The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . f SiberianCo-operation: Fifteen years ago nobody would havethought that the creameries belonging to private, andvery often rich, people could pass into the hands ofthe peasants working in artels. At the present momentthe position has radically changed and the artels arerapidly ousting private enterprise in the butter industryfrom Siberia. The growth of tlie butter artels may be illustrated bythe following table, giving the number of creameries inIho Tomsk and Tobolsk provinces in Siberia: — TotalVkai!. Number of Num
The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . f SiberianCo-operation: Fifteen years ago nobody would havethought that the creameries belonging to private, andvery often rich, people could pass into the hands ofthe peasants working in artels. At the present momentthe position has radically changed and the artels arerapidly ousting private enterprise in the butter industryfrom Siberia. The growth of tlie butter artels may be illustrated bythe following table, giving the number of creameries inIho Tomsk and Tobolsk provinces in Siberia: — TotalVkai!. Number of Number of Percentage Creameries. Avtcls. of Artels. 1893 29 .. 5 .. 17 1900 1022 ., 32 .. 3 1902 19S0 .. GO ,. 3 1905 V.)i?, .. 347 .. IS 1910 3109 .. 1337 .. 43 In 1908 the Union of Siberian Creamery Associationswas established with headquarters at Kurgan. At fiistonly twelve artels were affiliated to the Union, and itsworking capital (all borrowed) amounted to not more than21,000 roubles. The Union, however, had a wideexperience, ;i thorough knowledge of I lie bniness, and. 00-OPEKATIOX IN RITSSIA. SI enjoyed the confidence of tlie po])ulatiou, which proveda great asset. Upon affiliation with the Union all the members of theartel are requested to sign a document, which contains thefollo\ving seven clauses : — 1. The adoption by the artel of the Ai-ticles ofAssociation of the Union.
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