Inter-Mountain Farmer | 1902-09-30 | Page 12 | A Town without a Pocketbook

j A Town Without a Tocketliook In IiIh artl le on the religious com niunllj of Annum In llarmrs for Oc tober Piof Itlrharl I Klv tells In lerestluglj of Ihe method of dlslrlhu Hon of monev lip 1 1 under the lontiol of the community The llBtr'lutlin or wealth Is a com paratlvelv simple mnttci savs I'mf 1 l ll members give their services ml put In anj piopenj which liny mi) have Thev ip.l. an adequate jand comfortable dwelling and an bun larce or rood 1'iich one has also an aim u! allowan.e In the form of redlt nt the 'store' With this uedlt thej i urc lnse their clothing nnd Millsfj other wants whatever Is pn ihiid d he lug charge! against the pur chaser In a credit honk with which all ti provided In making pur. hascs the cirdll honk Is handed In to inn or the eniilov.es of the store and whatever Is puuhased la entered I he annual all wan.e arlei considerably say from $35 tn J7' It is considered meritorious to leave anv unexpended h dance In the funds of the so. lety and In this wav ic llts are sntni times umulatel The variations In allow-an allow-an ea suggest Inequnlllli s which at llrst night ipjMur to he eontrarj to the liln Ipl.s or communism Inequalities howevei ate recognised In wants The duuilel pltval. Ian und his rnmlly have as everj rational mm will have to dmlt wants hejond those or tho orllnai-j man who rnllows the i.iui,h 'lh. nhjslilnns do not . niillnn their I rail l.e to the metiibeis or the com n unltj who or imirso leielvo their an v lies grails and the ftn t tint their onupuilon lakes Hum more Into the outside world makes a difference Hut ibis la artei nil not the whole storj ir vou thrust n iture out with n pitch-fori pitch-fori (. will return There must ho some Mud. uf an armtouacy In everj eiilclv nnd In so slnble n minunlt ni Vm na It will be a P tin il ari t iiv inrlslnill iom ntbm of th" omtnupltj wete w. ilthj one member having put Into the common fund It la said JSOOOO and some were In general culture and station superior to others The most high!) educated members of the communli) are rtob abl the nlij-slclnns One of them might not he lie-ited better thin ntheis anJ would not h treate better than others because his profession might bilng a large Intome to the so-let so-let hut there would be a respect for his learning Within .ertaln limits then eemallty la interi reted lo meiin proiortlonsl aatlsfactlon of needs"