According to Scaramanga's reminder as the men begin to argue with each other, what was the first agreement the men made when the Co-operative was first formed?

According to Scaramanga, having the ships anchored outside the U.S. harbors while trying to force the U.S. to raise sugar futures is risky because the squatting ships still have to pay their crew members, charter bills, and expenses. They are losing money each day the ships don't enter the harbor and unload their sugar.