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neighbor's. In that way we would reduce our business to a system, and 

 get the value of the goods. 



Mr. Fowler : If we could learn to trust our neighbor, to have confi- 

 dence in him, that would help us and him along. Trust the man on 

 the other side of the fence, because he is your neighbor and needs your 

 aid. We have to sweep out of the way this distrust of our neighbors 

 before we can organize. Now, there is another point: the question of 

 money. You think you cannot get the money. If you were organized 

 you could. It has been proved in many localities of the State that 

 bankers will give assistance where cooperation is put into practice. 

 Several growers that I know of could not obtain a sufficient sum of money 

 to handle their business without mortgaging their properties, and so they 

 came together and organized. They were able to go to the bank presi- 

 dent and get a loan. In one case, in two or three cases, that I am ac- 

 quainted with, the president said, "I will loan you the money, but I 

 want you to do one more thing: Bring your stockholders in so they will 

 consent to this as a board of directors." This is a business man and 

 runs that bank on business principles. That is the way ,to help the 

 fellow on the other side of the fence. Stand by the board of directors of 

 your institution. As severe as the times were in 1893, 1 know of several 

 cooperative institutions that obtained money. 



Mr. Sprague: I move that we postpone the further consideration of 

 these resolutions until the morning. 



The motion was carried. 



The convention then adjourned until Friday morning, at 9: 30 o'clock. 



