Show THE JUBILEE OF CO an interesting congress was recently J held la in sunderland england when representatives of various cc operative societies of at great britain met together 4 with deputations from similar ins titu tlona lions in france germany and belgium it was wag a jubilee gathering fifty years having passed since the inauguration of the movement in england by the lorm tion of the borndale rochdale Boon Roc dale hdale a pioneers society in the year 1844 this institution started with a capital of 28 but its if career was waa truly phenomenal after twenty yeats it was necessary neoe wary to employ a host boat of clerks and assistants and the business done amounted to the members of the or allow their dividends anti and proof profits to accumulate to their credit and part of the profits profile la Is regularly got act spart apart for the of an edu edn national cat cati ional odal department the success of this operative cooperative co society stimulated others anti and accord ing to the report presented to the sun betland dei laud congress there are at present in the united kingdom 1 1665 societies comprising members the sales the past year exceeded with a profit of a 4 striking illustration of the progress pro gres buring half blid a century ol of a correct plan carried out with skilful management coo co operation o oration in utah to is not old enough yet to celebrate a fifty year jubilee but it dates back many yearn year re and aad has we thins proved quite ass aa successful efu I 1 here soon as on the other side aide of the ocean the principle was lecog nixed as aa a correct one by the pioneer and their lea Je aders dere and it was carried out as 88 soon as practicable the greatest importance of the 00 oo operative movement however lies in the fact that it Is a natural link between the I 1 old order of things and the utopian j condition of mankind so eagerly dej de j sired by some modern as well as philosophers it furnishes a start lagl point for an evolutionary SlY movement MOut I 1 which it if progressing without inter will ultimately lead to the happy solution of all the troubles with which socialistic schools are at present concerned it shows what kind oi 01 union of effort is needed for eminent success the rochdale rockdale Roc hdale society commenced by supplying its members with the necessaries of life at a cheaper rate fate than that usually obtained it matte made the consumers their own retell retail merchants A step beyond this was taken in 1864 with the formation or of the north of england cc operative wholesale society with tile the object ol of furnish UK operative cooperative co stores with goods at the lowest possible wholesale figures lately operation cooperation co has been carried still a step further by laboring vaen men combining and establishing banks insurance societies and what is 18 still more important cotton factories flour valli mills anti and other manufacturing estal lish mente As yet co operation in these bra branches has received but bug little attention but it is the logical consequence of the principles principle and it is the goal towards which its advocates are looking there can be no reason why production should not be carried on on a oc cc operative plan just as the distribution trib ution of the prod products octo ucto now to is being done the neglect of uniting the laborers for the purpose of producing the commodities of life to la pretty generally looked upon as the weak ide of oc operation cooperation as so far practiced but that defect will in course of time be remedied effectually and when finally the laborers themselves virtual ly IY own and till the farms farmos operate the mines and run the factories 1 U at would seem eem that millennial happiness ought to prevail there could lie be no reasonable cause for labor troubles no war between capital and labor both I 1 inter uter ate at being represented by the same game per sons son Is 19 it then too much to assume that in this mover movement nent for unity of laborers lies the true remedy for some of f the evils under which the world to Is groaning |