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Show Ciinisii co-ops ! HEDESPITE G'limCLfiSII Cooperative Movement Organized With Poorly Paid Weavers in Lancashire Lanca-shire Near Century Old By MILTON BRONNER. LONDON. July M.-N1r ",n-tv ",n-tv ( mgo, twnty-liht hrd-Worklnc hrd-Worklnc poorly Pd w"ver th L4nehir lown of Kochrial ww a vlBlon, called H coopr"on-put coopr"on-put their penniaa .osxether nd utartM Ultl hop at which they thmlv should b the chit cu-tomtjrB, cu-tomtjrB, Out of that UttU acorn nu irown th mluMy oak of tha Kn-fih Kn-fih cooprailva movnr.nt. with ll6 hopB run by im retail co-oprilv co-oprilv aoclvtlM whoise total tnir prhap, with th?ir famtllaa, morti than on-flfth tha purchaa-lnir purchaa-lnir p"wr of tha Kngltah peopla. - Furtharmora. ihcaa ratall sotf! ti ara eharehoMcra In tha lm mne Cooperative Wholala Ho-ciety Ho-ciety whoaa net aalca laat yaur pra mora than ISOO.uoO.OOO, whlrh haa flnABcial r'!"'- amountln to mora than $W0 M XX. wn fnrtorlea all over England and estates es-tates abroad. It la tnity one of the wonder ato-rlea ato-rlea of modern tlmea. NO LEGAL PROTECTION. On December ?1, 1844. the Roeh-nale Roeh-nale pK'neura opened thatr little anop. The law offered them no pro-tection. pro-tection. They had no credit. The landlord demanded $t0 rent per n-num n-num and wanted It In advance. ' I'alnfully the weaver gathered to(re.fh-r a capital of M0, apendlna hmf the money on fixtures and th rt on flour, butier, surar and oat-ml. oat-ml. Py the end of the year thetr mmternip had Increased to elrnty and thi shop had aalea amountinff to $150 pr week. Uw meaaerwere their reourrea la ahown by their fn-it bntika, whlrh state that the two mii o attended to their h.inklnic busineaa should tret 10 cn' rh wek for their services. Tri Hochdnre pioneers bettered It pn--thia to run a shop taking the prowl plfmpnt out of it. Th ordl-r ordl-r rv shop was run for profit only. 1 : ra aiuniid be run for srvioa. i e bhiih ma.le by the ehopkp. er em to anrlch himself. Tn p-t nu m'l bv their shop should sxo 1 i. k to ins customer in ths shape r i, vi. ("mis prorated according to t im 'inn purchaaf-d, .. - i . --ful ha tnis Idra been m I ' v aiHrted that vr a bil-i bil-i n and a quarter dot tare hav been t, , tt. k to the customers. 1 co'iMrailv movement had no b l of r"--a. Ins way waa not ,i, i f-.r It. (iovernment gave u no . - "V, support or encouraae-t. encouraae-t. .,(. (Mi,.l and th banks were , , ! t li, J arhwment Was and In . , m P .;.nr.i (till la hostile to Its n. h x hu.lneaa BUll make 1 h i i .'.ii ion f"it. i sko sa 18TJ there was a ai,i . t boycott of th coop-ra . Hfa. Tnev found It dlffl-t dlffl-t i, buy soma well known brands . k M ! A trade Journal at that i .,m pur-iiBhed a list of eighty-four t j ti i s wnt-h refuaed to dal ( h t:i roi p-natlvas becaua they f m. 1 other snopa would u to In-m, 'f rum th ultimate answer of t n rotrnnv societies to this was to f'.rnt tneir own cooperative tint.., aocieiv and to manufac-t manufac-t re ii-rinr of thir own wares, thus , c awv with the middte man. t arK STILL DISLIKE 'EM. The hanks dMn't like the cooper- i9 tM, ,iUe the latter aell snare to t'lfir niemuer customers and pay a fixed interaat On these. In this viy nionev pours Into the coopra-t coopra-t tKH-itir-sj which the banks v -rd jt't otherwise. Kven today, ' r .i to tn marhlnatlona of th . no cooperattv aociety may i it i r tntn I moo wortb of t rm to any ona peraon. - !ir ihinaa th coperative so-r"' so-r"' hnd to fint for and finally i t ft mil ptiriuunent after long bat- r: Tho rirht to deal with th public t- .u-dd t-t being confined to their dn iM' ni tera. f m r fit to su and be sued tn t r own nam Instead of by t -i - . 1 e r:i:ht of On society to hold ih4iri in another, thus paving tha why tn creation of the Coopera i:ti wh.'.Hisii society. CN CEFENS1VE ALWAYS, Kvn tiy ther ara Insidious a" 1 ui n the whole cooperatlv n . ii. -r Instam e, afir ill pei r k are p4d and a certain sum -t MHine for ariuus sinking funds, 1 ini-e and amortiaatlon, th net piiiii's ar prorated among th tn-wnr -iistcii)era accoruing to th a' s a::.".irt (f their purrhaaea. H Wi.i i'i 1 In put lament tht a, i x i 1 be levied upon t.iee pri-fi's r--. irdiesa of th fact ln.it '.-V ver- u.(iniited to the ri-e-.i k..., a w -xo Individually re- ( ,(-; f--r tn l:com ta if their i ii-ji ,iTf. -d a certain amou'it. i r." i-rn( ives reo. sited, on tns p - t r-m t a-'vemment aiiouid look to t ie Ii .i ih s f--r th tax if any whs due. t"nTwlae. It would be tji 't funi! f members upon w u they bdd no claim fOT tax a " 1 woui l cotiif.el these members U it k a H-niH " J upon th povern-ri povern-ri ;it for a r-f under. It would mean -t i'fn:i f t-m ut boon keeping I r i t . rt'n ra. ; f ' netie hjs so far been ) i i t ,i a- v d i to the activities if t - I i - j.ariy repreaen ' Jtl v ea I .- Vt-te I second of ih'.S f a--': m by Air Hum- t . v the bia;'ry . ' ' . e !''" frnt (n l".ll- i ou th |