The advocate., 1892-02-17
TO THE FRIENDS OF COOPERATION.

W uAN6 BANcobABnVOAs Ao0 AO va SesAASC -
great cooperative colony and locate on
the Cherokee strip as soon as tls opened
for settlement. 1 propose In the first
place to ask Congress through our Rep
resentatives to grant US sixteen town
ships of land in the strip, and we viii
survey it into twenty acre lots, somewhat
after the fashion of town lots. Each lot
will be homestead for each member Of
the colony, and by the way, twenty acreO
of good land Ia enough to make q good
living for any family providing It 10
properly cultivated. Sixteen townships
would make over 1900 hOnaesteGds and
have q few lots reserved for public pur-
poses in each township. would then
locate the coloniSts, each family on a lot
of twenty acres, and then proceed with
the work Of cooperation in general which
l suggest may consist Of the erection Of
one good Touring mill, one good machine
shop and foundry, one good sugar mill
for the manufacture of sugar from beets
and cane, and possibly several other In
dustries that cannot think of at present.
The colony is to own and operate these
industries in their own interest 1t Is
presumed the sugar interest would be
quite profitable as sugar beetS do ex-
ceedingly well in that latitude, as witness
the sugar beetS of Barbour county, and
the factory at Medicine Lodge. / would
have all industries carried on that could
be operated proftably In that region.
Then look at the system of beautiful
homes that we could build up; 1t would
have all the advantages of town life with
out any Of its disadvantages, and on the
other hand there would be all the Gd-
vantages Of country life with none Of the
loneliness or isolation incident to modern
country life, which Is the main cause
why the "boy leaves the farm"
Our system would be horticulture In
stead of agriculture, our twenty acre lots
would become gardens In point Of cult
Vation. We would raise five or ten acres
Of wheat and cause it by superior cult
vation to yield fifty bushels per acre,
which is possible to be done, which
would make from 200 to 500 bushels Of
wheat for each settler or colonist, then
there would be plenty Of ground for some
corn and potatoes and onions and all |
kinds Of garden products; and look At
the fruits that we could raise, the flower
gardens and the general culture for
everything fine and comfortable.
A dozen colonists or more could COM
bine to procure such implements as each |
one separately might not be able to buy.
Our cooperative shops however could
manufacture great deal, if not all, the |
implements that have no patents, and we |
should be able to obtain our implements |
much cheaper than We have to pay under |
the present system. 1t is presumed that |
so large colony would contain men and
women Of dexterous craft In all the arts,
men who are experts In their lines OF |
business, but at present are serving in |
the competitive system for poor wages
with no home and no future prospect Of
any. Such persons could help US In our
mills and factories that are owned and
operated by the colony, and they would
share in the profits Of the various enter
prises.
How are we to get these industries
startedY l ranlY that wa Axnact ZACH