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    THE OPINIONS OF JOHN STUART MILL. 197

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    .. * • Part Ii. Co-Operation. Neail The ...

    less into prominence has been heard in 1848 about , they them have than succeeded would otherwise under the rose have , — been and

    £ he case . the But great strange triump to hs say have , it is been in Eng achi land eved , conserva and that tive the En j g oint land , stock that

    prmc also i that ple has co- quietl operation y inva in ded the all stricter parts of sense trade , , has while received it is in E its most land the

    joint building striking stock develo of comp the pment Great anies . Eastern now In proof in to vogue the of the for first every lin assertion g of purpose the public look , from at , with the

    pure tea . Every railway company is supp joint y stock , and joint stock banks are in townThe late Limited Liability Act afforded

    every . an a protection d enabled to companies to be started which which had long it would - been otherwise granted in have France been , many

    risk impossible _£ 100 to each attemp and t , since t onl a dozen who peo would ple will not easil risk y their be found whole to

    fortune on anything , which they y , could not constantly inspect and efficientlcontrolThus it is that Mr . Mill says"Associations of

    works individuals bo y th volun of an t industrial ar . ily combining and of their small other contrib characters utions , , tvh noio ich per no form one many

    , , for person the , perfo or small rmance number of tvhich of persons the feio , are rich enoug capable h to of accomp accomp lishing ish , or

    them were formerlenabled to exact the persons most inordinate remuneration . " His farther predic y tionthat " as wealth increases and business

    es ca tablishments pacity improves both , we for , may industrial look forward and other to a _piurposes great extension , formed b of y of

    the collective contributions of large numbers , " is in daily process growth accompli among shment us ; and of co I would -operative now societies draw attention in the achi stricter to eved the sense gradual the of

    Rochdale the word . Mill The which most formed signal the success main subject has been of the late discussion by small at Glasgow beginnings . A , de to scri so ption magnificent of this experiment a resultis , most which fitl rose y included from such in

    , a short The third report paper of the on morning the list ' was s proceedings delivered . as an address by Mr . H .

    Fawcett Classes may , the be subject raised being by Co — -operation " How the . " Condition He commenced of the by Laboring quoting is not

    the opinion of Mr . Hallam , that the working man now-a-days in tion Undoubtedl such is that a good y a painfull position laboring y prominent to classes maintain do not fact a save famil in . our y Such as present he being was social formerl the condi case y - .

    our , the save question and how naturall ? In his y arises inion , —Can that they question be enabled was answered and induced and the to

    difficult association , y solved like by the the op present system of and co all -operation who wish ; and well the to the object work of

    ing an such classes establishments , should be as to are put now before , in them the existence great adv in antage Rochdale of prosperous

    and Leeds . Mr . Fawcett then went considerably into detail with

    The Opinions Of John Stuart Mill. 197

    THE OPINIONS OF JOHN STUART MILL . 197

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1860, page 197, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111860/page/53/