ANOTHER CO-OPERATIVE CONCERN.

Northern Advocate, 23 August 1913, Page 6

ANOTHER CO-OPERATIVE CONCERN.

CANTERBURY FRUITGROWERS MOVING.

Canterbury fruitgrowers are following the lead given by Auckland and Hawke's Bay orchardists by

forming a provincial co-operative society by which it is expected that the marketing of fruit, both for local consumption and export, will be greatly improved. The new society which was formed last week, is a purely co-operative one, with one-man-one-vote, a limit of dividend payable on capital and distribution of profits in proportion to the value of the produce sent in by members. The primary object of the society is to secure higher profits to growers. Later on, the society Avill be utilised to work up the export trade in fruit, and to distribute practically all the supplies required by fruitgrowers. Such a society will also be necessary to take advantage of the Government proposals for the lending of money for the erection of cool stores and canning factories. At the present time, all fruit sent to South America from New Zealand is shipped under one mark as " Grown in New Zealand." With the society in a position to guarantee a specified number of cases from growers, the fruit could carry the society's brand, which would benefit all Canterbury growers. That provincial district produces the best Stunner apples, but under present methods of shipment this distinction is absolutely lost.