Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07

the temperature IS felnafkaDle, ltS dll-
nual average is about SOC, ranging
from about 35e for the coolest month
lDecember to coo for the warmest
month Gully or August. ITO the new
conner the unexpected warm winter OF
the Washington coast or Sound re-
gions," says the official report of the
State Board of Statistics, lis genuine
surprise, especiallyto one who has llv-
ed in the same. or even lower, ]ati-
tude in some part of the country east OF
the Rocky mountains or east of the Mis-
sissippi. He contrasts the mildness Of
the winters with the severity of those
he has formerly experienced, and can
hardly account for the difference and
for the absence of billiards. and severe
cold waves. This uniformity and
equability of temperature is due to
the fact that the prevalent winds
are from off the Pacific ocean:
as it is well known, on account
of that peculiar property of water
which gives it high ''specific heat, y
the temperature of the sea changes but
little. and winds blowing from off the
ocean bear its temperature with them.
The effect is intensified on the Wash
ington coast, because the part of the
Pacific ocean contiguous is traversed by
the warm Japan current. The warmth
and moisture cause grass, flowers and
various kinds of vegetation to grow the
winter through. That the same cause
which makes the winters mild and
warm, should make the summers mild
and cool, savOrs of the paradoxical,
yet it is strictly true: namely,
the blowing of winds from off large
body of water which has great spe-
cific heat, and cannot, therefore, be
overheated like a large body of land.
Therefore very few hot days occur in
summer"
The general notion is that the rain
fall in this section is very excessive,
but such an idea is erroneous and
arises usually out of the mistaken
assumption that, since it is so rainy
on the immediate Pacific coast, it
must be very wet in western Skagit
county. A reference, however, to
the rainfall records of this neigh
borhood will readily disabuse our minds
of this notion. The observed and re-
corded annual precipitation of rain in
the vicinity of Equality for the near
est official stations, is as follows: Ana
cortes p inches, Olga "a, Stillaguamish
30, and West Ferndale 81. These were
the figures for 1895, which was very
dry year: the more usual annual aver
age for our section would be from 40 to
80 inches.
We have great many cloudy days
in the wet season, and the clear nights
in the spring are apt to be very chilly
and frosty: these two features are the
only disagreeable ones in climate that
is, as whole, very healthful and very
delightful.
IL. 81 don't know that | thoroughly
understand that scrip business. Could
colonies exchange with LIE. branches
for products needed but not produced
by the Brotherhood"
Ans. The scrip system of the B. C. C.
is a good deal like the L. E. check sys-
TEN, the essential features of both be-
ing identical. 1t is altogether probable
that an arrangement will be made by
which B. c. c. scrip and L. E. checks
will be interchangeable, the former be-
ing received for Labor Exchange pro-
ducts and the latter being good
and sufficient tender for the prod
uct of the colonies of the Brother
hood. The B. c. G. is now purchasing
in large quantities from the Labor Elk
change at Whatcom; it will aim
to buy the l.. +. and other peoples CO.
operative articles everywhere in pref
erence to the products of capitalistic
competitors: and it is anticipated that
the industrial and commercial relations
of the l.. f. and B. G. G. will, as these or
CARNATIONS progress, become more and
more reciprocal and advantageous.
II. Can one pay his colony fee in
installments by the month";
Ans. Members of the Brotherhood
can join the list of colony reserves"
and pay their fee in installments. weekly
or monthly, of such amounts as they can
afford: we have hundreds of members
on the reserve list, paying their fee in
that manner. When the total amount
has been paid in, the Secretary of the
b. c. c. will issue the member pass
port or certificate, and the colony Sc
lected is then ready to receive the
member on probation at any time there
after that he may choose to come. On
the expiration of six months after the
new members entry into the colony.
the general assembly of the colony
passes upon his fitness for permanent
membership, and if two-thirds of the
members vote for his acceptancc and