New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-10
THE LECTURE FIELD.
COOPERATION.
HORACE GREELEY ON COOPERATIVE MANUFAC-
TUREs AND LAND COMPANIES.

CO-OPEHh1ION,
HORACE GREELEY ON COOPERATIVE MANUFAC-
TUREs AND LAND COMPANIES.
largo audience gathered last evening in
the Rooms Of the Cooperative Manufacturing and Land
Company No. 2li Bowery to hear Horace Greeley lee
ture upon Cooperation In general and tho most recent
experiments OF this character in the United states Dr
f. seeger one Of the Directors Of the Company. intro
duced the lecturer, who received with great ap
plause. Dir. Greeley said:
Corporation IL simply republicanism or, II you IKE,
democracy applied 10 labor. That very great step
forward when a Republic was first formed
among men The first efforts OF this Kind we're
imperfect, full Of discrepancies and contradictions;
but when ii was found that people could establish
system OF and ntain IT, very great step
had been nnsx in the progress ~ the word we mink
at no period worlds histcry has eighth part Of
ably before the last thousand years not onetgeneth Of
them Of that character II requires great deal 81
government. despotism l. perfectly simple; you dont
need eons iM1ons; yop don't neo lave you Oily wan
orders. Now have said, cooperation means the ap-
piicaton OF the republican principle ~ trade 70 aoor
and o material HteTu9ts. BOre are 100 or 3C0 heads on
famhes trying TO get o living. they expect 70 @oiS
we'll that 81 human wants are TO be supplied ny human
,tc form Labor has All begun So Here is proyi-
some saylags He owns arre qusnttyo of food. These
6rce OF foar hundred persons have nothing lie says 10
tbcT VIII give you SO much SAY peck OF grain
for weeks work" And tley Inust otherwise s:arye
they e IT, il not thankfully, ut least very Willingly u
Is Ge best they d0 and probably the best DO could
Now il ia fact that the mon who work with their
hands gave very Hro OF the proceeds OF their labor
Why III the first place Their condition does MOI tgeH
toward saving. Cooperation is an arrangement WIN
refoTe1s not 10 Immediate needs bat 70 ultimate needs
now So thOe shoenakers who were on STRIFE Instao Qi
remaining Idle had put their savings togeLae,-sS
100 had put so piece into common fuld ana az sea
20 work for the same wages on that capital od s3a -
the public "Iiere are willing 10 ofer you good shoes,
of make, Mt fair price, pe,lese to w5ihlug
people would have supported tbcm. deey tn mi
been cramped for want Of sufficient capita tney "oNu
have had 10 return part Of their wages TO the COMMON
fund but motive for saying would have been sepphe
ard believe they would have been stcgesItl ~ moud
compel them TO their wages ms mas Decn INC
result Of the broadost experience .. ,,..,.-
Il would take settler who went into the forest or upon
the p.airo to hew BIN ont homo from u TO 20 years
before be could get hin ELF comfortably settled oW Is
cooperation to helm all tls Hero afo 200 or 90 bien
who have SEQ to s5o0the more they have the n9Is
welcome. Suppose they say TO eaeh other VIZ tfy
our lek together; We viii try To MAKE bones nj Out
ssiyes We have not made lic progress; het US zee II
we can't create homes" n o. Meeher tue AsLl9uilua :!
Editcr OF THE TRIBUNE, was Western man ana crew
ted OF city lie, ana he said, g an going "est aSan.
who wanted 10 settle IN western colony
fhoud meet in the rooms OF the hine,ican Ius, it,
one hundred and 1fEy persons nlet together rom uIie
e rarts OF The c0nngy AMI, after some discussion the
iGea vas practically so hold o taree oonmissiohoIs
wor9 appointed TO select te 0eaty lor Ie colou$ si
finally it was determined 10 take point on tDe Union
Pacfc Railroad, between Cheyenne ana DeaSsl, l'tia
erly called Cache Ia Poudre Here inc tlFGI c,cs .'S
rai,rogd The fret settlers began to arrive ~ Arn n.y.
many az tcm ygcTc st FIRST discouraged " ue DSfo an
ta.ai.5s ,sqc lie region; but gradually Improve
:,--uJs IHIET5. anu HOY go
lgJO persons. they dug GitCa from the rtrrr FOR lie
PURPOSE OF Iigathlg the lands and yow they are dig
gtAg another and larger OlC. lha e0sony owns about
2oco0 acres Of land Lapf apportioned TO settlers,
either in vrG0 lVs, oat lots" or 40aere lots Now,
eco iaDpS6s OF tns locality would put together tlgo
plec'i lhat T0gld make $1,000 Win part OF tnls
81 hey could purchase tracts OF land In Virginia,
soGtIeru NeN-Jsrsey, Pennsylvania, and my them out
a sctemont, with evory prospect OF SUCCESS ibei
plenty tracts ia those States, partly cleared ana
pagty tinbCr which would Re very suitable for settlers
There arc SEQ 900 this locality who ought to go
cut aud settle in this way and whose going would DO
benefit 10 themselves and 70 those they lett behind the
lApplause.l