Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-03

There shall be one central store
and as many branch stores as may
be found necessary, which win sell to
members of the colony at a fraction
above cost or just sufficient TO pay
to the colony the cost of handling.
Shares and land in the corporation
n MAJ BE hha=Sht CT the installnaent
plan. the lowest payment accepted
being $12, the price of one acre Of
land. Charter members receive two
acres for each S12 they pay into the
treasury until such time as there
shall be In the hands OF the treas
urer enough money to take care of
the concession and pay other ex-
penses of organization. when the
price of land will advance 81 an acre
and continue to advance with each 100
members enrolled until the ultimate
price of 500 per acre is reached.
The initiative and referendum will
regulate matters relating to the bust
ness of the corporation in which mem
/ OvIs nave a voice Freedom %
thought is to be the watchword No
religion, cult. ism or fad, economic,
social or religious, is to be sub
scribed TO by any member or toler-
ated by the colony.
The education of children will be
absolutely in the hands of the com
monwealth, and be carried along on
rational lines and by individual and
eclestive methods, in accord with the
! highest standards.
The wage to those who labor for
the commonwealth, in whatever ca
pacity, will be the same and the hours
| of toll the same. No one shall be
T,1D hHr he no
| is not a member of it.except in excep-
tional cases to be specially provided
for Women shall receive the same
wages for labor as the men.
Families shall receive from the
commonwealth an allowance for the
care and maintenance of each child
born until the children are able TO
take care of themselves. Hence the
colony has no fear of race suicide,
providing, as it does, that each
child becomes practically the ward of
the colony from the day of its birth
till it becomes of age and able to
support itself
Churches. halls and other build
ings will be provided for those who
wish to have them, and rented at
normal cost. as will be the dwellings.
| The sacreduess of the marriage re-
lation is to be maintained, and every
possible influence brought to bear
upon that relationship To make II a
condition of the greatest happiness
and comfort.
! The corporation is to be governed
| by a Board of Trustees or directors
elected annually by the stockholders
and they shall elect from their mem
bers a president or chairman, secre-
tary and such other officers as may be
necessary to the proper conduct Of the
corporation.
| The board of directors wi / app5iIt
a general manager who is to have alb
solute charge Of all industries and
| everything appertaining to the com
monwealth, and viii be subject to the
Board of Directors as a whole and
not TO the president alone. The gem
eral manager will appoint the super
intendents who will have charge OF
each branch of industry in the COM
monwealth, and these superintendent
will, in turn, appoint their assist
ant foremen, etc. All will receive the
same wage the general manager re-
| ceiving no more than the humblest
| artisan.
| Each member of the colony is re
| uuired to own his or her own piece
of land. but it IS optional with each
member how he or she shall make it
productive. His shares of stock will
| take care Of themselves, and will
pay him such dividends as they earn