Industrial freedom. [volume] (Edison, Wash.) 1898-1???, 1899-05-06
MACHINERY FUND.
WOOD WORKING MACHINES

WOOD WORKING MACHINES.
Previously reported. ................S 456 40
Il Householder Observation-Disclosures. 5 90
1Obal. ...'...'..o foI ~
Childrens Industrial School
Previously reported Observation-Disclosures. S3 w
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. VI w
What Have You Found in Equality Col
ony?
This is the question propounded by so
many, that l venture after a months stay
here to answer it. Learning that Belfast,
on the Great Northern railway and rs miles
distant fare 81. 80-was the neasest point, |
purchased my ticket for that place. About
three hours ride, much of it by the shore of
Puget Sound crossing sloughs, rivers, and tun-
neling through forests, relieved occasionally
by some clearing, where brave heart had
built for himself, mate and chicks a nest
where he could live beyond the clutch of
greed, and prove his god given promise to
occupy and subdue the earth; the iron horse
stopped and the brakeman cried out BEL
fast" Let no one suppose that any similari-
y
land. We stay not even for faint descrip-
tion of this place, but after loading our bag
gage on waiting wagon, which told of roads
you must travel over to appreciate good ones,
we started for the unknown-abont five miles
distant. If the ''all good" ever dispensed
special favors he did that day, for we found
an atmosphere soft and pure, sky of deep blue
and warm as you could expect in Marcia
day for lovelnGss not surpassed by Califor-
mia
That five mile ride through the primeval
forest is never to be forgotten. | do not re-
fer to the pitching, tumbling and Keeling of
the wagon, but to the moss and fern bearded
century giants, whose ponderous and lofty
forms of hemlock, fir, spruce and cedar rear
ed their cloud piercing heads in such silent
and truly awful grandeur as to make US feel
that sense of speeches. awe that feign would
bow obeisance to their presence. At length
houses began to appear, which assured us we
were not quite beyond the bounds of cviliza-
tion, but this was not Equality, for we plung
ed again into the almost lmpenetrable forest
by road that | forbear to describe, it had
its end however in clearing nearby filled
with the charred remains and stretched out
forms of forest kings. A little more patience
and the prospective paradise for socialists APP
peared, situated on hill side, which COM
manded a view of forest island, mountains
and sea. which for extent, varied beauty and
inspiration, cannot be equalled by the site of
any city in the world. The first building
situated on the base OF the hill, only few
feet from the level is the rude. log and board
kitched and vegetable apartment. In this
hall, three times day, at $40, u and
o'clock, the inhabitants of the colony, nearly
.lo8 In number, supply the inner man with
food and drink The bill of fare is very sim
pie, but good and substantial consisting
chiefly of bread beans, and corn and oatmeal
mush, boiled and fried for butter an excel
lent substitute is furnished in the shape of
gravy. made of milk flour and cottolene. SUI
gar is given once day, pie and coffee cake
once week. Fresh meat | have not seen
since being here. Sometimes we get a relish
in a bit of bacon and fruit. Cereal coffee
is used and is much relished. 1t is prepared
in a building close by, and has proved itself
10 be such an excellent beverage that there
is every promise of a large export trade
! ne tables are sefNeu ny Tue boys ana girls
of the colony, who are under the direction
of matrons whose gentle touch make the
kitchen and dining room machinery move
cheerfully aud with scarely any friction. At
the tables you may occasionally hear "a iocose
remark about beefsteaK, mutton chops, quail
on toast, and prairie chicken. etc. etc, but
rarely a complaint or grumble about the fare
But / must be brief or details will make the
editor Of this paper grumble over the length
of my article.
The other buildings in proximity to the di-
ming hall are apartment houses Nos. and 2
The first, 2ix60 feet. will accommodate about
a dozen families with a dormitory the entire
lenght, whore young men and bachelors fall
into the arms of morpheus when the shad-
ows lengthen. In the basement OF this build
lng, too much exposed to the weather. is
shop, where A carpenters ply their trade.
No. ,, about twice the size,is constructed sim
ilar to the first. It's basement holds the sec
retsry's Office barber shop and shoe hospital,
5n which there are already plenty Of patients,