St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-17
a BELLAMY SCHEME.

Inc colony That is DelnR organized dt
| the capital of Iowa to establish COM
| munity in Louisiana is given the name
of BelIamy, but the methods of opera
ton i'm its programme fall far short of
| the idealism of Looking Backward
1t has its inspiration and impulse, how
ever. in that work. A recent published
| interview with the secretary of the Or
ganization outlines the fabric that is in
| the minds of the originat0rs, without
the exaggerations of the references that
| have been made in many of the papers.
| 1t is an aim to establish community III
which the theory of BELLAMY is adopted.
that there shall be equality of oppOr-
tunity, but requital in proportion to
want and accomplishment. The pro-
spectus says: wealth is the product
of mans labor expended OH the earth,
which is Gods gift to the race. oman
should be allowed to mOnopoliZe the ma
| tional resources, and levy tribute on
his fellow men for the opportunity to
labor. Every man is entitled to just so
much liberty as will allow equal liberty
| to every other man. Each man should
receive the full product of his labor,
except an amount sufficient to discharge
his debt to society,""
In society as it now exists every man
! is looking out for himself at the expense
| of its other members. He is at war with
| every other man so far as his personal
advantage is involved The Iowa idea
| is to establish condition where there
| will be not only common interests and
ends, but the part of each individual
shall be best adapted to the attainment
| of the desired results at the least eX
| pense. Under the common competitive,
haphazard system 1t is held that there
| is an enormous wastage of force that
might be utilized to the advantage of
the whole. For instance, in town
| there are eight vendors of boots and
shoes, where one or two could do all
the business at much less expense, and
the community has to pay for the sup
port of the eight whenit should have but
two. In this Bellamy community
there will be no opportunity for individ-
| uais to engage in enterprises not needed
for the aggregate good. The society is
communistic body in business, but not
III social relations. Each individual
will possess his own house and family,
but the land will all belong to the COM
pany. Parties wishing to leave will be
| paid for their property. The nucleus
of the organization is at Des Moines, but
congenial spirits all over the country
are making application for membership.
| There is no limitation as to numbers.
Each man is allowed to take one share
| only, for which ne pays $500, which en-
titles him to residence Oh the grounds
of the company, and employment,
with equal share in all the priv
ileges of the company. The sec
rotary has gone to Louisiana to
inspect several extensive tracts of
| land regarded as suitable for the OBJ
| jects and report to the directors, who
will determine the location. The chief
lines of industry contemplated are
farming and stock raising. but it is ex-
pected that all the manufacturing and
other incidents of growing and thrifty
communities will be added. It. is be-
lieved that considerable town will
grow up, and many thousands will ell
gage in the experiment. There are
provisions for settling all difficulties
and for the equitable adjustment of re-
lations with dissatisfied parties. Those
who won't work and make trouble will
be put out. The difference in capacity
and value of individuals is to be recog-
nized, and special merit have its own
reward. The scheme has the approval
of BELLAMY, and, if inaugurated Oh an
extensive scale, will be watched with
interest as an illustration of the posi-
bilities of the economic and social the
| cries of ref0rmers.