New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-27
COLONIZATION OF wORKMEN.

WHAT THE NEw-YoRK FARMING AND MANUFACTURE
| ING ASSOCIATION EXPECTS TO ACCOMPLISH.
The intended opening Of Mr.. HuRhes's tennessee
settlement recalls the fact that another colony viii
start from NewYork this fall: ms is society IN
| corporated under the name Of the New-York Farm
| ing and Manufacture Association. H. r.. sharpe,
tbe president of the association said recently to
TRIBUNE reporter, in speaking of this enterprise
"Our plan is in fact simply an attempt TO carry
on farming and. 10 certain extent, maDufactur-
ing after the manner of cooperative stock com
papv Ii is plan OF poor men TO Improve tnelr
condition. Some of us organized this. and have bad
weekly meetings now for about year. We began
with seven or eight members now we number
about City. Each membership costs 600, and each
member is gwen 800 IN the stock of the company
Very few of oar members had 500 in ready cash.
aud what money we have now has been PAID In DIV
insalments of q dollar each week. We now have
500 in the bank, and are strong enough 10 DeRin
Two of us. X. G. Engl,nton and myself, start
West next Saturday to select the site for our colony
We shall inst go to Missouri and examine seNe, at
suit u.s. we shall 90 Texas and select lands some
where on the line of the Texas Pacific AT first we
shall purchase only 64O acres. what has ruined
most colonies is going beyond their means. We in,
tend TO buy only what we can pay for. We VIII
mortgage land after we buy it, but every cent we
get shall be put in buildings or other improvements
"As soon as we have secured this land Mr. Eng
linton and myself will return to the city, and the
first nstalment OF our colony VIII DC sent OUT I'M
rnediately. Five families. Just from Germany, are
waiting in this city now. ready to start as soon as
we get land. Not more than fifteen or twenty fam
lies Will 60 est TINS 1ali me re5t OF us VIII lOi-
low in the spring however. when we shall go pre-
pared to purchase moro land, We hope Our first
labor OF course. will be devoted to farming, but af
terwayd some of the simpler manufacturing indus
tries will be undertaken The affairs of the assoola-
ton will be managed by the president and council
Of ten, who VIII appoint super1ntendents and ar
range the work. We shall have no idlers with us,
and everybody will be expected TO work. Every
one VIII have the privilege OF working eight hours
dav and he will be paid "a for his work or its equiv
alent. If there is any surplus at the end OF the
year, this will DO divided among the members oil
the ASSOCIATION.
"The point on which we shall differ from most of
the communities throughout the United States is
the fact that we allow ana encourage the accumu-
lation of private property. The association VIII
carry on the farms and manufacturers but each
member will be gwen What he earns, and he has
the privilege of disposng of this as he peases.
No member, however, who wishes to retire from
the association will be allowed to take with
him any of the property of the association, and be
has to sign an agreement to this when he joins.
There are great many worhmen who would like to
JON us. but they want to wait a little. AS soon,
however as they find out that are not trying to
steal their money, but are going to try this plan
earnestly, they will flock TO our settlement, we
hopcD