known  to  the  public  what  you  have  to  sell.  Now,  there  is  one 
way  by  private  effort  of  securing  markets  for  produce,  and 
that  is  by  means  of  cooperative  organizations  of  producers, 
such  as  have  been  formed  in  nearly  all  parts  of  the  mainland 
and  in  various  foreign  countries.  The,  chief  difficulty  with 
such  an  organization  is  getting  it  established  in  a community 
which  is  unfamiliar  with  that  method.  One  of  the  first  diffi- 
culties lies  in  the  mutual  jealousies  between  men  who  are  pro- 
ducing any  given  crop.  This  leads  to  a lack  of  confidence  in 
the  men  who  are  chosen  as  officials  of  the  organization  and  in 
the  efficiency  of  any  constitution  which  might  be  adopted  for 
regulating  the  business  of  the  organization.  It  should  be  a 
very  simple  problem  to  adopt  rules  which  will  put  everyone 
on  the  same  footing.  In  the  absence  of  definite  plans  for  a 
cooperative  organization  among  producers  of  various  small 
crops,  it  seems  desirable  that  the  Territory  should  render  as- 
sistance in  establishing  an  effective  system  of  marketing.  It 
is  hoped  that  Territorial  assistance  will  be  necessary  only  so 
long  as  it  must  be  required  to  set  the  scheme  in  operation. 
In  the  meantime  the  proper  men  will  doubtless  appear  to 
take  over  the  management  of  the  business  and  organize  it  as 
a cooperative  association  of  producers.  They  ought  then  to 
get  along  without  further  Territorial  assistance.  In  these 
days  of  large  corporations,  agriculture  is  not  exempt  to  the 
general  rule ; the  small  producer  with  a small  quantity  of 
produce  brought  to  market  at  irregular  intervals  cannot  satisfy 
the  demands  of  the  dealer,  nor  secure  any  business  concessions 
from  transportation  agents.  The  only  way  to  avoid  the  in- 
conveniences met  with  by  the  small  producer  is  to  organize 
so  that  the  products  of  the  organization  as  a whole  total  in 
time  a large  amount.  Transportation  companies  can  then  look 
upon  the  freight  proposition  in  the  same  way  they  consider 
the  freight  business  of  large  corporations. 
In  encouraging  diversified  agriculture  the  first  step  necessary 
would  seem  to  be  that  of  learning  the  names  of  dealers  who 
wish  to  handle  agricultural  products,  and  the  quantities  and 
kinds  of  such  products  which  they  can  handle.  It  would  also 
be  necessary  to  get  a list  of  the  producers  who  are  raising 
such  material  and  who  can  reasonably  be  depended  upon  to 
furnish  it.  It  will  undoubtedly  be  necessary  in  the  adoption 
of  such  a scheme  to  have  a sort  of  commission  house  or  land- 
ing place  where  such  articles  can  be  received  and  from  which 
they  can  be  distributed  to  those  who  need  them.  In  this 
way  it  is  hoped  that  enough  producers  can  be  found  to  send 
their  products  to  this  common  center,  and  thus  to  have  a 
constant  supply  of  products  which  will  satisfy  local  demands. 
Not  only  will  this  marketing  organization  have  the  effect  of 
bringing  in  a constant  supply,  but  opportunity  will  be  had  to 
keep  the  producer  informed  as  to  the  kinds  of  farm  products 
