Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-04-19
BIG SOCIALIST PLANS.
Cooperative Colonies to Be Con.
centrated In One Section.
FOR BENEFIT OF UNEMPLOYED.

AAondikc millionaire to Purchase
100000 Acre. of Land For Families
to Live ON Communicate r~lnn-sev-
era1 Other Schemes Bnacd ON Col.
1ectivism Seem to lie ON the Point
of Success.
Three gigantic cooperative enter
prises for the benefit of the unemploy-
ed and of working people generally are
now under way in this country. \
scheme is being agitatcd by western
perpetrators to get all the unemployed
In the country together in one state
and organize them into cooperative as
sociations.
Besides the big cooperative city plan
nedbyt the Illinois Producers association
in the vicinity of Hammond. Ing, Brad
ford Peck, 81 wealthy resident of Lew
1ston. Me-, and George DE Lion, Il Klon-
dixie millionaire. have planned big CO.
operative colonies and announce that
they are determined to put their plans
into operation.
De Lion that he intends
to purchase 100000 acres of land, cut
1t into 100 acre farms. build houses
and provide tools ANA lind 1000 faini-
Hes to occupy the farms and live ac-
cOrding to Il cOmmuniStic plan.
Bradford Peck announces his inten-
ton of building IL model city near Lew
1stOn, Me, and has already started the
groundwork for this city.
He is making active preparations,
says the New York Journal, for his ma
-t!Sfal cooperative society, to be con-
Quoted on the lines laid down by Ed
ward Beliamy. He is at the head Of
this society. the purpose of which is
to absorb the government. to own all
land in America. to obtain possession
of all factories and industries and to
become the universal employer and
governor.
5. II. Walsh, II western cooperative
agitator, has placed IL plan before the
western cooperative societies to gath
er all the unemployed in the country
into II body II organize them into
cooperative associations of producers
In some thinly populated state or
states. Walsh's plan is described by
himself as follows:
LET Il certain state, or perhaps two
Of them in different parts of the coun-
try, the u of which are the
least developed by present day meth
DDS and the population of which is not
large, be selected. and let the homeless
and unemployed go there. Let any de-
string Il change of residence go there.
In this the chief object would be the
conquest of political power. Public
ownership n industry could be ex-
tended, with its consequent good re-
suits. The same could be done in the
case of cities. At the same time those
SO inclined could form colonies which
would do We'll in the more friendly ell
vironment.
"After the state is captured the first
steps would be to revise the constitu-
ton and enact the initiative, referen-
DUN and imperative mandate, so that
d-emagogues would get their dues and
the powers Of the legislature not be
used for selfish ends.
"a directory could be kept Of all
those who went to the state and Of
those who intended to do so. Some of
u colony newspapers or political pa
pers would no doubt gladly keep and
occasionally publish this directory.
Each person would report when going
to the state or when he made up his
mind to do so.
81 am ware that this colonizing plan
was tried before. with the idea of pro-
viding homes and employment for the
emigrants. and that 1T failed, but con-
ditions then were not us ripe for the
movement as now"