Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-02-04
BelIamy Beamingss
From each according to ability
Ito all according to wants.

From each according to ability
to all according to wants.
Bellamy is not found on tie map,
but if you at any time happen to bein
Toledo, Lincoln Co., Oregon, you Will
certainly find Bellamy, providing you
are looking for it. This embryo COM
munistic experiment named after the
great author, Edward Bellamy, IS To-
Gated on the Depai Greek 4 miles north
of the countyseat of Lincoln Co., Ore.
The distance along the county road
to Newport, "the city by the sea" is
10 miles, by water it is 20 miles.
Bellamy is but 10 months old andis
organized on a similar plan to Ruskin,
Tennessee. Owing to the furious and
ignoble attacks ofthe enuemy and still
more so the Internal Vaccinations OF
cowardly traitors, Bellamy's growth
during it's short period of existence has
been greatly retarded. However. IN
spite, of this sad fact, the association
has already demonstrated marvel
lous capacity in the way of accumu-
lating property. Taking the invoice
of January I'd 80, it shows 81 500 as
sets over and above all liabilities. This
81, 500 is the product of 10 months
hard work cheerfully rendered by
few selfsacrihcing men and women.
In view of the seemingly unsurmount-
able difficulties and disadvantages,
which have harrassed our work, this
showing is truly amazing, and one can
but vaguely surmise, what could have
been accomplished, if the association
had been left unmolested to work out
it's own success. Still another fact of
far greaterimportance, which Bellamy
already has demonstrated is the I'M
yielding power and moral strength OF
an organized brotherhood. And to-
day the members of Bellamy are more
determined to succeed than ever, and
they will succeed, though the arch
traitor, Judas Iscariot with all the
hounds of hell are trying to hunt them
down!
Bellamy has it's own post-office of
the same name; it was established on
the Oath of last May and has been in
operation with daily service since July
Oath. The association has bought its
provision, shoes, clothing, dry goods
etc. from the wholesale-houses of the
large cities on the coast. This is a
little better than trading with the re-
taller, but it is far from being satisfac-
tory to cooperative society. And
another thing is, we do not know
how long the wholesalers will sell us
at wholesale rates. as we understand,
the retailers have already treatened to
boycott the houses trading with us
and some petty peanut dealers even
attempt a more netariOus warfare scan
dalizing, libeling and throwing slurs
on the association with certain houses
and jobbers. The necessity of cooper
ative industry is imminent. 1t can not,
however, come all in one day, but it
must come-and it will GOMEZ And
then, and then only, will rational CO.
operative effort on just and equitable
lines be crowned with the glorious
success it deserves!
We are glad to note the numerous
socialistic colonies in progress on the
Sound, and we all hope that each aud
everyone OF them may be tower of
strength, and prove the practicability
and Justice of the ideas we cherish and
the common cause we are fighting for.
These colonies ought in a few years,
through practical arrangement and a
sensible policy to be one selfsustain-
ing, selfproducing communistic bro
therhood without having to cater or
trade but nominally with the outside
world. In order to derive all the
benefit of and facilitate such an inter
colonial-trade or exchange of products
the brotherhood must own and oper-
ate it's own means of transportation
and fortunately enoughin this respect
nearly all these colonies have been
wisely located, having an outlet and
access to the God-given highway not
yet monopolized by human greed
the mighty Pacific Ocean!
The Brotherhood must have its own
line of steamers!
A danger that should be avoided
from the very beginning is that of
starting industries and enterprises
which ultimately will bring about
competition between the colonies. If
this is not guarded against, our CO.
operative efforts will turn out to be
but socialistic trusts, and it will all
end with the same old tale-"the sur