Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1902 — A Socialist Store In Elkhart. [ARTICLE]

A Socialist Store In Elkhart.

Socialists of Elkhart are arranging to put their theories to practi cal test in the shape of a - department store, the control.of which will be delegated to a manager subordinate to a board of managers, and the profits of which are to be divided quarterly among the members of the association accord n? to the business each member does with the store. Instead of shares members will purchase certificates at $25 each, no member to own more than one share. It is the purpose to have the plan in operation within five or six weeks. The title of the association will be the Socialist Co-Operative Association of Elkhart.