Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-27
DEBs's COOPERATIVE SUHEME
AND UTAH.


AMI UTAH.
Eugene V. Dees has got back to
Terre Hsute, indiana, and through
Tue day,s Chicag Record We hear
much moro OF bis intent ons than he
sxprossod publicly while In this State.
How accurately Mr.. Dobs Is reported,
Of course We cannot say, but from the
high standing OF the Record rs n res
pousible paper and the correctness OF
lite references In some PARTICULARS with
which we are acquainted, we feel
jusiife1 IN believing that our q
cago ootemp3rary ha, quoted thu
A. n. U. leader fairly. In one
VI these stateme is he roiers to Mr..
Boyce's spetch here, be.oTe the
Miners fedcratisn, quoting therefrom
The advice for tue miners to purchase
arms. He says of the members Of the
federation tba. "thcy IRE in an u2ly
temper" and uites In support Of bis
assertion the fact OF Mr.. Boyce being
endorsed by the organisation.
There are several interesting featurs9
in Mr.. Debts new proposition, as now
ou,linec; and there are some that are
oil special concern TO Utah. One Is that
tho American Railway Union,
whose convention 10 called tor
June 10, will be merged into
the now Brotherhood OF the Coop.
erativo Commonwealth, whose Nom
bership is expected to reach the
million msrk within six months
Then the new organization
Will endeavor 10 get political possess
sion Of some western state, and there try
the experiment of "a state cooperative
commonwealth.
The process by which this is to be
accom- plished Ia 10 have a m illion
me II bsrs contribute regular sums OF
money. Theu,
The fund thus raised would be used In
sending men into that western or south
western state where the effort is
to be made TO obtain political con-
troll. Alter this has been accom-
pished, constitutional convention
would DO called, and the organic
law of the state changed in such man
ner as to permit OF the complete intro
duction OF the cooperative plan.
A special in,eres. on the part Of Utah
ia its liability, implied in the present
statement, to BIS selected, although the
state to be captured has not been de.
,ermined upon, but will be chosen at
the convention In Chicago In abou.
three weeks. The transformation Of
Utah into such State as proposed
may Ind ms din Guilty, however, In
the process which would have to b.
followed la recurring a change. 30 that
the people here need not wo rry much
In advance, as some neig hboring corn.
| monwealth may be Agreed on Ms the
fortunate spot, II the scheme really b
entered upon.
The new organization 10 acting
upon an idea that has some force,
VIZ, the general Impression that there
is to be radical change in the in.
| dustrisl system throughout the
country;b ut the car aci'y OF the organi.
zation to inaugurate the change ia 0
different matter entirely. AS to the
detail OF taking possession OF somt
western state, we are now assured that
1t will not be done by horde Of mer
as mendicsnls. but that they viii, star
from various points in todiss OF Z
| thousand or so, and march overland
to the number Of about 100000
having money to support the m
The nrst army is to star
from Chicago; and ~ tn,
time 1t reaches its desiinatit l
on foot II Will have som, idea OF the
hardships of the enterprise. Mr.. Deb
thinks money enough can be raised In
the organization TO keep the Col opera
tive mmonweslth goiug Till It !,
firmly established.
| While the most sangulne friend
OF the plan outlined may as well pie
pare to meet the failure which is no
only possible but quite probable, th,
support which the scheme has receive,
and will secure In the future Is sugges
tive Of two notable features, viz: tina
In a harmonious combination for mu
tual benefit Is the only hope 10
the industrial Glasses, and that eth
WesW is the place OF refug
or eafeiy from the ills that p0rtend
The Mormon people have acted upor
these propositions from their early his
tory, ind the truth Of the Mormon
theory 10 being impressed on the
masses In way the latter do mol
thoroughly comprehend as yet. Bal
the culmipalion is not yet reached
nor will 1t DO In this scheme Of thu
Motherhood OF the Cooperative Com
monwealth.
As to the early worS OF the MOI
mons In Utah, which Mr.. Debs cite
frequently as showing the PRACTICABLE
lily OF his piaus, 1t may be well to Civ
the Records account OF what the iabo