184 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING 
Provision for the annual report, the publication of spe- 
cial information and methods of conducting the busi- 
ness for the next year. (9) The rules of the business of 
the exchange. 
Rules for business conduct are usually done away with 
or passed over by simply stating that the rules will be 
those usually followed by all legal organizations. This 
would consist, as followed by most incorporated bodies 
by first having a roll call of members at the meeting, 
reading and acceptance of the minutes of the previous 
meeting, report of special committee, unfinished business, 
new business, and so on through the election of officers 
and on down. This is simply a precautionary measure 
against troubles that might arise from factions in the 
internal structure of the organization. 
The usual methods of electing directors would be for 
each district or producing section to be represented in the 
management. Each local association elects one delegate 
to the central office who becomes a director of the ex- 
change. These directors, then, are responsible for the 
running of the organization. They hire the manager, 
fix his salary, and define his methods of business and 
limit him as they see fit. Most of the directors usually 
work without salary but getting expenses paid when 
attending meetings. The only salaried position other 
than that of manager would probably be that of the 
secretary of the exchange. 
Collecting Information.—One of the chief functions 
of the exchange is to collect information. This is done 
from three sources: (1) At home. (2) From city 
markets. (3) From competing points. The question of 
collecting information is one that has been sadly ne- 
