| Show DI us s tntiiMii Social democracy ns projected by Mr Debs has now commenced to nssuino tangtl 1 form Colonies on file new plan are 10 be founded In Tennessee Idaho Wlihlngton nnd rerhaps Utah nevrelatlv or the enterprise tire sold to he busy In all the states selecting locations unit emlenvorlng to arrange fM the purehns of suitable lands Th first colony Is I to he established In Cumberland and Tlntrass counties Tennessee There 210000 acres of land bM been Purchased for the again of tlTtOOOO paid for In bonds to the amount of > 000000 The tract of land bought Is I said toIle to-Ile rnrtlrulMIy I well suited for the purpose pur-pose Half of It has bountiful forests III IJooH minerals tire found allot the greatest part of It can be changed Into grain fields and orehntlls It Is I supposed sup-posed the hind will easily be made to support MOOD Inhabitants The Intention Inten-tion Is I to demonstrate to the world what can be done under n system of cooperation In the cultivation of tho b I I d transportation and the operation of machinery The surplus ot the production pro-duction Is I to bo deposited with the company thai furnishes the momy until the bonds art ipIcraoI and ever member of the colony Is I to re eelve air pay for his labor no matter ot what kind It Is I labor checks that can be exchanged for products or money on haM In the common storehouses store-houses houThe The colonies will enjoy It Is I further stated perfect selfgovernment The members will elect their own officers offi-cers and all will have equal rights No Idlers I are to bo lolcrote among the coolllI but all who are willing to work are to be made welcome It Is expected this new Utopia will ho In prntlcnl operation I next summer with about 1000 families to commence with No doubt this latest effort nt n Practical dmolltntlon At the merit of socialism will he watched with Interest In-terest both because Hs Irdmoter are building 1 on n larger scale than previously pre-viously attempted and because the new eXJlllment Is I to be I made not In all obscure corner but in tile midst of clvllltntlon It will perhaps be regarded re-garded ns n crucial test of the truth of the theories of which It Is I horn Other similar attempts have failed not On account or the absence or excellent eX-cellent rules for the governing of the affairs of the colonies but because It has been mpo shlo to Deal suitable timber for the now and Ideal social I structure The architectural design 1 has I been made without due regard to the material available The great trouble In nil arrangements ot this kind Is I that mcn and omell its n into nre utterly selfish uhile true cooperatlonnot combination for the purpose of robbery 1re8uppoe 10 n great extent sacti I flee or self for the common good It presupposes that People I believe In the kinship hrotheihood of the human family Unless this conviction his first been firmly established It Is dllllcult to see how cooperation co-operation for n living can lie made successful It Is certainly not practical among those human beings who regard others only ns their prey If this world or nny part of It Is ever to become a Utopia It is to be through the influence ot the tearhlnrs of the got Master end Ills followers Those teachings begin not with the social structure hut with the Individual Their aim Is I first to prepare the material ma-terial needed and then to build Thereto Is no reason whj the great habitat of the human family should not be made the abode of unity harmony still teaeoful netlvtty In fact the present conditions me by true thinkers felt to ho an anomaly difficult to account for Hut no change can be nntlclpa IIore the rae halt experienced 0 thorough regeneration Reform Is I not adequate to the Prevailing i evil |
