CO-OFERATION. 21 



are no disputes to arbitrate : in the other, arbitration fails and dyn- 

 amite is used instead. In one case, they work many hours to accom- 

 plish httle : in th^ other case, they work few hours and accomplish 

 much. In one case, they welcome inventions : in the other case they 

 oppose them. As consumption increases as 2, 4, 6, 8, and pi-oduc- 

 tion according to 2, 4, 8, 16, &c., there wfll soon be a net result to 

 labor. Prices under co-operation, would then eventually fall into 

 the category of natural resources, and property at last become a 

 spiritual entity. Artisans would then become artists, and labor 

 exercise. It would be set to music and rhythm, as the brooks now 

 flow, as the birds sing, as the flowers bloom, or as the planets roll. 

 Laborare est orare, to labor is to pray. For when 



"The traveller and the road seem one, with the errand to be done, 

 'that were man's and lover'^part, that were Freedom's whitest chart." 



COROLLARIES. 



If what we have now passed over is correct, three deductions, 

 somewhat important, may be derived: — 



(1) Wayca. — When usury is abolished and we get what we earn 

 there is no more slavery in working for another than in working for 

 one's self. Neither is the possession of private capital, void of leg- 

 islative increase, at all inconsistent with either liberty or equity. 

 The farmer who possesses it and employs himself, may be a greater 

 slave than those who do not possess it and who work for wages. 

 It is impossible for anyone to say for another just where his surplus 

 possessions begin and his personal needs leave ofi". Whatever is net 

 beyond immediate use belongs to I lie producer just as much as 

 what has been consumed, anil to divest Iiini of it would be rob- 

 bery. As a proprietor then, he has a right to hire others, and they 

 can justly work, for wages. The "wage system" then must forever 

 remain. And because of the law of individuality of functions in na- 

 ture it is perfectly compatible with co-operation. The recognition 

 of this may simplify, and hasten the possibility of organizmg co-op- 

 erative production . 



(2) Capitalistic Interest.— The capitalist may now inquire how 

 he is to be benelited by owning property upon which he can derive no 

 revenue ? This is answered in the fact that in nominally losing his 

 ten per cent, 'dividend' in a false system, he saves :is a producer 

 and a member of society vastly more on his labor, in conjunction 

 ■with his capital, nature and co-operation. 'Industrial partnerships' 



