, 1879-03-29
HELP TO TIE POOR.
How the German, Laborer Can
Compete with the Mill
jonaire.
Tho Syatem Of Cooperation Now
Generally In Vogue in
Germany.
Tho Principles upan Which II Is Established
Hints for LaborIng Iltn IN Other.
Lands.

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enr,,,ynnatnt. Cincinnati, os.,t,t,
FaAxKronT- Germany, Marcel,
1o-rhr lecture Of tho Roy. Joseph Cock OF,
"Coopcrat,yc snyIngs- -l}augs IA Help to tho
Poor" rofers ut bono tcngtb to The co.opcratlyo
systctn OF Germany, md com.nentls It rs ppplic-
ahln tn thc nncds of American lnbor. Afr.
~os,, ~ .,o,tor.,oa n..,.owrrt,,v .or,,t,. T.,
this exposition md commondatton Of tho Ger
rnan eystein. For, whether THO system can bu
tnnae practically useful ID tho United States Or
,,,t t,,nro ron In m t1ouh+ tt,ot n hoo hocr nj
!'s, t'ra. e ~ ~ auos ', .,.'.,'t ~ ~.
gass utility On tnss coht'nent' a"u tsat ,apor Ill
Germany especially onios 1t All incalcuaaIo debt.
And not lnbor alone, but socicty, Government,
pcncc. order, prosperity, aro also greatly Its
uepsofs' t.'' W." -" w no.'te''s u'ess'o'o'
that tprovaflh H. th's country tic actual OUT
breaks, disorders, riots, insurroetions, arc cott-
pnrastycly few. The compcnsations OF labor arc
,r,n,,ttn,sto,v n not oot,,n1l,, vc-v ANAL. h,
p1opTr,.o"a.sl9, !" NV ae'aui,' sery ..on.' ~
lhe utltea ot"tss s"es WOULD w eonsiuefeu 3u-
'tnouslY. intolcrabty small; and ret strikes arc
extremely rarc In Germany; Ia fact tlcv scarcely
eyer happen. In spite OF all lts hardslips,-anl
they arc many,-labor requires no iron ha,,d to
kccp It from rebellion, It Is civil, md within,
+o1ar,h,v .ontorta1 mi ,-,.noro,s
s''sA"p'f eo"so'.o1 a.'. p.oaps'0a'' s..,..
akhaAh THRIFT
Perhaps this to duo in iart to practical train
tnp. and to the thrifty propcnstttes OF German
nhorootor Tin orror,,,nttf,a for loh,r ora iity.
n"a ~. 49, ~. ~ ',."
tea aercl }et ncaeas every one seem" 70 10 uo'i1g
something. 1dlers nnd loRfcrs arc not respect
able, and they arc not permitted to travel about
the country in oanus s1cenlnr in hnrns. nn1
roi,,,m1 lon,roosta for n 1IyIuc, Tho Gnrnnan
au n1 h't iI VIE for aro @ ssaai
arao sa,,o ~ hon IL mnth;r~ Hn 10 na r,,ir
~ raa nnt ,% h; In ~ ~
W. fap', 'os n ou1 an honre it.s;ant'',,
o
at. nu snSo ~ "S %SoA ~ so o,n,oa ,
tfacis at4 aeHusn naae peL"ecu vn3p.o5er a''t'
~ nt1oss Ky. sartan ,,n. @
pu' LIN "5 uoa1 ston H." si3 Ht,'
~ ~ .. om taro a,cns tt,,aa i".
~ .t s 49,, -. t1tst ~ fort, 10 n,
pcsson In thr an,ne cstahii.hmeni. AnI .hrv
who thus amply themselves to steady aull NJ
tlent industry generally acquire tolernhy CON.
fortably homes, and live III comfortable ln.ic.
WAGES.
hut character and education do not cuttrc1y
account for these thIngs. Successful and co,i-
tented iniuatrY las powerful, an almost ,nila.
pensabic auxiliary ii the
irytsrJsn co.oprnA Ar,yn aysrrv.
.cho. ,,s.e.., lad ~. s.,oi.. .,,,,t a,,,.."..,
a ai id i !ts }ea!s
wv, hiu ns !'tu 'ss p'n.ti.at - w au ue'ci-
met1t n the tast tsn YcaFs. ~ nas rapidly e.
teuGu tLscia nv nns.l'At .nl. ~ toN sllcnals1s
oyer taS n1'1 ne,gn, ~ 1 asoSe aso no Press
Mte y aoSn pu. Easm si!euty ait
=
se1oc 5 nfncn'Gs y , s syst9, % or sei
ne!p, as uistll'9lisnoo tLnIh slafu i!clp on tt1e
v.a , tf mM a"e wste 1, m t mnn, on w.
o.ne.t ~ Was Epls'a s.mn ~ tu @ @neautoctailc
a,io ~ oge'a.'se T., sbt H! !calnlts
M 81 OIL OF t @ te atter Of
~ social oTgantzatoh not asps!''G 70 polltical
=, isnrnn, u sr g.a' ~ I'm m
.,Mt} ~ y an auus s%e'1I'uE ~ I'.E ~. l'lue
pcnuent, II "vu.u ae.s,uso .ms toutuatl1ss ~!
nssaeass W H. ., IT,. ai For t.c
sag reason lu9 neaasos1aLis e,c.Gmt SOON r.
,axs 1s 'of a;r T. %as u;ee.y sesn lnat
cu9s!iutlun ii an1ol eata! aslu A!oney fapatnl,
aasi .'ns lors'} eneace OF sds'oty asainst So
c,ass nttachs, .mIn as'e ose"'a'c E'o"ta ol the
nEolsNlNa OF THE SYSTEM
The soutlicr md chief organizer Of the aystcm
is Dr. 2c-Dalltzscl,, who takts his naMe
Gfotl tlc efna'l tow4 o. Delltzsell, III trusstatl
saxony' if0m !i. MniSn h9 ilas noen repeatedly
deatl, as Nj. Cook states. but enjoys hearty
cd nEe, aud he Is now tl.c efficient Anwnlt, or
IT1sssaF I1sn Go"11sei2t. ~ u. uns Eeeak National
ch}n} cc SI y NJ s9ee,os woso
l!ie las osep Eiyen M to the Organization aud de,
yS.onn!ent o. @ tne ssa.em when he founded a'tl
WHEN M & ,s no" , snSm monument to ala sasacity
s'ses a es@' Us se'ao''' cfo"os hafnah eherEy and
"tsuo". ,.
,,a Inc ieausng M epIect o. ne aenulzo'Delltzscll
system Is tint OF allord!ng labor direct access to
eAptal " eoHsetths !AuoF ltse!t lhto . pasls o.
credit. Il pEoeccds IRON the idea TINT credit
may be created BY association; TINT, while all
tnutyi!ual artisan cannot barrow the necessary
capital to mako AIl' all independent producer,
a'l association ot artlsanh enn DO SO;
and that such an association, convort-
Ing Itself In turn into a lender, may
obtain tho minimum OF r!sk mud maxi
mum OF security IN It's transactions by eontlntnE
its loans to tts own members. Lenders md
borrowers being virtually tho sumo persons, tho
iorlior snuht llavo tho moat accurate infurMa-
iattcr. s,I may l,ayo tho Iurter ] adyautare H Of
retainlng their loans perpetua'y within ttu
range Of their own anapcction., An additional
umlnntion o. 9sKs s ontasa 'y tmaknE a..
o. each mcmnsf. 90 important is this principle
of mutual liability tsaat II has bccn called tie
Keystone Of the whole system.
ITS PRINCIPLES.
The first Association of this kind estab1fahcd
In Germany was organized by Dr. Rshu]xo.
De]itzsch It lila own ViIinro II Del1trarh' in