, 1874-01-11

was 1888; its share-capital Was $63, ,955; it's bust
ness for the year then ended had been S2S0, 900
and it's net gain to members for the same time
had beer! sl3.G23. The Agricultural and Hor
tlcultural Association is peculiar in its mem
belship, its
CHECKS ON ADuLTERAT1oy,
and it's consistency. It's membership is largel,
drawn from the higher classes. The fact il
made dulJ prominent in the catalogue, which be-
gins with dozen OF Right Honorables. who art
followed BY all the other titled people in the or
moners alphabetically. There are three!
members Of Parliament in, the Board
OF Directors. There is deal done for the
farmer members, but little by them. They have
u voice in choosing the Directors. but put few oil
themselves in power. The Association takes
Some Of the best chemists in London are. o.
have been, il its employ. Everything it buys il
ana!yzed or tested. The results OF its tests and
analyses are printed iu cclored charts which arc
sold to members at a low price. The farmers
canuot be convinced that adulteratiou il bad by
black and wLi.o; but red aud blue scon to prove
1t even to them. At the Office got trade-cl1-
cular Issued by firm which belongs to the
"Huu Pure Linseed-Cake Association y
This company OF tradesmen was formed
The circular offers the really pure article at
$53.25; the :" Pure" aud Genuine" brands at
$50 and s48.25 respectively, and an "a. c."
brand, which IL go iugenlously nduieerafed that
the foreign PARTICLES ueutralxe each other during
ordinary analysis. for Si7.6o. This Inst Ii
the
ACNE OF ADuLTEnAT1oy.
II this is done by 9 ''Pure Ilnsecd. Cake AS
sociation," what Gun be expected from less pre-
tending dealers? lu its Bix years OF life the
Agricultural and Horticultural Association has
established such repate that it can now sell
In in frryta arr4a and
only satisfactory manurcs imported by Sweden
from England, iu 1871, came from the Associa-
ton. In consequence, Swedish farmers are now
putting themselves into communication With 1t.
It bids lair to establish large foreign trade-
In the third place. the Association IL consistently
cooperative. It gives it's employees. in addition
to their salaries. fixed proportion OF tho net
profits. The foundation -princ'plo OF true Co
operation is, that all who contribute to
tie final profit should share in it. me
three factors OF business arc capital,
labor, aud custom. III nearly all
nomipally cooperative stores, the first and third
take all the profit while the employees are paid
fixed sum. This IS short-sighteduess. Au ordi-
nary emp1oye bargnius only with mans need
and greed. II be otfers him IL shAo IN his
profits, ho .-
HIRES HIS BRAINS
and goodwill. Taey are wosth buying., Tho
bargain can be made in two ways Half the net
profits above the average rate gained by the
capitalist during the last few years can he al
lotted to employees, or they may get a certain
proportion Of Whatever aaving il made during
tho year in the cost Of carrying on business ln
neither case can the capitalist loso arythlng. In
the first, tho profits allotted to employees are
only part OF the extra profit TUG arrange ment
gives h1m; u tho second. they arc ouly part
of the money which The arrangement saves him.
Most consistently, cooperative stores use tho
frs. plan; the Agricultural l. Horticultural
Association uses the secoud.
THESE THREE ASSOCIATIONS
are fair types OF their classes. The first,
tho I.ochdale Equitable Piuneess' Society, bus
been managed from the beginning by dAy-labor-
ers and mechanics. THE second, tile clvll-Scr-
Wee Supply Association, owes its origin aud man
agement to persons OF somewhat higher service
rank. living on liked small incomes. The third,
the Agricultural and Horticultural Association,
has always been in tho hauds OF men Of recog-
nized public standing, who manage it for the
benefit Of others, gain lit.le OF nothing from
it for themselves As the class to which It ap-
peals is smaller and less united than those
reached by the other organizations, its growth
has been somewhat less rapid.
A strong point in tho history OF the three So
cleties is, that their beginnings were tumble
and hard. Another is, that their growth las
been swift aud sure. These two facts hold good,
u rule, OF all the cooperative enterprises be-
gan since 1874 in tho United Kingdom. Before
.hat year tho teachings OF Robert Owen bore
fruit IN number OF associative undertakings.
Ihera was, however, too much
SOCIAL Oh FINANCIAL. FOLLY
mixed up with them. Their projectors either
meant to make the world moral anu rich in =
1ear or 30, or else they wanted to pay their own
iebts in paper money - based on the National
,uth" " aud tact in moral matters, as the spirit
or the deyil) i1npeiled them They failed be-
ore long. Then came the present practical, self
81 scLenes., very large percentage of them
las succeeded. They have done more good than |
mia 1f haan mi II
The |
CHIEF ADVANTAGES |
Il the system Of oistriDutlye cooperation here !
ketched nre these: 1t saves at least one profit. |
that Of the retailer. With the poorest classes,
specially when they are in debt to the dealer, |
his profit is often ha!f the cost Of whatever they
'uy. 1t gives the workingman chance to profit |
bly, invest every cent he CAL save in concern |
1hich he himself partly owns and in the man
cement Of Which he has voica. It there |
o ood haIits that s; follow in in its - train. ile
{ educates him directly and indirectly. Direct
:, by it's schools. and reading-rooms, and libia-
les. Indirectly, by g1ving him an insight into
ne methods Of business. and By teaching him
ow to guido hs fellows. It discourn;es
lmony OF English writer's. Cooperation
hecks crime. A system that 80 powerfully pro-
notes q mans physical aud mental we1-beius |
auuot but do SO. It, and it alone, puts IN end
adulterat;on. 1t destroys the temptation to
0 it. Nobody wishes to poison tho food he him
elf means to buy and eat.
II rAyEs TIE wAF
3r other joint efforts. This is no mean advant-
90. In every State, the strongest force vii!
lie while it il the strongest. Might still
,akes right, and alwass will do so. In every
tate, tho workingmen, the instant they COM
ine, will be- the strongest force the rul-
,g power. That combination is only
uestion Of time. When it comes, shall we have
mob, maddened by the fear Of want, bind,
,ckless, demagogue-fidden, riotln5 in our cities
II snuaketry drives it back to its cAeerlcss homo
, bide it's time for futuro deylltry? Or shall
G have an army OF educated men. taught by
10 Irresistible logic OF bank-books that proper
, is not robbery. rcdressug their wrongs at The
and there rebuking the men who
ave built up the huge fabric Of State inter{er-
ace under. which American industry now
toans? If our workingmen starve, they will
OF. There's no reasoning with all empty
omach. It will have food. If our worKlng-
len are mentally statved, they will 1iot. Not as
jon, perhaps, but as certainly. II man be-
ewes that Congress has but to set printing
:ess at work "n,aking money :" to make himself
i'd everybody else rich, he h'iil never cease try
Y to persuade it to do SO till he begins trying
force it to do so.
Emptiness OF stomach, emptiness OF mind