, 1865-10-24
TIE CHEAP FUEL MOVEMENT.
Spu8mo motl1c EHOrts-rnst Eallurca-The
Cooperative PtaM-OuF Nod
ern ShyfockS.

Winter Is upon rs Iuel IL Al the freezing 10
deathl point. and tho usual -fall.re-euacted
eraemodlc effort 10 establish Fuel Society Is re-
peated. A big ptospcctus-1arce In tts talk II not
In 1uchee, has been sent ouf ealing upon the pco-
pie to combine to put down the cobIuers, to hght
the evil with carnal wespous, In other words to
E1ye 10 ordinary men their incl, md meats, aud
other family supplies, at ts prlcee, Ignoring alto
ge.her the monopo1ists who are playing such havoc
with their poekbtx and temper1.
It ts really enough to provoke smile, though We
would not 30 understood as EidicuIins the move.
ment, or The restiessnees under c1tortlon which
pfompts It. Every year now, for 80 long a dme
one, The people Of this city hare walled tn the fa
prices were established at whatever rate The dealers
seFs M ST soaS ed io~ %en e ssys af ss
was cut Oh they have made m ou.ay, and raised a
big talk about getting their own fuel, well
kaow1nE that the railroad companies would
lake cram could not. Tbs ouicry has uniformly
Int. tlll the approacLius opening 0! navigation
brought down p5tees. and then the exc:ezncnt died
Winteti the time Wa too lar distant, and nobody
cared nhout u The scFy men who bad been lond-
ct 10 complaining, tossot their tto9bls the most
csn,c and prices advanced, and tho deacss, quietly
chucktne over tho quiet which rrigned when relief
q ave % an or o
dollars tou and wakcned up tho storm Of popular
but powe1lceb indignation.
mer With regard to the ice supply, a. 10 winter
about fuel, except That We have not had quite SO
many attacks OF the summer complaint Al OF the
Sase similar sepetions Of ihs same disorder M every za
year in the future, with better remit than that
obtained In the past. The way to complete sub
mitsion to n,oncpolistic dctattoD, Is paved sslih
good intentions, and with tho good, doWncaat coal
rtdlen ice-preyed reoplc OF Chicago, 1t viii be as
NTH others: they will. and do
Resolve snd re-sesolse, yet par the same.
rnf,.
It's scope-tba projectors ''propose 10 zniah coil,
wood, ofls prosis1ons groceries meats. vegetables
etc. ctc.+ to all members OF the Company, al actual
to shea u eoon a. saeieut capssi i suSscrtssd I
and paid In" The pztco Of shares fs put at twenty
yc dollars he espit.l 1t 9lo 09o ihe business 10
nothing Of the projectors, their names not being
given on the circular, but the object in view is
good one-,flt can only be attained =" There's The
Hope IN Tie ultimate sharpening Of human vi. BY
experience, eays: "aye," and The more sau7niue OF
the lEce wll ,:;hope On. hope efes' for shIs good
We carc not to argnc tbs question as to whether
Of not The ncld Of operation here proposed be too
large to be practical: certain Il is that smaller
nothine. Their i, howcSar, 4 danger in attempt-
tng 10 take toe wide runge, nn1css the operators
be bound together BY some other lie than pecn-
found Impossible 10 Keep these institutions IN mo
tion unless where the stockholders are al, OF
largely, workers n one trade or calling.
Stores carried o. under The latter provisions nave
the United Kingdom, under the head Of co.Dpeta-
tive stores. They hare done q wosld Of good. asen
in country where The competition among dealers
adynuce t1 prices break down from sheer inability
tocoScr Tho whole heid, and where normal nsohts
on goods sold arc much less than w1th u.s.. We no
are taked Tin Chicago, and one In forward sate
ofpreparatton for opening. II carried out IN tho
light Of the experience acquired abroad. they will
be valuable ad1uncts to the efforts Of the working
ffcommenced de noro the projectors viii very prob.
ably meet with tho same discouraeements and fal-
ures which attended the original efforts Ia the man
ufaclu1ing districts Of England and Scotland, and
Increment for Jears to come. Everything depends
on the plan Of action. and the honesty With which
II Is carried out. The arst Is the projection, The
more Important Ther are probably equally so.
But We digrass. Our object ts tIther to Etmu-
late ttan to discourage the movement to get
= stfzw IN The pail of those who lin now to set
such Eociety In working order But 30 far as fuel
Is concerned and that is really the more important
,ten,-we fear that No special good en- Be attained
doors. Stin Il the unjust e1acllons Of any set oi
men be met In ever so snail a uay, certain
nrnount Of moral benefit accrnea, much larger tim
under consideration haTe only momentum enough
to carry 1t into another year II will be power fos
good.
shown In the fact that The dealers IN fuel have on
hand now nearly fifty thousand tons Of coal more
than Il The e1ose Of navigation Lust Jear, and yel
they hsa e qRsn "a sn% o. ea1d 4 S5
ikVf ikeil Win,er Il snPpis ss no not s1ssa.ed; ia "
have cpod deal of coal rel to axftso before Winia
eets his icy hard upon us. It Is well known 'aa