The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-04-20
COOPERATIVE.

TIE COOPERATIVE DoOT AND SHOE Fac
Co-Operntive Association Is
an incorporated body, with a capital stock
Of so, 900, in shares Of s5J each, Of which
So, 900 has been paid up. They manutac-
ture goods to the valae Of about son, O0O
per wear, for which there Is a steady and
increasing demand. They have at the I'res-
cnt time over eighty persons constantly EN-
plugged. Each workman receives regular
wages, and every three months dividend
Of profits Is declared and paid. The fac
tory is located at the corner Of Sacramento
and SAMSON Streets FhiladelI hl1 PAPER.
THE COOPERATIVE SADDLERY COMPANY.
An Association Of operatives under this
name was started in this city about two
years ago. and we are glad to learn that it
may be set down as a success. They make
all kinds of harness and saddlery goods,
and the fact that they are enabled to sell at
rates about twenty-five per cent. less than
imported articles of the same description
can be sold for, is sufficient to keep them
constantly employed. The company is 10
Gated at No. 775 Market street. The result
Of this small experiment in cooperation
proves that much may be accomplished
through joint operation, perseverance, and
unity Of action, even in this city, where
the benefits arising from cooperation are 50
little understood.
The San Francisco Examiner" Of April
4th says The farmers Of San Luis
Obispo are agitating the question Of form
ing an association and carrying on a CO.
operative store, whereby they will get their
goods at first cost and expenses The plan
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fully investigated by parties who are active
in the undertaking. As an outline, they
propose to do away with middle men as far
AZ possible, having their own vessel for
shipment from wholesale dealers in San
Francisco. With . prudent, active Board
Of Directors, and an experienced manager
we can see no reason "hy such an under
taking may not be carried out to the advan-
tage Of the stockholders, and at the same
time lie a great accommodation to tine
neighborhood Of its location.
The effort being made by IKE stone-cut-
tiers If Westerly, in organizing co-opera-
tive quarry, and going to work for them
selves, is proving complete success. Over
sixty are now at work, and the prospects are
that work can be secured to put on three
times the number, as soon as sufficient cap
tal is subscribed. The price Of the shares
are $25 each no person being allowed hold
over thirty shares. The capital stock is
$40 600, about two-thIrds of which have al
ready been subscribed and paid in, and
those who contemplate taking stock had bet
ter do it at once, as efforts are now being
made to have the whole stock subscribed for
and paid in. They have applied for a char
ter from the State of Rhode Island. and will
receive it next month. Our architects,
builders and contractors would do wei to
procure estimates from this company, before
giving their orders elsewhere. We bespeak
for them fair share Of the public patron
age Their work will compare favorably
with any in the market, and their superin-
tendent, Mr. s. L. Libby, needs no word
Of commentator from us, having been
master builder Of the Portland Custom
House, and superintendent Of stone-cut-
ting on the Savings Bank at Williamsburg,
n. y New Haven Union.
A Co-OPERArIvE WESTERN COLONY
W. p Tomlinson Of New York, a Kansas
pioneer Of 1858 has issued an address in
wiling persons to Join him in establishing a
colony in establishing a colony in Neosho
dllt1, htkllSdS. Ilt SAY
The persons with whom | would be will
ing to associate must be Temperance men
and women-those DESTROYS Of establishing
colony forbidding all traffic in intoxicat-
ing liquors as a beverage.
The object Of the colony shall be to settle
on cheap land to the end that, while its
members may engage in various industries
and obtain homes Of their own, by union
Of action all the advantages Of an old set
tied country, churches, schools, refined so
ciety, etc, may within few years be Sc
cured. Individual interests of property
should be carefully preserved, the colony
being cooperative only for the pur-
chase Of the land, and for certain clear
" defined objects Of mutual interests All
professions and occupations entering into
the formation Of an intelligent, thrifty
community should be embraced BY the col
ony to insure its prosperity and broadcast
usefulness. Moral and religious senti-
mcnts should characterize it, tempered by
tolerance and hberality Of opinion.
The unexampled success Of Greeley Col
orado, which colony, in its fundamental
principles, may be accepted as a model for
the one proposed, inspires the hope that {
similar enterprise, entered upon by individ-
uals possessing the same business qualities
that characterized the members Of that now
historic colony, would be rewarded with
propOrtiOnate measure Of success.