Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-03
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT GIVES
100000 ACRES FOR A COLONY

them TO exercise in their lives
They would be glad to get away
from the confines of commare.alism.
and establish themselves a,nGng
others of like principles OF iTsf:ce
dividual growth could be tostered
and individual freedom assured
through mutual helpfulHess and toler-
alton.
4 hus. change arG cooperation is
bFcCPTng the wat - word (unspokel)
, al The hour. II thought of over
civilization and under-deyelopment
, trends toward this relief Progress
siye minds are constantly reason
ing toward a logical plan OF co-opera-
ton. a plan which shall unite the ad-
vantages CT legitimate business rela-
tons with those OF real progress in
life itself
MANY such systems have oeen
evolved. Their application, how
ever, failed Of success for one Of
these reasons: First. the method
was either too complex or lacking in
logic; second, the people admitted
we're deficient in cooperative knowl-
edge. and were thrown together in
q pioneering movement of which
they were absolutely ignorant, except
possibly in theory; third, the place
chosen or the system of government
was at fault; fourth some restric-
ton, either religious cult or moral
fad, was made a condition OF mem
hership. and, fifth, a one-man rule
. frequently prevailed. All I hese
things have made cooperative life a
I failure in the past. except in those
cases where it has been purely com
meTcial.
knowing all this, and after years
of thought and study, we have svOlv-
ed the following plan Of what might
, DC, we do not wish to credit but lit
tie, If any. of the details of the plan
to ourselves, as we have gathered It
from many sources. striving to take
only that which appears good to US
from each and eliminating that
which has proved a failure.
In this movement we do not want
dreamers, but practical men and VIC
men who are willing to give the best
that IS m them in the interest of the
whole. we shall find many who bc
lieve. honestly no doubt, that they
/ have the only idea, the only plan by
which a cooperative system should
be organized and run. Hence it is
necessary TO make our proposition SO
plain, straightforward. businesslike
and simple in the very beginning that
its success may be assured. We
must discourage mere pioneering
cults. fads and isms, and in 10 way
curtail or circumscTioe the freedom
AMI individuality of anyone. 1t
would be impossible land when and
where tried in the past it has failed) .
to start q cooperative organization
and cary it on 70 success and per
petuity if each prospective member
is required 10 undergo an eXamina-
ton as to his or her fitness to be-
come enc Of us; and in any case, who
arg We that VIC should judge our
brother? Let Us rather take all who
J come TO US and look only fer the
good that we can find in them. ignor-
ing what we may in our superior wis
/ dom deem bad. Let them come to
, us and trust to our influence and the
/ environments with which we shall
surround them. for reformation,
where ard when It seems needed.
! We shall not despair Il we fall
VIII OI1eT- people IN InuIyIUuaI cases.
as we 40 doubt shall, but We shall
not fail with their children. Let
us go into this organization not for
oJEEelyes merely
I Mr. Hall has Just returned from the
I City OF Mexico, where, through the
/ ai3 Of Sencr Don Enrique Creel, the
Mexican ambassador TO the United
4 States. he succeeded in securing from
the Mexican <government the conces-
( sion OF the land which he had pre-
I y,ously selected from actual survey
/ and experiment as the most favorable
ste for his colony. The terms of
the concession we're favorable to the
highest degree. and the La Prospect
I dai Colony is assured of further fay-
ors from the Mexican government in
: the shape Of ADDITIONAL grants and
( concessions so soon as the colony
shall have demonstrated to the
| eady-to-be-convinced Mexican gov
eminent the practical utility of the
cooperative scheme as a developing
i factor in that great waste of fertile
/ land embodied in the peninsula OF
Lower California.
The land selected by Mr. Hall is
near and Just below the twenty
! eighth parallel of latitude A fer
! tile. picturesque valley plain. it ex-
4 tends from the mountains on the
eastern coast of the peninsula to the
( Pacific ocean. The St. Gertrudes
mountains en- the north. the St Pab-
10 range on the south aud HE main
range on the east incloSe the tract
in a manner iiesi fer the purpose OF
/, the colony which wishes to te left
alone for 2 time 10 wcrk out its plan
tInhindered and unhampeTed. On the
west the Lard is open to the coast,
where a fine barber promises future
( maritime importance for the city
tho cc-oneratives hope to build.
This delightful pIsin is about q
miles square and Is covered with Wild
( date trees, mesquite. loywood. in
censewocd and other profuse vegets-
| ton. giving evidence CT water near
tie surface. and it is. IN fact 10
! abundance at q deEth OF from so to
100 feet: artesian water, It IS be-
flieFed. may be found a depth Of
/ from 500 to .000 feet Irrigation IS
Therefore an easy scientific problem
Crors CT the widest diversity are
I Quickly obtained, and the excellence
OF products Is z cause of great salts
faction 10 tho asfscHlturist.
The climate frcm a health stand
pcirt is perfect One can. without
r3rficuiar disc offfort. live in the open
air all the year round. Sickness Is
7 sl->oy. unKncwn
! The land is level aud CT uniform
quality throughout; therefore, there
would be no choice N it except as
70 distance from the city in the cer
ter Stone and lime are abundant In
the surrounding mountains.