The Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. THURSDAY, JAN. 29. 1920. DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATION

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XLV, Issue 11990, 29 January 1920, Page 4

The Rangitikei Advocate. TWO EDITIONS DAILY. THURSDAY, JAN. 29. 1920. DEVELOPMENT OF CO-OPERATION

THE development of the co-operative idea, as applied to business, has been somewhat striking of late, and it has a bearing on the future that demands some consideration. Cooperation in such matters as dairying, and many other industrial operations is. however, quite different from‘,co-operatiou in commercial work, in that, in the one case the co-operators are still engaged in , their own special work, while m the other they co-operate against those engaged in other work. No one can question their right to do the latter —the only thing requiring consideration is whether it is wise, or in the best interests of the community. That savings may be effected by it is undeniable, but it is also certain that there must be consumers as well as producers, and the trader has a right to live. Moreover, where is cooperation to end ? We have been led to reflect on this subject by certain published facts relating -to the doings of co-operative Institutions and combines. We have seen our > Farmers’ Union—originally established with the hope of uniting farmers to protect themselves against poiiti- [ cal aggressors and extremists, and to ■check extortion by any class—utilisting its force in developing cooperative business and trading, and latterly allying itself with similar great co-operative trading; farmer's institutions lu Australia and South Africa, Almost at the same time that this alliance was reported, there came a message from Loudon starting that on one day alone there ware live amalgamations of firms with a total capital of £24,000,000, and that powerful combines now control the shipping, engineering, shipbuilding, cotton, and motor industries. While it may be quite true that, so far as the individual trader is concerned, it makes little difference to him whether his principal competitor is a co-operative society or a combine, it is surely possible that co-operation in business by the producers may be necessary to light the financial combines. We observe that our Farmers’ Union has proclaimed that “Cooperation is the Sovereign Principle,” and with this we agree,’ provided it is complete. What we chiefly desire to point out at present, however, is that the success of such co-operation—and it must necessarily bo successful—will inevitably lead to its extension. It is not such a far cry from co-operation to the demands of the miners and others for larger share of the profits of trade or industry. Co-operation is becoming so universal and all-embracing that it will not be long before all classes will desire to engage in it. It will be argued that if it is beneficial to particular sections it must be good for all. Now there v ill b« only one way in which every individual can benefit by co-operation, and this will be b3 7 the State taking over control of all the work of production, manufacture, ' and distribution. This, of course, would be unsafe, and utterly inadvisable, bo long as a State is,,liable to be distracted by party warfare. Therefore we feel impelled to utter caution a uni net too extensive development of co-onera-tioa in the present state of human progress. It possesses enormous advantages to those engaged in it, and under present conditions cmrfarmers and all others are perfectly justified in gaining those advantages. But it is worth while considering where and to what it must eventually lead. In our opinion the more rigidly it develops and the greater she urea of its operations, the sooner- will we reach permanent- improvement of social conditions If novt-loped on proper lines it will also not mea n the extinction of the trader who now relies on his own enterprise and capital.

Than.es Borough Council has chosen Saturday as the half-holiday. 3-’here are said to bo no fewer than 37 solicitors paying practising fees in Hamilton.

The transport Powhattan has been docked at Halifax. The crew are safe.

It is reported that the Salvation Army intends entering upon a huge trading scheme in New Zealand, and will open branches in various centres. It is supposed that the cause of the destruction of the dam from which Te A wamutu.is supplied was a cloudburst.

A Chinese fruiterer in Auckland who, ‘it was proved, liad sold mildewy strawberries and refused to return the money which he had charged for them, has been fined £3 and costs. For refusing accommodation to two men whose motor lorry had broken down, George L. Washer, licensee of the Kangmri Hotel, near Huntly, has been fined £lO and also ordered to pay £lO for selling liquor after hours.

Tuesday was es-Kaisor Wilhelm’s 61st birthdav. He was born on January 37th, 1859, and is the oldest son of the lateFredrich HI., German Emperor and King of Prussia, who died on June 15, 1888, 39 years after the ox-Kaiser’s birth.

A firm of nurserymen at Hamilton have been fined £1 for selling fruit trees undergrade for which the maximum penalty is £2O. The Government orchard instructor said the regulations provided that trees should boB-16thsin diameter, whereas those sold ranged from 6-16ths to 7T6ths. At the inquest on A. O. Aspland, who died while bathing with his sou at St Helier’s Bay, the verdict was in accordance with a doctor’s evidence that death was due to heart failure, and probably hastened by the shock of going into the water after a meal.

At Rotorua .a man who had his motor lorry wrecked by a train at a crossing, was fined 5s aud costs, the Magistrate remarking that he was liable to a fine of £lO for attempting to drive a motor car over a railway crossing when a train was approaching, and within half a mile from such crossing. Thus a man’s property may be damaged and he be made to pay for the damage. , •** •

The visits of female moving picture and theatrical stars to the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation have been officially banned. Officials estimate that the recent visit of a famous artiste caused a loss of £2OOO through the men watching, her instead of working. The men spent two minutes looking at the fair visitor —and 15 talking about her after her departure, during which time shipbuilding practically ceased.

The Mayor of Auckland states that the amount involved in the purchase of the tramways by the city will total £1,339,463. It has been decided by the Council to authorise the issue of debentures under the tramway loan, totalling a million aud a quarter and maturing in 1940. The Council’s share of the profits in the last year of the company’s owner ship totalled £3885, a reduction of £5030 on the previous year, due to losses during the epidemic. The Otago Daily Times states that about three months ago a miner was killed while working in one of the Kaitangata mines, and his widow has since obtained compensation through the courts. The miners absented themselves from work between the day of the fatality, which occurred at the end of a week, and the day of the funeral on the following Tuesday. They are now to be prosecuted for a breach of the award. About 320 men are concerned. The cases will be hoard at the next sit ting of the court at Kaitangata in March.

A narrow escape from instant death by electrocution was experienced in Melbourne on £th instant by George . Cronin and Robert Knowles, labourers employed at the Melbourne Electric Supply Works at Richmond, They were engaged on drilling work at a place where a new air duct is being constructed, and while Cronin was holding the drill, aud Knowles was drilling the hammer, the drill struck an underground electric cable carrying 5000 volts A huge flame shot up, and Cronin was thrown to the ground 15 feet away When picked up, he was found to be severely burnt about his face and arms, and was suffering from shock. Fortunately the two men had been standing on some wooden planks, which acted as non-conductors, and saved them from being electrocuted. Knowles was not hurt.

Speaking at a civic reception at Wellington to the New South Wales Orchestra, Mr Louis Cohen of Wanganui, said the orchestra had grown round the personality aud ardour of the man. All great things were the t result of some great personality, j The Couservatorium and the or- ! chestra had become such a feature in j the Commonwealth because they had .1 found the man. (Applause). It was , the duty of New Zealand to find the man, (Hear, Hear.) If they could not find him outside they might find him inside the country. Art was the enduring monument of the vitality of a people, aud music was the greatest art, because it transcended all consciousness and gave us visions of the infinite. It was a necessary ingredient in the life of a community. (Applause.) He had worked for years among the grave j and reverend seigniors of tiie Uni - j versify Senate to get a couserva- *, torium, and a resolution had been j passed eventually in its favour, but j nothing had bfeen done. It was i time that some able, influential | people should now start the move- j meat, in the presence of M. Yer- i brugghen and that concrete shape | should be given to the proposal for a i Dominion State-subsidised orchestra, j While the iron was hot, with a man ! like M. Yerbrugghen hei;e, they j should endeavour to mould the | scheme into something definite, j (Loud Applause,) \ •'

McGrner’s Summer Sale now iu progress is attracting large crowds of buyers. -The firm this week are showing a good line of ladies’ black wool and cotton cashmere hosp at 2s Cd pair. See the windows for. a list of wonderful bargains in useful summer goods,* Residents of this district are at present getting considerable advantage from the fact that a member of the well known Marten firm The Economic (Low aud Gregory), was iu England shortly after the Armisan:I k was able to place contracts on very" favourable for all classes of household goods, which the firm are now selling at far below’ today’s mill costs.

Mr Atmore, M.P., has declined the invitation to go to Samoa.

“The Federal Cabinet has proclaimed Anzao Day (April 25th) a national public holiday.

The immediate cause of Lord Plnnket’s death was hemorrhage of the stomach.

The Wellington Magistrate fined Charles lugiis £3O and costa on a charge of betting in an hotel, Wellington North Branch of the Labour Party has passed a resolution protesting against the Samoata trip.

Palmerston North ratepayers yesterdav sanctioned loans amounting to over £IOO,OOO for various borough works. According to Mr Massey the present number of pigs in the country is little over 200,000, which is a decrease of 113, 000 since 1911. At Christchurch, F. J. Needham and Claude Smellie of the N.Z. Shipping Co., have been remanded on a charge of negligently loading on the Taiuui, benzine in leaky receptacles contrary to the regulations. Canterbury College Governors have accepted Mr Bell’s gift of £BOOO to establish a School of Journalism.' The University Senate has also adopted recommendations of the committeefor the Diploma of Journalism. Among those who returned by the Bremen is Mother Mary Joseph Aubert, founder of the Sisters of Compassion. She is aged 84, and has been visiting Soldiers in Rome during the war. “ Mr Martens stated at Washington that he has received word from Petrograd that Berkman, Goldman and the other deportees were received with acclaim. They will spend two weeks at Petrograd and then proceed to Moscow.

For perpetrating the awful crime of “two-up” three men at Te Karaka, near Gisoorne, have been fined respectively £3O, £25 and £l6. Had they called it “bridge” and played it in a club of their own, or put their money through the totalisator, the myrmidons of the law would have winked at the transactions.

Referring to the bacon shortage the Prime Minister says : “The real trouble is that there are no pigs in the country, owing to the lack of skim milk and other causes. There is a controlled price for bacon ; but that is of little or no use, beeauae there is practically .no bacon in the Dominion.” This seems to indicate that the dried milk industry is having an effect on the porcine tribe. Prince Albert is making an appeal for an Air Force Memorial Fund to commemorate the services of the Royal Air Force and Royal Flying Corps. It is proposed (1) to erect a monument bearing the names of the forces including all Dominion pilots; (2) to establish a residential school for airmen’s children ; (3) to-provide school bursaries; (4) to assist disabled airmen’s dependants. At Taumarunul Court, on charges of sly grog-selling T. Brennan and J. Burch were fined £SO each. Smaller fines were inflicted in other liquor cases. Two young men charged with aiding an unknown person to oell liquor to them were fined £2O each. Two others, charged with supplying liquor to a native, were fined £2O each. A Maori charged with aiding a person unknown to supply him with liquor was fined £3O.

During the progress of the ladies’ horse-leaping ~ competition at the Woodville Show yesterday one of the competitors, Miss C. Bryce, who was riding Twilight, sustained a very nasty fall. Her mount struck a hurdle and smashing it, fell and I brought Miss Bryce heavily to the ground. She was rendered insensible for a short while and bad to be removed from the grounds. She was attended by Dr. Miles, of Woodville. Beyond a severe shaking Miss Bryce escaped injury. The following resolution was passed on Tuesday by the Wellington ' North Branch of the New Zealand Labour Party:— “That this branch of the New Zealand Labour Party rejoices in the success of the Russian people in their heroic and historic struggle for the light of self-deter-mination, despite the appalling forces that were brought to bear against her by the reactionary Governments of Europe and America, and the calumnious attacks of a capitalist controlled Press and cable service, and trusts that. the day ha« now dawned when Russia shall no longer be impeded in her self-im-posed mission and laudable intention of hr stoning the realisation of the brotherhood of man and the materialisation of the dream of the ages—‘The Kingdom of God on Earth as it is in Heaven.’ ” Hamilton Farmers’ Union has endorsed the resolution of the Executive, favouring State owner- ' ship of ships. Major Whyte, at the | meeting, said our export of sheep I and lambs amounts to £6,000,000 par | annum, and we are paying the shipping companies £3,000,0003a year. ■■ At the same meeting Mr E. Mci Gregor pointed out that under recent American legislation a large American combine had been formed with a capital of £20,000,000 for the purpose "of underselling in the markets of the world, and th»s gaining goodwill for American goods. He said the* New Zealand Government should be asked to take some action to protect itself. Major Whyte said that if a boycott was set I up against the purchase I goods this would meet the menace. { Mr Milne said 'that to meet this attempt at underselling the Govern - ment should impose an import tax I of. say, 20 per cant on American I gOOdG. i' 1 Don’t forget to visit Miss Wald- ! man’s shop on Friday and participate i in the many bargains. It will pay for you to procure the excellent values that iwßl be there. Sale bill in to-morrow’s paper.* Plums 4s 6d per case 251bs Peaches, dessert, 4d per lb, 7s per case. Cooking, os Gd per case of 221 b. Black Currants lOd per lb. J. B. BarringtdfSv. ’Phone 294, Marton.*

Gentlemen needing a good and reliable raincoat c-.n see a very line selection of these goods at Lloyd’s, Ltd. Lloyd’s are making a special feature of a high grade dependable raincoat '.hat will prove rainproof, be sightly, fadeless and give excellent service. All highest quality raincoats are made of “Garnets” best' quality, fast dye rainproof garbicord. Garnet’s garbicord is acknowledged by the trade as the world’s best garbicord production and .gives endless wear. Lloyd’s, Ltd., stock both the loose fitting Baglau style and the new and popular belted tfench coats, in many shades. *

Raison wants the next Dominion Band Contest held there, and a meeting of residents decided to guarantee £4lO prize money, of which £2OO was subscribed in the room. At its last meeting Manawajku A. and P. Association passed resolutions of sympathy with Mr Ken Dalrymple and Mr Hugh Gillies in connection with recent bereavements, . In order to minimise the risk of spreading influenza, the Wellington. Education Board has decided to extend the summer vacation until February 10th.

Advices from Nairobi state that on the 23rd platoon in Northern Jubulaud mutinied and murdered Commander • Lieutenant Dawson Smith. They then deserted and fled to Somaliland.

Washington reports that it is understood that the State Department has not yet definitely decided to recognise Armenia, but probably will do so if a stable Armenian Government is established. The British Board of Agriculture has proposed to the hop growers that they should establish voluntary control over the industry for ten years, as an alternative to the proposed extension of Government control five years. Colonel Collins, executive officer of the Dominion Rifle Association, has been advised by the Defence Department that 500 new rifle barrels are being shipped by the Taiuui and 500 per week are promised by the makers.

The United States is offering France a colossal statue, costing a quarter of a million dollars, to commemorate the victory of the Marne. The statue is tube erected at Meaus, the extreme point readied by the German advance.

The Now York Times’ Pekin correspondent reports that the Chinese Cabinet has decided to decline to negotiate with, Japan o;> roe retrocession of rights regarding Shantung on the ground that such action would be equivalent so acceptance of the Treaty of Peace. The Cuolnet’s decision’ has been referred to the Foreign Office. The party which advocated the ueinstatement of the monarchy secured an overwhelming majority at the Hungarian elections owing to the Social Democrats and Radicals refraining from voting. The National Assembly will decide who will be the future Monarch. It “is believed Prince Otto, oldest son of Emperor Carl, will be chosen. An American hog raiser told a Palmerston farmer that he oaght to visit the home of the pork industry to find how he could take £IOOO a. year off 40 acres of Kairanga land, and that without any labour but his own. He says 20 acres should be laid down in lucerne, the other 20 acres) being used to • run the 60 breeding sows, which wdulcl produce 800 “shotes” each year. These would readily sell to dairymen at 25s to 30s when sis weeks old.—Maaawata Times.

Irish linen is going to bo practically unobtainable here before long, according to Mr H. L. Cunuinghame, a resident of Palmerston North, who recently returned from abroad. While in Ireland he visited the linen mills in Belfast. Ho was informed that the demand far exceeds the supply and the situation was becoming very acute. Continental houses are prepared fcq pay almost any price for the linen, and it is going where the highest prices are ruling. Miss Waldroan announces her halfyearly sale to-morrow (Friday). The shop will be brimful of bargains of every description. Great values in ladies’ frocks and children’s navy serge costumes.*