The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-14

of wives and published paper N
support his views; another believed
clothing 70 be a superhuity, and not
only attempted to practice his Adam
ic theories III person, but inflicted bis
views Upon bis hapless children. A
woman with an ungainly form dis
player herself III public in mems attire
which gave rise to newspaper COM
mcnt that; The women dressed IN
mems clothes and looked hidcousI
Still another young woman had the
diet mania 50 severely that after liy-
ing upon beans without salt until re-.
duced to d skeleton she died within
a year"
The burdens which The real settlers
at Brentwood had 10 bear on account
of these unbalanced persons were
very real but because they respected
the rights Of others and accorded
liberty to do even the silliest things,
knowing that experience and the
principle which allows such things 10
be done al each ones own cost, would
work the surcst cure, they never in
terfcred
The financial depression OF 1857
bankruptcd the paper box manufact-
ory which one member had establish
ed at Brentwood as a means Of pro-
yiding work for others and Of making
a living for himself After that indus
trial conditions caused many Of the
pioneers and most Of the cranks 10
leave, although the cooperative tend i
encies Of the little community and the
pleasant external features OF Brent
wood have lasted down to this time,
two or three Of the original pioneers
still surviving.
Mr.. Warren himself, although
greatly interested in theories OF in
diyidual initiative and although very
practical and competent so far as his
own work was concerned, had the
weakness Of his qualities in that he
lacked the gift Of leadership. This
lack, together with the difficulty OF
co-ordnating the activities of sm,.ll
community with big business world
run on extremely different principles,
il held by Mr.. Baillie to account for
the circumstance that while his
Equity villages never failed dismally
as communistic and socialistic at
tempts have failed, none OF them has
proved an unqualified success His
press in the years 1880 to 1882 was
his most monumental achievement,
improved methods Of stereotyping al
so received a great deal of his atten-
tion about 1870 to l845 aud the pro.
eessess which he invented are now in
use in the finer classes of stereotype
work. He died at Princeton. Massa-
chusetts. in 1874.
The conceptions which now go
under the name of philosophical an
archism' spread from Mr.. Warren's
few public addresses and scattered
writings to England and other coun-
tries, where the American idea of ac-
complishing results through individ-
ual effort and voluntary association
instead of by governmental fiat ap-
pealed strongly to advanced original
thinkers. In a letter written toward
the end of his life Mr., Warren sum-
med up his philosophy of society in
the following statement: almost
with fear and trembling | ventured
years ago to offer one, on condition
that should preserve my freedom to
change it whenever increasing know
ledge should show its defects: and |
gave the SOVEREIGNTY or
| EVERY INDIVIDUAL over his OF
her Person. Time, Property, and
responsibilities; and here l add, Rep
utation" That is the kind of anarch-
ism which first grew up on American
soil