, 1879-08-21
COOPERATION.
James Kay Apptebeo's Lecture to
the laboring-Men.
Only One Solution to tho Conflict Be-
tween Capital and Labor.


r1t.h. 'rhn,e WIN li.trnc,1. hoveycr. wero an.
rrrrtottyr. md iii, wns cnnnrnsation.
liz buCa,, uy referring to tl,c acc,,tnlta tiop OF
wealth. In which wa sl,crnrled. hit VA faiirti In
rn,tntrtcs lint thrr sho,tl,a Rat 70, hnyo smss
rectcd in placing iii nj tbetr chi,;,reu in n con-
,ltlipn w},uro tlcy could ,,a(ly satisfy what an
old English noet calls Tint Wmost itching kIml.
fccIs,i From thu fact that We lid cettaiu rcr
snns. icw IN number. nusscssiuv surnli,s wcalth
corrt1ptirig n,,,1 tlebasl1E utcauso IL,
much in excess OF natural human needs,
lad certaip number OF other persons
mnny IN number. WIN nosecBse(l no snrpjus
wealth at ajj,-uot enough, indeed, to jnsure for
them Tie full satlafartfpn pf tbr cotnmonost
human ncctIs.-tIc snenkertletl,cod thIs cnnrItl-
sion: that We had not yet surcecr<l ia achiev.
1,r tim. condition of cconntnIc we'll. .bnInv knnvn
ns fair distribution amongst the wealth
crepiors Of tic ycaIth crcatci.
md mcar, t|lr sentiment ti,ni tic hcGest t1uiY
al the rich mnn yna 10 be- cfInr;tnh1c ia thn noor
and the highest duty Of thu poor 10 be coptentcd
with their poyesty. Coutcnt might DO o fine
tnufFs,,
WE wruE rtAcsp IN THIS won1n
IN oot NJ, in II md on,v t1,o dtscon,cutes all
~ ~ =" IN, - Tn,fii.a IN nm.nnsos ~ tnfr
ctao III, 1 iia c,atmo r.. ~ ca'nnnca.Ino t.t
wifIo facilitating tng prodt,ctton nf woa]th. IL
would hrinE better dIstributlou thcrcof. In
farfIitntnr sstrfnnfion ii ri ncres Il. fariiitntc
prouuctto,,, Tor, under the ruio OF co.ope,atiou
eaci, worker wns Inspired to do his Gcst, because
Setsr koT 95 wa ia oFs 6s or ep ,e " 5 e o. 5
whom flc loved, The history OF civilization was
ittlu less than tho history Of corporation.
A1an could never have emerged from barbarfsm
Of co-tprratton. So ,onr M ,nan was cnntent
viii, tllr enyapo life liyin', md working alnne.
without any concert OF hts fellows SO long did
hc rut0atn 4 sayncc. mixed, cross. bnr3afic. brr.
ta but lat tic members of tic tribe to which
ho belonged learn the value Of concerted uctior.
iet them nnrfion thia labor tn onn man md fhnt
labor to another INN. md then their cy,iizn-
t!ol, became possible. They learned tncn how
nct cssnry they wcra tn nrc onothrr. sncfal l1fn
was born with ito ,amcnftlcs aid its rreatcn|ur
tlntIes. Reea,iso cn.nnerotion menT,t nnt,inl
creation md n m,,t,,al sarfnr in wealth. It mr.
forJcd tie only poasil,lu solution OF liz rreat
ronitni mn, lahnr nr1,I,Inn Tiithcrto In ali in.
u,istriai e,,tnrnrises Il hatl bren deemci csset,
t,ni lint rmnitni n,,tl inhor s,nnI hr rcnrcacntci
by ijatlnct classes Of PERSONS. This VIVA tic
radical defect OF our present Industrial system.
So long as canital was reprcsrntea by ono dis
tinct class nnti labnr by another distinct class.
a. inn1 n,ust ti,rTo In 3ntaTon1srr s,nt,e".. .hr
Two classes. ard 20 LONG Wa t,Ir trnie's union
necessary II Tie laborcr would ret fair market
nrlre for
rux 1,Anou uE HAN RI sr11.
f,,oooratl,u .nnh,c,, 10 ~ ,oo,. co,o,7o,t,v
forwor.l n n lima When In nrrs"nt rcin,inss,,,
between capItal md labor should py!st no loug-
er; when, instead of being represented rs they
now wero BY two distinct classes, they should
bo rcnresentcd by ono class, Co-operation
taught that it was not lInpossib;e Tint a|l mon
| ahantd becume cmployess,-a co,isumn,atInn
which woull put an clrcctual cntl to the dispute
l,ctwcet, capjtnl and LABOR, by leaving nobuty
to bo employed. 1t was roo much The fnsho1
to anccr at trales-un!untsm as though
It we're OF necessity Thing OF the tleyklcvi,,sh
hut it was thing Of ,mmcnao value il tic in.