The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-08-19
THE SUB : WAY
By Joshua Long
By Joshua Long

sas) swats the circulation 'thermome-
| ter" and sends the mercury a few
notches higher. No. George didn't
knock the top off the aforesaid Their
mometer; he is TOO wise for that, and
we know him too well to expect him
to act other than wiseley.
Comrade F. Gutekunst (Penn'a) sub
scribes for a weekly bundle of 10 Col
onists to be used among the ''unre-
deemed and we expect TO receive
club from that meek Of the woods"
soon that will show even Comrade
Sumner, of Missouri, something about
sub-hustling which he. perhaps, has
never dreamed of in his philosophy"
Say. sub-hustlersl We're going to ask
each of you to write to your Uncle
Joshua and let US have your experience
in sub-getting and any suggestions for
increasing our effectiveness in this
work. Yes, come on-let's hear from
you.
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Comrade ]. E. Williams (Texas)
now comes to bat. He says: I'VE
sure enjoy reading the Colonist as it
makes one feel that he is not doing his
part out here competing with ones
neighbors when there is place where
we can work for one another to make
this world fit place in which to live.
You struck the nail on the head, Com
rade W. No man is doing his right
full part so long as he continues to vol
unfairly support, in any way, the COM
petitive system which makes sham
| bles of the world. Let the workers
turn to cooperation as practiced here
at NewlIano and there will be no more
strikes and lock-outs- forced UNI
employment-no children crying tor
bread-no more wars-and the world
would be safe for almost everything
but capitalistic cussedness. Our latch
string is out. !"
Comrade Charles (Daddy) Hook
| (Ark.) Just baited his hook with a copy
| of the "CoIonist" and went out and
caught a nice string of-yes, we know
what you thought we were going to
say; but Daddy" didn't say suck.
ers,' no-siree! He said founders.
HE caught them fIoundering in the
murky waters of competition and will
undertake to transplant them into the
clear waters of colony cooperation
where they may swim with the cur
rent that is setting in towards the CO.
operative commonwealth. 1t hath been
said: Follow me, and | will make ye
fishers of men.
Comrade Ray F. Keough (Calif.)
an "oId-timer.' renews his relations
with the Colony thru subscriptions to
our papers. Comrade K. was unable
to follow the fortunes of the Colony
when it migrated from California to
ouisiana, but, having become thor,
ougblv inoculated with the germs OF
colony cooperation, he Graves Tor
news from home and we're betting dol,
lars to dough-nuts that these bugs
will never let up till Ray returns to the
fold. Vivu la & :. !, e ;.
Comrade U. Spohr (Wash:) sends
his renewal of subscription to the e0l-
onist'' and will keep in touch with the
daily doings' of those on the JOB.
Let US sing: "Blest be the tie that
binds"
Comrade M. W. Rappaport Qlls)
lust to be doing something for the Col
onv and the cooperative movement
crabs the sub of friend and willstart
him on the straight and narrow way
that leads to peace everlasting---the !
Cooperative Commonwealth. But,
Comrade R., you have other friends
who are also in need of social and &C. 4
onomic salvation. Why not send us
a club? Your friends need the paper
and we need the publicity. Here is
one place where the principles OF math-
ematics may be monkeyed with; for
instance: sub, multiplied by lOO, may
equal anywhere from 100 to 500 read
ers The best way to prove this IS to
send us the 100 subs and watch the
results.
Comrade Mrs. Frances Goehring
(Oregon) sends in the subscription of
a friend together with a kindly letter
Of good cheer for the builders of the
new social order as exemplified in
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