The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-11-11
Who Owns Llano Colony
and What's Their Game?

and prospective active members, and
as an object lesson and inspiration to
all mankind for all ages to come. 1t
is an effort to show that productive.
work and useful services can be por-
formed for mutual benefit without the
aim. of profit or lust Of domination.
Men working together can do more
than men working singly. They en-
courage, hearten, and stimulate each
other. By association, they create an
entity higher than any of its compon-
ent parts. or even than all of them to-
gether. 1t is knowledge of this fact
that induces people to engage in team
work-to cooperate. The success of
any cooperative undertaking depends
upon the good faith and honest work
of every individual co-operator con-
nected with it. The channel of Divine
Providence, so-called, is through the
intelligent, skiIlful labor of brain and
Drawn. In all my born days of nearly
three score years and ten, | have me-
yer seen the power of growth in ma
ture and other natural resources ever
made available for the use of human
beings, as supply of the necessaries of
life in any other way than by means
of intelligent useful labor. Unless you
perform or have performed useful la
Dor or beneficial services for others
in return for the supply of your neces-
saries Of life, you are either a parasite
or a dishonest exploiter-a cheat, rob
Der, or thief. have never seen an
acre of cut-over land clear itself and
till itself. plant itself. harvest itself,
/ and place crop Of any kind in self
erected barn or storage; and if anyone
can perform such miracle, should
like to be a personal witness at the
/ performance, and will then gladly tes-
tify to its having taken place. I'm
from Missouri, and until see gen
uine miracle stunt of the necessaries
and comforts of life putting themselves
in existence independent of human
agencie or fundamentally, I'm going
to be mighty sceptical as to such
thing ever having taken place.
Il Writing to one of the comrades III
i Llano Colony, a correspondent says:
II well, | see you are on the ground
and experiencing the first sensation o
II being free from economic fear" Yes
THAT is true. Being anchored in Llant
Colony, where the workers own thu
" lland and tools of production, thei
| homes and firesides, there is no long
er any occasion to entertain economic
fear of any kind. They are not at tn
mercy of profiteering employers, bu
can rely upon their trustworthy fellow
co-operators and upon the unvaryin{
processes of natural law, which strictl.
co-ordinated with, meet every re
II quirement for sustenance and supply
II LIE men will but trust in those natura
i laws and will be honest and reliable
in their dealings with one another, b
trustworthy, all the social problem
will be solved, and the hard places 0
II life smoothed over. Mutual courtesy
consideration, and trustworthiness arr
the indispensable and primary condl
tons of peace in any community, ane
in the world at large. Goodwill be
tween man and man is the first re
quirement. So long as people desire
scheme, and succeed in benefltlns
/ themselves individually at the expense
i of their fellows. just SO long will an
imosities, hatred, and retaliation pre-
vail.
When every one manifests gooe
will toward all others. the lack OF har'
| mony which is the disorganizing torres
lin the world everywhere vanishes like
mist at the rising of the sun. Compe-
,tition gives way because, under the
spell of mutual goodwill, all questions
lIlas to market, the ascertaining OF pro-
per wages, and the misery of poverty
i vanish. For whatever the rich man
has the poor man will be invited te
share with him. The ridiculous petty
distinctions of rank lose their force;
for here all are brothers and sisters
Even law becomes unnecessary; ton
no defense will be needed where nc
one trespasses or invades.
The people must learn to control
themselves and overcome all impulses
of jealousy. pride, vanity. dishonest
acquisitiveness. sensualism, conten-
tiousness, and disorderliness. Every
temptation can be mastered promptly.
/ l.L:l h. resol,1telxz turning AWAY