Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-10-01

the better to carry out its great pur-
pose, that OF giving remunerative work
to the unemployed and socializing the
state of Washington. To limit it's
work to or through one isolated colony.
where there is no chance for growth.
would be to strangle the enterprise.
The attempts already made to central
lie the whole work of the B c c in the
narrow limits of Equality have pro-
duced this result. to great extent. 1t
Is known to the reserves and to other
b { G members, that a hundred or so
OF people have been to Equality who
expected to stay, but have gone else
where because they could see no room
for them there. Many of these were
RESERVES. One such wrote me that
Equality could never be much more
than an agricultural colony, Ia member
OF the board, who knows, confirmed the
same to me- and that when the land
had been brought to condition of pro-
ductivity it would furnish employment
for only about 81 men. OF course,
while the timber on the 100 acres of
timbered land is being manufactured
into lumber the colony can furnish
| employment to a few extra men. A
few manufacturing industries can be
prosecuted to a limited extent. But
the distance of Equality from deep
water will always prevent it from be-
coming either a maritime, commercial
or manufacturing colony. 1t has al
ready more than reached the limit of
desirable population. In letter from
a member of the Board at Edison. writ
ten Aug. 81, are these words: "Many
are leaving Equality" This was no
news to me. Equality is not adapted to
| growth, and to limit the work of the B
{ { either to Equality, or through its
agency is to virtually abandon its great
undertaking. Equality has all it can
do to take care of its own local matters,
and it can never furnish employment
for the great numbers of co-operators
who are anxious to go to Washington;
while with good B G. c. boating in
| dustry, some other deep water site
might soon be found where a successful
maritime and manufacturing colony
town could be built, if not at Anacortes.
| .. An enterprise of this kind, vigor-
ously pushed by the National Board,
through the aid of Industrial Freedom
would soon revive the spirits and hope
of the whole Brotherhood, and would
stimulate reserves who have been with
holding their payments, (see reports in
Industrial Freedom,) to renew them,
and would bring thousands of aid from
new reserves. Men are waiting for a
practical opportunity to participate in
this work, but they want to know what
they are doing.
6. Then as to the harmony argu-
ment. If such an argument is needed.
the reason is all on the side of remov-
ing further away from Equality. If it
is true that Jealousy, competition"
and misunderstanding" now appear
inevitable, it must be because there
are elements in Equality that do not
harmonic with the legitimate work of
the National Board and want to sub
serve some local interest at the expense
of the general and broader work of the
Brotherhood. Now since Equality has
attained to complete autonomy why
should it not rejoice to see a wider
field of usefulness opening to the
Brotherhood. If it does not have this
spirit the sooner the Headquarters of
the Brotherhood is removed away from
the sphere of its influence the better.
1t certainly could never absorb and
harmonic the broader spirits who care
more for the general good than they do
| for limited local interest Then GER
tainly Equality can never bring those
who haue gone away from the colony
into harmony. They can never be
brought into harmony again with the
Bee through Equality, nor any of
their numerous friends. They may be
enlisted to work with the Brotherhood
on broader lines. Give them a chance.
They have lost none of their zeal for
the great cause. GEO. CANDLE,
Natl Organizer.
1911 Detroit Ave, Toledo. Q.
Z. Set those who favor the
steamboat and removal proposition send
in subscriptions for the purpose Of car
rying it out. | hereby send my sub
scription of s. As soon as it is decided
to remove. Geo. Caudce.
IN m Eoualitv