The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-11
TIE SEATTLE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SUNDAY. OCTOBER H. 1896

ae-scal grcr-a Is limited very little. II
ssaEaSioas consist prtncspallr. az The par
sent os stated sam monthly. and III.
z1su-es care curing sickness AMI q axes
SIN % . mans family in case Of his dea,h
The SUBJECTS thai divide men into fac
Ions are politics. religion. nationality aa1
business interests. Al these are osnssitS
rom consideration IN such o<ganf1 aonx
x1ich Is one os the main elements of ehess
strength There - but little chance for A.
@taeSen; nszn 20 Be seriously imposed upox
~ the inefscasn; o. un7rtnrpled. Tor thers
) no proposition IS In inaus.-iA. co-cp~ra
on sssxs ths earnings OF AL shal. b shared
~1aAisy. There - no extreme difficulty il
securing tois~aase management. for thar
5 bus little 20 DO except TO receive and dis
tribute under rules the money collected
while In Industrial cooperation. rs
management must have not merely ord
aary. os.s extraordinary business capacity
and tact. 20 Buy and SCI 20 advantage Il
sae compeSasivs market ard super.nseuss IL.
al sss details the handling or manufacture
II stock
Broadly speaking. society has thus IA
found 40 better way to secure the aest
results from individual effort than 70 le,
each individual ferre, out a way Tor him
self with but Hssie restraint Or socsa. a.
recrion Each man IL made the Judge an.
director Of his own best course In the &C,
Of Obtaining . livelihood, and. as q whole.
better results come from II than II some
we're compelled BY any social conapac, 10
work II given task In . given place. and
for given time. under the social dictum.
administered a 1t necessarily would be
BY puosic agents no, Of his own choosing.
II 10 thought by some tina, the growth
or these fraternAi- societies indicates .
growing feeling Of hsipisssness and de-
pentencs on the part Of the people Pos
sihiy this may Be 30. but II %. The society
Is an excellent way 20 avoid any catas-
trophs which such dependence may bring
Moreover. It - becoming more and more
difficult. ~ civilization progresses. for men
20 b Independent Ia the sense that an
Indian or . frontier farmer IL: nor u II
for the best interests OF society or the
individual THAI every man should have
such form Of independence as that men,
toned. Liberty tina, Is purchased by iso-
Ation from our fellows IL OF poor quality
at best. for what a man gains by freedom
Of action he loses IN all those influences
that civilize. exalt and educate men II
mn h. had hx
may DO better without s.
The manifest decree OF fate u that men
must make up their minds to live together.
% become neither aitogether submissive.
nor wholly Independent, Of restraint. but
ln.erdependent under the best ruieo and
regulations that the social intelligence and
conscience can formulate The fac. tina,
mans productive capacities increase 20
enormously by associated effort. would be
sufficient grounds for association. but
when IL Is considered THAI both character
and Intelligence are the results Of contact
and intercourse with our fellow beings. the
argument for q further extension Of the
principle OF association Is complete But
1t can progress safely only % Tar as men
progress with II AL change from the
present organization OF things must. In
orter to be permanently successful. take
the course OF growth which fraternai CO.
operative societies have taken. II mus, Be
justified by human good sense ana neces-
si-y. practical and gradual: q thing CON-
ing. ~ ali good things come. from the
internal needs and possibilities Of society.
not forced upon men prematurely In &C
cordancs with the notions or desires of i'm
practicable idealists.