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The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21

we'll attended. and all the colonists realize
the fact that to keep progressive they must
advance in knowledge. A radical in pol
itics and conservative in everything else is
ont Of nIace in this community.
Llano's school system is as progressive as
the cooperative colony. The children are
not driven to learn. The subjects are ar
ranged SO as to draw out Of the child the
best that is in him. With this in view, diver
sified industrial trades are placed at his dis
posal. He may thus gain an insight into
world of endeayor and can choose that which
most nearly fits in with his natural ability.
The school has its own cafeteria now, where
foods more especially adaptable 10 growing
children are prepared by the domestic SCI
ence class. Music, singing. languages, bot
any, agriculture, Esperanto, are among the
subjects offered to Llano's children; and
there are many opportunities for obtaining
real education, in addition to those pro-
vided by the regular state course of study,
making them thinking. alert. self-reliant
group Of future builders Of cooperative
commonwealth
Equal wages are paid to men. women and
children. The theory Of this is that each
colonist owes to the community his best en-
deavors, whether he be learned lawyer. hus-
ky farmer, or little school child. They give
to the whole The best they can. and in re-
turn receive the best each other can offer.
Hospital and doctor are provided when
sickness comes, and there are no charges for
such social services. Funerals are conducted
along the same lines
There is no need for insurance in the Col
ony for the dependents receive their support
just the same. even if the father be remoy-
ed from them.
Social life is made by those who live to-
>gether. The great objection to living on the
land is the isolation which accompanies it.
Here in Llano. the farmers and the industrial
workers live close to the center where dane
es, entertainments, picture shows, and all
manner of good times can be had for the
making.
No rent is charged for the houses, and
any building can Be used for meetings with
out cost.
Men work in whatever industry they are
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN
TO WALL STREET?

Boston. Wall Streets vengeance
on Thomas w. Lawson. who a dozen
years ago through his ''Frenzied FL
nance exposed the vicious methods Of
the money gamblers. is complete.
Broken down in health. with his for
tune. which he made in the copper
market, gone, and his 100000 Mas
sachusetts estate, "Dreamwold, " gone
to pay his obligations, Lawson is miss
ing.
According to Miss Mary Lawson, his
sister, Lawson left her home at South
west Harbor. Me-, Sunday night and
has not been seen or heard from since.
The sister declared that the brother
had made no mention of his destina-
ton, a thing he had never done before,
and appeared to be greatly agitated
following long-distance telephone call
to New York, in which he asked some
one about how the boy" were taking
the recent financial difficulties.
The sister declared that Lawson had
been at her home most Of the summer
attempting to regain his shattered
health.
Wall Street enemies, it is declared,
have been on the trail of Lawson since
his exposure Of their inside methods.
and it was through their manipulations
it is declared that he was forced into
disposing Of his $5,000,O00 estate.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
WHAT HUMAN FOOD
DID 10 MONK =

II p
/ A Philadelphia doctor has made the
lexperiment Of feeding monkeys on Ehe
diet with which The majority VI men
and women feed themselve The fol-
lowing IS an account Of nIs results al
quoted in Good Health Battle Greek.
IMich.):
I'll is literal fact that the dispo-
sitions of the lower animals. at least.
can be controlled BY their eating. i'll
a series of laboratory diet tests on mon
keys. the results were remarkable. For
one week the monkeys were fed upon
a protein diet, heavy with meat and
beans. At the end of the first three
days the monkeys began to be dun.
They swung about the cage very lii
tile; life seemed to weigh heavily upon
them. In another two days they
slumped down, held their heads N theiir
paws, and took very little interest Ill
anything that was happening.
"Bv the end Of the week the cage
was filled with band Of melancholy
pessimists, who took no exercise, we're
willing to look at nothing Offered 10
them. and regarded the world with sad.
dreay eyes. Then their diet was
changed. For week they were fed
only vegetables, ceareals, and fruit. In
three days they had frightened up. in
five days thew frisked about III their
old happy fashion. At the end Of the
week they were band of optirists.
Referrins now to humans, | find II
true that the heavy protein diet which
is SO habitual with so manv persons,
does make for pessimism. Counterac-
ting influence. Of the tyne that man,
and not monkeys, are subject to may
permit a man who feeds for pessimism
TO remain an optiuist but he is work.
ing under a handicap
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21

selects a general manager. He selects his
foremen for the various industries, and each
is selected carefully according to his ability
to do the work and to direct his men.
Each manager is given free hand to run
his department, always with the supervision
of the manager and board of directors, in
order that his actions may not be contrary to
the collective welfare.
New industries are started from time TO
time as necessity demands. The object of
Llanos industries is to provide the Colony
with what it needs, rather than to make a
profit by selling the products. Production
for use is our slogan. Thus to make its own
food, clothing and shelter. to provide as far
as possible every convenience and comfort
is the final object. To get as nearly as pos
sible to the source of wealth, the Colony will
raise sheep for wool; cotton can be raised.
and the colonists can weave their own cloth
and make their clothing.
The Colony's timber lands are now fur
nishinq hardwood and pine for its buildings.
its brick plant makes the necessary brick and
can make tiling. hollow tile, etc. for its own
homes.
The farm and gardens Of the Colony have
provided the tables with most of the good
thinqs which nature offers.
Thus the three important problems are
easilv solved.
Work is done as much as possible by ma
chinery, eliminating heavv drudgery. and the
more machinery used the less the labor IS.
MANY tractors are used on the farm and IN
LOGGING operations for hauling, and for land
clearing.
The Colony now owns about 5000 acres
of land. some of it Of very fair character.
VARYING from bottom land to rolling land
and timber land Ii intends to purchase
total Of 10000 acres, because the colonists
realize that the movement is destined TO grow
to large PROPORTIONS, several small commune
tiles probabIy win Be settled on the land.
When the days work is done at 4:30.
each colonist has an equal opportunity to
improve himself along many lines, such as
music. vocal training. languages. science.
agriculture. orchestra work. dancing. and
other diversions. Many Of these classes are
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
ANO The Trail That Leads the Cooperative Commonwealth

and industries are all owned by the collectiv-
ity; where each works for the other; where
each receives the same compensation for a
days work; where no member will accept
anything which any other member cannot
have on the same terms, if he desires it
in short, imagine place where the golden
rule is the only law imposed upon the com
munity, and you are picturing the Llano Co
operative Colony
After eight years Of work, .Llano Colony is
rated in the commercial world as worth over
$250,000. But LIano's least asset.is its COM
merca rating The fuIlness Of Iife the joy
of living, the satisfaction of working, the
security for the future, the healthy environ
ment, the opportunity for education, the aft
lection Of your fellowmen-these are priced
more, much more, than what the commercial
world calls success.
This colony now has something like thirty
industries, all collectively owned Among
these are: apiary. auto garage, building de-
partment, brck-making plant, blacksmith
shop. butcher shop. broom factory, crate
making factory, chicken farm, dairy with
about 20 milking COWS and herd of thoro-
bred Holstein heifers, goat ranch, hog ranch.
with several hundred Duroc- Jersey hogs.
sweet-potato storage houses, dressmaking.
grist mill, handle lathes, hotel, hospital, Ii
brary, steam laundry, land clearing. fruit OF
chards, print shop, peanut butter factory,
magazine and weekly newspaper. picture
show and theater. wagon-making shop, cam
dy kitchen, shoe shop. harness shop. and
many other smaller concerns.
Then Llano's farms and gardens provide
the bulk of the living for the colonists, the
farmers specializing on sweet potatoes, SUI
gar cane. peanuts, corn. beans, peas, ETC..
while the gardens provide greens and gar
den truck for the table the year around
The system of government is exceedingly
simple. Stock is sold in the corporation at
one dollar share, and only stockholders
are employed by the Colony. An agreement
of employment is entered into between the
Colony as an organization and each individ-
ua. Each member is employed at what
he best can do, or which needs most to be
done A board of directors is selected each
year by the stockholders, which board in turn
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21

best fitted for. Sometimes thew are roov.d
around to different work as is deemed neces-
safy' but the fact is conceded that each
worker works best at something that he Fixes
TO do and has fitted himself for. But when
It IS remembered that each is WORKING far tbe
whole, and the whole is working for The Il.
dIYldual. no one refuses to do what is allotted
to him. $3.50
Women all find lots Of work 10 do. Thev
iced the men at the hotel, wash and IRON FIR
them at the laundry. make dresses and over
alls and shirts at the sewing department at-
tend store office, etc, wherever their ser
wees can be utilized to best advantage.
There are no parasists at Lano. Even
mcapacItated. and the aged can sometimes
help. They assemble crates. wrap paners
attend machines, etc.
On special occasions such as haryestina
or planting, all the school children are oJsg
to go to the fields and help. It 4 tbe eon1-
mon food store-and all will help to save
the harvest Men, women, and children v,;II
can.
This is because they are actuated By an
l9s9i' 4hey DelleYe IN cooperation with
each other, Some co-operators think coon
GRAFTON means that others have to co-onerat.
with them, that their lot may Be bettered
Liano co-operators realize that each must
sacrifice their personal interests and amajes-
mate with the COLLECTIVELY. This is the yerv
ideal which has made Llano signal sueces.
IN the cooperative field, when other me
communities have disintegrated.
Il you are interested in such a comm,,,
ny and such an ideal and would like i Iear.
how to get into practical application and Az
monstration Of that ideal, write for mora
particulars. Ask for Cooperation il Al
hon. which goes more into he detail "
Colony life and is illustrated By pief,,res
showing the colonists at work.
The Colony has its express ana fre;ob,
agency, and hopes to have its own nosloff;--
Llan0 Cooperative Colony. Newllano. q.
(via Leesville). -
TIE lLANo COOPERATIVE COLONY
NEWLLANo. LA.
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them that it was. and they went out to
the foundry and mistook the foundry
man for one Of the strikers, and beat
him up as thoroughly as it had been
anticipated our members would be as
saulted.
At the time of my investigation, !
found that the manufacturers and mer-
chants were thoroughly organized to
prevent trade-unionism from existing
in Muskegon. They were the ones who
determined who the district attorney,
the prosecuting attorney, the mayor, the
chief of police and the sheriff should
be. They had an agreement with the
only two newspapers in the city under
which the secretary Of the Employers
Association censored news items and
editorials referring to industrial prob
lens, with the further understanding
that where matter was struck out of
the newspaper, the association would
pay for that amount of space, and
the insertion of other news items or
editorials.
Voluminous documentary evidence
was secured, including copies of the as
sociation's minutes, and correspond
ence with officers of the National Me-
tai Trade Association. which involved
them in criminal activities. With our
attorney. all of this material was pre-
scented to the Department of Justice in
Washington. and the Department was
unwilling to act. claiming that while an
undoubted criminal conspiracy existed
against trade-unionism in Muskegon.
that the case was a State and not a
Federal one. The evidence was then
laid before the Governor of Michigan.
who, at first, seemed determined to
prosecute. but later on lost his inter
est, and finally did nothing.
Under the conditions which existed
in Muskegon, workman who became
active in trade-union was discharged,
and practically exiIed from the city be-
cause no other employer would hire
him. His right to job did not exist,
even in theory, and his rights as an
American citizen in Muskegon depend
ed, not upon the provisions of the State
or the Federal constitution, but upon
the whim or prejudice of the Employ
ers' Association and their henchmen in
public office.
Of equal interest, and of perhaps
greater significance, were the condl-
tions which | found to exist in Marion,
Ohio, little over two years ago.
In Marion, the home of President
Harding. where he held dictatorship in
several industrial corporations, there
existed a Manufacturers and Mer-
chants Association. organized for the
purpose of maintaining non-union con-
ditions. The association employed
secretary or commissioner, in whose Of
flee was kept a card index system of
every employee in the industries of
Marion. The wovkman's name, age,
and many other personal items were
entered, the class Of work he was en-
ployed on, the wages he YVES paid, and
his qualifications as a workman.
No member of the association hired
workman without Immediately report
ling to the commissioner, SO that abso-
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
EUROPE "HATES
AS RUIN NEARS

Washington. The chief occupa-
ton Of the nations Of Europe right now
is hating each other. according to Sem
ator I. H. Caraway, of Arkansas, who
has just returned from two months
visit to all Of the principal powers in
Europe.
The great war has SO infIamed and
embittered the animosities that there
are 100 causes for war greater and
more dangerous than existed before the
world war;" Senator Caraway decIar-
ed. Just as sure as hell is hot, Europe
pursuing her present policy, is head
ing surely toward another great war
and final smash"
All that holds the war back. the
senator declared. is the fear that the
soldiers might rebel and refuse to do
the bidding Of their masters and the
awful memory and experiences during
the last war.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
n INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
y human heart has Ionged for the time

q INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
= human heart has Ionged for the time
when no mans hand would be against
me hand of his neignbor, a time when each
mans interest would be identical with y. the
hest interests of~the whole community. Inc
nrooressiye thinker, ali down through the
march of civilization, has yearned fof a Pe'-
Ter state of society in which TO llve' TOT
this reason, more than any other, men ana
women have left their native soils and TAX
en- up the duties and terrible hardshlps Oh
pioneers, searching for the golden opportun-
ity. w r. u.
West they go farther West; but the smeary
hand of exploitation has always followed
close behind, leaving them often drained 10
the point of poverty.
TO get away from the tithe-paying system
s. rent, interest and profit-men have
struggled and fought and planned. eoionlz
alton enterprises have come INTO beng IN
MANY parts of the world, having as their OBJ
iect the grouping of congenial workers IN an
effort to eliminate these Objectionable phases
Of human life. Many Of them have partly
succeeded, only to be wrecked upon the
rocks, because of lack of understanding
of each others motives.
After studying most Of the former attempts
at cooperative colonization, and marking
well the rocks and shoals in the stormy seas
lob Hartman founded cooperative com
munity at Lano, California, on May lst'
1914. This community operated and pros
pered at this location until 1917, when the
water for irrigation purposes proved unequal
to the growth Of the Colony. and new and
more resourceful location was found IN Lou
isiana, where they are now located
Founded on three great principles OF socl.
equality of opportunity, equality OF
income, and equality Of ownership, the Llano
Colony has proven that men and women can
live together in harmony and prosper lhls
Colony is incorporated under the law as
protection against INSCRIPTIONS persons and
disgruntled self-seekere Imagine if you can,
miniature cooperative commonwealth, and
you have Llano Colony, Imagine a COM
munity where all the land. the farms, TOOLS
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
Revelation Interpreted
The Mysteries Of the Apocalypse of St. John
Revealed
A Remarkable Book, Making Plain the Way
Unto Salvation, Written by C, A. Kratzer
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The Book of Revelation is vast assem-
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According to the prophecy in the book itself,
the time has come for the unwilling of Jesus
Christ" that the mystery of God should be
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truth that The mind is a KINGDOM that must
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contains more teaching of fundamental impor
tance than any other known document Of
equal length, for it points out all the dangers
and difficulties and sets forth all the saving
truth to be experienced by humans in their
initiation into ihe Kingdom Of Heaven.
This wonderful book of 400 pages, artist
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The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
ENGINEERS TTRGE END OF I2-
HOUR DAY In INDUSTRY

Expressing the opinion that the r.
hour day must go in continuous indus
tries in this country, the American En-
gineering Societies said in report on
the shift system issued that the logical
alternative to the two l2-hour shift sys-
tenn is the three eight-hour shift system.
The change suggested by this report,
which is endorsed by the executive
board of the Engineering Council,
would affect over 100000 American
workers.
The tendency throughout the world
is toward the abolition Of the l2-hou~
day" Dr.. E. H. Howe of the National
Research Council, said in connection
with the report.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-10-21
WORKERS CONTROL

Strictly speaking. there is no such
thing as Democratic Control Of Indus
TRY, at least not in the sense Of DE
lmocratic Management" Natural laws,
economic and mechanical and chemi-
cal, do not take their authority from
the consent of the majority. A group
Of men lost in the woods might sit
down and try to decide which way
north was. But if one of them should
propose that they take vote and abide
by the decision Of the majority, the
other would probobly think he was
merely joking to cheer them up. When
the power plant in a factory breaks
down, the considered opinion Of three
or three hundred or three thousand
men who are not engineers is not worth
anywhere near as much as the lghtest
word of one who is an engineer.
Modern industry is productive only
when there is disciplined organization,
trained direction or management, and
constant application of skill. Mass re-
bellions do nothing to direct industry
and coordinate its various parts, tho
they might conceivably make way for
the application of such skill if it were
already at hand and organized for use.
The |. W. w. plan is to organize each
industry not only to fight the capital
lst. who lives on it like human leech.
but also tqfrun it, and run it efficiently
when the profit guzzler is pried loose.
That means a certain amount Of subor-
dination of individual whim to the will
Of the expert. 1t might, it is possible
to imagine, result in some sort Of die
tatorship of the technician, rather than
a dictatorship of the proIetariat, as far
IS production is concerned. Not when
the question of distribution arises. For
the greater number of technically train
ed men-must come from the ranks Of
the laborers, with an industrial com
munist psychology. The others will
most of them take part in counter re-
volutions and get killed, or they will
sabotage and become useless. The
true scientist, the inventor. the man
with what H. C. Wells calls the white
passion" for order and Improvement
and control Of the forces Of Nature, will
make little trouble, once he sees that
the new order will let him do what he
most wants to do-that is, put his skill
to work on his cherished problems.
These sort of men are few and far be-
tween, and they are not voluptuaries,
don't need or care for big salaries. The
trouble is iu st that they are too few
in number to control manufacture and
distribution, and we must ourselves get
busy and learn how it is done. Every
man should study his own industry, and
such enterprises as that of the A. w.
Il, u. Department Of Education should
be fostered.-Industrial Worker, July
| /, 1922.
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Which is the best remedy for war
ballot, gun or wives refusing 10 become
mothers?
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FIREFIGHTERS FOR O. B. U.


Tulsa, Okla.-The Fire fighters in
tenational convention, representing
10000 unionists, went on record here
for amaiaamation Of trade unions I'M
de- the Foster plan.
Bad tempers break up more homes
than all other causes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1922-01-27

viewpoint. and worked his way up to be-
come $4,000 executive" and it is in
tcnscly interesting. The point of the
story is that most of the underworld
men are either booze fends or drug adj
diets, and that the elimination of booze
and drugs would advance UNNECESSARILY
the suppression of crime.
Although the writer of the article,
which is one of several of special inter
est in the February number of Physical
Culture, DOES not sign his name. those
who remember the Newfanc bank burg
larry case will recognize the author as
one who was sentenced to the state
prison, who later was pardoned, joined
detective force but went wrong again
and got into the tolls in the South.
The author mentions n romance that
started at the Jail in Newfane and which
started him on the road to better things.
He mentions his pardon, subsequent eff
forts to go straight, each time letting
booze get the upper hands. of his escape
from the North Carolina state prison.
his final reformation six years ago, since
which time lie has not taken u drink,
his difficulty in obtaining a position, and
various other incidents which led to Sc
curing a $4,000 job.
The story and illustrations occupy
about four pages of the MAGAZINE.