The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 06, 1914, Image 6
Co-Gperative Farm
Products Marketing
How It /. f Done in Europe and May He Done
in America to the Profit of Both
Farmer and Consumer
JS> MATHKW fc. D CDC. RON
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A VISIT TO PADDY GALLAGHER
Where the Co Operative Concern Now Buye and 8ella.
rhrnfclervr, County pom-gal, Ireland
? Tht./u a story of the grand uphill
flghi tor self-respectl ng. economic In
der ?-r>'V?nc? which 1? being made hy
, a bunch of cheery Irish laun In County
lx>u* ,{al. At the head of this fighting
group Ih Paddy Gallagher, an organ*
lzer iiid a promoter if there ever was
ori*'?. But lu a promoter, no', of hiH
own fortune*, but the promoter of
community welfare. Thl? is also the
fctory of v. hat a godsend a co-operative
organization <yin be to a community
vtil'h 'i.u.: men, in an nconom'.c sense,
hard i-trb ken hy nature, Nature
fiooTi)'* to h<tv*? exhausted herself In
the agricultural yit t* showered on
eastein and ivou'hern Ireland and to
have !*?&* died Dungtow, In Codnty
Jx/tl t ul. v. it.h nothing left in her gift
b..* ? .eept a' few little patched of cold,
mi |i>v (r')fi Hi vi; soil which she scattered
Jii-rf.'rind there among the huge out
cm i k rock a of 'he h arren hlUtddea
rif-u .? })??< *v <*<?(? t h " wide stretches of
d< : oi l!" ' i>OgS.
f-s : id a" are hero b'.cauK.-; Sir
l'o- w,- I/!;;;, U"M. has said thai this
1> rl<-. p |., ".<? all O'h'rs to visit., if
v.r. f?T(< iin.i Wli-.li to u " . what co
(ii.t-v-t '? on w i;.i do toward helping an
? omo'Mn.fy h''r,i'.? li a living out
c. ; !. rot i hill v, ou the hi<^k north-,
v, i -it i e i) <<)<? -' of In land
V/h'> P ,t (j i) y Is.
p v '??.! iijgh':i" v. an born forty
y .... M. 'I if; of th<- poor oueroo:n
c i <.-= wn a barn.n liir i'*n
Blt. jv jfimg a eot'age that had til"
v ,} at 1. 1 : ? ? door. When I 'add"
V,;(* ;i?- he .1 ?> (mJI r ?u : to work at
tKn.r r.ij ?, i-tr months' work
1 ' i s ',i'h< r 'li(l not do this Hort of
tli!':-; b'-caiMO he wanted the little
hu'f tr-.fi ah'avor to work beyond
)j, i s .l: ? ngt tcit l?w'int!tf >t was either
?\ r i. , r i'.idd / or ^larvatiofi for still
ywv.vr and ak?*r children After
tl :-.t i!;or?; v, a.s nothing for Paddy hut
hard work, and low wages until h*>
voi* rrn'.vn and hRd Htarted a family
cf hi'-; ov\ 1 1
? 1 *iit liirt work had taknn him into
o'I.it j.la*?'ri. into Srotland and Htig
i n -I and h?* cain?' iiack with the real
1 . ;.,i, i hu i. lit" in Oungalow was not
v lis' :t ough' to he I'neducated.
w ork- w<jrn without any outlook of
prt mi o for iiiuiKcIf or iiiw family.
hoiii< thing brought Paddy (Jallagher
tl.f i *? ili/ation that ho and Iuh nfigh*
b<M? togothnr might do what ?;ach 8<?p*
a>-. i <-?! y r-f'iiild not do S<>. with tho
a? -iftanro of i lit* Irish Agricultural
O - aiion Kiciety, rooporatlon wan .
br(/tighi to Dnnt'.alow
How It Started.
Gnlhighnr who had h'T-n Htudying
H<>ii~ Mul muiiurcH, learned thai ac
cording to government analysla the
f ? ; ( ' his > .t'ioii ii '-ederi certain dell
li i t ? * f hemii-al e|eni.-nt ^ lit; linked lo
cal ''.v'ers ,f th-y rr?u I<1 give him any
g iarai.i v ot analysis of the manures
ft o | '{ \/\ thi-ni M?* was Informed that
tnry nevei ^ ?i such a thing, know
at>o;i? ii and tould give no
guaranty. ilo wrot<' ti> tho agricul
tural department about it They re
tni T"d him to tho Irish Agricultural
V, ii < 1 < ale society. From thorn ho
learnt <1 that this society at that time
dealt only with local co-operative
comeraH
So thit* larrn hoy, with surprising
perh.Ki?-n<'?-. gathered together the
email t.irmei* and pointed out to them
tho ud vantages to ho gained as to
quality ami price hy purchasing guar
nntoorj manures direct Irom tho co- ,
operative wholesale noeiety The re
sult whs that the farmers ordered a i
1 20-ton lot of fertilizer through a little
CO-operatlve society in an adjoining ,
village. They found that they waved j
$'!<W on the manures and l? d? so
. cured super ;>hosph.ite of ::<i p--r rent
Instead of per cent strength and
dissolved bono Instead of worthless
compounds The battle for ro-opera
tlon was already half u on lor there
wan no further nuesthu: as to th?: ad
vantages to be gained through co
operation.
The "Gombeen Man.
"The old mothods of buying and sell
Jrrr v-ero the cauBO of much poverty in
this district," said Mr. Gallagher.
?'The t uidera -ktvm -generally kept the
p ihlic houses. They were gombeen
met: ? mono} lenders. Poor farmers
here could not pay cauh for what they
>ought. They bad to get goods on
credit. Once a farmer got Into debt
to these retail dealers he seldom got
lLT.trr<J"1 tbe bi* mJul's clutches.
While be was In this stata he was no
better than a slave. He was charged
tremendous price* and had to pay big
interest I. myself have been charged
interest on what I bought on credit
at the rate of 144. per cent, per annum.
My father had this sort of Interest to
pay while he was bringing up his fam
ily. That Ih where the thred pounds
went that it took me si* months to
earn when i started to work.
What Co-Operation Is Doing.
"Hut. notwltstanding the Rrnailness
of the holdings, and the poor soil, con
ditions in IXinglop are improving I
never knew an organization to do so
much for a community as the Temple
crono .Co-operative Agricultural socl
"ty is doing fr/r Dunglotv. The so
ciety started in a little one-room cot
tage on a farm where f lived. We bo
Kan by buying manures and later a
few. groceries. We had fierc? opposi
t o.'j at ftr^t from the gombeen man
and traders. as fierce as any communi
ty ever had. Some of the members
v>'f-re In debt to the gombeen mm and
had to come Into the cooperative quar
tern at night and over the back walks
i/i order to conceal from the gombeen
wan that they were "members. If
.'lie gombeen men found out that any-'
one trading with thern was- trading
>ith uh they .refused him credit and
issued . ft writ if he ou ? d thern."'
A Little Democracy.
wish ,J() on(. any ill. We do
not do business that way. \Ve have
simply demanded tin- right ro attend
to our own little affairs. We meet in
our Mule parliament here to discuss
our business. We have given some
entertainments which have brought
the pnople nearer together and given
thfem a good time. This year we or
ganized an Industrial show iu which ,
we exhibited everything which we pro
duced here, including lace and knit
goods, an well as some of our farm
products. We did this to encourage
others to make these things. Nov/
wo are looking around to get some
little local industry started. We need
something of the kind 4>adly KO that
more- money can come into the com
munity. I, ace making, knitting and
work of that kind is important, too,
for every little helpH here. We are
willing to werk when we can.
On the Up-Grade.
"The boys are learning to farm bet
ter than their fathers farmed. We
are raising better cows, and pigs and
chickens, and producing better, eggs
l>Oultry and meat than we ever did
before Through our little co-opera
tive society we. have a steady market
?t good prices for all we can raise.
We are not rich, for this is not a
rich country, and never can be There
are too many stones and bogs in Don
?Kal for that. Hut we are doing our
best, and we are Kolng to reach a
point soon where every roan can go
up and down Dunglow and say that
ho owes no man anything. Coopera
tion has bought uk together, and wo
are all good friends We are not I
fighting with each other any more. I
Wo are helping i?nr^ other. We are
Ht I dohig business on a very small
Hcalo. of oourse We are poor people,
and we must always be that. There
>? no chajice for wealth In a nv<, or
six-acre farn We raise a little patch
of oatn for oatmeal for our family.
Most of us get enough potatoes off
onr little places to last u? through the
year. We couldn't live withojitpota
iq!io ^r?M k"?w the Kreat famine or
1 4 8 ? whon 80 "?any died in Ireland,
was caused wholly b> potato blight
The children around here are almost
brought up on potatoes They get
mashed potatoes. vUth a little milk in
it. before they are weaned. They grow
i UP <?n It and sometimes have little
olBe. Co-operation has helped us to
, Hell what we have, and wr are do!n*
llr*t rate
J ft Cost of Living
i "By purchasing *oods dlrrct from
i original sources, this society has made
i t possible for the poorest farr.ier to
fertilize his potato patch and in
I crease rbe rrop whlch he raises The
it?j? wbkrh come tfaro?*h it art t?V
?d aad guaranteed m they never were
before It has lowered th? price and
improved the quality of U*. ladlaa
meal end sugar In oi??- cam? for ei
tuple, where a rival trader was chars
lag $3.07 for teiea stona of flovr w*
were offering the Mine flour at $2 2$ I
for the seven atone
"You may be Interested In knowing
about what en ave/age family here I
lien for an income, w here be get* it
and what be ha* to cat I have made
out A Httto stauo^ent ao you eould
figure that out. To begin frith, 'evejy i
farmer has hi* own potatoes and oau. i
Besides this, his income is aometbing
l?ise this;
"Egg s and poultry, per week, about
Ave shillings ($?5 per year).
"Hotter tor about IK or 20 weeks in
summer, one to two shillings ($7 per
yea r).
' oa U- of cattle possibly 12 pounds
e?ch year <$S0 per year),
' Hale of sheep, one pound (95 per
year).
"A total of ,$137 per year.
' Besides this, the women earn a
little something by knitting sweaters
and making lace, etc.
Marketing Eggs.
"You wHI notice that eggs are our
staple product. The average poor
farm family around here gets each ;
year frorn 12 to 15 pounds out of their
eggs, which is generally about half
of their entire money income. Before
we took hold, however, egg raising ;
was not at all profitable, There wa&
no steady market, the farmers did Dot
understand poultry, and no one had
any ambition to learn anything about
It They didn't take care of their
eggs well and few were sold.
"Previously the local price waa two
or three pence less than the price i
quoted in the nearest market In Straw
bane and Derry. Now the prlcee paid
are from one to two pence above the
prices quoted in these markets. In
other words, we have Increased the
value of a dozen eggs from three to
four pence (si* to %ight cents). For
the entire district, this amounts to
quite a sum- You must remember
al?o that while we purchased only
one-tenth of the eggs sold lathis par
iHh, the fact that we at (?>tfiif?low are
paying the prions which pay has
made It necessary for every other
buyer in the entire parish to pay the
same price.
Irish Lace and Knitted Goods.
"Our co-operative company looks af
te r a good many things besides seLl- !
lug eggs and butter. We are helping
the girls market their lace and knitted j
work. T wo yearn ago we asked the 1
government department to send us an ,
instructor to teach the girla to make j
hand-knit sport 'coats (sweaterft).j
They sent a man to look it up. He j
talked with some of the men here |
who were not friendly to this co-op
eratlve movement. Nothing was done.
Our glfls were getting one shilling ;
six pence (1G cents) for knitting a'
dozen .pairs of socks, using up from j
three and a half to four pounds of
wool. These socks were purchased of (
the women by an agent of a whole-!
sale trader.
"The co-operative society decided
they could do better by the girls than
these buyers. Since they started buy
ing, the girls get seven shillings six
pence ($1.87) from the society for
knitting a sweater coat, using only two j
pound* of wool and taking only one- ;
half as long as a dozen pair of socks.
Putting it another way, for the same
amount of wool and the same time
spent in knitting, the girls get 15
shillings ($3.75) instead of one shil
ling six ponce (3G cents). That is, our
socjety is paying them ten times what
they used to get from the other buy
ers for their knitting. Formerly the
girls who knit lace were bound by a
bargain under which if they sold to
any one privately they were boycot
ted. The buyer told them unless they
sold him all he would buy nothing.
Now wo ate getting fairly good prices
for the lace, better than they got be
fore and we, of course, permit them to
sell wherever they can. They fre
quently have oportunity to sell to
tourists and others ?yvho come through
here. While we get fairly good prices
for the lace, there is no steady market
for it, as there is for the knitted
goods.
Connected With Central Society.
"Our little local society could not
stand alone and do what we are try*
ing to do. We are helped all the time
by Sir Horace Plunkett's organization
Boclety and by the Co-Operative While
salt* society at Dublin. Each week
the wholesale society sends us a fore
cast giving the figures that should be
obtained for eggs, butter and chick
ens, and stating whether or not there
is to bo a demand for these products.
Each day we writo to the wholesale
society, telling them what wo have
on hand and what we will likely have.
Sometimes we telegraph. Then they
may either write or telegraph back
what they want us to send and whan
and where to nend It. We send it, not
to Dublin, but directly to the places
selected by the wholesale society.
In this way wo save freight, we Bare
commission, wo save tjme. and we
save the eggs themselves.
"You must not get the idea," Mr.
(iallHgher continued, "that thia con
cern is a large mercantile establish
ment. Wo know enough to know that
we can only do business in a modest
way. We think we are doing it well,
and we hope it will continue to grow
ah it has in the past I am more and
moro convinced," he adds, "by what
T see every day. that if we want to
have a happy and contented people,
hero co-operation is the best means
for bringing it about " And so they
are making a fight that would put the
ordinary American community to
shame? a fight that Is gradually mak
ing this desolate region habitable and
this hard-working people happy
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ArnKi. Secretary
Jr. V. V ? A M.. meet* fourth Fr?.
day nig^t tu cacti month C ?'? .
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f*i v<- 0-?k Camp ,*o. 4 3?. W O W
first Thursday nUM in
each mouth. C. W. Birchmor* ,
C. C.r W. B. Johnson. Clerk
r^Knib 1-odge No. 41. K. of
me* c j. hcciKxl ami fourth. Mon
day night* iu each mouth. V
(J. Wtliiou. C. C.; M. H. Heynian
K. of It. & 8f
Poplar Camp No. W. (>. W.
meetii Monday night on or befor*
*the full moon in each month. T
J. Munnerlyn, C. If. F 8J
row. Clerk.
\nttoch l^?dge, No. 293, a F M
meet a Thur<?Jay night on or !>?? i
foro full moon In caeh month. 1 ;
W. Joy, W. M.; VV. It. Dsn fs, j
W.,; U H Whiff, J W.
K1eh?vd Kir.lt land Council. No. 13*'
Jr. O. U, A. M.. (AnHocb) me.eU
First Thursday night after ful
moon in each mon'h- F. I). Hoy
kin. C. W. Shiver, It. 8.
i. < i > ?- 1 1 ?- < ouitcil No, 1, It, A. 8. M. .
meets second Tuesday in eacl ?
month. c. Hi Griffin, T. I, M,, j
It T. QoOdiffr k. 1. 1j. M; J . t
Rowan. 1. p. c. W.; A. "W. Hur- j
iiett, ltecorder.
ai>ministhatokk XOtH'K,
A|l Dirties Indebted to the K?tat?
of H. F. BQVcII are hereby notified
-to make payment to the undersign
ed, and parties having claims agains ,
the said Ksta'e will present then)
duly a. tested to the undersigned
with'n (he time pre.,< ribed by law.
D. it. Sowed,
Administrator of the Estate of B.
F. Howell. ? ?
t'amden. S. C., Jan. 15, 1914.
FI.N.%1, MHCHAtUiE.
Notice is hereby given that one
iiMtnth from this date, on Saturday,
pVKjjjwry 21, 1914, I will present to
the Probate Court of , Kershaw
county my final account hs Admin
istrator of the estate of J. N. Nich
olson, deceased, and apply to said
Court for letters, nismissory of the
buid estate.
C. S. Nicholson,
Administrator.
Camden, S. C., Jan. 20, 1914.
FIN AC IHHCIf^KGK.
Notice is hereby given that on< j
month from this date on Saturday j
| January ill, 1914, I will apply t< '
?he Probate Court . of Kershaw Coun
I ly for a final discharge as Ad minis :
?fator <le bonis non, cum testament' !
I anne.ro of the estate of Chariot?"
I A, Cantey, deceased.
Thomas Ancrum Boykln,
[ <*amden, S. C., Dec. 27, 1912..
/ FINAL I)ISCHAIU;K,
Notice is given that one month
from this date on Monday, Febru
ary 23, 1M14, 1 will make to the
I Probate Court of Kershaw County )
my final return as Administrator of
the Cstate of John W. Seeders, de
ceased, and apply to said Court for
Letters- IMsrhij-sory.
J. M. So well,
Administrator. i
Camden, S. C., Jan. 22, 1914.
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Laundry collected and delivered to all parts
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Miss Mattie Gerald will
leave next week for the
Northern and Eastern Mar- >
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Spring Styles for her Millin
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