FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 199 
are favorably situated with respect to all forms of transportation 
utilized for either incoming receipts or outgoing shipments. Spur 
tracks are available near most of the establishments for carlot ship- 
ments, and the express terminal is easily reached with a minimum of 
interference from city traffic. Fishing craft and commercial steam- 
ships berth at piers extending into the river. Shipment by truck is 
facilitated, since the location is but one block from the main high- 
way traversing the city. Although the cold-storage plants do not 
adjoin the wholesale fish-trade section they are readily accessible. 
In 1988 the Jacksonville Fishery Market News office was super- 
vised by 8. C. Denham, Fisheries Statistical and Marketing Agent. 
He was assisted by J. E. Borum, Junior Clerk-stenographer. 
COOPERATIVE MARKETING 
The cooperative marketing unit of the Division was under the direc- 
tion of L. C. Salter from the time of its organization in 1935 until 
December 31, 1937, when he resigned from the Bureau’s service to 
accept a position with the Tennessee Valley Authority. Following 
this the unit was administered directly under the chief of the Division 
until August 1938 when Ralph Russell, Associate Fishery Economist, 
was appointed to take charge of the unit. 
Since his resignation, Mr. Salter has been working on the prepara- 
tion of a report incorporating the results of much of his survey work 
with the Bureau. This report, when completed and released, will 
cover much valuable information concerning the operation of fishery 
cooperatives. 
During 1938 work was continued on the collection of data relating 
to fishermen’s cooperatives and other organizations in this country 
and abroad. During the past year cooperatives have been organized 
in several States. Appeals for assistance in the organization of 
cooperatives have been received from many sections of the country, 
and such assistance has been rendered as has been possible with the 
limited staff and funds available for this work. 
Arrangements have been completed to enlist the aid of statistical 
and marketing agents of the Bureau, who visit virtually all the com- 
mercial fishing areas of the United States each year, to assist in keeping 
the data on fishermen’s organizations current. They will obtain 
reports from fishermen’s cooperatives during the course of their 
surveys and forward them to the Washington office for study. This 
procedure should facilitate the maintenance of adequate files on the 
status and activities of domestic cooperatives. 
A possibility for further cooperative activity by fishermen, which 
seems at present to have been but little explored, is the opportunity of 
joing cooperatives already formed. For instance, supplies of various 
kinds, particularly petroleum products, are handled by cooperatives 
operating over large areas. Fishermen in some cases may become 
members of these cooperatives or induce the cooperatives to set up 
branches in locations accessible to the fishermen. Credit unions, 
which are cooperative savings and loan associations, have been exten- 
sively developed. These would seem to offer to fishermen a possibility 
of assistance through accumulating and borrowing capital by member- 
ship in such organizations. Cooperatives furnishing groceries and 
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