New-York tribune., 1868-04-04

them suitable for admttauce They fear the
/ tyranny Of capital. - ,
The Cooperative Boot CO. began July ], 1907 by sub
scripton among IS operatives, Of IS each seven ol
these, only at first empoyed the rest WORKING ot
home In six weeks these last called for and the
whole, with addition OF hye outsiders nave nceh KY.
shops divided monthly among the sharehOldeIs re-
serving 90 week for purchase OF stock aud incdenta
The Is shareholders have thus IN addition To g0od wages
received over among them which would OTHERWISE
have gone into the pocket OF an empoyeT Ihey can @ m
ford all articles at nearly half the West End price, ana
often se their goods shoemakers Of that iashonabie
quarter who obtain for them the added rates Oh ther %
window aud thrive most satisfactorily. ,
An ASSOCIATION OF gas filters aud Of basket makers
M No 81 Great Dover-st arc likewise doing well To
these may be added the Agricultural ana i nor t
and at No. Albersquare,. Manchester
In addition 70 these, an association OF eomp3sors m m
MarlborOughst. the of starting il Is graD
ing 20 observe the mir of ease and peeunaIy cooI
scntod by the operatives belonging to te ano'e M I
at period like the present. when great distress II .l Nv
English worklngmon. Their Wlydeveoped catmigs s
and responsibilities have increased their seliysf' ahu
gwen them hope for the future. IL Is observed tl 10 II
those who were formerly addicted TO occasohn eA
cess IN drinking, have become uniformly soecl, ~ ~
have all. likewise sought mental inpro' oment ahu she
interest in the political and reform Questions ol tio M
day. So much has attention been drawn loWaru , ro
operation in England that many establishments tlt
conduct business on the old principles haIe hssca to
title OF Cooperative 70, catchWhlu ioM"Iu ,v,h ,r
buyers to think they would sell cheaper tah o'hcr Gun
Beyond the small attempts above clronlcled several
large mining and manufacturing establishments III t,io
frequent strikes for higher wages cngcndercd by the
trades unions have given an Interest in their business 70
the Worbmen employed after reserNing certain per
ccntagc for Themselves Of profit upon their capital m
vested. They find then point gained, with consdeblo
increase upon the net proceeds hitherto Ieeeyed iap m
Is steady: and each worker, having personal IN
crest in the business cautious To- avoid any waste o
damage 10 the property Of the firm. These last CONSIST oi
John Crossley & sons. cloth manniaeturers hanaiA;
Henry Bngp Son CGi eocfd' MhracSorR' snnfacs
turers Manchester the south I;nckley Io., anu nv
| Brick Company; the Golden Memorial Mlils I.lh
| for
! Head & CO., cloth manufacturers, Mddleb0roi the
STnaUy snmSyrcId gdnra Partnefshp Tor Cutlery Manu-
featuring AT Birmingham. and the Manchester C00pera
sons pay 90 per cent dividends stock after IN allow
! auce to their workers over aud above wages 1hcr
shares OF fj are In demand at $40 10
that 41O only has been paid IN. Henry Bflgss son pay
13 per cent. Their shares are abont par GechS ~"
pay Is per cent Their shares of s5 sell at 40 Inc
nanng companies are In active operation aud paying
good wages but, being Of late date have not ds1iied
The enterprises cooperative labor founded by
oiond arc thc IruL field Iron Cmpany the Huddcrsold
District Industrial Spinning and Manufacturing society
the WOlyerhampton Cooperative locksinlhs' tue Man
chester Industrial Society, The Manchester Equitable So
oiety, the WhicCTOSs Wire Company, Great and Little
Bolton Equeble, Industrial ana Cooperative 10cetyNo
yerhampon and Brcwood Industrial and Proyidcnt Plate
Lock Manufacturing society and The Manchester ana
Gated by their various titles. In addition, there are Inc
Shropshire Iron Company ut Neilngi4n ana the hinhi
meeting promising success ard enabling the limited
number OfUpcratiycs each To realize good wages with
ministries competition Of cooperative workshops will
duay drive some 6f them into cooperative boarding
means OF living cheaper, aud thereby reducing the rate
of wages I}y this plan the wives OF mechanics now
cooking aud tending children in separate households,
Mil be- enabled To earn money at renuneratlye labor.
and have their children cared for IN section O te he
boarding establishment especially devoted 10 thtm d,
Cooperative for the economical purchase q" IOud
| and clothing becoming numerous throughout In
gland, and interest not only woiklugmcn, Dut an t!a'
| desiring economy Their number - already 60 IN
Scotland and Ireland they arc also taking hrin root but
The cooperative societies Of Paris are Of three descrp
and cooperative banks The latter were formed as aus 20
the two former The mauuiactores date back TO 1879 e
few first having been bcgOttCn of the ideas current m
the revolution OF that year Ihoy now nunOer o. ana
/ comprise workers IA metal, stone, wood, nud woven
fabrics, engrayeTs, painters. panOfort makers aieH
and transators. Their constitutions hnu the Iat''
pOTOnCd TO capital Uud labor, vary. Among tht VH.'
hadon Bagiiard Co. who arc the managing directors.
There Il mcmbcrs, OF whom IL are outside c"lhl
| there are 1880 mborcrs employed who are not
| shareholders, but may become 90 after WORKING
wages. The capital Is 5000 france, and tho yearly
business ten times that amount Ihe manageI, each re-
their capital and their labor The slNty hiue working
with the outside capitalists receive the other fou thts
of profits IN proportion 10 capital invested The busne
being well conducted and very profitable, all are fully
sascd The next most important company of the kud
Is that Of the Spectacle Makers constituted on much the
same principles IL has thirty members and two hundred
/ nonsharehOldug workers. it, dividends vary from
twelve TO eighteen per cent. The society Of Ifon-
! founders employing a hundred men gives six per
cent to capital, Onc-tCnh OF prOhts to "A reserve
fund, OnC-tWcntcth to 1.-THE manager, onc-tenth 10
the hOisarcholdng wOrkerr and the remainder to work
ing shareholders In proportion 70 he amount individually
earned The remaining societies, though Of smaller scope,
present lCsseqUay attcnug statements proper
iOnaio to their SIZE. Cooperative stores f9r sup
plying food are stl more numerous. III PRUSSIA,
Mr.. IOrsg and Mr. BOTchardt OF Berlin, the former
large manufacturer OF locomotives ana the ihtr oi
iron ware have during the past year entered INTO co
operative arrangements with their workmen The crown
Prince, several hhsh Government functiOnauc-, and
many members Of the North German Parliament at
tended recent lecture OF Dr. Egel upon the subject OF
cOpetiOn The Crown Prince expressed 10 the lecturer
the high nteTe lac took in the question, and promised
his moral support toward all trials made. Germs ~ CO.
operative banking and cooperative stores are also rising
In Germany at large.
I'm Italy there are thus far 30 cooperative stores and
20 cooperative banks, under the title az Peoples Banks
Tho Increased economy IN manufacturing induced by CO.
operation labor aud living. WILL when general In
Europe render goods far cheaper than at present. and
drive American manufacturers Into similar oNpe
for successful competition Society appears ON tile
eve of great revolution ia lis labor relations.