New-York tribune., 1868-04-04
co.orERArIE nDUsrRIES IN ECRoPE.

Frequent auson has Of late been made by the pres, Of
this country TO the feasibility of cooperative industrial
partnerships among mechanics aDtdotc 10 strikes,
and means Of peacefully and legally divertng the
profits on manufactures and trades from employers 10
the workers and actual producers Several societies In
New York and the Western States have conducted opera
tons within the past with marked success hut
the wide Held for nd yidual effort here enables those who
do not find rcmuncatye work in one locality TO seek 10
IN another and the progress OF cooperation s but grad
ua IN the crowded countries Of Europe this advantage
does offer itself and in France and England general
attention Is beng rapidly drawn TO the subject In Ger
many and Italy promising germs Of the movement also
studied by tho more enlightened mechancs ha arrested
the attention Of The trades unions ana has called iOth
the unqualified appreciation Of leading journals aud poll
iican-, both liberal and conservative Several chndi
iatc- for the new IaiIaheMt, nave hdNocht,u
it, principles I'm their published addresses To
their constituents. There is .scarceiy a
inns downward that has not devoted occasional leaders
TO the subject aud among public men VINO nave gwen
John Bright W. T. Gladstone Thos Hnghc.. John stuart
MIL The Earls Of Derby, siafteshnry and DE Grey ana
RpOn, Lord Broughan. Lord lAltcion, sir Powell Bnx
ton Percy Wyndham Lord Stanley aud numerous other
members Parliament and peers less known t0 the pub
lie Many literary men ana ccrZym hdd lhelr yoecs
in s praise. They all look with great commendation
upon cO6pcUuion and appear only deferred from more
active artic patton by We l1esrhg qeS1la VI une uo
mcut Lord ErOugla ln one Ot hls speeches remarked
was treason; it was not Fcnani,m. IL was not "a
those who have, but giving those who have IL
would distribute wealth more equally and completely
Interests 0f labor aud capital, and tho only measure
that could d0 Unless II be carried out, and that
forever Especial journals for the PRONUNCIATION Of both
industrial partnerships ana cooperative tl3re1
in England and Scotland. ana Tho subject
though stll an undcrcurrent boucaih ihc ru,hng
flood Of mOncutaIy topics appears rapidly rising To- bad
sunlight. OF the thriving cooperative a~ociatlohr IN
sfyC and
their emplOye- as partners win theInsel pt nhN re-
served the Same absolute control of affairs heretofore
exercised hy them employers. Ihir lnsurcs harmony
aud the rapid execution of all proposed measures wth
out the DELAY and b.cketing cngcndcrcd by g0Nermet
of numerous minds. Among tho former attempts We
chronicle those existing London There are three In
dustIis partnerships OF talols in that city Inc Indus
tho lst ~ May last with proposed capital Oh
42o0O0 in Al shares. or these slareS' JOO nave Deh
subscrbcd for among 600 Shareholders ana seven sh
lngs and six pence paid ON each each 1 InLGo halas
employed the first week. ana since thcn an average
of fye have been regularly At work. lie society II III
healthy condition, with funds III bank u empl9ys IT,
rates obtained elsewhere II dosrcsto pay good lv
some estabsnents TINS Npos's To M lo 80 % %
Of the latter and rctards it- success u can lhs OnS
largely. II suffers, also, flOm not beng III leading
thoron ghfare The same policy affects the REMAINING TWO
opened in July Last without any definite sata proposed
but with shares at 81. subscribed Tor ny "oihhg lnrn
either at by installmcnts Ol slApehcc "tck
They have employed an average OF Tour hahuh since
~ ,lIors Society" South Moulton-st began opera
t,ous last November with proposed capital STOCK ot
900 ia shares of 80 10 be paid up at once or IN weekly
ms ailments OF p. The actual money at hIst raist
vas. SlO0. 4 weekly average Of nine men, al
sharchoders have since then been steadily employed
Like it fellow cooperative establishments, the society
buys and sells exclusively for cash. makes no btd utps
pays the same wages, and Is ablc 10 ui9fI te pest
material and Workmanship at prices much p'LuN Hore
of tailoring houses that give credit and have heavy eN
pcnse though not as cheap a. cacP TSrEma INC
The London Cooperative Looking Glass, Picture FRAME
and Decorative Furniture Manufacturers, No. ~ CrOWn
st. began business nth February lasl WIN an uIde
o hundred mud forty have thus iaf Dcen pd IOf us
rst workers numbered half dozen Ihc{ nave now IN
creae eed TO H. Tie first half years wOfk yelded A5iL
The secuud half has than dOubcd lo hlnouHt Inc
tnJs eclv receiye JO ta Sos for their labor, but all
yctnents and profits have, thus far been required Tor
purchase OF STOCK. t. d, ,,.1 t,,,-.o,,.,.
'eT lie Mi1ers' and Dressmakcrs Company, No. "a
GrosyenUrst, GrOsyen0rsquare; tu,'u ~ t9oo, u
rich and thriving IL purchased the business ol e uc
'aeed Madame Deyy a fashionable inOdiste, ana Two
or three female Royal liighnesscs 4lc its patos II
assumes 10 nay fair wages To It's WOihNoulo' TNc lch
require them 10 work beyond ten hours oal{ IN. SHt
reIort gives a paLup capital Oi Al2'o sfIinE' ~ u
ciarcs dividend Of 10 per cent 0h the caPi'" "u u
vdes 10 per cent among tle HOrkeLS' Ir,'s Mcvs
The Metropolitan Horse ShoeS Soclc'S -,
GrosycnoreGnare commenced early IN feDruhIy' ISL
without "A fixed capital shares were 4 cicn ~ T,hg g
payments Of siIpcnCc 4O ODy "eio IuiIiite tn lit
will three men, all subscribers, aud was llhltu W ,at
,uotnf FOR two wears At the third year II GnoytI bN
men, and has constantly continued dong So if ~ ~
second forge in Brchst Plccadly' WhsIy I'M, @ yce
hands labor Each manager receives 81 slllinss Nteh
and each hand 80 shillings. This u shllIbs "ech
more than employers usually pay The society mas , oH
about eloO subscribed aud has steadily pau 3o",S
dividend OF 10 per cent subscribed shares sce lts
commencement IL has excited the attention Oi lhohsycu
men, who wish TO take stock. but sales are ohy na W
workiugmcn, whose capacity ana disposition ''u''''