The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1867-10-12
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rorRrH pAY (rHuRsDAY's) PRocsxsRss. q
Ono OF the secretaries aRDeaaes<s- rs..
ceipt Of telegram from the Operative En-
gineers of Berlin, declaring rat ? would
send delegate to the next. apO. congress.
lie also communicated a telegram from the
Book binders Of. PaEis, apRespcipg their
junction to the Association. In the alter
noon the Congress received a telegram from
the Arbeitev RsrsiR, of LeipSic, and letter
from the ATbeiier Terein, Of Berlin, both
containing congratulations, and wishing the;
delegates success.
The report Of the committee on Group
was then brought up for discussion. The
report stated that: s7saaf as1a.s
'sTn their present phase cooperative as-
sociations, in all their three forms Of credit,
distribution, and production, still acknowledge
! the old principle Of the productiveness Of
capital and the priority Of the claims Of cap
! ita over those Of labor Thus, IN the Credit
| Societies, established under the auspices Of
Schulze Delitsch, ip Germany, and in that
presided over by M. Belluze, OF Paris (Societe
| du Credit au Travail), the capital invested
produces first interest, and, then, often divi-
| dends proportional to the contribution Of
/
contributions, il inevitably follows inat those
whose contribution is the largest viii become
in time, relatively rich men, and wtii end by
ameilorating their situation at the expense
Of the bulk Of the prolrtariaDs, npon whom
| u The last analysis this interest and these
dividends will be levied. ,-t s.fs.-
y The conclusion arrived is that the efforts
of workingmen's associations have a tenden-
cy to produce an inferior rank within the
working class, and the remedies for the dan
ger are given in the following propositions Y
I. To avoid this danger the Congress deem
it necessary to convince the working class
that the transformation Of social relations
can only be finally achieved by means which
compel the entirety Of Workingmen,s Asso-
Citations to IT axe mutually and justice the
basis OF their action.
2. The Congress Is Of opinion that all
Workingmen's Associations should be en-
couraged TO- direct their efforts rs much a
possible to eliminate the hitheft6 existing
priorties on the part OF capital ever labor,
and TO make the workingmen comprehend
how the idea Of mutually can be practically
realized. ....,
This report raised very lively debate,
which lasted three hours. 1t was the Ger
mans mainly who insisted that the present
cooperative movement would raise I'D a.
privileged caste within the ranks OF labor 4
and it was the British delegates who con-
tend that this danger was chimerical. A
British delegate proposed the following reso-
ton: -esif s--.I
The supposed danger Of an inferior rank
Of workingmen within the working class,
resulting from the efforts Of wOrkingmeAa
associations, will vanish in the same degree
as the development Of modern industry rem
ders production on small scale more inn
possible. Modern production on . large,
with its division and subdivision Of labor.
the application Of women's and children's
labor as Indispensable corollares, fuses the
individual efforts, and tsads irreslstably to
make cooperative labor necessity Tor all.
II the courte Of his speech be said that
the question Of industrial partnerships has
stI sted good deal cs attention in England.
May who have not the slightest pretens,ons
70 being social reforpers ere Of opinion thai
" = the only way TO put stop TO the daily
Occurring contests bssweeu eDpl0yefs ana
Employed lie then gave few details Of
Briggs Colliery, and asked where was the
danger Of an inferior grade of laborers re-
sulting from the action Of such associations.
II the colliery were divided into a. many
strips Of individual properties rs there were
workingmeD, there might be chance Of
some going to the wall, but here the fate Of
all was inseparably bound up. He men,
toned the fact Of this colliery to show that
modern production tended to make the in
struments Of PrOdactioa che common prop-
erty Of all concerned. The statmncst Wa
received with great ApPaa.ss. - !. a -
The Congress votsd the resolutions pro-
posed by the committee, and, NJ tbs same
time, voted the contradictory resolutions Of
the British DELEGATE. So there ID IN afirIna-
ton vat the action Of WoFktngmer's Assoc
Citations creates q danger, an indefinite de-
claration how the danger Il to be sv6i1ed,
andanother declaration that the danger exists
only in imagination.
FRO sE coHrsURD.l