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and industries are all owned by the collectiy-
ity; where each works for the other; where
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.
After eight years Of work. Llano Colony is
rated in the commercial world as worth over
$250,000 But LIano's least asset is its COM
mercia 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 fellowmen-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-
bred Holstein heifers, goat ranch, hog ranch,
with several hundred Duroc-J Jersey hogs,
sweet-potato storage houses. dressmaking.
grist mill, handle lathes. hotel, hospital, II
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 Llano's 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, 1922-07-15
DISTRIBUTION ENGINEERING
BY Mont SCHUYLER


In the first issue Of The 'Kuzbas
Bulletin" il was mentioned that Kuz-
has was going to apply the newest Ell
gineering science that Il 20 say, Dis
tribution Engineering to its problems.
In that article it was said that the great
trouble with the machine-process indus
tries was that it was too productive,
SO productive, in fact, that the business
system could not run at all if ali the
factories ran.
This new science is not untried. Dur
ing the Great War the various govern
ments Of the world had to employ it SO
that The business men would not make
at impossible to carry on the war. II 'is
true that the science Of distribution yves
not fully developed then, and that it
did not reach so far that ii made life
easier for the citizen who stayed home
and produced. But it did make it pos
sible for soldiers to be transported, for
them to be provided with munitions and
food, and to keep essential factories
supplied with materials and power.
. But none Of the warning nations
learned the science fully. They trust
ed to the Judgment Of business men
rather than to the indications Of fact
and the judgment Of business men goes
very little further than showing what
is profitable. And often a profitable
judgment is destructive to society.
There was one exception to this ger
eral rule. The United States Shipping
Board employed an engineer rather
than a business man, for it had found
from experience that business men bas-
ed their judgments upon commercial
expediency rather than industrial neces-
sity, that the United States was able
to ship millions Of soldiers to France.
keep them supplied with muitions, and
at the same time IMPORT from South
America more than the average tom
mage of goods, was due entirely to
the work of H. L. CAN'T, an industrial
engineer. In the face of decreasing
number Of ships-due to the havoc Of
the submarine the increasing demands
Of the American Expeditionary Force
were met.
CAN'T did not rely upon his judy
ment in this work. He knew that the
facts were too many and too complex
for any man to keep in mind and ad-
just them one to another so that the
best result would be obtained. He die
not ask people what they thought He
asked them what they knew-and ther
he recorded that fact on a type Of
chart that he had developed in manag.
ing factories. He put it all down or
paper and in way that anyone coulc
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LLANO The Trail That Leads the Cooperative Commonwealth
q MCE THE DAYS Of Jesus Christ, the

@ INCE THE DAYS Of Jesus Christ, the
- human heart has longed for the time
when no mans hand would be against
the 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 state of society in which to live. For
this reason, more 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--men 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
we'll the rocks and shoals in the stormy seas.
Job Hartman founded cooperative. com
munity at Llano, California. on May st,
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. This
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 Llano Colony. Imagine a COM
munity where all the land, the farms, tools,
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not driven to learn. The subjects are arr
ranged SO as to draw out Of the child the
best that is in him. With this in view, diver
sified industrial trades are placed at his dis
posal. He may thus gain an insight into a
world of endeavor and can choose that which
most nearly fits in with his natural ability
The school has its own cafeteria now. where
foods more especially adaptable to growing
children are prepared by the domestic sci
ence class. Music. singing, languages, bot
any, agriculture. Esperanto, are among the
subjects offered to Llano's children; and
there are many opportunities for obtaining
a real education, in addition to those pro-
yided by the regular state course Of study,
making them thinking, alert. self-reliant
group of future builders of cooperative
commonwealth
Equal wages are paid to men, women and
children. The theory of this is that each
colonist owes to the community his best en-
deavors, whether he be learned lawyer, hus-
ky farmer, or little school child They give
to the whole the best they can, and in re-
turn receive the bes N other can offer.
Hospital and doctor are provided when
sickness comes, and there are no charges for
such social services. Funerals are conducted
along the same lines.
There is no need for insurance in the Col
ony for the dependents receive their support
just the same, even if the father Be remov-
ed from them.
Social life is made by those who live to-
gether. The great objection to living on the
land is the isolation which accompanies it.
Here in Llano. the farmers and the industrial
workers live close to the center where dane
es, entertainments, picture shows, and all
manner Of good times can be had for The
making,
No rent is charged for the houses, and
any building can b used for meetings with
out cost.
Men work in whatever industry they are
best fitted for. Sometimes they are moved
around to different work as is deemed neces-
sary, but the fact is conceded that each
worker works best at something that he likes
TO do and has fitted himself for. But when
it is remembered that each is working for the
whole. and the whole is working for the IN
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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. att
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. Ii 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 10 cooperate
with them, that their lot may Be bettered.
Llano co-operators realize that each must
sacrifice their personal interests and amalga-
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
SAlA PIOhSSAA4S H1lcH tklSy are propelled by
a brilliantly-yisible ideal. Such an ideal
is Llano's to show to the world that humans
can cooperate together 10 build veritabIe
paradise in which to live, where love and af-
lection are the predominant personal rela-
tionships and where the consideration of the
other fellows welfare is NOT hidden BY per-
sonal greed. In such community greed.
selfishness 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 ana eIe-
monstration Of that ideal, write for more
particulars. Ask for Cooperation ii Az
ton, 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 ii:
Llano Cooperative Colony, Newllano, La.
l(via Leesvills).
TIE LL-AN0 COOPERATIVE col OATY
NEWLLANo VIA LEEsVHLE. lA.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-15
BY G. Moses D.
(Ex-Enigration Agent

(Ex-Emigration AGENT
My study from means at hand have
brought me to the point Of supporting
BY written word and by mouth the
Llano Cooperative Colony.
/ see stability, practical move to-
ward the Inauguration Of the Co-opera-
tive Commonwealth yes. Of success
fully beating the exploiters Of my fell
bowman.
In writing this, my purpose is to aid
the prospective colonist in realization
that in large measure he will be com
PEELED to efface self as an individual,
as he is entering upon life radically
different from his present life and train
ing. MIND THIS WELL. So differ
ent that, even chances or more, you
will, after becoming a member, find
yourself misplaced, as is a, square peg
for round hole. Then. when too late,
you will down" the thing, just as nov
you do your present environment; and
at the same time you will have PROV
ED AN INQUIRY TO THOSE AND
THE AFFAIRS OF THE COLONY,
who have made a success of collective
activity.
The man who thrills within upon be-
ing called ''Kurnell' or Judge" who
lives anxious days until the Bungtown
Bugle comes out with his name in box
car letters, socially, politically and the
like,.ha an ego that there will be moth
ing to feed upon. to gloat over andsbe-
come matter Of record in the Colony,
Again, with women folks 1.-THE kind
by whom will be pardoned the
knowing ones) of the '.'trotter" class.
who lead in "our town" or neighbor-
hood; to whom gossip is mania; who
rule the church. or tag after the dear
pastor" or delight in dress parade, ETC.,
and so forth and more: these will be
sure to wTithe and squirm, to agonize
and weep many weeps, and exclaim:
SIS there no balm in Gilead?" No,
lady. There in the Colony, you will
be only an entity, not an entirety,
Playing the game fairly, you will be
as much as your man is, or as is any
other man or woman. So give thot
yes, many thots-man and wife, be-
fore you become joiner.
Self-discipEne must have. begun a
long ways bank in your life before you
become member of the Colony
There are more thinks to consider
the worst is yet to come:
Here in the Colony, if you have any
children under age, they become freed
from you in a manner you may not re-
lish. So give this many thots. I'm for
the children, first and last, don't forget.
Are you?
You cannot boss their activities as
of yore. For instance, you cannot at
4:3O am. 'hoIIer" up to loft: Skin
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understand In a moment. He recorded
facts. not opinions, and he recorded
them clearly.
This chart is an entirely new thing
in the world, and supplants the faulty
judgment of business men. Iii The
opinion of engineers who have used ii,
il is the most important invention Of
modern industry. and many believe that
large-scale industry cannot ever Be run
successfully unless it, or something SUI
.penor but of the same sort, is uniyer-
sally adopted. Craftsmanship and adj
vertising have failed to keep business
running in America, in spite Of the
fact that nowhere in the world have
these activities been brought 70 So
great a perfection.
In spite Of every business effort. fac
tories are idle when people need goods
Elementary economics has an answer
for this, but without some better meth
cd Of knowing what is wanted than the
business system affords US, society
would be hardly any better off than
it is now. The science Of distribution
as worked out thru the CAN'T chart, is
the best method 50 far developed.
Kusbas Bulletin.
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GERMAN WORKERS
OBTAIN INCREASE

Stuttgart July %. Three months
lockout of metal workers ended with
compromise. Workers obtained con
siderable increase in hourly wages, but
had to yield on issue of lengthening
hours of work per week. Under settle
ment shops may lengthen week to 48
hours and need pay overtime only for
the forty-eighth hour.
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point and threatens revolution. The.
paid press Of the master class may sup
press favorable news and manufacture
unfavorable news and lie outright. as
they have been proved to do; but So
Wet Russia will come out victorious IN
the end and history will record her as
the hope and salvation of the world.
History is >being made.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-15
THE SIGNIFIcATION. OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
BY George D. Coleman

When the Declaration Of hide
pendence was signed in Philadelphia in
l776, France was being oppressed BY
the Bourbons; England was under a
German royal family; Russia was rul-
ed by an autocratic car; Germany
was divided up among lot of royal
grand dukes; Italy was divided among
bunch Of Divine Right" ruffians
where not under the despotic rule Of
Austria; or, to be brief, Divine Right
rule was not only the doctrine Of the
church. deemed part Of religion, and
lblindly accepted BY the masses, but
men Of intelligence and education could
not conceive Of a government except
as that Of king. II was in this be-
logged and befuddled world that the
Declaration of Independence was
launched into the world. 1t was heresy
of the rankest kind, both political and
religious. 1t was translated into the diff
ferent languages and preserved by the
radical elements as a sort of Bible. !
have met with it translated into many
languages of Europe. and it formed the
first principles Of the great secret re-
publican and revolutionary societies,
That it should have been issued at
that time was important, as it was the
basis of all the secret movements of
Europe that curtailed the power of the
Divine Right rulers, and led to the
formation of public opinion that caus-
ed the downfall in France and brot
the French Revolution. That was l46
years ago; but. despite the suppression.
these ideas have grown. 1t was only
Ia declaration of the principles Of Pc
| LTTICAL DEMOCRACY.
Since that time Carl Marx has writ
ten, and Engels and host Of Others
have espoused the ideas Of Marx, and
a philosophy of society has spread
across the world far more revolutionary
than the Declaration Of Independence;
for it means ECONOMIC DEMOCRAT
ICY as It's aim and end. The Commun-
ist Manifesto was a document more i'm
portant. and that will have a greater
influence upon the worlds history than
the Declaration ever had. Those who
know the effect Of the Declaration will
see the same movement and parallel
case in the Manifesto.
And now comes the Russian Soviet
Republic, based upon economic liberty
and all the principles that were enclos-
ed in the Manifesto and in later Marx
ian principles. The still remaining Di-
vine Right rulers may tremble, con
spire and fear, and the privileged class
rulers of so-called republics emas-
culated monarchies- desire to de-
stroy the Russian working class govern
ment But their desires will be futile,
For four years they have sent armies,
armed, munitioned, fed and paid, BY
these hermaphrodite governments. and
the Red Army has defeated them all
and they are now SO bankrupt that they
are powerless to do more: while unem-
ployment is verging to dangerous
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Men love naturally all that comes
from the heart. all that dazzles and ev-
en- all that is strange. A heroic act
Or simple act Of generosity moves
them infallibly and proyokes their en-
thusiasTa They see these acts; they
do not see the sense Of justice in the
hearts Of the just Jules Simon.
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Cynicsm Is the ideal overturned. Il
lis the parody of physical aand moral
beauty, it is the crime Of the mind, ii
is the brutalizing Of the Imagination.
Lamartine.
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Have you thought Of joining the
''LIano DoIlarUp Club'p Read The.
announcement on another page and
see if you don't belong there.
Evening star., 1922-11-05
In Today's Post
Full Particulars Given of
These and Other

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Special Sales
$500 AlL.silk Canton Crepe
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-sl.95 Crepes, Charmeuse and
Radiun, yard, $I.65
-Won,en's $3.50 to $89.75
Goats, with fur collars, at
S64.75.
Wonderful Assortment Of
Women's Dresses at $500.
-Women's $40 to $3.50 Velvet
Hats at $3.50.
80 inch Spanish AU-over
Laces, yard. s2.25.
-Fo1 Chokers, in broyn, taupe
and black. Special at S29.75.
Handbags, an extra special
palue Monday for $2.95.
Double Satin Damask Pot.
tern Cloths and Napkins, three
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$3.50.
-27.inch Beacon Bathrobing,
yard, SEC.
-7On8O.inch Pure AH ,uool
Blankets, pair, S9.95.
"A Sale of Notions Mon.
day at Special Prices
Evening star., 1922-11-05
s:Nurse Hubburd''
From the Vanta COMPANY

will be here another week. Come in,
mothers, and learn how to dress your
youngsters in the most comfortable and
practical way.
She will show you the various articles
that are best for the child at different
stages of its growth and give you in
structions about dressing the little one
in the "Pinless and Buttonless Vanta
Way" without turning the child over.
The Famous Vanta Baby Garments
are shown in various qualities of silk
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crate prices.
binders, SOC and Sl.00.
-Teething Bands, 55c and 9oc.
Shirts, $10o and S1.9S.
-Sleepers, $1.0o and $l.50.
-Vanta Tape, bolt, 1Sc.
Diaper Supporters, sc.
-Nighties, $1.15 and $50.
Ask for a free pattern for Pinless Diapers.
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star., 1922-11-05
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y

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The styles include slip
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The sizes are from SO
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