12 DEPARTMENT CIRCULAR 407, U. S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
The next question on the schedule, “ Under what conditions would 
you sign another contract?” was asked of those who did not indicate 
a ready willingness to renew membership. The answers received 
(Table 8) indicate that almost one-third of the members who 
answered this question were unwilling to sign under any conditions. 
A little over one-third showed the belief they have in the benefits 
of commodity control. This applies particularly to the tobacco asso- 
ciations, and especially to association 1. Almost another third either 
did not have any clear ideas in mind, or did not answer the question. _ 
TABLE 8.—Replies to questions as to willingness of members to sign new 
contracts 
Members reporting 
Question and reply Association 
Total- 
1 12 3 4 
Would you be willing to sign a new contract? Number| Number| Number) Number| Number 
RVI ere tira a Fats OR De LENO 2s OE Dn Atk ree ee 1 8 NORE CAPA We ies cy ra 40 64 125 
IN Opis ois ae he een ey fee eee gh eee hae SLT | foo ee 41 54 126 
AGF aN 25 2521 RES aa a i SIC 2 ae Be Dg 7 (on A eae ee 42 13 102 
POG ase ihn gn ae a AOA ae naa a saa 2 OOS ehs eee 123 131 353 
Under what conditions would you sign another contract? 
ONG ease se ae ee BU SON See A alin oe Ste eee 5 29 23 24 81 
Get a major percentage of the crop__-_-.---.-1----2.-.---2- 3 47 26 10 11 94 
LH ey Shr ta Ys SS Oo ee ES Se Oa Oe Se et 6 21 53 7 87 
PAY UPlOMpay Olt SCONE 2 asset sae Soe ae ee en ED 413 2 0 2 7 
IPOSSIexpensehe so -22! a ata 2 ee a eee aie ee 0 0 0 3 3 
HP NLOLeO ee iCONUTa Ch ose ote tie ee ee meee 0 0 0 3 3 
1 BG) FN MSS eR Stat pay Cpe STD te TPN AN OE RIS Nae ee ee era 61 78 86 50 275 
1 Because of certain local conditions at the time this survey was taken, 10 replies from association 2 on 
question 1 were not used. 
2 Six of these added: ‘‘If a certain percentage sign contract.”’ 
3 These answered: ‘‘ When the signatures already obtained represent 75 to 100 per cent ( three answered 
‘above 90 per cent’) of the crop.” 
4 When they may get a selling pool. 
WITHDRAWAL PRIVILEGE IN CONTRACT 
The associations included in this study employ marketing contracts 
that run for a period of years with no provision for withdrawal dur- 
ing the term of the contract. The members are therefore definitely 
obligated to deliver their crop to the association. To discover whether 
this feature of the contract was a source of dissatisfaction, the mem- 
bers were asked, “Do you think dissatisfied members should be 
allowed to withdraw from the association?” The replies are tabu- 
lated in Table 9. 
