| Show TWO PIOU The Tho Oneida Onelda Community Limited has haR Issued a neat little contain containing ing a n brief history of that once fam famous ous oun society and ond reminding the public that It still exists for business pur vur purposes poses pOlle though liB its members have ha re returned reo returned turned to the tho regular forms of life The Ilie community was founded In ISIS un by b John Juhn Humphrey on the Old Indian Reserve no ere near Oneida N Y its hll firm members wore New England ll and mechanics nho ho hio went ent to O b a U distant region In order orter tn enjoy free freedom freedom i dom They Tho believed that th the second coming of Christ took place c spiritually within tho the life time of ot the tM first Apes Apps then lien and consequently they tho regarded re our Lord as n the legitimate ruler of the world Accordingly they held that Ills His m followers should live hive together In n a form of ot society which they supposed Ho lb approves approved when on earth From this belief bellet came the tho expert experiment ment In III communism which was known 09 a the OneIda Onelda so OI It embraced community of property and of home Pot Ifor a n long time the members do voted their to the tho cultivation of ot the soil eoll ohl and aM raised with great crent rent suc sue success cess ceu many man varieties of fruit Then they became manufacturers ml rs and met with equal In this thU field They The built builta a n R home hoots surrounded by bountIful beautiful parks They Thoy erected fac factories factories tories torlea where whore hundreds found con employ employment meat ment They devoted time to litera litora literature ture lure sciences science and arts and they the at nt attracted almost worldwide e attention In IC aso however the community agreed to 10 close cloe the experiment of ot com corn communism The society was Incorporated as an 8 a n joint stock Block company with a n capi capital tal of nt Tho The stock watt was divided among the members They Tho still retain the old homestead and some scam live tf feature salutes such sOch as a a 11 common din dinIng dinIng dinIng Ing room library and recreation grounds Out nut In hi other othier respects respect they are not different from their neighbors neighbor The society has hull business new at Kenwood Co N Y ns III well wellan an as at New el York Chicago St Louis 1 1111 arid ahll hi Ban Sen en Francisco It II Is In trap antI chain making fruit packing silk IlIk Ilk spinning and the tle making of sliver silver plate Tho The community It n IMar has hal In the space of forty years changed Entirely from one olle engaged In Ina Ina ina a social experiment e ment Into one aile In I n enterprises AT Alto this reminds remind us UI that another so 80 social cial ekil experiment ha hoe hal recently boon been n given up In fn n this country The re rh who dissolved a couple of years yearn 11 ago a have now abandoned their Ohio settlement after atter a distribution of the tho common property by which all of If Its Ita members received about SUM each weri About Mut severity seventy nt of ot them theta are axe sold mid to have haTO lIOn gone to Minnesota where they till have hIL O 6 GW acre of bf land while t tb the have haft ta refused to remain roem mem here rs of the tM community TM The came ame to Philadelphia from froni la It 1517 1117 Tn T sub went to Ohio where they tte n a tract of ot law head of o MM I acres acre C ef et effort and 11 property was net nt It t that came cam camIn In course of time t were rere up IP appointed pointed With power to man mas mi Kit ase all 11 the agaIn affair of ot the th common commonwealth wealth They appointed each 11 individual hal ual mer tet tits his work and MW saw that th nil all wet we food clothing d etc Uk All went well until in InAuen UnesS Auen n too strung for the tM tie lead leader er ces of or s the tM fit fl r wh It we WU was l 1 Th There seems to bp be a desire amo 0 many man for foi a form of ot t In unity URIt of o effort shall take the place ot et i competition Hence Heno the many man expert expel I Ik k f ur h 0 4 ments moats In this direction That some sometime sometime time the tho end ent will be attained Is more moro than probable The Tue Th many failures on onI record I An do not lOt piove the tho Impracticability ty Iy of ot the plans laid hal Hut lint they do Drove the tho necessity of divine Instruction Instruction Instruction tion and divine old aid In their practical application llon |
