The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-24
Il SOCIALIST NO LONGER,
Mr.. Thomas T.. Harris Abnndons Socialism
No More . Universni Reformer.

from the Sdn Francisco Morning Cal.
The reporter rode out from Santa Rosa
upon the brow OF small hill and to tho r!ght
OF the road, considerable pile Of buildings.
=. In rssponse to q knock at tho door in the
spss as to nee and Mte Ss
answered III f The rsportef W.. hs WIS MI
his mission WAS to learn the measure Of sue
cess q the Harris Community. Mr.. Harris
please. and step into the library. where It Is
comparatively cool; hot day: this to be abroad
baS S tS sep Arches n With
q music room, both arches. rs were all
the doors, leading from both rooms. being
Of rich fabric The richly Stored Stored / BOOK ok.
shelves extended around three sides Of the
room was strewn with opened current litcra-
s %aa pSe Try
hounds and waited Silently for an answer aS to
able" said Mr. Harris. and excuse my G being
IN my shirt sleeve , "a servant offered him his
sns with any nSt snpSr
that sort Of thing some time ago. This is my
private residence. and am managing here my
own estate l came here six years ago very
much broken down in health. bought this place
scarcely three times in as many years~found
my place sufficient to amuse me and occupy
my time. and 80 had no INCLINATION to make
acquaintance. and the result YOU can guess"
n You mean that because you have been al
most recluse the people have learned nothing
suspect that Is about it,"
But you have q number Of people hero 2"
Twenty or thirty farm laborers and SER
An, And do you not control their social inter-
mot in thu lanai Ibiro NH ~ os.;s.,n,.I
require for my place OF iifteen hundred acres
and exact from my laborers what every other
But yoH spoke Of having got through with
.rsi, viii tell you Yha. That meant For
tho various attempts made to form higher
order OF social life-higher thoughts palmer
familiar with all the attempts which have been
made IN this country within the century.
such attempts. and every one has failed These
attempts have not been failures because the
best available material has not entered into
enlisted the cooperation of such a. woman as
MMargaret Fuller such men as Hawthorne.
other men and women who have since become
famous. Dana was the cook in the Kitchen at
sake OF principle win do such work and nd the the
who try After the Brock s Farm failed Ripley
at $!5 and the latter at $40 q week, and they
tho community plan at least. Now. although
! knew all these men we'll. heard them discuss
BROOK Farm even worked with some OF them
on the Nsg I@rs Tribune forty years ago. was
not yet satisfied that the experiment with n
community OF the right character of people.
with higher social life as an end. might not
be successfully operated. Well. once having
the wealth to inaugurate the community. did
as TRss the % knd this
was for many years identified with such move
Of y and am not trying it here and now. Ihave
had visiting me here at this place Il number OF
friends from the East. who were once as strong
now OF my belief-that In tho present state OF
society In the United States no pure commun-
Ism can succeed Our people are too strongly
OF any community the spur OF individual ne
cessity and reward. you have a community Of
partial non-producers. This has been tho OK
community in the United States that has tried
t. The shakers never estimate for more than
h PAL 2 days labor per diem from the men they
There Is in the East q community OF once nm.
died d down e about 100 men. all Of them nearly
9 TSS hAf9 s.s H
their number by accessions from without, and
"a they have been celibates the community
must soon vanish from the land. They know
Into their ranks merely want to get a chance at
position to the iord than to any Of the latter
Mr.. Harriss ranch OF 1900 acres is being
gradually turned Into vineyard under his
snpervision about $50 acres being already In
ylticulture IN this State and about tho State
itso!f which has given him back complete
health. He ID tall. handsome man OF about
~. but looks much younger.