Image 16 of El Paso herald (El Paso, Tex.), May 6, 1912, (Sport and Society Section)
author: Anonymous
source date: 1912
availability: public_domain

EL PASO HERALD 16 Mundav Mav 6 191 CNPEinHKEEn LUG CJST DOWN President Taft Submits 1onsular Reports from Four Nations Washington L C May President Tit today sent to congress the second rsiulment of the reports of consular r tt ers on cooperation and the cost of i ing which ire the result of the In tesuKation he some time ago directed snrud ue maae 1 lie countries includ ea in this instjiment are France Bel gi m t e Neiiei lands and Denmark 11 l i eports are accompanied by a let ter Srom Huntington Wilson acting St itta of state t appears from the information col 1 itJ the acting secretar sais that ihf rising cost of liwng has directed ttenion to ana augmented tie mem otrship of the cooperative societies more especial in France and Bei g urn I he French coopeiative ussocia it a c in the main arranged upon ti sjii p sstem as those in the United Kirid in The tendency is toward jsiril sOLieties and the great majority jf the association represent giotenta nd bakeries The most successful dls tr buive societies are iu the niiutn lurlrg cities of nortneastern arU cen tral