Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-07-15

Tus ErGur HouR MovKxaSr. ques.
ton Of labor viii 10 all probability be open
to discussion % long ~ man II obliged %
earn his broad By The swess Of his bscw.-
The ssitstiss Of The eight hour question 10
The Sssls of li1iasis ssssltsd il . aetsus
sssenaaisn = ks1ssssio 10y 1soail 6sts
Of ssaas ard nsnsfsseuss estA lsss u bssh
Glasses bas usss partisslssiy 70 ~ wseas
inguss ahsnsslss. Oar lsAsss o1vlsss
show : gsossal dis<stisiactien With he
workings Of The eight heur lev 10 on piaess
where Il hes been established, from the iAet
shst il does not accomplish The desired Of
feet, and 10 no particular doss Il meet ths
wants Of The classes Il designs to benefit
The working mes Of this city in ssstsvin9
the svests Of the past lev months. CO BOW
see she widen Of their ection taken q
their meeting 10 Nay lest. except perhaps It
may b. their sstion in regard 70 the msoey
rsissd 1t sl,aa nsssine. Il ssw bshosvss
the working men Of shis 6ssss 70 pss6s b.
the experience Of their fellow wofkmen ef
those Statss where the eight houf lev has
been enacted The question can now be
studied scientifically, and q . principal. no
small consideration should innueses our
oct on. Legislation undoubtedly has much
20 d. With IL, but We apprehsnd from re.
suits already accomplished, that The diree,
esislatioo heretofore denandsd will mt ac>
6 mplish any desired results. neither will
the agrsrian legislation advocated BY Ben
Wade In his receot speech 1t Kansss ever
be defended by corporsfs guard II work
ing men. The legislation most needed nov,
that which will most benefit the working
classes ia that legislation which shall do
.vay with the present obnoxious radical
tstiff and 30 arrange taxstson and the reve.
nue. system that the working classes shall
rot alone bear the burdens Of government.
Let politics ne reduced TO principle and
public men be measured BY their frailty to
principles. Demagoguss have pra,ed Of the
dignity of labor, and after election have
let dignity 20 begging for champions. For
six yesrs We have bssn lsgislsting for the
negro. and nov that that question has reach
I'd . solstios The people demand . little
home legislasisn. A principles ars tsstsd
~ fsli ssd free aisessoisa ~ trust the Ia
Dor question in this State may b happily
soiyad without any sll-advised aetisn.
TIE oaly stsisslv popular moveosnt Is
the cooperative system, in which shs work
ing people Of ssy pssticulas tssds soits
their labor and means for shsis own bensil
instead Of for the benefit Of sny capisals,
who may choose to employ them. Thi,
system has not yet become general 10 thi,
county for the reason thas the people d.
not understand II, but the time will CONT
when its ramifisations will b ~ sxeen.
ded here - in Europe.
Among ourselves. the system Of co.opsra
live indsssry, though not very young ir
vears,is young in experience and in method
II began in Cincinnati ~ carly - 1852
~ith the Cabinet>makes's Union. Since
then three companies have bssn incorporated
in Cincinnati-"The Queen City rurpentint
Company" 1.-The Cincinnati Furniture AZ.
sociation," and ''The Central Furniture As,
.ociation." the last with $4,000 capital
the other two with $4,000. All three
work well. The first mentioned pays ter
per cent. TO the working atockhosdes ovss
md above the usual wages. In England
(where the system has besn thoroughly
tested) il spreads 90 fast and takes such
hold that the regular traders are neditatine
self defense. A year ago there we're il
England AIT CO operative stores realizing
altogether somo s., ,0O0, 600 Of profits and
lividine thirsy ,fivs pr cent on investmsnts
In France the papers report still more wen
derfu1 successes. and on . higaes plane o
enterprise. The French are the best or
sanizers Of industry 10 tie wsrld. Th'
City Of Paris has 30 industrial associations
tho prosperity (which is 90 immense ths
all sorts Of trades are striking into the sys
,em the small trades which require bu
l,,tle capital. such as last-msking, spectacle
making, chair making. finding them espec-
ally suited to them. The busy City o
| Lyons has 90 stores conducted ON the ays'
TEN, the profits Of which on the capita
we're 60 per cent The movement has at
raced much attention and acquired s,
much importance in France that the Direct
ors Of the Credit au 7raraH (ths Working
mems Bank) have invited . congress Of tn,
lo.ops-ativs societies Of all nations 70 ~
scmble in Paris on the 14th OF August fo
general consultation. 1t must be remember
I'd that these are strictly popular movement
movements Of the working psople.raisinl
.he'r own capital by their own contributions
Ia Chicago, the North Western Mauufaetur
mrEcompany have adopted the eo>opesasiv
principle ~ bar to the eight>hour move
nsnt. Our people have peculiar advantage
for putting in practice the cooperative sys
ten, hut shoss very advantAgss are. jus
how 10 their Wy. They are free, and. be
cause free, restless. The resources Of tn,
ctuntry are inexhsussible. and they are i'm
patient to get st moro than 10 within thei
sach.-Ncnsy 10 made With great npidity
and slov ssssmulasioos do not satisfy them
Bot the signs ~ full u hope. Cheap flo,
10 good, % ars msdssats rents - u rss
sosabls clothisg, but bslsse tAas shss,
things 10 diliesat, ambitions, educated, ell
respestins, I'D eshssussAsespsssine lssos
The cooperative systsm cannot be sasriet
on 10 mem spirit. Il os1ees - coesio>
IN b shiltlssss s1lsavaosae, leess, q essk,
leos meo. The smallest dishooeoey vii
ruin il in forsuss and 10 seputssioo. III
smallset isfusion Of trsdss' jealousy vil
bssak h dews. Net rivalry, bse syopatb,
is its Nv. II 10 not likely. indeed, that anJ
but honest end capable men viii uadessak,
Z" carry cut the system % . large scsie
We beg these to look to it that The conditi
ons Of joining then sss such q will steady
the middle sg,d and educate the ysung
An this 10 vssy good advies, and should 3
hsedsd By lhese 70 who's & 10 disseaed
The cooperative systs0 10 16r bettse thai