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inevitable waste of energy and resources occa- 

 sioned thereby. This Society has been organiz- 

 ed to provide a local service which the needs of 

 the farmers of the county demand ; a service it 

 is impossible to supply fully from a central point 

 sixty-five miles away. The fact of the existence 

 of such local service must create a demand con- 

 siderably in excess of what can be expected from 

 a provincial organization without local facilities. 

 If, therefore, the provincial and local societies 

 work in sympathy and co-operation, and in a 

 spirit of loyalty to each other, the trade accruing 

 to both must be much greater than would be 

 possible if such local organization did not exist. 

 "It is essential to the promotion of co-opera- 

 tive business in this county that the two 

 organizations should not compete with each 

 other in seeking to satisfy the requirements of 

 local farmers, for such a policy would, as co- 

 operative experience elsewhere teaches, impair 

 the efficiency, value and success of both, and 

 actually create trade conditions, that it is the 

 purpose of the movement to destroy. The 

 Board of this Society is of the opinion, therefore, 

 that in consideration of its desire to utilize the 

 facilities of your Company as a wholesale organi- 

 zation, there should be an understanding that 

 the United Farmers Co-operative Company 

 will not compete with this Society within its 



