Page:Indian Journal of Economics Volume 2.djvu/508

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490 J. C. Coyajee

The task of co-operation is growing from more to more an new problems are pressing for solution on all hands; with the industrial development of India co-operation will have on its hands the task of helping industrial operatives as well as agricultural workers. The report of the Industrial Commission has emphasized the support that can be rendered to small and cottage industries by co-operation; but with all respect to the Commission it might be said that the potential services which co-operation can render in India's Industrial Renaissance are not confined to the use of small industries. It might be that co-operation will materially contribute to the solution of the much discussed problem of "paucity of labor" in India, and it is the only force that