The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1881-09-03


land, then this members div;dg,
would amount to at least firtv can.
a week more, and he would be sn
ing altogether $50 year. or mora
$25 out of his income and 3,
more in the dividends he worI5 vi VI
ceive on his purchases at the stor.
And this $50 year, for everv yoas
if left TO accumulate with diyidenJ,
and interest compounded, worIJ
make that member worth over Sro
900 in thirty years.
And of course if mans inco,,.
enables him to save one doll,ro
week. and his purchases at the storo
should be from ten to fifteen dollars
week, then on the same basis &C
calculation the fund that he world
accumulate in thirty yeas would
be over 10000.
This is what may be legitimateIv
expected when the true co.operatiys
principle is established, that the MO,
fits shall be equitably divided
among the members in proportion
to their contribution to the business
of the Society, by their capital, Ia.
Dor or custom.
To the great mass of men this
would mean independence and COM
fort. To men who had toiled dill.
gently till they were fifty or sixty
years old, it would be blessing
indeed if they could, in their old ace
come into such a position as this
What stay and support it would
| be, if, in the dreary toll of the Ia
borer's life, he could feel that every
week he lived he added one dollar
or two dollars to that sum which. in
twenty or thirty years would bring
him deliverance from slavish toll
This, Mr.. Chairman and gentle
men is the great possibility of Co.
operation. 1t promises no bonanza
for any one. 1t will not make indi-
viduals millionaires, but it does
promise to bel p every thrifty men,
Der to make the most Of his money
to save little for him on every pur-
chase, without trouble or loss of
time, or the sacrifice or denial of
! any comfort. or want, and TO nut
these savings at compound interest
at once, and earning dividends be-
sides; and by these means it prom
Uses emancipation for all, and espe-
cially for the aged, from the wretch
edness of poverty.
F0urfh.-HOw THE CO-OPERA-
TIVE WORK MAY BE BEGUN.
Cooperation has vast range and
scope, but TO begin well we must
have a well defined object to ac-
ccmplish; and steady purpose to
make it succeed. When we have
succeeded with one cooperative
enterprise, we will try another.
First it is proposed to establish
co operative store in Brooklyn for
the supply of good, pure food, and
other things; and when that is well
established, and members become
known to each other, an attempt
will be made to introduce the Phil
adelphia and Boston plan of saw
ING FUND AND BUILDING AsSocI.
ATIoNs, and after that productive
cooperation as the way shall be-
come plain.
Here, then, my friends, is a good
work in which while helping our
selves, we may help our neighbors.
In its ultimate scope it means moth
ing less than the gradual emancipa-
ton of labor from servility and Slay-
cry; from the condition that impels
10 strikes and those Communisuc
notions which caused the riots at
Pittsburg and elsewhere a few years
ago. But this emancipation must
be reached step by step, as children
learn to walk, yet with the sure and
certain faith that we shall walk by
and by. For us it is no Utopian
dream, no speculative scheme. The
work has been proved, the example
is before us; zvc have only to fol-
| low. 1t lies along the line of our
best human welfare, along the line
of march Of Christian progress. it
IS one of the new agencies born IN
our time, of GOOD WILL TO MAN.
In conclusion, let me say that we
have taken up an enterprise OF great
plth and moment. 1t IS no scheme
of crack Drained enthusiasts. 1t has
| demonstrated its truth and its value
by its triumphant success in thou
sands of instances and IN thousands
| of places. Ne have only to follow
prudently and honestly in the path
Of those who have. gone before US
to secure the same benefcent re-
suits for ourselves and our neighbor-
hood.
Let us go about the work serious,
ly, earnestly and with Judgment
prepared for difficulties, but deter
mined to overcome them. 1t VIII
require practice, perseverance ana
great pains taking. But let us be
encouraged by the words of the
eminent Edmund Burke, who says:
There is nothing in the world
really beneficial that does not lie
within the reach of an informed un-,'
derstanding and well directed
pursuit. There is nothing that God
has judged good for US that he has
not given US the means to accom-
plish both in the natural and the
moral world"
LONDON, Aug. 23-The Berlin