New-York tribune., 1867-08-08
COOPERATIVE SOCIETY MEETINGS.

The Excelsior Cooperative Store Society me'
last evening for organization at Runks Hotel
No 274 Grand st. Mr. William d. Foley IN the chair ana
Mr. Joseph W. Mauters.ock. Secretary This orgnnlza
tion contempates the establishment OF grocery aIn'
provision store on the cooperative PLAN at whcl;
necessaries for ~, O. u,, II their households, Of
n-..sr,, good quality. at tho Minimum MaI4St pnSei
the profits Of the establishment TO be Glstnog'Sa @
Quarterly among the shareholders. The plan con-
templates 500 shares of $40 each. no persons being
allowed 10 hold more than three such shares cogs&u. &
tou was adopted embracing the features here noted Ihe
control OF the business vested in Board OF 10 Directors
chosen annually uir4er whose supervision the ordnsr &
the election OF permanent ofcers be fixed for Wednesday
evening tile 2sth inst and meantime The COMMITTEE on
wm. ID. Taley NJ Onnond r. Leslie, }. W. Mauter,,
SE and M T@ rGwh GSoT NSG President P s Of Ss Nam
haitian Cooperative Building Association. gentle
man who has had extensive eApereaSe IN sHe S nte
esting account OF The plan OF operations ana af no
reason exists Why similar institutions in the United
States should not be successful. - 5.,
The third meeting OF tue Manhattan Cooperative Gro
Gerry and Provision Association held last evening oe
the northwest corner OF EIghth-aye and Eghteens.
The first instalmen OF shares paid in. amounting 70
about $50 Candidates for membership admitted.
The Society has about lS4 members each one hodn
have been given by the officers The next meeting is 10
be held on Tuesday evening s nex soos ,os, evorpg
designated Friday evening for the sale OF their hSS
appropriation
COOPERATIVE PRINTERS.
In n IarlS lcllcT We uHu AoiuCtlliHS aoVut %
Society Of Cooperative Printers in the French capital
which, like many similar associations in Europe has
been remarkably successful The writer says:
skmentioned some time since the extraordinary cheap
publications issued in la Bbliotqte NationdIe which
contains books bound and gilt ettered for about cents
aSIl .. eaon rolume la BlbOtheque NdtioRote was
forded by 40 printers here each OF whom agreed
al least share OF $40 IN the enterprise, paying his share
the OF cents week Their design was TO pub
sh works whose copyright had expired at rate OF NOS
than five cents Volume in paper covers an rs
they saw they could furnish volumes at this rate cer-
tanly cheap enough they did not open bids for printing
10 stimulate the lowest bidders In the market. Their
means were limited. They published three volumes TO
begin With these had excellent SALE terenpon they
brought three others aud So pradently they wens
on. Now they have los works in their collection, have
sold 100000 Volumes and sell weekly some twenty-five
or thirty thousand Volumes"
The Cooperative Printers Association of this city, NO.
100 Williamst, is formed a similar basis te shares
being $780, and the proportion per week S. The men have
been work for three months and the work turned out
miracle OF neatness ana dispatch Other associations
of similar nature projected The Society receives
all kinds of printing and gives Indication of bena
a complete success.