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 It can maintain favorable relations with the trade by
conforming to the highest ethics in business.
 It can hire men who believe in cooperation and fire men
who don't.
 It can be a democratic instead of an autocratic move-
ment.
 It can employ skilled salesmanship.
 It can assemble the commodities and resources of its
members.
 It can employ expert graders and packers
 It can eliminate competition between local organiza-
tions.
 It can decrease wasteful practices.
 It can more easily secure shipping point inspection.
 It can collect claims, improve quality, form pools
 It can help to avoid gluts and famines.
 It can make cheaper credit possible.
 It can make for cooperative production.
 It can make for cooperation in preparation for market.
 It can eliminate a large percentage of the middlemen
dealing in farm crops.
 It can get the grower a quality price when he grows a
quality product.


 BUSINESS DONE BY COOPERATIVES IN 1927

 With the limitations and difficulties of cooperatives
marketing ever in mind, Florida producers may well press
ahead to the work of building their organizations With
the experience of hundreds of farm business enterprises to
guide them, our people have the best possible chance to
construct and guide their own associations so as to become
permanently successful