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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07
ORGANIZATION
DEPARTMENT.

REV. GEO. CANDEE, NATL ORGANIZER.
All communication 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
ganizers.
The following members have been
commissioned to act as deputy organi-
zers:
F. D. Festner, SOB Pike ST., Coving-
ton, KY.
Rev. L. F. Finley, Brice. Ohio.
Marta Bethune Jones' Washington.
Ga.
Rev. A. A. Worsley. Sylvania. Wis.
n. a. Quale, 5l6 Miifiin ST.. Madison.
Wis.
w. c. Lewis, Amethyst. Colo.
N. Grassland. Blue Island, Ill.
Fred EichholtZ, Edison. Wash.
John Cloak, 10l Harbine Ave. Day
ton, Ohio.
r. II. 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. y. ID. Hale Hasl1ins. Ore.
{. Blshir. Hutchinson. Kan.
Rev. Theo. A. johnson. Rushmore.
Ohio.
Thomas Hickling, Box JOG. Sandus-
ky. Ohio.
Miss Helen J. Wescott, Manhattan.
Kan.
B. 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 the noted imper-
senator, Hotel Pelham. Boston. Mass.
Mrs. Marion H. Durham, Burlington.
Iowa.
Levi S. Lewis, 512 Hamilton ST.. Al
bany. n. Y.
Mrs. Clara c. Hoffman. 80 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. 1923 Forestville
Ave-. Flat 20. Chicago. Ill.
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ganizer, on the different subscriptions
| take time to solicit, so l want you to
remit me the amount of my commission
in literature every month. | am glad
to hear of the colony progressing so
finely: but would say, the executive
must be careful and not admit too many
before they can be provided with work,
or the very success will be so great that
it will drown itself.
THOMAS HICKLING,
Sec'y Sandusky l.. L.
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07

air on this coast beats all the patent
medicines ever made.
Before this goes to press we expect
to have general store open to the
public, and are laying plans to put in a
tailor shop, bake oven, harness shop
and knitting factory.
We need tin shop badly and some
brother who is timer can find plenty
OF work at his trade if he will come.
Wonderful progress has been made,
considering the fact that we have been
terribly hampered on account of lack
OF perfect system, it being impossible
to get the work systematized at once
So many workers coming at almost the
same time from different parts of the
country makes this especially difficult.
but we are making progress in this as
in all other directions and will soon be
able to show much better results in
proportion to the energy expended.
]
We are pleased to acknowledge the
receipt of three pounds of English
peas, the gift of Sister Viola Toler of
Missouri.
Comrade A. d. Judd of Cleveland.
Ohio. sends us model plans for poultry
houses and yards.
a package of garden seed, a dona-
ton to Equality colony from Mrs. d.
Ford of Oregon, has been received.
Thanks. Sister Ford.
Bro. Eichholtz. colony horticultu-
rist, has just returned from trip to his
Skagit River Ranch with lot of vege-
tables and 10000 fruit gratis.
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ALL TOGETHER!

The following communication was
recently received by the Secretary of
the Brotherhood:
4 LONG LANE. Mo-. April Q. 1898.
a proposition to earnest Socialists:
We have been working here for some
time six years. on the cooperative
plan-a few of us: we have done well
with the little capital we had to com
mence on. We now have Il nice loca-
tlon-about 600 acres of land quite well
improved. all kinds of fruit in plenty.
houseroOm enough for several families.
stock, tools, etc. town property. with
store room, broom factory. wagon and
blacksmith shop. We have been known
as the Bennett Cooperative Company.
We now make a proposition to take
out charter in the B. G. G. If other
Socialists will come in with as much
more means as we have here. we pro-
pose to put all we have in the b. G. c.
We have perhaps $1,000 worth of good
property-fa farms. town property, stock.
machinery, etc.
Please publish if You think it any OBJ
ject to help the b. c. G. Address
BENNETT COOPERATIVE Co..
LOllS LANE, missouri.
Socialist papers please copy
To this cooperative company, and to
all other isolated organizations whose
aims and objects square with those of
the Is. c. c.. we very cordially extend
this sincere invitation:
Join forces with national organiza-
ton, like the b. c. c.. and come and
concentrate all your resources right
here. in this magnificent state of Wash
ington. which surpasses all others in
adaptability to our common ideas and
aspirations. Reap all the immense
gain that will flow from federation of
forces and exploitation of progress, and
shun the irreparable loss that comes
from isolation and obscurity. The bat
tie cry is still. "On To Washington
All together"
The Bennett Cooperative company
and all other associations that wish to
affiliate with the b. G.. c.. and thereby
participate in the great national move
ment for the specialization of whole
commonwealth, and not the socialila-
ton of a single isolated postOtlice consti-
tuency. should pull up stakes. realize
all they can on their present holdings
and then throw all their means INTO
the establishment or the support OF a
b. G. G. colony. A few thousand dol
lars would suffice to re-establish any one
of these trausplanted colonies some
where in the vicinity of previously eN-
listing B. G. G.. colonies. Then the
new colony, under the auspices of thc
b. G. G. and sharing In the impetus
that this national organization has ale
ready gathered, and backed 10y body
of members three thousand strong.
could feel positive assurance of per-
manency and prosperity; while, on the
other hand. if, as an individual colony it
should come to failure. the members of
the deunct colony could readily az
colony members of the b. &. c.. he
transferred To another Brotherhood
branch. and therein continue 90 coz
operate for the coming commonwealth.
There are over 20 of these isolated
communities scattered throughout the
United States, Think OF the vast -iu-
fuitely vast power that they might
WELD If they were all couiedcrJted iu
one grand union OF cooperative COM
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National Secretary's Report.

Eleven days ending Saturday, April
b, 1898:
ew active members enrolled. 60
resent total membership. .3,l79
|INoTE-Honorary members are per-
bns in sympathy with our movement,
bo are enrolled on the payment of
h cents. They have no vote and are
bit required to pay dues, but do all
hey can for the cause. Active mem
hrs pay 10 cents monthly dues and
70 not charged any enrolment fee.
hey are admitted on signing the
! Brotherhood pledged
E,.o,rprpurroNs TO COLONIZATION FUND.
|reviously reported ..'..'.'''.''''' 'Sii SO ~
Membership in full
WV, II T.nfrpuZ WaSn..... lou w
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07
LOCAL. UNIONS REPORTS.

Our local union at Butte, Montana,
has instituted a lively contest among
its members, to see who shall procure
the largest list of subscribers to INDUS
TRIAL FREEDOM within three months.
Excellent results are already in evil
dence. No doubt other locals will take
the hint.
In point of numbers, Butte Local
Union of Montana is the banner
union of the B. G.. C. At last report
they had 107 active and four honorary
members. This growth is the result
OF active and systematic propaganda
work. Four thousand B. G.. c. tracts
with notice of the time and place
of their regular weekly meetings and
a cordial invitation to the public to
attend, stamped upon their margins.
have been circulated within the city's
limits.
To the local union sending us the
largest list during May. June and July
contest to end at this office July 3lst).
we will present one full set of photo
graphic views of Equality colony. The
lists must be sent on separate sheets
and so marked that they can be filed
for the contest. The name of the mem
Der and the name and number of the
union must both be plainly stated.
To the member eitherin or out of I'M
ion, sending the largest number of sub
scribers within the same period. we
will present a full set of the socialist
books we advertise.
The reserve colony members of To-
ledo have organized themselves into
club for the purpose of helping
each other to go into the Washington
colonies. Each member pays monthly.
when able, a dollar or more. Some
are paying as much as 81. When an
amount has been paid in sufficient to
buy a colony membership lS160 and
pay the travelling expenses, the club
elects, by vote, one of its members to
go to colony, where he has immedi-
ate employment and regular pay
ments-sick or well. He then saves
from his regular pay and overtime
$40 n. 5nthly. which he sends back to
the club in B. G. C. scrip till his in
debtedness to the club is cancelled.
This scrip is received again by the
National Brotherhood in payment for
other memberships. Monthly pay
ments already exceed $50.
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INDUSTRIAL DEPARTMENT.
CHAs. H. swIGART, MASTER WORKMAN.

CHAS. II. SWIGART. MASTER WORKMAN.
The erection of houses in which to
shelter our ever increasing population
has been one of the problems that has
taxed the powers to the utmost but the
problem has now been practically solv-
ed. a few days will see the completion
of the second apartment house at
Equality. This house contains 80 rooms
l2Xl4 and a large dormitory for single
men in the attic, and is being built out
of lumber and shingles of our own
manufacture from timber cut from the
colony site. The only money paid out
was for hardware, windows. etc.
The saw. planning and single mills
are doing excellent service. and we can
now furnish all kinds of lumber and
shingles for our buildings.
At present the agricultural depart
ment is pushing the work of planting
potatoes and various other kinds of veg
etables, and preparing the ground for
oats. The clearing of land has been car
ried on as fast as possible and we will
have Il number of acres of our own land
under crop before the season is over.
Surveys have been made for bitches for
draining the marsh land, and it has
been found that all we need is the
bitches, as we have abundant fall to
drain every foot of it. As soon as
these bitches can Ice put through a
large body of land will be opened up.
which will require little or no clearing
to put in condition to cultivate and
which will rival in productiveness the
far famed valley Of the Nile.
One industry of which we are justly
proud is our nursery, and we viii say
right here that we will be prepared to
furnish nursery stock Of all kinds for
the fall trade. and we will guarantee
that what is ordered viii be sent If we
have il in stock and no substitution Of
something just as good" win be made.
The shoe shop has been turning ont
some iirst class new work and keeping
up our repairing at the same time. We
need at least two good shOemakers who
can oil the requirements, to help out,
one OF whom must Toe able 10 put up new
work. And We need a tanner, one who
understands the entire process. 50 that
we can prepare our own leather.
The sewing department is kept busy
on colony work.
Our blacksmith shop is one of the
busy places Of this busy community
and the cabinet shop has orders ahead
for months to come.
We need more steam power and would
be glad to correspond with any brother
having 30 or 40 h. p. engine and
boiler IN good condition. We also need
a shaper engine lathe. drill press and
other ron working machinery.
our fishing sloop came in Saturday
night with some 20 or - barrels of her
ring on board as the result of one
catch. We will smoke these tor future
Use.
%The printery is now well equipped for
doing all kinds Of newspaper, pamphlet
and Job work.
Lai but not least Is the subsistence
department. We have three dining
halls and Kitchens at present; one at
Equality, one At the Lewis place and
one at Edison, and IL goes without say
ing that the workers In this department
are kept busy preparing food for the
hungry workers, for hs an appetizer the
Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07

A beautifully fashioned machine
hammer has been placed ON the Ma
tional Secretary's desk by Comrade
Geo Quimby. 1t is the handiwork of his
son-in-law, and makes very neat pa
per weight,
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Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-07
LETTERS FROM MEMBERS.

| imagine there must be something
in the climate of Washington that
makes the people out there buoyant
in spirits, Hopeful, tolerant and pro-
gressive. judging from the way they
have welcomed and encouraged the
B. c. C. colony. May they continue
in well doing, for verify they shall
reap their reward.
w. a. BARNES, Mo.
i
| enclose you fifty cents to apply
on subscription to your paper when
published. Although an early mem
Der of your organiza ton, yet for sew
eral reasons, | may not ever meet
with you in the home you are making,
but my sympathies are with you and
every other movement looking toward
the establishment of the cooperative
commonwealth. May your auspicious
start be but the beginning of a great
movement for the uplifting of man.
kind. Ii. HULSE. NY.
i
Thank God there Il way now pre-
pared, for those that will exert them
selves little, to get home and keep
it, where they can have peace and
plenty and no fear of being evicted. or
thrown out of job. May success
crown the efforts of our colonists.
w. II. BIGGs, Neb.
\
COmrade Lermond:
Yours of the Goth inst. at hand and
makes me feel quite enthusiastic;
nothing succeeds like success, and
nothing beats the best. The Is. c.
c. is o. X. our colony is n remarkable
thing. and hope to see fifty more like
it. just imagine Equality in two or
three years if nothing greater than an
earthquake strikes it. | will be up ON
visit later in the spring. Have sharp
ened up my bicycle ON purpose for the
trip, but the roads are not good enough
yet. NJ. ID. l.. CUNNINGHAM, Wash.
i
| want to keep in close touch with
the colony. and if my plans turn ont as
successfully as have every reason to
believe they will at the present time, /
will be able in the future to render con-
siderable service to the colony. How
ever that may be. YOU know my feel
ings and sentiments with regard to your
movement, and To whatever slight eN-
tent that may be possible. will O-ope-
rate with YOU. The way the enterprise
has been conducted and the success it
has attained. makes me proud that |
was one Of the original promoters, and
| trust that | may be one Of the build
ers as well. HIRAM NROOMAN,
We iSandusky l.. L. hold meetings
in my house on the first and third Fri
days of each month, and the members
are very enthusiastic, and are spread
ing abroad the news and are distributing
literature right along. am in posi-
ton not requiring to keep back the
amount OF my commission as local Or
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24

more for others than for himself i'm
bued with the strongest traits of no.
bic character, an honest, upright man.
ly man through all his life, he has lett
a monument that is indeed more en-
during than brass, which shall stand
untouched by the corroding toosh of
time. Nor seasons, nor storms, nor
clouds. nor sunshine nor any power,
seen or unseen, shall be able to deface
that monument which God has lifted
to the gaze of the world through his
noble character and his god1y life.
Truly he had "fought good fight he
had kept the faith; and his children,
and his chlldren's children shall rise
up and bless his memory for the noble
example which he has left them and
the heritage OF good name which he
has handed down to his posterlty.
One of the beautiful customs of his later
life was to gather all his children and
grandchildren around him on his birth
day ana make it indeed family reun-
ion of affection and love.
That reunion is broken on earth !;
but with the sturdy and unfllnchlng
Christian faith in the posterity that
shone out In the lite of the good
father, whose last words on earth were,
II feel like I am IN the hands of the
Lord" that reunion shall yet be more
joyful Gin the sweet fields of Eden
where the tree of life is blooming
where there's rest for all the redeemed.
All knew the good and grand old
man to love him, and all join in
breathing benedlction upon his men,
DRY. Peace to bis ashes. The crown
ing day of such life is worth the
pains to live it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24

article of housekeeping or a piece OF
ribbon. If she sees nothing In the Scot
land paper she turns to tie one that
does tell her where she will find what
she wants. Our merchants are con-
stant!y complaining because people
send off to the Northern cities for
goods. Does not the fault lie with
them? Do they sell the people what
they have on their shelves? The boast
of our people is, that they have clean,
readable and well-edited paper-aud
many say the best in the State. Let it
also be said that we have a paper that
can tell them where they can get what
they want and columns of advertise
ments telling what our merchants haye
to sell. CITIZEN.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24

A Card to Scotland Neck Merchants.
EDITOR COMMONWEALTH I'm look
ing over The COMMONWEALTH am
struck with the absence of advertise
ments from our business men of their
goods and wares. A stranger looking
over the paper would be apt to exclaim,
els there no energy in Scotland Neck
that Its business men do not advertise ?
see no evidence of it in the paper OF
the town."
There is less than two columns OF
advertisements in the paper OF home
people. It seems to be either very
short sighted policy or poor economy
that will prove a loss to them in the
long run, If it has not already done 80.
From the surrounding towns we hear
of business enterprises going forward,
energetic measures pushed to bring trade
and inducements being made to take
some of the trade that naturally be-
longs to Scotland Neck. Your paper
circulates in Halifax, Edgecombe,
Martin and other adjoining counties.
Then, why should not the patrons OF
the paper know what our merchants
have to sell them? Take up any paper
of another town and you Will see col
nmn after column of advertisements
of merchants asking for trade and tell
ing the people where to go.
A country farmer takes his paper
home and by the quiet fireside at night
looks over 1t. IT he is wanting any
thing In town he naturally looks at the
advertisements to see where he can gel
| it. His wife looks to see where she car
get what she wants. It may be u
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24
Something to know.

It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to q
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centres in the
stomach, gently stimulates the Liver
and Kidneys, and aids these organs in
throwing off impurities in the blood
Electric Bitters improves the appetite
aids digestion, and is pronounced by
those who have tried it as the very
best blood purifier and nerve tonic. Try
it. Sold for SOC. or $1OO per bottle at
E. T. Whitehead & Co.'s Drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24
THREE LITERARY TREATS.
BY THREE STRONG MEN.

Some one remarked after DR.. Gibbs
lecture Thursday night that Scotland
Neck had enjoyed three literary treats
within ten days. Rev. M. L. Kesler.
of Rocky Mount, had week before
delivered strong and impressive ad-
dress before the Baptist Young Peoples
Union DR.. G. S. Blackwell, of Birmlng-
ham, Ala, Corresponding Secretary of
the B. Y. P. U. of the South, had the
night before delivered great address
in the Baptist church and DIR. j. T.
Gibbs: of Littleton, presiding elder Of
the Warrenton District, had that night
delivered an able and eloquent address
in Temperance Hall on "Our Country"
DIR. BLACKwELL's ADDRESS.
On Wednesday night, Feb. 18th,
Rev. C. S. Blackwell, D. D., presented
In the Baptist church the claims of the
Baptist Young Peoples Union. He
gave history of the movement, and
showed on canvas an outline of the
WORK for four years.
DIR. Blackwell is an eloquent speaker,
and for two hours he held his audience
in rapt attention. He interested every
body who heard. him, for there was not
dull moment in the entire address.
The work is great and promises
much through the young people of the
Baptist denomination.
DR.. Blackwell's reputation as great
platform speaker had preceded him,
and his address fully met the expecta-
ton of those who heard him.
DIR. GIBBS LECTURE.
Thursday night, Feb. 18th, DR.. J.
T. Gibbs, of Littleton, delivered bis
noted lecture, "Our Country" in Tenn
perance Hall. 1t breathed the spirit of
true patriotism from the first to The
last sentence, and DR.. Gibbs was happy
In the chaste and scholarly manner in
which he treated the subject. We
have rarely heard as much valuable
mind-food in the same length of time
as was given in DR.. Gibbs lecture. 1t
was highly optimistic, as it contemplate
ed the future of America and was help.
full in encouraging all to 1oye this
goodly land OF ours.
ALI told Scotland Neck has really
been greatly favored recently in the
wise and timely addresses of these good
and godly men.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-02-24
We Must have the Money.

We Must have the Money.
Quite number of our subscribers
have allowed their subscriptions to run
over considerably. We need the money
and must have it.
There are two special reasons why
we need the money more than we
would at some other time:
1. This Is to be campaign year
and the opinion of the public to the
contrary notwithstanding, a campaign
year is harder than any other. News
papers are expected to do about half Of
their work campaign years "for the
good OF the cause"
2. The new life that is springing uE
in Scotland Neck In business enter
prises makes it necessary Tor Thu
COMMONWEALTH to spend more money
in being ready for every emergency
that arises. Then one who says as
much about doing big things as we de-
Is expected 10 90 sOme VI tAoIu' AuI
it takes money to do it.
8. And lastly, the money you owt
us for this paper is inst and you ought
to pay it.
With these explanations we hop'
our readers will at once prepare to pa.
what tLey owe us. The editor Is tOt
busy In the office to look after thes'
accounts. Our agent, Mr.. w. F. Par
ker, will call on you for what you owe
door neighbors and and all; and w
hope you will settle with him prompt
lily. We are in great need OF the mon
ey and We must have It. Please pre-
pare 1t and pay our agent when b
lcalls.