The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-06-13

boy, and her band smoothsd my hal
In tho old way that seemed 70 take a.
back " the time when I wasn't - b.,
- I am now. | tried with I'll til
S0rcs / co0ld 70 .spsak. I made on
strong effort to rouse myself, an,
finally broke tho spell and looked up
/ My mother tainted, but help soor
came, and after taking some medicin,
and doctor stud, I was able to thinl
freely and breathe again.
| In littis while l was we'll again
except little scsr On the back OF "a,
neck. The doctor aaid had narrow
escape. Ny spinal cord, they said
had bsen struck By branch OF tree
and was q good q dad. It va
more than mlracle that / was eveI
brought 10. They had good deal e
say about paralysins my nervous sys.
tenn, and stopping my circulation, and
ail that, but ct any rate got we'll.
didn't chop any more that winter.
The Co-operative Store at wilton.
Very many gross mistakes occur in the
foiiowing - Published in the Pstron of Hus.
Dsndry and We republish II, ccrrsctsd, By
Ar the subject Of co-opsrative indus
try is now engaging the attention ol
many minds, perhaps brief accounl
Of the cooperative store which the
combined Oranges Of Cedar, Muscatine
and Scott counties, In the vicinity oi
Wilton have established, may be Of
interest and use to your readers.
During the past winter representa-
tives Of eleven Oranges met In conven-
tion to consider the propriety and
feasibility Of opening a cooperative
store. After about SIX meetings at
Wilton and White Pigeon, and after
considering many plans and sugges-
tions, we ct last settled on and adopted
plan for our store, which, We think,
secures al the advantages which may
reasonably be expected from such en-
terprises and avoids those dangers
which, as Is alleged, usually attend
them.
As In experience our plan has more
than met our expectations, we think
that we can confidently commend II
TO al Patrons or l1usbsudry who are
now turning their attention to the
subject.
In practice it movese along with
almost automatic power, q noiselessly
as some Of our latest improved steam
engines, aud yields implicit obeAience
to those having 1t in charge. There
were many intimations, that such q
venture could not succeed. Indeed
there were almost as many shakings
Of the head as attended the first great
enterprise of Fulton.
For The benefit Of thOse who uaay
have the same obstacles 70 contend
against, we here reproduce some oi
the objections and allegations as to
our store.
It was alleged that the success OF
such an enterprise ives against all ex-
perience-that the farmers had not
brains enough to run such q co-opera-
tive store-that however fair 1t might
start, yet feuds would arise with the
necessary rssult-that sufficient capital
could not be raised-that there were
too many heads In the matter, toe
many fingers In the pie, and that in
consequence 1t must have speedy
end-that 1t was . ring, like all rings,
and that the big dsh would eat up the
little fish-that the established mer-
chants, having their own capital, and
having experience - to buying and
selling, could always undersell the co.
operative store, and that Ia the end Il
would have 10 succumb with loss to ali
concerned.
We are now happy to be able to state
that all of these evil propheeies have
proved fallacious, and that our future
Is made doubly sure by the results oi
the past. Again. apart from our e1pe.
rience. we would suggest to our friends
that cooperation Is the secret OF sue.
cess at the present day. The rich, the
successful, and the ruling classes, un.
derstand this matter and practice II In
all their pursuits. With them, It en-
ters into politics, morals and all indus
tries; and 1t is by such cooperation
that capital IL enabled to subdue labor.
A bank is cooperative society for the
benefit of the stockholders; also rail-
road company, manufacturing com.
pany, or . mercantile firm, although
the members bs few or many. The
same may be said Of church or be.
nevOlent society. The Patrons Of Hus.
bandry could not exist day, a. an or.
der, withoutco operation. Cooperation
IL the basis Of all organisation.
Now. Is this great boon, this philos-
opher's stone, 70 be limited to toe few
and denied the many ITO be monopo.
lized BY capital and denied 70 labor ;
What promotes the welfare Of the one
may do the same for the other. Ifso
why mot, 0 % toiling labores, apply
II TO cooperative stores, to manufaoto
ries, to savings banks, t. Insurance. te
purchasing, TO selling, and, Indeed, T.
oil pursuits In which you may be In
tsrested? Let not labor bs afraid o.
cooperation.