Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-21

beef, white bread and coffee. co+
weak morose and sick, and a pood
many died in consequence, and nobody
had sense enough to see that it was
the climax of nonsense to expect IN
have harmony grow out of a soil
moistened by the blood of slaughtered
animals.
You have named your colony Equal.
ity, and | infer that Bellamy's book
has done the christening. If that he
50, | wonder if the spirit of that boo),
has so far penetrated into your hearts
and even your stomachs, as to cause
you to adhere to the true and only
diet of harmonial socialist, and
that's strict vegetarianism. / don't
think much of those socialists who
only come into our ranks to be the
better enabled to pamper to their
tyrannical stomachs. They will
will never make an Eden out of this
hell. Bellamy has made a decided
mistake there, when he makes social
harmony come first, and then as a
consequence, harmonial diet. Turn it
round and you are about right, and
success is sure for you.
Hermann STUDE r, Kansas,
i
We are not building. for the bene
fit of a mere colony of people, nor for
a group of colonies. We are build
ing for the whole state, for the whole
country, for the whole world. We
are building these colonies to practi-
cally inaugurate and illustrate true
socialism. Any theory of socialism
that does not recognize individual
personal responsibility, the right and
duty of each adult human being to
use himself, including his own per-
sonal earnings, as he may elect, pro-
vided he does not injure others, is
untrue TO nature and cannot succeed.
Our first colony should be so care
fully built and on so broad and strong
foundation that it cannot fail. 1t
should be sample community, con-
structed on such national business
principles and made so successful and
attractive that all other citizens of
the State and the Nation can see the
advantage and desirablility of such
cooperation to all wealth producers.
In order to produce this effect it must,
First, display such orderly and scien-
tific management of its means of pro-
duction that it can furnish an unstint-
ed supply of all earthly goods and
conveniences to each and all of its
members.
Second, it must demand an equit-
able outlay of energy on the part of
each able bodied member.
Third, it must guarantee the fullest
liberty and opportunity to each and
Ill its adult members to use and en-
joy their individual possessions as
they prefer This is full socialism"
Anything short of this, or anything
added to this is not socialism. Social
ism means the best social conditions
for developing the best manhood.
This requires.
o. The collective ownership and
management of the means of produc-
ton, because this is necessary to the
best development of the resources of
nature with which to supply the ma
terial wants of all men.
e. 1t demands an equal division of
the products of nature for an equal
time of service to all who are able to-
work, and for equal needs to those
who are not able to work. 1t de-
mands this division in order to satisfy
and to develop an inherent sense of
justice and rightness in all human
beings. The best manhood cannot be
evolved without the qualification and
exercise of this sense of right.
3D. 1t demands the fullest liberty
and opportunity to each individual to
use his private possessions as he NAV
prefer in order the better to culti-
vate and develop his individual taste
and capacities and responsibilities.
LIMany things are needed in common
by all. These can be procured and
held and used in common by all. All
productive and distributive capital
land domiciles, light, heat, water,
mail service, telegraph, telephone,
general educational facilities. lee.
lures, schools, libraries, general sani-
tary provisions, etc. These should all
be procured and owned and used in
common by all, while diverse individ-
ual wants must be met from the pri-
vate purse of each ndividual-special
household goods, special foods. cloth
ing, art, music, books, papers, relig-
ious or irreligious literature or privi-
leges, amusements, sports, recrea-
tions, etc.
10 meet these wants all must have
an equal private purse. Then while