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National Union Department. HEADQUARTERS, EDISON, WASH.' NATIONAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Presidentßev, Myron W. Reed, Denver, C 01..-. .'■■-'. Secretary—Oliver P. Darr, Edison, Wash. TreasurerA. L. Young, Edison, Wash. Organizer—A. T. McDonald, Newaukum. Wash../ Dean—Prof. Frank Parsons, Boston, .Mass. Editor- 1). Burgess, Edison. Wash. Master Workman—ll. F. Clevenger, Edison, Wash. , ' Distributer—G. E. Pelton; Edison, Wash. Send all funds intended for Equality Colony to the COLONY SECRETARY, addressed to BELFAST, WASH. Send all other Funds to National Secretary BCC. Edison, Wash. '-. •*: , National Secretary's Report. .For week ending Thursday, Nov. 21. New active members enrolled ' 2 New honorary members enrolled 1 Present total membership . 3,531 [Note— Honorary members are persons in sympathy with our movement, who are en rolled on the payment of 10 cents. They ' have no vote and are not required to pay dues, but do all they can for the cause. Ac tive members pa.v 10 cents monthly dues and arc not. charged any enrollment fee. They are admitted on signing the Brotherhood .pledge.] RECEIPTS IN T COLONIZATION FUND. Previously reported. '.'. , 116,286 37 Reserves—, Otto r.eili'r. ()hio I 25 Donated Dr. Wm II Muller, Pa.. 2*oo 2 2.". Total receipts to date 116,288 62 Less transfer to dues account ■ per correction made by W i! Hudson ... ' 00 ' 118,287 72 EXPENDITURES. Previously reported .$10,127 00 10,127 00 On hand to date I 159 82 RECEIPTS IN STEAMBOAT FUND. ;,'.; Previously reported * 182 02 . X Darling, ire ......' ' 50 LR Karrick. 0hi0..... 5 F W Attains, Wash 1 00 John i: Jones. 1T...... 50 [Orders for "Nutshell".. 20 2 25 Total receipts in date, .8 1--! 27 rom RKS. Loaned to publishing department ■ 4 by consent of donors and applied as follows: Freight on type - 1* 00 Drayago on supplement 50 Job press , 80 00 Frei | on su 4 Italic eases 3 60 1 border & ornament case I 25 86 03 In steamboat fund this date...* 07 31 Donated to general work A M Hanes—stamps—ti cents. A D Bale stAmps 10 cents, Thanks. ' MONTHLY DUES RECEIVED DURING THE WEEK. From unions L I' No 4 "i M 0........ I 60 1 of, Texas 2 00 . 2 ol I 'I' 2 in I vi Neb 3 o1 Neb 1 50 7 ■>'< Prom raembers-at-largo— . . A* Hanson. Neb . * 100 A WUndberg, Mo .. 100 Peter LOlson. Wash.. 10 LR Karrick, Ohio 10 Mrs Fannie Minor, Mo.. -15 .. • Mrs A L Andrews, Mo. 0 May OCrosby. Pa 50 Howard Saws i-. 111..., 10 ,18 Stinson, Wash 25 .1 V Drabek, Neb .... 50 Listen DCaiy, Ptah.... 30 — 5 !0 FIRE INSURANCE FUND. Previously reported .■':':. ss3l <ioV, Andrew Nelson, Ark.... 5 00 . $536 00 HOW THE NEWSPAPER IS I'OMINCI ALONU. Receipts of the printery for the week .sls 00 Expenses for the week..'..'. 27 10 Receipts since Aug 3. 84" 70 Expense since Aug 1......... 478 20 Subscriptions received the past week, 187. Edition printed this week, [,500. Job printing— Previously reported $03 45 '■'• I was very glad to receive your article on "The Varying Length of Days and Nights." It is the simplest and most explicit treatment of the subject I have ever seen. You do well to entitle ii "All in a Nutshell." No teaiher using this explanation with its accompanying diagrams, or, better still, the coeoanut shell and the ball, can fail to make this most diffi cult subject plain to her pupils. Rattle [el lellau Randolph. . _ For the I LOO inclosed please send copies of ''Nutshell." Ed. Dillon, Jr., Seattle, Wn. I have been long trying to devise a method for illustrating the subject [Varying Length of Days and Night*] so that even children could under stand i it,' anil must congratulate the writer [of "Nutshell"] on her success in this very interesting and instruc tive explanation. •'.'; Edward Irving, •.* '•' Farmington, Cal. ORGANIZATION DEPARTMENT. The following members have been commis sioned .to act as deputy organizers: F. I"). Festner, 503 Pike St., Covington, Kv. Rev. L. F. Flnley, Brice, Ohio. Marta Bethune Jones, Norcross. Ga Rev. A. A. Worsley, Svlvania, Wis. N. A. Quale, 516 Mifflin St., Madison, Wis. W. C, Amethyst. Colo. N. Crossland, Blue Island. 111. Fred Eiohholtz, Edison, Wash. John Cloak, 101 HarbineAve., Davton,Ohio. K. 11. Hart, 1072 Indiana Aye.. Toledo, Ohio. . Cyrus M. Hawthorne, Roseburg. Ore. Pitt W'hiteil, Jackson, Mich, J. W. Fairehild. Mizpah, Ky. Rev, A. D. Hale, Haskins, Ore. <'. Blshir, Hutchinson, Kan. Rev. Theo. A. Johnson. White Pine, Term. C. M. DeWitt, Springfield, Ohio. Thomas Hickling, Bos 106, Sanduskv.Ohio. Miss Helen J. Wescott, Manhattan, Kan. Rev. I'has. 11. Vail, 6] Hanna st., Jersey City. N.J. * Mrs. C. 11. Vail, 01 Hanna st., Jersey City, N. J. J A. T. McDonald, Newaukum, Wash. B. C. C LECTURE BUREAU. The following members have expressed their willingness to answer calls to lecture in the interests of Socialism and the Brother hood. For terms, dates, etc., write direct to lecturers: Miss Helen Potter (the noted Impersonator), Hotel Pelham, Boston. Mass. Mrs. Marion H.Dunham, Burlington, lowa. Levi S. Lewis. 512 Hamilton St., Albany, N. Y. v Mrs. Clara i. Hoffman, 610Rlalto Building, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. [Catherine Lente Stevenson, The Temple; Chicago, 111. Mrs. Josephine 1.. Church, 1638 Dorr St., Toledo, Ohio. Rev. J. suit Wilson, 252 W. Chicago Aye., Chicago, 111. Mrs. L.G.Johnson, 4323 Forestville Aye.. Flat 20. Chicago. 111. J. W. Lonsbury, Toledo, Ohio. L. Klamroth, Equality Colony, Edison, Wash. Send all funds intended for Equality to the Colony Secretary, addressed to Belfast Wash. Send all other funds to National Sec retary, Edison. Wash. SCENERY VIEWS. We have excellent photographic views of Skagit County scenery and of colony buildings: price 30 cents each. L. l.'s ought to keep samples, IFourforll, 10 for $2.25, 16 for 13. Order Equality photos by number, as Follows: Sehoolhouse, No. 1: Lewis Place, No. 2: The Clearing. No. •>: Sawmill. No. I: Ranch Kitchen. No. 5: Cabins. No. (i: Apartment House, No. 7: Interior of Cabinet Shop, Edi son. No, 8: Interior of Composing Room Jin Printery, No. !>: View of Presses and Press room, No. 10: Printery and Main Street of Kdison. No. 11; Dining Room of Hotel Free dom, No. 12: Forest Lane Leading Into Equality, No. 13; No. 2 Apartment House, No. 14; Equality Colony, group of houses and of prop!,. No. 15; Equality Horticultural Nurseries, No. in. . Better Than Bellamy. Yes, thai does seem "impossible," but that's what they are saying about "The Co opolltan." Read ii for yourself. Wo have a special arrangement with the publishers and can furnish copies of this splendid prophecy of the coming co-operative commonwealth for a very low- figure. Single copies 15 cents: two copies 25 cents; 10 copies $1. If you haven't read the "The Co-opolitan", you are not abreast of the progress of this co-opera five age. Send orders to National Secretary BC c. Edison, Wash. Bellamy's great book "Equality," *1.25. You can get "Equality" and Industrial Freedom one year for $1.50. Co-Operative Insurance. ';'■; —• We now have over $5,000 worth of prop erty liable to destruction by fire. Such loss would seriously cripple our work. In a few weeks we will have a system of waterworks affording much protection. At present we have no protection at all. Hence we call on each of our more than 3,000 members to sub scribe tor as many of the $1 shares of insurance fund as he.-an pa] on short notice. No money _ to be paid In; but in case of lire each will be called on in proportion to the amount of his subscription. Send In your letters at once; stating how much you will take. We don't want in pay extortionate rates to the old-line companies, and so ask our own mem bers to carry this ri*k on their own future homes. There will thus lie no expense at all, except incaseof loss, and then merely enough money to replace. /_•' Oliver I. Dark, Sec. A. L. Young. Treas. B. P. CLEVENGER. M. W. C. E. PKI.TON Distributor. , P.-BURGESS. Editor. It is incredible t hut the administration should even consider the proposition to Im pose our government upon Cuba and the Phil ippines without the consent of the people of those Islands. We have no citizens to sacri fice to the yellow fever as Spain has been do ing. We j ive no right to keep a single sol dier in Cuba after the departure of the Span iards, and if we do we shall suffer from it. Please send me 50 copies of •■Nutshell" and oblige. $1.25 Inclosed. C. L. Bryant, Prin. Charless School, St. Louis, Mo. Our "reserve" corrrespondents divide themselves into three classes: The first send remittances direct (cording to their prefer euee, whether to Equality colony or National headquarters, causing us no inconvenience. Tho second M nd to one offlco ■■ id designate their remittances lor the other, causing us ONLY A LITTLE inconvenience. The third express their wish several week- or months after remitting. The first of the three meth-. ods la much the In si. . Local Union No. 1 of Kentucky meets every 2d and -tth Sundays in each month "at Union Hull, No. 08 Pike St., Co in^lon, Ky. The public Is cordially invited to attend.. Semi communications to Soc. ..jtrvtinan, 16 Pike street. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. 1. .""?*'. •" ~ : Trial by jury will be established in. Siberia after January 1 by .a recent ukase of the Czar. Oxford University bus decreed that when men present themselves to re ceive degrees they shall not wear tan colored shoes. V 'r\"J .i ■'■"c."' -."' On the cover of a prairie wagon which liaised through Manhattan,. Kan., the other day was painted this notice: "Not bound lor Missouri. Not busted. Not going to wife's folks, Just doing this to beat the railroads. Great Britain has offered,according to the Independence Beige, to give up Walfisch Hay, in South Africa, to Ger many, in exchange for a strip through German East Africa that will connect the British territory .with the Nile. Some ofthe wooden churches of Nor way are fully TOO years old, and are still in excellent state of preservation.' Their timbers have successfully resis ted the frosty and almost Arctic win ters because they have been repeatedly coated with tar. London's County Council has decid ed to assume control of the water sup ply of the metropolitan district and will try to get a bill through Parlia ment to enable it to purchase "by agreement or by eonpulsion" the pro perty; of the eight companies that now provide the water. The Massachusetts Gipsy- Moth Commission, which has spent $200, 000 this year in its crusade against the pest for the extermination of which it was appointed, will ask for a like appropriation in the infected region for the winter. German military authorities have found employment for the Mennonite private who refused to hear arms through conscientious scruples by assigning him to the company of la borers at Magdeburg. They had tested his religious convictions previ ously by keeping him in prison for nearly three years on charges'of in subordination. The Altruist is a monthly paper, party phonetic spelling.and devoted to equal rights, mutual assistance united labor, and common property. It is issued by the Altruist Commu nity, of St Louis, whose members hold all their property in common, live and work together in a permanent home for their mutual enjoyment, assistance and support, and both men and wo men have equal rights and decide on all its business affairs In their major ity vote, It now has 5,000 acres of laud in Southeast Missouri on which it offers a home and employment for life to till acceptable persons who may wish to join it. 25c a year; specimen copy free. A. Longley," Editor, 2819 Olive st,, St Louis, Mo. "The Coming Civilization" is the lat est book received at this office. The .author is Elder C. A. Hedrick, a well known minister of the Christian Church, The book deals with the better time of the near future in a clear, concise and logical manner. Sent postpaid on receipt of 10cents (silver) by the publishers, Warren Bros., Rich 1 fill, Mo. Having tried the samples of nut bromose,n and li;* bromose, nut [butter and malted nuts kindly sent to the colon) by Mr. Arthur Pol som of West New Brighton^ Staten Island, N. V.. I take pleasure in saying that they are not only delicious to the taste but are also wonderfully sustaining to tlie system. After partaking of this kind of food every tiniest molecule seems to clap '- hands and shout for joy. And the pleasant thought "no hum blest thing created alive has died that I might live" is sweetest sauce on earth te the truly regenerated soul when partaking of such foods. Personally I will begin to believe there is a hereafter for this colony when it is (nit wholly upon the "aiurol food" that sheds no blood of unnecessary sacrifice. — Sarah Ward Temple. FOR EXCHANGE. Property listed in I 1«i — column will be ex changed for machinery or other property which can be used toadvantage in Equality colony. Persons having first-class second hand machinery to exchange for any property herein listed 111 correspond witn the colony secretary. *'. W. ISKLKXAP, Belfast, Wash. - Mil acres of unimproved land in Colorado, valued at 81000. 150 acres of improved land in Georgia, valued at #1500. In i acres improved land in Arkansas; val ued at MOO. Another tract of land in Georgia, valued at 82,600; also some house-and lots in a flourish- Ing village: will tale In exchange anything needed iv Equality, A live-room house and lots in Favettoville, Ark., valued at $1000. Two beautiful lots in Vancouver, Wash., valued at 8800. jj..';!:;-, ..■-' Industrial Freedom in bundles of 10, to one address, Jc par copy. Give your neighbors a Socialist surprise party fur a few weeks by distributing a few bundles.^ Tin- "Nutshell" lesson on '"Varying Length of Pays and Nights," which appeared in ,Nos. 1" and 18 of Industrial Freedom is published In leaflet form and furnished from this office, j ■' All schools should have It. '''Oil''gobil book paper, Illustrated, 5 plates, If} pages. Single copies, postpaid,. 0 cents. $2JJti,p<*t 100. i ] ? ajm Communicators for this depart- j * t,T*'& ment sn°"id be addressed to > ( %*# Miss HELEN J. WESCOTT, < l *©3*» State Agricultural College, J < Manhattan, Kansas. „< S brotherhood, IS loving SERVICE. I wondered, as I paced along; Tho woods were tilled .so full of song, There seemed no room for sense of wrong. • Tennyson. Dear Children — Our little sister Mary Prather is good at keeping a promise, She sends us this week the letter about her grandpa's dog, just as she said she would. Dear Brothers and sisters - 1 will now tell you about Grandpa's little dog 800. He got him at Kermesitto State. De Sonona, Mexico, and took him to Topolobampo, He was all the dog in the colon . He taught him to sit up and to walk on bis hind leys and to pat-a-cake with his two hands. I tell you, he will make his toes rattle. When Grandpa camps out, If 800 hears anything in the night ho will come and pat Grandpa on his cheek to wake him up, He Is a pet wherever he goes. If Grandpa says: "800. I am going to" any place, he will sit up and bos like a child to go; and If Grandpa does not lei him go, 800 will talk to him when he comes home, and growl at him, and act. as mad as can he. If In Is In town, he runs into the meat market and Bits up and makes his foot rattle, till he gets his meat. If Grandpa Bells out here, he is going to Washington, and of course old Hon will have to go along with him. Well; Grandpa likes 800, and you can just believe 800 likes him. 1 will close now, hoping to hear from all i he little brothers and sisters. From your little sister, Tempo, A. T. Mary Prather. How many of the other children have pets that they can tell us about? I think there is hardly anything that will give a boy or girl more happiness than to have some pet to think of and make happy all the time. If it seems bothersome sometimes to have to re member to feed them regularly every day, it is much more than worth the trouble to see how eager and grateful they are, and to see them grow plump and well and happy with such good care, I have sometimes seen little girls dress their kittens up in dolls' clothes, and little boys and girls too, harness their dog to a cart on a hot day and make htm drag them about, and I have thought then that neither the pets nor the boys and girls were' doing much good to each other, because the boys and iris were showing that ihcy cared mure for their own fun than they did for tlie comfort of their . pets, and the poor little pets were be ing made very uncomfortable. No doubt you children sometimes hear your fathers and mothers speak of the big corporations and the rich and powerful men who take away from the poor man so much of what he earns, so that they may have more for themselves. There are three rea sons why they do this: First because they like to please themselves; second, because they are more powerful and can do it, and third because they don't put themselves in the poor man's place to know how he feels. Now we all think this is not very kind and good, and we all love better the people who are too kind to do these tilings, and of course we all think we should be too kind to do things like that even if we could. But did you ever think that when a little boy or girl is using a pet in such a way as to have fun with it no matter if the pet isn't very comfort able or happy —did you ever think that this boy or girl is doing just ex actly what the big corporation is do ing? Suppose ii is a little girl who dresses her kitten up in dolls' clothes, whether the kitten likes it or not. The little girl does it, just like the big corporation, cause she likes to do it, because she can do it„ and because she doesn't think that she herself wouldn't like to be made uncomfort able by somebody bigger than she is. Wouldn't it be nice it little boys and girls —and big ones too, could always think how thee would like a thing themselves before they do it to other people? I didn't mean to preach such a long sermon; ' can only promise not to do it very often. Let me make it up by closing with this beautiful poem by James Russell Lowell, which some of you may like to learn to recite: Where is the true man's fatherland? I- it where he, by chance, was horny Do not the yearning spirit scorn In such scant borders to be spanned.-' ii., vcs. his fatherland must b l Aa the blue heavens, wide and free. Where'er a human heart doth wear Joy's myrtle 'wreath or sorrow's gives; Where'er a human spirit strives After a life, more true and fair, There is the true man's birthplace grand; His is a world-wide fatherland. Where'er a single slave doth pine Where'er one man may help another — Thank God for such a birthright, brother— That spot of earth is thine und mine: There is the true man's birthplace grand; I [is is a world-wide fatherland. Sister Helen. How to Send Money. In making remittances send Post Office Money Orders for amounts of $1 and upwards: •tamps will be accepted for smaller amounts. la no case send bank drafts m checks. Wo will not accept ill.'in. We have not yet "learned who seat us that dollar from Reynolds illo. PUSH SOCIALIST PROPAGANDA, Just printed for he Brother hood. A special BC C edition of CIVILIZATION CIVILIZED, With blue cov ers containing I? C C matter: 10 i ents per copy; 7"i cents per do/.en: $6 per hundred. Bellamy's New Book "EQUALITY." Publisher's Price' $1.25. Our Price to members $1.00. ' A PLEA FOR COMMUNISM Pine : Scents per copy, 35 cents per dozen. ■■■«___«_»________________________,, FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Ten acres of laud In San Diego county. Call* fornia, -quarter mile north of Nestor, on R. i !.: four towns within four miles: twelve, miles to San Diego, on best of roads. Thickly settled: line neighborhood: location unsur passed for market or climate; no frost, no ex* treme heat; three miles to ocean. The -oil is red, mi.'--.i i the best orange and lemon land i: abundance of water: irrigation Hume joins railroad: 750 lemon, -15 orange, a few guava and loquat trees -all bearing ex cept 100 ear old and some 2-year old lemon trees, all growing line. J- Water Right Fully Paid-©* No buildings. Cost $4000. Will sell for $2000, or trade for land near Harmony for colony, or machinery and stock of use to said colony. Address, with stamp. A.T. Mcdonald, Nat'l Organizer B. C. C, Newaukum, Wash. _ 1 ~ .—i—i _ —.« ) © " &% ■..■-. 1 Science fM THE --— OF fe| Millennium 1 per copy and fH > California, i-' -' , 7 / j p|| per 5 copy andeMaly o/layvea PLEASE NOTICE ! 1 8a?* Half the Money on each Order received through the Equality Colony, for this Book, will be donated to the Colony by the Publishers. STEPHEN MABELL. Views 000 OF EQUALITY COLONY, BUILDINGS and GROUND 3. PRINTERYand B.C. C. HEADQUARTERS. Thin tents each. The set of 16 'lit fercnt views for $3. Remit by P. O, Money Order. Dank checks, drafts, and Express orders not accented. Send all Orders to 15. C. C, Edison; Wash. A*.a Km W a tijawi.tva Spread the _o«pel amon? tho heathen. INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM, in bundles of lOortnbre, to one address, postpaid, l-2c. per copy, 2-iuaiit.v. by Bellamy H 00 Ar.'ea fcr Cors mutism. Baker 5 Cti'd'-at'.ciCsvJistt , Kaybell in ;— .3 E- •;•-?:" Ettwfcrd lit ■■ 1 1 ■» Ei: \vnsi .£•« L&tc y. ...... !C>i „ W ...a .. '....,.i.-/ '..v.»;.d. Nor!..!. 10 Caesar's i tohnnn, Donnelly 50 The Co-Operatlve i <ommonwcalth,Gron lund .'it) Our Country's Ni-ed. Prof. Frank I'ur !-OIIS _J Quintessence of Socialism, Schufile. ... 15 The 1 "rift nl < iur Time, Parsons io The Society ot the Future; by Abbot; 5 The < eiu'ei.tration of Wealth: Edward Irving 5 How to Organize :i l'cr 108 Constitution _o Application Blaaka i.'i> Receipt Blanks 15 I'cr dor. Local Union Report Blanks 5 B. C. 0 : v.'.CTS PES 1U). No. 1, Socialist! t. - i.;.**, Helen M. Ma son 25 No. 3, Safest aa< ; tlnsnrance, NAY. Lennojjd 25 No 4. Wurk'ii£n «i^-. 'end of 1!. C. C. Colonization, Rev. Geo. < 'andee. IB No. ft, Brotherhood. Prof. Frank Par sons , 25 , Remit by I. O. money order. , ,;.. -NationalSut-^uTAGv, Edison. Wash*.