The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-09-08

CHICAGO, SATURDAY. SEPT. s, 1896.
uo-epsrasfon ia Enxiapd. :

mehuoneoln my last, made very clear an
argumentative speech, using the best an
most stubborn Of figures, quoting statistics
that offer no apology FOR extracting nm
giving here "ihe goyernmsnt Of Englan'
Is said to be the representative OF the country
bit out of Z, 100000 adult males, sighty-fou
per cent. or upwards of 8 ,000, 600, have N
more voice in making the laws o. the mana
cement Of the affairs Of the country than
Russian or barbarian" That is clea
,aStatement OF q lam-atable truth Furthe
on, the speaker took note of tho or,
that the working classes have ne,stake il
the country, aud gave the following answer
Eve have as great stake in the welfare o
the country as any class. Our energy AM
labor is the source Of alt wealth. Our en-
tefprise and industry have made England
what she is. Our very existence is bouut
up in preserving the stability and prosperity
Of this conntry. Are not our wives, oul
children, and our homes ms dear to us a,
those of the aristocracy to themi Working
men no s;ak in the country! Are our sict
and providenr societies, with assets to tn.
amoan. Of f6,O00,O00, 70 be ignored our
trade and benevolent societies with Their
e., 50o,0 600 Of no consequence Are our CO
operative societies, with business 10 the
amount OF &6,000, 900 annually, Of no lmpor.
tance Are our building securities, with
invested savings 10 the amount Of fl3,0O0,-
600, Of no value and are orr little earnings
which have been placed in the post. office and
other saving banks Of no consequence? Add
to this the annual income in the shape OF
wages of the laboring classes to the amount
of f400 goo 600, and then ask what becomes
OF the charge of our having no stake in the
country y Very well, indeed, Mr.. Potter.
The principle carried into practice by
M-ssrs. Greening 4 Co., of Manchester, fof
which gave an account in 4 previous letter.
is spreading, and have pleasure IN giving
you q few particulars Of other firms, who
have, or are about to ;ry this new system Of
cooperative partnership betW cen employers
and employed. First, then, AesSrs Cros-
sleys Of Halifax. The carpet nanufact airing
works Of MeSsrs. Crossleys are Known & the
Dean Clough Mills, and furnish employment
TO between 4 900 and $500 hands. They
are certainly the largest experimentation
ing works IN the world.
As pIoprietors Of this vast establishment.
he Messrs. CrosSleys might have retained
in their hands the whole management Of the
concern, aud the immense profits arising
theretrom. Bat they took more far seeing
view Of the case. They had collected around
them more than 400 skilled hand and the,
wished TO secure the utmost poss. g amount
oil Cooperation between these and themselves
They ielt that il WIS Of the utmost impor
lance that the workers should DE induced u
take an interest in the business of such a
nature as to render trade disputes almos. i'm
possible, so far as their firm vas concerned
The Limited Liability Act Afforded the means
Of dong this. The establishment VI Messrs
Crosseys was converted into ioint stock
company, the car ital being 81 est, 600. The
Mrssrs. Crossleys retaining in their own pos
sessions iouT-diths Of this capital, Offering
the remaining nth to the workers employed
by them. To bring the shares within reach
Of the operatives, the price was fixed at SIS
each, owner Of said shares participation IN
the profits Of the concern, according TO the
amogate bslG
Ihe success Of this enterprise, there is
reason to believe, has led other manufacturers
OF the North to contemplate similar changes
in their Establishments. Halifax is not to
stand alone as evidence Of the care taken BY
employers Of the interests Of the employed
The grounds Of the / rtland Rolling Mills
corporation comprise eighty-fiYe acres This
y
with a multitude Of neat and substantial
houses constitute a pleasant little village
The mill has capacity Of 10000 tons a
year, has an engine Of 400 horse power,
seven heating and three pudding furnaces
Hsd wta gaore such examples Of cooperation
between employers anu employed, We should
have no strikes nor lock-outs.
perceive that the names ofMr 7 Hughes
MP, MIR Montague Chambers, &C, Mp,
with many more influential gentlemen, art
at the head of a prospectus Of new com
pany. The object Of this company under
the name Of the Industrial Partnership Of
Ciothiers (L.iInlted), is TO form a large estab-
nshmeut ~ a central position, and from time
10 time depots OF branches in her favorab,
situations in London and elsewhere for The
manufacture and sale of all articles in cloth
ing, Teady-made and to measure and o.
conduct the business on a system for which
the Development Of the principles Of co-ope
ration and limited liability afford an oppor
tdnlty no. hitherto available. Ii has q ere
for, bsen determined TO establish this indus
trIal partnership IN the triple interest OF
capital, work aud custom, making provisions
in the articles of ASSOCIATION for the division
OF ali profits, stter,payment Of interest at the
rate Of stTen per cent. per annum to share.
holders, among each il defined proportions ;
viz; 50 per cent. for capital, % for work K,
and % for custom. The shares have been
fixed 81 each, in order to allow working
men and persons Of small means to become
propnetors, and that amount can bt paid IL
small instruments. Ii Is good end,avor,
and | think, with the present directors, viii
be a success.
Delegates from the principle cooperative
associations Of France conv0ked BY the S.
q; e GH Credit Gu 1ragdH met together III
als on the 2lst and 23d Of last month, al d
among other things, decided that an Inter
national Cooperative Congress shall be held
in Paris on the 10Th Of August, 1867. Ame-
rlcan co operators, you must have delegates
there
The dispute in the Welch IRON trade 10 at
an end, the bosses having Withdrawn the
notice Of reduction Of wages. The pro.
posed reduction was to have been at least 10
per cent.
l regret to write that the unfortunate dis
pute IN the iron trade Of rhe north Of Eng
land Is no nearer q solution than when last
wrote. The men maintain firm attitude Of
resistance, and the employers are equally
imnovable in pressing the reduction. The
whole OF the large iron works on the south