Utah Cooperator, January 1947;

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TAeUTAH
COOPERATOR
VOL. I, NO. 7.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
JANUARY, 1947.
UCA Volume $572/000~Savings $30,000 for 1946
THE COOPERATIVE WAY
Utah's Dilemma Can Be Answered
Through The Cooperatives
BY. JOS. A. GEDDES
Editor's Note: Part one of this article dealt with Utah's rich
natural resources; how corporate interests reap much of this wealth,
and compared how well-suited Utah is to fit into a cooperative program to recapture a just share of her natural wealth.
PART TWO
III.    Large issues are at stake.
1.    A HOOK-UP WITH NATURAL RESOURCES IS NECESSARY
Utah people should develop cooperatives strongly, because through them the people can connect up their
standards of living with the natural resources of the
mountains. Unless this hook-up is made, living standards
will remain low and become lower. With it and with wise
population policies they may become high and continue
to become higher.
It would do inj ustice to Brigham Young to infer that in
an age when the relationship
of industrialization to
progress was everywhere being demonstrated he planned
that his people should become tillers of the soil only.
Actually Brigham Young
wanted the people to reclaim
the land first so that a sound
basic foundation would be
laid for the development of a
stable culture. Later industrialization would come.
2. COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS REQUIRE SUPPORT.
Utah people should develop
cooperatives because cooperatives    improve    opportunities
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REGIONAL SHOWS REAL PROGRESS
In terms of financial progress, 1946 has been strikingly successful for UCA and most of its member associations. Wholesale sales have skyrocketed in comparison with 1945 ($575,000
compared with $305,000) and net savings have trebled ($31,000
compared with $11,000.)
Other important gains may be noted:
(1) Establishing of   The Utah  CO-OPERATOR.
(2) Alignment with  the Farm Bureau.
(3) Strengthening  business  relations  with   farm   marketing cooperatives.
(4) Embryo supply  organizations developing at Tremon-
ton, Corinne, Huntington, Oasis and Ogden.
(5) Completion of  warehouse  addition.
Each of these developments have contributed to the stature
of the cooperative movement in Utah.
The philosophy of consumer cooperative ownership, with
all of its power for human welfare, finds active expression in
Utah almost solely in the UCA  and  the people who own  it.
Million Dollar Budget Is
Goal Set for 1947
All previous records for sales and net savings for Utah
Cooperative Association were smashed in 1946. UCA
sales volume rose to $572,000, an increase of approximately 90% over the preceding year. Although net savings
have yet to be confirmed by audit, it is estimated! that
the amount earned will exceed $30,000, according to W. B.
Robins, manager.
Most of the gains were made in sales of gasoline, farm
fencing, and electrical appliances, although tires and
auto accessories contributed substantially to the total.
The entire $30,000 in net savings will be returned to
patrons of the regional wholesale as deferred patronage
refunds.
Without resting on its 1946
laurels, the UCA Board of
Directors at its meeting on
December 28, approved a sales
budget anticipating $1 million
in sales for 1947, together
with an extensive addition to
the central warehouse at
Salt Lake City. Authorization
also included an additional
two staff members—one to
head the Appliance and Hardware section and another to
direct Educational and Organizational activities. Neither of the men has been
named, but several applications are under consideration.
The new appointees will be
announced in the next issue
of this paper.
"I loo\ forward to the contribution that the cooperative
organization!; throughout the world will make to the years
of peace that lie ahead."—Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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