The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-04-30
lCor. THE PROGRESSIVE R
L BY AN OLD FOGY.
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the pauu near a manufacturing town,
i'm most cases it is composed of clay,
mixed with SCOT, a little sand and
water. These elements are at helpless
wa with each other. Each others
nature and power are destroyed.
AT each tread of your foot the sand
suueezes out the clay clay squeezing
out the water, and the SCOT defling
the whole. Take an ounce of this
mud, leave it in perfect rest, let the
elements gather together, like to like,
SO that their atoms may get into the
closest relations possible, Let the
clay begin; Kidding itself of all foreign
substance, it becomes white earth, lit
to be made into the finest porcelain,
fit to be kept in kings palaces. But
let it follow its own instinct Of unity,
and it becomes not only white, but
clear, not only clear but hard, aid so
set, that it can deal with light in a
wonderful way and gather out of it
the loveliest blue rays only, refusing
the rest. We call it then a sapphire.
The sand at rest, becomes white
earth-grows clear and hard, it ar
ranges itself in mysterious infinitely
fine parallel lines, which have the
power of rejecting, not merely the
blue rays but the blue-green purple
and red rays in the greatest beauty, in
which they can be seen through any
hard material whatsoever. We call
t then an opal.
Next the SCOT sets to work. 1t can
not make itself white at first, but it is
not discouraged, tries harder and
harder, and comes out clear at last
and the hardest thing in the world
and for the blackness it had, obtains
In exchange the power of rejecting all
the rays of the sun at once in the
widest blaze that any solid thing can
shoot. We call it hen a diamond.
Last of all, the water purifes or
sunites itself contented enough if it
only reach the form of a dew-drop,
but if we insist on it's proceeding to a
more perfect constance, it crystalizes
into the shape of a star.
And for the ounce of shine which
We had by political economy of COM
petition, we have by political economy
of cooperation a sapphire, an opal,
and a diamond set in the midst of a
star of snow"
/ do not now recall a more perfect
illustration than this. q,
George Jacob Holyoake says: eco
operation is organized self-help, by
honest labor and honest trade, the
profits being equitably divided among
those who create them, whether by
work of hand or brain
aerber Newton, D. D., pastor of
All Souls Church, n. Y, gives some
information-a bird's-eye view of CO.
operation in the U. S. About 1890
the share system was introduced in
fisheries; in 1852 fire assurance was
introduced in Philadelphia, B. Frank
lin a director; corporation still pros,
pering. In 1857 life insurance was
introduced in Philadelphia for clergy.
mems children and widows; this still
Aourishes. In 1919 mutual assurance
was bodied in a national order-the
Odd Fellows. From that time onward
loan associations, mutual life and fire
insurance companies, associate diaries
Patrons of Husbandry, Knights Of
jHonor-co-operative societies. AL
these rose and have succeeded ad
1mirably. And yet we are told that
the Farmers Co operative Alliance
must fail; that it is wrong, etc.
In England, cooperative stores have
gained ground; have rapidly advanced
As late as 1862 there was only 45l
stores; ten years later there was 92O
ten years after, in 1882, they had in
creased to 1900. In 1862 the mem
bership was only $1,000, in 1872 i
had increased to $40, 900. In 1885,
the membership amounted to $40, 900
The capital in 1862 was So, 25O, 900
m 1872 it amounted to SIG, 700, 900
and in 1882 it had reached $40, 900,
600. The business of the stores rose
from S11, $50, 600 in 1852 to Sos,
600, 900 in 1882. The profits were
not less remarkable. In 1862 the
profits amounted to $3.50, 900, while
m 1882 they had increased to $40,
400, 600. From 1852 to 1882 tht
business done by working men il
these societies amounted to $3.50,
600, 600 and the profits were 500,
900, 900, all of which had gone int,
pockets of the laboring man.
If then cooperation succeeds else
where, why cannot it succeed here
1 cannot conceive the immensely O
the suns surface, or of it's heat. but
can express it's surface in figures O
It's heat by tons Of coal that would
produce the same amount. Yet
would not comprehend my own figures
Nor can I comprehend what co-opera
6on will do when 5000, 900 farmer
are united and other 5000, 900 labor
S uho arc consumers of o11r nrr