14 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 407, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
SOME SOURCES OF DISSATISFACTION 
The question, “ What is your most important criticism of the asso- 
ciation?” was asked. The object of this question was to note the 
causes of dissatisfaction which the criticism would reveal. As 
shown in Table 10, a wide variety of answers were received. 
TABLE 10.—Replies to question, “What is your most important criticism of the 
association? ” 
Members reporting 
Reply Association 
Total 
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 
Number| Number| Number| Number| Number 
ANIC) wc ears eee te ee ae BIE ge ee PR Sa a Ie Spe oe ma 128 12 64 40 144 
Delayed payments or too long getting money______.__.____-__-_- 21 12 i 18 58 
ARoo“high salaries or expenseSe 2. Soc2 sek ee rees estes ee ecs ee 5 16 10 7 38 
Holding the crop) onislowsSales=.ins ce eee ee BIA) Weer res ates Seed 9 21 
The outsider or too small membership--__...._....-----.--_----- Siiecemes 12 2 22 
DisloyvaltiyxOtsmMenl DORs lipo see eee eee eee eee 4 Sol. Jo 2eet al epee 12 
Too lax in enforcement of penalties for contract violations______ Biase aed ae 10 13 
Managerior- the managements. 2-222 2s a ee ee 24 | aoe see 8 3 
CS fe K OD a cage Aa el ae ta BE eS Te eee tint Rt BO ol he eee | Joe eet | See 3 
Overproduction or spreading of territory__.....__....---___-___- Diets DERE gee roe os) | Ri fe a a 3 
Can not borrow on participation receipts. -_-._...._---__-__-_- + Aah mes neo NES RP LEE tS 2 
Seerecysor, lack-ofinformation: 322.2 2s ee a ee eae eS Peg treme) ER Mn 3 
Otheransw eres eo SAS oh ee ee A 5 22 19 28 74 
INGIANSWeIISIVeN See) ne ee eck ee ee ee eM ee gee 5 11 11 10 37 
Ut BY) eS ee Rh eS Ee eRe a eee Le 99 108 123 182 462 
1 Six of these stated in answer to the question regarding the signing of a new contract that they would 
not be willing to sign a new contract unless the outsider did. 
The most important single object or criticism was the delay in 
payments, arising from pooling the commodity. The belief that 
salaries or expenses were too high was expressed by a number, 
particularly in associations 2 and 8. Association 2 had been ex- 
periencing some difficulties in management, and this condition was 
reflected in criticism of the management by a number of members. 
Association 4 had not always followed a well-defined policy of 
contract enforcement, and several of its members criticized it on 
that account. 
Among the replies grouped under the heading “ Other answers ” 
were such expressions as, “‘ misrepresented some things,” “ not demo- 
cratic;” “ought to be more open and frank with the members,” 
“wrong men employed,” “uncertainty and doubt as to what I’ll 
get,” “management knows nothing about selling cotton,” and “ direc- 
tors not equal to the job.” Such general statements suggest the 
importance of keeping members fully informed and making them 
feel that they are a definite part of the organization. Some of those 
who had no criticism probably were merely in the position of not 
having any specific point in mind at the time. 
METHOD OF PAYMENT 
Because of the importance to members of the method of payment 
employed by the association, the questions, “Does the method of 
