Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-15
NEED COOPERATION
GssgNTiAl TO SUCCESS IN ALL
OUsiNgss UNDERTAKING.
on SOME LATE nlPoslrloNs
Schemes Devised 70 Oseslvs the Pee
pie and 70 Gain support fer oN-
sound Financial Prope
sltlons.


Harmonious cooperation 10 essen.
tial In any successful business. BY
cooperation 10 not meant such orga'
nization a. the communistic and mon
astic societies found In parts OF the
European countries. and occasionally
existing In America AZ cooperation
relates to manufacture and CONNER.
cialism, II simply means . righteous
regard on part OF employer and tho
employed for the liberty and privii.
ege OF both. II means OF tho laborer.
. Just days work for . Just days
compensation: and for tho employer.
services rendered for the wages he
must pay. Interests OF both are parai.
lei. One has his capital invested.
money employed and the other has al.
no his capital represented by his abil'
ity to labor either In . mental or
physical capacity.
In England and In parts OF Ger
many. there are numerous societies.
tho workers In each bein. common
stockholders and participating In all
profits accordin. to their holdings.
In fact these societies arc nothing
more than the great railroad com.
panics and Industrial concerns OF
America. only that In the latter tho
stockholders seldom take m active
part In the work performed. Ono who
takes tho care to study into condi.
tons In the countries whcre this
form OF cooperation exists. will md
environments far different from what
obtains In the United States. In varj.
Gus places and at different times nj.
tcmpts to copy after the English co.
operative societies have been made In
tho United States. Failure has rc.
wnrdcd tho Efforts made. Some fsw
communities nourishcd for time.
then dccaycd.
Proppcd up by the success OF the
few successful organizations In the
old country. shrcwd Schemcrs have
started different commercial enter.
priscs In cities Of tho United States.
supposed to be operated upon the Co
operative plan. When carefully stud.
led. and the plans Of the promoters
disscctcd. II will be found that CO.
operation In these cases seems simp.
iy tho getting into business on other
peoples money. and weaving around
the enterprise such appearances M
leads the unsophisticatcd TO believe
that from few dollars invested. great
savings cnn be made. In fact tho
cooperative plan Is more for the pur.
pose OF advertising n private business
proposition and gaining trade from
those who invest their dollars In tho
plan.
Il IL . foolish thing for tho resi-.
dent OF nny town or farming commu.
nifty TO invest money In such enter.
priscs. which means competition for
his home town. the killing on OF its
business and tho building up Of con.
Germs in large cities. The earnest man
or woman can see In their own home
place splendid chances for coopcra.
ton. Established business systems
rs found In the rural towns. arc
splendid examples Of what co-opcra.
ton should be. The home merchant
supplies the residents OF the place
with the commodities that they re-
quirc: the merchant is the medium
OF exchange OF the products Of the
farmer. In the transactions employ.
ment is given to home labor. and the
little profits are kept Mt home for
the benefit Of all In the community.
Cooperation can be simmered down
TO a strictly home.trade principle. and
there can be no higher form. no sys.
tom inaugurated that will bring bet.
ter results to the masses. Before you
invest in cooperative mercantile
schemes devised by shrewd business
men in the large cities. study every
phase OF the question well, and you