Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1898-05-14
As Seen by a Visitor.

As seen by a Visitor.
Equality Colony is temporarily di.
vided into three parts. One, at Ed
son, is National Headquarters of the
B. G. c., which is engaged in the fnan.
cial and commercial interests of the
whole, the making of furniture and
operating the printery. The second, /,
located on the Lewis tract, a half.
mile away, is engaged in farming and
gardening. The third and by far the
largest number are on the principal
grounds of the colony, about three
miles from Edison, where they are oc-
cupied in building for the colony saw
milling, making shingles, planning
lumber, clearing lands, stump pulling,
ditching, farming, blacksmithing, e tic.
This division necessitates the running
of three boarding houses, named re.
spectively: Fort Bellamy, Hotel Lewis
and Hotel Freedom. The writer Wis.
tied the Ranch" as it is called last
week and found every one at work, too
busy to talk, until the dinner hour
arrived. At the echoing sound of the
dinner horn the men came in from al
directions, which caused us for a mo
ment to think that raid was being
made on Cuba. About sixty men and z
women sat down to the first tables
Then came others till all were suppl
ed One of the most pleasing sights We
saw was, about forty neatly dresse
children, ranging in ages from i've
ten years. under the supervision q
Miss Halliday, marching in true sol
der style to their dinner. The prattll
of their sweet voices was music fit fo
the gods. Brother Savage was late
found, busily working and perplexet
at not being able to supply all TIN
lumber needed by the colonists. ThlU
pioneers had built several log house
for the accommodation of the men
bers, but since the starting NJ of tn
saw mill a two-story and basemen
frame building has been completed
81 66 feet, which, with the log one
are temporary quarters for the coli
nists. Another building "a 100 feed
and three stories and a basemer&
is approaching completion, which}
when finished will accommodate thiI
ty families, each in their own aparU
ments, besides stacking up severd
cart loads of bachelors in the thiu
story A large hotel for cooking an
dining purposes and the entertai1
ment of guests and transient ysitOrj
Is the next enterprise to be started
far as we were able to learn the ladi4
were divided in reliefs, to cook. wal
upon the table, wash dishes and Sc
and mend, men being detaild
to do the heavy work in the kitche
We found Bro. Pelton with his siecy&
rolled up, amidst 4 half score of preE
ty girls and women, pairing potatoh
Bro. Pelton was one of the pionee
and appeared as rosy and cheerful
II he was again among the hills al
pines of his native state of MaHV
In fact, more cheerful. happy a
contented class of people we hal
never met. A laundry departing
has been established, where the was
ing for the colony is being done.
of course, at this time. is in a cru
condition, but with improved mach
cry, wash day, with all its anuoH
and disagreable drudgery, will be
thing of the past. Another fear
which attracted our attention
the cosmopolitan makeup of the
onists. There were members fr
Maine, Massachusetts,, WashingY
d. c., Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan,
linois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Califorr
Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado. Orc4
and Montana. Yes, and we must
forget to mention that some W
from Virginia, North Carolina.
bama and Louisiana. Furtherwe
English, Scotch, German, Bohemi
Scandinavian, Irish and Hebrew
What do you think of that? MOI
to say You occupied a lower posl
in society than did In fact IN
appeared to be no cause for recr
nations, consequently it can be try
fully called happy family