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AGRICULTURAL RELIEF 
Mr. CLarkxe. Do you believe then that if the commodity in any 
darticular line comes under the workings of the equilization fee that 
that will encourage the cooperatives? 
Mr. KEHOE. That will not only encourage them, but it will make 
their operations certain and continuous. The different branches 
of the industry will have their own cooperatives, managed by their 
own people in whom they have confidence and will certainly function 
bidity and to the credit of the country and the benefit of their 
members. 
Mr. CLarke. Just what is your reason that would lead you to 
feel that those who are now out of the cooperatives would all come in, 
Mr. Kenok. They need not come in under the equilization fee. 
The equilization fee does not require anybody to join anything, as 
we understand it. 
Mr. CLarkE. That is my understanding. That is just what I 
want to get. 
Mr. KenoE. It does not require anybody to join any kind of 
cooperative. oo 
Mr. CLARKE. Your point is that by the elimination of the equiliza- 
tion fee it would have a tendency to increase the cooperatives or 
decrease this cooperative movement that is going on over the country? 
Mr. Keno. The cooperative movement will, in a sense, become 
perfected by the equalization fee, because it will be a continuing 
operation. We lived upon the enthusiasm, born of necessity, for 
five years. But we stopped against the wall of unfairness and 
injustice of the men on the outside that we were carrying. 
: M r. Orange. I am a director of a cooperative, and a very success- 
u one, that has been going on for years, and I feel like you that 
t % is undoubtedly a lot of unfair prejudice that goes with organ- 
i tions, that are not m the cooperatives, which enables them to put 
3 o ' ¢ arger price on, because we bear the burden of the thing. But 
’ 2 EW to get clear in my mind is this point, not in generalities 
ut specifically, how you feel the equalization fee is going to encourage 
or induce producers to join the cooperatives when they can get the 
i Hong hems members of any organization. 
a ol th do not take the position, nor will it be necessary 
that a | e cooperatives. I think sufficient men will join the 
peratives to keep the business in safe, s hands. I thi 
farmers of thi ess , sane hands. think the 
i ers of this country have within the various groups of the nation 
sufficient intellect and sufficient integrity and sufficient business 
acumen to manage their own affairs. We proved that lusivel | 
There was not a man connected with proved that 00m A z. 
district. They were all local 0 2 gained outside of our 
plovees. The directory continued cet throu, Oihoers or 
And 1 Tepont that we handled 0h ough our operations. 
small business—in five years and a bill a 
scandal or criticism was tLe De  ielnad: and no 
therefore, we could i © ug 
during that five years Ed th hat the membership We had 
emberthly win oh Lontie. oi e equalization fee, so that our 
ors Yenebing, g all the burden of the man whom he 
Mr. Crarke. It is v . . 
rou make the Tos > ne sonition that with the equalization fee 
hci Tees? outside pay his part of the upkeep of this