Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-09-03

than ever.
Bro. Robert Young who has been
out at work for a month has resumed
his post in Equality.
The correspondence bureau is get
ting large mail. The number of our
friends is on the increase.
The Palladium of Olympia has
an outline of Edison colony. Verify
the people are good to us.
The mechanics are making
thingumajig to boil clothes in. The
laundry folks are anxiously awaiting
the outcome of the experiment.
"A young comrade here in Equali-
ty colony wants book on steam en-
cheering. Some one having second
hand one would do favor to present
it to our library.
Misses Myrta and Edith Burgess
who recently came with their parents
from Arkansas, are doing service for
socialism by waiting on table. They
add much to the social side of life in
Equality.
The fishing brothers have decided
that they will discontinue fishing for
few weeks. The fish don't seem to
bite any more. In that respect they
are far and away ahead of the Amer
lean voting kings.
This is fine weather for the
boys to gather and burn the black
remnants of our slashing. Our sus-
| tenance is to come out of this land
pretty soon, so we can make no delay
in getting it ready for the plow.
We had several visitors at our
general assembly last Saturday. 1t
is the unanimous opinion of them all
that our meetings are the most inter-
esting ,decorous and instruc tive of any
meetings of "laboring men" they
ever saw.
The boys are practicing on their
brass band. They have ten instru-
ments and say they need more. To
hear them toot at nights you would
not think they needed any more. Oh,
well, that part of it is all right, as
they are learning to make some good
music.
You don't hear anyone here COM
plain that he is too poor to have a
house. We do things in a different
way here. If a man gives his life
force for the best interests of the
people he is entitled to the com forts
of a home, and when men and lum Der
can be spared, all will have home in
their turns.
| Local Union No. of Dayton,
Ohio sends five dollars to the sawmill
fund through their treasurer, Bro.
Thomas Peacock. They want same
credited to membership for some wor-
thy brother whom they will designate
in the future. That is right, boys, we
will, with your cooperation, build
homes for thousands of worthy broth
ers.
Some short sighted people come
here and see our log houses and work.
ing clothes and other crude arrange
ments and get the idea that these are
permanencies, and they don't like So
cialism. All right, if you cannot look
ahead with us to the time when our
labor can make all the nice and beau
tiful things we want, why you have
our permission to retire.
We wish to impress upon the
minds of the reserves and all those
that contemplate coming to Equality
that We are still in the pioneer stage,
and those who come must expect to
give up some luxuries, and habits, for
the sake of seeing this movement
succeed. Some sacrifice of personal
feelings and privileges is necessary.
The social advantages one obtains by
being member of Equality are worth
immensely more than the personal
discomforts endured for a short time
as pioneers.
| The benefits of cooperation are
illustrated by referring to the saw
mill we lately purchased. We bought
it for about one-quarter of what the
owner paid for it. Why did he thus
dispose of it? Because he could not
make living by its use in competi-
ton with the colossal machinery of
the trusts. In order for him to run
the mill at all he must sell lumber at
a certain price. This he could not
do at a profit. So the machinery
stood idle. Now on the other hand,
we by cooperation can take the mill
and make lumber for ourselves. We
are not particularly concerned as to
whether we get out lumber at just so