The herald., 1895-07-14
"The Cooperative Industrial
Union" Organized
UNITED STATES ITS FIELD
One More Effort to Realize Utopia o
Altruria
Body OF Earnest Men Who Believe II
"Looking Back ward" and Not That
Humanity Is Past Redemption

eHOrl3 toward tue reallZatiOn OF Utopia,
bodies Of men are constantly striving to
carry out the arguments Of Socialism,
especially as expounded by such ingeni-
GUS men as Edward Bellamy in his Look
ing Backward, and by the altrurians Of
Berkeley and Sonoma, of whom William
Dean Howells is said to be the prophet.
Now comes forth new scheme, organ
lied on magnificent scale, that intends
to gradually proselyte the:world, first lead.
ing the United States in the way the or
ganizers think it should 60. Right here
in Los Angeles. in the far southwest, on
the edge of continent, there has been
organized band Of earnest men who will
work backward against the tide of en-
pire and who may revolutionize the ma
tion by taking advantage of its seething
unrest.
The leaders of the movment are f. M.
Hamilton; J. A. Philbin. L. P. Abbott.
}. Nj. Downs, will S. Fawcett, G. S. Stone
and +. NJ. Wardall. Tha retainers of the
new order have incorporated under the
name of The Cooperative Industrial
Union and they have made the following
announcement, certifying: That the pur.
poses for which this company is formed
uio Api plOu anu Tue
products OF labor. with power to own land
and to own and operate any form Of in
dustry whereby the necessaries of life are
produced or delivered to the consumer.
All profits shall be divided among the
members of the organization. All proper
ty bought or sold shall be bought or sold
in the name OF the corporation, and all
labor IN every department shall be given
to members of the Industrial union where
they or their families can be obtained at
reasonable rates, endeavoring at all times
to assist our members IN obtaining hon.
orable employment and encouraging them
in the plan of laying by something each
month to provide for the infirmites Of
age or sickness.
In order to become a member of the CO.
operative industrial union it will be re-
quired: That the individual must be
above the age of 18 years; able and will
ing to earn a livelihood; of good moral
character; endorse the principles Of CO.
operation.
On payment OF $5 as a mem bership fee
a certificate shall be issued. the cash vlaue
OF which at maturity shall be $500. A
payment OF from 81 to $5 per month as
dues will be required from each member
to apply toward maturing the mem ber-
ship certificates, and all money received
by the association as dues must he inves-
ted in business or in property, real or per-
sonal, for the benefit of the mem bers IN
the state and county in which the per-
son resides. to whom said certificates of
mem bership were iSsued. provided a
that county. Each county in every state
in the United States will be considered
section in which one or more local unions
may be organized, and on the petition
of fifty members residing in any county
a local union, or brauch of the Co-opera-
tive Industrial union may be organized.
Each local organization shall be re-
sponsible to It's members for money in
vested for them. AL officers whose duty
it may be to handle or invest money shall
be required to give good and sufficient
bond. Members of the Cooperative union
and their families shall ut all times be
employed to carry on the work, manual
or otherwise, of the various enterprises
in which it may engage.
The officers of the Cooperative Indus
trial union shall consist of president.
vice-president treasurer and secretary, all
OF whom shall constitute the advisory
shall be mem bers of the association and
their term of office shall cease upon the
lapse of their mem ber, hip In the associ-
alton.
A payment of dues for two years will
render the certificate of m bership nom
forfei6able, and all money paid thereon as
dues can be withdrawn at any time thereaf-
b SiAsy NoJo AosiSo' " pun
the death of "a member all money paid
into the treasury by him as dues shall be
paid 60 the legal heirs or representative
of such member, together with all profits
thereon within sixty days from the filing
OF satisfactory proof Of death. When
the payment of dues and the earnings
thereon shall have matured certificate
Of mem bership. the earnings can be with
drawn every three months or on surrender
OF said certificate, the holder thereof
can receive its full fac value in cash.
Each member of the Cooperative In
dustrial union shall BIZ entitled to one
vote on all questions pertaining to any
proposed change in the by laws.
A majority vote of all the members may
change any bylaw or depose any officer
OF the association.
All investments for members and all
business enterprises must be ordered by
the advisory board of the county in which
1t is situated. and be sanctioned by the
general advisory board, and must be un-
der the direct management of the directors
OF the local organization.
The headquarters OF the union has been
settled upon to be in this city, and the
five directors elected to found the institu.
tion are Will S. Fawcett of Whittier, T..
f. Nolan OF Downey. A. j. Utey of Los
Angeles, J. a. Philbn of Clearwater and
l.. P. Abbott OF Compton.
To start the association all the men
named have paid their first SIS on
their certificate Of mem bership. They
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