New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17
SALVATION ARMY FARMING
1vnrt,iv. or THE DARKEST ENGLAND
SCHEME FOR REFORMING OUI'ASI''


AGED BENEFITS TO HEALTH AID NoRN'S'
FROM The London Telegraph.
W. Darkest England scheme for raising .ne
"Sul.r,,rgcd Tenth" IS divided INTO vi
,r,r..n.. CIV Shelters n Farm Colony III r'ns
i1 rd an oversee Colony. Iiadlcigh farh
rni.,.y about thirty-right miles from loHu"", -
beautifully situated on the cstuar! VI Wv, nv
Thames IN the southeastern corner OF lI' SH'n ,
~ lru.i,ud some fly" miles from Snul h'hu an"
,,,,.,.s a. . O-O acres Of all sorts Of land. Whlch
aln,t trn years ago was quite a WiIut' ~ %
even the PASTURES being oVcrrun WIN WE tc
But under the skilful management anu 80"
1aA,r IF men who heretofore were i'S' '''"
S.r.r.r f. the community great ch'ihEr h''9
l,eor made in ia" vast area OF d''o'" ~, -
,,.,,,- 40 great indeed that last year the gross
f,,r.,,.r was t2JON The Tilbury ana S'ul'
r,i,,, runs along the lower border ~ 'I,'S
estate. and as one approaches 10y th' me ,nt
s,.u,. is indeed striking lrl'h kIHS S''o" no I,
a., ,ru,v Is engaged in other pursuits as wen
a. farming At The base oil the NM ""a,m ,reo
almost nj the railway 'mhankncnt are lnicc
l,ri.t i.IIs who's. total output for last year Wa
3OJpupD bricks yielding To me 'itnI, ~ A Wv,
colony I717 TIL" number would IT'haply n'sr
re-. he'd 4WpOOOO but that operations "ci'
limited by the scarcity Of water ON inc sunni.
~ fn. mill swept 10y health giving br''H'S' al =
the homes OF tho men reclaimed iron" nv" ny, -,
Grim, and idlencss. farm buildings lh' ,i '
where religious meetings are h'Iu 'pl't t a.,
s.nr,e and bakchouscs. The picturesque ruins
NJ Ii,Jlcirh Castle situated on the brow oi Wv
hill overlook this son" OF hol,iu' H""H' S. D,
the other side Of the railway me the pro- ''
f. NOT mite 50 inviting. although SHOWING Hiiily
results Of labor and enterprise lhrI' n'r ,a
mud hats which year by year are "oII' ,HiI
,ioi,,.d and turned into pasture lands. enpt'lh-
rnenf- having been built to keep out inc M"'crS
r -. mnrthrrn estuary Altogether there are
onJ l,rcs Of foreshoIc. Tn" ishnS along nv
forcshore has so FAR been let out as lne ro,'HS
officials i'm their own Wofds' nave h"'lo' '"ls
declared themselves 10 "e iV' ~" l'
"Gsh.r~ ~ men .. 80.
II IS With this great effort at reformation as
will all good work you cannot Ilmt us nlIi ,q
ono The amateur laborcrS can G'llrl','S
spcaiHng only do the rouShrr uu''S Oh riI
farm skilled workmen are requl,d 20 "ulu
on trr estate and many oil 'nrn n"E, , l' f,
their LAY 20 this neiGhhorho"d pu'hP W. ' Nv
Gov, v..,rs the aspect Of Leigh hamlet on the
ont, RS Of the colony. has entirety 'nahE'";
NV houses are rising V'ryNhci'' '"ls'' " -
e. many cases with tho bricks pi"du''n on "i'
f,ru The new postoitice Is Null 81 ines
Tr.I Ton wears ago the population or the
viu,e. ,as four hundred. no" II exceeds one
ulou- ,nd and it is constantly gr'N'nI .,...
Al lu. prtsen; Jim ms "Idr ''"' '''i'~
a u,.,a..,l hV three hundred men. clad I'D lh"I'!
Garments out nearly an wearing S'"i. SI'i'L'
s.-,.i.,.lII, boots for which they pay I'D" moo
cst 4iu, of Is 81. Some are hoclus N''hH I'D
the trrp fields. others are cnE'-'' i''.,irIs -
Yiar.t.i b., the Army upon sever n".,' Gus
orr.- ii King fruit most IF Whih NiI DE s'd
10 pfrtte custom o. I'D the h"iNil'i - ~" No.
and .fi.rs again az" seeing after the COWS
80, ,,,.' oit a, thr r4t. Of - uW day 10
b., .r,as.d by and uy to 10000 or sou"
Ti h.u~iug of the .coinuists is siWi1Y ar
ranr.5 There ar, Two large dori"ii"fl's WIN
ain, or forty beds IN each. Whrr" NJ" arrivals
arc i..j..d As they prove themselves ready ana
0nnu- workers. they =" UP grad t% an''n,I
building Occupying a room VII u, a.
ten 3 u.s. and then go a room WIN "hE ,'i''f
ara l,.tly some few got small cuHfl'S ip th'iu-
selves \ uoNcomci is given any WORK 10 ~"
and allowed one shilling a day for ia" llrSt ,oIt-
night "f SO. even If h' dos ho' earn H.. am, '''S
ravr,-uf s. made i'm colony coins brass DISCS
marked "a ID IA and I'D. of no value out
side dr.. iarln. If the worker proves rn'rS'l'
and quIck ne can earn any hlhS UP l." - ~ -
A day aud when he leaves ne gets IN . turn Tor
SAVING b.. may hay" accumulated cluNdlrht
current COIN OF the realm, amounilns sometimes
- a much as r
Nnf - fnv Of the candidates for work and
holt, 10. are 1T the outset too proud or too in
arm T., dig But they soon thrive I'M health, ana
come fnund to tn" common scnsr argument OF
Colonel Lamb. the resident 'fuh" OF the
colony Well you wont dig. then What can
YOU do Here you are without 70 trad" and no
work ard no prospcc' of work. WnateNcr tn"
ealing pi ihe pen tent ulrN rag" lD'h me- must
begin 80, he rouel. 50 u'shilcd joh I'm the mar
Set ,,l.r or i'm digging ont clay for bricks
AT t.s," said Colonel Lamb. zig j." has hr"n
acc4-i.i..d to office Aorl. bis now Labor begins
30 TEL ,n him. but 3D. " i"N 1\- t' U.s. an'lh'r
ole 1..,r.lua To respectable stations iu life
whom A- g., are r1.h moral and physical
wreck. aud 10 is surprising ohai % ""nd riul
chare. d. weeks work Iu The open cir makes.
"Frum our stores man can obtain a
s'rons durable suit If clothes for los or
rs inch sum. il be- s wiling and not too
c;.It lui nt the inner Ian. hc "a soon save up.
If the .IntLoS hc arm 's 80 are done. So give
him AN lid suit picked cat from Tho bundles
sent h} friends. Cr. again. II D." comes in a
suit too GOOD for ""Aiins 81 h"i doing rough
work Nr give him AN ,lt ''r ami keep TIM
good on- .or SUNDAY aul ~h.r ho icaNc- rs
Sometimes he men give us some u"upl" and