The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-03

tried and Robert Dale Owen scholar
and literateur, advocated. They be-
l1ieve that in them there is an cas-
| ier and better means of spending
their millions so that it will go
further in benefttiog mankind than
| in any other way. Whether they
are right or not. it is their way and
/ their will be done SO long as they
/ furnish the money.
AS COLONEL HoGG DID IT.
In past times the people of Ben
ton have heard Of the proposed
colony. Once it was launched with
Monroe as the seat of industries.
but by reason of inexperience of
those in the management, the
scheme failed. The present plan
ming, is the sequel to the former
| failure. Rev. II, S. Wallace of
Junction, promoter of the former
undertaking, is at the head of the
! present proposition. Unlike his
former experience, he has this time
associated with him, men of un-
! doubted financial and worldly pres
cience. Names oflocal figures who
are familiar in every house in the
county as financial Napoleons are
listening with undisguised inter
est to the representations and
unfoldings of Mr.. Wallace. Ehe
latter is a Methodist preacher, in
telligent, bright and smooth of
speech. For six years, he has
worked with unremitting diligence
at his plan. To some, he seems to
stand now much like Colonel T.
Egenton Hogg once stood when he
went among his friends and talked
about railroad to Yaquina Bay.
To many of them Hogg's words
were for long time the wild, un-
reasonable talk of an enthusiast.
The things he talked about seemed
an impossibility, never to be. ac-
complished Yet it is history that
the colonel laid deeply his plans.
went back East and in.the course of
a few years induced the magnates
of Wall street to put up $40, 500. 900
on his project. 1t is history that
the railroad he talked about was
built, built not only to Corvallis,
but into the heart of the Cascade
Mountains. and that every day
trains pass back and forth, all re-
minders of the time when some
people thought Hogg was crazy.
SIMILAR SCHEME IN ENGLAND.
Like the colony that Mr.. Wal
lace proposes, there is one near
Birmingham, England, that has
prospered for years and years. 1t
has grown IN repute. and wealth.
It is pointed at by philanthropr
lists the world over as an example
of how success may crown the col
onistic idea. The New York rich
know Of and talk about it. That
is one reason why it is said to be
possible to finance SIS 900, 900 in
bonds for the purpose of furnishing
capital for the experiment that is
proposed in Benton, The scheme
they think will pay, because the
capital and the labor will be part
ners, not only in joy and sorrow,
but in business. Profit for the one
will mean profit for the other, and |
there can therefore be no strike, no
difference, no u1t-fnding, Houses,
thousands of them, are to be built |
for the colonists out of the money
from the bonds, and each will own
his own home. Each will receive
a wage, and when he is sick his |
wages will go on and medical treat
ment and hospital fees will be free.
The colonists will own the mills
and lands, but the increment will |
go into the hands of a board of
business men outside the, colony, |
who will manage the affairs, remoV--
ing from the co operators that
which is so often the. bone of con-
tention, and the source of failure.
The charter of the association
provides that the, home of the col
ony shall be in Benton county.
Ten thousand men is the limit of
membership that tits proposed to I
admit.
WANT $40, 900 ADVANCED.
Incidental to the plan is pro-
position that the people along the
route from which alleged benefits