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Show Co-Operatlve Movement Grows. The last International Co-Operatlve alliance congress, held In Olssgow. Scotland, In 1914, was composed of 24 national units, Including something; like 180,000 separate co-operative societies, so-cieties, with a total of about 20,000,-000 20,000,-000 members. If each member Is considered con-sidered to represent a family of four, the number of persons directly uffect-ed uffect-ed by the co-operutlve movement In Europe when the war began wns about 80,000,000, more than the entire population popu-lation of the United States In 1000,. and the value of the business done by these societies wns estimated to be about $2,000,000,000. London Times. |