The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-23

Dcrder for pair Of good work shoes.
land you will not Be disappointed. Cad
Ids, Bell. Ewell and Conlin are now
getting their heads together for the pur-
pose Of manufacturing other Llano pro-
ducts into finished articles for sale.
What food-stuff we put on the market
lis always pure; and. as We learn how,
I've shall produce a superior article.
You must know, however, that we are.
Ijust learning how to do many Of these
things, and are always looking for
those who can do better. The workers
produce all, and we look forward 10
| the time when we shall have the very
best workmanship obtainabIe. Our
factory is now making an excellent
quality Of peanut butter. think it is
1.-THE best we have ever made up to the
present time Many Of you have no
idea of the superior quality Of the Lou
isiana sweet potato; but | can assure
you they are of the very best. We
have fine crop Of them this year, lots
Of rice, and large cane and sorghum
crop. With these in an abundance, we
need only your help 10 make big step
forward by next spring. The children
went for their swimming picnic. The
dancing school and the dance were the
closing Of another perfect day. To
Isome of US, it was perfectly big work
lday. with much good well done in our
cause. Every day is progress in the
movement. do not see why more Of
you cannot see life as it is here. The
lonly life worth living is one spent in
the interest Of humanity.
1888
Sunday. Sept. II. ~ A comrade
writes in and wonders if we take into
consideration the human element Of the
cooperative movement" Do wep
Well. | should say so! and if he thinks
he knows much about that part Of the
game, he should start colony, in or
der to find that he has never been to
: first base" let alone the entire cir
cult. Every man, woman, and child in
this Colony is human problem; and
there are no two alike. That is why
we have no set rules or laws to con-
form to. Our Declaration of Princi-
pies is rule enough, and we bend and
twist in all kinds Of shapes in order to
meet each person upon mutual or COM
mon ground. 1t is impossible, however,
to save all who come here. It is a
problem of each person adjusting HIM
self or herself to the community as a
whole. How foolish it would be for Us,
as whole, to try to live up to every
individuals convictions when he comes
here. No, no! comrade, you are mis-
aiken. The individual must adjust him
Iself to the policy of the Golden Rule, .
refuse to be greedy, selfish. and jeal-
Gus. The change from competition to
cooperation is big one and each one
who comes here must make the change
for himself If his motive in joining us
is to render service to others; to create
a cooperative commonwealth, he will
never have particle of trouble here.
| If his motive is selfish, a ruIe-or-ruin
disposition, suspicious, a knoweit-all-
Iright-now invidual, he will have to adj
just himself. or he will move from us.
No, we will not put him out; he will
go of his own free wiIl-but, of course,
he will blame the rest of us. or the
colony, because we didn't do as he
lthot we should. For nearly eight years,
4 have seen people leave, telling us
we couldn't last, because we didn't do
ljust as they suggested; but we are still
going stronger than ever. Now, why
do SO many outside" people judge us
from what those say who are unable to
adjust themselves9 There is but one
reason; and that is that they are all
ways ready to listen to destructive critv
Iicism, are not ready for constructive
faction, always ready 10 push down in-
stead Of build up. Get into con-
Istructive frame Of mind, friends. HUI
man nature is all right. 1t is or past
experiences with the competitive game
that cause all our trouble. Ii is in
US; and we alone can tear il out, root
lseed and all. No one can do it for us !;
I'VE MUST do it ourselves. Yes, we take
into consideration that our greatest
problem is a human one; and you
must realize it, too. and not try to
ride a free horse to death but do youl
part in the reconstruction by control
ling your bad habits, of the past and
learn to cooperate with others. Men.
Ital science and picture show were
the features Of this evenings colony
life. You miss the mental science
classes are losing more than voh car