New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-11

II owed thougn lht1 grain WIZ ffirriof ana thrtf
prices above those which cash would have settled.
or course, the Mil fell into enbarrassments, and
Of course lis sunshine supporters fell of, but the
Pioneers stood firm. and, by lOsns aud the wise
counsels suggested by severe experience, carried
!, tbroush 10 an assured ard beneGcent success.
The following passage from Mr. Holy oahe's narra-
tive is instructive:
"In the origin Of their -four operations, curious
c,,cnrn-t.nc~ occurred. Determined 10 supply al
49, ,enurs they supplied the tour so. II might
he inferior a. have related 1t was but II vas pure
IN, be;rr pure il browuer than the usus hour IN
the markell Il was rejected tor ts alnfenGe ol corr,
A friend OF the present writer, disguised win the
snurious coffee Of London made arrangements 10 sup
NV the common people with genuine cup 10 LUIS
end be opened hou.e in LAMBETH ana gro9od up Tue
real berries pure But no one wouid dIihA us ~.
ard he had TO shut up his house. Accustomed 70
siu,eru,ed coffee until their taste was formed upon
deprayed compounds, the people rejected me Pure
beverage. So il happened to our coru'Hu me un-
aduIterated -four would rot sell. The CUSTOMERS, tue
store knew neither the color nor taste OF pure nonf.
Then there was cry against the eooperators' was
said thew could not compete with the usue iniierri
aud if they aduteraed the only way open OF rendering
their flour popular there wou De s anH,' a. bsd a.
other traders For short time, they inside ther nou.
white in the usual way, but i was SO much again n
their principles to do so hat they ase use. .e .n
and the pure -four of whatever color, was taken INTO
favor and from that day to this 1t has been sold genu
ne."
The Equitable Pioneers Society has long since
ceased to be- merely a trading or purveying cor
noration. II has now seven distinct departments
Grocery. Drapery. Butchery, Shoemaking, Clog
ginr. Tailoring ard Wholesale. It's Grocery COM
menced with barely four articles on sale. 1t now
offers everything that ought to be sold in such an
establishment. The Drspery is now eleven years
old: the Butchery is eight, though the store had
nreyiously sold fresh Meat. The Shoemsking and
Tailoring were commenced in lc52; Wholesaling IN
$50 The original warehouse in Toad Lane Is
now all rented aud occupied BY the Pioneers sud
they have four branches in different quarters OF the
town. A. the number of associates has swelled 10
1.s4s they can no longer hold general meeting
on their own premises, but are obliged to hire the
Town Hall. The total capital is now S7o,Ooo,
held in S. shares. of which over $1,000 is in'
vested in the Mil, in which there are other own
ers. The Pioneers have incurred no debts and
made no losses; and, though their aggregate deal
inas have amounted to 81 500 coo, they have never
had a law suit We gather that nearly hundred
| persons are directly and constantly employed by
the Society dozen or more of them in the Store
alone Over the Grocery is Newsroom, where
the members are reading each evening, and cir
culating library of 1900 choice volumes, from
which they and their children are taking out books
/ Toad Lane is crowded each evening by cheerful CO..
operators, and as much ss $4,000 has been taken
by the Store in snglc day. But, says Mr..
HolyOake,
at is not the brillisnoy Of commercial activity in
| which either writer or reader will take the deepest
interest; il is in the and improved spirit animan
this intercourse of trade. Buyer and seller meet as
friends there is overreach.ng on one sde and no
| suspicion on the other; and Toad Lane on Saturday
night. while as gay RS the Lowlher Arcade in London
| is ten times more moral. These crowds of humble
| workingmen, who never knew before when they put
| good food in their mouths, whose every dinner was
aduterated whose shoes Jet IN the water month too
eoon whose waistcoats shone with devils dust, and
whose wives wore calico that would not wash, now
buy in the markets like milonaires, and, so far as
pureness of food goes, live like lords They are weay
ing their own stuffs, making their own shoes sewing
their own garments, and grinding their own corn;
They buy the purest sugar and the best tea and grind
their own coffee They slaughter their own cattle,
and the finest beasts of the land wadde down the
streets Of Rochdale for the consumption Of flannel
weavers and cobblers.' When did competition give
poor men these advantages And will any man say
that the moral character Of these people is not i'm
proved under these influences The teetotslers OF
RocLdale acknowledge that the Store has made more
sober men since it commenced than all their enor,s
have been able 10 make in the came tme' HusOahus
who never knew what IL 10 be ont OF deOt, ana
poor wives who during forty years never had s1pence
uLmCrtgaged in their pockets now possess little stores
Of money sufficient 10 build them cottages ana go
every week into their own market with money Jnging
in their pockets; and III that market there Is no dis
trust and no receptions there Is 10 adulteratlOu, and
no second prices The whole atmosphere is honest.
Those who neither hurry, hnesse, nor Halter.
They have no interest in chicanery. They have but
one duty 10 perform that of giving fair uicasure full
weight and a pure article. In other parts OF the
town where competition Is the principle Of trade all
the preaching in Rochdale cenuot produce moral
effects Ike tbese.f
of course, this Store is open 10 everybody
non-members as well co6peratcrs-and every nrti.
Gle is sold at fixed uniform price. The immoral
trick of seling certain articles of known value
below cost, in order 70 draw custom for Others on
which round profit may be charged, is condemned
and disallowed. Every article must be Of the best
quality, and must pay moderate profit and no
more. But, after having paid sll expenses, pro-
yided for all contingencies, and set apart "a per
cent for educational purposes, all tie aceruiHg
profit is quarterly dirided among the associates in
proportion 10 the amount Of their pvrehoss during
the quarter. OF course, here is direct induce
ment not only to trade at the ssorc, out to buy
erything that can be had there. Let US give u
few Of Mr. Holyoake's instances Of the working
of this principle:
"A mother, who had always sent her Child to the
neighborng shop, at length began 20 send that child
20 the Store which was more than q mile away from
hsr house. The child asked the mother Why she
should be sent so far away for things instead 4 going
into the chop next door, The mother explained To the