The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-18
believed in cooperative institutions.

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Crc, II ROW tic C!.cf sCcGcsSc; OF tie
world
'i;ut." Says &"::i2 o::c. why talk of
sUrrlCS being pu, i'y l&lu:c:S into CO.
operative associations wLcn the vast
multitude Of ta!lv"E II til; country are
! struggling fot their daily bread and
have 10 Surplus:" reply. put into my
hand the money spent by the laboring
| classes of America rOr rum and to-
, bacco cnd will establish cooperative
/ associations in all parts OF this land,
! some cf them Elighticr t.lan any i;EaI-
cia. i"Stitut!CnS of the country. We
spend in this country OYER SlGn."oo.0no
every year for tobacco. We spend over
Si.1no, ,noo.Goo directly or indirectly for
rum. The laboring classes spend their
Share Of this money Now. suppose the
lah"rnT man who las been rXpCndng
his money in those directions should
just add up low mitch he has rX-
pvIlcd durin" these past few years,
anl then suppose that that inonCy WAS
put into Il cooperative association. and
then suppose he should have all his
friends in toll. WHO hal made the same
kind ot exp sltitur" lo the same thing.
ana that should bc added UP and put
! into Il cooperative association. And
| th"n tax" I'LL that money expended for
ovcrdrcsS ana ovrrStylc ana ovrriiv.
ing on the part of tolin- people in
order that they nay appear ~ we'll rs
person. who have more invom"-gathcr
that all up and YOU could have CO.
I operative associations all over this
! land.
Trades Unions.
am not saying anything now about
trades unions. You want To know what
l think of trades unions. | think they
are most beneficial in some directions,
/ nnd they have 4 specific object, anl in
this day, when there are vast monopo-
licS-a thousand monopOlicS Conccn-
trating the wealth. Of the people into
the possession Of Il few mcu-un!cSS
the lahnrnS men Of this country and
al countries band together they will
Z" under. There * lawful use Of
trade union. II il means SYMPATHY III
tiEIr of sickness, il il means finding
work for people when they ar" ont of
work. il il means ti:t Improvement of
| the financial. iEr EIoral or the religious
! condition cf the lahrrin- classes, that
| is al right. DO not artists land to-
gclhrr in IN art uniou: DO not singers;
i band together in Handel and lIadyu
societies? DO not newspaper men band
together in press clubs DO not min
! listers of religion band together in con-
! frrcnc"S and associations: There is
not in all the land Il city where clergy
! men do not come together many of
| them once Il week, to talk over affairs.
| For these reasons You should not
! blame labor guilds. When they are
! doing their legitimate work, they are
most admirable, hut when they come
around with drum AMI fife and flag
from their Scatt"l'lin%S, from their fac
! tories, then they are nihiliStic, then
! they are communiSiic, then they are
! barhaic. then they m" Il curse. Ii i
! man wants to stop work. 1T him stop
work. but lie caunCt stop me from
i work.
! But now suppose that all lh" lahoring
J classes landed together 10: bcnciiccnt
purposes in cooperative a$So" ation.
under whatever namn they pat their
! means together. suppose they take
! the money tiiat they waste in rum AMI
tobacco and use it f." III" elevation
! q: their families. for tn" education OF
their children, for their moral. intel.
lcctEal anl religious Improvement,
what Il different state OF things we
would have i'm this country and they
would have in Great britain.
! DO You not realize the fact that mcn