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ONE WHO DARES TO PLAN 
 
 FOR PEACE, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL HUMAN BEINGS ON A BASIS 
 
 OF JUSTICE AND RECIPROCITY. AND WHO DEMANDS THAT EVERY MAN 
 
 AND WOMAN IN THE UNITED STATES, WILLING TO WORK EIGHT 
 
 HOURS A DAY TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY, SHALL 
 
 HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO UNDER THE MOST 
 
 FAVORABLE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
 
NEW ERA 
 
 PRESENTING THE PLANS FOR 
 
 THE NEW ERA UNION 
 
 TO HELP DEVELOP AND UTIL- 
 IZE THE BEST RESOURCES OF 
 THIS COUNTRY J. jfc J- £ 
 
 ALSO TO EMPLOY THE BEST SKILL THERE IS AVAILABLE 
 TO REALIZE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF PROS- 
 PERITY THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL 
 WHO WILL HELP TO 
 ATTAIN IT 
 
 ■< 
 
 BASED ON PRACTICAL AND SUCCESSFUL 
 BUSINESS METHODS 
 
 OFFICE 
 
 204 CALIFORNIA BUILDING 
 
 DENVER. COLO. 
 
Copyrighted by the author, 
 
 Chas. W. Caryl, 
 
 Trustee for The New Era Union, 204 California Bldg., Denver, Colo. 
 
£"*33 W 
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Introduction 5 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Wall Street Gold Camp Up in the Rocky Mountains 20 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union, by Prominent 
 Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado 30 
 
 CHAPTER III. 
 
 An Up-to-date Social Picture of Those Under Bondage to 
 Money 55 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to, but too Selfish to Respond 04.- 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 An Up-to-date Social Picture of Those Who Have No 
 Money 79 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Poverty and Misery to be Abolished; Women to be the 
 Saviors of Mankind 84 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; Faneuil Hall. 
 Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty 91 
 
 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity for All Who 
 Work for the New Era Union 132 
 
NTRODUCTION. 
 
 NEW ERA UNION. 
 
 CO-OPERATION ON A NEW SCALE AS A PANACEA FOR DIS- 
 CONTENT-CHARLES W. CARYL PROPOSES TO FURNISH 
 CAPITAL TO LABOR— GOLD SIX PER CENT. BONDS SE- 
 CURED BY ASSETS OF THE UNION— THE FINANCIAL 
 PROBLEM SIMPLIFIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE 
 MASSES-COAL MINES AND GOLD MINES WOULD AF- 
 FORD AN EXCELLENT BEGINNING TO ENLIST CAPITAL 
 ON BONDS. 
 
 Iii its issue of Good Friday. September 3, 1897, the 
 Rocky Mountain News printed on its front page the pic- 
 ture of an American miner, gaunt and tattered, on his 
 knees, with his dinner bucket empty beside him and with 
 hands outstretched, appealing for help. 
 
 Underneath the picture, in full-faced type, was 
 printed: "He asks for aid — will you give it?" 
 
 Under this appeared the following article: 
 
 "A project which promises to be a remedy for the 
 troubles of the striking miners of the East and unem- 
 ployed labor generally has been broached by Charles \Y. 
 Caryl, president of The Gold Extraction Mining and Sup- 
 ply Company. It will be called The New Era Union, 
 and the man who proposes it has such faith in its ultimate 
 success as an alleviator of the burdens of the laboring 
 classes that he is going ahead on his own responsibility 
 to incorporate a company with a capital stock of $10,000, 
 000. In launching his idea Mr. Caryl docs not hope to 
 alleviate the cares of the laboring man in one fell swoop, 
 but recognizes the fact that it will take time to operate. 
 
 The New Era Union, as described by Mr. Caryl, is 
 simply a scheme whereby the laboring men, in no matter 
 what occupation they may be engaged, may be enabled to 
 cooperate and share the profits of their labor among 
 themselves. At present they wort for the operator, and 
 
6 Introduction. 
 
 the profits which they create are pocketed by him. For 
 the purpose of doing work cooperatively, the assistance 
 of capital is needed, and the New Era Union will be cre- 
 ated for the purpose of securing this capital. 
 
 ENJOYING THE FRUITS. 
 
 The present coal miners' strike in the East has 
 brought the fact prominently before the American people 
 that a change is needed. A new era, whether good or bad 
 it may be, is about to open up, and as the old system of 
 labor, whereby the employer alone enjoys the proceeds 
 of the laboring man, has proved a miserable failure, the 
 time is opportune for a system whereby every man and 
 woman in the United States willing to work may be able 
 to do so under the most favorable conditions possible. 
 In other words, it is time for the laborers to work and 
 share the profits themselves. 
 
 The New Era Union will furnish capital for the 
 miners to acquire mines of their own, which they will 
 work and receive just and regular wages out of the earn- 
 ings of the mines. The capital will be procured by the 
 Union in exchange for its bonds, the interest on which is 
 payable in gold and at the rate of 6 per cent. The bonds 
 are payable in twenty -five years and will be secured by 
 the assets of the Union. In this manner the workmen 
 will receive as wages what is left after paying the inter- 
 est on the bonds of the Union. The mission of the Union 
 will not only be devoted to coal mining, but to gold min- 
 ing and every other industry. These industries will be 
 acquired by the capital of the Union, and the only revenue 
 which does not go to the laborer or for his benefit will go 
 to the bondholders for interest. This is a comparatively 
 small amount compared with that which goes into the 
 pockets of employers under the present system of labor. 
 
 It is not the expectation of the promoters of the 
 Union that every laboring man who is drawing regular 
 wages at present will leave his job and enlist with the 
 Union. It is simply for those who either have no work 
 ;il all or are dissatisfied with the wages they are re- 
 ceiving. 
 
 PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION. 
 
 Mr. Caryl has succeeded in enlisting about $100,000 
 in Eastern capital in the mines of Boulder county. The 
 company bought claims from miners who could not work 
 them on account of having no capital themselves. It was 
 
Introduction. 7 
 
 this which aroused Mr. Caryl's curiosity, and he at once 
 saw what could be accomplished should the miners band 
 together, secure the capital as a body and share the 
 profits themselves. It is his proposition that the coopera- 
 tion scheme be put to work at once in Colorado. There is 
 plenty of money to be made among the gold mines, he 
 says, and capitalists will not hesitate long in lending their 
 money at 6 per cent., especially when it is secured by 
 good assets. 
 
 The coal mines in the northern part of the state 
 could be profitably worked by the Union, Mr. Caryl 
 thinks. It would require but a few thousand dollars to 
 purchase a mine and set miners to work. Should the rail- 
 road rates prove too high, the Union could build a road 
 of its own and thus be independent. Mining would not 
 be the only industry of the Union, for manufactures and 
 every business known could be taken up. 
 
 LABOR EXCHANGE INTERESTED. 
 
 At a meeting held last night in Mr. Caryl's offices, 
 in the California building, there was a conference with 
 the Denver Labor Exchange, and it is likely that that 
 institution will cooperate with the New Era Union when 
 it starts. The operations of the Labor exchange are car- 
 ried out on practically the same lines as those of the 
 Union, except that no capital is used. With capital to 
 start with and a check system for money, the laboring 
 man could depend entirely on the Union for his living. 
 
 It is estimated that one-fourth of the working people 
 of the United States, or over five millions, are unproduc- 
 tive for want of an opportunity to earn their living. 
 
 At $4 per day as a fair average for the services of 
 a wealth producer, this would amount to $20,000,000 per 
 day, $6,000,000,000 per year, or $60,000,000,000 in ten 
 years. 
 
 The United States census for 1890 gives the total 
 value of all kinds of wealth, roads, money and everything 
 else, as amounting to about $65,000,000,000; hence, if the 
 present unproductive working people of the United 
 States were all put at work, in ten years they would be 
 able to duplicate all the present cities, towns, villages, 
 farms, factories, railroads and all other forms of wealth 
 existing to-day. It is generally admitted that the United 
 States can support the population of the entire world in 
 luxury, if properly developed and utilized. 
 
8 Introduction. 
 
 Hence the time seems ripe to provide opportunities 
 for every man and woman in the United States who are 
 willing to work to the best of their ability to do so under 
 the most favorable conditions possible. 
 
 SYSTEM AND CAPITAL. 
 
 The only way this can be done is by providing for 
 system and capital on a sufficiently large scale to organ- 
 ize all the unemployed labor to become self-supporting 
 and exchange the products of their labor on a basis 
 that will be just to all. The working people who belong 
 to the labor unions seem to depend on strikes to secure 
 better conditions for themselves, ignoring to a great ex- 
 tent the opportunity to become their own employers. The 
 labor exchanges that are now rapidly being organized all 
 over the United States go much further by enabling their 
 members to produce whatever they can of value and ex- 
 change it for other members' products that they may be 
 able to use. Still, as yet the labor exchanges do not pro- 
 vide for the securing of capital and for a system of pro- 
 duction that will enable them to supply on a large scale 
 the many kinds of products that are necessary or desir- 
 able for the support and comfort of its members. 
 
 How capital and labor can be brought together on 
 a basis that will be satisfactory and just to both, and 
 enable labor to get as many comforts and advantages as 
 possible, has been the subject of much thought for the 
 past five vears. 
 
 UNLIMITED MILLIONS. 
 
 Capital is now becoming so cheap that any one with 
 first-class securities can secure practically unlimited mil- 
 lions of dollars in New York and London for 3 per cent, 
 per year interest, and only wants reliable security to be 
 eager to cooperate with labor in developing any industry 
 that can be shown to be practical and profitable. 
 
 Labor only needs organization and the help of this 
 capital to be able to produce, as I show above, all the 
 wen lth that can be desired or utilized. 
 
 To secure nil the capital that is necessary on a rea- 
 sonable basis of compensation, and to orgnnize all men 
 and women who are willing to work to the best of their 
 ability, so that they will have every possible benefit 
 from I heir work', Mr. Caryl 1ms studied out the following 
 plnn, and he is willing to do all in his power to help 
 carry it out, provided no better plnn is at once available. 
 
Introduction. 9 
 
 He will incorporate the New Era Union with |10,000,000 
 
 capital stock, in shares of $10 each, to make them within 
 the means of all who may desire to purchase them. The 
 charter will enable the New Era Union to organize and 
 operate every conceivable industry and occupation that 
 will be desirable and useful for its members. 
 
 To secure whatever capital may be necessary, besides 
 that secured from the sale of its capital stock, the New 
 Era Union will issue first mortgage bonds secured by lien 
 on all its assets, payable in gold in twenty-five years, bear- 
 ing per cent, annual interest. 
 
 Departments will Then be formed to produce and 
 provide every conceivable thing that is useful and de- 
 sirable. 
 
 To enable the workers to be sure of a reasonable 
 compensation, according to the value of their services, 
 they will be organized into seven degrees of membership 
 and be paid as follows: 
 
 First Degree — Common crude labor of all kinds, $2 
 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 Second Degree — More useful labor of all kinds. $3 
 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 Third Degree — Skilled labor of all kinds. -S4 per day 
 of eight hours' work. 
 
 Fourth Degree — Expert labor, teachers, professions, 
 foremen, etc., $6 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 Fifth Degree — Specially valuable services, superin- 
 tendents, etc., $10 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 Sixth Degree — Still more valuable services of all 
 kinds and managers. $15 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 Seventh Degree — The most valuable services of all, 
 and executive officers. $25 per day of eight hours' work. 
 
 ASSIST IN ACCUMULATING. 
 
 The workers in the New Era Union will be required 
 to assist in accumulating as much wealth as possible 
 by the Union, to enable it to increase its opportunities 
 to other workers, and also to provide its members with 
 every possible advantage that accumulated wealth can 
 give. Hence, each person working for the New Era 
 Union will be required to purchase a membershi]i in the 
 Xew Era Union. 
 
 The memberships will cost the amount that each 
 member would earn in 300 working days in the degree 
 they are qualified to work to the best advantage, and if 
 
10 Introduction. 
 
 tln-y have no money or assets needed by the New Era 
 Union when they go into it, they will be required to in- 
 vest one-fourth of their income until it is paid for. 
 
 The investment for memberships will be made in 
 the first mortgage bonds of the New Era Union, bearing 
 6 per cent, annually, interest payable in gold in twenty- 
 five years, so that each member will receive back for 
 themselves or their heirs all that their membership costs, 
 with 6 per cent, interest. 
 
 To enable the New Era Union to maintain this sys- 
 tem of compensation, regardless of the wages paid by 
 competitive companies, the members will be paid in 
 checks that must be redeemed by the New Era Union 
 for everything needed by the member, any surplus not 
 required for immediate use to be invested in the bonds 
 payable in gold, that is really equivalent to the members 
 being paid in full in gold, except that the checks require 
 that each member purchase the supplies produced by 
 other members on the same basis of compensation. 
 
 The members of each degree will belong to councils, 
 to meet at stated times for conference and enactment 
 of needed measures, subject to the approval of the next 
 highest council, and the board of directors elected by the 
 stockholders. 
 
 As soon as possible the New Era Union can secure 
 promising gold mines and put its members at work pro- 
 ducing as large an amount of gold as possible. Also a 
 coal mining department, for mining coal on a large scale. 
 Also a building department, to build homes, factories 
 and public buildings. Also all kinds of factories to pro- 
 duce everything needed by the members. 
 
 Mr. Caryl will endeavor to enlist interest among 
 Colorado people during the next three weeks, and if he 
 has a certain amount of encouragement from Colorado 
 people, he feds thai the plan will take readily, and he 
 may be enabled to enlist capital without much trouble. 
 
Introduction . 1 1 
 
 Monday, September 13, 1897, the Rocky Mountain 
 News published the following: 
 
 NEW ERA IDEA TAKES WELL. 
 
 ORIGINATOR OF THE PLAN IS FLOODED WITH LETTERS OF 
 APPROVAL— LABOR LEADERS IN PARTICULAR SPEAK IN 
 THE MOST APPROVING TERMS— TO CARRY OUT THE 
 PROJECT C. W. CARYL, WHO ORIGINATED THE IDEA, NOW 
 PROPOSES TO BUILD A MODEL CITY TO BE CALLED 
 "NEW ERA." 
 
 The New Era Union, as developed and explained by 
 Charles W. Caryl, of this city, is attracting the attention 
 of labor advocates and persons of philanthropic mind 
 all over the country. Although the plans of the Denver 
 man were announced less than ten days ago, he is in 
 receipt of communications from the most distant parts 
 of the X7nited States, in which the liveliest interest is 
 evinced in the ideas which he advances. 
 
 Mr. Caryl yesterday received a letter from B. O. 
 Flower, founder of the Arena, and one of the brightest 
 reformers of the century, in which Mr. Flower approves 
 of the plan and urges its immediate consideration by all 
 friends of humanity. C. B. Russell, president of the 
 Tackmakers' Protective Union of the United States and 
 Canada, with headquarters in Hanover, Mass., writes 
 for full details concerning the movement, and says it is 
 a rational idea, which meets his hearty approval. The 
 mail of Mr. Caryl increases in weight every day. His 
 time is wholly occupied in replying to letters and in 
 putting the finishing touches on a book which he pro- 
 poses to issue within the next month, which will ex- 
 emplify the advanced position he has taken for amelior- 
 ating the ills of mankjnd. 
 
 "Have read of your proposed scheme," writes Wil- 
 liam Barratt. of Chicago. "Debs' colonization plan is un- 
 tenable. Yours, I think, hits the nail on the head." 
 
 B. O. FLOWER LIKES THE PLAN. 
 
 Mr. Flower says: "I think your plan such an ad- 
 mirable one that it ought to be taken hold of by organ- 
 ized labor everywhere in such a manner as to make labor 
 
12 Introduction. 
 
 independent. The terrible oppression of the present rime 
 and the absolute hick of all sense or regard for law and 
 justice, as seen in the injunctions against free speech 
 and free access to the highways, ought to be sufficient 
 to awaken every man, woman and child in the country 
 to the fact that something must be done, and done 
 quickly, or this nation will become more certainly the 
 home of despotism than Russia." 
 
 "It is a matter which I have had under consideration 
 for a long time in connection with our craft," says Presi- 
 dent Russell of the Tackmakers' Union. "1 have no 
 doubt this branch of productive industry can be added 
 with profit to your enterprise. 1 am convinced that your 
 idea is capable of vast possibilities." 
 
 "Unions as now constituted have seen their day," 
 writes Charles T. Hilton, a foundry man of Chicago, who 
 says he understands the manufacturing of machinery 
 and is familiar with mines of Colorado. "I have be- 
 longed to unions and know their inner workings. It is 
 st like, starve and wait — for what? If you will get your 
 plan well before the public I feel that it will succeed." 
 
 CARYL'S UNOBTRUSIVE LIFE. 
 
 The originator of the remarkable enterprise which 
 promises to receive the careful attention of thinking 
 people in the United States, has been pursuing such a 
 quiet life in Denver for four years past that he is not 
 known outside of a small circle of friends and a few- 
 business men with whom he came in contact. About 
 the time of the panic Mr. Caryl came to Denver to start 
 life over again. He had been successful in a marked 
 degree in starting a movement for the introduction of 
 northern capital into the region of Chattanooga, but 
 the Barings' failure and the financial depression follow- 
 ing, convinced him that something was wrong in the 
 financial and business conditions of the world. .\ sub- 
 sequent experience as a student in the slums of one of 
 the large eastern cities convinced Mr. Caryl that an 
 alarming stale of affairs was approaching, and his studies 
 i>r social and government problems have convinced him 
 still further of the importance of prompt action if seri- 
 ous troubles are to he averted, lb' is an advocate of 
 peace, and he is impressed by the belief that there is 
 a method by which capital and labor can be brought ami- 
 
Introduction. 13 
 
 cably together, each operating to the real advantage of 
 the other. 
 
 "I have talked with many wealthy men,'' said Mr. 
 Caryl yesterday, "and I find that they are heartily sick 
 of strikes, arbitration, disturbances and uncertainties in 
 the business world. I fully believe many of the men of 
 wealth will hasten to greet any reasonable movement 
 which aims to do away with constant friction, and to 
 deal with strict justice to the capitalist and the humblest 
 laborer. I have spent years developing the plan of the 
 New Era Union, and I believe it comes nearer to solving 
 the existing troubles in the labor world than any other 
 plan which has been advanced." 
 
 PLAN HAS LONG BEEN CONSIDERED. 
 
 Mr. Caryl says the ideas which he has put into 
 tangible form have been in his mind a long time, but 
 he patiently waited until he could become financially in- 
 dependent before bringing them forward. He has been 
 successful in organizing and operating a large mining 
 company, with over 100 properties in Boulder count v. 
 Cripple Creek and elsew here, and within three years has 
 made money enough to place himself in the position of 
 independence he desired. He is now ready to invite co- 
 operation in the organization of the New Era Union, 
 plans of which were announced in detail in the issue of 
 The \( ws of September :;. 
 
 The idea of the Xew^ Era Union is to provide em- 
 ployment for eight hours a day under the most favor- 
 able conditions, to all classes of honorable mental and 
 physical labor. To attain this object and to commem- 
 orate the close of the century, it is proposed to attempt 
 to build a model city to be known as "New Era." In 
 this city it is proposed by the projector to maintain a 
 permanent world's exposition and emporium, and the 
 most complete educational, industrial and amusement 
 systems of which the world has any knowledge. The 
 industries are to be carried on in model factories and 
 work rooms under the best conditions possible. The 
 members of the New Era Union will be organized into 
 degrees and departments, according to their ability and 
 usefulness. In order to secure working capital, the di- 
 rectors of the Union will he empowered to issue general 
 mortgage bonds. The scale of salary, ranging from |2 
 upwards per day. according to the class in which the em- 
 
14 Introduction. 
 
 ploye" is placed, is such that the projectors think it will 
 attract the right sort of talent to the places where talent 
 is required. Each class of workers will be represented 
 by a council chosen by itself, and the veto of the Su- 
 preme Trustee, the highest officer of the Union, can be 
 set aside only by an appeal to a general vote of all the 
 members of the Union. Members are pledged to take no 
 part in strikes, and to obey the local, state and national 
 laws. "The object," remarked the founder of the order, 
 "is to attain peace, happiness and prosperity on a basis 
 of justice and reciprocity." 
 
Introduction. 15 
 
 [FROM NEW YORK JOURNAL.] 
 
 HEBE'S A NEW UTOPIA. 
 
 MR. CARYL, OF DENVER, HAS A BOLD PLAN FOR A REAL 
 PARADISE ON EARTH. 
 
 It is Utopia for which the tired old world and its 
 tired people are sighing. 
 
 From age to age men have risen and drawn maps of 
 human society as it should be — with wrong dethroned 
 and justice done, with health and honesty and brotherly 
 love continuing and universal happiness over all. 
 
 Here comes a Colorado man with a Utopia which is 
 thoroughly up to date. He does not build as Plato and 
 all the other dream builders have done — with abstract 
 ideas. 
 
 This paradise on earth — the goodly place where 
 everybody is to have everything he needs— is planned on 
 a strictly business basis. 
 
 His account with the great problems over which 
 mankind has stumbled is kept by double entry. In the 
 whole story, as he tells it, there is the ring of hard metal 
 and brick and stone. It is a plan made for a building 
 age, and includes specifications which are minute to a 
 degree. 
 
 The author of this comprehensive project is Charles 
 W. Caryl, of Denver, president of The Gold Extraction. 
 Mining and Supply Company. 
 
 To say that Mr. Caryl's plan is ambitious is putting 
 it mildly. It is a practical taking up of humanity's 
 whole problem, and a settling of it along lim\s Which, as 
 he traces them, are very reminiscent of all known social- 
 ism and all doctrines of unselfishness, but which are 
 boldly drawn, and a view of the whole scheme, as he pre- 
 sents it. makes the world and its difficulties look particu- 
 larly small and easy to be dealt with. 
 
 The mode of formulation which he has chosen is 
 striking. lie has cast his whole sociological and eco 
 nomic scheme into the mould of a book. To be sure, the 
 manuscript makes 134 closdv typewritten big pages of 
 paper, but that implies a stupendous labor of eondensa- 
 tion. when the magnitude of the subject is borne in mind. 
 
16 Introdtiction . 
 
 hi no way, perhaps, can so comprehensive a notion 
 of his project be had as from the title page of the gigantic 
 plan, for which he has secured the copyright protection: 
 
 THE NEW ERA. 
 
 hit r< xlueing plans for a Grand New Era Model City, to 
 
 be the Most 
 Complete, Wonderful and Grand Permanent Exposition 
 
 and Emporium for the Entire World, 
 In addition to being the Grandest and Most Perfect Edu- 
 cational, Amusement, Industrial and Residence 
 
 Model City of this World. 
 Also representing the Plans for an Organization to be 
 
 Called "The New Era Union," 
 That will Unite Under the Most Perfect System Possible 
 
 All the Human Beings in the Entire World in the 
 
 Course of Time 
 Who Desire that their Fellow-man as well as Themselves 
 
 Shall Enjoy the Most Perfect Peace, Happiness and 
 
 Prosperity that is Possible Here on this Earth Under 
 
 the Laws of Justice and Reciprocity, and who are 
 
 Willing 
 To Do all in Their Power to Attain the Same. 
 
 This New Era Model City, which the play — or the 
 hero of it, T. A. Sutta — proposes to found, is to have all 
 the desirable things which cities do not have — model fac- 
 tories and work rooms, where everything used by human 
 beings may be produced; magnificent model holds. 
 apartments, palaces, mansions and dwellings, parks, 
 basins of wafer for boating and fishing, boulevards, con- 
 servatories, noiseless electric railroads, subways to an- 
 swer all possible requirements for transportation. 
 "Every reasonable desire of the human mind is to be pro- 
 vided for. together with profitable and congenial em- 
 ployment for those desiring the same." 
 
 This grand New Era Model < 1 ity is to be the centre 
 of the world for intelligence and rejinenient. All its 
 heat and light and power are to be furnished by electric 
 ity and distributed on a cooperative plan. 
 
 The plans are arranged for a sile of land only ten 
 miles square, but the system is so perfect that in that 
 
 area a population of from one to five millions is easily 
 provided for. 
 
 The plan presents also, as a second feature of the 
 New Era development, "The New Era Union." an organ- 
 
Introduction. 17 
 
 ization which will unite under the most perfect system 
 possible all the well meaning humans in the world. It is 
 divided, like a Masonry, into degrees and divisions. 
 
 It is this careful division of the cooperative labor 
 which is to make the management of the New Era Model 
 City easy and efficacious. The General's degree includes 
 the tip-top philanthropists and progressive humanitar- 
 ians, in whose hands is to be the highest control. From 
 that high plane the populace are graded down. 
 
 In stringing the plans for his model city and model 
 people upon a plot, for the purpose of lively presentation, 
 Mr. ( Jaryl has not allowed himself to be hampered by lack 
 of characters, and to lend an atmosphere of reality he 
 has for the most part chosen characters of flesh and blood. 
 
 In the great rout of dramatis personam are Teller, 
 Wolcott and dozens more from Colorado, college profes- 
 sors, all the prominent women who have a leaning 
 toward humanitarian work — Miss Willard, Mrs. Stan- 
 ford, Miss Drexel, Miss Fair, Miss Adams. Miss Gonld, 
 who, the play bill says, "is a living proof of the truth that 
 all things are for good, and who is using her part of the 
 great wealth her father struggled so hard to create by 
 doing all she can to help humanity. - ' 
 
 Mrs. Green also comes in for praise. The list of good 
 women is long. The president, his cabinet, the senators, 
 the governors of states, reformers, capitalists, congress 
 men, grangers. Masons, men of all parties, Christian En- 
 deavoreis, newspaper owners, bankers, atheists — it is a 
 strange jumble. Then there are foreigners — Lady Sonier- 
 set, General Booth, Tolstoi, Camille Plammarion, Keir 
 Ilardie, \Y. T. Stead, John Most and Emma Goldman. 
 
 But there are type characters in the play — Mr. Hail- 
 road. Mr. Oil, Mr. 'Banker, Mr. Dude, Mr.' Vanderbilt. 
 Mrs. Vanderbilt and the little Vanderbilts, who. if you 
 please, are depicted as paupers, and a Jewish rabbi, who 
 is as white a man as ever was put into a play. 
 
 There is a character called Lillian, an opera singer, 
 who lends herself in the most startling fashion to give 
 color to the piece. 
 
 When the story opens a lot of miners are idling 
 around a camp fire in the Rocky Mountains, waiting for 
 Sutta and a party of experts t<> come and examine some 
 mining property. These are valuable mines, and it is the 
 plan of Sutta to sell or work them to furnish funds to 
 found the Model City. 
 
 2 
 
18 Introduction. 
 
 This Sutta is a remarkable man. He has a marvelous 
 faculty for making money, but spends all his income on 
 the poor. After the inspection of the mine he holds a 
 meeting at a hotel in Denver, where local magnates come 
 in and declare themselves in favor of the Model City. 
 
 The plot is made excuse for all the "talk" necessary 
 to make clear as the play progresses all the features of 
 Sutta's scheme as set forth in the argument. Mrs. Fowler 
 says: "The culmination of the cycle, or age, is nearing, 
 and there should be a monument to the development of 
 the race, and a crowning nucleus for man's handiwork 
 left to future generations as a proof of his evolution from 
 past ages of confusion and chaos. The foundation of the 
 new system of living should be laid." 
 
 One by one the characters are rung in. The author 
 is kind to the Western personae, as a neighbor should 
 be, but it is easy to say nice things of them all, as they 
 all heartily endorse the New Era Model City. Sutta 
 presents his model city scheme, and the meeting votes 
 to help him put it through. It is decided that Sutta, 
 in promotion of the great undertaking, shall go East to 
 float his mining securities. 
 
 When the philanthropist journeys East, to tangle 
 up with the powers of evil as embodied in bankers, oil 
 kings, railroad magnates and politicians, the real action 
 of the play begins. The rich railroad and bank men 
 devise schemes to line Sutta's pockets with money and 
 so keep him from antagonizing them by preaching his 
 new theories. They find him at all points panoplied, and 
 wherever he goes he has Mr. Stratton, of Colorado, with 
 him as a friend and coadjutor. 
 
 At a dinner at the Millionaires' Club he gives evi- 
 dence of his purity of principles. There are features 
 of the dialogue in the dinner scene which are somewhat 
 too virile for stage production, but the playwright is not 
 a man who minces words when a moral lesson is at 
 stake. The gay Lillian herself is at last won by Sutta's 
 disinterested motives and gentlemanly ways. He and 
 Stratton lake their departure virtuously early from the 
 Millionaires' Club, leaving behind them, in the breasts 
 of the rich men, a great fear of the revolution which is 
 about to be against riches, monopoly and all the over- 
 hearing forces which weigh upon the poor. 
 
 Then there is a scene in the slums of New York, in 
 which a poor family named Vanderbilt is evicted, but 
 
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 rescued from the streets through the aid of a Jewish 
 rabbi and the philanthropic women, who establish the 
 sufferers in one of their newly established "homes." 
 
 The closing scene of the story presents a monster 
 meeting of philanthropists in Faneuil Hall, Boston, 
 where splendid speeches are made by B. O. Flower, Miss 
 Willard, Edward Bellamy, and finally by Sutta himself, 
 who presents the full and detailed plan of his model city. 
 Municipal machinery, finance, improvements, industrial 
 and social establishment, amusement facilities and sani- 
 tary provisions — all are gone over. Then are unfolded 
 the plans for building the town, with its great perpetual 
 exposition buildings in the center, and the whole great 
 arrangement in concentric circles about that middle 
 point. 
 
 In these circles buildings and breathing spaces al- 
 ternate, and all are constructed on a scale of Oriental 
 magnificence. Everything is there, from storehouses to 
 hanging flower gardens like those of Babylon. 
 
 He lays before them a complete city map, showing 
 a place for habitation and exercise ground for every 
 class, with farms and gardens to furnish supplies to the 
 whole city. 
 
 There is a scale of prices for the various grades of 
 dwellings. He submits a carefully devised financial 
 scheme for running the city. He says: "Those who 
 think this is impossible and only an idle dream only 
 show their ignorance and lamentable lack of ambition. 
 We were able to build and conduct the grandest world's 
 exposition the world has ever known at an expense of 
 about $40,000,000 for a brief period of six months, and 
 any one who took the least trouble to learn the facts 
 would realize how much better and easier the work 
 could have been done had it been for permanent use." 
 
 Then the organization of the New Era Union is ex- 
 plained, the division of organizers, investors, councilors, 
 etc., a scheme for the establishment of clubs to promote 
 the cause and various methods of gathering money .to 
 get the New Model City under way. 
 
NEW ERA. 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 WALL STREET GOLD MINING CAMP, UP IN THE ROCKY 
 MOUNTAINS, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO. 
 
 A meeting is being held in the Wall Street Coliseum 
 of all the people in the vicinity who are interested in the 
 development of the gold resources of Wall Street Camp. 
 
 Harry S. Badger, who is superintendent for The Gold 
 Extraction Mining and Supply Company, is appointed to 
 take the chair. Norris C. Sprigg, one of the editors of the 
 Wall Street Gold Miner, addresses the meeting and calls 
 attention to the wonderful progress that has been made 
 in Wall Street Camp in the past three months. 
 
 At that time there was scarcely a half dozen miners 
 at work in that vicinity, while already there are now over 
 one hundred, and so many promising gold-bearing lodes 
 opened up that several thousand miners could be profit- 
 ably employed if the necessary capital could be secured 
 to put them to work. Henry Monell, T. J. Murray, John 
 Tcagarden, W. L. Davis, Capt. Allen, W. L. Beach, F. C. 
 L. Sergeant, S. J. Cook and others, who are all practical 
 mining men, with years of experience with the mining 
 properties of this district, all testify to the fact that hun- 
 dreds of gold-bearing veins exist in the district that 
 would produce gold at a good profit if properly devel- 
 oped and operated. 
 
 They all agree that the low grade ores, that have 
 previously been ignored because of the lack of facilities 
 to mine them economically, can now be mined at a profit 
 because of the new railroad. The Colorado North western 
 Railroad is now being built as a result of the efforts of 
 Mr. Leech, the promoter, and modern milling facilities 
 are now provided by The Delano Milling Company and 
 other new plants that have lately been erected at Boul- 
 der. They show that, with the improved facilities for 
 
Wall Street Cold Camp ( p in the Rocky Mountains. 21 
 
 shipping and treating the ore, it can be mined and milled 
 for $10 per ton, and that untold millions of tons exist in 
 the hundreds of veins already opened up, while many 
 new veins will be discovered that do not at present show 
 on the surface. 
 
 As T. A. Sutta has been very active in developing 
 Wall Street Camp, he is called upon to give his views as 
 to how the necessary capital can be secured to continue 
 to develop and operate the mines to the best possible ad- 
 vantage. 
 
 He said the problem was simple enough; if the 
 miners who owned and knew how to operate the mines 
 to the best advantage would show their faith in them by 
 putting their mines and labor up as a basis for securing 
 capital, and would guarantee 6 per cent, interest on the 
 capital necessary before the miners received anything 
 more than necessary expenses. This would cause cap- 
 italists to feel safe in investing their money, when they 
 knew that the miners were taking their chances of mak- 
 ing any profit from their mines and labor, after the cap- 
 ital had first received G per cent, annual interest. 
 
 Mr. Sutta stated that the only serious part of the 
 problem in his mind was how the gold-bearing veins in 
 the United States could all be developed and operated to 
 the best possible advantage, and the output of gold be 
 used to assist in securing the best possible conditions for 
 the working people of the United States. 
 
 Mr. Sutta explained that the chief cause for failure 
 at gold mining was because so many invested their money 
 in gold mining companies that were only seeking to make 
 money by selling stock, instead of doing any legitimate 
 mining, and those who invested directly in a gold mine 
 generally became discouraged because the} r did not make 
 immense profits at once, and abandoned the mine fre- 
 quently when they had already exposed ore that would 
 pay a big profit if competent miners were employed to 
 mine it, and modern facilities provided for milling it. 
 
 If the government of the United States would create 
 a gold mining department, and employ the most experi- 
 enced and skilful mining men that were available, to op- 
 erate the gold mines of the United Stales by paying the 
 owners of the mines a fair loyalty on the ore, and provide 
 the most economical and successful facilities for milling 
 the ore. he believed that the output of gold in the United 
 States could be increased at least $100,000,000 per year; 
 
22 Wall Street Gold Camp 
 
 and then, if the government would use this gold to employ 
 the unemployed working people of the United States in 
 producing and manufacturing everything they needed for 
 their own comfort and happiness, the present misery and 
 poverty of the masses would soon be a thing of the past. 
 
 "I have given much thought to this matter," said Mr. 
 Sutta, "and can see very clearly how we can induce the 
 government to employ all the men and women of the 
 United States who are willing to work to the best of 
 their ability, if we go about it in a practical way. 
 
 "This government is founded on the principle that 
 the will of the majority is the law of the land. Our pres- 
 ent laws enable us to incorporate a company that will 
 provide for the safe investment of capital by using first 
 mortgage bonds that will be first lien on all the assets of 
 the company, and that should not be payable before 
 twenty-five years, in order to give ample time to create 
 assets that will readily enable the company to pay the 
 bonds without impairing its resources. 
 
 "By organizing departments that will employ all the 
 men and women in the United States who are willing to 
 work to the best of their ability, and to require all to in- 
 vest one-fourth of their earnings in its bonds up to a cer- 
 tain amount, the company will soon accumulate such 
 large assets as will enable it to organize and operate as 
 many industries as are necessary to provide its members 
 with all that they can reasonably desire or utilize 
 
 "The labor exchanges are already proving that this 
 can be done, even though they arc seriously handicapped 
 by failing to provide ways in which they can secure cap- 
 ital, and also by not providing for a uniform system of 
 compensation and authority. 
 
 "I think the labor exchange people already realize 
 the need for broadening their work, and believe if a plan 
 was submitted to them whereby they could do this, they 
 would readily adopt it." 
 
 Mr. Badger said that he was very doubtful of the 
 labor exchanges consenting to the issuing of bonds and 
 paying interest, as they had decidedly expressed them- 
 selves against it. He also thought that the capitalists of 
 the country would do all in their power to prevent the 
 success of such an organization as Mr. Sutta proposed, 
 as they would fear, in case it succeeds, that their invest- 
 ments in mining and other industries would be made un- 
 profitable. 
 
I '/> in the Rocky Mountains 23 
 
 Mr. Sutta explained that there was no cause what- 
 ever for capitalists to fear their present investments 
 would be impaired in any way. To the contrary, he ex- 
 plained that the policy of the company should be to ren- 
 der all present investments of every conceivable kind 
 still more secure, by providing for the company to pur- 
 chase all lands, buildings, factories, railroads, stores, and 
 all other established forms of wealth, at their actual 
 market value and paying for the same in the first mort- 
 gage bonds of the company, which, by paying them 6 per 
 cent, interest in gold, would, in most cases, be more than 
 their investments are paying them at present. 
 
 Mr. Beach thought that the enormous amount of in- 
 terest that would have to be paid, if such large issues of 
 bonds were made, would absorb all the profits of the 
 workers, and their condition would soon be as bad, if not 
 worse, than at present. 
 
 Mr. Sutta explained that this was also a mistaken 
 view of the proposition. The people of the United States 
 were able, when their resources and population were not 
 one-half what they are at present, to put about two mil- 
 lions of their wealth producers in the field as soldiers to 
 kill each other and destroy billions of dollars' worth of 
 property, and even when this fearful waste of life and 
 property was actually going on, the country was never 
 so prosperous. 
 
 It is estimated that at present there are about one- 
 fourth, or over five millions, of the would-be wealth pro- 
 ducers of the United States now idle or unproductive, 
 because of the lack of an opportunity to secure employ- 
 ment. 
 
 At an average production of wealth of |4 per day, 
 these five million people, if put at work producing their 
 own food, clothing, houses, and all other needed and desir- 
 able supplies, would produce $20,000,000 worth per da v. 
 over |6,500,00(),000 per year, or $65,000,000,000 in ten 
 years. 
 
 The total assessed value of all real and personal prop- 
 erly of the entire United States, by the census of 1S00, 
 that included all lands, buildings, factories, railroads, 
 stores, merchandise, money, bonds and everything else 
 of value, was $25,473,173,418. 
 
 It is estimated by competent authorities that the 
 actual market value of all these forms of wealth, existing 
 in the United States in 1890, was aboul $65,000,000,000. 
 
24 Wall Slreet Gold Camp 
 
 or no more than what the present unproductive people of 
 the United States could produce in ten years if they were 
 properly organized and put at work, with proper facili- 
 ties to produce everything desired to the best advantage. 
 
 This would especially be true, now that modern in- 
 ventions enable all kinds of work to be much more pro- 
 ductive and valuable than at any time in the past. 
 
 Mr. Sergeant took the floor and gave a long talk 
 about the injustice of not paying all the workers equally. 
 
 He said the man who had ability had received his 
 gifts from a generous Creator, and he owed it to his fel- 
 low man less favored to help him by every means in his 
 power, and that he was not entitled to any more benefits 
 from his abilities than the man who could only do the 
 crude common labor. 
 
 This caused Mr. Sutta to say that the same generous 
 Creator that Mr. Sergeant referred to. required every 
 human being who had ability and skill to be especially 
 useful in organizing and directing their fellow man; in- 
 venting useful machines, teaching important truths, and 
 rendering other desirable service above the average; 
 should have facilities at hand to work to the best advant- 
 age, such as libraries, clerks, telephones, means to experi- 
 ment, time to study, etc.; and that each should be as free 
 as possible to secure what they needed for themselves, 
 hence the compensation for the most useful workers 
 should be as liberal as possible, to enable them to work 
 to the best advantage. 
 
 The trouble with the present ways of living was that 
 those specially gifted minds found the masses so eager 
 to take all they could get of their services or abilities, 
 without regard to any obligation to give in return, thai 
 they became selfish in self-protection, and found it neces- 
 sary to secure as much wealth as possible for themselves. 
 in order to be able to accomplish what they desired. 
 
 If these specially gifted people found they could be 
 liberally provided for for life by devoting all their ability 
 to working for an organization thai was working for the 
 good of all, and enabled them to work to the best ad- 
 vantage, they would, in many cases, prefer to join it 
 rather than have to be constantly lighting tor their own 
 interests. 
 
 As it is now, a man with executive ability makes 
 many thousands, even millions, of dollars for himself by 
 constantly seeking to make all that is possible for him- 
 
Up in the Rocky Mountains. 25 
 
 self, and. as a result, it is a constant warfare between 
 him and those who work for liini. 
 
 If these same men. who now make millions of dol- 
 lars for themselves under such unfavorable conditions. 
 could be induced to devote their energy and ability to an 
 organization for the good of all. they could accomplish 
 many times greater results, as all the workers of the or- 
 ganization would do all in their power to help them, 
 rather than oppose them. 
 
 Take D. 11. Moffat, president of The First National 
 Bank of Denver, as an example. He came to Denver 
 only a few years ago, a poor man. Now he is credited 
 as being worth several millions of dollars. 
 
 To make this enormous wealth in so few years has 
 required the executive ability of a general. He has put 
 thousands of men at work, building and operating rail- 
 roads, smelters, reduction works, water works, mines 
 and many other enterprises, under a system where every 
 one working for him was trying to get all that was pos- 
 sible for himself, and in the most of cases give as little 
 as possible in return. If the executive ability of Mr. 
 Moffat was directed to the purpose of giving every man 
 and woman in Colorado employment under the most fa- 
 vorable condition possible, and he was sure he would be 
 liberally provided for for life in return, I am sure that 
 within a few years' time there would be no need for a 
 man or woman in Colorado to be idle for want of a chance 
 to work. 
 
 Still, these very working people that he now com- 
 pels to work for him by his executive ability, and thus 
 help him to make millions of dollars, would nearly all 
 make a terrible howl if Mr. Moffat should seek to work 
 for their benefit and only ask $100 per day for his ser- 
 vices. 
 
 The working people have got to learn that brains are 
 many times more valuable than brawn or beef. A deli- 
 cate man. without the physical strength to work at man- 
 ual labor one ' our a day without being prostrated, may 
 go into Ms binary and laboratory and produce an in- 
 vention or discover a chemical secret that would get bet- 
 ter results with a few hours" work than now requires 
 the labor of thousands. 
 
 Take the work of Edison, as an example — as ;i result 
 of his devoting his attention to inventing, instead of con- 
 tinuing as a telegraph operator. His inventions are do- 
 
26 Wall Street Cold Camp 
 
 ing better work than millions of men could do, in moving 
 machinery and cars, and speeding messages over the 
 world, and all 1his time, while laboring to bless mankind 
 with his inventions, be l as had to scheme and fight des- 
 perate battles with those who would take every dollar 
 and power to work to advantage away from him, and 
 leave him stranded, if he would let them. No one can 
 conceive of the wonderful inventions to reduce the phys- 
 ical labor of human beings, and minister to their com- 
 fort and delight, that he is still capable of producing, if 
 the resources of the United States government were 
 back of him, as they should be, guaranteeing him liberal 
 compensation for life for himself, w*ith every possible 
 resource at his command to use to the best advantage 
 for the good of all. 
 
 You have an illustration right before you on a small 
 scale. Mr. Caryl spent several years in the slums of 
 New York. Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago, trying to 
 help those who needed help. In order to be free to work 
 for others, he refused to engage in any work merely to 
 make money for himself, and was, as a result, without 
 any means even to pa} T his own expenses. Finding thai 
 in trying to help others, he was practically helpless him- 
 self and useless to those he w T anted to help by not first 
 providing for his own needs, he dropped his philanthropic 
 work and devoted himself to gold mining, as the only 
 industry a man could hope to get rich at quickly, with- 
 out competing with enterprises already established. 
 
 As a result of his energy and ability, in one year he 
 started Wall Street Camp, and he has organized and is 
 president of a company that owns over one hundred gold 
 mining properties in this county alone, besides good 
 mines in Cripple Creek. New Mexico and California, that 
 are capable of producing millions of dollars a year, when 
 properly developed and operated. 
 
 I know that it is his desire to operate as many of 
 these mines as possible, and use the profits to realize the 
 very best conditions possible for t "hose who d«> the work, 
 but it' he attempts to operate more mines than he can 
 give his personal attention to, by employing others, what 
 is the result? If he employs men at days' pay, they are 
 only interested in getting their wages, and may throw- 
 ore worth thousands of dollars on the dump as waste 
 rock, rather than take the trouble to test it and carefully 
 sort all that may possibly contain gold. 
 
Up in the Rocky Mountains. 27 
 
 There are a number of instances in the country, 
 where men have come here and spent immense sums of 
 money developing mines, and when rich deposits of free 
 gold were found, the men would put the gold in their 
 pocket and let the man fail, while others have covered 
 over rich ore deposits, so that the owner would not know 
 of their existence, with the hope that later they might se- 
 cure it for themselves. This can only be overcome by 
 making the miners interested in the profits from their 
 work. 
 
 I tell you, my friends, I have given much study to 
 how better conditions can be realized for all, and I am 
 sure there is no other way than to organize a big union, 
 that will give employment to every man and woman who 
 is capable of doing any useful service. Fix a scale of 
 compensation that will be just for all, according to the 
 value of their services, with every opportunity for each 
 member to become still more useful for the good of all, 
 and liberal compensation for those who succeed; it 
 would be possible for such an organization to provide all 
 its members with comforts and luxuries that can now 
 only be enjoyed by the few. 
 
 Take the one industry of gold mining, said Mr. 
 Sutta. The output of gold in Colorado has increased 
 from $8,000,000, in 181)3, to $16,000,000, in 1896, and min- 
 ing experts say it will double again in the next three 
 years. If this is possible under the present haphazard 
 system, with thousands of rich gold mines already known 
 to exist lying idle, while thousands of capable miners are 
 also idle for lack of capital to employ them, 1 am sure 
 that with an organization that would provide the capital 
 in sufficient amount, and a system of compensation that 
 would liberally reward t he faithful workers, and get rid 
 of the unfaithful ones, that the output of gold in the 
 United States could be increased over $100,000,000 per 
 year beyond its present output. If the gold was used to 
 redeem bonds, to be issued by an organization for the 
 purpose of starting every desirable kind of industry by 
 its members, and exchanging their products on a just 
 basis of compensation for all, so that the members couhl 
 build their own houses, produce their own food and all 
 other supplies, conduct their own enterprises of every 
 desirable kind, it would soon be able to solve the labor 
 problem of the United States. Mr. Badger asked Mr. 
 Sutta how he would start such an organization, and whai 
 
28 Wall Street Gold Camp 
 
 plan he would suggest to operate it upon. Mr. Sutta re- 
 plied that he would call it the New Era CJnion, as it 
 would indeed soon realize a new era of happiness and 
 prosperity for all who would obey the law, that in union 
 there is strength. 
 
 Each man and woman joining the Union would be 
 examined by the civil service department as to their 
 ability to be useful and put at work at that kind of ser- 
 vice they would be most competent to succeed at. To 
 provide for authority and system, as well as not to con- 
 flict with present laws, the organization would be in- 
 corporated and the stock placed in the hands of trustees, 
 who could be depended upon to elect a board of directors 
 who could be depended upon to be faithful to their duties 
 and competent to' execute the work required of them. 
 
 To enable the members to legislate for themselves, 
 each degree of members would belong to a council for 
 its respective degree, and enact such laws for their 
 own government as the majority would decide upon, 
 subject to the approval of a majority of the higher coun- 
 cils and executive officers, to preserve uniformity and 
 solidity among all the members of the New Era Union. 
 
 To prevent the abuse of the power necessarily given 
 to the highest executive of the organization, as without 
 a central final authority there would always be friction 
 and confusion, the New Era Union would adopt the plan, 
 by which any of the members in good standing of the 
 New Era Union would have the right to appeal from any 
 act of the chief executive, and a majority of all members 
 voting for or against an ad appealed from would be 
 final, so that the majority of the New Era Union would 
 really govern its a Hairs. 
 
 As gold is (he measure of value of all wealth all 
 over the world, and will purchase land, buildings, sup- 
 plies, machinery, etc, much quicker and to better ad- 
 vantage to begin with, then these necessary things could 
 be produced, I would have the New Era Union issue 
 bonds, secured by first lien on all its assets, payable in 
 gold, at a time, say twenty-five years hence or longer. 
 when it would be sure to have produced whatever gold 
 was necessary to pay these bonds. 'With a gold mining 
 department to produce its own gold, they could re- 
 deem these bonds and stop the interest as fast as pos- 
 sible. With a sufficient rate of interest to induce capital- 
 ists to invest in these bonds, rather thau to leave so many 
 
Up in the Rocky Mountains. 29 
 
 hundreds of millions of dollars lying idle, as at present, 
 the members of the New Era Union could use the pro- 
 ceeds of them to purchase land and supplies and start 
 all kinds of industries, to be operated by themselves. 
 
 They could at once begin the erection of a grand 
 model city, to contain a permanent world's exposition 
 and emporium, to commemorate the close of this cen- 
 tury, by far the most important in the history of this 
 world, especially to Americans. They could there show 
 the highest degree of art, science and skill in every use- 
 ful industry to the best advantage, with the industries 
 all in operation by themselves, producing everything de- 
 sired for their own comfort and prosperity. 
 
 It would be far easier to organize the work and carry 
 it on successfully, to tlie extent that every man and wo- 
 man in the United States could have an opportunity to 
 earn their own living, under the most favorable condi- 
 tions possible, than it would be to organize an army of 
 far less numbers. 
 
 The day for fighting has gone by. The masses of the 
 people are sufficiently enlightened to know that, by go- 
 ing to war, they only kill each other and destroy wealth 
 that they must go to work again and replace. 
 
 The military system and titles of the United States 
 army should be used by the New Era Union, and the 
 battle should be waged fiercely, by all members to abol- 
 ish poverty and enforced idleness, and attain peace, hap- 
 piness and prosperity for all its members on a basis of 
 justice and reciprocity. 
 
 I have decided, said Mr. Sutta, that the time is ripe 
 to begin this work, and am going to Denver for the pur- 
 pose of calling a meeting of the leading business men, 
 and endeavor to get them to help get this work started. 
 
 All those present said they thought that the plans 
 suggested by Mr. Sutta were decidedly desirable and 
 practical, and that they hoped he would succeed, and 
 wis' ed him Godspeed in his work of getting them car- 
 ried out. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 A MEETING HAS BEEN CALLED BY T. A. SUTTA FOR THOSE 
 INTERESTED, TO CONSIDER WAYS AND MEANS TO GET 
 THE PLANS FOR THE NEW ERA MODEL CITY AND NEW 
 ERA UNION BEFORE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED 
 STATES, IN THE PARLORS OF THE BROWN PALACE 
 HOTEL, DENVER, COLO.— PRESENT : SERGEANT, STEW- 
 ART, RIPLEY, BOTTOM, JOHNSON, MC GAFFEY AND 
 BEYER, STANDING AND CONVERSING. 
 
 SERGEANT. I understand, gentlemen, that you 
 are very much interested in Mr. Sutta's plans for a model 
 city? 
 
 BEYER. I can not understand how any one could 
 not be. They seem to me to so completely provide the 
 opportunity for all who desire to secure comfortable 
 homes and congenial, profitable employment, that every 
 one who wants the people to be prosperous and happy 
 should be interested in them. 
 
 STEWART. I am anxious to have Mr. Sutta suc- 
 ceed because he works so hard and without any considera- 
 tion for his own interests. I know that he has refused 
 tempting propositions to give his time and wonderful 
 energy to other lines of work, but he refuses to consider 
 anything that is not directly for the benefit of humanity. 
 
 SERGEANT. I have found from my own experience 
 that kind of work does not pay the originators of it. I 
 wonder how Mr. Sutta has managed to live while en- 
 gaged at it. 
 
 RIPLEY. That is the smallest part of Mr. Sutta's 
 troubles. He can adjust himself to any condition, and 
 can always make all the money he wants whenever he 
 makes up his mind to give liis attention to it. 
 
 BOTTOM. Now that he is ready to go before the 
 public with his plans for the Model City, he will need a 
 great deal of money; that is why I hope this meeting 
 will be a success in securing help. 
 
 JOHNSON. Mr. Sutta has sold several gold mines 
 lately and made a large sum of money, and that is why he 
 
Meeting to Promote the New Era Union. 31 
 
 is now ready to do all in his power to help the people to 
 become self-supporting. 
 
 McGAFFEY. I want to see the plans of Mr. Sutta 
 carried out, as the}' are the nearest to realizing the ideals 
 and principles of the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Odd 
 Fellows and other fraternal orders, of anything I have 
 ever heard of, and I believe they will help to carry them 
 out. 
 
 Messrs. Wm. and R. More, Busby, Powell and Inger- 
 soll enter. 
 
 SERGEANT. Hello, gentlemen; so you are inter- 
 ested in the big scheme also, are you? 
 
 BUSBY. The bigger the better for me. I am getting 
 tired of this stagnation in business; I want something 
 big to wake things up. 
 
 INGERSOLL. Same here. Every one is waiting for 
 something to occur to start up business and make things 
 lively again, and this big scheme of Mr. Sutta's is the 
 only thing that I know of that will do it. It is a terribly 
 big thing to think of, and when I first heard of it I 
 thought it would take about a hundred years to accom- 
 plish, but I see Mr. Sutta is moving right straight along, 
 fully confident that his plans for the New Era Union and 
 the grand Model City will be carried out in the near 
 future. He is a hustler and the only man in the world 
 that I know of that can make it possible to accomplish 
 such wonderful results. 
 
 R. MORE. I don't believe you understand the won- 
 derful power of thought, Mr. Ingersoll. The idea of the 
 World's Columbian Exposition had to first enter the 
 mind of one man, then two, then four and so on, until, in 
 spite of the severe opposition from a number of the very 
 men who afterwards helped to make it a success, it was 
 possible to load up a special train in Chicago with the 
 leading millionaires of the city and send them on in 
 Washington and raise $5,000,000 within a few hours, in 
 addition to a previous $5, 000,000 to secure its location at 
 Chicago instead of New York. Again we see it illustrated 
 in our case here to-night; Because Mr. Sutta insists that 
 the grand New Era Model City is possible and practical, 
 and goes right ahead to accomplish it. already quite a 
 number are discussing it. and every one admits the desir- 
 ability of the Model City and New Era Union; they will 
 also see how possible it is when they find out how won 
 
32 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 derfully complete Mr. Sutta's plans arc We arc living 
 
 in the age of big things, and the world needs and must 
 have this Grand New Era Model City. 
 
 Enter Mrs. Prof. O. S. Fowler. She is greeted by the 
 gentlemen, as they are all acquainted. 
 
 POWELL. I am glad to see you here, Mrs. Fowler. 
 Then you are interested in this big Model City also? 
 
 MRS. FOWLER. Yes, of course I am. I feel that it 
 is so important that Mr. Sutta's plans should be carried 
 out that I was very glad to come here. 
 
 STEWART. Have you studied the plans carefully, 
 Mrs. Fowler? 
 
 MRS. FOWLER. Yes, Mr. Sutta has read them over 
 to me, and I fully believe that such a grand enterprise as 
 this New Era Model City is what the world needs to wake 
 the people up out of the stagnation and selfishness they 
 are getting into. People are not acquainted with them- 
 selves. They have no idea what they can accomplish 
 because they do not try to do anything outside of their 
 dull routine everyday life. The world needs this Grand 
 Model City as an example and inspiration to mortals to 
 improve and develop their higher faculties. The most of 
 the people are living solely on the animal plane merely to 
 gratify their selfish animal desires, no matter how rich or 
 so-called refined they may be, and they will never im- 
 prove until they desire something higher and better than 
 they now have. The Grand New Era Model City will be 
 sure to arouse that desire in every progressive, ambitious 
 person in the world. The culmination of the cycle or age 
 is nearing, and there should be a monument to the de- 
 velopment of the race, and a crowning nucleus for man's 
 handiwork left to future generations as a proof of his 
 evolution from the past ages of confusion and chaos. In 
 no way can this be accomplished more fully, and perpetu- 
 ated with more honor, and utilize and lay the foundation 
 for future developments, than by building the ideal and 
 typical city of the New Era. Equipped with all the in- 
 ventive genius of every occupation and branch of indus- 
 try, this city should be fashioned and moulded by the 
 highest conception of the progressive human mind. Un- 
 der such environments the higher and better nature of 
 man would unfold into the fullness of his accumulated 
 involuntary growth, until the soul would rise triumphant 
 above the crude animal human into the well-rounded 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 33 
 
 human being, preparatory to the budding and blossoming 
 ol the soul for its highest goal, which now lies masked 
 by the environments of perplexities and annoyances in 
 all the present walks of life. The want of order and sys- 
 tem to economize time and physical energies has robbed 
 man of his inherent capacities to a marked degree The 
 age has now come for a compilation and culmination of 
 all the highest and best physical and mental activities 
 Ihe foundation of the New System of living should be 
 laid. Humanity demands it for the good of all Man 
 must be up and doing to keep up to the requirements 
 which press themselves upon him with the evolution of 
 the time and cycle. I say, let man give proof to the world 
 of his superiority in order and system by perpetuating 
 his handiwork in this memorial city, hoping the acts of 
 
 ili :iV e Hfe wU1 be in accordance with the attributes 
 ot the Master Builder of the Universal All. 
 
 Mesdames Fox, Scott-Saxton, Hulings and Conine 
 enter, and are greeted all around. 
 
 MRS. FOWLER. Good evening, ladies; are you go- 
 ing to help build the big Model City? 
 
 MRS. FOX. Yes, anything to attain happiness and 
 prosperity for those who have to work so hard and who 
 barely manage to exist in return for their labor 
 
 MRS. SCOTT-SAXTON. For my part, I have come 
 to the- conclusion that if some grand opportunity like the 
 building of this New Era Model City will afford, is not 
 undertaken soon, we will see the people become desper- 
 ate and resort to a violent revolution. I am for the Model 
 City instead of the violent revolution with all my heart 
 and soul. J 
 
 t i, M ^. S * HULINGS - Well, you all know where I stand 
 1 have been working for years to try and help realize the 
 Fathers Kingdom on Earth, and I am on hand at any 
 time or place to do anything in my power to help attain 
 it. I think this Grand New Era Model City, as planned 
 by Mr Sutta, to be by far the most important work, that 
 should appeal to every soul on this earth who has ever 
 prayed, "Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth 
 as it is in heaven ;» that is, if they were sincere when they 
 prayed. Of course, most people do not mean their 
 prayers. They don't know who they are praying to any 
 more than though they were praying to empty space The 
 worst of it is, the most of people don't pretend to know 
 
34 Meeting to Promote the Nezv Era Union 
 
 anything about the Creator, until some one who has re- 
 ally studied and learned something about the All Highest 
 comes along and tries to tell them. Then they get light- 
 ing mad at once and call them infidels, blasphemers, free 
 thinkers, cranks and all other pet names they can think 
 of, because they don't agree with their own narrow, big- 
 oted beliefs. Oh, I am so tired of this stupid hypocritical 
 existence. Why can't we live in earnest and for a pur- 
 pose higher than to gratify our own selfish animal de- 
 sires? 
 
 STEWART. The reason I hope to see this Grand 
 New Era Model City fully realized is because I believe 
 Mr. Sutta is capable of accomplishing anything he un- 
 dertakes, I don't care how large or apparently impossible. 
 In fact, the only reason why he is not making a fortune 
 every year is because he will not waste his time with 
 small things, as he calls even ordinary large enterprises. 
 Since I have learned what a grand woman his mother 
 was, I am not surprised so much at Mr. Sutta's wonder- 
 ful ability and energy. 
 
 RIPLEY. His mother is living, is she not? 
 
 STEWART. No, she died last summer. Mr. Sutta 
 handed me a copy of the Leader, the People's party paper 
 of her home at Portland, Ore., with an editorial about 
 her active work for reform, and stating that she gave her 
 life to helping humanity. I have it with me, if any of 
 you care to read it. 
 
 MRS. FOWLER. Please read it out loud, so that 
 we can all hear it. We are early, and there may be time 
 before the meeting. 
 
 (Mr. Stewart lakes paper out of his pocket and 
 reads:) 
 
 "Died, at her home in this city, duly IS. 1895, Mrs. 
 Delia Stuart Sutta. Age 55. It is with the deepesl sor 
 row thai we announce the early demise of this grand and 
 noble woman. In her death the cause of reform in this 
 city and slate has lost one of its most beloved and best 
 w orkers. In fact, her death was undoubtedly due to over- 
 work in tin- cause of humanity, and it can be truthfully 
 said of her that she gave her life to the oppressed Of the 
 
 earth. Mis. Sutta was born in Rockland, Maine, and re- 
 moved t<> California in isr>7. In the various charitable 
 and intellectual societies with which she was identified. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 35 
 
 she was a leader. Her broad views, her liberal concep- 
 tion of right and wrong, and her untiring zeal never failed 
 to enthuse her associates and win their admiration The 
 societies to which she became most attached were the 
 Academy of Socialism, of which she held the position of 
 Secretary and Treasurer; the Ladies' Auxiliary to the 
 First Secular Church. For the third time she was elected 
 Secretary of the Christian Union Society, a branch organ- 
 ization of the Unitarian Church, which position she held 
 at the time of her death. Also was very active as a mem- 
 ber of the Knights of Labor and People's party, and was 
 especially interested in trying to improve the condition of 
 the working people. She took a deep interest in the Lv- 
 ceum work and general discussions in the First Spiritual 
 Society, and among these people counted many of her 
 warmest friends. Her religious views may be said to be 
 agnostic, as she did not become a member of any church 
 although she fully accepted the truths of the Bible and 
 got most of her inspiration from the example and teach- 
 ings of Jesus. She was to be found working wherever 
 her services would aid in the uplifting and advancement 
 of men and women. With the many floral tributes were 
 tne following touching memorials: 
 
 of nli- 1 t0 Jl en ? f JPP reciati °n and esteem to the memory 
 of Delia Stuart Sutta, worthy sister in the Portland 
 Academy of Socialism. By living in accord with the prin- 
 ciples of this society, Justice. Equity, Fraternity, Sister 
 fcutta won for herself an eternal resting place' in the 
 hearts of all who knew her. A friend of the oppressed 
 a gentle dispenser of love and charity, and a councilor of 
 truth and justice, the world is better for her having lived 
 Kest sister, rest in peace, and a grateful people will one 
 day hono, you by practicing the precepts you so nobly 
 ^jocated. Also: A tribute of love to the memory of 
 Delia Stuart Sutta. beloved sister in the Woman's Aux- 
 iliary of he First Secular Church. A true life fraughl 
 with deeds of kindness and arts of charity, benevolence 
 and love needs no monument of stone to insure remem- 
 brance. It lives forever in the hearts and minds of those 
 Whose lives she blest.' The beautiful floral tributes 
 placed upon her coffin by the various societies were 
 touching memorials of the high esteem in which sh<- was 
 held, and were emblematic of the pure and useful life 
 fe lived Mrs. Sutta has passed from our mortal sight 
 but her kind words and noble deeds will live forever" 
 
36 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 MRS. FOWLER. It seems sad that a woman who 
 could do so much good in the world should die so young. 
 
 STEWART. Mr. Sutta says the statement of the 
 editor of this paper, that her death is due to overwork 
 for the cause of humanity, is fully confirmed by letters he 
 has received from her friends. An examination showed 
 no vital organ diseased; her death resulted from the 
 wearing out of her nerves and strength by trying to carry 
 the sufferings of the world on her shoulders, and not hav- 
 ing enough help to bear the burden, as some of her friends 
 expressed it. At a subsequent memorial meeting in the 
 G. A. R. Hall in Portland, to pay tribute to her memory, 
 her friends spoke of her as one whose heart was con- 
 stantly bleeding for humanity. From my experience 
 with Mr. Sutta, he is the counterpart of his mother, only 
 intensified many times, for he dares to determine to ac- 
 complish that which most earnest natures would only 
 hope for in the dim future. 
 
 Enter ex-Governor Waite and Mr. Edbrooke, who 
 greet those present, the most of whom have now taken 
 seats. 
 
 WAITE (to Edbrooke). I understand that you are at 
 work drawing the plans for the Grand New Era Model 
 City? 
 
 EDBROOKE. Yes, I told Mr. Sutta I should be glad 
 to help him all I could, and he asked me to prepare a plat 
 of the Model City as he has planned it. 
 
 Enter Gov. Adams, ex-Gov. Mclntire, Senators Wol- 
 cott and Teller, and J. J. Hagerman, who bow to those 
 present. 
 
 WAITE. I must say, gentlemen, this is encouraging 
 to see so many of you Republicans here. If you are sin- 
 cere in being willing to help build this Grand New Era 
 Model City on the cooperative system of the New Era 
 Union, as proposed by Mr. Sutta, the occupation of the 
 reformers will soon be gone. 
 
 ADAMS. You know, Mr. Waite, that I am anxious 
 to do all I can to help develop the resources of Colorado, 
 and if this Grand New Era Model City is built, it will 
 afford a market for large quantities of our iron, marble, 
 granite and other building material and resources, and 
 who knows but that we may secure its location for Colo- 
 rado? 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 37 
 
 TELLER. There is one thing sure, there is no finer 
 location in the world for such a Grand Model City than 
 here in Colorado. We have almost every kind of ma- 
 terial and production in our State that will be needed 
 to build and maintain such a city, and there certainly 
 could not be a finer climate found anywhere in the world. 
 
 WOLCOTT. Yes. Colorado is the ideal place for 
 this Grand New Era Model City, and it should be built 
 here by all means. 
 
 HAGERMAN. I am in favor of going ahead and 
 building it here in Colorado, whether the people of the 
 United States will help us or not. The resources of our 
 State could build and maintain several such model cities 
 as Mr. Sutta proposes and then they would hardly be 
 touched, while down in the beautiful Pecos valley of 
 New Mexico, where we have lately spent over $4,000,000 
 in putting in an irrigation plant, the population of the 
 entire United States could be maintained in comfort. 
 
 Enter Hill, Moffat, Brown, Gurley, Sheedy, Kountz, 
 Howbert, Routt and Fisk. Nearly all have taken seats 
 and are engaged in conversation between themselves. 
 
 WAITE. Well, well, this is too good to be true — 
 to see you conservative rich capitalists coming out to a 
 meeting like this. I will not be surprised to hear that 
 you have all turned Populists, if you really want to help 
 the working people of the country secure homes in such 
 a grand place as the New Era Model City will be. 
 
 HILL. You must not think that the Populists are 
 the only friends of the people, Mr. Waite. I think the 
 Republicans are doing all they possibly can for the 
 working people. You can not go faster than the people 
 will follow, if you want to accomplish anything requir- 
 ing a vote of the majority of the people. When I was 
 in the United States Senate I worked hard to have a 
 bill passed providing for the government to build and 
 operate a postal telegraph, and was defeated for reelec- 
 tion because the people did not appreciate the advantage 
 of the proposed act. 
 
 MOFFAT. Yes. Mr. Waite. you will find out some 
 day, if you have not already, that the masses of the so- 
 called working people, although I and most every other 
 business man works harder than any of them, are their 
 own worst enemies. I am sure yon worked hard enough 
 
38 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 for them, and then they turned around and abused you 
 and defeated you for reelection. 
 
 Several other prominent ladies and gentlemen of 
 Denver enter, and are soon joined by Stratton, Campion, 
 McLean, Keed and Sutta. All take seats except Sutta, 
 who stands and faces those present, and says: 
 
 ••I am very much pleased, ladies and gentlemen, to 
 see so many of you present on such short notice as 1 
 gave you. You have been invited here to consider ways 
 and means to help get the plans and ideas for the New 
 Era Model City before the people of the United States. 
 I have already tried to get those present interested in 
 these plans by personal visits and reading portions to 
 those of you who would spare the time, but that plan 
 is altogether too slow, and I should be glad to hear any 
 suggestions for a better one from any of you. I do not 
 think it is necessary to consider the question whether 
 the carrying out of these plans is desirable or not. Those 
 who care to discuss that question can do so when I am 
 not present — I have no time to waste in any such dis- 
 cussion. I will first call on Mr. Edbrooke to say a few 
 words as to what he thinks of the plans I have suggested. 
 When the New Era Model City is built, I hope the resi- 
 dents will be grateful to Mr. Edbrooke as the first one 
 to give me any substantial help in realizing them. Al- 
 though lie is a very busy man, and I was a perfect 
 stranger to him when I first called, still, after giving 
 him a rough outline of the proposed Model City in less 
 than half an hour, he agreed to assist me all he could, 
 and is now preparing preliminary outlines of the plan 
 for la3 r ing out the city. I am also grateful for the help 
 and encouragement that Mrs. Fowler and others present 
 have given me, which was especially valuable at the time, 
 for I will confess that it required a good deal of courage 
 to seriously decide to go ahead and carry out this enter- 
 prise-, when nearly every one at first would either laugh 
 at or ridicule the idea of its being possible. I know there 
 are thousands of just such grand souls in the Cnited 
 States ;is these ladies and gentlemen, who are eager 
 and ready to go to work in earnest to help in every way 
 in their power, and when they are all united and or- 
 ganized into the different degrees of the New Era Union 
 they will be such a tremendous power as to overcome 
 every possible obstacle that will arise, and cause the 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 39 
 
 New Era Model City to be built in such a short time as 
 to be the wonder of the world for centuries to come. 
 I consider Mr. Edbrooke's opinion very valuable, for he 
 is, as you all know, one of the leading architects and 
 builders of the great West. He built this grand and 
 beautiful Brown Palace Hotel, which we are now in, 
 as well as many other of the finest and largest buildings 
 of Denver and other cities. Will you kindly favor us, 
 Mr. Edbrooke, with a few words as to what you think 
 of the Model City." 
 
 EDBROOKE. I have carefully considered the plans 
 suggested by Mr. Sutta for the New Era Model City, and, 
 to be brief, I will say that I am sure they are not alone 
 practical and possible in every way, but absolutely neces- 
 sary and inevitable, in order to utilize the enormous 
 amount of genius, skill and resources in our country, 
 which is uow going to waste or doing no practical good. 
 The grandest part of this New Era Model City is perhaps 
 be} r ond the capacity of most people to appreciate, unless 
 they have been extensive builders. The idea of planning 
 a Grand Model City and have the plans all complete be- 
 fore the work of building is begun, insuring all parts 
 being used to the best advantage, will be the means of 
 saving so much labor and expense that this Model City, 
 to accommodate over one million population, could be 
 built at less than half the expense necessary under our 
 present haphazard methods. There will be no tearing 
 down of old buildings, digging up of streets after they 
 have been paved, or any other of the expensive and 
 tedious work now necessary in our present cities, while 
 the delightful arrangement of the public buildings and 
 residences in circles from the centre, in order to utilize 
 all to the best possible advantage, is the grandest idea 
 ever presented to the world that I know of. Of course, 
 it is a gigantic and stupendous work to carry out these 
 plans, and I fear would only remain a dream or ideal 
 to be longed for, for many years to come, if it was not 
 for the tremendous energy and faith that Mi'. Sutta puts 
 in this work. He simply will not consider delay or de- 
 feat, and when we all know that there are resources 
 in this country that would build and maintain one hun- 
 dred such Model Cities as Mr. Surra proposes, and suf- 
 ficient idle labor to build such a city every Three years, 
 by the svsTeni of the New Era Union, 1 say bv all means 
 
40 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 let us do all we can to help Mr. Sutta, instead of allow- 
 ing him to wear himself out and break down for the lack 
 of proper help. I consider the New Era Union, as 
 planned by Mr. Sutta, is more important than the Model 
 City, for it seems to me to be the only way to avoid the 
 killing, terrible competition that is forcing labor to work 
 for a bare living. 
 
 SUTTA. In talking with the most of you about the 
 many new wonderful inventions that would be utilized 
 in the Grand New Era Model Cit} r , I have spoken of a 
 new motor that will furnish all power to produce light, 
 heat and power, by electricity, at less cost than water 
 can be supplied for, and without the use of any fuel 
 whatever. We are favored by having present with us 
 this evening the gentleman who is the inventor of this 
 wonderful new discovery, and I will ask him to favor us 
 with a few words. Mr. McLean, ladies and gentlemen. 
 
 McLEAN. It is very encouraging, ladies and gen- 
 tlemen, to see so many here to-night, who are the most 
 prominent and influential citizens of our state. The 
 great trouble every one has to contend with who has any 
 new idea to present, especially if it is such a radical 
 change from anything that has ever been done before, 
 as the work Mr. Sutta and I are engaged in, is to find 
 people with influence and means to interest themselves 
 in helping to realize them. We know that nearly every 
 inventor of every grand and useful invention that has 
 proven a blessing to all mankind has had to endure pov- 
 erty and in many cases persecution and abuse before he 
 succeeds. 
 
 I wish to express my profound respect for Mr. Sutta 
 and feebly thank him for his words of encouragement 
 and appreciation of what he is pleased to term my won- 
 derful discovery of the subtle power inherent in the at- 
 mosphere. I can readily see how a great mind like Mr. 
 Sutta's spurns everything but the highest and best 
 methods for the furthering of the greatest undertakings 
 for the uplifting of mankind yet formulated by mortal 
 mind, viz., the building of the New Era City, so grandly 
 sketched in the plans of the Now Era Union. So com- 
 plete and perfect do they seem that were I permitted 
 to use an expression deemed by some irreverent, I would 
 say in i lie words of the Revelator: "Behold the Now 
 Jerusalem, come down from God out of the heavens." 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 41 
 
 But as there is no one so elegantly fitted to describe 
 this truly holy city as its founder and projector, I must 
 leave that then for his inspired lips, and proceed to give 
 you in as few words as possible a concept of my humble 
 endeavor to add to the sum of human happiness through 
 the agency of a power, which, strange as it may seem, 
 has till now eluded discovery and utilization in anything 
 but the crudest and most primitive methods. 
 
 All the great inventions and discoveries of the past 
 have been the result of some simple incident, which 
 arrested the thought of some one wise or patient enough 
 to trace it to its primal source, and which to the com- 
 mon observer was but a chance happening. Franklin 
 flying the kite had doubtless glimpses of the practical 
 utilization of the electric spark thus evoked from the 
 simplest of all experiments. Sir Isaac Xewton, by the 
 fall of an apple, realized the great law so simply and 
 practically demonstrated. Elias Howe, seeing the weary 
 stitch of his patient wife, was lead to give the world the 
 sewing machine. James Watt, with the tipping kettle 
 lid, got an idea of incalculable benefit to the industrial 
 world, and marvelous as his discovery of steam w T as, 
 yet improvements have been steadily made up to the 
 present time. It seems as if the limit in that direction 
 is attained, and therefore it devolves on some one to 
 discover some great natural force to supercede it. The 
 trend of the human mind in its search for power with 
 which to propel the various mechanisms devised for the 
 purpose of lightening the burdens of man, shortening 
 the time required to pass from one place to another, 
 and so valuable in facilitating the commerce of the 
 world, has been confined almost entirely to the methods 
 of producing steam by fire and water. 
 
 True, of late years, the lightning taken from the 
 clouds by Franklin has been harnessed and made to 
 perform the labor of millions of men, and it will be of 
 still greater benefit to mankind. My experience impels 
 me to say that greater force is in the atmosphere. It is 
 ever around us ready for our use, and without it life 
 would cease — the grass, the trees, the flowers, the birds, 
 and every living creature upon the face of the earth, or 
 in the water beneath — would instantly perish. Yea, 
 without it the sun, the earth, the moon and all the plan- 
 ets would fall in utter confusion, and all would end in 
 
42 Meeting to Promote the New Era ( 'nion 
 
 chaos. This element so essentia] is the air we breathe. 
 Well has the poet said: 
 
 God moves in mysterious ways, 
 
 Ilis wonders to perform; 
 He plants His footsteps in the sea. 
 
 And rides upon the angry storm. 
 
 Here is an element which, when calm and serene, 
 is so gentle that its power is not felt by even the suckling 
 babe. Disturb its tranquillity to a certain extent and 
 you raise a tempest. Go further, and the mighty cyclone, 
 carrying death and destruction in its path, is upon you. 
 It is the power that holds in space vast planets and 
 sends them in their course around one common centre. 
 It is ever ready and quick to perform its work. To 
 adapt this element, so universal and yet so potent, to 
 the wants of my fellow man has been the work of the 
 best years of my life. It is something over five years 
 ago I was attracted to the incaulculable amount of en- 
 ergy (reaching almost unlimited power) displayed in 
 the cyclone, caused by the coalescence of atmospheric 
 currents, by which a vacuum is formed, which, for a time 
 and until the causes that set it in motion are exhausted, 
 simply proves irresistible. The question was how to 
 produce the same condition and at the same time con 
 tinuous, converting the energy direct into rotary motion. 
 So now, after many years of scientific study and re- 
 search, I make the bold claim to harness the energy 
 of the cyclone, making it perfectly obedient to the will 
 of the operator, displacing at a bound all other methods 
 of power production. It will in no sense be a compet- 
 itor with that great force, electricity, but will work in 
 perfect harmony with it, lifting from the shoulders of 
 toil a heavy burden which I he present crude systems en- 
 tail. The adoption of this greater force, the air, as a 
 motive power, will solve a great many of the knotty 
 problems of the age, such as electric heating, increasing 
 rapid transit, higher speed in ocean navigation, the 
 emancipation of horses from road traffic, the last dimin- 
 ishing coal supply, the smoke nuisance in cities, cheap 
 treatment of low grade ore; in fact, there is not an in- 
 dustry extant which will not be immediately stimulated 
 and benefiled by its introduction. It will be so pro- 
 nounced an advance over other methods that there will 
 be no hesitancy in exchanging the old for the new. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 43 
 
 Really, ladies and gentlemen, after all my years of 
 research, I am forced to admit that the \c\-\ simplicity 
 of the principle has been the chief stumbling block to 
 the discovery of it long ere now by the scientific world. 
 Had it been a hundred times more complex it would 
 have been unveiled long ago, and your humble servant 
 would not stand before you as the discoverer. That all 
 pervasive subtle thing we breathe, to think it contains 
 within itself almost omnipotent force; but so it is. Not 
 alone to the fancy of the inspired artist is it given to 
 see the wind in harness, but in very truth, by the aid 
 of a humanly constructed mechanism, can the wind gods 
 grind your corn, carry you whither you will, do your 
 bidding in a thousand ways more wonderful that the 
 genii of old. 
 
 I now thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your kind 
 attention, only reminding you that a card of invitation 
 is yours to attend the unveiling of the first motor soon 
 to revolve, not metaphorically but literall}', with the 
 speed of the wind. It is entirely in order and appro 
 priate that my new motor should be considered in con- 
 nection with such a grand enterprise as this New Era 
 Model City that Mr. Sutta is the inventor of. In fact. 
 the tremendous economy in labor and capital by the use 
 of my air motor over any other system of producing 
 light, heat and power will make the building of an en- 
 tire new city, to utilize my new motor, of less trouble 
 and more practicable than to attempt to re-model our 
 present cities to utilize it. Like Mr. Edbrooke, I con- 
 sider the building of the New Era Model City as in- 
 evitable, and after the first steps of carrying out these 
 plans have been taken, the progress towards attaining 
 all that Mr. But ta has planned will be so rapid as to make 
 it possible for the Grand New Era Model City to be built 
 and occupied by the year 1900. 
 
 SI'TTA. Many of you present are aware that I 
 have been considering and examining some of the mosi 
 promising gold properties that I could learn of, as be- 
 ing on the market and worthy of consideration, in Colo 
 rado, California and New .Mexico for some time past, 
 with the purpose of utilizing any that might prove very 
 valuable in helping to build this New Era Model City. 
 In this work I have had the assistance of some of the 
 most reliable and successful gold miners and mineral 
 
44 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 experts in the country. Among these none are more 
 prominent or reliable than Mr. Stratton and Mr. Cam- 
 pion, and these gentlemen lave been so kind as to make 
 a thorough personal examination and test of one hun- 
 dred different gold properties that I had finally, after all 
 my work, selected as the most desirable of all the gold 
 properties available in California, Xew Mexico and Colo- 
 rado at the present time. These gentlemen have favored 
 us with their presence this evening, and I will first call 
 on Mr. Campion to say a few words about the work he 
 has been doing for me. Mr. Campion, ladies and gentle- 
 men. 
 
 CAMPION. I ought to thank Mr. Sutta for his 
 kind words, but have simply tried to do my w r ork to the 
 very best of my ability, and, of course, am pleased to 
 have it appreciated. 1 have taken more than usual pains, 
 if possible, to make a thorough and reliable examination 
 of all these gold properties submitted to me by Mr. 
 Sutta, for I want him to make a grand success of gold 
 mining to help build the Grand New Era Model City. 
 His plan to dig a part of the gold out of our mountains 
 to help build this Model City is a practicable one, and 
 I want to help him avoid making anj^ mistakes by se- 
 curing properties that can be depended upon to be prof- 
 itable producers of gold. I have had many years of 
 experience in prospecting and operating all kinds of min- 
 ing properties in all parts of the United States where 
 valuable mineral is found, and I say frankly that I be- 
 lieve Mr. Sutta has secured the very best mining prop- 
 erties that are available anywhere in this country. I 
 believe, with our present knowledge and facilities for 
 testing and thoroughly prospecting gold properties, that 
 very few chances need be taken in making sure and prof- 
 itable selections. I find most of the properties submit- 
 ted to me by Mr. Sutta to be true fissure veins, with a 
 character and grade of gold ore that insures their con- 
 taining many millions of dollars worth of gold each. The 
 balance of the properties submitted show considerable 
 value, and, in fact, would no doubt be very profitable 
 to work if there were no better ones, but as Mr. Sutta 
 only proposes to secure the best, I find fifty are much 
 the most valuable, and recommend them as the most 
 certain to pay immense profits. 1 have made a full, de- 
 tailed report in writing of my work, and have submitted 
 it to Mr. Sutta, from which he can quote as he sees fit. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 45 
 
 SUTTA. We would like to hear from you, Mr. 
 Stratton, if you please. Mr. Stratton, ladies and gentle- 
 men. 
 
 STRATTON. I do not wish to take any of your 
 time, as it is not necessary that I should. I have ac- 
 companied Mr. Sutta and Mr. Campion in the examina- 
 tions and tests of these gold properties, because I was 
 glad to give any help I possibly could in carrying out 
 the plans for the New Era Model City. If any experience 
 or ability that I may have as a gold miner could be of 
 any help to Mr. Sutta, I was glad to give it. I have 
 such complete confidence in Mr. Campion's ability and 
 perfect honesty, as one of the most reliable and capable 
 gold mining experts in the United States, that I would 
 not hesitate to invest in any gold mining proposition 
 he would recommend, if I was able to spare the money. 
 But in addition to having this confidence in Mr. Campion, 
 I have, as requested by Mr. Sutta, made my own thor- 
 ough examinations and tests of the hundred properties 
 submitted, and have also prepared a full, detailed re- 
 port to Mr. Sutta, that he can use as he sees fit. There 
 is no doubt whatever as to the great value of these prop- 
 erties that we specially recommend. All that is neces- 
 sary is sufficient capital to develop and operate them, 
 when they are sure to produce many millions of dollars 
 worth of gold. 
 
 SUTTA. (Referring to both reports.) These re- 
 ports of both Mr. Campion and Mr. Stratton are very 
 complete and thorough, and agree in nearly every par- 
 ticular point. They show that of the hundred properties 
 examined, fifty of them should produce ore on an aver- 
 age of at least $20 per ton, and practically in unlimited 
 quantity. Some of the assays show values in the thou- 
 sands of dollars per ton, but to be perfectly safe we place 
 the average at $20. With the proper developing and 
 machinery for mining and milling, an output of one 
 hundred tons per day for each of these fifty properties 
 could be depended on for years to come. At $20 per 
 ton these fifty properties, on that basis, would produce 
 $100,000 per day, or about $30,000,000 per year, not work- 
 ing Sundays, of course. On this basis, it will be safe 
 to estimate a net profit from operating these properties 
 of at least $10,000,000 per year. These reports show 
 that about $1 (i.ooo is necessary to properly develop and 
 
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 equip each of these gold properties with milling and min- 
 ing machinery. I do not think there is any one here who 
 doubts the possibility of such results from gold mining 
 in this part of the United States, assuming that these 
 properties are what careful and reliable examinations 
 show them to be. You are familiar with the results 
 at Cripple Creek, where the gold output is now nearly 
 $1,000,000 dollars per month, and only four or five years 
 ago there was not a mine in operation, and the entire 
 country there was only supposed to be good for a cat- 
 tle pasture. Any one who will take the trouble to learn 
 the facts will realize that there are a number of gold 
 districts in Colorado, New Mexico and California that 
 are likely to be as good or better producers than Cripple 
 Creek. All that is necessary to produce as large an out- 
 put of gold in this country as silver ever amounted to, 
 is the necessary capital to develop and operate the many 
 gold properties already known to exist, while new ones 
 are being discovered constantly. I have introduced the 
 subject of gold mining in connection with the New Era 
 Model City to show that we have a foundation to work 
 on in appealing to the wealthy people of the country for 
 the preliminary working capital necessary to get started 
 with. The Denver Republican of September 19, 1897, has 
 the following editorial, headed "Gold Production :" 
 
 GOLD PRODUCTION. 
 
 "It is estimated that the gold product of Australasia 
 this year will be nearly $14,000,000. The yield of South 
 Africa will approach the same figure. The United States 
 will undoubtedly produce more than $50,000,000, and it 
 will therefore retain the leadership. 
 
 "It will be gratifying to the nation as a whole to 
 retain the first place, but that is not what Colorado 
 wants. Colorado will probably take first place among 
 gold producing states of this Union. But it should do a 
 great deal more than that. It should equal the product 
 of Australia or of South Africa. This is not a wild as- 
 sertion. There is no reason why it should not increase 
 it s production to that extent. The gold is here. The 
 question is one of taking it out of the ground. Colorado 
 will lliis year approach close to $20,000,000 in iis gold 
 product. It should si rive to reach an annual yield of 
 $;")0,000,000 in the course of a few years. It is a worthy 
 industrial ambition and it can be accomplished. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 47 
 
 "The production of gold in Colorado in not so much 
 a question of finding the yellow metal as of obtaining 
 the capital with which to develop deposits already known 
 to exist. Take Cripple Creek, for instance. Any man 
 familiar with that district could, with reasonable assur- 
 ance of being right, name as many properties as there 
 are now regular producers which, with development, 
 could be made to produce as much as the shipping mines 
 referred to. But it will take a long time to accomplish 
 this by sinking gopher holes and trusting to lessees. 
 Cripple Creek will produce, in the aggregate, this year 
 about $12,000,000. With proper development, it could 
 produce twice that amount. 
 
 "The Leadville gold belt is not half worked. Three 
 or four mines are producing, when there should be as 
 many as there are now in Cripple Creek. The idea that 
 one is straining the truth in saying that Leadville is a 
 gold camp is all wrong. It has a gold belt, which en- 
 titles it to rank close up to the Cripple Creek district. 
 But the mineral territory is not developed. It takes a 
 great deal of money to sink shafts deep enough to strike 
 the gold formation at Leadville, and the difficulties of 
 contending with water deter men from risking their 
 money in that way. Yet there is no doubt that enormous 
 profits would follow investments in many cases of that 
 kind. Gold ought to take the old place of silver in Lead- 
 ville. 
 
 "The country embraced in Gilpin, Clear Creek and 
 Boulder counties is not producing nearly as much gold as 
 it would if it were adequately developed. In probably 
 a still more emphatic sense this is true of Summit county. 
 It is true also of tlie district of which Alma, in Park 
 county, is the center. The Telluride district is another 
 of which the like assertion is justified. Besides these, 
 mention may be made of Whisky Park and other districts 
 in the northwest, the La Plata mountains in the south- 
 west, and the Gunnison gold belt in Gunnison county. 
 
 "It is evident (hat it would be no wonderful thing 
 if Colorado should produce $50,000,000 in gold, provided 
 capital were available to develop its gold deposits. It 
 is an end for which the people of the state should strive, 
 and one of the most effectual ways to open the eves of 
 the East to these opportunities for gold-mining invest- 
 ments is to place Colorado ahead of California tins year. 
 Every man who is in control of a gold mine should work it 
 
48 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 to the fullest extent possible in order to secure for Colo- 
 rado the prestige of holding the first rank among gold- 
 producing members of the Union." 
 
 We would like to have any one present offer any re- 
 marks in connection with the subject of the New Era 
 Model City (Takes his seat.) 
 
 EX-GOV. McINTIRE. It seems to me the next step 
 to be taken to realize these plans is for Mr. Sutta to go 
 East and endeavor to secure the necessary capital to de- 
 velop and operate some of these gold mines that Mr. 
 Campion and Mr. Stratton report so favorably upon. By 
 operating even a few of these mines the output would be 
 so large as to provide a sum sufficient to begin the work 
 of building the New Model City. 
 
 WOLCOTT. I think the governor's suggestion is 
 the only thing to be done. The heavy shrinkage in values 
 that we have all suffered from by the demonetization of 
 silver has left us all very short of surplus capital, and the 
 large amount of money necessary to even develop the 
 gold mines will require the capital to be secured in the 
 East, where they are now supposed to have plenty of it. 
 
 GURLEY. There is beginning to be a demand for 
 good gold mines from capitalists in the East and in Eu- 
 rope. I should think Mr. Sutta ought to be able to get 
 what capital he needs, at least to develop the gold mines, 
 by going East, and think that is the thing for him to do 
 as the first step to be taken. 
 
 MOFFAT. The only inquiry that I know of is for 
 well-developed gold mines that are already producing. I 
 can sell a developed mine with plenty of gold in sight 
 for $1,000,000 easier than I can sell a good prospect, that 
 may turn out to be just as good a mine, for $10,000. The 
 capitalists, especially in Europe, want some one else to 
 take all the chances; then they are willing to pay good 
 prices when they think they are safe in doing so. 
 
 FISK. I tell you, ladies and gentlemen, I am get- 
 ting tired of having 1o wait for Eastern or European cap- 
 ital to come along and secure all our choice investments, 
 and then keep our people working hard to make them a 
 big profit, that they at once 1 take out of the country and 
 use to maintain themselves in luxury in the East or in 
 Europe, while our working people are barely making a 
 living. We niiisi have free coinage of silver in order that 
 we may have our own capital to develop our mines and 
 oilier resources. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 49 
 
 BROWN. We are all agreed that we want free sil- 
 ver, but the great question with all of us in the immediate 
 present is how to get gold. We have plenty of gold in 
 our mountains, as we all know and as these reports show. 
 How are we to get it out without giving all the profits 
 away? 
 
 REED. I do not want to appear as offering advice 
 to you gentlemen who have had so much practical busi- 
 ness experience, although I have had a great deal of busi- 
 ness experience myself; but it seems to me a good idea 
 for the state of Colorado to purchase or lease a number 
 of the best gold mines in the state, and issue scrip redeem- 
 able for taxes to operate them with until they produce a 
 profit that could be used to assist in starting a Grand 
 Model City such as Mr. Sutta proposes. What is the use 
 of going to Europe or the East for capital when our 
 mountains contain hundreds of millions of dollars' worth 
 of gold, and there are thousands of good miners in our 
 slate anxious to go to work and take this gold out? We 
 also have thousands of farmers, stock men and fruit 
 growers, producing a surplus of food to feed these miners 
 with, and all they need is the legal tender to exchange 
 their labor or productions for. Why can't the state fur- 
 nish that legal tender as bonds or scrip? 
 
 WAITE. I tried to carry out that plan, Mr. Reed, 
 when I was governor, but the money lenders caught on to 
 the fact that Colorado would soon be free of all debt by 
 such a step being taken, and managed to control enough 
 of the legislature to prevent my carrying it out. We 
 are completely in the hands of the money power, and I 
 see no way to help it until the people get tired of being 
 under bondage to them and are sufficiently in earnest and 
 intelligent to free themselves. 
 
 MRS. CONJNE. I want to see the Model City built 
 right away, and I think the suuue s tion of Gov. Mclntire 
 for Mr. Suit a to go East and appeal to the capitalists to 
 help get it started is the best plan. 
 
 W. MORE. From our standpoint nothing is impos- 
 sible. The fully rounded out human can. with his kingly 
 fiat, mould lesser minds to his will; but where such power 
 is unfolded, that individual has climbed the sleeps up 
 beyond the miasmatic fogs of materiality out into the 
 purely spiritual, where Jesus, the Jewish teacher, was 
 when he said to the young man: "Go sell all thou hast 
 
50 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 and give to the poor; then come and follow Me." Here 
 was a mind so far removed from the dross of earth thai 
 a pre-requisite to His discipleship was a complete surren- 
 der of all the world hold dear, not confiscated to promote 
 
 some selfish scheme of His own, but literally given to the 
 pool', the diggers and dehors, who are still in and of the 
 earth, hence an absolute necessity to their growth. In 
 the plan of the New Era Enion, as outlined by Mr. Sutta, 
 it is not from the highest mountain tops he speaks, but 
 rather as John the Baptist. A candidate for initiation 
 crying out in the vast wilderness of earth's competitive 
 system, prepare ye the way of the Lord through a better 
 order of material endeavor and a more equitable distribu- 
 tion of wealth among the toilers, these diggers and delv- 
 ers whom the teacher of old called the poor, (live all 
 thou hast, which means at the same time all your skill 
 and energy can procure of material wealth, to the pool'. 
 and from our standpoint this act of giving is not one of a 
 few hours or days, but may mean a life span, if not sev- 
 eral life expressions, or until the candidate is prepared to 
 cross the threshold. Such a work we believe is before 
 our friend Sutta, in bringing into material objective form 
 the New Era City, making it the model for all time in the 
 transitional stage from the competitive to the cooperative 
 system. There are probably a few changes which could 
 be suggested, such as inaugurating the system without 
 being too dependent on the money power for assistance; 
 at least, so far as issuing to them interest-bearing bonds, 
 such as the present Washington administration are doing 
 so recklessly. If this bond idea is inexpedient, some other 
 method must be substituted, for in a vast enterprise like 
 this there is much preliminary work, such as land pur- 
 chase, surveying, erection of temporary buildings, as also 
 the cost of sustaining a host of workmen till a self-sup- 
 porting basis is reached. This may mean a sum of any 
 where from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000, which could be raised 
 by a presentation to the people of the beauty and great 
 necessity there is for such a system, though it is doubtful 
 if the appeal would meet with any great success, for this 
 reason: There are scores of such endeavors that have 
 proven, from one cause or another. Hat failures, and even 
 admitting that the New Era System is transcendentally 
 better than any other yet mooted, yet to the great mass 
 of humanity it would count but one of a vast array of the- 
 oretical, unrealized and untried — therefore to them un- 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 51 
 
 safe — ventures. .Mr. Sutta suggests this preliminary cap- 
 
 ital be made in gold mining. This is better, it is true 
 than depending altogether <>n a campaign of education 
 among the masses; but the chances for success, even in 
 this venture ate liable to be very uncertain, and at least 
 cause considerable delay, before the capital is secured and 
 the gold mines developed sufficiently to produce a large 
 profit. Of course, this preliminary capital is absolutely 
 necessary to the sunrss of this grand undertaking; there- 
 fore some practical and feasible plan must be formulated 
 to produce it. and as men's minds differ as much as their 
 physiognomy, so must their conclusions on the smallest 
 affairs of life, as well as the great subject now being dis- 
 cussed. We claim there is nothing in the universe comes 
 by chance, but all is the result of undeviating law; even 
 the men we come in daily contact with are not merely 
 met by chance or haphazard, but believe each and every 
 soul met in life has a needed lesson for us. and it is only 
 by the understanding and proper application of such that 
 life's task is completed. In common phrase, it happened 
 or chanced, eight or ten years ago, we were introduced to 
 Mr. McLean, who was then engaged in a railroad enter- 
 prise of considerable magnitude. We lost sight of him 
 a few years, as his office was transferred to New York, 
 but a few months ago we were pleased to greet him in 
 Denver. On asking after his welfare, as also the query if 
 he was still engaged in perfecting plans for an atmo- 
 spheric engine, he replied. "No, that matter is now off my 
 mind and completed, except to demonstrate it in what 
 the world calls practical shape." Shortly after this talk 
 with Mr. McLean, we chanced or happened to lie invited 
 by our friend. Mr. Sutta. to hear him read his plans for 
 the New Era Union and Model City, and must confess 
 they startled us by their magnitude, their gigantic step 
 towards complete redemption from the coarse of competi- 
 tion, with all its undeniable evils. At the close of that 
 reading we were at once impressed that, through a con- 
 junction of these two great minds. Sutta and McLean, 
 this New Era city could be made a splendid success. 
 Just as the atmospheric engine requires the initial force 
 of one hundred pounds pressure, so dues t his great scheme 
 for the redemption of the struggling musses require an 
 initial force of capital, but us the greal motor discovery 
 requires only an infinitesimal sum compared with the 
 other, we think it should naturally precede it: for we are 
 
52 Meeting to Promote the New Era Union 
 
 assured that if once the great principle is illustrated and 
 put in operation, the needed funds to give the initial force 
 to the New Era Union is at once available. The world 
 is never tardy in rewarding the originator of something it 
 is hungry for. This new motor so far surpasses all other 
 methods of power production that it simply becomes a 
 question of how fast the workshops of the world can build 
 them. In fact, no man can calculate the extent of the in- 
 dustrial revolution which the success of this discovery 
 will bring about. A notable illustration of the great need 
 of the times for the successful use of this discovery is 
 (be terrible calamity at the Gumry hotel, in our city, re- 
 cently, where over twenty people were killed by the 
 boiler exploding in the hotel building where they slept. 
 The crying need of the age is successful electric heating 
 from a central power plant far removed from residence 
 or business houses. The impassable barrier to the accom- 
 plishment of this at present is the enormous cost of elec- 
 tric generation by steam motors. In this atmospheric 
 engine we have the solution. The first cost of machinery 
 and lubrication is the only expense there is to produce 
 any given power. Now we place before you these stray 
 thoughts, which, as the common man puts it. have all 
 come by chance, as likewise our meeting with these two 
 gifted minds, Sutta and McLean, who have made such 
 wonderful discoveries for man's upliftment. Now from 
 all these so-called chance happenings, it is just possible 
 there may be a deep lesson for us. This is what we have 
 taken to the inner court, and there received this verdict, 
 that this motor, brought to a successful issue, is the key 
 which will unlock the treasure house of the lower man, 
 so that the New Era City may be a surety; not what the 
 world calls a beautiful dream, but an actually material- 
 ized inspiration for man's unfoldment. You may term 
 this plan of action a condescension, but it has to be, for 
 the gross man can not or will not reach up; the higher 
 must stoop to his level, holding something before his 
 eves, as you would a toy to a child; fix his attention and 
 he becomes your servant to obey. If an appeal is made 
 far above the average mind, its vibrations catch the ear 
 only of the few elevated souls, and they probably have 
 not the requisite dross of earth needed to start this great 
 movement. But place the lower thought before the 
 masses of a prospect for immense profits on their invest- 
 ment, then success and victory is sure and immediate. 
 
By Prominent Ladies and Gentlemen of Colorado. 53 
 
 and the tribute of gold is sure to follow. To accomplish 
 this requires not so much time as the undivided, sole at- 
 tention of Mr. Sutta, which, once fully concentrated on 
 any matter, becomes a fixed fact, so that from the success 
 of the atmospheric motor will come the initial force to 
 start the New Era City. 
 
 SUTTA. I thank Mr. More for his deep and interest- 
 ing remarks. They show he is very much in earnest in 
 helping to realize the most that is possible from the New 
 Era now dawning upon us. While it is true it will take 
 much less to start the new motor than the New Era 
 Model City, still, even to start the motor in successful 
 competition with all the present methods of producing 
 power, and on a sufficiently large scale to insure large 
 profits, requires a large amount of capital, which, if it is 
 secured for investment in the motor direct, will require 
 giving a large share of the profits to the capitalists in- 
 stead of The Model City Company, while all the profits 
 from the gold mines, and everything else I control, will 
 all go to the New Era Union to help build the New Era 
 Model City. I think the plan suggested to go East and 
 try to interest capital in the gold mines and the Model 
 City is the best thing to be done at present. After I have 
 submitted the proposition to the leading capitalists and 
 representatives of different kinds of interests, I shall 
 then issue a book describing my experiences and present 
 ing the plans for the New Era Model City and the New 
 Era Union, I will give my profits that may be made from 
 the sale of the book to the New Era Union, for I am will- 
 ing to give my life to this work, and all I ask in return 
 is a plain living and necessary expenses. The first edition 
 of this book I would sell for one dollar per copy, as its 
 novelty will insure a large number of people purchasing 
 who can afford a dollar. I would then notify all the large 
 advertisers in the United States that I would get out an 
 edition of five million copies, and insert one hundred 
 pages of advertisements. I would then charge $5,000 a 
 page for advertising between pages of reading matter. 
 and give the advertisers copies of the book at ten cents 
 each to the amount of their advertisement, to be dis- 
 tributed free to their customers. That would insure five 
 million copies being thoroughly distributed and read, 
 besides the finer edition, sold in the stores and by agents 
 everywhere for one dollar each. One hundred pages of 
 advertising at $5,000 per page and the books free, or five 
 
54 Meeting to Promote the Xew Era f nion. 
 
 million copies of the book at ten cents each and the ad- 
 vertising of the purchasers free, would realize $500,000 
 for the New Era Union, which would be a substantial 
 sum to begin with. Then, by securing these gold mines 
 for the New Era Union, to insure the profits being used 
 for the best interests of all the members of the New Era 
 Union and to promote the Model City, I think success 
 will be assured. So I will make this trip East, and then 
 prepare this book as soon as possible. If there are no 
 further remarks to be made, we will now adjourn. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 PRIVATE DRAWING ROOM OF MR. RAILROAD IN HIS FIFTH 
 AVENUE MANSION, NEW YORK CITY— PRESENT : MR. 
 AND MISS. RAILROAD. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. So you really think you must go 
 to Europe, my dear, do you? 
 
 MISS RAILROAD. Of course I must, papa. You 
 know very well I never will be noticed in society until I 
 have traveled over Europe and been presented at court, 
 and have married a nobleman. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. Surely, I hope yon will not throw 
 yourself away by marrying any broken-down, poverty- 
 stricken lake because he has a title. 
 
 MISS RAILROAD. What is the difference, papa? 
 I am sure you have money enough to support us in style, 
 and you know it is not fashionable to marry for love 
 now. Besides, I do not know a single gentlemen in our 
 set but who is as depraved and extravagant as any of 
 the foreign swells, and these here have no title or fam- 
 ily pedigree, and worst of all, no palaces or mansions, 
 so I would rather marry a title and be sine of that at 
 least. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. Really, my daughter, it seems too 
 had if you can not find some gentleman worth marrying 
 here at home without having to go to Europe to find a 
 husband. 
 
 MISS RAILROAD, but it is the fashion, you know. 
 father; one might as well he poor as to he out of fashion. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. We have money enough to set 
 our own fashion. Money is the only thing that counts 
 iu society hole in this country. 
 
 MISS RAILROAD, Yes, to be sure, bul we have no 
 
 nobility or royalty here in America, so I must go to 
 Europe to purchase a title with our money. Then I can 
 come hack ami he a queen in society. We must be in 
 the swim, papa— 1 must go ami dress for the theater. 
 Good-evening. (Leaves the room. Servant enters ami 
 
56 An Up-to-date Social Picture 
 
 hands card to Mr. Railroad, who reads "Mr. Banker." 
 "Show him in at once.") 
 
 Enter Mr. Banker. Mr. Railroad rises and greets 
 him and says: 
 
 "I am delighted to have you call, Mr. Banker, you 
 do not favor me very often." 
 
 MR. BANKER. I know you are too busy with 
 business to bother with social chats, but I would like a 
 few moments of your time if you can spare them this 
 evening. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. Certainly, my friend, with pleas- 
 use. Please be seated. (Both take seats.) 
 
 MR. BANKER. I want to ask you what you think 
 about forcing the government to issue more gold bonds. 
 
 MR. RAILROAD. I am afraid it is a little too soon 
 yet, is it not. 
 
 MR. BANKER. But we must do something with 
 the enormous amount of gold that is accumulating in our 
 vaults. There is positively no safe investment , for us 
 but the government bonds. 
 
 RAILROAD. Why don't you buy railroad bonds. 
 
 BANKER. You know as well as I do that there are 
 liable to be serious strikes any day on almost any of the 
 railroads of the United States, which would lower the 
 price of railroad bonds. Besides, there is real danger that 
 the laboring classes may unite with the Populists this 
 next election, and if they do they will surely win 
 and get control of the government. They will then try 
 to carry out their platform by running the railroads by 
 the government. 
 
 RAILROAD. Well, suppose they do. Our pol- 
 iticians are surely shrewd enough to stand in with them 
 if they sec they are going to win. Then if they want to 
 inn the railroads by the government they will have to 
 pay us our price for them. For my part I would be glad 
 to sell to the government. T am tired almost to death of 
 this fierce competition that is destroying all our profits. 
 
 HANKER. I am not sure about getting your price 
 from the government. The Populists know very well 
 thai all the railroads are stocked and bonded for 
 about four times more than new and more modern ones 
 could be built for, especially now thai electricity is tak- 
 ing the place of steam. T am afraid if the Pops get 
 
Of Those Under Bondage to Money. 57 
 
 control of the Government they will let vou keep your 
 railroads and build new ones, thus making vours worth- 
 less. 
 
 RAILROAD. Then we must not let the Pops get 
 into power, or secure control of the government. 
 
 RANKER. How will you prevent them if the work- 
 ing people are wise enough to unite with them as thev 
 seem likely to do. They are getting on to the fact that 
 the money power controls legislation for its own in- 
 terests. 
 
 RAILROAD. We will prevent their getting into 
 power the same way that we did even after thev had se- 
 cured the entire control of the state of Colorado, and 
 elected Waite as governor. We got the miners to kick up 
 a row at Cripple Creek and threw all the blame on the 
 governor, and in spite of the fact that he was a true 
 friend of the working people, we made even the Populists 
 themselves, or many of them, believe the state must be 
 redeemed, and secured a clean sweep for our candidates. 
 
 BANKER. But is it not dangerous to take such 
 chances when on every hand we are warned of an ap- 
 proaching revolution? 
 
 RAILROAD. Our only safety is in a large increase 
 in our standing army, and enforcing strict laws against 
 labor and reform organizations, and break them up 
 wherever we can. 
 
 BANKER. Yes, that is true. We must have a lar«-e 
 regular army as they have in Europe, and then depend 
 upon the newspapers to influence the people as we want 
 to our interests. 
 
 Servant enters with card. Mr. Railroad reads. - 'Mr. 
 Politician.' Just the fellow we want. Show him in." 
 
 Enter Mr. Politician, a leading professional boodle 
 politician, who is solid with the leading office holders 
 He has made millions of dollars out of polities, but still 
 wants more. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Good-evening, gentlemen. I ;mi de- 
 lighted to find you here, Mr. Banker, for I wanted in 
 see you as well as Mr. Railroad, and it will save me 
 calling on you. 
 
 BANKER. Why should von nut still favor me with 
 a call? 
 
58 An Up-to-date Social Picture 
 
 POLITICIAN. Well, you know, gentlemen, it keeps 
 me moving pretty lively to look after our interests since 
 the people have begun to catch on to our scheme to 
 control all industries by trusts. 
 
 RAILROAD. We can trust you, however, to look 
 after our interests, Mr. Politician. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Well, that depends. Mr. Railroad; it 
 is altogether a question of money. The only possible 
 chance for us to win is by a liberal use of money. As I 
 said, the working people of the country are beginning 
 to catch on to the trusts enabling the bankers and cap 
 italists to control all the wealth of the country, and they 
 are also beginning to realize that the only show they 
 have to get any legislation for their interests is by rind- 
 ing some way to defeat the trusts. 
 
 RAILROAD. Would not that be the best way for 
 us to save ourselves, by organizing a new party and 
 secure the labor vote by declaring in favor of free silver. 
 It would then be easy enough for us to control the party 
 if we organized it ourselves. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Yes, we have seriously considered 
 starting a silver party as you suggest. For, as you say. 
 we could easily prevent any silver legislation by a liberal 
 use of money, but I am afraid the people are beginning 
 to catch on to the initiative and referendum. Just is 
 surely as they do we are done for forever. 
 
 BANKER. But we can prevent their securing the 
 initiative and referendum as well as free silver. 
 
 POLITICIAN. That is what I meant by saying they 
 might organize a new party. If they should organize a 
 new party and have but one plank, pledging all their 
 candidates to pass laws providing for the initiative and 
 referendum, they would sweep the country in spite of 
 all we could do. The thinking, intelligent people of all 
 four parties would see at once that the initiative and 
 referendum is the only way to prevent their office hold- 
 ers selling them out. No one would take the chances 
 of paying for tin 1 election and legislation of any party 
 when the laws would all be subject to a final vote <>(' 
 the people. They would also realize that they could 
 then adept any reform that a majority of the people are 
 in favor of. and in short, change the control of the govern- 
 ment from the money power to the people, as our con 
 stitution tries to provide for. 
 
Of Those f'nder Bondage to Money. 59 
 
 BANKER. By .love, we are in great danger, sure 
 enough. Our only safety is in preventing the people 
 from securing the initiative and referendum. You shall 
 have all the money you want, Mr. Politician. 
 
 POLITICIAN. I came to see v.m about another 
 matter, however. I have heard a great deal lately about 
 a philanthropist named T. A. Sutta, who has* a big 
 scheme for building cooperative Model Cities to provide 
 opportunities for the working people to build their own 
 homes and industries so that they could be easily self- 
 supporting, and retain all the wealth they produce It 
 [8 the grandest kind of a scheme for the working people, 
 but it would prevent our making anv money out of them' 
 and if Mr. .Sutta is sharp enough to start a* new political 
 party pledged to carry it out by the government, it would 
 take like wild fire. As far as I can learn he has not 
 thought of that yet, and our only safetv is in soft-soaphi" 
 him. and making him believe we will help him. 
 
 BANKER. But has he the ability to be dangerous 
 to our interests? 
 
 POLITICIAN. I have taken great pains to learn 
 his history, and it shows him to be a most remarkable 
 man with wonderful enthusiasm in working for the wel- 
 fare of the masses. He has had some verv hard and try- 
 ing experiences, but they have sharpened'him up and lie 
 means business now. and I think it is for our interest 
 to at least pretend to stand in with him. 
 
 BANKER. If he is really a smart man we must give 
 lain a chance to make a fortune, and then he will lose all 
 interest in the musses, or h e can endow some -rand in- 
 stitution like Rockefeller. Drexel, Pratt, Stanford Mar 
 shall Field. Armour. Robert Treat Paine and others have 
 done, that will make the working people think he is their 
 true friend, and he can still enjoy a part of his wealth 
 himself. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Tl ere is the trouble, though We 
 could well afford to give him a few millions of dollars 
 rather than allow him to cany out his scheme for start- 
 ing cooperative self-supporting cities and towns, for they 
 would rapidly spread nil over the country as soon as the 
 people once caught on to the idea, ami there would not 
 b<- a single corporation in the United States that could 
 then control their labor or the wealth they create. Thai 
 is why I thought it to be so important to learn his his- 
 
60 An I 'p-lo-date Social Picture 
 
 tory, in order to know how to handle him. I have taken 
 the trouble to go to Philadelphia, and called on Rabbi 
 Jos. Krauskopf, the greal philanthropist and liberal re- 
 former of Philadelphia, with whom Mr. Sutta worked 
 while living in the slums of Philadelphia. He was then 
 engaged in carrying on the movement that had for its 
 object to abolish the slums of Philadelphia and provide 
 Model Homes for the poor, and resulted in getting the 
 city to spend several hundred thousand dollars in put- 
 ting in sewers and pavements in the slums. I also went 
 to Boston and talked with Rev. Edward Everett Hale, 
 the great reformer and philanthropist of that city; also 
 John Latham, manager of the Wendell Phillips Cooper- 
 ative Tailoring Association, with whom Mr. Sutta worked 
 while trying to abolish the sweating shop evil while in 
 Boston, himself living in the slums part of the time, and 
 conducting a free reading room for the poor; also B. O. 
 Flower, founder of the Arena, and others. I have even 
 been to Chicago and talked with those whom Sutta 
 helped in giving twelve hundred waifs of that city a 
 Christmas dinner, and in getting up an entertainment 
 at Central Music Hall that realized several thousand 
 dollars for the waifs. Also Mrs. Coleman Stuckert, who 
 aroused so much interest during the World's Fair with 
 her plans for Model Cooperative Homes, and whom Mi'. 
 Sutta helped in organizing a company and interesting 
 people in her work. I also talked with Fred W. Peck, 
 vice president of the Columbian Exposition, who became 
 acquainted with Mr. Sutta through his efforts to help 
 the people of the Tinted States get tie benefit of the 
 World's Fair. Also talked with "Coin" Harvey, who, 
 you know, aroused such great interest in free silver. 
 Also Prof. Haskins, founder of the Columbian Tollege 
 of Citizenship; Prof. Bemis, formerly of the Chicago 
 University, who is attracting so much attention with his 
 ideas on Social ami Political Economy; also Mrs. S. E. 
 Kelley, who is trying to start a National Orphans' Home 
 and Industrial College for homeless children. All these 
 people were enthusiastic in their praise of Mr. Sutta, 
 for his earnest, persevering efforts to accomplish what- 
 ever he t hoiighl was right. In this city I have also talked 
 with Rev. Robert Collier, Rev. Fr. McGlynn. Arthur Mil- 
 bury, secretary of the Industrial Christian Alliance; 
 Prof. Felix Adler; Dr. Coil, founder of the University 
 Settlement in the slums of our citv; and Prof. George 
 
Of Those Under Bondage to Money. 61 
 
 Gunton, president of the College of Social Economics. 
 They are all familiar with the work Mr. Sutta did while 
 living in and studying the people in the slums. Some 
 of these people have known every detail of Mr. Sutta's 
 life for years, and all agree that he has wonderful abil- 
 ity, and that he is gifted with great energy and perse- 
 verance in accomplishing whatever he sets out to do. 
 
 RAILROAD. But has he any practical business ex- 
 perience? 
 
 POLITICIAN. Yes, that seems to be the most re- 
 markable part of his wonderful history. He has on a 
 number of occasions shown remarkable business ability, 
 and has helped to organize some very large and im- 
 portant industries that involved the investment of sev- 
 eral million dollars of capital. He was always able to 
 make money rapidly for himself while in business, but 
 he became disgusted with business and has refused to 
 try and make any money for himself, preferring to work 
 for others and endure great privations ever since Barin°- 
 Brothers' failure in London, in October, 1890, that re 
 suited in wiping out several million dollars of invest- 
 ments in Southern enterprises that he had helped to 
 promote and organize. He at that time came to the con- 
 clusion that the competitive struggle for wealth was 
 wrong, and must be abolished, and nearly all his time 
 since has been spent in various parts of the United States 
 in the interests of cooperation and reform for the benefit 
 of all the people. 
 
 BANKER. Really, he must be quite a remarkable 
 man. I should like to meet him. What are his politics? 
 
 POLITICIAN. His politics, like his religion, seem 
 to be in trying to help attain peace, happiness and pros- 
 perity for all human beings on a basis of justice and 
 reciprocity. Thai is the answer he made me when I 
 asked him that question myself. It seems he was a ve-v 
 enthusiastic Republican all his life until Baring Brothers' 
 failure in London hud such a serious effect on the in- 
 vestments and industries of this country, especially in 
 tin- South, where Mr. Sutta was then living and operat- 
 ing. He worked hard to secure the election of H. Clay 
 Evans as congressman from the third congressional dis- 
 trict of Tennessee, who is the only Republican congress- 
 man ever elected from that district, and who has been 
 defeated for the same office twice since Mr. Sutta tefl 
 
62 An Up-to-date Social Picture 
 
 there, in spile of the fad thai he secured the preserva- 
 tion of the Chickamauga Battlefield by the government, 
 and ;i number of other very important measures for the 
 benefit of his district. Mr. Evans' ability was so much 
 appreciated by congress as to have been chairman of 
 important committees during his first term, and when he 
 was defeated for reelection to congress .Mr. Wanamaker 
 made him first assistant postmaster general. Mr. Evans 
 has since been elected governor of Tennessee, but counted 
 out by the Democrats. 
 
 RAILROAD. Is Mr. Sutta a native American? 
 
 POLITICIAN. Yes, he is the eighth generation of 
 his family in this country, and they are the descendants 
 of a very old and noble English family that spent their 
 time and money founding charitable institutions. His 
 father was a pioneer to California, where Mr. Sutta was 
 born and lived most of the time until he was twenty-one, 
 when he came East to manufacture some of his own 
 inventions. His father made large amounts of money in 
 California, but lost it by purchasing and improving large 
 tracts of land that the land-grabbers of California 
 were able to get possession of by claiming title under old 
 Spanish land grants, and buying up the courts to sus- 
 tain them. One thing I must specially warn you about, 
 if you meet him. He is uncompromisingly in favor of the 
 nationalization of all public enterprises, and the initia- 
 tive and referendum, and we will not secure any influ- 
 ence over him unless we show some interest in these 
 measures while with him. 
 
 BANKER. Then he is a Populist crank? 1 am sure 
 I do not want to have anything to do with him. 
 
 RAILROAD. Hold on, my friend, don't be so fast. 
 It seems to me that Mi-. Sutta is very likely to become 
 a power willi the people when (ley learn how hard he is 
 working for their interests, and it is very important that 
 we stand in with him if we can. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Well said, it' we can. 1 doubt very 
 much if he will 1 ave the slighesl use for any of us if he 
 does not think we are sincere in helping to start the 
 Model Cooperative City for the working people. Bu1 I 
 have invited him and his friend, Mr. Stratton, of Colo- 
 rado, who is here with him, to take supper with myself 
 and a lew friends at the Millionaire Club to-morrow even 
 ing, and would be very glad to have both of you gentle 
 men favor us with your company. 
 
Of Those I'nder Bondage to Money. 63 
 
 BANKER. So, Mr. Sutta is from Colorado, is he? 
 
 POLITICIAN. Yes, if seems thai he is. Lately he 
 lias been out in Colorado and New Mexico looking up the 
 mining interests, and I am told thai he lias secured a 
 number of very valuable gold mines thai give every evi- 
 dence of being worth many millions of dollars. 
 
 BANKER. Why don't 1 e sell them or operate them 
 and build Ins model towns without bothering us? 
 
 POLITICIAN. He has not sufficient capital him 
 sell, and wants to operate them on a cooperative basis 
 for the benefil of the Model City, when he has secured the 
 means to develop and operate them. 
 
 BANKER. Well. I suppose there is no harm in 
 meeting him. at any rate. Who else will you invite? 
 
 POLITICIAN. I want to have a very select and 
 representative party, and thought to limit it to seven or 
 eight. Y\ ho else would you suggest? 
 
 RAILROAD. I should invite Mr. Oil. He is quite 
 a philanthropist himself, you know, and I don't doubt 
 that he will be glad to learn about Mr. Sutta 's plans for 
 cooperative cities. 
 
 BANKER Yes. he would be just the man to take an 
 interest in such a big scheme. Then we ought to have 
 our friend Dude there. He is the leader of the swell 
 society, and we might want to introduce Sutta into its 
 charmed circle. Perhaps some of our beautiful ladies 
 migb.1 capture him, and induce him to operate his gold 
 mines for his own benefit and settle down and eniov 
 himself. . • ■ 
 
 POLITICIAN. I dont believe society or beautiful 
 women would lave the slightest influence on Mr Sutta 
 as far as getting him to give up his plans for building 
 
 'lie Model City. It is his one and sole obj.-ct Of life with 
 
 him, and I don't doubt he would even sacrifice his life 
 't accessary, to help attain it. Bu1 it would be well 
 to have Mr. Dude join us anyhow, as he is a bright 
 jolly fellow, and would give variety to our party I will 
 invite Mr. Oil and Dude then, and expect to see you to 
 morrow evening at the Club. I must now hasten to keep 
 an engagement, and will bid you good evening. 
 
 BANKER. And I to,,, must be going. Good even 
 rag, Mr. Railroad. Will seeyou to-morrow evening. 
 
 RAILROAD. Good evening, gentlemen. (Both 
 leave.) 
 
CHAPTER IV. 
 
 PRIVATE SUPPER ROOM IN THE MILLIONAIRE CLUB, NEW 
 YORK CITY. 
 
 Enter Messrs. Railroad, Banker and Oil together. 
 
 OIL. By the way. gentlemen, who is this T. A. 
 Sutta that we are to meet this evening'. I was very busy 
 when Politician called at my office to-day. and could 
 only spare a few moments, and all that he said was that 
 he had invited a Mr. Sutta, who is in the city with his 
 friend, Mr. Stratton, of Colorado; that he has a grand 
 enterprise in hand that he was sure would interest me, 
 and that I was wanted to make up a supper party with 
 you here to meet him, and you see I am on hand. 
 
 RAILROAD. I have not met him yet. but from 
 Politician's account of him, he seems to be a very earnest 
 and capable philanthropist, who is very anxious to make 
 all the working people of the United States prosperous 
 and happy. He has developed plans for building Model 
 Cooperative Towns all over the United States, where the 
 working people can build their own houses, churches, 
 places of amusement, schools, and operate industries to 
 supply all their own needs, without having to depend on 
 capitalists to employ them. 
 
 OIL. That is surely a grand scheme, if it can be 
 carried out. T shall be glad to meet him. 
 
 Enter Dude. 
 
 DUDE. Ah, good evening, gentlemen. (Had to 
 meet you all. Mr. Politician said he wanted me to join 
 you in entertaining a wonderful philanthropist, who has 
 
 an immense scheme for a Model City to present to us. 
 I was afraid he might bore us, so I took the liberty of 
 inviting Lillian, with Politician's approval. If he gets 
 tedious, Lillian can give us a song and dance, and. be- 
 sides, these gentlemen oughl t<» consider it an honor lo 
 meet her. You know she is all the rage with the fellows 
 
 of the swell set ut present. 
 
Multi-Millionaires Appealed to, but too Selfish to Respond. 65 
 
 RAILROAD. From what I have heard of Mr. Sutta, 
 I doubt if he will become infatuated with her. However,' 
 as you say, she can entertain us if he gets tiresome. 
 
 Enter Politician, with Stratton and Sutta, whom he 
 introduces all around. Waiter prepares table for supper. 
 Politician and Stratton step to rear and talk. 
 
 RAILROAD. (Addressing Mr. Sutta.) Mr. Pol- 
 itician has taken a great interest in your grand scheme 
 for building a Model City for the working people, Mr. 
 Sutta, and he has aroused my interest to so great an 
 extent that I am glad indeed to meet you. 
 
 SUTTA. It is very kind of Mr. Politician to take 
 such an interest in my work, but I feel that the proposi- 
 tion to build cooperative, self-supporting Model Cities 
 and Towns, where all the working people of the United 
 States who desire to improve their condition can sup- 
 port themselves in comfort, should interest every public- 
 spirited and progressive citizen of the United States. 
 
 OIL. I am also very glad to meet you, Mr. Sutta, 
 and should like to learn all about your plans for these 
 Model Cities and Towns you speak of. 
 
 DANKER. Our friend, Mr. Politician, has been tell- 
 ing us of some of your experiences, Mr. Sutta. Is it a 
 fact that you really gave up business to go and live in 
 the slums of our large cities in order to try and help the 
 poor? 
 
 SUTTA. I want to say, gentlemen, that vou must 
 not believe everything you hear about me as being true. 
 I do not say this to reflect on Mr. Politician, for I appre- 
 ciate his interest in my work very much, but I have al- 
 ready heard of some ridiculous reports that are being cir- 
 culated about myself, that are greatly exaggerated or not 
 true at all, and I would prefer not to have my work 
 judged by them. I do not care for myself in the least. 
 for any one can gossip about me as much as they please^ 
 but I should be sorry to have any one judge of the merit 
 of the objects for which I am working bv what may be 
 said about me personally. In other words, gentlemen. I 
 consider this a great national enterprise, founded on tie- 
 fundamental principles of our government, of equal op- 
 portunities to all and special privileges to none, for 
 which our forefathers fought and died. 
 
 DUDE. I understand your plans are very elaborate, 
 Mr. Sutta. Do you really think they ran ever be realized? 
 
66 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 SUTTA. I am very sure they can. I feel they must 
 be. No one doubts the ability of our country to raise 
 one million soldiers and one billion dollars in money, it 
 necessary, in case of war, and the proposition to build a 
 grand, self-supporting cooperative city for the people 
 who want to improve their condition in life, and have 
 more comforts and advantages than they have now, seems 
 to me to be far more simple and possible, as well as de- 
 sirable, than to raise the army. But I also feel sure that 
 if we do not start the cooperative cities and towns, we 
 surely will have to have an army, whether you want it 
 or not. The people of this country will not endure this 
 present stagnation and distress existing on every hand 
 much longer without becoming desperate, and they must 
 be put at work creating wealth for themselves or they 
 will surely take revenge on the rich people who have con- 
 trol of the wealth of this country and are hoarding it up 
 selfishly. If the people ever do start desperate measures, 
 I tremble at the thought of what will come. 
 
 EAILROAD. You have had quite an extensive ex- 
 perience all o'ver this country, I understand, Mr. Sutta. 
 I suppose you have taken great pains to learn the con- 
 dition and needs of the people. 
 
 SUTTA. I have been in nearly every state and ter- 
 ritory, city and town, of any size in the United States, 
 and I have taken great pains to learn the actual truth as 
 to the condition and needs of the people. There is a pent- 
 up, suppressed desperation in the minds and hearts of 
 the people of this country that must and will be relieved. 
 They have meekly and patiently submitted to seeing their 
 wealth and wages depreciate billions of dollars in value 
 in the last few years, to their loss and to the gain of the 
 money power, but the limit of their endurance is about 
 reached. They are tired of being constantly sold out and 
 ignored by the professional boodle politicians, and noth- 
 ing short of directing their attention and energies into 
 some grand, stupendous enterprise, that will provide 
 profitable employment for them by the hundreds of thou- 
 sands, and enable them to secure comforts and other ad- 
 vantages on a basis of justice and reciprocity, will pre- 
 vent I heir becoming revengeful and bloodthirsty revolu- 
 tionists. 
 
 OIL. What do you think of Coxey's plan to put the 
 unemployed at work building good roads, Mr. Sutta? 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 67 
 
 SUTTA. The only objection I have to Coxey's good 
 road scheme is that it does not go far enough. All the 
 unemployed people in the United States do not want to 
 build roads for a living, and it is not at all necessary that 
 they should. They have the ability and should have the 
 opportunity to build their own homes, schools, churches, 
 places of amsuement and industries, and produce and en- 
 joy all the comforts and delights that the rich people en- 
 joy. It makes my blood boil with indignation to see how 
 the steady and industrious working people of this coun- 
 try are compelled to live, toiling faithfully and patiently 
 ten hours or more a day for wages that barely sustain 
 life, when many of their employers are squandering thou- 
 sands of dollars on their profligate, debauched sons, and 
 maintaining some worthless rake of a foreigner as their 
 daughter's husband because he has a title and she thinks 
 there is no one in our country noble enough to be worthy 
 of her hand. Miss Frances Willard, of the Woman's 
 Christian Temperance Union, shows her wonderful abil- 
 ity and sincerity of purpose in trying to improve human 
 nature by saying that poverty and selfishly hoarded 
 wealth is the cause of nearly all the debauchery, ignor- 
 ance and crime, and warns the reformers that they must 
 abolish selfishly hoarded wealth before they can abolish 
 intemperance and crime. 
 
 BANKER. It will take an enormous amount of 
 money to carry out your plans. Mr. Sutta. How do you 
 expect to secure it? 
 
 SUTTA. If the people of the United States would 
 intelligently understand and utilize their own power, they 
 would issue their own money for a Model Cooperative 
 City or Town, complete with every luxury and improve- 
 ment, in every county of the United States, or wherever 
 they wanted one, without paying a cent of interest on 
 their money; but I fear the money power has too much 
 control over them, through their politicians, newspapers 
 and corporations, on which the most of them depend tor 
 employment, for it to be possible to practically present 
 the proposition to them; and I shall for the present try 
 and interest the capitalists of the country. I consider it 
 is their final and only chance to make a safe and profit- 
 able investment for their money, for unless cooperative 
 cities ami towns are started, and the people Becure the 
 initiative and referendum, which they are bound to. 
 
68 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 sooner or later, the deeds to land, railroads and other 
 bonds will not be worth more than their value as waste 
 paper. 
 
 DUDE. Realty, Mr. Sutta, you quite alarm me. 
 Ain't you trespassing on our rights? We surely ought to 
 be allowed to do what we please with our money. I am 
 afraid, if you talk that way, you will not get any help 
 here in New York. Besides, all my friends are refusing 
 to invest in anything but government bonds, and unless 
 you get the government to issue bonds to build your 
 Model Towns and Cities, you will not get their money. 
 Ah, here comes charming Lillian. 
 
 Enter Lillian. Dude greets and introduces her all 
 round, and says: 
 
 "She kindly consented to come and grace our supper 
 party this evening, Mr. Sutta, as variety is the spice of 
 life, you know, and we wanted at least one of the fair sex. 
 We thought you might appreciate meeting her, as she is 
 the finest singer and dancer on the stage to-day." 
 
 SUTTA. (Bows to Lillian and says:) I am very 
 glad to meet you, Miss Lillian. 
 
 They all sit down at the table. 
 
 DUDE. Really, Mr. Sutta, don't you think most of 
 the so-called reformers are cranks? 
 
 SUTTA. I have never known of a man or woman in 
 this world who had any grand, important or new ideas, 
 who, if they were sincere and aggressive in carrying them 
 out, but had to endure censure and condemnation, and 
 be called cranks, until in the course of years or centuries 
 the people were finally able to comprehend that invari- 
 ably the so-called cranks have turned out to be their chief 
 benefactors. 
 
 POLITICIAN. At any rate, we must all drink a 
 toast to the success of the Model City. 
 
 LILLIAN. I think, instead of Mr. Sutta's being a 
 crank, he must be a saint if lie is trying to help all the 
 people to be comfortable and happy. 
 
 SUTTA. (Bows to Lillian and says:) Very kind of 
 you to say such nice words, but I am far from being a 
 saint. I emphatically refuse to be considered as trying 
 to teach people or be an example as to what they should 
 be. I make many mistakes and fall far short of what I 
 should like to accomplish, and am simply trying to do 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 69 
 
 what I think is best, and want every one else to be per- 
 fectly free to do the same. 
 
 STRATTON. I can testify to the fact that my friend 
 Blr. Sutta, is worthy of being a leader. I do not want to 
 oftend him by thus expressing my opinion before him, 
 tor I know he is very strongly opposed to what appears 
 to be sentiment or flattery concerning himself, but I con- 
 sider that he is just the man to help our country out of 
 the present crisis and attain peace, happiness and pros- 
 perity for all, if he has sufficient encouragement and as- 
 sistance. 
 
 SUTTA. You see my friend, Mr. Stratton. is well 
 trained. Of course his little speech was carefully pre- 
 pared in order to try and make a good impression on vou 
 all. 
 
 STRATTON. It is my turn to protest, friends, for I 
 refuse to uphold Mr. Sutta in such a base fabrication. 
 
 DUDE. Ah, quite a joke. By the way, Mr. Stratton, 
 you have had some thrilling experiences yourself, I un- 
 derstand. You had to have the militia ordered out to 
 protect your mines, did you not? 
 
 STRATTON. No, I had nothing to do with the mili- 
 tia. I am in favor of the miners getting good wages. 
 
 OIL. Was it a fact that Gov. Waite succeeded in 
 closing up all the gambling houses in Denver during his 
 administration? 
 
 SUTTA. I never heard his worst enemies say there 
 was a single one running publicly in the city when he 
 went out of office, although there are many running now. 
 
 RAILROAD. That was quite remarkable for a 
 W .stern city the size of Denver. What do you think was 
 the cause of his failure to be reelected? 
 
 SUTTA. Simply because he had worked so hard for 
 the interests of the working people that the money power 
 began to feel it and decided they must defeat him and 
 they raised a great hue and cry that the state must be 
 redeemed from the crank Populists, and nearly all of the 
 women, who voted for the first time at that election, were 
 made to believe that their duty as citizens demanded 
 that they should vote against the Populists, which they 
 did to so large an extent that the Populists were de- 
 feated. 
 
70 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 OIL. Thai is the discouraging fad we all have i<» 
 face. I think we would ;MI like to do more for the masses 
 or working people, bu1 it is too frequently the case thai 
 the more you do for them the less they appreciate you, 
 and will listeu to any demagogue or selfish schemer who 
 sees lit to denounce you. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Thai is why I admire your faithful- 
 iicss, Mr. Sutta. I have learned how severely you have 
 already been condemned and abused by the very people 
 
 you have worked the liardesl for. I have heard thai your 
 life was threatened, and that you would even have brick- 
 bats and clubs thrown at you by the denizens of the slums 
 while you were living with them and doing all in your 
 power to improve their condition. 
 
 SUTTA. I think we are all guilty of the same fault. 
 None of us appreciate our true friends until, perhaps, we 
 have crucified them. By far my mosl sever*' trials have 
 been caused by tin' opposition I have had to meet from 
 my own relatives and so-called friends. The only times 
 I have given away to discouragement and indifference to 
 the principles and objects 1 have been working for, has 
 been when the abuse and condemnation of my relatives 
 and friends was more than I felt able to bear. 
 
 RAILROAD. I am afraid. Mr. Sutta, that if you gel 
 your Model City started, the people will expect you to 
 support them, and if you do not satisfy all their demands 
 they will turn on you and condemn you as though you 
 were their worst enemy. 
 
 OIL. I feel the same as you do, Mr. Railroad, for I 
 have had a large experience in trying to help the working 
 people. At one of our large refineries, for instance, where 
 we employed several hundred men. 1 found the store- 
 keepers were charging them excessive prices for their 
 supplies. 1 called some of the leaders together and told 
 them I would loan them all the money they needed at »"> 
 per cent, interest to start a cooperative store and supply 
 all the employes at cost. They borrowed $5,000 of me 
 and started the store, but so many neglected to pay their 
 lulls that I deducted the amounts in easy installments 
 from their wages. They then raised a great hue and cry 
 and denounced me as foiling them to buy goods at my 
 Store, and charged me with running the store myself 
 to make profit out of them, and T quit $10,000 out of 
 
 pocket by the experience. They are to-day paying 25 per 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 71 
 
 cent, more for their goods than they would otherwise 
 have to do. 
 
 RAILROAD. I have also had my experiences. I 
 found that nearly all of our employes on our railroads 
 spent all their money as fast as they received it. and in 
 case of sickness or death their families were destitute. I 
 then decided to organize a Mutual Sick Benefit and Life 
 Insurance Company for our employes, who number sev- 
 eral thousand on our different railroads. I proposed 
 that whenever an employe was sick they should receive 
 one-half their regular wages, and in case of death their 
 families were to be paid f 1,000. I also proposed that the 
 railroad companies for which they work should collect 
 the costs of these sick benefits pro rata from their pay 
 each month and pay it over to the beneficiaries without 
 any cost whatever for the service. But we could not 
 carry it out. Nearly all denounced it as a scheme to 
 cut down their wages and were opposed to it. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Yes, it is a very sad fact that the 
 working people are their own worst enemies. I had to 
 learn how faithless and treacherous they were before I 
 could succeed in politics. I started as their friend, and 
 was really in earnest in wanting to help them, but in- 
 variably they would believe any slander or charge my 
 opponents would make against me when there was not 
 the slightest truth in it, and then turn in and defeat 
 me if they could. After a few such experiences I de- 
 cided to help those who would help me, and have been 
 quite successful ever since. 
 
 SUTTA. In spite of all these facts, gentlemen. I 
 claim we must persevere and find a way to help the people 
 even in spite of themselves, if necessary. That is why 
 I base all my plans for these cooperative Model Cities 
 and Towns and the New Era Union on the laws of jus- 
 tice and reciprocity. Every one must give in order to 
 receive. According to our faith it shall be done unto 
 us. but faith without works avails nothing. Everyone 
 must give of their ability or wealth in eider to receive 
 these advantages. But the natural desire of all progres- 
 sive people is i<> secure all the comforts, pleasures and 
 advantages they can for themselves, and when the way 
 is provided where they can secure far more than they 
 have at present, and at the same time help others secure 
 them also, they will readily respond. 
 
72 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 DUDE. By Jove, Lillian, we are neglecting you. 
 You promised to favor us with sonic of your songs and 
 dances. I know our friends will not object. We have 
 been talking a greal deal about men. Let us drink a 
 toast to the ladies. May they ever be beautiful and 
 
 sweet. 
 
 POLITICIAN. Now, let us have a song, Lillian. 
 
 LILLIAN. What shall it be? 
 
 DUDE. Give us the one where you kick so high. 
 
 LILLIAN. Oh, you naughty man, you want to see 
 my lower extremities. 
 
 DUDE. Of course I do. Why shouldn't I? You 
 needn't be ashamed of them. 
 
 LILLIAN. Y r ou are quite a flatterer. Perhaps they 
 are stuffed? 
 
 DUDE. By Jove, I am going to find out. (Tries to 
 feel of her limbs under the table. Lillian jumps up and 
 tips Dude on the nose with her toe. They roar and joke 
 Dude as having got nicely left. Most of the gentlemen 
 then drink a toast:) 
 
 To Lillian, the gay charmer, who is queen of the 
 swells. 
 
 (Politician, Dude and Banker then rise and urge 
 Lillian to sing. She responds with such racy and sensu- 
 ous words and movements that Dude and Politician try 
 to embrace her, but she repulses them and says:i 
 
 ''You have not paid the price, gentlemen." 
 
 DUDE. Name your price; I speak first. (Pours out 
 another glass of wine and drinks it down, and shows the 
 effect of intoxication by speech and posture.) 
 
 LILLIAN. One hundred dollars. 
 
 IH'DE. ! Yept. Vou'r mine, by Jove. Y<>u shall 
 be my darling. (Drinks again. Then embraces Lillian, 
 who holds out her hand and Dude takes out his pocket 
 book, showing a number of large bills. He takes one 
 up and says:) 
 
 "One thousand. No, that is too much. (Takes an- 
 other.) Five hundred; no, that's not it. Bow much von 
 say, Lillian? Oh, I 'member. One hundred dollars. Here 
 you are. (Hands her a bill.) Now you're mine, 'member. 
 Let's all drink 'nuther toast to fair charmer Lillian." 
 (Takes another drink.) Sutta rises and says: 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 73 
 
 "Miss Lillian, you have been invited to come here 
 to-night to help entertain us. Was there any promise 
 of pay?" 
 
 LILLIAN. No, sir; not for singing or dancing. 
 SUTTA. I suppose you have to earn your living? 
 
 LILLIAN. Yes, and for my mother and two chil- 
 dren. 
 
 SUTTA. Have you no husband? 
 
 LILLIAN. Yes, sir; but he earns no money and can 
 not support me. 
 
 SUTTA. Would you allow Mr. Dude to caress you 
 if he would pa}' you the same amount for your singing 
 and dancing alone? 
 
 LILLIAN. Of course I would not. Why should I? 
 It is the hundred dollars that I must have, and pleasing 
 Mr. Dude is the easiest way I can get it. I understand 
 your point, Mr. Sutta, and that is why I honor you, and 
 wish you God-speed in the work you are trying to do. 
 There are over one hundred thousand women in New 
 York city to-night who will sell themselves to sensual 
 men who would see them starve if they would not please 
 them. I also believe, as I live, that ninety per cent, of 
 these women would rather be faithful and virtuous wives 
 and mothers if they could get faithful husbands that 
 would support them. 
 
 DUDE. O, bother your preaching, Lillian. Give us 
 a rest — hie. I am here for a good time. Let's take a 
 drink. (Drinks again.) 
 
 POLITICIAN. You must not mind our friends hav- 
 ing a little frolic, Mr. Sutta. He is young yet, and we 
 have all had our fun in our day. 
 
 DUDE. You old rascal. Don't you try to fool 
 Mr. Sutta. Mr. Sutta. the old fellows are the biggest 
 devils in the city. Us voung chaps ain't in it, are we, 
 Lillian? 
 
 LILLIAN. That is true, Mr. Sutta. The young 
 swells are quite harmless compared to the older men, 
 most of whom have families of their own. 
 
 HANKER. We must have a little fun occasionally, 
 Mr. Sutta, to make life endurable. Otherwise what would 
 we have to live for? 
 
74 Multi- Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 SUTTA. There is everything to live for thai will 
 give us far more pleasure than such orgies as this. Why 
 can't you take the advice of Theodore Roosevelt, your ex- 
 police commissioner, who admits thai we are to-day <»n 
 top of a living dangerous volcano, and who says it is 
 the duly of the wealthy to work for the community, for 
 the people, even withoul remuneration, and who also 
 says it is ignoble to pile money on top of money as our 
 rich people all seem to be trying to do. Here in this 
 room are the owners of over f.'IOO.OOO. (H)() worth of weall h, 
 while to-night in this city there are over one hun- 
 dred thousand little children, many of Them the ille- 
 gitimate results of just such orgies as this, whose 
 environments and lack of opportunities and advantages 
 will make their lives more or less a curse to them- 
 selves and others. One hundred dollars per year, 
 under the proper system, would feed, clothe and educate 
 each child until they became self-supporting and useful 
 young men and women. One hundred dollars each for 
 one hundred thousand waifs would be fl0,000,000 a 
 year, or three per cent, per annum on your capital of 
 over $300,000,000, which is not one-half of what you ex- 
 pect to make. Still you say you have nothing to live 
 for but to indulge in these sensual, beastly orgies. You 
 are perfectly free, of course, to do as you please, but as 
 for me I have other use for my time. I have tried every 
 kind of experience and know how harmful and useless 
 such orgies as these are, especially when there is so much 
 need to make better use of our time. 
 
 RAILROAD. Come, Mr. Sulla, you are going too 
 far. We have the right to spend our money as we please. 
 
 SI'TTA. I can only warn you, gentlemen, thai we 
 are facing a crisis that calls for a more serious use of 
 our time than indulging in such orgies as this. As I 
 am spoiling your fun T will lake my departure. (Starts 
 
 to leave Hie room and Straiten joins him.) 
 
 IJANKEK. You are surely a crank and are Irving 
 to scare us by threatening a revolution. II' a revolution 
 comes il will be just such cranks as you who will be 
 responsible for it. 
 
 (Sulla turns and faces them and savs:i 
 
 "You need not lake my warning, gentlemen. I can 
 give you better authorities than T. Abraham Lincoln. 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 75 
 
 our lamented president, wrote to a friend in Illinois at 
 The close of the war as follows: 
 
 " 'Yes, we may well rejoice that this cruel war has 
 come to a close. The best blood of the flower of the 
 American youth has been freely ottered on our country's 
 altar in order that our nation might live. It has indeed 
 been a trying hour for this republic; but I see in the 
 near future a crises arising that unnerves me and causes 
 me to tremble for the welfare of my country. As a re- 
 sult of the war, corporations have been enthroned, and 
 an era of corruption in high plates will follow. The 
 money power of this country will endeavor to prolong 
 its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people 
 until this republic will be destroyed. God grant that my 
 fears may prove groundless." 
 
 "I ask you, gentlemen, if his fears were groundless, 
 when a prominent United States senator has said on the 
 floor of the United States Senate: 
 
 " 'We can not disguise the fact that we are on the 
 verge of an impending revolution. Old issues are dead. 
 The people of this country are fast arraying themselves 
 en one side or the other of a portentous contest. On one 
 side is capital, formidable, entrenched in privileges, ar- 
 rogant with continued triumph, struggling to adjust all 
 values to its standard. On the other side is labor, ask- 
 ing for employment, struggling to develop domestic in- 
 dustries, battling with the forces of nature and subduing 
 the wilderness. Labor starving and sullen in the cities 
 is resolutely determined to overthrow a system by which 
 the rich are growing richer and the poor poorer. A sys- 
 tem that gives to Vanderbilt and Gould wealth beyond 
 the dreams of avarice, and condemns the poor to a pov- 
 erty from which there is no refuge but the grave. De- 
 mands for justice are met with impudence and disdain. 
 The working people of this country asking for employ- 
 ment are treated like mendicants begging for bread." 
 
 "Only a few years ago the most of the wealthy peo- 
 ple of this country, both north and south, denounced and 
 abused William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and 
 others, and hung John Brown, for warning them that 
 chattel slavery must be abolished. The warning was not 
 heeded by The North or the South, nor the laws enacted 
 abolishing slavery on a basis of justice and reciprocity, 
 by appraising the value of the slaves and paying for them 
 by the government as any other property is paid for that 
 
76 Multi- Millionaires Appealed to 
 
 is condemned by the government. This would have en- 
 abled the southern slave-holders to pay good wages to 
 their former slaves and use their capital to develop the 
 wonderfully rich resources of the South, from which the 
 entire country would have reaped a rich return. We 
 were instead compelled to sacrifice hundreds of thou- 
 sands of lives and squander billions of dollars of money 
 to devastate the South so seriously that thirty years have 
 scarcely enabled them to recover. Our present crisis is 
 far more serious than we have ever had before in the 
 history of our country. Millions of our able bodied 
 white citizens, including experienced and capable busi- 
 ness men, expert mechanics, skilled artists, inventors 
 and teachers, who are able and eager to be producers of 
 something useful, and to be at least self-supporting, are 
 not able to do so. In many cases they are living by the 
 charity of others, and many thousands are joining the 
 immense army of tramps. If you, as multi-millionaires, 
 representing more power to-day than most kings ever 
 possessed, refuse to consider that our present crisis de- 
 mands a new and broader, more humane and just, sys- 
 tem of producing and distributing the wealth of tins 
 country than the present selfish, aggressive fight among 
 the strong to get dominion over each other (the weak 
 having long since been left behind in the struggle), then 
 I fear that Abraham Lincoln's warning that the money 
 power of this country would endeavor to prolong its reign 
 by working upon the prejudices of the people until this 
 republic will be destroyed, will indeed come true. Al- 
 ready many of the reform papers of the United States 
 are openly and boldly printing in large type conspicuously 
 the advice to the masses to secure rifles for use in the 
 near future, while the following poem has been printed 
 and endorsed as possible by prominent newspapers of 
 the United States. It is entitled 'Wail.' 
 
 " 'WAIT. 
 
 " '\\':i it lill these ragged vagabonds, now swarming o'er 
 
 (he hind, 
 Aic clothed and fed and drilled and led. and feel the 
 
 guiding hand 
 Of some clearheaded leader, bred upon (he Battle Field; 
 Some new Napoleon of the West, whose master hand can 
 
 wield 
 
But too Selfish to Respond. 11 
 
 The sword, the sceptre, too, as well. Some daring son of 
 
 Mars, 
 Some hero of a hundred fights, who laughs at death and 
 
 scars. 
 Wait till his marching myriads come, poor vagabonds 
 
 no more, 
 But cvcrv one a soldier trained, a dog of death and gore. 
 Straining until the leash is slipped, these victims of vour 
 
 hell, 
 Armed to the teeth, revenge in their hearts, swooping 
 
 with hungry yell 
 Down on your crowded cities, where loot and beauty 
 
 stand, 
 Easy to pluck, like ripened fruit, by any grasping hand. 
 Nay, smile not in derision, for be sure that day will come. 
 You will see their bayonets glitter, you will hear their 
 
 rolling drums. 
 Even now the moaning of the storm is in the distance 
 
 heard; 
 Even now the tranquil firmament with thunder clouds is 
 
 blurred. 
 They're swelling big and bigger still, and yet you sit and 
 
 smile, 
 Secure behind your money bags for yet a little while. 
 Soon, soon the awful storm will burst upon you like a 
 
 flood; 
 The gutters of your crowded streets will overflow with 
 
 blood. 
 What talisman do you possess, w 7 hat luck sign o'er your 
 
 door? 
 Listen, and down a hundred years you still can hear the 
 
 roar . 
 
 Of mad assassins dancing round the crimson guillotine, 
 Drunk with the blood of rulers, of the rich, and kings and 
 
 queens, 
 And still, poor idiots, you smile behind your piles of gold, 
 When heads a thousand times more firm have in the 
 
 basket rolled. 
 Kemember that the gold you hoard, got by your schem- 
 ing skill. 
 Will brinjx vou naught of safetv then; thev now will hunt 
 
 to kill. 
 You clothed and fed them often, but now no trifling sop, 
 Though thrown in haste before his jaws, this Cerberus 
 
 will stop. 
 
78 Multi-Millionaires Appealed to, but too Selfish to Respond. 
 
 With vengeance in their throbbing hearts, they want both 
 
 blood and gold. 
 They only know that you are rich, and they are gaunt and 
 
 cold. 
 'Down with the rich!' their war cry still, the people 
 
 shall be free; 
 Freedom for them, you gave it when you called thern o'er 
 
 the sea, 
 The down-trodden and oppressed of every foreign land. 
 And o'er them threw your regis, and clasped each by the 
 
 hand. 
 Now ye shall reap the harvest that by yourselves was 
 
 sown, 
 And tread the burning plowshare with many a curse and 
 
 groan. 
 You fought about the negro, now of yourselves take care, 
 For there is treachery around you, and there is vengeance 
 
 in the air.' 
 
 "Good evening." 
 
 Retires with Stratton. 
 
CHAPTER V. 
 
 ROOM IN A TENEMENT HOUSE IN NEW YORK CITY, 
 WRETCHED IN EVERY WAY— BARE FLOOR AND WALLS— 
 THE ONLY FURNITURE PLAIN WOODEN TABLE AND 
 CHAIR, AND TWO OLD BOXES FOR SEATS— ONE OTHER 
 BOX WITH A SMALL COAL OIL STOVE TO COOK ON— A 
 FEW TIN PLATES AND CUPS FOR DISHES, AND A BUNDLE 
 OF RAGGED CLOTHES ON AN OLD STRAW TICK IN THE 
 CORNER ON THE FLOOR FOR THEIR BED FOR THE EN- 
 TIRE FAMILY OF FIVE— PRESENT: MRS. VANDERBILT 
 WITH HER THREE LITTLE CHILDREN, ALL BAREFOOTED, 
 RAGGED AND WRETCHED— THE TWO YOUNGEST OF THE 
 CHILDREN ARE ON THE BED, WRAPPED IN THE BEDDING 
 AND CONSTANTLY CRYING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT— 
 THE POOR, WORN OUT, EMACIATED AND RAGGED 
 MOTHER IS TRYING TO COMFORT THEM. 
 
 Oldest girl, Helen, says: 
 
 "Mama, you say papa has gone to get us something 
 to eat; why is he gone so long? He left early this morn- 
 ing and has been gone all day, and it is growing dark." 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. Yes, my precious child. 
 Papa has been gone a long time. But he had to look for 
 work, you know, and perhaps he has secured it and that 
 is keeping him. 
 
 HELEN. You have said the same thing, mama, for 
 several days, but every evening papa comes home and he 
 has not had any work and does not bring us anything to 
 eat. The only food we have had has been the plain bread 
 Mrs. Astor, in the next room, and the Jewish Rabbi has 
 given us, and we have not had any to-day, and I am 
 awful hungry and cold. (Sobs and cries.) 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. Mrs. Astor could not give us 
 any bread to-day, Helen, for she has none herself; and 
 our friend, the Jewish Rabbi, perhaps has none either. 
 The Sewing Machine Company took away her machine, 
 just as they did mine, because she could not finish paying 
 for it. I know my dear ones are hungrv, but we must be 
 
80 An Up-to-date Social Picture 
 
 patient and wait until dear papa comes, and he surely 
 will bring us some food. 
 
 Little ones cr}' piteously for something to eat. 
 Mother goes to them and takes the smallest in her arms, 
 and leads the other back to the chair, on which she sits 
 and looks up to heaven and shakes her weary head, then 
 buries her head on the breast of her little child, rocking 
 to and fro to try and still its crying. 
 
 HELEN. You said there is a loving God up in 
 heaven, who is our Heavenly Father, and that He looks 
 after all His children. Why did He take away our home, 
 where we had so many beautiful pictures and flowers and 
 fine furniture and clothes, and plenty of nice things to 
 eat, and make us come and live in this awful place, where 
 we are hungry and cold all the time? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. God didn't make us come 
 here, my darling. The banks and railroads where papa 
 had his money invested all failed, and papa lost all his 
 money, and after a while he borrowed some money on 
 our lovely home, and when it came due could not pay, and 
 we had to give it up. You know how hard papa has tried 
 to get work and earn money, but all the time we are get- 
 ting poorer and poorer, until finally we had to come and 
 live in the slums. 
 
 HELEN. How do people get money, mama? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. They generally have to earn 
 it, my dear, by doing some kind of work or business. 
 
 HELEN. Did papa do any kind of work or business 
 when we had our lovely home, mama? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. No, my darling. He had 
 plenty of money then, that he inherited from his father. 
 
 HELEN. But papa has worked very hard since then. 
 He shoveled snow every day from the sidewalks while 
 the snow storm lasted. Why didn't he get plenty of 
 money? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. That kind of work does not 
 pay much money, Helen. 
 
 nELEN." Why don't it, mama? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. Because it does not help 
 people enough to be worth much money. 
 
 HELEN. The Jewish Rabbi and Mrs. A si or help us 
 by keeping us from starving l<> death — do we have to pay 
 them for it, mama? 
 
Of Those Who Have No Money. 81 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. No, darling; we have no 
 money to pay them. God will reward them when they 
 get to heaven. 
 
 HELEN. In my prayer that I repeat every night to 
 God when I go to bed it says: "Thy kingdom come, Thy 
 will be done on earth as it is in heaven." What does that 
 mean, mother? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. It means, my darling, that 
 every one will be happy, pure and good, and have every- 
 thing delightful here on earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 HELEN. When will that be, mama? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. In God's own time, I sup- 
 pose. I am afraid we are not worthy of such blessing 
 yet. 
 
 HELEN. Why ain't we worthy, mama? You told 
 me anything we prayed to God for, and had faith that He 
 would answer our prayers, He would surely send us. 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. Yes. my dear, we must have 
 faith in God. According to our faith it shall be done 
 unto us. 
 
 HELEN. Then I guess we don't put any faith in our 
 prayers. I am going to pray to God to send papa home 
 soon with something to eat, and then to give us our nice 
 home back again, and I am going to have faith and He 
 will answer it. 
 
 Helen kneels down and clasps her hands in prayer 
 and says : 
 
 "Oh God, up in heaven, mama says you alwa3s an- 
 swer our prayers if we have faith in you. Now, O God. I 
 want you to send papa home soon with lots of nice things 
 in <at. and then give us our beautiful home back again. 
 and give papa lots of money, and make mama, and Mrs. 
 Astor, and the Jewish Rabbi, and everybody real happy, 
 and give them nice homes, too. I have faith in Thee, O 
 God, and I know you will answer my prayer, and I will 
 pray every day after this with faith." 
 
 Enter Mr. Yanderbilt. emaciated, ragged and 
 wretched. I!'- 1ms nothing with him and turns aside 
 from his wife, who rises to greet him, and sinks on the 
 box near the table and groans aloud. Mrs. Yanderbilt 
 places the two little ones on the bed and wraps them up. 
 and then returns to her husband and tries to comfort him. 
 He groans in agony and shakes his head and says: 
 
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82 An Up-to-date Social Picture 
 
 "It is no use. wife, I can not endure this any longer. 
 If I could borrow sunn- money to pay the premium I 
 would gel my life insured and gladly kill myself to pro- 
 vide food for my starving family." 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. My dear husband, you musl 
 not give up like this. Surely we will gel something to 
 eat to-night. Our kind friend, the Jewish Rabbi, will 
 surely divide with us if he 1ms anything even for his own 
 family. You know he says any one can have half of any- 
 thing he has ;ii any time, if they need it more than he 
 docs. Then there are the Salvation Army women. If we 
 ■go to them they will give us food. 
 
 MR. VANDERBILT. Yes. my dear, I suppose we 
 can beg a little food to keep from starving, but the Rabbi 
 and the Salvation Army have helped us so much. I am 
 ashamed to go to them again. Bui that is not the worst. 
 I have tried hard all day to get any kind of work ai any 
 price, but could not succeed. I then went on Broadway 
 and approached every man who looked as though he was 
 wealthy and asked for only a few cents, saying that my 
 wife and family were at home starving, but I did not get 
 a cent. They would either look cross and tell me to go 
 to work, or repulse me without speaking, while quite a 
 number said they were broke themselves. Finally I was 
 compelled to go to the agent's office and tell him I had 
 failed to get any money. lie received positive orders 
 from Mr. Dude, the owner of the tenements, to put us out 
 a week ago for non-payment of rent; but day after day 1 
 have pleaded so hard for one more day of grace that he 
 has granted it, until this evening he said he could not 
 wait any longer or he would lose his position as agent, so 
 he is coining to put us out in the street. My God, what 
 will we do, and my i r little darlings cold and starving! 
 
 Helen goes to her papa and s;i\s: 
 
 "I have just been praying to God, papa, to send you 
 home (puck with lots of nice food, and to give us our 
 nice, lovely home back again, and mania says if we have 
 faith God will answer our prayers. I guess you came 
 home loo quick and God did not have time to send you 
 the food." 
 
 MR. VANDERBILT Unking Helen in his arms.) 
 God Mess your Messed innocent faith, li gives me cour- 
 age, my darling, when I was on the verge of desperation. 
 God has given us a beautiful world, with plenty of every- 
 
Of Those Who Have No Money. 83 
 
 tiling for cvcrv one. It is only the cold-hearted, selfish 
 rich people who keep us from getting our share. 
 
 HELEN. Was you cold-hearted and selfish when you 
 was rich, papa? 
 
 MR. VANDERBILT. I am afraid that I was, and 
 that all our present sufferings are to punish me for my 
 past selfishness in not helping others when I had plenty 
 of money. 
 
 Enter agent with assistant and policeman. Mrs. Van- 
 derbilt drops on her knees before the agent and says : 
 
 "Oh, sir, think of what you are about to do. Here are 
 three helpless little children, already suffering terribly 
 from cold and hunger. Surely you can not be so cruel as 
 to put us in the street to-night?" 
 
 AGENT. I am very sorry for you, madam, but I 
 have my own wife and children to support, and Mr. Dude 
 told me to-day that you must be put out before night or he 
 would get a new agent, and I have waited one hour over 
 office hours for your husband to try and get money. But 
 I can not afford to lose Mr. Dude's business, so I have 
 no choice. I know it is hard, but some of the neighbors 
 will take you in before you have been on the street very 
 long. They always do. 
 
 Goes to work with the assistant to take out the 
 things. Mrs. Vanderbilt takes one child, Mr. Vanderbilt 
 takes the other in his arms, and the two young children 
 cry piteously on going out. Helen, who has hold of her 
 father's hand, says: 
 
 "Air we going back to our beautiful home, papa?" 
 
CHAPTER VI. 
 
 WRETCHED STREET IN THE SLUMS— SOLID ROWS OF SIX- 
 STORY TENEMENT HOUSES ON EVERY HAND, AVER- 
 AGING A FAMILY TO EACH ROOM— THE SIDEWALK 
 CROWDED WITH DENIZENS AND THE STREETS WITH 
 HUCKSTERS' CARTS PEDDLING STALE FISH, MEATS, 
 VEGETABLES AND FRUIT THAT HAS BEEN LEFT OVER 
 FROM THE DAY'S SALES IN THE MARKETS— IT IS DARK 
 EXCEPT FOR THE STREET LAMPS AND THE LIGHTS 
 FROM THE WINDOWS AND HUCKSTERS— UNDER A STREET 
 LAMP ON THE SIDEWALK THE VANDERBILT FAMILY ARE 
 GATHERED WITH THEIR FEW EFFECTS, AND A NUMBER 
 OF DENIZENS HAVE GATHERED ROUND THEM. 
 
 RABBI. Here is a quarter of a dollar, friends, which 
 is every cent I have in the world. We must make up 
 one dollar to pay a week's rent in advance before we can 
 scenic a room for the Vanderbilts. I would gladly take 
 them in with my family, but we already have two fam- 
 ilies in our small apartments. 
 
 Emma Goldman and Herr Most happen to be passing 
 and stop to see what is the cause of the gathering. 
 
 EMMA. Only another eviction. They are too com- 
 mon to notice, as they average over twelve hundred a 
 month in this city at the present time. Only serves them 
 right. When I tried to help them by agitating for their 
 rights, the wage slaves of this city allowed me to be sent 
 to prison without even a protest from them. The next 
 time I starl in to agitate I will atari in another way. 
 
 MOST. Yes, you bet, my friend. I know something 
 about it, too. I have been locked up in prison six times 
 for trying to help such poor devils as these, and gel no 
 thanks. Still, it is enough to make my blood boil with 
 indignation to see how they have to suffer, and we must 
 try to find ;i way to get justice for the poor people soon. 
 I think they ure aboul ready to stick- together and mean 
 business. Here is a quarter, friend, to help you get a 
 room. 
 
Women to Be the Saviors of Mankind. 85 
 
 Sutta and Stratton approach. Sutra is showing his 
 friend the slums of New York by gaslight. 
 
 SUTTA. This entire row of tenements on this block 
 belongs to Mr. Dude, whom we met at the supper party 
 last night. I understand his income from his slum tene- 
 ments is over fl00,000 per year, which is only a small 
 part of his income, and still all that wealth was secured 
 by his grandfather's foreclosing a mortgage for $10,000 
 on a large tract of land here in the city, that he bought 
 in himself for the mortgage, and held onto until the 
 density of the population made the land worth millions 
 of dollars. Yet he would never spend a dollar for any 
 public enterprise or improvement if he could possibly 
 avoid it. 
 
 STKATTOX. It is hard to believe that people will 
 live in such miserable quarters when we have so much 
 unoccupied land in this country, and then to know that 
 there are many men in this country Avith thousands of 
 acres for their private use, some having a hundred thou- 
 sand acres in their private estates, while here are over 
 two hundred and fifty thousand human beings to one 
 square mile. 
 
 They approach the gathering around the Vander- 
 bilts. Party of women, with dark wraps around them, 
 approach from the opposite side, and reach the Vander- 
 bilts first. They are inquiring what is their trouble, 
 when Messrs. Sutta and Stratton also reach the gather- 
 ing. They are all under the glare of the gas light, and 
 the women in dark wraps are facing the light, while list- 
 ening to the piteous tale of Mrs. Yanderbilt, her husband 
 having gone to try to get assistance from the Salvation 
 Army Corps. 
 
 SUTTA. (Aside to Stratton.) Can it be possible? 
 It seems to good to be true, still it must be, for they 
 are certainly not residents of the slums. I have seen 
 these ladies in public, and, unless I am very much mis- 
 taken, they are Miss Garrett, Miss Drexel. Mrs. Green, 
 .Miss Willard, Mis. Stanford. Miss Adams, Miss Gould! 
 Mis. Williams and Miss Fair, some of the most prom- 
 iii'iii and wealthiest ladies in the United States. What 
 ran i heir being here in the slums mean? Possibly they 
 are only out for a slumming trip to satisfy their curi- 
 osity, which is getting to be quite a fad with the rich. 
 Let's see what thev will do. 
 
86 Poverty and Misery to Be Abolished; 
 
 .MISS (JOI'LD. Really, my dear w an, your story 
 
 is a very sad one, and I am so thankful we happened 
 to be passing. My friends here, and myself, have rented 
 a building in Ihe neighborhood, and have had it cleaned 
 and papered and painted. We have only to-day finished 
 furnishing the apartments, and we think they are quite 
 cosy and comfortable. We have been busy all the after- 
 noon with our agent, Mr.Chas. Stover, and having the fur- 
 niture put in place, and we then attended a meeting at 
 the University Settlement to consider ways and means 
 to provide employment for the unemjdoyed. We are now 
 on our way to the Bowery to take the elevated, which 
 accounts for our being here this time of night. What 
 do you think, ladies, of having this family move into 
 one of the apartments to-night? 
 
 .MISS FAIR. Just the thing to have them do. Of 
 course, they can not stay here all night. These poor 
 little children are nearly dead with cold and hunger. 
 Let's get them settled at once. The apartments are all 
 complete with stoves, dishes, bedding and furniture, and 
 we can get them a supply of food and set them up in 
 housekeeping to-night. O, Miss Adams, I am so happy 
 and thankful that you have interested us in this work. 
 It is so very good of you to come here and help us get 
 stalled when you have so much to do at the Hull house 
 in Chicago. I am happier to night than I have ever been 
 in my life, to realize how much practical good l can help 
 accomplish instead of wasting my time doing nothing 
 and simply living to amuse myself. (To the Jewish 
 Rabbi.) Bere is some money, my friend. Go at once 
 and gel a pitcher full of hot coffee and some rolls for 
 these children and their mother. 
 
 .MISS ADAMS. I tell you the rich people do not 
 know what true happiness is so long as I hey are simply 
 trying to enjoy themselves. They must go to work and 
 help make others comfortable and happy before they can 
 realize real peace and joy. You have QOt begun to be 
 happy as you will. Miss Pair, if you follow up this work. 
 People used to wonder how I could endure il to live in 
 
 the slums of Chicago, in the midsi of such terrible 
 
 wretchedness and misery, and it was terrible trying at 
 
 first, because I could not get the help 1 wanted, but 
 si ill all the lime I bave been encouraged b\ realizing 
 
 thai I was onlv doing uiv duty. I had niv time l«> use as 
 
Women to Be the Saviors of Mankind. 87 
 
 I pleased, and w hat better use could I make of it? Now, 
 many of the wealthiest and most refined ladies in Chi- 
 cago are helping in the work, some of them living in the 
 slums with me. 
 
 MISS DREXEL. My work is mainly for the colored 
 people, and 1 have become accustomed to much poverty 
 and distress, but I have never seen anything to compare 
 with the condition of the poor people in the slums of this 
 city. It has been a valuable experience to me, and I 
 shall try to make use of it by helping to start a work of 
 this kind in Philadelphia. 
 
 M ISS GARRETT. It certainly seems to me to be a 
 practical way to help the poor, and I shall start this work 
 in Baltimore. 
 
 MRS. STANFORD. And I shall do the same in 
 San Francisco for the poor of that city. I have already 
 helped to start and maintain a number of Kindergartens 
 for the children of the poor, but I realize that lis long 
 as they have to live in such wretched, crowded quarters, 
 their education will not do them much good. The most 
 serious problem now for us all to consider is, how to 
 help these poor people to support themselves and be able 
 to secure comfortable homes and other advantages. On 
 every hand we find every kind of occupation and employ- 
 ment overdone, and still thousands and hundreds of thou- 
 sands of worthy people unable to secure any kind of 
 employment. I think if my lamented husband had lived 
 until he could have helped out the plan of the Populists 
 of issuing money by the government direct to the people 
 through sub-treasuries, at a very low rate of interest, 
 say 1 or L* per edit, per annum, it would enable all the 
 people in this country to prosper. 
 
 MISS WILLARD. So your husband was a Populist, 
 was ho. Mis. Stanford? 
 
 MRS. STANFORD. He was anything to help the 
 people. He realized that the wealth ho hud been able 
 to accumulate had been produced by the help of the 
 working people, and ho was constantly studying and 
 working to help them all ho could, lie felt that a grand 
 University, to provide many kinds of useful training and 
 instruction to young people without any cost to them, 
 would be of some help, so he started the behind Stanford. 
 Jr. University at Palo Alto, and would have made a 
 grand institution of it if he had lived, and the govern- 
 
Poverty and Misery to Be Abolished; 
 
 inent had not interfered by tying op the endowment. 
 But he realized that education alone w;is not sufficient, 
 and that is why he favored the plans of the Populists. 
 
 MRS. WILLIAMS. Oh. why will not more people 
 realize how much happier and better they would be if 
 they would only try and help those in need to improve 
 their condition. We have had too much so-called char- 
 ity and reform. We must practice a little more justice 
 and brotherly love. I feel thai the rich will soon real- 
 ize it. 
 
 MISS WILLARD. In spite of all this wretchedness 
 I am truly happy to-night. I feel thai we are beginning 
 a work that will in time lead to the abolishing of pov- 
 erty entirely, and then ignorance, intemperance and 
 crime will eventually be done away with. We must get 
 Lucy Mallory's paper, "The Universal Republic." to pro- 
 pose to the members of the World Soul Communion all 
 over the world, to hold the thought that poverty will 
 be done away with, and peace, happiness and prosperity 
 for all mankind be realized on a basis of justice and 
 reciprocity. You know thoughts are things, and accord- 
 ing to our faith it shall be done unto us. 
 
 MISS ADAMS. Yes. thoughts arc things, and will 
 be realized according to our faith, but "faith without 
 works availeth nothing. "Come, Mrs. Vanderbilt; if you 
 have finished the hot coffee, we will get you located in 
 your new home. You will not need these things, and can 
 give them to these kind friends who have been trying to 
 help you, if they want them. The Rabbi will direct your 
 husband where to find you. 
 
 MRS. GREEN. Really, Indies. 1 am so glad you 
 
 asked me to help you in this work. It is the best invest- 
 ment I have ever made of my money. 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. I will give these traps to 
 my friend, the Rabbi, who has been so kind to us. Poor 
 as they are. In' will find some one glad to get them. (To 
 
 the Rabbi, taking his hand.) We have been very for- 
 tunate to find such kind friends, but 1 shall never forget 
 your greal kindness to myself and family, and 1 shall 
 hope ami pray I may be able to pay you some day. 
 
 RABBI. Oh. don't say anything about my helping 
 you. ! have done nothing. You know I am nearly as 
 poor as you. 1ml I am so thankful you have found such 
 
Women to Be the Saviors of Mankind. 89 
 
 good friends. Surely the millennium must be coming. 
 Goodnight; good angels be with you. 
 
 Miss Gould takes one of the children in her arms, 
 and Miss Fair the other, and Mrs. Vanderbilt takes Helen 
 by the hand, and they start. 
 
 HELEN. Mania. God sent these fine ladies in an- 
 swer to my prayer, didn't he? 
 
 MRS. VANDERBILT. Yes, my darling, he surely 
 did. 
 
 Sutta and Stratton have been standing aside in a 
 shadow of a telegraph pole, but where they could see and 
 hear the conversation and not be noticed by the ladies. 
 
 SUTTA. This seems like a beautiful dream, and too 
 good to be true. I am the happiest man in the world 
 to-night, for I feel the new era of peace, happiness and 
 prosperity for all human beings is surely drawing near 
 on this planet, when our Heavenly Father can get such 
 royal workers as these ladies can be, with their great 
 wealth and influence to help Him. I must submit the 
 plans for the Model City and the New Era Union to these 
 ladies. There is no use wasting time with selfish money 
 kings. A few grand souls, such as these ladies show 
 themselves to be, can make it possible to build enough 
 Model Cities in the course of time for all mortals, where 
 they will be able to enjoy comforts with all possible ad- 
 vantages. 
 
 The ladies have been lingering to talk with some of 
 the denizens, and all are still grouped together on the 
 street. Sutta and Stratton at a slight distance. Sud- 
 denly every light is out, causing total darkness. Then 
 appears a faint light from above, growing gradually 
 brighter, while sweet, heavenly music is heard, with 
 angels singing: 
 
 ''On earth, peace, good will to all." 
 
 All are now revealed by the light from above, when 
 a flash of bright white light from above is focused upon 
 the group of ladies in the slums, and a beautiful angel 
 in white is seen slowly descending in the midst of this 
 bright light. When within about ten feet of them she 
 stops, suspended in the air, and says. 
 
 "Behold, the New Era is at hand. The Creator com- 
 mands that mankind shall change from the carnivorous 
 
90 Poverty and Misery to Be Abolished. 
 
 life of contention to the humane life of peace. All who 
 help to maintain war, poverty ;m<l crime shall go down 
 
 to destruction until they are blotted off the earth. Those 
 who arc living for self, or Satan, and are only consumers 
 or destroyers, shall be railed Qzians, but those who are 
 living and working tor others, with faith in the Creator's 
 power of Divine Love, shall be called Paithists. Because 
 woman is the highest symbol of the Creator's love here 
 on earth, into your hands will be given the plans to or- 
 ganize brotherhoods to attain peace, happiness and 
 prosperity for all. especially for the helpless children. 
 As a warning to mortals not to place their faith in 
 material things, all the present large cities, which are 
 festering centers of selfishness and sin, will go down to 
 destruction. All who are ready to help found the Cre- 
 ator's Kingdom on earth will depart therefrom and unite 
 in brotherhoods for doing good unto others, building and 
 maintaining; delightful cities and villages, where peace, 
 happiness and prosperity shall abound on a basis of 
 justice and reciprocity. Unless thon art in an organic 
 brotherhood on earth; thou shalt go into an inorganic 
 condition of chaos in the spirit world. Like unto like 
 the Creator created the heavens and the earth and all 
 things therein." 
 
 The angel then waves her hand, and suddenly all 
 the slums disappear, revealing in the background, sus- 
 pended in the air, a beautiful white city, with delightful 
 palaces, mansions, residences and cottages, and grand, 
 magnificent public buildings in the centre. The angel 
 slowly ascends to sweet, heavenly music, while the light 
 and vision gradually fade, until complete darkness en- 
 velopes all. 
 
CHAPTER VII. 
 
 FANEUIL HALL, BOSTON— THE "CRADLE OF LIBERTY"— NOW 
 AGAIN THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY, WHERE AN ENLIGHT- 
 ENED AND HUMANE PEOPLE ARE AGAIN MEETING TO 
 CONSIDER PLANS TO ENABLE ALL THE PEOPLE TO ENJOY 
 PEACE, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY ON A BASIS OF 
 JUSTICE AND RECIPROCITY— THE SACRED OLD HALL 
 IS BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED WITH FLOWERS AND 
 THE STARS AND STRIPES HANG AS A BACKGROUND 
 OVER THE PLATFORM, TOGETHER WITH THE FLAGS OF 
 ALL NATIONS-PRESENT, A LARGE AUDIENCE, FILLING 
 THE HALL TO OVERFLOWING, MANY NOT BEING ABLE 
 TO GAIN ADMITTANCE— INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT 
 BY A COMMITTEE OF LADIES, TO WHOM MR. SUTTA 
 SUBMITTED HIS PLANS, TO THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 
 CABINET, EVERY UNITED STATES SENATOR, TO THE 
 GOVERNORS OF EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY, AND 
 THE LEADING REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL KINDS OF 
 ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND PROMINENT CORPORA- 
 TIONS, TO ATTEND THIS MEETING. 
 
 They are all seated, facing the platform, and many 
 others are in the gallery and standing in the aisles. A 
 number of distinguished men from abroad are in the 
 audience. 
 
 Miss Willard, Lady Somerset, Mrs. Williams, Mrs. 
 Wallace, Count Tolstoi, Mr. Stead, Gen. Booth, 15. < >. 
 Flower, Mary E. Lease. Edward Bellamy, ex-Gov. Waite 
 and T. A. Sutla enter the hall and take seats on the 
 platform. Mrs. Lease advances to the front and ad- 
 dresses the audience as follows: 
 
 "My dear brothers and sisters, words can not express 
 to you how happy I am to take part in this meeting. 
 This is, I believe, the most important meeting ever held 
 by human beings on this planet. (Mir Heavenly Father, 
 the All Highest Creator of all, has ever been working in 
 His wondrous ways His mysteries to perform, and 
 through His angels of different degrees has been pa- 
 tiently and lovingly teaching and preparing mortals here 
 
92 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 on earth slowly stop by step to comprehend and enjoy 
 the many blessings and wonderful opportunities He has 
 prepared for them. All the past experiences of mortals 
 on this planet have been to prepare them for the New 
 Era of peace, happiness and prosperity for all mankind 
 that is now beginning to dawn. I do not mean to say 
 that we can hope that human nature can change from 
 the present carnivorous and competitive habits very sud- 
 denly, but still the way is now provided for those who 
 are ready to do so. The way to attain peace, happiness 
 and prosperity for all is so plain and easy that the way- 
 faring man, though a fool, may not err therein, and the 
 w r ay is open to all, even those without money and with- 
 out price who are willing to obey the laws of justice and 
 reciprocity. 
 
 "Your invitations to attend this meeting have in- 
 formed 3'ou that it was to consider plans for an or- 
 ganization to be called the New Era Union, to unite all the 
 people all over the world, eventually, who desire peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for all on a basis of justice and 
 reciprocity. Also plans for a line of work to attain the 
 same, especially to build the grand New Era Model City 
 to utilize everything that is delightful and useful from 
 all over the world, in a centre for all time to come, as 
 the brightest expression of art, science, learning of all 
 kinds, industry and brotherly love. 
 
 "The fact that so many of you have responded, many 
 ( oniing a great distance and a few even from abroad, 
 shows that the world is ready for such a step as this to 
 be taken. All religions, all philosophers, all inspired 
 teachers that have ever existed on this earth have all, to 
 a greater or less degree, hoped for, worked for and 
 prayed for the coming of the time when peace, happi- 
 ness and prosperity would be enjoyed by all mortals here 
 on earth. That is what I believe Jesus meant when he 
 taught us to pray: 'Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
 done on earth as it is in heaven.' T will not quarrel with 
 those who want the earth to be burned up or made over, 
 or who are looking for Christ to come down out of the 
 sky to reign here in I lie flesh before we can have peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for all mortals. Everyone is 
 perfectly free of course, to believe anything they please 
 as to how the millennium will conic, but as a result of 
 many years of hard work and study and thought, I have 
 given to solve the problems of life, I clearly and fully 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 93 
 
 believe with all mv mind and soul that the coming of 
 the millennium will be by putting in practice day by day 
 to a greater and still greater extent the well known 
 truths: 'Seek and ye shall find.' 'According to your 
 faith it shall be done unto you.' 'Faith without works 
 availeth nothing.* 'Do unto others as you would have 
 others do unto you,' and 'In union there is strength.' ,: 
 
 .Mrs. Lease then takes her seat, and Mrs. Wallace 
 addresses the audience as follows: 
 
 "To actually, practically and effectually practice* all 
 the grand truths that Mrs. Lease has spoken of is the 
 object of the New Era Union and the grand New Era 
 Model City that Mr. Sutta will present to you. I must 
 not take up your time for the reading of the plans will 
 show how grand and important they are, but as this is 
 the first occasion that they have ever been presented to 
 the public, I must try and impress you with two facts. 
 The first is that Mr. Sutta wants no credit, nor does he 
 consider that he is entitled to any credit for having de- 
 veloped these plans. He has simply been trying to prac- 
 tice the truths quoted to you, and as he has been very 
 much in earnest he has found that in seeking to find a 
 way to do unto others as he would have others do unto 
 him, it was absolutely necessary to do away with the 
 present fierce competitive struggle for existence and sel- 
 fishly hoarded wealth that most mortals are engaged in. 
 and establish a more humane, just and delightful system 
 of living. Knowing the truth that according to his faith 
 it would be done unto him, he also knew that faith with- 
 out works availeth nothing, so he went to work in 
 earnest, and in spite of persecution and abuse even from 
 his own relatives and friends, in spite of sufferings and 
 privations, in spite of mistakes and failures, he has 
 faithfully persevered until now he is ready To give to the 
 world the benefit of the result. But .he is now more 
 eager than ever to do away with the present competitive 
 and selfish existence, and will work harder than ever, 
 as he has devoted his life to this work. While he will 
 continue to struggle on alone as he lias in The past until 
 his mortal life can endure it no longer, and he is forced 
 to submit as his noble mother had to. to an untimely 
 death by trying to carry a load that should have been 
 shared by many, still I hope and pray with all my 
 sonl that after you have seen how easv he has made it 
 
94 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 for each and every mortal on earth to help in some 
 capacity themselves as well as others attain the grand 
 ideal of peace, happiness and prosperity for all on a 
 basis of justice and reciprocity, that you will all join the 
 New Era Union as soon as possible, and not alone join 
 yourselves, but do all in your power to get your neigh- 
 bors and friends to join also, and then go to work in 
 earnest and put these plans in operation. 
 
 "The other fact is this: do not allow any prejudice 
 to enter your minds against these plans or work on the 
 ground that the}' are for the purpose of establishing or 
 favoring religious or reform belief, or that by joining the 
 New Era Union one's freedom of thought or action will 
 in any way be interfered with or curtailed. I have had 
 the pleasure of knowing Mr. Sutta intimately for many 
 years; in fact, ever since he has been engaged in this 
 work of seeking for a more just and humane wa}" of 
 living for all who are ready for it, and I know that his 
 one purpose in all these plans is to carry out to the letter 
 the fundamental principle of our constitution, of freedom 
 of all to worship God according to the dictates of their 
 own mind, or not worship him at all if one does not 
 want to; also, to provide equal opportunities to all and 
 special privileges to none. In mailing the invitations 
 for this meeting we have endeavored to send one to the 
 leading official or representative of every nation, the 
 president and his cabinet, every United States senator 
 and governor, every religion, every belief, every reform, 
 every university, college and other department of learn- 
 ing, every society, lodge, union. Hade, labor, business. 
 social, and, in fact, every kind of organization that rep- 
 resents any large body of people. If any such were not 
 invited we are sorry and can only plead lack of knowl- 
 edge of them. Prom the immense audience I should 
 judge that there has been a very general response to the 
 invitations, and -I believe that those who have not re- 
 sponded will do so at subsequent meetings when they 
 learn of the great importance of these plans. We have 
 decided that our dear friend. Miss Willard, who is loved 
 and respected by every person in the world who knows 
 anything of her noble and faithful work for humanity, 
 shall act as our chairman, and 1 now take great pleasure 
 in presenting .Miss Willard to you." (Greal and pro 
 longed applause.) 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 95 
 
 MISS WILLARD. I thank Mrs. Wallace for her 
 
 kind words relating to myself, but as she has said of 
 Mr. Sntta that he wants no credit for what he has done, 
 as he has simply tried to do his duty. I can say the same 
 for myself. I am simply trying to do my duty, to live 
 for a purpose, and that purpose is to attain peace, happi- 
 ness and prosperity for all human beings on a basis of 
 justice and reciprocity. Because for years I have real- 
 ized the necessity for some grand stupendous and sub- 
 lime organization to unite all people in a practical way 
 to attain peace, happiness and prosperity for all. as I 
 know that "in union there is strength" and "divided we 
 fall," I can say with all my mind and soul that this is 
 the one supreme and happiest occasion of my life, be- 
 cause I believe these plans of Mr. Sutta's to be the most 
 perfect, most complete and most desirable that it is pos- 
 sible for mortal minds to conceive of or attain to on this 
 earth under the present condition or for many years to 
 come. 
 
 There is but one thing that will make me happier 
 than I am to-day, and that is the world-thrilling. the world- 
 enthusing, and the world's most wonderful, gigantic, sub- 
 lime and grand jubilee, that will be held on the 2d, 3d 
 and 4th of July following the location of the site for the 
 grand Xew Era Model City. Mr. Sutta suggests that 
 $5,000,000 be expended on this jubilee, and that pro- 
 visions be made for one million people to be present. 
 Now I want to say right here that the jubilee can be 
 held next July, and that instead of one million there 
 should be five million people present, at least. Let all 
 the people from all the Avorld come in steamers, sail 
 boats or balloons, or any other way they can get here. 
 but especially let every patriotic, progressive American 
 citizen of these glorious United States, who wants to see 
 the object for which our forefathers fought and died, of 
 peace, happiness and prosperity for all. more fully real- 
 ized than at present for the sake of all they hold sacred 
 and dear. Let all come from the East, and from the 
 West, and North and South. Let the rich and the poor 
 come, let the black and the white come, let the Christians 
 and Spiritualists, the Buddhists, the Brahmins, and the 
 Mohammedans, the Free Thinkers and the Atheists come. 
 let the employers and the employed come, let the prince 
 and pauper come; and as our friend. Mr. W. T. Stead. 
 said in his invitation to the meeting in Central Music 
 
96 Plans to Realize the New lira Presented; 
 
 hall, Chicago, to organize the civic federation to reform 
 that city, let the good and the bad come, the pure and the 
 impure; all come, seeing only the good in all, as children 
 of the one Father, for the time is at hand when there 
 shall be peace on earth and good will to all men. Let 
 them come in palace cars, in passenger cars, in. freight 
 cars; let them come on foot, on horseback, on muleback; 
 let them come in wagons, carriages and carts; also let 
 every man, woman and young person in the United 
 States who can possibly secure one, come on bicycles to 
 this grand, world-startling jubilee next July 2d, 3d and 
 4th, to dedicate the site and laying of the corner stone 
 of the grand administration capitol of this grand New 
 Era Model City. (Intense and prolonged applause.) Now, 
 my dear brothers and sisters, I must not take more of 
 your time, for you ought to be eager to hear these plans 
 read, but I want to say that I think it would be more 
 fitting if our friend, Edward Bellamy, who has kindly 
 favored us with his presence to-day, should act as chair- 
 man. He is dear to all of us for having given us "Look- 
 ing Backward" (prolonged applause), the inspiration that 
 has made us hope for, pray for and work for the ac- 
 complishment of just such an organization as the New 
 Ere Union, and the realizing of the Grand New Era Model 
 City. I must at least insist on Mr. Bellamy favoring us 
 with a few words. (Prolonged applause. Calls for Bel- 
 lamy. Mr. Bellamy rises and bows, and says:) 
 
 "I shall address you as my dear brothers and sis- 
 ters, as I notice you do not seem to be offended by being 
 so addressed by Mrs. Wallace and Miss Willard. This 
 is proof to me that this contemplated work is sure to 
 succeed. It is starting out right; it is recognizing as 
 the fundamental principle thai we are all brothers and 
 sisters, all children of one Heavenly Father, who is a 
 loving Father, and who wants every single one of His 
 children to enjoy peace, happiness and prosperity to the 
 greatest extent of which they are capable of receiving. 
 Our heavenly father is so loving that He does not want 
 any of His children here on earth to be poor or ignorant, 
 or miserable or unhappy. He wants every single one to 
 be rich and happy and prosperous and intelligent, bu1 
 He has created certain laws thai require thai we shall 
 be poor and miserable and ignoranl and wretched if we 
 do nol strive lo improve ourselves and fellow man; or 
 if we disobey the laws of 'sock and ye shall find' by nol 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 97 
 
 seeking; 'knock and it shall be opened unto you' by 
 not knocking; 'according to your faith it shall be done 
 unto you' by not having faith in all things being pos- 
 sible; 'faith without works availeth nothing' by not 
 working; and most important of all. 'in union there is 
 strength,' 'divided we fall," by not uniting with the 
 best organization we know of. Our Heavenly Father al- 
 lows us to choose each day. each hour and each minute 
 whom we will serve; whether we will serve our own 
 selfish desires for wealth and pleasure that lead to 
 bondage and disease, or whether we will seek to serve 
 our fellow man according to the laws of justice and re- 
 ciprocity. 
 
 "Of course, if we seek to serve our fellow man. and 
 our fellow man does not appreciate nor utilize our help, 
 it will not do much good. That is proven by the experi- 
 ence of Mr. Sutta. Just five years ago this month he 
 came to my office in this city with a sketch of his plans 
 for a brotherhood to build and operate a Model Cooper- 
 ative City. I looked it over and told him I thought it 
 was a grand scheme, but I did not offer to contribute one 
 dollar or in any other way help to realize it, and that is 
 the last time I have seen Mr. Sutta from that day to this. 
 I know that he labored faithfully with the Nationalists 
 and other organizations, and even arranged meetings 
 and mailed invitations to every clergyman and prominent 
 philanthropist and reformer in this city, but the only re- 
 sult, after months of hard work, was to help get the 
 Wendell Phillips Cooperative Tailoring Union started to 
 help the victims of the sweating system, and then he be- 
 came discouraged and reckless for a brief time. He soon 
 found existence unendurable, however, in not trying to 
 live up to his highest light, and then went to Philadelphia, 
 where he worked and lived in the slums and organized 
 meetings, at which lie spoke to over twenty-five thousand 
 people, trying to interest them in a movement to abolish 
 the slums and build Model Homes for the poor. He then 
 went to Washington. New Voile. Chicago, Denver and 
 other places, where he has been faithfully pursuing his 
 earnest search for those who mean business in wanting 
 to help attain peace, happiness and prosperity for all. 
 No one who has not gone through the same experience 
 can realize how very severe and discouraging Mr. Sutla's 
 trials have been. T know it is unpleasant to Mr. Sutta 
 to refer to him personally, but I feel that if this, or any 
 
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98 Plana to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 other important work to attain better conditions for all 
 mankind, is ever to succeed, we must each and every one 
 of us be willing to do our part, instead of crucifying those 
 who are trying to do the best they can, as is too frequently 
 the case at present. Now that we have such wonderfully 
 complete and desirable plans before us for the New Era 
 Union and Model City, let us all vie with each other in 
 doing all in our power to realize them. I know that you 
 are all eager to hear these plans that Mr. Sutta has pre- 
 pared, but I desire to say with all my soul that I hope 
 we can have, as Miss Willard says, a grand jubilee next 
 July, and that there will indeed be at least ten million 
 people present, insuring a grand and speedy success in 
 realizing all that the highest and best genius can conceive 
 of." (Takes seat amid prolonged applause.) 
 
 MISS WILLARD. We are also favored by having 
 with us some of the most prominent and grandest work- 
 ers in the world, who are engaged in actually putting into 
 practice in their daily lives all these grand principles we 
 are anxious to see carried out on a large scale and made 
 available for all. There is not a person in this hall but 
 who has, by hard work and earnest, noble perseverance, 
 won their title to honor and credit in this grand work for 
 humanity. While, of course, some have worked harder 
 than others and deserve more credit, still we have not 
 attempted to specially select any as more worthy or de- 
 serving of honor than others. Our party on the platform 
 is simply the result of wanting a few men and women 
 from abroad, as well as from our country, who would 
 fairly represent our desire to include all nations and lines 
 of work and thought in establishing the New Era Union 
 and building the Grand New Era Model City. Those who 
 are familiar with the lives and earnest, faithful work for 
 humanity of Count Lyopf Tolstoi, \Y. T. Stead. Gen. 
 Ilooth. ex Gov. Waite and Lady Somerset, will rejoice 
 with us that they have favored us with their presence on 
 this grand ami important occasion. We would all like 
 very much to hear from each of them on the platform, as 
 well as many of those who are in the audience, who are 
 capable of giving us grand and inspiring thoughts, but 
 
 ;is the object of the meeting is to hear the plans that Ml'. 
 
 Sutta has prepared, we will not delay you any longer. 
 Mr. Sutta will only present a brief outline of his plans 
 to-day, hut will enter more into detail at a second meet 
 inc to lie held to-morrow afternoon, and from the fad 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 99 
 
 that this hall is crowded to overflowing, I think we will 
 have to select a larger hall. If so, it will be announced 
 in the morning papers. I now take great pleasure in pre- 
 senting to you Mr. T. A. Sutta, who will read his plans 
 to attain peace, happiness and prosperity for all human 
 beings on a basis of justice and reciprocity. (Takes seat. 
 Mr. Sutta comes forward amid great and prolonged ap- 
 plause.) 
 
 SUTTA. After all that has been said, my dear 
 brothers and sisters, there is nothing left for me to do 
 but to proceed at once to submit to you the plans for the 
 New Era Model City and New Era Union. I will first 
 say, however, that I don't intend to claim that these 
 plans are perfect. I have not tried to get up an elaborate 
 ideal that can not be realized, but instead have endeav- 
 ored to present plans that are practical and feasible, and 
 in harmony with our present understanding of the ways 
 and means to get results. There is nothing final or arbi- 
 trary in what I submit or suggest. I have simply tried 
 to prepare plans for an organization to unite all who want 
 to attain peace, happiness and prosperity for themselves 
 and their fellow man according to the laws of justice and 
 reciprocity. The different degrees and divisions of the 
 New Era Union, especially the highest degree or the 
 General's division, will enable the best, most progressive 
 and humane men and women to direct and control the 
 work after it has been started. I have only tried to sug- 
 gest the plan to begin with, and think we can be safe in 
 trusting those who will join the New Era Union and ac- 
 cept the different positions that are provided for, to de- 
 cide the details, and what shall be done, and how it shall 
 be done, to insure the best interests of all concerned. 
 (He then reads as follows:) 
 
 THE NEW ERA MODEL CITY. 
 
 • 
 
 To include the grandest permanent world's exposi- 
 tion and emporium, and to be the finest and most com- 
 plete educational, amusement, industrial and residence 
 Model City of the world. The building and operating of 
 this New Era Model City to be by far the most stupen- 
 dous and important enterprise ever accomplished on this 
 planet by human beings. The New Era Model City, with 
 iis grand, beautiful and new features, attractions and ad- 
 vantages, will be the central object and wonder of the 
 world for centuries to come. It will be the most com- 
 
100 Plans to Realize the New Eia Presented; 
 
 plete centre of everything magnificent, delightful, useful 
 and desirable that will contribute to making the lives of 
 those who may be so fortunate as to secure a home within 
 its limits the most perfect, prosperous and happy that 
 will be possible here on earth. 
 
 This Grand Model City to include the most wonder- 
 ful and complete permanent world's exposition and em- 
 porium that the mind of man can conceive of, shewing the 
 best productions of art, science, skill and learning of every 
 kind, with all the attractions, resources, industries and 
 occupations of the world, under the most perfect condi- 
 tions. 
 
 The emporium will become the centre of the world 
 for the display and sale of the best of everything that 
 human beings will produce or desire, in every conceiv- 
 able department; only samples being exhibited under the 
 most perfect system, the clerks in charge telephoning the 
 order to the store houses, where subway electric railways, 
 connecting with all central points in the city, will rap- 
 idly deliver goods to the apartments, residences, hotel, 
 depot or department desired. Every department of art, 
 science, learning, skilled occupation, and desirable and 
 possible industry, will be in actual operation under the 
 most perfect conditions, with the highest skilled artists, 
 professors, teachers, managers, workmen and women, 
 producing the most perfect specimens of every conceiv- 
 able and desirable object that this world will ever attain 
 to. The occupations and industries will be carried on in 
 model factories and workrooms under the most perfect 
 conditions possible, showing the highest state of art, skill, 
 science and invention in every department, with skilled 
 teachers to instruct those who desire to become experts 
 in their respective vocations. 
 
 With the most advanced and complete universities, 
 libraries, colleges and schools of every department of 
 learning, the New Era Model City will become the centre 
 of the world for learning. With the most beautiful and 
 complete opera houses, theatres, club houses, concert 
 hulls, athletic parks and gymnasiums, art galleries, hotels, 
 apartments, palaces, mansions and model homes for all. 
 
 With every possible and desirable provision for the 
 
 best and most worthy and intelligent people to be pro- 
 vided for, the New Era Model City will inspire and at- 
 tract to it, with a power that can not be resisted, the 
 best and most progressive people from all the world. 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 101 
 
 The grandest and most beautiful churches, temples 
 and halls for every kind of religion and reform of the 
 world that desire to be represented; with their most able 
 teachers, speakers, clergymen, priests and rabbis, will be 
 provided for under the most favorable conditions possible 
 for all. Extensive and most beautiful parks, conserva- 
 tories, roof and surface gardens, lakes and basins of fresh 
 water, with beautiful fountains, flowers, statuary and de- 
 lightful public concerts, afternoons and evenings, will be 
 provided at desirable places. 
 
 Smooth-paved and beautiful boulevards, with sep- 
 arate spaces for promenade, carriages and bicycles, glass- 
 covered arcades, connecting all public buildings and elec- 
 tric railroads for rapid transportation, will be supplied. 
 
 The most perfect and delightful hotels, apartments, 
 palaces, mansions and modern residences and cottages, 
 with every possible modern convenience to make living 
 in them an inspiration and delight, will be built by the 
 company, or space sold to those who will build under the 
 most careful restrictions and conditions, that will insure 
 their contributing to the pleasures and attractions of the 
 New Era Model City. 
 
 This grand exposition, emporium, educational, amuse- 
 ment, industrial and residence Model City of the world 
 will be promoted, built and operated by the New Era 
 Union, a carefully planned and legally incorporated com- 
 pany that will provide the opportunity and necessary 
 means for success for those who have spent years of hard 
 work and study in planning and developing, and those 
 who will assist in building and conducting this grand en- 
 terprise. 
 
 Those who control the stock will appoint a board of 
 trustees to organize and assist in operating, as far as nec- 
 essary or desired, every department of the exposition, 
 emporium, industries, institutions of learning, amuse- 
 ments and other interests of the Model City and New Era 
 Union. These trustees will cooperate with those who are 
 appointed by their respective departments, to secure the 
 best results for all concerned. The stockholders of the 
 New Era Union will also elect a board of twelve general 
 directors and a supreme trustee, to have general charge 
 of the entire interests of the New Era Union and Model 
 City, assisted by the captains, majors and general coun- 
 cils, composed of the most useful members of the New 
 Era Union. 
 
102 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 The capital stock of the New Era Union will be $10, 
 000,(100, which can never be increased, and will be lim- 
 ited to per cent, per annum as interest and dividends 
 on same. To secure further means to erect the public 
 buildings and improvements until the income from resi- 
 dence sites and other interests of the New Era Union will 
 provide sufficient capital, the company will issue general 
 mortgage bonds to the amount that is necessary. These 
 bonds will be a first lien on all land and other assets of 
 the New Era Union, unless a special bond or mortgage 
 is given on separate interests or the property sold; then 
 arrangements will provide for releasing same. The gen- 
 eral mortgage bonds will be payable in gold or its legal 
 equivalent in twenty-five years, but may be paid in ten 
 years, or the first day of January any year thereafter, 
 and will bear G per cent, annual interest. These bonds will 
 be redeemable at any time at their face value and accrued 
 interest in the residence sites of the New Era Model City 
 that are offered for sale at their current cash price. 
 
 The site for the New Model City will be at least ten 
 miles square, and will be planned to provide palaces, man- 
 sions, residences, cottages and apartments for from one 
 to five million people, together with ample provision for 
 public buildings, parks, boulevards, avenues, factories, 
 etc. 
 
 The New Era Union will invite and make provision 
 for every nation, our United States government, every 
 state and territory, and every prominent religion, society, 
 lodge, institution, and other huge bodies of people; also, 
 prominent manufacturers to erect and maintain perma- 
 nent representative buildings and exhibits in the New Era 
 Exposition City. 
 
 Great care and consideration will be given to the 
 selection of the most desirable location for the New Era 
 Model City, where climate, resources and other advant- 
 ages are the most favorable. Inducements to secure its 
 location by grants of land, bonds, cash, exemption from 
 taxes, etc., by slates, counties and corporations, will be 
 carefully considered, and due notice given when the de- 
 cision will be made by the supreme trustee. 
 
 By an enthusiastic response and putting in operation 
 the plans of organizing the different divisions of the New 
 Era Union, promptly and without unnecessary delay, it 
 would be possible to be sufficiently organized to secure 
 the site and have the world-startling and enthusing grand 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boslon, Again the Temple of Liberty. 103 
 
 jubilee celebration at the dedication and laying of the 
 corner-stone of the Administration Capital, in the centre 
 of the city, on next July 2, 3 and 4, and then sufficient 
 progress be made in building the city to justify a grand 
 formal opening, July 4, 1900, to commemorate the begin- 
 ning of the new century and the close of the old, which 
 has been by far the most important in the history of the 
 world, especially to Americans. To successfully carry 
 out the plans proposed for this grand jubilee would in- 
 sure at least one million people being present, and the se- 
 curing from $5,000,000 to $25,000,000 as working capital 
 to begin the erection of the Model City with. 
 
 BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR BUILDING 
 THE NEW ERA MODEL CITY. 
 
 A leyel tract of land, ten miles square, will be se- 
 lected, as favorably situated as possible. (See plan.) 
 Commencing in the exact centre, the land will be laid 
 off in circles of different widths for different features 
 and departments, one after the other, until the extreme 
 limits of the city are reached. Each circle will, as soon 
 as possible, be completed, for its entire circumference, 
 with the same kind of buildings or improvements orig- 
 inally planned for it; but, to save time and expense, only 
 one-half of the Model City will be built at first, no money 
 or labor being expended on the other half, outside of the 
 Exposition and other public buildings in the centre, until 
 the first half is fully improved and occupied. Radiating 
 from the centre, arcades one hundred feet wide will ex- 
 tend due north, south, east and west, to the limits of the 
 city. Also, from the centre to the extreme corners of 
 the city, boulevards one hundred and fifty feet wide, 
 half way between the arcades, will extend northwest] 
 southeast, northeast and southwest. 
 
 As the distance from the centre increases, additional 
 avenues will be provided every five hundred feet apart, 
 to cross the different boulevards, avenues and streets of 
 the different circles. Tlie arcades and boulevards radi- 
 ating from the centre will be lined on both sides, begin- 
 ning at the hotel and public office circle to the Apprentice 
 boulevard circle, a distance of about four miles, on each 
 of the eight arcades and boulevards, as fasl as needed, 
 with ten-story apartment buildings, connected continu- 
 ously, and broken only on the ground floor or first story, 
 with arcades over the different circle avenues and streets. 
 
104 Plans to Realize the New Era /'resented; 
 
 Underneath these apartment buildings their entire length, 
 and connecting with the Grand Exposition and Empor- 
 ium Buildings in the center of the city, and with the stor- 
 age warehouses and factories on the outside of the city, 
 will be subways To contain all pipes and wires for the 
 buildings above; also an electric railway to convey all 
 supplies, material, freight, refuse in sealed packages, 
 baggage, etc. The roofs of the apartment buildings will 
 be provided with a delightful promenade and bicycle 
 boulevard their entire length, with a beautiful roof gar- 
 den, seats for lounging, and music at desirable times. 
 The apartment buildings themselves will lie wonderfully 
 complete and delightful, with all the finest modern im- 
 provements, with grand public parlors, libraries, lecture 
 and class rooms, amusement halls, dining rooms, etc.. at 
 convenient distances apart. 
 
 The arcades will have a glass roof between the apart- 
 ment buildings, one hundred feet wide, with shades to 
 obscure the sun. when desired. Through the arcades and 
 boulevards their entire length, in the centre, will be 
 double-track electric railways, affording rapid transporta- 
 tion to all parts of the Model City. The arcades and 
 boulevards will be supplied with beautiful fountains, 
 statuary, shrubs and flowers, and separate spaces for 
 promenade, bicycles and carriages. 
 
 Outside of the arcade and boulevard apartmenl 
 buildings, their entire length, will be a beautiful park, 
 with lawns, trees, fountains, flowers, etc., insuring a 
 most delightful and inspiring environment for those liv- 
 ing in these apartments. With all apartments on the 
 outside of the buildings; that is. with outside rooms to 
 the light and air, with delightful view. With the best 
 elevators, telephone, electric lights and heat, and all 
 other conveniences to relieve the occupants of the or- 
 dinary cares and troubles of living, as far as possible. 
 These apartments will afford the most delightful homes 
 of the kind that can be found iu the world. On an 
 average of one person to every two rooms in ihese apart- 
 ments, the arcades and boulevards radiating from the 
 centre of the city would accommodate over one million 
 
 j pie. while the circle boulevards and avenues would 
 
 accommodate another million people in the same kind 
 of apartments, and still leave fifteen-sixteenths of the 
 ten miles square of tin- New Era Model City for public 
 buildings, parks, boulevards, avenues, streets, palaces. 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 105 
 
 mansions, residences, cottages, factories, etc., so that a 
 population of from three to five million people would 
 readily be accommodated in this Grand Model City with- 
 out any crowding whatever. Uy the system of trans- 
 portation, delivery of supplies, etc., even with this num- 
 ber, there would be less confusion or crowding together 
 than a city of one-tenth the size. 
 
 THE CIRCLES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS: 
 
 In the exact centre of the city, from and through 
 which radiate the four glass-covered arcades and four 
 boulevards extending to the limits of the city, will be 
 the grandest, highest and most beautiful building ever 
 erected in the world. This building will be the Admin- 
 istration Capitol for the New Era Model City and the 
 New Era Union, with delightful and complete offices for 
 all the executive officers of all departments of the New 
 Era Union. This building will be three hundred feet in 
 diameter, three hundred or more feet high, and have the 
 highest tower or dome of any building in the world. The 
 ground floor will be a grand central exchange depot for 
 all the electric railways radiating to all parts of the 
 city. The second story will be a grand Auditorium, to 
 hold twenty-five thousand people, for important public 
 meetings, and for the use of the Captains' Council of 
 the New Era Union. The next floor above will be a still 
 more beautiful grand Auditorium, though smaller, for 
 the use of the Majors' Council of the New Era Union, 
 with rooms for its officers. Above this will be the grand 
 and magnificent Generals* Council Hall, and apartments 
 for its officers. The Moor above for the Executive Officers 
 of the Kecruits' Division, and so on up, a floor for each 
 division of the New Era Union, to the highest or Gen- 
 erals' Division. Then the highest floors for the General 
 Executive Officers, and the top floor for the Supreme 
 Council and Supreme Trustee. 
 
 Circle No. 2. From the centre of the city will be ;i 
 beautiful park, with fountains, statuary, lawns and flow- 
 ers, two hundred ami fifty feet wide, entirely surround- 
 ing the Administration Capitol, which, with the next 
 four circles, will afford a most delightful environment 
 and open space for the magnificent Administration Cap 
 itol. All circles from here out to the limits of the city, 
 of course, being complete circles around the centre, in- 
 
106 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 creasing in circu inference as the distance increases from 
 the centre. 
 
 Circle No. 3. Will be a basin of fresh water, two 
 hundred feet wide, with marble margins, small wooded 
 islands, electric fountains, boats, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 4. Another beautiful park, two hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, same as No. 2. 
 
 Circle No. 5. Two hundred feet wide, the most beau- 
 tiful and grand conservatories and hothouses for the 
 rarest and choicest flowers and fruits, plants, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 6. Another beautiful park, two hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, with fountains, statuary, plants, and 
 a glass roof over the entire park, connecting the Grand 
 Exposition Building on the next circle with the conser- 
 vatories on the last. In this delightful glass-covered 
 park, large conventions, public meetings, concerts, etc. 
 can be held, where fifty thousand or more people can 
 meet in a body if they desire. In this delightful arcade 
 park, band and orchestral music will be provided after- 
 noons and evenings. 
 
 Circle No. 7. Grand Exposition and Emporium 
 Building, one thousand feet wide, by far the largest and 
 most wonderful building ever built in the world. The 
 first or ground floor will be fifteen feet below and five 
 feet above the surface, with open spaces in the floor 
 above every fifty feet, affording light and ventilation 
 from the glass roof over the main exposition floor, in 
 sections. The ground floor will be for heavy machinery, 
 including printing presses, dynamos, etc., with the coarse 
 exhibits and industries, with the electric supply cars 
 passing around the entire circle of the building in dif- 
 ferent sections, and connecting with the subway cars 
 under the arcade, boulevard and different circle depart- 
 ment buildings throughout the city, and through them to 
 the factories, store houses and freight depots on the out- 
 skirts of the city, so that very few horses and wagons 
 will be necessary for the transportation of freight, ma- 
 terial, supplies, refuse, etc 
 
 The main or second floor, five feet above the surface 
 of the land outside and twenty feet above the ground or 
 first floor, will be for the most attractive and delightful 
 Exposition and Emporium that can be conceived of. It 
 will be divided into sections and departments, and with 
 the floor below for the heavy and bulky goods, showing- 
 samples of every conceivable article produced by human 
 
Faneu.il Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty 107 
 
 beings that is useful or desirable. Elevated electric cars 
 will pass in both directions through the different sections 
 around the entire building or circle, a circumference 
 of from ten to twelve thousand feet or an average of over 
 two miles. They will connect with the cars on the ra- 
 diating arcades that pass through this Grand Exposition 
 and Emporium Building, thus enabling the people to 
 stop at any department they desire, without any tire- 
 some walk being necessary. The ceiling of the main 
 floor will be thirty feet high, with a glass roof, in sections 
 two hundred feet wide, between the five higher stories, 
 fifty feet wide on the outside and inside circle of this 
 great building, and each two hundred feet between. 
 
 These open spaces, two hundred feet wide, between 
 the five upper stories will afford ample light and air to 
 the main Exposition and Emporium floor and to all parts 
 of this, the grandest and most stupendous building in 
 the world, covering over ten million square feet of 
 ground, and about thirty-five million feet of floor space, 
 and seven stories high, or about one hundred and thirty 
 feet high. 
 
 There will be a promenade and garden on the out- 
 side and inside circle of the roof of this grand building, 
 affording a delightful view of the many grand features 
 of the New Era Model City. 
 
 On the floors above the main Exposition and Em- 
 porium floor, light industries, representing as many de- 
 partments of art, science and skilled labor as possible, 
 will be carried on, where women and girls who are old 
 enough will be mainly employed. The men and boys will 
 be employed on the first or ground floor at various in- 
 dustries, and in the factories and work rooms outside of 
 the residence circles of the city. All of the best inven- 
 tions and improvements will be utilized in every possible 
 way. making this Grand Exposition and Emporium the 
 centre of attraction and wonder of the world for cen- 
 turies to come. 
 
 The Emporium Department will include everything 
 possible produced and desired by human beings, includ- 
 ing food products and all kinds of staple supplies that 
 will be represented by sample only, orders being taken 
 by the clerks in charge and telephoned to the storehouses 
 in the outskirts of the city, from which they will be rap- 
 idly delivered at regular times during the day. through 
 the subway electric railways, to any place desired. 
 
108 Plans to Realize the Nezu Era Presented; 
 
 Each division of the city, where needed, will also 
 contain ;i small but complete emporium for staple ar- 
 ticles needed frequently by the residents in the neighbor- 
 hood, and connected by telephone with each house, thus 
 doing away with all other stores, and saving the enor- 
 mous waste of time and labor and capital under the pres- 
 ent competitive, haphazard methods of selecting and dis- 
 tributing supplies. 
 
 Circle No. 8. Railroad boulevard, one hundred feet 
 wide; traffic driveway, with surface steam railroad track 
 connecting, through one of the boulevards, with the 
 steam railroads outside of the city, to enable heavy ar- 
 ticles for the Exposition and Emporium, building ma- 
 terial, and private and excursion cars, to enter the city 
 without transfer. 
 
 Circle No. 9. Amusement park, two hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, in which will be erected and maintained 
 the grandest and most beautiful opera houses, club 
 houses, theatres, concert halls and other places of amuse- 
 ment in the world. 
 
 Circle No. 10. Amusement boulevard, with space 
 for carriages, bicycles, and promenade, one hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, with the elevated electric railroads and 
 glass-covered arcades connected with these radiating 
 from the centre, affording shelter from storm and heat in 
 going to and from public buildings and homes. 
 
 Circle No. 11. Artists' park, two hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, with the finest art galleries, museums, libra 
 ries, gymnasiums, bath palaces and select hotels in the 
 world, connected with glass-covered arcades, as are all 
 the other public buildings in the centre of the city. 
 
 circle No. 12. Traffic driveway for supplies, be- 
 tween the public buildings in the two adjoining parks, 
 twenty-five feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 13. National park, two hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, in which will be erected and maintained grand 
 and beautiful buildings, representing every nation, the 
 United States government, states and territories, that 
 desire to be represented in the World's Model Exposition 
 City. 
 
 Circle No. 14. National boulevard, one hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, the same as No. 10. with electric railroad, 
 etc. 
 
 Circle No. 15. Exposition park, two hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, for representative buildings, the same as 
 
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 No. 13, with buildings for special purposes, and large 
 manufacturing exhibits. 
 
 Circle No. 16. Traffic driveway, twenty-five feet 
 wide. 
 
 Circle No. 17. University park, two hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, for the most complete and modern uni- 
 versities, colleges and schools of the world, representing 
 • -very department of art. science, music mechanical 
 training and all other branches of learning. 
 
 Circle No. 18. University boulevard, one hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, with electric railroad, arcade, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 10. College park, two hundred and fif ! v 
 feet wide, the same as No. 17. also with model apartment 
 for students. 
 
 Circle No. 20. Traffic driveway, twentv-five feet 
 wide. 
 
 Circle No. 21. Fraternal park, two hundred and fiftv 
 feet wide, for grand and beautiful temples and halls for 
 every prominent lodge, society, order and union of the 
 world that desires to be represented in the World's Ex- 
 position and Model City. 
 
 Circle No. 22. Temple boulevard, one hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, with electric railway, arcade, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 2.3. Temple park, two hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, for the finest and most beautiful churches, 
 temples and halls for every religious and spiritual belief 
 in the world that desires to be represented. 
 
 rircle No. 24. Promenade boulevard No. 1, fiftv feet 
 wide, next to the basin of fresh water on the next circle, 
 with shade trees and seats along the margin of the 
 water. 
 
 Circle No. 25. Basin of fresh water, three hundred 
 feet wide, and the circumference is now over six miles, 
 with islands covered with shade trees, shrubbery, ferns 
 and flowers, and shaded arbors affording delightful and 
 secluded nooks for students and others, who desire to 
 be alone with the beauties of nature, even while in the 
 midst of the World's Exposition and Model City. Bere 
 will be gondolas, sail, row and motor boats, and a large 
 supply and variety of fresh water fish for those who <le- 
 sire to catch them. With brilliant electric lights and 
 music in the evenings, marble margins and the delight- 
 ful wooded islands and electric fountains and every other 
 possible attraction, this beautiful basin of fresh water m 
 
110 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 the midst of such magnificent surroundings will be one 
 of the chief delights of the New Era Model City. 
 
 Circle No. 26. Promenade boulevard No. 2. fifty feet 
 wide with trees and seats along the water. 
 
 Circle No. 27. Carriage boulevard, fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 28. Bicycle boulevard. fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 29. The most beautiful arcade park that 
 can be conceived of, one hundred feet wide, all under and 
 enclosed with glass extending from the ten-story model 
 hotels and office buildings on the next circles to the 
 boulevards on the last, with fountains, statuary and 
 flowers. With shades under the glass roofs and side to 
 be unrolled when the sun is too warm in the day time 
 and with brilliant electric lights in the evening. This 
 delightful arcade park will be a desirable place to meet 
 friends and enjoy social chats, or listen to the fine music 
 that will be provided afternoons and evenings. Here also 
 will be held large conventions and other meetings, and 
 on special occasions, balls, banquets, dinners and sup- 
 pers for large parties, the food being supplied from the 
 adjoining hotels. 
 
 Circle No. P.O. The finest and most complete hotels 
 and office buildings in the world, ten stories high and 
 two hundred feet wide, with all the best modern improve- 
 ments. Under the buildings around the entire circle 
 of about six and one-half miles will be the subway for 
 all pipes, and an electric supply railway for transporting 
 supplies, baggage, material, refuse in sealed packages, 
 etc., connecting with the cross subways along the arcade 
 boulevards and through them to the emporium in the 
 centre of the city and warehouses, factories and depots, 
 on the outskirts. In the office buildings in this circle. 
 doctors, lawyers, dentists and other professional and 
 commercial people will be provided for. Here also will 
 be the general offices of every industry, enterprise ami 
 all other departments of the New Era Union, the execu 
 tive offices being in the Administration capitol. 
 
 Circle No. 81. An avenue, one hundred feet wide 
 for traffic and carriages, and double-track electric rail- 
 way connecting witli nil cross avenues and boulevards. 
 
 <ircle No. 32. One hundred and fifty feet wide for 
 more hotels and office buildings when needed. Other 
 public buildings, places of amusement, lecture halls, tine 
 bath houses, etc.. will here be provided for. 
 
 Circle No. :'.:!. Avenue fifty feel wide. 
 
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 Circle No. 34. First Generals' circle, three hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, divided into generals' estates four 
 hundred feet front on the grand Generals' boulevard on 
 the next circle. Here the members of the Generals' De- 
 gree of the New Era Union will have their palaces. 
 Every general's estate will cost $250,000, and the pur- 
 chaser to hold it must begin the erection within one year 
 of a general's palace, to cost at least $500,000, and to be 
 as beautiful and complete as possible. As the General's 
 Degree members will have the highest authority and re- 
 sponsibility, requiring them to know and understand the 
 representative people from the different departments of 
 the New Era Union, they will be expected to give grand 
 reception entertainments, balls and banquets for that 
 purpose from time to time, so that it will become the 
 chief delight and ambition of the members of the New 
 Era Union to be invited to the palaces of the General's 
 Degree members. One of the sections of the first Gen- 
 erals' circle, between an arcade and boulevard which will 
 be about two thousand feet front on the Generals' boule- 
 vard, will be reserved for a grand Administration castle, 
 to cost $5,000,000 or more, and to be the most delightful, 
 wonderful, beautiful and complete building of the kind 
 in the world when the New Era Union can afford to 
 build it. Here the supreme trustee and supreme council 
 will live and entertain the executive officers of the New 
 Era Union, and the General's, Major's and Captain's De- 
 gree members in good standing, on properly appointed 
 occasions. 
 
 Circle No. 35. Generals' boulevard, two hundred 
 feet wide, to be with the other. No. 38, the finest and 
 most beautiful boulevard in the world, with separate 
 space for promenade, bicycles and carriages, and with 
 statuary, fountains, trees, plants, brilliant electric lights, 
 and every other desirable attraction to make them an 
 inspiration and delight. 
 
 Circle No. 36. Second Generals' circle, three hun- 
 dred and fifty feet wide, same as No. 34, for generals' 
 palaces. 
 
 Circle No. 37. Third Generals' circle, same as the 
 other two. These three Generals' circles will afford 
 generals' estates four hundred feet front on the Gen- 
 erals' boulevards for only about two hundred generals' 
 palaces, besides the grand Administration capitol. As 
 there will never be a like opportunity in this generation 
 
112 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 to secure such grand and delightful environments as will 
 be provided in this grand Exposition and Model City of 
 the world, and especially in those sublime Generals' 
 circles, the wealthiest and most progressive people in the 
 United Slates will eagerly secure these generals' estates 
 and erect thereon their palaces and establish a society 
 thai will be an example for all the world to follow- by 
 using their wealth and ability to help all mankind to at- 
 tain peace, happiness and prosperity on a basis of jus- 
 lice and reciprocity. 
 
 Circle No. 38. Second Generals' boulevard, two hun- 
 dred feet wide, the same as the first. 
 
 Circle No. 39. Generals' park, three hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, for the churches, schools, club houses, 
 emporiums and other public buildings for the General's 
 Degree members of the New Era Model City. 
 
 Circle No. 40. Generals' apartment building, two 
 hundred feet wide and four stories high, with roof gar- 
 dens and most beautiful and complete in every way. 
 They will be used by General's Degree members who 
 can not afford to, or were not in time to secure estates 
 for generals' palaces. Under these apartments las they 
 will be continuous in the course of time, except for cross- 
 arcades and boulevards) will be the subway electric 
 railways for supplies, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 41. First Majors' boulevard, one hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, with electric railways connecting with 
 the cross arcades and boulevards to all parts of the city, 
 and a space for carriages, bicycles and promenade. 
 
 Circle No. 42. First Majors' circle, two hundred feet 
 wide, tor majors' estates, one hundred and fifty by two 
 hundred feet, for Major's Degree members, which will 
 cost $50,000, and the mansions to be creeled thereon 
 must cost at least $100,000, and be as beautiful as pos- 
 sible. Then follows live more Majors' circles for Major's 
 Degree members' mansions; also three more Majors' 
 boulevards. 
 
 Circle No. 51. Majors' park, three hundred feet 
 wide, for churches, schools, club houses, places of amuse- 
 ment, emporiums and other public buildings for Major's 
 I degree members. 
 
 Circle No. .">•_'. Majors' apartment building, one hun- 
 dred and fifty feet wide, six stories high, with roof gar- 
 dens complete in every way. with subway electric rail- 
 
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 ways for supplies. These apartments are for Major's 
 Degree members who do not build mansions. 
 
 Circle No. 53. First Major avenue, one hundred feet 
 wide, with double electric railway connecting with all 
 others. Also to be a beautiful avenue, as all the other 
 streets and avenues of the Model City will be, far more 
 attractive and delightful, smooth and clean, than any of 
 our streets and avenues in our present cities. 
 
 Circle No. 54. First Captains' circle, one hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, divided into residence sites fifty feet 
 front, costing flO,000 each, for Captain's Degree mem- 
 bers who build residences to cost this amount or more. 
 
 Circle No. 55. Traffic way fifteen feet wide for sup- 
 plies. Then follows five more Captains' circles, three 
 more Captains' avenues and two more traffic ways. 
 
 Circle No. 66. Captains' park, two hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, for churches, schools, club houses, theatres, 
 emporiums and other public buildings for Captain's De- 
 gree members. 
 
 Circle No. 07. Captains' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred and twenty-five feet wide, eight stories high, 
 complete and modern, with roof gardens and subway 
 electric railways. 
 
 Circle No. 68. Captains' avenue, one hundred feet 
 wide, with double electric railway. 
 
 Circle No. 69. Captains' apartment buildings, same 
 as No. 67, when needed. Then follows seven more Cap- 
 tains' circles, four more Captains' avenues and three 
 more traffic ways in the captains' division of the Model 
 City. 
 
 Circle No. 84. Traffic way twenty-five feet wide be- 
 tween the captains' and lieutenants' divisions of the 
 New Era Model City. 
 
 Circle No. 85. First Lieutenants' circle, one hundred 
 and twenty-five feet wide, divided into lieutenants' resi- 
 dence lots thirty feet front, that will cost $5,000 each, 
 for Lieutenant's Degree members, who will erect a resi- 
 dence to cost $5,000 or more. Then follows eight more 
 Lieutenants' circles, five avenues and four traffic ways 
 between circles. 
 
 Circle No. 103. Lieutenants' park, two hundred feet 
 wide, for churches, schools, places of amusement, club 
 houses, emporiums and office buildings for Lieutenant's 
 Degree members. 
 
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114 Flans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 Circle No. 104. Lieutenants' apartments, one hun- 
 dred feet wide, ten stories high, with roof gardens, sub- 
 way electric railway, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 105. Sixth Lieutenants' avenue, seventy- 
 five feet wide, with electric railway in both directions. 
 
 Circle No. 106. Lieutenants' apartment buildings, 
 when needed. Then follows eleven more Lieutenants' 
 circles, six more Lieutenants' avenues and five traffic 
 driveways. 
 
 Circle No. 129. Traffic way, one hundred and twen- 
 ty-five feet wide, between the lieutenants' and sergeants' 
 division of the Model City. 
 
 Circle No. 130. First Sergeants' circle, one hundred 
 feet wide, divided into lots twenty-five feet front, to cost 
 $2,500 each, for Sergeant's Degree members to build cot- 
 la ges, to cost that amount or more. Then follows nine 
 more sergeants' circles, six sergents' streets, sixty feet 
 wide, and four traffic ways, ten feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 150. Sergeants' park, one hundred and 
 fifty feet wide, for churches, schools, places of amuse- 
 ment, club houses, emporiums and office buildings for 
 Sergeant's Degree members. 
 
 Circle No. 151. Sergeants' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred feet wide, ten stories high, with roof gardens, 
 subway electric railways, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 152. Sergeants' avenue, seventy-five feet 
 wide, for electric railway in both directions. 
 
 Circle No. 153. Sergeants' apartment buildings, 
 when needed. Then follows eleven sergeants' circles, six 
 Sergeants' streets and five traffic ways. 
 
 Circle No. 17G. Traffic way, twenty-five feet wide, 
 between sergeants' and privates' divisions of the Model 
 City. 
 
 Circle No. 177. First Private's Degree circle, one 
 hundred feet wide, divided into lots twenty feet front, 
 to cost $1,500, for Private's Degree members who build 
 cottages to cost that amount or more. Then follows 
 eighl more privates' circles, five privates' streets, fifty 
 feet wide, and four traffic ways, ten feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 195. Privates' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred feet wide, ten stories high, to be built after Nos. 
 198 and 200 are fully occupied. 
 
 Circle No. 190. Seventh Privates' street, fifty feet 
 wide. 
 
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 Circle No. 197. Privates' park, one hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, for churches, schools, places of amusement, 
 club houses, offices, emporiums, etc., for Privates' De- 
 gree members. 
 
 Circle No. 198. Privates' apartment building, one 
 hundred feet wide, ten stories high, with roof gardens, 
 subway electric railways, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 199. Privates' avenue, seventy-five feet 
 wide, with electric railways in both directions. 
 
 Circle No. 200. Privates' apartment building, same 
 as No. 198, to be built when this is occupied. Then 
 follows nine more privates' circles, five more privates' 
 streets, and four traffic ways, ten feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 219. Traffic way, twenty-five feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 220. Privates' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred feet wide and ten stories high, with roof gar- 
 dens, subway electric railway, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 221. Privates' boulevard, one hundred 
 and fifty feet wide, with electric railway in both direc- 
 tions, separate space for carriages, bicycles and prome- 
 enade. 
 
 Circle No. 222. Factor}^ park, gardens, etc., one 
 hundred and fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 223. Factory building circle, one hun- 
 dred feet wide, for all kinds of industries in model fac- 
 tories and workrooms, connected together to economize 
 space, power and time of operatives. This circle will 
 have a circumference of about twenty-nine miles, afford- 
 ing space for factories of every kind that can be con- 
 ceived or desired. Under this factory circle will be 
 a subway for all pipes, wires, electric railway for trans- 
 porting all supplies and productions to and from dif- 
 ferent factories, and to the railroad depots, warehouses, 
 apartment buildings, local emporiums, and the Grand 
 Central Exposition and Emporium in the center of the 
 city. Through the first story of these factory circle 
 buildings, when enough are built to justify it, an elevated 
 double-track electric railway will be provided to enable 
 spectators to enjoy a general view of the inside of the 
 factories. Also for the convenience of the operatives in 
 going back and forth to their work. These factory build- 
 ings being only one hundred feet wide, with delightful 
 parks, gardens and trees on both sides, with everything 
 kept clean and orderly, finely finished and supplied with 
 all modern appliances and conveniences, so that those 
 
116 Plans to Realize the New Era Piesenled; 
 
 working in them will indeed find it a pleasure to be use- 
 ful producers and workers instead of consumers only 
 and drones. 
 
 Circle No. 224. Storage and Railway park, two hun- 
 dred feet wide, with steam railroad tracks and storage 
 houses, yards for supplies and products of the factories. 
 
 Circle No. 225. First Recruits' street, fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 22(>. Recruits' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred feel wide and six stories high, with roof gardens 
 and other conveniences, for those who perform crude, 
 coarse and common kinds of work, or are only learning, 
 or have been taken on probation or trial. Their pay will 
 only be two dollars per day for eight hours' work, but the 
 accommodations and advantages they can secure in ex- 
 change for their two dollars will far exceed what experl 
 mechanics now earning three dollars can secure. Every 
 inducement and opportunity will be provided for recruits 
 to progress and be admitted into the higher degrees as 
 soon as worthy or needed, according to the laws of the 
 civil service department. 
 
 Circle No. 227. Second Recruits' street, fifty feet 
 wide. 
 
 Circle No. 228. Recruits' park, one hundred and fifty 
 feet wide, for the churches, schools, places of amusement, 
 clubs, emporiums and office buildings for recruits. 
 
 Circle No. 220. Recruits' apartment buildings, one 
 hundred feet wide, six stories high, with roof gardens, etc. 
 
 Circle No. 230. Recruits' avenue, seventy-five feet 
 wide, with double track electric railway. 
 
 Circle No. 231. Recruits' apartment buildings, when 
 the others are all occupied. 
 
 Circle No. 232. Third Recruits' street, fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 233. First Recruits' avenue, one hundred 
 
 feet wide, divided into lots twenty feet front, to COSt $500 
 
 each, on which cottages, to cost same amount or more, 
 will be erected for recruits who are members of the New 
 Era Union. 
 
 Circle No. 234. Traffic way. ten feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 235. One hundred feet wide, same as No. 
 •_'::.:. for recruits' cottages. 
 
 circle No. 230. Gardeners' street, fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 237. Gardens, orchards, hothouses and 
 poultry farms, five hundred feet wide, the circumference 
 being about thirty miles and containing about eighteen 
 hundred acres. Here fruit, vegetables, poultry and eggs 
 
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 will be produced for the residents of the Model City in 
 the most effectual and systematic methods possible. 
 
 Circle No. 238. Farm drive, fifty feet wide. 
 
 Circle No. 239. Stock farms and milk ranches on to 
 the limits of the city, which will amount to about five 
 thousand acres, and still leave space in the corners for 
 large public parks, railroad plants, large factories, power 
 plants and public buildings not desired inside the city. 
 
 In the northeast corner of the New Era Model City 
 will be an immense railroad plant, with a grand depot, 
 for the transfer of passengers from the electric railway 
 system of the New Era Model City to the steam railroads 
 outside. Also, with freight tracks, warehouses, railroad 
 shops, car houses, power plants, large factories and mills, 
 lumber yards, etc. 
 
 In the northwest corner will be a grand public park 
 of about fifteen hundred acres, with a large lake for boat- 
 ing and fishing, tracks for all kinds of races and games, 
 immense pleasure pavilions for amusements of all kinds, 
 immense auditoriums for large gatherings, hotels and 
 apartment buildings for those who wish to live outside of 
 the city, and in every other possible way this grand park 
 will be the most delightful and attractive in the world. 
 
 In the extreme southeast corner of the city will be 
 the cemetery and crematory for the Model City, and in 
 the southwest corner will be complete and perfect hospit- 
 als, asylums, jails and other public buildings. 
 
 In each residence division of the New Era Model City 
 a number of blocks will be arranged for those who want 
 homes on the Coleman Stuckert Model Home Plan — the 
 plans of Mrs. Coleman Stuckert, that aroused so much in- 
 terest at the World's fair, at Chicago, which provide for a 
 central cooperative building in the centre of each block 
 of houses, in which is provided an electric light and heat- 
 ing plant to light and heat all the houses in the block. In 
 this central cooperative building all of the laundry work 
 is performed for the entire block, ami with a complete 
 cold storage plant to preserve food in quantities, and the 
 most complete facilities for expert cooking, all meals will 
 be prepared for those who desire same, to be delivered in 
 heated hampers by rapid electric conduits to each dining 
 room in the private hoTues, or the public dining room in 
 the central building. This central building has many 
 other advantages, such as providing comfortable homes 
 for the servants or skilled help; also, with billiard and 
 
118 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 game rooms for adults, class and play rooms for children, 
 and a fine hall on the second floor for lectures, concerts, 
 dances, amateur theatrical plays and other purposes for 
 i he n sidents of the block. 
 
 By .Mrs. Coleman Stuckert's plan the advantages and 
 comforts of each family are greatly increased, while the 
 labor and expense for living are greatly reduced from the 
 present plan, where each family must have its own serv- 
 ants, do their own heating, cooking, washing, etc., and 
 then not have either done nearly as well as the skilled 
 help by Mrs. Stuckert's plan will perform it. Every other 
 possible improvement and desirable attraction will be 
 provided, with telephones in every house, and all heating, 
 lighting and cooking to be done by electricity, doing away 
 with any necessity for furnaces, tires, steam, fuel, and 
 other wasteful and unpleasant things now considered so 
 necessary. 
 
 With the above system the New Era Model City will 
 be a constant delight to its residents and visitors, and an 
 example to the world for centuries to come, so that in 
 time all the progressive and ambitious people in the 
 world will be living in Model Cities, Towns and Villages, 
 and the present cities and towns will be abandoned as 
 useless and worthless. By the above plans for the apart- 
 ments and private homes, the New Era Model City will 
 accommodate five million people in comfort on ten square 
 miles, with all the public conveniences provided for, and 
 without crowding or inconvenience. Rut provision will 
 only be made at first for the following number: 
 
 General's Degree members and their families. . . 1,000 
 
 Major's Degree members and their families 10.000 
 
 Captain's Degree members and their families. . . 100.000 
 
 Lieutenant's Degree members and their families 150.000 
 
 Sergeant's Degree members and their families. . 200,000 
 
 Private's Degree members and their families. . . 250,000 
 
 Recruit's Degree members and their families. . . 289,000 
 
 1.000.000 
 
 hi order I ha! the New Era Model City may provide 
 
 for all classes of people to tin 1 best possible advantage, 
 according to the present system of living, the following 
 scale of prices for land and the cost of improvements are 
 suggested : 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 119 
 
 Generals' estates, 350x400, $1.78 */» square foot, $625 
 front foot, $250,000. 
 
 Majors' estates, 150x200, $1.66f square foot, $333.33 
 front foot. $50,000. 
 
 Captains' sites, 50x150, $1.33^ square foot, $200 
 front foot, $10,000. 
 
 Lieutenants' sites, 30x125, $1.33£ square foot, $166.60 
 front foot, $5,000. 
 
 Sergeants' lots, 25x100, $1 square foot, $100 front 
 foot, $2,500. 
 
 Privates' lots, 20x100, 75 cents square foot, 875 front 
 foot. $1,500. 
 
 Recruits' lots, 20x100, 25 cents square foot, $25 front 
 foot, $500. 
 
 The cost of improvements in these different divisions 
 should be at least as follows: 
 
 Generals' estate palaces, to cost $500,000 or more 
 
 Majors' estate mansions, to cost 100,000 or more 
 
 Captains' residences, to cost 10,000 or more 
 
 Lieutenants' residences, to cost 5,000 or more 
 
 Sergeants' cottages, to cost 1,500 or more 
 
 Recruits' cottages, to cost 500 or more 
 
 On the above basis of value and a reasonable price 
 for that portion of the New Era Model City sold or leased 
 for public purposes, not including parks, arcades, boule- 
 vards, avenues, streets, etc., the land of the New Era 
 Model City will realize for the New Era Union over $1,- 
 000,000,000. or an average of only $1,000 for each one of a 
 population of one million people. 
 
 The cost of all the grand public buildings, railroads, 
 arcades, boulevards, avenues, streets, palaces, mansions, 
 residences, cottages, hotels, apartment buildings, fac- 
 tories, store houses, mills, power plants, water plants, and 
 all other public improvements should amount to $1,000.- 
 000.000 more, or a total of $2,000,000,000. which, at 10 
 per cent, interest, wear and depreciation, would be $200,- 
 000.000 fixed charge per annum, or only $200 for each 
 one of a population of one million people. 
 
 The cooperative system of the New Era Union for 
 the production and distribution of all needed supplies for 
 the use of the members, and the most profitable industries 
 and employments for profits, insuring the best products 
 and commanding the best prices in every market in the 
 
120 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 world, will enable the members of the New Era Union 
 to invest their services and surplus capital in the different 
 departments of the New Era Union and its bonds, and be 
 sure of a safe and profitable invest m< nt. This system of 
 cooperation is the most perfect that our present civiliza- 
 tion is capable of realizing, each member of the New 
 Era I'nion being aide to advance as fast as worthy or 
 possible, according to the laws of the civil service depart- 
 ment. This department will keep a careful account of 
 each member's record and time of service, and insure that 
 all promotions and dismissals will be in accord with the 
 laws of justice and reciprocity, and for the best interests 
 of all concerned. 
 
 The production of wealth by the system of the New 
 Era Union, saving the enormous and unnecessary waste 
 of time, labor and capital from the present hap hazard, 
 unorganized competition, where six or more groceries, 
 butchers, dairies, dry goods stores, etc., are striving to di- 
 vide up the business that any one of them could do much 
 better alone, will in a few years be so great that it will 
 enable the thrifty and progressive members of the New 
 Era Union to live in comfort on their investments in its 
 stocks and bonds, or working only a few hours a day. 
 
 The children of members of the New Era Union, as 
 they grow up, will be specially trained and educated to 
 succeed and excel in whatever department they choose, 
 or are best adapted for. and in every possible way their 
 lives will be as complete and happy as the circumstances 
 will permit. 
 
 The object of the New Era I'nion to attain peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for all its members, on a basis 
 of justice and reciprocity, will lie so grandly and com- 
 pletely realized in the New Era .Model City that it will be- 
 come a pattern for all the world to follow after until 
 peace, happiness and prosperity, in harmony with Hie 
 highest moral, intellectual and spiritual development, will 
 become possible for all human beings. Of coarse old 
 fogies, narrow-minded pessimists, ami seliish. scheming 
 money kings, who are shrewd enough to see in this sys- 
 tem the destruction of the present met hods of I he Shy lock 
 and taskmaster, absorbing the wealth of the producers, 
 will all oppose this enterprise and say it is impossible 
 
 and impractical, bu1 nevertheless it will be fully realized 
 in a very few years, and when it is thoroughly understood 
 by the people, the progress to attain it will be so rapid 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 121 
 
 that the applications from progressive, intelligent people 
 for employment, investment in the departments of the 
 New Era Union, and for homes in the New Era Model 
 City, will far exceed those that can be accepted. 
 
 A complete prospectus will be prepared, with dia- 
 grams and illustrations giving a clear outline of the plan 
 for building and conducting the New Era Model City, 
 and organizing and conducting the New Era Union. Mil- 
 lions of copies will be distributed all over the United 
 States, together with illustrated and descriptive articles 
 in the magazines and newspapers in the United States. 
 General and local agents will be put at work in every 
 city, town and village in the United States, who will be 
 permanently employed according to their ability and suc- 
 cess, to solicit applications and subscriptions for the 
 bonds of the New Era Union and residences in the Model 
 City. 
 
 When the departments of the New Era Union are in 
 operation, producing more than the residents of the New 
 Era Model City require, these agents will then take orders 
 for and deliver everything produced and sold by the New 
 Era Union, thus insuring the highest retail prices and 
 the surest market that it will be possible to secure. 
 
 Not a single person in the United States doubts the 
 ability of our government and people to raise one million 
 soldiers and $1,000,000,000, if necessary to protect us in 
 case of war. Any one who will not believe in the possi 
 bility and assist in the success of the New Era Model 
 City and New Mia Union should be pitied rather than de- 
 spised, for their lamentable lack of enterprise and ambi- 
 tion to achieve grander and better things, and for their 
 indifference to the needs of human beings to enjoy peace, 
 happiness and prosperity rather than the stagnation, dis- 
 tress and fierce, selfish competition now existing on every 
 hand. Our country is so wonderfully supplied with un- 
 developed resources that it could support the population 
 of the world in comfort. It is the duty and the destiny of 
 the American people to make a grand success of this en- 
 terprise, that has been planned on the most perfect sys- 
 tem of justice and reciprocity that is possible with the 
 present unfoldment of human nature. 
 
 When the location of the New Era Model City has 
 been decided, and the site secured and proper arrange- 
 ments made, the dedication of the Model City, by laying 
 the corner stone of the Administration Capitol, will be 
 
122 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 the grandest event by far in the history of the world. 
 Every nation of the world, every government official, 
 every state and territory official, every religious denom- 
 ination and society; every lodge, order, union, trade and 
 labor organization; every educational, industrial, scien- 
 tific, and all other organizations of every kind, thai 
 represent any number of people, will be invited to be 
 present and take part in the grand celebration. This 
 grand jubilee will last three days, and take place on 
 the 2d, 3d and 4th of July following the selection of the 
 site for the New Era Model City. It will include the 
 grandest jubilee concerts, exhibitions, fireworks, per- 
 formances of all kinds, races, banquets, speeches, etc., 
 that can be conceived of. Cheap excursions from all 
 over the world, but especially from all parts of the 
 United States, will be arranged, with provisions for 
 sleeping and feeding and otherwise accommodating at 
 least one million people. The details for this gigantic 
 and elaborate jubilee will be given at length, at the 
 proper time, to show how possible and desirable it is 
 to help make a grand success, and in every way to arouse 
 and enthuse the people to such an intense degree that the 
 success of the New Era Union and the New Era Model 
 City will be assured. 
 
 Those who may think this is impossible and only an 
 idle dream only show their ignorance and lamentable 
 lack of ambition. We were able to build and conduct 
 the grandest World's Exposition the world has ever 
 known, at an expense of about $40,000,000, for a brief 
 six months, and any one who took the least trouble to 
 learn the facts would realize how much better and easier 
 the work would have been done had it been for per- 
 manent use. Then with the system and organization 
 once in operation, they could have gone on building and 
 maintaining grand buildings and other improvements 
 and institutions and industries just as long as the people 
 wanted them. Of course, the narrow-minded fogies and 
 pessimists will ask where the money is to come from. 
 If our people were sufficiently intelligent they would 
 build these Model Cities by the government, until the 
 entire population of I he world was provided for. if they 
 desired, without paying a cent for interest. Those who 
 want to read a beautiful ideal, as well as n clear and 
 logical explanation of how people can enjoy all the lux- 
 uries they want without waiting for money, should get 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple oj Liberty. 123 
 
 "Human Drift," a book by King C. Gillette, published 
 by The Humbolt Publishing Company, New York City; 
 also, "Freeland," by Ui*. Hortzka. 
 
 Among the many reasons and facts to prove that all 
 these plans can be realized, if enough people desire them, 
 I will briefly refer to the Incas, a race of so-called In- 
 dians or barbarians that lived in Peru, South America, 
 and who were conquered by the Spaniards about four 
 hundred years ago. Clements P. Markham, in his "His- 
 tory of Peru," says of the Incas: "Provision was made 
 to supply all classes of people, of a population of over 
 ten millions, with everything they required that was not 
 produced by themselves, through a system of exchange 
 from one group or colony with another. Inhabitants of 
 a populous district were removed to a less crowded one. 
 The comforts and needs of all classes were promoted 
 and supplied bj T carefully planned and just system of 
 exchange of products and services. Waste places were 
 made fetile, and political objects were well provided for 
 and secured. Under the Incas' system, all who could 
 work were obliged to work for a few hours a day. All 
 lived in comfort, and there was ample provision for the 
 aged, for young people and the sick. All workers, of- 
 ficials and priests were liberally supplied with all they 
 wanted from the public stores. NO MONEY WAS NEC- 
 ESSARY, for every family had a right to everything 
 necessary for the nourishment and well-being of its mem- 
 bers, from the public market, without payment. In the 
 case of disaster to any community, caused by weather, 
 accident or enemy, the neighboring villages repaired all 
 damages and gave all needed help. So great a suc< :ess 
 was the Incas' system that it continued to work ef- 
 ficiently and almost mechanically for some time after the 
 guiding heads had been struck down. The Spanish con- 
 querors found that when they marched through a dis- 
 trict, sacking homes and destroying growing crops, the 
 local officers kept a careful record of the injury done. 
 The accounts were then compared, and if one district had 
 lost more than another, those who had suffered less 
 made up part of the difference, so that the loss might be 
 shared equally by all. Under such a system, there could 
 be no want, for thought was taken for the nourishment 
 and comfort of every person. While there was easy and 
 congenial work for all. provision was also made for resl 
 and recreation. The dreams of the Socialist were made 
 
124 Plans to Realize the New lira Presented; 
 
 a reality in the system thai grew up and flourished un- 
 der the rule of the Incas." Alexander Harvey, in an 
 
 article headed "A Nation of Socialists." in the August 
 22, is!)."), number of the Twentieth Century, says, among 
 other things about the Incas: "Thai Socialistic ideas 
 have a foundation is evidenced by the rise 1 of a mighty 
 nation that grew to mighty proportions, and numbered 
 its citizens by the millions, through simple adherence 
 to the principles now preached by Collectivists. This 
 great people had no capitalists and no competition. 
 Everything was owned in common. Every man, woman 
 and child was assured a comfortable home, food and 
 clothing. There was no labor problem, for the only em- 
 ployer was the state. THERE WAS NO MONEY, for 
 no one had anything to sell. THERE WAS N< ) THEFT, 
 for whatever a citizen wanted he could have for the ask 
 ing. THERE WAS NO CRIME and no public disorder, 
 and that modern scourge, POVERTY, WAS UN- 
 KNOWN. The Incas is the name by which history hands 
 the record of these people down to us. Theirs is a mar- 
 velous story. It is so beautiful as to be almost a 
 dream, but that it is a reality we have the positive evi- 
 dence. Prescott, the historian, is so naive as to won- 
 der how the Incas, with their vast population and enor- 
 mous wealth, could have been so happy, so prosperous 
 and so enlightened, in spite of the fact that private prop- 
 erty was unknown among them, that they had no idea 
 of crime in our sense of expression, and that no man 
 could inherit, bequeath or accumulate anything. Our 
 civilization proved the curse of the Incas. and swept 
 them off the face of the earth, as they were not prepared 
 to resist the conquering, brutal Spaniards, with their 
 firearms, who were determined to secure their immense 
 wealth. Millions of pounds of gold were secured by the 
 Spaniards from their temples and their jewelry and other 
 ornaments, as well as untold wealth of other kinds. 
 Their land, when discovered by I'i/.arro. was a paradise. 
 Beautiful buildings in stone and cement rose at inter 
 vals throughout its vast extent. The roads were mag 
 aificent; they were hard and solid, and have endured to 
 the present day. Noble aqueducts, traversing the coun- 
 try lor hundreds of miles in some instances, and con- 
 structed on the strictest scientific principles, plentifully 
 supplied the cities with pure water. These cities, ac 
 cording to the Spanish missionaries, were dreams of 
 
Faneuil Hall, Boston, Again the Temple of Liberty. 125 
 
 beauty. They were as clean as the interior of a palace, 
 and as superb architecturally as an agglomeration of ma- 
 jestic cathedrals. There were no stores, no business. 
 no bartering. Such things were unknown. The marked 
 physical beauty of the Incas greatly impressed the first 
 Europeans who beheld them. This, according to the 
 Spanish missionaries, was due to the extreme care taken 
 to preserve them from privation and illness. No Incas 
 was permitted to labor more than a third of a day, and 
 frequently not so long as that. The country was im- 
 mensely resourceful in gold, but it was employed only 
 in decorating the religious temples and priesthood. The 
 mines were worked with extreme care, and the workers 
 in them were, under no circumstances, permitted to be 
 at labor more than a few hours daily. So surprising 
 is the Altruistic nature of this Socialistic civilization, 
 in contrast with our own, that it is difficult to believe 
 that the Incas and their history is not the part of some 
 imaginary tale. Yet never was history more veracious, 
 and this account of them is deliberately understated. 
 Any reader may estimate this matter for himself by ref- 
 erence to Incas history, which is readily accessible in any 
 public library." 
 
 "History is the witness of the times, 
 
 The torch of truth, the life of memory. 
 
 The teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity." 
 
 — Cicero. 
 
 "Were a star quenched on high. 
 
 For ages would its light 
 Still travel downward from the sky. 
 
 Shine on our mortal sight." 
 
 — Longfellow. 
 
 The lives led by the Incas did not lack variety. 
 Even - man and woman was called upon to do some work. 
 This was either agricultural or mechanical unless a lad 
 entered the army. The hours of labor averaged five daily, 
 not counting holidays, which were numerous. There was 
 no such thing as wages. Every Incas, upon his marriage, 
 was given a house and garden attached, all complete. 
 These homes were constant ]y being prepared, and work 
 upon them was performed by the state. The food sup- 
 ply was always in excess of the demand. It all belonged 
 to the state and was regularly distributed to the people 
 
126 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 by state officials. There was no stint in the supply. 
 Immense warehouses of exquisite beauty stored the pub- 
 lic supplies. The public herds and flocks supplied meat, 
 also vicuna wool, from which garments were made. 
 There was no detail connected with the life of the people 
 too trivial for the care of the state. Particularly was 
 the health of the masses the first care. The government 
 practiced the most enlightened selfishness. Precisely as 
 the wise shepherd had an eye to the welfare of even his 
 youngest lamb, did the government of the Incas vigi- 
 lantly aim at the physical perfection of its subjects. 
 Their strength and prosperity was its bulwark. Life 
 throughout the vast empire was wonderfully peaceful 
 and happy. Architecture was almost Roman grandeur. 
 Science was a public servant, and its aids made great 
 bridges, monuments and temples numerous. Art was 
 visible in the garb and homes of the people. Public mor- 
 ality and private virtue were of a higher order (we have 
 the authority of the Spanish missionaries for this) than 
 in Spain. It has already been noted that theft, arson, 
 swindling, highway robbery, pillage, etc., were unknown. 
 Nor were there law suits and breaches of contracts or 
 debts. The Incas had not even words in their language 
 to express such ideas. So wonderfully cohesive was the 
 nation under this regime that from a humble beginning 
 it rapidly spread over South America, and in the course 
 of two centuries had reduced neighboring countries to 
 submission. For these peaceful Socialists were formid- 
 able in war. No sooner had they conquered a nation, 
 however, than they immediately introduced their civiliza- 
 tion into it. The conquest begun in war was consum- 
 mated in peace. The new members of the body politic 
 were readily assimilated, and there is no record of any re- 
 bellion against so munificent a system. Thus the empire 
 spread rapidly in all directions, until the eruption of the 
 Spaniards' firearms and the degradation of the European 
 civilization swept the Incas away like chaff. The Incas 
 were eminently refined. The courtesies and amenities of 
 life were punctiliously observed. They were cleanly and 
 pure. They were never rude. Their government was a 
 despotism, the rule of the Chief Incas being supreme, 
 yet all were equally under the law. from the Supreme 
 Incas to the shepherd boy. There was an elaborate hier- 
 archy and a rigid religious cast, but no oppression. En- 
 deed, this system rendered suppression superfluous, for 
 
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 nothing could be gained by it. Of course, had the Incas 
 possessed the vast resources of the modern world, their 
 system would have been a more brilliant success. Yet, 
 such as it was, it was a brilliant success. It did not 
 break down; from its inception it grew in strength and 
 splendor. The heathens put socialism on trial and dem- 
 onstrated its feasibility. If, in this nineteenth century, 
 we are incapable of profiting by their example, we are 
 inferior to the Incas. 
 
 u The effect of precept is slow and tedious, 
 That of example quick and effectual." 
 
 — Seneca. 
 
 It was solely owing to the Socialistic system that 
 the Incas were enabled to become the dominant race of 
 South America. Other nations existed on the continent 
 as brave and certainly more warlike, but they invariably 
 went down before the irresistible unity of the Incas. The 
 invading Spaniards only owed their supremacy to the fire- 
 arms and the gunpowder, against which the Incas had 
 no means of contending. Civilization, as we know it, is 
 one long record of unspeakable shame and infamy, but, 
 with the single exception of the competitive wage sys- 
 tem, nothing in its record is more hideous than its en- 
 counter with the Incas. The episode is as revolting as 
 that of Tarquin and Lucrece. 
 
 I will quote a poem from King C. Gillette's wonder- 
 ful book, "Human Drift," entitled: 
 
 SATAN'S LAMENT. 
 (Satan being the personification or symbol of selfishness.) 
 Millions of years have come and gone, 
 Since I was hurled, an unclean thing, 
 Into the fathomless depths of space, 
 From out the gates of Eternal Spring. 
 And now again I hear the sound 
 Of weeping angels, as they cry: 
 Repent. It is never too late 
 Till after you have cast the die. 
 My power is broken; my reign is o'er. 
 Repent I would not; what was more 
 I would not for my life implore. 
 So, going forth from these gates of life, 
 I leaped into the darkest night. 
 
128 Plans to Realize Hie New Era Presented; 
 
 And landed here upon the earth 
 
 •Just as the germ of life had birth. 
 
 Once mure I placed my pickets round, 
 
 Of selfish power, and bound them down 
 
 With hands of avarice and greed, 
 
 To let them on each other feed. 
 
 And now, again enthroned in state. 
 
 With power supreme o'er human fate, 
 
 I spread my nets of sin and crime 
 
 From pole to pole through every clime, 
 
 To catch the souls that tripped and fell, 
 
 And made the earth a living hell. 
 
 The heart of man I turned to stone, 
 
 And tears of pity gave him none, 
 
 Except for self; and filled his brain 
 
 With passion's lust for wealth and fame — 
 
 Not fame that comes from solid work, 
 
 That raises man above the earth, 
 
 But fame that has its roots in mire 
 
 That reeks with crime and mad desire 
 
 To hold within his single hand 
 
 The fate of millions of his kind. 
 
 The god of man I made of gold; 
 
 Material wealth, to win and hold; 
 
 And its possession made the price 
 
 Of happiness throughout their life. 
 
 Then, like a pack of wolves at bay, 
 
 They fought like demons night and day; 
 
 And through the gates of hell they trod, 
 
 To gain possession of their god. 
 
 And I looked on this dance of death, 
 
 This reigning power of selfishness. 
 
 With fiendish joy; for I knew well 
 
 It kept alight the fires of hell. 
 
 Through these years they battle wage, 
 
 Like beasts of prey shut in a cage; 
 
 While on my throne, in ghoulish glee, 
 
 I watch their struggles to be free. 
 
 But bars were strong, and locked the gate. 
 
 And life hung by the thread <>f fate; 
 
 And those who tried to escape their doom 
 
 Pound no res! beyond the tomb. 
 
 No sleep was theirs; each soul was placed 
 
 Against all o1 hers of his race. 
 
 The juice of bread was strength to stand 
 
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 Against the world, a single hand. 
 
 The mind was made to think of heaven, 
 
 A life beyond the one here given. 
 
 The charm it worked; the rising mist 
 
 Shut out the hope of earthly bliss. 
 
 Then hope eternal in the breast, 
 
 Eaised temples in that future rest 
 
 Beyond the rounded vault of blue; 
 
 And peace on earth was lost to view. 
 
 My work was done; within my grasp 
 
 I hold their souls, from first to last; 
 
 And every one was steeped in crime, 
 
 And in the mesh of hell confined. 
 
 And then, like men who rise to power, 
 
 I felt secure up to the hour, 
 
 When, waking from a troubled dream, 
 
 The light of reason round me streamed. 
 
 And now the sentence of my crime 
 
 Comes back through all those years of time: 
 
 "Your sin is selfishness and greed, 
 
 And power o'er souls on which to feed. 
 
 Go forth unto the realm of space, 
 
 The King of Terror to every race, 
 
 From orb to orb to take your flight, 
 
 And do your deeds at dead of night. 
 
 In sleep your eyes may never close, 
 
 Your brain must never take repose; 
 
 For, should the light of reason dawn, 
 
 Your power o'er souls is surely gone, 
 
 And they will cast you into space 
 
 To find another resting place." 
 
 So, ever since that fatal day, 
 
 My restless soul, in black array, 
 
 Has traveled forth, and in the gloom 
 
 Of night, has cast its nets of doom 
 
 O'er souls of men, and like a spell. 
 
 Make every* orb of light a hell. 
 
 But woe is mine; the round of years 
 
 Brings to my eyes the bitter tears 
 
 Which come to all who rise to fame 
 
 And selfish power by crime and shame, 
 
 Who, heeding not the voice within. 
 
 Trample on the souls of men in sin, 
 
 And, looking down from their throne of state, 
 
 Calmly gaze on the wrecks of fate, 
 
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130 Plans to Realize the New Era Presented; 
 
 And watch the tears of sorrow flow, 
 An endless flood of endless woe, 
 And caring not that in their breast 
 They nurse the crime of selfishness. 
 Tis so with me. The morning light 
 Shows that my soul is black as night; 
 I would repent, but now too late, 
 Once more I cast the die of fate, 
 Which says you can not backward tread, 
 And by repentance save the dead. 
 And now again I waking find 
 Security is but a blind 
 That wooes to sleep, and in that sleep 
 Steals the power that you would keep. 
 The darkest hour of crime and sin 
 The world has ever known or been 
 Was just before I went to rest 
 Upon my bed of selfishness; 
 And who'd of thought, in all that strife. 
 The reasoning germ would spring to life, 
 And from the darkest hour of night 
 Would spring the dawn of coming light. 
 Which shows the gate of hope confined 
 Within the blackness of the mind? 
 Ignorance, o'er wdiich my power 
 Has reigned supreme up to this hour 
 Has passed away and in its place 
 The head of reason shows its face. 
 What's that I see on yonder plain? 
 The walls of hell are rent in tw r ain; 
 And, streaming from every side 
 The souls of men are seen to glide. 
 I must away; my time has come; 
 Crime has lost and virtue won. 
 And now. farewell; No longer we 
 On the same planet can agree. 
 So, under cover of the nighl 
 To yonder orb T'll take my flight. 
 And there, before (he break of day 
 Or Reason's dawn. I'll have full sway. 
 And over nil T'll east the spell 
 Of Satan's power to make a hell. 
 
 EPILOGUE. 
 Xo one can rend the lines of fate 
 
 Beyond ihe bar of reason's gate. 
 
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 The past is but a shaded line, 
 
 The progress of the human mind 
 
 From outer darkness into light, 
 
 Along whose rays we wing our flight, 
 
 And, as we near approach the door 
 
 From which the light is seen to pour, 
 
 The square of distance from the goal 
 
 Sheds greater light upon the soul 
 
 But none the future path can trace, 
 
 Or leap across the depths of space, 
 
 Or tell from whence that light does come, 
 
 The great eternal central sun; 
 
 But, step by step, must win his way 
 
 Through endless time, Eternity. 
 
 There are clouds upon the horizon of thought, and 
 the very air we breathe is pregnant with the life that 
 foretells the birth of a wonderful change. Darkness will 
 cover the whole dome that encircles the earth, the storm 
 will break, and from the travail of nature, Reason will 
 have its birth and assume its sway o'er the minds of 
 men. 
 
 The world is a diamond in the rough, and Intellect 
 and Reason, the only progressive entities, must cut the 
 facets to discover its beauty and power. 
 
CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 REPRESENTATIVES' HALL IN THE STATE CAPITOL ON BEACON 
 HILL, BOSTON— CROWDED TO OVERFLOWING— ALL WHO 
 WERE PRESENT YESTERDAY IN FANEUIL HALL ARE 
 HERE, AND AS MANY MORE AS CAN POSSIBLY SECURE 
 ADMITTANCE— THE MORNING PAPERS HAVE ALL RE- 
 PORTED THE MEETING IN FANEUIL HALL IN FULL, 
 CAUSING A GREAT SENSATION AMONG THE PEOPLE, AND 
 REQUIRING THE PAPERS TO ISSUE EXTRA EDITIONS TO 
 SUPPLY THE DEMAND— PROMPTLY AT 3 O'CLOCK P. M.. 
 AT THE HOUR ANNOUNCED, MISS FRANCES WILLARD, 
 LADY SOMERSET, MRS. M. E. WALLACE, MRS. M. E. LEASE, 
 MRS. M. J. WILLIAMS, COUNT TOLSTOI, MR. STEAD, GEN. 
 BOOTH AND GEN. B. BOOTH,' MR. BELLAMY, B. O. 
 FLOWER AND MR. SUTTA ENTER THE HALL AND TAKE 
 SEATS ON THE PLATFORM. 
 
 Miss Willard steps to the front and asks the audi- 
 ence all to rise and sing with a hearty will "America," 
 which is done with such enthusiasm as to make the walls 
 of the building vibrate in unison. The audience having 
 taken their seats, Miss Willard then says: 
 
 "We have, as you see, been compelled to select a 
 larger hall, and hope that all who were originally invited 
 have seen the notice of the change in the papers. Be- 
 cause of the national importance of this meeting 3 we have 
 been favored by securing this hall in the state capitol. 
 We have decided to accede to the numerous requests that 
 have been made for speeches from our distinguished 
 friends who occupy the platform and did not speak yester- 
 day. We will call upon them for a few remarks when 
 Mr. Sutta finishes his reading to-day. and in order to lose 
 no time, we will ask Mr. Sutta to begin at once. Al- 
 ready Mr. Sutta is well known to you as the author of the 
 plans for the New Era Union and Grand New Era Model 
 City, but I take great pleasure in presenting him again 
 to you." (She then takes her sent. Sutta ((tines to the 
 front of the platform amid great and prolonged applause, 
 and says:) 
 
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 My dear brothers and sisters, I wish vou could all 
 rejoice as I rejoice at the interest that is being taken in 
 the plans for the New Era Union and Model City. All 
 that is necessary for grand things to be realized, even far 
 beyond anything we can comprehend at present, is for 
 the people to show the necessary interest or desire for 
 them, and the demand will surely be supplied. The only 
 thing that prevents our enjoying all the delights and ad- 
 vantages that the greatest minds can conceive of is the 
 lack of proper organization to realize or accomplish them. 
 Hence I hope the New Era Union will be a success, in 
 order that the people may have an opportunity to unite 
 in a practical way. No one can conceive of the wonder- 
 ful skill and genius that our progressive and ambitious 
 people are capable of, until there is an opportunity to 
 utilize it, and with the opportunity once provided, as it 
 will be, by organizing the New Era Union, this pent-up, 
 suppressed energy, skill and genius will burst forth like 
 a mighty but well-organized army, and carry everything 
 through successfully that is desired, planting their bam 
 ners of "Excelsior" and "Victory" on every high and 
 sublime ideal that our brightest minds can conceive of. 
 My crude and imperfect plans for a Model City will then, 
 in a few years, be so greatly improved upon, that each 
 subsequent Model City will be far grander and more mar- 
 velous and sublime than the former ones, until all the 
 people of the world are giving their attention to creating 
 and enjoying such delightful and inspiring environments 
 and advantages that the New Era of peace, happiness 
 and prosperity for all, in harmonv with the laws of jus- 
 tice and reciprocity, will be so fuily realized that indeed 
 "Peace on earth and goodwill towards all men" will be- 
 come a grand and universal realitv. I want to sav, before 
 reading my plans, that if they are ever realized, the mem- 
 bers of the New Era Union should erect a monument to 
 Mrs. M. J. Williams, as she was the first to give me anv 
 substantial help in realizing them. I will now read to 
 you my suggestions for the New Era Union, and then five 
 an opportunity to our distinguished friends who have 
 been so kind as to favor us with their presence to address 
 you: 
 
 THE NEW ERA UNION. 
 
 In order to unite the people in a thoroughlv practical 
 way who may wish to assist in making a grand success 
 of the Grand New Era Model City of the world an or- 
 
134 / niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 ganization, to be called the New Era Union, is provided 
 for as follows: The object of the New Era Union will be 
 to attain peace, happiness and prosperity for its members. 
 as far as possible, on a basis of justice and reciprocity, 
 in harmony with the laws of the countries wherever or- 
 ganized. The New Era Union will be divided into seven 
 grand divisions or degrees, with names and conditions of 
 membership as follows: 
 
 AS THE WORK OF THE NEW ERA UNION WILL BE AN OPEN 
 WARFARE AGAINST POVERTY, IGNORANCE AND DIS- 
 TRESS, THE TITLES OF THE VARIOUS DEGREES WILL 
 BE THOSE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, AND ALL 
 MEMBERS WILL WEAR APPROPRIATE AND BEAUTIFUL 
 UNIFORMS. 
 
 FIRST OR RECRUITS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who can only perform the crude, common kinds 
 of labor, in the fields, shoveling dirt, handling freight 
 and supplies, ordinary housework, light and common 
 kinds of factory work, etc., as well as all young and inex- 
 perienced workers, will only be employed as recruits, as 
 it is not desired that they should remain at that kind of 
 work any longer than necessary. They will be paid two 
 dollars a day for eight hours' work, and their board, lodg- 
 ing and supplies in the recruits' division of the New Era 
 Model City will be furnished at prices enabling them to 
 live much better than they can at present for twice the 
 pay. The same will apply to each degree worker of the 
 New Era Union, the advantages, comforts and luxuries 
 of the New Era Model City far exceeding any that it is 
 possible to secure anywhere else in the world for twice 
 the cost. They must purchase a membership, costing 
 $000, to be invested in the bonds of the New Era Union, 
 from one-fourth of their earnings or otherwise. 
 
 SECOND OR PRIVATES' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who perform all kinds of work in every depart- 
 ment of the New Era Union, where some experience and 
 ability is required, but not expert skill or training. They 
 will be paid three dollars per day for eight hours' work, 
 and must purchase membership by investing $000 in the 
 bonds of the New Era Union, from one fourth of their 
 
 pay or <>i herwise. 
 
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 THIRD OR SERGEANTS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who have special skill and training, qualifying 
 them to be good mechanics, salesmen and women," ac- 
 countants, teachers, musicians, etc., will receive four dol- 
 lars per day for eight hours' work. They must purchase 
 a membership costing $1,200, by investing one-fourth 
 their pay in the bonds of the New Era Union or otherwise. 
 
 FOURTH OR LIEUTENANTS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who have superior skill and learning, qualify- 
 ing them to be foremen and women, expert inventors, ad- 
 vanced teachers, professional people of all kinds, highly 
 skilled mechanics, accountants, skilled musicians and 
 artists, and those who can fill other minor positions of 
 responsibility and trust, will receive six dollars per day 
 for eight hours' work. They must purchase a member- 
 ship costing $1,800, by investing one-fourth or more of 
 their pay in the bonds of the New Era Union or other- 
 wise. 
 
 FIFTH OR CAPTAINS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those qualified to act as superintendents, general 
 agents, all experts in the professions, specially useful in- 
 ventors, highest skilled mechanics, teachers, artists, mu- 
 sicians, etc., will receive ten dollars per day. They must 
 purchase a membership costing $.°>,000, by investing one- 
 fourth or more of their pay in the bonds of the New Era 
 Union or otherwise. 
 
 SIXTH OR MAJORS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who have the experience and ability to be suc- 
 cessful general managers and chiefs of the various di- 
 visions of each department will receive fifteen dollars per 
 day. They must purchase a membership costing $4,500, 
 by investing one-fourth or more of their income in the 
 bonds or otherwise. 
 
 SEVENTH OR GENERALS' DEGREE. 
 
 Those who have the ability and experience to suc- 
 ceed as presidents and executive officers and general di- 
 rectors of each department will receive $25 per day. 
 They must purchase a membership costing $7,500, by in- 
 vesting one-fourth their income or otherwise. 
 
136 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 All departments of the New Era Union that can pos- 
 sibly do so to close at 12 o'clock noon on Saturdays, with 
 full day's pay. No work of any kind to be done on Sunday 
 that can possibly be avoided. All members in good 
 standing of each of the seven degrees to be allowed a 
 month's vacation each year, with full pay. The civil serv- 
 ice department to govern all details as to each worker's 
 duty, and keep a careful account of their record accord- 
 ing to the standards of which they will either be pro- 
 moted, retained or dismissed from the degree they occupy. 
 Women will rank the same as men in all the departments 
 of the New Era Union, being eligible for any position they 
 have the ability to perform, and receiving the same pay 
 when performing the same kinds of service. All workers 
 of the New Era Union will be expected to insure their 
 lives in the New Era Union life and accident insurance 
 department, to protect their families in case of accident 
 or death. 
 
 NEW ERA UNION CLUBS. 
 
 The members of each degree of each division and of 
 each department of the New Era Union should, as soon as 
 possible, organize themselves into a club of from twelve 
 to one thousand members; the condition of membership 
 being that they are members in good standing of their 
 respective degrees that the club represents, and that 
 they pay their dues promptly. The purpose of these 
 clubs will be to promote the social, intellectual, physical, 
 moral and material welfare of their members. When 
 twelve or more members have organized a club by elect- 
 ing proper officers, they should then secure suitable rooms 
 or a building for their use, and fit up with parlors, read- 
 ing rooms, library, gymnasium, bath rooms (smoking 
 rooms and cafe" when a majority of tin- members so de- 
 cide), billiard room, game room, class and lecture rooms, 
 etc. Each Recruits', Privates', Sergeants' and Lieuten- 
 ants' Degree club to elect ;i member to a Captains' IVgree 
 club of their respective divisions and departments, t<> rep 
 resent their interests and to unite them as one body oi 
 men .-iikI women as far as possible. Each one thousand 
 Captains' Degree club members in good standing t<> elect 
 yearly a member to the captains' council to represent 
 them. Each Majors' Degree club of one hundred or more 
 members in good standing to elect yearly a member to 
 the majors' council to represent them. Each Generals' 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 137 
 
 Degree club to elect yearly a member to the generals' 
 council to represent them. 
 
 When people will study this system of representation 
 and legislation, it will be found to be far the most perfect 
 yet developed, and in every possible way insuring the 
 greatest good to the greatest number, according to the 
 laws of justice and reciprocity. When any dispute or 
 misunderstanding may arise between any members of 
 the New Era Union that they can not settle between them- 
 selves, they should each choose an arbitrator, and they a 
 third, and if their decision is unsatisfactory, they should 
 then appeal to the council of their degree, and finally to 
 the supreme trustee for final settlement. 
 
 The New Era Union will copyright a seal and trade 
 mark, consisting of a small outline of the New Era Model 
 City, to be used by all officials and departments and at- 
 tached to all official papers and productions of the New 
 Era Union. All stocks and bonds of the New Era Union 
 and its departments will at any time, when the building 
 lots, sites and estates of the New Era Model City are upon 
 the market and offered for sale by the Union, be accepted 
 at par and accrued interest on account of the purchase of 
 same at their regular price. 
 
 The only way it is possible for the New Era Union to 
 be a success in attaining peace, happiness and prosperity 
 for all its members to the extent herein provided for, is 
 by adjusting all sales and charges to members for all sup- 
 plies and services in every department, on the same scale 
 of pa3 7 ments for service and supplies. In fixing the price 
 for services and supplies rendered or produced by the dif- 
 ferent departments of the New Era Union, the cost of 
 services and supplies shall be ascertained on the basis of 
 the scale of pay for services to the members doing the 
 work, with 10 per cent, for wear and depreciation and a 
 pro rata sinking fund to retire any bonds, mortgages and 
 other indebtedness, shall all be provided for, and the 
 price fixed on that basis for the service and supplies pro- 
 duced by such department regardless of what competitors 
 may be charging. If competitors who pay less wages 
 and do not divide their profits with their workers were 
 allowed to compete for the trade of the members of the 
 New Era Union and residents of the New Era Model City. 
 they could undersell the New Era Union and compel it 
 to resort to competition, requiring that all services and 
 supplies be purchased for the least amount they could be 
 
138 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 secured for, which would, under the keen competition 
 that would then result, soon be do more than enougb f<> 
 merely sustain life for all ordinary kinds of service thai 
 the masses <»t' the world arc seeking for. 
 
 For the above reasons, competition from merchants, 
 manufacturers, professional people, and all others in 
 any kind of service, who do not belong to the New Era 
 Union and comply with its laws, must be avoided en- 
 tirely in every possible way. The only possible and ef- 
 fectual way is to pay for all services and supplies for 
 the New Era Model City and all departments of the 
 New Era Union with checks on the New Era Union. 
 These checks will be redeemed at their face value, at 
 any time, by the New Era Union and every one of its 
 departments, which will eventually include every pos- 
 sible kind of service, articles and supplies desired, even 
 to traveling - around the world, in the course of time; 
 but from the first will include every necessity, and then 
 all possible advantages, luxuries, amusements, instruc- 
 tion, transportation, etc., as soon as the departments can 
 be organized to provide the same. These checks of the 
 New Era Union, for services and supplies, will also be 
 accepted in each and every way by the Company in the 
 purchase of its lands and for all kinds of improvements 
 and buildings desired on same. The checks may be de- 
 posited in tlie banks of the New Era Union Banking De- 
 partment and draw interest the same as cash, and will 
 also be accepted in payment on all bonds of the New 
 Era Union and all its departments. These bonds will 
 be paid in gold, so that all members will receive gold 
 for their surplus earnings, which is all that they could 
 possibly get if they were originally paid in full in gold. 
 In the event of any worker of the New Era Union de- 
 siring to leave the employ of the New Era Union, or i<» 
 send money away, they will be provided with such money 
 as their assets or the circumstances will justify. 
 
 It will be readily understood liy every one. even 
 people without much education or business experience. 
 thai the only way Ihe objects of the New Era Union 
 can be attained, and the present struggle for existence 
 by the most of people be avoided, is by this system of 
 paying for all services and supplies in checks. If the 
 New Era Union should pay in cash, the selfishness of 
 human nature would make the most of people blind to 
 their own interests, and if they wanted a pair of shoes. 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 139 
 
 for instance, and could get them from a merchant who 
 did not belong to the New Era Union for $2, when the 
 shoe department of the New Era Union charged, say, 
 $2.50, thej would in the most of cases patronize the 
 cheapest to save that fifty- cents or a dollar, in spite of 
 the fact that they were assured that they were placing 
 themselves in a position that would compel them to com- 
 pete with the great mass of the people that would work 
 for less pay than they were receiving, if they could get 
 the chance. 
 
 When the different departments of the New Era 
 Union are successfully organized, which will be in just 
 as short or long a time as the people of this country 
 see fit to make it, as each and every person who reads 
 or hears of these plans is personally responsible for 
 carrying them out, no one having any right to blame 
 any one else if they themselves are not doing all they 
 can to attain them, then the New Era of peace, happiness 
 and prosperity for all the members of the New Era 
 Union will surely begin. 
 
 Instead of upholding the aristocracy of selfish wealth 
 that is fast securing control of the social, financial, legis- 
 lative and judicial interests and functions of our country, 
 it will be the purpose of the New Era Union to do all 
 that is possible to reward and honor especially those 
 who, by their ability and success in the arts, sciences, 
 inventions, teaching, preaching, healing, and all other 
 professions and industries in every department of the 
 New Era Union, will be of the most service in making 
 a grand success of the New Era Union. It will become 
 the highest ambition and chief desire of the members 
 of the New Era Union and of the people of all the world, 
 in the course of time, to attain to the highest degree 
 of the New Era Union, or to be appreciated and enter- 
 tained by these members. In the palaces, mansions and 
 residences of the members of the New Era Union, ac- 
 cording to their degree, will be established the very head 
 and centre of the most select, refined and intelligent 
 society of the world. The main purpose of the New Era 
 Union is to develop and utilize everything that is grand, 
 delightful, inspiring and useful in making this world 
 more perfect, and the lives of all human beings, but 
 especially of its members, in accordance with the laws 
 of justice and reciprocity, the most happy, prosperous 
 and intelligent that it is possible for them to be. Those 
 
140 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 who have been the largest contributors to the success 
 of this grand object, with their wealth and ability, will 
 indeed be honored by all the members of the New Era 
 Union, and all the world in the course of time, as the 
 true royalty and nobility, or princes and princesses, the 
 lords and ladies of I lie New Era, and the new and better 
 civilization that is dawning for human beings on this 
 planet. On the basis of justice and reciprocity, that re- 
 quires that every one should give as well as receive, 
 those who give of their ability and wealth to the extent 
 that is necessary in order to attain to the General and 
 Major Degrees of the New Era I'nion, as well as the 
 Captain and other Degrees in proportion, will soon be- 
 come so much more honored and respected by all honest 
 and intelligent people all over the world than the repre- 
 sentatives of a merely inherited and vampiring aris- 
 tocracy, that the representatives of the latter will in 
 time sink into insignificance and contempt. Westward 
 the star of progress and new and better civilization has 
 always led the way, and it is the duty and the fate of 
 the American people to set such an example of true 
 nobility and royalty that all the world, in the course of 
 time, will gladly follow. Instead of those who have ac- 
 quired wealth and learning in our country going to 
 Europe to find the society and advantages they desire, 
 the best people from all the world will seek for and try 
 to attain the honor and happiness that will be the re- 
 wards of the highest degrees of the New Era Union. 
 
 PLAN FOR PROMOTING AND ORGANIZING THE NEW ERA 
 UNION AND ITS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND START- 
 ING THE NEW ERA MODEL CITY. 
 
 The originator of this enterprise has selected a num- 
 ber of very promising and prospectively valuable gold 
 mining properties that should produce many millions of 
 dollars profit. These will be increased from time to lime 
 until the very best gold mines in the world that can be 
 secured will be owned and operated by tin 1 gold mining 
 department of the New Era Union. The originator and 
 inventor of this enterprise will help to carry out the 
 plans and assist in developing them, if it is desired that 
 he should, until the duly elected officers are ready to 
 take charge of the work. A well known and responsible 
 business man will bo selected as financial secretary. 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 141 
 
 and some responsible trust company as treasurer, to 
 take charge of the funds that may be received for paying 
 the promoting and preliminary expenses. 
 
 The capital stock of the New Era Union can never 
 be increased in amount, and not to exceed 6 per cent, 
 per annum ever be paid as interest and dividend thereon. 
 The stockholders of the New Era Union will enact the 
 constitution, will elect a board of twelve general di- 
 rectors yearly, who will have charge of all the interest 
 of the New Era Union, subject to the supreme trustee; 
 also a supreme trustee, to be elected every ten years. 
 The supreme trustee will have the power to remove 
 or appoint any officer of the New Era Union and of any 
 of its departments, also to enact or veto any law, rule 
 or order, for the good of the New Era Union, that will 
 not conflict with the constitution, subject to the appeal 
 of 25 per cent, of the Council Division members in good 
 standing as provided for. In order to strengthen the 
 work of the supreme trustee as far as possible, and in- 
 sure the best interests of all concerned being provided 
 for, the supreme trustee will invite the three highest 
 officials of every organization in the United States, in 
 any way representing any number of people, to become 
 advisors to the supreme trustee, such as lodges, soci- 
 eties, unions, prominent teachers, scientists, inventors, 
 artists, reform organizations and societies, religions, 
 professional people of all kinds, mechanics, merchants, 
 manufacturers, farmers, fruit and other food growers 
 and producers, also railroads, telegraph, telephone com- 
 panies, etc. They will be known as advisors to the 
 supreme trustee, to represent the interests of their re- 
 spective people and organizations in helping to organize 
 the New Era Union and its departments, especially in 
 helping to organize their particular department. If 
 within thirty days from the sending of the invitation by 
 the supreme trustee to any one to accept the appoint- 
 ment as advisor to the supreme trustee, any official 
 or organization has not responded by doing so, then the 
 supreme trustee may appoint others in their stead from 
 that particular organization, who will agree to do all 
 in their power to represent their organization and work 
 in harmony with the officers of the same in trying to 
 organize them as a department of the New Era Union. 
 
 The advisors to the supreme trustee, who, it is 
 hoped, will promptly accept their appointments as soon 
 
142 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 as possible after the receipt of the invitation to become 
 such, will do their work through correspondence or per- 
 sonal visits with the supreme trustee or his assistants, 
 and will be expected to attend a grand council of the 
 advisors to the supreme trustee whenever called upon 
 to do so by the supreme trustee. The advisors to the 
 supreme trustee will hold their office until successors 
 are appointed by their respective organizations or by the 
 supreme trustee, or until their society or organization 
 or corporation is organized as a department of the New 
 Era Union and has three or more members in the Gen- 
 eral's Degree, when the General's Degree members will 
 then represent their organization, and they will cease to 
 exist as advisors to the supreme trustee. Every United 
 States senator will be invited by the supreme trustee 
 to act as assistant supreme trustee of the New Era 
 Union in helping to represent the interests of their people 
 who may join the New Era Union, they to hold their office 
 while they are United States senators. Every United 
 States congressman, every governor of every state and 
 territory of the United States, and every mayor of every 
 city of the United States, with one hundred thousand 
 or more population by the last census, will be invited 
 to become advisors to the supreme trustee for the time 
 they hold office. The assistant supreme trustees, who 
 will be permanent, and the advisers to the supreme 
 trustee, who will hold office until their department of 
 the New Era Union or part of the country is organized, 
 will have the right to purchase a residence bond of the 
 New Era Union, entitling them to a cottage, residence. 
 mansion or palace site in the New Era Model City that 
 is offered for sale by the Company at three-four! lis of the 
 regular price, providing they pay 10 per cent, within 
 thirty days from the selection of the site of the New 
 Era Model City, and 10 per cent, each thirty days there- 
 after. 
 
 When the New Era Model City is built and all the 
 departments are fully organized, and the New Era Union 
 plans have been carefully perfected, with sufficient cap- 
 ital and members to justify, then the New Era Union 
 should proceed to organize local Companies in each state 
 in the Union, to build model blocks or small model villages, 
 to provide for <>ne to ten thousand people. These local 
 blocks or villages should be located as near as possible 
 to the largest city in each stale, and to be used for the 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 143 
 
 purpose of collecting together and organizing, as well 
 as properly drilling, the people in each state who are 
 ready to join the New Era Union. These model blocks 
 or villages will be recruiting stations or training schools 
 for those who apply for membership to become proficient 
 in the different departments of the New Era Union, in 
 order to establish them on a self-supporting basis. These 
 local model blocks or villages will be controlled by the 
 New Era Union by incorporating a separate Company 
 in each case and assigning one-half and one of the shares 
 of the capital stock as full paid and non-assessable to 
 the New Era Union as consideration for the plans and 
 assistance in building and operating the model block or 
 village. Part of the treasury stock of the local Company 
 will then be offered to the trustees and advisors to the 
 supreme trustee at 50 per cent, of its par value, for 
 thirty days, to secure a preliminary expense fund to be- 
 gin work with, after which the price will be advanced 
 to par for the stock and bonds issued to secure the funds 
 to purchase the land, build and equip what buildings 
 and industries are necessary, and provide for all who 
 may be ready to join the New Era Union. When the 
 work of building the Grand Exposition Model City of 
 the world begins, the most competent and worthy mem- 
 bers of the New Era Union will be selected to go to the 
 Grand New Era Model City from time to time as needed, 
 until, like a well drilled a 1-1113' , every department of the 
 New Era Union is fully organized to push the work of 
 building and maintaining the New Era Model City so 
 rapidly, thoroughly and perfectly as to be the wonder 
 and command the best help, as far as needed, of the 
 best talent of the entire world. The first grand council 
 of trustees should be held as soon as possible, at which 
 time any suggestion to improve on the plans for the New 
 Era Model City will be carefully considered and adopted 
 if thought best by a majority of trustees and the su- 
 preme trustee. At this grand council the location of 
 the Grand New Era Model City will be considered, and 
 as much other work as possible be accomplished towards 
 putting the plans in successful operation. 
 
 Due notice will be given when the location of The 
 New Era Model City will be decided upon by the supreme 
 trustee. Inducements to secure its location from states, 
 counties and corporations will be considered, but the lo- 
 cation will be decided upon where the climate, resources 
 
144 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 and other advantages are the best that can be secured 
 for the best interests of the members of the New Era 
 Union and the residents of the New Era Model City. 
 When the site for the New Era Model City has been 
 secured, arrangements will then be made for the dedi- 
 cation and laying of the corner stone of the Grand Ad- 
 ministration Capitol on the following 4th of July, which 
 will be by far the grandest event in the history of the 
 world. Plans will be arranged for having at least one 
 million people present, by arranging cheap excursions 
 from all over the world, but especially from every part 
 of the United States. The event will last three days, 
 beginning July 2 and ending July 4, and will be the 
 grandest and most stupendous and glorious celebration 
 that can be conceived of and executed by the grandest 
 minds in our country. Grand jubilee concerts, with 
 thousands of musicians and singers, the grandest opera 
 and theatrical performances of special plays composed 
 for the occasion, the finest circus performances, races, 
 sports, games of all kinds, together with grand ban- 
 quets, dinners, suppers, speeches, and every other de- 
 light that can be conceived of, to conclude on July 4 with 
 the dedication of the city and laying of the corner stone 
 of the Administration Capitol, when there will be the 
 grandest parades, reviews of soldiers, lodges and soci- 
 eties in uniform, with a grand banquet for all and the 
 grandest possible jubilee in the evening, and finally ter- 
 minating with the most stupendous and grand fireworks 
 demonstration that the world will ever have for gen- 
 erations to come. Five million dollars or more will be 
 spent in advertising and promoting this grand celebra- 
 tion, feeding the people and paying for the different at- 
 tractions and other expenses. The rulers and chief repre- 
 sentatives of every nation in the world, and all our na- 
 tional, slate, territorial and city officers will be invited; 
 also the leading representatives of every religious or- 
 ganization and society, every lodge, union, society, edu- 
 cational institution, large corporations, and all other 
 representative bodies of people throughout the world 
 will especially be invited and provision made for their 
 accommodation. All railroad and steamboat companies 
 will be offered the general mortgage bonds of the New 
 Era Union as payment for the use of their cars and boats 
 and transportation of the people to this grand celebra- 
 tion. Only those accepting bonds in payment will be 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 145 
 
 favored in organizing the excursions and transporting 
 the people and supplies to the grand jubilee, and later 
 in building the New Era Model City. 
 
 By averaging ten dollars each for transportation to 
 be paid in cash to the New Era Union, and bonds given 
 therefor to the railroad and steamboat companies, one 
 million people would realize $10,000,000 in cash for the 
 New Era Union, besides the large profits from the 
 amusements and other attractions. Every legitimate 
 possible means would be taken to enthuse the people for 
 the New Era Model City and induce them to invest in 
 the stocks and bonds of the New Era Union and its 
 departments that will be organized and ready to be 
 put in operation, so that it may be possible to secure 
 $25,000,000 in subscriptions during this grand celebra- 
 tion, which would only be an average of twenty-five dol- 
 lars each for one million people. 
 
 When any department of the New Era Union is or- 
 ganized it will be as for instance the New Era Union 
 publishing department, the New Era Union lumber de- 
 partment, the New Era Union brick department, the 
 New Era Union construction department, the New Era 
 Union grocery department, the New Era Union clothing 
 department, the New Era Union amusement department, 
 etc., etc., to the extent of at least two hundred different 
 departments eventually when fully organized, each de- 
 partment to be a branch of the New Era Union, and when 
 capital is needed, bonds to be issued for same. Every 
 department in any way connected with the New Era 
 Union must be controlled by the New Era Union for 
 its good will and assistance in securing all the business 
 of the Model City and the New Era Union for that de- 
 partment, in order to avoid having to compete with out- 
 side companies, who will in no way benefit the New Era 
 Union or the New Era Model City. Competitors would, 
 if they were allowed to compete for the trade of the New 
 Era Model City, compel the New Era Union departments 
 to secure the work and services of the members at the 
 least amount possible, thus practically defeating the ob- 
 ject for which both were organized, or attaining the hap- 
 piness and prosperity of all its members. The New Era 
 Union will secure a copyright for a trademark, which 
 will be a small outline of the plan of the Model City, 
 to be used by all departments and placed on articles and 
 supplies produced, manufactured and sold by the New 
 
146 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 Era Union, thus enabling the members and the public, 
 who wish to patronize the New Era Union to be sure 
 they are doing so. 
 
 As the main purpose of the New Era Union is to pro- 
 vide congenial profitable employment for all its members 
 who desire the same, including women and young people 
 who desire to be self-supporting and producers of some- 
 thing useful, as all should desire to do, it will be safe 
 to estimate that out of a population of one million people 
 for the New Era Model City, one-half of them, or five 
 hundred thousand, would be producers or workers, doing 
 something useful to support themselves and helping to 
 make a grand success of the New Era Union and the New 
 Era Model City. Placing an average of six dollars per 
 day on their work, which would be a low estimate with 
 the system of the New Era Union doing away with the 
 enormous waste to time, labor and capital now neces- 
 sary, and utilizing the highest skill, best inventions and 
 most perfect system in producing the best of everything 
 that will insure the highest price in every market of 
 the world, the wealth produced by the five hundred thou- 
 sand of the New Era Union members would be $3, 000. 000 
 per day, or about $1,000,000,000 each year. 
 
 There are several millions of our population at pres- 
 ent, many of them capable and experienced business men 
 and women, skilled mechanics, artists and teachers who 
 are eager to work with all their ability, but who are 
 unable to secure employment, and are merely existing 
 without doing themselves or any one else any permanent 
 good as producers of anything useful. The advantages, 
 attractions and inducements to work and live in the 
 (I rand New Era Model City will be so far beyond any 
 other place in the world that the very best people in 
 every department of learning, industry, art, science, pro- 
 fession, etc.. will be attracted to it. and as only the 
 best in every department will be selected, i here will be no 
 question but that I lie value of the services and products 
 of live hundred thousand such workers under so perfect 
 a system as thai of the New Era Union, will amount 
 to a ho in si. 000,000,000 per year, thus increasing the 
 wealth of the members of the New Era Union to such 
 an enormous extent that in a few years they could live 
 comfortably on their incomes from their investments in 
 the bonds of i he New Era Union, or by working only a 
 few hours per day. thus making an opening for other 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era f'nion. 147 
 
 workers to take their places and helping to attain hap- 
 piness and prosperity for as many as possible. 
 
 When the Grand New Era Model City has one mil- 
 lion or more population, thoroughly and successfully 
 organized, then the New Era Union will build other 
 model cities, towns and villages in other states and coun- 
 tries until the present wasteful struggle for existence will 
 be changed to peace, happiness and prosperity for all 
 who will unite in the New Era Union and do all in their 
 power to help make it a grand success. 
 
 PLAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE NEW ERA UNION. 
 
 All members of the New Era Union in good standing 
 will belong to a council for their respective degree and 
 location. 
 
 Each council will legislate for its respective mem- 
 bers by a majority vote, subject to the approval of 
 the higher councils and supreme trustee. The local 
 councils will elect delegates to county, state and national 
 councils of their respective degrees when needed. 
 
 The civil service department will keep a careful ac- 
 count of each member's record and promote or dismiss 
 them according as they comply or fail to comply with 
 the conditions of membership in good standing. The 
 highest generals' council, composed of General's Degree 
 members, will have general charge of the work of the 
 New Era Union, subject to the approval of the supreme 
 trustee, whose acts will be subject to the majority vote 
 of all members in good standing when twenty-five per 
 cent, appeal for such vote, so that the majority vote of 
 all the members will be final. 
 
 AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF THE NEW ERA UNION. 
 
 One of the strongest features of the New Era Union 
 to insure its success, will be its agency department. It 
 will in time become one of the grandest and most ef- 
 fectual agencies for good to all concerned that has ever 
 yet been organized on this planet. It will in fact be a 
 real army of true missionaries, working for the peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for as many human beings as 
 can be rescued from the unorganized competitive strug- 
 gle for existence or selfish wealth or luxury of the pres- 
 ent. 
 
 The New Era Union agency department will select 
 the very best general agents that can be secured and 
 
148 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 place them in charge of a district, on a basis of one gen- 
 eral agent for every one hundred thousand men, women 
 and young people over sixteen years of age in each dis- 
 trict, by the census to be taken by the agency depart- 
 ment. The general agents will work as Captain Degree 
 members and will be paid ten dollars per day. They will 
 be responsible for their respective territory or district, 
 with the help of general inspectors and instructors to 
 be appointed by the managers to be constantly in the 
 field at work, among new agents especially. 
 
 The general agent, after being appointed to his dis- 
 trict, will at once proceed to organize it by selecting a 
 centrally located house for his home and office for his 
 district, where himself and his immediate assistants will 
 live and do their work. All of his assistants must be 
 members of the New Era Union, his bookkeepers to be- 
 long to the bookkeepers' department, his cook to the 
 cooks' department, etc., as "In union there is strength" 
 being the object to be always kept in mind in or- 
 ganizing and operating every department of the New 
 Era Union. Whenever a local company of the New Era 
 Union has erected a model block or village, in or near 
 any large city where the general agents are organized, 
 they will make their home and office in such model 
 block or village if possible. 
 
 Having organized his home and office force, the gen- 
 eral agent should then look over his territory and divide 
 it into ten local districts and appoint the best men or 
 women he can get for district agents to have charge of 
 their district, reporting to the general agent daily. The 
 district agents will rank as Lieutenant's Degree members 
 and will receive six dollars per day. The district agents 
 will also select a house in the center of their district 
 for their office and the home of their local agents as 
 far as possible, as no money should be paid out for 
 offices, homes, board or lodging that can possibly be 
 avoided. All must concentrate in every possible way, 
 especially in getting started, to save time and expense. 
 The district agent will then select ten of the best local 
 
 agents lie can secure, who will rank as Recruit's Degree 
 members until they show sufficient success and ability 
 to become Private's Degree members, according to the 
 laws of the civil service department. Each local agent 
 will have charge of one thousand people, and shall call 
 on each in succession in regular order, from house to 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 149 
 
 house, until as nearly as possible every adult in their 
 district has been visited, and then repeat as often as 
 possible. The local agents will first secure as per- 
 fect a census of their districts as possible in regular 
 order, giving the location and description of every build- 
 ing in which human beings live or work, with its occu- 
 pants, giving the number, their nationality, sex, age and 
 condition of life, with their position or occupation. When 
 the local agent's census is complete, a copy will be re- 
 tained by the local agent, to be corrected and checked 
 off at every daily visit. A copy will be retained by the 
 district agent, to be checked off and corrected daily from 
 the reports of the local agent; a copy to be retained by 
 the general agent, to be checked off and corrected daily 
 from the reports of the district agent, and a copy to be 
 kept by the division manager, who will have charge of 
 a division containing ten general agents, and have their 
 copies checked off and corrected from the general agents' 
 reports. The division agents or managers to send a 
 daily report to the general managers, who will be Gen- 
 eral's Degree members, at headquarters, which will be 
 the New Era Model City as soon as it is started. 
 
 As soon as the local agents have been appointed, 
 they must be thoroughly instructed as to their duties, 
 which will be to always be polite and considerate, never 
 intruding or annoying any person if it is possible to 
 avoid it, briefly explaining the plans and objects of the 
 New Era Union and the Model City, then ask the ques- 
 tions for the census. At subsequent visits the local 
 agents will kindly and politely solicit for whatever is 
 being offered through the agency department. First, a 
 copy of the book giving full particulars and outlines of 
 the plans of the New Era Union and New Era Model 
 City, then for the different publications of the New 
 Era Union publishing department, that will give a full 
 report of the progress of the work; then applications 
 to the membership degrees as workers are needed; then 
 for subscriptions to the different stocks and bonds of 
 the New Era Union and departments, and finally, when 
 departments of the New Era Union are organized and 
 supplies are produced in excess of the needs of the mem- 
 bers, then these local agents will take orders for the 
 same. 
 
 When a site for the Grand Model City has been se- 
 cured and arrangements made for the grand jubilee cele- 
 
150 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 bration and dedication on the following 2d, 3d and 4th 
 of July, the local agents will then endeavor to sell every 
 adult and young person in their district a ticket to at- 
 tend the grand dedication celebration, which will be 
 sold on easy instalments if necessarv. 
 
 Finally, when the different departments of the New 
 Era Union are fully organized and ready for business, 
 the agency department will have a local agent calling 
 eventually, when fully organized, once a week on every 
 family in their charge, for orders for every kind of in- 
 vestment, service, supplies, etc., sold or produced by 
 the New Era Union; thus the New Era Union will secure 
 the desirable patronage of every desirable person in the 
 United States; also in other countries when the New 
 Era Union sees lit to organize therein. 
 
 The delivery department of the New Era Union to 
 deliver all orders and sales all over the country, will be 
 organized practically on the same plan as the agency de- 
 partment. As soon as possible the New Era Union will 
 have its railroad and steamboat departments to afford 
 transportation to all parts of the United States, and 
 eventually to other countries. 
 
 REVOLUTION AND REPUDIATION; OR PEACE, HAPPINESS AND 
 PROSPERITY FOR ALL ON A BASIS OF JUSTICE AND REC- 
 IPROCITY—WHICH? "CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YE 
 WILL SERVE." 
 
 Old fogies and narrow-minded pessimists can ridicule 
 and oppose the plans herein set forth just as much as 
 they please; they will only help the work along by show- 
 ing the class of people who are not willing to help make 
 il ;i grand success. Any one is to be pitied who can not 
 read the signs of the times and see that the success of 
 the New Era Model City and New Era Union is inevitable. 
 It simply must succeed to make life worth living to mil- 
 lions of our people who have progressed to a point that 
 the stagnation, distress and selfish, aggressive competi- 
 tion everywhere existing is no longer endurable to them. 
 The millions of masses, as well as the advanced, most in- 
 telligent and wealthy classes, want something better than 
 they have at present, and. according to the laws. "Seek 
 and ye shall find;" "According to your faith il shall be 
 done unto you:" "Faith without works availeth nothing." 
 and "In union there is strength;" if they obey these laws 
 the New Era Model City and New Era Union will as 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 151 
 
 surely attain to all that is herein planned for as that 
 water will run down hill, and so much more that it is im- 
 possible for the ordinary mortal without faith in the 
 wonderful power for good of the All Highest, the Cre- 
 ator, to conceive. The originator of this enterprise, in 
 developing these plans, does not intend that any religion 
 of any kind, under any circumstances, shall in any way 
 whatever, as a creed or religious denomination, be di- 
 rectly connected with the work of organizing or conduct- 
 ing the New Era Union, and building and conducting the 
 New Era Model City. All religions and all beliefs shall 
 be treated alike, and all welcomed without the slightest 
 prejudice or opposition to any. The fundamental prin- 
 ciple of our constitution of the United States, that man 
 shall worship God according to the dictates of his own con- 
 science, or not w T orship Him at all if he does not want to, 
 shall be strictly adhered to. All religions and beliefs, all 
 philosophers, all free thinkers, even atheists, material- 
 ists, agnostics, etc., and especially all humanitarians, de- 
 sire the realization of the prayer, "Thy kingdom come, 
 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven," if it means 
 peace, happiness and prosperity for all human beings 
 here on earth, as we believe it does. 
 
 Of course, in promoting and organizing so stupen- 
 dous an enterprise as this there will be friction, con- 
 fusion, trials, and perhaps temporary setbacks to a 
 greater or less extent, according to the intelligence or 
 lack of intelligence and common sense on the part of 
 those who are the most active in the work. It will not 
 compare, however, to the trouble of organizing a large 
 army, while the originator has now every reason to hope 
 that the many years of hard study, severe trials, enthusi- 
 astic work and serious disappointments on the part of 
 the many earnest reformers of the world, while persever- 
 ing with the one object in view of making peace, happi- 
 ness and prosperity possible for all here on earth, are 
 now about to bear fruit and their object realized, as far 
 as conditions and human nature, as they exist, permit of. 
 The most important part of the work is securing un- 
 selfish, broad-minded, progressive and humane men and 
 women to organize and direct the work, and we believe 
 the plans herein suggested provide for all that object as 
 effectually as possible. 
 
152 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 "CHOOSE YE THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE." 
 
 If the people of the Uuited States are satisfied in 
 serving or being subject to the selfish, unorganized com- 
 petitive struggle for existence, or for the mockery of 
 pleasure and honor, by attaining wealth as at present, 
 in preference to choosing a grander, more noble and hu- 
 mane system, to have for its object the peace, happiness 
 and prosperity of all on the basis of justice and reci- 
 procity, they are, of course, at perfect liberty to do so. 
 The originator of this enterprise can stand it, if they can. 
 On every hand there are certain signs of the times clearly 
 seen by the close observer and deep student that prove 
 a terrible revolution, with repudiation of all debts, as 
 inevitable, unless some grand enterprise such as this is 
 started as soon as possible, to afford an outlet for the 
 suppressed genius, energy, skill and ambition of the mil- 
 lions who are not willing to submit to the conditions of 
 stagnation and distress that already so many of our pop- 
 ulation have surrendered to by becoming tramps and 
 paupers. 
 
 On the other hand, if this Grand New Era Model City 
 is to be fully realized, and the New Era Union to become 
 a haven of peace, happiness and prosperity for all who see 
 fit to join it and comply with its conditions and mem- 
 bership, all who desire results must do their part by 
 promptly and earnestly responding to the opportunity 
 here presented. 
 
 Let none say it is too big an undertaking, for by the 
 system herein provided for, that will be improved from 
 time to time, as experience and necessity require, it will 
 make the building of the Grand New Era Model City a 
 more possible and practical thing to accomplish than the 
 building of the World's Fair at Chicago, where about 
 $40,000,000 were spent for an exposition to last only six 
 months. Let none say that they can not sec how they 
 can help, for the way is made so plain that "a wayfaring 
 man. though a fool, may not err therein." Let none say 
 they have no money to help with, for the way is provided 
 for those "without money and without price," so that 
 they can give their services in lieu of capital in any de- 
 partment or degree in the New r Era Union, if they are 
 only capable <>l' being in any way useful. Remember and 
 put in practice the truths: "According to your faith it 
 shall be done unto you." but thai "faith without works 
 availeth nothing," and that "In union there is strength." 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 153 
 
 To show bow fully the working people or wage work- 
 ers of the United States realize the necessity for new and 
 better conditions, I will read an article from the Rocky 
 Mountain News of September 1, 1895, headed "Labor 
 Day's Influence — Leaders of the Movement on Its New 
 Features :" 
 
 "Labor Day this year is to be celebrated under some- 
 what unusual circumstances. It comes on September 2 
 in most of the states, although Pennsylvania does not 
 celebrate it until Saturday, September 7. Most of the 
 unions have arranged to make the day a protest against 
 the incarceration of Eugene V. Debs. To this end the 
 Trades and Labor assembly, and the Central Labor fed- 
 eration in Chicago, have arranged a monster parade in 
 that city. Philadelphia will also have a very elaborate 
 procession, the Carpenters' and Joiners' union being the 
 prime mover in the affair. New York's celebration will 
 not be so imposing as that of some other cities, owing to 
 the removal of labor's national headquarters from the 
 metropolis. The other leading cities of the country will 
 have the customary parades. Any one who has oppor- 
 tunities of getting at the real opinions of the principal 
 labor leaders of the country must be impressed by their 
 change of thought in the matter of industrial problems. 
 There seems to prevail an impression that a NEW ERA 
 has been ushered in and that the old methods must be 
 discarded. 
 
 " 'Labor Day this year,' said James R. Sovereign, 
 when asked about this, 'will certainly usher in a new 
 epoch. The industrial element has more solidarity, I 
 should say, now than at any former period. There may 
 not be the old-time show and glitter, but there will be en- 
 thusiasm and a determination to stand together. I fully 
 agree with those who declare that class feeling in this 
 republic is stronger than in any other country in the 
 world. That is the inevitable result of economic oppres- 
 sion. For a long time the American working man was 
 taught and believed that he was immeasurably better off 
 than his toiling brother in other lands. Events here have 
 opened his eyes. Capitalism is the same here as else- 
 where. It grinds the face of the poor. The very fact that 
 political equality exists appears to make economic des- 
 potism harsher.' 
 
 "Mr. Sovereign, when asked about his boycott of the 
 bank notes, said : 'That has been much misrepresented. 
 
154 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 Those who think the measure farcical are welcome to 
 their opinion. But as a protest of labor against existing 
 conditions it ought to be significant. Labor has little to 
 do now but protest against its servitude. It seems odd 
 that the discontent of the working masses should be ridi- 
 culed. Surely the workers of any land are an important 
 element in its population. Let us assume, for the sake 
 of argument, that they voice demands that are absurd. 
 Is it nice to mock these demands? Would it not be bet- 
 ter for those who deem them absurd to argue temperately 
 with labor aud endeavor to point its errors out to it? 
 Again, see how coldly the class hold aloof from Labor 
 Day. They take no interest in it. Whenever the work- 
 ing-man has a measure to propose, he must make his fight 
 alone. When the financiers or the business men want a 
 thing done, they are very ready to solicit the toilers' aid.' 
 
 " 'Do you agree with Debs in condemning strikes?' 
 
 " 'I don't think Debs is against strikes as a means in 
 certain contingencies. We have just seen two large 
 strikes brought to a successful issue — the miners in 
 Pennsylvania and the tailors in New York. What Mr. 
 Debs means, I am sure, is that the expedience of the strike 
 must first be taken into account. For my part, I deem 
 the strike almost inevitable under existing conditions, 
 although I do not believe in the rash and unjust strike. 
 Labor Day is destined to be happy in that respect this 
 3 r ear. The workers will have no failure to remember.' 
 
 "President McBride, of the American Federation of 
 Labor, shares in the general opinion that new conditions 
 are arising. 
 
 " 'Labor Day will be a great occasion this year," said 
 he, 'because the workingmen have gained so much the 
 past twelve months. I am very glad the occasion is to be 
 made one of national protest against the Debs outrage. 
 In its way the episode has been a blessing in disguise. 
 It has shown the toilers how little they may expecl from 
 the powers that be under existing conditions. The old 
 way of regarding our republic as the paradise of toilers 
 is over and done with. Rather is it a paradise of capi- 
 talists. Where in the world has capital more preroga- 
 tives than among ourselves? I wonder if our people 
 understand the significance of the fad thai the toiling 
 masses arc learning to regard the conditions under which 
 they live with sullm discontent? Docs it bode well for 
 the future of our land? Would not mere self interest, if 
 
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 sufficiently enlightened, prompt capital to look to the 
 welfare of labor? The trouble with our people is that 
 they are so dazzled by their political equality as to be 
 for the most part blind to economic inequality. The con- 
 sequence is that when labor protests are heard, there are 
 charges of demagogism made. We are told that the 
 workingmen are misled by ignorance and union leaders. 
 The people who talk that way overlook the fact that the 
 toiler is underpaid and underfed, and in want. Men in 
 that condition do not want to be told that their leaders 
 are vicious. Let them first be well paid and afforded the 
 means of decent livelihood. Then they will be in a posi- 
 tion to get rid of the vicious and ignorant leaders. The 
 general obloquy heaped upon the labor movement only 
 adds invitations to the general discontent. It serves to 
 get the workers apart and to make them feel that they 
 are necessarily opposed in interest to other classes. 
 
 " 'The movement, however,' he said in answer to a 
 question, 'is apt to suffer from the introduction of all 
 sorts of fads and issues by social reformers who mean 
 well enough, but usually drift the w T orkingmen away into 
 all sorts of abstract discussions and vain agitations. I 
 believe in the labor movement, but I do not feel obliged 
 on that account to take up every new idea that comes 
 along. There are too many cure-alls in the social agita- 
 tion of to-day. People will assure you that if you only 
 adopt their panacea, the whole world will become a gar- 
 den of unions, and they enthuse an immense amount of 
 talk and very little action. Action, that's the need of 
 labor. Our enemies have a monopoly of that. Discus- 
 sion clears the air, but we must not always discuss. That 
 is w 7 hy I look forward to Labor Day this year with un- 
 usual interest. We are going to do something. The pro- 
 test against Debs' imprisonment will lead to something 
 definite, in my opinion. It will serve to convince the 
 workingman that he is his own best friend. That is what 
 he has been a long time finding out.' 
 
 "Debs' view of the coming Labor Day should have 
 both an academic and a personal interest. Writing from 
 Woodstock jail, in answer to a request for Labor Day 
 sentiments, he declares: 
 
 " 'I do not care to write with malice towards any 
 one. I do not know what to write about Labor Day 
 that will not seem personal in view of the industrial pro- 
 test against what I deem the violation of my rights as 
 
156 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 an American citizen in being imprisoned without any 
 acknowledgment of my right to a trial. I know that if 
 I am in the right my vindication will come with time. 
 If I am with the wrong, I ought to take the consequences. 
 I do not look npon the protest of American labor against 
 my imprisonment ;is any personal tribute. It is simply 
 a manifestation of American love of fair play and justice. 
 regardless of individuals. The principles of truth and jus- 
 tice are the keys to the labor question.' " 
 
 To show r that matters have not improved for the 
 laboring people in the past two years, we find, on Labor 
 Day. 1897, over one hundred thousand coal miners on a 
 desperate strike for living wages, and such articles as the 
 following in our newspapers. 
 
 (FROM THE NEW ROAD, DENVER, SEPTEMBER 4, 1897.) 
 
 MAY CALL TO ARMS. 
 
 THE MASSES OF THE PEOPLE ARE SICK OF THE JUSTICE 
 METED OUT TO THEM BY PLUTOCRACY'S JUDGES— THE 
 "GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION" SCHEME PUT IN FORCE 
 BY THE HIRED COURTS OF THIS COUNTRY MUST BE 
 STOPPED- PLANS FORMULATED AT ST. LOUIS FOR A 
 CONVENTION TO BE HELD AT CHICAGO, SEPTEMBER 27 
 —SPEECHES OF SOVEREIGN AND DEBS. 
 
 The conference of organized labor held at St. Louis 
 this week adjourned Tuesday to meet again in conven- 
 tion at Chicago, September 27. The meeting this week 
 was for the formulating of plans for a convention to 
 follow later. From all indications it begins to look as 
 though the masses of this country were getting together 
 and proposed to assert their rights. The money classes 
 and their hired judges have gone too far. The masses 
 will have to light for the liberties of citizenship an 
 American citizen is supposed to be entitled to. The clos- 
 ing remarks el' Sovereign and the speech of Eugene V. 
 I Jobs speak the sentiments of the millions of the masses. 
 
 "Why," said .Mr. Sovereign, "this convention has re- 
 jected a proposition looking to this very end. Even if 
 congress did give us the lights we want, the courts of 
 the country would still have the power of injunction, 
 and they could then throttle us. The convention should 
 inform the world that if this matter is to be tested the 
 miners should break all injunctions." 
 
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 Mr. Sovereign said he was willing to go to jail in 
 support of his idea. 
 
 "It is time," said Mr. Sovereign, fervently, "to bring 
 the miners and courts face to face in this matter and 
 force an issue. Fill up the jail with violators of in- 
 junctions, and when the men who started this move- 
 ment are incarcerated, thousands of others will be found 
 to take their places. (Cheers.) The laboring people can 
 vote for years but nothing can be accomplished. Let us 
 reorganize this government," shouted Mr. Sovereign. 
 "Let us stand up and assert ourselves. Behind these in- 
 junctions stand Gatling guns and Winchesters, but w T e 
 fear them not. Let us hold up the flag and tear down 
 the courts. 
 
 "We stand on our dignity and will have our liberty 
 from this time on," shouted Mr. Sovereign. 
 
 The convention broke into wild cheering, which de- 
 veloped into spontaneous call for Mr. Debs, the famous 
 labor leader and avowed head of the social democracy 
 of this country, who has not uttered a word since the 
 convention met, but who has not missed a minute of its 
 proceedings. He rose from his seat and came slowly to 
 the platform. When the cheering ceased Mr. Debs began 
 a speech which was interrupted at the end of nearly every 
 sentence by cheering and handclapping. He said: 
 
 "I believe the gravity of the industrial situation in 
 this country is well understood. It is quite evident the 
 delegates to this convention recognize the fact that civil 
 liberty is dead in America. I have said, and say again, 
 for the last time I have appealed to the courts for 
 justice and shall appeal to them no more. 
 
 "The A. R. U. expended $45,000 to have the question 
 of civil rights tested in the supreme court of the United 
 States, only to be told that we have no rights that cap- 
 ital was bound to respect. Shall we appeal to the su- 
 preme court again? No. We appeal to this convention 
 and the country for an uprising of all common people in 
 every walk of life to beat back the courts and reen- 
 throne the rights of the American people! Labor Day 
 is near. What shall we do? I predict, my friends, that 
 we will see the extraordinary spectacle of enslaved labor 
 rattling its chains and dancing to the music. Labor is 
 the cheapest commodity on God's earth, and yet there 
 are those who would have it at a lower price. The 
 united voice of labor has been raised against the ap- 
 
158 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 pointment of Mr. Powderly to a federal position, and I 
 notice that he was promptly put into the place (mingled 
 cheers and hisses). From justice of the peace to justice 
 of the supreme court of the United States, all the judicial 
 powers of the United States are directed against the 
 laborer. All the organized sources of society are against 
 the laborer, and if labor expects enmancipation itself, 
 labor needs must do it." 
 
 Mr. Debs then told the convention that much destitu- 
 tion existed among the miners of the once proud state 
 of Indiana, and stated that one thousand underground 
 workers and their families were starving. He read the 
 report of the committee appointed by Gov. Mount to 
 examine into the condition of the miners of Indiana and 
 then took up the thread of his argument. 
 
 ''The time has not quite come to incite the popula- 
 tion," -said Mr. Debs, shaking his fist vehemently. "I 
 serve notice on the plutocratic element of this country 
 that we are on the eve of another meeting in Chicago, 
 which will be attended by all branches of labor. That 
 convention will take up these same questions and will 
 institute agitation and keep it going until the public 
 conscience and the public heart are aroused. Then will 
 come such an uprising as the world has never seen. 
 
 "I do not come to this convention to exploit social 
 democracy or any other movement. There is something 
 greater in this movement than any one element can man- 
 age — the emancipation of labor. There is no division 
 here. Each man is entitled to his own opinion and his 
 right to express it. each man to speak as becomes that 
 man. 1 am side by side with you. I am a trades unionist 
 and a social unionist. (Tremendous applause.) 
 
 "Whenever the trades unions desire to do battle wit h 
 their common enemy they can count upon us to come to 
 the front and lake their places side by side with them 
 and fight with them. Never in my life have I been more 
 hopeful than now. 1 am no1 gifted with great visionary 
 power, but I can see the beginning of the end. (Cheers.) 
 This meeting is an inspiration. It will lead to great re- 
 sults. This movement has attained tremendous impetus 
 and will go ahead with a rush. When the people are 
 ready, and that day is not far off, my friends, there will 
 be a spontaneous uprising. The supreme court will be 
 abolished, congress dispersed and the sacred rights of 
 
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 American citizens and American freedom will be en- 
 throned. (Great applause.) 
 
 "I plead guilty to the charge of being radical. I 
 only wish you would allow me to be more radical still. 
 Support us. gentlemen of the convention, and I promise 
 you we will support the attempt to abolish government 
 by injunction and the judges who issue them. 
 
 "On bearing arms, I hope in the march of common 
 intelligence we will reach a point where we will be able 
 to settle these questions without appealing to the sword 
 or bullet. I can not tell. Certain it is there are thou- 
 sands of our fellow citizens suffering, and certain it is 
 this can not last. The time will come to incite this 
 populace. When this time comes you can depend on me. 
 (Cheers.) I will not stand in the rear and ask you to go 
 ahead. I will be in front and say to you, 'Come on.' 
 (Renewed cheering.) 
 
 "I shrink from bloodshed,"' and Mr. Debs paused 
 impressively, "but if it is necessary to preserve liberty 
 and our rights— in that event I will shed the last drop 
 of blood that courses through my veins. (Outbreak of 
 cheering.) 
 
 A REPUBLIC NO LONGER. 
 
 "Plutocracy can not buy me; they may send me to 
 jail; may ostracise me or hang me, but in 'the language 
 of the revolutionary heroes, I do not propose to part 
 with my self-respect, independence and manhood. We 
 no longer have a republic, there is not a vestige of it 
 left. The judiciary of this country has placed a padlock 
 on my lips, forbidden me to walk on public highways, 
 and destroyed all of my rights. I submit because vou 
 compelled me to. I am helpless. I appeal to vou and 
 to the country to come to the front, take this cause to 
 heart and these questions will then be solved. I will 
 be free and so will you. 
 
 "The people are ripe for a great change. All they 
 lack is direction and leadership. Let this conference 
 supply it. Let this conference set the pace. Announce 
 to the world that it will temporarily adjourn for three 
 weeks to renew preparations. Ask every man to pledge 
 himself to be there, come if you have to walk, no one 
 has a right to plead poverty.*' 
 
 Mr. Debs went over the conditions existing in Penn- 
 sylvania. When he finished with that state he took up 
 
160 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 West Virginia. West Virginia, he said, had more gov 
 ernment to the square inch than any state in the Union, 
 and that meant less liberty. The best government, the 
 most liberty — the only perfect government was no gov- 
 ernment at all. In conclusion, Mr. Debs said: 
 
 "My friends, assist ourselves; enforce your cause. 
 Let every man who can be as good as his word stand 
 erect." 
 
 Nearly every delegate in the convention rose to his 
 feet and cheered the speaker. 
 
 As Mr. Debs finished, the delegates jumped on their 
 chairs, threw their hats in the air and crowded forward 
 to greet the speaker. Chairman Pomeroy pounded vig- 
 orously for order, but it was fully five minutes before 
 the convention recovered from the spell which Mr. Debs' 
 oratory had cast about them. The chairman then ap- 
 pointed Messrs. Mahon, Debs, Sovereign, Donnelly and 
 O'Connell a committee to arrange the Chicago conven- 
 tion, September 27. 
 
 (FROM DENVER REPUBLICAN, SEPTEMBER 12, 1897.) 
 
 TWENTY-ONE DEAD AND FORTY WOUNDED. 
 
 AWFUL RESULTS OF THE FIRING ON STRIKERS BY DEPUTY 
 SHERIFFS— OVER ONE HUNDRED MEN. ARMED TO THE 
 TEETH, WROUGHT HAVOC AMONG THE IGNORANT, UN- 
 ARMED FOREIGNERS— THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE 
 ISSUES A PROCLAMATION ORDERING ALL MOBS TO DIS- 
 PERSE TO THEIR HOMES AT ONCE—TWO THOUSAND 
 FIVE HUNDRED MILITIAMEN ARE AT HAZLETON TO KEEP 
 THE PEACE— WARRANTS SWORN OUT FOR THE ARREST 
 OF THE SHERIFF AND HIS DEPUTIES. 
 
 Harrisburg, Pa., September 11 — On account of the 
 horrible slaughter yesterday afternoon at Latimer, in the 
 coal region, the governor to-night issued the following 
 proclamation: 
 
 "Whereas, It has been represented to me by the 
 proper authorities of Luzerne county that riotous demon- 
 strations exist in various sections thereof, whereby the 
 lives and property and the peace and safety of the people 
 are threatened, and which the civil authorities are un- 
 able to suppress; and 
 
 "Whereas, The constitution and by-laws of the com 
 monwealth authorize and require the governor, whenever 
 
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 lt a tp ,3 tn be « COme nec T* r7 t0 empl °y the mili *^ of the 
 peace ***"" ^^ Vi ° lence and P res *™ the 
 
 "Now, therefore, I, Daniel H. Hastings, governor of 
 the commonwealth, do hereby admonish all good c zen 
 and all persons within the eye and under the jurisdiction 
 of the commonwealth against aiding or abetting anv 
 such unlawful proceedings, and I do hereby notify "them 
 that the lives and property of all citizens of the comnW 
 wealth will be protected; that the laws will be enforced- 
 that the humblest citizen will be protected in Ms ri*ht 
 to earn livelihood and in the enjoyment of h/s home and 
 family; and that the safety and life and properiv will 
 be guaranteed on all occasions, at whatever P C o 8 f Ind 
 I do hereby command all persons engaged in riotous 
 demonstrations and unlawful conduct threatening the 
 peace and dignity of the commonwealth of Penn Sy lvaSa 
 to disperse forthwith to their respective place "of abode 
 warning them that persistence in violence or unlawful' 
 assemblage will compel such use of the military arm o 
 the commonwealth as may be necessary to enforce obedi 
 ence to the laws and the maintenance of good order 
 
 Given under my hand and the great seal nf tho 
 state, at Harrisburg, this 11th day of leptember in the 
 
 se e v a e r n° f and r of the T ^"""l ?** h ™tt^ 
 second commonwealth one hundred and twenty- 
 
 « Rt7 +>1 "DANIEL H. HASTINGS 
 
 'By the governor: *-««-ra. 
 
 "J. E. BARNETT, 
 
 "Acting Secretary to the Commonwealth." 
 
 (DENVER REPUBLICAN, SEPTEMBER 12, 1897.) 
 
 AN ARMY OF M.LITIAMEN | N HAZLETON TO PREVENT ANY 
 FURTHER OUTBREAKS. 
 
 Hazelton, Pa., September 11— Twentv-one cor™* n fl 
 
 to°wT h Vo n rtv ame Sh r iGS ' SCattered abon? n thS £ t p 
 town. Forty maimed, wounded and broken figures lav 
 on the narrow cots of the Hazelton hospital. Of these 
 
162 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 dred and fifty ignorant foreigners, whose total armament 
 consisted of two little pen knives. These facts are undis- 
 puted. 
 
 Here is the ghastly roll as it stands to-night: 
 
 The dead: 
 
 Andrew Nickowski. 
 
 John Chobenski. 
 
 Steve Urch. 
 
 Andrew Yerhman. 
 
 John Franko. 
 
 John Zernawick. 
 
 Frank Kodet. 
 
 John Sheka. 
 
 Anton Greekio. 
 
 John Turnasvich. 
 
 Andrew Yurich, all of Harwood. 
 
 Andrew Zimenski. 
 
 Adam Zimenski. 
 
 John Burksi. 
 
 Stanley Sagdrski. 
 
 Sebastian Bozostoski. 
 
 John Futa. 
 
 Adelbert Czata, all of Crystal Edge. 
 
 Andrew Collick. 
 
 Eafael Beckewicz, of Cranberry. 
 
 The injured who are at death's door are: 
 
 Clemens Plotack. 
 
 Casper Dulass. 
 
 John Bonke. 
 
 Andrew Slaboni. 
 
 Jacob Tomashontas. 
 
 Forty others are badly hurt, including John Treible, 
 a deputy sheriff. 
 
 All these men ranged in age from eighteen to forty- 
 five years, all foreigners — Hungarians, Poles, Lithunians 
 and Slavs. 
 
 AN EXCITING DAY. 
 
 The situation to-night is intense, as the day was 
 full of events and incidents. 
 
 First and foremost, the purpose these men had in 
 view when their march received ils tragic end was con- 
 summated. The one thousand five hundred workers at 
 the Latimer mines, to whom they were bound in an ef- 
 fort to induce them to join the strikers' ranks have laid 
 
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 down their picks and sworn to do no more work until all 
 the demands of all the men at all the mines in the dis- 
 trict have been conceded. 
 
 Next in importance was the issuance of warrants 
 this afternoon for the arrest of Sheriff Martin and 102 
 deputies. These were issued at the instance of the 
 United Hungarian societies. They were made out in 
 the name of Joseph Mahalte, president of the St. George 
 society, of which nearly all the dead miners were mem- 
 bers. 
 
 Robert P. Riley, manager of the anthracite detective 
 agency, took charge of the documents, but up to a late 
 hour to-night they had not been executed. 
 SHERIFF WELL PROTECTED. 
 
 Sheriff Martin, who spent last night at his Wilkes- 
 barre home under a strong guard, came to Hazelton this 
 morning with the Ninth regiment of the third brigade. 
 His presence in the town was not known until late in the 
 day. Then it was found that he was still under the 
 guardianship of the soldiers and he could not be reached. 
 This afternoon Constables Airey and Gallagher made an 
 effort to arrest A. E. Hess, who led one company of the 
 deputies last night, but he had sought shelter within 
 the military lines of the Ninth regiment, and they refused 
 to permit the constables to pass the guard. The war- 
 rants charged murder, assault and battery and threaten- 
 ing to kill. 
 
 A third event of no less importance was the offer 
 made by Superintendent Lawall, of the Lehigh and 
 Wilkesbarre collieries, to grant an increase of 10 per 
 cent, over the Lehigh basis to the men of the company, 
 about 2,000 in number. A big meeting was held at Mc- 
 Adoo in the afternoon to consider this offer, and after 
 much discussion and speechmaking it was decided to 
 accept the proposition. But little confidence follows this 
 decision, as it is taken for granted that as soon as the 
 men return to work pressure from the men still out will 
 be brought to bear to restore them to the strikers' ranks, 
 and it is admitted that there will be no resistance. 
 SOME STRONG RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 There was only one of the three mass meetings held 
 to-day. Another at Harwood adopted resolutions. express 
 ing sympathy for "our murdered brothers, who were shot 
 down at Latimer," and continuing in this fashion: 
 
164 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 "For years we have been oppressed by C. Pardee & 
 Co. by the payment of starvation wages. They have de- 
 prived us of our liberty by compelling us to deal in their 
 company store. They have forced us to purchase powder 
 at five times its actual value, and have otherwise tyran- 
 nized us in ways too numerous to mention, so that we 
 are no longer free men, but slaves. We assembled to- 
 gether peacefully and to seek redress for our grievances. 
 Not one man among us was armed. Our mission was 
 not to take human life, nor to destroy property, but to 
 go and meet our fellow employes of the same company 
 at Latimer, who were in sympathy with us. We were 
 opposed on the public highway, and without provocation 
 were shot down like dogs. 
 
 A COWARDLY MURDER. 
 
 "Resolved, That w T e deplore such resistance to the 
 right to assemble and inarch. That we look upon such 
 shooting as unprovoked and uncalled for, and that if such 
 slaughter is not murder in law, it surely must be before 
 high heaven. That we denounce such action by the 
 sheriff and his deputies as cruel and wilful and cowardly 
 murder. 
 
 "We place ourselves before the bar of public opinion 
 and appeal to the good citizens of this state and county. 
 and ask them if there was justification or warrant in such 
 assassination. 
 
 "Resolved, second, That we extend our sympathy to 
 the friends and relatives of those who have fallen, and 
 pray to God that those now dead will live in our mem- 
 ories as martyrs to the cause of down-trodden labor." 
 
 The third meeting was the most largely attended. 
 It began at Hazel park about 5 o'clock this afternoon 
 and adjourned to Donegal hill, an open place at one end 
 of the city, where it was in progress to-night. 
 
 The purpose of this meeting was also to extend sym- 
 pathy and to decide upon a course of action in conse- 
 quence of last night's catastrophe. 
 
 EXCITEMENT IN THE CITY. 
 
 Throughout the day the city has been given up to 
 excitement, which, by its suppressed character, has been 
 more ominous than turbulence would have been. The in- 
 coming of the state troops, which began at an early hour 
 this morning, served to cow the strikers and their sym- 
 pathizers, and no further demonstration was made than 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 165 
 
 the gathering at street corners of knots of men and wo- 
 men in muttered, but intense, discussion of the shooting. 
 To-night there are fully 2,500 soldiers camping in town. 
 
 (EDITORIAL IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12. 1897.) 
 
 WINCHESTERS IN PLAY. 
 
 Blood has been shed in the coal strike in Pennsyl- 
 vania. A well-armed band of deputy sheriffs fired into 
 an unarmed body of strikers, and they fell like sheep be- 
 fore the well-directed, murderous aim of the deputies. 
 The sheriff's only explanation of the order to fire is that 
 the strikers were a desperate lot and he did not propose 
 to take any chances. The result was the murder of these 
 men— for the action of the sheriff can be given no other 
 name. 
 
 Who are responsible for the presence of these Hun- 
 garians among the coal mines of Pennsylvania? Who 
 are responsible for their having become desperate? The 
 answer to these questions fixes the responsibility of Fri- 
 day's slaughter at Latimore. These men were imported 
 to fill the places of American miners and laborers who 
 could not live at the wages the coal operators were willing 
 to pay. Having displaced American labor, these im- 
 ported miners find themselves subjected to worse treat- 
 ment than their predecessors. Their wages have been 
 reduced down to the starvation point, and this has made 
 them desperate. Hunger will make a brute both danger- 
 ous and desperate— what is to be said of a human being? 
 To cow these men into submission the Winchester has 
 been called into play, and its deadly work was well at- 
 tested on Friday. 
 
 The same dose that was given to these Hungarian 
 miners at Latimore is being prepared for others. To work 
 at the prescribed wages or be shot down— this is the al- 
 ternative to which they are coming, unless bv a wise dis- 
 pensation of providence, the ballot box shall unseat the 
 money power from its present despotic control of the 
 country. 
 
 There is nothing in the telegraphic reports to show 
 that the sheriff was warranted in giving the order to fire- 
 there is much in the reports to show that he should not 
 have given such an order. Unless there is a perfectly 
 fair judicial inquiry into this needless slaughter of mi 
 
166 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 armed men, followed by adequate punishment, the state 
 of Pennsylvania will be disgraced anew, and it will be 
 made the harder to reply to the assertions of those who 
 claim thai for the poor there is no justice in that state 
 when on the other side of the controversy great wealth 
 and influence are arrayed. 
 
 "Government by injunction" is not without its re- 
 sponsibility for these murders. They will increase the 
 demand that the assumptions of the courts shall be 
 curbed. They will inspire those who are fighting such 
 assumptions. 
 
 (DENVER POST, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1897.) 
 
 THE SLAUGHTER AT HAZLETON. 
 
 The graphic story printed in to-night's Post of the 
 dreadful killing of miners at Hazleton, Pa., yesterday af- 
 ternoon, can not be read without a quickening of the 
 blood and a feeling of sharp indignation against the 
 bloodthirsty sheriff and his gang of armed deputies. It 
 is quite evident that the slaughter was wholly unjustifi- 
 able. The men had been allowed to march and gather 
 together ever since the strike began. They were not mo- 
 lested, not even warned, and yet, if it was wrong to march 
 yesterday, it was equally wrong to march a month ago. 
 If there was danger to the public peace, it was the sher- 
 iff's duty to nip it in the incipient stage. But he did 
 nothing of the sort. Finally this modern Dogberry pulled 
 out a copy of the riot act and read it to the alien multi- 
 tude, who did not know what he was saying or doing. 
 As the miners did not promptly disperse when litis verbal 
 thunderbolt was hurled at them, an order to fire was 
 given and a score of really innocent men bit the dust in 
 the shocking slaughter which followed. 
 
 It is a horrible tragedy, and from this distance seems 
 utterly inexcusable. No wonder the citizens gathered in 
 force and adopted resolutions severely condemning the 
 crime of Sheriff Martin and his men. Meanwhile the 
 troops gather, the neighborhood is intensely excited, the 
 spirit of bitter revenge is abroad, and more trouble is 
 feared. Thus had begins and worse remains behind. 
 These official murders come ai a lime most inopportune. 
 The settlement of the greal strike was at hand. The oper- 
 ators and the strike leaders were coming together, the 
 peaceable end was in sight, and one hundred thousand 
 
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 men were on the eve of returning to work at something 
 approaching "living" wages. The bloody action of a fool 
 sheriff is likely to put an end to all this and revive the 
 feeling of bitterness and sense of wrong. Tublic sympa- 
 thy will now more than ever be aroused in the interest 
 of the laboring people of Pennsylvania." 
 
 I will close by quoting from the pamphlet entitled, 
 "A Brief History of the Movement to Abolish the Slums 
 of Philadelphia and Provide Decent Homes for the Poor," 
 published by Rabbi Jos. Krauskopf, as follows: 
 
 "THE BIGNESS OF TEXAS." 
 
 Of the vast area of the large Western states, people 
 who have not visited them and traveled over them have 
 no comprehensive idea. Texas, the largest of the United 
 States, has an area of 265,780 square miles. To the casual 
 reader these figures mean very little. They show, how- 
 ever, that the Lone Star State is more than fifty-four 
 times as large as the state of Connecticut, and nearly as 
 large as Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 
 Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Penn- 
 sylvania, Ohio and Illinois, all put together. To those 
 persons who have never stopped to consider how great a 
 country they are living in, these figures may be of inter- 
 est. The man who fears he could not elbow his way 
 around in the crowded West without chafing the nap of 
 his coat sleeves, may gather some solace from the state- 
 ment that the entire living population of the globe, one 
 billion four hundred million souls, divided into families 
 of five persons each, could all be located in Texas, each 
 family with a house and half-acre lot, and there would 
 still remain fifty million vacant family lots. 
 
 "THE SLUMS." 
 
 Dost thou see them, Christian brother? 
 
 Weak and fallen, steeped in sin. 
 Have ye not for one another. 
 
 The compassion shown by Him? 
 Where are Mercy, Truth and Justice? 
 
 Do they shun this task divine? 
 Not the righteous, but the sinful. 
 
 Christ would lead to life sublime. 
 
168 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 If it be a cup of water, 
 
 Give it freely "in His name," 
 The All Gracious will reward thee 
 
 With a glorious crown of fame. 
 Lend to them the hand of pity 
 
 Kindly, but with firm reproof; 
 Rather than upbraid their misery 
 
 Teach them Christ, and Love, and Truth. 
 
 Nobly, then, advance to help them 
 
 Further right — the cause of man — 
 Arc ye not all brother creatures, 
 
 Fashioned by one Father's hand? 
 Cast away your pride, ye people, 
 
 Rouse ye in the name of God, 
 And the increase of His blessing, 
 
 Shall be thine avengers' rod. 
 
 THE CITY OF THE PRESENT— A WARNING. 
 
 BY JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY. 
 
 A city of palaces. Yes, that's true: a city of palaces 
 
 built for trade. 
 Look down this street. What a splendid view of the 
 
 temples where fabulous gains are made. 
 Just glance at the w 7 ealth of a single pile — the marble 
 
 pillars, the miles of glass, 
 The carving and cornice in gaudy style, the massive glow 
 
 of the polished brass — 
 And think of the acres of the inner floors, where the 
 
 wealth of the world is spread for sale. 
 Why, the treasure enclosed by those ponderous doors are 
 
 richer than ever a fairy tale. 
 Pass on to the next, it is still the s;unc, another Aladdin 
 
 the scene repeats. 
 The silks are unrolled, and the jewels flame for leagues 
 
 and leagues of the city streets. 
 
 Now I urn away from the teeming city, and pass to the 
 
 homes of the merchant kings: 
 With squares where the stately porches frown, where 
 
 (lie flowers are brilliant and the fountain sings. 
 Look up at the lights in that brilliant room, with its 
 
 chandelier of a hundred Hames. 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 169 
 
 See the carpeted street where the ladies come whose hus- 
 bands have millions or famous names. 
 
 For whom are the jewels and the silks? Behold, on those 
 exquisite bosoms and throats they burn: 
 
 Art challenges nature in color and gold and the gracious 
 presence of every turn. 
 
 So the winter flies past in a joyous rout and the summer 
 brings marvelous retreats. 
 
 These are civilized wonders, we're finding out, as we walk 
 through the beautiful city streets. 
 
 A city of palaces. Hush. Not quite; a city where pal- 
 aces are is best. 
 No need to speak of what's out of sight — let us take what 
 
 is pleasant and leave the rest: 
 The men of the city who travel and write, whose fame 
 
 and credit are known abroad; 
 The people who move in the ranks polite; the cultured 
 
 women whom all applaud. 
 It is true there is only ten thousand here, but the other 
 
 half million are vulgar clod; 
 And a soul well bred is eternal dear — it counts so much 
 
 more on the books of God. 
 The others have use in their place, no doubt; but why 
 
 speak of a class one never meets? 
 They are gloomy things to be talked about, these common 
 
 lives of the city streets. 
 
 Well, then, if you will, let us look at both: let us weigh 
 the pleasure against the pain, 
 
 The gentleman's smile with the barroom oath, the lumin- 
 ous square with the tenement lane. 
 
 Look around you now; 'tis another sphere of thin-clad 
 women and grimy men; 
 
 There are over ten thousand huddled here, where a hun- 
 dred would live of our upper ten. 
 
 Take care of that child. Here, look at her face; a baby 
 who carries a baby brother ; 
 
 They are early helpers in this poor place, and the infant 
 must often nurse the mother. 
 
 Come up those stairs where the little ones went: where 
 
 they groped and climbed in the dark. 
 Where are dozens of homes on the steep ascent, and 
 
 homes that are filled with children. Hark! 
 
170 I niversal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 Did you hoar that laugh, with its manly tones, and the 
 
 joyous ring of the baby voice? 
 Tis the father who gathers his little ones, the nurse and 
 
 her brother, and all rejoice. 
 Yes, human nature is much the same when you come to 
 
 the heart and count its beats: 
 The workman is proud of his home's dear name as the 
 
 richest man on the city streets. 
 
 God pity them all. God pity the worst. For the worst 
 
 are reckless, and need it most. 
 When we trace the causes why lives are cursed with the 
 
 criminal taint, let no man boast: 
 The race is not run with an equal chance: the poor man's 
 
 son carries double weight; 
 Who have not, are tempted; inheritance is a blight or a 
 
 blessing of man's estate. 
 No wonder that poor men sometimes sweep the prize 
 
 from the sons of the millionaires: 
 What is good to win must be good to keep, else the virtue 
 
 dies on the topmost stair. 
 
 When the winners can keep their golden prize, still darker 
 the day for the laboring poor; 
 
 The strong and the selfish are sure to rise, while the sim- 
 ple and generous die obscure. 
 
 And these are the virtues and the social gifts, by which 
 progress and poverty rank over man. 
 
 Look there, < > woe! where a lost soul drifts on the stream 
 where such virtues ever ran: 
 
 Stand close. Ie1 her pass; from a tenement room and a 
 reeking shop graduate: 
 
 If a man were to break the iron loom, or the puss she 
 tended, he knows his fate; 
 
 Rut her HIV may he broken — she stands alone — her pov- 
 erty stings, and her guileless feet 
 
 Not long since kissed ;is a father's own. are dragged in 
 the mire of the pitiless stream. 
 
 Come buck to the light, for my brain goes wrong when I 
 see the sorrows that can't be cured. 
 
 If this is all righteous, why prolong the pain for a thing 
 t hat must he endured? 
 
 We can aever have palaces built without slaves, nor lux- 
 uries served without ill-paid toil; 
 
 Society flourishes only on graves, the mortal graves in 
 the lowly soil. 
 
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 The earth was not made for its people — that even has 
 been bounded down as a social crime; 
 
 The meaning of life is to barter and buy, and the strong- 
 est and shrewdest are masters of time. 
 
 God made the million to serve the few, and their ques- 
 tions of right are vain conceits; 
 
 To have one sweet home that is safe and true, ten garrets 
 must reek in the darkened streets. 
 
 'Tis civilization, so they say, and it can not be changed 
 for the weakness of men. 
 
 Take care! Take care! 'tis a desperate way to goad the 
 wolf to the end of its den. 
 
 Take heed of your civilization, ye on your pyramids built 
 of quivering hearts; 
 
 There are stages like Paris in '93, where the commonest 
 men play most terrible parts. 
 
 Your statues may crush but they can not kill the patient 
 
 sense of a natural right; 
 It may slowly move, but the people's will, like the ocean 
 
 o'er Holland, is always in sight. 
 "It is not our fault," say the rich ones. No, 'tis the fault 
 
 of a system old and strong; 
 But men are the makers of systems, so the cure will come 
 
 if we own the wrong. 
 It will come in peace if the right man lead; it will sweep 
 
 in storm if it be denied; 
 The law to bring justice is always decreed, and on every 
 
 hand are the warnings cried. 
 Take heed of your progress! Its feet have trod on the 
 
 souls it slew with its own pollutions. 
 
 Submission is good, but the order of God may flame the 
 torch of the revolution. 
 
 Beware with your classes. Men are men, and a cry in the 
 night is a fearful teacher; 
 
 When it reaches the hearts of the masses, then, they need 
 but the sword for a judge and a preacher. 
 
 Take heed. For your Juggernaut pushes hard: God 
 holds the doom that its day completes; 
 
 It will dawn like a fire when the track is barred by a bar- 
 ricade in the city streets. 
 
 While Sutta has been reading the immense audience 
 was so absorbed with the ideas presented that the silence 
 was profound, and the only evidence of life was the voice 
 
172 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 of the speaker. When he had finished they all, with one 
 accord, rose to their feet, clapping their hands and wav- 
 ing their handkerchiefs, while enthusiastic calls were 
 made for three cheers for the New Era Union and New 
 Era Model City. Miss Willard calls on all those present 
 on the platform to rise and unite their voices together 
 in proposing the cheers, which they do with a will; then 
 the immense audience respond with three cheers for the 
 New Era Union and New Era Model City that nearly 
 raises the roof, so tremendously hearty is it. They then 
 all take their seats, when an old colored woman in the 
 audience stands up and with a trembling voice and 
 streaming eyes tells of a vision she has just seen while 
 the people were cheering. She says the heavens seemed 
 to open suddenly with a dazzling burst of many beauti- 
 ful colored lights and joyful music, and she saw a grand 
 beautiful white city with throngs of happy and beautiful 
 people therein. 
 
 Miss Willard then says that the friends from abroad 
 who are on the platform would now be called upon to 
 show that the New Era Union and New Era Model City 
 is for all the world to help establish universal peace, 
 happiness and prosperity. She then calls for Count 
 Tolstoi to make a few remarks. While the colored woman 
 has been speaking. Count Tolstoi, W. T. Stead, Gen. 
 Booth, Lady Somerset, Edward Bellamy, ex-Gov. Waite 
 and Mr. Flower have been whispering together. Count 
 Tolstoi advances to the front of the platform amid the 
 earnest and prolonged applause and cheers and waving 
 of handkerchiefs of the entire audience. He says: 
 
 "My dear brothers and sisters, this occasion is too 
 serious, too sacred, too sublime for any idle words. It 
 is the time for action. Our dear friend, Mr. Stead, who 
 is such a heroic worker for humanity, suggests that we 
 invite volunteers to go through this audience and take 
 the name of everyone w T ho is willing to become a trustee 
 to help organize the New Era Union. As I am aware 
 of the wonderful ability of our friend. Stead, as an or- 
 ganizer, T will request him to take my place and make 
 ;i further request of you that we have decided should now 
 be made. 1 will call on Mr. Stead to address you." (Bows 
 and takes his seat amid prolonged applause. Mr. Stead 
 comes to the front of the platform and is greeted with 
 applause and (lie handkerchief salute, and says:'i 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 173 
 
 "While the friends who have kindly volunteered will 
 go through the audience and take the names of those 
 who will become trustees, I suggest that all who are 
 willing to act as a committee to arrange, as soon as pos- 
 sible, for grand mass meetings to be held in every city 
 of the United States, to formally present these plans for 
 the New Era Union and New Era Model City to the 
 public, to meet together at the close of this meeting in 
 the adjoining room. Now I want to have all who are 
 willing to serve on that committee hold up your right 
 hand. (Nearly everyone in the hall responds by hold- 
 ing up their hand.) Grand. This means business. Now, 
 I want to help the collectors by asking all those in the 
 audience who are willing to become trustees and pay 
 their one hundred dollars or more to stand up. (Nearly 
 everyone in the immense audience stands up. Over one 
 hundred people have volunteered to take the names and 
 they are rapidly going through the audience. Stead says :) 
 We have decided among ourselves here on the plat- 
 form not to take any time in speaking now, but to call 
 a grand mass meeting here in this city or New York one 
 week from to-day, and then give an opportunity for all 
 who desire to say what they think about these plans of 
 Mr. Sutra's for the New Era Union and the Grand New 
 Era Model City. As for myself, I am rejoicing in every 
 fiber of my being that I came over here. You Americans 
 are hustlers, and go in for results, and do not need so 
 much red tape as we do in England. If you go ahead 
 with this Grand New Era Model City to build it right 
 away, as I am sure you will, I may come over here and 
 help you; and if you do I shall want to apply for the 
 position of editor of the New Era Union daily paper and 
 will guarantee that in a few months we will have a daily 
 circulation of one million copies, or one to nearly every 
 available family in the United States, even if we have to 
 mail them to them free. Lady Somerset, are you going 
 back on old England and try to get in on the ground 
 floor of the New Era Model City here in the United 
 States?" (Takes his seat amid prolonged applause. Lady 
 Somerset comes forward and is greeted with enthusiastic 
 applause and the handkerchief salute, and says:) 
 
 "Yes, my dear brothers and sisters, I will only be 
 too glad to help all I can in this grand work of organiz- 
 ing the New Era Union and building this Grand New 
 Era Model City, and if I can do more good by coming 
 
174 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 here to the United States to live I shall certainly do it, 
 although I hope we can start a branch of the New Era 
 I nion in England and build a New Era Model City there. 
 (Prolonged applause.) What do you say, Gen. Booth, to 
 trying to organize ;i New Era Union and building a New 
 Era Model City in England?" (Takes her seat while the 
 audience unite in giving three hearty cheers for old 
 England. Gen. Booth comes forward with tears stream- 
 ing down his face and is greeted with hearty and pro- 
 longed applause and the handkerchief salute, and says:) 
 
 "My dear brothers and sisters. I am too full for 
 utterance; my heart is overflowing. This is too 
 grand to be true. Here we people of the Salvation Army 
 have been laboring night and day for years to help our 
 fellow man in distress, and we have considered ourselves 
 luck}' if we could only give them shelter even in the 
 slums of the large cities, while here these grand plans 
 of Mr. Sutta's propose to give everyone a comfortable 
 home with all modern conveniences, while even the most 
 humble workman and woman can enjoy nearly all the 
 delights that the rich people have. The most humble 
 resident of this Model City can enjoy the parks, boule- 
 vards, roof gardens, delightful amusements and com- 
 plete instruction, and be sure of congenial employment 
 under the most perfect conditions and in model build- 
 ings, utilizing every comfort, convenience and modern 
 improvement. As I say, it is almost too good to be true. 
 But still I know it can all be accomplished, and with 
 the wonderful energy and enthusiasm with which you 
 Americans do things I expect to see it all realized in a 
 very lew years. As has been said: 'According to our 
 faith it shall be done unto us,' but 'Faith without works 
 availeth nothing,' so that it is necessary to go to work 
 righl away. There is where we people of the Salvation 
 Army have the advantage of the rest of you. We have 
 for years been praying and working for such grand 
 ideals us the New Era Union and the New Era Model 
 City, and we knew thai God wants us to enjoy such 
 grand blessings. We must simply do our pari according 
 to the laws of justice and reciprocity. 
 
 "Lady Somersel asks me if I will help in organize the 
 New lira I'nion and build a New Era Model City in 
 England. I suppose she takes me for an Englishman. 
 T want to say right here I am something more than an 
 Englishman : T am now a New Erian, a brother of the New 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. 175 
 
 Era Union, which means that I will claim kinship with 
 every American, Irishman, Frenchman, German, Span- 
 iard, Italian, Russian, Turk, Jew, Christian, Buddhist, 
 Mohammedan, Brahmin, Spiritualist, Free Thinker and 
 everj- other mortal on this earth who joins the New Era 
 Union. But I will reply to Lady Somerset by saying 
 that instead of merely helping to organize the New Era 
 Union and build model cities in England, I will pledge 
 every member of the Salvation Army throughout the 
 world to do all in their power to organize the New Era 
 Union and help build New Era Model Cities in every 
 country of the world. (Prolonged applause. Takes out 
 his pocket book and selects bill.) Here, Mr. Sutta, is 
 my one hundred dollars, for I want to haVe the honor 
 of being a trustee as well as a brother of the New Era 
 Union, and I hope some day to be a full fledged mem- 
 ber of the Union. This is the time for action for all who 
 want to see the Grand New Era Model City realized." 
 (Retires amid prolonged and very enthusiastic applause. 
 Waite comes forward and proposes three cheers for 
 Gen. Booth and the Salvation Army, which are given 
 with a rousing will.) 
 
 MRS. LEASE. I want to become one of the trus- 
 tees as well as a sister of the New Era Union. (Takes 
 out her pocketbook.) Here is my one hundred dollars, 
 and I also propose to be a member of the Union as soon 
 as I can make arrangements to give up my other work." 
 (Takes seat amid prolonged applause. Count Tolstoi 
 rises and says:) 
 
 "Here is my one hundred dollars, Mr. Sutta; I will 
 pay this now as the first instalment, as I will consider 
 it a great privilege to be one of the trustees in this 
 grand work. As soon as I get home to Russia I pro- 
 pose to organize the New Era Union there, and shall 
 be the first to join the Union, and will devote all my 
 income and time to the work. I know of thousands 
 of grand souls in Russia who will also do the same, so 
 that you Americans, I beg pardon, my dear brother and 
 sister New Erians of America, you had better hurry up 
 with your grand Model City, as we will get ahead of 
 you and build it first. Then you will all have to come 
 to Russia and live." (Retires amid hearty and prolonged 
 applause. Lady Somerset, who has taken her check 
 book from her bag and written a check, says:) 
 
176 Universal Peace. Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 "Here is my check for $10,000, Mr. Sutta; I want 
 to be one of the trustees, as well as a sister of the New 
 Era Union, and like Count Tolstoi, as soon as I get 
 home to England shall help organize the New Era Union 
 there by devoting all my income and time to the work." 
 (Takes seat amid long and hearty applause.) 
 
 FLOWER. I propose three cheers for Lady Somer- 
 set and grand old England. (Which are given with a 
 hearty will.) 
 
 BOOTH. That shows the wonderful perfection of 
 the plans of Mr. Sutta's. You pay $10,000, Lady Somer- 
 set, because you are rich, while we poor people are still 
 your brothers and sisters, and if we comply with the 
 proper conditions of our various degrees, can be in good 
 standing as well as you. 
 
 BELLAMY. Here is my hundred dollars, Mr. Sutta, 
 and I apply to join the New Era Union right now, and 
 will comply with the conditions and make the necessary 
 arrangements to begin the work as soon as possible. 
 (Prolonged applause.) 
 
 STEAD. Here is my check for $1,000, and if I do 
 not come to the United States I shall help Lady Somer- 
 set organize the New Era Union in England, and will 
 join the Union just as soon as possible, and I warn you 
 here in America and our dear brother, Count Tolstoi, 
 that you will have to hustle, or old England will get 
 ahead of you all by building the Grand New Era Model 
 City first. Our dear friend, Blatchford, in his book 
 called "Merrie England," has given us such a grand 
 ideal and shown us how simple and easy it will be to 
 attain all the delightful things, that I think our people 
 are about ready to organize and go to work in earnest to 
 realize them. (Prolonged applause.) 
 
 SUTTA. (Pises with tears streaming down his face, 
 and says:) You make me happier than words can ex- 
 press. I realize that the day of emancipation is really at 
 hand for all our downtrodden and oppressed brothers 
 and sisters all over the world, and that it will not be 
 long until every child born into (his world will be en- 
 abled to enjoy peace, happiness and prosperity to the 
 fullesl extent that they are capable of. Of course, as 
 you all should understand, this money should not be 
 handed to me. I have no more right to it and no more 
 use for it than any other person who has joined the New 
 
For All Who Work for the New Era Union. Ill 
 
 Era Union. The Old Colony Trust Company, one of the 
 most reliable and strongest institutions in Boston, will 
 be treasurer until the trustees appoint a successor. I 
 am thankful there is such a prompt response to these 
 suggestions 1 have presented for the New Era Union 
 and the New Era Model City, and I believe that if the 
 committee that our dear brother, Mr. Stead, has been 
 so good to propose, goes ahead enthusiastically and or- 
 ganizes mass meetings in every city and town of the 
 United States promptly and rapidly, that indeed we will 
 have the grand jubilee next July and have over one 
 million people present. 
 
 Miss Willard proposes three cheers for our dear 
 brother, T. A. Sutta, the author of the plans of the 
 New Era Union and New Era Model City, to attain peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for all mortals in harmony with 
 the laws of justice and reciprocity. Every one stands 
 and cheers with all their will, and wave their handker- 
 chiefs, presenting a grand and inspiring sight. Sutta 
 rises and bows his thanks. One of the volunteers to 
 take names through the audience calls out, holding aloft 
 in her hands two slips of paper, and says: 
 
 "I hold in my hand an application, signed by Miss 
 Fair, applying for membership in the New Era Union, 
 and pledging all her time to the work. She has also 
 handed me a check, made payable to the financial sec- 
 retary of the New Era Union, for $1,000 as the first in- 
 stallment on account." 
 
 Intense and prolonged applause. Mr. Sutta jumps 
 up and says: 
 
 "I propose three cheers for Miss Fair, the daughter 
 and sister of the Golden West, who has so nobly and 
 promptly responded to the opportunity to help all man- 
 kind enjoy peace, happiness and prosperity." 
 
 The cheers are given with a hearty will, the people 
 rising from their seats and waving their handkerchiefs. 
 
 Mrs. Lease, who is also weeping tears of joy, rises 
 and says: 
 
 "This shows what can be done when the proper op- 
 portunity is afforded. Also how important it is to act 
 promptly when the occasion demands prompt action, as 
 this does. Tf we were informed that the city of Boston 
 was on fire, or that an enemy's fleet had landed on our 
 shores, we would act promptly. And how vastly more 
 important it is to act promptly when the opportunity 
 
178 Universal Peace, Happiness and Prosperity 
 
 is so grandly and completely given in the plans for the 
 New Era Union and Model City, to help all our brothers 
 ;ind sisters ;ill over the world eventually to enjoy all 
 1 he delights and advantages I hat an All Wise and Loving 
 Creator has provided for all who will make the condi- 
 tions to receive them. Miss Fair's action also shows 
 that delays are dangerous, for I was intending to apply 
 myself for the first woman membership in the New Era 
 Union, and will do so now, and hereby agree to comply 
 with all the conditions as soon as possible." 
 
 MRS. WALLACE. It seems to me the only just 
 and reasonable plan is that the first to act promptly 
 are certainly entitled to the first advantages, and neces- 
 sarily must assume the chief responsibility in starting 
 so important and grand a work. I feel sure that these 
 plans of Mr. Sutta's are so perfect that they will not be 
 changed in any important detail, but only be added to 
 as experience will enable us to do so to tne best welfare 
 of all concerned. I understand, Mr. Sutta, that you have 
 already lived and worked in the slums of New York, 
 Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago for over three years. 
 and have devoted your entire time and income to this 
 work. You should be the first to be honored as supreme 
 trustee. 
 
 SUTTA. I am ready to do all I can to help in the 
 work for no other compensation than a plain living and 
 necessary expenses, but I do not desire any position of 
 honor or responsibility, and would much prefer that those 
 who have more ability and experience than I should 
 act as the supreme trustee. I am eager and ready to help 
 all I can without the official position. 
 
 MISS WILLARD. I protest against any such ac- 
 tion on your part, Mr. Sutta, and 1 feel sure every one 
 interested in seeing these plans realized will do the 
 same. I think you should be elected (he supreme tins 
 tee, as you are naturally the one most entitled to and 
 capable of tilling that position, laving spent years of 
 hard work and study to perfect these plans. 1 feel sure 
 it is a duty for you to accept the position, and hope that 
 yon will be selected as our fust supreme trustee. 
 
 SUTTA. It is very kind of you. Miss Willard, to 
 show such appreciation of my work, hut I am quite sure 
 there are many others far more competent to fill these 
 places than I, and I insist on withholding my applica- 
 
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 tioii for membership until they are filled, as I can still 
 do my duty by working just as hard and periiaps as 
 effectually without the official position. 
 
 A number of others on the platform and in the audi- 
 ence also expressed decided opinions that Mr. Sutta 
 should be the first supreme trustee, but he again assures 
 them that he does not consider it his duty. The collectors 
 have now completed their canvass of the entire audience 
 and handed in the results of their work, showing many 
 names and checks, some for very large amounts, to 
 Miss Willard. who announces that the result will be 
 given to the public in the morning papers. She then 
 asks the audience to stand, and each one who is dis- 
 posed to. to engage in a silent prayer or appeal for the 
 blessing of the All Highest, the Creator, upon the New 
 Era Union and New Era Model City, tl^at they may in 
 a short time become a grand and complete reality and 
 success, helping to afford peace, happiness and pros- 
 perity for all mortals here on earth, in liarmony with 
 the laws of justice and reciprocity. They all respond 
 to this request, and then, finally, in closing, all unite in 
 giving three rousing cheers for the New Era Enion and 
 New Era Model City, and for the grand jubilee at the 
 dedication next July 2, 3 and 4. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
NEW ERA. 
 
 The book "New Era" contains a number of very 
 important ideas, among them being those of the leading 
 reformers and humanitarians of this world. 
 
 The author has given years of hard study and work 
 to the question, "How can peace, happiness and prosperity 
 be attained by all human beings on a basis of justice and 
 reciprocity?'' and believes that the plans presented in 
 "New Era" will help to attain that object. 
 
 To induce as many people as possible to read and 
 study the plan contained in "New Era," in as short a 
 time as possible, a prize fund for each state in which 
 the book is sold, will be established, by depositing with 
 some responsible trust company or bank, ten cents per 
 copy in general mortgage bonds of the New Era Union, 
 for each copy of the book sold within your state, said 
 bonds bearing interest at six per cent, per annum, prin- 
 cipal and interest payable in gold, which prize fund will 
 be distributed on the following equitable plan: 
 
 Each person purchasing a copy of "New Era" will 
 be given a receipt which will entitle him to compete 
 for the prizes on the following terms: The author of 
 "New Era" will put in writing his opinion of the most 
 important part of the book "New Era," giving the num- 
 ber of the page or pages on which it is printed, and his 
 reasons why it is the most important, in not over one hun- 
 dred and fifty words, place same in an envelope, se- 
 curely seal it and deposit this sealed envelope in a box fit- 
 led with three keys, requiring all three to open, one key to 
 be held by souk- responsible trust company or bank, one 
 by himself, and one bysome prominent reliable third party, 
 all making affidavit not to allow the key to pass from 
 their possession or to be used to open the box until the 
 day appointed to award the prizes. Each person hold- 
 ing a receipt for a copy of "New Era" shall have the 
 right to give his or her opinion as to what is the most 
 important part of the book, the page or pages on which 
 it is printed, and to give the reasons why it is the most 
 important, the same to be in writing, in not over one 
 hundred and fifty words, to be put in an envelope with 
 the receipt for a copy of "New Era," sealed and mailed 
 or delivered to New Era Union, California Building, 
 Denver, Colorado, to be held unopened until one mil- 
 lion copies have been sold or until the 1st day of duly. 
 L898, all envelopes so mailed or delivered to be clearly 
 marked "New Era Prize Contest." 
 
 As soon as one million copies of the book have been 
 
sold, or on the 1st day of July, 1898, the governor of 
 your state, or some eminent man, will appoint a com- 
 mittee of three prominent persons of undoubted integrity 
 to superintend the awarding of the prize fund of your 
 state. 
 
 In order to give all purchasers equal opportunity in 
 the competition for the prizes, no guesses will be re- 
 ceived before thirty days after the appointment of the 
 general agent for your state for the sale of the book, 
 but on the thirtieth day after such appointment, guesses 
 as provided above will be received at the New Era Union, 
 Denver, Colorado, which will be numbered and stamped 
 in the order of their receipt and held unopened until one 
 million copies of the book shall have been sold, or until 
 July 1, 1898. 
 
 As soon as possible after its appointment, the com- 
 mittee, together with the general agent of your state and 
 a representative of the depository of the letters, will meet 
 and open the same, and read and compare with the 
 opinion of the author the guesses received, in the exact 
 order of their receipt, as indicated by the numbers and 
 date of receipt stamped on each envelope, there shall be 
 awarded to each person whose guess corresponds with 
 the opinion of the author as recorded in his letter, one 
 hundred dollars in bonds of the New Era Union, to the 
 extent of the prize fund in your state, and in the order 
 of the opening of the letters as above arranged, and when 
 the prize fund is exhausted the distribution shall cease 
 and determine. If the number of correct solutions on 
 the basis of the comparison herein provided shall be less 
 than sufficient to absorb the entire prize fund for your 
 state, then the bonds remaining in said fund shall be 
 distributed pro rata to the extent of the fund, among 
 those who have guessed correctly. All prizes will be 
 forwarded to the address of those entitled to receive 
 them; great care should be therefore taken to write the 
 name and address distinctly. 
 
 Every possible means will be taken to sell one mil- 
 lion copies of "New. Era," by appointing a general agent 
 in each state, who will appoint a district agent for each 
 one hundred thousand people, a local agent for each ten 
 thousand, and solicitors for each one thousand; so that 
 the field should all be thoroughly covered before Jan- 
 uary 1, 1898. 
 
 All purchasers of "New Era" who correctly guess 
 the opinion of the author as to the most important part 
 of the book, shall be enlisted as captains of the New Era 
 Union, and put at work in that division at ten dollars 
 per day, as rapidly as it is possible to provide useful 
 employment for them, in the order in which their guesses 
 have been received. 
 
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$100,000 PRIZE FUND. 
 
 SPECIAL TO THOSE WHO INDIVIDUALLY MAKE THE LARGEST 
 SALES OF "NEW ERA," THE GREATEST BOOK OF THE 
 AGE. 
 
 The New Era Union will deposit with some respon- 
 sible trust company <>r bank, as a special prize fund tor 
 "Xcw Era," ten cents per copy for each and every copy 
 sold up to one million copies. As soon as one million 
 copies shall have been sold, or on the first day of July. 
 1898, this prize fund will be distributed as follows: 
 
 In the event of one million copies of "Now Era" 
 having been sold, there will be awarded 
 
 To the person who has sold the greatest number 
 
 of the book $ 3,000 
 
 To the 2 persons who have sold the next greatest 
 
 number, $1,000 each 2,000 
 
 To the 10 persons who have sold the next great- 
 est number, $500 each 5,000 
 
 To the 100 poisons who have sold the next great- 
 est number, $250 each 25,000 
 
 To the 250 persons who have sold the next groat 
 
 est number, $100 each 25.0(10 
 
 To the 500 persons who have sold (lie next great 
 
 est number, $50 each 25,000 
 
 To the 1,500 persons who have sold the next 
 
 greatest Dumber, $10 each 15,000 
 
 2,363 prizes, aggregating $100,000 
 
 In (he even( that one million copies of "New Era" 
 shall not have been sold by the 1st day of .Inly. 1898, 
 the prize fund, to the extent of same as it may then 
 be, will be distributed among those who individually 
 make the largest sales, in 2,363 prizes, in the pro rata 
 proportion (hat the prize fund may (hen bear to $100,000. 
 
 Receipts in convenient book form will be furnished 
 every agent and solicitor, the number of receipts given 
 mil by (he New Era Union to correspond exactly with 
 the number of hooks issued. 
 
 Every purchaser of "New Era" must be furnished 
 with ;i receipt for the money paid for each and every copy 
 of the book taken, in order that the purchaser may be 
 
able to compete for the prizes in the purchasers' prize 
 fund of $100,000, as described in the accompanying cir- 
 cular letter to all purchasers of the book. 
 
 The stubs of each receipt should be filled out to 
 correspond with the receipt given, and the name of the 
 agent or solicitor selling the book should be distinctly 
 written or stamped on each stub, with the address of 
 the agent or solicitor. Agents and solicitors will be re- 
 quired to return all stubs and unused receipts to the 
 office of the New Era Union, 203-204 California building, 
 Denver, Colo., before the distribution of the prize fund. 
 
 The basis of distribution of this prize fund will be 
 the stubs returned; those showing by these stubs the 
 largest sales will be awarded the prizes on the condi- 
 tions named above. 
 
 Agents and solicitors taking books for sale must pay 
 for the same at $1 per copy, less the discount. 
 
 Agents and solicitors will be provided with copies of 
 the circular letter to purchasers, for distribution to all 
 purchasers of this book, and to such further extent as 
 may seem desirable. 
 
SPECIAL TO NEWSPAPERS. 
 
 All newspapers in the United States, especially the 
 great dailies of our large cities, that desire that peace, 
 happiness and prosperity for all human beings shall be 
 realized here in the United States, are appealed to. to 
 consider carefully the plans of the New Era Union and 
 to help in every manner possible, their realization. 
 
 We submit that in no better way can this be done 
 at first than by giving as much favorable publicity, as 
 can be, to the book "New Era," which presents the plans 
 for the New Era Union in detail, and the profits of the 
 sale of which accrue to the New Era Union. 
 
 To award those dailies that will assist in this im- 
 portant work, a prize fund for newspapers will be estab- 
 lished and awarded as detailed below. 
 
 The New Era Union will deposit with some re- 
 sponsible trust company or bank, as a special prize fund 
 for newspapers, five cents per copy for each and every 
 copy of "New Era" sold up to one million copies. As 
 soon as one million copies shall have been sold, or on 
 the 1st day of July, 1898, this prize fund will be dis- 
 tributed as follows: In the event of one million copies 
 of "New Era" having been sold, there will be awarded: 
 
 To the newspaper printing the greatest amount of 
 
 space making favorable mention of the book 
 
 "New Era," and of the plans of the New Era 
 
 Union, up to the time of awarding the prizes. $10, 000 
 To the newspaper printing the next greatest 
 
 amount of such matter 5,000 
 
 To the newspaper printing the next greatest 
 
 amount of such matter 3,000 
 
 To the newspaper printing the next greatest 
 
 amount of such matter 2.000 
 
 To the 5 newspapers printing the next greatesl 
 
 amount of such matter, $1,000 each 5,000 
 
 To the 10 newspapers printing the next greatest 
 
 amount of such matter, $500 each " 5,000 
 
 To the 100 newspapers printing the next greatesl 
 
 amount of such matter, $100 each 10,000 
 
 To the 200 newspapers printing the next greatest 
 
 amount of such matter, $50 each 10,000 
 
 319 prizes, aggregating $50,000 
 
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In the event that one million copies of "'New Era'' 
 shall not have been sold by the first day of July. 1898, 
 this prize fund, to the extent of same as it may then 
 be, will be distributed among the newspapers upon the 
 foregoing plan, in three hundred and nineteen prizes, in 
 the pro rata proportion that the prize fund may then 
 bear to $50,000. 
 
 A committee from the managers of the leading daily 
 newspapors will award the prizes from this fund. 
 
TNT: NEW EIM UNION 
 
 TO HELP DEVELOP AND UTILIZE THE 
 BEST RESOURCES OF THIS COUNTRY 
 
 ALSO TO EMPLOY THE BEST SKILL THERE IS AVAILABLE TO REALIZE THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF 
 PROSPERITY THAT IS POSSIBLE FOR ALL WHO WILL HELP TO ATTAIN IT. 
 
 OFFICE, 204 CALIFORNIA BUILDING. 
 
 Denver, Colo., Sept. 25, 1597. 
 
 Dear Sir or Madam — There have been times in the 
 history of this world when the people were ready for a 
 radical change from their former habits and customs to 
 better ones. 
 
 By wars, revolutions, the crusades, convulsions of 
 nature or the leadership of broad-minded, practical men 
 and women, the human race has developed from the 
 molten mass of which this earth was originally com- 
 posed to its present state. I have given much earnest 
 study to the problems of life as they confront us to-day, 
 and it seems to me that it is possible to take a decided 
 step in the direction of a more humane and congenial 
 social and industrial way of living than that in vogue 
 to-day. 
 
 To present an ideal for the people to think and talk 
 about, I have written the book called "The New Era," in 
 which I present plans for a grand model city to be built 
 and operated on a broad system of cooperation for the 
 good of all. 
 
 Having had considerable practical business experi- 
 ence, I fully realize that even so desirable an ideal as this 
 can not be attained until the people are 1 rained and or- 
 ganized to accomplish it. 
 
 I am now ready to do all in my power to help the 
 people of this country realize better conditions for them- 
 selves along practical business lines, and my plan to 
 begin with is this: Incorporate in each state a company 
 to legally conform to present conditions for doing busi- 
 ness, secure a block of land as near the centre of the 
 largest city in the state as it is possible to get; build on 
 this block the most complete modern building for hotel, 
 offices and department store and emporium that the re- 
 sources at hand will permit of; operate the departments 
 in this building, and as many of the desirable industries 
 as possible, to enable the people working for the com- 
 pany to become self-supporting to the highest extent they 
 are capable of. 
 
To come right to the point, and to make a proposition 
 for you to saj yes or no to, 1 submit the following: 
 
 Will you help, as far as you can, to secure the 
 nearest to a block of land in the most central part of the 
 leading city of your state that is available? Have a 
 competent architect prepare plans for the finest building 
 that modern skill and resources can build. The building 
 to be built of local material as far as possible, of the very 
 best quality, so that it will be a permanent advertisement 
 of your state resources, and a source of pride to every 
 citizen of the state. Have the lower or basement floor for 
 machinery, laundry, kitchen, storage, etc.; main or ground 
 floor, complete department store with everything desir- 
 able for sale, and also to be an emporium to show all of 
 your state resources and productions to the best advant- 
 age. Also have a grand auditorium, as large as possible, 
 for conventions, etc., but so arranged that popular con- 
 certs, lectures and other attractions can be given nightly 
 to draw the largest number of people. On the second 
 floor have modern offices for all professions and commer- 
 cial people, and above, for a number of floors, a com- 
 plete modern hotel. 
 
 The building to be built and operated by a local New 
 Era Union company, on the line suggested in the Denver 
 News of September 3, reprinted in the Introductory, 
 which I request you to carefully- read. 
 
 First and second mortgage bonds "would be issued 
 on the plant itself to secure funds to build it, and mem- 
 berships and profits of the New Era Union would create 
 an asset to retire them with. 
 
 Please carefully consider and kindly write me what 
 you think of the plan, and oblige. 
 
 Yours sincerely, 
 
 JMyy 
 
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 Trcdeiick Urban Hdans 
 
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 A MAGAZINE OF SOCIAL PROGRESS 
 
 CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY 
 
 Publishers 
 
 CHICAGO AND BOSTON 
 
 Boston, Mass., September 18, 1897. 
 
 Mr. Chas. W. Caryl, 
 
 Denver, Colo, 
 
 My Dear Friend :- 
 
 1 have received the pamphlet describing the work 
 you ore doing for the New Era Union. 
 
 I am rejoiced to know you have some definite prospect favorable 
 to the establishment of the model city and the New Era Union, and 1 
 think you are very wise in seeking to bring capitalists and intelli- 
 gent workingmen together ,f or their mutual benefit. 
 
 There can be but one outcome of the present war between labor 
 and capital with its daily increasing bitterness, and that is the 
 wholesale destruction of life and property in the near future. 
 
 To avert this and yet secure justice for the people thereby 
 raising the standard of life and ideals among both rich and poor 
 should be the first concern of enlightened manhood. 
 
 If tne great possibilities of your noble undertaking can be 
 practically brought home to tne serious consideration of wealthy 
 people I am convinced that their sagacity will show them the wisdom 
 of liberally contributing a portion of their means for furthering 
 your practical undertaking. 
 
 It is a work which must appeal to the business judgment as well 
 as every noble impulse among thoughtful people of means, and it 
 would be a great thing for the State of Colorado if she should enjoy 
 the proud distinction of inaugurating this work, which under the 
 plans of the New Era Union would inevitably attract at an early date 
 'he attention of the whole civilized world. 
 
 Keep me advised from time to time of your progress. 
 Cordially and sincerelv yours, 
 
(FKOM JULY NUMBER OF OWES AND METALS.) 
 
 WALL STREET CAMP. 
 
 A FIELD OF EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT AT PRESENT— THE 
 SUGAR LOAF-FOUR MILE DISTRICTS TO BE PUSHED BY 
 A GREAT TUNNEL SYSTEM— A RICH TREASURE VAULT 
 CREDITED WITH AN OUTPUT OF MILLIONS TO BE 
 TAPPED. 
 
 Since the early days of placer mining in Four Mile, 
 when thousands of dollars' worth of gold were secured 
 by washing the gravel in the bed of the creek, more or 
 less prospecting has occurred with a view to locating 
 the ore chutes in the rich veins that have been found 
 at intervals for the past twenty-five years. As a whole, 
 however, the district has never been systematically ex- 
 ploited, in spite of the rich finds like the Melvina, 
 Pine Forest, Livingstone, Emerson, Ingram, Richmond, 
 Golden Eagle, Victoria and others, which are credited 
 with a production running into millions of dollars, and 
 served to keep alive a certain amount of interest through 
 many periods of depression. A few conspicuous ex- 
 amples of the value of this particular locality for ex- 
 tensive development may be cited; the accredited pro- 
 duction of the Melvina above the four-hundred-foot level 
 of $750,000; the Ingram. Richmond, Cash, Horsfal and 
 Victoria, fully $1,000,000, and the famous Slide and Prus- 
 sian mines on the other side of Gold hill, as much 
 more. 
 
 The formation is a combination of fissures and con- 
 tacts, the ore occurrences being as a rule against or 
 along the line of some of the numerous dikes, quartzite, 
 spar, lime and granite, which plainly mark the course of 
 the veins for miles. The whole mountain metween Four 
 Mile and Gold Run. which includes Sugar Loaf, a part 
 of Gold hill and Melvina hill, appears to be heavily 
 mineralized. The mineral has usually been found largely 
 associated with tellurium in its various forms. In the 
 Melvina and Emerson it has not been uncommon to 
 secure considerable quantities of ore running up to fifty 
 dollars a pound. The same character of ore has also 
 been found in the Great Britain into which the Emer- 
 son chute is absorbed. These rich streaks have always 
 been found in connection with bodies of low grades, 
 ranging from fifteen to thirty dollars a ton. and have de- 
 
moralized the owners of properties who, in their eager- 
 ness to secure the rich pockets, have ignored any per- 
 sistent attempts to develop and ship the low grades. 
 This, of course, has been largely due to the difficult ies 
 in the way of transportation and high treatment charges, 
 that have made it impossible to ship anything less than 
 fifty to seventy-five-dollar ore at a profit. 
 
 The improved methods of ore reduction that have 
 come into vogue within the past few years, as well as 
 the greatly reduced cost of mining supplies and mining, 
 have stimulated work in a great many old properties, and 
 in Four Mile particularly, ushered in 
 
 A NEW ERA OF ACTIVITY. 
 
 This latter has, however, been largety the work of 
 one man, Mr. Charles W. Caryl, who, after making a 
 careful examination of different parts of Colorado, was 
 struck with the dormant possibilities of the section 
 named. Accordingly, after satisfying himself by numer- 
 ous tests of the ore and securing the opinions of the 
 oldest prospectors as to the character of veins and values 
 to be found with proper development, he went East, and 
 being fortunate enough to be in touch with Wall street 
 capital, organized, on a $5, 000,000 capital, The Gold Ex- 
 traction Mining and Supplj- Company. Unlike most 
 promoters, he placed a block of the stock with two or 
 three persons and securing an ample working capital, 
 without putting the stock on the market or offering it 
 for sale in a general way. 
 
 Returning here last fall he began quietly to buy 
 and locate properties covering the eastern slope of Wood 
 mountain, and south slopes of Melvina and Gold hills. 
 Tn this work he was assisted by the struggling pros- 
 pectors, who for years, with large faith and little cash, 
 had been holding on to their properties, selling a batch 
 of ore occasionally, and working like beavers as they 
 could to get money when they were out of "pay." Mr. 
 Caryl believed that every such man who was willing to 
 sell all or a great part of his property to a strong com- 
 pany, with the willingness and ability to develop it. 
 ought to be encouraged. He has accordingly organized 
 a mammoth scheme of development by means of a tun- 
 nel, which will cut over one hundred claims at depths 
 varying from one hundred to one thousand feet from 
 surface. In every instance where the original owners 
 wished to do so. they have been paid a certain amount 
 in cash and a given amount of stock in the company. 
 In addition, they have been put to work on day's pay, 
 three dollars for eight hours' work, to assist in develop- 
 ing their property. It will thus be seen that the scheme 
 
is an ideal cooperative affair and The Gold Extraction 
 Mining and Supply Company has thus infused an activity 
 into that section which seems based on a solid founda- 
 tion and is in no sense a boom, though the effect of the 
 few weeks' work already done has been to greatly en- 
 hance values of mining claims. It has also had the effect 
 of bringing a number of prospectors into the camp, who 
 are hustling to secure claims before they are all gone. 
 
 THE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT. 
 
 The outline of the plan of the company can be best 
 studied by an examination of the cut of the cross sec- 
 tion and profile of the mountain reproduced herewith. 
 The ideal projection of the known veins shows how the 
 line of the tunnel crosses them, as well as the phenomena 
 of ore occurrences therein. The great network of min- 
 eralized veins shown by surface locations will be un- 
 questionably augmented by cutting blind veins that 
 have not been reached from or discovered on surface. 
 In a number of instances, notably on the Pride of 
 Orange, Grand View, Tornado and others belonging to 
 this company, arrangements are being rapidly perfected 
 for extensh'e development from the surface. Hoisting 
 plants are being installed and it is expected that at least 
 half a dozen shipping mines will be turning tiieir product 
 into the treasury long before the tunnel below shall have 
 reached their boundarit-s. 
 
 The property of The Gold Extraction Mining and 
 Supply Company consists of over one hundred claims, 
 of which sixty are in this locality, and the remainder in 
 and around Sunset, Sawmill hill and Ward. Some of 
 these are practically shippers, since machinery to take 
 care of the water is only necessary to enable them to 
 hoist ore even with present development. In addition, 
 they own the old Colley place, a patented property of 
 seven acres, on Four Mile creek. Sugar Loaf district, 
 on which is a comfortable two-story house that has been 
 renovated inside and out and occupied as an office and 
 boarding house. Commodious barns furnish ample ac- 
 commodations for the teams and company stock. 
 
 Ground has also been broken for a store, assay office 
 and boarding house for the miners. A daily stage line, 
 whose termini are Boulder and Sunset, passes the door, 
 carrying passengers and mail. 
 
 The survey of the new Inter Mountain railway to 
 Ward also passes along within a few hundred feet of 
 the office of the company and the mouth of the srreat 
 tunnel. The building of this road, which seems reason- 
 ably assured at this writing, will mean a freight charge 
 for haulinsr ore to Boulder of less than fifty cents a ton. 
 
ft is not unlikely, however, that the mining company 
 will at the proper time erect a mill for the dressing and 
 treatment of their own ores. The}* own a mill site below 
 the mouth of the Wall Street tunnel and another across 
 the creek, on which is already a small mill. 
 
 The above reference to the gold mining 
 properties of The Gold Extraction Mining & 
 suppl}' Company is made, because all these 
 properties have been secured with the sole 
 purpose of working them for the benefit of 
 the New Era Union. 
 
 Many thousands of dollars have already 
 been spent in developing these gold mines, 
 and when the Wall Street tunnel is completed 
 there is every reason to believe the gold out- 
 put from tiese mines will amount to many 
 millions of dollars. 
 
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