Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-08-23

as IN the case Of q bank account All
the buying and selling being central
lied in the cooperative store, no indi-
vidual has an account against another,
hence there are no settlement dis
putes, and no occasion whatever for
lawyers, courts or constables. There
are no chatEeI or real estate mortgage
es; no statements, no collections, and
no foreclosures. Not only that, but
the use of money being dispensed
with, interest and usury dies a natur-
al death. Profit is annihilated by
the cooperative store, and rent is de-
strOyed by the common ownership of
land, which is given, rent free, on
perpetual lease to the members as
they may need for occupation or use.
Thus the Credit Fancier Company
does not contract any debts payable
in cash. 1t, as a corporation, merely
engages to effect the exchanges of the
services of members with each other,
and Of the whole with the CONNER
clal world. Every member becomes
the holder of an interest in the bank,
the store, the land, and in all public
utilities or things of a public nature,
as school libraries, roads, bitches,
sewers, etc.
The subject Of Integral Go opera
ton Is one worthy of careful study
by all we'll disposed persons. It is
simply a scientific organization of the
business of a community, in which all
the best methods of the business
world are adopted Indeed the
Credit Fancler Company has proposed
nothing new, nothing untried, nothing
not proven economical and success
full in actual practice. Its only limo
walton consists in making use of all
the tested and approved methods Of
business instead of only a part Of
them. To illustrate:
In keeping accounts, the clearing
house system is adopted.
In building and saving, the plans of
the Building and Loan association
are adopted.
In education, the public school sys-
tenn of Kansas is initiated.
In sewerage and drainage, the sys-
tenn recently adopted in Paris, and
which from the start has been used IN
Pullman, Illinois, is followed
In irrigation, lights, powers, etc,
the usual corporation methods are
adopted except that each individual
is an owner of a part interest in the
plants or business
I Altogether there seems to be no
reason why this comprehensive coop
, erative movement will not succeed.
Of course there is no room here for
idlers or mere spectators. Such
, people would not thrive. But the in
dustrieus man would not have to
! spend any time whatever, IN docking
! for job" or in wondering "where
the money is coming from" to pay the
interest, taxes. store bill or mortgage.
We prefer to lay those relics of ancient
and musty standardization upon the
shelves Of history. How this can be
4 done may be learned by reading
] Bellamy's Looking backward" or
p Owens Integral Co operation"
= There are several Kansas people
\ here, among them Willis a. Brown,
I of Agra; W. w. Green and L. u
/ Shaw, of Ottawa; G. @. Remedy and
q family, Of Shanute: Geo. i. Page and
family, VIM. Bently and w. @. PAGE,
, of Salina; A. Durand, Of Brookyille;
+ II. Thurstin, of Dickinson county;
}, Ernest Lamb and your correspond
ent, Of Kirwin. They are ali well
O pleased with the plan Of cooperation
! as proposed and adopted by the colony.
= Lately there has been a corporation
, formed IN Kans as auxiliary 10 the
Credit Fancier, particulars Of which
= may be had by addressing G. B. HOif-
man, Enterprise, Kansas.
might add a description Of the
nurseries, orchards, cIearings, crops,
p etc, produced this year, but must be
q brief The colonists are now eating
- grapes from vines, which is months
ago were cuttings just stuck IN the
Z ground They finished gathering
2. one crop of corn to-day and have an
( other field In the roasting ear, another
knee high, and still another planted
only last week and now up ready to
, cultivate. They have an orange
Q orchard Of some 10 acres, and other
II fruit covering i've acres all doing well.
q They have a library Of several thou
sand volumns, a good school and kin
q dergarten, etc. Altogether they have
o made good progress in the year which
70 has passed since 1 was here before
8 and their prospects are BRIGHT for the