The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-18
TO BE DISTRIBUTING POINT
Rev. LOwther says Cooperative As
sociation May Come Here.


Wichita will likely be a distributing
point for the Western Cooperative as
ISOLATION in the near future. This associ-
alton has its headquarters at Kansas
City. and Carl vrooman is its head.
Rev. Granville Lowther, who was ex-
PEELED from the Methodist ministry last
March on the charge OF beresy. and who
is now one of the lecturers and organi-
zers OF the association, was in the city
yesterday morning, consulting with local
men of cooperative tendencies as TO the
chances of establishing a branch OF the
society in this city. To an Eagle reporter
he said:
we will proabbly come here soon and
make this a distributing point"
Rev. Mr.. Lowther was en- route from
Hutchinson to Freeport. where he has
series of lecture engagements.
He spent the night at the home of Rev.
Mr.. Wharton. pastor Of the Emporis Az
enue Methodist church. He intended TO
consult Rev. Wharton. whom he consid-
ers an able church lawyer. on the sub
ject of taking an appeal from the verdict
of the committee which tried him for
heresy but Rev. Wharton was out OF the
city Rev. w. II. Rose OF Mcpherson,
who was one of Rev. Mr.. Lowthcr's At
torneys in the recent trial, is Of the opin-
ion that he cannot take an appeal for
the reason that ne has preached since
being expelled from the ministry
Il do not know whether the view OF
Reverend Mr.. Rose on the matter is the
correct one or not" said Rev. Lowther TO
Had / been charged with immortality, !
would forfeit my right 10 an appeal
should I preach after Being convicted.
but in this case I am not charged with
any moral wrong. but with teaching her
esy, which I deny. At all events. / can
not quit preaching. I was called 70 preach
before I was licensed by the church.
Il am now lecturing in the interests Of
the Western Cooperative association.
which has it's headquarters in Kansas
City. We realize that IL the trusts gain
ground in the next five years as they
have in the last FIVE. twenty-five men will
control the work of 900. 600 people We
propose to offset the tendency by the es-
adjustment OF cooperative industries.
our plan is 20 have cooperative stores.
cooperative wholesale houses. and coop
erative factories. \ membership In the
association costs ten dollars. In some Of
the towns we propose 10 establish an en-
tertainment department. under the aus
picos OF which concerts and theatricals
will be given free to all who are members
OF the organization. IN this way VIC
hope to raise the moral standard Of the
stage.
We have two plans by which a mer-
chant may turn his stock OF goods into
the cooperative association. he can re-
tain the management and secure d.
vjdend on his investment. or he can turn
the management over TO the association
and receive = share of the proceeds We
have a system OF paying our employees
according TO the work they do. For IN
stance. the superintendent Of our indus
trial farm at Trenton. Missouri. gets
higher wages than a farm hand.
We have near Kansas City model
town. where men employed IN Kansas
City can make their homes. There is no
place IN Kansas City for children. and
IL is our ain 10 make the model town a
suitable place for them 70 live"
DO you stln preach" was asked.
yes. 7 preach every Sunday II dur
ing the week I lecture IN the opera house T
at any town on Sunday afternoon J Just
preach az the same place y lecture II I.
my tent during the week. preach r. the 4
ten; 90 Sunday. I am reaching more peo- f
pie now than I did when IN the regular i
ministry. and beIievc Z am doing good 4
I reach people who cannot b reached 4
by the church.
Within ten years I believe there WI .
BE- an organization q independent +
churches in this country. but the tire IS
rot yet do not believe IN ar sEnosiic
independent church. but ! believe % a.
evangelical church. where people are cor
verted also believe r. an institu;laral
church We ran often reach msn- soyis
through their physical natures