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BULLETIN 1237, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
A growers' service bureau is maintained, which is primarily a 
division created for the purpose of promoting the organization of new 
associations and strengthening existing locals. The bureau also inves- 
tigates any dissatisfaction on the part of a member or members of 
the various locals, and endeavors to adjust misunderstandings and 
to correct deficiencies in service, whether on the part of the associa- 
tion, the district, or the exchange. 
Organization of the Fruit Growers Supply Co. 
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STOCKHOLDERS 
Local Units of the Exchange 
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20 SUPPLY COMPANY DIRECTORS 
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MANAGER 
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Fig. 7.— The stockholders of the Fruit Growers Supply Co. are the associations, individual shippers, and 
packing companies affiliated with the California Fruit Growers Exchange. The representatives of the 
20 district exchanges are the directors of the supply company. 
THE LAW DEPARTMENT. 
The law department of the exchange handles all the legal problems 
arising in the course of its business, and represents the exchange 
in all suits that may ensue. Through the legal department the 
exchange directors are kept advised regarding all legislation and 
court decisions that may affect the citrus industry, and assistance 
in organization, in preparation of contracts, by-laws, and other legal 
forms, and in evolving sounder methods of financing their operations, 
is given to the associations. 
The law department gives general assistance to cooperative organ- 
izations in other industries. It is the policy of the exchange to be 
helpful whenever possible to the cooperative movement in general 
among agricultural producers. 
THE ACCOUNTING AND STATISTICAL DEPARTMENT. 
To determine the factors influencing the marketing process and 
the margins of profit of the different groups of dealers in the trade, 
this department has made an investigation of prices and margins on 
citrus fruit in the principal cities where the exchange has representa- 
tives. This investigation has been continued regularly since 1913. 
With the aid of the data gathered, the exchange strives to influence 
the other factors in the marketing of citrus fruits toward better and 
more economical merchandising methods, to reduce margins when 
