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Show re 6"'S After li siness-Likc , fanner. LOMATIO service' Ho Be Widc-Awnkc,-$en Who Know it's What. 0. ADAMS, to The Tribune, fcob. 12. Japan is out going about getting II j ' way. localizing Unit jjsls the man to bo sat- I ?about to reorganize, or, je, her diplomatic serv-;f serv-;f merchants and jmanu-jow jmanu-jow just what the trudc Bta that Japan can fur-7)jvnnts fur-7)jvnnts the goods dcllv-branch dcllv-branch of tho Japanese will bo purely corn-agents corn-agents In each country t Immediate direction of ttachc of the Japanese fen. These attaches are rc, successful business is shall be to look after Itlony. hunt up and (lege (le-ge of trade and do cv-? cv-? to develop Japanese B have agents at the elal crntors of the coun-itd coun-itd that it already has have such agents at Se-jfceo. Se-jfceo. Salt "Lake City. fXow Orleans and New r cities will be added to i service develops. The 'JHTbe foil awed. In other JKicllon. it is staled. Is JHfcbfervalhus of the Jnp-.jP Jnp-.jP commlKiion which vls-Kkst vls-Kkst full. The commls-JHin commls-JHin their trip eastward 'coast, a large number tBiring centers, exhibiting "JBjiriorc than a superficial H6tb;iles most parlies of MHffd Co-Oneratlon. jBfcs reported from differ-!pHrkQ differ-!pHrkQ country witlilu the jBjt the formation of co-ifljs co-ifljs for the production of iHjctures, and particular-Hftntlon. particular-Hftntlon. manifest an lin-Hlo lin-Hlo co-operation as one JttHf the cost of living. This lHStkm. arising from com-H&!nst com-H&!nst high prices, offers Hre enduring results than 'TWWcd from a temporary uiKmuicc to abstain from " Mbt food. The co-opera -Hahas mado only slight -United SUiles compared iKiln'lhc United Kingdom JBuntrIes pf Europe, but SjMthe pressure of high VHTe accounted for the nB of co-operation abroad. --IIUoiih in America arc -rrBsIvfc n strong stimulus to Its methods and produce similar results. re-sults. Co-Operation in United Kingdom. A glance at the present status of cooperation co-operation In the United Kingdom Impresses Im-presses one with the substantial position it occupies In the Industrial life of that country. The Rockdale Equitable Pioneers' Pio-neers' society, began in ISM, at a time when lho Industrial population of England Eng-land was Increasing at a faster ratio than the food production of the country and foreign sources had. not yet been lapped to any great extent. The initial capital subscribed by Its members was $120. In 'sixteen years its business grew to $760.-:ilT. $760.-:ilT. the. profits being STO.nno. According lo tho .statement of President Rae at then forty-first annual co-operative con-cress, con-cress, held at Newcnstle-on-Tync last June, the business done by the co-operative societies In 100S had risen lo SM7.-7r.:t.270, SM7.-7r.:t.270, and the membership to 2,510.-104. 2,510.-104. Individual Societies. Tho units of tho whole, co-opcrallvo system In Britain are individual societies. the great majority of which confine their operations to distribution. In 1909 there were 142S of these with 2.40-1 .for. members holding .10.037.352 shares. The trade of , these retail societies amounted to SHIS.- , DIG, 300. on which tho profit realized was , $53.Siri.02r. There is scarcely a town, , mining or factory village in the northern and northeastern counties of England . that does not have Its co-operative store, which provides the members and other purchasers with provisions and clothing at prices which relied the effort to reduce re-duce to tin' lowest terms the cost of porductlon. carriage, agency ami oistri-bution oistri-bution and allowance for a fair profit to cover working exoonsos and provide additional addi-tional capital. The extra profit, if any. Is returned to the members of tho societies socie-ties in proportion lo the purchases. Wholesale Co-Opera tive Societies. The formation of the wholesale co-op-erativo societies to provide these retail societies with their supplies at the least possible cosl. was the natural sequence of the firm establishment of lho retail distributive system. There are two of these in the T'nited Kingdom, with headquarters head-quarters in Manchester and Glasgow, respectively. re-spectively. The English Co-oporatlve Wholesale Foeluty is a federation of retail co-operativn societies, who hold all the share capital and loans, no Individuals being allowed to do so. and the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale society Is slml-Inrlv slml-Inrlv composed of Scottish societies. The profits in each society arc divided the same as those of tho retail societies, the gross profit being subject to the following charges: () interest of 5 per cent or less on share capital and loans: (2) allowance for depreciation of land, buildings and fixtures; (3) additions to Insurance and reserve funds. Tho balance Is termed "net profit." and is allocated as a dividend divi-dend to the retail societies pro rata on their purchases. Though the retail societies so-cieties sell goods to other than their own members, the sales of the wholesale societies so-cieties are restricted to the retail socle-lien socle-lien subscribing to llicir capital as members. mem-bers. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Tho condition condi-tion of the treasury at the beginning of business today was as follows: Trust funds Gold coin $S64.72fi.SG9 Silver dollars 4S4.S0.000 Silver dollars of 1S00 3.Si 1.000 Silver certlllcatcs outstanding 4Si,SiJ.0OO General fund-Standard fund-Standard silver dollars In general gen-eral fund G. 427.157 Current liabilities 103.01S.331 Working balance In treasury offices 21.5H.943 In banks to credit of treasurer of the U. S 35.40G.C00 Subsidiary silver coin 20.f96,;:34 Minor coin 1.21S.24I Total balance In general fund. fil.C13,05'J Gold Promiums. By Associated Press. LONDON, Fob. 12 Bullion amounting lo 10.000 was taken Into the Bank of England on balance today. Gold promiums pro-miums are quoted as follows; At Madrid. li.'.; at Lisbon. '11. |