The Green Forest tribune., 1893-09-14
LETTER FROM Old MEXICO.

Il have tried in as mild and un-
colored a manner as possible, to set
forth few Of our many resources.
Now, let me tell you why we are
here. 1t is to putin operation and
prove practically the theory of In
tegral Cooperation. We are a Joint
stock company, joined together tor
the purpose of building homes
for ourselves; homes that,
owing to our climate and produc-
tions and the benefits of co-opera-
tive labor, will furnish more COM
tort and luxury than the wealth1est
can procure with you; have more
time and better opportunity to cul-
tivate our minds, and to live in such
IL way as to dispense with the evils
Of the competitive system, wherein
one must rob his neighbor if he
enriches himself; and to live so that
all may be producers, either direct
ly or indirectly.
We are so far successful and are
pushing rapidly on to prosperity.
We have undergone many hard
ships, but the light is breaking; our
lands are cleared and watered and
the colony is beginning to make it
self independent. We expect ''to
live to see" in measurse
'sThat season by gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason,
And not alone for cold -
| can IN one years time have a
more comfortable home and can
live better than any Of my friends
IN Arkansas, who are like [ am,
just starting in life, can ever have.
There is lots Of work to be done
here though and person must
work hard There is no shirking
nnless you would have the scorn of
our noble hard working peoples
There are" lots of difficulties
which have to be surmounted and
many yet to be overcome. One
must have the grit to look at a
mountain and call it a molehill.
One Of our most dlsagreeable
features is the inefficiency OF our
posta! system, but that is the fault
of the government. 1t is managed
all right when it gets into the hands
OF the colony. The shortest possible
time for a letter to come from
Green Forest to US here is two
weeks, and somt times it takes
,,oopfb IN y,ao,o Throo bun1ro
miles of the way is travelled on the
back Of a burrow.
The colonists, all whom [ have
met, with hardly an exception, are
intelligent and educated, One OF
the greatest attractions hero at the
Bay is bathing and boat riding,
of which | am very ,tond. My
work SO far has been altogether on
the water. | have been one of q
crew of three who make four or FIVE
trips week to Los Copus Island
seven miles out. We had fine sailor
and many fine sails have | taken.
I have been appointed to the posi-
ton of assistant book keeper for
the company. Though I am 10th
to give up my position on the wa
ter, have accepted, but. fear I
will loose the healthy tan that has
spread over my countenance. 1
may now be found during Office
hours at the Credil Foncier office,
whore, if any of you, dear friends,
find it convenient to call, will be
pleased to welcome you.
I wish had time and space to tell
youall about the manners, customs
and appearance of the natives.
Probably ! will at some future
time if this escapes the waste bas-
ket.
II there is any friend who wonld
like to- make inqniry concerning
the colony, we will take pleasure
in giving any information possible,
only we ask you to enclose five
cents in postage stamps, tor that is
what it costs to send a letterin Mex
ico.. One mailed in the U. S., how
ever, addressed to Mexico goes for
the usual two cent stamp. Do not
think. of coming though until you
understand this business thoroughly
for you may not be a good cooper
ator. and it you are not, We would
pretor your room to your company.
So many people come here who
do not understand why they come.