The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1886-06-17
Cooperative Industry.
BY c. 5. GRIFFIN

| Life insurance has in late wears become very
popular also insurance against accidents. These
| things show i'll what direction the public mind
| is turning. The fact that life. accident fire
and other inSurantcs are 50 rapidly becoming
| cooperative. such as that sustained by the
Free Ma,on-, Odd Fellows. Oranges. Knights
| Of Labor. Trades Union and many other in>ti-
| tutions. all show the increasing popularity of
| cooperation. All insurance originates from
one cause namely, the danger of poverty. All
! humanity give more thought TO guard against
| this one danger than is given to any other one
| thing This fact shows TO all thoughtful
minds that any remedy against poverty though
| partial ana difficult to obtain is destined to be
come popular. .At first it seems like :; terrible
stride. a blind stride, or stride in the dark, when
we talk about uniting all industries and thus
| forming one institution working each distinct
| industry rs a branch Of the grand whole. and
| for the benefit of the whole, each working as a
| cooperating factor to the whole However
! strange this may seem al iirSt little reflection
| shows that it il the actual condition that is
| rapidly approaching through all industries and
! organizations and from all directions. And
| moved by one grand underlying principle.
! namely, To ''giye lis this day our daily bread"
! without which not only all the peace and NOR
| ailr Of life but life itself is failure. If then
hieihIu I = MIlhni 'he NhoWlt!2e o. m"h ~
| clothes and shelter viii be common property.
| free to all. that organization will he establish
.' 10 h'%'t'i Nih'' <'i l!'D'S MAY 'V H'''N>ai!
:" ~ ~ NY 'iie ~ oii7 ~ ~ ~
,iiiui - .''%: ~ cue OF am I'IHeH -! a'
| my aged parents. a> the ease may be, will still
| be H. well provided for This argument
| Though 1t may appear simple Is AL powerful
| "tl "HI Pi'N"' ihlou3ii 'Vini!"H S'ii""i''
| ''or i'irH~ ''iu tAtTHSNr lI"N NGill'! lhe Iaro
| "''iii'7 ~ 'i'i' ~ ''N'EH nay 'iI "'-t
" IA .i0'' 'o'. 0,' >iPl''! ii!' "'l'ivN
! ~ " It'"ici> l''"It' var ti'Il9 hienihGht =
:" 80. In 'li PoI,:'S loil' 'I,'t ''oSt
& "l tii' more rl-ll'Icn no'h mac
u .'ll''.' 10 ii!!S t tl'''iT 'i'' 10
'nG;ii 'l"iii!oH coii'l!iohs Oh me. ne le:S
rn2l''''''.H litoip lG,H ,'iiH because ihGl
@ 81 ,.'s III 'i az less VA"n!tu
,' Il Ni'i' ~: tnP1"'' vi ''io'
~ '','' w IN N'',,'' t''ti';. . ','i''i.> az
~; ,itean> hel' >'itnIi III any,
w tD "'>'iOH'" at 'll w. '':l
~ ''l iiie p"r',l> F'''lui i'"9rd 'l'lf
AZ noI"ust Were lSl mes
''' V''o'IT ~ tnt iiu loi an con
Ia, ', IL 7n'I''e' 'ii,'
Ilt.,.,n,ti ~ , t,.',
s'.-ii"ll"il y l'e l'>'t ih' NoIiu over
I ~ ] ""i,. u ~ 1t = ,'"'
''i' M'lhi li'Sh in 't'uii'1i't ~ room anu
| >"Pln''H i"l !ne ,Ht!' ""tN mus >I''t ~ hUt
''' tltN' ili' tiNl lHilllbl u >u'IltN are 80 ull-
| certain and unequal that IL is in many eases
| deemed more humane to take their little lives
| than allow them to take the chances liIing. Ii
| i Ialr 10 assume thai more than half the chill
| dIen born in the nicd States are UnWyIconc
| and NTH part are deliberately destroyed at
| birth or earlier. while number exceeding
| those born are dc>igncdlN umconccN cd. and all
| this i Il country that has much skill and
machinery that il is actually suffering for want
| of more consumers. IhiS strange contradic-
! tory condition cannot he the acme of ciNiliz-
| alton. Thousands of little children in the
/ cities of the nitrd States, little bodies Who
| never did or thought WrUng at. are contiuI-
| ally suffering and crying for food, clothing,
| shelter or a few hrrath> Of fresh. healthy air.
/ they cannot help themselves, and their parents
| arr equally helpless, aud al this in so-callcd
! free country. that j.. in fact. filled to overflow
| ing with all these things. If we can ever he
| called upUn to answer for the MYRIAD cries OF
| these little ones what more can we do than each
answer Il am not their Keepers. This is
! miserable apology for great an offence, an
| individual and a united ohenSr of the whole
! human race. Because people are beginning to
| realize these things il is safe to ronclUd, that
| the great multitude will soon see and @ra>p the
! remedy. The total abolition of poverty may he
| treated an impo>>ibity, but all @rcat Vie
| tories of the human race have been treated in
| the same manner until won. Human impoS>i-
| hilitc> are not 80 numerous a> They were and
| they are continually vanishing. Poverty and
|