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Show j ENGLISH C0-0FEKATTVT ASSOCIATION. : J ,vt a recent t:Ouvcnlion nl the Working Men tVerative Assooin- i tton ofKngh'nd and Wale, it was reported that there were alrcndy ;i00-587 ;i00-587 n-gibttfred member. Ihis eu-.p-erntion U not (nbliu'd for the pur-' pose of production, but is rather an organization for distributing among its patrons tins legitimate thare of the pnji'tth, belwecn tho retail jiriue and tht first eol of any article of daily mo indeed, '.'f everything in the market. Thc:i0 MSsuciations have shops and places of busitic--ft e-jiidu sled sl-ed with the slriek'St economy, and those in charge of the mrrclmndize arc held respouibii: to the mongers and director in ueh manner that thero can bono Io.-js to the association. associa-tion. During tho past year these associations associa-tions did business to the amount of ten millions one hundred and seventy-six thousand poum's sterling ! Something close upon fifi)' millions of dollars. So well regulated are those co-operative institutions that in addition addi-tion to the working classes purchasing their goods and the necessaries oflife at greatly reduced prices, there was a surplus margin in their favor of S07,7-it ' Thero is uo sensible person doubt-i'ul doubt-i'ul of the results of the co-operative associations in Britain and that of the Grangers in the United States, They ,aro both destined to become lowering .organization that will wicid an im-inense im-inense politick inlhienee. |