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more skilled than the others, can take charge, and work up 

 the product of all. This will lessen the cost to all, they can 

 make a better product, more uniform and in larger quantities, 

 thus have better chances to sell, and cheaper transportation 

 than each could have alone. They will save in purchasing 

 stakes, machinery and casks together; in freight, in labor, in 

 building, and again in selling and transportation. In fact, 

 they can work more profitably in every way. But to do this, 

 there should be perfect harmony, and all jealousy be absorbed in 

 the common interest. The advantage gained by thus combin- 

 ing work, capital, and knowledge, are so apparent and manifold, 

 that they must at once appear to every sensible thinking mind. 



Co-operation can also, and ought to exist between the wine 

 maker without means, and the capitalist. Both can combine ; 

 the grower in furnishing good wine, and the capitalist to store 

 it for him, making advances which will enable the grower to 

 work on, and for which the wine offers ample security, until 

 it is aged and finished, ready for the world's market. If capital 

 is thus combined, they can erect ample buildings, engage a 

 competent man as cellar master, offer greater inducements to 

 Eastern and foreign dealers, who can secure large lots of uni- 

 form wines, and fully developed goods that will please their 

 customers, and gain a reputation for our products which they 

 could not acquire under the system followed so far. 



These are but a few of the many advantages, which a 

 thorough system of co-operation would secure for us. The 

 reader will easily see where it can be made applicable to his 

 case. 



