Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-11-03
THE COLONT DIARY
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every dollar Of profit we take we buiIc
corresponding debt of hatred or re-
sentiment against u.s.; in order to pre-
vent such a condition. we want to rem
der the greatest service to each other
and to our neighbors at the least cost
and look to our comrades, who really
want to see the world wide co-opera-
ton put into action, for future finan-
cial aid in buying the things we are
not able now to produce You expect
to come and live among us; why not
pay your share of the cost. If you are
still greedy for personal riches, instead
of wishing community welfare, then
: must say to you that you are on the
wrong track; we are social beings, and
our first duty is to society as whole,
next to our families, and least to our
selves. IF we are only interested in
ourselves or in our family we shall
compete against all others and we shall
continue to keep hell on earth; but
as soon as our motive in life is to rem
der service to humanity. we shall Gre
ate heaven on earth for all. Only
those who can forget self, abolish sus-
picion greed and Jealousy and work
=! for the common good, are really ready
! for true cooperation. Gee but a small
few can live up to It'll But say, COM
rades, it has to come, so why not join
in now? You will enjoy the game and
be a real pioneer of this great world
movement. Now. listen, comrades,
what | say is my own private opinion,
but most Of it is agreed to by the peo-
pie here; but for goodness sake don't
blame anyone else for what say. If
you like it, good, hang to it; if you
don't like it, forget it, for won't
know anything about it in a hundred
years from now A postal card from
San Jose, Calf, reminding me of one
of my many failings, arrived to-day |
and was signed "A friend" Now, /
know | have lots of faults and hole |
have few friends; but down here in I
the Colony our friends are not asham-
ed to come and tell us of our short
comings openly and above-board, and
we do not expose each others weak
nesses to the whole. world or the U. S.
mail service. So you see we have
gone beyond moral cowardice and
have learned to be real friends. 1t is
a great lesson to learn. and worth while.
If my writings seem full of rs" please
remember they mean yves" and that
this work is done usually between mid
night and daylight in the am. usually
after rather strenuous days work,
too. So please forget and forgive, for
a well-meant error by very small per-
son in the form of our lady reporter.
Your name, please, next time
Friday, Oct. 70. = Well, it looks
like rain and we still have lots of sweet
potatoes to gather up, put in crates,
and haul to the kiln. So Comrade Mar
tin consented to let the kiddoos go
help half a day and hold school to-
morrow to make it up. And say, if you
ever saw work done in short order and /
with real enthusiasm, it was on this |
jcb. Well, they were all sorted, piled |
up, and every crate full by 1920 a.
m, and everybody came home to din
ner and then - well, it rained - and
we were all glad that we rushed and
hurried and volunteered to work at
odd jobs to finish the job and save ,,
about 1000 bushels of sweet potatoes.
That is cooperation in action and for
the benefit of the whole community
and the bunch of the print shop gang
was well-taken in in helping the farm
crew and beg your indulgence in
shortage of news in last weeks paper.
| If we had not co-operated to gather
this crop, as we did, our men would
be in the mud finishing it up every day
from now on until it was completed.
AS it is, the teamsters will soon havel
it all hauled in and the entire crop
will be saved. Pete Caron, H. Carl
son, and Loberg drove to the Missis-
sippi Colony as the advance guard to
start the new cooperative, and soon
some more of our good comrades will
go. Now. if few more colonies can
be started soon, thousands of homeless
and iobless people can soon be cared
for on our cooperative plan. When
are you going to join in this work and
assist us to completely demonstrate TO
all our doubling friends that cooper
alive commonwealth is a right step
forward for the human racer We are.