Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-10-08

Thousands of strawberry plants
for sale at the colony, 20 cents per
dozen, post paid.
Bro. Marquart brought to the col
ony and turned over to Bro. Davis at
the bakery 10 lbs. hops, donated by
Comrade Scholpp.
The general assembly appointed
a committee to inquire into the advi-
stability of securing a donkey on in
stallments. So much do we need it
and so soon it will be needed for the
sawmill that this seems the only FEAST
BILE plan of procedure.
Pioneering has its compensations,
but people who have always lived by
the modern methods of plundering the
toiler could not understand nor enjoy
the sweets of life in colony. The
working out of our ideal causes us to
forget the hardships of pioneering.
Our young people are now inquir-
ing when our literary and other en-
tertainments are to begin. Our an
swer is that the educational depart
ment is now preparing a program and
asks that everyone interested inside
and outside the colony make such
suggestions as they may deem eXpe-
dent.
Hard headed, practical men come
here every day and express surprise
that we have been able to do so much
work in so short a time. Equality
boys are on the muscle, and when
they can substitute machine labor for
physical force the amount of work
done then will completely distance
anything yet done.
The little sawmill that we had
leased was supplied with the necessa-
ry appliances for hauling logs, but
when the lease expired and the mill
was taken away. the appliances went
too, so it would now be necessary for
us to go to additional expense to fit
up for horses in case we did not get
the donkey engine. 1t would be good
business management to avoid this
expense and drive straight for the
donkey engine. Teams can do but
sorry logging on our land this winter
at best, and the immense demand
there will be for lumber and shingles
In this valley, besides the building of
% or 80 houses in Equality, make it
necessary to have steam power. 1t
goes without saying that this we will
have.
We at Equality wish we could
open the doors and invite all our
weary, discouraged and heartsick
brothers to come to home of rest.
This is what will be done in the fu-
ture, but that honor must be carved
out. 1t must be made by hard work
and patient, constant study. Those
at the front are doing all that seems
possible for human endurance, to has
ten that glad day. Much remains to
be done. We must lay the founda-
ton of our Cooperative Common
wealth on sure and right lines. We
must build up industries that must
make us self-supporting. The land
must be cleared and ditched, houses
must be built, water works put in and
an endless chain of works enabling us
to make the things we must have,
right here. and thus free ourselves
from the grip of capitalism. In order
to hurry up the homes for the home
less, we must have machinery to
make each man equal to several men
with hand labor. There is generous
response to the call for the donkey
engine fund, and for which we, one
and all, are truly thankful: but not
enough has been paid in yet to Sc
cure it. Let's Eat it," brothers, and
never stop until our purpose is accom-
! plished. We are all in the same boat.
What you send to us to put into ma
chinery, YOU simply invest for your
self. The pioneers are trying hard to
deserve the confidence of the outside
brothers and we cherish some of the
sentiments of approval that we are
receiving from them.
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