Deseret Evening News | 1901-10-25 | Page 4 | Co-Operation in Belgium

V IN l r Reports from from show sho wonder wonderful f ful ul l progress of the cooperative move meat for tor Industrial nd commercial purposes Last year no less than 31 cooper co societies acre era formed making a n total In Belgium of such societies of all nil classes Complete Completo statistics are aro not published but It U Is estimated that the various or organizations pro a total t membership of That would mean menn about a trill mil trillion milIon ion consumers or about a seventh part patt ot of f the entire population ot of Belgium In Interested interested crested In cooperation The Rochdale system Is hi the most gen gep genral ral erat In itt that country Its chief feature features Is s that It i sells the goods handled at prevalent prices pr e and then distributes I ho tho profits realized among the members at t regular gular l t gut r Intervals Int rals In this way the consumers virtually save some seine money Very every ever day dl without noticing It and re cc reo the tho benefits of ot these savings sa Ings reg regularly regularly Most of these societies have started from rom very ver modest beginnings Some workingmen come together and an t com come nence mence by depositing a 11 few tew cents each eachIn eachin In n a common treasury When they have saved bayed up a 0 dollars they are ara ready to start with n a bakery ba ery or a grocery and then to develop other en according to capital C and op opportunity