Show I Arn Amerian d n Em 11 iT iTI i s British Poorhouse I Joseph Josuph Fuls Schema o 01 Finding j for fOI l tins Has Dono So That Ho He HeIn In I I Full I Buying Derelict t Farms Plan PIn l Many at nt f MM t 10 1 c 1 A I I 1 i 1 L 4 I 1 1 I p j 1 1 t tJ tA tv tV A 10 J q V tV 1 I V V I V V VA VV 1 J A v V Ar S I I V V v Vv VA V VV I II 1 1 A V A i I I 1 A r J A i I J I A J 1 J A f 2 I I I 1 A X M I X VM I j HEADQUARTERS OF THE POORHOUSE s BRIGADE ON FEUS FARM Special Corr n I ONDoN Liar Del il Joseph Iris Fels 1 of LONDON L Philadelphia a 1 manufacturer whose are almost ns fit Wide Widely ly I In America and d a ft as Sir Thomas Ore gro lies has the tha satisfaction now of t n a 1 abig big ble move mo forward for Cor a he pro Im ONt some pome time ago to various arIous con who looked upon the tue idea at first an as revolutionary and therefore quit 1 the J Jt t O let hit t tl the c v When Vh n Mr Ir Felu Fel came amI to London a n afew few tOI 01 years ego ago many man of ot tho the h N were overcrowded with paupers who wanted work and get It The board boord of guardians as nil tho the poorhouse of ot that London district were ivere called coiled had hada hadn a n particularly time Their had an II alarming n r of ot d men among the tho Inmates was vos ar nr appealed po lod le to In vain to relieve the distress but continued du duo of ot trade Irude at tho docks and In III general Industry Indu tr always kept tho the workhouse till full Will Crooks a 1 mem ber ben of ot parliament who clime came from froni tho time workhouse tried various va to get jet rid rill of or o the thc surplus ollIe bodied In the Institution without much success THE TIllED Then Mr r F JIM carne caine on the scene and amid suggested that those who ho were able to should b be sent on to tl the land IlInd He lIe offered r l the time land but Lut the time local gov government go board bond who Is the nu au In tn the Iho administration of ot the theor noor or law could not Mt see sea e the tho practicability ity ith of oC Ui time the scheme However Will rook timid one Ono or two others kept l 1 peggIng away aMY at the tho derailment until nt lit last but It II gave ga 0 to 10 Mt tNt the scheme OF Ol Ol Mr bought a R hundred lero there lore lint farm for Cor 1063 Anti and placed It at nt atthe tho the of the Poplar board of ot guardians free tree of ot rent for three year r II with permission to purchase beta is or at the end gC f that time He tI no consideration for the tire life of oC it hl his money timoney but If IC tin time gun guc r edison hi nfl are lire unable to com COIl complete pleto the th purchase t at fit the th time In ted Ild the farm will r revert reut v it to Mr FeiN Feix III In a n Improved 1 condition He lIe lint made similar otTer offer rI to 10 other boards board of or guardians 1 and amid II PIl CM II thit he lie IB Is re ready dy to find tiny nil amount of ot capital for Hl by h th the local ment II t board Ho Ito recently offered to buy hu 1000 1003 of or land for lor or the lie board wherewith to ii I ti rit zt t on Oil a n larger scale the plan now In tn operation under tho the care of ot the poor poorhouse M or house housa trustees of the Poplar district and offer lifter considerable hesitation the offer offe has now been beem accepted aniT Mr ZIti F FeIt Is looking around for the time land landA A This Thill American Socialist toys sa he lie h la J 1 not animated by either cither bud illS or ir philanthropic of Ut e In III the time i if tin Ih flit t lug 1111 to him lilt bis ouM yield u handsome return n through the tue value 0 ot the IIII mint land eon con consequent s sequent on oil the theby hn i made by the thu moon men On Un this other hand bund It I w that Mr Ir 8 y derive some ome ad d In 11 blUte I he lie Is It now no tee rec recognized na us a 1 Il b b n factor and Mr Long the My Y t pf Ir l the till local guy gov government 0 boardS jj hilt halt maim inan lengthy ouli 1 f Ith regard to the tho then n jr t 4 tI m I 1 1 TO S farm furm of ot IO j 1 which was WM a by Mr air for tor the time Iop lar Inc trustees Is Ie in Ill time the helut of ot about 4 Ij from London aid ind here h re and tilt old train from the th con II d r work workhouse workhouse house ure nrc back on Oil with spades and nd pickaxes The fhe fann tuna U is I miles 1 from the nearest village and even elon Its 1111 water supply Is three miles distant rime Tho construction of or a it ie erV lr became n a 1 mutter matter of oC Immediate and In this work n a large proportion of ot the thu th men Inen are now employed rime Tho erection of ot laundries tutu and living quartets t s Is hi ill II It Is hi estimated that this title will cost which will be de defrayed d defrayed frayed by b the Poplar guardians ENOUGH l I Time first object of ot the colony will IM be llo beto to make a n portion of ot tho land yield suf sur sufficient i vegetables to satisfy r the dc lIe of tho time Poplar poorhouse e but It will require much hard hanl 1 work before this hut calm cah ca l bo be accomplished The moms melts ages range between 1 2 26 and CO 00 fI yeats and un tim unlike unlike like other cOlonIst tin y work without the necessity for tor a 1 large num number number ber bet of ot foremen or overseers the superintendent und Quit lilt his assistant there thero Is II ono one foreman amid a n practical brick bricklayer layer laer Men Ien who spent years of or hats lIU lounging In the this dormitories of ot Poplar are ore now being I Into and amid useful mem Fore bers of et society exhibiting mental nut ami Improvement Out of or the hun I tire cr 1 mm macit who have hn been wo king on onI I I the farm MOW nO mum for tor thie th only i I two to have hae turned out omit failures Chronic i haziness follow followed ed them even in ill the bate I Ine Ing In air all of ot email they the to re me return turn to their quarters in Pop lar her GET R ld thAt the men r receive elle no wage It II Is Ii remarkable to see aee the amount of or th they y put Into their worK orK nn IIII he interest lucy thuy thu take tk In endeavoring to make tithe tills derelict land Immediately fertile Ie and lid productive An Aim 11 working day Is e the et catch rule rul Th Thi They rim rise at nt 6 and breakfast at nt 7 T to bO 1 at nt 12 and amid work at al p II 1 in mum supper U Is provided at itt Ij t and ani the go 0 to at lit 8 p tn rn Time The work workhouse home rule rille Is I relaxed and they the arc allowed to RO go where they the plen lente e on ou Saturday litter after afternoon noon mid amid each macht evening work The Th public nubile bouse Ule ims no ito tIon Cor or them because are limited situ few tew copper they tile the may ills from from time to time timime receive from friends or relatives go JO In iii tobacco or h cigarettes Thi jIJI truce hours haunt are orf spent I In rae pa pew ami ii nt tent taut o 0 to the colony from time the public II li libraries Pomp mille onie play ilaY draughts and doom doin I i loose InoH while others play lucy football and andI cricket t tI I I A OF OI OPINION Mr Ir 1 ls that asking men inca to toI 1 I work fork hard without pay laly l I is demoralizing to the but he Ito refines refuses to accept responsibility for this condition of ot thing They The Mork vork ork for Cor the anti ami a 11 he must flutist leave time the to todeal deal deHl with them In title this respect He lie be however that It Is III the physIcal welfare of ot n a healthy man to 10 work without pay haY than to be lie Idle Many of ot these thue new colonists never used a It In their lives live They are nrc area a II mixed community There lire are doc doe doctors doctor tore tors lawyers and schoolmasters among i them unit and nil all or nearly all have como down through faults of ot their own The experience ex which they tIle the are arc now acquiring ing ini will open ollan up 01 fresh of em employment employment for tor them and amid It Is it expected that they thuy tho will bo able noon sooim to bo be use jute useful ful CuI farm Carm aria hands They TIle The no Ito t than to re to tho the towns town or cities the tho scenes of ot their and they the tho theale I ale nic unanimous In their admiration of ot thu who isbn hits hns hl given them theman an III of C from Crom a l state stale of ot Idleness anti and humiliation hEALTh FIRST I I Mr Fein IsIs like Herbert Horbert Spencer ba ho that To be lie n a nation of ot healthy animals Is IK the time fIrst firm r t condition of ef nation national al nl prosperity lIe He holds rather ad advanced RI views on social Orla I and hack the tIme faith that Is In Iii him him by hy hand handsome tome some contributions to 10 societies with alma He lie amid Mrs Eta Fob Felt have recently joined the I to 10 whose whole funds they thoy tho have contributed some ome 1000 Hero Here they tile will liMe as IU fellow tellow member such characters ai as Karl Earl J rl Hus lbs mil loll and George Shaw It Jt Is If noteworthy that a it man itman of such nuch pro 1110 socialistic views aa nl George 1 should u III be lit In In III Influencing Mr Ir Felt Fein In the direction of ot time the labor lobor colony It la is alto also I i elicited that timid he hr line offered under conditions lo to iy tho the election of ot a R Socialist parliamentary candidate Mr Fel Ib hands ire are pretty prell full tull nt at with Ith hh his colony schemes t m III Ho lie lisa application from a n number of ot bosnia of ot o guardians throughout the antI and anI he hI line lino replied that ho he h will III find mud land for them Ihl nil all on the terms tennis of ot the Hie Poplar Pettier colony olony He lit says that Ills hIs seh applIes equally to the United State or to 10 any nil other oilier country where pauper me se lC willing tit I work I have changed d the dull I hopel Inanimate Ino expression that mot met one on an entering the Poplar work ork house ho raid to the time writer and what Is In one place li Is I ble bl i erv r time Mr Fel Pelt U t a n remarkably modest man lly He lI 11 not Jot only oni refute refuse tn to talk about himself or his bin hl aside nildo from rom Ih he laud land Ihno hut hilt decline to 10 let the newspapers have ha e 0 his hi photograph I 1 nev nevar r hail had n a KiH h of ot mV lf lr he lie sold suid uniT and I 1 never neer shall P 1 M t hIGGINS 01 NS |