Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1914-01-15
It was finally described as Disloyalty

IL was flnally described as D1slOyalty
Rift.
Between these rocks each fair CO.
operative craft had found itself at
the very outset of it's voyage. Many
of them had early detected Dis oyalty
Rift, and in their anxiety to avoid
its danger had steered close to the
other side of the channel. They were
soon stranded and had added their
water-logged cargo of bad debts to
the plentiful debris at the base Of
Credit Dealers Cliff.
Occasionally craft appeared with
/ its PROV turned steadfastly towards
the opposite side of the strait. TIE
crew deserted as from a haunted
ship; and the ill-starred barque drift
ed aimlessly until swallowed up in
Disloyalty Rift.
! General Distrust Arises.
! And so there had arisen a general
distrust CT cooperation as a meth
lod Of doing business. This distrust
/ was manifest in the little group which
met Sunday afternoon in the Chart
| ist reading-room at Rochdale for
the discussion social and economic
] problems.
Ii was on a Sunday afternoon late
I in the Fall of 1843 zone of those
damp, dark, dense, dismal, disagreed
| BILE days" writes Mr.. Holyoake,
which no Frenchman can be got
to admire" that the old subject OF
a store owned by the people came up
anew. They were on the ever YER
dant theme, How best to improve
the condition of the people" when
one of their number, Charles Ho-
warth, arose and declared the ''un-
ion shop" to be the best solution of
the problem after all.
A discussion followed which anal
yzed the causes of failure Of the Co
operative stores previously formed.
It was indeed an earnest debate.
Most of the participants were out of
work, and many of them almost out
of food. The problem was one
which touched their very existence.
They recounted the failures of the
union shops" and discussed the
causes. Then Howarth arose again. Il
have a plan, mates" he said, (which
will do away with the difficulties
which led to the failure of the 'un-
ion shops Well have no strap at
our shop. Every customer must put
down his brass when he takes his
goods away, and then there will be
no bad debts"
Credit Competition Met.
THAT will be alright" they re-
oiled but how are you going to
prevent members from going to shops
where they can get credit" Il
think we can manage that, too said
Howarth Wen fix on moderate
rate of interest, and then, after lay
ing bit aside for a dull season, and
paying all expenses, We'll divide
the rest of the profits among the
members according to the money
they have spent in the shop. That's
the idea, mates. Just you think
about it,
They did think it over, some shak-
ing their heads, others nodding, while
a few scratched their heads as the
novelty of the idea dawned upon
them. Suddenly one of the group
slapped his thigh, exclaiming: well,
mates, that beats all. Why, the more
we spend the more we'll get. Our
Molly will like that"
1t certainly was a brilliant idea, and
has delighted the hearts of hund-
reds of thousands of MolIys since its
inception on that memorable Sun
day afternoon of November, 1S43.
The dividends on purchases plan
makes legitimate appeal to the
gambling instinct which is more or
less latent in every housewife. Its
success depends upon the same mex |
plicable psychological riddle that
supports our trading stamp nuisance
in America.
We will chase after the trading |
stamp, although We know that it |
adds an enormous sum to our annu-
al cost of living. According to the
report of the New York State Food
Commission, the lux
Try of the trading stamp adds
$40, 500, 900 to the annual cost of the
food consumed in New York City
alone.
Well, the Rochdale store gives
and every stamp records
certain amount purchased. On the bas-
Is of these stamps, the net profits of
the store are distributed.
First Years Rent $50.
Whatever the underlying tauses,
his much is certain: the success of