Self-interest dictates to
the sane clear-thinkin^, nan. gt poll
ing of his interests with his
fellow mm, especially when that
.fellow man is engaged in the same
kind of enterprise,. It is the
strongest an ■ most logical appeal
for cooperative organisation.
11 it cannot', howe/er, be short
sighted. It must Iook far beyond
the present need. It must consi
der the welfare of the individual
participant, not only now but in
the future. - The sound Christian
philosophy of 'all for each and
each for all' is a good business
doctrine as well."
-- Ralph^Snyder, President
of tiio Wichita Bank for
Cooperatives
We also read in Cooperative litera
ture that our organizations ui.Jit
probably m^re rightly be called
"cooperative individualism".
Clear-thinking organizers are
3trussing the idea that Cooperative
management is a 3ure way to bring
hotter returns to a greater number
of iaUividuals.
AMD ARE WE PROTJrJ
. In. nT.its_ iL .&?lQw._z.tiLa jK£atker_ajad
a strong cold wind blowing, there wn
a [■.cod gathering of earnest citi
zens at tr ' CL vie Association meet
ing Tuesday night.
Those who came J>41 they got "their
| money’s worth’1. It was without
i doubt the finest and moat business
like meeting ever held in the Valle?
Rral facts-ptho facts we want--were
presented in orderly'fashion by men
who b«= lieve in our representative
government, and cur power to govern
r'ursetves! The entire meeting was
handled by the Civic Council in a
manner which was a credit to the
intelligence of tho people of this
Valley,
The long list of accomplishments
listed by the Council in their an
nual report strengthened the genera,
feeling of 'thinking1 people that
the. Civic, Aassociatior. of which we
are a part and the Civic Council
which-represents us are the founda
tion of a firm and stable government
The quality of the1meeting made
stranger. cur belief and faith in the
oppert unfit To s for Intelligent self
government. There was no sign of
hysteria or radicalism. There,
plain, to see, on the fAc^s of the
end women present at that meet
v.ras the 3orious dotorm3nation
to help detop-1op this community to
the position of prosperity;, and; re
spect which it deserves.
DO WE NEED A HUMANE SOCIETY?
It would se?m sr, Departing Colon
ists have a 'habit' of leaving! thei:
PJts behind to fond for th.errisep.vcs
to starve or freeze or become h pub
lic nuisance. But mors important,
there arc people here in the Volley
who don't t-akr care of their p.-ts
or stock in a manner that can be
considered intelligent or humane,
Ic it up to the Civic Council rr
some other local organization to
start a Humane Society to 3oe rnat
-t-Qsj animals aren't mistreated?
I7e have received consider able data',
as to th method .of starting such an
organization, which is available to
any group who will undertake this.