Co-operation: The Hope of the ConsumerMacmillan, 1918 - 328 pages |
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Page 286 - No person, firm, corporation or association, hereafter organized or doing business in this State, shall be entitled to use the word "co-operative" as part of its corporate or other business name or title for producers' co-operative marketing activities, unless it has complied with the provisions of this act.
Page 95 - When a trade-marked article is advertised to be sold at less than the standard price, it is generally done to attract persons to the particular store by the offer of an obviously extraordinary bargain. It is a bait — called by the dealers a
Page 123 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly, is poetry, prophecy, and religion, — all in one.
Page 282 - The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board of not less than five directors, elected by the members or stockholders from their own number.
Page 282 - Every such association shall be managed by a board of not less than five directors. The directors shall be elected by and from the stockholders of the association at such...
Page 285 - All co-operative corporations, companies, or associations heretofore organized and doing business under prior statutes, or which have attempted to so organize and do business, shall have the benefit of all of the provisions of this act, and be bound thereby on filing with the secretary of state a written declaration signed and sworn to by the president and secretary to the effect that said co-operative company or association has by a majority vote of its stockholders decided to accept the benefits...
Page 282 - The original articles of incorporation organized under this act or a true copy thereof, verified as such by the affidavits of two of the signers thereof, shall be filed with the secretary of state.
Page 281 - ... union" shall be construed to mean the same. ARTICLES CONTENTS SEC. 1786e. 2. They shall sign and acknowledge written articles which shall contain the name of said association and the names and residences of the persons forming the same. Such articles shall also contain a statement of the purposes of the association and shall designate the city, town, or village where its principal place of business shall be located. Said articles shall also state the amount of capital stock, the number of shares,...
Page 134 - Real success in business is to be found in achievements comparable rather with those of the artist or the scientist, of the inventor or the statesman. And the joys sought in the profession of business must be like their joys and not the mere vulgar satisfaction which is experienced in the acquisition of money, in the exercise of power or in the frivolous pleasure of mere winning.
Page 284 - The directors, subject to revision by the association at any general or special meeting, shall apportion the earnings by first paying dividends on the paid-up capital stock not exceeding six per cent per annum, then setting aside not less than ten per cent of the net profits for a reserve fund until an amount has accumulated in said reserve fund equal to thirty per cent of the paid-up capital stock and...