Excerpt from Co-Operation in IndiaRegarding them. But it is known that some of them comprise some hundred thousands of members. They are particularly strong in Westphalia, where they took their birth, and Silesia, both being pronouncedly Roman Catholic provinces. Their organisation is, as observed, essentially that of Raiffeisen societies, but the denominational idea is in them carried to much further lengths. Their professed aim is to maintain and strengthen the peasantry, as a distinct class of society, and to vindicate its rights. But they are very much led by territorial magnates and priests. And in this respect they rather recall the much-talked-of Hungarian to-operative rural societies, in which likewise the ruling magnate is the dominating factor, being supposed to know best what is useful for his patronisingly governed flock. There is also more Church rule in them than in the Raiffeisen societies, but less family and community making. But materially they.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.