The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-12
REV. Mr. KINGS SCHEME,
Will Establish a Great Cooper.
alive System in This
City.
Business Houses of all Kinds Will Be
Started in the Near Future.
His Plans.

Rev. Francis King, minister who re-
Gently arrived in this City from the East
is making preparations to launch CO.
operative scheme, the like of which has
never before been established in the San
Francisco community.
Rev. Mr.. King has long been a student
of social conditions as they exist, and be-
ieves that the time is ripe for plan to
unite the efforts of men for their common
good. He believes that the cooperative
plans of the past, many of which have
been auspiciously launched only to be
wrecked on the rocks of discord, have
failed because the projectors or those who
embarked in the schemes did not stick to
their original plans, but allowed them
selves to be drawn into side issues that
eventually brought dissensions into the
ranks and finally brought their efforts to
naught.
ITO make aco-operative plan success"
he said yesterday, "those who undertake
it must first fix upon feasible plan, allow
those who are shown to have the most
executive ability to direct their efforts and
then follow the direction first taken to the
last extent.
THE plan we are now working on is
different from any that has yet been tried
in this City, but we-that is, those who
have signified their intention of joining
the association now fOrming-have no
doubt of its ultimate success. We shall
begin in small way, say with 100 mem
bers, and gradually, as the machinery gets
into working order, more will be taken in.
The first hundred members will appoint a
committee to formulate constitution and
bylaws which will provide for the election
of president and other officers. The
plans OF the association differ materially
from those of the Labor Exchange in
many particulars, chief among them being
that money Will cut q very important
figure in the scheme.
without funds we can do nothing, and
our first efforts will be devoted to raising
these funds. The first hundred mem bers
will pay for some time monthly dues into
| the treasury.
"Some have agreed to pay 81 per month,
! others SO per month, and so on. When suf-
ficient money has been collected to begin
| operations, one business house will be es-
| tablished. 1t may be a tailoring establish
ment, shoe factory or any other business
which the members elect.
! at is acknowledged by all that by the CO.
| operative system cheaper and better re-
suits can be obtained than by individuals,
SO that all things being equal it should do
as we'll az any other business of the kind.
Here IS where the membership of the
association will come in. Each member
/ VIII be pledged to patroniZe the business
| started by the association and to induce
his friends and business associates to do
the same. AS the membership OF the as
ISOLATION increases the patronage. of the
business .will enlarge, and it is hoped to
have it on a paying basis in a short time.
Then members who are expert in some
! other line will be selected to start some
other business on the same lines, the
monthly dues aiding to push the new es-
tablishment along until it can stand on its
! own legs. We hope eventually to estab-
/ fish gigantic system by which all our
members can live getting the maximum
wage for the minimum of labor and pro-
ducing such goods as will be to the great
est benefit to all. By adhering strictly to
! the plan as outlined we are sure of ulti-
mate success.
"Of course it will take men of executive
| ability to direct the affairs of the concern,
but we already have many men of good
standing and business sense interested and
no difficulty will be experienced in this di-
rection. We will soon begin to hold meet
lngs on the matter, and once organized the
association will make rapid progress"