New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-03-26
THE TAMORs' COOPERATIVE SOCIETY OF BAR
CELONA.

R,pCFIONA, Feb. 1S70.-AmOng the numerous
objects Of industrial interest Barcelona that OF the
Cooperative Taors and this interest Is based more upon
the ycissitudes the Society has undergone during the
nine years Of its than upon any external ap
pearance presents. In this excessively active manu-
featuring city there great numbers Of workngmen
who wish to dress well but the Spanish nottingham
learned long ago that TO clothe himself and ms
family betting their real worth was to rob
his table OF its savors, If not OF It's substance,
40 they began SOcedGd COGpcrda de los Sasre or
Cooperative TaIors Society," the office and workshops Of
which are TO be found fourth floor Of old stone
building in the Gale dc la Tapinera, where the intel
hcent Director Senior CasacuGera delights between the
needle and goose recount his "reminiscences TO the
visitor; and 1 believe his painful experience
10 be better than my cursory observation, l
allow it IN this testimony its full weight ms gentle
man thinks that only by which the Spanish pro-
Queer can cothe himself and his children Is by coOpcra-
ton and he bases his opinion the following reasons;
That the workingman Of to-day whom he sees 80 wei
dressed in association Is niue or no oetter pau ua no
came TO SPAIN That cooperation acts as a GrdtuHy
which not only supplies INN this tangible adOrnlneht,
but also improves his intellect That co0peTati0n IL
therefore state, normal condition, winch ADJUSTS
itself 70 producers more nationally than 10 any ote,
class That men IN circumstances that Unit nope ana
imprisOn effort, rather than aspire 10 personal cea
ness and good dress, invariably tswakmg as Glass;
sink below the desire for selfaInelOlatloi anu nhd,
that cooperation is inherently more applicable 10 lhe
clothing line than to any other -, $500 ,,.. -
Nine years ago, when all the world was LOOKING an,
other way was dark epoch IN Europe yet IL gave pth
m hundreds OF corporations OF which this ~ one IN spite
all the resistance II has met so absolutely a are
tbe spanish laws toward this socaed innovation thit
clauses the rules fOrbddeD Dy ih" ann yet
the social compact has never been violated. Wheh
asked for OF the statutes was surprised 10 ieh
been printed, because the laws lot
ade II and the rules before are those preserved
a., urnp fingered aud sOiled by nine years use bul'
notvithst andng the hostility OF the ooVerhhcnt, thc
Talors Association continues IN 1uIi NsoI, caoh yei
by approximations OF numbers ana business
rbe of mis- society Is fully defined III all lis theo
res The ultimate aim IL 10 80 enlarge IN a W
number OF producers WIN Soou clothos,
steady employment, COOPERATIVE ee.i, - uta And
directed code OF rules for the cohducl Oh mo anu
here / touch the inest secret OF Their harmony !ner
are All OF them socialists after the reformed nsheo w o
,orJ They do not believe IN free love, nor plasphcy,
nor ether immortality but they believe III the power vi
,ha, uewfoupd t6-the tie Of cooperative assoclauoh
Cnntent with the work and plenty IL hnoiuS t.ey eooh
,,tner IN accumulate a common lunu IMAM toi mug
mcut their ind yldual properties. IheIr ehnSs ~,
accordingly left 20 capitaiIe, anu '.p hnes aid
Vet small, II growing yearly WIN thoir noios M
.a,rts This fund Is 10 toward cOmpctIe Wv s'u
tire which, as they say, j. Ony' ~ yet, ,,,
Tlay dcse 10 increase their business 80 rs to iu
fniI ION for all the membcrs now 100 III hupcI
They wish 10 purchase building IN the ine,cahtlr par
nf ,ictr CITY sufficiently extensive Tor ar"
sale ma the lower apartments ana Tor ieaulus' oV ,
,onus schools, aud entertainments III the ul"I my
nm,nou free as they express II. 81 me hhhibt ediou
~ ndivdnal proprictorsip. they belong 10 tno tc"t
federation ~ the spanish woIkng ciasscs WIN " -,
belong, To the stu nger lhcIhht"hal VI
Eu,oucau and American associated lhuusllD' a.,
s,, 4. tbc aulft uHrrlfrl ambition OF inc to"lIa'No
1ntnrs of The Gale TBpmeTd, ''oInc ana N"Ih WIN
-, fLrtl - -,y they To- the homeless whhdriri hitbf
'u,,in1,u,nt and our system VIII berl0" upon you
@ 49, b,,Itl,y food decent clothing for Work days
srd amer f,r youT DAYS Of rest. encourage you WIN
freud- elevate your mind by ahlhhiihg u WIZ! WIZ WIZ
sliort, of consideration, educate your chlhI''h' ana
enrich yUU affections ana foHi "''"""'"' WIN '