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AMILTO^UOURNAL.
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN OF>f>^,.S COUNTY.
VOL. XIII.
WAYSIDE MUSINGS.
Co-Operation and Co-Opera
tive Stores.
The successlul co-operation of the
Cataula grangers in buying and sell¬
ing their supj li^s, 1 as opened ti e
eyes of many to the advantages of
the Grange and the Grange work.
Col. VV. H. Luttrell, of Waverly
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Hall, TT ,, . 1 last w’eek 1 and •
was in 4 town in a
talk with - . him . . , learned , that he ,
we , was
endeavoring to form a ccopmt.ve
c. mparty, to locate at Hamilton and
do a ware house and supply business.
His plan is for ten large farmers to
put into a pool $2,000 each, to elect
a president and directors, rent a ware
house or build one and to handle the
business of the county as far as the
influence of the stock-holders and the
induccnems they could offer would
enable them. There is no .doubt
that such a company ccuid control a
very large patronage and confining
itself to safe business methods make
money.
The farmer goes into the fight for
a living badly handicapped, What
ever he buys he m ist pay liberal toll
for in the way of profits to the retail
dealer, and whatever he sells he is
again heavily taxed by way of com
mission and storage. Commercial
fertilizers which now enter so largely
into the cost of making a crop, are
used by the planter now at a consid¬
erable disadvantage that might be re¬
moved by co-operation. The cost of
a fertil 7'i of average merit is said to
be fioui $18.00 to $25.00 a ton For
this the farmer pay 5 $40 to $50 *a
ton. Much cf the profits go to
railroads, to agents, to manufacturers
and to make up losses on bad debts.
One hundred or even fifty farmers b}
combining might save in the cost of
Their fertizers from onethird to onehalf.
APRIL
Or at a central point they might
make a factory and not only com
pound their own fertilizers at a great
saving, but sell a reliable article to
their nighbors at a profit.
So they might combine and d s
pose of their cotton. The cotton
can stored and hand ed by them
at a great saving. Cooperation i
the one thin « needed In ,he same
way a combination is 1 possible that
will . make saving possible
a great 0 ® r in
lbe P urd,ase of dry *** S rocenes
boots ’ siloes - etc lt does not rcc l u,r "
a v * ry |”* h “ <ler of talcnt to bu *
and sell 1 merchandise. , A little hen
St V «°f S a S " at ^ fanher '*'*
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much threwdness - Let one huudred
farm ers put 111,0 a store
onc , hundred lolla,seach The tradc
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° f tllose °" c hun lred farn ^rs is worth
thir,y or fo,ty tllousa,ld dollars a
year ’ 0,16 first class salesman and
two ass stants coukl attend well to
the business. An average p.ofit
ten per cent would leave a margin
sufficient for profits and meet
gent expenses. It would save every
stock lio der annually the amount
his capital.
Co-operative stores have been in
stituted with great success in England
and some of these have assumed ini
mense proportions and do business
amounting to many millions of doll
ars annually. They have only to be
managed on common sense rules to
be eminently successful. They have
the popular interest to sustain them
and no mercantile venture car. suc
ceed without this. It is not hard to
persuade a man that you you are his
friend when you show him that you
can and wdll save him a half a dollar
a day. The co-operative stor.es do
more than this and thus establish
popularity.
The advantage of co operation and
NO. 17.
of the strength it brings, is illustrated
by the credit of the . tate. The com
monwealth is not stronger than the
citizens who compose it. Yet, while
a large majority of her citizens acting
as individuals are compelled to pay
from 12 to 18 per cent per annum in¬
terest on the money they borrow, the
State has the refusal of as much
she wants at 4.J per cent, per annum.
Could the interest of co operation be
more strongly illustrated.
U ' c wish C °>- Luttrell success in
his ^nterprtse and would be glad it
he could Organize a company strong
enough to control the sale of every
balr of cotton raised in the county.
rl,e m *" e V ^Y make would
he invested here at home, every dot
lar of which would 8° to tbe ll P buil
mg of the county, and and not to cn
r, P h other communities. So long as
olhtr commumties get all our trade,
just so long will they will sap us cf
our most intelligent ettuens and our
surplus cash. Home enterprises must
be sustained if we would keep and
enjoy these,
GEORGIA NEWS.
Dr. P. J. Boyd, of McDuffie,
his barn last week with a large quan
tity of corn, oats, fodder and
j tion hy tools. incendiary. The burning I.oss about was
an
j hundred dollars; no insurance.
Idle probate of the will of the late
David Dickson in solemn form comes
before the ordinary of Hancock coun
ty on the first Monday in July next.
Jt is generally supposed that a caveat
wil1 he fited. Eminent counsel arc
sa >d to have been retained for and
against the will.
Sparta Ishmaelite: The Hancock
agricultural club is constantly increa;*
ing in numbers and interest. It is
so far as our information goes, the
finest body of men ever organized
for any purpose in the county. It will