Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-09-15

neeu money 10 udIlOlG II. NOW, COM
rade. if you expect to come you will
need a place TO live in and you will
want it TO be the best. and we are will
ing to put up the labor, you surely
should be willing to furnish the neces-
sary cash. And every dollar in cash
spent will add ten dollars in value to
our assets. We have the brick to
build with and the hard wood to fin
,ish our jobs and make beautiful
homes. Think of the up-building of
the first cooperative city. We are as
anxious to have you move into mod
ern, model home, when you come, as
you are to get into it. Do it now, Com
rade, and let us start to do the big
job. We refuse to mortgage our prop
erty to do this work and our only hope
lis in your cash and our labor. Will
you send in your part now? Ours is
on the ground waiting for you to de-
liver yours. Tonight the psychology
cal meeting was a packed house" and
| am sure that all who attended were
lwelLrepaid for their coming. Each
learning to control himself or herself
is the important thing in life; and to
live as co-operator, self-control
practical knowledge and its application
is very necessary. Every member Of
this Colony owes the institution the
best that is in him and he must gain all
the knowledge he can, in order to de-
liver the goods.
Friday, September 9. - The wea-
Their is fine and the gardeners are TAX
ing advantage of it by planting at ev-
cry opportunity they get. The cost of
living is rising and people who do not
grow their own food this year are apt
to get pretty hungry. How foolish
people are to think the necessary thing
is to work and get money. How much
better off we would all be if we were
all producers of the necessaries of life
instead of trying to rob each other Of
the worlds wealth. How much more
easily we could exchange wheat, or
potatoes for cloth, bricks or lumber
for any of the other necessaries OF our
daily existence. And, just as long as
you continue to try the profit game,
you will be in it. How much easier
is cooperation, where no one can, or
wants to, be a parasite Here every
thing we produce is ours In common
and we all have the same right to it.
We have our farmers, gardeners, dairy
men and stock raisers who produce the
food stuff ; then, we have the brick
maker, wood worker, mechanics, and
blacksmiths to produce material for
our homes, repair our tools. wagons,
etc. Our baker makes the bread; our
laundry people wash our clothes; our
shoe repairer keeps US shod. And
each worker in this great human ma
chine is just as important as the others
and therefore gets equal consideration.
Is our philosophy right or wrong? Do
we not wipe away the worry of the flu
ture and make secure each and every
worker in our community Think this
over and then compare our institution
to what you are facing. But don't get
the idea that we are not working down
here for we are, and it is a reverend
ing Job we are on. The world must
and will adopt this form of life and
we are the school that will produce
share of the world teachers. Can you
give up dollar-chasing and go in to
make better society for your brother.
Be producer and refuse to be TAX
er. Comrade Landrum of Calf. and
the Montrose family of Mass, arrived
this am. A car load of fencing wire
arrived and was sent out to the dairy
ranch at once. | see where John Hoo
yer and some one to assist him will
now have a real fencing job. We ex-
pect to fence in enough land for hogs,
goats, and cattle, to allow them to
range at will, but have them always at
home. 1t is necessary totake this
step in order to keep our stock from
mixing with range and inferior breeds.
We hope to make stock=rsising one of
our chief INDUSTRIES. The teachers
meeting and choral classes were we'll
attended this evening.
, $50
Saturday, September 10. = A man
from about 100 miles south of here
was in the office and offered us pro-
position for another Colony acreage.
1t seems a shame to pass up these Of
fers, but there is nothing to do about
it unless the workers awaken to the
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