The Republican journal., 1886-06-10
Cooperative Industry.
BY G. :. GRIFFIN.

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| Of cooperation Is TO remove these very things.
| II i thc uncertainty and constant failures Of
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necessity OF cooperation; and the constant
hu>>inu that thc asrct minority have now Ia ell
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| ho'>l>m cannot exist
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y ohiy represents capital 1t l. klnd oi note
! nI iIilt on ttlltai. money was created ny Jaw
ana ilNe> ny law. capital Is created bN labor.
ne 1o"d' 'lothih-' huIldlhGS, means OF convey
ahcc' machinery. etc. are the actual carltal IN
| the World anu all are The production or labor.
! But These thng> are artlncial capital. Land.
/ water ana ar aro natural capital NO man pro
/ duccd them or can destroy Them. lhey Will
! Always remain III >tptl-ahuiliahtt Mhethef
man works OF pays. i II not lttle strange
! thIl No-r1Htd tNllI/cb people should uphold
/ lIln'illt ual can d'pfNc any human btiil@
"l either ~ these pr rNDll stunt 'Ntort'unaltiY
TtH iuld lhta-ftiN meas IRE these thlnG> OUT 1"
| me great llEqoIitl uI Inc people: l. II not a
| niue strange thdt oihtf"l l>e sensible people
>hu9d condemn anu fldlcue aIi cnoft 10 make
taith' Water ana aiT 'olhlHoi property ana keep
!I'iI -: t"pc can TtNlH" illit til' -Ftil ma
| loftN nave. bN Inc Jaw. 10 riSh1 70 stand on
| tdItl Nithoui paying lFlhutt 10 q >lllti MINOR
ny lot lhc PIN lle-c Yet ulcN stll WllhGiA per
/ prtuate thi> harhnrl>m, hut on tir>t thought
/ WIN ,tVhN iha water ana "if are htd from me
| -rtiI llNoflN' Tor Il price but attempt 10
ralsr Iisl IN, or catch t>h from, or u>c the Wa
| ''I oI many hTooh> ana ponds ana Hou VIII "l>-
! r"NeI ttat Nalti i ltlH loT Il lFft. without
| nav NilI4 70 pay water laN III rltE III propof-
/ non To lhc amount 9l water you use allaua
wants nflrt lor llSillhG III certain parts "l the
ocean hE the present conditions oI industry
N"EI J. "iiN Hlu>t '' li"il LOT price; II CALI
/ NOT ht lfer nntfi society l. organized on a CO.
| 9i'tfMlNt ha>l>' ftople VINO cannot AFFORD 10
! iNt IN the pure alf OF the hi9h. pure anu
httitHI parts ~ cities, but must llNe because of
rents III lht loW. Wet. 1uul places near bark
'9NGN ana >!ock yards. VIII ten You fhat tie ar
Oh heaven ! Irtl 1"f "A price HunurtdS OF
thousands OF people he majority OF them are
Innocent uhO1ehdih@ chlluren) suffer and dle
annually because by our barharou> personal
| lfDpcft! system thc free glft> OF heaven are
held fora price ana aIl e1ort 70 make and Sll>-
tam thtm a. a Tree bounty. Is rdlcued. All
! efforts 10 make any thlnG Tree bounty to tie
p'oH.e meets WIN r"l1ue al!d tile >eNere>t o!,-
position. even to the force OF arms when avail
able MAKING schooling common was bitterly
oppocel' ana even sun II j. opposed 10y wealthy
Iahlilt> III lhc SCUM VINO condemn the com
mon >'hoot a. N'iIStf anu d'graqlh4 ana they
nun IL ~ lhr! N"ull llltf. lilI> opposition
20 comhohaltN i simply heaIheh arl>tocrarN.
i'ul showing lhit because cooperation i BASED
on comlHohalllN alu Is therefore opposed 10y all
t' ItdIIlth aTl>l9tld'H remaining III Inc pto-
pc ! hgl WHAT lhteiird III thlS number TO
snow intended l" snow hr>t that c"-opera-
non l. not hltrled or uhproNeh. lhe family
'lFci' /, the OLDEST cooperative institution eX-
laht' NO melhief ol the 1alnlly receives wages
from any "thtf hthbtf. AI i owned III COM
mon. each works for the whole. and all i llar-
lhohN' Bu1 hlNhit Their interests INTO personal
properly anu the harmony VIII cease. For III
Stance. Lei one boN own the horse. carriages
ana harnesses. Let another own the farming
l"oi>. another tllt lhna ana another the hulld-
lng> and family quarrelmg Will begin nnnrdi-
a'eil' ana ~ thi> property power the -haIpe>t
brother viii soon have al the others >erN ing
INN A. mchlaiN. lhl> l. the natural course anu
natural corruption "f The personal property
power a. cohtra>fcd with the comnorallty. uu-
tualIy and morality Of ro-operation. In the
iahllN circle Wlilic they owned all IN common
All was peace; when they divided their proper
" all was ttll'moii and contention. When they
owned all IN common all We're equal, hui when
thtN dINldtd the property one became boss and
all others were his servants. one SON acqul-
rd all and the others We're impoverished. And
what Is true Of the family j. true Of all creation
Many deny that The same common property
prlnclpI" maintained hy a true family circle can
pc extended, hccauN'. they say, the tlc> Of the
heart between the children, and between the
parents. ana between parents and children. and
the rcA relation between The parents are " hat
ceneni> the family together. and il is these
things alone that make il possible for the COM
mon property system 10 work with harmony in
the family circle. We know the tic> of sex and
ties of the heart are both strong in the family
circle. but they are all snapped like Witherrd
reeds the moment tho different member, of the
family have opposing property interests. \
husband and wife who treat the property and
earnings OF both a. one property. subject to the
separate control Of neither, but to be used OF
disposed Of only by the Joint consent of both.
always live together happily: and they begin 10
quarrel the moment tlrN depart from this priD-
ciplc: and in proportion that they depart from
it, Notwithstanding their physical mental NOR
al and legal relations and obgatons Where
then i the ''tic that binds if ii i not in our
mutual property possessions.
The practical or economical part Of co-olcl-
alton j. also illustrated by the family circle. 4
man. wife and half dozen children live on the
same income one single man lives on: and each
member of the famill i fru. clothed and shell
tered and has nearly a. many other advantage,
AZ the batchclor has. We can see this illu>tra-
ted over and over again in any village on
earth. This show, the economical advantage
of cooperation. But let u look inside the
family circle. Two farmers living side bN
side constantly annoy each other bv i-fencins
or ill-tuarlng cattle chickens. etc. Bv eoing
into partnership and making both farms one
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