A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . jj^.. ROAD BRANCH, BISHOPSTON. INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL. CHAPTER XVIII. WE may now return once more to that period ofenthusiastic expectancy which fohowed imme-diately upon the Congress of 1893. Reference has been made to the methods adoptedto interest the general public in the trading operations ofthe Store; and it is pleasing to note that if the responsewas slow, it was none the less sure. Here and thereappear strong indications that among a section of themembers, at
A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . jj^.. ROAD BRANCH, BISHOPSTON. INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL. CHAPTER XVIII. WE may now return once more to that period ofenthusiastic expectancy which fohowed imme-diately upon the Congress of 1893. Reference has been made to the methods adoptedto interest the general public in the trading operations ofthe Store; and it is pleasing to note that if the responsewas slow, it was none the less sure. Here and thereappear strong indications that among a section of themembers, at least, there was developing a spirit of trueCo-operative enterprise, a disposition to infuse con-siderations more sentimental than commercial into theoperations of the Store, evidently inspired by the closercontact which was operating between the three branchesof the Society. Prominent in this connection was theWomens Guild, at one time urging that the suppliers ofhats to the Societys members should only offer for salethose goods which are certified by the trade union labelto have been manufactured under
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