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accommodate several proprietors. There is a sphere for the indi- 

 vidual and there is a sphere beyond the individual. When the latter 

 is reached individuals must combine, organize, and co-operate. 

 Communism makes the community the only individual, but the most 

 abundant experience teaches us that the single family and home 

 furnish the better foundation on which to build a new American 

 settlement at this time. 



A PLAN OF PRODUCTION. 



''There should be an intelligent plan of production thoughtfully 

 mapped out in advance." 



In the European colonies this matter has received careful atten- 

 tion on the part of the founders, with gratifying results to the sett- 

 lers. In the Mormon colonies the people have been taught to raise 

 diversified crops and so make sure of their living by collecting it 

 from the soil. But as a whole too little attention has been given to 

 this subject everywhere. Speculation has been the rule and the 

 single crop the result. One locality has grown raisins exclusively, 

 another wine grapes, another oranges or prunes. The lines of pro- 

 duction mentioned in the previous article should be followed as the 

 surest road to prosperity. This lesson is enforced alike by the results 

 obtained by those who have followed and by those who have ignored 

 the plan. Par greater prosperity has come to the former than to the 

 latter. 



THE SOCIAL PLAN. 



"It is a mistake to ignore the social instinct in human nature." 

 Not only in the European colonies to which reference has been 

 made, but in European agricultural life generally, the plan of as- 

 sembling homes in a village center has been followed to the marked 

 satisfaction of the people. This is the universal method among the 

 Mormons and has largely contributed to make them a contented 

 people. We chose this plan for our Plymouth colony of Idaho and 

 the settlers testify that if they had realized no other advantage than 

 the social one from the general scheme this alone would have made it 

 well worth while. To be close to the school, church, store, and post- 

 office, to have a pleasant company of neighbors immediately at hand, 

 and to be able to assemble in the little hall for social contact without 

 inconvenience these things took the rough edge off pioneer days and 

 kept the people contented while their farms were improving. Much 

 of the charm of life in Southern California has been due to the same 

 consideration. Anaheim, the mother colony of that famous district, 

 was made in this way. Riverside and its neighbor ing beautiful settle- 

 ments have all the advantages of the finest New England town. It is 

 a thoroughly practicable plan and one that should not be ignored un 

 less it is found that settlers are distinctly prejudiced against it. 



