20 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 407, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
TABLE 17.—Replies to questions regarding manager's salary 
Members reporting 
Question and reply Association 
Total 
1 | 2 3 4 
: a See feet ee M1) cess Op Se pe 
| 
What is the manager’s salary? Number, Number| Number| Number| Number 
DOR GK O Wi hes a Rn ir Wee ML eae a eS Coa 54 102 75 250 
Naming a definite figure, correct or nearly correct___------- 55 21 16 42 134 
BRO Learn ere ee een a ee eee tis See LE Ae eee 74 75 118 117 384 
What salary do you think justified for the manager? | 
OMAGH OW a seas cee geile Dane ess ee eh 15 31 61 57 164 
ABP OOUUSALE I yaaa see ai eee SON eens wee ee 15 9 0 een es ee 35 
Dependsionwmanager,siapilityss op san 11 12 14 113 50 
Dependsjonttihesvolume of MuSinesse sss. ee ee es eee 6 cS Ee Sane 6 
Naming a definite figure, approximating present salary--__- 14 30 26 29 99 
A definite figure, about one-half of present salary___-__---- LOW eeo See 9 12 31 
ERO USL ieee EN SS a en Fa as eee 2 oe a 65 88 121 111 385 
1 “Knough to get a good manager.”’ 
Replies to the question “ What salary do you think justified for the 
manager?” do not indicate that clear-cut ideas are held generally 
by the members regarding the proper salary for their manager. 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
To discover how well-informed members were regarding expenses, 
the question “ What is the cost of marketing (cotton per bale and 
tobacco per 100 pounds) through the association?” was asked. The 
distribution of answers is shown in Table 18. Almost half of the 
members interviewed had no definite idea of expenses. The lack of 
information on this point was particularly striking in the case of 
association 3. : 
TABLE 18.—Replies to question, “What is the cost of marketing cotton and 
tobacco through the association? ”’ 
Members reporting 
Tobacco asso- | Cotton associ- Total 
Reply ciation ation 
| 
Number) Number| Number, Number| Number 
OTRO Wis aie srt 2S aan ee Pe een ee 39 47 96 19 201 
essithan: $lper: 100 pounds® = at ae ee ee ia | ee 6 
SistorS2eper 100) pomnds= setae. Lee Ss ee Eee eae 23 iB i ieee ee SS ae 28 
$2; tos3rper LOOmoundSs 2. eae a ee es Oe saa 1 pA a ee ee) EP Bese 3 
$3: tors4sper 100) pounds: fot a eae Ree es See EEE 4 Ay te See ee eee 8 
$3 ta$4. per bale 2-6. 2. oe ee eh) By ea ee eg ech Yd eee 14 32 46 
SATO S5.DOr DAG cae on re ee ae Sea a] keg eae 4 50 54 
To ascertain the member’s attitude regarding expenses, he was 
asked, “ What is your opinion of the cost of marketing through the 
association?” and “ What expense, if any, do you think the associa- 
tion could profitably eliminate?” Table 19 shows the tabulated 
