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Speaking of our Co-operative Society, the Dartmouth says: The fact that Dartmouth is situated at a distance from any large town having much rivalry among its tradesmen, would, to a certain extent, prevent our formation of an association run on exactly the same plan: but yet in very many things co-operation among students would greatly lessen expenses. Books, stationery, furniture, coal, tobacco and all such standard goods might, through an association, be procured at wholesale rates, and furnished to students at much lower prices than they are now obliged to pay. The matter is well worth investigation...
...therefore, who has not joined, to consider at once whether the advantages of membership will not recompense him for his entrance fee. A man who will lose more than $1.50, and interest, during the coming half year, if the society does not exist to keep the prices of Cambridge tradesmen down, must plainly find it to his advantage to become a member...
From Prof. J. H. Payne, the President of the Co-operative Society of the University of Michigan, the following facts have been ascertained relative to the work to be done by that society in its endeavors to protect the students at Ann Arbor from the extortions of the local tradesmen. Professor Payne has been in Cambridge for the past few days, making a careful study of the system on which our own society is conducted. Coming as it does at such an important crisis in the affairs of the Harvard society, his testimony as to the value of Co-operation...
...same system of exorbitant charges which formerly prevailed at Cambridge, and that, inspired by the success of co-operation, as shown by the great reduction in prices secured by our society, they determined to found one of their own. The effect of this action was immediate. The local tradesmen who had formerly kept prices up to a most unfair standard by their concerted action, were compelled to make immediate reductions. In fact, the leading book-sellers advertised the works required by students at a drop of nearly 30 per cent. from the prices demanded the year previous to the formation...
Among the naughty practices of our freshmen, and we fear also of some upper classmen, is that of surreptitiously "appropriating" the signs of Cambridge tradesmen. As long as this annoyance was limited to our hereditary extortioners, we were content to pass over the transgression in silence. When, however, our esteemed contemporary, the Lampoon, is subjected to a loss by the mania for decorative signs and shingles, it is incumbent upon us to protest against the extension of this line of business. In a communication to the CRIMSON, the editors of the Lampoon have stated their grievance. They are robbed...