The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-11-23
NEED COOPERATION
"
ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS IN ALL
BUSINESS UNDERTAKINGS.
ON SOME LATE IMPOSITIoNs
Schemes Devised to Deceive the Peo-
pie and to Gain Support for IN
sound Financial Propo-
sltions.

Harmonious cooperation is essens
tial ia any successful business by
cooperation Il not meant such orga-
nization as the communistic and mon
astic societies found in parts Of the
European countries, and occasionally
existing in America. As cooperation
relates to manufacture and CONNER
cialism, it simply means righteous
regard on part OF employer and the
employed for the liberty and privil-
eye Of both. It means Of the laborer,
Just days work for a Just days
compensation; and for the employer,
services rendered for the wages he
must pay. Interests Of both are paral-
lei One has his capital invested,
money employed and the other has al
50 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,
the workers in each being common
stockholders and participating in all
profits according to their holdings.
In fact these societies are nothing
more than the great railroad com
panies and industrial concerns Of
America, only that in the latter the
stockholders seldom take an active
part in the work performed. One who
takes the care to study into condi-
tlons In the countries where this
form Of cooperation exists, will find
environments far different from what
obtains in the United States. In yari-
Gus places and at different times at.
tempts to copy after the English Co
operative societies have been made in
the United States Failure has re-
warded the efforts made, Some few
communities fourished for a time
then decayed.
Propped up by the success Of the
few successful organizations in the
old country, shrewd schemers have
started different commercial enter
prises in cities Of the United States
supposed to be operated upon the co
operative plan. When carefully stud
led, and the plans OF the promoters
dissected, II win be found that co
operation In these cases seems slmp
" the getting into business on othe
peoples money, and weaving aroun'
the enterprise such appearances Al
leads the unsophisticated to believl
that from few dollars invested, grea
savings can be made. In fact tn
cooperative plan is more for the puI
pose OF advertising a private busines
proposition and gaining trade fron
those who invest their dollars in tn
plan.
It Is a foolish thing for the res
dent Of any town or farming commit
nifty to invest money in such entei
prises, which means competition 70
! his home town. the killing of Of ii
business and the building up Of COZ
Germs in large cities. The earnest ma
or woman can see in their own HON
place splendid chances for co-operI
} ton. Established business system
, as found in the rural towns, az
} splendid examples Of what co-operi
, ton should be. The home merchar
supplies the residents of the plaC
. with the commodities that they r
quire; the merchant is the mediul
Of exchange of the products of th
farmer In the transactions emplo
ment is given to home labor. and II
little profits are kept at home I,
the benefit OF all in the communit
Cooperation can be simmered dow
to strictly home-trade principle. ar
there can be no higher form. no sy
TEN inangurated that will bring be
ter results to the masses. Before yC
invest in cooperative mercanti
/ schemes devised by shrewd businei
! men In the large cities, study eyel
/ phase Of the question well, and "
are likely to conclude that in yoi
! own town there Is plenty Of room Il
A cooperative work