violate individuali i
it' enhances
freedom, where its rivals destroy
freedom; it builds an economy of
abundance net by impoverishing
those who have, but by enr_- cling
those who have not, visile its
rivals can hold power only so lory
as they impose sea- city on the
masses of the citizens.
The movement's associative
pattern, which is a voluntary con
federation of individuals into
societies, of coci ti^s into r -
gional groups, of regional groups
into national federations, of nat
ional federations into an intern
ational alliance rest neon the
principle of the freo contract of
different individuals and groups
so to do things together that each
may live the more richly and fully
in himself . It .'reserves all the
good of Capitalism without tho
burden of its evi3.s; it melees im
possible the evils of Fascism and
Communism and lays bar., the ill
usory and unsubstantial character
of the tood they claim.
CO-Oi'FRATIOIT IC. A T23T3D I LAI!
If you oeliovo in social plan
ning, then Consumer Co-operation
is a prosnorfno social plan, test
ed by the trials and errors of
o::pcri.ncc, clarified by adversity,
and vindicated by its consequences
in the daily lives of those who
employ it. Unlike its alternatives
which can work only on the princi
ple of ALL OR NOTT’I, any few in- •
dividuals can apply It, anywhere,
at any time, by associating to
gether according to the Rochdale
rules. The Capitalist corporation,
the Communist and the Fascist state
regiment the individual and destroy
his initiative; the consumer co
operative society liberates the
individual, and provides for his
initiative a wider field than he
ever had.
The Co-operative movement isv
thus the implement of an economic
plan wbich uses, sc ks, and en
courages the froo initiative of
the individual; it is the organisa
tion of liberty. Liberty without
or (-.animation is anarchy; and anar
chy is the hoart disease of Cap
itulism; orgarization wit' nit lib
erty is tyrrimy. Compared with them
0onsuncr Co-operation is t’-P health
of the social order as".is testified
by the state of the lands where- it
[prevails, the state of Sw.den,
Dchnarl:, Pin land. Alone among its
rivals it employs only moans which
are identical in nature an' form
with the end it socks.
FAITH ".I. TP OUT PORK I TIL' A'ICrTNT;
Cur task is to cause the move
ment to prevail in the Unit, d
dtates, of whoso national1 kil
os ophy and democratic spirit it
is the economic expression. It
will not, it cannot prevail of
itself. No faith, however rea
sonable, however viniicat ' by the
tests of time and the st ; Xcs
of experience, can prevail by it
self. Only the integrity, the
labor, the devotion and the sacri
iice of the believers can cause
it to prevail. A pirn an’’ prop ram
of’"the peaceful associati i of
free men to the end that oil may
contribute to the material and
spiritual life more abundant for
each, the Co-oporativo movement
[ has its work to do in an mbattlcd
world so dominated by gos :1s of
hate and struggles for po' r that
the world’s wisest men declare
that that civilization its If is
threatened.
flie, spirit in which wo serve
ourselves in our co-operative soc
ieties will .govern what ovr work
accomplishes'toward the s; ving, of
civilisation. If we have the
courage and vision, that a Ivation
is no dream but a fact. ay the
courage and the vision bo ^ivon
to usJ hay the dream be "ado.a
fact in our days 1
(Prom Co-operative Guilder)
PAHTKY d 0VP1R POUT, M ,D
The pantry shower for rs.
Clinton Johnson which was be xng
sponsored by the V.tenon's uild has
boon postponed. Cash contributions
instead will be welcomed.
Corenit tec : Mrs. Victor Johnson
Mrs. I'cllie bright
Mrs. Henry LaHoso