Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-11-12
THE COOPERATIVE BROTHERHOOD.
a Peoples Fl111 OF Plans
Purposes.


will guarantee to every man, woman
and child an opportunity to obtain
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT and
HOME that shall be secure as long as
life shall last
Every we'll informed person knows
that there is scarcely an industry to-
day that is not monopolized in whole
or in part by few great capitalists.
Labor machinery is taking
the place of men.
The wealth of the country is con-
centrating in the hands of the few
with frightful rapidity, and millions
of men are vainly seeking for work
they cannot find, while their half
famished children, clothed in rags,
are being schooled in the slum dis
tricts of our cities and towns, and their
wives and daughters are being forced
into lives of shame in order to exc
out miserable existence.
Those who own the machines-the
tools of industry-are the ones who
are making the profits out of the in
dustries, and are living in palaces,
while those who do the work and
create all wealth receive but frac-
ton of what they produce, live in
novels, and are absolutely dependent
upon those who own the machines for
an opportunity to work at all, and
consequently for life itself.
Those who toll must own the tools
of production, or become the abject
slaves of those who do, and the long
er we wait before plan is devised
that will reunite the workman and
the tools of industry, the more diff
cult it will be to accomplish that re-
suit.
OBJECTS AND PURPOSES.
The objects and purposes of the
Cooperative Brotherhood, as stated
in it's Bylaws, are:
ITO organize persons for the cooper
atlve production of wealth; to secure
the equitable distribution thereof
among those producing it, thereby
dispensing with the wage system; to
provide for the collective ownership
of the means of production and distri
button; and to make it possible for
those so organized to recognize in a
practical way THE BROTHERHOOD OF
HUMANITY"
HOW ORGANIZED.
The Cooperative Brotherhood is
Incorporated under the laws of the
State of Washington for the purpose
Of holding the title of all property
that may be purchased and of all
wealth that may be created by the co
operative labor of its members until it
is distributed.
In order to secure the collective
ownership of the land, and of all the
tools of production and means of dis
tribution, all of the stock of this Com
pany except one share for each di-
rector, has been conveyed to twelve
trustees, who cannot sell, convey, or
in any manner cucumber it, but must
hold it for the benefit of all present
and future members.
Three of the Trustees hold their
office for four years, three for three
years, three for two years, and three
for one year. On the first Monday of
December, 1899, and annually there
after, the members of the Cooper
ative Brotherhood will elect three
Trustees to succeed those whose
terms expire at that time, such Trus-
tees when so elected to hold their
Office for four years in each case.
BUSINESS-How MANAGED.
On the first Monday of January of
each year, the Trustees, who under
the law are the stockholders of the
Company, will elect Board Of 1toetUe
Directors, who will have charge of the
business affairs of the corporation for
the ensuing year The Bylaws,
however, provide that before any
Director shall enter upon the dis
charge of his duties, he shall make
and file with the Secretary his reSig