The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1870-03-02


Joint product. This will be effected prac-
tically, and by thenearest possible approx
imation, by compounding the time which |
each has spent in labor with his industrial |
efficiency or rank. Whether this efhcien- |
cy be determined in some one of the |
modes which have been suggested, or IN |
some other, it is liable to vary not only at !
different times but also IN the perfor- |
nance of different functions, since a CO. |
operator NAV, for example, have one rate |
in planting, another in cultivating, an
other in harvesting, and all such dIversi'
ties, however much they may comphcate
the calculation, must be taken into ac'
count A calculator of very moderate at
tainments could easily be taught to make
the necessary computations, and to show
how the net proceeds of the sale of 500
bushels of corn in the case supposed,
amounting in the gross to $400, should be
distributed among group Of dozen var
iously rated members, but it is not neees'
sary. IN this place, to explain the process IN
detail
The supposed group for the
cultivation of twenty acres of corn
will be however but one of many groups
which cultivate corn. These numerous
groups, all devoted to similar pursuit,
by that corporate sympathy which identi-
~ yofvocatien naturally engenders, that tend
to associate themselves into a CLUSTER OF
GROUPS which may be denominated SER
les. The combination of groups into Ser
les should however, as was said Of the
combination of individuals into groups,
be entirely voluntary, and not imposed by
authority for if coerced it will scarcely
be possible that the Series will be cor
rectly formed. But if the groups be
constituted properly, or with any tolera
| BILE approach to a true organization, they
are sure to form themselves into Series
in due time spontaneously, being impelled
to do so by motives similar to those which
prompt traders in cities, however actively
| they may compete with each other in bu-
siness, to organize Boards of Trade for
| the promotion of their common interests.
And Series being formed, its several
| groups Will not fail Immediately to be
come rivals in Jealous competition with
each other for superiority and pre-emi-
nence, each striving to outstrip its COM
| petitors IN the quantity and excellence
of its industrial products, being stimula-
ted, not only by the increased remunera-
ton resulting from the greater value of
superior products, but also by the badges
dustrial merit and success and by the
other incentives which have been hereto
fore enumerated. For each group will
have an industrial rank in its Series, as
each individual co-eperator has in his
group, precedence in both cases alike de-
j pending upon the same kind of excellence
namely, the superior value, quantity and
| quality being considered, of its industrial
\ products. Cooperative emulation will thus
be infused into the groups, as individual
emulation has been into their several
members, and by that means every group
will be induced by the strongest motives
to seek for the best varieties and the best
, modes of cultivation, and will eagerly well
come and literally reward all discoveries
and improvements which enable it to at
tain higher industrial position; as il
will also distinguish by voluntary and val
liable testimonials those industrial leaders
by whose supervision and guidance any
eminent success has been achieved.
The organization of groups, and then
participation IN industrial operations as
has been described, will be followed spon.
taneously and IN obedience to the natura
laws of development, unless their mech,
anism Is too imperfect for the proper per
formance of their functions, by their CO.
ordination inte corporate organisms of {
higher order which cannot be explained
here. 1t must suffice to say that wheI
the several groups devoted to partIcula,
branch of industry, as the cultivation o
some grain, fruit or vegetable, the rearing
of some animal, or the manufacture 0
some fabric, shall be duly organized into
Series, the Commune will, IN general, dea
with the Series, and not with its severa
/ groups and the Series Will see that dis
tribution of the proceeds of its industria
products is made among It's componen
{ groups on the same principle that govern
l the distribution, already partially ex
; planned among the co-Operators of a grouE
! that Is, according to industrial eficienc
: and rank. Each Series Will be in a ce1
E tain sense, a corporate body, having ii
Industrial Board to plan and advise, an
its Chief and Industrial Staff to execut
: all measures ior the promotion of th
= common interest of the Series And
: fact of great interest, which may be proT
n erly stated here, is, that industrial attrat
u ton upon which the highest industria
: efficiency ultimately depends, will increas
t in proportion as the organization become
: more compound, and is elevated in degrt
e fby the formation of higher corporate O
d ganisms; and our proposed system WI
= not attain its utmost perfection until
II succession OF corporate organisms, rlslr
'e one above another, shall at last assQcia
y into one great and harmonious corpor
10 ton the entire population Of our globe
e, Towards this grand and final consumm
IN ton, such an organization Of labor
Or shall render it attractive is the indispe
e, ! 50 HE first stem