Notes for Albertus Jacobus Coenraad Geesink

Notes for Albertus Jacobus Coenraad Geesink

He was buried in Hilversum. Occupation: industieel, soap every one printer. Education: HBS. Name: Co.. Occupation: soap boiler, printer.
He wanted to be scientist, and was particularly interested in chemistry. His future father thought it was going to do something which he could maintain a family. He became director of the Imperial Crown at the soap factory Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam and was among the vanguard of civil ring, the circumstances under which "the people" lived, wanted to improve. He was with the professors and TMC Asser J. Vissering and economist NG Pierson one of the speakers at the on March 3, 1866 by the Board of the Palace of Industry convened public meeting on the topic "How should the workers' societies in this country are ingerigt and accomplished? Speaking of the French workers 'associations in the Algemeen Handelsblad, he paid tribute to "the great principle that workers' societies to be erected by workers, and others advice and information assistance. A committee, which belonged Geesink, prepared a follow-up meeting. This was held on April 7, 1866 and, like the first, attended by representatives of the Free Thinkers Society The Dawn. A year later, accompanied with the Amsterdam architect Geesink I. Gosschalk a group of 22 workers at the international exhibition in Paris. The initiative for the trip was taken from him and it may be assumed he also accounted for the costs. In his account of the visit to Paris he went into detail on the cooperative movement in France. This earned him followed by the Netherlands.
In 1868 suggested Geesink the Amsterdam Werkman Federal financial situation is a building of its own to acquire, after March's monthly contributions for Labour and Art had launched. He said his magazine open to the workers' associations and invited P. Werthweijn, chairman of the General Netherlands typographers Bond (ANTB), from editor to be. The company that Geesink soap factory was located, was called a production association, but was in reality a limited partnership as a financier with Geesink. ANTB participated for the f500. H. Rainbow, the second secretary of the ANTB and oldest son of the chairman of Welfare and Pleasure, ran the company, in the first place was founded to typographers who because of their membership of the ANTB were dismissed, to obtain jobs. Werthweijn also found in this way a relationship. Relations between Geesink and ANTB were even closer when he joined the ANTB joined in October 1868 and first secretary of the League. Partly under its influence went ANTB early 1869 a more radical course. Following are informed to submit the printers used in the Brussels wage system, he designed a new wage rates for typesetters and printers. This "Design for zetloon rate in the Netherlands" was presented to the bosses, who initially responded favorably, but ultimately rejected the proposal. The typographers answered with a strike, as there willing to work enough sign, but a short time could be sustained. The Amsterdam police who followed the events closely, thought that Geesink in this strike, and also that of the shipwrights few months before, played an important role. However, it must be doubted whether Geesink with the strike of the typographers agree. Namely, the decision was taken hastily and without consultation with the Board of the ANTB taken. Or had Geesink, passionate and emotional as he sometimes could be on the side of the strikers rallied without consulting his fellow directors? However it be, after the strike cooling off somewhat the relationship between Geesink and the union so that he decided the Secretariat of the ANTB resign and terminate his membership. Including the printing is concerned, the ties are broken with the result that Geesink - now ceased the manufacture of soap - it is currently only at the printer to say. He brought the company under the corporation Book Printers in Vereeniging, where he became director. Geesink and his newspaper were initially sympathetic to the International, but the tone became increasingly critical of the newspaper. Geesink including the International believed wrongly allowed only as a member artisans and manual workers excluded.
He was also involved in the formation of the Committee for examination of Social Quaestie. He led the delegation to the inaugural meeting in Amsterdam on October 30, 1870 in Utrecht for the Committee gave the magazine the Netherlands. He was also a founding member of the Society "universal suffrage". This organization existed only a short time. In its place came the 1871 Democratic Association, whose board was Geesink. In 1872, the association argued in a petition to the king introduction of universal suffrage. Geesink itself considered that only those who had shown interest in society, for the franchise were to be considered. The welfare criterion in granting suffrage he rejected. In 1871 he found himself because of the poor financial performance forced the appearance frequency of its newspaper reduced to twice a week. He changed the name to General People's Journal for the Netherlands and added it after a few name changes in 1878 with the weekly Netherlands to the Netherlands. General People's Journal, which came out once a week. In 1874 he was the Journal of Decorative Arts of Industry and released, but not hit. Partly because he printed for idealistic purposes often made without charge, provided continued loss of his printing. In 1880 the capital of his company has shrunk so that seventy percent of the shares had to be depreciated. Undoubtedly, the poor financial results of its projects have played a role in the early eighties his decision to terminate business and ideological activities. But one important reason will be the attitude was that the radicals in the labor movement against him assumptions. Some were found to doubt his good intentions. E.Ph.H. van der Ven, aka Jac. Rademacher, for example, called him in The Interpreter of the Progress' a political tinsmith "and wrote that his newspaper was founded to" preserve the liberal male "a pleasure to do. Geesink moved disappointed to Hilversum, where he died shortly afterwards.