Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-08-18

! ana good olnner, TOOK an nouT or
two of rest and study; and my thots
have wandered to my comrades who
are still fighting the uneven battle Of
competition and each other. And
say to you, why don't you stop it?
Why struggle against your brothers in
terest, instead of with him? And your
answer is, 'how can | keep myself. p"
and | say again to place your little
wealth and big endeavors together and
cooperate. 1t is your only way out.
You want a home that is a real home,
one where unemployment will not ov-
ertake you or anyone else, one where
we are all equally entitled to the good
things of life. Sure you do. Now.
what will you sacrifice to get it9 Will
you take a tip from me and start the
job? All right, send in and get COL
ony membership blank. fill it out and
start payment on your future home -
right here. AS soon as you have paid
up your membership in full, you may
come - or, if we need you before you
have completed the full payment, we
will have you come - or, if we raise
sufficient money to pay for the rest
Of this land and build homes to house
us all, we will let you come, regardless.
of how much you have paid in cash.
There is duty you owe us before you
come; you should read our publica-
tions, form clubs (Llano Clubs) and
try to understand just what it takes to
be real co-operator 1t is no small
job, after being reared in competition
and in the Llano clubs you can dis
cuss our philosophy and requirements
and we will start a "Llano Club Sec
tion" in the CoIonist and answer any
questions you want explained. Do you
like the idea? If so, write us and get
started on the way to voluntary, COM
plete cooperation. The mental sci
ence class had the largest attendance
in its history tonight, which shows our
people to be entering into an earnest
intention to know thyself;" and it
is the one big problem that each of
us has to solve. You too, my comade,
must solve this problem before you will
ever be a real co-operator. Under
stand yourself and adjust yourself to
others, abolish suspicion, greed, and
jealousy, and the big job is done. Af-
ter the meeting we all attended the en-
tertainment at the theater, and enjoyed !
the efforts of our local talent very
much.
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Monday, August l5.-After tbe hig |
rain yesterday and little more to-
day, it has made farm work impracti-
cal, and most of the fellows are work.
ing at the sawmill and crate factory.
AS look at these men who are always
busy at some useful toll, | marvel at
the change that has to come over them
from few years ago. We, too, were
struggling against each other for an
existence; we too were wondering how
long the workers would Stand for their
enslavement. Thesenen left it volun-
tarily and took up a struggle that was
much harder physically; they have de-
prived themselves of many of the COM
forts and even necessaries of life to de-
monstrate to the world a principle of
life that will mean freedom for all hui
manity. No, they are not down and
outs; many of them have money enuf
to give them all the comforts of life
for years to come. Why don't they
have them? Well, therein lies a tale.
They refuse to better their own con-
dition over the rest of us and have
loaned their money to the Colony for
the general welfare of all. Some have
given outright all they had; others
lent, without interest. their last dol
lar, without any security in order to
help build up the general welfare of
all. These fellows work every day the
same as the rest, ask no more, get no
more, and would not take any different !
provision for their need than all the
rest of us have. Some have done this
for years without even a thought of
any other procedure than complete CO.
operation. Now, comrades, these peo-
pie = every one here = is giving his
ALL to demonstrate a principle. Whe-
ther we have much or little, it is Gal
most without an exception) in the gem
eral pot for common good, our
years of labor is here for that same
good, and we want to know why you
are not with us2 We have given our
all and are well repaid in the fact that