The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-02
,eesSful Community Settlements
RI Frederic T. H0Skin =

who had for awhile the world cele
DRAFTED colony of New Harmony that
Ialled- From Indiana the uarmonists
Went back TO Pennsylvania and i'm.
proved great tracts of land near Pitts
burg, calling the village Economy. They
had community bakeries. dairies and
meat snops' and became a hard work
Row they fell IN hard ways, false propb.
cts arose TO confuse them, much Of their
FUNDS went IN speculation, and by 1892
the community was in debt over n
million and half dollars. In 1905
the membership had dwindled to Eve,
and the houses, vineyards. farms and
orchards were let to outsiders These,
100. were cellbates and must needs re.
crmt their members from outside.
The Separatists of 2oar came orig
inally from the province of Wurtem.
burg IN 1917, sud under the lead ershins
of Joseph Baumeler settled in Ohio,
lheY were at first prosperous, amass-
ing quite sum of money, but after
the death of the leader the propertv
seemed to depreciate in value. As the
younger members grew up they wanted
to assert their individuality, they want.
ed life where there was competition
and the opportunity for proving per-
Spb0l uIll utN DlU mol DplleNG Tn2t
the soclalstlc theory of equal division
of labor and earnings was fair. At
the request of these younger members
the community feature was abandoned
In 1898, and the holdings of the colony
carefully divided, with the result that
each individual received property to the
value of $500. and Zoar, community
settlement became part of past
history, Marriage was permitted in
n 4
raised by the authorities and not by the
parents.
The Oneida Perfectionists had sue
cesstul existence as long as they re
manned community. but when the in
dividualistic crept IN they decided 10
become joint stock company instead
The community was founded in IsiS
by John Humphrey Moves. a member
Of family that has supplied physi-
clans. statesmen and congressional rep
resentatives TO New England for sew.
eral generations. They encouraged in
dustrlal rather than agricultural pur
suits as means of living. But that
was not all they taught. and because
of other theories and practices they fell
into dlstavor among the people Of New
York. They advocated free love and
complex marriage and sought converts
TO their faith. Finally the PRESBYTERIAN
ministry of the State led in a revolt
against their ethics, and society in gen
eral ordered reform. They progressed
industrialy, but in 1881. by mutual
agreement of all the members, ahaud-
oned tho community idea and became Il
joint stock company.
Twelve years ago the Brotherhood of
the Cooperative Commonwealth set
about establishing socialist colony.
believing In concentrated move that
would capture some entire State for
their creed. They selected the State OF
Washington as the most possible one.
and $50 colonists took up 600 acres on
Puget Sound and established the settle
ment known as - Equality In 1901
this was changed to "Freeland,n aud
the communal idea was abandoned to
the extent of allowing each worker a
share of the profits in proportion to his
work. Many of their views soon
changed, and while the colony pros
pered, the socialistic idea diminished
more and more until the plan TO cap
ture Washington 70 the uses of that
body was finally abandoned.