A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . wroom and stockrooms take up the firstfloor, and the whole is surmounted by a well-ventilatedand splendidly-lighted assembly-room, providing theSociety with a hall suitable for either business or propa-ganda purposes. The opening was timed for December, 1897; but, owingto a fire at Messrs. Beavans premises, which destroyed thefittings which had been prepared, the ceremony had tobe delayed a month or so. The occasion was thereuponutilised to celebrate 1lie fifteenth anniversnrv of the INDUSTR
A study in democracy: being an account of the rise and progress of industrial co-operation in Bristol . wroom and stockrooms take up the firstfloor, and the whole is surmounted by a well-ventilatedand splendidly-lighted assembly-room, providing theSociety with a hall suitable for either business or propa-ganda purposes. The opening was timed for December, 1897; but, owingto a fire at Messrs. Beavans premises, which destroyed thefittings which had been prepared, the ceremony had tobe delayed a month or so. The occasion was thereuponutilised to celebrate 1lie fifteenth anniversnrv of the INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL. 119 Society, and on February iqtli, i8g8, Mr. P. SparkeEvans, , performed the function in the presence of alarge company, which inchided representatives from and neighbouring Societies. Mr. Evans made a happy speech, congratulating theSociety upon the acquisition of such a splendid block ofbuildings, and expressed himself thoroughly in fa\our ofthe principles of the movement, especially in their relationto the co-partnership of labour. In going through the. Intkkiok of BedminstiiK premises he noticed they had no clock in the hall, and, asthis was always found to be an efficient check upon longspeeches, he would have much pleasure in making theBranch a present of a clock. Before leaving the premises Mr. Bullock (Secretary)presented Mr. Sparke Evans with a specially-bound C(jpyof the Annual. This cha))ler must not close without mention ol theopening of the bakery extension in Dean Street. Thistook place on Saturday afternoon. May 21st, 1898, beforea company of Co-operators from all parts, the ceremony 120 INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION IN BRISTOL. being peiiormed b} j\Ir. A. Bullock. He inentit)ned thefact that these bakeries had been htted out, not onlywitli a view to turning out good bread, but that pro-vision had been made for the health and comfort of thosewho would have to work there. The whole of the workhad been carried o
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