New-York tribune., 1868-08-08
$ort ddlarNrn's S1utit,.
WHAT MIGHT COME OF THE BRICKLAYERs'
sTIIkE

1t is a pity the brickayers of New York do
the present occasion for an effective trla OF the
Cooperative labor principle. They have among their
number probably of skill IN all departments, sufh
cent to enable them To carry Oh the business o Ddins
OF which is appropriated Tor the use OF ther Iamlles
would make handsome capta 70 Dekih business wsn'
and Ii requires only patience. industry ana time 10 Sc
cure 70 m I bnsiness What we are proposing TO the
brckayers and has been done by their
craft in France and England, countries where the dn
cnes OF ACCOMPLISHING such an enterprise infinitely
greater than here the population is more dense
and the struggle for bread more s; active;
IN France which is still in existence and pros.
porous. AT present. we learn from an article ~ UnS
Westminster Rerec the society has - members Two OF
these are for the building department and
the other tor the pecunary administration ana thlrI
assistant manager OF the remainder twothlrds WORK
with the trOwe the others supeInendents and dis
trbutOrs OF work When this French society mad been
four years IN existence II diS os,ineSs ~ Jeal ~ tne
amount OF $4,000 with profit or 800 -Four years later.
1885, its business amounted to S29O ana lts pIons 70
$4,000 In that year II paid dlNdehd o 20 per cent on
the capital OF It's members IL has ou some O the nnest
houses In Paris II usually employs between 3o anu Soo
workmen who unti ately IeeeINSI DeSe tnels Ss.s
share OF the profits Nor ueed the masons ana
bricklayers wait for wok they VIII eomDlne togetner
they dOuOtlesSrise money ehOighl0 Uud lo @ sle
selves aud upon real estate owned Dy theIh Iouses
which they could rent or sell TO Workhen; lana anu
building societies have been very snecesSlgi IN Eganu
aud IN parts OF this country Those O birnhghan
have IN number OF years bought rea estate 70 90 SE vo
at cost OF more than S25O00 In Mulhouse IN France
where the factory operatives lived 80 years ago III the Ut
most misery cooperative soGety DllE ~ ~ ts
houses for NOrkmen, beside Iaupdiles oaherles,
lives OF a whole population from degrading
misery TO comfort In Edinburg, during a strike of
maSos II occurred TO some thou ghtul workmen to use
i'm building houses the means which otherwise would
have been spent by them IN ideuess IN !eol cooper
alive building company was formed with 1000 shares at
SIS each By 1868 an the shares were taken up the NUM-
ber OF members $780, about 400 houses accomodat
ing 1000 people and costing $30o have been erected
by the society aud the diyidends-beSde the wages OF
course-have varied from 10 ty per cent per an
nun This society OF Scotch workDgmen has, we are
assured in the few years since 1861 greatly improved the
condition of the working people OF Edinourg It has in
troduced a better class of houses has enabled work
men TO possess their houses aud has compelled land
lords by fair competition to provide better arranged
tenements; and the have done this public service
at hands profit themselves. or course they nave
not confined themselves 10 eight hours labor per DAY.
Few men do who their own employers as te mem,
hers OF cooperative society They have succeeed
because they did more work and better work IN day
than other workmen Those NewYork masois ana brlck.
LAYERS who will do this II they viii JON hahus 10 hot
only as we'll but better than the Edinburgh lnasOns;
and IL is very well worth their while to try I've Fost