The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-06
A NO MORE
The Most Promising Communistio Experi.
mont in America Ends in Failure.

ment In America Ends in Failure.
From ne later Ocean.
CORNING. Ia. Oct. 2a-The longest lived and
undoubtedly the most nearly successful ex-
pertinent ever made in the Western Hemi-
sphere with pure communism came to an end
when. late yesterday afternoon. Judge II. NJ,
Towner. in the District Court, entered an order
discharRlnR the receiver OF the New Icarian
community. and formally declaring the BUSH
ness OF the community wound up.
CADET. a scientific Communist, tried to found
his frat colony in France. but the Government
OF Louis Philippe was opposed to such EXPERT
ments, and It's opposition forced the I~carians,
a. the adherents Of the new communicate doc
I%E,onTIIds. o9 TSS ff GsrIsHs Vent a9 fqstt to to th Tc New
where they we're offered an area as large as a
the prospect. decided against Il, and went back
to, New Orleans; Here they we're joined by
thsIr, seat at Nauyco." III. the f f%'"rii a who Who
bad brought e9psiderahl bic money with them,
from the Illinois Legislature a charter grant.
Ing them special privileges and immunities,
66 aSstt 2 ~ tbs iiTeRRs snd ENTHUSIASTS s MSs Dr loInsd then sTn
tator OF the community; for years no question
was raised as TO his authority. and 80 long as
munity grew and prospered, and there was
pS BSs the hns c plsnttyy round about vas ,ett,ed nm
by people who saw no charm In tho commu-
platte, doctrines; sbrewd Yankees, who. far
o sSS% fsirsE'hs so snSs sns dH0mftmtahn eIT s missIon oT to
possess themselves individually OF the largest
possible wealth. pressed about the little set
was brought up constantly. confronted by the
striking contrast between their own plain. sim
and Independence OF the better classes Of their
~neighbore.
dl 1tisss9s10p pcS verse an S's span asS { si cSnrt Up his HI.
der which the community by ballot annually
with this plan he found IL q failure: individual
that the elected directorate be abolished. and
r rect RS b But tf he was s defe SSwHr the fS G risinR tide ID
Of indiyidualistic ideas beat ever harder and
Ttlast a schllsmp came; G ! ar and his minority OF
followers withdrew and established, another
ssoolqny at cheltenhsm., Mo. a few miles from
realizing that his social order could never be-
Inspired BY what he considered the seifs6nessss
OF tndiyid9Slism had concluded that he must
region far beyond the confines Of civilization:
nnd. n i0n u believing thst civilization would
R aeH RsRtsspsT 10 e ssT oe re Sent fh see Missi 10 Wssts f1r
Iowa seeking a location. They came to Adams
county, and three miles east Of what is now the
uninhabited., CADET came out. examined The
purchased. This was in 1853. The frSt case
on the court docket Of Adams county Ia q record
OF matters concerning this community; The
tor the division Of the Nauvoo community il
grew still more rapidly.
draw it's nourishment from such intangible
sources as a belief in the abstraction Of human
neeiEhboori i as se good as o Se%y'e seii. i foan 9nf Is
roots crowded and starved in the soil OF ambi-
t tooRs and ar Ind1vdid nails ,rd The asy y3PSS at Tb ISar ,Sns
had but an Indefinite and indivisible stake in
theiI Sommnnity. there we're men among their
effort than they were required to put forth. in a
few years came to own lands as extensive as all
dom Of competition and indiSviduasYi EFFORT and
lnalvidual merit; Each was jealous Of the
H isrSsr f sSa ssG n f Isso sh fS. he wa was so Snn naI a
him. And so; in 1885. there was another dIvis-
l @uinl S1e d@ IfaS T %itR RaIF It. 2itsr: t fna there the eS %a:
the Old Icarian community and the New lear
After a year or two the old community dis
S SHaaed m ann b 6.yided T is GgF sT 1csr; nm HG4 its s%%r,
NUMB %e Of years. but but f t could 5ShT'a not ao %itsstsnd &
the disinteRrating influences from without.
TT s y arose. disaereements that could not
withdrew. and, at Il last tH on FEB sbp e. 1s8 &5e% appiI.
nism we're sssS eapality aHd iTste or HSo'E Th sG s9eea:
the slightest act without the authority Of the
society. Every half year the goods needed by
the community were bought wholesale by the
and each had to make known his
wants before the time OF purchase. Strlctest
fidelity to the marriage vow and honor to wives
were, points OF their creed. Government was
In religion they held to "the religion of
Christianity, in its primitive purity and its
Fundamentals principle of fraternity Of men and
rest and recreation. In addition to the national
holiday they celebrated Feb. 3. the anniversary
q the founding OF the community. and the ,Jete
de mai. or corn festival. They lived in little
houses around a central one. where they dined
In common; At one time they published q little
paper called the Rerue Icarienne. !