Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1918-12-12


gray (and I believe they will do ii
before he is gray for nothing is st
catching as kindness and nothing sue
ceeds like genuine success.
But you will think I am never go
.ng to stop, so with more love and
| gladness than l can find words for. /
am your laughing and dancing,
Granddaughter,
JULIA NC BRIDE.
Chapter Five: A Few Questions
The fame of Equality and its Free
ans, Oro9ght streams of letters to the
Commissioners. We give few
samples
!. Can an ambitious young man who
knows he can make money, have a
better chance out there than in Chi
cago or New York?
Answer: If you mean can you your
elf more easily have a rich and a
mndant life, full of opportunities to
serve mankind and make happiness for
many, then Yes. But if you mean that
you want to be a great capitalist, lord
lg it over a lot of working people,
tho make you rich by their labor
hlle YOU keep them poor by exploit
e them, then NO. We here are all
eonspired to prevent that.
Is there a good show out th~ra
or corporation with plenty OF. mon
~ to put in gas plant?
Answer: Our people own all the
public service plants, and can provide
themselves Light, Heat, Power and
phones for less than you could sup
ply them with gas alone But if you
would enjoy helping a lot more of the
poor people of your big cities, to do
e same, come along and put in your
honey with the rest of us in extend
ng our territory.
Is farming profitable under COM
mission management in Freeland
Answer: If you mean can a farmer
on five to ten acres, by his own labor
md that of his family, become a mil
iionaire, then NO. But if it be can
lch a farmer have plenty of every
thing, and time for rest and recrea-
ion and reading and the enjoyment
If life and be far happier than the
ave- ge millionaire. tben Yes. Come
ight along.
1. Is a good worker sure of work
md wages out in Freeland.
Answer: Come and see. If you
make good, and cannot hold a good
Job as long as you want it, we will
oay all your expenses back to where
on came from.
). What chances for education out
there?
Answer: Our school system is that
of California, the best in the U. S.
We have thirteen Universities, each
equal to Harvard or Columbia or
Berkeley. In the States generally not
twenty per cent Of the boys and girls
.ver reach the High School. Here
einety-fve per cent reach it, ALL ex-
,ept the sick and incapable.
IS. How about sanitation and health
out there?
Answer: Our Health Commissioner
with his corps Of able assistants and
trained nurses show the best record
of any country in the world. The
Commissioners pay a sufficient num-
ber of educated and experienced men
and women, not to heal the sick, bat
to keep the people well.
7. Is Freeland a good place for
preachers?
Answer: The best in the world, be-
ause we don't pay our preachers.
Only those get audiences who preach
FOR the love Of it, or for the love Of
Of God and men. The Preachers earn
their living as do others. This makes
Independent and fearless men or wo-
men, and only those undertake to
preach who know they can do it. If
you can prove your ability and worth
mess, we shall more than welcome you
but if you belong to preacher caste
and like ''to be called of men Rabbi,
Rabbi, this is no place for you.
3. Has the Mcbride Real Estate and
Banking Company some kind of
'lein" on the great property, after
all?
Answer: No more than any and every
other inhabitant of the Region. They
gave ALL they had here to the peo-
pie, everyone of whom is equal owner
ard proprietor of the whole thing,
with every one. The people are all
equal landlords, and they are equally
tenants of the public and as all wage
of all workers for the public are equal
We live up to our name, EQUALITY
n FREELAND.
.9. Do not the McBrides themselves
make some sort of aristocracy out
there?
Answer: Not a bit of it, they go on
he Christ principle ''he that will be
greatest among you let him be serv-
ant of all'. They live the simple life,
- bo,,rac no Lo++or than the avara csa