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    374 WOMEN AND CO-OPERATION.

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    worth Co-operators y of consideration the nature ; of nam the el agreement y , the qualities they must essential enter into to

    w external ith each ers other , ons , and and circums the rela tances tion in . On hich the th first ey should of these stan heads d to

    little need p be said ; if the virtues of courage , self-denial , public women spirit , and the in telli w gence e will , are e rare not more amongs so t than scan am tily-educated t men

    similarl , y circums y , tanced ; and p , , at any rate , no better ongs school for ex their istence development not to sa could success be found depends than a society their whose exercise very .

    With regard , to the second y point , there is one upon particular in which many if not most of the existing , societies seem to have wandered

    i some from ts bes thing t t heir hopes more firs o t f s princi h ucce an s t p he les as forma . well Co t - as operation it s j hes t in st t its claims p best art t nershi o sense ps is t ;

    as a power for regenerating , - the lower classes g , lie in its respec giving i ever t is y labourer t enouh to immedia him t i n and teres personal t on his savin interest sand in his to work make ;

    his workroom g a model pay of cleanliness and comfort ; g any , benevolent mas even ter will their do as w much orkm for en a his gradua hands ted as that ercen ; n ta ay , some on their mas t w ers n

    profits in addition to their wages , and p Co-operation g scarcely suc deserves ha , i ar ts t name owner if it does art mana t recognize er of th e every concern wor h k wor , k s

    for . , This p great princip p le has by g natural , though lamentable Hoclidal course o e f Cotton circums Mill tance and s been bmost forsaken of the by French the owners societies of th we

    have mentioned . As their , success y became decidedpersons not to immed them ia as tel affordin y interested room in for the a profitable Co-operative investment movement , until resorted these

    less liberal shareholders g became so numerous as to , command a they majority took of advantag voices e in to the limit Committee the sharing of of Man profits agement to the , of contrib which

    ne utors w m of embers capital . so that Other as associations their business err increases by reluctance they are to forced admit

    unpopularity to employ more attached , hired labourers to , subjecting masters themselves without possessing thus to the

    individually the wealth that parvenus consoles the sing , le owner of a large business . There are other questions on which a difference of opinion

    g exists iving amongst a bonus leading to purchasers Co-operators , the , desirability such as the of exp forming ediency of a

    reserve fund with which to make "buildings and stock common property _dissociations , but not withdrawable beneficiallpartake , the extent of the to character which Co of -operative Benefit

    Clubsthe ri may gidity with which y the " No Credit" rule should be adhered , to & cwith other points of more minute detailwhich

    will hardly , call , for discussion until female Co-operation , has

    reached a more advanced stage than at present .

    374 Women And Co-Operation.

    374 WOMEN AND CO-OPERATION .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1864, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021864/page/14/