The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1901-09-11
FINNISH COLONY Will
START IN CANADA
Cooperative work on a cmmunstic
Basis VIII Be the Ruling
Principle.

prominent man of letters In Finland II
prImIing a scheme for the establish
mont ~ q Finn rll,ny un M,lc1m IsI-
ana. near Vlc,oril 4 number n Joe
rul Films are Interested ln the project
though e. !a not expected tha. 20. com
mnn'y wll draw largely from other
rl''rs IN th. main tac recruits will b.
Immigrants ssh, want q, csaap. m'li-
nrJ ,rry.rr ANA o'Acr unp a.ant t.i-
'urrg ~ ,hr Ruvianiz.ng of their native
land.
IN a r,crn. Interview M Kurbka
nld.
'Tac Finn mrst remain under the
Russian espionage that IS On an sides
of H.m. revolt 900 go away. and aAa,
is th.r. rIr d, but % 80 away The
loo00 soldiers OF Finland cannot nglt
'he millions " Russia. although 20 the
winter slime they coull more than hold
their own. with their sleis and winter
Rnrb they could go 70 81 Petersburg
bot, 20 rryol, D., useless. the Flnander
mus, x, away"
- found a colony 20 which his coun.
.rymen might emigrlte. Mr Kurkka
went 20 Queensland The Queensland
govarnmrn, werc desirous of inducing
smluan,s 90 70 there. AMI the agent
general ~ tina. colony In London ar
ranged that he should write a book Tor
MS coun,rymen on Queensland. but
when ht went there be- found the faces
u the people set ago!ns; the coming of
the Fn'anicr They cried against. what
they thought. was cheap labor, a half
bnrbarous people Thl: the Flnlaniers
could read and write, were eduacted and
were good cl,lzcns SURPRISED them. but
he country was not good IN the eyes of
Mr. Kur.kka and he advised his people
not To go there Some two hundred or
,her-lbouts hal followed him. but few
others went
From Queensland Mr Kurkka was
going 90 New Zeilani. when h. received
letters from Firms In British Columbia.
Hc came. arriving in the province las;
October Al through the northwest he
found compatrtots, miners. farmers and
otherwise engaged, but In every mans
mind was he idea II getting a home
NJ his own. The Ftnnlander. says Mr.
Eurikka ia no business man. but he is
a worker. and Is willing 70 work. from
? a. m. to . p. m. II h. is working for
amssl, ani not FOR an employer
Whom these people heard that Mr.
Hurikkl had secured the assurance of a
land gran, for a colony in this province
they fcll IN with his scheme a; once
Now arrangements are being made for
he establishment ~ colony and an
lgreemcn. having been mad with the
Industrial Pulp Company for the pur-
chase % the pulp wood or this large
northern ISLAND whereby the colonists
are 90 bark The wood and deliver It on
.ha shores NJ 'he island. a cooperative
company will be formed. In all 10000
cords ot pulp wood will be taken b. the
COMPANY
Tho idea ot this s,clallstlc community
which - % make rs home on Malcom
island Is unique Everything win be
done comparatively There will be CO.
operative meals. cooperative cooking
n fact. cooperative everything, The
company will employ all the men and
women and the rate OF pay to all will
De On, same bu, the hours NJ labor will
be guleed in proportion to the work. In
the more arduols enployments the
workers will nave less ours and in the
moro dangerous em7loymants the hours
for labor viii be shortened, for instance
while a fisherman will have 4 four-hour
day. man engaged in clerical work
viii work for nine hours, and both al
,hs same pay The children. the sick
and those oyer IS years " age will be
led. clothed and kept free rhe meals
will be all supplied by the company
washing. clothes everything being a
part " the payment 'or the work. The
wages viii not be nigh. The company
will pay five per cent on the stock, half
of which will be- given over TO the COM
mon rund, for education. music, in iact
for he general benefit, and the other
half will he divided.
Every member of the community will
pay 5000 for his share. $50 Of which is
to D, paid for membership in the COM
pany, Many are those who wiz come,
says Mr. Kurikka, for to have home
in the Utopia Of a Flnlanler Those
in authority In Finland will max, their
coming difficult for they hinder the
emigration fearing that the outgoing
people win make labor dear, On the
steamers running from Finland TO
Enghnd-and Mr. Kurikka says he does
not like to have to say this-the emf
grants are treated like cattle. Two
steamers sail every week and hundreds
are leaving Finland, despite the fact
that the fares are KEEP, high to stop the
outward travel. Once in England though
the Finlalder feels Ike q free man, Al
home the miltausm bows him down
Although the country has It's own
courts, own parliament, own army, It is
under the domination of Russia, 0ni to
be under the domination Of Russia is
enough to make the Finn wish for a
new land and that is why when the CO.
operative company for the colonization
of Malcolm island is a fact, Mr., Kuri-
kka expects to have large numbers of
Firms headed this way. BY next spring
he expects to have the colony in opera
ton. and, said the colony promoter in
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