The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . the artel. An instance of the cunning ways employed by themonopolists and their agents is described by Mr. , the pioneer in the tar co-operation. In theVolost Tarniansk all the tar workers with the exceptionof five belonged to the local artel. The agent, in order toundermine the artel, paid these five men for their stuffexceptional prices, far in excess of those prevailing on themarket, and although he was undoubtedly losing on thistransaction, he nevertheless gained his object of splittingthe aitel and d
The co-operative movement in Russia; its history, significance and character . the artel. An instance of the cunning ways employed by themonopolists and their agents is described by Mr. , the pioneer in the tar co-operation. In theVolost Tarniansk all the tar workers with the exceptionof five belonged to the local artel. The agent, in order toundermine the artel, paid these five men for their stuffexceptional prices, far in excess of those prevailing on themarket, and although he was undoubtedly losing on thistransaction, he nevertheless gained his object of splittingthe aitel and discrediting it in the eyes of the members. The formation of the Union of Tar Artels has puta stop to the machinations of the agents and has placedthe tar co-operation on a firm footing in the far north. The Union of the Siberian Creamery In the sixties of the last century we come across cheese-making artels, in the provinces of Tver and Yaroslav. Afew intellectuals—MM. Vereshtzagin, Blandoff, Birvuleff,and others—had conceived a k^^en interest in the dain. 7() CO-OlKKATION IN KI^SSlA. produce business, went abroad to study this industry, andreturned to Russia with the idea of initiating the co-opera-tive dairy business, making a start tlie productionof cheese. Thanks to the sympathetic attitude of the
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