r 1 he...F=-cii'm (Colonies Salvo Non Arnw.^ BY cohmander booth=tucker. L A cNs'^ Pauper ‘Po tcy. Nobody who has considered the question can fail to be struck with the inadequacy of poor relief, as Kenerally dispensed. I have addressed large audiences in different parts of the country on the subject of an improved system, and have everywhere found a perfect unanimitv of opinion upon the subject. The present method, though actuated by the highest humanitarian motives, falls far short of the desired result, inasmuch as it only reUeves, instead of altering the position of the person to be benefited; lienee the ever recurring necessity of repeating the relief, with all its disappointing and burdensome consequences to the State and to the [ihilanthi opist. .1 II, The CondHion of Our Cities, It is universally acliiiitted that coiiiiiiercial depressions, the adoption of labor-savin'' devices etc., have produced a very distressing condition of affaits amongst the poor of our great cities, vast numbers of our industrious population being totally unable to procure employment. Upon these workless toilers tliere must be dei)endent, at the lowest calculation, three tunes as many helpless sufferers, who by sex, age, sickness or other circumstances are incapacitated from wage earning. III. The Natura-t Remedy. We i)ropose to assist the poor to work out their own social redemption, by making it i)o.ssible for them (o locate on small farms, where they can 4 dig from the ground almost everything they require in the way of food, besides having something to spare for their other necessities. IV. The Colonists, It is proposed to settle the Colonists on ten-acre tracts, which will be paid for by them in small weekly instalments of one to two dollars. Cottages will be erected, implements and live stock will be supplied and small loan associations established on the German Raiffeisen model, so strongly advocated by the Agricultural Department at Washington. (Report No 3 of 1892, U S. Department of Agriculture, on Co operative Credit Associations.) No difficulty whatever has been experienced in securing any number 5 of Colonists that may be required. Ninety per cent, of those who have already applied are agriculturists, who have drifted to tlie city and are anxious for an opportunity of getting back to the land. Forty percent, of them have little savings of their own which would help them to make a start. They are of a thrifty and capable character, but have not sufficient means to buy their own land, or commence on their own account. Yet their removal from the cities would greatly relieve the congestion of the population. V. The Land. Land has been offered in twenty-three different States, in blocks varying from 1,000 to 400,000 acres. Much of this is of excellent quality, e and at very moderate prices It is proposed for the present to give the preference to irrigated lands in the West Central States, as they are the least liable to droughts and other agricultural disturbances. VL Our First Colony. Our first Colony has already been started in California. Wearied by the continued expenditure of large sums of money to supply food and other necessities to out of woric citizens, the Chamber of Commerce in San Francisco invited me to address them on the subject of Pauper Policy, and so impresed were they with my plan to get the city surplusage into the country on farms that they appointed a committee to make a thorough investigation of this plan. The enquiry resulted in the formation of a Citizens’ Committee of Co operation, composed of L R. Ellert, ex mayor of San Francisco; Hugh Craig, President of the Chamber of Commerce; George F. Butler, member of the Board of Underwriters; Wm. M. Bunker, proprietor of the Daily Report; F. A. Hihn, merchant; I J. Truman, President of the Columbian Bank; Philip Lihenthal, President of the Anglo Californian Bank, and other leading business men, which has been instrumental in raising funds to make an immediate com¬ mencement, Mr. Claus Spreckels. of national repute, setting his seal to the plan by subscribing one thousand dollars ($1,000) towards the project. Land has since been acquired, and the Colonists are at present preparing the soil for next year's crops. 8 VII. Form of Organization. To develop and administer the project a National Colon ization ^ sociation has been formed by the Salvation Army. The Funds will be held and administered by five Trustees, of whom Com- mander Booth-Tucker will be one, the others being chosen from among the principal subscribers. Trust Certificates, bearing interest at 5 per cent, per annum in any multiple of a dollar will be issued by the Trustees as soon as the subscriptions have reached the sum of $50,000. No contributions will be payable until this amount has been subscribed. , 9 BASIS OF CALCULATION FOR Estimated Annual Income and Expen- Initial Cost. No. of Families. No. of Souls. Instalment for Land. (One tenth.) C()tta*^es. Outfit, etc. Loan /tssociation, Tiital Outlay. 1 100 1.000 2.000 3.000 4,000 5,000 10.000 5 500 5 000 10.000, • 15.000 20 000 25,000 50,000 25 2,500 25.000 50,000 75.000 100,000 125,000 250,000 125 12,500 125,000 250,000 375,000 500,000 625,000 1,250 000 150 15 000 150,000 300,000 450 000 600,000 750,000 1,500,000 200 20,000 200,000 400 000 600,000 800,000 1,000,000 2,000,000 500 50,000 . 500,000 1,000 000 1,500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 5,000,000 The cost of administratin^r the affairs of the Colony will be verv small and it is its manager will operate. lo * ’. ESTABLISHING A COLONY. diture, till Farms ha-ve been Paid for. Annual Income. Annual Expenditure. Set! lers Weekly Itistalmeiil of S1.50 Interest 1 o Loan .\ssociation at 5 p. c. Total Income. Interest on Capital. lust alment (in Land. Total Pay m< nts. SinUmg Fund for tlie Repayment of Capital Invested. 78 10 88 25 25 50 1 38 7,800 1,000 8,800 I 2,500 2,500 5,000 ' 2,800 , 78,000 10,000 88,000 25,000 25,000 50,000 38,000 156,000 20,000 176.000 50,000 50,000 100,000 ' 76,000 234,000 30,000 264,000 75,000 75,000 150,000 114,000 ! 312 000 40,000 352,000 100,000 100,000 200,000 152,000 390,000 50,000 440,000 125,000 125,000 250,000 190,000 780,000 100,000 880,000 250,000 250,000 500,000 1 380,000 ' expeoted that it can be met to a large extent by the profits of a model farm which 11 PRINTED AT NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY.