New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-05

only fair, in eating matches 10 allow tho deniiens
Of the sty to compete although they would certainly
carry off all the prizes.
The failure Of three more Of the London Coopera-
tive Stores Is announced These concerns, II should
be understood were not based on the Rochdale
plan, and were intended 20 benefit middle-class
people rather than workingpeople. Mr.. Holyoake'
the most eminent champion Of cooperation in Eng
land, never approved Of their method Of doing bust
ness. The scheme, first popularized by the Civil
Service stores, and afterward adopted by establish
mcnts seeking the patronage Of lawyers doctors.
military men. and latterly Of tho general public,is
10 sell goods TO the members of the cooperative store
association at lower prices than those charged at the
ordinary shops. The Rochdale stores charge the
regular market prices and at the end Of the year
divide their profits among the members who may
II they please deposit their gains TO swell the work
ing capital Of the concern and receive interest.
Cooperative stores this plan are found in all
the English manufacturing towns, and number in
all many hundreds. II is the Rochdae system that
is copied in NewYork by the association that has
recently opened a store in Ninth-st.
The will Of the late James T. Fields, the Boston
bookseller and publisher, has been made public. II
any publisher in this country or England has here
whose brains he made HIS money, we have not heard
OF read of him. CURL, Lintot, Tonson and Other
publishers Of the old school at least have the repu-
tation of driving hard bargains with authors, and
have not the reputation Of giving them anything by
way of legacy. Mr. Fields leaves liberal sums TO
Messrs. Whipple, Whittier, Howes and Aldrich,
while various literary, benevolent and religious in
stitutons arc handsomely remembered in the will.
Whatever may have been Mr.. Ficlds's personal lit
orary merits and they were certainly considerable,
he had great respect for the makers Of good books,
and thought the business Of manufacturing and dis
seminating them an honorable one. Now itappears,
perhaps more clearly than before, that he compre-
hended the dignity and the usefulness Of the vocation
Of letters for which All, whether they win bread or
fame in it, will be grateful 70 him.
While the Worlds Far project has been passing
through much miscellaneous discussion in New
York, from which it has not gained any decided Vi
tally, and in spite Of which 1t now seems 10 be in
rather hopeless condition, Boston has had her eye
on us. What ii she should snatch the Inflated en-
terprisc ont of hands and nurse il into health
and strength gaining for herself all the honor and
glory and profit thereof correspondent Of The
DliIy 1drcrfiser aycrs that Worlds Fair IN Boston
can be held more conveniently and economically
than in Ncw-York. He points ont also that in Bos-
ton there need be no dread Of malaria. lie resorts
t. Ggrrcs, and shows that II Boston should have
100000 visitors and each visitor should spend
80, tho result would be enormous" Probably
nothing viii come Of this proposition except talk
and communications 10 the newspapers; but consid-
oring how badly the matter has been managed here,
need moi feel aggrieved if Boston should beat US
in this she has in other enterprises Of the sort
Two Of our higher institutions Of learning are in
trouble-tho New-York University and Dartmouth
College In each the quarrel is a domestic one,
with the merits of which do not propose TO med
die. We may. however, be allowed 90 express our
regret that the usefulness of either institution should
Doe impaired, it is likely to De. by such disputes.
Certainly. sensible and learned men should be able
10 settle their differences quietly and without bring
ing them so prominently before the public Their
effect upon the discipline Of the college cannot fail
10 De bad. and 10 modify numerically the next Fresh
man classes. study should be quiet and undis-
tractcd by personal disputes. These have reached
such a height in old Dartmouth that somebody will
have 10 resign before peace is restored-we really
cannot say who. The feeling Of the public toward
colleges for several years past has been kindly and
liberal one and it would be pity If anything should
occur TO arrest the curren; of endowment from
which 70 much has been gained. and 80 much more
is expected.
The deadlock 4. broken Now LET a bOwb bc mt