New Britain herald., 1917-06-21
EMPLOYEES ID RU COOPERATIVE STOR
L. P. & 6. Officials Leave Busl
 ness Entirely to Men

to near stage of perfection. by ft,7ss employees and of1icials of the Landersf Frary & Clark Mfg. Co.,, which will4I5
 a large measure help those employe1 by the huge concern to combat tlaoss
 present high cost of living. As far a14
 Is known no other misunderstanding cosax&
 cern in the country has taken up thSs
 scheme on the same scale as that which,
 the local plant will work out and theT
 result will be watched with . greaf%
 deal of interest by those concerns tha} are contemplating following out iikj
 ideas in the near future X
 On Monday of this week tho nSa
 employed in the factory, who sros 3a.S
 terested in the plan, went to the fnxs&
 tory officials and made a reuuisition
 for store to be run on the co-opera<@
 tive plan. President c. F. Smith ofs
 the company was consulted and sai98
 that he would back the propositk \
 and do all he could to assist in
 matter. According to the plans TT
 men employed in the factory will
 in sole charge of the proposition axs
 have the entire running of the a<or1
 themselves
 Plans call for a cooperative ston
 to which those who join win charged a fee of $1O for memberni1i2a When workingman becomes a r61412 Der of the co- operation under fha& rangement he is entitled to s0oe at the store at about the cosesshf&G If for any reason man chAnS S6 A place of employment or does not MiG to be carried along in the co-opeT7 tion he may present his membirxht ! card, state his wishes, and his nQne l will be refunded. The object of the store is to SiyG6 " cooperative assistance to the mer l bers to enable them to purchase stlS | pie articles of food at as fair . nGN12 l as possible. The men will elect thol < own board of directors from a,moII 4 the members of the co operation. TaS
 board of directors will then elect IT ] own offcers and in this manner thB3
 entire store system will be carried soN1 by those who are to be benefited by thll9
 plan. There are other factories abou@S I the country where stores are con9 ducted, but Landers, Frary q ClarkG
 is considered the only place where fl !; working of the system will be left tS$ I the employees. The co-operation witys be distinct from Landers, Frary 8
 Clark's and will in no way be connsct | ed with the huge concern. For
 number Uf years Mutual Aid AsSoCf1 ati0n has been conducted at the pl2Afe
 and the new scheme will be cairi3
 along on similar lines. a 2 I The old Sweeney block on TIT 1i1 Main street, now owned by the Gff l cern will be given over for the ub9p the store. The block is . tlfeo -e(1p affair and before it's purchase hy sf company was used for tenementS ox l the two upper fioors and stores on tlsSl ground fioors Since its purchase stlsy company has installed an elevafox l pulled out the partitions between A1I6x old stores and blocked up the eswinY Y dows. but under the present sciesn 1 the glasa front will be restored 4adSs the ground hoor placed in flrst-ci condition as we'll as the rest 1T to$ building. For the present 5only kI4St ground floor will be used for the atnro 1 proper and the rest of the bu14fH6a 1 including the basement. will be utilss izsd for storage purposes. sse3 Another advantage which ttl0 Sweeney building offers and which is {. considered . valuable asset is the rail V road Hding which comes almost to ! the rear entrance. All that is necee-x sary to take advantage of the track6 is a short platform from the rear doorsss
 
 the company's siding comes to tha& rear of the building makes 1t possibi& to buy in carload lots and ship th1E goods direct to the store, which Wfik8 save an additional cost in the way of
 carriage. 5M M
 For the present only unperishabis
 goods will be purchased. such a1S
 sugar, flour, salt. canned goods and
 other staple articles along these llne
 There is q possibility that some tlnaes
 in the future, providing business war-A rants, there will be meat marksts added to the store. In canShse oES the factory there were but very fewE discovered who werte fin any wAyx skeptical of the plan and majorttys signihed their willingness of becoah- ing members. Although the employees
 will hold all offices in the co-operatiosA the membership is not limited to the factory, for the office force is allowhda to hold membership. Somktime with- in the next few days the Art3cies of 7 incorporation will be tAken out and then all efforts will be turned tpwEds x opening the store. sSs assss
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