The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-08-25


happiness, nor q quiet c0nsciance. IL esss1
not bird TO it one loving, sympathixing sou
One dollar OF alI his possessions could ia
go with him over ths river Of death. .aai
| So the miser lived Ids three score year
and more, and thtn died s'and went 20 Nj
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Ce-eperatsve Werkshops.
! The great interest now manifested on III
question OF cooperative stores should not b
allowed to hide IRON view the equally i'm
portant question Of cooperative workshops
WoFkingmen and women, too, must aim a
saving the profit made on their labor, a,
we'll as the profit made on. their purchases
il they ever mean 10 protect themseIve.
from the monstrous, wide spread oppressios
which hourly res llts from the wrongful .uss
Of labor-created capital
Workingmen and workingwomen mus
understand, and preach 10 the present ana
the rising generation the great truth, thai
the only way by which the toiling millionF
can protect themselves from the unjust
claims, and soul-crushing tyranny Of eaptal,
is for themselves to become the capitalists
and that AL that is necessary 70 become
capitalists, is to save the profits made On
what they buy, and on what they produce
and, further, that this saving can be brought
about by means OF co-operalioa, and BY no
other means. #sff .s.. .
In obedience to the above truth, coop
erahye foundry has been commenced. ct
Troy, and 10 now running very successfully.
II employs but twenty tnolders at present,
but as soon as TASKS are cempleted will en-.
large its force. Movements are on fOot fer
the establi shment of another co.operA i've
foundry. Some twesty persons or more A. :
already interesting themselves sndthe nnAts
ter will assume tas yl5le shape. The new
foundry. il the ldss Is csrTia out, win con-
fins itself mostly 70 jebbeSg, which is COO
sidered as the most remunerative work
The men engaged in this enterprise were
unable for time to Join their obrethren of
the other association, and have since man
aged to put themselves in q position where
they can also derive the benefits OF co. .0per-
stion. This ia as Il should be, and as 10 win
be in every trade and calling when men un-
derstsnd their true interests w y.it
! The securing and concentrating capital ia
the hands Of the few, as is the case under
the present arrangement Of things, leads un.
mistakably to the oppression OF the many
The saving and concentrating of capital ID
great blessing, II rightly used.
There i nothing in the hands Of man "a
powerful for both good and evil as money.
It is the wrongful use Of Il which produces
nearly all the misery which we see, and II
is only by commencing TO nuse il properly
that this widespread misery can be d6ns
away with, and . better day for labor mads
to dawn. Nasi@a4 n a1
We therefore rejoice TO see these efforts
put forth ia favor OF Q system which justly
places capital IN the hands of the many IN.
der conditions which secure all ths advAn.
taees Of concentration to be used IN the in,
serest OF the many the elevation Of all and
the oppression of meme. semf Is Al
By way of showing what might be done
in few years towards placing this mighty
power, concentrated capital, in the hands
Of people, we will here go into short cal
culation. N - ixR4 yiasss.
We will suppose that in this city alone
there are fifty trades that have ofganizsd
|co-operatiye workshops, and that thers ar<
one thousand members in each association
or total Of iifty thousand, and that thu
average wages Of the fifty Thousand is eli
per week, -.or t750, 900 for The rwhose, o.
tS9 ,000, 900 for the gear, and thai theiavs
age profit on the business b sequzi to thirty
cents on every dollar paid for wages; thi,
wonld give total profit Of ell ,700, 900 peI
wear. or SIl7 900, 900 in ten years, OF &2. 80
10 each Of the any thousand workmcfi d
members OF the association. Hsn totsf
Nov, Independent Of AN other considera
tions, ought not this simple hct thai 81 30.
can Be laid aside in ten years. ever ems
above the regular weekly wages, 10 ba
powerful incentive to the forming Of fhes
associations, not only in. this. city, bn
throughout the length and breadth Of cu
land = 'sta sasst~ ~ s'<pa =
Where is the man that would nos wIsl
| to lsy aside such sun every ten. year
during tie prime ofiife, ID Be used as eapits
| in the people's interests, as il surely wos3I
lbe, In .co-operative associationsi And whe
oll ege oycrtakes him.. how pleasant an
comforting would be the thought, that whe
no longer able to hboF, the crest on u
capitAl hs owns, and which as BEEN PR
|dncsd by his own labor will furnishi Id
i With all thst Is necessary In bis deeliain
years, and still enable him, IL he think fit, /
lleave : noble legacy behind. ..s''s' :.
4 'But bright Is th1t Wcotd Be, in ia0iiit
lpafnt of'visw, itisI nothlngszo be comPnu
4 Nth the cod thak would result from 4
Iimnroved socisl infellecknal ana moral 4
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