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As the producer, the provider of the 

 necessaries of Hfe, is given the opportunity, or 

 is encouraged to co-operate on the lines I 

 have roughly sketched, there should be some 

 close interrelation between the co - operative 

 producer in the country and the co-operative 

 distributer in the towns. As the English 

 peasant begins to produce more butter, more 

 eggs, more bacon, more beef, more fruit and 

 vegetables, there should be less excuse for the 

 mechanic who sits on the committee of a co- 

 operative stores in Manchester or Glasgow to 

 send his orders for the necessaries of life to 

 foreign countries. Soon, let us hope, there 

 will be as close a tie between the agricultural 

 co-operative societies and the town distributive 

 stores, as there is between these stores and the 

 Co-operative Wholesale Society. 



