Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-09-24

logs, tear their clothes, pinch their
| fingers and swear? Oh bosh. There is
no cooperation between a printing
plant and farm except financially,
and the best way to prevent the plant
from helping the colony is to send it
there, unless, as the colony is not
paying, nor the paper either, they
expect to do it on the algebraic prin-
ciple, that minus into minus gives
plus.
In order to carry out object = of
article ii in the constitution, you
must start more colonies, and Head
quarters must be located where they
can do exact justice to all without
bias or prejudice, which would be
almost impossible if located in a col
ony where the whole force could be
brought to bear upon its members; for
you must not expect that the selfish
ness bred in human nature for 5000
years can be wholly eliminated at
once. In order to unite all socialists
you must provide for various indus
tries at points where they can be
made remunerative, and it has been
thoroughly demonstrated that this
cannot be done in one colony.
Many people come here who are not
educated up to the standard of Equal
ity and not finding things as they
anticipated, go away again. These
people are all moderate socialists
and some arrangement ought to be
made for holding them.
With a donkey engine, Equality
in all probability will be self-support-
ing by another fall,-for they are
grand rustlers-and in the mean
time the foundation might be laid
for colony of those of weaker faith.
Now if you intend to do this, and by
so doing to carry out the objects of
the organization, to move to Equality
would entail useless expense, for
in order that there should be no
reasonable grounds for a charge of
''favoritism" you would find it nee
essary to move again.
In order to socialize this state, you
must get control of the legislature;
to do that it will be necessary to en-
ter the field of practical politics, and
we suggest this plan: Send Headquar-
tiers to Anacortes where buildings
everyday suitable can be had for 3
years, by paying insurance and taxes,
with free water front privileges:Start
another paper in connection with the
| f, that will give the general news
and support for all Offices such can
didates as are most in accord with
our plans: push its circulation all over
the state. With our large, energetic,
social contingent to help with the
push" and to get job work and ad-
vertising, it would soon be a power in
politics and pay from the start: And
so say all about this Office who are
situation. At Anacortes our dining
room could furnish meals to outsiders
at regular rates and help pay eXpen-
SEES: And moreover, it would be an eX.
cellent location for a supply store tc
furnish the different colonies and
from which to market their surplus
| products. There are various thing,
that could be made to pay at this, i
station on a great trans-continenta
railroad with deep sea harbor, that
could not be done in the woods Ave
miles from anywhere: and those indus
tries would furnish employment tt
members while they were gathering
for 4 new colony.
My only excuse for occupying st
much space is, that l believe we have
reached the parting of the ways, the
right one means success and home,
for millions of homeless, comfortles.
and despairing men and women, the
wrong one, another wreck upon the
shore of that great body-and-soul-de
stroying competitive whirlpool.
Let no member shirk his response
bility, but each one send in his vote.
a. b. Hicks,
Member at large and Ed. ad interim