CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT
An address on "The Co-operative Movement" was given by Mr. D. M. Martin at a meeting of the Wellington branch of the Peace Pledge Union recently.
The co-operative movement came into existence at the time of the industrial revolution, the first group of any importance being formed at Rochdale in 1844, said Mr- Martin. Ever since then, despite competition from both Charterism, and trade unionism, as a means of social reform, it had grown steadily in strength until today, when it had become one of the most powerful movements in Great Britain. Cooperative societies owned and controlled their own farms, factories, plantations, shops, and snipping lines. ' The most important societies were the English, Scottish, and Irish Co-operative Wholesale Societies. They had 7,500,000 members and in 1935 their trade was nearly £221,000,000. He urged his hearers to give the Co-operative Movement their fullest consideration.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 3, 4 July 1939, Page 6
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