Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-14

goods are exposed for sale, ana here
much Of the shopping" Is done. out
size lhe crystal palace runs cIrou.
lar a'enle--the nth counting from the
outer ldge OF the circle city. This. as
an iue avenues. ~ lined with shade
trees. Here Is the first ring OF houses.
each sanding In It's own ample grounds.
The ely has room for 30 900 Inhabitants.
In falkng from Fifth avenue towards
,he Circumference Of the city, the ylsl.
Tor crosses the Fourth avenue. ana then
comes 70 Grand avenue. which Ia i2O
feet wle and forms belt Of parks
All Moalo the city, IN which schools
and ehGehes are located. From this
avenue We continue the walk toward
he anAnference across the two re.
naming CIRCULAR avenues. and find I'm
the oGeuto belt, or circle factories,
warehouses, diaries, markets. coal
wards. dnlbcr yards. etc. all fronting q
circular raliway which encompasses the
city, and has side connections with a
main abroad line passing through the
estate, BY this arrangement goods are
loaded directly from the cars into the
Warehouses, ana no inhabitant Of the
city q more than GEO yards from the
railway
This much about the plan OF the new
cte. Iae proposed system Of raising
revenue S as novel as the plat briefly
described The entire revenue is TO be
eeryei rom rents. The land Is held
for the people by trustees, and what
ever Is Inc value OF the land to the
farmers vho use It for the production
OF food " the city, belongs TO the cam
munlty and not TO any individuals. MIR,
Howard calculates that the rent Of the
800 acrs outside the city, win be am
ole 10 py interest on the purchase
money. E1yide sinking fund for the
paymen. u the capital, construct and
maiLtun public works and then leave
a surplus for old-age pensions, or In
surance igainst accident and sickness
and tha. Sith much lower rent than
IS now pid by the average renter Of
farming and in Great Britain
The entire plan looks we'll ON paper
The igres presented appear tt
be- reaonable. And yet, II
must be asted before 1t is possible Il
pronounc Judgment as to how II woult
work ARumber of cooperative plans
have ben experimental with an(
failed. Aost founders OF new colonies
nave had but little Of actual benefit I,
offer settlers. They have depended on
the novelty OF their schemes, but nov
city soon wears off, ana the realities
remain AID these, II has been foun'
again and again, are not less stern II
many Of the cooperative communi
ties that have sprung into existenc
and dwinlled away. than under tn
compet,he system. Generally, in sue
systems Ae absolute subsection Of tn
will OF ihe many to the dictates Of tn
few, perhaps only one, Is required, an
that does not work in this age Co
operation combined with the creates
possible Individual liberty is called 70
n success Is to be attained, In a
probability much has yet to be learne
by mankind before they are prepare
for successful cooperation. But 1t WI
come, and every experiment made
that much more experience gained
Experiments are not failures, eve
when they do not at once yield tn
most desirable results. The worl
would not have been as far advance
as It Is today, had It not been Tor IN
many experiments that seemingly WEI
failures, This is true in the industri'
world It Is equally true in the socl'
domain.