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The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20

selects a general manager He selects his
toremen for the various industries, and each
is selected carefully according to his ability
to do the work and to direct his men.
Each manager is given free hand 10 run
his department, always with the supervision
of the manager and board of directors. in
order that his actions may not be contrary to
the collective welfare
Is New industries are started from time to
time as necessity demands. The object of
Llano's industries is to provide the Colony
with what it needs, rather than to make a
profit by selling the products. Production
for use is our slogan. Thus to make its own
food. clothing and Shelter to provide as far
as possible every convenience and comfort
is the final object. To get as nearly as pos
sible to the source Of wealth, the Colony will
raise sheep for wool cotton can beeraised,
and the colonists can weave their own cloth
and make their clothing
The Colony's timber lands are now fur
nishing hardwood and. pine for its buildings,
its brick plant makes the necessary brick and
can make tiling, hollow tile, ETC, for its own
homes.
The farm and gardens of the Colony have
provided the tables with most of the good
things which nature offers.
Thus the three important problems are
easily solved.
The Colony now owns about 5000 acres
of land, some Of it Of very fair character,
varying from bottom land to rolling land
and timber land. 1t intends to purchase
total Of 10000 acres, because the colonists
realize that the movement is destined to grow
to large proportions. several small commune
tiles probably will be settled on the land.
When the days work is done at 4:30,
each colonist has an equal opportunity to
improve himself along many lines, such as
music, vocal training, languages. science,
agriculture, orchestra work, dancing. and
other diversions, Many Of these classes are
well attended. and all the colonists realize
the fact that to keep progressive they must
advance in knowledge. A radical in pol
itics and a conservative in everything else is
out Of place in this community.
lano's school system is as progressive as
the cooperative colony. The children are
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20

and industries are all owned by the coIlectiv-
ity; where each works for the othez; Hhere
each receives the same compensation for a
days work. where no member will accept
anything which any other member cannot
have on the same terms, if he desires it
in short, imagine place where the golden
rule is the only law imposed upon the COM
munity, and you are picturing the Llano CO.
operative Colony
Afte. eight years of work, Llano Colony is
rated in the commercial world as worth over
$250,000 But Llano's least asset is its com
mercial rating The fullness of life, the joy
of living. the satisfaction of working, the
security for the future, the healthy environ
ment, the opportunity for education, the af-
lection of your felowmen-these are priced
more, much more, than what the commercial
world calls success.
This colony now has something like thirty
industries, all collectively owned Among
these are: apiary, auto garage, building de-
partment, brick-making plant, blacksmith
shop, butcher shop, broom factory, crate
making factory, chicken farm, dairy with
about 20 milking cows and herd of thoro-
pred F1olsteln helIers, goat rancn, noS rancn,
with several hundred Duroc-J Jersey hogs,
sweet-potato storage houses, dressmaking,
grist mill, handle lathes, hotel, hospital, IL
brary, steam laundry, land clearing, fruit or
chards, print shop, peanut butter factory,
magazine and weekly newspaper, picture
show and theater, wagon-making shop, cam
dy kitchen. shoe shop, harness shop, and
many other smaller concerns.
Then Lanos farms and gardens provide
the bulk of the living for the coIonists, the
farmers specializing on sweet potatoes, SUI
gar cane, peanuts, corn, beans, peas. ETC.,
while the gardens, provide greens and gar
den truck for the table the year around.
The system of government is exceedingly
simple. Stock is sold in the corporation at
one dollar share. and only stockholders
are employed by the Colony. An agreement
of employment is entered into between the
Colony as an organization and each individ-
ual. Each member is employed at what
he best can do, or which needs most to be
done. A board Of directors is selected each
year by the stockholders. which board in turn
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
LLANO The Trail That Leads to the Cooperative Commonwealth

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 to save
the harvest. Men, women, and children will
torsake their regular work to help where they
can.
This is because they are actuated by an
ideal. They believe in 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 amaIga-
mate with the COLLECTIVELY. This is the very
ideal which has made Llano signal success
in the cooperative field, when other like
communities have disintegrated.
Men and women will laugh at hardships
0iAo PlOHCGllIS WileH lIley are propelled by
brilianty-visible IDEAL Such an ideal
is Llanos-to show to the world that humans
can cooperate together to build veritable
paradise in which to live, where love and af-
lection are the predominant personal reIa-
tionships and where the consideration of the
other fellows welfare is not hidden by per
sonal greed. In such community greed,
seltishness and jealousy cannot survive long.
If you are interested in such commune
ity and such an ideal and would like to learn
how to get into practical application and de-
monstration of that IDEAL write for more
particulars Ask for Cooperation in Ac-
tion, which goes more into the detail of
Colony life and is illustrated BY pictures.
showing the colonists at work.
The Colony has its express and freight
agency. and hopes TO have its own postoffice
AT present address all communications 10.
Llano Cooperative Colony, Newllano. La.
(via LeesvilIe).
THE LLANo COOPERATIVE COLONY
NEWLLANo VIA LEEsVILLE, La.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
PHARAOH HARDING
lied" HIS HEART
fBy The Federated Pressl

Washington. = President Harding s
official organ in the capital announc-
es that "the president takes the view
that the demonstration" by the wives
and children Of the liz political pris-
oners are stage stuff, . put on entirely
for publicity and advertising purposes
amid he has no intention of allowing
these theatrical parades to influence
him in any way
Senator Caraway, Arkansas, breach
ing the matter in the senate, suggested
that if the children had had $4,000
with which employ lawyer such
as Mr.. Daugherty was before he came
to Washington, a specialist in getting
pardons for rich criminals, they would
have Jared better.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
SCOUNDRELLY PATRIOTS ~
ARE LYING SLANDERERS
(By The Federated Press

New York. The United Aneii-
cans organized in 1919 with a great
blare Of trumpets with the avowed pur-
pose Of enrolling 100000 members
TO save the country from red reyoIu-
ton, to conduct, in the wo-ds Of its
own press agent, AN aggressive cam
paign Of education on the sacredness
Of property and the like, and differed
by statesmen, bankers and manufac-
turers, has made a complete and UNI
conditional retraction Of its statement
that the Committee of 48 was organ;z-
ed, with the aid Of number Of the
more notorious radicals in America,
and that it was allied with fore IS that
were seeking to precipitate the dc
tatorship of the proletariat' in the I'm
tied States, The retraction came as
the result Of libel suit for 100000
brought BY the Committee Of 48 in
April, 1920.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
@. INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
% human heart has Ionged for the time

? o.. INCE THE DAYS of Jesus Christ, the
human heart has longed for the time
when no mans hand would be against
tn 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 stale of society in which to live. For
this reason, moe 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 have
struggled and fought and planned. Coloniz-
alton enterprises have come into being in
many parts of the world, having as their OBJ
ject 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 Llano, California, on May LIST.
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. his
Colony is Incorporated under the law as a
protection against INSCRIPTIONS persons and
disgruntled self-seekers. Imagine if you can,
miniature cooperative commonwealth, and
you have LIano Colony. Imagine COM
munity where all the land, the farms, tools,
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
COOPERATIVE BANKING
'' is IN THE AIR


Following our announcement last
week of the opening Of the Amalgamat-
ed Clothing Workers new 100000
cooperative bank in Chicago, comes.
the news Of five other labor banks in
process Of organization this week. The
Federated Bank and Trust Company,
the first labor cooperative bank in
the South, is being organized by the
workers of Birmingham, Alabama. The
bank has applied for state charter
with capital stock of 100000, di-
vided into $4,000 shares Of $40, The
Federated Bank and Trust Company is
modelled after the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Engineers Cooperative Bank
of Cleveland and will share its earnings
comparatively with depositors, while
limiting their return to stockholders.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers Holding Company, organized
month ago by the B. of L. E. as, an
auxiliary to their Cooperative Nation
al Bank, purchased last Thursday the
control of the Nottingham Savings and
Banking Company, an important saw
ings and trust institution in the workers
residential section of Cleveland. The
Nottingham bank is capitalized at SIS.
10000 with resources of 100000
The railway workers of Minneapolis
are proceeding with the organization
of Brotherhood Bank and Trust Co.
capitalized at $2O0,000.0O. They art
now securing the cooperation of othe1
union labor groups in the Twin Cite,
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20

play has almost entirely been disrs-
garded. and all the class struggles and
turmoil and prosecutions can be direct
ly traced to the disregard of the pin
ciple of reciprocity.
The legal profession Of America is
chiefly responsible for the miscarriage
Of the political affairs Of this country,
perhaps to some extent unconsciously,
but to still a larger degree deliberate
ly, willfully and with malice afore-
thought. They were learned in the
laws and regulations designed and for
INFLATED by,robbers, murderers and ali
around despots for the control OF con-
quered, subjected and enslaved Feo-
pie. laws, customs anil regulations en-
tirely unsuited and unapplicable to q
free people. The people have been mis-
led and deluded in submitting to this
outrage all these. years; but the time
has come to expose this iniquity and
show up the fountain head and source
of all political corruption in America.
Free government, an equitable admin
istration, Of public affairs, scrupulously
regardful Of the principle Of reciproc-
ity depends utterly and absolutely on
the consent Of the governed, and it is
not authorized to do anything except
such things as the people in accordance
with the principle Of reciprocity can de-
legate to them to do. This fact is at
present still entirely disregarded in gov
eminent circles, and will be disregard
ed until people refuse ito be tyrannized
over any longer.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
CARRYING STARS AND STRIPES"
A CRIME IN PENNSYLVANIA
(By The Federated Pressl

Somerset, Pa. Lloyd Ream, a
striking miner from the village Of Ran
dolph. Somerset county, is in the coun-
ty Jail onothe charge Of desecrating the
American flag,
According to the strikers they were
going along peacefully when three
mounted police saw them and rode a.
mong them ordering them to dispense.
Ream started to ask what was the
matter and protested, say the strikers,
when a troopers voice rang out: Ar
rest that fellow with the flag, and the
horsemen rode at him, pursuing him in
to small wood. where he was caught.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
RUSSIAN IMPc5T0R
DUPES WASH NGTON
(By The Federated PRESS

NY AAN I StATi eSAA = itasy
Washington. DISCLOSURES that Bor-
is Bskhmetiey, shielded fos nearly five
years under the privileges Of an am
bassador, has never filed with the state
department any formal credentials to
that position, and has secured $751;
G00000 from the treasury Of the I'm
tied States under these peculiar cir
cumstances, was made to the senate ii
the course Of a sentimental speech BY
Sen. Bozah.
Still more surprising than Borah's
revelation, TO the senators present. was
The voluntary testimony Of SEN Lodge
that he understood that Mr.. Bakhmet-
lev has never presented any letter of
credence from Russia.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
DETECTIVE PROVOCATEURS
WOULD START SOMETHING
by The Federated Pressl

San Francisco. = Heads of San
Francisco industrial concerns ere in re-
ceipt Of letters from Los Angeles pri-
vate detective agency, openly urging
the placing Of spies among the employ
ees SO as to gain information concern
ing redical mc~ements. The letters
paint luvid picture of conditions in
the labor world, stating that the Amal
gamated Metal Workers, the Yardmen' s
Assn. and the Rank and File Federo-
ton Of Workers, like the Amalgamat-
ed Clothing Workers in the East" a~e
absolutely under the control of the
Communists. ........
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
OFFICIAL TRAITORS
SUCCUMBe TO DETERMINATION
CBy The Federated Pressl

Madison. Wis. - Upton Sinclair. az
ter five-days battle with the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin authorities as to
whether he should be allowed to speak
in the university gymnasium under the
auspices Of the Social Science club, re-
ceived a great ovation when he deliver
ed his lecture on The College Student
and the Modern Crisis before an aud
fence which packed the university hall.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
PROFESSIONALISM WORKERS
FREEDOM THEY GOT
(By The Federated Prossl

Washington. Czschs.ovaki- has
ll5,00C men out of work, and 4 wage
decrease is noticeable in the shoe
glass, textile, lumber and agricultural
industries, says a cabled report from
Trade Commissioner Geringer, in
Prague, to the department Of com
merce. Wage reductions are anticipat-
led in the metal and leather industries,
also.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20

ation over the people in general, with
! which they can never be righteous.y
invested, by the greatest vote that any
candidate for public office can or has
! ever received.
An endorsement for certain course
Of action obtained by misrepresenta-
ton and fraud, 0. on threat Of vo-
| lence or under duress, cen never bring
such an endorsement in line with the
principle of reciprocity. There never
can be such thing as a vested right
that conflicts with the essential needs
and requirements of human Life of ev-
en- single human being, let alone mil
lions, or generation after generation.
Any such arrangement is a vested
wrong and has no claim on any ones
federation.
The swindler. the imposter, the rob
Der and ruthless brute have always de-
scanted upon the natural inequality Of
men TO cloak and justify their criminal
inclination, intent and action. Fred
erick the Great (so-called) Of Prussia
in his confidential correspondence said
that he looked upon the common poo
pie in the light of domestic animals,
Every deceiver and exploiter of the
workers, the producers. the real bene-
factors of the race, no doubt look up
on the latter in the same way, and it
is nearly time for the common people
to wake up and to resent the contempt
and disdain with which they are look
ed upon and treated They must be-
ware of the flatterer, the soothsayer,
and the solace of religionists who as
cribe the condition of affairs to the
will Of God and preach submission
thereto. If there ever was such a
thing as blasphemy, such preachers ere
certainly bIaspheming the Most High.
I Producers must use their senses and
their reasoning power and apply it to
the everyday subject Of food and
clothing and shelter and all the things
that contribute to the enjoyment and
wellbeing of self, family, friends and
Ineighbors here end now. 1t is only
by mutual helpfulness that our indi-
'vidual need can be best supplied and
cur happiness secured. 1t is a social
problem and only by a genuine social
organization can the requirements OF
a sane social existence Of man be ad-
equately met and provided for. Hon
est intent and a full recognition and &C
ceptance of the principle and obliga-
tions of reciprocity chi y can result III
a final and permanent solution of the
human problem.
All men and women without excep.
ton have an inherent right to life, anc
under the law of equal freedom, th'
right to satisfy their necessities out O
the natural resources without paying
tribute or being exploited by any one
Domestic tranquility is only possible
when this condition is scrupulously OBJ
/ served, and on no other basis. Th'
: preamble to the American constitu
ton claims that the purpose it to Sc
cure justice and domestic tranquilit,
at home throughout the country. Blu
in actual legislation and the practice
of government and the courts the prin
ciple of justice, reciprocity and fai
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
VIII REIN ARE MEN EQUAL?


On the ground that all human beings
are not all Of the same sze. strength
and intelligence, and not born equal Ii
this respect, a certain class Of spec:ous
sophis,s iustifies and predicctes in per-
petuity To- all time to come the treach-
erously egalized oppression and exploit
tat:on to which since time immemo.iel
the great mass of the worlds people
have been subjected, According to
their reasoning the big and cunning
brute, because Of his greater strength.
or lying ability. is justified in abusing,
terroriziny, exploiting and enslaving all
who are weaker than he, o. more con
siderate, or of trusting disposition
And yet these same chaps raise hown
streng enough 10 raise the roof when
an erstwhiIe holy terror like the car
of Russia, etc., at last has the same
ruthless treatment dealt out to him,
that he and his ancestors have inflict-
ed upon whole nation for long cen
turtles.
Sordid deception, outright lying, and
brutal abuse of the weaker is badge
Of superiority and authority, accord
ing to those sycophants of modern We
neered savagery. The funny part of
it is that these same lickspittles of the
oppressors in all sobe.ness lay claim to
superior morality over the common
people whom they with all their pro-
geny would condemn forever to unre-
Quilted toll, misery and want.
And yet when it comes to show
down, these same people object very
strenuously to being swindled, robbed,
and abused themselves; the other feI-
low is always to be the goat, while
they are to be the elect and to share in
the loot and the distinction VIII Oh the
stolen plumber is supposed to confer.
And, some of them cen assert that
they are filled with an inexhaustibIe
fountain Of love and goodwill for ev-
cry human being in the world, But
what these protestations are worth in
tn. light Of these their openly confessed
convictions we leave to the reader to
determine.
1t is true that human beings are moi
all BON equal in size, strength, and in
telligence nowadays. but does i, noi
stand to- reason that the physically
mentally and morally dwarfing treat.
ment TO which the great majority Of
people have been subjected for untolc
ages, has been a very effective anc
deciding agency in bringing about this
very inequality? Some of these wise
acres speak with derision of the Chi
nest practice ct dwarf pg and cr'p
pling the feet of their women; but
what compa ison is there between tina
merely physical dwarfing of the fee
to the CIV. ring Of mind ard heart anc
soul and body to which the majority
Of the people of Europe and America
have and are now being subjected BY
their supposed political servants, but
who in defiance of the Fundamental
principle Of reciprocity, the only BE-
sis of righteous human association
have arrogated to themselves an au,
thority of arbitrary, invasive domln,
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20

to make the new bank representative
of all the workers.
The Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks has before it a reso-
luton for the immediate establishment
of a Brotherhood Cooperative Bank.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-05-20
PAPER MILL WORKERS
WIN GLORIOUS VICTORY

Nashua, N. H. = Two hundred pa
per mill workers on strike since April
| against a 10 percent cut, returned
to work victorious. They were en-
ployes of the Nashua Gummed and
Coated Paper Co.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-19
High School Five
Defeats Indians;
Will Play Gallup

The High school basket ban team
passed their way To- o. SO To-
victory over the Indian school a
y NJ G. A. last night Both team.
showed much better playing than
any OF the previous anne and 90
game was doubtful until the last fe'
minutes of play, when q ltghtniu.
rush uy the High school five pu
them safely In the lead
The second High school team piled
M "a 30 TO 10 victory over the second
Indian team yesterday afternoon.
The first High school girls team won
from the first Indian girls team By
"a Is 90 8 score ana the second Higi
school girls team won from ths
second Indian girls team by a "a t'
10 score
Tomorrow night the High ~ch1o
will have a game az the Armory with
the Gallup High school The SECOND
Albuquerque High school team vii
play the santa Fe Indian schoo
team