. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. rpoo. The American Florist. 123. PATRICK O MAR*, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. while it avoids the cruelties which arise from an uncontrolled and unbridled mon- opoly. The achievements have been so great in the past, the morality of it so suited to the individualistic temper of the Anglo-Saxon race, that we cannot doubt the result, if only co-operators will earn- estly work. With opponents so active, it is evident the assiduous propagation of co-operative principles is necessary. I will trou
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. rpoo. The American Florist. 123. PATRICK O MAR*, PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. while it avoids the cruelties which arise from an uncontrolled and unbridled mon- opoly. The achievements have been so great in the past, the morality of it so suited to the individualistic temper of the Anglo-Saxon race, that we cannot doubt the result, if only co-operators will earn- estly work. With opponents so active, it is evident the assiduous propagation of co-operative principles is necessary. I will trouble you again with a few sta- tistics to remind you what co-operation has done in England and Wales. Up to and including 1893, total sales, $2,995,- 530,380: net profits, $256,080,345. To 1895 bv the last report inclusive, $4,070,- 547,775; net profits, $360,075,120. The Leicester Co-operative Society, hosiery manufacturers, commenced in 1887 with a capital of only $150; by December, 1898, the capital had increased to $204 855. I sincerely hope that you have exam- ined into the merits of co-operation car- ried on by a corporation, so that the decision here rendered at this convention, when the subject comes up for action, may be voted upon intelligently. Co-operation ought to be continued by the corporation, with competent officials to manage it. To-day all mankind, as never before, is interested in co-operation, to avoid being crushed body and soul by the colossal trusts. When co-operation is fully installed in the different industries it will sound the death-knell of trusts. Co-operation here will still require the parental, patient and fostering care of its friends, and of those who breathed into it the breath of life and have nursed it since its birth. Our society had in its treasury, Jan- uary 1, 1900, $ and a life member- ship fund of $585, this amount after six- teen years of association. Does this sum seem sufficient and satisfying for all the efforts that have be
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