The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . )iit to shame, the societyhaving to recover your debt in court. See tliat youpay your debt in time. 6. Commit no act which may harm your that you are not considered the black sheep ofthe family. 7. Pay no attention to the cvil-intentioued gossipof the usurers and other enemies of the society. 8. Keep your savings with the society and induceothers to do the same; the greater tlie funds of yoursociety the greater the benefit which it will affortl you. 9. When ajjplying to the society do not think onlyof yo


The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . )iit to shame, the societyhaving to recover your debt in court. See tliat youpay your debt in time. 6. Commit no act which may harm your that you are not considered the black sheep ofthe family. 7. Pay no attention to the cvil-intentioued gossipof the usurers and other enemies of the society. 8. Keep your savings with the society and induceothers to do the same; the greater tlie funds of yoursociety the greater the benefit which it will affortl you. 9. When ajjplying to the society do not think onlyof yourself. Remember that your welfare in thesociety depends on the welfare of the other members. 10. Attend regularly the meetings of the society,then yovi will know the advantages it can offer yourself and share your knowledge with yourfriends and CHAPTER III. Co-operative Unions. The BuiLuiNC! uf of Co-operative Unions. A UNION is a conibinatioii of co-operative .societieswhich unites the activities of tlie affiliatetlsocieties, introduces a uniform mode of conductingtheir businesses, establishes mutual control, obtainscapital from outside, and organises joint purchases andsales. A Union combinhig in itself all these activities, representsthe highest rung of the ladder in a process of growth, andin this ideal form the Union did not exist. Up to 1915 there were in Russia eleven Unions of creditsocieties and a few agricultural Unions. In the police-ridden Russia of the old regime it was very diflicult toobtain the sanction of the CJovernment for the openingof Unions. However, the advantages to be derivedby co-operative societies from a polic\- aiming at theuniting of their forces for the ])urpose;; of purcliase andsale, for the joint construction of elevators and sheds,for joint storage of gram, for arrangmg advances on thesecur


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