New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-25

his annual report gives Of most valuable facts
upon the condition OF labor in NewYork. suggestion
is not to prevent political action, but for the present 70
subordinate It, and TO devote most Of the ensuing year to
perfectng organization binding all the Trades-Unions
into complete harmony to gathering the information sug
gesed in the questions hereto annexed and such other
matter as is related 70 the movement, and lastly TO en-
deavOr to make the next Congress better representative
body FIRST OF the Trades organizations and secondly, OF
all others directly related to the general subject
Especial attention should be paid to the gathering OF all
information relative to cooperative enterprises and to
their encouragement The following series OF questions
was adopted. They point in the right direction
Rsored shall be the duty each labor organization reply
The Ss 5 1a%s' o. Of ts. lG %sR Sa2a
3 How many their usual hours Of daiT labort
What is The usual smount Of their vagesi
s. What It's the average oftheir cost oflivingl
8. Have they steady or unsteady work.
mcuthsi
Has there been m their wages during tn. last Eve ys,rl
70 Ho. %a5y member. 5a,. been ven from Tofis 90 account
H. Have they tried cooperative production and what the Iesui
uniOs to add any other interesting or important facts
Mr. Davis OF Washington secured the appointment OF
committee 10 prepare and present to the Congressional
Census Committee schedule Of questions for the use Of
canvassers showing the cost OF materials and OF
manufacturing, transporting to market and ehecting
sale the average prices obtained and the rates OF
gwen. The object OF them show how much OF the
profit resulting from any given manufacture IL taken by
the employer capitalist and how much by the aborer
II claimed here that not than 10 per cent to the
employers 50 to labor and that, too in employ
ments such mining the manufacture OF woods stone.
metals in which the greater part OF the value OF the
manufactured article is derived from the skilled labor
put upon it, The value Of such tables is easily TO be
understood
CoOFERATIoS
The Congress, Iust adjourned. devoted but very
meaCer portion Of its time TO this important topic the
Committee charged Herewith doing nothing but present
ing resolutions recommending the movement. 10 was
very difficult to obtain anything more than the most
general statements the delegates themselves II
to be hoped that the Investigations which will be made
by Mr.. Cameron. editor OF The Working Mems Adroeae
who appointed delegate from the late Congress to the
international Labor Congress about assemble az Basel
Will have the effect OF causing active and definite
movements the direction Of cooperation than has yet
been developed this party. Nj Cameron WILL under
stand visit the OF leading enterprises in England.
France and Germany and describe what he in his
paper. He Is man OF considerable intelligence aud
liberal views besIdc fully comprehending the needs Of
his clients
Perhaps the most extended and definite aims In the d.
rectOn cooperation. whether redistribution produc
ton be found the purposes OF the great Trades
Union known as the Knights OF 81 Crspu" and its az
dlated order The Daughters OF ST. Crspn." The or
der or Trades Union first formed In Milwaukee two
years and half ago It's protector Is dead The original
lodge composed OF seven members. The order now
numbers than 5000 In the United states and Brit
ish Provinces. 10 has Massachusetts, membership. male
aud female. OF about The Grand SECRETARY. : r.
Cummings OF Cue creative ability and aims Tar
higher than the restricted protection policy 20 which
Trades Unions usually limited The officers OF the
Crspin order here say that their object Dr., FIRST To
protect themselves and Fellow craftsmen. aud, second TO
educate them in every possible way for the new step
which is the Organizations Of their labor and means 10
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present the aim is to organize the shoe trade Of this
country into being their own employers.
THE CRI~IIS ENTERPRISES.
II Is stated that there have already been organized m
Massachusetts between 80 and 90 cooperative associations
for the purchase and distribution OF groceries, etc Most
of these are not organized stores but sefuppy
efforts As a specimen OF this process, Secretary Cum
unrs has arranged for the purchase here and shipment
10 Boston Of 10000 10000 OF coal The cost when
landed at Boston will be about g. per n OF 1910 pounds
The additional cost will be, weighing l5 cents per tun
and freight 20 the points Of distribution One set Of
men takes tuns another 800 The cost will be about
s. co. Present rates Boston from 81 to $40 90 one
Of the most successful experiments in the way OF cooper
tive store is that recently naugurated at North Bridge
water Sixty wOrkmen united in store capital Of 500,
$40 per share. The Crspn Lodge then paid In $500 more
20 purchase horse cart &c. The stock was purchased
and store opened. The principle OF cooperation was
fairly applied alike stockholders and customers Every
store theIplacc marked It's goods down and strong
competition at once In the first q days the store
cleared sos TO- The sales average 500 per day The
capital stock has been increased and preparations
beng made for starting cooperative shoe factory In
st. Johns New brunswick. the Crispns have raised i2O
OOO Just set motion the best shoe factory ever
started The most improved machinery has been
nut into H. Offers were made Boston by large dealers
to purchase all goods they manufacture but they
were not accepted the cooperators aiming to enter the
market themselves. cooperative shop Is organized
by New.YOrk Crispin Lodge, for the work performed
by which large house has offered advance OF from
10 TO 10 per cent alleging that II they can get all their
work it will pay them. The offer not accepted, the
co0peraors intending to sell direct to the public The
Crspins hold that desirable TO form industrial part
nerbIps but object TO the one now existence Wor
cester and so often cited favorable illustration.
refer 20 the Bay State Boot and Shoe Company Wor
cester Mass. There 400 work people employed
The capitals profit first TO be 10 cent Out OF what
remains as profit labor receives onefourth 80 that II
GO per cent profit was result for any year. labor
oud get It's wages and onefourh OF IS per cent that
H. ia per cent and capital would get 4sl per cent The
Crspins have deeper aud wider ambition than this
idea presents.
COOPERATIVE BENEFICIARY MOVEMENT
Mr. Daley OF Cleveland called attention 70 the
character and purposes OF the Union no repres ns IL IL
the International Union OF Machlnists and Black
smiths" It's office IS in Cleveland, Ohio, and has mem
bershp OF more than 10000 They strongly opposed
10 strikes except derHer resort The fees charged
are ~ year For this they offer in the first place to dis
tribute their own surplus labor and keep open an Intel
gence Bureau which application is made for work.
monthly paper printed containing information "a to
the condition Of trades &c. Beside this the Union gives
| aid 10 those on strikes, and 70 those travelling In
esarc OF work and also gives assistance in case OF sick
ness For twenty six weeks sick member is entitled 10
assistance at the rate Of per week After that the men,
| Der receives one half much. long the sickness
continues An Insurance Bureau is also established The
insurers are to receive 1900 each This Is founded on