The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-12-02
THE COLONY DIARY
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ing the best system Of using it. We
want people who, after their needs are
satisfied. will help TO show others the
way and win give material assistance
that will WIN Others to our cause.
hope ! make myself clear to you. Our
ULTIMATE aim is to produce food for
use only and eventually take from the
profit system all production Of food for
profit. We are aiming to abolish the
capitalistic. wage, or profit system,
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Friday, Nov, "a. Yesterday.
Comrades Elmer and Charles Klahr ar
rived with an emigrant car from N. M.
Eleven mules more are now at the mule
barn. Also they brought 800 head of
sheep and Angora goats. So today,
iii tell you about our prospects for
the making of chothes in the future.
We want to shear the sheep and goats
and turn the wool into material for
making us warm and comfortable. The
herd of sheep that the Klahr Brothers
brought in will furnish nucleus for
a fine industry. Add to this the fact
that this is a good cotton district, where
we can raise all the cotton we need
for making cloth. mattresses and ether
useful things, and you can then draw
upon your imagination as to the posi-
bilities before us. | just received the
information that we could put in
complete cloth factory, with a thou
sand spools for about $4,000. Sup
pose we were to call upon our friends
to furnish the cash to install this fac
tory, with the agreement that we would
return their payment in cloth or in
clothing. Do you know of any one who
would be ready to help institute
workers factory for cloth-making and
stop the future robbing of our class for
this particular necessary? But, to-day,
we are making shoe, at present a
work shoe, that is first-class in every
respect. Now, as Comrade Cox, the
inventor Of this one-piece shoe, is back
on the job, he shows us way to make
dress shoe also. We are already
tanning some leather. but are forced to
buy in the competitive market most of
our leather. This keeps the price .of
the shoe up and takes cash from our
treasury to secure proper material for
our shoe shop. A good tanner and
man who knows the cloth-making bus
mess from end to end would be very
welcome additions to our big family Of
workers and they could add much to
the general scheme Of freeing us from
the profit taker and helping us sup
ply our friends on the outside with
many comforts they are denied for the
want Of cash or warm clothes. There
is no limit to what we can do in the
textile game. MuIberries grow wild
here, and the possibilities of a silk
worm farm, and the production Of that
kind of goods is not an industry to be
lightly passed over. We want people
who know the textile business to look
forward to factory at Newllano. We
need it, and we will have it. too. With
this done, we can then take away our
greatest expense, and it is now time
to center our minds upon getting this
work started. One thing you must UNI
derstand is that we need people who
can start at the very bottom with each
industry and build it up to an eff
cient factory. Workmen who are used
TO having everything at their disposal
are somewhat handicapped in a new
proposition. So don't get
the idea we are ready for specializa-
ton in the textile or tanning industries
We need the men who can build them
from the foundation upwards. This
will be another link in the chain to
industrial freedom and will establish,
the cooperative common
wealth.
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Saturday, Nov. Is. = Now comes J
another very necessary thing for hui
man comfort-shelter-and here is
where we shine. We have many beau
tiful trees Of both soft and hard woods.
Among them are pine, oak, hickory,
beech, magnolia, ash. gum, and others.
In California, they tell you all the shell
Ter you need is the shade of the trees.
Take little salt with this saying. But
here, we have our sawmill for con-
verting these trees into lumber; we
have our planning mills for making lum-
Der of all kinds siding, flooring,
window sash. doors. and the other nee