Show CO OPERATION cooperation A SUCCESS how the cabinet makers of italy abolished sweating in their trade T mr 11 W wolff in uio tile economic review lor for april has bas a very valuable and suggestive article entitled A defenso defense against sweating mr wolff Is the author ot of ota a handbook on popular banks anil ana he begins his article by pointing out that by establishing cooperative banks working mens associations could be financed so no as to enable them to enter the held field of 0 productive labor on oil their own oin account ho he says thlu this has been done in italy and he gives a very interesting instance in support of 0 his lie says bays money however is after all to bo be had tor for operative cooperative co production free from rom any taint of 0 ing ine gift or profit seeking loan if you will but go the light way ivay to secure it signor signer danche banche Popo larl have indeed quite conclusively solved the problem they have even taught private capital once the safety of the process was made clear to render the same ame service willingly readily fe fearlessly ar something like three years ago a number of joiners and cabinet hands regol resolved ved not to stand such treatment any longer operation cooperation co was ing in italy and tor for tile the first fl tit time becoming really known to artisans tile the milan lilian cabinetmakers cabinet makers refused to associate themselves vei with tile the fight ing trades unions they thought it a pity to waste valuable time lime over ble fighting when thero there was waa so bell better work to bo be done the they deat decided ded simply to leave the sweaters alone anil and set up shop for themselves shares taken up by the or so members scattered over twenty six Nu ll laRes at ca apiece would provide a small fund for starting starling bullres bubl bull nesi nes would add to that and meanwhile the operative cooperative co hank bank made them advances they set promptly about their war work and the beginning of n may 1891 saw them thein installed in their own warehouse things were from the outset put upon pon a thorough business footing good work was insisted upon and promptly paid tor for in cash every piece or nf goods entering the warehouse most moat of it Is dono done to order Is at once valued at ed by experts of OC the value so ascertained the worker ice i elves one half down on the spot the balance la is paid not lot later than three months after sale there 1 Is no do truck there are arc no deductions the result was they made more than 50 per cent profit on oil the shares with good will and capable man the magazzini generall del 1 lo lobrillo lobillo lobl billo llo soon succeeded in securing for themselves a good position in the market their guilds it was found could he be depended upon and n notwithstanding of w d the high earned for thir their members they could manage to sell at moderate prices in addition they aliey offered private customers a share of thell their gains 20 per cent of the net profits fronts made dealers of receive the discount |