The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-05
THE COLONY DIARY
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wheel brick to their final resting place..
The mud Is picked up BY slip scrapers
with two teams. hauled and dumped
onto platform where three people
shovel OF hoe it onto belt that carries
it up to the pug mill that thoroughly
works and mikes the mud, after which
| it drops into the brick machine 10 be.
forced thru and out onto the moving
belt. The long string Of mud on this
belt is just the size Of the brick. only
it must be cut into proper lengths.
which operation is done by another
machine as the line passes thru it. The
brick is deposited onto another belt
when cut and it taken off and stacked
on trays, 81 brick to the tray, and
then wheeled into a shed to be air
dried before putting them into the kiln
Ito be burned. Well, this was busy
day and many fellows from other IN
dustries helped at odd times to keep
things moving at meal times and re-
llieve the regular crew. The kiddoos
had their picnic as usual to-day at the
lpool. jacques, Klahr, Merrel and
IE4inkley cut logs at the Cain place and
the farmers went back on their regu-
lar Jobs and a busy day was spent at
lNewllano. 1t was all closed up with
Ia dance at the hotel and dreams Of
more brick to be made next week.
s. y . =
Sunday. July 30. Has the TRACE
ldy circuIer" reached you yetq Yes2
We'll then, you have read an attack
upon us put out by persons who never
Ehad cent invested in Llano. Did
Lyou believe itp Does it shake your
faith in us OF the possibilities of the
success Of successful voluntary CO.
loperative2 If it did, then, indeed, you
Iare unfortunate and we are lucky to
Ehave you scared off 50 easily. Capi-
ltalism is monster that has been bred
land born Of centuries of greed and sus-
lpicion. Man has come up thru these
many years an enemy to his own bro
lther and his own best interests. He is
selfish, greedy. suspicious, thotless
human, made to believe that his sell
fish interests should be served first, ev-
en- tho the very existence Of his brother
lis jeopardized and erased Will this
monster be scared away by shaking a
broom or dish cloth at him from our
back porch? | am afraid not. have
a guess that it is going to take several
years-or maybe centuries-of proper
living and proper breeding to get rid
Of this fellow, heart and soul. We ex-
pect these attacks; we have always had
them, and they will continue to come
! from people who believe themselves to
: be co-operators, until we have grown
$50 strong that there is left, in the mind
of our impractical theorist not one
chance for doubt of our success. We
will be fought by those who sit on the
side lines, never invest cent in oul
enterprise or attempt to come among
us and trytheir hand at work, but jus
want to TELL US how it should b,
done. These are the methods of the
!; politician and the poWer-seeker. Now
we don't blame them; we only fee
sorry that they are not far enough ad
: vanced to get in and help work anc
construct, instead of try to tear dowl
. land destroy. But what | want to sa,
! is this: Those who got out the TRACED,
: lcircular never invested cent of mon
ley in the Colony and their attacks ar
lonly little pin~pricks compared to wha
our movement will get and must g
\ thru when we begin to reach into tn
!, private gains of capitalism. Each on
: of these little rips at our noses prepare
US to spar, duck and dodge for tn
: trained fighter later. So we don't wol
ry or despair. Our misguided brethre
are acting as friendly sparing partner
: now. preparing US for the big fray D
you think you will escape7 Perish tn
Z Ithot, brother. You had better get j
{ line and take the training. We vi
all have it to go thru; because W
: !, workers allow the little pin pricks /
= enter our hides and disturb our mind
e now. If we were each thinking fc
4 ourselves and would realize that til
lonly way 10 live is in a cooperative Sc