The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-04-22
RUsKIN's MODEL pTLLdGE.
The Interest that the Great WRITER Takes In
It-Antagonism to Cheap Goods.


Some misanprchension exists ma 10 the
mart taken hy Mr. Ruskin in u recent attempt to
establish in the neighhOrhood OF Sheffield n
community regulated IN some measure 10y the
prin ..ples of which Robert Owen WAS the cx-
tonont and il may therefore los we'll to state
ihr Whole Of the facts |. ia tolerablv well known
aI Mr. Euskn has ogsn,CH ia small museum at
beautiful valley " the Rlvelin: II IN the first
school established under the st. Georges Com
pnny ior the workman and labOrefs Of England.
L. whom the Fors Cidrig,Td Ia ms rlhrd and us
soon M he had selected the sits Mr. Ruskn
called some ol the Sheffield men together and
EXPLAINED to them the reason of his choice, lie
Thought the first museum, containing nothing
but what may prumOt" the hlgh'st moral. intel
lrctuaI and art stic culture. should bc placed ut
Shclli.tI, because, as he expresses II in one Of
his works. " OF such fence. nrt, and literature
ns are propcry connected with husbandry 81.
George primarily ACKNOWLEDGES the art which
provides him with the piOu..hshare and. II need
d. for those more savage Instruments. with
lie was we'll ulcascd with the workmen spoke
to t4rm IA the most Jam lar anu friendly strain,
and r.nnrkcd that he had come there to lWrn
md moi 10 trnch Having found they apprr-
clntrd The boon he was ABOUT to confer upon
them. hes hds - tito the museum many rare and
v'sit tn 81, nj Id ~ vcral work ngmrn who had
embraced the doctrines Oi Robert Owen were
ANXIOUS u Obtain un iht'rVlew w.tn MN rspc pc.
nniahlc and uiInhle disposition and to hear his
opinion ~ the feasibility OF establishing IA
"cOopDratiyr village cuiisstfls OF hOus =,
works dining and lccturlnl hall. library, and
So forth and surrounded with plenty of fresh
mr. and pure water Mr. Kuskins practical aud
and mnur n 'c ia the vglupmrni OF the scheme
WIS also hunted Ut in tn course OF the inter-
view. Out OF the funds OF ~. GEORGES Company
he hns now purchased at AbDeydalc. Sheffield.
beautiful estate oi 10 NHr's. 1t n cost OF alto
gcthtr g.. 200. nnl nas cAprcss u his willingness
to accept his Cooperative friends ma tenents until
the annual interest they may contribute snail
have cleared of the capital.
Nothing has yet been a. fidcd as to tho details
oi the scheme Mr.. l;usk,n Will not Ice rrspnn-
sihlc Tor is success ct itlurc. having merely
taken "a X ndiy interest in its development.
That the estate is to Ice known ~ Equality
Country that twelve fAmilcs have I'm al IA tho
undcrtik ing. and that all their earn n-s Will he
thrown INTO u common stock are matt ~ of sur
IRIS. 90 q oss who have tik n a lead NJ part IN
Ia movement. At most two iamll. r VIII llNe
uu tuc tHilts until II u known TAT lac 'hrme
D. % I'll geo ~. the OBJ OF ir promoters blng
= ni U.s. inrurrv ON the llNt Hu suo" max u :
trade on cooperative prln' OIL = IN antagon sm
To- the modern SVst'm oi uroiu lng, 10y means
of uil Nlu. ry. cheap and nasty goods aud II IN
Tine fliuy succeed. they may gradually in' iHse
tl" number oi their dw, ms aui form the
WNo" into a COOPERATIVE village. me garden
produce viii be SIMPLY To meet thelr own re-
tu