Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1871-04-07
BRISTOL VIRGINIA TENNESSEE FRIDAY APRIL T. 1871

160 acres of rich land, all paid for, who
| if they had stayed East, would to-dal
be grinding along at poor. dying rat
oil stony pasture land not worth 81
| an acre. .sst --
Most colonies have been agricuItu
raj only, and their inquiry has beef
for land that was cheap yet productive
| A few months ago score or two of ar
tisans began to discuss the. feasibility
of going to some country where lant
and water-pOwer is cheap, where foot
is abundant, health excellent, scenery
noble, and where they could find {
good local market for what they cOulC
make. They organized, elected Off
GERS and commenced correspondence
and investigation. The high regions
of the South attracted their attention
they studied the Cumberland plateau
the mountains around Chattanooga
the broken regions of West Virginia
they made some search on the Pacific
slope. These inquiries were kept NJ
for many weeks, and the result of them
was that for climate, health, scenery
water-power, timber, ease of access
promise of good market, they turned
with satisfaction to the mountains east
of Knoxville and Greeneville. The
next step was to learn what spot in al
that region gave most promise. After
careful search and asking many ques-
tons of good observers, their attention
was arrested and fixed upon a proper.
ty eight miles from the western base
of the Allegheny mountains, % miles
S. +. of Greenville. Tenn, the Warm
Spring, Of Madison County, ". c.
We CLEANED all the facts with relation
to it that We're easily accessible, but
feeling the Importance of a judgement
on the subject in which we might con-
fide, Mr.. Lyman. of the Tribune, was
employed to visit the region and give
the property minute examination.
1t will be seen by study of Mr..
Lyman's report that large number
of mechanics and skilled workmen can
at once find employment. The repair
and enlargement of the hotel will i'm
ply at outlay of at least s. 900. It's fur
niture and equipments, which we pro-
pose to make on the spot, will cost sew
eral thousand more. Our plan is &c
proceed at once to erect a saw-mill,
grist-mill. shop with all the machin-
cry necessary for making furniture,
tools, and other articles of wooden
ware.
The organization on which we work
is substantially as follows: The mem
beers of the colony have elected Pres
ident, Vicc-President, Secretary and
Treasurer. Also three Auditors, and
a Board of Directors, twelve in num-
Der. These. excepting the Auditors,
compose Board of Management who
discuss and pass upon all matters relat-
ing to the interests of the Colony. All
expenses are ordered by them and no
bill can be paid without their approval.
The duties of the Trustees are to de-
wise the purchase of property the cree
ton of buildings, the purchase of ma
chinery and supplies. No bill can be
paid unless endorsed by two Of the
Trustees.
The leading feature of our plan is TO
allow and to urge every one to be Il
part owner of the shop or building or
ward i'm which he works. That is all
we mean by the word cooperation
And we think the justice, equality and
fairness of this plan will please every
man who has suffered or seen Others
suffer from the tyranny of capital
Our motto is-'Strength in Union, -
down with the one man power, the
man who puts in three hours of skill
ell labor is just as good as a man who
puts in dollar to buy the lathe that
helps that skilled lahOrcr. We seek to
flank this direct clash between money
and muscle; and we do it by giving
every man a chance to be part own
er in the mill, the dam, the wheel, the
band, and the machine with which he
works. He is part owner of the
ground around the mill, and of the
stream on which it stands; yes, when
he looks up from his work and sees a
handicapped mountain with its rough
coat of pines, and ivy, and hemlock,
and a wild stream dashing over the
granite, he can say: part of all that is
mine, our line runs back of that peak,
our children can pick up those knots
and limbs for firewOod, they can gath
err chestnuts and berries on it, and i
iron or marble, or copper or zinc is
found under those rocks, l am part
owner of the mine.
In this way we propose to make at
Warm Springs a rational and christian
democracy, town where there is no
body rich and nobody poor, where no
mill-Owner's carriage dashes mud on
the legs of a tired worker in that mill;
where the price of labor is regulated
by the nature of things, and the actu-
al state of the market; and the true
relation of the days work to a bushel
of wheat. not by the will Of the en-
plOyer. If man remains poor and
helpless in such a community, the
fault is all his own; if another man
wishes to be grandee, he will find
nobody to lord it over, nobady to hob
mob with. 1t is TO secure this state OF
things that we have said to the world
leone, throw in a hundred dollars
aid unite in this movement, buy a
share or two shares" Our call has
been RESPONDED to, we have bought g
large -and valuable property, and
made handsome cash payment on
both real and personal property. The
enterprise is no longer a plan; it is :
fact.