The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-06
HIS LAND OF BEULAH.
How Jeffries VIII Drive Pow
erty From the Earth.
AN INDUSTRIAL coMMONwEAL
All the Unemployed I'm the Land To BE
Combined by the Coxeyite Leader
His Mission.

r. ]. Jerrses. vf1o led the Seattle coz
.fnzs~t Of rre Csozay army 70 Washington
CT lzst summer. stood On psstfof n
on Ps,uesr place I4St evening, ard IA the
r,ressnce % about sI.Eso people tod OF ne
great Co-oxserasEve Commonwealth Snlea
h proposed, gsth the assistance % eia-
.rs. 10 organize ln tse United states
iris syyea, Cooperative Commonwealth,
Jerrssz informed his listeners, vas 70 Dc
the salvation % the labOfing class o.
America. provided the - beine as u
MAPPED Il out could - MADE success
II sogsd do aSay. ne said. with Al oiiiff
Iataor organic sfous % fhe Eniisa STATES
aaa everv iaborfnr man who eantsd 10
escarse from the oppression Of the cor
ts5raflane would seek refuge under fhe
wings OF this ope grand BROTHERHOOD.
JeffFiss figures our that - Bis scneme
millions % dollars can be Falseai. ran
roads constructed. rev towns created.
many million acres II land put uaier cui-
tisation. and In fact. II viii produe@
sort Of social revolution which wsl
have two results namely. the eonGuering
Of all corporations. both big ana Hties
and the elevation II the iab0ring man 10
The level OF the richest and best people
Of the Land.
Jenries says he will organize the Com
ronweaIth Ia ell of the cities In the land.
He now has representatives. In Tacoma
and Portland arranging for meetings OF
the laboring classes Tonight be will pre-
sent his great scheme 20 the unemployed
of Tacoma. and next Monday night he
will be in Portland. From there ne viii
proceed 20 San Franeisco. and after or
canixiag branch Of the Commonwealth
IN that city will 20 East. organizing
branches everywhere. lie Will continue
this work all through the summer. and
when winter comes he VIII carry II on
IA the Southern states Jeffries claims
that many Of the greatest labor leaders
OF the United States are with him in his
Commonwealth scheme. but for fhs pres
emit he says, he won't tell their names.
II was about s o'clock last evening when
Jerries mounted the platform on Pioneer
place and started TO unfold his scheme,
which IL backed by the local Cooperative
society OF this city.
ut II suthortttiyeiy stated" said JET
fries. What there are four millions OF
men In the United States out ~ employ
mont. AZ least onc-fourth % them are
unmarried. homeless. and many 81 them
live In the large commercial centers. Say
that one-tenth OF the one hundred thou
sand men In the great city Of New York
were TO organize. get quarters. so tn
search Of work and place the money
earned tn one common fund Each man
would do his share Of the work and as
would share alike. Let there be deducted
from the wages Of each nan 10 cents a
day. ilet the work Of organization be ex-
tended 10 other cities until branches have
been formed In ali % the leading cities
Of the country. soon there would be a
membership of Bo.so and this would not
absorb oue-eighth Of the Idle men.
1T would not be- necessary that ali
should work ia the city or rather attempt
20 do so. Some would be sent 10 the
country near by to develop land and raise
vegetables with which 10 feed the mem
hers Of the organization. In the mean
time money is being earned BY the men
tn the city aud all " being placed ia one
fund"
Then Mr. JefrIas told Of the reserve
fund. In the neighborhood OF 81. oDoOa
could be raised anasgreat would he the
results Of the investments made Jeffries
gave in detail the history Of the local CO.
operative society. Of the wonderful good
~ had already accomplished In this city
and OF the future work which II intended
90 DO. The society had secured some land
and was clltiyattng II. While fifty or
more Of ifs men we're SO engaged. others
would remain In the city working To earn
cash. The FIRST crop on the farm would
be sufficient to keep the members for at
least a year and the money earned could
be placed I'm reserve fund In a little
while there would be several thousand
dollars in this fund and then more mem
hers could be taken In and more land
IlaEFI NfDfF CULTIVATION ne money IN
the fund could he invested in some indus
try which would bring the society profit
and at the same time give many Of It's
members employment.
Then one national organization would
he formed under the laws and the mil
lions ~ dollars m the reserve fund would
De carefully guarded and a town estah-
lishea or a big Industry started JeTries
proposed that a railroad be built or a
canal dug.
= believe" said the speaker. that this
commonwealth movement - going 20 De
"a success, l believe That u can't help
hat be success | believe that an organ
sxatton that win feed men must he a sue
cess Jeffries explained that ne ard
hts apostles we're starting out without
one dollar, hut they expected to earn
enough BY she sale - literature relating
20 the common subject "a pay AT least a
portion ~ the expenses. he couldn't say
how they expected 20 travel bat they
Intended - get there somehow
When Jeuries finished his speech Mrs
Mary Hobart made brief address in tho
in;erest ~ the proposed movement and
then the crowd was dismissed
In city Palace. village home and on the
farm praise of Dr. Prices Baking Pow
q