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RUSSIA - CO-OPERATION AND ASSOCIATION 



The development of co-operation for consumption in the other chief 

 States of Europe was as follows : 



Table V. — Number of Co-operative Institutions of Consumption 

 in the Chief States of Europe. 



Country 



Total Number 



of 



Institutions 



Great Britain 



Germany 



Denmark 



Switzerland 



Italy .- 



France 



Total. 



1.375 

 2,500 

 1,562 

 736 

 2.570 



3-156 

 11,899 



It is reckoned that in other countries there are about 8,000 co-oper- 

 ative institutions of consumption. The total number of them in Europe 

 outside Russia therefore hardly surpasses that in Russia only. The total 

 number of members was five millions, and if members of co-operators' fa- 

 milies be, counted no less than 25 millions of the inhabitants of Russia will 

 be found to be included in the co-operative movement. 



It is interesting to compare this with the development of co-operative 

 consumers' societies in the rest of Europe. 



Table W. — Absolute and Comparative Figures as to the Development 

 of Co-operative Institutions of Consumption in the Chief States of Europe. 



Countries. 



Number 

 of Members- 



Percentage 



of Population 



who are 



Members. 



Percentage 



of Population 



who are 



interested 



in Co-operation. 



Great Britain. . . 3,362,000 8.0 



Switzerland . . . 523,000 14.0 



Denmark 243,000 8.0 



Germany 2,500,000 3.6 



France 876,179 2.1 



Italy 500.000 1.4 



Russia 5,000,000 3.0 



32.0 

 56.0 

 35-0 

 14-5 

 8.4 

 5-6 

 15.0 



