THE UNITED COLONIAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

Bruce Herald, Volume VI, Issue 484, 29 April 1873, Page 6

THE UNITED COLONIAL COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION.

j. {To the Editor, qf the] Jßi-uce Emerald.) Silt— ln a "letter in your paper the author of which, •" Stoneb?eaker," : says j he wou]d be. willing' to unite with those wi^b "to raise, themselyes above the wave of. iD^^ft^'^,,'^''^^'^ does not know how^abt,;''; Allow me to Suggest a way which- would- prove most' effectual notf only iri the; prevention of the grinding' system, but^also-in the regulation^ of a fuist amount of wages, accdrdirig to the occupation, of the laborer iirr-under the title' of the IFnited Colonial rCo-operative Association. y The ; plan o action I would suggest tq. be/ aa fpllows :■—- , That, ,the Company issue, 5Q,0,p0 sliaries at L 2 , (cash), ; with J; a, ,o^ua^;ei*ly , cash; Subscription ill advance of l<s%y for -wbieh

i share ' or ishares. the owner -.would be* fen; < titled tothe follhw ; ing, duijing -theperiojin : beirefflains in good fiui^nqialy condition -in ; , the' Association, y^^eifunds.-tob^ divided : into ; four, .sections :: : Eirstly, . the , expense fund foi*; [.networking andr'promQtion) of, : the Company's; * interests,. 25. t, per ...cehfyr secondly, the n ioint:Stpck investment fuhejef 25: per : cent:,* which y would give. ph"e shareholder ; an ;; , op portunity to prqfit ' j,DJ". the commercial, i^narklets;,;,. ythirdly, ." the ; sick and yfune.'ai^fuflj^f ! 25 v per ,cen|si,' which would, .provide fo> ,the health ,^bd^ Ultimatum of ; the member s r ;,.fqurthly ? the waste/ 'landjin^ devote '$& V& c§*s- pf^the'ac^ monies of the Society toward sthe^ obi bet! of buying. ,up. good iarming^ country and available s& the advantages; herein cp^'taiiieo^';tq; the| working" man of ' J these Cpjqnies.V 1 Eoi* the payment ol the jsum' Of ! L 2 cash, 1 and py|! in quarte^y- caslrypa^ !he'' would !!< become" a joint, s_/are%lder! in an iLS&obiatioii whibhTj is at: on#e; f ; M s bankfer^' 1 commission " 'a&ent^ 'tramling agep;' ' ! life" aisui?er; ! docto^ ' "au^;>n'dertaker: ; Shbuld ! ' he require it !; he !i could -obtain frbiii the land < 'ihve"stment i 'fund|2s. ; J per behtS. a snug' littlfe 'fatm 1 oh-i;he mpst* reasorieible tei'm^i while the joint stocky 25 per* Scents.- wouldi be commercially '••■'to yassist himito .obtainvrequij-ed stock ando plant. - ShouldjcbeiVfish to|re- : mbvojlifc unable,\to . find? funds-iJCif fihancial) : he woiild' be -forwarded^ andf ja .•sifeuatiqni.. obtained |pt ' him,, ;bhe . moneyx rjequired.. -for y,tMs;,:being repaid in easy suras a& Bantv >interest. ,. . Swagtneh' hoJdingJCtyaveiling,^pass and yisif;ing any tow^ih.Qt^gporlpf^'New Zqalarid, would; be Been to at oncfe oh;^ callingat the agent's: office, where their names would be entered/ 'OuWe' roirhnd siiit&bib empioymeht found for tbem. "'If "a persohbe^r.bvided with a 'correcf v p-iss and'have ho money, he wduld 'be 'entered^^^bnthe-pooi* rolland^acccmmb- ; datioh found If ill br '■ unfit j to labor ; he would receive . assistance • f roih the sick arid -funeral- fund gratis.' -But alli accommodation must be paid if the sha-*fe" holder should be well and looking for a job , when he has attained the object in view. Should he meet with an untimely end; his remains would be buried respectably and the. funds in stock representing his share or shares be paid to his heirs, executors, or assigns-r-failing these, the money would be paid into the working mens' relief fund. Besides these advantages the shareholder would be entitled , t . to the dividends of the Society. " Stbnebreaker." cannot fail, to see the advantages such a co-operation would yield, and I havei no doubt tbat he will at once set about bring-, fng this scheme into operation by agita-. tion. By its means working men would have the power to prevent monopply, by monopoly on the homeopathic principle ; they could regulate lab or without strikes, which are as hurtful to themselves as to their masters ; they could conserve their trade interests; they could promote immigration and settlement ; they could elect honest representatives ; they could beGome a true commonwealth. I would be glad to hear the opinions of brother workmen on this important question. I a_n,.&c, "Wobesiak-.

{To the Editor of the Bruce Herald.) Sir,— l find there, is little sympathy with the farmers or appreciation of the importance of agriculture to our country, manifested in the public newspapers of Otago, the Press b<-ing more devoted to the propogation of the rabid notions of irreligious. quacks or designing knaves, prthe .retailing of third rate novels by the yard, tbe recording of idle gossip, or the chronicling questionable amusements, than to the advancement of the country by suggestions tending to promote' its productive powers or the mutual improvement of the people, in place of pandering to their lowest instincts. I, some time since, wrote ypu, enclosing copy of a letter which I addressed to the Superintendent, indicating the necessity there existed for aa analytical chemist in connection with agriculture, and pointing out that a sum of about LSOOO was spent annually in Wellington in Dr Hector's' department, part of which might be spared for Otago, where, if a small sum was supplied for necessary expenses, the machinery already exists under the able direction of Professor Black, which would enable the farmers to have their soils and manures analysed, so that they would no longer be under the ; necessity of groping in. the dark as "they have to do at presept not knpwing the quality of the manures purchased ar ; the exact requirements of the soil,'. , I am fully convinced that if agriculture is tp flourish in these province?, the soil. must.be made to give its increase by the • intelligent 1*56 of manures, and by a system of alternate husbandry^ when double the crops \yill be.prqduceqVfrom the same land wit|i Jess labor, leaving j;he re- 1 mainder to produce what it will in its natural state,, until.it, can be brought ; under a rational system br farming. We will by this' means produce not only a 'better and jpofle piitritipus|atnplebf grain, 1 but the live; stock would be iipproted in like degree, and U ' would no doubt jhave ah influence upon the physical develop: ment md health of our population; Everyone who has h*d s-t-l-e opportunity;; must, h^ve^-noted the marked improvement upon the live isJ;oci-. qfafarpj after -^he land waslimed, how the formerly small and §tunjbed? stock develops into a larger framed animal; 1 ;and, if sheep , a much/ heavier fleece is r produced. See,this illustrated in the Shetland Islands where the horse has degene. ated into.- tbe" " shalty/' or .in tbe c Flanders, where the i horsep would be the pi*ide<-o£ Barclay Perk ins and Co, This i' w in eon*. fiinnity with the great law- 6r^q'uiiibpiim,c which governs production, and ; sjubqr--:dipa f es the animal to the plant. _• .;-•;, ■X-.-'y. x-' ■;. J. i airi,>.(fcC; | --y-- -mA- llxyyl