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tions at the cost of membership and beuetits. It i-ncourages in- 

 dustry and enterprise by furnishing- capital for productive uses 

 and fair reward for intelligent etiort and honest work. It tends 

 to increase the average of moral worth in a neighborhood, because 

 no moral delinquent can hope to profit by an institution that is 

 founded on the confidence of his neighbors. Lastly, it increases 

 the intellectual, spiritual and social wealth of a community 

 through the daily contact and mutual interests of the less favored 

 members with associates gifted with culture, refinement and 

 spiritual endeavorments. 



In conclusion, I want to add to a paper, already too long, that I 

 lay no claim to originality on this subject. Aside from what I 

 could pick up at first hand while in Europe, I have made use of 

 the existent literature on the subject whenever I have been al)le to 

 find it. There is no Dillon system. The only inspiration I have 

 is the very human desire to help in the establishment of a system 

 that will serve agricultural interest. I reserve the right to adopt 

 a better system than I suggest any time the better one appears, or 

 to join with others even in a system of lesser merit which may 

 command the support of other earnest disinterested friends of 

 cooperation. 



Mr. Schriver: I move the adoption of this report, and I also 

 move in that connection the thanks of this society to Mr. Dillon 

 for this very clear and comjjrehensive paper. It involves evidently 

 a great deal of travel, a great deal of research, much common sense 

 and a lot of hard work, and I trust that it will be published some- 

 where at an early date. 



The President : 1 am sure that represents the feeling of us all. 

 The paper might bring out valuable discussion, but as we have 

 the report of the Committee on Cooperation to be given, which I 

 believe may take advantage of some of the ideas set forth, — the 

 discussion may well be postponed until after that. We are now 

 to listen to the report of our Committee on Cooperation, by the 

 chairman, Ezra A. Tuttlc, Es(|., of Eastport, L. I. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON COOPERATION 



Ezra A, Tittle 



In preparing Ibis report we thought it proper to review some- 

 what the work that has been done since our annual meeting last 



