The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-04-19
COINS new WORDS
COMMANDER BOOTH-'rUCkEE ADDS
TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
, TWO MORE TERMS
D0MICIDE AND D0EICULTURE
What the Salvation Army Is Doing
to Provide Tenement DvcHers
With Homes of Tkeir
OVE.

/
! coined these words and made u present
of them to the English language, and the
| Salvation Army is engaged III demon
| strating their meaning" Commander
| Booth Tucker, the head of the Salvation
| Army in America, sat in his fleadquar-
| tiers at 122 West Fourteenth street. and
! talked with enthusiasm to a reporter for
the New York Times of his recent tour
! of inspection among the colonies of the
| army in the West.
| Our Colorado colony, Fort Anity," he
| continued. lis now just entering Its third
| season. 1t was in April, 1899, that the
| first party of colonists reached A1njty.
It contained fourteen famiies-seventy
| persons l wish you could see these first
colonists now: what good comfortable
homes they are in; how contented and
happy and full of hope they are.
up to Jan. l last our outlay on the
Amity colony had been $4,000 The colo
nists have supported themselves and
their families and have repaid $4,000 of
this sum. When you take into considera-
ton that this has been the achievement
of men who had not dollar to start
with, many of whom were out of work
ana dead broke, you can understand
what the system has done for them. We
bought 100 good cows for them for S., 900,
| and they borrowed the money of local
bank, for which we stc>a ~curity They
have paid back 81, 500 OF that money in
two years.
we gave each colonist to start with a
plot of land containing from five to
twenty acres ard the implements to work
1t; one horse, sometimes more; one or
two cows a pig and some poultry. Then
we have paid their travelling expenses to
the colony from whatever city they are
taken, and we have put up the cottages
for then They usually have their own
1t costs US about $500 to establish each
family, aside from the land We have to
make Jaterals for irrigating, level the land ID
fences and erect buildings. We employ
the colonists at the regular price for such
labor 81 or $3.50 per day. We pay each
dollar down to his credit, to assist in re-
ducing his debt to U.S. The expense Of
getting e. the place in shape we add to tho
defray when he is able.
~ WISH you could zee the new orphan
asylum we have at Amity," continued
the commander enthusiastically. 1T is
modating 100 children. 1t will open in the
fall. We shall send to it orphans who
have come to us in the cities; boys ana
girls in about equal numbers. They will
community. When they are old enough
to work a piece of land we will start the
boys In life. and thev will marry and set
itarium there; a workingmen e Santa
rum. where Workingmen may go to re-
cuperate and have medical attendance at
rates within their means, doing some
work when they are able That IS our
next enterprise. Gradually we are going,
TO group all sorts of institutions at Am
NY. we have now a fine school house.
ALSO
What has contributed to your financial
success at Amity, commander"
ell, we nave two good cash crops at
Amlty: We raise the famous Roc<v Forts
aataloupe: and dealers say ours is the
nnest in the valley OF the Arkansas: bet
ter than the one raised at Rocky Ford
User. Then we have the sugar beet
INDUSTRY In Colorado. as the imet'c n.
d1t1ons there are favorable t. t. Fac
tories Will go up all over Colorado in thu
next few years.
ers to pledge the beets to run the fac.
tories and to keep their word TIE big
Ianchmen: or even the man W tn Ice
acres; acres will not do it. We will put in our
gladly. and make a good thing Of T.. ,.
big sugar beet factory is now in process
OF erection at Holly. quite near ns thai
more. too. Besides these two rops. which
are clear cash: our colonists ro;se s,len-
t ga al1alfa and all the ordinary crops for
ILtlr own
Have you had no failures. no cases OF
colonists who rafnse to work and let their
places run down?'
Not one. There is ncthirg of that kind
TO contend with: You see. we took a.
superior class of men in the beginn :ne,
some were skilled ca'pe ntcrs and build
ers. They were ,ra,tieularlv desirable
as we do so much building
help?' = 80 '''e' ~ so"i
because they wanted chance to see
nome ahead Of them said the com.
mander, enc "ge icaily. "They wer, bring
. ms up >the.r children in terements. ana
better al long as thew lived One motor
nan man. Tor Instance was earning 50 dav.
save bi3se1f f ztran .; Gf LOOKING out to-
upon MS nerves Until he asked the rom
pany to transfer him to anothc~ job. Ir
that he got 81 80 a day. and the family,
was Dinched all the time
Why. we've got on one of orr c,1~nie~
= Z family OF the descendants of Robert
!rr,ulton. the inventor of the steamboat "
New EnsianG o estr and n wro factor &c IN
on Of It If possible. And we have an =.
ether a,5e man who IS a desc naant o. John
a eena the the Plgrino father. He lad hee7
n, certain line Of business In Boston.
II Inc combination IF four firms in this IN.
.nreW ont 70 per cent # the employees, Of
ed to be- on Sehar the tSoi Rey.ltion hanoen
lng Tor work at the sanre time. He ent.
no work all winter. and n the rn-ino r.
When we took them. the family waa 81
tIieiY our or money. And vt he was a.
comnetsnt man. with no had hs bite -
we nave a doctor, to-. graduate o-. !,
the: medical de-artrent Of the Irn.,.e--:t,
OF new york He was a mod cal .-n:ss.or.
aly ,or tire IN Siam. contra cte1 dtseo sn
wren forced him to return home was
SICK long time, and when be recn--a-e6-
up a practice. g. = b - :. ''1 'o ns d
Most of our ne,a are such casec: ,oer.
VINO nave lost heir grin and f5ron-,ed o,,t.
OF the ranks throuel1 misfortune, or WIZ
want TO better crnditin-s fn~ +so.- c,,iI.
drfn- but even WHEN a man is c,rcr tcwn
WI!nout ambition or e-e-gv aDna-ant1v Z
sh'1tJess and ne.er-d o-ueel. Vo,1 world be
as, nn1sheds to Fee what a d'fereIne orr
system will make II, him. AThe bone ~
becoming hone owner oe eet+ino- mr.
having some thing in return for h;c labor
q ansfnrns him Tito a liffcre-,t creature, 81
II is hard for the av~rareE man IN GOT, =
oo1 OF the rut Put put h n, OF. CIR sol
ony. and show him how. 1ithfr tsrr,-
"a Years ne can reDay ls and then own.
ms rome and YOU v-oiil7 he nstorssLe & "a
Sc Pc ne on erenco r. vii, -raka i-, rr.--s
Z. z. Al TINS continued the ro.nraan4er
dnwr,.sas is bic wort when dee-,,-- s,tor.
psfed al this is com cu1t,1re, fsvi,.za
! ron is killing the home. Tho whole tan- 4
oencs for the prudent man todav tha
nlaH VINO wants To pot ahead and SAFE
something is tn avoid maria 90. IT ,is &
DreaeheF tn him. oven from, I 5,e br,,lrit a
tn avoid r1arriern till he can take core
~ 2 faNlv Public continent fnc-easea
7 alnst those who have LARGO farnilr,