The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-18

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the amount expended Tor Roodi. M
. keeps these ehecka When aecounis A.
balanced what d LEFT Of the profits after
paying Interest on capital l. divided
among shareholders 10 proportion 70 the
amount each has purchased. The
average profit Of tho RochdAle
, Pioneers has been nearly 90 per
centum, The success Of the society, a
may DO supposed, wAs the cause Of the Tor.
nation oil similAr societies at nearly every
manufacturing centre Ia Great Britain.
. have already mentioned 70 what extent
The system has taken root Ia London. In
1871 the puFchAses from cooperative
stores amounted 10 sos, 0OO, 900, the profits
on which, divided among the metnbsfl.
were more than $4,000, 900, Since these
statistics were compiled the dlstfess In
England has had the effect Of increasing
rapidly the cooperative system. As might
be expected, The cooperative buyen
soon found that Il would DO equally TO
their advantage 10 be cooperative produ.
GERS. II there was any prOat 70 DO made
out Of their labor who had better right
70 this profit thanthe laboFeFS themHelyes2
The RoChdAle Cooperative Manuiactur.
Ing Society was not long IN organizing
and now owns Ito cotton mill, worth
$1,000, In 1879 there were In one town
oldham eighty. Joint stock cooperative
mills, the bulk oil the shareholders being
the laborers In the mills. In France the
system OF cooperative manufacturers has
also atakon deep root Take the whole
body Of workmen who for the last fifteen
years haye laboTedon this system, and a.
a rule they have received nearly twice as
much for their toll as the men who cell all
their skill Of iyed price aud have no
share In the proA1, ] have enlarged al
TOO great q length, perhaps, upon these
financial advantages Of an economic
scheme, the details Of which may be
known 10 many olmY readers. The more
valuable feature Of the whole scheme IA
the moral advantage 10 the man who takes
q new Interest In his work the minute he
becomes q member Of one OF these
societies. lie feels q new life, q new
dignity; he Is working for himself; every
hours labor benefits him and not an
employer who may grow rich on his work.
mans toll and give the labOrer the husks
Observation wages when times are bad,
Or take away his means Of making live. |
lIhood altogether. The people Of Rouhdale |
acknowledge that the Store has made |
more Rober men than all the efforts Of |
temperance preachers. As the store uiyeS
no credit there are no bad debts; the hon.
est men, who pay their way do not have
70 pay also the deDts OF the shIitlesg, who
never pay when they can help It. We
may be sure that the man who purchases
alta store where credit IL given PAYS the
debts Of his shliLless neighbOr 10 The shape
o. higher prices. Cooperative stores have
eliminated the man who doss not pay bis
debta qIt q tue problem OF bust.
ness lie. When We come TO sum up the
benefits and the success OF these so-
ctettes l do not think that any fair
minded man can dissent iTo,a tho view
taken Of the ilture Of cooperation by The
late ]. Z. MIL and BY Mr.. Hulyoake, the
present apostle Of eo.operRtiop-that II Is
destined u equRllpe Id great degrees Inc
cruel contrasts between one mans lot and
another As ]. Mill used 10 saw, me inns
will come when the weakest and most
gnoant o. the l16oring class, will bp viii.
ing 70 work 70! hire sleas. apsasinE Of
tHs hoiYoake reminds me that DR..
kttyl9nee, In relating tho work that this
Engllshman has done In forwarding co.
operation by every means In his power.
through long series Of years, remarked
That some very good people were wont 10
mention Holyoake as an ipldel, vi In.
hdels go about the world deyotlng their
liyEs 70 the good Of the down trodJen, n
lew more will be- welcome" said this
ltberal'minded clergyman.
COOPERATIVE ATTE4Fno * INV YORK. 4.
To pome to the cooperative work done
or doing In New York, It's history until
very recently has been an unsatisfactory
QUE H]atntY because the cooperative fen.
ture OF every scheme Of the kind has been
soon lost sight land individuals b ye used
the societies for private gains; or olss. a.
happened at Glen's Fails, In this State.
the agent employed by the society has
turned out u be a rascal. Ia tho casa Of
the Glen's Falls society, even this OalSmi.
~ aud the loss Of great part Of their capj.
tal has not discouraged the society, which
was tiourtshing when heard from them,
q few months age. The only important
attempt at organizing cooperative store
In this city was made by MIR. Mon,gom.
cry Gibbs who some years ago establish.
ed grocery store upon capltal
dividend into 500 shares. The StooE.
holders were to have the privilege
Of buying their groCatiss at cost price.
Inc concern TaSso evidently In the inter.
eatsr Inst OIL Mr. Montgomery Gibbs, and
secondly lperhaps) Of the shareholders,
thatthe store had only transient success
Cooperation. for awhile lay dormant,
Then these lectures OF DR.. Rylauce, and
the Newspaper articles 10 which they gave
rise, brought the scheme again to the sur.
lace, and we now have our organized co.
operative store on the same plan as the
Rochdale Pioneers, the members Of which
are mostly also members OF the Lebanon
Glnoi one other store organizing OF which
jackson Schultz may bethe guiding genius,
and society Of business men who have
adopted novel and Interesting method
Of getting tho necessaries Of life cbeanlv,
This society comprises some tw0nty mem.
bersi one Is a shoemaker and iitS mt
with shoes tho other nineteen members
and their families, at wholesale prices:
another Is grocer who deals out proosr.
les all aroundi another Is tailor, another
q wine merchant, another a timer, and
30 on. The advantages OF belonging 10
such an association are that an honest.
capable tradesmAn gains nineteen steady
customers, and there arc no bad debts: ior
those who give false credit arc expelled
and other dealers put In their place. Thus
the cooperative schemes are, as Is seen,
not yet very firmly established herean not
enough ume has elapsed for any statistics
% be given. Humble beginnings cannot,
however, DO counted as evidence OF weak!
ness when We loot back on the Rochdale
Pioneer9. Before this year Is out hone
70 ne able 10 lay before my readers such A
statement as will encourage the formation
Of other societies. II tho case warrants
It, l have no doGht that money can be
found hare to issue some sort OF textbook,
giving the result Of our experience, the
best ways oil organizing, and the most an |,
proved shape 10 which 10 put society,
Boston as well as New York has awak.
ened TO the benefits OF such schemes, the
Hon, Josiah Quincy leading the way and
giving up much Of his time 10 oo-opera.
tive store. The store recently opened Al
NO. Cornhill, boston, adopts this yery
sin pie mode Of protecting the Sape.rs.
ceiying consumer. On the receipt Of 81
which may be paid In instalmentS Of fiftv
cents, certificate OF stool, IL issued. beaI.
ing six per coat Interest. He thus receives
intara0ton bis own. purchases, as well a
on those Of others who deal with Inc
store. Thusthe customeriG the capitalist
and receives the profit Of the business. By
!!einyesttna these profits, he may become
10 TINE possessed Of very considerable
share IN the concern, besides being enR.
oIed 70 purchase goods at the lowest ig.
ure. This latter Is assured by the transfer
OF the "nlereSt in the business" from Inc
shopkeepers TO the dealers, and the conse.
quent reduction Of the expenses a well |
as the constituting Of each customer into
a viGilant guardiag a I6e credit and man.
aGssment 81 iAs ssta6lishment