1. Visit wholesalers, commission men and jobbers, and ascertain wholesale prices on foodstuffs. Also get in touch with the producers as far as possible and buy directly from them. 2. Buy in large quantities, that is, in barrel and case lots, since the larger the quantity the less will be the cost. 3. Have all orders shipped to one place, preferably the home of the local director. 4. The director must own reliable scales and measures, and keep an accurate account of all goods bought and pay all bills incurred by her own center. 5. Each month the local director shall appoint a committee of three women, to whom she shall submit a record of all expenditures and receipts, together with the original bills for examination and approval. 6. Each member participating in any purchase shares proportionately according to the amount taken, in the cost of freight and express charges. 7. Each member of a center must agree before an order is sent to take and pay CASH for her portion of order when received. 8. Members failing to take their orders, when ready for delivery, shall forfeit their portion, the same to be sold by the director in any way she sees fit to reimburse herself. 9. Goods delivered by the director without payment shall be on her own responsibility, and should she fail to receive money due, she should have recourse to the usual methods of law to obtain settlement. Neither the League nor its officers hold themselves responsible for debts incurred by local centers or their directors. “You probably saw in the paper how last fall we bought a carload of potatoes from Michigan, saving fifty-five cents a bushel. Our Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys we bought direct from farmers, country dressed, i. e., drawn and fully dressed instead of merely picked, thereby saving more than five cents on the pound. I could give one instance after another, but to sum it up I would say that our aim is to set a wholesome, attractive table for a family of six persons on fifteen dollars a week. “But you understand, the directors alone can not accomplish this. They must have intelligent cooperation from each housewife in ordering the supplies to be bought in quantities. Our League sounds the death knell of corner-grocery-to-table buying. A cooperator must plan her purchases well. And to help her do this our president has prepared some admirable bulletins, two of which I happen to have with me.” The men in particular were much impressed by the carefully arranged suggestions on these bulletins. Then Mrs. Tyler went on: