During his travels he began to familiarize himself with aspects of the socio-economic situation in Europe, and in England in 1862 he came across the Co-operative movement.
Auf diesen Reisen begann er, sich mit Aspekten der sozialen und ökonomischen Situation in Europa vertraut zu machen; in England lernte er 1862 die Genossenschaftsbewegung kennen.