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of rules and provisos that, no matter how good a business 

 man he may be, he is powerless, and dare not act promptly 

 in cases of emergency, where the good of the business 

 demands, without consultation, thereby losing valuable 

 time. 



5th. After the business has been inaugurated, then 

 let each one go to work to build up. J ' 



Co-operative enterprises are business enterprises, and 

 as such must be entered into and carried out in like 

 manner. They can be made the means of relieving the 

 workingmen of much of the oppression under which they 

 suffer. 



The following Constitution is suitable for co-operative 

 societies for the transaction of most any kind of business. 

 The wording can be arranged to suit the enterprise. 



CONSTITUTION. 



ARTICLE I. The object of this Co-operative Associa- 

 tion is to improve the social, moral, intellectual, physical 

 and financial condition of producer and consumer, espec- 

 ially wage workers and farmers. 



ARTICLE II. We, shall associate our talents, energies, 

 capital and labor in production and distribution and do 

 equal and exact justice to all, giving the poorest an equal 

 opportunity with the wealthiest, and. ever giving to each 

 such portion of the savings as his labor or patronage 

 produced. 



ARTICLE III. Industrial and moral worth, not wealth, 

 shall be and ever remain the indispensable qualifications 

 of membership. No person addicted to indolence, dis- . 

 honesty, drunkenness, falsehood, jealousy, disturbance, or 

 calumny, shall ever be admitted to membership in this 

 association. 



ARTICLE IV. Such interest as shall be provided in 



