60 BULLETIN 1237, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
First. — The party of the first part shall be considered the general agent of all the 
parties of the second part in all matters concerning the marketing of citrus fruit, 
and such other matters as are incident thereto within the limitations hereafter pro- 
vided, -with power to provide a suitable place for doing business. 
To elect or appoint a suitable official force to supervise the business, at such 
salaries as may from time to time be considered proper by the directors of the party 
of the first part. 
To employ a force of sales agents stationed at various points throughout the United 
States, Canada, and such other countries as may be decided upon, as will be sufficient 
to dispose of the products of the second parties in all available territory. 
To organize and maintain a claim department for the handling of all claims. 
To maintain a legal department to take care of the necessary litigation, and fur- 
nish advice to the various organizations connected herewith. 
To maintain an advertising bureau for the purpose of stimulating consumption and 
demand. 
To create any other department, or incur any other expense which may be deemed 
necessary by the Board of Directors of the party of the first part to protect all those 
interests of the parties of the second part of a general nature, and which will affect 
all alike, within the scope of the duties of the first party as herein provided. 
Cooperation". 
It is agreed that all of the information obtained by the party of the first part; all 
of the facilities established by it; all of the books or records maintained by it; all of 
the agencies, both general or local, shall always be at all times available to the second 
parties, or their accredited representatives. 
The second parties will at all times cooperate for whatever object may, within the 
law, be deemed to be for the general good. They will each and all abide by and be 
bound by all the contracts, agreements and sales made by the party of the first part 
for any member of such organization, and will promptly ratify any action taken by 
the party of the first part, or any of its authorized agencies in behalf of any or all of 
the parties of the second part within the scope of the authority of such agencies. 
Life of Agreement. 
This agreement shall be effective September 1, 1920, and shall continue in force 
and effect until the first day of September, 1940, and during that period the parties 
of the second part and all associations, corporations, partnerships, or individuals con- 
nected with such second parties, or shipping through such second parties, or any of 
them, will ship all their citrus fruits through the party of the first part and the mar- 
keting agencies by it established, and for such period of time will consign all ship- 
ments to the party of the first part at some point where the said party of the first 
part has representation, through and by the local exchange with which each associa- 
tion is affiliated; provided, however, that any party to this agreement may withdraw 
therefrom on the first day of September of any year, and be no longer bound by the 
stipulations herein agreed upon, by filing a written notice of withdrawal with the 
party of the first part ten days or more before any such date, and each of said parties 
of the second part agrees that if it shall at. any time during the life of this agreement 
fail to ship all its citrus fruits as hereinbefore agreed upon, or shall dispose of all or 
any of it elsewhere, or otherwise than as herein agreed upon, that it will forfeit and 
pay as liquidated damages to i lie party of the first part, an amount equal to twenty-five 
i 25) cents a box on all such citrus fruits which are, or may be shipped or sold other- 
wise than as stipulated in this contract, providing the first party was ready and 
willing to receive and handle such fruit. 
Reserved Rights of Shippers. 
It is understood, however, thai each shipper reserves to itself the right to regu- 
late and control iis own shipments, to use its own judgment, and decide for itself 
when and iu what amounts it shall ship; to what markets it shall ship; whore its 
products shall be Bold, and, except at auction points, tin- price it is willing to receive. 
Fully reser\ Lng t ho right of tree compel it ion with all other shippers, including other 
members of this organization, unhampered and uncontrolled by any one. 
