The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-01-22

which have built lp i%ourins csSare alike lise M bnS
two large m Il and aid q sttSSriyins business IN
the jobbing OF flour, The mllls still do some m
grinding Tor home .eonsumption. The one %
West Amana supplies three villages and the
enc enc G at A N psbn %s,HIBP Pile w iSSr. Am ~ Is i MIL asd
equip 1t with rollers and the most recent ma.
chinery. There are sawmiils IN four OF the
for sale. They are used only rs. necessity re-
guires. At high Amana there Is a tannefy;
IIh maea are sn %a SfaGs s shHRs s =, f Woad shop s In ali
the villages. At South Amana and Amnn9
there are lumber yards which are patronizod
or three grain elevators ut the c%olony',s railroad
stations, and the grain or live stock OF ont Y,
CSicas % Market aTHSis p' The head fh men se oY the colony
are competent and prudent business, men, and
they manage their large business with system.
Skill; and prott. They are noted LOT their up
fhe. income Of the. society 10 large enough to
nit the constant Improvement Of It's noble
domain. A canal six or eight miles long has
been constructed at considerable expense in
mills from the Iowa River. A fall OF fourteen
feet is thus secured. There are several good
OF fairly good roads connectins the villages
with one another and with outside places. The
telephone connects all parts, OF the colony. A
lowing ~arteaian we'll. two thousand two nun
dred feet deep, has been sunk ut Middle Amana.
Aplain but suitable church Is found in every
dwelling houses are solid and capaelous. The
barns and stables are excellent, and the sup
pli e. q sd farm m1 I. ,hnn sR. th : best i 1 The Income sxe
penditure and general improvements.
Advanced education is not appreciated at
IIeArian community, readers and philosophers.
Ihey i Pave t fleS niib,pp practical s G ah. ,inte ellis rsIe,,o but
printed) they DO not hold literature in high
esteem. But they believe In a .common educa-
lage schools. Life in. the school room begins
very young and continues until the girls are
days ds Ssq in ,i the 1--WE Week * and SuhI fit yy . H Wes Rso IN n The The
ye3,r. and begins very, early in the morning.
fashioned German schoolmasters. md ali men,
bers, OF the colony. Some of them have been
, years.. E Mssy0 sc ehey "f house, 1se e%~ensK or a 'lh nrss
sunny workroom, and the children spend part
struction Of women. Great loaves of fresh rye
bread are brought to the school from the VII
GUS slices OF broad and butter.
German and English are both used in h
teaching is. conscientious and thorough.
I'D MASTERS t III sSEs n.ssE pride ay in d. !5S 4 aSs sSs
s%erupulously neat ,eopybooks Of their best girls;
The little sirls al wear long dresses, small
DlHcK caps, ana uImlnlLlVe Sn8WlS r0lGlO0Sly
fresh-faced and pretty. The courtesy and good
manners Of the Amana children are worthy Of
visited by the County Superintendent, and are
accounted as belonging to the public school
share In & The sa app sa4isi nas Of SGl they s It Ssv ssho 5si
fund. 1t is u question whether these quaint old
German teachers are not accomplishing better
in the large towns Of the State.
When they leave SCHOOL at IA the boys are
boy and the opinions OF his parents are.
OF course, consulted. and no practical dim;
farm. which shall be Transfers. which shall
be mechanics. which factory operatives. and
The population Of the colony grows at mod
erate pace. chiefly from within. Occasionally q
German family is admitted from without; but
no accessions are sought, and most applica-
tions are refused. 1t is remarkable that SO few
old members become discontinued and with
young people seek escape from the monotony
Of Of ne NE In n the hth colSWn S: 1t would be Impossible os,s
ten fold more numerous.. When occasionally a
member does withdraw he is paid the sum he
Of the. sum his parents may have deposited.
But Otherwise ne receives no portion of the ac-
e she trustees w @ay vo q, ahs fi9fb1 es{oS sx Seon T Eint
This incomplete sketch must Of necessity leave
nnsaid 4, s y f1l, a% .nnyi thin ,hting r. H., tint It. should have
Is Q community in which crime is absolutely
unknown, In Difference to the laws and %institu-
tons Of the state. the colonists 90 through the
form Of electing a Justice Of the Peace and a
constable for their township. but these officers
have nothing to do. Pauperism. of course. Is a
term that has no meaning In u communistic
society. The even and wholesome life OF the
colony Is conducive to good health and great
longevity. II there are vicious and ill-disposed
persons in the colony. l have seen none of them
and have heard of none. ! mean. of course,
such persons as would be regarded in any
good community rs bad members Of society. 1
have seen in the colony no faces that excited
distrust and dislike. The life is unguestionably
promotivs Of moral excellence. The average
Of physical comfort is high. but It might easily
are few. and simple. and they do
not aspire to all the modern con-
veniences." Their intellectual .stand.
ard also is low. They might have libraries and
reading rooms and a central high school with
tho best appliances. But this not what they
want. They live under the restrictions OF a
narrow creed. Obviously their life has its UNI
favorable as well as its favorable side. There
times, undoubtedly. AS society at large is now
constituted. nothing could be more hopelessly
impracticable, for general adoption, than tho
communisttc programme. Blu there Is much
In. q community like Amann to strengthen
faith In the feasibility OF cooperation.
ALBERT SHAW, Phi. D.
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