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Show CO-OPERATION. It is worthy ufnoticQ that capitalists . and political economists in this country nre beginning to lcok with favor on all schemes of cooperation which command the respect and t support of ihs laboring classes. There , are still a few men ot public repute, who have made or have pretended to r have made a study ot social science, ' who oppose all attempts of this kind to heller the condition of the masses. Occasionally we find an article in ? magazine or newspaper denouncing some plan in praclical operation as being visionary or against the welli: being of society. But the American people seem to be as much taken with the idea of co-operation a their English cousins. In England the shcemc is so popular that millions upou millions ot wealth is locked up in various enterprises, and men of the greatest reputo in scientific circles aunually attend and participate in the proceedings of the co-operative congress. Professor Cairncs. of London, in his last work on political economy, went so far ai to say that the only hope of sociely is by tho universal adoption among tho working work-ing classes o!' lhe vlie:ne of co operation. opera-tion. Wo art: giad to notice that the Anitrican social ecii ncc conference, 1 now iu in seioii at Puiladelphia, ' recognized the point- of co operation in this country, by yesterday adopt ' ing resolutions strongly commending " the benefits of the co operative build-' build-' ing system, which has dime so much and which has unqeedionahly made it the most acceptable city in the country for t ho working classes to live in. A the resolutions adopted contain an analysis of the system, we herewith publish them in lull: Hfsolccl, That the development' and results of the system of home-building home-building and home-ownership by the working men of Philadelphia and Wilmington, commends to our fellow citizens and tho promoters of social and economic improvement in the cities and largo manulactnring towns, tho agencies by which the success! and benefits of the eystem h ive been I attained. Jicsolcu, That among Ihu most essential agencies and influences of this system, we recognize (1.) a simple method of ofiering adequate means and prudently guarded conditions for i enabling working men and the wage classes to acquire the owner-hip of their own homes. 2.) The operation ol the habit of care and responsible concern for the co-operations safe using and conteol of lhe self-accumulating funds from which loans are ollered for the purchase ot homes. (". ) Most important ol all agencies to promoto lhe desire and efiorU of I workingmen's families to obtain and owntucirown iiomes, we recngmz'i that the general diflheiou of information informa-tion of the methods and benefits of , enjoying separate homes ai,d the ownership of them as real properly. JlesulvcJ, Thatincitirs and villages, no less than in rural communities, tiie workingme-n need to be eiiLonra;L'd to become owners and freeholders as respects their family dwellings; and, if ownership is not practicable, that' lhe relations of tenants and families should be such as to interest and help the tenant to make the tenement as perfect and attractive a home as possible. pos-sible. It i3 a matter ot" rekn.t th.it the working elates of tui-i city h.ivu never mado an intelligent iv. practical move in this dirccti-.-tr. The bent-fits to tho city would be enormous, and it is therefore surprising that sutne of our most reputable citizens have not led in the matter. We have now upon the slatue hcoks a co-operative law, and thereforo there is no impediment impedi-ment in tho way. Such an enterprise, enter-prise, if starltd hero, would, under careful management, meet with great success. The laws and rules ot tiie I'niladelphia a-social ion could be adopted, and Lieiufore it would be impossible lor any one man or clique to ubtain an tiinhie advantage. Have we a public spired citizen who will move in this ui alter.' New Haven f nton. |