Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-12-31
HARMONY COLONY NOTES.

No religious or political tests shall ever be
laid on meembers of this association
Id. C. wrote me from Salt Lake, Utah,
concerning trade. His letter represented his
address to be Blaine, Ore. | wrote him there
and my letter was returned unclaimed.
A GOOD brother in Texas writes to trade land
in California for our Orange and Fruit farm
in same state. We cannot trade for land SO
far away at present. He may hear from some
of our fraternity latter on.
Now comrades if you want to help build
cooperative beehive on the Cowlitz river in
Washing ton and as rich land as one can wish
Just come out and look us over and we are
pretty sure you will remain.
If YOU are co-operator, have the required
$500 fee and capable of living a life conducive
to these ends we shall accept you. If you
know you cannot, it would be better for both
yourself and this association to remain away.
Comrade Joseph Cliff OF Oregon, is here to
put in $500 cash. He is well pleased with
what he has seen of our part of Washington.
Wait till our beautiful summer comes and he
sees our fine weather, and, what is finer, i'm
mense crops: then he will be better pleased.
The 800 mortgage will soon be thing of
the past. A beautiful and well improved 40
acres of ground of the best quality of soil will
soon have passed from the grasp of the money
lender into cooperative hands, and we feel
safe in saying the result will be the means of
blessing. many child of honest toll and
brotherhood.
We expect Comrade Young of Iowa with
us in very short time. He is a we'll educat-
ed young man, and some of the young ladies
of our country are already very much exer-
cised over his expected arrival, as he has
furnished us his likeness, and, if he does not
belle the subject, he is most certainly well
come adjunct to our society
Now Comrades, this is only 40 acres of Bro.
Dunn's Ranch Shall we have the remain
ing $50 acres? Two other comrades have al
ready said 'Yes!" What do you say? Shall
we take an option on the remainder? $1,000
paid during the coming season will satisfy
Bro. Dunn and he will wait on the association
for the balance another year without interest
He does not believe in interest.
very soon and those DESTROYS of getting in as
charter members so as to have voice in the
organization had better come soon. Notify
me days ahead of your arrival and Brother
Dunn will come out to meet you and take you
in safety to the haven of rest. Then we can
say with Emerson on his sylvan home, .Good
by, proud world, I'm going home"
A. uar,popv wa nronosa to trx RI asta hlicb
a community of ideal society, where good
morals and gentlemanners shall be the test of
refinement. Does this suit you? Are you
fit to survive in such society? Then come
on: otherwise go elsewhere. We are not GO
ing to be so ANXIOUS to increase our popula-
ton as to accept every applicant-good bad,
or Indifferent. We want community where
in children can be brought up in the unset
fish principles of Corporation and brotherly
love.
When you know how unusually healthful
our locality is you will be drawn the more
closely. Our one disadvantage is distance
from transportation, but it is not quite so bad
when we know that the Kellogg Transports
ton Co., of Portland, once had landing
within 10 or II miles of our site for their
that they are now talking of pushing their
navigation as far up this river as possible.
When our commerce will justify it we can
have our own boat and navigate our own
river to Portland and the sea via Columbia
river.
industrial freedom and brotherhood is our
aim and we will do all we can to help any
true co-operator who has not the full fee.
Come and locate near us and assist us by
your means and we will assist you in every
way fair and possible. We will secure land
for you some way and you can build your own
cabin, or mansion) cooperate when, how, in
colony If you should desire TO enter the
fully cooperative colony then we shall assist
by labor and otherwise all we can. But this
must not be construed to mean we will run
our teams to the railroad for such parties, Sc
cure them land, etc., who do not invest any
thing with us to establish mills store. fac
tories. etc
Others write us giving much advice about
our plans, which we accept in a kindly spirit
but we can hardly change our plans at this
date as they embrace the ideas of those on
the ground as well as those who have been
attracted usward on account of them. Our
plan is certainly as broad as possible, yet not
unwieldy. 1t is simple to operate in good
business hands, and no business can be sue
cessful in hands OF any other sort of men