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market for meat. The packer question was dis- 

 cussed continuously before Congress for a long 

 time and nothing was done about it until the 

 Agricultural Bloc determined that there had 

 been enough discussion and some action should 

 be taken. Then within a few months, a bill was 

 agreed upon, passed by Congress, tested in the 

 courts, put into effective operation and is now 

 declared to be an excellent piece of legislation. 

 The consumer was really more interested in this 

 packer legislation than the producer but he 

 didn't know it. Consumers' organizations did 

 not begin to help in framing a law until after 

 the producers' representatives had determined 

 that efforts should be made to get it passed 

 without further delay. 



As is true in many other cases, it has been the 

 producer who has stimulated by his protests 

 the public interest to the extent of definite action 

 to work out a solution for many of these market- 

 ing problems from which the consumer will re- 

 ceive the greatest benefit in the end. 



It is surprising to many that the one genuine- 

 ly-prosperous nation in Europe to-day is little 

 Denmark. The significant and encouraging fact 

 is that this is the world's most thoroughly or- 

 ganized cooperative nation. Denmark is a coun- 



