The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-06-18

II 10 tne lntontlOn OF the L8OOFer'6
Cooperative Society Of San Francisco
to refuse to use in any manner any ma
terlal which has been produced by Chi
nese labor.
The Pioneer Cooperative AssOcia-
ton OF Rutland, vt, has been organ
ize1. The object is to enable its mem
Ders to procure such supplies az are
needed for family consumption and use
at original or wholesale prices, with the
addition Of the cost of distribution.
COOPERATION has 50 raised the con-
dition of the lsborers of Birmingham,
England, that they have built and now
own 10000 more cottages than they
otherwise would.
A NEW cooperative tailors' establish.
ment in New York puts its shares at one
hundred dollars each, payable in install
ments of fifty cents. The association has
adopted q novel mode of increasing its
funds. Whenever the meney in hand
will warrant it the company invests in
articles of household necessity: for in
stance, muslin, calico, potatoes, coal,
flour, soap, etc., which are sold to the
members at slight advance upon the
wholesale prices, and certain amour:
on the purchases Of each member add
ed to their accounts, towards liquidat-
ing their shares.
THE employers Of the Hartford and
New Haven Railroad at New Haven
have formed Mutual Benefit Associa-
ton, E. M. Reed, President. The de-
sign is mutual advantage and co-opera-
tive insurance. Each man pays $3.50
on joining, $3.50 Of which goes into q
general fund, and the remainder being
reserved for the legal representative Of
the first member that dies. As soon az
that member dies, a dollar assessment
is made, and so on. Members failing
to pay assessment are dropped from the
list. The secretary and treaurer are
put under bonds, the former being the
only Office. There are eight hundred
persons in the employ Of the Company,
and those employed on connecting
roads are to have the privilege of joining
the society
Co OPERATIVE STAGE LINE.-One
of the best instances Of what good may
be accomplished by judiciously agitat.
ing the Cooperative system, is illus.
tratcd in the fact that the citizens Of
San Joaquin, Tuolumne, and Stanislaus
counties, California, have formed Co.
operative Stage Company, for Their
mutual benefit, to run between Stock
ton, and Sonora, and Columbia. A
large portion of the capital stock, which
is fixed at $4,000, has been taken, the
subscribers agreeing to patronize the
Cooperative Line. For years the in.
habitants of the counties mentioned
have suffered from lack of sufficient
means of communication, for which
exorbitant charges have been demand.
ed by the existing combination of stage
lines; all appeals for increased facil.
tiles having been treated with con.
tempt. The people having taken up the
matter, 1t is to be hoped that their eff
forts to supplythe needed means of com.
munication will be successful. Those
purposing visit to the Yosemite this
season, will remember that this Coop
eratlve Line is on their route of travel
4 COOPERATION IN HAvERHILL, MASS
A letter from our regular correspon
dent informs US that the Crispins of Ha
verhill are taking an absorbing Interest
in the subject Of cooperation. Though
the times are dull and wages low they
readily secured enough stock to star
out in the grocery and provision bust
ness under the name of the Haverhil
Workingmen's Cooperative Associa
ton. A large and commodious stor,
was leased under Masonic Hall, Flee
Street, and business commenced on tn,
18th ult The patronage has beer
steady and good since that time. Will,
expecting considerable opposition, tn,
managers are confident that their stor,
will within year have more patronag,
then any other one in town. The croak
f ers are busy with their yarns, but NJ
one in seems to be alarmed. The Girls
pins feel that they have not been orga
nized two years for nothing, and are de
termined to improve their material am
intellectual condition still further.
They mean business, and are deter
mined to achieve success.
The capital of the association is 50,
600, divided into six hundred shares a
% per share. The officers are:
President, William Foss; Treasurer
A. E. johnson; Secretary, Daniel Ste
ven Agent, Wellington B. Weber
Auditors, JohnW. Bell, Daniel Stevens
Board of managers: James Browne
Charles J. Goodwin, James Finley, "
|. Goodell, Henry Sprague, 0. F. Ham
Horace Morse, Joel Doucet, Gegr,
Newton.-AmericGn Workman