New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-07-29
ASSOCIATION.
The Phalanstery and the PhaIans.erIan,.
BY An OUTSIDER.
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BY AN OUTSIDER.
To ii. Editors Of Tie " Y Tribune:
| have ust made visit to the 4" North
American Phalanx,' Monmouth County, n. ].
Many Of the readers Of The Trtbuac, however
unwilling they may be to accept the views OF its
Editors on the subject OF Association must have
a curiosity to know he ~ such ideas work in prac.
tice. II was such motive induced me TO accent
an invitation from member whose acquaintance
lately made, to visit this community, and feel
bound TO give candid relation of my observations
! confess to have paid hut little attention TO the
subject previously and to have had no more
knowledge or definite thoughts about it than any
one must who has been in the habit of perusing
The Tribune with much respect for the good in.
tenton and good sense of its editors, for several
years.
There are six hundred acres of land in the do
main Of the Association, most Of Of the ordinary
quality Of Jersey land" About two hundred
acres are under cultivation, much improved within
q few years by dressing with mari. two beds of
which, of superior quality, are on the property
stream OF water running through it, gives a
small milling power. The nearest Underwater is
five miles distant, where steamboat communication
may be had daily, bat at irregular hours, with
New-YoIk, poor sandy road to be Travelled over
between. The land cost twenty five dollars an
acre, and | believe have stated all the material
advantages of the location. The Association
have gust and Il saw-miil driven with the aid of
steam engine that they have added to the small
waterpower. Ma other branch Of mechanical or
manufacturing industry - carried on aud the
labor of the members 10 mainly given to farming and
ket-gardening and 1t is from the sale of agri
cultural products almost entirely that they must
get their living and their profit.
The PkGiaastery is much like the large hotel of
a watering place or sea shore house, made to
accommodate $50 persons. There are CHAMBERS
for sing IL persons, and SUITS of rooms for hm les.
There are also tenemcnts detached rom the main
building, but having covered way, that the men-
bers NAY reach it dry-shOd in rainy weather.
These ere each occupied by family. There are
certain common apartments also in the phaanstery,
such as reception room for visitors, a reading
room, dining hail the Kitchen, dairy and otherdo
nettc Offices. small steam engine is employed
for washing, managing, churning, &c, and the
arrangements cf the domestic department are all
admirably contrived for saving labor | should
guess roughly that one woman could do tine work
Of ten, with the ordinary farmhouse kitchen con-
yenisnces-in other words as far this goes farmers
would save their wives and uOmen fix al but
about cae-tenth Of their no" necessary drudgerv
by living on ;Ae associated plan.
There's some pretty natural wood and pic.
tnre' .ne fa'ine near the house, but ia garden oi
pleasure ground indeed the grou,ld about the
hoss' are Wholly neglected. aud have = sb,li,
aid uhh ing appearance. IL II evident th,- rho
Assoc. 90 nave D"gif;teU e.rry thing else in rbci,
END, aver % make ia experiment successful f,.,
ci7'i'. ihr' lG'r ~Orked nlrd AMI cons.,,-i,
u" M $500 mug 'fo!.' 'ntir- incNp-nelc- -
.F' 'a'''s 90 gardening, 10 wnisn their
N"'r. 90" W. .o'' ''-e'ej, tuey AZ ant made