Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-02-07
TO DANISH POVERTY.
SALVATION ARMY TO ESTABLISH a
FARM COLONY TO "MAKE MEN,"

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Give n Man Back His Self Respect.
Following the announcement that
Commander Ballington Booth Of tho
Salvation Army is to be transferred TO
another command comes the news that
the farm colony" which General Booth
has long had it in mind to establish in
America is about to be opened in NAH
wah, Bergen county, N. !. The site
selected is near the estate Of Theodore
A. Havemeyer. The plan is still partly
a secret, the details of the purchase not
having been made known outside the
national headquarters in New York.
The farm colony is to be modelled aft.
or that which General Booth established
some years ago in Hadleigh, Essex, in
England.
The object of the farm is not, as has
been said, TO support aged members Of
! the Salvation Army, but to carry out
General Booths "manmaking" plan.
as his scheme for giving unfortunate
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called. The plan, in brief, is to take
men out of the cutters, give them a
chance TO work if they are willing to do
so and finally render them self support
ing and decent members Of the COM
munity. Colonel Eadie, who is Com
mander Ballington Booths right hand
man, admitted that the farm colony plan
was nearing completion, but said he
could give none Of the details.
| / learned, however, that the work To-
be done is practically the same as that
now carried ON in England. For in
stance, il is calculated by officers of the
Salvation Army that there are in New
York 100, 900 men and women in the
streets out of work, out of money, down
at the heel, ragged, wretched, bankrupt
in pocket and courage. The farm is in
tended to give these persons a new start
in life Il is not intended that they
shall be given money until they have
earned it, because, say the Salvation
soldiers, to give money TO q man who
has not earned it is to lessen his self re-
spect and make it easier for him TO ac-
cept charity again-perhaps seek it
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England, when General Booth touch
ed its big heart with his stories Of
darkest England, " contributed $780,
900 for the work which he outlined, and
it is not thought that this country will
be less generous if an appeal is made for
funds with which TO attempt the banish-
ment Of idleness and poverty. The farm
at Hadleigh comprises /, 80 acres, and
it is thought that the one here will be
about as large
"Man making" according to the
army idea, aims at four things in chief.
First is the tilling of the soil, upon
which unskilled labor can be profltably
employed. This affords an opportunity
to learn whether or not man really
desires honest employment and is worthy
of assistance. The second point is to so
cultivate the land that the work will
give every man useful training. The
third is to carry ON such industries as
are connected with farming and in which
unskilled labor may also be employed
under conditions more healthful than
those enjoyed in great cities. The fourth
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character which shall afterward prevent
him from becoming a charge upon the
community. On the English farm men
are only kept for six months They are
paid according to the work they do and
are clothed and fed if their wages are
not sufficient for those needs A list Of
employers Of labor is kept at the farm,
and men who have proved skillful and
faithful are sent to these employers with
recommendation such as is likely to
secure employment.
The tone Of the colony is pure. While
the discipline is not irksome the atmos-
phere is good. The men and women who
are so bad that they cannot reform are
soon found out and sent away.
Here the plan pursued in regard tC
populating the colony will be to draw
recruits from the army meetings and
from the public parks and other resorts
of unfortunates and outcasts. Such mer
and women will be asked why they are
In distress and if they are satisfied with
their lives. If they desire to change
they may join the colony, earn living
recover their self respect and learn tt
battle with the world anew.-New Yorl
Herald.