The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-14

Not only is the philosophy OF cooperation
being studied here, but the practice OF CO.
operation and profit-shariDg is making rapid
progress. 1t is mainly in the distributlye
line as yet, and only to a small extent IN
the productive. AT the Cooperative Con-
gress held in Glasgow last May, figures oil
an astounding magnitude were reported as
to the growth and distributive cooperation
in Scotland, and the President of the Scot
fish Wholesale Society said that in these
times there is an inward thr0bbing energy
in its favor all over the land" There are
about a million members of the cooperative
societies IN Great Britain, with a share
capital of over $50, 100000 and with heavy
returns in the way of profit. 1t will not be
long before the principle is more extern
siyely applied to production than it has yet
been. AS TO tie cooperative building CON-
panies that have been established here,
hear of the prosperity of several OF them.
Edinburgh is not a factory town. There
are few factories of any kind within its
bounds. The adjacent shipping FORT OF
Leith is lively and busy all the year round :;
but what you see there mainly are the lesser
craft employed in the coasting trade.
FROM CASTLE TO PALACE.
A few minutes of time will take the pedes--
trian from the spiend0r and fashion OF
Princess street to the squalor and misery Of
Cowgate and the Canongate. l strolled
through them last evening in the long twi-
light. Princess street surpasses Broadway
in tnat through nearly all of it, the build
ings are on only one side of the street, the
other side being open gardens, and i'll the
superb view you can enjoy from it OF the
bold and proud natural features Of the
locality and of the lofty edifces in the
distance. When l got into the Cowgate and
whereabouts, | found swarmipg masses Of
dehumanitized humanity, ragged, haggard,
degraded and heIrtbreaking to look at. Not
in Rome or any of the other Italian cities L
have recently visited, nor even in London
itself. did | see such putrescent hordes as
saw there, and the worst parts of the East
Side of New York can show nothing like
them. They huddle together here and down
these dismal alleys in hugh crumbling stone
buildings, which, ages ago. were the domlcles
of the nobility and gentry. Up there at one
end is the ancient castle, on the rock winch
has been the scene of romance, story ana
tradition since the time Of the Caesars aud
before it, while down yonder at the other
end is tie old royal palace, with which is
associated the name of the beauteouS but
debauched Queen of Scots, and beside which
stand the ruins of the ancient abbey that
was held by the monks SEQ years ago.
Between these far-fame0 editices and in
their vicinity, and along through the Cow
gate and Canongate | saw last evening per-
haps ten thousand human muckw0ms not
to be described by my pen. They belong
mostly to the lowest grade OF drudgeS in the
lowest stratum OF society, earning the
smallest pittance of wages, and many Of
them are always out of employment and in
want. In these quarters, which are in the
old town-Edinburgh has an old town-the
death-rate Is of course very high, while it is
very low in the better quarters. Ii is m
doubleday 10 the accursed land system and
landlord system here that many public evils
may be traced.
see no prospect Of any speedy change in
the land laws by which the aristucracy will
be deprived Of their vast territorial domains
or preserves; but yet good deal is being
done in several ways to bring about I'M
provement in the condition of the disnher-
tied classes. The city authorities are caus-
ing the demolition Of many Of the Old rock
cries and compelling the erection of modern
dOmiciles in their stead; the broom brigade
DOES its duty well; there is a temperance cru
SADIE that is telling, and there are hundreds
of benevolent and reformatory societies that
are doing good work. In reading list Of
these societies one would think that provis-
ion had been made against almost every hui
man i'll in Edinburgh; but, alas the facts
show that neither religion nor science has
yet reached the root OF the wrongs that bear
foul fruit here.