The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-04-15

The people who have gathered and
banded themselves together at Llano
10 develop the cooperative common
wealth Zen miniature) are indebted for
every success achieved to accurate
thinking. And whenever they failed
no accomplish anything aimed at. it was
found to be due to lack of under
standing Of all the elements involved
and the exact treatment that the oc-
casion required.
Whatever has been done BY any
man in the worlds history before I'M
der given conditions, for an individual,
can be repeated, for group or ma
lion, provided those who make the at
tempt familiarize themselves with all
the processes and methods that must be
employed. practiced. and set in opera
ton for performing the work to be
done. All the buildings in the world
have been erected by the labor of hui
man beings. be it hovel or palace. All
tools, mechanical devices and mechin-
cry have been shaped by the hands Of
man from the chmsiest output of the
savage to the master pieces Of the skill
full modern mechanic. In my travels
tron three continents never saw any
thing utilized for human subsistence,
entertainment or enjoyment that has
not been made available by human la
Dor, the originator of all social values.
There is nothing miraculous or sup
erhuman about the task the colonists
have set for themselves. 1t demands
only faithful and intelligent applica-
8ion to the work required, and in due
course of time the greatest and best
tidal of materially can be wrought out
IN actual fact.
Nothing ever just happens in the
world There need be no uncertainty
of the outcome of any human endeav-
or, if preceded by intelligent planning,
based on the essential facts and when
carried out in due accordance with ma
4ural causes and agencies. When err
roneous preconceptions are discarded
and the subject is studied honestly
and without bias, correct conclusions
must be reached.
Everything that we need to eat. to
wear. houses for us to live in. the con-
veriences and enjoyments of existence
can all be provided by our own labor.
The one thing which we cannot pro-
4duce here--is money. In the first place
because we have no gold mine here. the
only thing that the government will
coin for the owner and has fixed de-
finite price upon. Second because all
other issues of money have been reser-
we'd by the government for itself and
for a privileged class Of bankers, and
the people in general can get such mon
'ey only on terms dictated by the bank
~ers who dominate commerce and. In
,dustry.
If the Llanoites work faithful and
harmoniously together in accordance
with the technic of production and con.
.struction, they can provide themselves
abundantly with everything that the
heart can desire. But if they obligate
themselves to pay money by going in
debt for anything they purchase in
wholesale houses, they jeopardize then
future by doing so.
Living out of the store is very ris.
ky and expensive proposition, because
it involvs number OF profits to middle.
men, as we'll as money obligations tc
creditors who may levy on the property
and collect these debts through tiki
and collect these debts through the
wrecked any number Of private and CO
operative enterprises and will continue
to do so until people will forego al
purchases in the commercial world Or
he basis of deferred money payments
This is the only way that money mon
opolists and commercialists can get co
operators into a corner and squeeze
the life out Of them.
The successful farmer always live
almost entirely upon what his owl
farm produces. The farmer who live
out of the store is most generally on thu
ragged edge Of poverty.
Forty-three years ago when this writ
-er was travelling in northeastern Ari
iona storekeeper at the Horseheae
Crossing of the little Colorado rive
4old him. that some of the Mormons il
the nearby settlement Of St, JOSEPH
during an entire year would not spenc
more than five dollars for store goods
A good example for pioneers to initiate
Safety first should be the slogan fo
every resident co-operator. This il
My Colony" should be the attitude o
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