The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-25

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upliftment, happiness and security, and
has discovered the methods BY which
these ends can be achieved here and
now without waiting on conversion
Of majority to an acceptance of the
knowledge it possesses, or on a polit-
ical victory at the polls. or on any 9TH
er expected previous occurrence that
has hitherto caused people to delay en-
gaging in direct efforts Of self-help.
/ The LIano colonists have acquired
the state of consciousness in which
they know that they are quite able to
care for themselves, to govern them
selves. and are not in very great need
of an extraneous rulership, guardian
! ship or domination The late Col
Henry Watterson in his "reminiscences
in the Saturday Evening Post, as the
conclusion Of long life's experience,
said: 'Of all human contrivances. the
most imperfect is government. = *The
politician, like the poor, we have al
ways with us. AS long as men delegate
to other men the function of acting
for them. of thinking for them. we shall
continue to have him." And will fail
to achieve their welfare and things that
they need, he might have added.
People must be willing to be respon-
sible for themselves; they must deter
mine and make sure to control them
selves and deal honestly and equitably
and in friendly spirit with one anoth-
er. This is direct self-government, and
it is applicable in any size group or
aggregation of people, be it a village,
town, city, state or nation. Why do
men look to others to do for them what
they should do for themselves When
people directly learn and practice self
government, we may have an admins
tration of public affairs that will serve
but never pretend nor attempt to inn
pose arbitrary rule. or tolerate exploi-
tation of the people under any pretext.
No human being created the natural
resources nor the processes or posi-
bilities in nature that mankind make
use of for the satisfaction of their ne
cessities and whatever else contributes
to their happiness. And all human be-
ings, having inherently the same neces-
sites to maintain their existence, have
consequently the same right to access
to these natural resources aand poten-
tialities without favoritism, partially
or privilege tc any individual or group
of people. All the righteous claim that
any man or woman ever can have
against any other man or woman under
natural law is compensation for labor
performed. Any other claim whatso-
ever put forward upon the products
or services of another human being is
spurious, fraudulent, and cannot be,
indicated in equity.
When will people ever learn that we
must conform to the requirements of
nature--the natural, constitution of
things without and the natural re-
quirements of our own being withinp
Will the people ever wake up to the
fact that they cannot change truth2
A demonstration agent from the La.
State University. who lectured at New
llano the other day truly said that the
life problem of the farmers and their
wives must be solved by themselves,
that no one else could solve it for
them. That everyone else had his own
problem to solve and had no time, nor
any interest in solving the farmers
problem.
When the farmer once realizes that
fact and decides to face his own prob
lem intelligently and take look around
to see how others are managing things,
he is bound to decide for. cooperation
and work in harmony with his fellows
not only his neighboring farmers but
the productive workers in general thru
out the world.
Plenty is a natural law of the uni
verse, abundance is the reward Of pro-
duction. In spite of the most waste
full methods there is enough and to
spare for all, even now. if it were dis
tTibuted according to the necessities of |
the people, instead Of being monopo-
lied by greed.
Production and Construction are the
only methods by which wealth can be
provided. These only are the normal
natural sources of providence. False
and erroneous ideas lead peo-
Die to attempt to gain the necessaries
II life by unproductive labor or swind-
ing tricks.
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