The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-11-14

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suits BY looking carefully Der their own
interests. they can roach q drgr " Di c1tular
and even luxury 70 which pcrSCn ~ W CON
paratIve wealth Gao scarcely attAaT
very clear instance of Ehir given iH
the history o. the Halifax store. ,i1 ire best
street in Halifax. England, standS the st0rs
az the W0rkingmen's CO-op8ratYt Society
II is handsome stone building, erected ~
cost Of not far from 100000. Toe base
ment contains seven shops, 0etOngilE t0 tn1
sOciety-a butchers, a provision, boot AM
shoe, linen diapers, q groceris, a woolen
Diapers, and q taIIor's On the ssct nd h0or
are coffee rooms for the members Of the 80
'ciety, male and female, reading rooms. din-
ing room, and smoking room Various
other ccnveniences are provided for he for
tunate ASSOCIATION, and the whole bllildIng,
i u stated, ia tirted up with nm elega zee AM
llberalty not surpassed by the best Lon
don clubs.
Not content with town house, the soci
~ has its country seat. It's farm of sixty
acres IL situated upon a dne plateau, in the
midst OF noble scenery OF hill and va e. about
mile from the town. Here wheat fields
flourish with singular luxuriance, an1 iocks
o. the finest sheep greet the eyes Of the cO-
operators on their visits 70 the Eartl and
here the families Of tie members frequently
meet in pleasant picnics and ENJOY their ru-
r
This Association began 10 1s49 at the
room Of poor Scotch weaver, where tle few
members met At night, after their lays
work was over, to sell their scabty stores
~ lived through long period Of discourage
ment In 1856 it lost $500 BY the disnon-
esty Of its Treasurer, when nearly one-hAlf
the members withdrew But lhe rest psrst-
vered they were resolved to test tie plan
thoroughly; they were never discouraged,
and their hopes were finally s5undantly fu.
illed. To-day the Association numbers five
thousand members. Its yGariy sales in lS66
had reached $500. 900; its profits, $4,000,
exclusive OF a sum set apart for books, lee
lures, and newspapers.
The success Of these cooperative stores
in the north Of England is quite extraordI-
nary. The sales of one hundred and TWEEN
W -VtlC 1N0tNU IA 61uCA1tAtlC last t1K MllDuN-
ted TO nearly So, 000 600 those OF York
shire were almost equally successful, aud
this success, 1t should bo remembered, ID
not merely pecuniary, but involves large
amount Of mental and moral improvement.
Each cooperative association IL an excel
lent missionary society both to the rich and
the poor.
Our American CO. operators need not Do
discouraged III they seem nc first 70 fail
Let them preserve like the Halifa- men.
Rhe fam0nB Halifax store, with its hand
SEINE building and its aourishing farm,
proves how much comfort and elegance
workingmen may obtain 10 they only man
age their own capital well.
Mormon MoEKMRNrs-The movers OF the
projsct for o cooperative Wholesale mercan-
tile store have had several meetinga, and
have preceded 50 far as to lbscnbe a CAPT.
tal pf 81 500, 900. and to enter into nm Or
ganAation with Brigham Young, President.
However, it d probable thai active opera
tions under the new company arrangement
will not commence before January, although
i has been stated that they wall commence
Imme Lately
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