. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. the savings of operatives thanas cooperative societies. The co-operative idea,as would probably be held by its most stanchpropoiinders, requires identity of purpose and in-terest, with community of advantages and risks,though not necessarily absolute equality or uni-formity of individual relation, among the cooper-atives. When the association passes into a mereinvestment and trading company, the idea wouldseem to be lost. Down to this <lay the C. systemhas not been received with marked favor in theU. States.
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. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. the savings of operatives thanas cooperative societies. The co-operative idea, as would probably be held by its most stanchpropoiinders, requires identity of purpose and in-terest, with community of advantages and risks, though not necessarily absolute equality or uni-formity of individual relation, among the cooper-atives. When the association passes into a mereinvestment and trading company, the idea wouldseem to be lost. Down to this <lay the C. systemhas not been received with marked favor in theU. States. Many cooperative stores have beenestablished in almost all parts of the country ; but, excepting Massachusetts, where their managementseems to be better understood, relatively few ofthem have met with a decided and durable suc-cess. — A. Siim-i-s. Cop, Coppin, in spinning, a conical ball ofthread or yarn formed on a spindle. Copaiba, or Copaiva [Fr. li<mme de rnpnhu; Ger.Knjmint Ixikiiin; Sp. ro/)f;(/iYi|, connnonly called abalsam, but properly an oleo-resin or turpentine, . Fig. 100. — C0PAIPER. OFFICINALIS. is a drug obtained from the Copalfera officinalis(Fig. 100), a native of South America, aiid fromother species of the same tree. Two kinds areBometimes distinguished, and named from thecountries in which they arc produced, the Brazil-ian (chiefly from the province of Para), and theWest Indian. The former is thin, clear, of a palecolor, pleasant aromatic smell, and of an acridbitter taste; while the latter is thick, golden yel-low, not transparent, and of le^ agreeable smell, even resembling turpentine. Sp. gr. .080. It isoften adulterated with castor-oil and the finersorts of turpentines. When good it should be com-pletely soluble in alcohol of the strength of 00 percent; but the simplest test of its purity is to heata small quantity in a watch-glass, when, if good, ahard brittle resin remains. This drug is celebratedfor its action as a stimulant to the mucous sur-f