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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
B. c. c, Wagon Campaign.

We start a wagon on the road from
Columbus, Ohio, in Il few days. 1t will
be b. G. G. Hotel Wagon No J.: super
intendent, L. 7. Finley. deputy or
ganizer. Mr.. Finley is an up to date
socialist, organizer. manager, hustler.
His wagon will be hotel, book store,
and rostrum. 1t will move from place
to place as the good of the order"
requires. His work will be to give
lectures and lecture courses, to sell
socialistic and other good books, take
subscriptions for the b c c organ, In
dustrial Freedom, to solicit donations
for B c c work, to secure brother
hood and reserve colony memberships.
and to organize local unions. As an
aid to this work he will solicit local
advertising to be printed and bound
in special local edition of the b C c
manual. This manual will contain
the very gist of brotherhood matters,
advertising its plans and methods,
and will be distributed gratis to every
body in the locality for which it is
prepared,
Mr.. Finley will not expect to can
vass all the territory of the cities and
counties he visits. but will leave the
work to be finished by other deputies.
He will call to his aid all the help that
can be made self-sustaining.
The brotherhood proposes to build,
and put in charge of competent SUI
/ perintendents, one or more of these
hotel wagons for each state in the
union. just as soon a. possible.
These wagons will be built largely
| by colony reserve members, wherever
they are needed, the reserves receiy-
/ ing credit on their membership for
/ their contributions in labor or money,
to the building of these wagons.
The wagons will belong to the Is c c
when built.
The Brotherhood will guarantee, for
limited time, a small amount for
susteuauce, to the superintendent Of
these wagons. who shall be colony re-
serves or colony members.
/ We hereby advertise for wagon su-
pcriutendeu,~ and .or volunteer
wagon builders Candidates for SUI
/ uurinteuleut- must give the best of
4 references as to their fitness tor the
work. They win corrcspou. with the
r.t- '..,.- .r-.., ,,f ..-- Civ -r-... . . .,.,
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Contributions for Special Uses.

The sum of SS3.25 contributed espe-
laily to aid in the purchase of that
'o-acre tract has been applied to that
Pe, The deed has been secured. the
ST 500 for the purpose having been
lvanced by two members of Equality
plony, who will reapply the amount to
Pc purchase of machinery for thai
PONY whenever they shall be reim-
ursed by contributions. The l6O-aere
laet has become n part Of the Equality
plony site
The sl2.50 contributed for the saw
pm has been absorbed in repairs
e. to the sawmill ON Equality land
The college fund, of $500, has been
armed over to Equality colony fop
vocational purposes.
The S26.05 contributed fer pSiuting
|ant enlargement has been applied to
pat use.
IAere remains with the National
|oard the Sll.90 contributed for steam
pat $40 for store, and BILLS for shat
|hoolhouse.' II the consent OF the
Pnors is obtained, the last amount,
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
ORGANIZATION
DEPARTMENT..
REV. GEO. cANDEE, NAT'L ORGANIZER.

REV. GEO. CANDEE, NATL ORGANIZER.
All communications pertaining to or
ganizing and lecture work should be adj
dressed to the national organizer, Rev.
Geo Candee, 1917 Detroit Ave-, Toledo,
Ohio.
We wish volunteer lecturers and or
ganizors.
The following members have been
commissioned TO act as deputy organi-
zcrs;
Ed. Fesner, SOB Pike St. Coying-
ton, Ky.
Rev. l.. +. Finley, Brlce, Ohio,
Marta Bethune Jones, Washington,
Ca.
Rev. A. A. Worsley Sylvania, Wis.
n. a. Quale, 5l6 Mittlin St, Madison,
Wis.
w. G. Lewis. Amethyst, Colo.
n. Grassland, Blue Island, H.
Fred Eichholtz, Edison, Wash.
John Cloak, l0l Harbine Ave, Day
ton, Ohio.
r. H. Hart, 1872 Indiana Ave, Tole-
do, Ohio.
Pitt Whited, jackson, Mich.
Tom Fitton, III Delavan Ave, Buff
falo, n. y.
j. w. Fairchild, Mizpah. Ky.
Rev. a. ID. Hale, Haskins, Ore.
G. Bishir, Hutchinson, Kan.
Rev Theo. a. Johnson, Rushmore,
Ohio.
Thomas Hickling, Box lO6, Sandus-
ky. Ohio.
Miss Helen J. Wescott, Manhattan,
Kan.
-. c. c. LECTURE BUREAU.
The following members have express
ed their willingness to answer calls To
lecture in the interests of Socialism
and the Brotherhood. For terms, dates,
etc. write direct to lecturers:
Miss Helen Potter lthe noted imper-
sonator), Hotel Pelham, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Marion II. Durham, Burlington,
Iowa.
Levi S. Lewis, 5l2 Hamilton ST., Al
bany, n. Y.
Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman, $40 Rialto
Building, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Katherine Lente Stevenson, The
Temple, Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Josephine l.. Church, 1888 Dorr
ST., Toledo, Ohio.
Rev. j. Stitt Wilson, 252 w. Chicago
Ave-, Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. l.. G. johnson. 1929 Forestyille
Ave-, Flat 20, Chicago, Ill.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
How to Send Money.

In making remittances, send Post
Onice Money orders for amounts of
one dollar aud upwards, stamps will
be accepted for smaller amounts. In
no case send bank drafts or checks.
We will not accept them.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
In Memory OF Bellamy.

Whereas, The spirit of the great
socialist, Edward Bellamy, has taken
its departure from the earthly form
that once encased it, to soar in a
realm where 'poor human nature"
must leave all sordid selishness be.
hind and
Whereas, We, the Brotherhood of
the Cooperative Commonwealth
Branch one of Michigan, desire to
give expression to our appreciation
of the great work done for strug-
Cling humanity by our departed
brother. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we tender our sin
cerc sympathy to the family of our
deceased brother in this their sad
hour of earthly parting. May they
find continued comfort in the realiza-
ton that the spirit of their husband
and father shall live on in the acts of
sincere men and women stirred to
action in the interest of industrial
freedom by the eloquent story of
Looking Backward" and the mast
erly argument of Equality"
May our deceased friend and
brother be permitted in spirit to see
the realization of the industrial free
dom he so earnestly strove for while
living, and which his works Eill ever
foster until the new day shall dawn
when
MAN to man shall brothers be
The world DER. and a that"
Be it further resolved. That a copy
of these resolutions be forwarded to
the family of our deceased friend and
co-worker; also that copy be sent to
Industrial Freedom for publication.
j. w. BRYCE.
Committee EUGENE HIGGINS,
EDWIN \. MOORE.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
National Secretary's Report.

For week ending Thursday. June %.
New active members enrolled. %
New honorary members enrolled 0
present total membership. .3,3l7
[NoTE-Honorary members are per-
sons in sympathy with our movement.
Who are enrolled on the payment of
|lO cents. They have no vote and are
hot required to pay dues, but do all
they can for the cause. Active mem
hers pay 10 cents monthly dues and
Ere not charged any enrolment fee.
FThey are admitted on signing the
pledge
RECEIPTS IN COLONIZATION FUND.
Ep-evioustv reported. .Sl4 9sl -
10 credit of Equality Colony:
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

Miss Helen Potter, the unequaled
impersonator and national lecturer for
the BCC,has Chautauqua engagements
from the Mississippi river to Denver,
for dates from July 20 to Aug. 20. After
that time she will be glad to work west
ward in the interest Of the B G G. Sec
retaries should address our National
Organizer, Rev. Geo. Candee. 1911 De-
troit avenue, Toledo, Ohio, who will
put them in immediate communication
with Miss Potter.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

10 econo!1ize labor and postage the
National officers will omit mailing
receipts for dues, as the report will
go out promptly through Industrial
Freedom. Statements will be given
whenever requested.
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NATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MYRoN w. REED,
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HELEN NJ. MASON.
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|Dean-.PRoF FRANK PARSONS. Boston, Mass
|raitor-REv. w. H. KAUFMAN, Edison, Wash
master Workman-C. II. SwIGART.
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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

Some Of ou American senators and
claim that we ought to an
mex the Hawaiian Islands because
American capitalists have thirty mill
lion dollars invested there. If this is a
good reason the United States should be
annexed to England because the Brit
ish have over fifteen billion dollars i'm
vested here. RI Fix.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

so then, believe, that every bird
that sings,
And every flower that stars the
elastic sod.
And every thought the happy sum-
mer brings
10 the pure spirit, is word of God. :"
-COLERIDGE.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02
DEAR LITTLE PEOPLE


and sentences, and whole poems there
must be out at Equality this lovely
summer time. We shall soon begin
to have your letters, telling us of the
beautiful things that the days bring
to the little people there, and all the
other little people who live in cities,
and cannot see these things will feel
almost as though they were there
with you. Since our first column is
only week old as write this. have
not had time to hear from anyone
yet, and so as Dorothy Whitefoot is
anxious to tell the rest of her story
| will send another letter from her.
DEAR CHILDREN: I hope YOU haven't
forgotten me since I wrote my last
letter. because I've been thinking a
good deal about you.
| thought of my dear mother and
brothers and sisters, and felt as if |
must try once to find them, even if l
died on the way.
| dragged myself along the fence
till | came to the gate, and just as I
got there, saw a girl coming down
the street, close to me. and she cried
out;
"Oh, you dear little thing" aud
started to pick me up. But at this, a
great big, yellow thing came rushing
up-a dreadful thing. knew it was
dog, and can't tell you the horror
have of dogs. It's just as if one Of
you children should see a bear rum
ming for you, What do you think
you would do? Well, | did the
same thing: started to run as fast
as my hurt leg would let me.
Then the girl saw that I was hurt,
and she called:
JEFF, jeff, Oh, it is hurt; come
away, jeff"
The dog ran to her, and she kept
calling. "kittie. kittie. poor little
kittie. JEFF won't hurt you, come, lit
tie kittie.'
But l couldn't have gone to her
with that dog there, even if she had
been an angel-nO, not even an angel
with a plateful of fish
l crawled under the end of the pi-
azza and didn't dare to come out,
though she kept calling long time.
After a while she said: Its no use
with you here, jeff: l shall have to
come back"
Then she went away, and felt
worse than ever. and lay and tremb-
led and shivered under the piazza
stayed under the piazza till I was
sure the big dog was gone. and then
thought l would drag myself back to
my mother.
Little by little I crawled on three
legs down the street, stopping often
in some corner, for my leg hurt
didn't seem to get any nearer home.
Then it began to get dark, and
knew that The Man would shut up his
store, and shut my mother up inside,
and OH how lonely and wretched !
was. would have been glad to see
even The Man, We were always
hungry there, but we were all to-
gether and no one threw stones at us.
hadf eaten anything all day nor
had Il drop OF milk ana thdt was
even worse than usual.
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INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM in bun lies of
10. TO one address, 19c per copy. Give
your neighbors a Socialist surprise
party for few weeks by distributing
a few bundles,
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CHIbDREN'S CORNER.

Communications for this department
should be addressed to Miss Helen j
Wescott. state Agricultural College.
Manhattan Kansas
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

All subscriptions for Industrial Free
dom and all cash inclosed for sample
copies should be addressed to the
TREASURER. Violations of this rule
tax the Office heavily and render the
tracing of errors difficult
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

Our Washington members are earn
estly requested to give us all informa-
ton and all assistance possible regard
ing desirable and available sites for es-
tablishing profitable industries to en-
ploy b G G pioneers.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-07-02

The sixty pioneers from Dayton
Ohio Local union are now located at
Fairhaven and are investigating avail
able sites in order to determine upon
the permanent location Of their colony.
Our intending pioneers everywhere
are urged to advance their fees as fast
as possible to give us the capital with
which to start industries and provide
them with work and homes later.
All socialists are urged to endow
propaganda work for the state of Wash
ington. We are here to work. Furn-
ish us the means.
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The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

colors. II was this question Of uncer-
tain ownership that turned the CIde OF
Judgment into a labyrinth Of difficulty.
when later In its career the Nlrginlus
gave cause for a narrowly ayeTted
clashing Of Spanish interests with
American honor.
At that time, in New York. there was
q colony OF Cubans who were aiding.
without pretense OF secrecy. the pa
triots in the oppressed and TebeIIlous
Isle. The last trip that the Yirginius
made was in the autumn OF 1873. when
she left Kingston Jamaica, with I75
volunteers. and a complete armament.
and turned her helm toward the Cuban
coast An accident TO her machinery
obliged the NIrginius to take tempor-
airy shelter in the harbor OF Kingston,
and this delay suflced to put the Span
ish authorities on her track, so that her
second start for the destined landing
was interrupted by the Spanish man
of-war Tornado, which, after q pro-
tracted chase, effected the surrender
and capture of the ViTginIus. and took
her to Cuba. Her crew-mostly New
Yorkers-had not been made acquaint-
ed with the object of the expedition.
But innocence is a word the Spanish
have yet to learn the meaning of, and
the unfortunate men were made to suf-
fer no less on that account. Then. too,
at the moment of capture, the Virgin
ius was in reality an ordinary mer-
chantman floating under the stars and
stripes, for every object that might
have caused suspicion had been thrown
overheard. Again, the capture was
made in British waters-a fact, how
ever, that was not sufficient to stop
the course of Spanish determination.
The Spanish authorities. according to
their custom, condemned the entire ex-
petition to death, without even the
formality of the fimsiesL kind of in
vestigation, and on the pretext Of pira-
cy on the high seas. On Nov. the
four leaders of the expedition (inelud-
ing Pedro Cespedes. brother of the
president Of the Cuban republic) were
condemned to death, by order of Gen.
Juan NepomUceHo BurrieL Tho SEN
tcnce was executed on the following
day, when the four martyred patriots
were bound. blindfolded and shot.
Hardly had the smoke cleared from
above the bodies Of these four lovers
of liberty when a second court martial
assembled to try the rank and file Of
the expedition. including the captain
and crew of the vessel AS 1t was i'm
practicable to execute the entire body
of victims at once, they were divided
into patches and on Nov. 4-the day
the execution of the leaders
the first apportionment, consisting of
Captain Joseph Fry. native of Louisi-
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

UNITED States Torpedo Boat Stiletto
Now In Con mission.l
centuries passed before it was realized
that the effectiveness Of the torpedo de-
pended on the submergence OF the
charge at the time OF explosion.
1t was Captain David Bushnell, an
American engineer in the revolution
ary war. who first experimental on the
principle OF submergence. He also in
vented one of the very first submarine
boats. by which the first attempt at
actual warfare was made. He was the
originator, in fact, of submarine min
ing as it is practiced today. The first
practical trial of the submarine boat
was made in I776, when Sergeant Ez-
"a Lee directed the craft against the
British frigate Eagle while she lay in
New York harbor. The attack was
not successful in destroying the frigate
but the narrow escape from destruc-
ton sent cold chills down the back of
Lord Howe. who used the vessel as his
flag ship. In the year following Cap
tain Bushnell turned his attention to
torpedoes. He filed a number OF kegs
with gunpowder and time fuses. and
then set them adrift in New York
harbor with the hope one Of them
would lodge against the sides of the
frigate Cerberus,a a British warship that
was anchored in the harbor. One of
these kegs foated alongside a prize
schooner which was tied to the stern
of the Ceberus. The sailors saw it.
and ignorant of its deadly character,
took it aboard for examination. 1t ex-
pIoded, and there was not enough left
of the schooner to hold up a drowning
man.
Twenty years later Robert Fulton,
the noted inventor, revived the ideas
of Captain Bushnell. He constructed
a submarine boat called the Nautilus,
and tried to sell it to the French navy.
He showed the French the merits of
the boat in August, 1901. by destroying
a launch in the harbor Of Brest, the
first case on record of vessel being
blown up by a submerged charge OF
guppowder. For some reason the
French did not care to buy the Nau-
titus. and Fulton then offered her to
the British government, with the ex-
pectation that he would be allowed to
operate her against the French feet
at Boulogne. He gave a successful
demonstration on a brig which he pur-
chased for experimental purposes. but
the British government rejected his
proposals as unsuited to the interests
and dignity of nation that enjoyed
full sovereignty over the seas. Fulton
returned to the United States and tried
to gain recognition. from his own coun-
try. Commmdore Rogers of the Am
erican navy made such show of oppo-
sitina that he finally abandoned his
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

aud was one OF the mos; aJroclous eH-
hIbitions of human butchery thnt has
ever disgraceG the records Of Spanish
cruelty.
The virglnlus-a slde-wheel iron
steamer, was at cne time tho property
OF the United States. She passed
through several hands. and In 1870 she
was purchased by Juuta OF Cuban
revolutionists, in this country. but the
purchase was made under the name OF
John F. Patterson, an American eiu-
zen. The boat was used by the Cubans
for carrying ammunition and arms and
aid OF any Kind to their fellow-eoun-
trymen in Cuba. who at that time and
for several years pTeyious had been In
rebellion against Spain. Belligerant
rights had not been recognized. and
the insurgents were not able to sail the
seas under the protecting flag OF any
recognized nation But, having bought
the ship in the name Of an American
citizen. they usurpcd the right which
would have been his had he been the
actual owner. Of hosting the American
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

as 1885. when an Italian engineer nam
ed zambeIli destroyed bridge during
the siege of Antwerp by exploding a
scow load Of gunpowder against the
pier, 1t was not until the days Of the
revolutionary war that an actual de-
monstration was made of the ethcaey
Of the torpedo Since that time the pro-
cess OF evolution has gone forward
rapidly, and from a crude contriYance
consisting cf nothing more than a bar
rel. a few pounds of gunpowder and
a time fuse, the torpedo has reached
a stage which represents the perfec-
tion Of human skin and the eSpendl-
ture Of vast sums. Once an ins s.gnh-
cant invention, drifting at the mercy
o. contrary currents. 1t is now thing
OF life itself, capable of attacking a
vessel with almost as much precision
a. though animated by human intelli-
gence.
The origin Of the torpedo may be
traced back to the days when the an
clients employed Greek fire to destroy
the shipping OF their enemies. 1t was
the discovery OF guupowder that open
ed the way for natural Development
of the idea, and quickened the inyen-
tive brain to the possibilities of the
torpedo in time of war. After Fam
bslli had achieved renown by blowing
up the bridge at Antwerp. nearly two
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23


took nearly all OF tho medicine, bat stil
the trouble became wor-s- and felt that
my condition was hopeless tried asyu7.
nl remedies recommended by my frisals
but without bguedt After had bcen 81,
fariug several months. ThnmRs Campbell,
also a resident Of this cits. urged ne .
try Dr. Williams Pink Pals for FAl4
People
''ns finally persuaded mo TO buy a hsx
and began 20 use the pills AccofdinE .
directions Before had taken flie scnos4
box began 20 feel Tsltey 81. and after tai, !
ing n few more baxcs. considered myse1
restored 20 health. The pills gave nv nsE
life, strength, ambition nnd hnpplness-"
Or. Williams Fink III 4 care dyspsrlia
~ restoring TO the blood tho requisite COS
stitusuts OF lie, by reusuink the nerve
force aud enabling the stomach 70 promps-
ly and properly assimiinto the food. Thcss
pills are q 30 itlc for all diseases haTinr
their orfgination IA Impoverished blood q
disortlsrrd nerves They contain ever
element requisite TO gancrsl nutrition. .
restore strength to the weak. good ksalis
10 the ailirs.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

palllation tor the horrible barbarity OF
the murder of the unfortunate prison
ers captured with the vessel, not one
OF whom would have been spared but
for the opportune arrival of the British
man-of-war, whose captain promptly
and cOurageously put a stop to the
brutal and inhuman proceedings. There
is no more revolving chapter in the his
tory of nations; indeed, one might go
into tine annals of the barbarous ages
without finding an incident approach
ing it in cruelty and the useless taking
of life.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23

MEXICAN gnlus
has done more to
develop the torpe-
do as an instru-
msnt of marine
warfare than the
inventive skill of
any other nation
atty. While the
history OF this ter
rible death engine
dates as far back
The Lamar register., 1898-04-23
Especial Letter.)

HE conditions now
existing etw cen
the United States
and Spain recall an
analogous moment
in the history Of
the two nation 5
which is recorded
in the annals Of
the year 1s73- It
Is known as the
VIrgiuius massacre