The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-26

is rather nice for he lady reporter
Ito take a trip some times and acquaint
herself with other peoples business.
IShe finds it quite task TO keep in
touch with all our affairs and people
as the group Of faithfuls grows and ex-
pands. Theadancing school was held
as usual tonight at the hotel as also
was the dance later. OF course, the
electric lights were on as usual You
Isee, Killing and Loutrel put tractor at
the north side Of the lighting plant.
ran belt from the tractor to the gem
orator, and lights were supplied as US
Iual. Lindsey was the guilty mar who
iran the engine. The crowds at our
dances are getting So large that We
hardly have room for them and an ex-
ira effort will be made to finish the
roof garden at once IN order TO occupy
that larger hall very soon with both our
dances and our athletic training. A
mice gymnasium will fill long felt
want at NewIlano. Interest children
lin better physical body and you will
not need 10 worry about their morals.
Clean, wholesome social life is also a
necessary thing for all wel-balanced
people.
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| Sunday, Aug. 20. ~ AS flew along
the road towards the rice ranch to-day
in flivver, | wondered if you people
on the outside really understand why
I've are buying more land. Did you ev-
Ter realize that if the ownership Of the
Hand were TO pass wholly into the hands
1of our master financiers, we could not
live except by the permission Of
these owners. Isn't it almost to that
lpoint nowp Is any class Of American
people in worse condition than our
american farmerp He who thought
himself so gloriously independent few
Years ago now enjoys the freedom Of
a Gagged bird that gets its food doled
Tout BY its owner. Now. | dom say all
Iare in that condition. but some are ev-
en- worse, because the owner refuses
Ito dole out the bird seed to them.
lWelI, when a group Of workers own
Hand enough upon which to produce
Sufficient food for their needs, it would
be hard job to starve them out. We
lare irving to prepare for the ineyita-
Ible starvation process. This year thou
sands Of farms are unproductive be-
|cause the working farmer could not af-
ford to put in a crop and many Of the
farm the farmer" farmers could not
get credit at the bank to assist the
worker to put in crop. What next2
Ia shortage of food produced, closer
combine will take charge of our food
and the price will be beyond the reach
of millions of people. How many
thousands of people went hungry last
winterp Will it not increase in NUM-
lbers this year? | am afraid so. And
why? Because they do not own the
Hand upon which to grow the necessar-
lies Of life. Now, the more landwe own
1.-THE greater the number of people we
can permit to come here to work on
1.-THE land. The more different kinds Of
food stuffs we grow, the greater will
be the variety of our food. Is it not
reasonable for us to get this land into
our possession, clear of all indebted
nessp IF people will intensively culti-
yate the soil, a large number can be
sustained on few thousand acres. OF
course. | know some of you talk about
taking the land; but the bunch is TAX
ing nothing but that which the masters
allow them to have. So, say,
Ibuy it and live. rather than talk and
starve. In 1919 heard people
shout mo beer. no work. Well. the
beer is gone. but they are begging for
work instead of refusing it. Why
bluff and become slavcs2 Let US gel
down to business and establish work
Iers' new order of things a society in
(which we shall secure the full producl
lof our toll. When the masters may
Hook on but not partake. unless they
Twill work with US and only get whai
lthey need-not what they choose Il
Ihaye. Buy the land while we can; es-
itabIish our own industries now and be-
gin to produce for use Yes, that j:
just what we have done. We have
labout 5000 acres Of land and thirty
useful industries going. We want yol
to put your money into more anc
and enlarge the holdings of the coop
orators in order to make our demon
Istration larger and more effective. w
can by this method better serve on
cause and that is why we call upon yol
for your support. while the land can B,
iL,I - = lov,y r,rica Wbar tbie land !