The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-27

pitted against it.. They divided the nation |
president. The middle district was 70 make
The 6rst daAh-locL -oats were the powerful
weapons 70 be used; the remaining districts
% Manufacture no more than their usual
plSaucts, nor hire any Of the locked out.
This, Of curse, was not making them amen |
able to the conspiracy act OF this Stale
where The fight was to begin-oh, no.
THE moulders throughout the country
were put to their metal, but kept stiff up
per lip, and devised various N sans for their
defence but u devolved upon the Troy boys
to put their railing foes to fight, like fright
sned sheep, with the sword Of corporation.
Yes, sir, they cooked their goose-broke
the great 81 ams" In TO the finest Particles
imaginable Aud now let me show you q
little Of the fruits OF cooperation. There
are three Of the foundries in this town,
which paid ten per cent on the capital stock,
and 5000 IN labor to every employee around
the concern, who numbered some seventy,
think. Tie laborer receives the same dvi-
dend as the best mechanic IN the place. His
wages and divided on labor is equa
90 81 each per day. The real estate
Of No. has increased in value three-iold at
least and as for shares they are not TO be-
had at three times their original price. But
aside from al pecuniary benefits, there il
another phase to be looked at in co-opera-
tion--it Is, the steady habits, light-hearted-
ness, and true dignity it imparts TO labor.
Workingmen see 20 this, you can do IN 9TH
or places just as well as has been done here.
Do not waste your time and means In vain
attempts to gain redress from capital. The
"open sesaIae' 60 your rights in Is your pos
session, II you will only use it-Co-opers-
ton.
Co-oPERATlEE BuTLDINGs.-The first Union
Co operative Building Society, Mr.. Hamil-
ton presiding, met last evening at IA Bow
cry, and action was taken in regard to the
premiums to be paid By the members. The
Society has issued shares to the amount OF
one million aud twenty-five thousand dol
lars. Fifteen members have been supplied
win houses. Two more appropriations are
to be made in a few weeks. The Society
has IS All on hand. About $3.50 In sub
scriptions was received last nignt-Netc
York. Star, l5U.
FOREIGN.
THE WORKMAN GETTING THE VALUE Z HIS
LABoR.-The London Daily NelOs bls the
following:
sTwo years ago Messrs. Briggs, Of the
wildwood and Methlev colleries, worn out
With long series Of disputes with their
workmen, and reduced to a point at which
the question lay only between closing their
pits altogether or introducing some totally
ne= system, made the proposal OF an ar
rangeDent for cooperative working They
offered to the men that after providing for
wages at the cnrrent rate, after paving all
other expenses, and after securing rate Of
ten Per cent. interest on the capital sunk,
the surplus profits, should be annually as
certained and divided equally between mas
tiers and men. 1t was also proposed that
such of the men as thought TT, might put
their own snail savings into the concern
and thus become shareholders. The propo-
sal vas discussed and accepted, and il has
now been acted -pon.
The second general meeting Of the new
\ firm Messrs. Henry Briggs, Son 4 CompA
ny, (limited) was held on Monday last, and
the balance sheet for she year was SUBMIT
ed. IL Was highly satisfactory. After pay
ing the ten per cent. on capital, there was a
surplus Of seven per cent. to be divided be-
tween capital and labor. Every workman
shared Ia this bonus In proportion to the
amount Of wages be had received during the
year. There were about twelve hundred
hands employed, and there was more than
\ $4,000 to be distributed therefore, there
would have been an average of e los. per
head, slpposing all had equal qualifications
and aii had worked regularly. As it l., We
may presume that the superior skilled work
men received considerably larger sums, and
that lads or new hands may nave made only
few shilhngs But III every case il was
pure gain. Those who were shareholders
reapeG thirteen and half per cent. interest
beside. Ibose who were not already share
hoiders were offered rare opportunity Of
taxing shares, and so partiei patng still more
4aFgely n the future profits. Every one has
naturally been satisfied, and strikes have
Disappeared.
s'This IN az eminently encouraging rtesul.
The "a pertinent was tried under the gravest
difficulties. Not merely had there been
lOugstandIng disputes, but there had grown
Up permanent bad feeling between men
and masters. The men were careless, IL not
worse, even when they did work, and de-
stroyeC, more coal than proper work would
have required. The masters we're upon The
point III Withdrawing the capital from 50
losing a concern. Yet, in two years, not
only il harmony restored, but the capital
makes thirteen and a half per cent. net,
while the men are paid several pounds 4
year beyond their wages. This result shows
Of itself how it was brought to pass. Not
only did the men work harder, ana 90 bet
ter earn their wages, but they worked more
carefully, and 50 saved their masters prop
erty and their own"