SOCIALISM IN PRACTICE

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1925, 22 August 1888, Page 3

SOCIALISM IN PRACTICE

+ Governor Canedo of Slnaloa, m a recent visit to the Socialistic colonists near Topolobampo Bay, found the few remaining settlers industrious and wetl-behaved people, who are persevering lv their attempt to fonnd permanent settlements. Everything Is held iv common among these pioneers. The members of the little colony at La Logla, on the left bank of the Fuerte river, work hard, hut do not raise enough foe their consumption. They lodged m ragged tents which are Insufficient to protect them against the ardent heat of the sun m the summer season, and were it not for receiving regnlar supplies of provisions from California the oolony oould not exist. Tbe colonists are wretchedly clothed, and their domestio surroundings, furniture, utensils, etc., are of the scantiest. Notwithstanding these hardships tbe colonists expect soon to publish a newspaper In Spanish and English, and hope to reoeive new accessions to their ranks, as well as some labor-saving machines to aid them m tilling the soil, lit At Topolobampo Bay thee remains but 14 colonists, of whom one-half devote themselves to fishing at the Island of tranta Maria. The Biy, the Governor reports, is of good size, and as there is plenty of water at the bar it offers fhelter at all times for large or small vessels. There are other colonies consisting of a few persors, and m view of their precarious condition the Governor made them small gifts of money, assuring them of continued aid and protection. The local authorities told the Governor that they had not the slightest cause of complaint regarding the conduct of these singular people, who still have great faith m Mr Owen, their leader, and the projector of the scheme of a great selfsustaining communistic oolony at Topolobampo. — " New York Times," May 1888.