In a very alert and bright state of society people learn co-operation by themselves, but in older and quieter conditions of laboring enterprise, such a bill as I propose will point out the way to mutual exertion.

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The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer...

The production of wealth is the result of agreement between labor and capital, between employer...

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing...

In the unrest of the masses I augur great good. It is by their realizing...

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has...

There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

The only distribution of wealth which is the product of labor, which will be honest,...

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

Each individual member of a co-operative society works with that interest which is inseparable from...

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

I have always been fully persuaded that, through co-operation, labor could become its own employer.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards...

Legislation has been and is still directed towards the protection of wealth, rather than towards...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

Every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises...

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which...

A man's sentiments are generally just and right, while it is second selfish thought which...

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

In a condition of society and under an industrial organization which places labor completely at...

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and...

When money is controlled by a few it gives that few an undue power and...

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The real conflict, if any exists, is between two industrial systems.

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me...

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as...

The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in...

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

Money is the great tool through whose means labor and skill become universally co-operative.

I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other,...

I want, in this school, that one sex shall have equal advantage with the other,...