New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-30

centum Of its gains for the support Of other CO.
operative enterprises which have. IL has, IN addl-
ton. aided the establishment of cooperative gro
Gerry store for the associations OF printers and COMP
makers. two fine associations Of production. These
Two societies must not be passed over without NEIL
non, since their origin itself is worthy OF remark
Some poor comb makers, abont six years ago, hay
ing heard of the Rochdale weavers dubbed together
and hlred little dngy wherein to shelye their
cheese anu SACKS OF Hour vegetables, &C, ana each
subscribed his weekly mite of savings. In q year
they were able to clear dividend of 10 per cent
the advantage of cooperation the patronage OF
outside sh0pkeepers This success led to more study
and better personal acquaintance with one another,
and they said "Why not set upa comb mandatory
on the same principle :" Taking the dividend fund
much more of the Cooperative Bank, they went
to work. Such has been their success that !" from
doing business Of 100000 francs year. The Print
ers Association grew out of that peculiar source so
prolific Of cooperation everywhere-a strike. This
vindictiye sally of defiance though perhaps pardon
able from aggTavatiDg circumstances, had proved
sterile and disastrous having brought forth nothing
but civil war and lean exchequer exhausted Oh JUS
10000 francs, when the society caught bold OF the
olive branch Of cooperation Soon all It's woes were
heaed, and new strength, energy, and integrity
hitherto "a stranger were inspired py aSSociStioh;
Borrowing of the Cooperative Bank, ever ready 70
lend helping hand, sum of 5000 francs, IL went 70
work on its olca account and has now STOCK IN
suit of weekly deposits on shares, of $500 francs,
and is doing lOurishing business
But in none of my researches for evidences OF pure
political economy, nave observer III JnIS group "a
more beautiful specimen than the one before me Just
now so kindly explained by the earnest and faithful
practco-theorst and author, NJ Francesca NiganoI
the Society of Tailors and Tailoresses of Milan. 1t
began It's in miserable hole in the worst part
of the city, under circumstances so similar to those
of the two associations above mentioned, that 10
avoid prolixity Jump at once to results which ex
eeed anything have ever seen. The figures had
from the Professors own hand. The first year the
store. selling at outside rates made 40 per cent tne
second, 60 per cent; the third 48; the fourth, 60
and the fifth. co! These results were obtained by
udciOus purchases and the frequent turning OF capt.
tai OF course when dividends stream in so cOpoqs-
ly, it would be foolish to withdraw them, and the
100 members allow their gains to capitalize. The
store sells everybody but shares its profits only
among members, and in good seasons does business
of $500 francs day. These tailors and tailoresses
are an independent manufacturing cooperative So
ciety, TO which their store is auxiliary. Such is
one chapter of this great frateTnal reciprOcating
system of selfhelp, whose efficient career, vailed
from American view by oceans. mountains, and UNI
known languages is arousing Europe to the study Of
true political economy