The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-12-16

the month Of April. The weather is
warm and nice warm showers Of rain
fall from time to time. and the fall
garden shows up in. its long green rows
and makes very attractive showing
1T makes one long for his straw hat,
hoe. and garden seeds. Instead Of
that. Beavers. Chapel, Scharrer. and
Moline, with their junior brick crew.
are laying up the north side wall Of the
new machinery building. Jacques, Ken
ney, Dalton, Gaddis. Merrel, Darth,
Shut. and Lindsey are making cane
syrup, while Lloyd and several of the
older school children are topping more
cane to make the cookers boil more
syrup. Sid Merrel and Hinkley are
telling pine trees; Tackett. Fischer,
Demaree, and Jones are cutting wood;
and Busick and Warren Fread haul in
the logs and Allen and Clappa haul
the wood. Gault and Cryer are haul
ing fertilized to the garden and the
strawberries; while Babb. Benton, Blu
hre, and Strauss. yith some children
are planting more garden. and Buck
and Cotton are planting more straw
berry plants. It is indeed glorious
Iday, and one wonders how some Of our
Hess fortunate comrades fare in the
cold North. We also wonder how peo-
ple can see so much fault with the
|Llano plan of living and how they can
ever figure on wishing to get away
from il when once they are living on
4 cooperative basis. For instance, the
question arises: If one puts all his
money into the Colony, how can ne
'buy all he wants that the Colony does
not have to furnish2 wonder if our
friend is so fortunate as to have the
money to buy ALL HE WANTS under
capitalism If he has. how did he get
il and who suffered at his gain? We
propose to limit ourselves to what we
really need and to produce that,
Again: If one pays $1,000 for his
membership, and wishes to leave, can
he get his money back2 There are
hundreds of people know who have
invested money in property on the
outside who would be glad to get
their money back and come here with
il if they could get it. We are not
taking your money for speculation; we
only want you to come here and make
your home or buy to make someone
else home. We are erecting new
civilization; we call for money only
to help us buy property with which to
make homes and produce the neces-
5aries. If you go away, you still have
your home here, and it does not worry
you while you are away because of
AK burden. Also, our friend can't I'M
Ierstand why one gets no cash wage
or labor service. Well, the commun-
ty as whole gets all we produce.
What else could we expect? What else
could be given, Isn't it our desire to
abolish the wage system? Get wise to
he different systems: capitalism and
Here we produce for use.
We don't need money. We retain our
production for the good of all. Each
has the security of any and all others
during every stage of our lives. Com
pare this with your present situation as
4 wage Garner or business man. Ev-
is competing against you
here. While here they are all coop
Grating with one another for better
existence for all. Dad Crawford and
Dan fCryer drove to Cooper this pm.
and expect to bring home a load of
flooring lumber. Ole is preparing for
4 rainy spell by getting material ready
for under-cover work. Tonight the
Colony mechanics class met at the
school house. The folk-dancing class
was held as usual at the roof garden,
after which the psychology meeting
took up the rest of the evening at the
hotel.
1893
Friday, Dec. 8. Comrade BeIcher
and Vernon arrived home last night
with load of rice and rice bran. They
report the fellows down there in good
spirits and putting in good time. The
threshing is all done and they are now
baling rice straw. Several car loads
are now ready TO ship. and Killing has
put in an order for one car. Mr.. and
Mrs. Will West and their two boys,
Fall, De Boer, Van, and King are the
crew at the rice ranch. After they get