Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-11-20
For the Eaton Democrat.
AGGoa- g2sG2 EGp5agE.
No, ILL.

method for increasing wages is
by increasing :hc skill and ener-
gy ofthc laboJcr, ard have shown
how the former is. to be accom-
plished. We shall now turn to
tie latter. 1t has been proved
that this can be 4 tue with the
most surprising success by Civ
ing The luho1er an interest in the
profits tf the business. When "a
workman knows that he is to re-
ceive q portion of the profits in
Cured, he will ~endcavor to In
crease them. lie will be more
industrious, more careful, less
destructive of materials, and, in
deed, have the interest Of the
proprietor at heart. One of the
first aud most valuable expert
ments OF this was that of Il house
decorator IN Paris. This gentle
men employ ed about 200 men,
and their carelessness and arathy
subjected him to constant a.,noy-
ance and loss. After trying sew
eral other methods, he assembled
them n day ard announced
that he would continue paying
them. their regular wages, and at
the end of the year he would
give them a certain per cent. Of
the profits. He says that tie re-
suit was a complete success, and
that he realized an advance Oh
his usual profit, besides what,he
paid his workmen, aud that they
were far more Industrious and
regular in work.
Another method pursued by
some employers, with equal sue
cess, consists in allowing the la>
borers to invest their savings III
the company as stock, for which
they receive a per cent. of the
profits, propoltioned to the a
mount invested.
These, then, are the results of
increasing the energies of the
workmen. We showed before
that the laborers of the United
States were SUPERIOR to those of
England, and gave as the reason
their higher education. But
these cases considered the effect
of skill and energy on labor sep
arately. Ii then these two can
be united in the same set Of la
borers, may we not look for still
greater ARRANGEMENTS?
COOPERATION.
These cases mentioned Ire
tending towards another object
which, when attained, will doubt
less result in the fulillment of
the object SO long sought after
the reconciliation of labor and
capital. We speak of co-opera-
ton. Cooperation demands
that tho labor and capital both
he supplied by the. same persons.
This, although yet a compara-
lively new theory, has been tried
with the most satisfactory results.
The first institution of the kind
was a cooperative store, opened
by ar association, ia 1914, known
as the ,Rochdale Pioneers, at
Rochdale. England. 1t started
with the purchase of chest of
Tea and a hogshead of Sugar, by
a few laborers, who thought they
were paying too high a price for
an inferior quality of groceries.
1t proved SO successful that they
continued, ard that small bust
ness has increased until nowit.
has a capital Of 5000, 900, and
does an annual business of ST.
100000, realizing a profit of 90
per cent. In account of the sue
cess of this store many others
have been started with success.
AS yet, but few have been OPEN
ed in the United States, but an
Institution of such pecuniary
benefit will not be long neglect
ed. A few words of explanation
will show why such institutions
must prove successful. The cap
ital is entirely made up by sub
scirptlon; each purchaser is re-
CURED to pay cash for his pur-
chases, and there are no bad
debts; heavy expenses OF other