Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-20
4 DREAM N SOCIALIST.


Among the many schemes for the
beitcrmout Of the condition Of man.
sind Is that Of Mr.. King G. Gillette,
young commercial traveller. IL Ger.
tainly has tho merit Of originality,
even u II IL ~ Intangible as a dream.
Gillette, like all social IefoTmets,
tlnds that under present conditions the
rich grow riohor snd the poor poorer
all the time. To remedy this, he pro.
poses 10 gather the human race IN
enormous tenement houses, 900 feet In
height. ThIrly.siK thousand Of these
vast hives would accommodate 6O,OOO,.
600 people and according 10 his further
plane, thgse would be- enabled TO live
In comfort and luxury, provided each
able bodied person would work hon.
ss,ly for hve years. That, according
TO his calculation, Ia all the amount OF
labor needed 10 maintain n nation,
when each dos, his or her jus. share.
To give IN few words some idea OF
this new socialistlc rchems IL no easy
task. In building the new city the
ground space wsuld DO rot apart Tor the
distribution Of water, sewage and tho
like. II would have concrete floor and
white Thing on the side. Above this
would be a story twenty. I've feet high
and devoted u the transportation bys-
TEN. The third story would be fity
feet high and used as pomenads, The
real city would begin one hundred feet
above the ground, but as II would be
siXty miles long and thirty wide, it,
real altitude would not be- suspected.
Great avenues would he laid out
adorned with Conservatives where
flowers would bloom summer Rni
winter. Cold air Ia the hottest season
and warm air In the winter would be
distributed freely, and the sanitary
conditions would be perfect.
As 10 the government OF the now
community, the management Of Affairs
would be entrusted 10 a central council.
There would be three grades Of edu.
cation. The fret aud second would bs
compulsory, but the third would te
optional, aud would COasist OF higher
educRt ON Of ell sOfls. Those who, Tor
various reasons, did not care 10 study
could Amuso themselves until they be.
came twenty. yesrs oil, when they
would have to- 20 to WORK Tor i've years,
after which they could 90 ON amusing
themselves.
Agriculture would be one OF tho
chief resources Of tue now community.
but the great wheat aud other cereal
tracts vi land would bp laid out sIja.
cent TO the railroads, 90 40 90 avoid any
useless labor in gathering tho products,
and tho labOrsrs would be- transported
10 this aud that H,ll No last az tue
flelds should mature according 10 q
well-dovelopsd scientific plan, all ar.
ranged montns aheai. Tho great iTull
orchards would line the railroads tor u
mile back ON each side OF tho track D,
aud the fruit gAtherers would work
this week In Montana Rui the next In
Florida, or wherever the council
should decide to seud them.
one Of the institutions would b. the
bureau Of food preparation, This
would be- run on strictly scientific
lDuct. Professors would sugetintend
the preparation Of everything cooked
and eaten, There wouli be- uoaIulter.
alton u f0od, which Nj Gillette
says is one Of the crimes gi o1m.
| petition. with pure AM whole.
come looI lio would bc prolonged and
dyspepsls unknown. Tho slavery Of
aitclen women would be baulshed
SHd the s'Tvaut-girl problem solved.
Mr., Gillette has figured % out that
tho population OF the county could
Two and be supported ia Is Guy txsy
miles long and thirty miles wlds aud
containing $4,000 dwellings Of the
kind described.
The only thing needed i5r the realiz'