Salt Lake Herald | 1897-06-04 | Page 1 | Will be Tried in Utah

WILL BE TRIED IN UTAH I Cooperative Commonwealth People Evidently Mean Business I Denver Colo June 3Re Myron W Reed national president of the Brotherhood Brother-hood of the Cooperative Commonwealth of which Eugene V Debs and Henry D Lloyd are the chief promoters said to day dayThe daTe experiment will first be tried in Utah We have chosen Utah because the Mormons have already proved that co I operation in many ways can be made a success Our Idea Is to establish cooperative coop-erative communities of 3500 people in each community We believe that in a community com-munity of 1300 picked up as we find them will be discovered about the rsht material ma-terial neeeijsarv for the different vocations voca-tions When the system has been made I a success In Utah its friends can proceed pro-ceed Into other to carry states the educational facilities It is the intention to select a location for the first community next fall so that the setter may move upon the land and break ground for crops next spring The picturesque region in Utah between the Rio Grande Western and the Union Pacific Pa-cific railways is advocated oy some as the location of an Ideal community and others may advocate a beautiful valley near Sonora N M The headquarters of I the brotherhood Is at present in Thom aston Me where the national secretary IN W Lermond has his home The total to-tal membership has reached 1S44