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ed upon the economic. Even Thomas
Paine, as great radical Is He was,
seemed to have little or no economic
ideas. The real basic ideas, the prac-
tical foundation stones Of a new form
Iof society, were as unknown as some
dark star wandering in the depths 81
space
And 50 il is with Labor and labor Or
CARNATIONS to-day; they have no VS.
ion, no grasp Of the economic power
and possibilities they have III their
hands. We see several million organ
lied employees of corporations, the rail-
roads for example, who maintain the
tracks, despatch trains, collect fares,
and freights and carry on all the null
THORN work and turn over hundreds
Of millions Of net profits to the owners.
Of whom not one in one thousand know
how to do the simplest thing Of this
work. and many whot have never seen
the properties from which this organ
lied labor makes these profits and pro-
vides their income. And yet this Sim
pie Simon-minded Labor cannot con-
.ceive the idea that they could do all
these things for themselves and dis
pensewith the idle owning class. Pro-
pose it in their Unions and they will be-
come frantic defenders of the system
that claims and enslaves them. Slaves,
not alone economically but Intellectual
Igor the little intellect they have is as
much bond slave as the chattel
bought and sold on the slave block
The only idea they can encompass is.
tEc sake. Even the slight advance To-
attempt political action is barred in
the American Federation Of Labor.
Possessing numbers, productive power,
with the mechanical and technical skill,
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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 a
world OF endeavor and can choose that which
most nearly fits in with his natural ability.
Inc school has its own cafeteria now, where
foods more especially adaptable to growing
children are prepared by the domestic SCI
ence class. Music, singing. languages, bot
any, agriculture, Esperanto, are among the
subjects offered to LIanos 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, seIf-reIiant
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 bes ! ether 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 remov-
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 Il.
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
best fitted for. Sometimes they are moved
around TO different work as is deemed neces-
sary, but the fact is conceded that each
worker works best at something that he Fixes
70 do and has fitted himself for. But when
i is remembered that each Is working for he
whole, and the whole is working for the in
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THE AGES-LONG
WEAKNESS OF LABOR
By George D. Coleman


The histories and encyclopedias were
written and preserved BY the master
class. They suppressed much and mis-.
stated more. Hence We know little d
the great slave rebellions before the
time Of Christ. Wards Ancient Lowry
throws more light upon these times than
any other work. The ten years slave
rebellion of Eunus is unknown TO the
average historian, and the histories 81
Rome are silent. For ten years an ar
my, at one time Of 100000 soldiers. de-
feated the armies Of Rome, yet the
master class historians omit to mention
it. Even the rebellion Of Spartacus,
of y B. c. is SO lightly mentioned that
no idea Of its Importance is conveyed.
All this is the master-class side Of the
question.
Exactly what the end. aim, and con-
structive intention Of the leaders Of the
rebellion were, we do not know, and
right there lies the whole story Of the
weakness and ages-Iong slavery and
subsection Of labor to the yoke Of the
master class. Labor ever lacks vision,
has no ideas, but accepts the philoso-
ply and system of the master class,
rebels against its evils. and seeks only
to modify its most fragrant ills. Sup
pose the paid spy and assassin had not
treacherously stabbed Spartacus and he
had defeated Crassus and marched stri-
umphant into a conquered Rome ?
What effect would it have had upon
the history Of the world? | Judge but
very little. Spartacus might have been
made king, and some Of the most fla
grant ills mught have been abolished,
but the old system would have remain
ed unaltered. There were none, then,
who conceived Of an equitable system
of society, and the whole intellectual
material Of the time was in a state Of
Ignorant chaos.
It was equally 50 in l776, when that
radical POLITICAL document. the De
claration of Independence, was pro-
claimed. No man except Benjamin
Franklin ever uttered anything Of an
economic significance, Jefferson S
ideas were all political and never verg-
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Coop. Professions Without
Works are Worthless Bunk


Practical principles grow stronger
absolutely in themselves by exercise, as
well as relatively with regard to con-
trary principles. which. by being accus-
toned to submit. do so habitualIy, and
as matter Of course. and thus IN ma
ny respects a new character may be
formed, and new habits Of life acquir-
ed that nature has not given US. but
leads us to develop them.
Stubborn unyielding determination
to carry out a righteous conviction inn
pels the co-operators at Newllano to 60
on with their self-imposed duty of es-
tablishing an acknowledgment-compel-
ling object lesson Of complete cooper
alton and Of the most advanced man
ner Of living in every respect. Always
leading in the vanguard Of human pro-
gress. Abstemious living, high think
ing and glorious ideal Of mutual CO.
operation, universal peace and broth
erhood.
Comrade Pickett in the psychology
meeting on Thursday night, July II,
spoke about his trip to the rice farm,
and Of the general policy of the Col
ony to subordinate temporary inclina-
lions and personal indulgence to the
more rapid and efficacious establish
ment of the Colony's industries and
permanent buildings.
Comrade Helene Norgard spoke of
the changes that the old home life con-
fronts. Just as machinery production
has revolutionized the economic life of
the nation, SO these changes will also
bring corresponding changes in the
home life. In the large cities there are
alrady many thousands of families who
have quit cooking at home. Husband
and wife both go to their work, the
children go to school, but the home is
nevertheless real home, where affec-
ton abides and the best human quail
ties can be cultivated. Comrade Nor
gard read some extracts from book
written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, a
fine writer and champion of women's
advancement, in support of her state
ments.
There can be no question that
where parasitism is removed from fam
lily life, where service is incuIcated, and
the idea Of getting rich at other peo-
pies expense is frowned upon and dis
couraged, offers more ideal place for
rearing good men and women than
where ''laudatory remarks and allu-
sions are thrown everywhere and by
everybody concerning those fortunate
persons who succeed in getting some
thing for nothing and concerning those
who live easily and where the gener-
al and widespread tendency is to make
man-killers and exploiters loom high
in the child's phantasy."
Cooperative housekeeping permits
of many important savings over the old
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dividual, no one refuses TO do what is allotted
to him.
Women all find lots Of work to do They
feed the men at the hotel, wash and iron for
them at the laundry, make dresses and over
alls and shirts at the sewing department, at-
tend store, office, ETC.. wherever their ser
vices can be utilized to best advantage.
On special occasions such as harvesting.
or planting. all the school children are glad
to go to the fields and help. 1T is the com,
mon food store and all will help 10 save
the harvest. Men, women, and children viii
forsake their regular work to help where they
can.
his is because they are actuated BY an
IDEAL They believe ia cooperation with
each other. Some co-operators think coop
Grafton means that Others have To cooperate
with Them, that their lot may Be bettered.
Llano co-operators realize that each must
sacrifice their personal interests and amalga-
mate with the COLLECTIVELY. This is the very
ideal which has made LIano i signal success
In the cooperative field. when other ike
communities have disintegrated.
Men and women will laugh at bardsb;ns.
and pioneering when they are propelled bv
q bri.iantly-visible ideal. Such Az idesl
is Llano's--to show to the world that humans.
can cooperate together to build 4 veritabIe.
paradise in which to lives where love ana a..
lection are the predominant personal rsIa.
tonships and where the consideration sc III
other fellows welfare is not hidden by Der
sonal greed. In such community greed
selfishness and Jealousy cannot survive Iopp
Il you are interested in such comm.5-
ity and such an ideal and would like . iesrns
how to get into practical application ana ele-
monstration Of that ideal, write for moss
particulars. Ask for cooperation II Ae-
ton, which goes more into the detail S.
Colony life and Is illustrated b. pic,nres
showing the colonists at work.
The Colony has its express ana fre;ohf
agency, and hopes to have its own postoffiee
AT present address all Communication IS.
Llano Cooperative Colony Ne,yllano.
(yia Leesvilel
TIE LLANo COOPERATIVE COLONY
NEWILANo VIA LEEsVILEE la
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WORK AND STARVE

New York. The wage reductions
against which the railroad shopmen are
striking bring the earnings Of great
numbers Of workers below the level of
a minimum living standard. the re-
search department, National Council
of Churches Of Christ IN America de-
clares.
1T is perfectly patent that the wage
reductions ordered would have this ef-
feet, says the report. 1T is also clear
however grave the crisis. that any ef-
fort to enforce as mandatory the. decis-
ion Of the board will be contrary to the
law as expressly interpreted at The time
of its passage and will be regarded By
the men as breach Of faith. Z
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and all the eIsnents thas pfa5uee he
wealth of the land, tl1eg ale like
powerful bull tied 10 stake az light
rope he could snap like cobwsb. His
mind is the cause Of his bondage Pro-
pose to these powerful Unions an unity
Hof labor. All unity Of action, ana TIE
new concept Of economic government
and you would BIZ cast out al Bolshe-
vic and be liable under the law Of
criminal syndicalisrn, whatever that Isl
Until labor ceases u think the thots Of
the master class. but thinks the thots Of
its own class, il will BIZ The economic
slave Of the master class, The slavery
of labor IS more Of the mind than the
body. When is mind Is free, its body
will be free, When it uses its productive
power for itself. and reserves that cap
ital TO use for further production, The
occupation of the owning class will Be
gone forever
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Says the Canadian Co-operaior:

Says the Canadian Co-operator:
.'Dne type Of oo-operator Canada
has produced is probably unique. Il
is the philosophical one. The coop
orator Of this type is usually well In
formed, talks and writes well on the
social and economic value of Cooper
alton, and gives it his blessing. He
speaks enthusiastically of the Cooper
alive Commonwealth Of the future, but
will give no assistance in building it.
Instead of supporting the cooperative
store he gives his trade to the stores
of competition and capitalism. He
buttresses with his money and assists
in maintaining the competitive system
which he so strongly condemns with his
tongue and his pen.
That type Of co-operator is not only
indigenous in Canada, but all other
countries wherein cooperation has
been started are always troubled with
that kind Of specimens. There is a
psychological reason for his exist
ence. although the victims Of this fail
ing will be practically unaware Of his
failings and shortcomings. 1t is all a
matter Of habit, and it is well-known
that practical habits are formed and
strengthened by repeated acts, while
passive impressions (not followed by
action) grow weaker by being repeat
ed upon US. By going over the theory
of cooperation in ones thought, talk
ing we'll of it and drawing fine pictures
of it, this, so far from necessarily,
leading to form an active habit of CO.
operation in him who thus indulges
himself, may even impel the mind to a
contrary course, and render it gradu-
ally more insensibIe to active co-opera-
ton.
Just as habits Of the body are pro-
dueed by external acts, SO habits of
the mind are established by the exer-
tion of inward practical purposes, i.e.,
by carrying them into act, or acting
upon them. The inward principles of
attention, industry and self-government
can be developed only by exercise.
The rule of nature is that active ha-
bits are formed by exercise, and un-
less convictions of the mind are acted
upon, they will become less and less
effective in inducing action while vol
uble professions in their favor are
spouted. By accustoming ourselves to
any course of action, we get an aptness
TO go on, facility, readiness, and Of
ten pleasure in it. The inclinations
which rendered us averse to it grow
weaker; the difficulties in it, not only
the imaginary but the real ones, les
sen; the reasons for it offer themselves
insistently to our thoughts upon all oc-
casions, and the least glimpse of them
is sufficient to make us go on in
course of action to which we become
accustomed.
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to the rights and the well-being Of flu
ture generations.
The whole problem Of human we'll
being is up to US. not to anybody else.
In the first place it is an individual
problem, and next it is the problem Of
an aggregation of individuals. The
problem of the group is solved when
the individual members are determin-
ed to act right toward one another,
treat each other with common cour-
tesy and give to each other square
deal. The operation and co-o-dina-
ton Of the different industries is only 4
matter of good judgment that knowl-
edge and experience supply.
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y INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
> human heart has longed for the time

N INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
- human heart has longed for the time
when no mans hand would be against
the hand of his neighbor, time when each
mans interest would be identical with the
best interests of the whole community. The
progressive thinker, all down through the
march Of civilization, has yearned for bet
ter state of society in which to live. For
this reason, more than any other, men and
women have left their native soils and taxi
en- up the duties and terrible hardships of
pioneers, searching for the golden opportun-
ity
From the East men go West; from the
West they go farther West; but the smeary
hand of exploitation has always followed
close behind leaving them often drained TO
the point of poverty.
To get away from the tithe-paying system
from rent, interest and profit-m have
struggled and fought and planned. Coloniz-
alton enterprises have come into being 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,
Job Hartman founded cooperative COM
munity at LIano, 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 soci-
ology- 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. This
Colony is incorporated under the law as
protection against unscrupulous persons and
disgruntled self-seekers. Imagine if you can.
miniature cooperative commonwealth, and
you have Llano Colony. Imagine com-
muniy where all the land, the farms, tools,
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system Of countless separate family
housekeeping arrangements. One large
range II a central kitchen connected
with dining room, will do away with
a hundred separate family kitchens and
permit the engagement Of an expert
chef and result in great saving Of
labor.
Women's financial self-support, be-
ing guaranteed in Llano Colony, makes
her mistress Of her destiny. There is
no necessity Of her being household
drudge. Ii rests entirely with herself
what her conditions are to be provided
she will accept the responsibility for
herself that her self-reliance demands
and calls for.
As for the children. they are recog-
nized as being individuals, possessed Of
legitimate selfhood to be recognized
and respected. On their part they are
expected and taught to perform their
duty in respecting the inviolabilityi Of
their playmates and all other human
beings. ie., as fellow beings that must
moi be harmed or subjected to violence
under any consideration Children are
no burden to the parents at Llano Col
ony. Their support and training and
the calling forth of their native powers
in active constructive expression is re-
garded a duty that we owe to human
ity and the ideal that we have embrac-
ed, the establishment Of the co-opera-
tive commonwealth. based on reciproc-
itv and mutual respect and goodwill;
offering the greatest possible opportun-
ity for individual aptitudes and choice
and producing and yielding the largest
production and satisfaction for the eff
fort put forth and required. All a.
matter of being reasonable and making
use of available. ascertained and de-
monstrated knowledge.
We must liberate ourselves from all
kinds Of mental prisons, in which we
have inmured ourselves. We must be-
come fearless and discard every pre-
JUDGE, credulous belief and animosity
that precludes us from being honest
with our own selves now. to practice
the Golden Rule now, to cooperate
now. TODAY is the day Of salvation.
and we can be saved from all ills that
afflict us only by giving up all the err
roneous misconceptions that prompt us
to perverted indulgence Of cur appe-
tites end to violations of the principIe
of reciprocitv in daaling with ou~ fell
low men. All the ills of mankind are
self-inflicted and will continue to af-
flict us until we change our convictions
concerning ourselves.
People talk considerably about their
conscience, but most of them fail to
know that the word involves the pos
eAssion of accurate. demonstrated and
demonstrate knowledge. Now, beliefs
and opinions are not knowledge at all,
and many people who think they are
conscientious are merely opinionated.
The knowledge that matters most is
the kind that enables us to control and
modify the things at hand. that have
to do with our livelihood. our righteous
relationship with all other human be-
ings here and now, and with due regard
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demonstrated his breadth of mind and
proved his judicial ability. Nomina-
tions for the Supreme Court should
come from the United States Circuit
Courts or some other United States
Courts, perhaps even from the Su-
preme Courts of the several states.
Such practice would raise the STAN
dard of the lower courts in addition
to further safeguarding the rights of
the people. At present the lower
courts offer little to attract the ablest
of attorneys. The salaries are incon-
sequential, and if, plus this, promo
ton is to be denied. if men who have
served faithfully and efficiently are to
be set aside at the behest of political
hucksterS who in turn are dominated
by corporation powers behind the
throne, then contempt for the judici-
airy will soon reach the danger point.
Such appointments as Buffers will
cause a demand for the people to elect
their judges, and with right to re-
call them.
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FARM BLOC FOR
FORD FERTILIZER

While President Harding is strain
ing every nerve to obtain a subsidy
for shipping, the Farm Bloc in Con-
gress has definitely decided to back
the Henry Ford proposal to lease and
operate the fertilizing plants at Mus
Gle Shoals, Alabama.
Those back of the Muscle Shoals
movement plainly indicate their con-
viction that the quick and cheap man
ufacture of fertilizer is of more fun
damental Importance to the .Ameri-
can farmer than the establishing Of
an American merchant marine, desir-
able as that may be as a builder of
trade.
The Muscle Shoals bill will be back,
ed in connection with a bill providing
for an intermediate form of credit
running from six months to three
years.
There is marked opposition to the
leasing of Muscle Shoals to the Mich
igan millionaire, the DIRECTORS con-
tending that the government sell it
all, provides certain capital for the en-
terprise for a long period of time and
at low interest, and obtains no guaran
tees from the purchaser.
1t is absurd to suppose that Ford
proposes to invest his millions in an
enterprise and then let it stagnate.
The best guarantee the farmers feel
they have is the fact that Mr.. Ford
is nearing his siXtieth year and that
his only reward now can come in hon
or and in service, and not in the ac-
emulation of additional wealth.
The development of Muscle Shoals
would mean the regeneration of the
entire southern territory. 1t would
be of incalculable benefit to all farm
ers. Whatever may be said against
1t, surely it seems wiser to get action
than for Congress to fritter away
more years in haggling while the
great enterprise with its multitudin-
Gus buildings and vast machinery rots
on the ground.
Perhaps if we had few more Hen.
ny Ford offers the disgraceful specta-
Gle of the liquidation of our many war
camps might have been spared us.
More power to the Farm Bloc.
There will be new story to tell when
some of these oent1p lennon Address Cor,
gress.