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 from an economic standpoint, at a disadvantage against this organization. They also have great difficulty in trying to prove their case before the courts when they have not even publicity as to the facts to help them.



Diagram II shows the establishment of "Z"—the commission. Here we have a coöperative, organized body to deal with the coöperative body "A." After all, the device is similar to that used by labor unions in this country and by the great coöperative farmers' movements in Europe and Australia.



Now let us consider Diagram III. If it is right that g, h, i, j, k, l and m should have somebody to go to, if it is right that "M," who as a shipper having a case relating to a few bales of hay, should have some means