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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：节俭·摘录 224
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The Rochdale Corn-mill grew out of the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society, which formed an epoch in the history of industrial co-operative institutions. The Equitable Pioneers Society was established in the year 1844, at a time when trade was in a very bad condition, and working people generally were heartless and hopeless as to their future state. Some twenty-eight or thirty men, mostly flannel weavers, met and formed themselves into a society for the purpose of economizing their hard-won earnings. It is pretty well known that working-men generally pay at least ten per cent. more for the articles they consume, than they need to do under a sounder system. Professor Fawcett estimates their loss at nearer twenty per cent. than ten per cent. At all events, these working-men wished to save this amount of profit, which before went into the pockets of the distributers of the necessaries,--in other words, into the pockets of the shopkeepers.
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定位：Excerpt 224 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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罗奇代尔玉米磨坊源于罗奇代尔公平先锋社，这个社团在工业合作机构史上开创了一个时代。公平先锋社成立于1844年，当时贸易状况非常糟糕，工人们普遍对未来感到无望。大约二十八到三十人，大多是法兰绒织工，聚在一起成立了一个社团，目的是节省他们辛苦挣来的钱。众所周知，工人们购买消费品时，至少要比在更合理的制度下多付百分之十的钱。福塞特教授估计他们的损失接近百分之二十，而不是百分之十。无论如何，这些工人想省下这笔利润，这笔钱以前进了必需品分销商的口袋——换句话说，进了店主的口袋。
上下文
斯迈尔斯《节俭》中讲述罗奇代尔公平先锋社的起源，1844年英国工人困境。
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你日常消费中，有多少钱其实流向了中间商，而不是商品本身？
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