Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-03-22
tTI0N.
what the ~Cv. Joseph Cook Says in IA
LCciare on the SuHIeci.

Go TO the town OF Rochdale near Man
chester, England, and you viii find an
immense Establishment called q CO.
operative store, You are an American
traveller, and DO not updtfnaDd what
his Institution has done; and here is 3
English laborcT who is ignorant IS
10 the results OF corporation among the
poor Iou take him as contemplation,
ind step INTO the establishment aud he
looks about, and asks you in Il whisper
IS Was all this done by poor folks like
me- G' A clerk comes forward and anr
swcrs the question by saying "All
that Won gee here belongs entirely 10
workiug-men, The store which you
come to visit originated with the poor,
and with the poorest Of the poor"
We walk with the clerk from oom to
room, and he points out the ~stragetic
quarters of the establishment. Here
comes a poor widow, and she buys S.
worth Of flour and meat snd cloth,
" Yes" says the poor English laborer,
&" but / see that she has to Jay for
every thing in cash" 80 she does
says the clerk; nothing il sold here
except Tor ready money, but wait and
watch the whole operation" The widow
gets q I'm c~.fuhcste, showing Iha1 she
uas pal. 50, or 81, Tor goods at this
store s.' puls that into her porte
uuuna't, ana goes away Inc cIerK
calls attention TO the idcz that theie ls
no cred,J gwen mere. INA may oe &
soou Ih'hg says the poor man there
Is nov mucm encouragement mere 10 get
INTO deoI' NO. says the clerk ;
II we nave no n2o deoIs because
mere ia 10 credit We csh 90 " large
business On " mai c"pi,aI lof we turo
'he money over o''en' Inc IHOofef
ASKS; Does JHat wldoW y0nuer, pur
chasing hef goods OBTAIN them AT a Iess
cost nan 'he cou,a get them &t Ihe oLdl
nary SHOPS! Inc cIers iePLles; we
save an tn&J we should nave to pay
mlddle-meh 90 manage TINS business
we save D"d deDJs we save IN mmehs
amount IN advertising, because our Gus
TONERS, eSPeclHI'y II Iney Sre snare
ho'uefs' AT, sure 10 come mere; We save
sIl Jhe pfGhUs ina, IN ordinary manage
menu ol business would 60 70 the retail
trader
''or poor man wants TO knoW now NJ
can become Il memDe OF mis- institution
ana |netner ne can az once nave Tn
peneuV OF IlllS new arrangements trade
""'' 1ne c'ei| els MN NAT by Paylhi
. small su'u ut can DC ORGANIZED as
5i~aieNoi"ef can nave a part III the mar
ao'AleAg OF we business, or tLav Il n
Saves ms tln I'CkeI', representing ID
mount oi MS purchase, ana Ihefe Is
P'"ht On tne business, tuen, even ii a
- nos q ~sh"feloIoer, ne WIN get a part @
ne pfoht pfoporOloneu 10 the amount Q
MS purchases. rms poor widow,
-aya 1de c.efE, buys IN me course G
'he quarter twenty-five dollars worth G
Eooas, Shu mere comes a Time "he.
rh"h.s a'' oi'Ia7u' que Ofihg5 IN ne
IiA tICAeyS IN PROOF OF Nhe amount OF ne
purchases ana she gets part OF tn
dividend even u s9e Is not stakeholder
~ si'2 la q ~s1afenoiaer she Ia me chQlc
W. ''~o '''' 1l''"eHU anu P"0 ~ IL he
'cAeJ, " ieaYe II "a Inc Establishment
rs so mucI new stock 10 draw iurIbe
DIVIDEND III time to come.
The CLERK informs US thst the R0aF
dale oo-o..ta.jva store began with a fe,
w,,yaf5 ii 1874. The Rouuia.e eianeel
were merely viewers, who ~ 5I..ra,se
period OF the flannel trade Thought J
possible to club their me40- fl .gathel
twulty.sight OF them, ard % bay te
aad sugar at W1o.asa.e price, aud The
.eLI 10 each other st retail prices and uu
a3IlyeIa.ed ! Applause Thauk Go
Jh1J Inc topjcef aju|itcraJIon of food be
lately been scientifically discussed i
Boston applause |, ana that nos W
know that wien poisonars take tie.
places bshiud counters thev loison In
poor in preference to The rich. but by n
means wholly spare the latter. Al
authorizations, | believe, iniure the po,
more than the rich, and that is not 6nl,
because the polr are obliged to buy i
small narcalg and nqn rot Es rortio,t,