The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-02-07
COOPER ALTON.

pxyw = MOORE OF BELL COUNTY, TEXAS.
Co-operation as understood IN these
DAYS refers to that part of cooperation
which is conducted strictly for furtherance
financially. Cooperation means more
than business transactions on the Koch
dale plan" The principles OF eo-cpefa-
ton came down from the Father or
Light" 1t is clearly to be seen in the i'm
mediate laws of Nature.
The reciprocity existing in the very ma
ture of things between the animal, vegeta-
BILE and mineral Kingdoms, shows the in
tention of the Great First Cause that we
should all be co-workers for each other S
benefit. That is all we claim for our sys-
tenn of cooperation. We mean to buy and
sell together, mutually instruct each other,
and in all things confide in each other.
Implicit confidence is essentially necessa-
nv to our success. All agree to that. Then
what is the best method of introducing and
maintaining this very important factor?
This brings US Immediately to the issue:
Cooperation rightly understood and prac-
ticed will solve the problem. We must
educate our confidence, and we must do
that by educating the mind to receive and
retain it; we must educate our social fac
ulties to appreciate and practice the great
principles of the social system; we must
educate our labor, in other words, our
hands; in all, CO. operation. The head, the
heart. and the hand! All must be SO edu-
Gated as to make each one as perfect as
possible: then all three conspiring to make
| the perfect man or woman.
| In the heart centres all the affections OF
| God like nature, forgiveness, mercy, trust,
| love, and their whole train Of good quail
ties and results the head, with its power
/ of penetration, compass and Judgment
giving direction to the labors of the hand
| and in turn supported by it; the hand, by
the proper direction of the head, support
| ing all! How beautiful the arrangement!
and we must conclude that this is the ar
rangement of "our Father in heaven" But
| how is this to be effected by what we term
| financial cooperation? | will ask some
| questions. What does finance mean:
Money What is money? Medium OF
exchange Exchange of what? Commod-
| tiles. What are commodities? Products
Products of what? Labor. What is labor:
The work of our hands! Then financial
cooperation means working together with
our hands! The all-powerful dollar, then
| is the representative of labor; nothing less
nothing more. Then, Irepeat, how beauti-
full the perfect man or woman! each using
all the power he or she has for the public
weal-''the greatest good for the greatest
number A number of men and women
of the above type associating themselves
together to form Subordinate Grange,
and then Subordinate Oranges of like
makeup forming State and National
Oranges, thus elevating and educating
forms one of the most soul stirring subject
for contemplation.
| 1t cannot be said that the heart head
and hand are not equally interested in the
| labor of the other. Of course, the labor is
of very different kind, but all necessary to
the perfect man or woman. Then the idea
set forth in the outset holds good: "The
principles of cooperation came down
from the Father of Light Then, breth-
rem and sisters, let us embrace them, and
improve ourselves by the model given us,
that the world may be better by our hav-
ing lived in it, and that we may be better
by having lived in the world.
SaladO, Ian. 20.